Plundering in the Apocalypse

It was night but the sky was bright. The color of the sky started changing to red. Blue portals appeared over the land. They brought a huge influx of mana. The influx of such pure energy started changing the earth.

The tectonic plates shifted as the land mass grew larger. The actual size of the planet increased.

There was also a rapid increase in the appearance of dungeons all over the world. The normal plants had mutations and grew as herbs. While many old animals started gaining wisdom. New mountains were formed. The landscape was now different.

The influx of mana had a huge effect on people and this phenomenon was named 'The World awakening'. This time 40% of the world's population gained abilities.

The abilities varied in many types. Some were useless and some were extremely powerful.

But even with this increased power and a huge number of awakened people humanity was still weak against the species or races who came from the portal.

Even the people who awakened after the cataclysm were weak. The highest level in humans at this time was level 63.

As for the other races, their average was far above 100. This showed the difference in strength between them.

If they wanted they could easily suppress humans with their strength and take over this planet. But things were not so easy. It would have been possible if they were of the same species. But even among the aliens, they had their difference.

So were their intentions, some wanted to join hands with humans while some were hostile. There were also who decided to be neutral.

The alien species that came to earth were very fantasy-like. They were only fiction to humanity but their appearance proved them wrong. There were Elves, Dwarves, Dragon-kin, Mer-folks, Beast-folks, Lizard men, and Orcs.

There were a few other subspecies that came along with them.

All these races started building their territory near the portal they came from.

For now, humanity was too weak to contend against these races. The government of a small country in the south did try to suppress other species and it was an utter failure.

The other species did send their ambassadors to make relations with human government. Although they knew humanity was too weak right now that won't be the case in the future.

If they wanted to fend off the threats and their true enemies they needed even the smallest help.

Yes, all the races had one enemy in common that they wanted to defend against. They were Demons.

***

As the world changed the territories changed too. The countries started creating new borders.

The country that Aston city was located in was named Hazel-rock.

Few other races started interacting with humans despite their differences in strength. Elves and Beast-folks were loved and adored by many humans. As the Mer-folks decided to maintain a neutral relationship with humans, they decide to keep their distance.

Dwarves wanted to have a trade-only relationship with humans.

Some Elven tribes settled down at the new great forest that appeared in the Hazel-rock country. As the environment was perfect for them to live in.

Fortunately, the president of Hazel-rock country wanted to make good relations with other tribes. As they were too weak now. Having an ally is better than having another strong enemy.

Many new policies and rules were going to be established. Other countries were also having several changes in them.

Slowly but surely the world was changing. The good thing was that humans were yet to be attacked by other species. Fortunately, there were no tensions yet.

But the country that dared to suppress other species ignited a spark that will create tensions.

(A.N.:- an overview of all the species would be given later on. As the story progresses.)

***

On the night of World Awakening.

While the world was facing such changes. Shin was making out with Alice.

*Pant*

*Pant*

"Shin, *Pant* the other races are here right?" Alice asked while catching her breath.

"Yeah," Shin replied while playing with her hair.

"So what are we going to do? Are we going to meet them?" Alice was curious about their future actions.

"Not yet we better focus on the guild now. We need to benefit from every opportunity we can get. Also, things won't be simple later." Shin answered with a thoughtful look.

"What do you mean?" Alice asked.

"Soon, some of the other races will start making relations with humans," Shin said.

"Isn't that good though?" Alice asked.

"Yeah, it is. But that's only for appearances. Truth be told all the other races look down on humans. Humans are very weak as of now. But other species are not sure whether to take action against them. Also, they are currently at war with Demons. But that's not it. There must be some other reason too. Or having a neutral relationship with humans would have been better. I'm pretty sure it must be related to humans of another world." Shin started pondering over some possibilities.

He felt a soft hand against his cheek.

"Don't think too much, we can get the details when we come across someone from another race." Alice's words comforted Shin.

"Yeah, there's no point overthinking it." Shin smiled as he kissed her.

***

"By the way, how are we going to communicate with them? What language do they use?" Alice raised this question as she didn't want to learn another language from scratch now.

"Don't worry, all the awakeneds can communicate in any language."

"Seriously? That's so awesome." Alice exclaimed with a cheerful smile.

"Yeah, well back to your original question. We are going to focus on the guild. So we will be recruiting some members and getting a base." Shin explained his plan patiently.

"Where would our base be? Do you have someplace in mind?" Alice questioned.

"Yeah, we are going to purchase land in the commercial sector. It's very close to the southern sector and the city center. It's a great place." Shin showed the location he has in mind to Alice.

Alice frowned upon seeing the location.

"There are already buildings in this place owned by a company. So how are we going to purchase it?" Alice's concern was right on the mark. They don't have enough money to buy those buildings. Even if they did the buildings were not suitable to be used as a guild. Although the location was great.

"Don't worry, those buildings are haunted. Many people died inside those buildings. Other companies did purchase it but their business went on a decline. The people who worked there either died or caught terminal illnesses. So no one wants to purchase it even though it's a good location."

"So we can purchase it with our capital," Shin explained calmly.

"Why do you want to purchase a place that is haunted?" (Alice)

"Because it's cheap," Shin replied instantly. Alice sighed.

"Also you can absorb all the souls. So that's no problem." Shin's answer made Alice ponder over that. 'Well, that can be done. So it's fine I guess.' So she agreed.

Shin sent an email to the company that the buildings belonged to. Enough though it was the night he still got a positive reply instantly.

'Maybe they wanted to get rid of it too.' Shin tried offering a very low price of 1 million Unicoins each. Surprisingly the company agreed to it.

'What? The market price for a building at such a place would be no less than 100 million and we got 2 buildings for 1 million each. What a bargain. Hehe.' Shin was very satisfied with the result.

Soon Shin transferred the amount and got papers of ownership for those buildings online. Now he was the owner of those buildings.

"So are we going to use those buildings?" Alice asked.

"No, I want to make out guild from scratch. Those buildings are not suitable." Shin replied. His words were right indeed. Those buildings can't be used as guild bases. For proper guild operations, they are to be designed perfectly.

"But the cost of destroying those buildings would be high," Alice uttered.

"Oh don't worry about that. Tonight those buildings would be destroyed with many nearby buildings. Some monsters will enter through the portal and escape there causing havoc." Alice's eyes widened in shock at Shin's words.

"Then what are we doing here? Shouldn't we be there?" Alice urged, she couldn't understand what Shin was thinking.

"This time we can't interfere. This is the time for the other races to shine. The Elves and beast-folks are going to take action. This event will help them make good relations with people from our country." Seeing Alice's anxious look Shin patted her head.

"Don't worry they are a lot stronger than us currently. They can take care of it easily. So stop worrying about that." Seeing that Alice was still fretting about that Shin pushed her down and started kissing her.

'I should fasten my preparations. It would be a lot better to make connections with other races fast. We will need their help.' Shin stopped thinking and focused all his attention on Alice.