In a tall building of Vladivostok, inside a room. The room was so silent that the sound of an Air conditioner was ringing out.
A few people sitting on their chairs, with a table in the center.
Each guy had a laptop infront of him. With a serious expression on their faces. Most probably, it was a conference.
This silence continued, untill one person stood up and said something.
"Why have we been summoned here?"
And soon, the ominous aura that was present in the room seemed to have faded away. The others also started asking each other about the reason for summoning them.
And gradually, the room turned noisy.
Some of them were asking questions. While a few were looking at the faces of those next to them.
Amongst all those loud men, one man was silently enjoying the scene. A grin floated up from within himself, and it showed up on his lips. And then, he roared
"Silence!"
Everyone quietly sat down on their chairs - back to the same condition as they were in.
And then, the man opened his mouth.
"I understand the actions of all you people. You all have urgent matters to attend. But there is an even more serious thing going on in a one of our host nations. We have received many reports."
Others were confused. They couldn't understand what kind of reports this man was talking about.
One of them in a white shirt and a blue tie with black asked. "Reports? And who sent them?"
Then the man replied. "First, NASA followed by Roscosmos, then by ISRO, and CNSA too."
And then all of them asked. "What is exactly written in those so called reports."
The man formed a serious expression.
"Yesterday night, around this time. They spotted something falling on the earth.
At first, they thought that it was a meteor.
But later, it was they found that it was some sort of a high tech space vehicle - A spaceship."
Everyone was hit with a deep shock. They couldn't believe what this man was saying.
All of them had the same thoughts, like
'What is he saying?' 'Is he out of his mind?' 'How can this be?' and etc.
"So do you mean to say that it is an Alien invasion?" They asked.
He then said. "Maybe, if you ask me, I would say no.
We received the documents by 3 A.M.
After verifying the authenticity of these documents. We instantly sent some officers, and few low level killers to the spot as mentioned in the report. But they couldn't find anything. Later we sent a high level killer, a reaper level who had a very high perception.
After a lot of work, he found the ship. It was hidden using some sort of advanced technology. With very difficulty, we somehow opened the door and we searched for anyone or anything in the ship. We didn't find anything quite useful, but..."
The man put his hands inside of a file on the table, and took out a photograph.
He then continued his words.
"We found this photo image. And maybe, these guys are the one who own the spaceship, or they might have a link with the owner of the ship. So, if we get them, we can decode the code behind this ship. There is a copy of that photograph in the files kept infront of you."
After listening to his words, everyone quickly started checking there files. They took out the photo.
The photo consisted of A man standing in the right and a woman standing in the left.
And a girl who looked like Eveline was standing in the middle. No, maybe it was Eveline herself.
The man stood up from his chair and started walking away. He then stopped and looked behind. "I want copies of this photo in the hands of every single police officer and every single killer in Japan by tomorrow."
And then he took his leave.
Soon after he left, others also started leaving.
After coming out of that conference hall, that guy turned around and started walking by the corridor
Whereas others went down the building itself
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Eveline was sitting in her room. She looked at the room in a very detailed manner.
"Seems that this guy belongs to a royal family.
Such big house and a very royal design.
On every step, I could see very expensive and antique goods."
Eveline sighed and put her hands in her bag.
She took out a cuboid shaped object which had a button on top of it.
She placed the device on the bed, and she pressed the button.
The machine started projecting a screen in the mid-air.
She interacted with the projection by rapidly touching the screen more than one times.
She seemed to have been pressing some buttons.
And the screen changed. It displayed a square with 'connecting' on it.
And after a few seconds, it displayed a 3d hologram. The figure in the hologram was looking behind. So only his backside was visible, not his face.
The hologram asked. "Have you started the work?"
Then Eveline replied. "Yes, I have."
The hologram seemed to be thinking something, he remained silent for a while. Then he spoke. "Okay, as I promised you. Once you gather enough intelligence on him for me, and I will tell you what actually happened that night."
Eveline made a sad expression, and then it changed to an expression of anger.
"Why don't you tell me about it right now?"
Then the hologram replied. "What's the hurry? Once you complete the work, I will fulfill my promise."
And then she heard some footsteps.
"Someone is coming, I will talk to you later."
Saying so, she quickly hid the machine.
She heard the knock on her door, and then she opened the door.
It was Arman.
Arman then said to Eveline.
"I came to check if you need anything."
Then Eveline hid her anxiety and formed a grin. and then she replied Arman.
"No, I don't need anything."
Arman then turned around and left. Ali saw him going and he commented.
"Damn pervert, he dared to bring a woman in our home? Arman, you just wait till I tell Dad about it."
Ali's face seemed like a tomato, red in anger.
Arman sat infront of his PS3.
He wondered, when PS4 will come out.
After playing for around fifteen minutes, He was interrupted by the Flame king.
The flame king had folded both of his hands and had a seemingly angry expression.
He said to Arman.
"If you have time for this, I am pretty sure that you would also have time for training. You haven't even once checked the your powers."
Arman became very angry. He shouted at the flame king.
"You... Because of you, I lost to the ender dragon. I could have killed him! Now I am the one who died. All my stuff! I don't want to do any damned training. Go away!"
Flame king sighed. The one to become his successor was actually so weak and ignorant.
He could do nothing, other than forming a helpless expression.
But, he was the flame king. One who stood at the pinnacle of the world. How can he fall in such a helpless situation. He broke Arman's gaming console. And grabbed Arman by his feet. He forcefully took him to the backyard of Arman's house.
All in a second.
Arman was surprised. He looked around to find that he was in the backyard.
Just a moment ago, he was in his bedroom. And in a blink of eye, he was in the backyard.
"Just how... When did you..." Arman was so stunned that he couldn't speak.
Then flame king said. "Quick, get to the work."
But Arman denied.
After a few minutes.
Arman was crawling on the ground. His face was swollen like a pig's head.
"So mister Arman, are you willing to do some training now?"
Asked the flame king.
"Yeah, but first do something about my injuries."
The flame king smiled. He came forward and touched Arman's injuries.
A strange green coloured light started being emmitted from the Flame king's hand.
The light completely wrapped Arman.
And then, it suddenly scattered away. Leaving behind, a fit and unscathed Arman.
Flame king said in a proud voice.
"This is called healing magic. Only the likes of me can do it. As for people like you, you guys are always fragile and useless."
Arman was very angry, but he suppressed his anger. Had he not done so, the Flame king would have made a porridge out of him.
Then the flame king then ordered Arman.
"Now stop wasting my time and show me the Flaming Nelerthoclase."
Arman couldn't quite understand what the Flame king said.
"What Flaming Ne'afrtophase? I couldn't hear the name properly. Could you repeat the name?"
"It's Nelerthoclase." Flame king corrected Arman.
"Whatever it is, I don't have any such thing." Arman clearly said that he didn't have the thing the Flame king was talking about.
Flame king then asked.
"Then how did you get the powers?"
Arman then explained everything - his birthday, the birthday present. And yeah that diamond too.
After Arman finished his words, silence followed.
Then, the Flame king burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha hahahaha, seriously? You call the Flaming Nelerthoclase a diamond?"
Arman's face was like a dishcloth thrown in a hamper. "There is nothing funny in this okay."
Flame king slowly stopped laughing, and he clarified things to Arman.
"Listen kid, the 'diamond with a mark of fire on it' is not a diamond. It is the Flaming Nelerthoclase. There is only one of the kind.
And that is the source of your and my powers."
Arman went inside the house and brought the Flaming Nelerthoclase.
Then The Flame king continued his lecture.
"First, press the 'Mark of Flame' you mentioned. By the way, it is called the Flame Insignia."
Arman did so. And then a screen started being projected infront of Arman.
"This is your management window. Here, you can check your powers, manage it, and accept quests and missions. But before all that, you need to strengthen your body. As your body is not strong enough, you haven't completely assimilated with the powers. With confirmed growth of your body or mind, you the assimilation will further progress. As you can see, currently the status of assimilation is 5.73 percent. In the starting, it was only 4 percent. But with the fight with that alien and that robot, you became more experienced with your powers. Then it grew by a factor of 1.73 percent."
As the Flame king continued talking, Arman also started nodding on every sentence.
Arman then looked at the management window.
[ Welcome
Name: Undefined
Grade: Undefined
Phase: Pre-assimilation stage]
[As you are not completely assimilated with your powers, you can't access them completely. Once it has been confirmed that your ability to cope with the powers is increased, the assimilation will progress.]
[Current progress: 5.73%]
"Then how do we raise my so called 'capability to cope with the powers'?"
Then the Flame king said. "Do some exercises, master various arts related to your strength. For example, Different types of martial arts, metallurgy, potion brewery etc. And many other things.
Let's start with the most easiest one - Building your body."
And so, they started.
Meanwhile.
Eveline came out of her room. As she arrived by the terrace, she started planting some machineries. The structure gave hints that the purpose of those things was having a fullproof surveillance on Arman. Ofcourse, they weren't easily visible to the naked eye, even when someone stared at them from a metre apart.
From the terrace, she looked down in the backyard.
Arman doing push ups, planks, pike push ups,
and of course - talking with himself.
Not only her, if anyone who saw Arman right now, they would think that he is talking to himself.
And the reason? Because the Flame King is visible only to those, whom he wants to show himself. And he doesn't want Eveline to see him.
"Is he crazy?" Eveline asked to herself.
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[Welcome
Name: Undefined
Grade: Undefined
Phase:Pre-assimilation stage]
[As you are not completely assimilated with your powers, you can't access them completely. Once it has been confirmed that your ability to cope with the powers is increased, the assimilation will progress.]
[Current progress: 5.73%]
"Why isn't it increasing?" Arman sounded like a five year old child, whose father forgot to bring home the favourite toy of the boy.
"Patience, the system hasn't yet recognised your growth yet. Once it has evaluated your growth, it will further increase the progress."
Flame king explained things to Arman.
"Hey Arman, whom are you talking to?"
Someone shouted from behind.