Chapter 1: Chapter 1 – A [Rolling Stone] Gathers no Moss

On a certain mountaintop, high above the clouds, a hero and a villain were having a grand battle.

“Take this—[Holy Infinite Beaming Sword of Banishing the Nasty Darkness]!”

“Hah, that is nothing against my [Aegis of Divine Darkness for Repelling Pesky Heroes]!”

Grand spells and abilities were flying every which way, tearing apart the landscape and slicing up the clouds below. It was a very grand battle indeed—one that would decide the fate of the world.

But did it really matter? Like, really really?

Because… the fate of the world was constantly shifting this way and that. There was always balance. Another hero and another villain. Yes, it was the fate of the world, but…

Only for like—30 years or so, probably.

The record was half a year before a new villain rose up. A rather short eternity of peace that turned out to be.

Therefore, it really was not that special of a battle. Similar battles had been fought before. Similar battles would be fought again.

Whichever side won; the other side would eventually strike back.

Ultimately, it was a pointless story that would lead nowhere.

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Luckily, they are not the main characters of this story. In fact, they will be left as mere footnotes in history, while our hero will lead a much grander tale.

On the violently shaking mountaintop sat a stone. It was a nice stone—a gneiss stone in fact. It might have been more accurate to call it a pebble. The type of pebble a child might take along due to its nice shape and pretty coloring. This pebble was spending its time as stones tended to, minding its own business. The racket nearby was quite annoying, and it wished that it could get some peace and quiet.

That however threw the stone for a loop—wishing for peace and quiet? Since when had it wished for anything? Since when had it had thoughts anyways? The stone strained its mind but could only recall a long time spent in comfortable silence. Was this awareness a new thing?

It was.

Just a few minutes ago, one of the hero’s stray spells had hit this very pebble, causing some strange changes to come over it. The pebble found the situation quite odd and wished it could go back to the relaxing state it had previously been enjoying.

Who wanted to be aware of eternity spent waiting on a mountaintop?

As it tried to relax its mind, the pebble noticed a strange screen hovering in front of it. Had that been there before? No—it had to be new. Curious, the pebble focused on the little grey box.