At the height of humanity's glory, when cities gleamed like constellations fallen to earth and when knowledge used to expanded faster then light, and when mankind truly believed it had tamed the very laws of nature was when everything ended.
Not slowly.
Not predictably..
But in a single instant that shock the skies and split it apart..
Historians would later name that day [The Gate Apocalypse].. but for those who lived through it, no words could fit the terror they had seen. One moment the world hummed with the familiar rhythm of civilization.. airships drifting between cities and countries, skyscrapers and towers which pierced cloud layers, children laughing and playing together in beautiful sunlight that humanity believed it would always be their own.
The next moment, darkness opened its jaws and mouth.
It began without warning with no tremor, no sign, no whisper from the skyies. The first Demon Gate materialized above the Pacific Ocean, a swirling mass of blood red-black energy that twisted the air into shrieking spirals. Then another erupted just above Europe... Then two more over the Arctic Ocean, Within a few minutes, more hundred gates pulsed across the globe like malignant stars.
From each one spilled Demonic Beasts.. creatures of unimaginable nightmares, beings that seemed to be sculpted from humanity's deepest fears. Their eyes burned like the cores of collapsed suns, and their bodies were covered in jagged obsidian armor that shifted like molten tar. They moved with ferociousness , each step cracking the ground beneath them Feet.
They were not any just mere beasts.. they were true demons..
Cities fell immediately before any alarm or siren could be fully sounded. Entire armies vanished beneath the onslaught, even machines like Tanks crumbled like paper.. Energy shields flickered and shattered within moments of contact. Humanity's proudest weapons became little more than desperate sparks in a storm of crimson annihilation.
Within a week, the world had already lost one-third of its population.. which was atleast 4 Billion deaths.
Those who survived fled, scattered, hid. Governments collapsed. Borders dissolved. Humanity's Peak, the age of triumph, order, and advancement, Everything.. everything crumbled into dust.
But even in the deepest pits of despair, whispers persisted, The heavens wasnt so cruel.
And the heavens heard the prayers of the human beings devoted to them.
Just as the final strongholds braced themselves for extinction.. the sky rippled with a ray of brilliance light that no human eye had ever witnessed. The clouds parted, not in the chaotic wound-like manner of Demon Gates, but gently, like two hands opening to reveal something sacred and divine.
From the heavens descended twenty-six shards of radiant crystal, each glowing with its own color and aura. They streaked across the sky like falling stars, landing at twenty-six different places around the world. And with their arrival, a new great era began.
These were later named the Profession Crystals.
When the first crystal was touched, it dissolved into light and merged into the body of the chosen individual. That young man, only eighteen years old, became the world's first recorded Sword Saint, awakening power far beyond anything science had ever conceptualized. He carved through a General Ranked Demon after a 9 months with his comrades.
And humanity realized the truth..
The crystals were gifts from heavens
A lifeline from the heavens to prevent total extinction.
As more eighteen year olds awakened their Professions, humanity's despair began to shift into something fragile, but real, like the first flame kindled after a long winter. Each crystal represented a distinct path, a unique Profession with its own abilities, strengths, and mysteries.
Some awakened as Warrior Classes such as Blade Masters or Shield Guardians.
Others as Magic Classes—Elemental Mages, Spirit Mages, Talisman Taoist
Others still broke the mold entirely, Beast Tamers, Assassins, and Divine Classes which was the closest and the most related to Divinity and Ascension to Divinity itself.
But even with this newfound power, the world did not immediately recover... Demon Gates continued to spit horrors into the lands. Cities that fell remained corrupted wastelands. Humanity had been gifted power anf knowledge, but it came with a price, the responsibility to fight, to train, and to evolve, or perish under the weight of the overwhelming demons raging over them.
The system that emerged within each awakened human, the mysterious interface of glowing panels, levels, skill trees, and evolutions, became the backbone of survival. It rewarded effort, punished stagnation, and demanded growth...
A new law was written across the remnants of the world,
Adapt, awaken, and ascend or be devoured by the Monsters.
Guilds formed and Survivors built shelters around powerful awakeners. Academies were established to train the next generation of fighters. For the first time since the Great Collapse, humanity took its first steps back toward reclaiming its grand future.
Yet even then, none could predict what lay ahead.
The rumours of the divine Classes.. were false at first.. but after the Appearance of the first divine class awakener.. everything was true.. in an era there can be only one divine class awakener and that too only with a few chances of one receiving it.
One day, after the death of the first divine class awakener 60 years ago due to recklessness.
Something was prophesied by the Pope of the Holy Nation
"Another… will awaken the divine Profession feared even by the heavens…"
And one day, the child was born.. he was an orphan.. no one knew he was the prophesied one, the Future saviour.
For the world was not ready.
That child, unknown to all, carried a dormant power that made Fate itself shiver.
78 years later, the world had stabilized and managed to control weak novice demon Gates for exams and tests for new awakeners..
Demon Gates still opened unpredictably. Cities remained fortified castles rather than flourishing centers of peace. Travel between towns required teleportation. Every year, millions of eighteen-year-olds underwent the Ritual of Awakening, praying they would receive a strong Warrior class or Mage Class Profession to help humanity push back the demons.
Some awakened with powerful Classes.
Some gained mediocre ones and lived cautious lives.
Some awakened with fragile Professions and rarely survived their first confrontation.
During, the Awakening Ceremony for the Night Sky Highschool.
The boy was also present, Everyone was there to awaken.. he was Lecuro Garven, although the First in his Class he barely talked to anyone.. always alone tho had 2 friends..
Alot expected anything grand from him.
Alot saw him as a hero or a prodigy.
Alot believed he would awaken something extraordinary.
Certainly but definitely not a divine power.
Certainly not the Profession that would one day shake heaven, earth, and abyss
[Divine Summoner]
A Profession that can bring fourth Angels, gods and divine beasts.
A Profession that could command entities whose footsteps once shaped galaxies.
A Profession whose return would either save the world…
…or destroy it completely.
As one by one, his classmates awakened their classes, finally, his name was called out.. he was at first hesistant but he reached his hand out and touched the awakening crystal, the world held its breath.
And somewhere high above the clouds, far beyond the sight..
The Awakening Crystals, displayed the Rank and name of the class..
Suddenly, the heavens trembled.. the sky split apart.. it was Legendary Phenomena which was only for Legendary Grade Classes!.. no.. this one is a [Divine Grade]..
Angels came forth.. and knelt in the sky bowing to him before dispersing into golden light and Entering his eyes..
The Awakening Crystals shined brightly.. and it displayed.
[Divine Summoner]
[Divine Grade]