Chapter 1
Catastrophe
The otherwise blue sky was nowhere to be seen now , on
looking towards the heavens one would now be able to see a sky filled with
purplish clouds. The scene looked like it was painted by an artist who had experienced hell with his own senses.
The landscape filled with corpses, till horizon indicated
the aftermath of one of the bloodiest wars fought on this planet. The war that
spanned over a year ended with a number of high and might powerhouse being
massacred.
Now all that was left was this battlefield, filled with
scavengers fighting for the corpses because there was no one left to give a
proper funeral to the lives lost in the war.
In the battlefield now only a single person remains alive ,
though calling him alive would not be true.
With a bloodied mess where is left arm one was he remained
standing in the battlefield his emerald like eyes now we're devoid of any
sparkle.
This man gave off an impression of one who had lost their
will to live. The man now started walking on the battlefield his eyes darting
around as if trying to find something or someone.
Wherever he walked blood would ooze out from the soil.
"Tyler", "James", "Swastik", "Ron" , he started to mumble
while walking finally after traversing a great distance on the battlefield he
stopped. He picked up a broken sword and saw his reflection in it.
In his mind, it was not his physical appearance he was pondering about.
"I truly am a failure..." , this was the only thought he was
now hearing inside his mind.
He then held the sword with both hands and was about to
pierce his stomach with it.
Suddenly !
The man's head quickly turned towards his right , "What is
that?!"
His eyes that had lost all emotions were now showing an
expression of shock and disbelief
The space in front him was developing a crack, the crack was
tiny at first but it grew and after reaching
about five metres in height it stopped expanding .
Time seemed to have stopped flowing , the scavengers
fighting for corpses were now fleeing . An ominous aura started to leak from
the crack . The man was not fazed in the least by the aura but his eyes showed
a grave expression.
A hand extended from the crack and a humanoid figure emerged
from it .
The creature had silver coloured skin and was wearing an
armour. It had three eyes,and was now looking at the man.
The creature started to talk
"Human , what is your name?"
The voice that came out of its mouth did not seem natural
because it did not match the movements of it's mouth.
The man replied, " I am Albert Rothschild the emperor of
human domain."
"Who are you?"
The creature did not reply but spoke , "I can see that you
are the strongest warrior on this planet, but due to your arrogance this planet
has been pushed backward in terms of development by almost a thousand years."
Hearing this Albert could not look at the creature anymore his
eyes filled with guilt and remorse.
The creature continued speaking, "Your species were always
greedy, trying to break past their limits, not knowing their place at all, due
to your drive for supremacy you have foiled the plans of our faction."
"You must pay for your sins."
Albert fell to his knees and
spoke , "I am willing to pay any price for my sins.
The creature looked indifferently towards him and spoke " Your
kind still has potential.
So we are willing to spare your from extinction, but in return you must become the fertilizer
for their growth."
"What do yo-" before Albert could complete his sentence the
creature raised it's hand and lifted Albert in air.
Albert's face was filled with pain but he accepted his fate.
The creature spoke with a grin, "Foolish human, you just
sealed the fate of your world."
"With sufficient time your kind would have stopped our
forces, but now…"
The creature slammed his palm on the ground and started to
chant , with his chants
A blood red magic pentagram started forming on the ground.
Out of the pentagram a shadow cloaked figure emerged .
The silver creature spoke, "O seer of contracts and
promises!! I Syvvalin wish to use this sacrifice to seal the potential of this
planet ."
Albert who was still in pain could not understand what was
happening but he had an intuition that it would be extremely detrimental for
the planet.
The cloaked figure looked at the hovering figure of Albert
and spoke in a different language
"The sacrifice seems to have been presented without it's consent."
Syvvalin replied , "Yes honorable one, but I am willing to
pay the penalty and stabbed into it's chest."
Albert's eyes widened in disbelief, Syvvalin sneezed and
spoke with a maniacal laughter
"What are you looking at? my life is just a small sacrifice
for completion of my master's plan."
"The price has been paid." said the cloaked figure and after
that blood red chains started to materialise out of the magic circle. The chains
embedded themselves to Syvvalin and Albert's bodies and then spread out of the battlefield.
The cloaked figure spoke, "The All sealing chains will seal the
fate of this planet, the potent energy present in air would become latent and now
would not be able to be utilise.
"However ,nothing is invincible these chains can shattered with
sufficient power."
After he finished talking the bodies of Albert and Syvvalin started
to wither and the atmosphere started to change , the cloaked figure vanished leaving
the battlefield behind.
On that day across the planet , a catastrophic event took place.
The Elites who were well versed with the usage of mana started
to disintegrate, the structures, tools, potions and everything else made with the
use of mana ceased to exist.
Due to loss of mana that day 80 percent of the population perished.
This event would be referred to as " The First Mass Extinction",but with time the cause would be forgotten.