The Tales of Draconic Warlock

It was said there were beings in ancient times who could play with these rules but that was way back in the past. Now whatever one does, they have to do things within the boundaries of these Rules.

No one has such power to control these Rules in this world anymore or at least that was the consensus.

From what I learned from those big volumes in the library, breaking through to that stage was not even easy back in ancient times. They were much more advanced than we are now and they found that to break through the Rules, one would have to spend a thousand years and even then they may not succeed.

Though many wanted to achieve such a state, where their lives weren't determined by limitations, it wasn't easy to do so.

Moreover, it was recorded that one such figure who dabbled in playing those Rules wrote a book detailing their experiences. Though most of the autobiography was damaged and lost, a piece was recovered in one of the ruins.

The Great One, as he was came known in this period, as that person's name was lost, has written something no one thought.

What they achieved was not the peak but just the peak of the world. Everyone thought that they cannow control the Laws and Rules but were wrong. They were still controlled by other invisible threads and they couldn't escape from them, no matter what.

The ancients had tried many ways to break completely free but they never could. In fact, they started to believe that they never could but in search of ways to free themselves, they unearthed a cosmic secret.

It was recorded that there was one existence that was not bound by the rules and laws of the world.

What's the name of the existence?

No one knows. It wasn't mentioned in the recovered part of the autobiography.

What happened after that no one knows. If they were able to achieve such status that existence, no one can say for sure but in the historic records that remained, there was no mention of such a thing happening in that time.

If I could reach that stage, then I'd be invincible, but I am not sure how to reach that stage.

I mean there must be some knowledge in that era about the people who broke into the "Rule Stage". This was what the present powers named the stage where one can play with the Rules.

There was no one in this era because all that knowledge was lost. So whomever was able to do so, has to start from the bottom level. It can be only learned through trial and error method. Such a method is not considered a viable option when there are too many options or when there are no options to choose from.

Anyway, that was for the future me to worry about but what I wonder is what happened in that ancient era.

There are very powerful people who can play with the World Rules. What happened to them?

How did those ancient civilizations disappear?

Did they kill each other or did someone powerful invade from outside of the world?

I mean, I didn't know whether to believe aliens existed when I was an Earthling but now, I am an alien to the Earthlings. It wasn't just Ragos but there are various planes that intersect with this world.

I mean those planes have life. Though as of now no Sapient life was found, there were traces that Sapient life existed on some of those planes.

So it can't be considered a stretch that there are other worlds where intelligent species are present. they could have invaded this world in those times.

The ancients were advanced and said to have Teleportation Stations that could send people across the globe, no matter the distance between the stations, as long as they were on this planet. This was something, not available anymore.

It was said that there were floating cities, but to this day, no one has seen them. They most likely collapsed due to depletion of energy resources or damages or wear and tear due to time. As there would be no one, they could have collapsed a long time ago.

It could have been so long ago that people might have associated those collapsed floating cities with some of those ruins or those might have fallen into the ocean and forever submerged.

If they have indeed fallen into oceans, then it would be difficult to obtain anything from those cities. To start, most of whatever those cities had would have lost due to water damage. Moreover, with how dangerous the oceans are, there was no way it would be possible even for the top powerhouses to gain access to those fallen cities.

It was written in ancient times that the deep dark parts of the oceans are home to various terrifying monsters that even terrified those powerhouses of those ancient eras. Even they didn't dare to go too deep into the oceans, afraid of provoking them and cause disasters.

They can be considered as a threat to my peace and safety but there was nothing that could be done.

Those beings are beyond my limits, way beyond. So there was nothing to do about those. Moreover, they were enjoying their own homes. It was recorded that they wouldn't take the initiative to surface and cause trouble without some kind of provocation.

Whether they would appear or not, I just need to make sure that I become strong enough so that if such a scenario happens, I would be well prepared.

I need to do my best in this half-year examination. Unlike monthly exams, this one would give more points. More points means more resources and that means my strength would increase faster.

I was not afraid that I would lose but there is a term called Dark Horse and also another term called Disregarding the Enemies. These are something that brought down many powers just because they didn't feel threat by some small-time players.

The only way, one can continue to survive is to never underestimate your opponent. It would be a death sentence of your power, one that I wouldn't commit.