Fate.

A woman stood dazed inside a VIP chamber with another woman and an old man.

She was none other than Faith. She had purplish pink waist length hair, her irises were of pinkish purple combination, she had pear-shaped body with a perfect amount of fat that made her seem cute yet sexy.

Allura and Eadwulf also noticed her state, they followed her gaze and found the screen that was displaying Marken, sitting beneath a tree's shade in lotus position with his eyes blindfolded by a worn-out crimson red blindfold that was subtly glimmering in an eerie crimson glow.

DING-!

An extremely familiar chime sounded in Faith's consciousness which helped her snap out of her daze.

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[Quest: Save your world]

[You are fated to be the saviour of your world. Your world has been eroded by darkness and has given up on trying to get out of it, instead, it had accepted the eroded darkness as one of itself. Only you are capable of bringing your world out of the darkness it has accepted as its own.]

[Reward: ------]

[Clear conditions:

• Save your world]

[Failure penalty: Destruction of the world]

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Gazing at the quest, Faith clenched her hands into fists. While one would expect her mana to burst out like a raging storm due to the overwhelming emotions she was drowning in, nothing of the likes happened in Faith's case as she exhaled softly yet deeply, controlling her emotions, she closed her eyes and opened them again, gazing at the charming blind man sitting under a tree's shade.

"Master, I want to enter your academy."

*

In a comfortable cradle, a chubby baby boy was seen sleeping with silk clothes tucking it in.

Warmth enveloped the baby as it crawled towards his mother who was cheering for him, while his father sat behind his study with a warm smile on his face, gazing at the crawling baby boy.

It grew up into an elegant young man in a mansion that was not that far off from being a Royal Palace, soon it was introduced to the world where everybody admired his handsomeness and his ability to read and comprehend things kids if his age couldn't.

Unbeknownst to him, his ego started to grow along with his abilities which he worked hard for behind the scenes, then as his genius was displayed out to the world, unknown dangers began to lurk around him, observing his every step.

Sooner than later, his world had turned colder. As attempts to assassinate and poison him wandered wantonly around him, one day, when somehow and for some reason he was left alone, an attack that changed his life happened as he survived by killing the one who tried to kill him.

He, who had learnt the coldness of the jealous world, had understood that it was his genius that garnered him all the dangers and he hid his ability as he pretended as if the attack had made him crazy while he was around people to hide his abilities which grew brighter in the dark until one day it was unable to be kept hidden, hence putting on a show, he displayed his abilities to the world overwhelmingly as if challenging the world itself.

The cold world too attacked him back in full-force as if accepting the challenge. Fortunately, he fought and survived for six whole months till the day he would escape from the cold world arrived.

But,

When he thought everything was over, and just as he was about to drop his crazed act and shock the world,

The cold world slapped him in the face as hard as it could.

[Characters' synchronisation complete]

"Ghuckh!!!" With a loud gasp, Edwin De Youngee jolted awake, jumped up onto his feet and leapt back until his back was pushed against the tree, while a bear-type beast stood in front of him, glaring at him with bloodshot eyes.

"What….." He mumbled,

"Where is this? Where am I?" He mumbled in utter confusion.

But,

ROOOOOOAAAAR!!

He received a roar in reply.

"Shouldn't I be dead?" He muttered as he touched his forehead, which had a small amount of blood marring it.

"See? Didn't I bash my head against the wall?" Edwin, or, Ulric muttered under his breath. He had the memories of his life as Ulric and as Edwin, but it was so abrupt that he couldn't accept it as his own.

Noticing that it was being ignored, the beast roared again.

ROOOOOOAAAAR!

"Shut up for a second!" He yelled at it as he subconsciously aimed his right palm at it to stop it from roaring like a mindless beast, which it was.

WHOOOMMM!!

A dense light attributed mana surged out of his body and swirled an inch in front of his palm and blasted in the beast's direction.

BOOOOOM-!

He experienced a slight tremor beneath his feet as he turned to gaze in the direction of the beast with his mouth hung open.

Him and the beast gazed at the few trees which were blasted away by the blinding beam of light a few steps away from the bear-type beast which seemed to be wary against the similar attack by its prey.

BING-!

With a strange chime,

[C+]

Appeared mid-air, above the blasted tree.

"That's the [Light's_Sovereignty]'s [Glare Of Light]!" Ulric exclaimed in excitement as his consciousness blurred due to exhaustion,

"Ah, fuck…." He muttered moments before he lost consciousness.

THUD!

Gazing at the unconscious shiny man's body, the beast, whom the shiny man's attack had missed, drooled. His golden blonde hair and his pale skin complexion seemed like honey in its eyes, as no matter what, whether it was a beast, an animal, or a monster, bears love honey.

Of course, they do eat the bees and their larvae inside the beehive as a good source of protein; the only difference between the beehive and the shiny man laying in front it, was the amount of protein it would get upon consumption.

It stomped its way towards its high protein meal, drooling,

But,

Unfortunately for the beast,

Since it was a "test" to the trainees, it meant that none were supposed to die, so,

A magic circle manifested beneath the shiny man's unconscious body and by the next instance, the honey with high protein disappeared from the spot it laid await.

"..." The bear stiffened, dumbfounded.

But,

ROOOOOOAAAARRRRRRR!!!!

It roared in annoyance as a dark, ominous glint flashed within its beast core. The magic power within surged out, uncontrollably, as the beast's mana colour changed from red to a darker shade of wine red. The mana around beast fluctuated strongly as the beast's rank soared by two.

The whole crowd watching the screen displaying the beast were shocked to the core, because

"The beast...it went berserk….." The commentator no.2 muttered as he inhaled a cold breath.

"It could now be considered a [B] ranked beast….."