Everything happens so fast I barely have time to adjust my posture before everyone starts staring at me. I quickly put my hands down and straighten up.
Anyways this room looks like a cult that went through a storm. There is no terrace, but the uneven edges on the wall suggest that one used to be there. The room is filled with leaves and dust.
All the people in the room are wearing similar robes, three or four kinds. And they are circling me.
After looking around me, I realise I'm not the only normally clothed person in this room. There are 6 more. And neither im the only weird one. A boy is literally bent forward, bum raised comically. He also betters himself after noticing people.
They are all quite confused and surrounded by these robed people just like me.
Before I can think more, I feel a surge of dizziness mixed with nausea hitting me. I can't help but fall on my knees.
I see the others, who are also in circles of men like me showing signs of the same illness. Some of them falling in one knee while others are sitting on the floor with a thud.
The room is not silent anymore. Thudding sounds start coming from around the whole room, as one after another robed mans are falling on the ground unconscious. A group of robed men comes forward to carry them out of this room.
The rest of the people in this room looks really relieved for some reason. And only we seven who are wearing somewhat normal clothes are confused.
What in the world is happening here?!.
Just when I was about to lose patience, one of the boys among us, who is standing right in the next circle of mine speaks up, "What is going on here? Where am I?”. There's a touch of irritation in his voice.
Following his lead the big guy who was probably a gym freak on Earth groans "My head hurts".
A robed man, whose robe is a bit diffrent than the rest, with golden linings and engraved in his white robe, comes forward. A decorative stick in one of his hands. He walks to stand beside a fancy-dressed man who is sitting on a chair. Then with a smile on his face, he begins, in a loud and proud voice
" WELCOME TO ALTHERIEL HEROES. This is the country of usherminia" he then points his hands toward the sitting man "this here is the king of Usherminia, his majesty Shahar".
I'm so confused but so seems everyone else.
The king then opens his mouth
"We are sorry to inconvenience you from your world, the summoning can make you feel a bit ill, but don't worry you will be fine after a night's rest. What is more important is that we need your help desperately and only heroes like you can save the world of Altheriel"
The boy next to me cuts in "You summoned us without our permission, will you be able to send us back though?" the surrounding suddenly feel heavy.
The king briefs us on the situation of this world. Apparently, there's going to be a wave. A chain of waves. The dimensional space will make portals and the monsters will pour out of there. And we the seven heroes have to fight it!. Like how?.
"Please don't be agitated. We will help you to the best of our ability throughout everything. The whole usherminia is willing to help you" He says.
"But what is in it for us?" says the guy in a fencing suit. Well going dude. He even looks so stern. So cool-headed even in this situation. "What do we get by helping you?".
The king gets a bit agitated but answers him right away "You will get power, title and all the riches you want. Of course the way to get back to your world too".
Well, that takes all of us other worlders by surprise too. There is a way to go back.
"So theres is a way?" asks the quick guy next to me raising one of his eyebrows with a look full of suspicion.
"There is but we aren't certain yet. But we believe you guys will be able to find it" says the priest standing beside the king. "And till u do, you can live a rich and heroic life here while saving us from our doom".
"But why us?" I ask while forcing myself to stand up. I mean why not choose from among you?
"We humans from this world doesnt have the power to save ourselves. So we had to summon heroes with strong potential from diffrent world to save us" says the priest with a disappointed expression.
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"But we are just human too. At least I'm not strong enough to fight monsters. I'm a normal human" I say.
The priest shakes his head in disagreement "You might be weak now but you have a strong potential to grow fast way too quickly than the others and to an immeasurable point" he sounds confident.
"So people from this world cannot grow strong?" asks the guy standing at the end of the line.
The priest turns toward him "They can get strong but their potential can be limited, and we don't have the time to wait and search for them. And after all, no alter chose any from this world so that just means none of them has strong enough potential for now"
The alter. After hearing the word, everyone searches for something around them, and so do I. I feel like that meteor was the alter. But it's gone now.
The old priest notices us "The alters were used to summon you. They will appear again only when the hero perishes"
Oi old man its kinda creepy. Will we turn into stones when we die?
"If you don't have any other question then please let us once again ask for your help till you find a way home"
We all look at each other without saying a word. And the king takes this silence as yes.
He then tells us to say the word status. So the seven of us say it almost harmoniously "Status".
A golden screen opens in front of me. To check if it's the same case with others, I look at them and sure enough, they are all looking in front of their space. So that means no one else can see it just like fiction. I get it now. All these years all these webcomics, manga, anime and novels are finally gonna pay up.
When it appears, my status window looks something like this
> name: Celestial Wish
> hero class: healer
> Hp: 5
> Mp:1
> Attack: 1
> Defence: 1
> Agility:1
> skills: none
Thats it!?.
Only that's all I've got!?.
Tsk, there is not even a skill available. Well, my reader mind says there has to be a trigger like training or something. And probably everyone has it the same way. There's also an eye icon on top of the right corner of the screen it looks just like the one in the password hide surface from earth. I tap it and a message shows up
I see no ones status is showing so of course I have to keep mine a secret too. So it's a no.
"Now if you would like. Please introduce yourself with your name and hero class" the king requests.
The first one to start is the fencing guy. He almost immediately stands forward "My name is River Windsor, my hero class is sword hero" he says like reporting to some authority. So into character already. To be honest, it kinda suits him.
Then comes the quick guy next to me "I'm Finn Woods, my class is Bow hero".
"Elizabeth Katie, spear hero" wah so short. This is the first time she talks and still so short. She sounds way older than me. And her voice has a sexy charm too. I'm beat.
I follow my sister beths footstep and introduce myself "I'm Celestial Wish, and my class is healer hero"
Right after me the magician hero goes "My name is Kristopher Ethan and my hero class is magician".
Then comes a thud made with smashing two fists followed by a voice from the big guy "My name is Kyle, just Kyle. And I'm a fist hero, HEHEHE".
And then last but not least comes the comical guy "I'm Daniel Reo, and my class is shield hero" he sounds kinda awkward.
After we all confirm our hero classes to the king, we are now excused to leave this ritual room. It takes one step to feel the pain in my bum. I unconsciously place my hand on my bum and let out a funny cry.
"OUGHH"
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The king hears, all the other heroes hear, and everyone present hears.
Ahh so embarrassing. The priest in a golden robe asks me if I'm ok. "Well things happened back in my world. And i kinda got hurt". I awkwardly answer.
The priest doesn't show any emotion in particular. He just hints at a priestess girl standing by the gate of this room with his eyes and the girl steps up toward me.
"would you please follow me to the inner holy room, we would be glad to help you with your injury" she politely says.
I take a step but then stop as I hear the voice of another guy "You have a magic thing right? So why don't you heal all of us?" says the boy named Finn.
The priest shakes his head with disappointment "can't do. We do have magic in this world but those that can be considered hero class are scarce from the beginning such as healers. We have handfull of healers and currently the royal court healer is absent. Your headache will heal after a rest anyway. We cannot spare too much potion either. That costs a lot".
He then looks at me "We will spare Miss Celestia to heal her other injury so she can walk to her quarter"
No one objects anymore and I look at the priestress "Well then" she hints to me to follow her again with her hand, and I do so.