Zephyrian stayed hidden, holding his breath to not even let the air around him vibrate, as that man wearing a king's clothes made his every instinct shake violently like a newborn stuck between the raging waves of countless storms on the ocean's surface, with nothing to keep him afloat but his own body's oxygen
Atticus, ever the leader and arrogant one, spoke up
Atticus: where are we? and who are you?
king Asfalon: you are in my kingdom, heroes, we summon heroes as a tradition every twenty years to keep our military prowess, every kingdom in this world does this. all from your world, however if you want to go back, you must manage to cross a UZO level dungeon, or a demon king, sadly, the influence of said demon king isn't a threat as they can't expand their territory due to the current heroes in the world, they are twenty years older than you, so, please, do place your aligance.
Rose, atticus and Zephyrian's childhood friend spoke up, backing Atticus up, as his fan-girl
Rose: excuse me, your highness, if that's the case, then why has no current or previous hero ever teleported back?
king asfalon: because they didn't want to, we even brought one with us, and the one who chose to become my trusty right hand man...
king asfalon points towards Zephyrion, where the hero, mail, stood behind Zephyrian, as Zephyrian realized that his cover never existed to begin with
Mai: kid, you're not that good ... I guess its time to beat you to teach you a lesson.
she smirked as she said that, as she faked her killing intent, but to someone as ordinary as Zephyrian, who always fought in secret but still never killed, he felt fear to very core, as he jumped back, pressing every heart rate increasing pressure point on his chest as fast as he can as he put his guard up, and stood with a muai boran style Stance, the color in his eyes gone, only his instincts and his line of thought heightened to max. yet Mai laughed
Mai: not bad, but you do realize that you can't stay alive if you get strikes in a vital point after that, right? even if you die, your corpse will be my prize, got that kid? I was just messing with you, you idiot...
a hint of nestolgia was in her eyes before she hid it, and pulled out from the dark all the others who were hiding
Vera, another childhood friend and fangirl of Atticus, spoke up, as she wanted to keep everyone safe and show atticus how dependable she is
Vera: hey, uhm ... ma'am, I'm sorry for my friend, he really meant no harm, he might have just been on guard due to the unfamiliar surroundings, he was an idiot in our previous world anyways, right? ZEPHYRIAN?
before Zephyrian can even answer, king Asfalon speaks before that can happen
king Asfalon: Mai, didn't I tell you to not scare them anymore? well, anyways, heroes, for you to gain your abilities and their unlockment, you'll have to use an awakening orb, just place your hand on it, and you'll awaken, your class, abilities, statistics, and everything else, is going to show up on a screen that the previous generation worked to create, a "system", as they called it, so, let's bring in the orb, its small, so don't worry, it will just make your flow of energy much easier.
the orb was brought in on a small pillow, by a couple of holy knights, then Mai spoke up
Mai: should we really give THIS kid a power though? he looks like trouble to me, my liege, I already punished the other ones that are hiding, but this one is still on guard, and hasn't taken his eyes off me, and I can tell that his muscle co trol is unique since he is pressing on his pressure points just boy flexing his muscles. so please, maybe some painful " teasing" would work out?
king Asfalon: no, Mai, we already talked about this, you're not their mom, now then, all of you, place your hands on the orb or near it one by one, and you'll get your own "System"
then suddenly, in zephyrian's head, a massege rang out, making his over thinking start up again, and then one sentancr rang out in his head
T.System (which stands in for True System): new host attached to, good afternoon host, I am the true system, a pleasure making your aquantance.