On a far away mountain, there was a seeker climbing it. He was enduring the pain, the cold, and climbing to the top. He was exhausted and was on the brink of death. He was not ready to give up. He pushed himself harder and harder until he collapsed. A mysterious figure came and dragged him up to a nearby cave.
Who is the Seeker? Who is the Man? Let's start from the beginning of the Seeker's journey. On a dark night, there was a knock on the door of a church. The priest opens the door to find a hooded man. The man was holding a baby. He gives it to the priest and says to protect him. The priest looked at the baby and tried to ask the hooded man about the boy, but he had already vanished. The priest wanted to save the boy or help him.
Father Alric named the boy Ravion. They settled on a village unknown to many named Thormere. It was a small village but was surrounded by natural beauty. The village was located inside the kingdom shanta, a kingdom full of magic and powerful warriors. It was many people's dream to join its magic knight squad.
After that night, the next day, Alric checks the mana of the boy but there is none inside him. He is shocked and tries to find a device that measures mana. He finds it and uses it on the boy but it reads zero. "How is this possible? This boy contains no magic at all. How will he survive in this world where magic means everything. How cruel will the world be to the boy. I need to protect him at all costs. Who knows if he develops some, even if little magic in the future.",said alric. He took the boy and handed to the nun of the church to take care of him.
Five years later, Ravion was crying, he just fell when he was playing. Sister Isolde askes the boy not to cry and to be strong but he keeps on crying. She picked the boy up and said,"If you don't cry I will read you a story out of a book." The boy stopped crying. The sister took out the book from the library and read, "Many years ago the demon king was resurrected by his subordinate. The demon king was very cruel and didn't like humans. He unleashed an attack upon the humans. Our kingdom was on the brink of collapse and the world was on a threat of destruction. But a man came. Noone knew who he was. He fought the demon king and defeated him. The demon king was killed and the world was free from any threat. The king of Shanta recognizing his bravery and power awarded him the title "The King of Wizards." From that point whenever a big threat arrives the king of wizards comes and saves us."
After hearing the story curiosity was raised in Ravion's mind. He asked the sister,"Who was the King of Wizards?" Sister replied,"Nobody knows his name, not even the king." Ravion asked a follow up question,"Is he alive? Where is he?". "Nobody knows if he is alive or not. They say he comes if there is a threat in the world and that he works mysteriously.",replied the sister. The boy in excitement said,"One day I will be as strong as him and save this world." The boy goes outside happily playing pretend as the King of Wizards. Sister Isodle smiles looking at the happy child but her smile fades. She thinks,"Look how happy he looks. He is very excited to become the King of Wizard himself. Too sad that he doesn't even have a single drop of mana."
Next day, father Alric said to sister Isodle, "Sister, can you go to the market to buy the item in this list?" Sister agreed to the father's request. The young boy also wanted to go outside the church. After he was adopted he had never gone outside. He also wanted to go outside the church area. He said,"Can I also go father?" Father denied his request. Ravion cried so that he could go outside. Both sick of his tantrum let him go.
It was the first time Ravion stepped out of the church. He was very excited. Father telepors them to the market. After being teleported,Ravion saw the market being full of magic. Every shopkeeper was using magic to sell their belongings. The baker used levitation magic to mix the dough in air and put it inside the oven. The butcher was cooking the freshly cut boar meat using fire magic. The tailor was using telekinesis to sew the clothes. A fruit vendor whispered a word, and the fruits stacked themselves neatly in floating baskets. Even the town guards used floating runes to record names and patrol logs, their quills writing on scrolls without a single touch. Ravion shouted,"Everyone here is using magic. One day I will become the one with even greater magic than them. Right sister Isodle?" She replied "Yes.Yes,you will" with a smile on her face.
After seeing the magic in the market, Ravion is now even more determined to be the King of Wizard. After they returned to church, Ravion asked the father, "Father, will you teach me magic?" Father knew he couldn't use magic but also didn't want to hurt his feelings.He said to Ravion,"You're not ready yet it is not the right age to learn magic. It might harm you more than doing good. Once you're Eight I will teach you magic. Before that, train your body and be more mature." Ravion, agreeing to the father goes outside to play, shouting while holding his imaginary staff,"Behold my fellow villager, I the King of Wizards have arrived, You need no fear." Both father and sister were smiling but their smiles turned into frowns. Sister Isodel said,"Why must god punish this poor innocent child?" "Everything has its meaning. Everything."
The next day, in the evening, a mother rushes with a child in her hands to the church. "Father!Father! Please save my child." said the mother with tears in her face. "What happened to her", replied the sister. Isodel looked at the little girl, he was badly harmed. She used her healing magic to heal her wounds. Sister said to the mother,"Sorry, I can only heal her this much. I will admit her until father arrives. He is better at this." Sister picked the girl up and laid her on the bed. "What happened to her?",said sister Isolde with some concern. The mother, still sobbing, replied, "She was practising magic while a boar came to attack. She used magic to scare but the magic failed exploding right in front of her. The boar got scared while she got injured." All their conversation was heard by Ravion. He thought to himself, "What? She is using magic this young? How can she use magic and I can't. Why is father doing this to me?Why can't I use magic?Why is he not allowing me to use magic? Does he think I am weak?" Meanwhile the father arrived. He saw the injured girl laying on the floor. He quickly healed the girl and she was fine for now. While this was happening, Ravion secretly went to the church's library for a book about magic.
He searched the whole library for a book about magic. His shirt became dirty. He tripped and fell multiple times. At last he found it, book titled "Basic of Magic I". He took the book without anyone noticing. He went to his room and opened it. He reads,"Basic of magic I. If you want to learn magic, you will have to know what magic truly is. Every person has mana inside them. While using magic you let the mana flow out of you and release it in a specific way." The book had described everything about magic and mana. Ravion was very excited to learn about it. With his enthusiasm, while no one was in the church, he tried to use magic. He follows every instruction according to the book. He said with some doubt,"The book describes that every person has an aptitude for different magic. I don't know my aptitude so let's try every magic. So for fire, I should release mana from my mana core to my heart to my hands." He tried doing this but nothing. He tried every magic but nothing happened. He tried for days,weeks,months but he couldn't cast a single magic.
It had come, the day when Ravion turned eight. Ravion was very happy that this day had finally come. "Now father Alric can finally teach me magic", thought Ravion with a hope on his face but didn't know his hope would be lost. Sister Isodle had prepared Ravion his favourite meal for his eighth birthday. His face lit up with happiness. After finishing his meal, with some hope of learning magic, Ravion said to father alric,"Father Alric, it's my eighth birthday and you promised to teach me magic." The happy mood in the room shifted into frowens. The once happy father looked sad. The father said aloud,"So the time has come, hun? Ok then you need to know the truth." Sister Isodele was shocked and said, "Is he ready?" Ravion was confused. "What do you mean–", before Ravion could finish his sentence father Alric said ,"Follow me."
Father Alric and Ravion went to a room. Father Alric picked a mana meter and said,"Do you know what this is? This is a mana meter. This can calculate a person's mana level. Place your hand over it." Ravion was scared, confused and doubtful after the fathers mood. With some hesitation he put his hand over the mana meter. The mana metre glowed. Ravion was excited. But then the mana meter turned black. The mana meter read zero. Ravion now knew that he had no mana. He was devastated. All his dreams came crashing down. There were tears in ravions eye. After being devastated by the sad truth he ran out of the church and into the woods. Both father and sister tried to stop him but he had already vanished into the woods. Both kept searching for him but couldn't find him. Branches clawed at his clothes. Shadows thickened. And somewhere in the gloom, something followed Ravion.