Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 Read Free

was
never passed on. We currently call this world Grandosa.”
    “The world was reborn
anew, improved upon and adjusted to allow the new human race, to live similarly
to the previous one. We all feel pain, pleasure, love, and everything else as
we once did.”
    “However, we are no longer
humans with mortal bodies. This is why we long ago discarded the term ‘Human’,
and began anew as ‘Immortalis’.”
    “Humans connected to this
digital world to raise and guide the first generation of Immortalis. The
knowledge of how they were surviving in the degenerating climate outside is
currently only known by some of the early generation Immortalis.”
    “But, to support the
future generations, billions of unfertilized eggs and sperm cells were
harvested and kept in a cryogenic state. Machines, still active to this day in
the outside world, fertilize these eggs and sustain the newly formed humans
until they are nine months old and can discard their mortal bodies to become
one of us, an Immortalis. Through this process, every four years, a new
generation of Immortalis is given birth and joins us.”
    “This world also has a
system in place to give birth. When a man and woman copulate together, they
have the option to go through a pregnancy and have their own child. These
children were originally called Immortalis as well. At least, this was the case
until we began to notice that these children seemed to be lacking something the
other Immortalis had.”
    “Nobody could discover
exactly what is missing with these children and in the end were referred to as
hollow Immortalis, or half-living. Today, most call these children Soulless.”
    “The creators of this
world, the humans, perished long before they could solve this problem. All they
left behind is countless machines to perpetually maintain and expand our world.
    “We Immortalis are
immortal by every definition. While we can die, we are reborn in the Temple of
Life with only a small penalty. As long as we are above level 10, we lose a
single level as a penalty for being revived. We can also appear to be any age
at or below our current age. I am currently 64 years old.”
    “Forced immortality is too
much for some people though. The humans left behind the Temple of Rest for this
purpose, where we can go and decide to enter eternal rest. All of those who
choose to rest in peace receive all of our respect, so remember to never
disrespect them. It is a severe crime that can leave you in jail for longer
than killing another person if you do. Well, killing another person isn’t such
a big deal, considering they will simply be reborn.”
    Kopis Numin, one of the
students in the front row, puts his hand up and begins talking despite the
teacher’s frown. “Excuse me, but what is the old world like? Is it similar to
this one?”
    “Nobody knows,” Mr. River
answers. “We don’t believe it is, considering all the machines and equipment
that support developing humans before they become Immortalis are not present in
our world. We also have alchemy and other skills that the old world didn’t
have, making it difficult to compare.”
    The discussion about old
world history lasts all morning. Several of the students are resting their
heads against their desk, weary from trying to take in such a large amount of
information at once. The desks are made from a bronze, and the cold metal will
usually shock the students awake if they rest their head on it. The students
whose heads are placidly resting on the desk move one hand under the table out
of sight of the teacher, manipulating a small flame alchemy symbol to heat the
metal up to a more comfortable temperature.
    “Since the creation of
this world, a little over two hundred years have passed. The world is
constantly expanding too, so the current size of it is both unknown and
unfathomable.” Mr. River soon ends his lesson and dismisses the students for
lunch.
    There is an hour long
break for lunch, which all the students take