Back to Earth

After the disappearance of teleportation lights. That feeling of falling into the void has finally passed.

Anka opened her eyes and was back in the place called Aurum.

She had woken up in the same casino waiting room, only she was no longer alone. Now all her teammates on planet Teera were with her.

Their team was relatively lucky. Basically they lost only one person ( Pavel ) while others had two or three people left. 

They didn't even get to start the conversation because a fairy entered the room.

She was very serious.

She stood in front of the group and snapped her fingers.

Sheets appeared in front of everyone, they were the contract signed before the script.

- The contract will become invalid. The system has disqualified you from the competition, which means that our casino no longer has any obligation to your team. Because the contract cannot be fulfilled due to a decision by the sponsor - in this case the system - the contract becomes invalid. 

With the fairy's words, the contract in front of them burned to ashes in a few moments.The group hadn't even had time to digest her words well when the ash was already flying on the floor.

Alesio spoke immediately.

- Can you tell us why?

Logically speaking, groups of people on different planets were worried that they would be severely punished because the current teacher is dead...probably...

But the fact that they were eliminated from the competition was quite mild, although the information is quite important.

The need to know 'cause and effect' was something important for the evolution of mankind, so they asked this question without hesitation.

The fairy seemed somewhat unaffected but her words were a bit harsh.

- Do you still have the courage to ask? The scenario assigned to your group has become a disaster. Aside from the disappearance of the temple guardian, you've disturbed gods and even the gate to the Afterlife seems affected. But since the gods apparently did not demand your punishment, and on the contrary, seemed somewhat pleased, the system decided to take responsibility for the rest.

Then, without speaking, she left the room with a flutter of her wings.

The group was then 'kicked' out of the casino and teleported back to Teera.

Anka did not seem affected by anything. She already knew that it would probably end up here one way or another.

Now that the scenario was over, she wanted to go somewhere to collect her thoughts.

Wiliam, Ella and Sana looked like they wanted to stop her, but the girl didn't even glance at them and disappeared between the blocks.

The surrounding crowd recognized them immediately.

After all, they were brainy people. Wiliam, Alesio, Matei and Juliana were even presidents of agencies.

So they had to leave there immediately.

Alesio didn't seem affected or interested in Anka though. Matei keeps looking at him wanting to say something but hesitates. In the end he just sighed and quickly followed the 10-year-old.

Juliana naturally followed them.

From where they were, they were the closest to AstroPo, Alessio's agency.

So not long after they were already on the top floor of the agency building. This was a modern office with strange decorations and all kinds of collections.

On the large terrace, where there was also room for a swimming pool and a basketball court, the group of three presidents were having a discussion while drinking coffee and eating cake.

The content of the conversation was quite confusing, but in short, they had to prepare for the big scenario that was going to happen soon.

'Origins Scenario'

From the books in the temple they learned the truth about the system and at the same time they broaden their horizons. Too bad they were the only ones. Williams group was even more stubborn with their plan.

Matei - Alesio, the situation is very difficult to change. William will not listen to us. He has delusions of grandeur.

Juliana - I think it's just stupid.

Alesio - He doesn't matter. What matters are our actions. If we collaborate well, our chances will be greater.

Matei - I don't know if it's too late to say it, but chira do we have to take so many risks? Is it really necessary to be responsible for carrying humanity on our shoulders?

Then there was silence.

Matei had a complicated expression on his face and looked at Alesio. Juliana looked at their exchange of glances and smiled in amusement.

Alesio - Do you want to abandon the plan?

The child spoke slowly. There was no anger or disbelief in his voice, no sadness. It seemed like a simple question, like: 'how is the weather?'.

Matei - I don't want to abandon the plan . I say we don't have to be heroes. We can do as we want, but our main goal should not be other people's lives, but our own. Alesio, I don't want us to be dead for a cause like this.

Anyone hearing these words would think that Matei is afraid of death or simply does not care much for others, being ruthless, but to the ears of Alesio and Juliana, these sentences hid something.

The woman stood up with a smile and shook her head.

Juliana - Things are already set. I will follow the plan. Call me if you still need me. Good night.

With these words they left the terrace and respectively the first floor, going home.

The atmosphere in the place became strange, and Alesio looked deeply at Matei. He got off the bag and slowly walked towards him. 

The man, Matei, seemed stubborn and stopped looking at the child. He was staring intently at the coffee cup.

Then two man's arms hugged him.

Then some crying sounds were heard on the terrace.

The night witnessed everything.

On Anka's spot it was much more complicated. She unfortunately had to hide several times and was still found by certain people.

She really wished she didn't have some special skill or talent to help her hide.

She wasted so much time and energy that she was about to fall down.

In the end she managed to escape through the river that ran through the city. Although she looked like a chased dog, it didn't matter now. She leaned against the wall of a bridge and looked up at the night sky.