How long have I been asleep?
1 year? 10 years? 30 year?
I saw a dream.
Dreams about the past
From my life as a kind-hearted and law-abiding inhabitant of Earth to the day I unleashed the final attack and sealed Terraria.
Same dream.
Same regret.
Repeatedly.
At first I was very shaken and tormented by this dream.
Seeing myself in the third person made me realize how many mistakes and stupidities I had made in the past.
I realized my mistake but couldn't do anything to fix it or prevent it because it was in the past; something that had already happened.
How could it not be torturous?
Even today, the same dream continues to be shown to me.
The next day or even the next day again.
The same scene kept repeating in front of me.
—Run, Lybran!
—Father!
The scene of a burning and destroyed village due to monsters controlled by demons.
The villagers ran around in panic.
Many of them were killed due to the waves from the battle between angels and demons.
So fragile.
So weak.
In the face of natural disasters called angels and demons, humans are just insect.
—You are the young warriors of humanity's last territory, our hope! Swing your sword, spear, axe, hoe, whatever you have! Be strong to protect this city of ours with everything we have!
—Swung bow, too?
—THAT'S RIGHT! ... But only if you run out of arrows.
A scene where childrens were practicing hard desperately with hatred burning in their eye.
—The monsters of the demons attacked!
—Forward! Don't let them pass through the gate!
—Argh!
A desperate battle against the hordes of monsters that came to attack the last city.
—Kevin, kevin! N-no..
The last moments of a close friend lost his life.
—Lybran... You're strong. You have a good Warseal and Incane. As long as you train harder and better... You should be able to surpass me...
His last smile.
—Fina... Please take care of my sister, Lybran.
—K-Kevin...!
Sorry.
—O cold north wind, turn this body of mine into the incarnation of a winter storm and death!
The feeling of helplessness when unable to do anything in front of Demon and let closest friend's sister sacrifice herself for the sake of killing the Demon.
—Good bye, Lybran... I actually... Haha, No, nevermind. Please... Survive and life well.
Sorry.
—You monkeything, how dare you harm this Demon!
Despair when finds that even her sacrifices are left in vain by this creature similar to a natural disaster.
—Return to your cave, Human. This is our battlefield.
Seen only as a lowly insect by the Angels.
—ARGGHHH!!! DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, DAMN ALL!!
The scene of hitting the stone wall out of hatred for how weak and helpless I am was.
—KILL! I will definitely kill them all!
The scene of swinging the sword endlessly even after being covered in blood and suffering from broken bones.
—Lybran, rest is also part of training. Your body has reached its limit!
—NOISE! Shut up. I need to get stronger! Immediately!
A relentless practice that will not stop before losing consciousness or on the verge of death.
—Wound? This great self of me is Wounded? Damn monkeything..!
The harsh reality of discovering that the strongest attacks that had been honed every day, minute, and second were only capable of scratching the outer skin of a Demon.
—BWAH... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I killed it! I succeeded!
A feeling of accomplishment at close to death but manage to decapitate a Demon.
—I did it... Khhh... Kevin, Fina...
And the emptiness of realizing that simply killing Demon alone would not be enough to fill the void left behind that had been lost.
Sorry.
I am sorry.
Days of practicing and killing monsters or Demons.
—Hero!
—Our hero, Mister Lybran!
—Thank you for saving us!
—Thank you very much!
Receiving the title of hero in exchange for achievements earned with desperation.
Although it is just a little drop in the lake but the guilt of the unsalvaged looming is somewhat healed.
—You are the chosen ones among the best of the best of humanity. All of you are Heroes, our pillars of hope. From now on, let's start counterattacking those natural disasters and take back our territory and homeland!
The beginning of the counterattack on the demons and angels that were rampant in the land that originally belonged to us.
Then...
—Greetings. My name is Celesnianna Rubydragg. In this mission, I will be the main strength of the team. I am an... Half-Angel.
... The day I met her.
It all started when she approached me who was swinging a sword alone in a corner.
—Hey you, your name is... Lybran, right?
—... Yea.
Her sharp gaze was something I will never be able to forget.
—We were discussing the strategy of attacking the city that is now the reproduction den of the Demon's monsters. Why don't you join? This mission requires high coordination.
—I'm practicing.
A frown appeared on her face.
Suddenly she swung her sword at me.
I quickly reacted.
The blades of our swords quickly pointed towards each other's necks.
—Ho? I admit that your sword skills are indeed of high quality. But... I told you, didn't you? This mission requires a high level of coordination.
She quickly retreated and then came back with a sideways slash.
I easily parried her attack and aimed my blade right in front of her eyes.
—... I'm practicing.
—Not bad.
That day, the two of us crossed swords for 30 minutes right after first getting to know each other.
In the end, I emerged victorious.
—You are really strong... What is your name?
—... Lybran.
Since that mission, we have become more often assigned to carry out missions on the same team.
The combat power of mankind continues to increase.
We heroes share our knowledge of magics and martial arts to strengthen the new generation.
As a result, the efficiency of their training has improved considerably.
I also used some of the knowledge I had from my memories from my previous life to help them.
Humanity is slowly rising and little by little, it is becoming more and more able to compete with Demons and Angels.
Unknowingly, me and Celesnianna have become closer and closer.
—Anna, how old are you this year, by the way?
—Hm? About ... 19, I guess?
—... You're big, huh.
—Hah?... H-hah, which direction did you see, pervert!
Our confidence continues to grow.
It seems that the day when Humans can cast out Angels and Demons is near.
... Or so we think.
Until the actual natural disasters called Seraphims and the Demon Lords began to emerge.
These monsters are very strange and can take out something called a domain to trap us into an independent space that greatly weakens us and strengthens them.
In the first encounter, our team was annihilated.
—Monster... YOU DAMNED MONSTER!!
One by one my comrades were killed right in front of me.
That's right.
—Urgh!
—!!!
Even she was killed due to the ambush carried out by the Angels and Demons at that time.
—ANNA!!
I couldn't save her.
I couldn't save them.
I let my guard down.
I am weak.
WHY AM I SO WEAK!!
I managed to save myself that day but all the members of my heroes team were killed.
I can't even afford to bring their corpses home.
From that day on, humanity became acquainted with the so-called Seraphim and the Demon Lord and again faced the threat of annihilation.
I was also desperate.
Therefore, when the Angels and Demons planned to use Terraria to annihilate the interfering Humans, I stopped them and sealed Terraria with my body.
I neither live nor die in this state.
Only darkness is with me.
The darkness colored by the dreams full of suffering and despair.
Until one day, Terraria spoke to me.
[Thank you so much for stopping me, Human Hero.]
Terraria offering something that surprised me at the time along with all sorts of astonishing information she knew.
She gave me the truth and the opportunity.