Episode 1
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The magic of the Fifteen rules
The magics in the Abyss are divided into "Rules".
This means that Fifteen-rule level magics would be particularly like those of the origin of the universe, or in short: Fifteen-rule magics could basically destroy the universe with ease.
Arhat, who used countless Fifteen rules magics, was the ultimate end.
One word was more than enough to bring everything to the ultimate end.
The Sanctuary of the Monarchs, where the nine monarchs usually meet, was the source of the last fight and the fall of the last resistance.
The last resistance, composed of the Nine Leaders and hundreds of thousands of followers, had only one thought: to eliminate the nine races and the nine monarchs of the Abyss.
Even before they reached the Sanctuary of the Monarchs, the fall of the last resistance was destined.
Freddy looked at Arhat's vast power.
The last message before it was all over:
'The system appeared before me even as a 'No-Awakened'.
Why was that possible, but what are the Awakened Ones?
Simply put, they are the way to become stronger and overcome human limitations.
However, since the Abyss came to the Earth dimension and the system appeared a century ago, humanity had a level limit at 99 due to unknown reasons.
The inhabitants of the Abyss, whose level is overwhelmingly higher than 99, were completely stronger than humans.
Even so, despair was not completely in the eyes of the humans. This was because these were their last moments.
The countless "Creative Abysses" that appeared in the Earth dimension by the "Creators" were one of the causes of the fall.
At the same time, the families with high level and talented Awakened Ones, as well as the Rankers who dominated the world, did not even play the role of heroes.
'Damn motherfuckers... You are all level 99 and you don't even want to help us in the last moments'.
Why didn't the Rankers and family leaders even help? In the end, they all died.
The Verdance family, which was the strongest, also fell. Gustang Verdance was even a traitor in the end.
The nine factions of human traitors emerged half a century after the Abyss arrived on Earth. Those who had the idea to overcome and become stronger did so at the cost of losing their humanity.
'Sorry, I stopped being a human a long time ago.'
'You're the leader, aren't you, why did they do it?"'
'That's not a question I can answer, you should ask the first leader and not me.'
Freddy dismantled seven of the nine factions; the rest managed to escape, flee and hide somewhere in the Abyss.
The followers of the nine monarchs.
Each traitor faction faithfully followed a monarch, and thus the nine traitor factions were formed.
'You damned bastard, even you are a traitor.'
'What a surprise to see a useless son who isn't even an No-Awakened.'
Freddy looked at Gustang. At the same time, he knew at once that he was a traitor, but there was something else.
'So... you're something like Arhat's right hand man? What a son of a bitch.'
'Shut the fuck up, scumbag. I don't know how the fuck you're so strong with magic power alone, but keep talking shit and I'll kill you.'
There was a particular reason why Arhat kept Gustang, Freddy's father, by his side.
The Awakened 'Classes' were a way of determining how strong the Awakened would be. Freddy understood instantly.
'What's your class? If it wasn't for that, Arhat wouldn't protect you.'
'It's none of your business.'
Regardless of the questions, Gustang never said anything.
He was in the Shrine of the Monarchs next to Arhat, but next to the main body, not with the other half with whom Freddy had given everything.
Arhat's words echoed:
"Humans, disappear."
It was like a bad ending to a story.
***
It had been five years since Freddy had seen all this.
With a perfectly clean and tidy room, a 25-year-old man lay on a bed. He had purple hair, blue eyes and wore clear glasses due to poor eyesight.
Freddy's eyes looked around. Everything felt strange.
He felt alive, and that was the strangest feeling, even though he had lived so long before he died.
Even now, to say he was "alive" was an impossibility.
The desperate cries of humanity and his body turning into dust particles were still etched in his mind. Even the message before he died was still etched in his head.
This was because that message was literally real.
Beads of sweat trickled down his face, which now looked like that of someone completely traumatized.
However, something strange appeared in his vision. It was a transparent black screen with letters that read:
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⟨⟨==Congratulations, you've just woken up your class==⟩⟩
⟨⟨==Now you can see the system==⟩⟩
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No matter how dead he was, this was real.
"I'm alive."
It was impossible, but he really was alive.
He was currently five years in the past, in that room.
No matter how it happened, there was an answer.
"God of sacrifice... At first I spoke and followed all that unconsciously. After sacrificing my soul, I managed to return to the past."
Although it was difficult to think clearly at the time, Freddy's consciousness eventually calmed down.
Even in the face of Arhat he never lost consciousness and did not go mad.
If not then how could he fight against the creator of all magic and a being capable of erasing the existence of the abyss and all dimensions so easily.
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-Name: Freddy Verdance.
-Level: 1
-Age: 25
-Gender: Male
-Height/Weight: 185cm/75,5kg
-Class: Lord of calamity.
-Statistics-
• Strength: 1
• Endurance: 1
• Agility: 1
• Intelligence: 1
• Magic power: 1
-Skills-
-[Sword of the eternity]
-[Great transcendental magic]
-[Magic of the 10 suns ]
-[???]
-[???]
-[???]
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"....."
It was really crazy this, wasn't it?
Even after seeing the system before his eyes again and again, it was impossible to articulate a single word.
"Ha, even after I died you left me in some illusion believing I went back to the past."
Fuck you.
Freddy looked at the system.
Was there really anything like that before he fought Arhat?
The answer was no.
"An awakened can see something like a transparent screen with detailed information: class, skills, stats, name, etc."
"I really don't understand what that looks like. You guys see something like that as if it were a game."
Even in the face of that explanation, it was hard to say a word about this.
This was because I had never seen anything like this before. Even in drawings, it looked quite... fictional, like something out of a game.
Actually, after connecting the Earth dimension with the Abyss, that thing called "System" had appeared before the chosen ones as "Awakened Ones".
After the "Creative Abyss" appeared and thousands of Awakened Ones entered to complete the events of the creators of the Creative Abyss, the Awakened Ones would level up. When level 99 was reached, it was at that moment that everyone realized:
"The level limit for humans is 99."
No matter how hard they tried, it was impossible to overcome it.
Freddy was never an awakened.
His strength, agility, stamina, abilities, equipment and items that increased characteristics only belonged to the awakened.
Freddy never knew what it felt like to use those things, the ones you got after completing a creative abyss event as a reward... or finding them in the Abyss or buying them there.
They were exclusive to the awakened.
"So... am I really an awakened one now?"
"I can see... my skills, stats, and my class."
Lord of Calamity.
What did that really mean?
The skills even looked flashy.
But...
"Sword of Eternity... Magic of the 10 Suns."
Wasn't the Sword of Eternity a physical sword, Gustang's sword?
Wasn't the Magic of the 10 Suns the ability of the monarch Arhat?
Why on earth was that appearing?
"Great Transcendental Magic."
Was he a magician?
But the class was called "Lord of Calamity." So, he wasn't a wizard anyway.
"Awakened ones can see the characteristic of each skill to know how that skill works. The same goes for the class."
"And how do you look at that?"
"Easy, just touch the skill and it automatically pops up the information, also with the class."
"That works with all awakened?"
"Of course, you moron."
So, that means... see the characteristic of each skill and also the class.
"I just have to tap where it says 'Calamity Lord', right?"
The screen was still floating there, and the moment Freddy reached out and touched the letters, it was like touching a window.
That's when the screen changed and revealed different letters and information than before.
"W-what...the hell is this.... No, this is too much."
He'd never heard anything like this said before....