บท 8: Dreams

The Hero looked at that time had realized the sad reality he was in, he knew that this was going to be his last fight. So, he was done holding back, he was going to use the most lethal weapon he had in his library. It was something like a trump card for the man for the exact kind of situation he was in right now.

The technique he used was a technique that drained humans of their life force to give them more power. This was the technique that he had never told many people about, but some of the people on the battlefield already knew what the technique was. As, soon as the man started to emit red blood-like smoke from his body, those who knew gave people the instruction to leave the area immediately. Even the strongest ones didn't dare stay behind.

The entire area exploded with the hero at the center of it. The blast was so large that even nukes would be shy in front of it, and the effects were also very huge. The windows of a lot of houses broke because of the sound wave that the blast created. Many districts even felt earthquakes because of the blast.

A lot of human lives were lost on that day, but humanity also gained something that could help humans change the tides of war. The supreme Thrones fad finally revealed itself there were 12 of them, but to be exact there was one more throne. But people don't remember it as that throne had never chosen a single person. Leaving that aside, right after the huge explosion the drake had died, and his remaining forces were either hunted down or they fled the scene.

Many heroes had fought and survived that war 80 years ago, but the ones that stood out the most were 5. On the day of Drake's defeat 5 Thrones had chosen 5 people as its owner, and getting the throne's approval changed the war entirely. Finally, because of thrones, people had a chance to fight back and take their lands back from the monster's control.

That day marked the day of the beginning of a revolution, whose flames still rage to this day, and at the center of the revolution was just one man whose name was Vikir Hart. Everyone knows of his heroic acts, and people still believe that the final and the scariest throne that remained unoccupied was made for Vikir himself.

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"That's how heroes won the battle 80 years ago." Said Aiko as she concluded her story, she looked very exhausted but still had a very wide smile on her face. Hana was sleeping and Renju was about to fall asleep.

"Don't worry Mom I'll train super hard and make the Throne acknowledge me one day. I will surely find a cure for your disease too, I will protect my family once I become strong...mmmmmm" mumbled Renji as he was half asleep.

"Sure you will my darling. I will be waiting for you to save me then, my little angel." Asid Aiko as she chuckled and caressed Renji's head lovingly. Although she seemed to be laughing, she still had a slight bit of sadness in her eyes.

'I know you will become someone great someday. Why did the world have to be so merciless towards such a sweet little child?' thought Aiko as she looked towards the sky as if she was searching for an answer or asking a question. Alas, she got no answers, all she could do was to support her child until the day she eventually passed away.

Aiko was deeply sad after hearing about Renji's dreams because that boy was among the unfortunate ones who didn't get the gift of mana and status just like his parents. After the day of annihilation, a lot of people suddenly gained the power of mana and status but there were still a lot who didn't get such a gift.

As the years passed, new generations started appearing they started to be born already containing few traces of mana in them. Some might have mana right after their birth or some days after the birth, like Hana who got the gift of mana after 12 days of being born. Although many got the gift there were still some unlucky children who didn't receive it, in those cases usually one dies without being able to use mana.

There are also rare cases when people get their gifts in their life very late for some reason, although those cases were very rare and few there was still a sliver of hope even for Renji. So all Aiko could do was pray for him.

As she was very weak after the day's work she didn't stay around, she quickly kissed both the children on their forehead and wished them good night as she left their room.

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"This is no. 210 speaking, I'm calling to check the status, does anyone copy? I repeat does anyone copy?" said a man who looked like a beggar, he was currently inside the forest of Grudges. The Beggar man was holding a walkie-talkie-like device, there were no signs of life around him.

"Yes, the preparation is over sir." Said a voice coming from the device.

"Good, I am out of town this is the time for execution. I repeat it's the time for execution." Said no. 210, it was quite evident from the man's voice he was extremely excited.

"Copy that, ill inform everyone." Came the reply from the device one more.

"HAHAHAHAHA….. Finally, the time is here all the hard work came finally came to fruition." The man who called himself 210 laughed manically as he ended the call.

As the connection of the call was lost, a sudden burst of flame came out of the beggar man's hand. The flames quickly enveloped the device in an instant, and as the device started burning the man just let the device go of his hand. As the device was falling, by the time the device was about to land on the ground there was nothing left of the device. There was just dust left, just like the device the man also disappeared from the spot.

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-WHISTLE-

Renji was just running around his house and training when he suddenly heard a whistle. He was curious where that sound came from but he had no intention of getting distracted while training at all. He was solely focusing on his training when he again heard a whistle, this time he couldn't ignore it and turned around.

"Hey kid, come here." Beckoned a well-dressed man while gesturing for Renji to go near him while standing outside of the ground where Renji was running. At first, Renji was skeptical about going but he decided to go anyway and hear why he was calling him.

"Hey kid, can you please deliver this package to Harry Smith he is stationed on duty at gate no. 2. Please do this for me as I have a very urgent matter that I have to attend to." Said the man as he pushed the package forward towards Renji hoping he would take it.

"No, I can't do it right now find someone else." Said Renji as he turned around getting ready to leave. He didn't want to interrupt his training for someone he didn't even know.