A powerful mage before, A ring now!?

In a World Of Aeqelar, there was a rumor that someone had lived almost a thousand years. Most people just thought of it as a myth; all of this because they have never seen me before.

I do exist but I rarely go out to the town, and I never had a friend before. That's why I was able to conceal my identity when I'm going somewhere in the world of Aeqelar.

My name is Arvon. I am one thousand and twenty-two years old, and I could quite accurately describe myself as Immortal. The reason why I live this long is that I'm a talented mage that created the Elixir of Immortality.

Still creating the Elixir of Immortality wasn't the thing that I wished for. I became a mage and created that elixir because my life wouldn't last that long without it.

Without the elixir, I wouldn't fulfill my lifelong obsession since I was eleven years old. That was to go into a different world and experience a new life in that other world.

Since then, I was continually gaining knowledge about it but soon I realized that my age would stop me from doing that. So the Elixir of Immortality exists for that reason but creating it wasn't that easy for me.

I had to leave my family as I traveled the World Of Aeqelar to find the ingredient to make the elixir. Fight some dangerous creatures like the Ember Phoenix, Earthen Golem and more to obtain the material needed to create one.

After completing the Elixir of Immortality, I could resume my original work without a need to worry about my age at all. The only disadvantages to becoming one was to see your family die and to be left alone in this world.

Yet I don't care about that. I focused on my research to create a spell that could make me explore a different world.

After endless thousand of years of searching through some dusty old tomes and weathered parchments, I had finally discovered proof that different worlds do exist and how to get there.

There was indeed a catch. I might never be able to return to this world once and for all. It is dangerous but that is probably because it was. I have gone this far and it's too late for me to quit right now.

Ever since I left home, I have already abandoned everything in this world: my family, friends, and everyday life. There's no choice but to keep moving forward.

I prepare all the things needed for me for this spell that could bring me to another world. I can't help but feel quite excited about this whole thing right now.

Is this because I had lived this long and didn't even care about this stuff anymore. I might be entirely out of my mind at this moment.

I should at least feel a little bit scared about doing this spell. But instead, I could feel that my body got this constant tingling sensation. Is this because I've been close to fulfilling my dream ever since I was a little boy. 

All of the last thing that I've been through seems distant to me right now. All I could really think about was how I would live in a different world and would it be the same as this current world. I will know when I did the spell.

I just need to drop a single blood drop to the magic circle, and if I do this correctly. The portal should open up any moment and I would finally discover another world.

The portal then appeared like it was supposed to do. I felt thrilled seeing that and immediately ran towards the portal. I didn't expect it to explode and blow me away the moment I went through the portal.

For a few hours, I remained unconscious until I noticed that I could not see the surroundings at all. It was all pitch black and I couldn't move my body at all.

I began to ponder my thoughts about what had happened after that explosion. Does the stone wall collapse and the explosion might destroy my body?

If that happens to me right now,  I know that I would be stuck here as no one would find me as I live far away from society. I couldn't die either as I was immortal but I feel something strange about myself.

I still don't know why…

I have been here for quite an extended period. I don't know how long I could not count the day accurately, it was all pitched black here.

As I thought that I would probably spend more time in the darkness. There came a light all of sudden, I finally could see again and I realized that the rock ceilings didn't collapse yet when I looked up.

It also seems a little bit different from what I remember at least, maybe it's just been a few years and this whole place must have changed a lot since then.

I then looked around to see what else had changed. I was quite surprised to see myself in a place full of gold and some jewelry. I also see that the wall on my left and right was exceptionally closed to me. What happened after that explosion?

When I thought it wouldn't get weirder, I suddenly saw a giant hand grab one of the jewelry near me. I was so shocked at that time. I also heard someone talking within my range. I tried to shout for help, knowing that there were people near me.

For some weird reason, I could not produce any sound at all. I tried my best to speak but still, the words couldn't come out of my mouth. I feel like my mouth has been completely sealed off.

"I already told you that if we would find treasure in this dungeon, we would be wealthy by selling all of the items in the chest."

"We could keep the gold and jewelry for ourselves but don't you think that the other is useless?"

"I wouldn't assume that if I was you, most of this useless item were relics from the past and might still have some price for it… We just need to see a merchant; they would surely know the price."

I could certainly tell that there were two-man near me talking about selling some items. Hearing from their conversation, I knew that I was here for a long time and my home became a dungeon after all of that time.

I also realized that I was in a place with gold and jewelry, which could only mean that I was in the treasure chest.

Still, I was confused about why I'm in a treasure chest right now. Does that explosion cause my body to shrink, but it doesn't explain where the treasure chest was coming from. There's much that I don't know right at this moment.

"Put the jewelry back cause we should get going, I heard there is some monster that will appear in this place when it's nighttime."

"I do hear that rumor as well, let's get going then."

A giant hand appears as it seems to be putting the jewelry back. The man then closed back the treasure chest and because of that, I was back in the dark once again.

A few minutes later, I could feel that the treasure chest was being lifted. It was quite bumpy inside, but I didn't pay that much attention at all. I was currently thinking about how they didn't notice me at all.

If my body did shrink, they would have noticed me in an instant. But they don't even see me at all. Were both of them to focus on the gold and jewelry that they did not even see me? I just hope that they will surely notice me after this.

It was quite a bumpy ride as I could feel that some of the stuff was overlapping me, I thought I would suffocate to death, but I realized that I couldn't die. I am Immortal and that's why I can live that long.

In all those years, even though I failed into going to a different world. I don't think that I want to quit yet, I know that I will definitely make it and fulfill my dream the next time.

I am not sure that if an hour or so has passed, I feel like these guys take forever to get into the town. It's not like the town was far from my place but maybe it has changed because it's been quite long.

Even my home has turned into a dungeon so I guess it might have been that…