Oliver opened his eyes, His body ached all over and it was an unbearable pain which he had never experienced in his 20 years of his life. He could feel he was bandaged all over his body including his head which was covered like a mummy making him unable to breathe normally.
Oliver wanted to observe his surroundings to figure out where he is currently. He lifted his upper body out of the bed and sat up straight and tried to feel his legs so that he could move around this place to discover more about it.
He could feel a gush of cool air being absorbed inside him and the unbearable pain slowly started easing up and in a couple of minutes he could no longer feel any pain, so he slowly got up from the bed in which he was placed and slowly removed his Head-Bandage which felt so heavy due to his pain. After removing his head-bandage he could breathe normally and could feel his body becoming light as a feather which he had never felt in his life.
He looked around the room and could feel like he was back in the eighties where the room only had the bed and mattress and olden looking window and a liquid paste medicine was placed in a bowl, which he figured was the medicine, which was applied to him by someone.
There was a sudden noise which was the creak of the door opening, which scared him a little since he was a type of coward and wasn't usually brave enough. The Door opened and an Old man in his Sixties came inside.
Oliver's First thought was someone named Eternal Immortal Emperor since he was kidnapped based on the Order of that fellow. He wondered whether this old man was in cahoots with that Emperor.
"Hoho looks like you are alright! I never saw a person bruised and broken to such a stage survive within a couple of days after consuming a Small Healing Potion. " said the surprised Old man.
The Old man looked normal in all aspects as he was typical white hair fully covered him and had a fully shaven face without any beard or moustache, which Oliver thought Old people liked to have which emphasised their experience in life. His back was slightly bent and he had a walking cane to support him.
"He's not dead yet?. " said a voice from behind the old man which was a small boy in his pre-teen, maybe 8-10 years old. The Boy looked Handsome and looked courageous as he had a small wooden sword hanging around his waist.
"Carter!, don't say such things." admonished the old man to Carter.
"Sorry Gramps," said Carter and ran outside the house to play.
"What is your name Son?" asked the Old man.
"My name is Oliver, Who are you and where is this place? and how did I get here? and do you know how to get to Britain?" asked Oliver anxiously as he wanted to get off this unfamiliar place and return to his small cabin in the farm which was his safe zone as it used to help him live his life stable without a hitch and
escape a horror known as reality. There he just farmed some Wheat and Other such food which lasts him a year and no taxes since he is a below poverty line farmer.
"Oh, Oliver is it? Good, Good, Good name" praised the Old man while repeating the word Good thrice.
"Oliver, Let me Introduce myself, I am the Chief Apothecary Edmund who nursed you back to health in this small Village named Gold Stone Village in the province of Mayor Lester who is affiliated with the Empire of Frost also known as Frost Nation."
"And a hunter of this village namely Drake found you severely injured near the edge of the Stone Village Forest surrounding the East of the Village while he was hunting for Boar meat in the forest and as for Britain atIeast I had never heard of that name till now," said Old man Edmund.
"What? there is no such place as Britain? "paled Oliver. He felt the whole world coming down on him, crushing his mind senseless as he crouched down on his knees while pulling on his hair screaming "Nooooooo!"
As someone who was born during the Industrial Revolution, Oliver had much Respect and Reverence towards his Great Nation.
"Oliver, Son, maybe this old man forgot that name, but I am sure someone in the city knows about the place you have mentioned."
Oliver quickly returned to his senses upon hearing the old man's words. The last thing Oliver ever thought he would hear was 'Britain? , never heard of it', because out of the handful number of times Oliver had visited the town, all he had heard people talk about was how Great Britain has conquered nearly half the world.
"Now take some time to calm your nerves and rest for a while young man, while I bring some more medicine for relieving pain" saying this Old man Edmund smiled and left while leaving Oliver to his thoughts.
Oliver sat down on the bed and quickly though back to the recent events happened to him, and the searing pain which woke him up confirmed that the events happened are very much Real and at the same time difficult to fathom.
Oliver thought back about how he was abducted and the experience of being injected by various substances and finally surviving through that crazy ordeal by sheer Luck. The very thought gave him the chills. He could still feel death looming even though the pain had long faded away.
He thought back to the number of members who were abducted along with him and hoped whether someone had survived that ordeal and how they were faring, woke up to unfamiliar surroundings just like him confused and scared.
If he knew that there was 2 Group of Immortal Emperors consisting of Hundreds of Emperors searching through the galaxy looking for him, he would go into a shock and probably piss his pants in fear and surrender himself without giving them a chance to kill him.
"*********" there was a knocking sound outside the door.
"Come in" muttered Oliver.
"Gramps told me to give you some fresh clothes and told you to bath in the nearby river and change into this fresh set of clothes," said the Handsome looking Carter.
"Thanks, Carter, do you mind leading the way to the River?, since I am new to this Village," asked Oliver to the young Carter.
Carter looked up and down at the injured person like a country bumpkin and said: "Sure, Follow this Young Master" with a Childish yet Commanding tone.
Oliver was shocked at the brimming Confidence of the child who looked more like the country bumpkin wearing those ancient-looking clothes.
Oliver followed Carter who seemed more active by jumping here and there and waving his hands at any and all the people in the village like a Lord of the Town and people giving their way for him and the sick Oliver to pass through the pathway to the river.
All along the way, the Kid Carter Introduced more than half the people they came across which showed his knowledge.
Oliver praised the kid for his sharp memory mentally.
"Here we are, this is the Gold Stone Village's River, take a bath here as there will be no one to disturb you as it's already past noon"
"This Young master has things he must attend to so you should find yourself back to the Apothecary Hut" hurriedly said the kid Carter and ran off swiftly which showed his agile prowess which was beyond the abilities of a pre-teen. By the time Oliver Turned around, Carter was no longer around.
The River water slowly moved towards the Eastern direction and Oliver removed his Bandages and slowly dipped into the River and quickly washing his sore parts which were aching before.
After taking the bath Oliver slowly came out of the River.