I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was the ceiling. The ceiling was all I could see. I looked up at the ceiling. It was just white. The ceiling was the thing I noticed when my eyes were open. At that moment my view was the white ceiling the ceiling was all that I could see and that was the ceiling that I was looking at.
The ceiling I was staring at was not the ceiling, in my small apartment that I see every morning. This ceiling was really clean. It looked brand new. It reminded me of a hospital ceiling. My head was hurting much that it felt like someone was hammering a sharp nail into the side of my head. When I tried to sit up the ceiling started spinning around me. My eyes focused on my hands, the ceiling and my hands again.
I looked at my body. It was really thin. My skin was pale too. The hard parts on my hands from working for so many years were gone.
I quickly got out of bed. I ran to the mirror to take a look, at my body. My body was thin my skin was pale.
My hands did not have those calluses from my years of labor on my body my hands anymore. I looked at my body again. My body was really thin.
The face staring back at me was not my face. It was the face of a teenager. This teenager had a lot of things that made them look really different, from me. The teenager had black eyes and really pale skin that made them look sick. The face of the teenager looked so sad. It seemed like the teenager had forgotten how to smile. The teenagers face was just not a face.
I said it, out loud my voice was shaking. The truck really did send me here. I was talking about this truck. This truck was the thing that sent me to this place. I thought about this truck. What it did to me. This truck is what brought me here.
I started to remember things that did not happen to me. These memories were like a wave that filled my mind. I was on BlueStar, a planet that looked a lot like Earth. BlueStar has a dark past. Something bad happened on BlueStar sixty years ago. This bad thing was called the Great Cataclysm. The sky on BlueStar just broke apart during the Great Cataclysm. A lot of monsters came out of the big holes that opened up in the sky. The Great Cataclysm was very bad for BlueStar. It made BlueStar a crazy place. The Great Cataclysm had an impact on BlueStar and it changed BlueStar completely. BlueStar was never the same, after the Great Cataclysm.
Humanity did not just disappear it actually changed into something
Humanity went through a lot of things and humanity is still around it is just different now.
The thing is, humanity is not the same as it was before because humanity changed over time.
Humanity is still here. Humanity is really different, from what it used to be and that is because humanity evolved into something else.
Mana was around us. This thing called Mana brought about these people known as the Awakeners. The Awakeners were grouped into levels based on what they could do. They had levels from F-Rank, which was not very powerful, to the powerful SSS-Rank.
There was a war going on with a lot of fighting until the Eight SSS-Rank Sovereigns showed up. The Eight SSS-Rank Sovereigns fought back against the monsters. Made some borders to keep everyone safe. The Eight SSS-Rank Sovereigns and the Mana they had were very important.
The world is now divided into six parts. We have countries like S, A, B, C and D. Then there is the Outer Area F, which's really scary. The Mana and the Awakeners are still something that exists in our world. The people who have always kept us safe, from the monsters are the SSS-Rank Sovereigns. The SSS-Rank Sovereigns are the ones who protect us the SSS-Rank Sovereigns are very powerful.
I was now Kang Jin-woo, a 16-year-old student at the National Awakener Academy in Country D.
I thought to myself holding my head in my hands this is really strange. Jin-woos memories are very clear, in my mind.. I just cannot understand how Jin-woo died. It is like there is a space where I should be seeing what happened to Jin-woo at the end. Jin-woo did not have an accident. Get sick. Jin-woo just stopped existing all of a sudden. That is what bothers me about Jin-woos death. I am trying to figure out what happened to Jin-woo.
Tring... Tring...
My phone was buzzing. This noise woke me up from my daydream. The screen of my phone lit up. I saw a name on the screen: Cho Soo-yun.
This person is from Jin-woos past. She is Jin-woos childhood friend.
Jin-woos parents died when the monsters first came.
After that her father Ji So-yun and her mother Cho So-hyun took Jin-woo in.
They were very kind to Jin-woo. They treated Jin-woo like their son.
When Jin-woo started going to the Academy he wanted to live in the dorms.
He did not want to be a burden, to Ji So-yun and Cho So-hyun.
Jin-woo did not want them to have to take care of him. Jin-woos decision made his aunt and uncle Ji So-yun and Cho So-hyun really sad. They felt very bad because of Jin-woos decision. It hurt Ji So-yun and Cho So-hyun deeply. They were very upset about what Jin-woo decided to do. Jin-woos decision was very painful, for Ji So-yun and Cho So-hyun.
I swiped the screen. Then I said hello to the person on the end of the phone. The person said "Hello?"
"Jin-woo, where are you?" a voice shouted through the speaker.
The Awakening Ceremony is today.
You have to be Jin-woo.
If you are late I will be really mad at you Jin-woo.
The monsters are not what you should be worried, about Jin-woo.
I will be really upset if you do not show up on time Jin-woo.
You need to get now Jin-woo.
My heart skipped a beat. Today was the day all the 16 year olds were going to find out if they have mana sensitivity. This test was a thing because it would decide what Rank all the 16 year olds would get. I was really nervous about the mana sensitivity test and what my Rank would be. The mana sensitivity test was important because it would show what Rank I would get. I was thinking about the mana sensitivity test. What my Rank would be and it made me even more nervous. The mana sensitivity test was the key, to knowing my Rank.
I am really sorry Soo-yun.
I slept too long.
Now I am getting ready to come to you.
I will be with you soon Soo-yun.
I am, on my way to see you now Soo-yun.
I hung up the phone. Then I got ready fast. As I was putting on my uniform something popped into my head. This thought was something I learned from all the novels and manga I had read. I have read a lot of novels and manga in my life. Now these novels and manga were affecting my thoughts. I was thinking about the things I learned from these novels and manga.
I have moved to a world. This world is a strange place. I do not think I came to this world to be eaten by the monsters. The monsters in this world are a problem for me. My situation with the monsters in this world is that I have moved to this world and I do not want to be food for the monsters in this world. I want to survive in this world with the monsters. The monsters are everywhere in this world. I have to deal with the monsters, in this world every day.
I was standing in the middle of the room. I took a breath. Then I stood up straight. Struck a pose. It felt really good to stand like that in the room. The room was a place to stand and strike a pose. I liked standing in the room and striking a pose.
"System?" I said loud I was not really sure if anyone was going to answer me.
Silence.
"Status Window? Interface? Cheat Code?"
The only sound you could hear was the hum of the air conditioner. It was really quiet otherwise. Nothing showed up. There were no screens to look at no voices talking to you and no sign of robots doing anything. The air conditioner just kept humming along. The air conditioner was still making this humming noise. That was it.
I said damn it. I grabbed my bag. I was really mad. I had no idea how I ended up here. I did not remember dying. Now I had to take a test in a world where your Rank's really important. This is not good all. I have no one to help me. No cheat to make things easier, for me. I have to do this test on my own in a world where the Rank of a person's everything. The Rank is what matters here.
I bolted out the door. If I didn't have a system, I at least had to have a future. And that future started at the Awakening Stone.