The Place Where Everything Begins

Regarding the perpetrator, upon seeing the man in uniform hadn't moved a finger after the explosion occurred and still lay in the prone position on his stomach like a corpse, Jeremy started walking towards the wounded man slowly.

*Flip-flop*

*Flip-flop*

A short moment later, Jeremy, with the spear in his hand, finally arrived before the man...

"I know you are still conscious. Don't pretend to be dead; it's not going to help you out of my grasp anyway."

Jeremy spoke up in universal language after seeing the man still pretending to be dead. Meanwhile, he thought to himself while shaking his head slightly,

'Does he really think he can deceive me with such a lame method?'

Still....

"..."

The wounded man's body slightly twitched as if in a constant surprise after receiving a sudden conversation from the hateful spear user. After all, the man had just spoken in universal language, which should be impossible if he had just been teleported here like other Earthlings.

Upon seeing so, Jeremy furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance and plunged the spear 'lightly' at the man's left leg...

*Puchi*

The spear blade went in smoothly into the man's leg, then Jeremy pulled the spear out lightly...

*Plush*

"Aarghhh!!"

Following the 'puchi' and 'plush' sounds were the man's loud scream in agony from the constant painful sensation on his left leg.

*Cough*

*Cough*

Then the wounded man promptly coughed up blood unstoppably as if something big was clogging his throat.

By the looks, right now, the man seemed to be choking hard instead of coughing.

The man continued coughing fresh blood for quite some time before he finally calmed down.

"Now, can we talk?"

Jeremy spoke up again after seeing the man had finally settled down.

Afterward, the man finally flipped his body from the prone position to lie on his back instead.

*Huff* *Haa*

*Huff* *Haa*

The man breathed in and out incessantly from his mouth and nose as some blood still trickled out from the man's orifices occasionally. His eyes were also red like some blood veins had imploded from within...

'My eyes are blurry; my ears are ringing; my left leg and right arm almost cannot move... It hurts so bad...' The man thought as he inspected his body and senses in agony.

After some time, the man finally spoke while staring hatefully at the blurry figure of the standing-leisurely Jeremy,

"Who are you? What do you want from me?"

The wounded man's voice was hoarse...

Upon hearing the man's question, Jeremy smiled slightly and said teasingly in return,

"Isn't it a common practice everywhere to introduce yourself first before asking another person for their name?"

"You..." 

When the man had heard's Jeremy's words, he wanted to curse but had no strength to do so, and he also realized what situation he was currently in, so he decided to do as the hateful man's wish for now,

"My name is Xildas... Xildas Lichtenberg."

'Well, never heard of his name or surname before... just an insignificant figure...'

Jeremy thought a matter of fact inwardly as each human kingdom had more than 'ten billion' people living, and there were more than ten human kingdoms on Ortus at this moment.

Thus, at least a hundred billion humans were alive and kicking on Ortus currently...

Furthermore, Jeremy wasn't capable enough to remember every human's surname in the first place, and most of his memory was still sealed within his soul currently. So, not knowing about the man before him was not something strange.

Upon thinking to himself momentarily, Jeremy 'interrogated' the man further,

"What is your rank, class, affinity, and talent? Wait... Just show me your Status Window; that's easier."

"Why... why do you want to see it?"

The wounded man asked with a pale face as the Status Window was not something to be flaunted so openly for another person to see.

"Do you have any choice?"

Jeremy replied with a mocking smile while raising the spear in his right hand slightly.

"..."

When the wounded man, supposed to be Xildas, saw such a gesture, he turned even paler, so he kept quiet for some seconds to think about what to do before finally opening his mouth to change the topic,

"Tell... Tell me first, where do you learn the way to cast spells from? Are... Are you a spy from another race in disguise?"

"..."

Upon hearing the man's question, Jeremy, who was now annoyed with the man's pretentious behavior, prepared to plunge the spear blade into his other leg.

"!!"

When the man saw such a sight, he hurriedly spoke up stutteringly to pacify Jeremy,

"Wait! Wait... Okay... I will show you now..."

Afterward, with a somewhat hesitating expression on his face, he promptly closed his eyes and projected his Status Window for Jeremy to see...

...

Name: Xildas Lichtenberg

Race: Human (Le'Dilac - Low-Rank Organism)

Class: True Mage (Class 1 - Intermediate)

Title: Student of Rekonia Academy (Rank 2 - Active), Insecure Fellow (Rank 0 - Inactive)

Affinity:

- Earth (Common): 36.1%

- Darkness (Uncommon): 38.7%

Talent: None

Trait: Honest, Diligent

Skill:

- Fast Chant (High Basic - Passive Skill)

Achievement: None

Mission:

- Tutorial Mission: Supervise

...

Upon seeing the projected window in front of him, Jeremy looked at it observingly and thought to himself,

'Let's see; his name is Xildas just like he has told me, his species is Le'Dilac. Oh... He is indeed a class-1 true mage, as I've guessed, and he was an intermediate rank at that. Then why is he so weak? Or... is my mana really that overpowered? It looks like I have to adjust my common senses about my brand new purest mana for a bit...'

'His titles are so-so... He has Darkness elemental affinity just like me, and the affinity is also around the same level... Hmm...? Wait!'

While skimming through the information roughly, Jeremy's eyes suddenly brightened up as if a heavenly door of enlightenment had just opened up for him to enter.

Surprisingly, it was the heavenly door that would give him an ample opportunity to conquer and overturn the ruling races on Ortus...