Chapter 0: The Phoenix

<p>Since the dawn of life on Earth, nature and living things have generated a mysterious life force known as Telde that uses living cells as a fuel to wield a wide variety of superpowers. However, only a select few people have the ability to fully utilize them. Raised his whole life by a single mother in the countryside, Akemi awakened his ability to wield Telde on one fateful day. With the help of his Sensei, Tsuki, and his classmates, each with their own unique Telde abilities, Akemi will learn to control and strengthen his powers. However, in the shadows, a group of Telde users known as The Harvesters lurk. The sinister group reaps Telde from nature and normal humans, and use the stolen Telde to find and control Primers, powerful objects made from the bones of the first and most powerful Telde user and imbued with the power of and shaped after 13 mythical beasts. Will Akemi and his peers be able to stop the Harvesters from collecting the primers? Will Akemi be able to learn how control and strengthen his Telde abilities? Or will the Harvesters achieve the god-like powers they seek to achieve their nefarious goals?</p>