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"50 years ago Earth was still a world ruled by humans. That was until the awakening calamity struck."

"Spen the natural energy of the universe finally reached a concentration strong enough for awakening to take place on earth. The humans of Earth not knowing that spen even existed were completely unprepared."

"The universe is impartial, so everything received the blessing of the universe, spen. Volcanoes erupted, earthquakes ensued, the seas raged, and worst of all, animals of all kinds evolved into beasts and monsters."

"Everything happened so abruptly that humans, because of their weaker bodies and different progression paths, didn't have enough time to evolve like everything else."

"The monsters attacked, and humans with their guns, tanks, missiles, and nukes couldn't do anything. Guns were completely useless, tanks, missiles, and nukes only worked on the lowest-level monsters."

"This left humans helpless as the technology they had spent generations creating couldn't save them."

" Humanity was massacred, of the previously 8 billion people 5 billion died. All hope seemed lost until humans started awakening powers themselves, this allowed them to fight to reclaim their land."

"Many heroes were born from this disaster, but the ruling governments of the world perished. In this new age where strength is all that matters, only the truly strong have the right to command and lead."

"The new rulers were those who were the strongest, they formed guilds, associations, kingdoms, and empires. They took the land they wanted from the jaws of monsters and protected it to form territories of their own."

"That concludes today's history lesson. Enjoy your weekends, and don't get into too much trouble. On Monday, we will look at why humans took longer to get their powers. Class dismissed."

In a classroom full of 13-year-olds, a teacher could be seen giving a history lesson to a room of attentive students. "Thank you, sir." All the students said as they made their way out of the classroom.

"Yo Ash, you coming to the arcade with us?" A tall blond boy that ozzoed an aura of wealth said to a handsome boy with white hair. "Nah, I think I'll just go home today. Thanks anyway Charlie, have a good weekend." The white-haired Ash said as he separated from a group of boys and walked in the direction of his home.

As Ash walked his dazzling white hair that went to his shoulders fluttered in the wind. His mesmerizing red eyes hid an inquisitive glint.

His above-average for his age height of 164cm seemed to make him radiate strength and charm despite his age.

After a 15-minute walk, Ash Crimson arrived at his house, a 2-story mansion in the inner region of the Testfall city.

The Crimson family is one of the strongest families in the whole city, despite only consisting of Ash and his nuclear family. The Crimson family is renowned for being the right hands of the Blood Tyrant, Syd Nevile, who ruled the Testfall region.

While it may seem nice to be the subordinate of a powerful ruler like the Blood Tyrant, he is notorious for regularly committing atrocities and forcing his subordinates to join him as a test of loyalty.

All Ash, the greatest genius of the Testfall region ever wanted, was for his family to be out of the control of this Tyrant. However, is life ever so simple?