Bab 3: Chapter 3: Spire of Flames
I could not tell what 'they' were from a distance I only knew that there was a lot of 'them'. They were flying objects packed together to form a moving gray cloud.
That's weird, it's not supposed to rain today... I thought.
Hatsu leaped from the ground and began barking as if trying to warn me. Understanding Hatsu, I whip out a pair of binoculars from my storage space and set them to magnify twenty times. My eyes widened. There were monsters but not just any kind. Wyverns!
Wyverns are flying beast from the Central continent which is ruled by demons. They are classified into the bipedal dragon class and are considered highly dangerous with their strong claws and vicious teeth. Since these wyverns are gray, they are low ranking wyverns which can easily be exterminated by B-Rank Adventurers. That is if there was only a small group. Hundreds of Wyverns could destroy the city! Suddenly the city's sirens went off.
"Warning! Warning! A horde of wyverns is approaching. Requesting all civilians to evacuate. Please head to the nearest shelter now! Please head to the nearest shelter now! Requesting all B-Rank or higher Adventurers immediately! Requesting all B-Rank or higher Adventurers immediately!" Blared the sirens.
I stood atop the cliff, speechless and dumbfounded as to what to do next. My binoculars still in hand while my empty was wet with cold sweat. Hatsu hiding behind my leg trembling. Then it began. The city wall's defense system activated. Mana weapons fired causing explosions to ring through the air. Wyverns shooting flames from their mouths destroying a cannon in the process. Some, breaking past the defenses entering civilian areas swooping down with their sharp claws grabbing a harmless civilian in one and a weapon in another. It was a terrifying sight. Soon spires of crimson flames began to erupt from nearby skyscrapers and the proud city wall began to crumble under the wyverns furious attacks.
"What's happening?" I spoke slowly.
Picking up my binoculars, I zoomed on to the scene forty times searching with my eyes for any other anomalies. Suddenly, I spot, in the middle of the group, a Red Wyvern, the highest-ranking wyvern to be noted in history today. On top of the wyvern was a man with flowing long white hair. He was young and pale and had two purple curving horns protruding from his forehead. On his body was a golden broadsword cocking out behind his blood-red cape putting on a display with the pride a Gascon* (Read Cyrano de Bergerac to understand the reference). He was clad in black with a golden pin of honor sitting on his left breast. A demon general! A demon general had launched an invasion on the city!
I have to get back now! I thought.
Because I'm a healer, it is my responsibility to heal those who are wounded especially at critical moments such as this. Picking up Hatsu, I transferred my mana to my legs and took a great leap forward (no pun intended (historical reference)) soaring over the trees at high speed. From where the cliff is to the city is a good three kilometers away. With the one leap I made, I covered two-thirds of that distance. As I went into free fall, I crossed my arms in an X to prepare myself for landing. Tearing through the canopy, I was only a few meters from the ground my brown hair, a complete mess and a small rip on my blue windbreaker. I was centimeters from the ground coming in fast. Coating my feet with mana, I braced for a solid landing. Boom. I landed safely on the ground. Dust flying everywhere and no broken bones.
Since I coated my feet with mana the shock from my landing was reduced drastically. If I did not, I would have been a dead man by now. But what surprised me was Hatsu. Hatsu managed to hold on to my shoulders and not fall off which is quite impressive for a wolf cub. With no time to waste, I made a mad dash to the city's crumbling walls. Arriving at the city's walls momentarily, I pushed a bush out of the way revealing a rotting wooden trapdoor. If one knows the city well enough, there is a hidden passageway on the south side of the walls that are covered by a fake bush. Underneath that bush is the hidden passageway which cuts through the transit system's underground tunnels. By following the tunnels one could arrive at the heart of the city in minutes using mana.
Opening the trapdoor, I slip inside shutting the trapdoor above me. Climbing down the rusted ladder, I fell the humidity of the tunnel seeping into my skin making me sweat. The cool liquid trails down my face while my hands quivered in fear of the possibility that the tunnel will crumble trapping me inside. With the thought in mind, I hastily jumped down to the ground. I take out a flashlight from my storage space and turn it on as well as my wooden staff. I tap Hatsu behind its tiny ears.
Commanding it, I ask, "Hatsu can you point to the shortest route that will take us to the Central Square?"
"Arf!" Hatsu barked and began sniffing the air.
Moments later, Hatsu pointed its paw north.
"Thanks, Hatsu!" I smiled running off in the direction Hatsu pointed in.
The tunnels were dark and damp making it hard to navigate. However, with Hatsu, navigating these tunnels are as easy as pie.
After running a few kilometers, Hatsu barked and pointed up with his paw. Light filtered out of a from a pothole above. As I was about to jump out of the tunnel, the tunnel shook violently as chunks of rubble fell through the hole. However, this was not the time to worry about such trivial things. Using the falling rubble as platforms, I jump nimbly through the pothole that led to the outside.
Grabbing onto the rim of the pothole, I use the remaining of my weak physique's upper body strength to pull myself out. Once my eyes passed the rim, the city I knew was no longer there. In a matter of minutes, the skyscrapers that gleamed in the sunlight towering the city had burned to the ground under the wyverns constant attacks. Carnage scattered the ground while the ashes fell to cover them up like snow. I was devastated. The sky was raining crimson flames of destruction destroying everything in their path. Cars, buildings, parks, everything! Not even showing mercy to a single ant.
Thoughts running through my mind allowed me to forget my surroundings.
I've got to find Savior and the others. They are probably fighting the horde alone! Not even Michael will be enough to heal the whole party.
But it was too late, I arrived at the center of the city where the wyvern horde circled above ready to completely burn the city to ashes. Scattered on the ground are my teammates, barely alive. I spot our Archer buried under a pile of rubble. She was Savior's best friend, Ray Levine.
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
DDTStudios
DDTStudios Character: Andrew Halycon
Age: 17
Race: Human
DOB: April 5
Class: Healer
Characteristics: Has a strong sense of duty. Will do anything, except suicide, as long as paid enough.
*At this point of the story, we don't know Hatsu's gender so we'll be referring to Hatsu as "it".
Bab 4: Chapter 4: System
Ray Levine, Savior's best friend, and the Party's Archer. She was the second daughter of the head of the Levine family, a family known for their sharpshooters and purple hair ever since the Church was established. In this world, your family is identified by your hair color, and the shade of that color determines your rank in that family. The darker one's hair color is, the higher ranked they are in their family. As a result of her being the second daughter of the head of the Levine family, her hair is dark purple.
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Spotting Ray underneath the rubble horrified me. I brush most of the rubble aside, revealing Ray's body up to her torso. Placing my pointer and middle finger around her neck to check her pulse, I sighed in relief.
Thank Heavens. She's still alive.
Suddenly, Ray's eyes shot open. Her forehead bleeding, and her vision was blurry. Making out who I was, she coughed. A cloud of dust came out of her mouth from being buried under the rubble and ashes.
"Andrew?" She spoke weakly.
"Ray, please refrain from speaking," I said hastily, whipping out my staff, "I'm going to heal you right now."
Coughing out a mouthful of blood, Ray's usually cheerful face turned to one of anguish and disparity. While I was trembling with fear. There were still some civilians who were trying to run, but it was futile. Those that ran were swooped up in a Wyvern's claw the next moment. Some were buried under the rubble, half alive. At the time, I could not save all of them...I was just a weak healer.
"Savior," she began to sniffle, "she tried...she tried, but..."
"What?"
"The demon's wyvern got her in one of its claws." She spoke, trying to raise her limp arm.
"You mean the red one in the center of the horde?" I asked, pointing to the sky as I cast a healing spell on her.
A soft white glow emitted from my staff which I held towards Ray. This was a basic healing spell meant it would only heal flesh wounds, not recover body parts. The most I could do was stop Ray's bleeding; then, she would need to recover on her own for the rest of the healing process.
"Yes...Savior thought she could take on the whole wyvern horde on her own until..." She sniffled some more while tugging the sleeve of my windbreaker. Staining them with blood and dirt.
"I know...I know." I said in my shaky voice.
"Not even the gods can save her anymore...it's over, Andrew. The Church has sent the Cardinal, but not even he is powerful enough to stop this horde all at once." She wailed.
Ray was right. The Cardinal was a being more powerful than Savior, but only until Savior had unlocked her true power. Unfortunately, even with the Cardinal, there is still only a slim chance that he will be able to drive the horde away. Suddenly, Ray became delusional. Stretching her barely moveable hands to the sky, she laughs hysterically.
"I see the Heavens!" She yells, "They have come to whisk my soul away from the land of the living! This is...the end for me. Oh, how I've only lived for seventeen years. I'm not ready! I'm not ready!"
Eventually, Ray knocked herself out from all that ranting, but she was still alive. In hopes that the Church would arrive soon, I prayed that they find and recover her body. Leaving her there, knowing that I did what I could, I continued to run. I knew I was probably going to die, so what did I have to lose? Nothing. I would rather die saving Savior, the hope for the world's survival, instead of doing nothing for my own selfish survival. But what can I do? Suddenly a voice rang in my ears.
"Conditions to Activate has been fulfilled." said a monotone female voice.
"What!" I exclaimed.
"I am the Combat AI, Iris. You have been selected as the owner of the Hero Game. Do you accept?" the voice continued.
"Where is this voice coming from?" I ask, turning my head left and right.
"I am here. On your neck." It replied in a monotone voice.
I glance down at my neck to find my necklace glowing. I could feel its glow pulsating against my chest.
"Grandpa's heirloom?" I furrowed my brows.
I remove the necklace and place it in the palm of my hand. My grandfather gave it to me before he died three years ago. It was a crystal with a string threaded through that my grandfather found and made into a necklace during one of his adventures to Niligo cave when he was my age. Grandfather plucked it off a bigger crystal, and it has been his lucky charm ever since. I remember him telling me that it was special and that when the time came, it would guide me to an 'Answer'. Apparently, now was the time when it activated.
With no time to think, I asked Iris,
"Can I save that girl in the wyvern's hand if I do?"
There was a small pause, but Iris replied in its robotic voice.
"Of course, Healer Andrew."
"I accept! If it can save a life, I'm willing to sacrifice anything to protect it."
"Very well," Iris said, "Hero Game activated. Please look at your status for further information."
Suddenly a transparent holographic screen, almost like an RPG game, appeared in front of me. I was startled.
"Iris, can anyone else see this screen?" I asked.
"No," Iris said, "only the owner of the game can see the screen. the information you see right now is your current status or abilities. To the left of your screen, there is a list of Quests. Every time you finish a quest, you will earn a reward. Currently, you have one quest, which is to save Eren Mandell. Quest Level: Difficult. Additionally, since you are the first owner of the game, you receive a complementary armor set. The set will be sent to the Game Inventory, which is the tab on your right."
I press the Game Inventory tab and check out the armor set. When I pressed on its description, I was stunned.
[Silver Knight's Armor Set]
[Stats:
Attack: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Defense: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Speed: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Intelligence: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Wisdom: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Dexterity: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Mana: 10000000 (Purple-Gold Rank)
Abilities: [Restoration] Can restore anything back to its former state.
[Holy Light] Can cause critical damage if using a sword.
[Flight] With the invisible wings created by Hermes, one can soar the skies.
[Ultimate Defense] No spells nor physical attacks can affect the user.
[Growth][Passive] As the user gets stronger, so will the armor 1/2 of all stats will be invested into the armor. Skill can transfer to the user when armor is not in use.
[Absorb][Passive] If the armor consumes weapons, armor, or monsters 30% chance the user will gain one skill. Skill can transfer over to the user when armor is not in use.
[Getting Stronger Every Day][Passive] When the user levels up a skill, all stats increase by 1.
Bonus: Multiplies the user's current stats by 10x and adds it to the given base stats. 50% critical hit chance. Weapons can change form according to the user's will. Weapons can multiply.
Next armor upgrade: Lv. 15 ]
Holy crap! I thought while rubbing my eyes. This Game is a freaking cheat.
Placing my hand on my chin, I check out my base stats. The results were pretty pathetic.
[Name: Andrew Halycon
Gender: Male
Age: 17
DOB: April 19th
Current Class: Healer Hidden Class: Silver Holy Knight
Current Level: 1
Attack: 45 ~ 49 (Middle Green Rank)
Defense: 30 (Middle Green Rank)
Speed: 25 (Middle Green Rank)
Intelligence: 39 (Middle Green Rank)
Wisdom: 30 (Middle Green Rank)
Dexterity: 34 (Middle Green Rank)
Mana: 48 (Middle Green Rank)
Abilities/Skills:
[Basic Heal][Lv.5] Can heal minor wounds.
[Basic Mana control][Lv. 6] Can control mana to enhance a body part.
[Growth][Passive][Lv.Max] As the user gets stronger, so will the armor. 1/2 of all experience gained will be invested in the armor. Skill transfers to the user when armor is not in use.
[Absorb][Passive][Lv.Max] If the armor consumes weapons, armor, or monsters 30% chance the user will gain one skill. Skill can transfer over to the user when armor is not in use.
[Getting Stronger Every Day][Passive][Lv.Max] When the user levels up a skill, all stats increase by 1.
System Extra: In the eyes of a Demon General, without the armor, you are nothing more than an ant.]
That last part...Iris, you do not need to make that so blunt.
"My job as an AI is to assist you, my owner, and by being honest, I am simply performing my job," Iris spoke with that bluntness.
"Forget about it now," I yell impatiently, "Iris, how do I equip the armor set?"
"Just tap the icon in the Game Inventory and it will ask you whether you want to equip the armor set or not."
Following her directions, I switch to the Game Inventory tab and click on the icon. The system then asked:
[Do you want to equip this armor set?]
"Yes!"
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