Summoner Union

George walked on the broad and simple made road with other people towards the city. He observed them all with interest. The clothes they wore were mostly a mix between modern and medieval, some even wearing armor pieces on their chest, shoulders, arms or legs.

Some people also threw a few glances at him.

'Strange, no one seems to have any kind of electronic equipment on them.' Thought Lewis when he noticed that no one had a phone or something alike. He listened to the conversations of the people around him but almost nothing useful came out of it. Lewis understood them but there were too many new words which he didn't knew the meaning of. Now he felt really like a newcomer and a bit out of place.

He sighed, at least looking forward to reach Neu Berlin, the city surrounded by walls not far from him. That was one of the only useful things he heard.

George lined up like everyone else in front of the gate. He heard noises coming from the back where he saw a group of people riding on giant wolves while rushing towards the gate. The people in line stepped aside, looking at the group with admiration and envy.

He sensed the strong Flux the group was emitting when they passed him. A middle aged man wearing full body armor, looked straight at him. His bright brown eyes met his dark eyes and the middle aged man frowned for a second but he kept riding with the group, directly entering the city without being stopped by the guards at the gate.

The people began to talk about the group after they entered the city.

'Wolfschild Guild members? There exist guilds huh...It feels like I'm inside a fantasy world...' Thought George after listening to the people around him.

He waited in the line for 15 minutes and frowned because of a problem he noticed.

The guards at the gate asked everyone for their Summoner Pass, and he didn't have one.

He sighed and stepped forward when it was his turn.

"Summoner Pass!" Ordered the guard.

George sighed again, "I don't have one."

The two guards looked strangely at him, "Then you can't enter Neu Berlin!" Said the guard in front of him unfriendly.

George noticed that it wasn't only the guards who looked strangely at him, the people behind him did the same.

He frowned, "Then can you tell me where I can get a Summoner Pass?"

The guards looked at each other in disbelief, "Don't joke around kid, you should come up with a better story if you lost your Summoner Pass!" Spoke the other guard while shaking his head.

George smiled inwardly as it was the perfect moment to say the story he came up with, "Look, I really don't have a Summoner Pass and don't know where to get one. I arrived here in Pangea after passing the Gate of Beast not long ago and landed inside a strange valley filled with fog. I somehow made it here after finally leaving that cursed valley, found other humans and followed them here..."

The two guards and people behind him became wide eyed after listening to his story.

"Hold up, what did you just say? You entered the Gate of Beast?" Asked the guard in disbelief.

George became a bit confused, the people behind him in the line began to murmur things.

He heard things like, "It can't be, is he a Second Generation Summoner?" or "How can't he have a Summoner Pass if he went through the Gate of Beast? He is obviously lying!"

"Yes I went through the Gate of Beasts, just like many other people which were dragged away from Earth. Is there a problem?"

"If there is a problem?" Asked the unfriendly guard. A spear made of sparkling blue metal appeared from the empty air beside him which he took, pointing it at George. "Who are you trying to fool here boy! State your identity now, or die!" Threatened the guard as his thick silver colored Flux erupted from his body.

'Expert Tier Gear Summoner...It seems like I made a mistake...' Thought George while getting ready to act if the guard really attacked him.

"Wait a minute!" Shouted someone from the line behind him. George and the guards turned to a bald middle aged man with a thick black beard. The man came forward and looked at George, "Which year did you enter the Gate of Beasts?" Asked the man carefully.

George stared at the man for a moment, "May 2020, I forgot the day why?"

The people around him gasped in shock, immediately starting to discuss what he just said. The unfriendly guard stared at him in disbelief while the other guard seemed to realize something.

The bald man took a good look at George before asking, "How old are you?"

"I'm 22 years old." Answered George to which people started to discuss again.

"Do you know which year we have?" Asked the bald man.

George knew he had to act now to make them believe him, he looked confused at the people around him before gulping, "Don't we have year 2020?"

Everyone's gaze changed when he heard his unsure answer, they looked at him with pity.

The bald man sighed and shook his head. "Boy we have 20th october of year 2030...It seems like you landed inside a time distorted zone when you traveled to Pangea. You had luck to be a First Generation Summoner but bad luck when you came here, you lost 10 years..."

George looked at the bald man utterly shocked while clapping his hands in his mind, thanking him. "What kind of sh*t are you talking about? Time distorted zone? I lost 10 years? Impossible." Refuted George while shaking his head.

The second guard stepped forward, lowering the spear of his partner while looking at George. "Come with me to the branch of the Summoner Union, we will get all the answers there."

The unfriendly guard didn't believe George of the bald man and wanted to say something but his partner lifted his hand, silencing him before he could even talk, "Don't worry Johannes, I will personally stay with him to confirm if he is a Returner, you stay here."

Johannes closed his open mouth and nodded unwillingly, taking away his spear that vanished.

The second guard turned to George to seem to be about to have a mental breakdown, "Follow me."

George followed the guard into the city which all buildings were made of silver metal. He could tell with one glance that this city wasn't made by humans but there were people everywhere.

The guard observed secretly George from the side while moving through the broad metallic streets.

He led him to a tall metallic building which many people frequently entered and exited.

"This is the branch of the Summoner Union in Neu Berlin. The Summoner Union was founded 9 years ago by the people that decided to escape the control of the big 3." Spoke the guard as they stood in front of the building.

"The big 3?" Asked George.

"USA, Russia and China. Their greed knows no bound, you will eventually realize how incredibly precious Pangea is..." Said the guard with clear disgust before entering the building.