《Guardian of Wicked Sphere》 Chapter 1 White Room Arc - Calls from Mr. President Author Note : When I reread this chapter, I feel there is something that less baiting the readers and I realized my immaturity as a writer. So I decided to add a prolog before the chapter and changing some part of the stories. ___________________________________ The world has changed. All we know, all knowledge that we get all along, are not useful anymore. Because history has been rewritten. The content of story in history books that you guys read since childhood are no longer the same. All started from the end of First World War. That night, the logic that has been there all this time replaced with the new ones. A change has occurred yet everyone at that time not yet aware of it. Until everyone was forced to gather in concentration camp for fourteen days. Every night, people lined up waiting for their turn. They were injected with a serum alternately. In the serum contained millions nano-robots called Mantra that can bring real identity of an individual to the surface. Slowly but surely they are no longer Homo sapiens. They have evolved from the limits of reasonableness to be demi-human that they now refer to as Bhaureksa. But all that changes don¡¯t stop there alone. Countries that are not able to feel pleasure of the Mantra felt threatened over their presence. They were secretly trying to assassinate the Bhaureksa. But alas, it ended with failure. All the weapons can you guys imagine could kill millions of people did not leave any scratches on their body. What¡¯s more, in the hands of the Bhaureksa there is a weapon too advanced in age which they refer as Astra. After all that they realize if they can¡¯t defeat them as opponent, the thought why not to try make friends with them. The first to take the big step is United States. They then sent them a secret Envoy. That afternoon on board a ship that sails over Atlantic Ocean, the Envoy requested the approval of the cooperation to the representative of the two countries. They instantly agreed upon terms, US government is willing to fund the development of the Astra which they plan to build. With the agreement of thus three countries, Astra workmanship which had delayed finally implemented a week later. However, when all good things seemed to walk towards them, the bad news ever heard. NAZI declared war to the world. The continent fucked. Turmoil happened all across the land. And became worse when Italy and Japan joining. It changed from war of the continent became a World War. With shared technology of brand new Mantra Soldier that was still in the process of development they shook the world. The Allied Forces completely unable to keep up with their resistance. That was before they completed their two giant projects, The Flying Fortress and The Barbarian. Up to 1945, April, they successfully forced NAZI forces to withdraw and made Her Fuhrer had to take refuge in the bunker. Shoot¡­. Kaboom¡­ Bunker that sheltered Hitler bombed and generated a huge hole in the place he was last located. The entire Allied Forces was cheering for joy. But it didn¡¯t last long¡­. From inside thick smoke, appeared a silhouette of human figure. Their breath bated. Adolf Hitler came out intact without any injuries. He grinned. Mantra that developed only for him has been completed. It all felt not real. Every time a bullet pierced his flesh, until the bones were broken and his entrails spilled out, every time it happened and he fell to the ground, immediately he rose again as if there is not any kind of ensued. He looked like a character of Hindu mythology which by no coincidence was the name of the serum that injected to him. [RAHVANA] Like its story, he will not die as long as his feet still on the ground. He became so invulnerable. That¡¯s why this Second World War can¡¯t be ended and came into Stalemate on August 1945. And began the Cold War era. Until 20 years, the Great War broken out. But that¡¯s another story. _____________________________ This room again... I am so sure that I am sleeping right now, but how can I end up in this white room again? Even when I try to analyze and reanalyzing it, I can¡¯t comprehend it at all. How frustrating it is¡­ I think it began 5 weeks ago. That time, as usual, I have that nightmare¡­ It was the night when I lost everything. My house¡­ My faculty¡­ My town¡­ My brethren¡­ My love one, My Wife, Anisa¡­ The Great War 30 years ago have been planting seed of despair deep in my heart. If not because my lovely one, my beloved daughter, Raisa, I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll live locked in the filthy small room without ventilation due to my despondent. That life absolutely will be lesser fascinating than what I did right now. Yeah, I am a Grandmaster now. He is the one and only Grandmaster of Blacksmith that lived through that purgatory. Let¡¯s talk how can I became one! I am an orphan from desolate village in the top of Mt. Lawu. When I was six, as decree of president due to chaos on the continent, all six years children will be undergoing thorough examination in the Capital City to determine their talent and their interest. After 2 days of medical check up, 3 days of physical exam, 4 days of paper test, then come 5 days of hell face-to-face interview with old long whitebeard psychologist with camphor aroma in his worn out white coat. So tiring and blood sucking experience¡­ Do you think that the worst? No¡­ There is more¡­ In the seventh days of waiting the result, we are escorted from our room to our respective hall, they are Art hall, Farm hall, Sailor hall, Warrior hall, Thinker Hall and last but not least, the Artisan hall where I belong to. In that hall I learn the basic of artisan in the next six month and then get another test to choose our specialization. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.By the way, that¡¯s another 14 days of hell. To short long story, I got conclusion of my test. I have affinity becoming blacksmith. You know what happen next. I¡¯ve been dragging to rode a box car through rough road in full speed for thirteen hours without knew our destination was. It¡¯s so dark here. The cushion is very much tough, makes my buttock numb. Making it worse, suspension of the car is not well made. Perhaps it made in haste. Well, it is just a hunch though. Actually I don¡¯t really know what really happen though. My eyes wander around when they¡¯re accustomed with darkness. There¡¯re thirty two children beside myself, 16 boys and 17 girls. I wonder how many persons who will become blacksmith. Even though it¡¯s just me, I am also not going to feel sad. Because it¡¯s somehow, solitude was my best friend. The Lord seems not dear to me. He¡¯s always taking anything anyone that I care about. Mother, grandmother, grandfather, and aunt all had returned to his cradle. Remember that all makes my heart feel like they sliced by a blunt dagger. It really hurts and somehow my tears always flowed even I¡¯ve vowed to no longer cry. Because the story starts to veer toward the tragedy, let¡¯s change the topic for a while. Maybe a lot of you are asking why we weren¡¯t using plane or something similar, right? Well¡­ That¡¯s because of the constant war that surrounded us. Although de facto we are independent country, de jure said that we still belong to the Queendom of Yuliana. So literally part of our land, sea that surrounded our island, and the sky are property of another country. Perhaps, that answers your question. We can not fly in the sky above our birthplace. It¡¯s so suffocating. But we still try our best to change that predicament. That¡¯s why we¡¯re come to this place¡­ To Baraduaja, The City of Artisan. One of thirty three along with the Capital City that belong to the Republic according to the pact of mutual agreement with the Queendom that signed in 1945 because World War II ended up with stalemate. Backdoor of box car slightly open and someone from Examination Hall¡¯s head came to view. We all look at her with furrowed eyes. She said, ¡°I will keep this door open as minimum as possible until your eyes adapted with light. So hang on.¡± It doesn¡¯t need five minutes for me to see normally. And then¡­ There¡¯s voice that calling my name¡­ ¡°Nala¡­¡± That source of that sound is rather familiar. But I don¡¯t think that¡¯s from thirty years ago. ¡°Grandmaster Nala! Wake up!¡± I know that bossy voice belongs to. I open my eyes slowly. The familiar room is greeting me, my old plain wood decorated bedroom. Yeah, I wake up fully. Then I¡¯m calling my virtual assistant, ¡°Maria, was Mr. President call me?¡± ¡°Yes, Sir, he¡¯s keep calling from 41 minutes 33 seconds ago.¡± ¡°Connect me with him.¡± While I am waiting Maria to connect me with Mr. President, I get up from bed and straight to toilet due to natural call. You know what I meant, right? After finishing it, then I go to pantry for a glass of water. Then I ask my other assistant, ¡°Sebastian?¡± ¡°Yes, Master, anything can I help?¡± ¡°How¡¯s the result of my sleeping test?¡± ¡°Are you really sure want to hear it, Sir?¡± ¡°Go on.¡± ¡°As you wish, Sir.¡± Huge monitor in the living room turns on automatically and showing up my brainwave when I slept. ¡°When you laid yourself in bed yesterday, Sunday, September 27th, 09:47 PM, you need 27 minutes 13 seconds to reached alpha wave, then needed 12 minutes reaching theta wave.¡± I hear it diligently. ¡°You stayed in that state for 3 hours 21 minutes 19 seconds before went to delta state for 1 hour 36 minutes 38 seconds, and came back theta in another 34 minutes. Then you wake up due to loud voice mail of the president.¡± So I just sleep for six hours, huh. And It¡¯s just still 3 in the morning. Ah, just don¡¯t complicate a trivial matter. ¡°Is there any rapid eyes movement (REM)?¡± ¡°According my data¡­.¡± There is loud voice that disturbing it, ¡°Yo, old man, you still alive?¡± The way he¡¯s speak it doesn¡¯t suit how supposed to be president of a country behave. ¡°I think that expensive public manner education school doesn¡¯t a good investment for you, Mada.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a bull¡¯s eye, old man,¡± He¡¯s laughing, ¡°But, how can I do? The Secretary of Cabinet forced me to do it.¡± He sighed, ¡°When I say that I¡¯m a warrior not a politician, do you know what she said?¡± Nala guess it, ¡°That¡¯s a year ago, before you won the election. Warrior is your past, now you¡¯re a politician. Even your status change you still can become a patriot. You¡¯re doing it with your behavior, your ways to speak, and how you negotiate with another party.¡± Mada feel dumbfounded, ¡°How did you know?¡± ¡°Hahahaha, Tribhuwana was my student 20 years ago, so¡­.¡± ¡°You did teach her, huh.¡± ¡°Flexing bamboo let it from bamboo shoot.¡± ¡°You tell me to give in?¡± ¡°I¡¯m who said that, but you¡­.¡± Awkward silent occurred¡­ ¡°So, why did you call me? Don¡¯t you know sleeping is necessity for someone in my age?¡± ¡°You¡¯re still 49, old man, you¡¯re still young. Bft.¡± ¡°Yeah, whatever. Is there a problem with the factory? I hope not.¡± ¡°Mn, there isn¡¯t. It¡¯s just¡­ You know?¡± ¡°Certainly, there¡¯s something that frightening that worrisome secretary of defense, isn¡¯t it?¡± ¡°Ya, there are several problem at the borders.¡± ¡°Borders?¡± ¡°Sultanate in North is preparing their Flying Fortress fleet in Malacca. According to informant the fleet admiral himself takes the command.¡± ¡°Hooo¡­¡± ¡°The south federation is readying his Barbarian. The purpose is still unknown.¡± ¡°Barbarian? Ya, definitely it¡¯s potentially problematic.¡± The Barbarian is the first and strongest gigantic humanoid machinery for destruction created by the Federation with help from United Kingdom and United States. Its power can change the course of the battle and can devastated 120 jetfighters alone. After long thought, Nala then said, ¡°I will notify Adityawarman to accelerate the manufacturing process of the remaining Pashupatastra. Perhaps everything will get ready before midnight.¡± ¡°Thanks, Master, then I¡­.¡± Looks like Mada remember something suddenly. ¡°Old man, do you still keep contact with Raisa?¡± ¡°Hm, why? Is it wrong to call my own daughter?¡± ¡°No, no, no, that doesn¡¯t wrong. It¡¯s just¡­ I want repost her to another place, is that not good?¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t there anyone better than her? I just want her to relax at mine when she come home from battlefield next Saturday.¡± ¡°Well¡­ you see¡­ we still can talk about that matter another time. See ya.¡± He ends the call. Chapter 2 White Room Arc - Calling the Factory After that call, I can sense there¡¯s something that President Mada keeps it secret And weirdly enough, I think I know what it is vaguely. Raisa was born with affinity becoming an excellent Marksman. She has a good eyes, good five senses, and resolute heart. She knew all along what it means to be a Marksman and also she has what it takes to become one. In Warrior City of Drona her grade is always exceeding expectation. So it doesn¡¯t surprising at all when she¡¯s chosen to enter Elite Corps of Bhayangkara. Word of Bhayangkara is made from Sanskrit. Bhayang means Shadow and Kara has the meaning of Warrior. So literally Bhayangkara is Shadow Warrior. Its duty is simply an assassination of important figure that disturbing our independency as a country. More than 600 figures have been killed by this corps. Certainly Raisa is doing her best and booked a record of 212 successful assassinations¡­ 93 of them were just with mere one bullet. Actually I don¡¯t know how I must react on that attainment. Killing is still wrong doing for me. Life of a person is not as cheap as doing stroll in the central park in beautiful peaceful evening. But I have to acknowledge the benefit of their doing. A whole archipelago is ours now. We can walk in the soil with upright head because there is nothing that calling us Inlander as an insult. Sailing from island to island in this archipelago now can be done without worrying there is submarine that may attack them. And the sky¡­ We own it all. The dream of mine to have free use of the sky is become true. When I remember that, tears drop silently. Now I can breathe contentedly. There¡¯s no more suffocating feeling. And that¡¯s all thanks to that assassination. Haaa¡­ I always sigh when I think about it. And that¡¯s not good. So to change my mood, I bring a command, ¡°Maria! Could you connect me with Adityawarman? I think he¡¯s supervising manufacturing in dock 4.¡± ¡°Certainly, Sir.¡± ¡°Eh, Sebastian?¡± ¡°Yes, Sir?¡± ¡°Prepare my mount.¡± ¡°Which one is it, Sir? Is it Hamsa?¡± Hm, good choice¡­ But I don¡¯t want to ride sports car that was created by Adityawarman 3 years ago. Actually I don¡¯t have any thing to complain to begin with. It¡¯s fast and its pacing is swift and smooth. But it¡¯s already completed. There¡¯s no other room for improvisation. So I¡¯m bored with it. ¡°No, it is Nandi.¡± ¡°But, Sir, Dr. Nakula has forbid you to ride that damn motorcycle! The torque of thus machine is too powerful for your injured body. Please consider it, Sir.¡± Damn? Am I hearing that word from Sebastian? Am I infuriating him? Well, that¡¯s true that my body full of scars. There are two or three bones that broken and having five cracked bones. Thanks to The Great War that I obtain all of them. But I am feeling great right there¡¯s no way my wounds will¡­ Likes he can read my mind, he spoke, ¡°Sir, your wounds will become worse if you force yourself. Don¡¯t think too high with your physical condition, Sir. Even with our advance technology, there¡¯s still no way resurrect the death.¡± If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.¡°Perhaps, you are correct¡­¡± I can feel there is smile in that artificial being. Sorry, that I will disappoint you. ¡°But, I still want to ride it.¡± Sad emoticon appears in front of my face. What will I do about this? Before this conversation become too long, Maria informs me, ¡°Mr. Adityawarman is on the line, Sir.¡± ¡°Ah, finally!¡± I utter a shout, ¡°Yo, boy, how¡¯s condition there?¡± ¡°Well, Master, it is little hectic here, so I can¡¯t talk freely with you, Sir.¡± ¡°That¡¯s fine , I just want to tell you things.¡±I stop for moment, ¡°But before to main topic, let¡¯s talk about Nandi.¡± ¡°Ah, that little monster is really something!¡±He yell happily, ¡°After it fell from cliff 100 meters high after you rode it four months ago, astonishingly there¡¯s no mayor damage on it. Furthermore you are really fortunate that monster protects you with its mechanical emergency protection and you just got few bruises and small cutting.¡±He is laughing, ¡°Because your reckless disposition I got some beneficial data for improvement. And be glad, it¡¯s quite marvelously perfect now.¡± ¡°Information about that is in Sebastian, right?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°It¡¯s good then.¡± Nala is spacing out while thinking how wonderful it is if he try his new toy straightaway. But it can wait for little longer. ¡°You said, there¡¯s something that you want telling me. What is it?¡± ¡°It¡¯s pretty potentially problematic.¡± ¡°Potentially problematic, huh? So what? The south is preparing their barbarian? Or the great admiral of the north is waiting in Malacca to wait appropriate time to attack? Which is it?¡± My mouth open due to surprise, ¡°You knew?¡± I stop a moment to reanalyze it, ¡°Is that just a hunch? If it is true, you should train your brain to become tactician rather than technician.¡± Adit struck dumbfounded, ¡°What? Is that true? Is that the truth? Oh~!¡±His voice is sound panicked, ¡°Hell is near! The judgment day is nearer~! Oh, god!!!¡± Truthfully I don¡¯t want telling him about that because he always got panic attack. But unfortunately there¡¯s no one in factory that as reliable as him. Anyway, he is the closest person becoming Grandmaster of Technician. ¡°Stop it! Adit, Stop it! I tell you stop. Please relax. There¡¯s no problem that cannot be solved. Remember your position in the factory.¡± ¡°Yeah, ya, that¡¯s true, there¡¯s no fence that too high to climb up. Okay, okay, I try to relax.¡±He inhales and exhaling oxygen, ¡°So, what¡¯s the order?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s focus.¡±I try to arrange the sentence, ¡°Presiden called a while ago, telling me what you had guess and ordering us to speed up the manufacturing process of Pashupatastra.¡± I am waiting for awhile, ¡°How many haven been produced from initial target?¡± Adit open his note, ¡°100 mile range and 150 mile range Pashupatastra are all completed from initial target 33 units each and for 200 mile range¡­ only 21 units have done, less than 12 units are planned to be ready next morning.¡± ¡°Speed it up, President want it ready before midnight. Can it be done?¡± ¡°So is it fine to use that machine?¡± ¡°You are free to use it. Furthermore Chandradimuka is made to do that.¡± ¡°As you wish, Sir!¡± Chapter 3 White Room Arc - Peculiar TV Show I look around the room. It is entirely empty and there''s not much decoration. That''s because I do not like there are too many electronic items in my house. Not because I have no money but rather I can not use it because I''m stuttering technology. All the sophisticated I use surely will break down in a few minutes. It was all too complicated for me. Because basically, I am not a scientist. The blood of a craftsman is flowing in my veins. Literally, I¡¯m just an artisan. How could you guys expect an oldman who was born in the days of analog to continues to study the digital technology that every day, every hour, and every minute is constantly evolving with impressive speed? It is a futile act. And if it weren''t for Sebastian and Maria, both virtual assistant created by dad-in-law, I will not be able to offset the progress of this day and age. Although sometimes they did not want to do what I command and thus advise me because they thought I''d do an act too weird or too dangerous for my body. I became confused as to whether they are waiters or my health adviser. But no one mistakes from both of them that I can use to denounce them. Everything was really perfect and full of calculations. They both have the same value by hiring one hundred employees. It made me feel really fortunate and very grateful to have both. I glanced at the clock on the table next to me. Right now, it¡¯s still 04:47 a.m. I still feel sleepy, but I cannot allow myself to fall asleep because of the white room, most likely it will return pulled me into it. But I had no idea what to do. usually hours like this, I''m still at the factory working on orders from the military. But I''m on leave today. I just returned home yesterday. I''m still too tired from giving lectures to thirty-three universities throughout the country. ¡°Sebastian¡­.¡± ¡°Yes, Sir, is there anything that I can help?¡± ¡°I am bored.¡± Sebastian is confused as to how it should respond to his master because he usually has a myriad of crazy idea to do. But he can still keep his composure. While saying, ¡°How about watching tv?¡± ¡°TV? Are there any good event at this current time?¡± Sebastian checks the schedule of events from 121 television channels at a moment''s notice and sorting it accordingly with fondness from his master. Then he said, "There is a show on channel 46 entitled '' Discovery that changed the flow of the history of the world ''. Do you want to try watching it? " ¡°Let me see whether you really know my preference or not.¡± Along with the words of Nala, a thin 50-inch wide screen that hovering between the ceiling and the floor, lit up showing two girls talking in Japanese. They speak fluently with the cheerful tone. They comment on the videos they watch, joking about it, then laugh together. It''s just that there is a serious problem, I do not understand what they say. ¡°Are you serious?¡± ¡°I apologize for the inconvenience. I will immediately fix it, Sir. Please wait a minute.¡± A moment later, the sounds coming out of their vocal cords is transformed into the languages that I can understand. ¡°That last is ranked fifth and fourth in the charts today.¡± ¡°Let''s go to the third rank.¡± ¡°In this position comes from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.¡± ¡°The Miracle tree thwart blast from a nuclear bomb dropped American fighter aircraft on August 6th and on August 9th , 1945.¡± "So as to prevent hundreds of thousands of residents in the two cities become victims.¡± ¡°Experts argue that what was done by Professor Ohno when buying a plot of land covering an area of 25 ha in Nagasaki and 30 ha in Hiroshima to plant the seeds of a tree that was found by him in 1888, as already predicted the occurrence of a major disaster.¡± ¡°We can¡¯t deny it.¡± ¡°But that makes me quite sad is that people assume Professor Ohno is not sane again upon his return from the place of his research was done under the foot of Mount Fuji.¡± ¡°It''s true, but who also, anyway, who would believe that there will be a giant mushroom of smoke soaring up to the skies.¡± ¡°Let''s watch this video for a moment!¡± The video was taken from an American jet fighter on duty that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.The bomb was successfully dropped and any blast occurred shortly afterwards. Everyone thought that day would be the end for them. But a strange thing happened, the waves of deadly ash thus leading to one direction to a natural sanctuary which was founded by Professor Ohno. And just like a vacuum cleaner, trees sucked fumes contain radiation until no left. ¡°Wow, even though I''ve watched it so many times but nonetheless it always just left me flabbergasted.¡± ¡°Yes, I also feel it. It all feels unreal and it''s all done by people who they think is crazy.¡± ¡°In addition, all the descendants of the people who used to be blasphemy now adore him." ¡°It¡¯s really an interesting plot twist.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s move on the next topic.¡± ¡°In second place is occupied by the Barbarian.¡± ¡°As we know, the second world war had ended in a stalemate. Two of the three reasons that ended the World War II, we have inform you about at the beginning of the event and is ranked fifth and fourth.¡± ¡°In the fifth there is the Flying Fortress which could not be penetrated. Created by a combination of scientists from Allied forces and on fourth is nano-machine technology made by NAZI Germany that injected into the blood vessels of Adolf Hitler. This course makes all the assassination attempts directed at him being always failed.¡± ¡°And we will talk about the third reason. Please pay attention to this video.¡± Nala knows about this video. It tells the story of a three-way war between the Flying Fortress, the Nazis, and the barbarians, which always ended with huge losses among the three parties. ¡°What an epic battle!¡± ¡°Yes, but if we''re at it we could not possibly consider it amazing. It certainly is the most horrible experience in their lives.¡± ¡°Certainly it is.¡± She nodded, ¡°But that just sparked my curiosity. What was so great from the barbarians who were able to put him in second position?¡± ¡°Really normal for you to question it, then allow me to explain.¡± The pictures change into blueprints of the Barbarian. ¡°How can they get that picture?¡±Nala shouts. Sebastian then answers it, ¡°Perhaps they pay to get it.¡± Nala shook his head, ¡°No, no, no, that¡¯s not from South Federation, it comes from the rubble of the city Baraduaja. It''s a blueprint used by Professor Gandring, my father in-laws, to solve the mystery of the Barbarians.¡± Regardless of his confusion, they continue the explanation, ¡°The Barbarians have nine thick layer composed of seven different types of metal. Those seven metals have different characteristics but are integrated beautifully so that all the hallmarks of these metals produce an armor which is difficult to be destroyed.¡± ¡°Oh, it¡¯s so magnificent. But¡­.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°You said that is difficult to be destroyed, right?¡± ¡°Yes, of course.¡± ¡°But I have a video that the Barbarian can very easily be defeated.¡± ¡°SHOW ME!¡± ¡°As you wish~.¡± The video has been played. A fight between three barbaian against a three-barreled cannon. ¡°I present to you all the first rank today, The Triple-Horned Pashupatastra.¡± Nala drops his jaw. ¡°Oh, shit! Oh, SHIT! Damn it!¡± He yelled annoyed not incoherent. ¡°Maria!¡±He shouts. "Yes. Sir?" ¡°Call Mr. President right now! Tell him it¡¯s a red code!¡± He try to calming himself but fails. ¡°WHAT THE HELL IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON!?¡± Chapter 4 White Room Arc - Forecast Author¡¯s Note: Finally it¡¯s done. Sorry for the late update. But, it can¡¯t be helped there was so much going on in Sunday and Monday due to New Year. After that, my body feels so sore and my head turns heavy all of sudden. So it can¡¯t be helped. While still watching the event on tv, Nala lost in his thoughts. What the fuck is going on? Why all this happens in about the same time? South Federation is being raised an army of their Barbarian on Christmas Island. Sultanate of North led by their Supreme Admiral, prepare their Flying Fortress in Malacca. And now, the Imperial Japanese national television showed weaknesses of the combat power of their opponents. Where did they get that data? The data should be lost destroyed in the blaze that devastated the town of Baraduaja. But how can they got blueprints of that? Moreover, it is still in a State such as the last time I read it in the basement of the home of Grandmaster Gandring thirty years ago. It''s not like science fiction novel where time machine already found. It really does not make sense. ¡°Really?¡± Nala heard a voice of someone. ¡°Do you really think that really does not make sense?¡± He heard it again. ¡°Can you not think about it again? No matter how small that possibility it is?¡± He rose from his seat in a state of confusion. Suddenly he could not see. The whole room turned into darkness. However, when he twisted his body, from the tip of his eye he could see a man with clothes that he had never seen before with great details such as seen it in broad daylight. ¡°Who are you? Why do you get into other people''s homes without permission?¡± He responded with laughter. "It really is? Really funny. You''re a funny guy. " "You didn''t answer my question." He sighed. "May I tell you something? That question should have been destined for you." ¡°What?¡± He actually wanted to ask what is meant by that man. However, when his eyes are looking around, he is no longer in his living room. He is now standing in a room as far as the eye can see there is only white color. ¡°Oh, my god! How can this happen? I''m not sleeping but how come I could end up in this room?¡± "I can''t answer that question right now." He grinned, "But it''s still fun to meet you again after all this time." ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°I told you, wasn¡¯t it? It is not the right time.¡± And then he was sent back to living room with a thousand questions hang in my mind. Mada is not in Capital City right now. He is on official trip to another region with secretary of cabinet Tribhuwana Tunggadewi. This trip is confidentially prepared by Secretary of Defense. He felt that companionship with that person is essentially important for the upcoming-to-be war. The two of them are sitting in waiting room inside the Royal Palace. They look forward to meet with the Governor of this Province. And they heard a Royal Servant announcement. ¡°His Royal Highness Shri Sultan Hamengkubhuwono X bestow you his present. Attendees are expected to stand up.¡± Mada and Tribhuwana subsequently rose from their sit. Their eyes fixed to Green Door in front of them that slowly open. A middle-aged man who wore simplification of his nobility clothes pass through door and taking step towards them. And then He greeted them with the warmth of a populist. ¡°Welcome, Mr. President, to my humbly unpretentious shack.¡±While he gives them handshake seemed to protect the soul, ¡°It¡¯s quite long journey to come to this outskirts. I feel so gratitude for your present.¡± ¡°Ma, ma, don¡¯t say that. It should us which want to say thank you that you¡¯re willing accept our intrusions so early in this morning and I hope it doesn¡¯t disturb your slumber, Your Highness.¡± They become speechless unexpectedly after that courtesy unnecessary chit chat while still shaking their hands. ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± After a long silence, seems to break up the emptiness they suddenly burst out laughing. ¡°Bwahahahaha.¡± ¡°Kahahahaha.¡± ¡°Long time no see, Old man, you are still can walk with that staggering feet, huh, I thought you will sit on wheelchair for eternal time. It¡¯s a pity.¡± Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. ¡°You have been doing well, Mada my boy, you¡¯re bad mouth still running wild without control, kuh, I still can¡¯t believe that you won the election with great margin even though you don¡¯t want be one. Your bad luck is still strong, looks like it.¡± ¡°Bwahahahaha.¡± ¡°Kahahahaha.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± Tribhuwana doesn¡¯t know what to do with this overly friendly situation. She indeed knew that their connection has already lasted a very long time. All began when Mada joint in military unit commanded by Shri Sultan. They often performed mission operations together. Sometimes the mission that they did not ran according to plan. Many of the soldiers who died and not a few were hurt. On the last mission ran by Shri Sultan, his leg was shot by anti nano-machine soldier riffle. If it weren''t for Mantra that injected by Mada, his life will no longer attached. Since that time, their relationship was like father and son. Both are still often communicate by telephone after Shri Sultan retired from military service and focus led the territory inherited from his father. But Tribhuwana feels this is not the right time to reminisce. ¡°Can you guys stop this right now? There is a more pressing issue to be discussed. We don''t have much time to waste. Therefore, Your Majesty and Mr. President, can you please be serious starting this very second? I would be very grateful when you do it.¡± They then stop their chat. ¡°Thank you so much for your attention.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be. I don¡¯t deserve it. I feel so glad to see him, my dear boy, then I forgot my duty here. I think I¡¯m the one who need thanking you, Young Lady, and looks like it, I need to apologize as well.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t need to be so formal, Old ma~Awww!¡± Mada got hit on his head. From his reaction that¡¯s quite painful slap. ¡°Hmm~. Looks like it, I¡¯m not losing my touch.¡±He said it while observing Mada, ¡°What do you think you are doing right now? Please immediately take your sit and moving on with your purpose!¡± ¡°Aye~!¡± ¡°Awwww~!¡± He got hit again. ¡°What do you say?¡± ¡°Yes, immediately I will take my sit.¡± ¡°Then I will tell you our purpose coming here, Your Highness.¡± Tribhuwana lead the talks. ¡°Approximately, twelve hours ago we got the info that the South Federation sold the secret of how to manufacture the barbarians to a number of broadcasting companies. Allegedly this is done by them because they no longer need the secrets remaining on their guard and likely they had managed to make more powerful Iron forces than the barbarian.¡± ¡°That''s why you guys came here to warn me that my territory most likely the first one that they would attack.¡± ¡°Yes, the probability is larger then another provinces.¡± ¡°Interesting.¡± Tribhuwana doesn¡¯t know what he thinks. ¡°But is that all of that?¡± ¡°Hm, what do you mean, old ma?¡± Mada covers his head for upcoming slap, but that doesn¡¯t occur. A sudden occurrence is coming to head of Shri Sultan. ¡°Do you think that I believe that¡¯s been everything? Are you sure you don¡¯t want to meet somebody? It¡¯s been long time since that person come down from Sacred Mountain, you know?¡± Both are mutually face to face and Mada nodded to Tribhuwana. She asked, ¡°Was that really true?¡¯ Sultan pretends not to know, ¡°What are you talking about? I don¡¯t understand a thing.¡± ¡°Is the Witch of Chandrageni Mountain coming down from her Hermitage?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± The Sultan thought what to say in advance however he opted to start with a simple sentence. ¡°Yes, she is.¡± He relived it for moment. ¡°Three days ago she came to my slumber, said something that made me bewildered.¡± ¡°What did she say?¡± ¡°It will come. The wicked will come for sure. They will charge our promise for their benefit.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°It will come. The wicked will come for sure. The inheritor of mine will be dragged to whirlpool of cataclysm.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°It will come. The wicked will come for sure. The world will face something that they never seen before.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°It will come. The wicked will come for sure. That, that, that is for sure, until there is one the rightful owner of the Throne.¡± Interval 1 - Changes of the World Author¡¯s Note: Before it¡¯s too confusing I will illuminate you with knowledge of this world. ________________________ After The First World War ended, every country that involved on war felt the technology that they used insufficient. Then they all decided to went back from the scratch. They opened new research sheet and asked for help from those that they have been disregarded for the past 200 years. Divine World Class Order is how they call themselves. A community groups who dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to learn, acquiring, and mastering the highest technique to reach the top of the pyramid in their class. They are people who don''t want to let go of the attachment between sciences with religion. Because they are all always assume both are one and inseparable. Because they believe that science and religion are two languages that tell a same story. Every leader of a country in the world asked to meet with the grandmasters which dwell in their territory and asking for the guidance. But the grandmasters granted permission only for several leaders. They that had been chosen were given with a number of terms; 1. Science and technology that they will teach should only be allocated for those who are born, grow, live, and die in thus land. 2. What they have learned from the grandmaster should not be taught to others without the blessing of the grandmaster. 3. By accepting the terms above, all of you automatically become a member of the order. They are required to follow the entire existing rules. Penalty for each violation of the law is determined by the Council. 4. Specifically for violation of the first and second requirements, the violator will be sentence to beheading. They simply did not accept those terms slavishly They proposed a clause included in these requirements. ¡°When the land where we were born, grow, and thrive are in the threat of attack from another countries and we are forced to take up arms to survive. We appealed to the grandmaster to willing lend assistance to us.¡± Heard that, the eldest among grandmasters then said ¡°As you guys don''t do things that may threaten survival of our clan, we are willing to help as long as it is still within range of our capabilities.¡± The eldest then stared at the eye of the State leaders with sharp eyes. "Will you swear on behalf of your nation? Will you accept any risks that will befall thee if you violate the oath? Thy self do you dare to do it? Answer by the god as a witness! Ask yourself, are you able to do it, O you who claimed to rule the land! Can you do that?¡± The leader closed his eyes and thought, "Are these worth it? Are all of the benefits that we get worth the risk?¡± Then he remembered the suffering that they feel during the war. What a shameful defeat that they had felt. How the Jewish pigs get profits from the war. Whereas all of them had no idea how poignant taste of war is. He then mumbled, ¡°I think it¡¯s worth it.¡± He opened hi eyes and said it with determination, ¡°I will do it!¡± He placed his hand over his heart, ¡°I, Adolf Hitler, accept your terms! In the name of your god, I take this oath. Until the world fall into our hands and our goals is already achieved, until the end of time, I will surely not betray this oath on the name of our Great nation!¡± At the same time, another person took the oath in different locations. ¡°I, Benito Mussolini, take the oath on the name of our nation.¡± ¡°I, King George V, swear beneath the god to keep this oath.¡± ¡°I, Billy Hughes, accept the oath and I swear to keep it until the end of time.¡± ¡°I, Josef Stalin, agree with your terms and taking the oath.¡± With the vows have been spoken, major changes occurred in these five countries. Class System and Ranking Up System took in place. The people began to be divided in different classes From 6 years old children to elderly aged 60 years they underwent a long and grueling tests to determine the likely class where their talents towards. Is it Artist? The one who has the widest stretch of the imagination has the ability to make it happen. Or Farmer who can make barren land into prosperous land with variety of plants growing. Could it be a Sailor? He that wading through the vastness of the ocean, live from wealth in it and always keep it safe from those who want to take it from you. And Warrior, who wouldn''t want to be one of them? Brave and resilient. Never felt doubt or fear. Willingly hand over his soul to keep their homeland, the nation, and the country remained in a State of security, peace, and prosperity. Remarkably evocative sense of patriotism. Of course we should not overlook the Thinker. Strategist that able to twist the unfavorable circumstances becoming the milestones towards victory. Politicians are the one who uses all his resources and efforts, either of mind or in the form of the action, in order to achieve a prosperous country, full of goodness, and endowed the grace of God. As the Priest who led his people towards the straight path of divine guidance. Also you can choose other subclasses, like Technician, Scientist, Biologist, Alchemist, Herbalist, etc. Last but not least, The Artisan, those who work with the skill of their hands to make things that are useful to human life. They all have the same goal, namely to reach the top of the pyramid in their classes, to become a Grandmaster. But to grab it, they have to go through a steep winding uphill road. There are six ranks that they have to go through and every rank has 10 levels each. BASIC < NOVICE < INTERMEDIATE < ADVANCE < MASTER < GRANDMASTER It''s really a tough trip but no one person ever gave up. Because what waiting for them at the Summit is a gift that is matchless. With that, the wildest dreams of human would be unlocked. 1934, United Kingdom. Twelve years after the oaths have been spoken. Bang! Loud noise blared in middle broad daylight. Bang! Bang! Bang! Three crimson wolfs were killed instantly. ¡°Why are there so many of them?¡± A young man in mid 30s pointed his riffle to them while running in dense forests. Ha¡­ Ha¡­ Ha¡­ He looked exhausted. ¡°Damn! How long before I reach the top?¡± Bang! He had been climbing this mountain for more than eight hours, but it''s like, he just went around at place. "Someone is playing pranks with me...." ___________________________________ Bwahahahha Fuhahahaha Laughter echoed inside the cave. "Hey, Henry, don''t you feel, you''re trying too hard to bother him?¡± ¡°What Dorothy said is correct, he¡¯s just newbie here! Can you more lenient on him? It¡¯s already 520 minutes and you¡¯re still playing hard to get. If he knows about it, I assure you, this will not end well.¡± "Shut it, Barbara! I don''t want to hear something like that from troublemaker like you! I¡¯m on guard today and this all has nothing to do with him! Do you understand?¡± ¡°Well, whatever. Don¡¯t count us in if you get into trouble later. Come on, Dorothy, we still have a task that must be done!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t strain yourself, Harry, or¡­¡±She didn¡¯t continue, ¡°I¡¯ll be leaving for now.¡± On inner cave, two people had conversation. ¡°He has just used [Rapid Shot], then [Consecutive Blows] plus [Paralysis Shot], how many technique this little guy have?¡±A white-haired old man said it. Then he asked boy next to him, ¡°What do you think, Henry?¡± ¡°It¡¯s true that he have good fundamental techniques. His endurance and agility are top-notch. But his strength is still on advance rank so he is weak at close quarter battle.¡± He smelt something fishy. ¡°Did you sneak a glance to his stat.¡± ¡°It¡¯s just barely. I can¡¯t see all of them.¡± ¡°That¡¯s weird.¡±He held his chin, ¡°Can you show me his stat?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing too loose for me.¡± Status Name Robin Welsh This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.From Leicester Age 34 Race Human Occupation Huntsman Class Warrior Sub-class Archer Rank Master Level 09 ( 99,57%) Health A10000 Mana B23450 Strength C13670 Agility S24760 Endurance S17890 Resistance A12132 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Title Snotty brat, Winner of Championship, Bull¡¯s eye shooter, Wind and Thunder Riffle Master, The One who blessed by God of War and Weather. Magic Attribute ¡¤ Wind ¡¤ Lightning Magic ¡¤ Air Bullet LV10 ¡¤ Wind Piercer LV10 ¡¤ Cyclone Sickle LV10 ¡¤ Tornado Javelin LV09 ¡¤ Electrified Shot LV10 ¡¤ Lightning Bullet LV10 ¡¤ Thor Hammer LV10 ¡¤ Railgun LV03 Skill ¡¤ Quick Draw ¡¤ Rapid Shot ¡¤ Consecutive Blow ¡¤ Paralysis Shot ¡¤ Lucky Draw ¡¤ Rirochet ¡°How astonishing it is! So he got blessing by God of War and Weather, huh, it explains why he could face Harry who is endowed by God of Death in this long fight.¡± ¡±I think we don¡¯t need to extend these unnecessary test." Then a voice came down from ceiling. ¡°Bring him in, Henry!¡± It''s a sound that truly authoritative. Henry then bowed. ¡°As you command, Eldest.¡± _________________________________ Harry was still having fun toying Robin with his pets, The Crimson Wolf. Robin tried to use [Rirochet], but it failed. He felt that Crimson Wolf had eyes behind their back. Because every time he tried to attack their blind spot they easily avoided it. That made him frustrated and extremely exhausted. ¡°Let¡¯s try this! Even if this failed, I don¡¯t even care. I just need to use higher magic.¡± He concentrated his mana to his riffle and enabled magic incantation that he pre-programmed beforehand. ¡°[Wind Piercer]¡± Two wolfs in a row he blew their head. ¡°It¡¯s not strong enough.¡± He dodged an attack and waited until four or five wolfs came in pack. ¡°[Cyclone Sickle]¡± Bullet flew to empty space between pack and exploded. An area effect magic activated. A hundred sickles made from wind formed cyclone and devastated poor Crimson Wolf. ¡°It¡¯s rather good, but I need something stronger than that.¡± He instilled his mana again while herded few dozen wolfs to narrow footpath. ¡°[Tornado Javelin]¡± That was horrible scenes. Blood was everywhere and painted the ground with red. Bones, Furs, and meat scattered around the place. And in thus situation, he grinned happily. _______________________________ ¡°How can that possible?¡± He raged. ¡°What are you doing? If you can¡¯t win fairly, use any means necessary!¡± He commanded his tamed pets furiously. ¡°Haha, with thus, you can¡¯t run anywhere.¡± He laughed until his lungs as though want to explode. ¡°Are you having fun?¡± His eyes wide opened when heard voice of someone who he didn¡¯t want to meet spoke to him from behind. ¡°Henry?¡± ¡°Who else?¡± ¡°What are you doing here?¡± ¡°Eldest wants him in.¡± ¡°Eldest? Are you sure?¡± ¡°Are you defying him?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s just¡­¡± ¡°You know we need as many grandmaster as possible, aren¡¯t you?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°Just open the gate¡­¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°¡­And I am the one who bring him in.¡± Without much talk Harry put his hand on Key Stone and murmuring. ¡°[Open the Gate]¡± _____________________________________ ¡°What?¡± A horde of Crimson Wolfs besieged him. He had no place to escape. ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± He only saw Crimson Wolfs in thus wide plain terrain. ¡°They got me¡­.¡± They looked at him as delicious food. Their saliva dripped continuously. A growl of thousand wolfs grew louder and crazier. ¡°¡­Just kidding!¡± His heart was still strong. ¡°Let¡¯s end this here!¡± He already finished his preparations. He drew his revolver and pointed it to the sky as he shouted. ¡°[Thor Hammer]¡± Thunderous sound had been heard through forest as the bullet flew up and penetrated the troposphere. One second later clouds began to gather and produced a massive giant black cloud. And then¡­ Howling and crawling, that¡¯s all they can do in the presence of power beyond their logical reasoning ability. In that chaos, there were no surviving wolfs. Just only one man stood as the victor. Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! ¡°Magnificent, it¡¯s truly wonderful performance.¡± A boy on his teens walked on the corpse of Crimson Wolfs without disgust. ¡°Who are you?¡± He bowed elegantly. ¡°I am the one who will escort you to meet the Eldest.¡± He approached him unsurely. ¡°You are? But you look so young.¡± ¡°Hm, is that so? Do you think how old I am, right now? ¡°16, perhaps you are 17 years old at most.¡± ¡°Physically yes, I am seventeen¡­ but that was 159 years ago, little boy.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°Well, I can¡¯t explain it right now but if you follow me, there is someone who can give you better enlightenment.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± Henry enchanted [Open the Gate] voicelessly. A magic circle appeared under feet of Henry. Then a gothic style gate emerged slowly as if growing from it. That boy reached out his hand to Robin. While smiled, he invited him. ¡°Sa¡­ Shall we in? Or I must drag you to the inside the cave? Which is it that you want, Robin Welsh?" "How? How can you?" "Just I told you right, there''s someone that more appropriate to explain it in thee."