Chapter 1

Who am I? It's very simple. My name is Alnert. I recently turned 19 years old. Thanks to those who congratulate me. I really hope that at least one of them said "Happy Birthday Alnert" when he reads this, but most likely you don't care about me and the fact that it was my birthday recently. The bad part about my birthday is that on that day My best friend, old Evrik, has died. The old man has been practically like a father to me. He raised me since I was a baby, and I thank him for that. Do you know what his last words were? "It's time to invent." . I laugh every time I think about that moment. After saying these words, he smiled, and then closed his eyes and never opened them again. I cried, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not really lying. I am very honest and I will be honest with you in all respects. Old Evrik was a very good man, that's why I fulfilled his last wish. I buried him and put a key in his right hand and a hammer in the other. Know. Who would want that. Well, let me tell you. Evrik was a damn strange old man. This strangeness of his was limited to inventions and created things for him. Although he was 80 years old, the fire of creation was still burning in him and he often broke the silence by saying, "It's time to invent." "Lost things or even looking in the trash just to find parts for our inventions. The old man died again and I still cry sometimes. But let's let go of all these sentimentalisms and move on to more serious things. Let's talk about the world I live in." "First of all, we all live on the so-called great continent. This world we live in is not an ordinary one, from two points of view. First of all, there are some strange creatures called frogs. These creatures can look in many ways, the skin being of different colors, the color shows them the level of power, the green ones being the fiercest and the worst. They have two big fangs that once stuck in the victim said to her. the meat is light (they feed only on human flesh). Green wounds also have an incredible muscle mass, which gives them a fierce appearance. Fortunately, they are not very fast. There are also blue warriors who have long and strong arms. After catching their prey, they squeeze it so hard that the victim suffocates and dies. At the same time, they are a little faster than green wounds. The last and most harmless are the red ranchers who usually feed on the remains of the blue and green ranchers. They are small and many in number, and when you come across a horde of such creatures, ask not to be alone and especially in open space. Injuries are not good for climbing and that is why sometimes the escape in front of these creatures are very tall trees.

For now, that's all I'm telling you about these creatures, because then I'll tell you more. And yet the biggest problem in our world is the walls. I think you're wondering what's up with these walls. First of all, the walls rise from the ground, and rise and continue to rise through the clouds. Thus the continent ends up being divided into several areas, some larger, some smaller. After 4 years, the walls fall back to the ground as if nothing had happened. Thus, people have 1 year to place themselves in a convenient living area, so that when the walls rise again, they will be in a favorable area, where they will be safe. The nasty part about walls is that they always change their pattern when they get up. If once the walls surrounded an entire city, now a wall could pass directly through the middle of this city, thus separating families, relatives, friends and so on. You may be unlucky to be trapped in an area with a horde of wounded. Few have escaped. In the year when the walls are lowered, people fight hard with the wounded and although it seems that they have all been exterminated, they still continue to appear. They multiply like rats and no one has found their nest. I was about to forget. Forgive me. Sometimes I forget things. There is another strange thing in our world, namely the City of Wishes. In the middle of the continent is a city, constantly surrounded by walls even as the other walls descend. No one has access to this city, because it is on something that looks like a huge rock, and in turn the rock is in the middle of a huge hole, a hole whose bottom is not visible. Every man wants to get to this city, and that's why everyone called it the City of Wishes. Many have tried, and all have failed. It is impossible to get to the City of Wishes. Only when you see that the diameter of the hole is 16 km, of which 15 km are occupied by the rock, you lose any desire to try again. Although it seems impossible, I want to get to this city. Curiosity does not give me peace. It grinds me day and night. I think I'm the most curious man that ever lived. The need to satisfy my curiosity is so great that I'm willing to do anything, and I'm not kidding at all when I say that. There is another day and the walls are coming down, and when they come down I will go to the city of Wishes. I have a long way to go, and who knows what awaits me, but I'm ready to go.