Wake up

-You have killed an enemy.-

Pulling his consciousness back, he slowly hear his surroundings. He can hear steps of people running, crying for help and looking for their friends and family amidst the chaos. As he was about to open his eyes, he noticed 3 horizontal bars on the upper left corner of his vision. He focused his thoughts towards the bar and it give a hint of color, which is too dull that he can perceive. Then he noticed a blinking symbol below him, it is a shape of a box. When he was about to focus his senses towards the box. He felt that someone shrug him.

'Wake up!!! Boy, wake up…'

As he open his eyes, he can see a guy in full armor, aiding him to sit comfortably.

'Are you ok, are you hurt somewhere?'

"No, I'm fine. Where are we? "

'Just take it easy and let's go to the town hall.'

As they are walking towards the town hall, the site of broken and burning houses can be seen. They can see women crying looking for their husbands.

In the middle of the town, a huge broken crystal can be seen. It is barely noticeable but there is a faint glow pulsing inside the crystal.

'Faster Faster, reinforce the crystal. Repair the towers immediately'

A man was giving orders to the workers to clean and repair the damage infrastructure.

'That is the mayor. You will be debrief later with the other survivors.'

"Survivor?"

'The mayor will explain later.'

As they continue walking, a very large building is at front.

They enter the building.

'Another survivor? Just proceed to the main hall.', a man on the desk said.

The two of them walk towards the main hall as he was quiet and internalizing on the things that are happening to him.

'So do you remember anything?'

"None, all I see was light then I heard a huge explosion."

He lied, if anyone would know about his circumstances he might be detained and in worse case experimented, this is to protect him from thing he didn't know yet.

'You were very lucky.'

"Yeah tell be about it. Hey, are you one of the survivor also?"

'No, we are from the next village, we were sent as a reinforcement to help your village.'

'Oh we are here. There are around 10 people inside. By the way what is your name?'

"Mika. It's Mika."

'Mika, Im Greg, find me in the tower outside the altar after your done here. I will introduce you to the team. We need all the help we can for the restoration.'

'Bye see you..'

"Thank you.." Mika, replied.

As he enter inside the main hall. He was greeted by those who were there before him. As they were about to talk. The mayor came out.

'Good day everyone, you might wonder what are you doing here?'

'I'll make it short because I don't have all the answers. You are the lucky ones, it means you have died on the previous battle and yet circumstances allowed you to live in the same body for another time. Most of the people that died in the battle never return.'

Murmur from the crowd can be heard

'Your memory loss is due to the altar being damaged, we are fortunate that it wasn't completely destroyed.'

'Rest for now, don't worry we are quite safe for now, our neighbors sent their reinforcements to guard us while we are repairing stuffs.'

'If you have questions I'll be in my office. Again, you are the lucky ones…'

The mayor immediately went to his office.

He stayed for a little bit and talked to other survivors. Some of the survivor decided to have a tour in the village in the hopes of acquiring back their lost memory. While he decided to go to the mayor to know more about this world.

He said goodbye to his acquaintances and head towards the mayor's office.

Upon entering in the hallway, there is a beautiful blond girl sitting on her desk. He assume that she was the secretary. When their eyes meet…

'What is your purpose?'

"I would like to see the mayor, I am one of the Survivor."

'Please wait a moment sir, ill notify the mayor.'

"Thank you."

As he settled down, he kept on scanning at the three bars and the blinking box in his field of vision. He tend to move his head sideways yet the icons are still there like it is stuck behind his eyes. So he closed his eyes, focused on the three bars. The outlines of the bars became clear yet still dull and faint. He was satisfied of this discovery, knowing that there is still much mystery.

So he stood up and stretch his body. He started walking in the hallway.

He noticed that one of the horizontal bar is blinking slowly.

He paced up and the blinking of the 3rd bar became faster. When he reach on the end of the hallway, he sprinted towards the opposite side, glancing towards the secretary while she came out from the mayor's office.

'Sir, please do not run in the hallway'

"So.. sorry…", Panting, in reply.

As he settled down, the 3rd bar is still blinking so fast, it also significantly shorter compared with the other two bars.

The blinking became slower and slower as he catch his breath.

Then the 3rd bar return to its original length.

He concluded that the 3rd bar is either for stamina or energy.

An excitement can be seen in his face. This means that if the 3rd bar is stamina then the first 2 bars are Health and Mana.

He is elated of knowing that he can use magic or cast spells in this world. He pinch his cheeks to wake him up in case it is just a dream. After he pinch his cheek, he noticed that he felt the pain. This is a remainder of himself that his body retains its basic function. He can't still conclude that if he dies he will return, but knowing that he can feel pain dying would be a bad idea to test his theory.

He continue experimenting on himself. If stamina is the physical energy then mana should be a mental energy. With this hypothesis, he close his eyes and focus to a single point in the center of his vision.

Nothing happened at the moment. He concentrate even more. He imagine that the point is as small as a fist. Still nothing happened.

Then he thought maybe he is not fit to use any skill because he is not from this world.

Then, with nothing to do, he closes his eyes again, but now he is focusing all his thoughts to a single point as small as pinhead, immediately a rush of wind-like flow towards the point.

He opened his eyes to see if there are changes in his body or the surroundings. He was so happy of these breakthroughs without even knowing what he did. It is still one step closer to determining his status in this world.

"So the clue is the wind". He talk to himself.

"Think air!!! "

He closed his eyes again and breathe slowly. Each time he breathe, he followed the air towards his guts. He hold his breath, letting the air settled in his core, then slowly he breathe out, spreading the air throughout his chest then outside his body.

Again, he imagine gathering all the air surrounding him. He inhaled and focus on the flow towards this core. A tight feeling man be sensed in the center of his chest. He stabled his breathing, yet still the uncomfortable feeling on his chest still remains.

He took a deep breath and imagined his core to be relax, releasing the flow to all parts of his body. A tingling sensation can be felt at his fingertips.

Shocked by this development. He opened his eyes and stare at his fingertips. He noticed that the 2nd bar blinked twice.

"So that was the mental energy."

He close his eyes again. He imagine that all of his energy are flowing towards his core. Slowly his chest became heavier and heavier. A tight sensation can be felt in his chest but instead of releasing the tight sensation, he imagine a swirling motion starting in the middle of the tight spot.

As he can feel the tightness being relieved .the secretary came out from the office, him noticing the door opened and close, he slowly release the tightness sensation and spread it as he exhale. Then he felt same tingling feeling on his fingertips. He slowly open his eyes, he noticed that the 2nd bar is blinking slowly but the length doesn't change.

'Sir the mayor is ready, you may come in'

"Thank you."

He stood up and enter the mayor's office.

'Hello please seat down, and your name is?', the mayor ask while he was reading a piece of paper on his desk.

"Mika, sir.", he replied.

Ok Mika let me get you straight since we are very busy here.

You are not from here.

Where do you come from?