The Ancients World

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~~~(POV: Hailey Adamo)~~~

~~~(Location: Farming Village Ludor, The Duchy of Bordossa, Brazilian Player Continent)~~~

~~~(Time: 10:35 PM)~~~

A couple has been nice enough to let me sleep in their guest bedroom for the night since I'm the one protecting the village. My quest is Rare in Grade, and all I have to do is defend the village for 5 days against attacks from the outside.

It's already been 4 days, and tomorrow will be the last and strongest wave. The first two days, it was monsters, and the last two days has been bandits. I don't know what the last day has in store, but I'm interested to see.

Cera and I are on good terms again. I hope. He's never been one to hold a grudge or stay angry at someone for very long.

It's one of his better qualities, in my opinion. And I've yet to hear anything from Sally, which is understandable after what I did. She may not ever forgive me, but I can try my hardest to earn it.

She's become a really good friend and someone that I can trust. To have destroyed that with the prank that was meant for Cera was never something I wanted to do. And it says a lot about me that I think it's okay for Cera to go through something like that, but not anyone else...

There are times when Cera and I are overly cruel and violent to one another. But this isn't the first time something like this has happened. When we weren't on speaking terms. There have been a couple of times in the past growing up.

Those never lasted too long, and we're always making sure that if it's really our fault, we apologize. Something that Mom and Dad made sure to hammer into us.

"Speaking of my family... It seems like everyone is having fun on our home continent."

Technically, when The Ancients World was released, and all the American Players logged on, it was called the American Players continent. All major landmasses and large populations had something like this...

It was a brilliant design, in my opinion. The Chinese government banned the game in their country, but that didn't stop people in china from getting the game and playing it. I'm willing to bet that the Chinese Players that actually made it to this world from Earth are low.

But not the lowest. There are billions that have died because there wasn't enough time to prepare for The Collision.

"The Players are starting to really connect more... From all over Gaia..."

I've heard rumors that the old leaders of Earth are gathering soon, and are to discuss things. Try to rally the remaining population. I don't think it's hopeless for that to happen, but there are many that don't want to return to the old ways of Earth.

Billions of Players have settled into this new world and are happy with it. And that's not going to change. I wonder what Cera would think of all this... It's interesting, but he's not that big on politics.

"Miss..."

I hear a small voice come from the doorway of the bedroom, and I lift my head to see a little girl. The daughter of the couple that's letting me sleep here. She's holding a little stuffed teddy bear as she peeks around the corner.

I don't know why she's here, but she looks scared. I lean up and wave her over. She walks in, and her bare feet shuffle across the carpet.

"Hey... What's wrong? I could've sworn your parents put you to bed."

She sits next to me on the bed and hugs her little friend a little tighter.

"I'm scared... Every day our village is attacked all the time... But they haven't gotten into the city for the last few days... It makes me wonder what they're planning..."

Most of the younger kids don't know that I'm handling the infestation of monsters and bandits. I take care of the coming attack each day before anyone in the village can see what's happening.

Only the adults know that I'm handling things. So seeing the break in the pattern is worrying some of the young ones. Why come to me and not her parents? I don't know.

"There is nothing to be afraid of. After tomorrow, all the bandits and monsters will be gone forever. I promise."

I'm not the best when it comes to taking care of kids, and it's obvious since my words have no effect on helping her.

"How do you know, though... What if they're just staying away to come back and kill us all... What will we do if that happens..."

She's way more knowledgeable about the cruelties of this world than someone her age should be. But I shouldn't be surprised. The only door in the house is the front one, and the entire village is poor and run down.

"I'll tell you what... If you don't worry about it and go back to bed, I'll tell you a secret that no one else knows."

My voice is a whisper, and she looks at me with some hope as she nods her head.

"I'm the one protecting your village. I've made sure that no bandits or monsters have bothered anyone. Do you think you can keep it a secret until tomorrow?"

She nods her head slowly and has a smile on her face. Her little legs move fast as she leaves my room and heads back to hers. I take a breath and pinch the bridge of my nose.

"It's always the kids that suffer..."

~~~(POV: Saliandra Orvello)~~~

~~~(Location: Inn Room, The City of Meldro)~~~

~~~(Time: 3:16 AM)~~~

"Ha... Ah... Ah..."

I wake up out of breath again as I experience the same nightmare I've been suffering through the past week. The scene of Cera and that girl are playing over and over in my head, and it's not going away.

After seeing that illusion, it messed me up, and I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in a long time. Cera isn't to blame, and I don't have any blame for him. It's Hailey's fault this is happening.

Things are going to get worse between us before they get better. After what she made me watch, I don't think that's ever going away for me.

It's already early, and I don't know whether or not I should stay up. I take a deep breath and rub my forehead. It's never easy when it's just me...

If Cera were here, I know the nightmare wouldn't be here... I just know it... But since he's gone, I can't help thinking about it. I wish there was something I could do to get rid of the feeling and memory.

"No one's open right now... and because of my nightmares, I don't want to sleep... This sucks... I need a fix of Cera if I'm going to get better... But there is no way that's happening any time soon."

The window lets in some cool air, and I decide to lean up and look out of it. Meldro is small, and out of the way. In terms of importance to The Kingdom of Avalon, it pretty much has none. Yet people still call this place home, which is interesting to me.

People will make a home anywhere as long as the ones you love are with you... I hope one day Cera and I can settle down... Start a family and live our days out in peace... Since Cera is an Angel, he's immortal in the sense he'll never die from old age.

And since I'm a pure-blooded elf, I'll live forever as long as I don't die. We're two immortals. It's a discussion that's too soon to have with Cera, but it's on my mind... It'll have to be after everything is done. When we're done adventuring, and there is nothing left to do.

But I don't see that being 100 percent true. There will always be something to do, and maybe we can start an adventuring family.

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A/N: Below this line, I'll be keeping Cera's player information. That way, I won't have to place it into the story above anymore. It takes about 180 words up.

[Slayer (Zern) Lvl.228][Tier-3]

[Exp: 42/100%]

[Title: The Son of Arch-Angel Michael (Hidden)]

[Stats] [Strength - 7095][Endurance - 7045][Dexterity - 7215][Speed - 8240][Focus - 19,660]

[Mana aura control: 6/100%]

[Health: 76,560,000,000/76,560,000,000] [Mana: 216,600,000,000/216,600,000,000]

[Stat Points: 350] [Armor rating: 500]

[Inventory] [Dice of Wayland (Divine)] [Hardened Tree sap Armor (Very Rare)] [The Witness (Legendary Sword)] [Fenrir's Whistle (Divine)] [Camping gear] [Food Rations 3x] [Dried meat 3x] [Fishing poles 2x] [Fish 8x] [Festival Garbs 2x] [4x EXP Boosts]

[Passive Perks]

[Inheritor of the Sword] [Son of Heaven] [Slayer of Evil] [Holy Willow Trees Savior] [Finder of Legends] [The Divine who has Legend] [Destined for Greatness] [Dungeon Diver] [An Overachiever]

[Active Skills]

[Heavens light Lvl.74 325/7400] [Protected by Heaven Lvl.74 225/7400] [Slash Lvl.92 4600/21000] [Parry Lvl.68 85/6800] [Double Strike N/A] [Kingslayer N/A] [Raging Machine N/A] [Winged Glory] [Angelic Flight] [Divine Pressure Exertion] [Divinity Pulse] [Controlled Fun]