5 Archives

Jasmine bowed to Old Seven and turned back to face Aria.

"Follow me." She uttered in a cold manner.

Aria quietly followed her, they entered inside one of the structures on the bottom of the huge trunk extending towards the sky.

She too placed her hand on the transparent panel and the door in front of him disappeared into the ground. She entered and Aria followed.

Everything for him seemed to be unique. But due to the chaotic memories, his mind was under a hazy fog.

Aria could vaguely recall that this was 'technology' developed by humans and he seemed to be a human too.

{Welcome Cadet Jasmine. Where to?}

The same voice asked a question again.

"To the mainframe. Marshal has asked to register a new Cadet." She answered the question.

Aria moved his head in search of the person who spoke earlier but to no avail. Jasmine seemed to guess his intention and cleared his doubts.

"Don't be surprised, his name is Little Ki, he controls the entire Seven Sectors."

"Seven Sectors?" Aria muttered as they rapidly ascended towards the sky along with their entire room which was like a small cubicle.

Suddenly his attention landed on the number '0.1' at the top right corner that had just increased to '0.9'.

'Will I get to know everything once it reaches completion?' He thought as he observed the place.

He found six other such huge structures at certain distances forming the vertices. These huge wooden pillars were located at the edge, just like the current one. He could see the Darkness behind those wooden pillars. Then his gaze landed at the center. There he found a giant mountain that pierced the unknown skies seemingly without any end. The mountain was surrounded by silver rings located at certain intervals.

Locating his gaze, Jasmine found him staring at the mountain.

She cleared her throat and spoke proudly.

"That is the central hub of the Academy, a place where people from various corners of the Continent and planet gather and fight against the foreign races." Her answer created more doubts in Aria's mind.

Trying hard to find something within his chaotic memories, he discovered that the entire planet was dominated by Humans. There was no mention of foreign races.

Looking at his puzzled expression, she continued.

"Don't worry I will clear your doubts, but first let's get you registered, or else you might get accidentally killed by the Sector's defense system."

The room he was in, ascended rapidly, and then it stopped at a certain location as the door slid open again.

Aria once again found himself in a huge hall, the floor felt metallic and there was a giant sphere of light in front of him.

{Welcome Cadet Jasmine.}

"Hello Little Ki, I came here to register my Marshal's new student and Cadet, Aria," Jasmine explained.

A small projection of a cute little boy wearing a cap, shirt, pants, and soft shoes which made squishing noises appeared in front of them.

{Hmm. Marshal Seven did mention it. Alright.}

Jasmine gestured to Aria to move forward. Aria followed her gaze and located another transparent panel.

{Place your hand here.}

Little Ki spoke.

Aria followed his suggestion and placed his right hand on the panel. A ray of light scanned his hand.

Then he was asked to place a drop of blood on the panel, at first Aria hesitated. It seemed he had still not adjusted to his new body, then he remembered that his previous body was destroyed. Sighing, he placed a drop of blood on the panel.

{Registration complete. Your uniform is being created and will be delivered to your room.}

Little Ki replied.

"Thanks, Little Ki. Well then, see you." Saying so Jasmine turned and Aria followed him outside.

They once again boarded the same cubicle.

"To the archives," Replied Jasmine when asked for the location.

The cubicle descended rapidly and Aria lost his balance, as his face turned red in embarrassment.

Soon the cubicle stopped descending, the doors slid open once again.

"This is the archive of the Marshal. It contains countless records from ages old. You can clear your doubts here. Come with me." Jasmine guided Aria.

She stopped before a section and took out a heavy book bound in leather covers made of animal skin.

Along with a short thud, she dropped the book on the nearby table and continued to pick out other such books.

"There, these are all the books that describe the history of the world and these here describe the history of the Academy." She said pointing at different books.

Aria gazed at them as he scratched his head.

"Go through them first, you can note down your doubts and then ask me afterward." She continued.

Aria nodded as he took the seat in front of the table.

The first book that caught his gaze was the 'History of the World.'

He opened the book and his face was blasted with an intense aroma indicating the vestiges of time left on the book.

He was not able to identify the language used but somehow he was able to understand them.

After a long while, he finished the book.

'I see.'

He summarized the contents of the book in his mind.

This planet was Earth by Humans. It was one of the few planets which housed living beings. But compared to other planets the environment of this planet was more suitable and peaceful. Thus in the beginning when the beings from other planets became aware of their environment, they decided to control it and enslave the race here. It was around a million years ago when the human race had just begun to thrive.

During that age, there were three formidable and powerful beings who were the very first Progenitors of the Human race. The origin of the Human race and its Progenitors was another mystery that could not be discovered to date. Each of these three beings was immensely powerful and could control various aspects of powers. When these external beings attacked, the Progenitors used their powers to repel the first wave. This battle was known as the 'Battle of Gods' by mortals.