Battle of Ascension

At 10 am Randy wakes up from his sleep, he sleeps for 16 hours after not sleeping for five days, yesterday his eyes are very red now his eyes are back to normal with clear and black eyes.

This is the eighth day since the start Battle of Ascension, a new world different from the previous world.

This incident began eight days ago, humans experience despair when facing earth that will be destroyed by instability from the core of the earth, Governments from around the world have no solution to face this disaster and they announced to everyone that the earth will be destroyed within 4 hours.

When people hear this announcement there is chaos all over the world, but many people also pray in their respective beliefs, who are Christians they pray in the church, who are Hinduism and Buddhists pray in their respective temples and who are in Islam they pray in the mosque.

Many families also hugged each other in front of their houses to await the destruction of the earth, because according to them this is the same as doomsday that cannot be avoided so they just surrender, waiting for the destruction of the earth. Randy family just gathered in their living room hugging each other.

However, 1 hour before the destruction of the earth that the government has prediction, people all over the earth hear a strange voice in their heads:

Ding !!!

"Phase 1 Battle of Ascension: Preparation, begin!"

Ding !!!

"Battle System will be active after phase 1 started!"

Ding !!!

"You will be transferred to a specified city to participate in the Battle of Ascension!"

After hearing a strange voice everyone on earth fell asleep.

When Randy woke up he was not in his old house but in his present room.

On the first day there is confusion to everyone until the Battle System is active they begin to understand what is happening.

The earth has been destroyed and they have been transported to the vast city. The people on the Asian continent were transferred to East City, the people on the Europe Continent transferred to North City, the people of the America Continent transferred to West City and the people on the Africa Continent transferred to South City.

In this new world, they must hunt beast or monsters to survive. Survival for the fittest is a perfect phrase to describe how to live in this new world.

They were given weapons and armor to hunt, even though the weapons and armor system provided were of poor quality but they did not have to pay. For food, on the first day they are given free and the house they occupy they must pay the rent at the end of the month that is 50 Silvers.

The currency they are using now is not a paper money anymore but a coin. There are three kinds of coins, Copper, Silver, and Gold. 1 Gold = 100 Silver, 1 Silver = 100 Copper.

They also must have Ascension cards in order to stay in the city. Ascension cards also have other functions such as, if you want to hunt out must have a card in order to use teleportation to go out of the city, because the city is in different dimensions with the world outside, also if someone wants to rent shop to do business they must have Ascension card too.

Battle Systems also provide 21 basic skills available on the system and we can choose 5 for free. The skills:

1. [Basic Sword Mastery]: increase proficiency in using a sword, level can be increased using skill points.

2. [Basic Spear Mastery]: increase proficiency in using a spear, level can be increased using skill points.

3. [Basic Archery Mastery]: increase proficiency in using a bow, level can be increased using the skill points.

4. [Basic Hammer Mastery]: increase proficiency in using a hammer, level can be increased using skill points.

5. [Basic Axe Mastery]: increase proficiency in using an ax, level can be raised using skill points.

6. [Basic Saber Mastery]: increase proficiency in using a saber, level can be increased using skill points.

7. [Basic Dagger Mastery]: increase proficiency in using a dagger, level can be increased using skill points.

8. [Basic Blacksmith]: increase proficiency in the blacksmithing, level can be raised using skill points. Requirement: learn skill [Basic Hummer Mastery].

9. [Basic Pharmacist]: learn how to make a potion, level can be increased using the skill points. Requirement: learn skill [Basic Gathering Herb].

10. [Basic Gathering Herb]: learn how to pick herbs, level can be increased using skill points.

11. [Basic Cooking]: increase proficiency in cooking, level can be increased using skill points.

12. [Basic Tailoring]: increase proficiency in the tailoring, level can be increased using the skill points.

13. [Basic Detection]: detects the level of the beast/monster and stats, level can be increased using the skill point.

14. [Burst Strength]: increase 50% strength for 1 minute, level can be increased using the skill point. Side effects: after the skill finished, strength will decrease 50% for 20 minutes.

15. [Burst Vitality]: increase 50% vitality for 1 minute, level can be increased using the skill point. Side effects: after the skill finished, vitality will decrease 50% for 20 minutes.

16. [Burst Stamina]: increase 50% stamina for 1 minute, level can be increased using the skill point. Side effects: after the skill finished, you will not be able to move for 10 minutes

17. [Burst Agility]: increase 50% agility for 1 minute, level can be increased using the skill point. Side effects: after the skill finished, agility will decrease by 50% for 20 minutes.

18. [Burst Spirit]: increase 50% spirit for 1 minute, level can be increased using the skill point. Side effects: after the skill finished you will get dizzy for 15 minutes.

19. [Basic Mining]: increase proficiency in mining, level can be increased using skill points.

20. [Basic Rune]: learn how to create Rune for weapons and armor, level can be increased using skill points. Requirement: learn skill [Basic Hummer Mastery], [Basic Blacksmith], [Basic Detection], and [Basic Mining].

21. [AI Helper]: helps and guides during Battle of Ascension, level can be raised using skill points.

Randy is currently learning 2 skills, [Basic Sword Mastery] and [Basic Detection]. Randy learned 2 skills because according to him this skill is needed in hunting.

After he knew all this Randy went out of the house, here he met his two best friends, Michael house right in front of Randy's house while Widi house was on the right of Randy house with distance three houses.

They were quite happy to meet again after the destruction of the earth, they formed a team to hunt and they went to Adventure Guild to register Ascension cards so they could hunt.

The next day they go out to hunt, they go to the teleportation, they hold hands while entering the teleportation so they are transferred in the same city while hunting.

People in East City will be randomly teleported to the capitals of countries located in the Asian Continent. Randy, Michael, and Widi came from Singapore and when teleported, they were transferred to the capital of a country they did not know.

They also do not pay attention to it, because they are very nervous on the first day of hunting. They went straight out of the city, out of the city is all forest, some people earlier than them who entered the forest, there were also some people who came out of the forest out with their hunting.

Eventually, they gather their courage to enter the forest, until the moment in the forest is not as horrible as they imagine. The beast in front of them is a rabbit with a height of 30 centimeters and a length of about 50 centimeters, a black fur with a fang in its mouth.

Then Randy uses [Basic Detection] skills to the rabbit, the rabbit is level 1 and the stats are unknown. Randy tells his plan to kill the rabbit, with him as a bait and lure the rabbit to where Michael and Widi are hiding.

They manage to kill the rabbits and they continue to hunt the rabbits until they level up to level 1 in the afternoon, with their success, they feel that hunting is very easy and they feel that they like playing games.

They end the hunt when their experience bar has reached level 2 55%. They returned home proudly, recounting their success while hunting to their families.

The next day, they hunt back, because it is very easy to hunt the rabbits they go deeper into the forest to hunt for a higher level beast, so they can quickly level up.

This is where Randy's nightmare begins, as they enter the forest deeper they find a new animal, a cat with a height of 50 centimeters and a length of 80 centimeters, black fur, and red eyes. This cat is a level 3 beast

They use the same strategy as hunting rabbits, Randy as bait cat lure to where Michael and Widi hide.

Although the cat is faster than the rabbit Randy is level 2 by raising all his stats to agility and this the cat can only chase behind Randy until the hideout of Michael and Widi, and this cat is successfully defeated by them, they are very happy with their success.

When Widi wanted to take a body part from the cat that could be sold, suddenly there was a wolf from above attacking Widi, this surprise attack made them panic. The reaction from Widi was fast enough but Widi's foot was still struck by the attack from the wolf's paws. This wolf did not give Randy and Michael a chance to save Widi, it immediately jumped to Widi intend to bite Widi's neck, seeing this Widi know that he could not survive again and he shouted towards his two best friends to run.

Seeing Widi struggled with the wolves as he shouts run to them, Michael and Randy immediately ran to the city, but only 5 minutes running the wolf is already behind both of them, chasing them.

This is where Michael made the decision to hold the wolf so Randy can survive the wolf pursuit.

Michael shouts at Randy to look after his family if he can not survive. Finally after running for 20 minutes, Randy got to the city, Randy realized Michael was not with him and remembered that when he ran Michael yelled something to him. Randy crying here, sadness, regret, all the negative emotions mixed into Randy's heart.

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Remembering this, Randy who had just woken up, tears fell from his eyes. Randy take a deep breath, wipes his tears, buries his grief and goes out of his room with determination to be the strong to protect his family, the Michael Family, Widi's family and his closest people.