Star Corp, Askela City, the Kingdom of Clecla
on the fifteenth floor, a young man of around 21 years old doing some kind of experiment in a lab, the liquid inside the flash before him suddenly changed its colour to deep purple and exploded in a second. "F**k. failed again". the surroundings around him became a mess while a golden colour shield appeared on its own around him preventing it to cause any kind of damage to his body,
alarms began to ring continuously until a middle-aged man in a white coat entered the room "*Cough* Cough* Ollie, you made a mess again?".
He took out his safety goggles bitterly smiled "I'm almost close to success this time. I'm just missing something" The middle-aged man sighed while shaking his head "its already 15th time you said that. and still, you blew this place up more than a dozen times. Director is already mad with you. why don't just forget about it? why do you have an obsession with that experiment? I told you many times you don't have the talent in this field.
Not to mention, it is impossible to create a chemical which can help in absorbing ether in unlimited amount. even Magic weapons have their limits. once it passes the threshold, they broke. you can see from your past ex[periments, once the limit exceeds, they will explode. all you can increase the limit. It's just like your stomach. unless there's a black hole in your stomach, you can only eat until it fills. why don't you understand that simple fact?
"This! Uncle, why don't you give me one last chance. I will sure to succeed next time". "No, even if I agree, the director won't agree for it anymore. Get out of here Ollie. You aren't meant to be here. rather than keep trying the one you have interest in, just try something that you are good at for once."
The young man dejectedly went out, picked up his violin from his locker and walked out of the building amidst of pitiful and mocking gazes towards him. He went to grassland hill and sat on the edge while looking at the river Fruye. He mumbled "Impossible huh! then how do you explain this?"
He raised his hand and the air in his surroundings started to become denser and slowly started to gather in his palm in compressed form. after doing like that for an hour, he sighed and threw the air compressed ball up. it dispersed and the atmosphere became calm as if nothing happened.
"Then, how come I can absorb ether particles for eternity as I wish if it's impossible. I heard that there are even people like me. then if humans can do it, why we can't create something that can help us absorb it as we wish?"
He sighed once again "but then again, he's not my real uncle after all. why would he believe my words? It's been five years since I woke up. I wonder how my real family doing. do they miss me? do I even have a family before? or am I just an orphan?. I wish I remember something other than my name. even a family name would have been helpful."
He picked up his violin and started to play his favourite song. Then, a golden shield slowly formed around him. He whispered "I don't know what it is but thank you." since he is inside the golden shield he can't see anything weird about it but if anyone saw him, they would be astonished as from the outside it the shield looks like a woman hugging him and patting his back.
in the evening, while having dinner silently, his uncle spoke "*Cough* um Ollie, I guess I was too harsh on you back at the lab. I'm sorry about that. you see the Director keep pressing us for our next project. So, I guess I voiced out my frustrations on you. I will ask the Director to give you one more chance."
"It's okay. I'm not unhappy because of that. I'm just thinking about something else. I won't come to the lab from tomorrow. just as you said, I'll try to find out something that I'm good at."
before his uncle even replied, "I'm done. I'll go to my room". "he seems to be in a bad mood. I guess I'll talk to him tomorrow".
In his room, Ollie can't sleep that night. he kept on remembering one simple sentence "It's just like your stomach. unless there's a black hole in your stomach, you can only eat until it fills". he mumbled in sleep "blackhole huh".
for a week, he kept on rejecting his uncle to go to the lab saying that he has something to do. after another couple of weeks, when his uncle came back home, he found the living room dusty. "hmm, did Ollie went somewhere?" then, he went upstairs and after opening his room, he switched on the light and was astonished as well as shocked to see Ollie sleeping on the floor. he found several cup noodles beside him. the room is very smelly. it's not the thing he was astonished about. its the one he saw on the whiteboard.
there are several chemical equations and some of which even he failed to identify. just then, Ollie stretched his body while waking up "Oh! uncle. I guess your project completed?."
"Ollie! Explain what the hell is going on. don't tell me for two weeks you cooped up in your room and ate this junk?" Ollie stretched his body while yawing once again replied "Oh C'mon Uncle. don't nag again. I'm finished with my research. I'm going to shower. I will explain everything later."
while Ollie having a shower, his uncle carefully studied the equations on the whiteboard. "how is this equation even possible? did this kid suddenly become retarded while I was away? but what if it works? then, it's Genius."
they both went out for breakfast. while eating together, his uncle asked about it and Ollie replied with a smile "I did it." "what you did it?". "The experiment, in theory, I created the chemical which can help with absorbing ether for eternity."
His uncle was shocked that his spoon has fallen onto the ground "don't be ridiculous." "If you don't believe me, let's go to the lab and see it for yourself."
after both of them walk together to the lab, on the way other researchers began to murmur "why does this troublemaker return?".
both went to the lab. for safety, everyone was evacuated and they equipped ourselves with protective suits.
Ollie started to mix one chemical after another. after three hours, it became greenish-purple liquid. He smiled while showing it to his uncle "I did it." his uncle who saw the process carefully from the start astonished. his voice started shaking "is it real?."
Then, believing in his nephew and his judgement, he made a call to the director. after a couple of hours testing, the director patted Ollie's back while laughing heavily "hahaha, Young man, I knew you had it in you." then he looked at his uncle and praised me "your nephew is a genius. with this, we can become number one."
Ollie and his uncle celebrated that evening. for the next few days, they stayed at home and waited for the news but even after a week, there's no news came up. his uncle called the director and when asked him about it. He replied he was in a meeting and will talk later.
Elsewhere at Edros, at Crestflayer mansion
"anything important? I can wait". The director sat before an old man who seemed very polite. but those who know his history, they would shudder to even stand before him as he is also known as Bloodthirsty Swordsman.
"no, nothing more important than your meeting with you. this is the sample. we were going to publish it next week but I want to especially give you more priority." The old man took it and looked at carefully "yes, I can feel that this is awesome."
the director smiled "I'm glad that you like it. you can test it and see it for yourself". They both went outside and The old man while walking suddenly pulled a heavy sword out of nowhere which is made out of an unknown material. the director exclaimed "wow, is that Prima, the demon sword? the strongest sword in the continent".
the old man chuckled "it's not just that" then, a mouth appears on its hilt and it spoke "that looks tasty. quickly feed me that".
the director got stunned "is that alive? how's that possible?" he took the small flask and feed it. after that, the mouth disappeared. suddenly, the pressure in their surroundings increased and the sword started to absorb ether like crazy. The old man at first smiled slightly but when the sword grew more than five metres, his smile became bigger but soon his smile disappeared when it stopped.
then, once again the mouth appeared "I need more. not enough." He smiled and nodded while putting away the sword in his inventory.
"I see, it can absorb endlessly but the rate of absorption is also high". He looked at the director who was shocked by the earlier commotion. "I need the formula. in return, you can have anything you wish. name your price."
a few days later at Back at Askela city,
Star corp building is completely on fire, the people who wore security uniforms were completely frozen to death, some researchers were scorched to death while remaining were heavily injured.
Ollie who was with blood all over his body carrying his uncle on his back who was injured with bullet holes and injuries all over his body.
After walking far away, "Ollie, put me down". Ollie who's filled with tears "just hang on for a while, we will reach the hospital soon". "Ollie listen to me *Cough*" "uncle, don't talk" "after I die, don't look for revenge. go far away and live in peace. with your talents and your looks, you can find some job somewhere. marry a girl you like and live happily ok?. are you listening? *Cough*Cough*"
"Uncle, please hold on just for a little bit. we almost reached it". "I'm sorry". and his head dropped and stopped talking. "uncle? uncle." Ollie shouted and cried that day while holding his body.
a week later,
Ollie stood before his uncle grave that he dug personally for him since both he and his uncle along with others were proclaimed to be dead in a mysterious incident. He wore black robes and put his hoodie on "I know that it isn't just the director responsible for your death. I will find out who they are and will kill them regardless of who they are"
in anger, unknown to him lightning sparks gathered in his two hands and suddenly he remembers one thing "Skyrun? so my full name is Olirevus Skyrun?"