《Hybrid》 Chapter 001 Character: Speech Character: thought Character: *SFX/Action* Warning this fic is badly written you have been warned before coming here and I shall warn you again, I have no helping hands so making this badly written fic is very possible with my measly common idea and the grammar sucks so yeah you have been warned In a certain laboratory filled with countless containers, with human like figures being contained in each and everyone of them. Countless researchers gathered wearing their white coats and carrying their personal notes with them conversing about certain noteworthy flaws about this massive project code named A.H. In a modern world filled with countless amount of mana, life has been totally comfortable for the rich and powerful, as for the people who could barely afford their next meal they were considered as bugs in front of the people called again as nobles. Countless voices were clashing in exchange for vital information to further advance in this project and a pair were watching this funny situation having a conversation of their own. Researcher 1: Hey Maliv what do you think of those idiots there gathering just to obtain a rather small amount of information. Maliv: Jonathan, it¡¯s rather ironic calling them idiots because the leader said that the brightest of the bunch came here like flies attracted to light, they have that certain desire to quench their thirst for knowledge as if it¡¯s deeply rooted in them. These pair who is having a conversation in a rather poorly lit spot as if to purposely hide their figures not wanting others seeing them happily chatting with each other, because it will likely spark in a rather competitive argument yet the two still continued to trade information. Jonathan: I heard the leader made a prototype? what was it like? Maliv: Oh that, the leader said it was a failure as it was still human and only retained 50% of what seems to be the kid¡¯s power I think, but the boss throwed it in the slums as he took all the data needed, to think the boss just threw what most likely had been a few hundred million zenons, just for the sake of data but according to the files I duplicated from the original, the boy called #9334 is only 8 years old, black hair, black eyes a rather delicate body frame just like a girl, his face is covered by his bangs and hair length up until the shoulders. Jonathan: Well, they rarely get haircuts so the male units tend to grow their hair faster but, that was the most successful attempt so far in trying to make it, he was implanted 50% more mana capacity than the average joe. Maliv: I know, but a failure is a failure. Well what piqued my interest is that the boss didn¡¯t tell us the reason why it was called a failure. Maliv using his right hand burned the data to destroy evidence of him snooping around the leader¡¯s research papers in quite close details, the smoke is trapped in a small round container by Jonathan, these two pairs were known rivals inside the laboratory.They¡¯ve helped the leader accomplish various of things for the sake of contribution points, as to the more points you acquire the more fitting reward you will get once the project become a success. -------- The slow drop of drizzle filled the place where most people who dealt in the underground, the vile , the wicked and abandoned. Simply put this is the place where garbage and criminals gather to make trades and kill each other of for petty reasons just by clashing with their deadly spells. A black haired boy who is making his way into this place while getting bumped by several people in this place the never ending wave as the poor boy tried to escape from this. Boy: who or better yet what am I? I can¡¯t remember anything, I wanna ask them but I don¡¯t have enough strength to speak. The last thing I could remember was a girl waving goodbye and I got hit by something. The boy who was flowing with the wave of people tried to think, on what was he as to why he was here he doesn¡¯t have any clues at all. He brushed his bangs aside to gain necessary vision to land somewhere, anywhere than the sea of crowd where he might end up getting stepped on and thought to himself again; Boy: Aw crap, I¡¯m hungry,*growl* wait what¡ª¡ª what¡¯s the meaning of hungry again, I can¡¯t remember anything at all, oh crap I¡¯m getting sleepy, at least let me sleep on that comfy looking space over there¡ª The boy fell into a deep sleep as he saw nothing but bottomless darkness embracing him, as he fell a young lady with her old butler saw the boy. The butler look at the her and saw the young lady with her ruby like eyes glittering as if it had found a new toy to play with, her facial expression could be describe as if she found her long lost dog. Her excitement that can burst any minute, the young lady remembered to keep calm that losing her composure now might give more leeway for more problems. Young lady: Alfred bring that boy back with us. While pointing her finger to the small kid who fell asleep and those few words made the butler grow uneasy because the master hasn¡¯t visited the young miss in a rather long time, as the butler sighed as if he can¡¯t do anything else since he dotes on the young miss due to the master¡¯s absence. Alfred: As you wish m¡¯lady but may I ask what is the reason why should we keep this poor child out of the countless one out here. The young lady was smiling from ear to ear as if she knew it beforehand that the butler will eventually ask that question before returning to their house. She puffed up her chest like an uncivilized lady would and put both of her hands at her waist. Young lady: It¡¯s just my intuition but this one is a lot more promising than the people in my house right now. Alfred couldn¡¯t deny that most of the personels in the house were combatants which her father acquired and given a job for them to retire on but the intuition of the young lady has already surpassed her father¡¯s but she herself doesn¡¯t know that at all. Alfred: As you wish m¡¯lady, seeing another boy getting saved here at all places sure does bring back memories. The young lady waited for the butler to pick the boy up, as the street lamps started to turn on, the young lady who is at least as old as the black haired boy, same height but one thing is certainly eye catching is her hair, the blonde hair that might look as shiny as gold with high lights of fiery reds on the near edge of them. As the lights almost showed the butler¡¯s appearance he became a blur taking the young lady with her and the sea of crowd continued to stay the same. ------ In a sector where only those who are deemed to be powerful, various high level combatants, politicians and more have their own private houses but there¡¯s only three mansion that belongs to the three big power of the country Dynamis, Flugengard and Atros. Dynamis a household formed in the ways of military might gaining respect from various expert around all other zones, they¡¯ve gained their reputation of undying fealty to their sworn lord in that aspect they¡¯ve gained thousands of believers of the same thing that their body will be sacrificed for the sake of their master. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Flugengard another noble household that revolves around the monopoly of weaponry, application and gadgets that deems to be useful all around the planet. They have shut downed various rivals through their might in the field and they have gained enough fame to be bestowed upon a title of a noble. Atros, a noble clan that can be dated back with the ancient modern world. Those who are from the Atos clan can be considered to be powerful enough to solo kill a beast with the rating of B or higher. With this amount of power it would make you anxious due to the clan having enough power to overthrow the current rulers if they were willing on doing so but yet there hasn¡¯t been any precedent but for all they knew it this clan had the power to dominate if they wanted to. At the district where only the strong and rich can live in, a young black haired boy who is still in the realms of dreams slowly began to arise, specks of lights keep bugging his closed eyes telling him that it¡¯s already daylight and he needs to wake up. As he opened his eyes he was frozen stiff because of the place he¡¯s at right now is not the same comfortable alley it can¡¯t even be compared to that, he was sleeping in a rather luxurious room. A room with a bed, table, and a window that brings in light inside the room, for him this room was rather luxurious indeed for a beggar like him to be able to sleep in a place as comfortable this will be the time he had a decent job to feed his own mouth. As the boy who is still frozen from shock the door opened and an old man in a butler uniform came in. Alfred: Kid the young lady wants to meet you but I can¡¯t tolerate your appearance that can be on par with dirty soaked rags, come now kid I need to clean you and at least give you decent looking clothes so you can be at least fitting to see milady. As Alfred held out his hand to the boy who was still in a state of shock, he subconsciously reached out to the hand that is being offered and got off the bed. -------- As the boy was being cleaned by Alfred, his seemingly lost voice came back to him he was bewildered by his ability to scan his body by using his mind. As he spoke out Alfred was almost done cleaning up the boy. Boy: Uh¡­.Uncle where exactly am I? Alfred: Oh you can actually speak boy, well since you can I have the need to inform you that you¡¯re in the mansion of Flugengard and milady saved you from your pitiable state. Boy: I see. The boy who still had lots of questions regarding where he currently was, his memory of the last few years were exactly blurry like a figure without exact form. Alfred chantlessly used fused magic to dry off the boy with some air element and fire element fusion magic. With one blurry movement made by Alfred the boy was shocked to see he was dressed in some clean shorts and a plain white T-shirt instantaneously. The boy admired Alfred¡¯s quick hands looking up to him with eyes sparkling wanting to know how to do that and he responded. Alfred: Stop looking at me with those glowing eyes, milady is waiting for us so move along. Alfred was a bit shocked at the boy who was getting familiar with him so sudden but it wasn¡¯t a bad feeling it just felt like a long time ever since his first meeting with the young lady. Both of them gave off that friendly feeling vibe but the young lady was always occupied in her room tinkering with various machineries making toys from the surplus materials sent by her father. As they walked along the hallways, the scenery of a beautiful sunny day was ingrained in the boys pair of eye. The two of them halted in front of a door with a shield and a pair of sword carved on it, when they were about to enter a rather large explosion occurred inside the room when Alfred opened the door he was sighing as if this event was in the realm of his speculation or its just like an everyday thing to him. Alfred: Come inside kid, milady is always like this so you have to get used to it. The boy looked at Alfred in the eyes and nods in confirmation, as they further went inside the big room a small coughing voice was heard and Alfred quickly moved. ??: Alfred, clear the smoke before I suffocate to death. Alfred: As you command milady. Alfred gathered mana in his palm and the boy saw a ball of wind spiraling on top of Alfred¡¯s palm and it slowly gathered all the smoke in the room. The boy kept staring with his eyes filled with curiosity, the boy was certainly interested in magic but his talents were so far unknown. As the smoke cleared out a figure could be seen with her face covered with black and her hair disheveled from the explosion and with the snap of her finger Alfred¡¯s figure blurred and instantaneously cleaned the face of the young lady and her hair that was unkempt was straightened out again. The small voiced coughed to clear her throat and her eyes began to sparkle like she has finally got a hold of a new toy to play with. Young lady: Hello there, as far as you know right now I saved you when you were about to die in that place so you have to pay up but giving me your name is enough for now. The small voice spoke out to the boy but the boy tilted his head due to the demand the girl made, he didn¡¯t know what to do since to begin with he has no name. Boy: Uhm about that you see, what¡¯s a name? The two were shocked to see a person asking what is a name, this was a first for them encountering a person without an origin at all. After recovering from the shock the young lady was holding back her laughter until it bursted out. Young lady: Ku¡­.hahahaha this is just great I found a person with nothing at all, so hey do you want a name? The young lady asked the boy who was still confused and still has no idea what benefits does a name give. Young Lady: My name is Alice Flugengard and I am the master of this house, having a name means having an identity you won¡¯t be just one of the thousands of unidentified people and you need a name because from this point on you belong to me. Boy: A name sounds good then what name will you give me Alice? The boy who was interested in the so called name looked at Alice his future master with eyes of expectation on gaining an identity of his own. Alice who is now responsible for this kid is thinking about the name she will bestow upon her new servant(toy). Alice: Ah, your name shall be Fen Asra. After the cogs has been set, the gears of fate has started to turn. xxxx So hey thanks for reading this rather short bundle of words, let me know what you think about this archetype common story. I¡¯ll make chapter 2 possible but I won¡¯t know when so yeah best regard and hope that no one will bash about how bad I am since I know it¡¯s true :D Chapter 002 Character: ¡°Speech¡± Character: (thoughts) / [ Telepathy ] Character: *action/sounds* ------ Two years later. In a mansion almost devoid of human presence a kid with shoulder length black hair is completely running like his life depended on it and the one chasing him is a girl with two things in her hand, a maid outfit with frills and a handcuff. Even though the boy was running on wits end his steps were as light as a feather no noise were produced while the chaser was lunging forward with pounces not with steps, an old butler called out to the two kids and they came to a halt. Girl: ¡°Hey Fen you said you¡¯ll obey absolutely almost anything if I was at the top of our grade.¡± Fen: ¡°Alice I said almost anything I also included that I won¡¯t crossdress doing that makes me shiver to the point I might not be able to protect you and if I do I¡¯ll be scolded by Alfred again.¡± Alice and Fen went to the dining room as they open the door the aroma of the food penetrated their nose, both of them stared at Alfred as he was the most talented cook the two ever met due to them hardly went out to eat since their schedule compose of Alice fiddling with more items after school while Alfred tutoring Fen so that he can be at peace before he returns to the main house. Alfred looked at the two children eating their fill while smiling, Alice smiling was one of the most rarest thing to happen on a daily basis now it seems like a daily occurrence with these two being together. Alfred: ¡°Don¡¯t make a mess on the table and both of you please mind your manners while eating.¡± The two nodded in confirmation and both of them dropped the speed they¡¯ve been shoving good food in their mouth, Alfred saw what the young lady was tucking away the two things she had awhile ago and he also noticed the cold sweat running down his adopted son¡¯s head trying to finish his meal to escape the fate he¡¯ll be in if ever he¡¯s late. While the two was engrossed in eating and planning their next move a knock in the front door of the mansion could be heard, the only staffs in this mansion we¡¯re a few guards and Alfred, a voice of a man can be heard on the other side of the door. Guard 1: ¡°Sir Alfred there¡¯s a man named Breyd asking for an audience.¡± The voice echoed through and the three heard it, Alice¡¯s expression went dark as she heard the name, Alfred was hiding his hatred for the guy shameless enough to appear in front of the young miss and Fen who still has no idea still eating the meal Alfred made. Alfred: ¡°Lead him here in the dining room.¡± Alfred couldn''t help but sigh since he just can¡¯t reject the man named Breyd as he is one of the few fiance candidates that the Flugengard master decided a long time ago, As they were about to finish the meal the steps of a rather heavy man can be heard it was heavy that you can imagine the floor shaking. A knock on the door signaling the man named Breyd has come both Alice and Fen kept eating while Alfred slowly walked towards the door to greet this fiance candidate as he opened the door a man with a bulging belly appeared with a guard beside him, Fen looked at the man he saw this man and remembered he did something to him a year ago. Breyd: ¡°Oh it seems like you kept that petty commoner my lovely future wife.¡± Alice: ¡°Who the heck will want to marry an old fat pig like you!!¡± Breyd: ¡°Now now your father gave me the letter of approval.¡± Breyd closing in to Alice to give the letter but he got cut off by Alfred. Alfred: ¡°I¡¯m sorry Mr.Breyd but hand me the letter you¡¯ve done enough damage last year.¡± Breyd: ¡°Hmph be my guest as far as I¡¯m concerned your father agreed.¡± Breyd made a creepy laugh which almost dissipate almost all patience Alfred had, Alfred took the letter Dear Alice, Breyd has come here at my domain asking for your hand in marriage but as far as I¡¯m concerned you can marry anyone who you will but if you think this pig is also a matter after almost endangering you to a rival group he¡¯s shameless enough to ask for another chance, You can decide on what to do with this greedy pig you can either let Alfred take care of him later or ask Fen our cute new member of the family though the damn elders didn¡¯t like him saying he¡¯s only an outsider at best I mean I don¡¯t care as long as you my darling little girl is happy with your new sibling(toy/servant) I can care less about those old coots giving ridiculous advice every damn time. Always remember honey your dad always love you and I need Alfred in 4 years so tell him to train Fen properly even if you are strong you need as much help just like how big of a help Alfred can be, I love you my little angel so take care of yourself. Sincerely yours, Dad Alice: ¡°I¡¯ll tell you of my decision on another day for now please get out of my domain before I ask all my guards to do so.¡± Breyd: ¡°I understand oh future wife.¡± As the guard saluted towards Alfred he went away with the bothersome guest and as Alfred heard the steps of them leaving the place Alfred smashed his fist to the wall as it hit a huge shockwave shook the area, It made all the new guard succumb in fear, as the place calmed down and the wall that met Alfred¡¯s full brunt of rage slowly turned into sandy particles piling up. Fen who was about to finish his meal slowly stood up staying calm at all situation was the basics Alfred drilled in his mind and Alice who slowly dissolved her anger along with Alfred¡¯s strike, Fen went to get a broom to clean up. As they both calmed down just by remembering the kidnapping Alfred was deeply enraged at the shameless pig and he remembered he was still in front of the kids he slowly shook off the anger swelling up and the sight that behold him was the few destruction inside the dining room. Alice who made her own set of destruction affected the dining table but as she saw there wasn¡¯t any food that has gone to waste all that lay there on her woke was the plates that shattered and the table that is smashed in with the pillars supporting it. They saw Fen walking in with a broom in hand and they quickly recomposed there unsightly appearance, Alice cleared her throat and finally calmed down. Alice: ¡°So the pig will definitely leave the area of our mansion so who will do me the honor of cleaning up some garbage?¡± Alice ask the two with a smile plastered on her face but deep inside she¡¯s still boiling with anger but she remembered the most important thing a person who deals with various range of business is keeping a calm head and a rather good poker face. Alfred: ¡°Fen take care of him, I might accidentally reform some of the land if I try and give chase now besides my boy this will be an easy task for you.¡± Fen nodded and left the broom on a corner that was untouched as he left the room he slowly closed the door and the pulse of the steps he made completely disappeared. ------------ Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. Breyd had a face filled with discontent as he knew the Flugengard weren¡¯t just someone he can disrespect but he had a lot of confidence on the benefits he will reap if he keep this up but the only downside was the letter. Breyd: (Che if only that Butler and plebeian wasn¡¯t there always on guard I could¡¯ve forced the girl to submit even just for a few minutes) As he entered his carriage to head out to the hotel he just reserved a room, as he went in a rather large impact made an explosion and created a small crater appeared near the carriage Breyd¡¯s face paled as he swiftly went inside and barked orders at the coachman to move it. A light breeze slammed on his back, his face dripping with cold sweat something similar to winter frost chilled his back and as he look back he saw the back part of the carriage was missing and a kid with black shoulder length hair was sitting next to him with a rather devious smiled plastered on him. Breyd slowly aim his left hand to target the brat next to him with a IV ranked spell in the middle of a chant in his mumbling voice, the boy noticed what the man is about to do he quickly smashed in his right fist on Breyd¡¯s chin, the coachman noticed that something¡¯s wrong and he stop the carriage¡¯s movement at once and Breyd paralyzed on his seat with a small child who can be seen as a magical beast with his current appearance of pummeling Breyd to death. The coachman slowly realized that his measly power couldn¡¯t save his master¡¯s hide so he run quickly not even bothering to look back in fear of once the beast was done killing his master he¡¯ll be next since he was a witness on what happened to a noble of Zone 5. Fen was done dealing with the pig anyone who will see his corpse will think he got trampled to death by a massive beast, Fen looked at his current appearance and he went pale since his butler uniform got ripped in many parts and only he can imagine what the miss will say. He dejectedly got up and went back to the mansion on a rather slow pace while holding a book named ¡°The five continents¡± he opened the book and began to read while going back home. In this world of magic called Alta Er the continents are split into 5 Central Prommetheus Torch, North Fryst Helv, East Gran Alfre, South Lievathabasat and West Laenlrtor. The northern continent is covered in a winter weather with Devil as the main inhabitant with most travel as a tour spot with most of the Dragon race go to to hibernate, The eastern continent where plants bloom trees grow abundant a spring weather with it¡¯s main inhabitants are Elves and fairies a rather famous place for vegetable that most race enjoy, The southern continent were various Beastmen inhabits the place with a tropical feel where the sea will call you to join them and bathe in the sun this continent is famous for it¡¯s various food that is gathered from the sea, The western continent a place filled with gigantic structures, mountains and trees dyed with the color of orange with the main inhabitants are Dwarves, Giants and Dragons this place is where famous blacksmiths from all continents gather to show their swords and armors to the most natural race to be born with the talent of creating them the Dwarves and last is the central continent a place where everything is mixed if you go far north of the central you will feel the chill of winter, if you far south you feel the blaze of summer, if you go east vast lands filled with farmland can be seen and if you go far west you can feel the breeze that comes before winter falls. The central which the main inhabitants are humans gifted with vast knowledge and a wide range of curiosity central is the place where most race gather to attend Academies for knowledge in either the arts of fighting or the vast knowledge of life in other continents most race have forgotten hostility along the tides of the old black history of the Era where everything has no record which is known to men the Dark Era. Fen finished reading the book of what the continent are composed of, as he strode along closing his book he saw the mansion filled with light the guards chatting with each other and the gate closed, The guards saw Fen and opened the gate for him and he went inside in a rush to go to his room. Alice heard the big mansion door being open and she saw Fen with ripped on his clothes all over the place, she couldn''t let this chance pass by so she grabbed the cuffs and the maid uniform from earlier and started chasing Fen with the two things from earlier in her hands. Alfred take a peek seeing Fen was fine, he began to walk towards a room with a magic that prevents any noise to be perceive if someone were to eavesdrop, Alfred grabbed a transparent balll and it slowly lit up with a blurry image of a man. Alfred: ¡°Master the pig is no more Fen has taken care of the trash.¡± The man in the transparent ball smiled and talk. ???: ¡°Good,train him until the time is up I can¡¯t have you there protecting her all the time but once Fen is stronger than the norm I can have you leave there so you must absolutely pass every ounce of skill you have to the boy.¡± Alfred: ¡°I¡¯m almost done with it and the training is the last part master, he¡¯s a good butler but why name him under my surname master?¡± ???: ¡°Bah it was the decision of the Elders I wanted it to change to Flugengard when I heard of it but the Elders said to let him keep it the same as yours with their reasoning of him not a pure member I rant about it that anyone that my daughter chose must be a spectacular human being she has inherited my instincts on getting people.¡± Alfred: ¡°I¡¯m sure she did master, I need to make dinner for the children I must cut this conversation here if you will excuse me.¡± The man in the transparent ball nodded and wave goodbye to Alfred. A rather girly scream can be heard in the mansion and Alfred just ignored the scream knowing it was Fen who got caught by the young miss He lightly chuckle at his adoptive grandson¡¯s predicament and he was pretty sure Fen got caught in a trap. Alice: ¡°Now don¡¯t squirm around too much I can¡¯t cuff you with my custom cuff embedded with bind magic.¡± Fen: ¡°Noooo, master stop please don¡¯t do this I just wanted to change my attire with a normal one.¡± Alice: ¡°But isn¡¯t a maid uniform considered as normal clothes?¡± Alice tilted her head to the right innocently but she knew that this cloth was designed for females specifically. Fen: ¡°A maid uniform is for girls, I¡¯m a guy so that is the most reasonable thing I can say so please let me down.¡± Alice: ¡°No, so stop moving around and let me cuff you.¡± Fen: ¡°Nooooooo!!!¡± ------------ Well sorry about the massive text of info, so thanks for reading chapter will be released as soon as I¡¯m done with it :D you can comment on what you think about it, I know my choice of word sucks and it is rather not well written just tell me down below and I¡¯ll reply if I can change it within my ability. Power Rating for all Race: XIII - I¡¯ll explain how this power thingy works in the next chapter, see ya. XII XI X IX VIII VII VI V IV III II I