With night looming, I found a large tree to hunker down next to, as I pulled off my jacket and my backpack to create a makeshift blanket & pillow. Sure I was just summoned to this world, but I had no idea of where to go, rather than getting even more lost, I choose to wait until the morning to start my journey.
As Ari and I got comfortable, I looked up towards the stars. It was oddly statisfying, as they seemed the same as back on Earth. This gave me some reprieve about the daunting tasks that were awaiting me on in this new land.
Yet, I couldn't fall asleep as easily as Ari. For him, this seemed like just another day, another park that we visited and he would help himself to a nap. No environment was too hectic for Ari, as long as he was worn out.
So as I continued to stargaze, i decided to gather some basic information on this new world from Siya.
The most obvious question was… where am I?
'You are in The Kingdom of Tyrn. A small country on the Tribecca Continent, on Mearth. Tribecca is a southern continent, with varying humanoid species scattered across the entire continent. In terms of mana levels, this continent has the 2nd lowest of the seven.'
As I listened to this explanation; one world struck out instantly.
'Mana?!?'
'Yes mana, this world has, what you call magic. Mana is ambient life energy/magic of this world. Each and every person possesses some mana within them. This means that everyone has the capacity to become an elementalist, or a mage as they are called from where you are from. But not everyone will have the same potential. Ones potential is determined by their affinity.'
That was nice to know, most fantasy worlds have a limited number of mages making them extremely rare. However, here it seems like becoming a mage is more about hard work, and learning than it is about being born with the right qualities. But the last part was a little hard to understand so I asked Siya for more information on affinities.
'Each person can be born with either one or multiple affinities. There are 7 main affinities in this world, and thousands of subaffinities that make up this world.
The 7 main affinities are
White or Holy
Black or Dark
Fire
Earth
Wind
Water
Life
These are main affinities. Yet most people have what is a subaffinity. For your exact purposes, you have two strong subaffinities, Nature and Beast.
Nature is a mixture of Life and Earth, while Beast is a mixture of Life and Dark.
The 2nd way to determine a persons strength is by their tier. In this world, there are 9 tiers, each country or continent has different ways to classify your tier, but for simplicity sake, I placed you on a leveling system for this continent, as no one is above Tier 5 or level 100 for you'
Okay, now I was starting to understand this new fantasy world. And hell, I liked my affinities too. They both seemed to really call to who I am as a person.
Yet, I needed to know:
'Can one increase their affinity or change their affinity?'
'I have no evidence saying one can change an affinity, but it has been proven that one can turn a subaffinity into a main affinity by truly immersing themselves in that element. It is a long and difficult process, that takes master's decades to accomplish.'
Okay, that seemed like a bit too much work for me, especially since nature and beast seemed to be perfect. I could potentially control and manipulate plants, and bond and fight alongside animals. I already had Ari by my side, but a few more magical beasts and my life might be turn out pretty great. As any kid did, I fantasized about taming a dragon, killing a hydra, or befriending fairy. Now I had the skills to accomplish this. All I needed to do was avoid getting dragged into a massive war or some world destroying main plot line.
'No current threats to the world as a whole detected'
As Siya confirmed, what I could only dream to be true, I finally felt fine starting my life over in this new world. I had magic, and I had my best friend, Ari. Maybe this summoning will be the greatest thing to ever happen to me.