World/Alzard

## **Background**

The World of Alzard,
also known as the Alzard World, is a modern world that has truly advanced
through the ages due to the technology. The civilisation of this world was
unable to truly grasp the concept of controlling the elements and as such, they
depended greatly on the technology that revolutionised the world through
science. This was proven when the first sign of the Lightning Element was used
to light up a bulb and from there, technology was slowly developed to making
automobiles, electronic gadgets and finally, the Magic Devices.

Several centuries
ago, this world was lush with forest, trees, grass, mountains and oceans, but
that all changed when modernisation of the world with technology began to take
place. Environment drastically changed, forests were quickly reduced and oceans
dried up quickly due to the extreme global warming, which was when the evolving
technology provided the answer. Replacing the very land, they live upon with
robotics eventually transformed the planet into a metal planet filled with
technology.

The daily means of
survival was achieved using the Artificial Ecological Balancer machines, which
are known as the AEBs for short. They are kept within homes, cities and other
living space so people can control so that they can harmonise with the environment
for stable living conditions. This paved the way to produce unpolluted air and
gave easy access to mineral water everywhere such as fountains, water slides,
drinking water, and much more.

The difficulty the
civilisation faced was rooted in them not being able to focus on controlling
Energy and Magic was mainly due to them not understanding their properties, or
rather, not evolving further than their current state. As such, technology evolved
and the Magic Devices, MDs for short, were made to work in the citizen’s
everyday business. This included the ability to activate their hover vehicles
that travelled high in the air, activated utensils and much more. The form the
Magic Devices can take varies, such as a simple ring worn on their finger and a
hand-held device for manual operation.

The Magic Devices
are activated by the user’s input, but it is truly powered by the towers that
are called the Digital Towers, also known as DTs. These structures are present
all over the world and function by supplying energy into every Magic Device, automobile
and public transport. The Digital Towers are safeguarded by an instantaneous
activation of what is known as the Digital Barrier Network, or DBN for short.
This security feature activates immediately upon detecting an imminent attack
and casts an impenetrable barrier around all Digital Towers.

Everything in that
world, such as the Digital Towers, Artificial Ecological Balancer and other
small devices receive their power supply from a source called the Digital Power
Network, or DPN for short. This is the power source for all and this network has
cables that run deep underground so that they cannot be brought to harm in any
manner since any damage could cause catastrophic consequences. The Digital
Power Network was generated by utilising the so called Digital Power Generator,
DPG for short, which generates power by converting waste into energy through
the process of Matter Changer.

The Magic Devices
are granted to the people by the Department of Magic Society and can only be
issued under the signed guarantee of abiding by the rules from a partner,
parent or a guardian. A fee has to be payed  with the application and the
device they receive is usually a hand-held device with a few functions like
contacting help or assistance, using a barrier to protect oneself from harm and
so forth. To upgrade the features and device itself, further payment is
necessary and in addition to that, an additional 5% tax is deducted from the
holder in order to keep the device with them.

This was done in
order to safeguard youngsters and reduce the amount of crime conducted by its
misuse. The Department of Magic Society, which is a government agency, handles
this process by checking their biography in the International Populace
Registry. This registry keeps a record on all of their activities, such as
joining school, the education they receive, the university they attend, the
employment they work for, their marriage status, the children they have and so
forth. It keeps a thorough information on the people to further bring down the
crime rate in the name of peace and justice. For the convicted, they are
suspended off their contact with their device for a certain period of time
before being released into public with their device reset to the default. In
the worst-case scenario that an unforgivable crime occurs, they are dealt with
the harshest penalty possible and their device is reset.

If the people were
unable to pay the yearly tax, they will have their device confiscated, after
which they can apply once again, but must show proof of employment of over
three months with an expected steady income per month. For those who are
unemployed and are broke, they are evicted into a community known as the
Cleaners, whose main role is to collect the waste around the community and
deliver it to the factories that use Matter Changer to power the Digital Power
Generator.

## **Heroes**

In this world, there
is an organisation known as the Heroic Troopers that pays the members with
rewards and money for accomplishing missions and tasks such as helping someone
in need, aiding someone in a desperate situation and providing support when a critical
situation arises in any way. Each member is tried and tested for their battle
strength, intuitively, knowledge and possess a heart of steel before they are
finally accepted into the organisation.

There are seven
ranks within the Hero Troopers organisation with the ranks ranging from F as
the lowest to A as the highest and S as the rarest. Each member, upon
succession in passing the trials, will receive a rank based on the scores from
each category they were assessed in and then their total score. Their rank also
determines the risk of the missions they can take and the reward they receive
and any advancement that counts towards the upgrade their rank.

The reason for this
establishment stemmed from a heroic group known throughout history and
children's stories as the Nine Heroes of Legends. They lived a very long time
ago when the concept of accomplishing magic via the use of Magic Devices was
being pursued. During that time, an invasion from another world with evil
beings, such as the monsters and demons, swarmed into their world in order to
annihilate them.

At that moment, the
Gods of Justice, Freedom and Protection answered the plea of the people and
bestowed upon them a summoning circle that called forth nine heroes from other
worlds who came to be known as the Nine Heroes of Legends. They possess intelligence,
strength, power, cunningness, steadfastness, humility, determination, honour
and pride, and they each were given a sacred instrument that came to be known
as the Heroic Magic Devices, or HMDs for short.

Using these weapons
of high class power, they vanquished the monsters and saved Alzard World from
the demons. With their mission completed, they were to return back to their own
worlds, but before they left, swore an oath upon the magic circle that summoned
them.

“Today, we leave in
peace, but tomorrow is uncertain. If we are needed, the time is right and the
danger is high, summon us. We will come as promised.”

With their departure
came peace and a time of development as their devices, while unable to be held
or touched, gave the scientists the much-needed information to finally go on to
build the Magic Devices. As such, it was truly their existence that started the
evolution of technology which humans came to rely on it and soon the world was
modernised by its might.