
...15-10-2030...
There was a shocking event in the country of a thousand islands. Suddenly a dungeon portal appeared with a very high Mana capacity on the island of Bali. Tourists and local residents in Bali have to evacuate outside the island, because the size of this portal is very large and afraid of cracks very quickly.
The association of security bureaus has confirmed the level of this portal and the level is Disaster or commonly called Rank-S. There were already some Awakened people above Rank-C sent there to keep an eye on whether the dungeon had suffered a crack so that it could be temporarily prevented until reinforcements came.
There are five Pillars of State or Rank-S in Indonesia and three of them have established large guilds respectively. Pati Bagenas he is a master of the guild "The Red Jago" and a pillar of the country also with his special abilities are experts in fire magic and his transformation into a fire demon.
Nurhalisa she is the master of the guild "Night Suro" and the only female Rank-S in the country. With his great ability to manipulate liquids and able to freeze anything he touches.
Ardhafa Drio he is the master of the guild "Island of Jaya" and also one of the strongest and fastest S-Rank in the country. With his ability to control lightning and dubbed as "The black lightning" with the combination of his dark brown skin and speed like lightning itself.
Then next there was Agus Supriyadi a Rank-S and master of the security bureau association who was in charge of overseeing all the Awakened people in the country. As well as the latter being Gading Himar a Rank-S as well and independent, he was the only pillar of the country that did not have any guilds or organizations, either, he is not attached to anything and only focuses as a Bussinesman, now he is abroad and rarely returns to his country. No one knew the abilities of these two people, but one thing was known that their way of fighting was to rely on physical and melee combat as well.
Currently all the best Awakened people have been gathered by the association in each branch in Indonesia, to prepare to take swift action and prepare to face cracks if not successfully completed.
The three great guilds and their masters had to go to the association center located in Jakarta to discuss this. These three guilds each ruled over the territory of Indonesia. "Night Suro" the western part of Indonesia and the headquarters center are in Semarang, "Si Jago Merah" the central part of Indonesia and the headquarters center is in Makassar, then the last "Pulau Jaya" the eastern part of Indonesia and its headquarters are in Jayapura. Each guild already has branches all over Indonesia to raise reputation and maintain the security of the country.
"It's good that you all come" said the old man as he sat in his chair.
It seemed that some strong people had gathered in this room and anyone seeing this was a shocking sight to them.
"It's only natural that we came here. Because of something that big I can't ignore" Lisa said.
"With your response this fast, I'm very happy. But with the strength of the three of you standing at the vanguard it is not enough to stop this Disaster-level dungeon."
"Then what should we do, Master?" Ask Pati.
"We should get help from the '4 Earth Pillars', but alas, they say that this dungeon does not fall into the category of damaging the Earth."
Hearing that made them a little furious especially for the extremely annoyed Drio.
"Bad! Maybe they can ignore this! Whereas with this much and this strong Mana, mana might not be a disaster!"
"I'm very surprised, it's been the last two years that '4 Earth Pillars' have not come down at all since the appearance of the S-Rank dungeon in any country?" Ask Lisa.
Hearing that made these two guild master men wonder, what exactly happened to this organization dubbed the protector of the earth. Agus heard this already knew what was really happening to the organization and chose to keep his mouth shut, because these people were not ordinary people who could be dealt with by sheer amount power like a large guild.
"We do not need to think about their actions, which is important at this time we have to think about how to overcome this dungeon," said Agus.
"Did Master think of any other help?" Ask Pati.
"There are some countries willing to help us..."
Hearing that made them a little relieved and hoped with this help to be able to overcome this disaster as well.
"Malaysia sent their two S-Rank and Australia sent their three S-Rank here as well. And there's China sending one of its S-Rank as well and several naval fleets to prevent cracks if monsters pop up and spread out at sea, they only told the pillars of his country to only help the outside of the dungeon and not help overcome the dungeon. And the last one was the Dutch who sent some of his fleet to help as well."
Agus also said that the other countries' Rank-S assistance will bring some of the best guild members as well, in order to reduce the risk in the dungeon.
"With this much help, maybe we can overcome this dungeon quickly," Lisa said with a little zeal.
Hearing that made Agus a little worried and said :
"That's why I'm so worried..."
The three of them turned to look towards Agus with faces of astonishment.
"With that much help then there will be great rewards desired as well."
"What the Master said is right. They will not hesitate to do diplomacy with our government, and maybe there is something valuable they want to achieve from us?" Ask Pati.
"Maybe they want our Mana Crystal resources located in Maluku. I've already built my guild branch there because that dungeon is only Rank-E, but it always produces a Rank-B quality Mana Crystal downwards. For cracks are rare, so this has been going on for three years without a hitch" Drio replied.
"If it's about the Mana Crystals, I think they also have a lot of resources. But I feel like they want more of that, so they have to negotiate with the state government" Lisa said.
"Our country has three very valuable things and is likely to be a great power if used properly. But unfortunately, no one has been able to control all three things," said Pati.
They all heard it knew what Pati meant. There are three things that are important assets that have been closely guarded by the association of security bureaus, it was a rare artifact that had only been discovered in the Rank-A dungeon one year ago and it had the step ability to heal wounds and diseases of any kind even being able to save the life of someone who was about to die.
Then there was the egg of the S-Rank monster that had yet to hatch. Ivory got these eggs when the rise of the Rank-S dungeon in Russia three years ago. He managed to get it after negotiating several things with the Russian government and managed to get it. After that he handed it to Agus as a valuable asset of the country.
"I don't know what reason the Mesum gave such an important item for nothing?"
"I don't know what the reason is. But I think it was the right action to do, considering he was free and did not want the danger to always befall him just because of the egg," replied Agus.
"Then the last one was 'that', right," said Drio.
"Yes... Guardian Spirits. This power is very powerful and able to match the power of the Incarnations" said Pati.
"So that power still exists, right?" Ask Drio.
The three of them immediately glanced towards Agus and Agus understood what they wanted.
"You don't worry, that power is now in a safe place and has fallen into the hands of a third person..."
Hearing that the three of them were very surprised. According to him, this great power is very closed from public attention, but the government and the Awakened people who have great influence in government know this as well.
"And the man does not know yet if such a great power has fallen in his hands" continued Agus.
"Who is that, Master?" Ask Lisa.
"Oh yeah, I forgot, I want to discuss this also about that kid with you guys. He will be our great help in the face of this dungeon."
"So Master's intent... You want him to use Guardian Spirit to help us?" Ask Drio. "Isn't that tantamount to exposing his existence as well."
"You don't have to worry. This child will not use that power, because this child is an Incarnation as well and has much more power than Guardian Spirit."
The three of them were extremely shocked and could not believe that there was someone as great around them.
"I've heard about this guy from Arya, if it's not wrong he's the one who finished Rank-B dungeon alone" Lisa said.
"So Master meant, what the boy was named... Arkha Peteng?" Pati asked in surprise and Agus just nodded. "I don't think the boy has grown that fast, but I saw him at that time just being under me, and I didn't think he'd outgrow me by now."
Drio is confused because he is the only person who does not know this person named Arkha Peteng.
"But dear, this child is experiencing inner problems and will affect his decision to follow or not. Because in his eyes, the association was already very rotten and we tried to help his wishes as much as possible. The day after tomorrow he will be evaluated and announce himself as the pillar of the new country."
The three of them impatiently wanted to meet this pillar of the new country and planned to recruit him if they met.
"Oh yeah, Arya says we still have an unpaid debt of gratitude to this kid. Maybe it'll be a good opportunity if I can solve that problem" thought Lisa who was very happy in the heart. "If Master doesn't mind, what problem is this young man with to the extent that he hates association?"
Agus only responded to the question to not interfere. Because he said this concerns his pride as an associate master of the security bureau and will save this young man from his problems. Lisa was a little upset to hear that, but she understood that this matter was not always allowed to be interfered with by her guild.
This meeting was quite time consuming, Agus ended it and asked them to return to their respective places.
For a moment they left this room while paying their respects to Agus. Agus remained alone again in his room and thought of many more things.
"I always have to help the boy, he's my only hope. If he still looked bad at people like us, then there was a chance he would join 'They' and the chance of saving mankind had completely disappeared."
Agus was very sad about the state of the child and the cruel fate that befell him as well. He is very hopeful that there will be a place where human life does not need to be disturbed by foreign knowledge.
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...16-10-2030...
At 10:11
Right now I'm in my house and of course I can't get out because the associates have been watching me twenty-four hours. After that interrogation incident, Adam sent his subordinates to monitor me every hour and this was done until my evaluation test tomorrow. They did this so that I wouldn't do anything about my great power.
"I was treated VIP."
I looked over from the upper window and it appeared that the associates were watching me from outside and around my residence as well. I also asked Adam to put some of his men inconspicuously to the Twins to keep them safe, and to always watch over Susan who was still lying in the hospital.
"Now Susan's condition has been mengingan thanks to the help of Mr. Adrian..."
I was a little sorry for not being able to recover the Aura Susan that he put out so much. That Aura was derived from life energy and was able to reduce one's lifespan if it was overused and untrained.
"When I had obtained all the knowledge of Chi from Aran, I was still useless to save the people I loved."
It felt like my chest was claustrophobic every time I saw the people I loved always lying unconscious in the hospital. I was so afraid of losing again and didn't want to see what was precious to me disappear again in front of me.
"Thanks to Mr. Adrian, now Aura Susan has recovered slowly. I didn't think Mr. Adrian was so good at controlling his Chi, he reminded me of Aran. I must grow stronger so that my precious person will no longer be hurt."
Because now I can't be free until tomorrow, I can't go anywhere, even going to a low rank dungeon is not allowed either. All our food and daily needs are under the responsibility of the association during this week.
"Usually in this empty time I always focus on learning to prepare for college. Now it's not anymore, because I'm now a Heredist."
Because my time was so free, I decided to clean the house again and this time I went to my parents' room and cleaned it. I usually come to this room once every two days just to clean up.
Clamps... Cuckoo...
"As usual, the same smell and the same sight."
When entering here this old pent-up feeling always appears and it is difficult to forget it, maybe more precisely I myself do not want to forget this sad feeling.
I started cleaning this room again, every dust and shit I cleaned. I never sold all of my parents' belongings. Starting from used items and furniture that are here.
"Live the closet..."
I went to the closet and opened it. I saw all of Dad's army clothes and Mom's white doctor suit hanging in the closet. There was no dust or dirt on my clothes, because I washed them every week.
"Now everything is neat and clean.. hm? What'sthis?"
I accidentally shifted something and it turned out to be a small drawer hidden in the closet.
"I just found out there's this little drawer in this closet..."
I immediately pulled the small drawer and tried to see what Dad and Mom were holding in it.
"Eh, isn't this a gun."
I just found a gun that Dad always carries when he goes off duty. Seeing this is enough to make me miss Dad and I feel like there's a reason why something as important as this he left here before leaving.
Suddenly a system notification popped up and I haven't seen the system show up on my own since that Goblin incident.
[The Heredist has found his own hope and that hope will always lead the Heredist towards his goal.]
"What does this mean?"
I'm still confused by this system message, but the system message still appears again.
[Do you want to make this hope your goal?]
[Yes/No]
"I don't know what this means, but hope..."
I kept silent for a moment and what hope I had been living with. Contemplating for a moment my first wish that I had lived to be the strongest - as powerful as possible and to reach the highest peak ever, this I did in order to protect the people I loved. But that hope was only the basis upon me to become his heir and my hope was only a small part veiled among my predecessors.
For my second wish, I know what I want. It's just a hope that's been buried for a long time since I was in an orphanage, I just want to be the kid who can always help his parents and be proud of him. And until now the desire was only limited to sweet candy that I always put into the heart.
I never once made that wish come true, because these two adoptive parents always did everything they could. I am only as an adopted child in the Pranadipa family, only able to burden them. All this time I tried hard to help them when faced with the problem, but they prefer to close it from me, maybe they are worried and do not want to involve their children in their problems, he said, what parents want to look difficult in front of him, that's the mind that is always stuck in the minds of any parent.
I know they both love me very much, but I am only a foster child and can not do anything for them when in trouble, very sad about me. Therefore, as his son, I will not disappoint him this time and really I will bring them back in front of the three of us.
"Yes!"
Bing...!
I immediately answered the message and suddenly the gun belonging to Dad that I had just, changed shape and looks very different from the gun of modern times.
"Why did this gun suddenly change, and again. Not like the shape of a gun in general."
The shape of this dominant gun is black to gray. With a barrel length of five centi and does not have the location of a bullet like a gun in general, but a small dark red ball attached just below the handle of the gun.
"This red ball is the same as the red ball in the scythe. Is this gun also part of my Heredis mode?"
Suddenly an inventory appears from Heredis mode and shows a new name installed in this inventory.
[- Sickness of soul uprooting
- Soul-destroying pistol.]
"I used to be confused and wondered what empty slot was under my scythe. Turns out this is for the second weapon for my Heredis mode. But why should Dad's gun be changed by this system?"
When I think about why Dad's gun was chosen by the system, maybe it has something to do with my expectations and my expectations it has a lot to do with my family. So this is the reason the system chose Dad's gun as a symbol of my hope, just like that sickle that first came to mind in my head. Maybe this weapon illustrates the deepest hope I have in me without realizing it.
Father's gun instantly disappeared from my grasp and could only be raised when it entered Heredis mode.
"Hm? What else?"
Suddenly the system appeared again with his notice and this time it was a mission, it had been a long time since I had fought the Goblin.
[You can now enter the world of "Ancient Ruins".
...Deadline...
...01.00.00...
THE WARNING!
You will be sent to this world automatically if time runs out.]
[Go/No]
Seeing that somehow made me happy and this was the first time I could feel happy about this system.
"Appears at the right time."
I walked straight to the exit of the room and towards the exit of the house. By the time I opened the door, the associates were already waiting right at the door.
"Where do you want to go?"
"I just want to exercise, my body is so stiff being inside the house keeps."
"Then, we take you to the association. There is a training ground that can be used at any time."
It seems that I am like a princess in a castle who is always being watched by the palace warriors. I just took a breath and said :
"No need, the training ground is close and I just want regular physical exercise."
I just walked away regardless of their whereabouts. I headed towards the forest not far from my house, this forest is rarely visited by people and will be crowded if certain times such as holidays and other special days, he said, this forest is also close to the city park.
"So you want to train here?"
I just nodded and looked at the system that was in front of me.
[The gate to the world of "Ancient Ruins" is ready, do you want to enter it?"
[Yes/No]
"Yes..."
[Prepare.].
[3]
[2]
[1]
Dur...!
Instantly a giant gate appeared and made the place we were shooting vibrate. Those association people were shocked and a little panicked when this gate appeared all of a sudden.
"What gate is that?"
"From now on you won't be able to follow me anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"It's the portal gate to the otherworldly dungeon, and I brought it up myself..."
Hearing that made them very surprised and did not expect if there was an ability that could bring up a portal like this.
"I'm gonna spend my practice time inside here. So you don't have to wait for me and don't worry, I don't intend to run away at all and will be back by night."
I straightened my foot toward the gate and entered it.
"Sir wait du-"
Dur...!
For a moment the place trembled again and the gate disappeared with that dazzling light.
"He's really gone."
"How's this? Do we have to report this?"
"Of course we should report it, quickly contact the center about this."
His subordinate nodded and prepared to evacuate the place to prevent the appearance of after-sale dungeons on the spot.
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Somewhere the association's security bureau...
Looks like a very old man who is still daydreaming about something.
"Hm! This energy again!"
He immediately turned towards the window of his room and was very familiar with the foreign great energy.
"Is this time 'They' really here? This is the third time and it makes me worry even more."
Brik...! Brik...!
The phone rang on his desk and he immediately picked up the phone.
"Yes, talk."
"Master, there's a serious message from the surveillance team."
"What message is that?"
"The supervising team that was sent to watch over the young man - he said Arkha Peteng had disappeared on set."
Hearing that made Agus a little worried and his estimation if "They" had come and realized the existence of Arkha like "They" as well, and intended to invite him to join his group.
"Hurry and send some teams to find the kid!" Said Agus who was very worried.
"But, Master, said the reporting team, the young man disappeared as he conjured up a dungeon portal of his own accord."
"Emitting the dungeon portal yourself?"
"Yes, said the young man, he only wanted to train inside his own dungeon and would be back by night."
Hearing that made Agus very astonished and did not expect that the young man's ability had exceeded his expectations.
"If not mistaken as well, 'They' also have the ability to open portals and bring up monsters as well. Is this kid able to bring up monsters on his portal?" Think Agus who can't say anything more. "When I and the Master and my brothers fought 'They', we lost because of strength and were outnumbered as well. Because the monsters that 'They' Summon are Rank-A and Rank-S are all."
Agus asked his subordinates to send some teams to be sent there, in anticipation of the emergence of a follow-up dungeon and he immediately ended this call.
"So the foreign great energy that I felt three times in a row, what of that child? Hehe. I really am already fragile, if that much energy comes from him then all I can do is give him a little help like protecting his family."
Agus looked back at the window and looked a happy face from him, he could still have hope again for the humans. And he swore that this time would always help the young man until his life was taken away from him.