-One Year Post Saturation Completion. CONT,-
The dense foliage was too much for the boots on the ground to navigate safely, and after a couple of days of trying before finding themselves unable to cut down a single tree, they were forced to turn back.
Hours later, similar footage was shown using long-range telescopic cara lenses from off the coast. This new forest didn't just start and end in xico; it continued all the way down past Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.
From there, the teams split up, traveling south until, after so ti, it was proven that this forest was practically a natural barrier encompassing the entirety of South and Central Arica.
Researchers and internet sleuths alike dissected every bit of footage released to the public, so even going fra...by painstaking fra, until January 8th, only a few days before the anniversary of the Alpha Particle Saturation completion, an image took over ssage boards, forums, and the news dia.
The image depicted a pale-skinned man with flowing waist-length blond hair, green attire, and a sharply angled face, and his most distinctive feature was the long, horizontal, pointed pair of ears on either side of his head.
Elf...that was the first word that formulated in everyone from the younger generations mind. Eventually, after a short skirmish where only a handful of powerful Alpha-Rankers survived to tell the tale, it was proven as fact...that Elves had made their appearance and taken over the whole of Central and South Arica.
With this information, groups of rcenaries began the task of exploring multiple Dark Zones. In each of these areas, it was found there seed to be different beings who once only lived in the annuls of fantasy.
Mountain Dwarves, Different breeds of Elves distinguished by the color of their skin, Vampires, Lycanthropes, and in Africa, what once was a place filled with deserts and wildlife was now a land subrged as if it had sunk into the shallow water.
This new territory would soon be known as the country of Atlantas, where rfolk could be seen far and wide, with their only defining features to separate them from the human race were their Fin like ears, light blue tinted skin, webbed hands and sharp fins along their forearms.
No matter which place you went, if it held the title of Dark Zone, it was determined a new race had utterly taken over, eradicating any presence of Humanity and replacing it with their heritage and culture.
It wouldn't be until the sixth year post-alpha particle saturation that more information would be learned about these races, as for those long years, Humanity was kept in the dark and considered kill on sight.
-Two Years Post Saturation Completion.-
Although it was necessary to adapt to the new way of the world, Society eventually did as ti went on. By April of 2030, apart from the fact that people with superpowers had generally taken control of every facet, life, for the most part, returned to normal.
The rich got richer, and on top of becoming stronger, the organizations and associations naturally beca casually accepted by the general public and integrated as governnts or governing bodies.
The global economy recovered, and soon, the price of things was adjusted to reflect the difficulty of obtaining coins.
However, one of the biggest things to occur during the beginning of the Second year was an incredible technological innovation.
With items generated or created by Arkadia, those with extensive amounts of money were able to purchase new objects and items from the MISC Shop that worked by utilizing ambient Particles, effectively creating a new, beneficial, yet powerful energy source.
Fossil fuels fell by the wayside as new Particle Vehicles were created, and industry as a whole seed to shift toward this new technology. Still, as one would expect, it was the large corporations who, with the backing of different organizations, led the charge.
If it were of the past, I would have been amazed by how far technology has advanced in a short amount of ti. Still, when thinking retrospectively, sothing such as computers and cell phones advanced at a rapid pace otherwise unseen before.
As the saying goes, ti waits for no man, and the world found out the truth in those weres with relative ease.
In May of 2030, the first Beta Ranker erged; how do we know, you may ask? Well, we don't have any conclusive evidence that this person was the TRUE First Beta Ranker. However, the Korean Hunters Association made an announcent, showing off the fact that they were the first to have a Beta Ranker in their midst.
Sure, one could argue that there were people who probably had reached Beta, or even Alpha, before any of the now-famous public figures. Yet, the fact that they hid themselves and their achievents allowed other groups to take the credit of being 'First.'
Contrary to what one may expect, the ergence of the first Beta Ranker wasn't all sunshine and puppies.
If anything, it proved there was a significant gap coming into view between the average person and the so-called "Pro-Rankers," the main difference boiled down to two things: Resources and potential.
I say potential as a generalization; essentially, the term encompassed a few details, such as Talent, Talent grade, and most importantly, Luck.
One of the most significant changes to occur when entering Alpha Rank Instances was the utterly random Monster Spawns. Yes, you heard right. I said monster because a slightly bigger wolf would be one thing, but when you enter a large area and are greeted by a snarling, drooling behemoth that shoots fireballs at you, it can no longer be called an animal.
Coming out of the No-Rank Instances, where you would generally encounter suped-up versions of regular animals from Earth, Alpha Rank Instances had otherworldly creatures. Things that existed in Myths, even.
There were stories online and even photographic proof of goblins, kobolds, and DINOSAURS. Hell, there was even a guy screaming online about facing off against Lesser Wyrms, whom he kept calling a dragon.
Now, I know what you are thinking, "Taylor, why bother saying luck was involved if all these fantastical creatures appeared in the Instances?" Well, they don't, or at least not frequently.
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