5 Chapter 5 The World Shift

While Anthony was toiling away in his dungeon the world was going through a drastic change. The first change the world went through was a world wide earthquake for about fifteen minutes as the the earth seemed to triple in size. Not long after the earthquake tidal waves occurred on just about every coast seeming to want to wash away civilization. The ocean grew about two time's its original size and three new continents appeared one south of the Hawaiian islands was about the size of Iceland. The second one appeared in the newly widened gap between the America and Europe it was about the size of Canada the final continent appeared right off the coast of Alaska in between it and Russia. Now instead of Alaska and Russia seeing each other they both saw this new continent which weirdly enough didn't seem ot care whether it was cold or not cause it was a giant desert which seemed to radiant it's heat to both Russia and Alaska.

This new desert was about the size of South America it had canyons and mountainous regions on it's southern side. The continent south of Hawaii had about four different environments around the the continent the first was a tropical rainforest what was weird is that all the leaves were a crimson red. The second was a large poisonous swamp with sickly green and dark purple waters the third was a black forest with fog shrouding the forest floor. The last environment was a valley full of caves and a large volcano that constantly spewed smoke out. The last continent seemed to have four large cities made of stone buildings on each coast in between them were two biomes that seemed to clash against each other a Savannah and a frozen forest filled with snow these continents were vast and filled with life.

Many of the cities around the world didn't suffer much damage from the earthquake as it wasn't very powerful accept a few accidents the real damage was from the tidal waves. Humanity didn't get any time to rest or even send rescue teams anywhere as the dead rose back up as ghosts, zombies, skeletons, mummies, and undead beasts. The undead fought against the humans in every city and it wasn't just the ones who died recently hordes poured out of cemeteries and mass grave sites the catacombs of Paris provided a stream of undead that crushed Paris and the surrounding areas wherever there were skeletons the dead rose. Museums weren't even exempt from the raising of dead fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures reassembled themselves. The skeletons if they were missing any bones fake ones made out of whatever material was nearby were made and integrated into thier bodies.

But humanity wasn't completely helpless as classes were quickly distributed by what seemed like gods will. These classes gave humanity a fighting chance as they granted skills and unique abilities. The global population was reduced by half during the first week during the second week every animal went through changes as they turned into monsters. But surprisingly most tamed animals like dogs, cats, horse's and other pet's stayed loyal to their masters depending on how they were treated almost all animal abusers were murdered by their own pet's. While almost all therapy animal's became fierce protectors of thier disabled owner's and their families. They all gained the monster tamer profession which could evolve into monster specific classes like wolf master and serpent charmer.

The monsters, undead, and humanity fought over territories most of these new monsters broke out of the zoo's all over the world. Dragons and many other legendary creatures seemed to spread from the new continent's they claimed various spots over the globe as their new homes. Most satellites, space stations, and space junk fell to earth during it's sudden growth but it seemed god had mercy as a couple from some countries stayed up providing humanity with valuable information. The many countries immediately formed an alliance as the population continued to fall casualties at an all time high. Humanity struggled to keep its place as the dominant species only until the population finally fell from billions to millions did the population seem to stop falling.

fortified towns and cities appeared to dot the landscape of the world these makeshift strongholds were made out of any materials available walls that were a mix of concrete, wood, and metal and buildings made out these materials filled these towns and cities. The cities each had a radio station to keep in touch with each other Humanity could only fight to gain their former glory. Doctors and those of the healer classes worked together to bring about new treatments for the sick and injured. Guns seemed to fail as if what made them work in the first place just stopped working. The humans hastily made swords, shields, and other similar equipment so they could use their new skills with them. The effect of this was monumental various knight orders and other similar organizations appeared in cities around the globe. These organizations made a dramatic change in how the strongholds survived they hunted monsters for food and planted various crops in the strongholds greatly helping reduce starvation.

Some humans found various dungeons but didn't enter as they already had enough monsters to deal with they did send in scouts though. The cities and towns around the dungeons assigned guards to watch these areas just in case. There were TV stations still up the broadcasts still reached all across America and the other countries the fact that the tvs were still working was a major boost to morale for the humans of earth with access to it. The situation around earth slowly changed from hellish to manageable it was by no means great but people were surviving. Magic was one of the biggest changes people had to adjust to almost all the strongholds walls were magically reinforced with archer's and various magic oriented classes taking turns on watch.

Magic would lead to various new developments in various fields from technology to agriculture and everything in between. From magically reinforced walls to mana powered televisions and phones the world was going through a period of technological breakthroughs. The strongholds had various defense's but they all had one thing in common they were built so the biggest cities had six smaller towns around them. The cities and their six smaller towns all shared a name some used the original names their town or cities held such as Louisville, Washington, Boston, or Clinton strongholds. The fight against the undead and monsters was as fierce as always the people fought to keep thier homes safe while the monsters and undead fought for territory.

The forth week brought about the introduction of various new races such as various types of Elves, Dwarf's, Beast men to name a few of them. The forth week also introduced various demi human tribe's like the classic goblins, orcs, kobolds and lizardmen these various tribe's and races quickly claimed their own territories. Elves had various types such as the blood, dark, high, wood, snow, and true elf these various types mostly took control of forested areas turning them into natural fortresses. Out of these new races many were friendly with the humans but most demi humans seemed indifferent or hostile towards humanity. Many natural environments were now inhabited by demi humans and the new races trading began to occur between them and humanity. Humans found new allies at the cost of their old land some of the surviving politicians tried rally thier forces against these new races out of selfishness but they were quickly put down by the people around them. These discontent politicians were thoroughly executed in various way one of which were being thrown out of the strongholds to face the danger's of the world by themselves they didn't even last a couple days. Everything around the world seemed to calm down at the beginning of the fifth week as everyone seems to have carved out their own territories. The monsters and undead seemed to stick to their own territories travel between settlements began to start up again.

Dungeons were found throughout this period some were conquered but this was in rare cases. Humanity learned through these cases that if you remove a dungeon core all monsters in a five mile radius will chase after whoever has the dungeon core. The monsters would use the dungeon core to evolve into stronger monsters this taught humanity to leave the cores alone. The dungeons seemed to have a symbiotic relationship with humanity the dungeons provided various rare materials and herbs while invaders of any kind offered dp should they die.