Chapter 1 - 1: The Beggar And The Academy (1/2)

Chapter 1 - 1: The Beggar And The Academy

"Back in the old world, they say that the humans took 72 hours to reach the moon… Well, I did it in a blink of an eye" - Evans, Holder of the Hermes Systeo, portals opened up in the world

It took the whole world by surprise Raining downit asunder Huge eagle-like monsters with a body of a lion, three-headed wolves, nine-headed gigantic lizards-- creatures that one could only see in the mythos

This event came to be known as the Portal Calaht back But their hi-tech weaponry was only able to kill the weaker beasts There were beasts with skin that seeest bullets

Every second was a battle to survive

All seemed lost as most of the population have succumbed, their military defeated, their weapons useless, their bullets… depleted

Their nuclear bo theed when the first superhule

A child that was born after the portals have appeared in their world

A child that was born with abilities that one could only call God-like

And soon, another one appeared From then on, the humans have discovered that there were others-- Humans that were born with supernatural powers

And although their poere different from each other, the super-humans all called their powers by the saled to keep theh to harness and control these powers Millions of soldiers, as well as normal people, sacrificed themselves in order to protect their only hope

And it paid off A few years after, the balance of war has finally shi+fted And although the world has not yet been saved, it orth it

Soon, one by one, they reclaimed their cities with the help of the System Holders

But the portals, even with the defeat of the monsters… the portals remained

It was not until the first System Holder entered a portal with his comrades that they discovered that they needed to defeat the monsters that were also left inside

And so, this continued

A portal opens up, and System Holders are sent to clear it Those System Holders soon came to be known as Explorers

The portals and the creatures that come from it were now a part of their world, and so were the Syste side by side Any trace of the old civilization was gone, their technology, all but obsolete

And so, more than a thousand years have passed like this

The first system holders, in honor of the humans who have protected the Systeh to control their powers They will nurture them, like how the humans of the Old World have nurtured them

The Academy for Gifted Children and System Holders, or The System Academy, in short Except for the extra-curricular activities and other classes, in hindsight, it still functioned as a nor boy stood carrying a big straw sack Looking at the gigantic pillars that held the gates of the academy with his eyes full of passion and excitement Even with his tattered and dirty clothes, even with his feet bare and full of wounds, his swollen eyes sparkled

Because in front of his eyes, were floating words--

[The Her words that only he could see It suddenly appeared in front of hi boy couldn't read it as he was illiterate But he knew enough to know that this was usually the first proof that one was a System Holder

But this was just a ticket So their System