1 The End And Beginning
Apocalypse the English dictionary states that it means "an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale." or the ending of the world in short terms, yet why is it that for some the apocalypse is the end yet for others it is just the beginning? In short terms the answer is simple, the apocalypse is not a period of time rather it is a brief but immediate end to everything, because the apocalypse can be stopped before that moment of destruction happens. the leading up to the apocalypse however is always a bit messy to say the least.
The Earth was currently on its downward spiral into that moment, and yes things where indeed messy. Rifts started appearing one day monsters, demons, and all things from fantasy started pouring out like a never ending tide to wreak havoc on humanity. At first humanity fought back with their technology killing the smaller weaker monsters, but soon monsters that could stand the blow of a full frontal missile barrage to the chest started appearing and wreaking havoc pushing mankind back to small bastions of hope. mankind even started nuking the areas where rifts appeared killing all in its wake, all that is except the lords of beasts ,and monsters. the lords might as well have been taking a sauna in the nuclear blasts. After which they summoned more of their minions and kin and started slaughtering humankind once more, all until the Fated came to be, humans who had awakened to mana, who gained a system from the Earth itself.
The Fated where given skills, and talents to fend off the invasion to their world. The Fated came crashing down on the tide of monsters like a hurricane wielding swords, and magic. bows and beasts of their own. all kinds of powers, skills, and other things rained down upon the tide of beasts fighting them all the way back to the rifts where their lords where, and even with all their newfound power the Fated could only hold off the lords but not defeat them, because as the Fated had their system to help them grow so to did the lords have a way of growing through battle by devouring the fallen.
Thus the war stagnated and in a fashion a semblance of peace came back to the bastions of humanity. It has now been 20 years since that period and humanity has adapted making technological advances into fusion of magic and science, and almost every being awoke to becoming a Fated in those 20 years, those who did not awaken by the time they where 15 where deemed the Fateless, and deemed as wastes, unless they could get their hands on exceedingly pricey skill orbs, which would forcibly awaken them to their system.
This being where we meet our protagonist, Alex Boldwin who after 5 whole years of excruciating work at back end jobs just to barely make ends meet so he could save the rest of his money to save up for a skill orb, finally was able to purchase a skill orb albeit the lowest end skill orb, nicknamed scavenger orb due to the fact that it was like scavenging through trash hoping to find a gold watch when you knew that nothing but refuse was inside. Yet Alex did not moan nor complain even once during his thankless jobs, he didn't cry when his family died, he didn't frown when he had to quit school just to make ends meet and to survive, and he CERTAINLY would not yield now, no matter what he got from the skill orb, no matter what system he got, no matter what talent or powers he got, Alex would see it all through to the end, and he would not falter from any amount of hardships put in front of him, not now not ever.
And so it was time to draw his Fate.
