chapter 3 - Some Info And Mysteries

I slowly open my eyes as my body just wakes me up on its own. Like some sort of biological clock set in advance.

I looked at the time and saw it was 6 am. Damn, David must be a very disciplined one as his body knows when to get up.

I looked at the familiar but unfamiliar room and confirmed that what happened yesterday was not a dream.

No matter what I have to accept my current situation and try my best to survive till the end.

I got up from bed and looked through the window. Sun has not risen yet but due to various lights on buildings, who need the sunlight? Bright like a day or say the city never sleeps.

Looks like some people are still not done with their night activities. After observing the bright but quiet city for some time I started to get ready.

After some quick washup, I put on gym clothes and left my apartment. A morning run is good for health and spirit.

In my previous world I had this habit till high school after that due to various reasons I stopped it but I did go to the gym whenever I got some free time.

I followed the same path David took for his morning runs and came to the huge park. This is the city's biggest park.

Some people are doing exercise while some are just taking a normal walk. Minding my own business I started my daily exercise.

Or I say David's daily routine. 10 km running, 100 push-ups, 100 squats, 100 pull-ups, etc. I know this body can do better than this but this exercise is just a warm-up or stretching. There is a full schedule of high and intense training for the whole day.

What can I say David was a training manic. This also explains his perfect body.

As I completed all these sets with ease sun rose and warm sunlight made me so comfortable. I looked at the time and found it was 7 am already.

I found a good spot and sat down. Morning sunlight is good for the body and it is confirmed in this world too.

Due to mana, some changes happened to some natural phenomena. Like sunlight and moonlight.

Bright sun rays seem like has a healing effect as my muscles feel comfortable and the small exhaustion form before vanished like it was not there.

After spending some time in the warm sunlight I got up and started to go back to my apartment.

Scientists say half an hour before and after sunrise is the best time for the body as it carries the greatest amount of purified mana so exercising at this time is best for the human body this applies to rankers too.

Though this effect gets less as rankers become stronger mosquitos meat is also meat, right?

" Hey David, wait please." ( ???? )

Just as I was about to leave someone called my name. I looked towards the direction of the sound and found a girl the same age as David waving her hand at me.

I stopped and let the girl come near me. As she comes closer I take a good look at her and try to find If I can find her in my memory. Even by my standards girl is beautiful with silky long hair and a good figure. Deep black eyes and hair.

With some effort, I quickly found the identity of the girl. She is a classmate of David in high school named Gina Goofer . They even took the same class. Even reviewing the memory a couple of times I did not find any special relationship with this girl.

Well, David was a trainee manic and had no friends in school. An ultra loner for sure.

As the girl approached me she spoke in an excited mood.

" hey David long time no see. You just vanished after final year exams and did not show up for the farewell party either. We thought you were going to a new city then we saw the college exam results. Congratulations on getting into Dawn academy. I got into the same academy so we will be classmates again so please take care of me." ( Gina )

Like some sort of machine gun words keep coming out of Gina's mouth like bullets. Now I remember that David avoided speaking to this girl specifically because she talked too much.

Wait did she just mention going to the same academy as me? I did recollect a person named Gina near a heroine but it was for a very short time and the story did not mention her again.

If Gina has a small role in the story why was David remained nonexistent? As I went into deep thoughts I felt someone shaking my hand. I came to reality and found Gina shanking my hand.

I pulled my hand away and spoke in a polite tone the same tone David uses.

" good morning Gina. Congratulations on getting into the Dawn Academy. About the farewell party, I got some important things to do I can not attend the event. As an apology how about I treat you breakfast." ( David )

Gina smiled at my words and spoke in a cheerful tone.

"it's alright. Even I felt that attending a farewell party was not a good idea. So many classmates come to confession to me. It was bothersome to reject so many boys which left a bad taste in my mouth. As for the breakfast lets leave it for another time. I need to get home as soon as possible. I rarely come to public parks as my family has its separate garden and I heard some Fallen are targeting students who are about to attend academies especially those who attend Dawn academy. So be careful. If you feel any danger contact authorities immediately. Okay Bye, see you at the academy. Hope we get in the same class." ( Gina )

Saying this Gina storms off without giving me a chance to say goodbye.

' Fallen attack on students.' ( David )

I pondered on the intel Gina provided. First of all who are Fallen?

Those who sold their soul to the demons are called Fallen. Yup like every other out there novel there are races other than the human race in this world.

Demons are considered Villains of this novel as their main goal is to destroy and loot the worlds for their gain.

Let's talk about this stuff later I am getting hungry with all the exercise.

I eat a simple breakfast in a nice place and then head back to my apartment.

After arriving home I washed myself and changed into some comfortable clothes.

I sat in the living room and started to plan my next steps.

I also find a very strange thing about David's memories. There seem to be some missing parts in his memories like there is no memory of David till he was 5 years old and got accepted into the silver orphanage in this spring city.

Even after that, there are constantly missing areas in David's memory like someone deliberately hiding them.

No matter how much I try I can not see anything in those areas or even get some tiny amount of information.

Even the asking system does not work as it says I lack sufficient authority to know about it.

I think this David has some mysterious origin or past. Not every normal person has both talent and bloodline and they are both in sealed states.

Even his memories are not normal. Got in the orphanage at 5 with a reason of orphan due to a natural calamity.

In the record, they say David was found in the village that suffered a big earthquake and authorities failed to find anything about him so they created a new identity for him.

David only knows his name and nothing else about him. Others thought due to some accident David lost his memories so they kept the name and sent him to the orphanage.

Due to war, the human population has reached some critical numbers so a federation which is a solo government made by every nation to keep everyone safe and united to fight the common enemy set rules that every child needs to be protected and nourished in the best possible way until he or she reaches adulthood.

The federation even gives subsidies to the parents to raise their kids. In other words more the population the better the chances of winning.

The ratio of rankers appearing in humans is not low but not that high and talented people are always high in demand so they come up with the idea of increasing quantity to get the quality.

Due to this, all orphanages take good care of children as who knows when a child may become a ranker that can help humanity to win against future enemies.

Even if he does not become ranker he can still serve the society so there is nothing to lose.

Back to David. After arriving at the orphanage David did not behave like a normal child.

Just after a month of joining David started to do some part-time jobs at nearby stores.

Even after constant advice from teachers and caretakers of the orphanage, David did not stop.

After some time others stopped bothering with his life as they realized that David would not listen to them.

Though he did not earn much David continued to do jobs he could do without affecting his studies or other stuff.

Till he turned 10 David continued to do part-time jobs and other stuff like learning martial arts in his free time.

After he became 10 David brought some necessary stuff to become a ranker like some manuals, equipment, etc. with the money he earned.

Although it is compulsory to give basic weapons and fighting guidance to all children for free David always wanted to get more for some unknown reason.

People thought that he was some sort of freak as there was no guarantee that he would become a ranker in the future but David did not stop.

After getting some skills David started to do some risky jobs like herb gathering near some dangerous areas, handyman for some mercenaries, etc. Though tasks were not that dangerous there was always a chance to encounter something dangerous.

Like during herd gathering encountering a strong wild animal is the thing that can not be avoided. If you meet a mutant then there is no guarantee that you may return alive.

Oh did I tell you what are the so-called mutants? When the mana first appeared on Earth the first ones to get affected by it were animals and plants.

Due to mana, they have some mutations in their genes and bodies which make them stronger and more ferocious.

Before humans find out what the wrong tide of mutants hit the human territories. They slaughtered humans left and right.

Due to their increased strength normal guns stopped being life-threatening to them so humanity gets pushed into corners by them.

Great changes happen everywhere. All land areas merged to form a single piece of land.

Satellite signals get affected due to the mana in the air. As the darkest period of humanity arrived a ray of hope arrived.

Humans also awakened some sort of powers. But without proper methods, these new powers failed to show their true strength.

But again miracle happened. Dungeons started to appear in different parts of the world. Using the knowledge inside the dungeons humanity can overcome its crises and again rise in power.

After decades of war with mutants, humanity was able to get the upper hand. But the new danger arrived as though the portal's new races appeared.

Again the war for land started but this time it was way bloodier. Countless lives get lost. Many legends were born and fell during that war.

Finally after allying with other races humanity was able to beat the demons and secure 50% of the total land area.

Rest may be told later that's it for now.

Back to David after taking many risks and getting injured many times, David's growth became apparent to everyone.

Even in his studies, David maintained his top 10 records. To be honest, David can easily get the 1 st but he chooses to stay low and keep the steady progress.

All hard work paid off as David awakened his mana core and became part of the chosen ones.

After that, David continued to work hard and was able to get into the 1st ranked academy in the human territory.

Well, this story may look like some sort of protagonist but trust me there are many hidden elements in it.

Pity some major elements are hidden so I can not get the whole story but this is it for now.

Taking the final look at David's memories I decided to make some plans to effectively use the little time I have.

' I have all the time to slowly discover what secrets you are hiding David.' ( David )