Someone shoved Alex in the back and he sprawled on the ground weakly.Tears fought to come out of his eyes as he stared at his dinner that had been wasted all over the floor.He had not eaten anything since the previous day, and this was his last hope of getting something to eat. What the orphanage served as dinner wasn't worthy to be called food but to Alex, it was something to put in his belly. Anything would serve.But now, these bullies had wasted his food. He clenched his fists on the floor where he lay weakly and the tears began to flow freely."Now now what do we have here?" Flash, the leader of the boys who bullied Alex at the orphanage walked around him, stepped over his food and squatted before him, looking into his teary eyes. "Poor Alex tripped again, oh how so clumsy of you."Alex gritted his teeth but did not respond. He was weak. Responding to bullies never ended well for him. However, whether he responded or not, it would still not end well for him.Flash looked down a

The matron and other staff of the orphanage had taken them directly to the runestones section and stationed themselves at all the exits so that none of the boys would be able to run away while they shopped for runestones.Alex made a mental note to avoid Flash and his gang, so he started by checking some smaller stores since he knew that Flash and his gang would immediately go for the flashy stores. They had more money than him so they could afford more.It was Alex's first time seeing so many people of his age gathered at a spot. He stopped at a store and looked at the displayed runestones. They were encased in tough glass cases so no one would steal them. There were runestones of different colours. Those colours represented the various magic abilities contained within the runestones.The most common runestones were the runestones of primary colours: red, yellow, and blue. They were also the cheapest. Less commonly found were the runestones of secondary colours; Orange, green, and pu

The priests and paladins reacted instantly and professionally to the explosions.Most of them tried to huddle all the children together like sheep and encircled them to protect them. The rest jumped to assist the Royal guards in protecting the king.The sudden fear and panic that came with the sudden attack had caused many of the children to subconsciously retract their abilities — including Alex. In fact, they did not even feel like people who had just recently awakened, they felt weak and helpless. A few moments ago, a large blood-red dome had appeared in the sky. The presence of that dome prevented anyone from teleporting in or out of the town square."A magic barrier dome? Shit, they mean business." Alex overheard one of the paladins mutter to himself in panic.People had been running helter-skelter since the explosions and now with the appearance of the dome, there was nowhere to run to. There was no way to even tell where the enemy was coming from because no hostile figure had

"Who the hell builds a guild HQ in the middle of nowhere?" Alex gritted his teeth as he waded through the thick Vegetation of the village forest where everyone told him that the Blakk Guild had built their HQ. "This is mental..."It was nighttime, and Alex was barely managing to move through the bushes without tripping or running into something that would end his life. If he had known that the guild building was so far away, then he would've slept in the village before embarking on the journey the next day, but he hadn't known so here he was, stumbling through the darkness in search of a building that he did not even know what it looked like.Now that he had awakened, Alex had no reason to ever return to the orphanage, not even to sleep for one second. He never wanted to see that building or the people inside it ever again. He remembered seeing Flash after the Awakening. His abilities were not active so his hair was its natural colour, but from the haughty smile on his face and the

"Huh?" Alex retorted and spun around to see a scrawny young guy smiling suspiciously at him."I meant the view. It's hard, right?" The guy asked again and nudged his chin in the direction of the view before them where the beautiful forest and the beautiful lady all stood.Alex narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "I'm not sure I know what you're talking about...""Ahhh, you're so funny," the guy said and hooked his arm around Alex's neck like an old-time friend. "I'm Rex. What's your name?""Alex.""Alex, I have a feeling we'll get along quite well, so what's your affinity?"Before Alex could reply, Ken interrupted them. "Rex, leave the kid alone. He's still a minor, I don't want you feeding his mind with your nonsense.""Aww..." Rex laughed and ran off, "See you later, Alex."Alex and Ken watched Rex run off in silence. "I like him." Alex chipped."Meh, he's okay." Ken shrugged then turned to Alex, "How do you feel this morning?""I feel great, honestly." Alex shrugged in response, "Th