Earth 2023.
A young man with dark eyes and brown hair with a malnourished build that boasted extreme poverty was running with palpable fear evident on his face.
Behind him were two individuals with malicious grins on their faces chasing after him.
One of the gentlemen with a blond hair conjured a medium sized fireball and shot it towards the young man with dark eyes and brown hair being chased.
Soon,a sharp cry radiated out of his mouth, causing him to fall down and crash in an alleyway.
Tears streamed out of his eyes, a hint at the emotional and physical pain he had kept bottled up.
"Trash will always be trash.. This punk thinks he can get away.. What's the use of having three affinities if you have an F grade talent." The gentleman with the blonde hair sneered, followed by a supportive condescending look by the other person who tagged behind, obviously his lackey.
" He doesn't know his place... When he awakened three elements, I thought he was some monstrous prodigy , but after finding out he had an F grade talent, I couldn't help but fume in anger at why someone with such trashy talent could awaken three elements.
The subject of ridicule revealed an angry expression at their words of mockery , however, a look of helplessness washed over his face, as he gave in to the endless beating landing at every part of his body.
What else could he do but accept the beating like that?...
In this world, every individual awakened what is referred to as affinities at the age of sixteen.
Yes , everybody ... However what separated those who could do something with their affinities was what we refer to as Talents.
Talents are simply a term used to describe a measure of one's innate ability to absorb worldly natural energy to improve one's strength.
Due to the advancement of technology, the awakening centres of the world had developed an artifact for measuring the talent level of the individual.
The highest level of talent was S,followed by A,B,C,D,E with the last level of talent being F ranked talent.
Based on the description about talents we have already discussed, it is safe to say that even if you awaken a heavenly defying affinity and you have a shitty talent, you are bound to be trash .
This was the current fate of the young man currently being bullied ,Erindor Thorne..
He had awakened three affinities and had been confirmed at the awakening center of Pristborne City , which was pretty much abnormal and what some would say monstrous and heavenly defying, as most of the general population naturally awaken a single affinity, with a select few naturally awakening 2 affinities. This made news of his awakening of three affinities spread like wildfire ...However ,after having his talent was checked , his talent turned out to be shitty and trash- F grade. The previous news of his awakening of three affinities was suddenly replaced with news of his shitty talent, making him a laughing stock in the entire city , who knew if the whole world didn't even know about this.
He even became the punching bag of angry hormonal teenagers looking for a way to vent their frustrations since he was weak, orphaned and would not amount to anything in life ,having an F grade talent.
In this world strength was everything ...
The young man with blonde hair launched a few flames on Erindor now sprawled and coughing blood on the ground .
"Duke, it looks like if we proceed any further ,he will die... The academy will be on our necks if we end up killing him.. let's head back... " The lackey informed Duke, the blonde haired gentleman, who now boasted a look of dissapointment on his face.. it looked like he had been interrupted during a very fun fulfilling activity ... This guy was clearly a sociopath...
"I know Marshal...I guess you have a point It's time to head back... See you at school tomorrow Trash!" Duke turned to Erindor, sprawled on the ground, spat on his face , snorted with disdain and left ..
Erindor sighed .. This had been his life for the past one year ... Bullying, ridicule, abuse... Even if he had a shitty talent , couldn't he have been born in some rich family where he would at least have his powerful background scare away these bullies...
"Perfect birthday gift for you Erindor...As if being an orphan without any one to support me is not enough... I have to endure hunger ,bullying and humiliation everyday....People avoid me like a plague... At school and even in the city, they now call the orphan with the weakest Talent.... Why is my life so shitty" Erindor struggled to stand up, however , he fell down again, grimacing in pain.
His nose was caved in, he had bruises all over his body, and he had scorch marks all over his body...
"I guess I might as well die here... What's the use in being alive anymore..." Erindor gave in to his weak body, leaving his life to fate...
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Meanwhile... a few minutes ago, when Erindor was being chased by Duke and Marshall ..
A middle aged man with black beared and a carefree demeanor seemingly lay atop what seemed to be a mixture between a lion and an eagle as he threw one potato chip after another into his mouth...
Despite how large, eye catching , domineering and near land the chimera was, it seemed no one roaming the streets or having their own business in the skyscrapers could notice it .. It was as though the middle aged man and chimera had hidden themselves on purpose ..or perhaps the sentient lifeforms below them were too weak to even notice a glimpse of their power....
The middle aged man noticed an intriguing sight, a bunch of human youngsters chasing after another youngster who seemed to be in deep trouble...
"Seems like that youngster is having a tough time... I'm in a good mood today... This vacation has been really enjoyable .. I've got to enjoy almost all the delicacies these humans have to offer... Since I'm in a good mood, let's see how this whole drama unfolds and I'll decide if I want to do something to help the one in deep waters " The carefree middle aged man muttered , as he stayed at the same spot in the air, seated on the chimera creature with the face and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
A few minutes later, the scene of Erindor being left wounded and sprawled on the ground presented itself before the carefree middle aged man...
" What do you think Pao?" The middle aged man caressed the hair on the body of the chimera creature he sat upon.
The creature seemed to have made some sort of gesture, which the mysterious middle aged man deemed to be a response..
"Hehe,I suppose the youngster's face does look like one of the meals I ate, mushed up like that... Well, since I'm in a good mood today , I will perform a good gesture for this pitiful human... Where's that useless artifact that I've been keeping around for no apparent reason .."