After the chaotic period during the War of Titans, the gods had fallen. A new era had arrived. The Era of Reformation.
Of the seven continents, the continent of Rheqira got used to the new situation the fastest. It became the most prosperous of the seven.
Each continent consisted of kingdoms and empires bigger than you could imagine.
Mountains reaching to space, oceans were so big that no one has reached the bottom before.
Probably not even ten percent of the world has been discovered.
Even within the seven known continents were many unknown locations. Mostly because one couldn't go there for it was too dangerous.
One of these dangerous places was The Monotonous Savanna located in the Zemor Empire. There was nothing there so one could get lost easily.
The Zemor Empire was a powerhouse with many powerful guardians.
On the outskirts of the Zemor Empire lies the small town Oakheart.
It was self-sufficient with a forest in the west, a mountain in the north were ferocious beasts live and an ocean to the south and east.
The climate was humid so there was no shortage of drinkable water.
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13 AD (after the start of the Era of Reformation)
The town Oakheart
"Get over here!"
"Try to catch me, Tyler." a young boy said back while running away.
They have been playing tag for quite a while now.
Not paying attention to their surroundings, they ran into the forest. They ran until the one named Tyler said.
"Wait! Do you know where we are?"
"I- I don't recognise this at all. How far did we go?"
"Awooooooo!"
"Is- is that a wolf?"
"Quick, let's hide in this cave over here."
"It's so dark. I can't see a thing."
Fortunately for them, while navigating using the walls, they managed to get through there and enter an area luminated by yellow crystals.
It was a big open area with an altar in the middle.
"This looks creepy. Let's go back and pray that the wolf is gone." said Tyler.
While the other kid named John was curious to see what kind of altar it was.
"It doesn't look that creepy. Besides, it looks really old, there wouldn't be any danger. Even if there were boobytraps, time brings all things to pass." (quote by Aeschylus)
"Well-"
"Come!" John said as he walked to the altar.
The altar had stairs leading up to it with Corinthian looking pillars holding the roof up.
After climbing the stairs, all there was, was a coffin in the middle standing straight up.
The coffin was made using ebony pine wood. It was 1 meter and 88 centimeters tall, and 50 centimeters wide. It had curvy patterns all over it.
The moment John and Tyler both entered the altar, the coffin slowly opened.
Their eyes widened as tried to run. Crying hysterically, they realised they couldn't move. Terror rose up from the depth of their hearts.
However, as they both almost passed out, they heard a voice in their head.
"Calm down."
And as they heard that voice inside their head, like telepathy which they had never seen or heard of before, they magically immediately calmed down.
They looked at the coffin and saw a young man. Purple, long hair clumsily hangs over a fine, charming face. Dead red eyes, set narrowly within their sockets, watch gratefully over the two boys.
"Thank you for waking me up. What time period is it now?" he said with a relaxing and charming voice.
However, no one answered. But that was to be expected. Even though he calmed the boys down using a magic spell, they were still confused by the situation.
"Hello? Can you two hear me?" he said again using telepathy.
"Uhhh, yes, sorry. We only live in a small village, but grandpa said The Great War of Titans had recently ended. It ended 13 years ago." John was the first to answer.
"The Great War of Titans? I think I slept for a long time."
'So this is the negative effect of using that heaven defying item to bring me back to life. I can't control when I wake up. I have to be woken up by someone else.
Besides, I don't have that item anymore so it was probably a one time use item. Maybe it generated elsewhere or there are multiple. If so, I have to find more if those. They are lifesaving.' the mysterious young man thought.
"Where are we then?"
"We are near the town of Oakheart situated in the far east of the Zemor Empire near the ocean." Tyler said meekly as he was still a little scared.
"The Zemor Empire huh? It's probably a newly created empire. Well anyways, why don't you lead me to your village." the man said as he quietly casted a spell.
"I would love to, but I'm afraid we got lost in the forest." John said with his head drooping.
"That's not a problem. I have quite a good sense of smell, so I can smell the scent of the sea."
'Not like I'm going to tell them I read through their memories to see where we have to go. After all, I don't know how much the people's strength have changed over the years.'
"We should get out the cave first. It should be save out there. I don't sense any creatures capable of injuring anyone of us."
And so they went through the forest while undisturbed.
But when they almost arrived at the town, the mysterious man suddenly stopped walking.