After their deaths, the belongings of all three "Blessed" who made it out of the portals now dubbed as an "ID", also known by researchers as "Isolated Dimensions" and by the public as "Instant Dungeons", were examined for any unknown pathogens and clues of what was on the other side. In one of their belongings samples of a special resource from within the dungeon was found. It was revealed that this resource was a pure crystalized and processable form of Aether. Unlike the Aether found in the world or in the Blessed, Aether crystals were found to be a highly dense and pure form of Aether energy. One gram of Aether crystal contained aether that was 1000 times denser than that of the natural atmoshpere surrounding the Earth. It's high purity allowed for great ease in usage, increase efficiency greatly and reducing any wastage of energy lost to a near zero value.
Spurred by this new information the Japanese government tried to send in various subsequent teams to explore the ID and gather more of this new form of Aether. For days various groups of "Blessed" were sent in, however the early groups never made it out. Those that did were only a fraction of those who were sent in. Every time someone made it out new information was unearthed, strategies and training were revised. That is until one day 2 months into the expedition half of a 20 person group that was sent in made it out. They had been able to capitalize of the weaknesses of the creatures on the other side and grew stronger the more creatures they defeated.
The first ID in world located in Tokyo, Japan was finally cleared.
Shortly after following the first clear, humanity grew better and better at clearing IDs. As we grew better so did our confidence in our ability and strength.
Many soon realized that instead of clearing ID's, they can continue to monopolize on an ID's resources by keeping them open. Companies around the world soon wanted a pie of this and started their own private "Blessed" groups to tackle the ID's. The areas around ID's also became highly valued due to the high quality and pure amounts of Aether that is emitted from it making areas near ID's an ideal training and hunting spot.
Civil disputes and mini-wars between "Blessed" individuals became more common and with the rising number of "Blessed" individuals, governments found it hard to maintain order and control.
All these conflicts born from human greed would be one of the biggest causes that lead to the downfall of humanity.
As many fought over resources provided by the ID's, we missed the true danger of the ID's. When the first ID collapse occurred, no one was prepared for it. An ID in Alaska, America, experienced a phenomenon in which its Aether levels began to increase at an exponential rate after some time. We should have known that is was a sign, but blinded by greed we saw riches instead. The first ID collapse came out of nowhere. The dimensional gate that separated IDs from our dimension and prevented the monsters from escaping the ID had shattered, resulting in a flood of monsters that rampaged across Alaska.
No one was prepared, no one was spared.
Children, adults, elders, anyone and everyone was slaughtered.
By the time the reinforcements got there, Alaska had been wiped of the map. All that was left was no man's land, where only dangerous beasts roamed, an abandoned land and the first mark of humanities failures.
The fall of Alaska served as a warning to the rest of the world, the dangers of IDs.
Humanity attempted to learn from this and work with each other, however humans are flawed. Greed stilled ruled supreme and many still lusted after the potential rewards and riches that IDs possessed.
In attempt to assert order in the midst of chaos the UN came together to form an international organization which would help regulate the access to IDs while also minimizing conflict and maintaining order among "Blessed" individuals. The association was dubbed as the "Global Administration of Blessed & ID" or GABI for short. It's aim, to unite "Blessed" around the world under one banner, and end the ID phenomenon.
By 2027 the world had fully adapted, Aether was more commonplace and "Blessed" individuals had grown in numbers. Various had then chosen to create organizations known as "Guilds", guilds were private organizations of "Blessed" and worked along side the "Global Administration of Blessed & ID" as contractors. Every time an ID was discovered, in order for guilds to have access, they needed to make a deal with the administration. This way the administration doesn't have to waste manpower trying to monitor IDs but outsources them to guilds. In return guilds got access to resources, fame and influence.
Soon "Blessed" became celebrities, their guilds became brands, monsters became toys, and danger became propaganda. Humanity had finally figured out everything about Aether and IDs and how they functioned, and had regained their rightful spot as predators, on the top of the food chain.
Or so they had believed.
The world changed.
One day out of the blue it arrived, a dimensional gate unlike any others appeared around the world. It lead to a place that would serve as the stage for the "Conquest Games", a contest between worlds. Humanity whom thought themselves as predators, as special, would find out how hilariously and pathetically weak they truly were.
We were no longer alone other sentient races capable of complex thought and communication were found elves, dwarves, daemons, drakons, gnomes, races from various other worlds came to light.
In the end everything that humanity had experienced over the years proved to be nothing more than a joke. We were playing on easy mode the whole time. Other worlds had played this twisted game longer, they were stronger and more knowledgeable.
Humanity was no longer at the top of the food chain.
The world changed.
The war between worlds had dire consequences, nobody was safe, nobody could trust anybody. By the time everyone realized who the real enemies were, it was too late.
The war devastated every world, by the end only a handful of each world survived. Weary and tired of fighting the last of each world threw aside their differences, to find some sort of peace.
But they never left us alone...
They always found us....
They couldn't stand our peace...
So we stood one final time, a desperate resistance against our cruel fates.
We were small fishes trying to swim against the overwhelming current, even if it was seemingly hopeless.
The final remnants of each world hid and planned, waiting for once last chance, an opportunity, a sliver of hope. Through this the group known as the "Remnants" were formed. We were the last vestiges of our worlds, the last living bits of evidence of our civilizations.
We knew that our survival had nothing to do with our strength. We were strongest among worlds because there was no one left.
Those who were truly strong didn't survive, we did and because we survived, we were strong.
In our final moments, instead of despair, we chose to RAGE, against fate, against this cruel world, for everyone who was innocent, for everyone who has lost, for everyone who is sick of being trampled.
Even if we fell, even if our limbs broke and our bodies were crushed, even if we couldn't move, we never stopped.
We defied till the last, we RAGED till the last.
However, in the end, we still fell, My name is Andrew Bartholomew Meez, a human, and I was the last remnant.