keeper of the realms

In a stone cottage up a hill , joy had spread over the household in anticipation of the arrival of a new member of the family .A newborn baby.

"Arthur do not look so nervous , the baby will come " a deep raspy voice echoed. This voice belonged to Essex , a tall heavily built man who always had his trademark axe strapped on his back .

Essex was Arthur's good friend and they had survived countless life and death battles together . This made Arthur to see Essex like a brother to him.

On the other hand Arthur was a tall man but not as heavily built as Essex , Arthur was fit and agile favoring his play style with the sword , his weapon of choice .

 " I cannot help but feel nervous ,not only for William but for my wife too " Arthur replied .

" So it seems that you have already decided on the name to give the baby " Essex was visibly surprised but he also understood that Arthur was excited about this so it was normal for him to have already decided on a name for the baby.

Suddenly the door to the room where Grace , Arthur's wife , was opened gently and Meryl emerged with a baby wrapped in her arms.

Meryl was the maid of the household and she is also the one who helped Grace to deliver the baby .She is very dedicated in her duties and the household is very grateful for her presence.

" Master , the mistress is tired and she is resting inside " Meryl said with a slight bow as she handed over the baby, obviously she was referring to Grace.

Arthur took the baby and immediately started showing him off to Essex " little William looks a lot like me , I am sure he has also inherited my charms " 

Arthur was a strong warrior who never showed mercy on the battlefield to either man or beast so this sight of him was something that truly surprised Essex.

"Like you have charms ?" Essex scoffed.

'The only common thing you have is the colour of your hair ' Essex thought .

The world that William was born into was known as Valor , a mythical world where supernatural forces existed,and this made it so dangerous.This was where the strong ruled over the weak, where the weak grovelled under the mercy of those who possessed strength.

Valor was divided into realms separated by planes . The realms were namely the mortal realm , the shadow realm , the demon realm and the angel realm .Knowledge of the other realms was known to few in the mortal realm ,this is because of how dangerous the other realms were and could not be ventured freely by anyone.

Currently we were in the mortal realm where humans had the ability to awaken incredible abilities that allowed them to coexist with the dangers of this world even though they were still far from being the strongest .

The four realms have been able to exist together in harmony because of natural born warriors.This warriors are known as keepers and they resided in the planes separating the realm.

Arthur waved his hand and a black orb appeared . Of course this was not by a miracle but through a special ring known as a spatial ring.A spatial ring is a magical artifact that allows the user to store items in a separate space .The spatial ring shows its usefulness in that a person can move from place to place with the items they deem important without the worry of being hindered by them.

" Let's see which genius ability you were blessed with William" Arthur said as pricked William so that a drop of his blood can activate the orb .

This orb has a common usage all over the mortal realm where it is used to show the abilities of humans since this abilities are what would determine their standing in the world .

The orb glowed with a blueish hue , an indication that it was in the middle of assessing the drop of blood .

After a while , the colour faded and it returned to its dull appearance 

" What ! There must be a problem with this orb " Arthur said , surprised by the results 

a lack of colour change after the blue glow indicates that the individual lacks an ability and is therefore a normal person 

" Maybe his abilities are beyond what this tier 1 orb can measure" Essex said 

" Ah! yes " Arthur exclaimed" Essex quickly lend me the tier 2 orb " 

this tier 2 orb looked similar to the tier 1 orb but it had a red strip running across it.

it was used to monitor the growth of abilities but its other function is to show the abilities of one in a million geniuses .Arthur just hoped that little William was a genius and not what he is dreading .

this time the tier 2 orb had no reaction.

SILENCE

Arthur had a look of dispair , he could not believe that William is powerless.

"How can this be possible, or did my lack of an ability affect him ?" Arthur wallowed.

The fact was that Arthur also lacked an ability and he had deeply feared that this would affect William.

"Even if he does not have an ability , there is still a possibily that he can be powerful just like you" Essex said

What Essex was referring to was the path rarely chosen..the path of a weapons master .There were two path that people had to chose from if they wished to become stronger .the first choice was for those who had an ability..they could choose to focus on mastering the epitome of there ability or compliment it with a weapon of there choice.

And there is now those who were not lucky enough to have an ability like Arthur ..these people focused solely on perfecting the art of weapons .Do not be mistaken , those who decide to take this path do not have a disadvantage because if they are able to master the laws associated with there weapons they would be unstoppable.

"I only hope that he will be ready when that time comes"Arthur spoke in a resigned tone since there was nothing left for him to do but hope for the best.