Overknight Hero

Prologue : The Dark Knight [Uni]fication

"Hey, why are you dozing off for Hero?" said an average male in his twenties.

"No reason." his friend replied, with a straight face.

"Let's go then."

The two men then walked through the forest after gathering firewood. They chatted their way to the town, where they put the firewood inside a small shack and proceeded to get payment from an old man.

"Thanks for the payment as always, Mr.Woodland."

"It's my pleasure, Krey-boy." said the old man.

EEEEEEEUUUUUUUU!!!

EEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!

"This is..."

"Krey, get Mr.Woodland to the safe zone !"

"All right," said Krey with a shaking voice. As he walks a few steps he stops and turns around to face his friend again "What about you Hero?". As he turned, his friend was nowhere to be found. "Please be safe Hero." he prays.

Meanwhile, in the town's gate, the guards are readying their swords and shields for any upcoming enemy attack. "Keep your eyes peeled," said a man in his thirties. "We mustn't let any of the enemies get through this gate."

"Captain, look there !" said a troop while pointing in the shade of darkness beyond the town's gate. A figure emerges from that shade revealing a knight dressed in black. "It's the Dark Knight!" said the Captain. "Men ready your weapons !" he said while signaling the archers to aim at the figure.

"Captain of Priscote Town Guard, Please listen to me." said the Dark Knight. "I do not wish to fight you nor harm anyone in this town."

"Then why have you come here, foul creature !" said the captain.

"The same as you, I want to protect this town from the enemies that are reaching this town."

"How can you prove to us that you're not one of the enemies?"

"I can. Retreat to the middle area of the city. I will single-handedly protect this gate."

"Why should we do such a thing? That's the dumbest idea I've heard yet."

"The enemy knows that he can't win using normal means and that he can't pass through Priscote town's defense." said the Dark Knight. "Thus, their main goal is to take hostages of civilians in the safe zone and bargain for the town's control."

"Bullshit! How would you know that?"

"Captain!!!" said a troop running hurriedly towards the captain. "The enemy, the scouts, said they're moving irregularly."

"What do you mean by this?" said the captain. "They seemed to be circling the perimeter, their positions now, are nearing the safe zone."

"Please hurry captain! Let's not waste any more time debating !"

The captain then thought for a second and said "I don't know what your game is so call Dark Knight. If I ever see your face again mark my words I won't hesitate to kill."

"I wouldn't mind seeing you try captain"

The guards that are on the gates suddenly retreat to the middle section of the town. Leaving only The Dark Knight alone on the town's gate.

"Hmm? Where is everybody?".

"Where’re my toys?"

A figure emerges near the gate. A knight dressed in gold walks menacingly towards the town's gate.

"You're finally here, Galleon." said The Dark Knight.

"Oh, is that you Zergius? I suppose you would know where all my toys went?"

"Same old Gally, never cared for any life other than his own. You're supposed to be the Golden Knight !"

"And you? Zelgy? You were supposed to be the Dark Knight, weren't you? Yet you chose to save all these people. Thus, I will do the job for you !" said Galleon.

"This is the last straw! You must stop murdering innocent people !"

"Or what? Why would I give up this blissful lifestyle? Killing innocents, while being continuously honored as a Hero. Why in the right mind, would I ever give up this lifestyle?"

"You sick Bastard! For once in your life, think of those who would give up their life for you! You were to protect them not abuse your power."

"You of all people don't have the right to say that now do you?"

"You are just a foul creature. You're just the Dark Knight !" Galleon said laughingly.

The Dark Knight charges at The Golden Knight, unsheathing his sword and swinging it towards him.

CLANG!

The Golden Knight parries his attack, they both are now clashing swords towards each other. Their stance is perfectly matched, no one is stronger than the other. "So it finally comes down to this huh?" smirks the golden knight.

BZRRMMM

BZRMMM

BZRMMM!!!

"What the hell is that annoying sound? Oh, it's my phone."

Click!

"DUDE WHERE ARE YOU? WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE CONFERENCE YOU ASS!"

"Conference?" I said. Then I look towards my calendar. "February 23 XX..".

"OH SHIT! I FORGOT!"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET YOUR ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!!"

"Okay, dude! I'll be there soon!"

I quickly changed my clothes and put on cologne and deodorant. I didn't have time to shower. This conference is very important and I in no manner should miss it. I storm out of the dorm and drive my car to the Uni.

Indicolite University, one of the most prestigious unis in my country. Lucky me, I get to enroll and study electrical engineering at this uni. Even though it's hard at times, I really enjoy my time here. Today, there's a conference about wormhole and lightspeed technologies. My colleagues and I have been researching it and lucky for us the campus decided to make a conference to motivate our research. That is why today, I will meet the best of the best engineers and physicists of my country.

"Ah, you're finally here Xaviel!"

"Sorry I am late everyone!" I apologize to my colleagues and professor.

"Even though I should scold you, my hands are quite full today. So instead I am assigning you on clean-up duty of the 'Space-Time Room'. Make sure to polish every floor. I want to see that room shiny !"

"Wait, how did it come to that? I was just late for a conference right?"

"Yeah but you also forget we have to rehearse for our project presentation right?"

"Ah.. wait, we should present? Sorry I am quite forgetful these days."

"So to be fair, let us do the presentation, you just focus on the clean-up duty later on kay?"

"I guess that's fair."

"And while you're at it, maybe enjoy the conference too. Maybe you can find new inspiration for creating the right equation for our project."

"Ah, I guess I'll do that too. Good luck then guys!"

"Thanks, you too!"

Just like that, I was ditched by the presentation squad. Well, I guess, it's for my own good. I'm not very good at presentations, but deep down I really just wanna have fun. I wish things wouldn't be so serious sometimes. Nevertheless, I should focus on finding the right equation for our project. So, then I began to walk towards the Space-Time Room. The room consists of two sections. The Control section, and the simulation section. 

Basically, the user will experience what a light speed would be like for humans in the simulation room. So we basically had made a very strong Astro camera named 'Odin's Crow' that is remotely controlled and able to withstand the sun's heat while giving a decent amount of return value, in the picture form to our control room. 

The basic mechanism of the Space-Time Room is that we would make the user use VR goggles connected to the Odin's Crow. The Odin's crow will then enter a wormhole creating a perfect simulation of a lightspeed journey. From this, we can create drills for astronauts when they will be on a lightspeed journey.

The problem is, however, in the Milkyway, there is no currently active wormhole or blackhole whatsoever. So there's no way for us to test the capabilities of the Odin's Crow.

Bip Bip Bip!

“Danger!! Danger!! Anomaly Detected”

An alarm signal? What is it?

I went and checked the main maintenance CPU to find, "This Icon!!" I can't believe my eyes, a small wormhole had suddenly appeared near the Moon. This is a miracle. I must inform the professor right away.

"Wait, if I were to report this. There's no way this static wormhole would last that long. If by any chance it would dissolve by the moment I return to the control room. It would be such a waste!

"I must deploy the Crow now!"

I began to type the security code of the private deployment of the Astro camera drone from the nearest satellite.

"Access Granted: Deploying Odin's Crow."

After the system command said that, I began to remotely control the drone and steer it towards the wormhole. "Just a little more.." I said as the drone is near the wormhole's gravitational force. "Done!". The drone has been successfully dragged by the wormhole's force. I immediately turned off the rocket thrusters of the drone and proceeded to enter the simulation room.

I turned on the VR system, put on the goggles, and prepared the motion simulator system. The motion simulator's purpose is to mimic the force felt by the drone. So I didn't immediately turn it on and wait till I was seated safely in the sim chair. As the goggles pictured me a vision of the drone slowly getting pulled by the wormhole. I fasten my seatbelt and proceed to turn on the motion-sim.

"Warning! Warning! Motion Sim will be active in T-5 seconds."

5...

4....

3....

2....

1...

"Here goes nothing..." I said.

"Commencing Motion Simulation"

My body suddenly felt a powerful pull from the front. It's like if I didn't wear a seatbelt, I would've been propelled to the front. The gravity around me also feels very heavy, it's almost impossible for me to move freely. As the drone was moving closer and closer into the wormhole. I feel much more pulled in. Then it happens, The Drone suddenly enters the wormhole at a very high speed. 

The gravitational pull that I felt was out of this world. My whole body was shaking at the immense power, heck even the chair was maniacally shaking. I began to see a glimpse of circling light around me. I was moving beside stars at an inhuman speed. At the tunnel of light, I see a black area. It's the end of the wormhole. I thought that I could handle the experience but the moment I exited lightspeed. A very strong whiplash struck me. My head feels painful, it's as if I would rather cut off my head. I got nauseous and I can sense myself puking. With little to no energy left, I faint.

CLANG!

I heard a distant sound.

It's like a clashing of two swords.

I opened my eyes.

"What the?"

Two figures, probably using some kind of armor, are fighting against each other. One is dressed in black, and one is dressed in gold. Is what I am seeing real? The figures both move very acrobatically and gracefully. It's as if they went and learned the same martial arts from the same master. As time progressed, however, the one dressed in black began to move slower than the other. He then fell to the ground at the mercy of the latter.

The golden figure then speaks boastfully. I can't understand their language. It seems gibberish. However, the way he said it. It's almost like he was laughing at his own capabilities like a megalomaniac. He raises his sword, and energy seems to be glowing around it. Then, He bashes his blade sending the black figure flying.

"Is he flying towards me? Oh no!"

Because of the small reaction time, the black figure that was flying crashed onto me. The sensation however was rather weird. I didn't feel any pressure, it was like I went through the body.

"HEY XAVIEL!"

"WAAA!!"

"Wake up! What are you doing?"

"Umm...."

"Mr. Xaviel. You have quite the explaining to do."

"Ah shit."

Long story short my actions were deemed reckless, and thus the campus board had been considering kicking me out of the research team. It seemed I had caused a lot of money to be spent by deploying Odin's Crow Drone to the mini wormhole. The Campus Board somehow also didn't believe me when I said the wormhole emerged near the Moon. They then sent me to the university hospital and I got checked for narcotics. Things worsened knowing that some rumors had begun to surface and even got attention from the general public. My reputation went downhill, from a respected prodigy to a so-called Illing-child.

Thus I have secluded myself. I propose that I take a break of one semester to protect myself from the media. Took a minor persuasion but I managed to convince myself that it was for the research group's own good. Ever since then I had been living in my apartment relaxing my thoughts and anxiety. Sometimes my friends come over to chat and discuss what to do next. But those eyes don't fool me. They don't like being near me. I know for a fact that I messed up big time and I must bear the hatred that they bear. So one day I moved out of my usual apartment for a smaller house. For the last 3 months, I've been doing nothing but meditating and calming myself. I was very lucky that I put all my savings into deposits and investments. I should probably last about a year with my own money. My parents support my decision, they said I've been working too hard anyway. They're proud enough and told me to do what I want to do.

And then one night...

"Alright, my chores are done for today. Let's sleep early." I said.

As I was readying myself to bed, my eyelids were beginning to get very heavy. My body also felt very heavy. This made the process of getting to the bedroom even faster.

"Huaa" I lied on the bed.

After a few minutes, I began to sleep.

Tutt----Tutt

"What's that sound? Sounds like a trumpet."

I opened my eyes.

"What the?"

Suddenly I saw my legs above the stars. It was like I was flying. In front of me, I can see a wormhole slowly getting near me. That scene alone was able to make me panic. As I was traumatized by the experience of the lightspeed journey and wouldn't want to experience it again. "NO NO Please !!" I moved frantically hoping to be released from the gravitational pull. But it was useless, I was pulled inside the wormhole yet again.

"AAAAAA!!!!!!!" I screamed as I was pulled inside.

-

"Mister, Do you hear me?"

Who's there?

Who called me?

I opened my eyes.

Sunlight shines brightly in my eyes. It hurts and feels very real. I slowly tried to stand up and look at my surroundings. A young girl stands beside me looking very confused and frightened.

"Mister! Are you okay?" she asked.

I examined my body and it appears I am topless. Though I was mesmerized by my figure since suddenly I had a six-pack. I never exercise. Surely my body can't change that fast, Or have I been asleep for years?

"I seemed to be okay ... But may you tell me, where and when are we now?"

"It's Maylen 24th XX. Mister and as for where... hmmm," the girl became lost in thought.

Maylen 24th XX. Is the girl misspelling May? And the year seemed to be correct.

"Ah, we're in the Mylen's Manor Forest !"

I never heard that name near my house. Have I been kidnapped?

"Mister sorry, but Mika must return soon. Would you like to be escorted to the Kirzig Village?"

"Umm, that would be nice," I said.

It hasn't occurred to me yet. That I wasn't kidnapped nor was the girl misspelling the date.

"What... What in the world is this?"

In front of me was something out of this world. It was a humongous tree that pierced through the clouds.

"Where the hell am I?"

That moment I realized I have been transported into another world.

“MIKA!!!”

I heard someone scream from behind our backs. As I rotated my body, I found out who was the one calling Mika. It was a young lady with eyes of gold. She had black shoulder-length hair. Her outfit looks quite similar to what Mika was wearing.

“Big Sis!!” Mika responded and ran to that young lady. In turn, the lady hugged Mika and distanced herself away from me. She then looked me up and down and said “YOU PERVERT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MIKA!!!”

I wondered how she was able to think I am a pervert and that’s when it hit me. I wasn’t wearing any shirt.

“I AM TRULY SORRY! I WOKE UP LIKE THIS” I screamed.

“Big Sis!! This mister isn’t bad.  Mika isn’t hurt by him. Don’t be mad at him,” said Misa with a sad tone.

“Huft.. Raise your head,” asked the lady. I concur and do exactly that. At that moment, however, I noticed something different. Something about this lady seems different than the other.

“Please forgive my accusation, my name is Serena,” said the lady

“Hi, My name is Xaviel”