"It's your fault, Caden. I wish I didn't read your note." Vinci wants to have a new life in a new world and experience happiness and fun yet what he comes across is a world in apocalypse. "Where are the people?" He screams in his head.
He flies around yet no one is alive to be seen. "So this is me in another world, alone."
"Help!" A voice of a boy asking for help.
He flies above to look around and there he saw a boy on the ground helplessly avoiding a zombie.
"Am I going to die and turn into a zombie?" The boy asked himself. The zombies are walking towards him. Some zombies lost an arm, their intestines are swinging and their body is full of blood.
"Somebody, please help." He screams
Vines grow and entangle the zombies. Sharp spikes from the ground appear piercing the zombies' head. Crystals fall out.
"Whoa! What is that?" The boy can't believe that out of nowhere those vines came out.
"Are you okay?" Vinci asked the boy with worry.
"I'm good. Thank you so much." The boy bowed his head as he thanked him. Then the boy collected the crystals that fell from the zombies.
Vinci noticed it and he asked the boy "What are those?"
"These are crystal cores from the zombie; it helps us evolve into a superhuman." Humanity gained abilities when the apocalypse started. These crystal cores are concentrated energy that helps them evolve and gain ability.
"May I see it?" Vinci asked the boy and take a look at the crystal. He noticed that these are concentrated mana. So people here in the blue star doesn't have mana before the apocalypse. He doesn't need these crystals anyway.
"How are you going to use these? How will these help you evolve and gain abilities?" Vinci asked with curiosity. This is different from their world because they innately have mana with them.
"Oh! We just have to eat this. I heard that those superhumans ate these cores and help them evolve." He explained.
"I wish I can get an offensive ability like fire magic or any elemental magic." He added.
"By the way kid, may I ask your name?" Vinci wanted to know his name. He is the first person he talks to on this planet.
"I'm David." The boy replied
"And you are?" He added.
"I'm Vinci."
"Why are you here alone? Where are your companions?" Vinci worriedly asked.
David answered that he got separated from his group. He was at school when the apocalypse has begun. They were rescued by the group of superhumans however a large number of zombies appeared and they panicked. One zombie penetrated the defense line so everyone was running out of fear and he is one of them. He's been alone for days now.
Vinci realized that there are humans who wield superpowers due to these crystal cores. That means people who ate it has mana circulating in their body. It's fascinating how they control the flow of mana without being born with it. Are the people here, genius?
"I'll be eating the cores now because I need to get stronger. I can only depend on myself." David told him. David eats the cores and started to feel the mana flowing in his body. He feels excruciating pain and is shouting.
Vinci took pity on the boy and cast a spell to calm his body. He helps him control the flow of mana and be accustomed to it. He realized that this boy can wield two elements, fire, and water.
"How do you feel?" Vinci asked when David opens his eyes.
"I feel like I'm stronger than before. Am I an evolve human now?" Excitement can be seen all over David's face as he feels stronger than before.
"Try to focus David. Gather your energy to your hand and visualize the spell. You will feel based on your energy the elements that you have." Vinci is helping David to awaken his abilities.
David focuses the energy on his hand. When the energy flows, he felt a strong surge of energy and it feels warm. He thinks that he might have a fire element. On his right hand, he gathers the energy and visualizes a fireball. A huge ball is created and it shocked Vinci. Normally magicians will have difficulty on their first try. Vinci thought that maybe David is a genius or all the people in this Blue Star are geniuses.
While the fireball is on his hand, David feels another surge of energy and it is calm and a little cold. He tried to gather those in his left hand. He still thought of a ball and water gathers forming a huge ball. A dual casting that impresses Vinci. A beginner who can do dual casting.
"Oh, yeah! This what I asked for." David exclaims joyfully as he has two elements awakened. He wants to try it on the zombies. As David throws the the fireball and water ball to the zombies, it created a huge explosion killing all the zombies.
"Deserve!" David angrily shouts to the zombies.
"Thank you so much Vinci for helping me out. If we will meet each other next time, I will surely repay your kindness. I will be leaving now because I need to find my family. I'm sure they are worried about me." David will separate ways with him as he is away from his family. He needs to be with them in this time of apocalypse. He is now confident that he can take care of them with his power.
Vinci doesn't want to separate from him however, he can't force David to stay with him. Family comes first. He thought that maybe he could tail him and support him from the back. He wants David to reunite with his family. He knows well how lonely it is when you have no one by your side. He bids farewell to David.
"Conceal" He cast a spell that can make him invisible to all when David was away. He is worried he might face some danger. This city is full of danger. Who knows there might be some dangerous men out there.
He is flying to survey the ground if there are zombies or any danger on David's path. In a few meters, a group of zombies are gathering. He thought that those are just nothing.
David notices a group of zombies. He readied his magic; both his hands have magic balls. As he was about to shoot, a large zombie dog appeared from the group of zombies. He throws his fireball first however, the zombie dog is agile; it keeps on dodging. He keeps shooting simultaneously but to no avail, the dog is still alive. All the other zombies were killed except for the zombie dog.
It runs towards him and hit him with its head. The impact made David fly a meter away and hit a pile of debris. It injures him and he spills blood. He tried to shoot it again but he is weak. He can't gather any energy anymore.
He cried thinking that he is going to die without seeing and protecting his family. He is nineteen years old, a young man yet dying early.
The zombie dog approaches him when suddenly it cannot move. David wonders what is happening but at that moment, there should be no other thinking he must kill the dog. He picks a long metal rod and stabs it on the dog's head and killing it.
He sat down and breathe heavily. He is exhausted and scared. After a few minutes, he stands and collected the crystal cores from the zombies. The dog's crystal core is bigger than the others.
Back when David was about to be killed by the zombie dog, Vinci used telekinetic power to stop the dog. This is the only way to help David without him noticing. He wants David to grow with this experience.
He kept on following David after that.
David realized that he needs to analyze the zombies first before using his magic. The energy will be depleted if he continuously uses it. He should also move while casting; being stationary is dangerous because some zombies are agile.
He tried casting while running; he is practicing while there are only first-level zombies. Evolved zombies are difficult to fight with such as the zombie dog. He shoots while running improving his stamina and accuracy.
He takes Vinci interest in him. He is really a genius. Back in his world, beginners can only do single casting and they are stationary to focus on the casting leaving them vulnerable.
Days passed by and David became used to running and casting. He will strike the zombies at the right time using efficiently his energy. He used the crystal cores he obtains while killing zombies to improve his magic energy.
On those days, David is resting at a convenience store for food. While he is sleeping, Vinci cast a blockade, a spell that creates a windshield that repels anyone or anything.
"I have to hurry up. I must meet them." David is running towards their apartment. It is on the fifth floor so he needs to use the stairs. The elevators are blocked by a large number of zombies.
"Mom? Dad? Lily? I'm home." He's calling them while crying. He kept on calling them even though he knows in his heart that they are not there. He searches the whole room but no one is there. He goes to his room and lies down on his bed and cries. His arms are on his forehead.
"Mom? Dad? Lily? Where did you go?" Deep inside his head, he won't accept the possibility of his family turning into zombies.
"I believe that they are somewhere safe; they might be in a camp or any safe haven." He said to himself while collecting his composure. There is nothing he can do about the situation; crying won't help him. He needs to find a camp where people are gathering.
"Calling all civilians, if you hear this please proceed to city C. We have a safe haven there and it's protected by the military. We have many awakened soldiers and the supplies are enough. This is General Dan, I hope to see you there." Hearing this from the radio, a spark of hope energizes him to keep on moving. His target is city C.
"See you soon Mom, Dad, and Lily."
On the ground floor, Vinci is cleaning up the zombies. He incinerated them all and collected the crystal cores and put them at the top of the table where David will notice when he comes down.
Before flying up, he tried to absorb one of the crystal cores to check its energy. When absorbing, a hint of the cause of this apocalypse flashed like a memory. These energy crystals come from human-like zombies that have intelligence and power. They planted crystal cores on some humans as part of their experiment if they will turn like them however the result is not what they expected. It turns them into zombies due to the burst of energy. When a zombie eats another person, some of the energy will be transferred to that person and transforming its lifeforce to a crystal core.
"Powerful Beings. Are they from another world like me?" Vinci understands now the cause of this apocalypse and that there lies a great danger. He wants to track these beings. Probably by absorbing a more concentrated crystal, a more vivid hint of who they are will be shown. Only Vinci can do it since he is already at the top of magic. Ordinary people absorbing crystal cores cannot see any memory.
With this hint, he wants to train David and make him his student. He does not want to waste a genius like him.
" David, do you wish to be my student?" When David comes down to the ground floor, Vinci appeared and asked him.
"What the **** you startled me. Why are you here? and what's being "your student" mean? David is startled by Vinci's sudden appearance.
"If you will be my student, I will help grow stronger in a short period of time."
"Here, take these crystal cores as my present to you." He took out the crystal cores and gave it to him, expecting him to say yes.
"I am thankful to you Vinci but we don't really know each other. And besides, we are of the same age; it is very weird to call you teacher." David declines his offer and leaves him.
It is his first time to be declined by someone. Back in his world, everyone wanted to be his disciple but none of them piqued his interest.
"What?????"