2 THE LAND OF LIGHT.

[TOR]

The next time Jin opened his eyes, it was to the sensation of sunlight shining on his face. He groaned and turned over on the bed, wanting to go back to sleep...

"Rise and shine my Lord, there is a lot that needs to be done today" a voice suddenly called from his left

Jin's eyes flew open in surprise, he immediately sat up from the bed and looked to his left. A woman stood there, dressed in a black pencil skirt and white top. Her blond hair was braided at the top of her head and she held a tray in her hands.

But none of this was what surprised Jin, what surprised him was that even though she was a stranger, he knew her, he recalled memories of them as childhood friends and then her later on becoming his advisor after his parents died, and he knew her name was...

"Lynne?" He said

The woman walked towards him and placed the food at his bedside table, "Yes my Lord? It's there a problem?" she asked him after seeing his confused face

Jin shook his head to get his bearings and then he answered, "No Lynne, there isn't a problem...I was just waking up"

Lynne nodded and stepped out of the room to allow him to eat his meal. He glanced at the food and saw that it was a simple meal of bread and chicken soup with a chalice of water placed beside it, but what caught his attention the most was that the chalice and plates were made of gold!!! They were gleaming in the sunlight and if he looked at them too much he thought he might hurt his eyes!!.

He turned away and then looked around at the room and felt his mouth almost drop to the floor. The room was as large as his house!. It had just one window and the door was a large mahogany one. The bed he was currently sleeping in was king-sized, with four posts around it holding up a scarlet curtain that he supposed would be closed at night.

He stood up from the bed and walked towards the lone window in the room, he looked down and saw that his room was in a mansion-like house. All around in the streets he could see various creatures milling about, from short men carrying axes and swords to tall women with pointed ears and beautiful faces, he even saw a tiny woman with wings fly right towards his face, she waved at him and then flew off again in the opposite direction after he waved back...

'Dwarves, elves, faeries... just where the hell is this place?' He thought. But even though he was experiencing all this for the first time, he wasn't surprised by it, he was shocked to see that they were all real, yes; but he wasn't surprised.

'Why am I so calm?' He wondered

Then out of thin air appeared the ball of light that was his self-imposed guardian. Jin immediately turned to it intending to get to the bottom of all this, but Spectre seemed to know exactly what he wanted to say again because it moved towards the bed and dropped onto it, almost expecting Jin to join it. Jin, realizing that an explanation would come either way simply went to join Spectre on the bed.

"Well? What is this place?" Jin asked

The ball turned to him, and Jin thought it was exceptionally funny that it did that, especially since it didn't even have a face

"The land you are currently in is called QUASAR. And I do have a face, thank you very much" It said.

Jin felt his eyes twitch when it read his mind again, he simply knew that this was going to get annoying sooner or later. But he turned back to the ball as it continued talking

"I have currently downloaded into your brain all basic knowledge of the people, places, and experiences the body you host is familiar with, you should be able to access them quite easily, " Spectre said

And true to its word, as Jin closed his eyes and concentrated, he could feel memories floating through his mind eye, each one completely new to him, and yet as familiar to him as his name. From the memories, he was able to find out that he was a noble of the country in the East of Quasar called TOR. It used to be a peaceful place filled with kind creatures and survived by trading their fairy dust and weapons with other countries to the North and South of Quasar, but as of recent war for control had emerged in the land. The king of the Western country died without an heir and a new King was crowned.

The new King was a tyrant who desired more power and launched an immediate attack on the southern and northern countries of Quasar which lacked proper military power and were defeated easily. The West which was named ROA intended to use the joint forces of the north and south to attack the east, but they underestimated the elves and dwarves. With the bows forged by the dwarves, the elves put up an impenetrable defense on the walls into the kingdom, they halted the attack by the west and allowed the dwarves to attack with their axes and cleavers to draw back the enemy.

Jin went through memories of how this war had been ongoing for 309 years. The goblins, werewolves, and ghouls which were the main inhabitants of the Western country of Roa desired the ongoing war and relished in it. And with how long the life expectancy of the citizens of Quasar was- some of them living up to 500 years at least, it was no surprise that they all held grudges for so long and simply refused to end the war anytime soon.

Jin came back to reality and saw that Spectre hasn't moved from his position on the bed, he turned his face to the window and looked out. In the distance, he could make out a town that had a lot of people moving about. The sound of the blacksmiths and traders from outside calmed him down somewhat, allowing him to think again.

"What exactly do you think I can do about a war like this Spectre?" He finally asked. He wanted to know exactly why he was expected to change a world that had been filled with hate for so long. "Or do you expect me to simply kill everyone in my way to the top? Cause I won't do it without a proper reason"

Spectre floated up to his face, "I don't expect you to do anything but what you believe is right Jin, your destiny will come regardless of the path you take, all that your actions will affect is what comes after" it said

Jin frowned at the ball of light, he hated when people spoke in stupid riddles, "what do you mean by what comes after, and what exactly is my destiny?" he asked

"I am sorry" Spectre spoke up once again, and to Jin, it sounded like he was sorry, "I cannot tell you yet what your destiny is, there are criteria you must fulfill first"

Jin almost lashed out at the ball. He was brought to a new world with completely new memories in his head and placed in a body that looked like his, but still, want his and now he was having things kept from him. He didn't like that at all.

Then all of a sudden Jin remembered something; he was in a new body, one that had a life. A life which had now been taken over by him. Jin immediately stood up and towered over Spectre

"This body Spectre, what did you do to the person that inhabited it before?" he snarled

Spectre unconsciously floated back. Jin didn't know that it was because his blue eyes had turned completely dark, with his blue hair rising and falling from a nonexistent wind.

"Calm down Jin... The body of the person you are inhabiting is dead, he was to be found this morning and buried, but you were placed in as his spirit left. We didn't kill him ourselves either. He was poisoned by his uncle who wanted his noble title"

Jin thought over what Spectre said, he didn't like being in the dark especially about something concerning him. But if this body was supposed to already be dead then he supposed he could live with it. "Fine, what are these criteria I am to fulfill then?" he finally asked as he sat down

Spectre seemed to shine brighter when it answered "I am not the one to tell you that, to know that, you have to ask your system"

And just as Spectre said that he vanished in a burst of light and a blue window popped up in front of Jin;

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