Redo: Grimoire System in the Apocalypse

"If that Formation took your life, then how are you here?" Geth inquired.

"Creating that Formation required giving our life essence. You witnessed the aging of everyone in that room," Albus started.

"I can\'t tell you how we ended up in this situation. The Formation was supposed to give Humans a chance while using a system that most would be familiar with."

Albus waved his arms in the air.

"Your Grimoires were supposed to be nothing but coded machines! Infusing our life essence must have somehow tied in a piece of our memories."

Geth looked at the older man inquisitively, "But there are billions of Grimoires! How could one hundred one people be enough for them all?"

"It may come as a surprise to you," Albus said, "But every individual in that room had powers beyond your comprehension."

Geth looked at Albus doubtfully. 

"You can\'t compare them to my abilities back then. My mental sphere was given to me. The others in that circle earned the right to be there."

"Will all of the other \'Albus\' Grimoires have the same memories as you?" Geth wondered.

"I don\'t know. This is likely a unique situation caused by our run-in with Barbas and Draug." Albus shook his head.

"I named you Albus, so why did they call you that? They shouldn\'t have known."

Albus shrugged again, "I\'m sorry that I can\'t be of much use. I don\'t believe that they have all of their memories either. Maybe they could see into my bindings before you gained an outer mental sphere."

"Is there anything else you can tell me about the spell you used and how it\'s affected Humans?" Geth asked.

"That I can do," Albus cleared his throat, "The center Formation that we used is called Redo. It allowed us to alter time to some extent."

Geth became curious, "So you reset history?"

"Not exactly. What the spell did was force an alteration in the timeline. What we are living in now is a timeline branched off from the original," Albus explained.

Geth\'s eyes widened, "I can see why it would be a last-ditch effort. I can\'t imagine the problems that could be caused by that in the future."

"I\'m pretty sure that it already has. I am almost certain that the spell had been used before," Albus stated.

"The spell that I\'d received was flawed, but there was one thing that stood out. It was primarily made from Elven Runes, and it was set up to create the first mental sphere in an individual.

This suggests that even the Elves didn\'t have a mental sphere at some point. The Dragons and the Gods were the only Races who had that unique trait."

Albus took a breath and continued. 

"With the advances in Formations and Mana technology in the previous timeline, we managed to create a system that would allow every Human to have a mental sphere.

I found that the Formation to create a mental sphere could be imbued onto an object. That object could then be linked to a specific individual.

The object had to have room to infuse other Formations and Runes to use as spells. As such, the Grimoires were born.

There was one major problem with this method. The Grimoire could only be linked to an individual when they first consumed liquid Mana."

Albus gave Geth a moment before continuing.

"It was a custom for Mana to be consumed during infancy. It was much safer for a child to drink the Mana than an adult.

We assumed that it had something to do with the body being prepared for change at that age. After so many centuries, it became an almost natural fusion with minimal pain.

With that being said, we had begun linking the Grimoires to infants. An academy was opened up for those individuals who were chosen test subjects."

Albus sighed, "The Demons made their move before the first batch of children had even reached adolescence. I believe that they somehow knew about our advancements."

Geth looked at Albus for a long time before responding.

"So, you did something to the Formation that would link Grimoires to every Human as they woke up. You even went as far as forcing Humanity to fuse with the Mana," He stated in an even tone.

"I was able to make many changes to this timeline. One, of course, being that all Humans would have the capability of linking with a Grimoire that would grow with them.

We came up with the System to train Humans and gave the Grimoires the ability to absorb the life essence of slain enemies. The most significant change in this timeline was the advancement of the apocalypse.

After years of research, we found a way to force a small part of the apocalypse to happen early. Only ten worlds have currently come together."

Geth became more interested in the topic, "And what about the other ninety worlds?"

"They will merge five at a time, at the beginning of each month, starting precisely one year from the day you woke up here. 

There will be a total of seventy worlds already united before the day the apocalypse was supposed to happen.

On that day, the final thirty worlds will combine with this one. The enemies you face will become progressively stronger up to that point."

Geth nodded in understanding. "So, we have until then to become as powerful as the major Races."

"Dungeons will be a thing of the past during the future merges. There was no way to keep such powerful beings contained.

The most we could do was provide you with the cities. Humanity needs to conquer as many Dungeons and upgrade their cities as much as possible now.

The beast waves that come every month won\'t be easy to handle. The city\'s defenses will help you survive."

Geth nodded, "Got it. Then I\'d better make sure that this meeting goes well."

"You will need as many allies as possible.. The more people you have in the city, the stronger it will become."