Ibro froze immediately in his steps. This man had really guessed it right. Before he found anything to defend himself the leader continued:
“Don’t feel that nervous. I mean no harm to you. I just want to clarify things to you. C’mon have a seat.”
Ibro didn’t fully trust that leader words, but he moved to sit in a chair near him. The leader noticed this move from Ibro and smiled.
“You didn’t trust me yet. That’s normal. Anyway, I want to know your name first.”
“My name is Ibro.”
“Ibro, it’s a nice name. Listen carefully Ibro. What you know is that you came here under the flag of Trial. This Trial has been going on for ages.
What I know is that in this war we met uncountable strange people who claimed to be sent here for trial. From much info we got from them we knew they were telling the truth.
You guys came from the future. In your view, you came from different times and places but for us, you just appear in a moment and disappear at the next.
I can tell you there are over 1000 one like you here in the camp right now at this moment. That number may increase or decrease in the next second. Do you understand what I just said?”
Ibro didn’t think about this situation from this angle before. When he thought about it he felt weird. He wasn’t the only one here. There were a lot of people taking the trial like him.
Although he came from a different time and place, but he was gathered with all these people right here right now. That felt strange but he didn’t see anything wrong about it.
These Hilonarians here were trying to win their war, but he and other aliens were trying to win their trials.
“You might feel this situation wasn’t wrong. You came from the future to succeed in your trials. I also thought like this before till one day I met someone from my nation that came from the future. That man told me many secrets about the future.”
Ibro felt weird. Why would someone from their civilization come to this Trial Ground?
“Don’t feel surprised. That man was escaping from the destruction of our empire.
Our enemies managed to destroy our powers at the end. That was bad news for me. I didn’t think my nation would be destroyed one day. That man proved to me his own claims. And he told me about the way our enemies destroyed our nation.”
Ibro didn’t know that nation so well so he could only feel some sympathy for them. He didn’t even know how that empire looked like and he didn’t even know why the leader of such a mighty army would speak to him like this.
“Why are you telling me these entire secrets sir?”
“That’s because you are directly related to my Empire downfall. I’m also trying to save your life here.”
Ibro was confused. he said in doubt:
“I’m not really one of your civilization sir. I just came by one relic site of yours and was forced to come here. I belonged to a nation called Hept.”
“You misunderstood this Trial Ibro. This Trial Ground was set for the new candidates to join our nation. The moment you set foot on that relic site you were automatically considered as one of my people. This Trial Ground was set for aliens like you to join my nation.”
Ibro’s looks didn’t show his trust in the leader’s words so he said with patience:
“Tell me; didn’t you come here to learn Rune Master Profession?”
“Yes, I gained a stone that enabled me to have this profession. But this profession has no equal in my civilization so I was teleported here to learn it.”
“This is right and wrong. This profession isn’t like any other profession in our civilization. Yes, we had a long history of Rune Masters, but dual Rune Masters are rare.
You didn’t come here to learn, you came here as our remaining leaders after the demise of our Empire was seeking for you.”
“They were looking for me? Why me? Is it because I’m a dual Rune Master?”
“No, you aren’t a dual Rune Master. You are a Trine Rune Master.”
“Trine Rune Master!!”
“Yes, you can use three different energies.”
Ibro didn’t try to hide the truth as he admitted:
“Yes, I have Tech energy, Dark energy, and Soul energy.”
“Soul energy! I suspected you have that energy but didn’t dare to believe it. I’m now speaking to you Ibro as your ability is very unique. This ability of yours is absolutely rare.”
Ibro recalled Dronil’s words before to him. It told him that his ability wasn’t that rare in this civilization history. Was it rare before they established their Empire?
“I’m confused here. What I knew before was that this talent of mine wasn’t that rare in your civilization. Was it because you didn’t manage to establish your empire yet?”
“Here comes the heart of this mess. Tell me, the info you got when you reached here told you about this war?”
“Yes, I was informed that this was a war between Hilonar and Defarot. I knew you will lose this war. I even was informed that I shouldn’t try to change the outcome as you will lose eventually.”
The leader didn’t show any expression at all as if what he heard wasn’t related to him at all. He asked in strange calmness:
“And were you informed too about the time of this war?”
“Yes, I was told that this was just before the establishment of your Empire. When you lost here, you started to upgrade your Tech. after that you started to win and established your Empire.”
Ibro didn’t know why this leader was asking him all these questions. Didn’t he tell him just now that he knew all the info about this war? Or was he testing him now?
“Let me tell you that all that you learned about this war and your situation is totally wrong. You have been deceived. Although who sent you here had good intentions, but the whole situation is much more complicated than you think.”
“What do you mean sir?”
“Let me tell you about the real historical story. We here aren’t in war for establishing our Empire. We had already established it millions of years ago. We are now fighting our war for survival.
This is not just a simple war. This battle here is the main battle that will determine the fate of our Empire.”
“What do you mean? I’m not in a small minor battle? This is a major battle?”
“Yes. You also need to realize a fact: you are here in the real moment. This is not a dream or a simulation or whatever you call it. This is a real war and a real battle.”
“I knew that already. If I died here I would die forever.”
“Not only that. if you managed to make a difference here you would really make a difference in the coming events. You will change history Ibro.”
Ibro felt that this leader’s talk was taking a strange turn. He interrupted his words as he said:
“Hold on for a second here. I didn’t come here to win a war. I came here to win a quest and after that, I will go back again.”
“That is, my dear Ibro, where you make your biggest mistake. This is the fate that I’m trying to save you from.”
“No way, I was told that when I finish my quest I would return safely to my time and place.”
The leader smiled with deep sympathy as he asked:
“Tell me Ibro, Do you always believe anything told to you by strangers?”
Ibro’s body felt shock! He really didn’t trust any stranger before. Why didn’t he question that info or that promise? He recalled everything that happened before.
There was a lot of missing info everywhere! Why didn’t he suspect this? Why did he accept that info and this storyline without even a single doubt? He felt fear! That was a strange thing.
“Don’t feel confused. The one who sent you really meant no harm to you in the first place. But the problem lied in our enemy.”
Ibro looked at him and asked in vigilance:
“Why should I believe you? You are a stranger too.”
The leader didn’t show any expression at all as if Ibro’s words were expected by him. He just smiled and answered with his calmness:
“That’s easy to prove. Tell me; didn’t I know that this is a real experience and not just a virtual trial?”
He didn’t continue his words. Ibro wasn’t the same old fool he was when he returned back from the future. He got smarter with every hit he took.
That leader meant he could just kill Ibro easily right here right now and eliminated his threat forever. Ibro didn’t doubt him; this leader level was truly higher than him by miles.
But he didn’t trust him either. He decided to never fully trust anyone even he could kill him with just a thought.
“So you are telling me that this war is the decisive war that I got into the middle of it. What was the goal of the one sent me here?”
“Did you meet the one who sent you here personally?”
