*Vrooom !!
An old and worn out quid bike was seen on a desert hill leaving it's trail behind. Under the gentle light of the bright moon, the marks resemble thousands of snakes crawling.
Looking upto the sky, Edward sighed. He was truly tired after reassembling the remains of this bike he picked in the ruins of a small village.
Since exiting the magic City three days ago. He roamed in surrounding without a aim. He had no idea regarding what to do or where to go. Just one goal was keeping him alive and that was revenge against the demons who destroyed his life.
Being a war orphan he has lived a very lonely life until late teenage. However, the people he begin to believe will become his family also abandoned him, makes him fully conscious of how shallow a human's mind can be.
He stopped after reaching the periphery of a fertile forest. The dense area in the centre could be very dangerous at night. So he decided to leave in the morning.
" I wish you were here, Mom and Dad" He murmured, removing the helmet. Drowsiness was overflowing from his hazy eyes. He wanted to rest. So he set a small camp fire and laid around it.
In the cold winter, there were no woollen cloth to keep him warm. Helpless, he could only curled up his body.
Time passed minute after minute and Edward finally fell asleep.
However, at this moment something unexpected occured. A greenish-purple light appeared on Horizon, piercing the clouds all the way it was heading downwards.
This causes, Edward to wake up from his half baked sleep. Starring at the sky, he rubbed his eyes looking at the "Star" that was thousands of time brighter than the gentle moon.
It was passing through one cloud after another, drawing a beautiful long arc.
"Remains of a meteoroid ?" He exclaimed in surprise. The giant body shrinked to a very small size visible to the naked eye. The outer body has cracked down into millions of small piece falling in different directions. Only the core could be seen engulfed in atmospheric heat and it was heading towards him.
**Kaboom
Before he could even react, it fall beside him with a strong impact. As a result, the quid bike and him were sent flying to a nearby old tree. The first one was destroyed in seconds while the latter manged to stay safe due to the fragile trunk being hollow from inside and incur minimal scratches.
The camp fire he has burnt with great efforts was also extinguished.
The land mass in the diameter of 100 metre has sunken by more than 2 metres whereas in the centre, it has turned into a scorching mud pool.
When Edward stood up, he saw a very strange spectacle. Despite being burnt by the meteoroid, the trees around him weren't burnt but they have become more lush and green.
"What's happening...Is this a dream ?" Unable to feel any heat, he questioned the reality. Which was very reasonable from a normal viewpoint.
He stepped towards the centre to verify his guess. As he approached it more closer, the heat wave finally hit his face. However, he found it didn't cause him any damages but new streams of vitality was gushing inside his body.
"Could it be an item from the continent ?" He was truly marvelled by this thought. Never in his life, he expected to encounter an artifact on earth.
The steam vanished, as Edward jumped into the pit. The true face of the artifact was revealed. It was...
Two rays of different colours light ? One being violet in colour while the second one was greenish.The same theme as the arc drawn by the meteoroid.
They were so dim, that wind could scatter them at any second.
"You are also abandoned. Don't worry, I will help you."
He don't know why but he could feel their emotions. Sharing a similar experience he reached out to hold them in his hand.
These two mass of energy has a mind of their own. They didn't wait for Edward to hold them but restlessly jumped into his embrace, acting all naughty and spoilt.
"*Hahaha, not there..No tickling. I said no tickling."
Edward couldn't help but feel ticklish. He let these two roam around his body and they made him laugh.
After playing for a while, the two masses of energy gathered on his head taking a form similar to flame and burst with a divine light so bright, that the vincity of several kilometres looks like it was illuminated by a miniature sun.
"You can't attract unnecessary attention."
Edward tried to warn them but it was too late. When the light dispersed. There was only Edward. Those two masses of energy has disappeared without a trace.
Feeling a sudden itchiness on face, his fingers subconsciously begin to scratch here and there.
" This..." He was once again surprised to find, his skin has melt down and was pouring in a semi-liquid state in his hands.
The masses of energy didn't disappear but was circling inside his body. The proof of which was his two sharp eyes that has changed from original black to violet in left and green at right.
" *Ufgg *bleahhhhh" He vomited large quantity of waste.
Knowing some earth shattering changes were about to take place inside him. He settled down on a nearby rock in a meditative pose.
With closed eyes, he witness a miracle. His broken lord rings were reconstructing thanks to the little green trying to connect them while the little violet was causing mutation. The original 5 rings shaped structure changed into weapons of different size and shape. Starting from the first ring turning into a sword, the second being a hammer, the third one changed into a wand, the fourth one took the shape of a gauntlet and finally, the fifth one choses to be a bow.
His mortal body was once again transforming into mana particles. For instance, a blue light could be seen running in his skeleton frame while the colour of his blood changed into golden red. Edward was so full of energy that he could lift a mountain on his back.
He wanted to scream in joy but something unforseen happened.
Starting from his abdomen, a soul piercing pain spread to the rest of body. It was so hurtful that even his scream don't have a voice..His bodily functions stopped working.
With great difficulty, he tired to focus on the changes in his inside and he was shocked to find his previous 5 Lord rings has increased by one with an additional 'Chakra' taking form around his heart. Within a few minutes, it has completed its formation and just when Edward believe his pain would come to an end. A seventh mutated ring began to take shape, it was a pair of cresent blades, another few moments of the unbearable pain made him mentally exhausted.
Don't know whether it was lady luck on his side or he was simply suffering from a bad day. This time, eighth ring, a axe with runes resembling sun appeared. This was the worst pain he has suffered from since his birth but it was still nothing in compare to the hellish feeling brought by the birth of ninth ring. A circular plate that look nothing special from it's appearance.
This pain was so intense that he was unable to bear and finally fainted.
[ DING !! ]
[ DING !! ]
It was the sound exclusive to the Lord system that was directly transmitted to his head. Meaning, he has once again risen to the ranks of lords.
The Lord System is the key to enter lost continent. Which is often known as the Battle heaven and the final destination.
The lost continent is not a place or world but amalgamation of thousands of dimensions that has reached its end. The respective world and the people in it has died are absorbed by the lost continent as nourishments. And they would appear as the Lord's subject after performing a prerequisite ceremony. Where the "Lord" are a group of people who are exempted by the lost continent to enter and leave at their own free will. Their growth is not limited by their race or genes. But anyone could reach a level similar to the Gods.
The world that had run out of players will become it's next feast.
In a sense, it represents afterlife and perpetual cycle of reincarnation.
A blue window appeared in the void, out of which a light curtain begin to examine unconsciously lying Edward.
He was lying face down, completely soaked in the beads of cold sweat. His facial hair has appeared after a while. The original black hair has already turned white and grown down to his waist. His already well-maintained body has become more perfect and his eyes, they are dyed in a strange beauty with different colours.
[ Ding !! Verifying Lord's data loading...]
[ Found a similar match : Edward Rocks. ]
[ Since it's a returning person, the request to join is rejected ]
[ Warning.....]
[ Warning....]
[ An anomaly detected ]
[ System Fireball is cracked down..]
[ Intiating Defense System ]
[ Successfully Defended against x@## ]
[ The System code is secured ]
[ Adding new rules to System module ]
[ Mission abort is granted when encountering the entity named "Vistaco" ]
[ System will give temporarily grants the access to the lost continent ]
Nobody knew an earth shattering battle took place in the span of a millionth of a second. Especially, the reason for it was none other Edward who was soundly asleep in the midst of forest. Where thousands of glaring eyes were looking at him with hunger.
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