HERO’S QUEST

HERO'S QUEST: WORLD'S END.

That's the name of the novel I read.

It was a book recommended to me after I finished another one, which was probably my favorite.

I won't lie—the story was gripping from the very start.

I'm not sure why, but I just liked it, even though it had the lowest rating I'd ever seen.

2.1.

People trashed the book relentlessly. Even though it was free, the comments made it seem like the author owed them some sort of debt for wasting their time.

But I still read it.

The story started as a cliché: a commoner and his childhood friend get admitted into an academy. But it quickly took darker, more twisted turns than I'd ever seen in any novel. Allies became enemies—some of them shockingly so. The most gut-wrenching twist was when the protagonist had to kill his own childhood friend to stop her from doing something catastrophic.

Maybe that's why the story had such a low rating.

Perhaps readers couldn't handle the unexpected twists.

Or maybe what frustrated them even more was the fact that many characters who changed sides had originally been heroines.

The novel's world was overrun with more villains and villainesses than heroes and heroines.

That was just the first volume, though. Things became even darker in the second volume, following the tournament, where the first major attack occurred.

According to the author, the world of Hero's Quest was a small one. More accurately, only a small part of the world was still inhabitable.

Apparently, after the last battle between the gods and demons, most of the world was destroyed. Every other place was annihilated, leaving behind just one small continent. This fragile land was still home to various races, but it wasn't safe either.

Mana in those areas became so unstable that staying there too long led to mana pool combustion—a condition where a person's mana core overloads. It causes the accumulation of unfiltered mana, clogging the valves. Attempting to circulate mana in that state results in… well, you get the picture. A gruesome end.

Even worse, the corruption was spreading. The tiny habitable region was shrinking, destined to become unlivable.

This is why all the races were at war. Everyone wanted to reach the "safer part" of the planet before it, too, became corrupted.

Humans had two empires. But honestly, "empires" was an overstatement—they were more like kingdoms with territories scattered across the central part of the continent. Surrounding them were three other races:

The Vampires, whose desperation grows daily as the corruption closes in.The Gyrods, volatile and dangerous creatures equally desperate to escape.The Elves. No one really knew what the elves were up to. In the novel, they were barely mentioned.

The elves lived on the outskirts, closest to the corruption. Their borders remained sealed, and they refused to interact with anyone.

But I knew their secret. I'd read enough of the novel to know exactly what those bastards were hiding. After all it was what I'd planned to use to escape this dying world when I found Renay.

At least, that's what I planned.

But now…

I don't know what to believe anymore.

I don't even know what I feel.

I'm a mess inside.

Sigh.

I slipped on the uniform.

At this point, I don't even know what to do anymore.

I don't see a reason to keep being here.

This world is doomed.

Maybe I should just… leave.

Yeah. That's the thing the elves hid.

They're not in this world anymore.

There's a way out. A way to leave this world.

And it's hidden in the elven empire.

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Author's thoughts.

I plan on dropping daily chaps, about two everyday from now onward, but for that to happen i have to know if there's anyone with me. Is there anyone still reading this book?

Because i haven't seen a comment in like... forever.

So drop a review, comment, powerstone, or golden ticket.

Just do something!