Shian slowly and gently studied the egg in his hands.
It was jet black in colour and didn't reflect light, however, it seemed like it was absorbing light instead, as a result, the hole he was in was getting darker by the moment.The egg had a similar spiraling marking on it just like on the chest, but instead it had red markings on it, unlike the chest which had black markings.He carefully got out of the hole with the egg in his hands, forgetting to check the remaining things in the chest.He placed it on the table and studied it for some minutes, however, he got nothing from it. He placed the egg carefully on a chair and went back into the hole, he picked up the chest and took it out, he glanced at the warhammer in disdain, snorted and left with the chest in his hands, he began to remove the things in it, one after the other.He took out a scroll and opened it. In it was a single word.[Arrow]He opened another which also had the word.[Shield]"It looks like all this scrolls are useless!" Shian spat out evidently annoyed. He shoved his hands into the chest and began to bring out the scrolls in bunches and stacking them neatly by his side, by the time he was done, a mountain of scrolls was lying beside him."Voilà. Finally done." Shian said triumphantly. "Now where is that space ring father talked about."Shian searched for it for some minutes before finally seeing a circular thingy that was too small, for even the pinky finger of a new born child to enter."Don't tell me this is it, how is it supposed to enter my finger." Shian tried it to see if it will magically fit, and surprisingly, without warning the ring expanded to his fingers size and it slipped perfectly into the ring."Well, that's nice, I know if father was here right now he will be proud of me." Shian turned to a photo of him and his father hanging on the wall. He smiled dryly and looked back into the chest."I guess there's nothing inside this chest again, then let's practice using this space ring." Shian pointed the finger where the ring was in the direction of the pile of scrolls, and tried to think of summoning them into the space ring.Shian strained himself, desperately trying to make the scrolls enter the space ring. He tried and tried but nothing happened, so he gave up and packed the scrolls to a corner. He picked up the chest, placed it back into the open hole in the middle of the living room and pushed a couch so that it covered it properly to prevent him from falling into it.He went into his room and began to pack all his belongings into a bag. He had formulated a plan for his quest.The entrance test for the Academy was in two months, so he had two months to prepare for it. First he was going to enter a beast realms to hunt Basic Tier Beasts to get their crystals.In the world today, the animals that had tapped into the blessing, evolved, depending on the amount of the power absorbed into their body. The humans, to make things easier, divided them into Tiers which are.BasicIntermediateEvolvedSovereignMonarchLordMythicalLegendary.After packing all of the things he was going to need, he once again tried to summon something into the space ring. He tried for hours straight until it was dark. He turned on the lights but unfortunately, the bulbs sparked before blowing up one after the other. Shian was left standing in the dark all alone. He brought out a lighter from his pocket and switched it on.He went to the weapons room and brought out a lantern, a beast equipment, one of the items in his father's collections, his father had a lot of items made out of beast crystals, ranging from small things –like a lighter, spoon etc– to big things that couldn't be described with words.Shian placed the lantern on the table and began to slowly read all the words on the scrolls one after the other. After reading them all, he made a mental note of the words just in case he needed to remember them. He got up and went to the bathroom to have a shower, after his bath, he came outside and lay down on the bed to sleep.__________Shian woke up the next morning, took his bath and picked up his bag, on second thought he went back inside to try the space ring again. He sat on the ground in a lotus position and placed a piece of paper on the ground before him, Shian silently breathed out and imagined the paper disappearing into the space ring. He thought of a connection being made between his mind, the ring and the paper. After thinking of it he slowly opened his eyes and the piece of paper was no longer there. Shian was so happy he momentarily forgot he had somewhere to go. Shian then went to the pile of scrolls and began the process again and to his surprise, it worked.Some hours later Shian could be seen sitting on the floor of an empty house, with a stupid expression on his face."I did it, I really did it" Shian said with a grin. He closed his eyes and his consciousness slipped into the ring, he was standing in what looked like a 100x100x100meter wide room. He willed for a 'book' to be in his hands and instantly the 'book' appeared in his hands.Happy with the results, he placed the 'book' back into the space ring and got up, ready to leave. Shian suddenly frowned then brought out the 'book' he just returned. He looked at the 'book' in his hands and realized that it wasn't a book but a thick piece of paper instead, when he unfolded it, his frown deepened and he squeezed the paper thoroughly before throwing it against the wall.The reason for his action was because, inside the paper were the words.'HOW TO USE A SPACE RING'"WHO IN THEIR RIGHT SENSES PUT THE DIRECTION FOR USE INSIDE THE RING!!!Shian walked out of the house still seething in rage and headed confidently, towards the heart of the city. As he walked by the buildings, they were noticeably better than the ones in the outskirts. They were more developed, their intricate designs were visible for all to see, along with their towering and magestic sizes, the cars moving by didn't move on wheels, instead they hovered above the ground and made a humming noises when they passed by. The ground was clean, unlike the outskirts where dirt was everywhere and the air was filled whith the putrid smell of waste, this side had a fragrant smell.Shian's destination was a restaurant called 'The New Day', he had always wished to eat in that restaurant and he finally had the chance.The previous day, Shian's neighbors had contributed credits and gave to him, he was over the moon when he was given, so he planned to use a part of it to finally eat in a restaurant like rich people do and then use the rest for his mission.Shian eventua
Seth and his 'friends' eventually left.Vanessa looked at Shian and said. "Thanks for what you did back there""It's nothing, I just didn't like the way they presented themselves.""By the way, my name's Vanessa Emprie""Shian Smith." Shian replied bluntly then turn around and began to jog away "I'll see you around.""Wait" Vanessa called out but Shian was already gone. "What did he mean by he'll see me around. Hmmm... it seems like he is going to enter the Academy too." Vanessa said then walked into the restaurant.__________Meanwhile, Seth and his goons were planning on how to deal with Shian."That foolish girl Vanessa. She will be mine, no matter what it takes.""She will be yours Seth, but what about that lowlife who insulted us in front of everyone, what should we do about him." Druber asked still visibly annoyed about how he embarrassed himself."Let's just follow him for now, and when we get the chance, we'll teach him a lesson he will never forget." Seth said."I can't wait.
Shian didn't realize what was going on until he had fallen through the portal."Shit. I'm so dead, did that asshole not see where he was going." Shian didn't know what to do. He got up to have a good look of his surroundings.The first thing that came into his view was the extremely bright orange light that was immediately filtered out by his vision and the slightly sandy wind blowing on his face that was unlike anything he had ever experienced in his life.The ground was completely arid with nothing but orange rocks covering it, there were various cracks in the ground and small rocky hills in the distance with the abnormal shapes of semicircles.Orange glowing balls covered some of the orange sky that Shian could not tell were either moons or stars. Out of the seemingly completely dry dead ground, grew purple flowers of dazzling beauty, its deep purple glow very profound, some of them growing straight out of the tiny cracks on the ground.Shian turned around frantically, hoping to fin
Shian was tensed, he knew he will eventually face a high tier beast, but he wasn't expecting it to be this soon."If it's an intermediate tier beast, I can defeat it if I use all the weapons in my arsenal, but if it's on a higher tier, I don't think I have any other choice but to run.The black dot kept getting bigger and the ground quaked more fiercely."If only this beast didn't make the ground shake so much, I could have escaped."Or so he thought, if Shian knew that the beast had smelt him from afar, he will not be having those thoughts.Shian waited with his trusty weapon in hand —his scythe. He steadied his breath to calm himself down and vested his armour.A grey breastplate appeared on his body, a pair of blue gauntlets covered his hands with an opening for his fingers so that only his palm and wrist were covered, a pair of dun colored boots that reached his shin appeared on his foot and last but not least, a red helmet that covered his whole head with a T-shaped opening for hi
Shian began to convulse terribly, his blood which was splattered everywhere began to flow in reverse, his bones snapped back into position, which was a very painful process. Black blood began to flow out of his mouth and the pores of his skin, his eyes turned bloodshot and he coughed violently.A grey aura began to seep out of his body gradually, then abruptly, it burst out with power, ravaging the surroundings and destroying everything within it. The wolf sensing danger turned around to flee but a suction force pulled it towards Shian.The wolf was using all the strength it could muster to run, but it wasn't making any difference.As it was pulled back, it left a trail on the ground, it's sharp claws dug into the metal floor but the suction force disavailed it of that advantage and it was finally pulled away.The wolf was sucked into the area and devoured by the aura Shian was releasing. Shian's eyes which were bloodshot previously were now glowing with power. Shian didn't know wha
Shian left the room and made a mental note of the location. He walked out of the building and chose a direction to go. As he walked he reminisced about his life with his father and neighbours, unknown to him as he thought about them, a smile crept up his face. He thought about how they all took care of each other like one family, but it all got ruined for him when his father died, the smile in his face slowly faded and was replaced with a frown."That's why I need to get stronger, so I will be able to take care of myself and those around me. I will awaken my ability no matter what and become the strongest human in the world, or even the universe."As Shian finished his thoughts he looked ahead of him and saw a lake in the distance, he rushed towards it and got down on his knees and began to gulp mouthfuls of water. He hadn't realized that he was that thirsty until he saw the water and after drinking to his fill, he brought out his flask and refilled it.He took off his amour and cloth
Shian began to kill beasts with more fervor. After witnessing a beast eat all the crystals he had saved for opening the portal, he was extremely annoyed which lead him to almost double his kill count. If Shian could kill two beasts in three minutes, now he could kill four beasts in four minutes. Shian's main aim to enter a beast realm was to get high tier crystals in order to use them to forge a new set of beast equipments. He also planned to sell some crystals in order for him to have some money with him. Shian had gathered enough crystals and was heading back to the base, he placed the crystal in the compartment of the portal and closed the lid. He turned it on and waited, the blue glow in the portal intensified, Shian was about to go through it when the glow dimmed down. Shian quietly went to a corner and sat down, he was seriously depressed, the crystals were not enough to power the portal. Shian was tired and he had several injuries on his body that were struggling to heal. He
Shian waited for some minutes to gather his energy before getting up. He studied the dead rhino at his side, poking random places at intervals, he went round the rhino but didn't move close to the bite mark on its neck, he felt that of he touched it he would die instantly. After scrutinizing the rhino enough, he produced a dagger from his space ring and began to cut in between the armor-plated skin of the beast. After an hour of arduous struggle, he finally got to the core of the beast and saw a massive crystal the size of his head glowing brightly. Shian was mesmerized, he had never seen anything so breathtaking in his life. While he was looking at it, a fight was happening inside him, he was resisting the urge to grab the crystal simply because of its beauty, but his rational self knew better that if he touched the crystal, the system that was synchronizing with him, will synchronize completely and he didn't want to know what will happen if it did, so Shian did what he had been do