The way to start
In the midst of battle, Lee Ming watches as his teacher commands the army and leads them to victory. Lee's eyes glistened in admiration. But then a cult member sprung from the ground and stabs his teacher. Lee watched as his face got smeared with blood. Tears balled up in his eyes as he saw the one person who cared for him, perish in front of him.
The cult member stared at him, and took off her mask. She revealed herself, she had long silver hair, with black spots. Her ears were those of a leopard, and her eyes were bright yellow. She kneeled down to Lee and grabbed him by the jaw.
"I'm sorry." She said as she knocked him out.
She put her mask back on, and continued to massacre the soldiers behind them.
After the incident, Lee grew distant from everyone. He talked to no one, ate with no one, and looked at no one. The only thing he would do was sit, eat, and stare into the abyss. His eyes were lifeless. The once glowing gold eyes of him turned a dull rust. But then he was put into foster care, where he met his new family. At first, he was still distant from everyone and only focused on studying. But then he grew closer to them, and soon started opening up again.
15 years later, he is in the final stages of finishing his exam to become a full-fledged commander. Now 23, he has grown and strives to become as great of a commander as his teacher was.
As he looked in the mirror, his dark black hair reflected the light. His golden eyes were bright again, and his teeth were white as snow. He put on a black shirt, and black cargo pants. His sneakers too were black. As he walked down the hall, he saw many hybrids and people communicating. But then he saw it, two humans discriminating against a hybrid.
About 230 thousand years ago, humans started breeding with animals. Pretty fucked up, I know. Soon, through years of evolution. Hybrids started being born. They were a byproduct of humans and animals breeding. And in return, they were given the abilities of said animals. Is a human and a hybrid mate, if the hybrid has at least one dominant gene. The offspring will be a hybrid of the same species as their mother or father. But some view this evolution as blasphemy. And so they would discriminate against these hybrids. And soon there was so much hate for these hybrids, that an entire cult was formed to kill, capture, and enslave these hybrids.
As Lee walked up to them, one of them swung on the hybrid. She was mixed with a rabbit. Lee dashed and caught the punch before it could land. Rabbits are docile, gentle hybrids. All it takes is a few hits to severely injure one. But some are blessed with the ability of oroborn. Oroborn is a crystal that can be manipulated and used as weapons by the ones who are able to wield it. This rabbit was not one of them, unfortunately.
"The fuck are you doing, orphan!" The man asked in anger.
"Swinging on a rabbit is pretty risky. Y'know, you could kill one in just a few hits. And I don't think the board would like that. Especially by someone as smart as you." Lee told him.
"Like I give a shit! I come from a very influential family! They can take care of it."
"Tsk, I don't think so. As a student who is of higher rank than you. I can use all materials to provide evidence in any kind of case I am involved in. So if this does go to the judge. You're gonna be in a shitty situation. Look." Lee points to a corner. A black security camera had recorded everything that was going on.
"Tch, let go of me!" The man pulled his hand out of Lee's grasp and stormed off angrily.
"Fucking prick bruh. Hey, are you okay?" Lee asked the girl.
"Yeah, thank you." She said while blushing.
"Ok, good. If something like this ever happens again, contact the student council. They'll take care of it." He said as he slipped her a note which had the number for the student council. He checked the time, and then started running off.
"Shit! Why am I such a good person? I should've just let her get beat up. I'm gonna be late!" He sprinted down the hall to a metal door. He stopped and caught his breath for a bit, and then opened it. Inside were many other senior students who were taking their physical, and final exam.
This exam was supposed to rate and determine their athletic ability. If a commander can't protect himself, why should he have the power to command others to protect him. There would be 100 enemies that would periodically spawn around the room, and the examinee would have to destroy all of them. If they get 70 or more kills, then they pass. The students then were escorted to a room where they would choose a weapon.
The weapons were lined up in this order. Knife, dagger, sword, spear, halberd, great sword, bow, crossbow, hammer, mace, flail, rapier, and sickle.
There were 17 other participants, who all either picked swords, spears, crossbows, or hammers. But Lee picked the sickle.
As all the participants went, it was finally Lee's turn. And when he entered, he was bombarded by enemies. All of them had swords, and they started charging him. Lee sliced one's neck, stabbed another in the chest, and hooked one in the head. He blocked and parries another, and chopped the arm off of one. As he got to the end, the last ten enemies had great swords. He tried to block a downward swing, but the blades of his sickle broke. So he resorted to using his hands and feet instead. He chopped one in the arm, making it drop his weapon. And then Lee snapped his neck. Every kill, he would snap their neck. But for the final one, he went all out. He beat the living shit out of the last one, and choked it out.
As he walked out to see his score, he was at the top of the leaderboard. The scores were in this order, 100, 93, 91, 90, 87, 81, 80, 79, 76, 73, 72, 70, 68, 63, 59, 56, 54, 43.
Later that day, he would be escorted to his new room. In that room, he would have to share with someone else. The room would be shared by him and his assistant.
When he entered, sitting on a bed was his step-sister, Keller. Who was mixed with a hawk.
"Ain't no fucking way bro." He said while rolling his eyes.
"Wassup nerd." She said.
"The fuck you mean? You literally went to school for accounting and data analysis!" He rebutted.
"Still, you're a nerd because you know what to do in every situation."
"Ha, ok buddy." He sighed, "Who are we gonna recruit first?"
"I don't know, you're the leader."
"Oh shit!" Lee then had a life altering idea, "What if we got Diana, Finna, Mohammed, Jimmy, and Zyion?"
"That's a good idea! We already have good chemistry, so it wouldn't be hard to work with each other again." Keller said.
"Yeah yeah! Fuck, but how are we gonna stay together when we live in different parts of the continent?" Lee asked.
"I have my driver's license." Keller said.
"Oh yeah! Let's go tomorrow morning." Lee told her.
"Ok." Keller replied.
The next day, they packed their stuff and began driving across the lands.
The continent of Silvestr was broken up into 5 different biomes. In the north east, there is a barren desert with little vegetation. To the west is plains with scarce trees, and where the capital was established. Southwards it is a tundra with tall trees, and rolling hills. It regularly snows, and little to no animals are able to survive in it. To the east is a volcanic wasteland. Magma and basalt make up the majority of land in this section. And in the center is a giant mountain top. And at the peak are floating islands being held up with oroborn.
As they drove through an ocean of sand, they see what seemed to be a group of cult members. They huddled around a crucible, and on the crucible was a woman and her children. They were hybrids of lizards.
"Fuck, go there." Lee told Keller. She made a sharp right and they started heading their way. As they got close, the guards noticed and stopped them.
"What is your business out here?" They demanded an answer. Lee dug into his back pocket and pulled out a piece of oroborn. He threw it at the cultist and it shot right through him, but was suspended in mid air. Lee dashed past him, and the piece of oroborn flew into his hand. He tapped all of the cultists in the head, and then they were all entangled in a web of oroborn. And since the oroborn had already been used, they weren't able to manipulate it. As Keller kept watch, Lee called the Bureau of Hybrid Protection Agency (BHPA) to put the cultist into custody. And then, they went on their way to the fiery depths of Vermeil. The land of the sand, and a prosperous land for desert hybrids.