31 Ley Lines

"Dusk?"

"Yeah."

"I would like to object, his name would make it sound like he had a relation to me."

"It's you who would be related to me."

"It's the same thing you price of vermin."

"You wanna die?"

"As if you could harm me."

Ark sighed.

"First of all, I named him Dusk because he is the exact opposite of you Dawn. Also, Dawn and Dusk never meet each other thus the naming sense."

"I still hate it. It makes me sound like I'm a moody teenager."

"I think it's perfect for him sir. Since dawn is also called arrival or beginning, and dusk is called the end. It makes me sound as if I'm higher than him."

"I don't like it every more now."

"All in favor of naming him Dusk."

"I object."

"I concur."

"I for it too."

"I object."

"So Dusk it is."

"THE PERSON YOU ARE NAMING OBJECTS!"

"This is a democracy. You have lost the vote so accept it."

"YOU FUC-"

"Silent mode on."

"...!"

Ark smiled.

"Well done, it seems that you still have power over Dusk even after we evolved."

"Yes sir, I will do my very best to serve you."

Ark glanced at the beautifully cold face.

"You remind me of a secretary."

"I will take that as a compliment sir."

Ark took one more glance around the room before closing his eyes.

He opened them after a minute of concentrating and noticed he was back in his room.

Ark muttered.

"It seems that I still need some practice in entering and leaving."

(Dawn) you will surly get the hang of it soon sir.

Thanks.

Ark got off of the bed and walked out of his room. James was at the door like a loyal knight.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the library, wanna join?"

James made a face.

"Why would you go to the library?"

"To learn James, to learn."

"But why learn when you could go hunting? Isn't reading boring to you? I mean, you go there at least every two days."

Ark sighed.

"It makes life easier when you know more stuff. So I'm taking that you don't want to go."

"Yep, go have fun."

"I will."

Leaving the muscle head behind, Ark left for the library.

"This is the reason why I have a higher rank than you, at least, in theory."

Ark left the dormitory and waved down a taxi. As the taxi descended from the sky, Ark realized something.

Oh shit, I forgot to put on my bandana.

Ark hurriedly put on his bandana on top of his left eye and got in the taxi with a slightly uncomfortable feeling that something was not right.

"Where to sir?"

"The library."

"We will arrive in five minutes.

Ark looked out of the window of the flying car.

In a city of high tech buildings, one building in particular stood out. It was a old style building with beautiful arches and windows. Just like a medieval church.

It makes sense because the one who built was a pope that came from earth.

So some of the readers may wonder why the fuck people from earth are appearing in this world that was totally different from Earth.

Well you see, there are these ley lines that connect the worlds together. Think of it like a web of mana that connects two places together. It is mainly used to balance out the mana concentration in both worlds. However sometimes, people may get swept up with the flow. Thus, the reason why Ark and his friends got stuck in this world.

Of course since there is a way in, there is a way out. However, it gets even more complicated. Ley lines are like passive channels, the substance, in this case mana, flows to wherever there is less of the substance. Apparently Earth has a buttload of mana which causes random holes in the ley lines to open up and pump mana into this world.

The reason why this happened was explained by Henry Dutrochet, another fucking earthling.

He said, due to his previous experience in earth, that the people of earth generally don't use mana, causing earth to have an abundance, while in this world, consumption is high. And then this brilliant man tried to forcefully create a ley line back to earth and died.

Depressing really, he was another man that Ark would've enjoyed meeting.

So then comes the question, all these people, Charles Babbage and Henry Dutrochet, have recorded deaths on Earth so how do they exist here.

Well another brilliant guy who was a necromancer came up with a theory. That a soul of any object that has mana was made up of mana. One more time, souls were a type of mana.

This would explain why the souls of dead people would transfer from earth to this world. Not because of a god who makes mistakes or truck sama but because souls get sucked through mana pumps.

But honestly there was no proof of this theory and was widely scorned as false and tall tale.

At least, no proof existed until Ark awakened his bloodline thus creating a throne room using the very mana that had affinity with souls.

Which is why his throne room was a major discovery. It validated that a unique type of mana existed other than the basic standard seven elements.

Fire, water, lightning, earth, wind, light, and shadow.

Of course there were some foolish earth scientists who argued that the elements didn't actually exist and were just the way people grouped them.

But they were all effectively shut up by the question.

Then why does magic exist? If you can prove that magic can be explained by your so called "laws of the universe" then we will believe that the elements do not exist.

They couldn't figure out the answer which caused more people to believe in the seven element theory.

Ark let out a smile.

"This world is way more interesting than earth."

"Excuse me sir?"

"Oh nothing."

The world was more scientifically advanced, yet still believed in magic. Using science to advance magic, and using magic to advance science. Two things that can't have a link somehow improve each other.

If you take out some aspects, this world is so much fun.