The Earth After Rebirth

[Do you think this is the truth?]

[It must be. I\'ve seen a lot of sages that weren\'t beast tamers, surely this potion gives you a secondary class. I cannot wait, I\'ve tried everything to unlock the second class to no avail.]

[Haha. We always thought he had connections to the game or that he was cheating. I\'ll definitely get that pod, fingers crossed I win. I never win anything.]

All of them were looking at the comments together. Unbelieving that the post had amassed over ten million views in just 24 hours. Even for the number 1 player in Asgard, they thought this was a little bit much.

"Look at this one, I guess everyone will try acting like a god from now on if they ever have the chance to get their hands on the potion."

Some of the comments weren\'t all that pretty. Which made it easier for them to weed out people who could potentially betray them. They knew that there was no 100% ironclad fullproof plan to guard against such people but they could try their best.

"So, when are we telling the other two guardians?" Felix was asking the real questions.

As much as they wanted to ignore the fact that Isaac and Ursa were a part of this, they couldn\'t do that for long. Chronos told Kiro not to judge Isaac too harshly, he was planning to do just that but only for the safety of their world, nothing more.

"Please don\'t remind us." Saanvi said looking absolutely disgusted. "Let us enjoy these comments for a little bit before worrying about those two dungheads."

Kiro chuckled, he liked Saanvi when she wasn\'t butting heads with him. She could be a bit of a handful, but since dating Hiro she\'d tone it down a bit. Just then, his thoughts were disturbed by his phone ringing.

"Philip?"

"What the hell did you do!"

"What do you mean?"

"Waynworth Enterprise website has crashed multiple times, we\'re getting more visitors and orders than our system can handle."

"How\'s that a problem? Philip, are you bored or something..."

"What\'s up your ass? I\'m just making conversation. We\'ve gotten a guy already to fix it up."

Kiro noticed his easily irritable self lately. He needed more time to digest the news, he needed it more than he liked to admit.

"Yeah sorry, we were supposed to be playing cricket this week but the storm made that impossible." He made his excuse. "And now we\'re babysitting our opponents."

"Sounds like a hassle. I\'ll send the invites shortly, remember you have to be here on Saturday. Even Loki and LJ will be coming."

"Is mum coming too?"

"Yes."

"What about my youngest siblings?"

"They\'ll be there too."

Kiro thought about it for a moment, he agreed to go if his whole family would be there. He was given a second chance, even though he just found out that, that second chance wasn\'t so he could have a life with his family but to destroy a persistent ancient one that wouldn\'t leave them alone until one of them were completely erased.

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"I\'ll make sure to include a plus 1 for you," he winked and whispered. "Oh and tell Hiro he\'s also expected to be there." He added quickly.

He nodded. He knew his friend would appreciate something like this, building things and making them work was his speciality. Philip said his goodbyes and dropped the call.

Kiro wasn\'t all there, he couldn\'t get over the fact that his ancestor betrayed them. It was also the only thing he almost left out, he didn\'t want anyone seeing him differently because of Helena.

But telling his friends was a really good decision, as they reassured him he was nothing like her.

He felt arms wrap around him once again, only this time they were under his shirt. Startled as he was, he managed to turn his head.

"Are you okay? You left us there for a second."

Kiro hadn\'t noticed his mind drifting, making him slip from the reality he knew and back to the past that Chronos had dragged him to.

Now that Isla made him aware of it, he didn\'t know if it was the effects of time travel or seeing what he\'d seen had awakened a trauma within himself.

"I\'m alright. I didn\'t go anywhere." He lied, trying to brush it off. "Hey Hiro, my family kinda expects you to attend the function for Waynworth Enterprise on Saturday." He quickly said, changing the subject.

He took out the arms that were still wrapped around his torso. They were making him feel things that he couldn\'t attend to with a room full of people.

He smiled at her, kissing both her hands, in a strange way trying to reassure her that he was okay, before letting go completely.

"Yeah, I know. Mum already told me about it."

He shrugged and chose a sit far away from Isla. She made him feel vulnerable and he wasn\'t a fan, he didn\'t need all the mush at the moment. No, he needed a brain, a logical, thinking brain.

"So what was it like? The previous world."

"I can safely say that, even though theirs was bigger, ours is better. Their buildings, streets and even the people, were very, primitive."

He left out the details about the world before and just delved deeper into the most important aspect. Now that everyone was a bit calm, they wanted to know their roots. He told them everything he\'d seen.

"Cars huh? I wish they\'d make better cars here though. How is it no one has incorporated our technology with old cars?"

"Yeah, the best we have is that they\'re powered by the minerals underneath. They should make flying cars, definitely."

"Don\'t forget that the war set humans back by at least a hundred years." Kiro hushed them, he wished they\'d talk about anything else.

They spent their next days in-game trying to level up. Of course this was a very challenging thing, as all of them except Aeron were above level hundred.