The morning sun was just starting to rise from the east, from the west remnants of the night moon can still be seen. The cold wind from the night started to get warm, the sun, light up the darkness that have covered the world.
Erein finally woke-up from his long sleep.
He began to rise with the support of his arm. Suddenly, he realized that his arm was too weak to support his body's weight. Bang! He fell back.
He seemed to be extremely shocked. A million thoughts started to race through his mind. Where was he? What was going on? How did he end-up being here?
He finally realized that he lay next to a soft bed. He observed his surroundings, and found that he was in a small room with no other furnitures that the bed he was laying. The bed was just enough for two to three people to squeezed in together.
"Erein, you're finally awake"
A girl's sweet and pleasantly surprised voice drifted into his ears.
Erein looked towards the source of the voice and found a delicate face with watery eyes looking at him worriedly.
He saw a classical beauty who was breathtakingly beautiful and absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
'What's going on? Didn't I died because I was stabbed? How come I'm still alive?'
"Erein, what's wrong with you? Don't frighten your elder sister."
The gentle voice sounded again, this time with a hint of anxiousness.
Erein's mind was in chaos…
He was absolutely sure he didn't recognize the woman in front of his eyes.
However, the look in this woman's eyes seemed to be full of sincerity and without any falsehood whatsoever, as if she was looking at her own kin.
'Who is she?
Calling me Erein, and calling herself "sister"…
I did not even tell her my name and you call yourself my sister?!'
That was what he wants to say to this innocent looking beautiful girl but a stream of foreign memories flowed into his mind...
Erein felt as if he was struck by lightning, completely dumbfounded as though pressure was being applied to him that seems like it want to mash him.
'I…I reincarnated to another world
This world is slightly similar to ancient times in my previous life.
In this world, monsters run rampant, and the strong are revered.
As long as you are powerful enough, any authority would have to bow before you, including supreme sovereign powers. And it seem like that Kynigos is a famous occupation in this world. And this world is called Phantasia? Sounds like a name of a game if you ask me.
There are monsters in this world? Wait does that mean dragons exist?
And what's up with this girl'
He observed the anxious looking girl beside him, besides looking beautiful she also look like a kind girl. It makes the one looking at her to just hug her and protect her but looking at the calluses in her hands she doesn't seem to be the typical weak girl you imagine.
Another flow of memory rush to his mind and at that moment he stared blankly at the girl in front of him.
He muttered in a low trembling voice, "sister~ "
The girl beside me suddenly hug me behind while she rested her head on my back, and I can feel flows of wet like fluid on my back, clearly, she was crying.
I was confused to why is she crying as I tried to recall why, when I found out, I let out a helpless sigh.
"Erein, don't make your elder sister worried like that okay?" the girl next to him spoke as she lay her head on his back.
He was confused as to what happened at first but then, on his mind, memories of what happened yesterday appeared.
'It seems like the owner of this body who's name is also Erein was worked to death by his master. Erein ( the owner ) works to a kynigos, a hunter in this world, by carrying a large bag that contains that master's food, weapons, trap, and other stuff.
But yesterday, he was told to carry a bag larger that the previous one's he always carried but he did not speak out his complain. He only gritted his teeth and carried the bag 3 ties heavier than him, it was fine if he was only to carry it for awhile but then, he have to carry it the whole day before he collapse because of exhaustion and eventually died. Which gave me a chance to reincarnate in this body.
When his sister found out about it, she immediately rushed to my rescue and brought me back home, the home I call is this small room we are living in. She did not go to work today because she was worried that I might faint again just like yesterday.'
Thinking of this, he felt bad for her because the Erein he knows is already dead, he died because of the inhumane treatment of others to him. The same as to what have happened to him back on Earth.
The girl or should he call his sister is called, Ana, although he calls her sister there is no blood relation between them. Both of them are orphans and just decided to stay together because they felt like it is better to be with someone than struggle alone.
Phantasia is two times bigger than Earth, unlike Earth that has 7 continents it only has two, but each of this continents in incredibly vast. And this continents are called Timo Continent and Hila Continent. The two continents are separated by a desolate land they call Thanatos Land, it is a place where a lot of monsters lived. [1] [2]
The city where he is currently now is called the Berte City, and is at the Regan Country which belongs to the Hila Continent. Berte City is considered to be a second class middle tier city which is considered to have a good chance to developed well.
But where there is a good thing there is always a bad thing, because Berte City has a good chance of developing to a prosperous city it basically depends on whether they can survive long enough to grow.
Every cities and countries are ranked according to the dangerous level of the area. These ranked are the following: First Class, Second Class, and Third Class and each of these class has three tiers which are the low tier, middle tier, and top tier.
Since Berte City is a Second Class middle tier, then it's surrounding areas is technically filled with monsters, which is both beneficial and dangerous to the city. A monster has a special crystal on their bodies called Krynos Crystal, this crystal can be sold for a very high price and it's uses cannot be counted with one hand.
It can be used for making weapons, pills, equipments, armors, or even buildings. It can also be used by humans to refine for cultivating since it is filled with impurities and must be refined before it can be absorbed by the human body.
In this world, humans have limitless potential and all that it hinders is whether you work hard for it or not. They cultivate in this world and their cultivation ranks are as follows: Strength Origin, Refinement Core, Purified Essence, Mystic Star, Legend, and Saint.
The lowest is at the Strength Origin while the highest is at the Saint rank, but as of today no one had ever heard of someone reaching the saint rank while there are others who are at the legend rank they are only considered to have passed.
Humans are not the only one's that can cultivate as monsters can also cultivate in this world, they also have their own ranking system which is, Herald, Guardian, Crusader, Archon, Ancient, and Legend. Monsters at the legend rank are virtually unbeatable unless ten legend rank cultivators join together to kill it.
And that is the reason why Berte City is considered to have a good chance as long as it can survive the continuous onslaught of the monsters that lived nearby the city. If it were not for the benefits that can be get from a monster no one would ever try to defend the city.
That so called defenders are what they call Kynigos, they are hunters that have cultivated to kill monsters, they are extremely arrogant and only cares about their personal interest. Almost all of the Kynigos are aggressive and ruthless, they don't place an ordinary human to their own eyes.
There are many sorts of Kynigos namely agility type, strength type, endurance type, and intelligence type. Kynigos can use melee weapons and ranged weapons or use both weapons when killing monsters. But they all focus on one area to improve their skills on.
Many Kyginos lives in the city in hoping to earn enough crystals for them to make their weapon or a pill that can help them in their cultivation.
In Phantasia, Kyginos is not the only occupation that exists, there also blacksmiths, alchemist, monster tamer, and runemaster.
A blacksmith is a someone who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. They create weapons using rare materials provided by their buyer.
An alchemist is an occupation which optimizes Potion and Pill Creation, as well as various other potion-related skills. They are an occupation which work for the benefit of their friends and strike terror into the hearts of their foes.
A monster tamer is someone that is capable of taming monsters and making them obey their commands. Monster tamer are humans with unique skills that enables them to communicate with monsters. A monster tamer is terrifying especially when they are able to control a monster at the legend rank.
A runemaster or runecarver is a specialist in making runes. This runes can be inscribed either on weapons, equipments, or armors. Runes have a special effect that can give different results on the weapons, equipments, or armors.
And lastly, a Kynigos, is a hunter that hunts and kills monsters to earn money, fame, or either to make the world more peaceful. They have extraordinary powers and at a certain rank they can communicate with the elements to use their powers.
Erein, was both shock and happy to know about this, he always to be free and although he was an orphan before he had always dreamed of becoming rich. It is just normal because everyone wants to have a comfortable life but sadly on his precious life no matter how hard he works it was still pointless.
However, now that he was given a second chance he will do his best to turn his life for the better. Especially now that he was not alone anymore as he has Ana with him, even though he did not know who she really is but just from the short time of interacting with her he was already determined that he will not allow anyone to hurt her sister.
He might be a nobody on his previous world but in this life of his, he wants to make a name for himself, he wants to forge his own legend that will be renown throughout the whole continent.
In this new world he will start his new life.
[1]: Timo is derived from the Filipino word "Timog" which means South and Hila was derived from the Filipino word "Hilaga" which means North.
[2]: Thanatos is a greek word for Death. Thanatos Land means Land of Death or Death Land.