A carriage approached a dried up well , just beside the stone construct a young man lay with his hand covering his face. He had ginger-red hair with azure green eyes that flickered as the one of the glass panes reflected the pale gold moonlight.
It was a wide carriage , one fit for a high-ranking nobleman—or so he though since most of the knowledge of the time before the Collapse was unknown even to someone of his stature. But still , being one of the most wealthy socialites of their generation he could somewhat align this majestic vehicle, clad in absolute silver and adorned with the crest symbolizing a clan perhaps?
That much was a mystery to Litei , the age of clans was replaced by the Aristocratic System since the merge of the continents formerly known as Asia and Europe into Feylith Continent.
Emerging out of the extravagant box like vehicle was a tall man , well he couldn't be called tall at least he was above the average height of men his age , then again if he was an awakened traveller like him then it was possible that he was still growing , yes….growing. Being one of the Travellers meant that one's spiritual as well as physical body was unbound by the normal human standards of the age of Techa of course in Litei's case who was here metaphysically, those laws didn't apply to him who traversed his first trials through dream.
Nobleman—that was what he decided to call him walked slowly towards Litei moving in circles a few times—which brought on to why he was still lying on the ground , after his narrow escape via system Litei tried to leave the vicinity of his extreme bad luck however he came to a quick stop when he noticed the sand taking thin lines and worm around like well a worm. So seeing Nobleman walk in a repetitive pattern Litei carefully observed them if ever he had to run he needed to be prepared , luck was not on his side and at least this way he would be fully prepared.
A few meters away , Nobleman jumped instinctively only to be followed by a long brown worm-like creature. So far he was correct as to what made the sand twisted and turn under his gaze he muttered something:
"Think carefully about what you're going to do Litei , there's no need to aid them. Heck in my condition I doubt that I can even land a small cut on that thing."
It was indeed true , though Litei was still feeling the symptoms brought on by pressure from a few hours prior to this time thanks to his soul essence collection , he was almost about to reach a breakthrough, almost until the quota for upgrading his soul core reached 209% then he was still far and it would take him a week to even gain 10% much less 28.
Meaning that on this one Nobleman was on their own. Not that they couldn't take care of themselves. You see whilst Litei was contemplating the decision to aid him ,the figure dressed in an extravagant attire evaded the worm-ish creature's lunge making it retreat ready to launch another strike but before it could a shiing sound echoed into Litei's ears , coming from the drawn blade in Nobleman's hands.
Increasing their velocity through descent, Nobleman shifted their grip on the silver longsword pressing it downward and piercing the worm creature with ease.
It was then that Litei finally took notice of the waves of energy wrapped around them (Nobleman). Taking out the blade a surge of emerald blood gushed onto the fancy clothing immediately changing it's color from silver to green. Still that only made the garments look even better , making a mental note to get something like that made for him he stood up and followed the repetitive pattern in the direction of noble traveller.
"You there! , need a ride!?." , it was a gentle but nonetheless resembling that of a kind-hearted noble.
As he approached the man he thought of a reply that wouldn't be offensive to a person of his rank :
"I do , thanks." It was the best he could come up with at the moment seeing that the person he was talking to was being casual with him so why not?
"Great! , my name is Riuki and you are?" , he extended his hand towards Litei to assert a new found companionship.
"Litei Frost , pleasure to meet you." , in jest his lips curled up into a smile and he broke into laughter. Was this etiquette of a socialite?, heck yes that was the point , most socialites were snobs who only cared about money but only he cared about life itself and it was mandatory for them to be having fun all the time such was in the guidebook published by the princess.
It had been a while since he smiled much longer since he had laughed from the heart. And for a moment he remembered how fun life was in the collapsed realm, dangerous but fun nonetheless.
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Author's Note❄️~
Man I'm bored 🥱. Yes it's your fault , but I managed to update thanks to the collections.
Need some motivation folks.
As for some questions you might have:
Yes , Riuki is one of the main leads of the story.
The mc is looking for something to do so basically he's a bored person at the beginning but in the future he'll gain some priorities.
PS : Next update Tuesday at 7pm
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Check out history of the world , I put some important stuff in there and an announcement for tomorrow