EVERNA Arcel Raine's
VOLSUNG

Finish already.

Arcel Raine's journey to uncover his new destiny and identity in a new time seems to be stopped in this place.

Right now too.

How not, he has lost his old strength, changed to a new form of power that has not been stable and can rise, can drown just any time.

The new power was instantly drained in the final explosion due to collisions with the energy of the Black Crystal Mephistopheles.

As a result, Arcel is now humiliated by a relaxed-looking old man who attacks him without any inner exertion or energy at all.

Suddenly, Chloe reveals the identity of the eccentric Old Man as Alistair Kane, the holder of the leadership of VOCorp and VOLSUNG.

Only then did Arcel realize that he had not passed the test. Fate can finally be imagined, which is to stand until death in an era that is very foreign to him.

Surprisingly, the white-bearded old man laughed instead. “Yeah, Chloe, you've managed to ruin my fun trying and measuring the power of one of Terra Everna's greatest heroes. Since Arcel already knows my name and who I really am, he would have been hesitant to practice a match with me now.”

“Lho, that was a match practice, not a test?” Arcel put on a confused face.

“Yes, of course it's training for you and entertainment for me,” said Alistair Kane, his five palm fingers pointing towards Arcel. “I know your energy has been drained after defeating Demon King Mephistopheles.”

Chloe added, “But you passed the Brian Storm challenge and dropped dozens of thugs with one buzz. It clearly shows that you are not an ordinary or average caliber swordsman. You deserve the title of Rainbow Crystal Hero and the Originator of the Machine Age.”

“Ah, really?” said Arcel.

“See for yourself in your painting frame.” Chloe pointed to a painting of a red-haired man, wearing a black T on his cheek and wearing the clothes of an Ishmina-style traveler.

Arcel was stunned to see the writing under the frame. “Arcel Raine, Rainbow Crystal Hero, Machine Age Originator.”

But what made him even more flabbergasted was the world's recognition of his struggles and sacrifices, as well as all of his comrades during the Crystal War. Precisely since he was first exposed to the Red Rainbow Crystal while fighting a giant monster named Merkavah in Ishmina.

Arcel then obtained the Red Rainbow Crystal and then fought and trained incredibly hard to master its magical power, not be overpowered by the manipulative crystal power.

Now, the seven Rainbow Crystals had fused together and melted within Arcel's body. The combined energy was indeed drained, but it can still be renewed again through proper training and when the energy is deployed with the appropriate moves in the fight.

The thing is, the only person in Terra Everna who can teach you the right ways of training and the right moves is Alistair Kane. Arcel breathed a little relief as he was not being tested, but not necessarily Alistair Kane willing to accept him as a student.

“Whatever my status, I apologize if I have been disrespectful to the host, who is the Great Musafir and Titisan Vadis,” said Arcel while bowed, salute with the right hand on the left chest like in the kings of ancient times. “If there is nothing else you want to say, I beg you..”.

“Wait a minute, Young man,” reprimand Alistair. “There's one more thing I want to tell you. This is very important, because it concerns your own life.”

Arcel snorting. “What is it?” tanyakanya.

As seriously as possible, Alistair Kane spoke, “Arcel Raine, actually as a natural human your age is no longer long. You have fought too many times, been injured and exerted the energy of the Red Rainbow Crystal. But the combined energy of the Seven Rainbow Crystals the last time you gave it away the wrong way. As a result of all that, your age will not be more than twenty-seven years.”

Arcel Raine's eyes widened and his mouth gaped. He really did not expect that his body which he had trained incredibly hard during the years of adventure and adventure was unable to carry the seven divine powers together.

“Ah, I don't know about it,” says Arcel. “But if I had known, I would have kept the energy of the Seven Rainbow Crystals and exerted it. The hopes of the entire Terra Everna rest on me, so I must not disappoint my comrades who have entrusted that hope to me.”

“Yes, because of your bravery and sacrifice that surpasses almost all the heroes whose paintings are plastered in this room, I saved you from the explosion and sent you to the Dream Castle. It's good that you choose to go to a new place in the future, so we can meet sooner and I can deliver the solution to you earlier.”

“What solution is it, Father Kane?”

“To overcome the curse of twenty-seven years old, you must become a god-man, an entity that can live eternally by nature. Other names that are more aligned with our existence, including me and Chloe are inter-domain travelers or god-travelers.”

“Yes, but even the most powerful elves are not necessarily able to carry the Seven Rainbow Energy, even in the right way. After all, only a handful of them became travelers between realms, far fewer than humans.”

“Jeez, is that so? So what should I do to become a cross-country traveler?” ask Arcel with interest.

“Follow me, I will give you more details while walking,” replied Alistair as he turned around and left Arcel.

Arcel then walks side by side with Chloe, following the chairman leaving the living room. Various thoughts, especially anxiety whether the right way to practice and become a traveler between realms is indeed the only way to overcome the curse of his age limitations, and will he become a traveler between domains as his new job?

Is Alistair Kane paving the way for Arcel to achieve his new true destiny?

Arcel Raine, inter-domain traveler.

It sounded too grandiose, but it felt very real in his infatuated premonition.

If there is an open way and that is the only way, not two, not three, Arcel already has a definite answer in mind.

It is better to work for Alistair and live a life full of fighting again, than to go to the afterlife which feels boring.

Whether it is heaven, hell or the spirit realms between the two afterlife.

\==oOo==

A few days later...

No need to go long, Arcel has expressed his desire to help Sang Titisan Vadis. So, Alistair Kane accepted it with pleasure as a student and prospective new agent VOLSUNG – of course on probation.

In order to do that, Arcel Raine gained access to intensive training at VOLSUNG headquarters on the basement alias VOCorp Building basement.

If the VOCorp Building is similar and likened to the blade of Excalibur aka the Sword of the Angel of Justice, then the basement floors of the building are like the lamdasan forging where Excalibur was first stuck on Earth. The sword was removed by King Arthur Pendragon of the kingdom now known as Great Britain.

The vast training headquarters and facilities were loaded with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. It is said that all the equipment here is far higher technology than the facilities of the elite military forces of Archelia which is predicted as the best training center in the world.

To maximize engineering, the Training Center at VOLSUNG provides virtual simulation tools for fighter, witch and shooter-type agents, all based on Augmented Virtual Reality Simulator.

In fact, one of VOCorp's subsidiaries, Vadis Omniuum Recreational Technologies, abbreviated as VORTECH, has developed this AVR technology in the online game AVRMMO Eversphere, it is played by approximately one billion people in two worlds, Everna and Earth.

Of course the AVR at this training center is not connected to online games, in order to maintain the confidentiality of the identity of the agents. Instead, the non-player opponents in this simulation were made to have artificial intelligence and a higher level of strength than the general play. Of course it is all tailored to the techniques, abilities and strengths of VOLSUNG agents which are certainly far above the average abilities of game players, even e-sport athletes though.

There are three types of simulations in VOLSUNG training facilities. There is a shooting simulation, with players and targets moving and flying, simulation of missions in the virtual reality realm, as well as simulation of combat, either the player versus the player or the player versus the character is not a player who has artificial intelligence.

Arcel Raine is now training in a battle simulation. Chloe Hewitt accompanied him to brief.

“Wah, great!” praise Chloe sincerely. “It's only been three days training with this simulation, as your reflexes are recovering quickly we have reached the highest level!”

“Well, I was just lucky and helped by the experience and by you too,” Arcel responded while humbling.

Chloe then typed on the transparent hologram screen that floated before her. “Alright, of course you are ready to fight this one opponent, right? Get ready!”

“Good!” Arcel pairs of horses.

Almost instantly, a giant figure appeared through the digital particles. It was a blood red-skinned demon. It does not have wings like the devil in general. His face was covered entirely by a mask shaped part of the face of the knight's helmet. He was five-horned, does that mean that the figure was a weaker ibils than Mephisto?

On the transparent hologram screen in front of the demon figure was a text, “Vordac, Absolute Ruler of Darkness.”