A small girl at the age of 10 named Marie is happily running home in the streets of a small town, the town has no name and its located in the west of Sckelt kingdom
As for why the small girl is running, its because she can't wait to tell her mother the stories that her uncle Vince told her
Her uncle is a traveler who just returned from traveling, he left the town when Marie was just a six year old girl and once every year passes her uncle would return and tell stories about his travel's to everyone
"Huff* Huff*
When her house was already in sight Marie increased her running speed, and when she arrived she loudly called for her mother
"MOM!"
"! Hey, Marie dont shout inside the house, im here so what is it?"
In the side of the room there sat a woman that seems to be like in her early 20's she has long silky blonde hair and blue eyes, she was sitting peacefully beside the open window while holding an open book
When she saw Marie's face beaming with joy she managed to guess what it was that made her look so happy
She closed the book she was holding and put it at the table in front of her and waited for her daughter to say the things that made her look so happy and excited
"Hey Mom! Mom! did you know of the kingdom that floats above the clouds!?"
"My, isn't that interesting, did you're uncle Vince tell you that?"
She managed to guess right, her daughter went and stood in front of her and raised her arms as she said that
"Yeah! and did you know there's also a city that floats in the sea! a city inside a fog! and there's also a place where there's very very big trees! much bigger than the ones seen here!"
"My, isn't that intriguing, a city that floats in the sky?"
"It isn't a city! its a kingdom! you're not listening!"
"Fufu, my bad then, a kingdom that floats in the sky?"
"Yeah! you see! uncle Vince said that the kingdom in the sky is veeery beautiful and there's many nice people there!"
"Oh is that so, it must be very nice there then"
"Yeah! and about the city in the sea, uncle said that its full of delicious food! and uncle also said that in the city of the fog, getting in is very easy but getting out is very hard you know! and the place where there's very very big trees, uncle said that in the middle of it there's a much bigger tree!! uncle said that the people there call it the world tree! and—"
she happily listen to her daughter as she tells her stories about her uncle's journey, about the city that floats in the sky, the city of the fog, the giants forest, the ruined castle, a town inside a monsters stomach, the island of neverending spring located in the far north, the dragons mountain, the whispering valley, and many more like the giant cave that leads underground to who knows where, they said that no one has yet managed to reach its depths and everytime they thought that they had reached the very deep a new pathway is then discovered that leads even deeper
"—There's soooo many interesting things in the world that i also wanna see and discover just like uncle Vince!"
"Do you also want to travel the world like your uncle Vince?"
"?! Yeah! it's my dream to travel the world! i wanna see the many beautiful places discover places and see the things like in uncle Vince's stories! meet many people and make many friends!"
"My, isn't that a wonderful dream, but did you forget about the many scary monsters?"
"Gih! u-uhm...i-its fine! i will beat them all up if i see one!"
"fufu, is that so, then-"
Before she can finish on what she was about to say the door in the house suddenly opened
and there a enters a man
"Im home..."
"Oh my, welcome home, dear, you seem tired so why dont you take a rest"
"Yeah, ill do just that"
"Dad!"
The man who entered was Marie's father and like Marie's mother he also has blonde hair but his eyes were jade in color, when he entered the house Marie quickly jumped at her father and gave him a hug
"Ugh!"
"Dad! Welcome home!"
When he saw his daughter's smile, for some reason his fatigue is slowly fading away and his tiredness is slowly being suited, he smiled and gently patted Marie's head
"Yeah, im home, Marie"
"Ehehe~..ah! hey dad, did you know—!"
And there Marie continued to happily tell the stories her uncle had told her and everyone about his journey as a traveler as the sun begins to slowly set
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The world of Alkrem
A world full of many beautiful locations, towns, city's, kingdom's and also many interesting places, mysteries that has yet to be solved, unknowns that has yet to be known, legends and myths that no one knows if its real or fake, advanced technologies, ancient artifacts and mysterious items that when it is touched a part of your body turns to stone, decay, break, twist, change, disappear, and in the most rare and severe cases, is that it makes your whole body turn inside out
In a world where not many are yet to be known, many unspeakable dangers that can brutally and instantly bring you to your death and many dangerous types of monsters, small to ten times the size of a normal human, but a lot of people still risk it, the reason that many wish to travel and discover the things that is unknown despite the many dangers is because of their thirst for adventure and thrill but many of the reasons why is because if they discover something that is yet to be discovered by men, is that they are promised to be rewarded by vast amount of money and cash by the government
Quite foolish, but all of them still risk their lives for the sake of discovery and money, the weak in will, physical strength and skill dies while the strong and skilled lives, like the rule of the jungle where the weak is devoured by the strong
The rewards depends on what they discover like ruins, artifacts, discovery of a new animal, monster, plants, uncharted places and locations, all of them have there own rarity and danger level
For rarity its common to exotic
For danger levels it is from danger level 1 to danger level 10, quite simple
Danger levels are for dangerous places such as ruins to newly discovered ruins, monsters and for uncharted lands that travelers discover while Rarity is for artifacts
Being a traveler is very dangerous and highly life threatening and losing your life can either be brutal where you experience extreme pain that slowly kill's you that it makes you think of killing yourself rather than experiencing the pain any longer or instant death, that is why travelers equip themselves with many types of gears, equipment and useful artifacts that they find while exploring ruins for there own protection and safety
All of them have the same goal, and that is to solve the mysteries, discover, and make the unknown known
In this dangerous yet strangely beautiful world full of unknowns, mysteries, and many dangerous places and monsters that lurk in each corner that can rip you to shreds in an instant if careless, a places where death always follows in each step, that is the life of a traveler
Will you risk it also? for the sake of discovery? Power? Knowledge? or Wealth?
If so...
I bid you welcome, to the vast world of Alkrem
Where heaven and hell coexist