《First The Prologue》 Chapter 1 "Haaa... another day has been done..." This I said when I go to my house with a exhaust face. After I go inside I always do an inner monologue like "Hello I am Ayaka, I''m in my early twenties" It is like I am breaking a fourth wall. Where I say what life I have now and right now is super boring or rather sad one. Sometimes I wish I have a family or a lover. I can be cheerful when I''m at work with my colleague but it''s easy to get sad when I''m alone. Watch, Eat, Work, Sleep is only my routine. I wish my life can be a exciting one someday also I really need a emotional right now.. After I finish my meal, I rest for like ten minutes and then I hit the bathroom and brush my teeth. Afterwards I scroll through some funny videos or news and then pray that the next day I wake up will be an exciting one... *Chirp* *Chirp* This is the first sound I hear after I wake up with the look that is saying "really?!". Under the big tree where I wake up I list in my head the events that I experience, one of them is my body regressing to a kid. Which is also a follow up saying "Is this an anime or comics trope where I transported to another world and became a protagonist?!" With many more questions pouring to my head I felt hunger. "I should really watch the survival videos I see on the internet" . After I say this I enter the forest with little knowledge I have. Upon traveling inside the forest it''s too peaceful and all I hear is the humming of the birds. After more or less twenty minutes I see a bridge. After that I think that people will roam to this forest which will lead to a village nearby. But I asked myself "But which direction?" Well, I think it''s really hard if I go north or south and I waste ten minutes of my life asking this question to myself! because of this I forget the hunger I have. After the idiotic question I see some smoke coming from the south, seeing this I quickly go south with no other question. Upon arriving in my direction I see some five houses and the middle of it I see some three old men. The two of them are like my grandpa if I have one and the remaining one has an uncle look. Before I could speak, the three of them looked at me. My heart got loud and I questioned my head as if these three old men now that I am here. The one old man who had the aura of a martial artist spoke. "Hey kid! don''t worry, we are not bad people! like you we also transmigrate to this world and we know that you are hungry" "Old man, when did you know that I am here?!" "Since you wake up and that is why you should join us eating some meals." "Wow that is creepy if you think, if they know my existence since the beginning but I don''t feel some bad aura or something to these three old men" After the inner monologue I have I quickly ran to them because I am really hungry this time. They gave me bread and soup and damn! This meal is awesome! because it is tasty I request some more. When eating I tell my story up to this day. "I see upon listening to your story it seems our world is close to each other." The uncle looking guy had relief on his face when he said that. "Hmm? So that means uncle, you also have a mall in your world?" "Yes, but it is more high tech and also we achieve dimension exploration but we don''t have space exploration." "Woooooah! i like to visit your world uncle!" "I know having advanced technology hype you up but we should focus more in the present and after that we can think of ways to go to my planet." "And you grandpa with glasses, where do you from? "According to your uncle, I am from the medieval period and we are more focused on medicine and magic." "Ahhh! So you are a doctor and alchemist? "Yes, if you think about it I can be an alchemist but I am not a doctor. My main job is a herbalist." "Ok grandpa! and you, other grandpa?" The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "Do you know the world of martial arts or murim in short?" "I think I have a clue about your world grandpa, a martial artist who has a dantian where they store or locate the internal energy. Then most martial artists are arrogant because they think they can beat most of the people. Am I right grandpa?" "Hohoho, of course you are right little girl, in murim where power is absolute anything you can rule. By the way it seems your uncle is right that our world is like a novel, I hope I can visit your world little girl! By the way My name is Bing Xing." "I am Tom Row from the future." "My name is Herbert Crimson from Crimson Family." "Hi I am the one who brings you into this world." Upon hearing that I nearly dropped my food because of shock. I did not expect this kind of introduction and I thought only four were here. "Who is this little kid, grandpa Bing?" "This idiot or blockhead is the God of this planet and the one who teleports us in this place." This one who grandpa Bing mentioned is the God of this planet. For a God I don''t feel any holiness or diviness to this kid. It has the same height as me, the color of its eye is just brown, the clothes are simple like a commoner in a novel. Really it does not have any unique characteristics. But why do I have the feeling that I want to hit this idiot. "Hehe, sorry guys, I just need your help". "Help? But I don''t have power.. and also this is your world you know the power of a high being." I am skeptical of this God, it is just that all of the people here, this one have the power to do unimaginable things. "Do you think I transported you here if you don''t have potential? and one more thing I have limited power on what I can do even though I am the God of this planet.. if it''s only I don''t have this restriction long ago my problem has been finished..." Upon hearing that I see the sadness on the eyes of this God. I feel like I poke his emotion even though I don''t mean it. Silence fills the surroundings. In this situation it is really awkward. "Sorry for the awkward silence.. Also I will tell you why I transported you here. I want you to help the Hero I choose from your world but he will come here 15 years from now." "Why so long? It is not possible that he is also transported this time?" "I don''t know why you two does not summon here at the same time. But I feel like someone is interfering with me as if that person knows I will get another person in other places. I know this explanation is not enough but I am sure that 15 years from now he will come. It will also possible that after you two finish your business here the it also different time you will back to your world. "I know that I don''t have any choice but to help you but what is your main reason that you need us four?" "I would like to end the war between the races vs demon kin, But my demons are not really bad. I don''t know why they become berserkers but I just know that an unknown being has the power to manipulate and bypass my power. I discovered an unknown power and traced it until I saw a message that if I want to end this madness I will need to free that King of the demon that has been sealed in their territory." "Hmm... did you try to go to the territory of the demon king?" "Yes, but I can''t pass because of a barrier surrounding it but it is only specific for me because the other races can enter and go out of this barrier. I really think about what I can do to help and after the first 100 years I attempt to transport other living beings on my domain. The price I pay is that my powers almost drain when I summon the three. I thought it would end after I summoned these people but another unfortunate event fell upon us." "And what is it?" "Our physical body is disappearing and we can''t escape to this forest." The way uncle tom says this has a serious tone. "EH?! but how do you guys get this items and foods?" I really surprise when uncle tome said that, "isn''t kind of bullshit restriction?" I said to my head. "It''s not that we can''t escape to this forest. We can escape to this forest sometimes but we can only stay outside of the forest for only one week, then back again to this forest. This phenomenon occurs once a month and when it is the end of the month. Now our physical body disappears when our stamina has dropped, it can also trigger when we are hungry upon discovering that. We will turn into spirit beings until we recover our energy. But thanks to Bing and Herbert we can last longer, we expand our qi and gather mana in our surrounding this way we last as long we are not really tired or hungry." "And we will teach you what we discover and learn for the past 2000 years from qi and mana gathering to how you use them. It will really hard for you." The way grandpa Bing said you can see how proud he is, same with uncle tom and grandpa herbert. "Well I don''t really have any choice but to follow you guys." I cried in my mind when I said that. "Don''t worry Ayaka, we will guide you and you will begin your training today!" The way grandpa Herbert has an enthusiasm to his face unlike uncle tom he has a devil smile... Destiny, God, Or other external factors, I know that I wish my life to be an exciting one but it was suddenly... I sigh in my head knowing this is gonna be a rough journey. Chapter 1 End. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 "Ayaka, come with us we will reveal something to you." Upon grandpa Bing said that I automatically follow. We traveled at least 10 minutes to get to the vacant place. "We are here where we teach you." "The food I ate I think is not fully digested, it''s such a waste if I vomit in my training..." This is what I said to my head because it is shameful if I blurt it out. "Did you see that refraction thing in the middle of this lot?" Uncle Tom pointed his finger to that place, the refraction thingy is not that visible most of the time but you can see it if you focus your eyes. But this one it''s literally seen in my naked eye, I worry because it feels like that is the gate from hell. Upon seeing it I replied to Uncle Tom. "Yes, Uncle Tom it feels like a gate from hell and I think it is hotter to that place." "HAHAHA! This kid is funny, you will not train to that spot because even us will feel bad if we train you to that spot on your first day. That refraction thingy is a portal to the training room." After he said that I feel relieved and I do the okay sign to him, indicating I appreciate what they do to me. "You are correct Uncle! It is a little bit embarrassing if I just vomit what we ate and I feel bad if I do that!" He smirks as if he knows that I''m just bullshitting him, but this is what I feel anyway they will know what my attitude is in the long run. We go where the refraction thingy and then Grandpa Herbert uses some spell then it turns into a portal. The way grandpa does that blows my mind; it''s just awesome! I hope I can do that in the near future. After we enter another jaw dropping moment because above our heads it is like a sea of stars. I sense something and when I turn my head to them they have this kind of expression of "How cute of this girl" . It can''t be helped because of how good this place is! The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. "Now Ayaka, in this room you can do anything you want and it does not affect your body. We make this so that the time you spend here has more benefits outside of this room. The time here is really slow because 1 hour here is equivalent to 1000 years." " HA?! but living here for 1000 years makes our mind go nuts!" "Don''t worry about that Ayaka, even though we experienced being nuts for more than a thousand years we made a solution to this problem so that you don''t experience what we experience," With a big smile on his face uncle tom assured that I have a good journey. "Well technically you are not a child because you are a full grown adult who has a role in the society. But we will see if having the body of a child can affect your mind also." "Well Grandpa Bing you can say it can affect my mind also after all this is my body, hehe" "So, what will she learn first?" God asks. "She will learn how to use mana and qi, these two are the very foundations we learn when learning about our body." Grandpa Herbert replied. "Ayaka, just a reminder if you play fighting games this one is a practice mode so it is natural that you always fail and that is okay. But you can only apply what you learn here when we go outside. Just like a game you can only do what you learn in training mode and make it happen in actual." Add by Uncle Tom. "He is right Ayaka, just like Herbert and Tom in the beginning, they don''t have the body of a martial artist. I personally believe that if a person is given a chance to have an opportunity they will grab it and attain it. So do your best Ayaka!." "Speaking of opportunity you will also encounter those people that have the blessings of plot armor. Maybe you also have plot armor but not crazy as the one who has been summoned as a hero. Just brace yourself and maybe in the near future you can fight toe to toe with them Ayaka." Added by Uncle tom. "I just remember an old school mate, he is just an ordinary person but he became a monster in just one month and everyone including me was shocked about his development." Added also by Grandpa Herbert with a face of disbelief. "So, yeah we can start now by explaining the mana and qi and later we will do something to this place after your academic phase." with a not really obvious excited face of Uncle Tom " I think it is good if we do this tomorrow, hehe.." slowly backing towards the portal. But the face they make is like a villain from a certain series..... I guess they are excited to teach their first disciple and that is understandable. Chapter 2 End Chapter 3 Chapter 3 "Now ayaka, we will begin your training now." "Yes sir Herbert" We enter this classroom where it pops out of nowhere. Grandpa Herbert began the lecture of the topic we will discuss now and it was like a high tech way but in a magical way... A hologram! "We will begin in mana and ki. It is simple if we look at both mana and ki because these two are both the same. Why do I say It is the same? The answer is these two are natural energy in our universe, still it is a mystery for the three of us where this energy originates but the good of this anything in our universe contains mana and ki." "Humu humu..." "Are you following what I''m saying?" Teacher Herbert asked "Yes, it is simple and don''t worry sir, I will let you know if I can''t follow." "Good I''m glad that you said that. Now I will resume our topic, although the qi and mana are alike, they have different uses. But it depends where you originate or what world/universe you came from. Just like me and Bing, he uses ki and mana for me. For example in our world we will now discuss Bing¡¯s world. Qi is the main source of energy in their world, now this ki can make a strong body of a person not only that it is also the source of their power for their martial arts. They have storage known as dantian which is located in the belly and the groin, this is where the qi stored but it depends sometimes if it is located in your solar plexus or it has 3 separate parts. When you cultivate your ki dantian grows and when your dantian is destroyed most of the time they lose their cultivation and their martial arts. It can recover but it takes time, not only decades, it can reach centuries or even millennia, that is why it is critical for the martial artists. You can speed your recovery by eating pills, it is like medicine for the murim world. You can gain ki on this pill and also recover your body but according to bing Pill is such an expensive one it takes a lot of resources to make one. Some pills are dangerous because when in the making of it a person can die. For example if the materials used in making pills are dangerous it can affect the maker. Do you follow ayaka?" "Yes!" "Great! Now in my world this Mana is natural in our world from micro-organism to the planet itself have mana just like ki but unlike qi when you cultivate it makes you stronger. In my world it depends on how much mana is stored in your body and it always have discrimination when determining the person''s mana stored. By the way, we stored our mana in our heart and brain and we used a mana circuit or our nerves to be able to cast magic just like a pipe you need to flow your energy in different parts of your body to cast a magic. Now according to Tom our world has a different Scale of magic which we do not have in our world but it is good to determine on what scale a mage achieves. Scale 1 to 5, The scale 1 this mana stored is much lower and many people possess it, Scale 2 is average you can control the flow of your mana and you can summon a magic but in a very limited way. Scale 3 in which I possess before I go to this world, you can wield your mana very well and can cast multiple types of magic. This is an above average type. Most of the people who possess such mana either be a scholar or Mage of the kingdom. Scale 4 It has a wide range of magic spells that can destroy a kingdom; only few people possess this and they can do chantless spells. Lastly Scale 5 A omnipotent being all of the spells known in our world can cast without any effort a being that is impossible to beat. Ranging from normal to divine/demonic spell the who above all and can rival God of our world. Only 1 person who possesses a Scale 5. Now just like cultivation do we have a similar technique to increase our mana capacity? Yes, we have also one but it is risky because you need to eat many plants and animals to gain more mana as in all ranging from normal to poisonous one. I don''t know how many years equivalent now in my world but I hope people discover some way to increase one mana. I really hope that guy manage to do it now..." "Who is that teacher?" I asked Teacher Herbert it feels like he has hope for this person. "My Schoolmate''s name is Xel Conqueror and before I went to this world he said that he will do anything to overcome the limitation of having a small mana in our body but he said that when we are only teenagers that time. Now that I am older I don''t have news if he succeed or not." Grandpa Herbert had a sad face after he said that. Is it because Xel did not succeed or he doesn''t have news to this guy? If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. "Now now teacher, what are the disadvantages of 2 energy?" I change the topic so that the mood is good. :Well first the mana, you can''t use magic without mana. That is a simple problem, another one is it has difficult magic and incantation. One wrong move can cost your life. For the ki is you will eventually lose the ki in the long run unlike mana you can borrow or absorb depending on type. Did I not say that you can absorb mana in your surroundings?" "You don''t, teacher..." "HAHAHAHA, forgive me if I miss a crucial technique." "No problem sir, I think Uncle tom and Grandpa Bing also mention this absorb thing" "Also if you master mana and ki in different levels it can help you in different situations as long as you follow our methods" Teacher Herbert says this with a big smile on his face. "Now we can end our lecture here and we can go outside of this portable classroom." "Okay sir!" Upon leaving this portable classroom Uncle Tom and Grandpa Bing greet us and ask if the lecture is good. After verifying that it went well they asked me to go outside of this place where they will make this place a great training ground. I sat in the tree and wondered if the lecture had more to introduce or it was just short... and also I wonder if a murim person goes to the magic world what will happen? same with the magician who transported to the murim world. It also depends on what level they are in their respected world. I have deeply thought about this subject and I am now gazing at this blue sky. It is a great color with matching clouds... I also think if the war now in other regions is another hell for the people there.. I slowly shut my eyes while the cold breeze of the wind slapped my face. After that grandpa Bing woke me up to go to the house to have snacks. "Uncle Tom, did the three of you finish your job?" "Well we have other things to fix but before that we will eat up first because it is noon now. Also, can you cook? "A little bit hehe" " Oh that is great, also I am the one who will cook the lunch now so I need a helper. Do you mind helping me? "No problem to me Uncle Tom." We go to the kitchen while the two grandpa discuss what methods they are going to use. Meanwhile in the kitchen Uncle Tom wants to make a curry. After he decides on what he will make he goes to the storage and picks up the ingredients. After he picks them we do the prep. I wash and slice the ingredients and I follow Uncle Tom instructions. He is the one who manages to cut the meat and after that he starts to cook and I only watch him while he does the cooking. After he starts I also start to cook the rice, it takes 1 hour for both to be fully cooked and we assemble the table and eat. After a little break they head again to the portal while me staying again in the shade of a tree. 30 mins have passed and they finish their work and grandpa Bing led me to the portal. Upon entering my jaw almost drops because of how good it is, just like in anime! "Now ayaka, this is your training ground but it is only a simulation. Are you ready?" "Wait! can I calm myself first?" Excitedly saying it. "Hahaha! okay take your time." I patiently calmed myself because of how beautiful it is. I see their faces and they are proud of what they made. I wish I had my phone to picture this! "I am ready!" "Okay, we will go to the World Tree." If I describe this simulation it is half fantasy world and murim world and I see the colors of the two where it is green and blue! In the middle it is the World tree, one is like a fantasy world and the other one is like Bonsai but bigger. What a nice place! "Here in the World trees you will do meditation so that you can get the mana and ki. But we will get the first energy is Mana so we will lean in the Fantasy World to get Mana." Huh? I thought I can''t get mana because this is only a simulation? Did they forget it? This is suspicious... "Ok sir!" I replied to Grandpa Herbert. "Go to this spot where the Mana zone is located. By the way it is okay if you are bored of gathering Mana and eventually you will get used to it. So first relax your body and mind and blend it in the environment and the mana will naturally go to your body. That is why I am really happy that mana here is easy to gather!" "Is it ok here in this spot Teacher?" "Yes." We correct my posture first for meditation and they are also the one who will fix my posture if mine is not good so I''m only gonna do is to meditate. Here it is my journey to become OP! "..." "...." "....." "......" 10 years later.. "..." "..." "..." "Uhm.. I think your body is not suitable now to gather mana?" "haha.. I think so Teacher Herbert.. Can I try qi first? I think it is easy to accumulate my energy hehe.." "I agree to that! I think your body is suitable for martial arts, okay we will try again just like you do in gathering mana." The way Grandpa Bing says it has assurance. "Ok sir!" "..." "...." "....." "......" Another 10 years.. WHAT THE FUCK??? HOW IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME!! Chapter 3 End! Chapter 4 Chapter 4 "Hmmm.. what problems does this child have and she can''t even get mana and ki." *scratching his head* "What if she had cursed when she transferred here.* Grandpa Bing added. "Nahhh, it is impossible because we can detect it upon seeing her for the first time." (Uncle Tom said it while thinking hard) After seven minutes of silence Grandpa Herbert talked again. "Ayaka, come here we will examine your whole body." "No grandpa! you can''t touch a little girl''s body.." *looking afraid with big grin* "You don''t even reach the standard for a girl, so stop joking and get in here." "Also even if you reveal your naked body there is nothing to see you know." Grandpa Bing added. "Oh... I think our meal will be roasted I guess.." Because of the emotional damage she received the debuff low self-esteem and Tom is hiding his laughter after he heard the two. Seeing Ayaka feeling down he taps to her shoulder to support her even though he is barely holding it off. Upon examining Ayaka''s body using Eyes of the Energy which they develop, it shocks him because he doesn''t see anything. "We have a big problem, Bing and Tom.." "Huh?" "What is it?" "This one I can''t find anything on her inside" "That is impossible! When that guy gets her she is complete until now. That is why we sense her when she transfer here immediately!" "But right now we can sense her energy like a normal living being." "Hmm.. wait a moment I will call !@#$%^& let''s see if it knows what happened to Ayaka." The two of them agree to Bing and Bing quickly goes outside to call him. While the other one is outside from his sling bag Tom gets his arcade cabinet. "Ayaka, come here and let''s play some fighting games. By the way, do you know this genre? "I experienced it when I was a kid playing this genre although only for a small amount of time, hehe. By the way, Uncle and Grandpa, what did you see on me?" "We have a huge problem right now but we should not think about it right now, hahaha" "Oooh..." Tom explains the mechanics of the game they will play and after he explains all to Ayaka, she lets her practice. Two hours later she stops and rests and grinds again. Upon grasping the game she challenged him. "Are you ready Ayaka?" "Ready and prepared!" At the start of the game both of them stay in a neutral game where both opponents are not attacking each other. After that Tom is the first to engage in the battle and Ayaka blocks the attack. Tom pressures Ayaka, forcing her into a defensive position. The aggression of Tom suddenly stops and now both characters are face to face. Ayaka, thinking if she will attack or continue her defense but suddenly Tom grabs the character of Ayaka and he starts his combo. The health of Ayaka suddenly drops into half and Tom slightly backs because he is wary of the Dragon Punch but Ayaka did not use it, now again in neutral gaming. Both of them calculated their distance until Ayaka glimpsed the remaining seconds and got panicked and rushed. In the end Tom won the first round with a perfect. In round 2, both players were cautious with each other and then Ayaka grabbed Tom and she started her combo but eventually broke the combo because of the timing. Then pressure Tom in the corner until she accidentally inputs a long frame move that is the time both see opportunity and frustration. Then Tom throws the whole combo and Ayaka does the Dragon Punch but Tom blocks it and another full combo until her life is in orange then Tom just casually grabs Ayaka, and the round is won by Tom. After that Herbert is next, when the game started Bing and !@#$%^& came and the game halted. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. "Hmmm.. she is normal, nothing to worry about." "But we don''t see any organs and nerves inside but she has energy?" "Ah I didn''t say to you guys but she doesn''t have anything inside?" "You don''t.." The three visibly piss with this guy. "That is the power of Ayaka, she will not affect any attacks inside of body but you can injure her external." "Huh?" "Look, when it comes to power and magic, one of the dangerous skills is the one who can tear you inside and you three fully know it and the skill she has will save her in the future unless you can bypass it. Regarding external injury, what you see physically like hair, nose, skin. etc can damage her and can result in death if she can''t endure the pain. Before you guys give your questions, Even me it does not make sense you know and there is saying "It is what it is" thing." "So as long as it damages her skin or eye, she can spit some blood?" "Hmm.. Why don''t you guys try to unveil her powers? at least you can also find solutions to her upcoming weakness." ¡°A good suggestion!¡± *Everybody looks at me, seeing their eyes and gestures as if I have the final say to that suggestion, oh well I have many years to come I already experience how long here.* "It is ok for me to conduct experiments that will also help me." "Are you sure? this gonna be painful and long..." "It is ok Grandpa Herbert, I think I can endure it." "Ok, Bing and Tom, let''s activate the experiment room." "Aight. I''m gonna activate it." "We will uncover Ayaka''s power and weaknesses and also we will try to incorporate the mana and ki on her." They study the power and body of Ayaka for 216 years with different experiments such as magic, physical and mental attack on her which help to adapt her weakness but in exchange for it Ayaka develops some problems such as body and mental illness. Therefore the experiment has been halted but during the time Ayaka recuperates. The three also find ways to heal her both mentally and physically. This treatment lasts about 561 years. They also add different types of spell to her to counter different magic skills which will be naturalize in her body like a immune system and lastly they also succeed to incorporate the mana and ki in her body just like how body supposably and they call it Ki and Mana system which it is like the giving the inside exactly like a normal human have. But with pure ki and mana, even though she has the two now, she still has zero skills and experience which is not different with people who don''t have background experience with magic and cultivation. "Woooo.. Her training now will begin at last." "Yeah.. by the way you guys need something to eat? It''s been long since we ate something." "I would like tea and some pastries." "Herbert and Ayaka, what two of you would like to eat?" "I''ll take the same with Bing." "Burger and fries. But if you don''t have ingredients, just pastries and juice. Thank you Uncle!" "Aight, wait me here guys." When Tom gets outside Ayaka lay on the ground and asks a favor to the two if Tom will be here just to wake her up. Which two agree and the two continue their conversation. After one hour, Tom came to the portal with food both in his hands and they woke up Ayaka to eat. The company enjoyed their break and talked about things and after they finished. The four of them go to the practice ground and they go to the middle between two World Trees. "Ayaka, are you ready?" "Yes Sir, I am ready." "We said that you have Ki and Mana now but even if you can''t gather both of them at first you already have the energy which is present in all forms of life and things. Because of that it was a little easy to give you the two energy. We succeed in incorporating mana and ki into your body, but it does not end there. This time we will add more mana and ki to your body to ensure everything is right." (nod) "Tom, monitor Ayaka." "Ok!" Herbert start to give mana which Bing and Ayaka, circulate to its body. Giving a visual of a different organs, bones, nerves, muscles and blood. Same with how Herbert giving mana, Bing also do its job to give ki and Herbert guide Ayaka to circulate it. This ki gives the organs and different parts of the body a life just like a normal body. Lastly both Herbert and Bing will give energy simultaneously and only Ayaka will circulate it. After 1 hour of giving and circulating energies the transfering is successful! "Congratulations Ayaka! You can become a martial artist and a mage now." "Cheers!" "Congratulations!" "*bow* I am very thankful to my first teachers who persevere and care for me. Now I am your official first disciple!" "Now Ayaka, what do you want to learn first?" "Hmm.. I will take the ki first master, I think physical is my top priority right now and I think I can do magic faster." "Ok, so your Master Bing will guide you the way." "Oh right! Since you pick qi first, this technique I will teach might kill you if you can''t endure the pain!" "A-ah.. I think I will go to magic first... hehe.. "Don''t worry if it doesn''t kill you, it makes you stronger just endure it hahahahaha!" "!!???" Chapter 4 End Chapter 5 "Now Ayaka, just like in our ordinary world we have different types of power/cultivation techniques and each of the authors have different take on powers and you are aware of it right?" "Yes sir, and perhaps did you guys make a technique?" "Yes, you are correct, and we make 3 cultivation techniques which is pretty good because even if you learn different cultivation and martial arts you will not experience qi deviation but of course you should experience how qi deviation works." "Haha.. but why???" "Just how teachers pass their trauma to their students, err. Anyway your Grandpa/Master Bing will be teaching you in 3 cultivation and me and Herbert will assist. Sir Bing, you may take the rest." "Thank you, so now Ayaka I will introduce you to our first cultivation which is the Formless, qi less, restore cultivation. This design to make your qi undetected and restore hence its name. This will also be your final trump card and it contains different types of magic spells to counter skills of your opponent such as copy skills, qi/mana poison, anti trigger and many more. "But you guys have so many counters?" "Uhm.. you know we don''t like to taste defeat.." "Oooh..." "A-Anyway, even though this cultivation is strong there is a catch to this. It can only activate if you don''t have ki in your body. So if you get one shot before it activates, well you are done. So try not to get one shot and also only qi will be restored and not your mana." "How about the qi less?" "Oh the qi less, yes, this one is useful if the martial arts you learn from others require qi so basically this one bypasses that requirement. This also fools your opponent in certain events. Any question Ayaka?" "Non master!" "Okay, we will proceed to the simulation ground on the murim side to prepare you." - - - - "Okay we are here at last, this location is good for cultivating one ki. The river, the land, the trees, and air are all good so when you cultivate in the real world try to find a place that has this quality. Of course if you are living in the cities these qualities are hard to find so try to find a location that is comfortable to you." "Ok master! I will try to remember what you said." "Now Ayaka, just like what we did when we incorporated the mana and ki, try to circulate your qi in your dantian just like in this video." "Woah! woah! you have videos?!" "Yes, and Tom suggests this so even me suprise that this kind of method of learning is available in your world!" "Now sit and begin your training." "Wuu...[So this is the qi in my body. When this energy came to my body it had a hot sensation throughout my body but now it is cold just like a wind when it is hitting my face. Now I am circulating my ki to my dantian, if my masters don''t guide me how to circulate my ki it will takes time but now it is easy.]" [Just like that Ayaka, keep on filling the dantian of your qi as much as possible.] . . . This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. . AFTER 5 HOURS "Wuu..." "How do you feel now?" "I feel tired after gathering qi even though it feels like it is not even half." "That is normal when gathering your ki, well in my world it is easy for the geniuses or royal blood to gather their ki unlike normal citizens. So don''t feel defeated, you know this is only a simulation so your effort of gathering ki will be banished." "Oooh.. I nearly forgot that this is only a simulation haha.." "That is also okay Ayaka. Even though you work hard for nothing at least your mind and body has been conditioning little by little like it is normal. I think the effect of healing has been cast right now." "Woah! I don''t feel tired now." "Yep, everything is normal as of now. You also passed the first requirement of Formless, qi less, and restore cultivation. "Wooooooo Yes!" After I finished we went to the real world and told me that after what I learned in simulation I should apply here in the real world and they advised me to look for a place that has a similar atmosphere on the murim side. After that I roam in the forest until I see a giant boulder. "I think it is great to train here but not to practice gathering qi here. Hmm.. I should roam again. I think I can find one but I will leave a mark here." After a while I found a Lake. "This one has nice air and scenery. I think this one is good but I''m still not satisfied.. Might as well leave another mark." I travel more until I see a cave. I was hesitating at first if I would go because I don''t know what was inside of it but eventually convinced myself to go because the three will not make me go in a dangerous place. It was cold when I entered and I forgot that I don''t have any source of light and right now I am leaning on the wall of the cave and slowly walking and it took me a while before I saw a light. It gave me hope to continue to walk and upon arriving I saw how beautiful it was! "Uwaaaa! So shiny and pretty! All these crystals illuminate the area. I feel relaxed here and my guts telling me this is the one to train my qi, well just like other novels, manga, and other works. Hmm.. I just realized why caves are one of the training grounds of those protagonists because no one will disturb you and it is too secluded. I should train here asap." After I found a spot in this crystal area I began to gather my ki and I was shocked because it feels like I just synchronized my body to this place! It feels like many hours have passed and it seems the crystals were not shining brighter when I landed here. Perhaps these crystals are connected to the ground? I get up and start to go and next time I should ask Uncle Tom if he has some items that can resemble a flashlight. Upon exiting I see the sunset which can indicate that I only have about an hour to go to the house so I just run before it gets dark. "Welcome back Ayaka, did you find a place to train your ki?" "Ah yes Grandpa Herbert, I just found a place but it is too far so I just run as fast before the sun settles. By the way Why do you chopping some wood?" " Well it is exercise for me and I restock our firewood." "Oh I see and about the two Grandpa Bing and Uncle Tom, where are they?" "I think Tom is planning on what food he will cook and Bing is organizing your room." "Ahh.. By the way Grandpa can I help you in your wood chopping if it''s ok with you?" "Nah it''s ok but thank you for your kind gesture and I think you are tired from running here? So you should rest for now and you can accompany me here if you like." "Ok grandpa, oh I have a question why the forest is quiet and I don''t see animals?" "Well in this forest it has a diversity of animals. It is just that we conquer this part of the forest and only birds and fishes are animals you can see here. "So meaning they''re other territories?" "Yes and also you will see some warning signs if you are close to the boundary and it will alert us so don''t wander to the edge of our territory. Also we get our spices and other ingredients in other territories." "Oooooh! I see that it has other parts of the forest." "And also you will be tasked to defeat some enemies and stay in different territories or some mission like gathering of medicinal plants or name some trees. Part of your training." "oooh..." "Don''t worry you will go to that after you can defend yourself. Like learning the 1st half of the 2nd cultivation" "A-ah I see hehe.." "Uhm.. anyway just focus on the present because it is not time to worry about the future, after all we are not sure what the future holds. Trust me it can save you time worrying about other things." "Ok grandpa, I will try to remember what you said." After Grandpa Herbert finish his work we go where Grandpa Bing and Uncle Tom waiting. Upon arriving we see them playing after that Grandpa Herbert substitute Uncle Tom because he will start to cook now and for me I just watch the two playing. 2 hours after that we start to eat and the meal is delicious and I think my palate will have high standard from now. After we finish eating Grandpa Bing escort me to my new room and arriving at the place it is like a small cabin and Grandpa Bing left after he finish escorting me. Entering the cabin my jaw could not believe it because of how spacious my cabin! All the items are complete just like a modern house except internet but still this place is luxurious how those 3 to this? Then I go to my bed and lay and I realized that it is only one day when I transfer to this world.. Many questions coming up in my head but my eyes are heavy and I decide to get some sleep. Chapter 5 End Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Another morning has come where the humming of birds, the gentle light of sunshine, and the chaotic sound of the alarm clock awoke me. As I do my stretching I just realize that it''s been 3 months since I was transmigrated here. What I do is cultivate, play games, eat, and sleep which is great because I don''t worry about things such as paying rent, food, electricity and many more. Such a blissful life and speaking of cultivating I''m super close to filling my whole dantian of ki which is it took me long and I thought it is easy when I read some comics. As I finish organizing my stuff I go to the outside kitchen to eat breakfast. Upon arriving at the site I was greeted by Uncle Tom while he cooked our breakfast. "Good morning Ayaka" "Good morning also Uncle. By the way Uncle, where is Grandpa Bing and Herbert?" "They are patrolling as of now in our territory and probably they''re running right now." "Eh? why now?" "To start their morning also to change their routine, lately they reminisce about their youth when you are not around." "Well nostalgia really hits you when you are older right Uncle?" "Yes, that is true you just eat, play, sleep, oooh.. I also wish to be a kid again.. Haah.." "Why not make potions or cast magic to turn into a kid?" "Well we can make that happen but it is not the same when you are in your world and I miss my family.." "Oh..." ".. Why are we talking about this stuff? Our day just started! Change of topic! I think another couple of minutes those two will arrive here." [20 minutes later..] "Oh! They are here." "Gran-" "*Huff* *Huff* H-H- HELP US!.. *gasp* *gasp* "[What in bloody hell happen?!]" "W-W-WATER!.. *Huff* *gasp* "Ayaka, grab some water in my magic pouch and keep an eye on our breakfast. They might burn, I''ll just grab these two real quick." Just like a wind, Uncle Tom reaches the two with no effort and the look of the two it feels like they''re gonna die any second and when they got here I gave them water with salt. "Hey, you two what''re you guys doing that you guys are out of breath?" "*gulp* *gulp* Wooo... wait let me activate my ki first.. *wooosh* Aight I''m feeling good now!" " So, what happened?" "When we do our rounds our ki is activated therefore our energy consumption is low but we tried to deactivate it and use our mortal body to run and also we don''t use any kind of magic also. This way we rely on our body only and have a thrill round but we underestimate our age and body and that''s how we ended up in a pathetic state. HAHAHAHAHA!" " [Crazy..]" "[ This two idiots are fucking crazy..]" " So, you see Ayaka, this is one of the importance of ki in our body. It can generate power in a low cost way." " Yes and adding more, the only way you consume more ki is by using martial arts, think of the games we play which can be the same in mana." "By the way Grandpas, how you guys can turn off and on your ki? Isn''t ki a passive energy if we see it in a normal way?" "Yes but you see because we master a level of controlling our ki we can just turn it on and off without any problem. Just like some high power in murim, only few can master it like top 10 martial artists but most of those old geezers spend most of their time in isolation and some of them achieve it when they are in their 30''s and 50''s.¡± "Ooooh!" "But you know if you are on the same level, you can have a chance to defeat those monsters and also many factors will come into play like experience, luck, ki, environment." "That is why you need to finish your ki gathering to have a chance. It will be your last ace in the sleeve." "Also having a high quality ki can make you look young! If you introduce this in the real world, this will affect the medicine and cosmetic industries. HAHAHAHA!." "Well even if I introduce ki or something like breathing technique the people who have money and power will shut me down or worse, make me a guinea pig to experiment me and spill anything I know.. and that is troublesome on my part." "Well yeah you have a point there." "Oh speaking of breathing technique, is my first cultivation a form of breathing technique Grandpas and Uncle?" "It is more like a meditation, sure breathing techniques are synonymous with meditation but to me it is just only a meditation and I think breathing techniques are more prevalent in using martial arts techniques such as qigong and strike. Just like other martial arts that require breathing properly to maximize your skills and endurance.¡± "It is like you need a certain amount of air in your body to perform such acts like punching how much air you need? if you are giving all your might you need more air or just poking you need a small amount of it.¡± "In my world we don''t have breathing techniques and I think the closest we have is to take a deep breath and chant as fast as you can and at the same time to improve concentration..." "But in the end it can vary on how the rules of the world are just like breathing technique here or in your world it is just how you conduct to control your breathing and in others is a form of high mastery." "Oooh I see I see.." After we talked about this topic, we start to eat our breakfast and I just notice that we have many food than usual and also both Grandpa Bing and Herbert start eating like they are hungry for at least 1 week after that we cleaned the table and packing some items because Uncle Tom will go the nearest town to gather intel about what happening in this world and for the two grandpa, both of them go in their respective cabin/cottage because they are tired. I guess they turn off their ki.. and as for me I go to the cave for my cultivation training. Also my path now has some spells which makes my path easy to walk and it thanks to Uncle Tom, which he installed.¡± When arriving on my spot I began to cultivate. "[I''m so close to filling my dantian and after this my first assignment will be finished!] At first when I started my cultivation it was really slow even though the environment synchronized with me but as times went by it got really fast. I realized that every time after I eat and straight up go here and cultivate it makes my ki gathering go faster. I suspect that because it is part of my body it needs a lot of energy to gather. Grandpa Herbert also informed me that month that to be able to gather more faster and efficiently I need to eat more. Noon is approaching and now I''m heading to the site to eat. After arriving I see Grandpa Herbert cooking some soup based meals and steaming some fish. A couple of minutes Uncle Tom arrives with some ingredients and news on what is going on in this world. According to him the elves defend their land against the horde of wild beasts which has been alarming because it just happen instantly which mean someone has capabilities to summon such horde, now they¡¯re closing their borders to recuperate their self and all the people aiding now the elves by sending materials to them. On other hand no activities have been seen on the demon side. The last news is they found a lost civilization near the kingdom of beast-people but they can''t enter because of some barrier and it will take a decade or more to explore this lost civilization. After the news we ate our lunch and after that I went back to the cave to train. [Few hours later..] "This is it right?! HAHAHAHA! I can''t wait to verify this!" Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! As I feel full on my dantian I think my first task is complete! After that I go to Master/Grandpa Bing and to verify if I completed my assignment. "Master Bing! I think I''ve already completed my first cultivation." "Wait, let me see your energy by using the Eyes of the Energy.." "How is it?" "Oho! You really do it! Congratulations to you Ayaka! let me tell this to others via Mind Transmission." [Couple of seconds later..] "Attagirl! Congratulations on achieving your first step of cultivation!." "Same here Ayaka, congratulations!." "Hehe.. Thank you!" "Now Ayaka, you have reached the first step now we are gonna do the second step." "Yes!" "Which is destroying your own dantian." "Yes!.. HUH??" "You heard it right Ayaka, the second step is destroying your own dantian." "WOAH WOAH WOAH! so I really did not misheard it! So you asking me guys to be a paralyzed person?! and why it is the second step?!" "Then what is the name of this cultivation? and besides, you will benefit in the long term." "How?" "Who will tell her the story? Me or you guys?" "You got this old man." "I agree, take the stage." "Ok Ok, I will tell you why this is beneficial. At first when we conducted research about ki, your Uncle Tom talked about different literature in their world on martial arts genre. Now most of the martial arts genre revolves around the quality of ki they have. The more you have good and high quality of ki it also improves your power and martial arts just like leveling up. Same concept of cultivating, we gather first our ki on our dantian now upon we gather, we try to refine it mostly this is the route you will go but we have different approach. Upon you fill your dantian with ki it''s time to break it and we know that when a dantian is destroyed it is equivalent to death of your martial art and yourself as a martial artist. Not only that but you will turn into a normal person but in the worst case scenario you will end up as disabled person. Now how can we prevent it? This will enter the different types of medical technologies and this will get your chance to recover! "I see.. but how can you heal the dantian and how about our qi?" "Good question, Since the dantian is the storage of our ki, now we have a thing called meridian where it connects to our dantian. This passageway is extremely important because without this we can''t use our ki to perform a move. When meridian is compromised, likely the dantian also since it was connected to each other, then you can''t use ki it will likely escape to your body or disappear and also it is hard to heal just like dantian. But what if we focused first on the meridian to heal? "Uhm.. it will make a path?" "Exactly! Since the meridian is restored now , the ki have a way now to the dantian but still the dantian is still destroyed. Now we can introduce the different types of healing from acupressure to ki itself to restore the dantian." "Huh? Can ki do that?" "Yes, the ki can do that because it is still part of the body meaning just like our body it has a way to heal itself. Now I mentioned that if the meridian is destroyed we have leakage of ki in our body just like our dantian but meridian also act as storage in our body and the only downside of it is there is still leaking of ki. Now to take advantage of a special feature of meridian the ki now has a way to restore the dantian by coating it around it, but ki alone will take time to do its job to heal it. Here comes to play with the supports which are herbs and elixir, this will act as boosters with their special characteristic which will merge in our ki and the ki now have medicinal properties to properly heal the dantian. When restoration is successful we have now a strong storage with extra layer of protection from the herbs and elixir now the dantian has been level up. Whereas the ki will also level up, now when you start to cultivate again your qi will now enter the newly restored dantian which it automatically refines itself with different types of energy coming from the herbs and elixir. Still even if you don''t have this kind of medicine or boosters it is still possible to restore your dantian and get the new feature which is to automatically refine your qi as long your meridian is not severely damaged. What if your meridian is broken and you don''t have the luxury to buy some herbs and medicine? The answer is if the heaven is real, your chances are if somebody is willing to help you like hunting herbs and make into elixir or a super crazy rich friend who buys you elixirs and herbs. Another note the more you don''t heal your meridian on time the more it will be hard to restore. "Oooh.. more or less I understand what you said Master." "I''m glad somehow you understand what I''m saying. By the way, when destroying your dantian not only once, twice, or thrice, but as long as you are breathing you continuously break it." "But.. why?" "To achieve maximum benefits of course the more you break it the more it will be easier for you. Like us we''ve been breaking our dantian for like a thousand times. At first it was hard but gradually it became like fart.." "Eeeeeh?.." "Also according to our calculation, at 1000 times of breaking your dantian you can achieve something like the origin of origin in the martial arts world." "What the heck is that??" "Just only the Apex tier of the realm in Martial arts like transcendence or something similar. Even though we are on that realm and end this quest or shit once and for all, we just want to be chill and pass our teaching to you." "Why do you do that? Isn''t it practical to just end these things?" "Well we can do that like I just said a couple seconds ago but different worlds have different rules. That is bullshit if you think about it but it is what it is, but we know that fact is you can carry our legacy and carry over to another. That is why we are willing to give you the best we can have. Also the fact that we can''t really carry over this knowledge we have and share it to our people in our world. Like starting from zero and teaching this again it will really take really longer, probably we will die in old age and wait a second. Why are we discussing this kind of topic?! It''s not been a year since we met. We should save this when we depart, you idiot!" "WO-WOAH! I didn''t start this kind of topic Master, I just only asked why you did not end this thing! You suddenly turn real quick and get emotional." "Oh... I guess being old really gets me sometimes, HAHAHAHA!" "Crazy old man, getting emotional in the middle of discussion, HAHAHAHA!" "I agree that we should save this moment when we depart from this world, HAHAHAHAHA!" "Anyway back to the topic, it is a really good method if you combine this with your existing powers because facing an opponent that can pierce your powers will likely confuse. Also when your dantian break mid battle will likely good for you because you will get more stronger so don''t afraid to engage in battle unless you break your dantian a 1000 times if not then don''t get fight you might be one shotted by your enemies."'' "Speaking of one shot by enemies, how will I prevent the external damage?" "Don''t worry because in the near future we will introduce to you the second cultivation you need to learn." "Sweet!" "Now you need to break your dantian now." "WAIT WAIT WAIT! I''m not ready for this and also is it me the one to break it or you guys?" "Of course you are the one who will break your dantian and not us. The reason for this is when we are not around who will try to break yours? None, because they have no idea why you are doing that. Also as I said earlier that the more you break it the easier your dantian and meridian to recover. From the feeling of ripping and punching from the inside to feeling like fart to nothing." ''Okay okay but I will have to prepare mentally." "But you survived when we did some experiments on you.." "Now and before is different, Master." "Okay okay, take your time." [ A half hour later..] "Uhmm before we start I have just one question." "Hm? Okay what is?" "Most or all of the people have many dantian and not only here in the lower part right? Then why do we only use the lower part and not in other parts? Like from head or something?" "The lower part of the body is safer than the other parts. Usually people who sought easier and convenient power tend to do this with high risk and high reward but in reality there are little to non benefits. Only people who do this are either blessed by the heavens or total cheat (plot armor), just like your ability it is a cheat if you are immune to internal damage! But yeah same for use three but it only turn in that way because of long time of discovering things." "Oooooh.." "So are you ready?" "Yes Master, I''m ready and one more thing can I die doing these things?" "Nope, you will not die but you only harm yourself. So brace yourself for the pain." I position myself in a meditation form and both Master Herbert and Master Tom both on my sides while Master Bing is on my back and ready to guide me. Master Bing starts to guide me to my dantian and he demonstrates on how to inflict damage inside and when he does that I feel the pain it feels like I''m having my menstruation. This makes my form go in an awkward position but luckily my two masters assist me quickly but still the pain is lingering. "That is how you inflict your dantian by having your ki to take form. For me I form it like a lasso, so imagine any form that is convenient to you. and don''t complicate some things, just make them simple! After that you should move your ki that has form and don''t worry you can recognize your ki from the form one. Do the moving in a gentle manner, don''t be panicked, take your time." "O-okay Master!" I follow what Master Bing said and I create a simple characteristic which is a ball. After that I slowly moved my ball of ki up and down which was quite difficult at first but after only a couple of minutes I already managed to control it which surprised me. Now I have the control, I try to hit my dantian downward and when the time it hits it bounce to other directions. "AAAAARRRGHH!" It hurt like fucking really hurt! It feels like someone punching you inside and at the same time someone poking you with a sharp object! I''m trying to maintain my form even though it is hard to concentrate between my pain and dantian. Then minutes pass the ball of ki I create becomes more sturdy and the pain becomes worse! "!!!!!" "HANG IN THERE AYAKA! YOU CAN DO IT!'' As of now my hearing is fading away and I barely hear what my Master Bing is saying and It''s been only 20 or 25 minutes since I started this. It feels like a 2 hours of fucking pain and agony. I also notice that some of my ki is merging with the ball and the other leaving my body. "AYAKA! YOU CAN DO IT! YOUR DANTIAN BARELY HOLDING!" "FOCUS AYAKA! ANY SECONDS YOU CAN ACHIEVE THE SECOND STEP!" "TOLERATE THE PAIN AYAKA!" I know they are giving me mental support but now my hearing is completely out and I think they also notice that my dantian now is in the state where it can be nearly broken anytime soon. Now the bouncing is more aggressive and my qi is out now which indicates that the only ki I have is this ball which is wreaking havoc inside of my dantian as if I am a tin can that has stone inside and shaking it vigorously by a kid... If I hold more I can survive this but even my consciousness is fading out.." "Whew.. unconscious before she sees her dantian broke.." "Look, the ball of ki is still rampaging inside of her!" "Wow, this is the first time I see a dantian that is so hard to break.." "Yep, you are right there." "Oh, why are you here?" "I''m just taking a peek if you guys are progressing now and from the look of it this girl has incredible pain tolerance than you guys." "Is it because of her power?" "Nah, no power is involved in this even though it feels like her skill is activated right now." "Eh? I thought her power was a passive one?" "So meaning.. she really took all of the pain.. Incredible!" "Honestly I''m hesitating if she needs healing or anesthesia.." "Yeah, me too but she was way better than us." "Anyway guys her dantian will be broken in 5,4,3,2,1.. and poof it''s broken now and also as you can see the ball of ki of her instead of leaving from its body it goes back to the meridians and stored there.. but if we see her inside now all of her meridians are now destroyed damn this is unexpected as if her ki have a conscious.. Welp at least the healing of her will be faster in theory I guess?" "You guess?" "Yeah I am omnipotent, not omniscient." "Fair enough." "The theory I have now is that the stored ki act now as a seed where the parts heal its own where the ki settled." "Hmm.. interesting even you made the fuck up this." "You know me Tom, I got this one in the bag. But for real, Ayaka is a special case. Is it because of the ki and mana system you made in her body? Her powers or the body of her is a special one? What if other factors? It is worth it to monitor her so that you can help her in the future." "Yeah, we will do that but first we need to first aid her." "Don''t worry I already cast some healing spells when the dantian is broken." "Thanks Old man Herbert." "Now we should go to her place and treat her more there." Four of them go to the place of Ayaka while transporting her gently because now the body of this girl is so fragile and sensitive. "How many days do you think Ayaka will wake up?" "One week." "One and a half week for me." "Realistically this will take about one month or two but right now I think three days will be enough for her." "Me too 3 or 4 days will take to wake her up. Also, who will be the one who is nursing her?" "All of us duh!" "Aight, where is the schedule?" "We should discuss this after we treat her and grab some food in the kitchen." "Oh! I like pudding and coffee." "Okay okay, I want some noodles and I feel like ice cream will make my body happy." "Tarts and tea for me." "Damn you guys! It will take time to make these foods, you know?" "Yeah we know and that is why you will make this food faster than before Tom because our work will become more difficult." "Alright, as always I got your back guys even though you guys are exploiting me!" Chapter 6 End Chapter 7 Chapter 7 "Hehe! Mommy, look at the flowers!" "Is it pretty, Ayaka?" "Yes! Also this one flower too. It has a matching color with Daddy¡¯s shirt." "Ayaka, did you know that color is your dad''s favorite? Call him here so that he can see also.." "..." "..." "..." "Ayaka.. please live.. and stay safe..." "So this is your memory?" "Yeah, also how long will you be nagging me? and who are you really?" "I thought you were joking when you repeated what I am. Jeez we''ve been pal for days you know.." "But I don''t recall who you are?" "Nah, you definitely know me. Anyway you should wake up now Ayaka.. it''s been 3 weeks since you lost consciousness." "Huh?! I know that I fainted but is it really 3 weeks?!" "Yeah, so wake up now you dimwit so that you can eat now!" "I guess so but what exactly are you?" "It is not time to reveal myself.. but honestly you already know me.. Okay! I got it, I will force you to wake up and remind me this is not our last goodbye and I am always watching you. Take care!" "Hey you idiot! I don''t recall nor I saw you in my life! Wai-" "Hehe.. I''m rooting for you~" Before I even say another word she forces me to wake up.. and when I open my eyes I see the god of this planet and he wipes my forehead. "Oh thankfully! You wake up!" "Eh? what are you doing?" "Wiping your sweat.. and the one who is nursing you this day." "By the way.. I just noticed that I can''t move my body.. what happened?" "Well it''s been 3 weeks since you broke your dantian and now your meridians are all a mess. But luckily it will be healed next week and you can move your body after that." "Really? Thank heavens! [Eh?! it''s really 3 weeks since I pass out..]" "Nah, I just made it up. [..]" "Fuck you bitch! fucking asshole." "HAHAHA! Looking at your face now is hilarious! Also I remind you that I am the one who is nursing you today and I bet you are hungry right now~." "Tsk!" "But kidding aside from our estimation you will recover this week and looking at your meridian now all of them are completely healed and as of your dantian it is still healing but in a rapid way. Which is amusing because when your masters do this cultivation it takes them 1 or 2 months of recovery but only recovery of movements not dantian and meridian. So think of yourself as a lucky one." "I bet it''s thanks to my ability hehehe!" "Nah, your ability is shit it doesn''t even activate when your dantian is broken and not smirking you brat." "Oooh.." "Still we are worried because you are still unresponsive. If you still don''t wake up for one month and two weeks or half we will try to force you to wake up.." "Yeah, thank goodness I woke up.." ".." "..'''' (Awkward Silence..) "Oh by the way! How do you guys feed me?" You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. "Speaking of food, we didn''t really supply your body of food but we did supply your body with some herbs and elixir. Why do we do that because your body is still sensitive and only the energy of herbs and elixir supplying you energy. It''s recommended that you eat after you can move in that way you can savor more food which in turn consumes more to get your energy back. Think of revitalizing your whole cells that have dried up and you are in a state of hunger for a while. Also you can''t get fat and that''s all." "Is it always like this whenever I break my dantian?" "Not really, like a few hundreds after that you can manage your energy like an immortal who doesn''t need food." "Sweet!" "But food is life, don''t forget about that because in a journey of life many things are unexpected." "Huh, sounds like you have a quite journey?" "Nah, not so much but I treasure those memories." ".." "Say.. we don''t really talk much eh?" "Yup, because you are so busy it feels like you only visit once a month in the past 3 months." "Too many events have been going on, you know." "Oh by the way, 3 weeks ago before I collapsed they discovered some lost civilization, did you know that?" "Ah, that one? well don''t sweat about that someone will break that barrier." "I thought you would help those people in this world?" "You know sometimes you need to let them on their own to become strong." "But.." "No, my mind is closed now you can''t change it. This was also the wish of that civilization if ever someone discovered it." "Okay okay I got it, sheeesh. On other topic.." Both Ayaka and !@#$%^&* talk more about things like they are introducing themselves with each other for the first time. But the two surprisingly sync well and they go and go until evening and when Ayaka is exhausted from talking. "I''m getting tired now... and my yawn is pretty big.." "I think you should take your nap now Ayaka and also drink this again so that you can have fast recovery." "Thanks also don''t just put that medicine from my side, help me drink this" "Ah.. I forgot that you can''t move as of now. Here let me help you drink this." "!!" "Even if it is your second drink it is still shocking right?" "Yes! It feels like I''m drinking it for the first time. I''m gonna thank Grandpa Herbert for this." "Please do." "Definitely!" "Aight, see you later Ayaka." "Same." As !@#$%^&* leave Ayaka cabin/house. He arrives at the portal of the training ground and reports to the three about the status of Ayaka. "Thank goodness she is awake!" "The destiny is still with us!" "Truly according to dao, amitabha" "For a girl who has been asleep these past 3 weeks, she is surely a talkative one." "Nah, that is normal for a girl." "I second that." "Me too." "Her health is good even though she can''t move and the other one is all of her meridians are shining like a star." "Shining like a star?" "Yes, I think she didn''t even realize that and after that it went back to normal." "Another bizarre occurrence.." "Exactly but you guys should not be worried because there are no changes on her meridians or dantian. Also how is the progress of your work guys?" "The progress is slow and it might take years before we finish it." "It''s fascinating when you want to build that." "Yeah, I think this can help Ayaka in the long run and other than that she can pass this one to her disciple." "If I have this in my world everything will be easy!" "I second that, what an incredible thing." "By the way !@#$%^&* we need more materials." "Huh? isn''t enough when I hand those materials?" "We thought it would last long but we keep failing in this part which is one of the critical parts of this thing." "Ok, is this much ok to you guys?" "Increase more like 2x" "Okay, here." "Thanks, also we need those materials that we failed to produce so don''t touch those. We will recycle these to make another batch of products." "As if I will touch those failures.." "We know that you like to recycle failure things." "Why not make Ayaka a bracelet or necklace that has function?" "Those are easy to make so we prioritize this one which is the limitation of our imagination." "Limitation of your imagination.. I like that." "Help us to make this if you don''t have anything to do." "Nah, I will pass this time and I have something to do." "Aight, so before you leave, eat this cake and coffee." "That''s what I''m talking about!" (3 days later..) "How is your body?" "I''m feeling great honestly! It feels like I didn''t suffer." "Nice, now before we go to the last step of the formless, qi less, restore cultivation. We should treat you now with food and I bet you are hungry right now." "Sweet! Now you mention it, Grandpa I haven''t eaten anything other than consuming herbs and elixir." "Yes, because now your body is not sensitive you can now eat as much as you want. Now we should go in the kitchen, your Uncle Tom prepares so much food just for you." Before we even get to the kitchen we smell the fragrance of the food Uncle Tom cooking. Us three are getting thrilled. It feels like you are in the palace because of how luxurious it is. Upon arriving in the kitchen we see Uncle Tom and !@#$%^&* waiting for us. After that we start to eat, Uncle Tom cook about 10 kinds of dishes ranging from appetizer to main dish. For the dessert we have this fruit based cake and ice cream and tiramisu. I start eating the appetizer and to my surprise it is flavorful and light when you eat it, this feeling as if I''m eating a cloud because I can''t getting full no matter how much I eat. Then after that I start with the main dish, I chose the lobster kind of thing and when I bite it the soft texture and the taste which have slight taste of a lamb makes my tongue happy. Next this steak one even though it looks like a steak but it is from a fish according to Uncle Tom. At first I examine if it''s really from the fish by smelling it, definitely it smells like a fish and when I cut and bite it. The flavor bomb makes my cells excited. I even jump out of instinct because of how good it is. Many more main dish I try and honestly all of them are fucking good! After the main dish we ate our desserts and it is perfect like after a hard day of work you just want to relax. After we finish our food we chat for a little and we go the portal to introduce the last step of the cultivation. "Now Ayaka, we will proceed to the last step which is cultivating non stop." "Cultivating non stop?" "Cultivating non stop even if you do something or you don''t do something your body and mind automatically cultivate it. We made this because of how busy we are. Doing this you are killing 2 birds with one stone and this is what we do to pass thousands or more of breaking of our dantian." "Oooh! It makes sense why you guys have high numbers!" "Exactly, now to do this you need to cultivate your ki to your dantian while standing. After that try talking while you gather your ki. This way you can train your body and mind, after that walking, dancing, and sleeping is the last way to achieve this third step. Upon achieving this after several of breaking your dantian we can now proceed to your 2nd cultivation." "Wow.. second already!" "Yes, but even though it is fast it will take more time to master this so brace yourself Ayaka." "Yes Master!" "Now here is the video to be your guide and understand." After I watched more than 20 times I began to cultivate via standing. At first it is hard to cultivate unlike sitting but the more I spend time here in the training ground the more I see how easy it is. After I accomplish the first task I began now with talking, talking while cultivating is hard because you need to spoke and think and at the same time I need to concentrate gathering my ki. 5 months is the length before I master to cultivate while talking, the amount of ki I gather from talking is low unlike when I do standing. Now the last 3 chores I do are walking, dancing, sleeping and honestly when I do this 3 I thought it would be hard but it surprised me how easy it is.. I guess the talking I do benefit me more on this and it only takes 1 month to master these three. The length of time mastering these steps all in all is 8 months! I''m happy to achieve how fast it is and also during the 8 months I''m here I see the statistics on how many dantian I break which is 5 not much but happy about this. When Master Bing gives me a go signal to cultivate in the real world and immediately go outside and start again from standing. "Ok Ayaka myself, I can do this much faster but first I will grab some food before I start!" Chapter 7 End Chapter 8 Chapter 8 "Haaah.. I''m bored" Right now the only thing I can do is look at the ceiling of my cabin.. This is my 4th cycle of breaking my dantian and I miss 2 cycles of my 8 month mastering the last steps. Supposedly I can reach 6 cycles in 1 year here but I misjudged my decision to cultivate here in our place.. Only in the past 2 months did I realize that it''s best to cultivate in the cave and it became 2 times faster when I gathered my qi. I guess the quality of the environment has a real impact when cultivating. Still at least I learned the hard way.. Also it''s been 3 weeks since I became paralyzed and waiting to recover and the one nursing me right now is Grandpa Herbert. Also, I still faint when breaking my own dantian but at least after that I can wake up the next morning with only pain and agony in the first hour.. Wooo.. I need to learn fast so that the suffering I have now will be gone but I need more at least hundreds of times. After my recovery, I can now learn the 2nd cultivation! Now I can learn some martial arts movements like the 8 palm of heaven, Emperor Swordsmanship Chapter 1: The Beginning, Plum Blossom Technique: Colorful Strike or something like that which I made it up. I think it is also good to learn some magic now so that it will be convenient for me in the long run also- Someone came to my cabin and it is Grandpa Herbert and he has some medicine now. "Hello Ayaka, are you bored again?" "Yes Grandpa as usual..This is more torture than having pain when breaking my dantian.." "Yes yes I totally relate to you." "By the way Grandpa, I think it is the right time to teach me some basic magic. Do you think you can make space?" "Totally! We even discuss if we introduce the magic now so that your time is not wasted." "Yes! I''m glad that I asked." "Here is your medicine." "Thanks Grandpa!" "How is the taste?" "Still delicious!" "I''m glad that you still like it." "Because of this taste I can keep going, I feel like my recovery will be faster if I always taste this medicine! Like I can raise this hand now and¡­" "..." Both of us got silent because I just raised my hand right now.. This is meant to be a joke but I really raised my hand now.. ".. So let me check up on you first." Upon checking me up, Grandpa made an OK sign which indicated I''m fully healed. "Eh? Did my recovery get faster?" "Certainly, we estimate that you will recover 5 days from now. But right now is a shocking one!¡± ¡°Can¡¯t believe that I''m already healed! Should we tell this to Uncle Tom and Grandpa Bing?¡± ¡°Yes, we should tell this so that your progress is good.¡± ¡°Okay, grandpa!¡± ¡°But before we tell this to them I need to see again if your other parts are ok.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± After that Grandpa Herbert thoroughly inspected my insides and every nook and cranny of it and after 20 or 30 minutes he finished his inspection and after that there is no abnormality or anything that¡¯s been damaged. We go outside to tell the two that my recovery is now complete and the two also inspect me because it is only the 4th cycle and the recovery rate is faster than they anticipated. After that they cook me some delicious foods as always and then they advise me to go around and relax first. Going around in the forest aimlessly made my mind go to the lake. ¡°Yes.. this is life..¡± I lay down in the shade of the big tree near the lake and looking at it the scenery is quite good. The sky, the glimmering light in the lake, the wind that always has a good breeze whenever it touches my face.. It is so relaxing and this feeling makes me more sleepy and by the time I know it I fell asleep¡­ ¡°Hey Ayaka! Wake up!¡± ¡°H-HUH?! What happened?¡± ¡°You fell asleep.¡± ¡°Oh.. right I¡¯m on the side of the lake now.. So why did you wake me up?¡± ¡°Just questioning you if your recovery has been better?¡± ¡°Oh yeah! Are you the one who did that? If you did that thank you! Because of you it reduces the time of me being paralyzed after breaking my dantian.¡± ¡°No worry, I just tweak your body so that your full potential slowly surfaces.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Exactly what you hear Ayaka, if you ask me what I do to your body it is simple. Remember that the cultivation technique you are learning right now has different spells right?¡± ¡°Yeah and If you see in my memories the way they do that is to be sure that this precious cultivation has it all. Which is ridiculous even by my standard. Also how come they can put spells in a cultivation?!¡± ¡°You see, I just remove those pesky anti or something and leave only 3 spells which is enough. Also you can put some spells in a cultivation just like a cursed book. If someone gives you permission you can obtain it. In this case they do this by action, which you can only obtain here in this world.¡± ¡°I see, I see, so what are those 3 spells?¡± ¡°I just say the first one which is anti-copy, you see if some have the ability to copy your technique with/out understanding and shit then you are doomed and it is unfair to fight those kinds of people! It¡¯s like a hack if you don¡¯t put a security feature like this one they will take it as grabbing a candy to a toddler. Also they will ignore the rules mostly so yeah this feature I put is quite good!¡± This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. ¡°Hm.. I see your point. Those scumbags are the worst!¡± ¡°The second thing I did to your body is tinkering with your natural body.¡± ¡°Natural body?¡± ¡°Yes, your original body which has blood, organs, skeletal system, and many more. I tinkered with it so that the natural power you have helps you more. I don¡¯t know who did that but he/she is a loser!¡± ¡°Really?! So what kind of power do I have?¡± "Spoiler! You have a strong body but I don''t know if it''s par of others but definitely a strong one." "Thank goodness! Also, can I have a chance to bring back my natural body? Because you know.. I only have this mana and ki system" "In your case, you can bring back your own body with my help but it really takes time like reeeeeeeally long." "Is there any way to speed it up?" "There is a way but the chance now is low so yeah just deal with it as of now." "Ok and by the way, how long should I stay here?" "Give me an hour or so" "Why so long?" "For my entertainment." "Huh???" {In the real world side} "Hey.. is this real?" "Apparently yes¡­" "What''s happening to her right now?!" A couple of minutes ago, when Ayaka closed her eyes. The three sense a great energy in the lake and all of them rush in this place and it is unexpected that the great energy they sensed is from their disciple Ayaka. They track the energy Ayaka gathers and the way they see it. The energy in the surrounding being absorbed then some of the energy is being released in her body. All of the three are confused about what''s happening right now. But the only thing they¡¯re sure of is one thing.. that is a new power within Ayaka has been released little by little. Her ki now is being condensed as of now and the way they see it. The ki, that being condensed right now is growing to the point the dantian itself might break. All of them are worried to the point they cast different types of healing and barriers on Ayaka, preventing the disaster.. To their surprise they see the condensed ki spreading in her body with a great amount of speed. After that it goes back to dantian filling it little by little. The three now have a gist of what will happen after that and they move closer to Ayaka just like when they assist her breaking her own dantian this past months. 30 minutes passed and the dantian now is full and ready to break. At this point Bing will be the one who will break the dantian of Ayaka but unknown energy emerges in her body. That energy concentrated in her dantian and after that suddenly the dantian is broken. The unknown power fuse with the body of Ayaka as if nothing happens. After that the three can''t understand what is happening but they heal Ayaka''s body regardless of what happened. "I''m still dumbfounded on what is happening right now.." "Me too, My understanding can''t keep up with this¡­" "This is too much even for me who lived here over a thousand years or so!" "Just keep healing guys, we don''t know what will happen next." "Should we move her in the cabin?" "I think it''s best to treat her here. We might even get a clue on this." The three of them continue to heal Ayaka. {Ayaka''s consciousness} "HAHAHAHA!" "Why are you suddenly laughing?" "Oh, sorry it happens that I can''t get enough of their face! HAHAHAHA" "Stop laughing, I can''t understand what''s happening to you!" "You will learn later. By the way, utilize your power now so that you can do much more. Also please learn some magic. It will speed up your growth." "Don''t worry I will learn it later or on other days." "Oh by the way, your body now is on paralyzed state but only for 1 hour after that you can move again." "That fast?!" "Yep and per dantian break! Also you can see more improvements when you wake up." "Sweet!" "Yep! but the pain will also increase so yeah balance in all things! Another one, please tell this to your masters on what happened here and See ya later!" "WHAT DID YOU S-" Before I finish my sentence I find myself waking up and unable to move! Also my three masters are still healing me. "Thank goodness! You''re awake Ayaka!" As I see on the face of Uncle Tom, he really looks worried. "Sorry for the trouble I caused for both grandpas and uncle. I will tell you guys what happened to me. But first I need to be healed." {1 Hour passed} When my body can move I immediately tell them what happened to me and also the thing inside of me. I thought that they would bombard me with questions but right now they''re thinking deeply. They weren''t shocked but rather curious.. I think they already prepared themselves for another crazy event. "Hmm.. this is definitely strange if you think about it.." "I agree with you Bing, you know we are already a thousand years old here on this planet but this phenomenon.. We haven''t experienced it." "Yes this is definitely strange because right now I don''t sense any anomaly be it flow or mana." Three of them think deeply again.. but now I feel a little awkward because of silence.. "Ok Ayaka, we will consult this to @#$_&-+ because this case is a bizarre one. But you know we really should go there instead of racking our brain here." "I second that." "Me too." All of us agree that consulting this to !@#$%^&* will make things easier. Now we go back to our place, while Grandpa Herbert call !@#$%^&* and a minute later, !@#$%^&* arrive. After arriving he checked my body if something is abnormal and after he confirmed that no abnormality occurred. He requested to enter my body. ¡°So, you see, entering Ayaka¡¯s body will make things easier to understand and doing that I can perceive any types of feelings and energy but I can¡¯t control the body of Ayaka.¡± ¡°I see, I see.. By doing that it can guarantee to interact that am I right?¡± ¡°Yes, Tom, that¡¯s why this technique is really good for detecting abnormalities.¡± ¡°!@#$%^&*, can we learn this?¡± ¡°Sure, why not? After this I will give you some time Herbert.¡± After that I lay down and the hand of !@#$%^&* place on my head and suddenly I feel warm and I close my eyes. {!@#$%^&*( point of view)} As I entered Ayaka¡¯s body, I began to search where the past energies settled in her body and after that I confirmed that something unusual yet familiar presence and as I approached that thing a new dimension inside of her body appeared. ¡°Huh, so this is it..¡± When I entered the space, it was so spacious and after that an unknown voice greeted me. ¡°Greeting !@#$%^&*, Welcome to my dimension! ¡°Hello, I am -¡± ¡®Yeah yeah, I know you well since you are small.¡± ¡°!(wait.. She even said my name when she greeted me!)¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be shocked as I know who you really are because I¡¯m the one who babysits you when you¡¯re little.. But you¡¯re still little right now.. Anyway, I am only helping this girl and I don¡¯t mean any harm~.¡± ¡®What exactly are you..?¡± ¡°I¡¯m just like you from the forgotten place~¡± ¡°R-Really?!¡± ¡°Yes~ but now you should go back.¡± ¡°But why?¡± ¡°Well you already know what I am and..¡± ¡°And what?¡± ¡°Nevermind~ by the way.. Just keep it secret from the others. Just say that an unfamiliar energy is forming and when you touch it, you have a great feeling of warmth or something.¡± ¡°Ok ok, I will not be questioning you anymore and it seems you know all and so, can I meet you again?¡± ¡°Yeah but after the mission of this girl, we will talk a lot. So this is the end for now ba bye.~¡± ¡°Ye-¡± I was forcibly out of that dimension and I came to realize another unknown entity stronger than me lurking in this world.. After that I go back to the real world and explain to them what I saw. I just fake it till I make it after all that entity requested it. {!@#$%^&*(point of view end)} ¡°Eh? So that energy doesn¡¯t talk to you? That is impossible! That one is so talkative so how come?¡± ¡°Maybe that energy only likes you?¡± ¡°No, I don¡¯t fully accept this!¡± ¡°Anyway Ayaka, since that energy is no harm to you. You can now proceed to the 2nd cultivation of your training.¡± ¡°Oh! I forgot about that.¡± ¡°So, it¡¯s still early. Why not introduce it, Bing?¡± ¡°We are actually thinking if we proceed now or just do it tomorrow but as you suggest it we might do it now.¡± ¡°Sweet! I can now perform some fancy movements! But can I also learn magic?¡± ¡°Yes, you can but basically we¡¯re gonna do it after you manage to learn some movements, offense, and defense.¡± ¡°Ok, Master Herbert!¡± ¡°Ok, I¡¯m gonna go now, just contact me again if a problem arises.¡± ¡°Ok, thank you as always!¡± ¡°No, problem Tom. Have a great day everyone!¡± After !@#$%^&* left, Grandpa Bing introduced me to the 2nd cultivation which is the The way of the Martial Arts. In this book he discusses why Martial Art is created and how to utilize different kinds of techniques ranging from the hand, body, footwork, to how to handle different kinds of weapons. It will also teach me how to use qi with weapons, basically a sword qi or form coated with ki and other stuff like aura and telekinesis, just using ki only. He also said that after I learn how to manifest sword ki, then I will task to retrieve, hunt, and scout in different territories in this forest. Just like Grandpa Herbert said to me a year ago. ¡°So, Ayaka, the first thing you will do is to learn some modern martial arts. This way you can easily take the other martial arts from my world, be it a orthodox, unorthodox, demonic cult or something.¡± ¡°Eh? Why modern martial arts if I can learn the other way?¡± ¡°You know in my world most of the people there are using weapons and only a small number of people who are using their limbs as a weapon. When I learned modern martial arts it''s the same as our martial arts but the only difference is the application and you know that modern martial arts tends to lean on combat sports while in my world it¡¯s the way of life. But when it comes to your world or Tom¡¯s world, the military are the ones who are close to my world.¡± ¡°I see Master.¡± ¡°So, get ready for your body and mind. You also learn how to activate your first cultivation, so get ready Ayaka because we are rarely taking a break.¡± ¡°Ok Master!¡± Chapter 8 End Chapter 9 Chapter 9 ¡°Haa.. Haa..¡± ¡°Come on Ayaka! You can do it more!¡± Right now I¡¯m fighting Uncle Tom and it¡¯s been 1 ? years since I started learning all of the martial arts. Now I¡¯m putting all of my knowledge and experience on this match. I tasted many defeats and failures in the past year. I barely sleep and I only eat most of the time. Thanks to my first cultivation, my energy is getting back when I feel tired. Since the new power I gained in the past year it has helped me significantly and the pain I receive when breaking my dantian is still hurting me but bearable. Also I have grown taller and my muscles look great! ¡°Hey! What are you spacing about? So, you¡¯re thinking something else huh?! You chose your death you fool! Courting death!¡± ¡°[Ah shit.. He¡¯s pissed right now! Ok I will fight him head on!]¡± He rushed to me as if he had found his prey and he pulled a punch but when I was going to evade it. He suddenly switched into tackle and I barely avoided it by stepping back and then I prepared my legs to kick him in the face and it connected! ¡°Heh.. that one is good not gonna lie.. But you should continue to attack!¡± ¡°[Huuu I should remain calm and make my foot work and defense more efficiently.]¡± He rushed again but now is different.. he is more calm and all of his attacks now barely connect to my face! As I continue to dodge his attack the more pressure I feel. ¡°[Let¡¯s counterattack.]¡± The moment he swung his arm I dodge it and prepare to attack his liver but after I land a 2 consecutive punch he doesn''t flinch. I quickly pulled out my arm, but the moment I pulled it, Uncle Tom caught my arm and then he got close to me. ¡°Gotcha! Now get ready to battle on the ground.¡± Both of us are on the ground and Uncle Tom is hitting me in the face with his elbow and I am just barely surviving at this point. ¡°Ugh!¡± He then continued hitting my face with his elbow and then he hit my abdomen with force and not only that he also punched my sides. Resulting in my breathing becoming more difficult, then I hugged his head but he was still hitting me from the sides. Then Grandpa Bing announced that the fight is over because I can¡¯t guard myself enough. ¡°*Huff* *Huff*.. Thanks for the sparring Master Tom!¡± ¡°No problem Ayaka, I think you do what you can do in this match!¡± ¡°Thank you!.. *haa..* *haa..* but don¡¯t hit my face harder!¡± ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll try to not hit your face but as you can see it is inevitable when it comes to sparring.¡± ¡°Yeah.. fair enough.. So, how is my performance right now Master Bing?¡± ¡°I think you really improved now! But you still need to get big, as you know your difference is body and size. Also you need more experience to fight different kinds of opponents but other than that you did great today.¡± ¡°Awesome! Thanks for the insight Master!¡± ¡°I think you¡¯re ready to proceed with weapons.¡± ¡°Yippee! Now I can learn some fancy movements!¡± ¡°Congrats Ayaka!¡± ¡°Thank you Master Tom!¡± ¡°By the way, Tom, are those things ready?¡± ¡°I need more days to complete those and we are ready to use it.¡± ¡°Master, what are you two talking about?¡± ¡°Some equipment that you can use in your training.¡± ¡°Oh! That¡¯s nice.¡± ¡°Now we can go into the kitchen and eat. It¡¯s been awhile since we ate. I bet that Herbert is already finished cooking our meals.¡± After our training we went outside of the portal and it¡¯s been awhile since I went outside. The flow of time in the portal is the same with this world and I don¡¯t know why they do that but I guess it has a reason but anyway I¡¯m famished right now and my cells are crying. When we arrive in the kitchen the smell of the food makes me excited and my tummy is rumbling like crazy. ¡°Here Ayaka, eat all of this food to your heart content.¡± ¡°[I want to devour every food here right now.. But I should have manners when eating.]¡± I washed my hands first and then I got some plates enough for us to use. When I already finished distributing the plates. I went to my place and got some appetizers first, then I got soup and salad. When I taste the salad it has great texture and the dressing Grandpa Herbert uses here is not heavy. After I eat all of my salad, the next thing I eat is the soup. This soup is hot but the flavor is exquisite. I don¡¯t know what kind of meat did Grandpa Herbert use but it gave me energy. After that I get my main course which is a steak. The way they cook steak here is well done, which is not good if I¡¯m on my own world but this piece of meat is so tender! Every slice and bite makes me want more, which is what I did. After the meat I eat this seafood thing it feels like a soft crab the way I see it, nonetheless this soft crab has been fried and it¡¯s so crunchy! Next one, this pasta is a simple dish. It only has chili, garlic, oil, and pasta. All I ate so far is quite strong and this pasta is good to lighten my taste. Dessert is my final and important of all, I got this leche flan and ice cream and oh boy! This sugar indeed makes my meal into a perfect one! I love you dessert! After we ate I helped Grandpa Herbert to clean the plates and after that Master Bing said that I have free time to sleep or roam. I want to roam a bit since it¡¯s been awhile since I go outside but the effect of food in my stomach makes me feel sleepy. So, I just take a nap at my cabin and before I sleep I bathe first to remove my fatigue and the sticky feeling I have. 5 hours passed and I woke up in my sleep because my tummy needed more food and I went to the kitchen. I arrive at the kitchen and I see three of them preparing food. I asked them if they wanted my assistance but they told me just to sit and play some games. If ever I have this kind of male in my life, things are easier but I need to be worthy to be his partner. I hope when things are over I can prioritize my love life back at my world. After they finished cooking, I prepared the table and we ate. We take out time to eat and after we finish eating we go to the portal. Upon entering, Master Bing introduces the 3 weapons I will use. ¡°Now Ayaka, these weapons are mostly or widely used because of how good and practical they are. Spear, sword, and bow. These three are the main weapons both in our world, aside from the gun in your world. Pick the weapon that you feel is easy and don¡¯t worry because you will learn all of these weapons.¡± ¡°I will take the spear.¡± ¡°Ok, a spear is the easiest weapon to wield, even a kid can handle a spear. Only two skills you will learn are thrusting and defense.¡± ¡°Eh? I will not do some slashing or swinging?¡± ¡°You can do some slashing with spears but to fully utilize the advantage of it, which is the length of the spear you must learn how to thrust and the defense of the spear is maintaining your distance with your enemy.¡± ¡°Oooh I see, I see.¡± ¡°Now get some spears there and we will begin your training.¡± {Few seconds..} ¡°Master! This spear is so light!¡± ¡°Yes, but the spear you are holding is also a heavy one.¡± ¡°Eh?¡± ¡°Just shout x2 as in x2.¡± ¡°X2!¡± ¡°Do you feel any weight?¡± ¡°Nothing much?¡± ¡°Then shout x4.¡± ¡°X4!¡± ¡°Any difference?¡± ¡°Woah! The weight changed. But still comfortable to wield it.¡± ¡°That weight is suitable at your level to use it. We will increase its weight until you reach the final weight of the spear.¡± ¡°But why?¡± ¡°So that any weapon you use, the weight will not bother you and in the near future you might hold something legendary or something.¡± ¡°Ooooh.. Okay master!¡± ¡°Now, we begin your spear training now!¡± I began to thrust the spear easily because the weight is good. Until my master also began increasing the weight of it. This also means that my body and especially my muscles need to work harder. Then Master Bing adds the defense in spear and to do that I need a opponent. He finds Master Herbert and asks him if it¡¯s ok to be my opponent and he agrees to it. Then Master Bing explained to me the defense of it by measuring the distance of the opponent and its weapon. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. ¡°When an opponent who wield a melee weapon which is not long as spear, charge at you the easiest to do is increase the distance between you and at the same time you attack it.¡± ¡° I see Master, but how about the weapon who has a long range attack or the same with a spear?¡± ¡°Good question, for the same length just like a spear or longer. The best you can do is to timing the attack and be quick or else you are the one who will be defeated. Use your feet and body when evading your opponent''s attack also don¡¯t panic, because if you panic, your body will be stiff. For your long range attack the best you can do is to hide.¡± ¡°Hide only?¡± ¡°Yes, what else can you do with long range weapons?¡± ¡°Oooh..¡± ¡°But it only applies in normal circumstances, you can overcome that by having a strong and sturdy body or invulnerability. Another one is eyes that can keep up with the speed of the object. But the best thing is having both a strong body and good eyesight. Also you must have a good reaction/reflex so that you can dodge it and speed so that you can cut the distance with you.¡± After the discussion, me and Master Herbert spar with each other. At first I only dodge the attacks while the weight is heavy and it makes my movement awkward and slow. Many times I have been bonked or thrust in different parts of my body but it gradually lessened because I managed to overcome the weight of my spear overtime.¡± ¡°Oooh! You managed to dodge that Ayaka, I think you can take your break now.¡± ¡°Woooo! It¡¯s been 3 months since I took a break!¡± ¡°Here guys! Take your meals.¡± ¡°Thanks Uncle Tom!¡± ¡°By the way Bing and Herbert, how¡¯s Ayaka progressing?¡± ¡°*munch* *munch* She¡¯s ready for the next weapon and I think by the time she finishes the bow and arrow, we will teach her footwork/movements(qinggong), unknown body, telekinesis, and coating qi in her weapon.¡± ¡°I may also add that during her ki coating, I will teach her magic.¡± ¡°Woah, we''re really progressing faster aren¡¯t we?¡± ¡°Yes, I think because of her body improving day by day and her first cultivation it became faster.¡± ¡°Also because I have great teachers even though you don¡¯t consider yourselves as great masters!¡± ¡°Oh? Why are you complimenting us now? Smells fishy to be honest.¡± ¡°Isn''t it obvious Uncle Tom? I''m flattering you all so that you can be lax in my training and also doubling the amount of my dessert! HAHAHAHA!¡± ¡°You brat! if you¡¯re complimenting us you should hide your intention!¡± We enjoyed the meal Uncle Tom prepared for us. For me I usually love these kind of moments, where it¡¯s peaceful and slow. I don¡¯t know if my masters also feel the same way like mine but I hope my Masters enjoy this kind of time. As we finished our meals, We continue my training and now with swords. Just like the spear, it increases the weight of it. I thought swords were also easy but when I practiced the basics of swords I found that I need more strength and power to be able to cut something. Also the foot work, I need to be sure while approaching the enemies to be more agile and less fancy movement the better. It is also hard to parry! Which I thought it''s easy but no! If I don''t be careful enough my fingers or my whole hand will be cut off. Not only that but it can also lead to my early death. According to Master Bing, when using weapons especially swords. One should inflict a critical attack to the opponent in one strike preferably. I can also do some chain combo to disarm my enemy but it will need more sparring and actual experience. Master Bing always reminds me that when it comes to fighting the fight should not last longer than a seconds in a normal bout. The only time if the fight is longer is when the opponent has a strong body, will power, power, etc. I guess the anime and movies I see makes sense if both parties are equal, aside from the fact to make it more appealing. But still it can also take only a second to finish an opponent with this kind of trait. In four months, I successfully finished the sword. Even though I''m finished with swords I need to polish more of my skills, same with the spear and reviewing the different tricks on both weapons. The next and final weapon I will try is the bow and arrow. This weapon requires me to have patience, accuracy, flexibility, and creativity. Same with the first two weapons, it also increases the weight of it but the catch here is that the string also has different difficulty. It needs more strength to pull the string which is quite difficult because I have a task to achieve where I need to hit a target while moving. Concentration is hard at first because of the weight and force needed to operate this weapon. Moving, shooting, accuracy, and awareness, all of this has been improved. It¡¯s awesome when you really learn archery it seems you are invincible. I also learned not to be scared or panic when your enemy is close to you. I should do a close range attack to compensate for the disadvantage of bow and arrow. All of these and other tricks and techniques I learned and it took 5 months to complete. Well the first 2 months are the most difficult but the rest 3 months are a breeze. Anyway, right now I¡¯m waiting for my masters in the training ground. They want to assess me to see if I can go to qinggong. Right now, I¡¯m confident in my skills. I don''t mean to be arrogant, but this assessment makes me feel excited. I warm up myself first so that when my masters arrive I can take the test asap. By the way, the state of my first cultivation is pretty good, it has improved so much as if I don''t get tired! Even my muscles or cells, whenever I break my dantian my body goes refresh mode as if you have a good sleep. Truly this cultivation is good! After this monologue my masters arrive. ¡°Ayaka, are you ready for your assessment?¡± ¡°Yes Master!¡± ¡°Alright, now I will inform you about your test now.¡± ¡°Yes Master.¡± ¡°Your test is surviving or enduring for 1 minute with three weapons you learned. The opponent you will face is an A.I where your Master Tom developed. These A.I¡¯s are powerful enough to kill someone just think of it as powerful as we are in our base form.¡± ¡°Eh?!¡± ¡°Now, surviving at least a minute is proof that you are equal in our based form and you will learn the qinggong, unknown body, ki coating, and telekinesis, after you pass the three. Which is the final lessons in this 2nd cultivation.¡± ¡°Ok, Master Bing! I am ready even though I was flabbergasted by the difficulty.¡± ¡°Yes, that is the right attitude Ayaka! Now suffer and conquer your weakness!¡± ¡°Yes Master!¡± I go to the arena and ready myself for my first opponent. The opponent I have an A.I with bow and arrow weapon while I use is a sword. Clearly I have a disadvantage on this matter but since I learned different movements on swords and its footwork, I think I have an upper hand on this match unless this A.I pulls something unexpected. The match starts and I slowly make my way to the opponent but as expected it¡¯s hard because this A.I is shooting 3 arrows at the same time while it¡¯s moving. I don¡¯t forget that this test is only a minute only. But hell it feels like eternity when facing this opponent, every shot is lethal and fast. I managed to fend and dodge the arrows which is good. Now the distance between me and the opponent is not that far and I¡¯m trying to cut its way and lock this one in the corner. But to my surprise this one jumped to the other side and attacked while in the air. ¡°[FUCKING SHIT!]¡± I dodge the incoming attack and it starts to attack again while it is still in the air. But this time is a dangerous one because when I dodge it again it creates a big impact! Before I dodge I sense a ki form one it¡¯s arrow. Now not only its movement but also the qi it releases worry me more. I take a deep breath and re-organize my plan while this thing is attacking me. I managed to come up with a strategy but I don''t know if it''s good or not. I started to move slowly again and began dodging the arrows and not parrying because it has ki now. I¡¯m done if that shit hits me.. ¡°Ayaka, you only have 30 seconds!¡± As I heard that my hope goes up but suddenly the air around my enemy suddenly changed. Is it because I only have 30 seconds? Also I don¡¯t recall that this enemy had a killing intent! ¡°I forgot to tell you Ayaka. This A.I will become more aggressive if we say 30 seconds.¡± ¡°MASTER! YOU SHOULD INFORM ME ABOUT THAT AFTER YOU MENTION THAT MY OPPONENT IS AN A.I!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry Ayaka, we have faith in you!¡± Before I even say a sentence the A.I move and it¡¯s so fast and I braced myself to fight. The A.I was fighting at close combat and all of its attacks have ki now. ¡°Shit!¡± At first I wanted to distance myself from it but it¡¯s so useless and now I''m facing this head on and hoping to survive. {Master¡¯s POV} ¡°She¡¯s struggling but not panicking.¡± ¡°Yes, I liked her guts. I think she had a strategy before but now she is fighting it head on with basic skills.¡± ¡°This is our disciple in the making! Also, how many seconds left?¡± ¡°We have only 15 seconds¡± ¡°Oh right, she will definitely pass this one.¡± {Master¡¯s POV end} ¡°[Eeek!]¡± ¡°[Just how many seconds till this end?]¡± This A.I giving all it has! It can control the arrows now and not only that but multiple arrows tracking me! Now this punk is making a pose of shooting me as if it will predict my end! ¡°[I will stop running now and brace this hit!]¡± The A.I unleashed a tremendous amount of energy and it was accompanied with a beam like arrow from above. Also multiple arrows surrounding me to ensure I don¡¯t have any escape. *Boom!* ¡°Huup¡± ¡°[Yooooo! I manage to pull that off!]¡± The arrows began to fall on me and as the arrows approached I tossed my sword in the air hoping the nearest arrows exploded first. When the arrows and my sword contact each other it explodes. In split seconds my instinct tells me to jump before the other arrows explode and I just do that hoping the casualty is not severe for me. ¡°[That¡¯s crazy.. I¡¯m glad I survived that attack but my back and my legs suffered from the explosion..]¡± As I look in front of me I see the A.I menacingly staring at me. I accept my fate.. But I waited a couple seconds but no sign of movement. ¡°Did I do it?!¡± ¡°Yes Ayaka you passed the first test! Congratulations!¡± ¡°Oh my.. I¡¯m glad I passed the first one.. Huuu..¡± ¡°The 2nd test will begin after you get healed by your Master Herbert.¡± ¡°Okay Master!¡± - - - ¡°Ok your injuries now are gone, you can continue your 2nd test Ayaka. Good luck!¡± ¡°Thanks Master!¡± As I enter the 2nd test, I¡¯m using a spear now. Then a couple of minutes later my opponent arrived and had a greatsword. I should be cautious even though I have more reach than this A.I. The match starts and I''m going on offense because of this my opponent hasn''t made any significant moves, it only does defense and sometimes it tries to hit my spear downward. ¡°[When the 30 seconds will be announced?]¡± As I kept pressuring my opponent, I¡¯m also wary about the 30 second time until Master Bing announced it. ¡°20 seconds left!¡± ¡°[Eh? Why 20 seconds?]¡± Like the first one, it activated its qi and it became more aggressive. My tactics now are hit and run and I should not be cornered no matter what happens. Just like my assumption this A.I is trying to drive me in the corner. Now, the way it handles the greatsword is on two hands. I think this one seriously wants to end the battle. ¡°[It even evokes a ki.. Shit this one will not make me rest!]¡± The opponent is faster and agile. The way it counters my attack is so good, the worst part is it doesn¡¯t cut my spear even though it has power to do that. All I can do is evade, back, run, and the more it chases me the more the intensity of the attack is.and the movement of this is faster. ¡°[Ok, I just need to step backward an-]¡± Suddenly this A.I parried my attack and just a blink of an eye. I¡¯m in its range! It¡¯s ready to disarm me but I manage to block it but it throws me to the wall. ¡°[What the heck?! I¡¯m sure that it can cut through me but it just threw the cut at me.. Oof.. now my back hurts.. Need to get up..]¡± I¡¯m struggling to get back and my hands are trembling because of the force I take. Right now it is successful to corner me. Then I attack but it parries it and it lowers its shoulder and successfully cuts my thighs. ¡°[Ugh! This bitch!]¡± Then it slash parts of my body as if I¡¯m just a toy.. I am now full of blood around my body.. It reminds me that even though I¡¯m immune or have high resistance to pain internally. My external is still vulnerable.. Then this thing is positioning itself to deal a final blow but I was just saved by the bell.. ¡°Ugh..¡± ¡°I am now casting an instant recovery!¡± ¡°Woo.. thanks Master. Even though the pain is there..¡± ¡°No worry.. Ayaka, at least now you passed the test.¡± ¡°Well.. another barely passed. I want a rest and more food after I conquer the last part.¡± ¡°Yes of course you deserve that!¡± I rest for a couple of minutes and get back up for my final test. Well the last is a spear but I don¡¯t know what kind of long stick it will be but I hope it is a spear. My opponent emerged in the dark with a spear. Before the duel starts the A.I release a ki thus I know what will happen now when the match starts.. Then when the duel begins my enemy rushes to me and as a bow and arrow user, I immediately distance myself and make a first atack. Well it only dodge the arrows I throw.. And this motherfucker uses it as a javelin thus making itself a bow and arrow. I really swear that when this test is over I will take revenge on all of this A.I! {Master¡¯s POV} ¡°Oooh.. this is the first time that Ayaka really held her fort this time.¡± ¡°Yeah and I think bow and arrow is more suitable for her, heck if she has a gun I think she will blast this whole place.¡± ¡°Well you are true to that and it''s been 30 seconds since the battle started. Also as we know arrows don¡¯t really do damage on the A.I because of the ki and the body.¡± ¡°Yes, but the way Ayaka hits the target is good! Starting from the eyesights then follow up to the limbs.¡± ¡°Not only that but she is really good at running!¡± ¡°I just see that the ki she has now is activated unlike the first two where even though she suffered injuries it is not enough to activate that skill of hers.¡± ¡°I want to see if the A.I manage to land a blow to Ayaka.¡± ¡°It might use skills, but who knows?¡± ¡°Well this match will end soon as we only have 15 seconds left.¡± {Master¡¯s POV end} ¡°[I think I can win this right now, I need more time to sta-]¡± I thought my win was guaranteed but no. The A.I threw again the spear where I was going and not only that, it was also in front of me in an instant and then it grabbed my bow and destroyed it. The moment I knew I was fucked up. It throws me on the other side.. When I get back it shows me a boxing stance. This motherfucker wants me to throw some hands instead of using our weapons. I have no choice but to proceed with hand to hand combat. I began to punch and when I struck its body my hands began to hurt! ¡°[You fuck! I totally forgot that you are covered with ki.. ]¡± I don¡¯t know what I can do.. I try to kick, wrestle, and choke, even though this is an A.I but all of this is in vain. When the A.I turn it demonstrates a move which only comes from a martial art fantasy. It gives a death feeling and the pose it does is like a palm technique and in an instant. It releases energy, a powerful one but it doesn¡¯t hurt me at all. When I see my back the big palm etch at the wall a big palm that can destroy me. The A.I come closer to me and then pat my shoulder and stop moving. Then my masters came to see if I¡¯m ok. ¡°How do you feel right now Ayaka?¡± ¡°Mixed feelings Master Bing! I¡¯m glad that I passed this test with poor performance which I don¡¯t like. But I will take my revenge on these A.I. it feels like they''re mocking me!¡± ¡°Just for you to know we only program this A.I to be your practice buddies.¡± ¡°Why do they have an arrogant attitude?¡± ¡°I think that is a more appropriate response to help you I guess?¡± ¡°Let me learn how to utilize my ki Master! And I will take my revenge!¡± ¡°I liked how enthusiastic you are about this. But you should take a break at least until you are finished with this test.¡± ¡°Oooh.. I forgot that! I will take my 1 week break first before I grind again. But why are those A.I using a ki?¡± ¡°We put the ki in the A.I for your training but as we see in your test I think it is too much.¡± ¡°Yes Master, it¡¯s too much for me I feel like a kid.. But at least I gained more in this test.¡± ¡°We will adjust more of this A.I in the future.¡± ¡°No! Don¡¯t worry Master Tom. As you guys say, these A.I are helping me in my training. I just need to up my game to be able to withstand this.¡± ¡°Oooh.. what an optimistic individual!¡± ¡®I don''t have time to be sad. Only revenge and improvement.¡± ¡°Oh my.. Be easy to yourself Ayaka. You are still learning.¡± ¡°I know Master, I just feel motivated right now. By the way shall we eat?¡± ¡°Oh right! Also congratulations Ayaka for passing this exam!¡± ¡°Congrats Ayaka!¡± ¡°Congratulations my disciple!¡± ¡°Thank you all Masters!¡± Chapter 9 End Chapter 10 Chapter 10 *Chirp* *Chirp* ¡°Hm?.. ah.. It''s morning already? Haaaaa. Time sure flies.. After I wake up I tidy my bed and I do a light stretching. Next I go to the bathroom to do my thing. After that I stare at the window reminiscing about my 1 week break. I realized that all I only do is sleep and eat and play.. And it¡¯s fucking great! Yeaaah! Definitely people need to laze or go on vacation to relax the body and soul! ¡°Anyway I should go now and eat.¡± When I arrived at the kitchen the three were reading news. ¡°Hi Uncle Tom, Grandpa Bing and Grandpa Herbert! What news is new today?¡± ¡°Hello Ayaka! Apparently there is a new Grand swordmaster at the kingdom of beast-people and new two 8-circle mages one at the kingdom of dwarfs and one for the territory of orcs which is surprising because the two races are more adept at muscle works. For the elves the borders are still close, the human country still thriving as of now but there is a rumor circulating that the other races are harassing the humans in their country and the humans going back to the country of humans. This one needs to verify if it''s true or not and if the rumor is true then this is gonna be a problem for this world.¡± ¡°Another headache.. If the rumor is true then the demons are gonna have an upper hand in this matter.¡± ¡°But there is no movement to the other side.¡± ¡°The rumor is true.¡± ¡°Oh !@#$%^&* you are here! You want breakfast?¡± ¡°Yes! And the root of this is because the military of the other races are getting stronger. They want to control the items I created for the hero I summon in the future and I¡¯m not gonna be shocked if there is a war with other races during the following years from now.¡± ¡°Only the items?¡± ¡°Not only items you goof! Those items are special and op as fuck, if the hero equip them all. I distributed those items to the other races to make the human hero journey meaningful and challenging but the catch on those items is anyone can wear that and become a hero.¡± ¡°Why need a hero if anyone can be a hero if they equip those items?¡± ¡°Because those items are made for HIM who is a human, which means the effect is more effective. The one I summon from your world, which is a human, and when he wears those godly items, he will be more overpower.¡± ¡°Oooh.. I see, I see.¡± ¡°And now the other races have no patience and want to rule other races.. Talk about being a conqueror. I just pray that the human country survives if a war breaks out.¡± ¡°Huh? Why are you praying if you are a God in this place?¡± ¡°What a scam!¡± ¡°Tsk!¡± ¡°Tsk!¡± ¡°Tsk!¡± ¡°Tsk!¡± ¡°Ay you four stop clicking those tongues! I don¡¯t have much power here so I can¡¯t interfere like I used to do because of that damn shady figure!¡± ¡°Skill issue lah.¡± ¡°Shut up Ayaka!¡± ¡°Anyway, we can just deploy Ayaka and wreck those guys if a war breaks out.¡± ¡°I haven¡¯t learned any magic or ki related attacks, so it is impossible right now.¡± ¡°Oh.. I see, then make it quick!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry Ayaka will begin her training this day rest assured.¡± As we finished our meal we headed to the portal and when we went inside we went to the murim side of the training ground. ¡°Now Ayaka we will learn the rest of the 2nd cultivation. The first one you will learn today is the unknown body.¡± ¡°Master! What is the unknown body?¡± ¡°The unknown body is a way for your body to adapt and become strong just like your ki and dantian. You will also learn how to adjust your body on how strong it is. The following methods are dangerous for a human even if you are a unrestrained realm because nature doesn¡¯t give a fuck if you can¡¯t adopt.¡± ¡°Eh?!¡± Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ¡°Yes, for example , your first body training is to withstand the pressure of water.¡± ¡°Should we start easy first?¡± ¡°No! We must start at the highest difficulty in all fields! Get in that bubble place I prepared.¡± ¡®Wait! Wait! If my starting point is the sea then how can I hold my breath?¡± ¡°Your body automatically learns that or evolves and don¡¯t worry you will not be gone in a matter of seconds.¡± ¡°Eh????¡± This training is ridiculous! Just like in any training I do at first it is hard then the water and the pressure change. For the water from light color to dark and the pressure is going up every time I succeed. The feeling is so heavy and my sights are totally dark as if I¡¯m in a different dimension and I think this is how people picture the abyss. I don¡¯t know how many days since I started my training it feels like a year has been passed and my body began to adapt in the pressure and the way my body conserve oxygen in my body is awesome [but how the fuck I can get oxygen?]. I try to swim and do various other movements and my energy and oxygen is still there. Then one day my training is over. I successfully adapt to the pressure in the water. ¡°Wooo.. it¡¯s good to see a light but my eyes are so stingy right now because of the light!¡± ¡°Congratulations Ayaka! Here let me cast a protective healing for your eyes. So that your eyes can adjust to the light¡± ¡°Thank you Uncle Tom! How many months since I started my training?¡± ¡°Months? No, it''s been only 1 month since you started this.¡± ¡°Eh?! It feels like months or years in that bubble!.¡± ¡°I think because you are the only one on that bubble like when you are waiting for your class to end but it is so slow, something like that.¡± ¡°Oooh I see, I see.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go to the 2nd training but first you need to eat a warm soup.¡± After I eat I proceed to the 2nd training which is heat. Not hard compared to the first until I soaked myself in the magma as if I¡¯m in hell.. This training combined with high pressure just like the first one with heat and they change the color of it ranging from red to the hottest which is white-blue.. Just like a mc with plot armor I succeed. [Again how the fuck I can breath?] ¡°By the way Master Herbert, how can I survive these two tests?¡± ¡°We cast the protective healing barrier on you. This healing barrier makes your body accustomed to the environment, just like the high pressure on the underwater and on the heat.¡± ¡°Oooh.. I see but isn¡¯t good if you put me at the highest difficulty with a protective healing barrier has been cast on me and just wait? ¡°Good question, we can do that but your body will take time to adapt unlike every time you succeed at every level only minimal changes to your body will change. Just like in game it is possible for a person to clear a level 2 stage even though you are a level 1 player. Take note also, we only cast protective healing barrier if your body is struggling to adapt. But we also cast it off if we see you can handle it.¡± ¡°Now that makes sense!¡± ¡°Now are you ready for the 3rd training?¡± ¡°Yes, Master!¡± My third training is space as I know space is a cold place and I can¡¯t really hold my breath here unless I want to rupture my lungs but like the first two my body makes way to adapt to this environment. When I started my training, it¡¯s so cold and my breathing became heavier then I could only hold for about seconds then I passed out. I didn¡¯t not experience this when I did the first two training.. Then I woke up, grasping some air, then I passed out again, and again, and again.. I didn¡¯t know how many times I ¡®ve been passing out but not only that but also the cold has become more brutal. I came across an article that there is a place in the universe that is colder than the universe itself that is Boomerang Nebula. I don¡¯t why I think this stuff.. Anyway my body now can hold my consciousness for about 1 week straight. As time goes by I can now comfortably chilling, in space now without much air needed. I feel like I don¡¯t need air which is interesting. The cold also is ok for me because it feels like a gentle breeze.of a wind. Now my training is complete! Now for other training I undergo different types of these examples of this are body hardening which is even a higher ki or something I can withstand the attack. There is also curse and poison and I tell you guys that i don¡¯t like these two because it stink as fuck. Same with disease but it makes my body more invincible because some disease they create helps my body more efficiently and they don¡¯t transfer person to person or other living/non living beings. They also train my body in the black hole.. I didn¡¯t get flat but my body is super heavy like I can¡¯t even lift my finger or open my eyes or mouth. But the time goes by my body adapt fast and not only the black hole but before this I take the gamma ray burst, this motherfucker hit like a truck my entire being being vaporize but because of the protective healing barrier my whole being is being recovered but I hate it because I¡¯m only suffering and fuck this shit! I wanna sleep! Many more training I undergo which is all in all is 1 year and 3 months of training. Sometimes I wonder how my training only lasted a year or shorter just like my training in the underwater. Nonetheless I succeeded! By the way, my 1st cultivation has improved. I feel like I don¡¯t need food to sustain myself but still I will continue to eat because this is the privilege of living. After my unknown body training we hit the qinggong training which is I¡¯m excited because I will now be learning a martial art fantasy footwork! ¡°Congratulations Ayaka! Now your body is the same as ours now. Are you ready to learn qinggong?¡± ¡°Yes Master Bing! This is my dream to learn qinggong!¡± ¡°Ok! But first I will demonstrate to you the steps of a basic qinggong.¡± Master Bing began to perform basic qinggong steps which I will need to learn but strangely enough I can see the steps of it like a normal dance. When my master was done, he told me to follow the steps he made and it was honestly as easy as if I¡¯m dancing. After I finished I asked him how is my performance was. ¡°Your performance is good, no not good, it was excellent!¡± ¡°Really master?! I don¡¯t know if you mean it or not.¡± ¡°It is really excellent!¡± ¡°It feels like I¡¯m dancing so I don¡¯t know if I do it right or not..¡± ¡°Here Ayaka, look at your own performance.¡± When I watched my own performance it seems I¡¯m dancing but Master Bing gave me a glasses and after that I watch it again and holy fuck! I¡¯m fast as if I¡¯m creating a wind. By the way, I liked these glasses. I don''t know what kind of technology or magic they put here but it adjusts my eyes to make things faster or it downgrades my eyes? I don¡¯t know but this one is awesome! ¡°Woooah..¡± ¡°Don¡¯t get excited, Ayaka, that is a basic one! Also your first cultivation which is the qi less will be used here.¡± ¡°Really?¡± ¡°Yes, as you can see you are already using a qi less qinggong. But you are wondering how right?¡± ¡°Yes Master! I need to know.¡± ¡°That is because we already blocked your meridians. We tampered it temporarily with so many spells and accupoint during your unknown body training. As a matter of fact it can be broken now or later because you have the same body as ours but not the same level yet." "Ooooh! what if I used qinggong with ki? Is it much faster or not?" "It is much more powerful but just to remember as you train your qi less it will be equal to the ki." ¡°Sweet! We should now continue our training now Master BIng!¡± ¡°Ok Ayaka, I like your enthusiasm right now.¡± We train different kind of qinggong there is for water, land, air, and many more element like high pressure and in space. When my ki comeback my proficiency on it is low but gradually increase as I train it with my qinggong. I don¡¯t forget also to train my qi less, both are enjoyable on their own. Sometimes I like to used my ki as if I am in my own anime. Qi less is good if you don''t like the visual effect of the ki. 6 months is the length of the time I finished my qinggong techniques. Telekinesis is my next target. Using my ki, I direct my energy to an object and make it move. Using this type of skill opens more possibilities without any people noticing it except, who are grandmaster and mages of 8 circles and this is only minimum requirements to see the faint of me using telekinesis. According to Master Herbert even people notice my telekinesis if somebody is not par on me nothing can stop my power. But I like my telekinesis to be invisible to the eyes so that I can help some people in need. Master Herbert trained me also how to levitate with assist of Master Tom. They explain to me how to do the levitation by making my ki as the source of my flight. Just like qinggong, levitation is one of the highest skills you can learn if you are in an unrestrained realm. To use this, I need to release ki continuously under my feet because I have the first cultivation, this is a win for me. Then I slowly moved between stations I made. If I want to accelerate then I just make a big burst of energy. This one is easy to learn and only took 3 weeks then the final is ki coated. Ki coated is a direct training. I only need a weapon then coat it with ki. Depending on how quality of ki I put in my weapons it can be destructive as fuck. Not only that But I learn the formless version of my ki coated. I just need to gather my ki and make it like I was holding a huge amount of ki. This is my first time trying a formless which is also in my first cultivation and I need to learn more about it. ¡°Ayaka, Now you learned how to coat your weapon, it''s time to learn some magic.¡± ¡°Yes, Master Bing! I¡¯m really excited to learn various magic to aid me in different situations.¡± ¡°Herbert, It¡¯s your time to shine.¡± ¡°Thank you Bing, then we tackle the realm of the impossible and the possibility of magic!.¡± Chapter 10 End Chapter 11 Chapter 11 ¡°Master! What basic magic spells will I start to learn?¡± ¡®Of course the four elements, but before we start that we need you to learn how to apply mana. As you know, magic is difficult but if you look at it in another way. Mana and Magic is just so simple, like breathing.¡± ¡°Guide me Master to the beautiful world of mana¡± Master Herbert discusses the importance of mana in general. Just like ki, mana is everywhere but mana is so simple yet a complex energy in the universe. Mana has many uses. If someone knows how to use mana then it will turn into magic. Then because mana have a form which is called magic, then magic is the one who will define your spells. Example of this is the basic element, fire magic. Then if you use fire magic, your spells will be related to the fire. Which mean every offense, defense, and support spells are under to fire magic, but he also said that you can learn different types of magic there is no restriction unlike the ki, which will led you to ki deviation and also the perks of magic is you can combine two or more magic to create another one. But the general rule for a mages learning everything is a must. You can use spells in different situations because of that mages are viable in a society. ¡°Master, what is the con of magic?¡± ¡°The cons of magic is that if you can¡¯t handle a certain magic or spells, your body will be damaged or worse you will meet death.¡± ¡°How can we deal with that?¡± ¡°We can deal with that by two ways, first is the artifact. These items can help the user¡¯s unleash their abilities or help them, thus it depends whether it was made to enhance or unlock. Second is what you know about by treating the body by making them enough to withstand magic. Just a little reminder Ayaka, if a person receives a high amount of ki or mana the body also will be destroyed. Thus you need medical knowledge to be able to overcome what your original body is made of.¡± ¡°Another question Master, I remember you said, that mana storage is located at the heart and brain, so isn¡¯t our body already a mana storage, Master?¡± ¡°Oh I¡¯m glad that you remembered Ayaka, and you are right. Our body is already a container of mana but the heart and brain are the ultimate container or storage of our mana.¡± ¡°How?¡± ¡°You see, the brain and heart can contain more mana than our body can hold. If you see in your media in your world, most of the stuff like one circle up to what numbers of circles can they put. Most of the time the brain and heart are the storage of it or the main dantian. Body is mostly just a container and the heart and brain are the one who can cultivate it and spread to the body thus making the body more stronger and hold more mana.¡± ¡°Huh, so it''s just like a ki?.¡± ¡°Yes, as we mentioned many times two energies may have different roles but both of them can be similar with each other. No one is higher, both are equally good if you learn more about them.¡± ¡°I see, Master! By the way, what technique will I learn to achieve this one circle magician up to 8 or something?¡± ¡°We will not go on that route, Ayaka, but we will go on a simple route.¡± ¡°Ok Master, teach me the way.¡± ¡®The technique we will introduce to you is The Marble technique. This technique is so simple and everyone can do it. First you need to feel the mana and to do that you need to be one with your surroundings or nature itself and focus by doing nothing or meditation.¡± ¡°Doing nothing?¡± ¡°Yes, because in any form you can feel the mana but it¡¯s your choice if you want to do nothing or meditate.¡± ¡°Ok, Master and what¡¯s next after that?¡± ¡°Most of the time you need to open your magic circuit or opening so that the circulation of mana will be good. But you will not need that because the mana already do that. The final step is to condense the mana to your brain and heart. By doing that you will achieve a small round condensed mana and after you produce that, you will combine those two which is easy. Then after you combine the product will be a marble which is filled with a high concentration of mana and then repeat the process whenever you want.¡± ¡°Is that all master?¡± ¡°Yep, pretty easy right?¡± ¡°Yes, more convenient than ki.¡± ¡°The usage of marble really depends on how many times you combine a marble. For example, you make a two cycle of marble and when you use that you can amplify your magic and spell, for energy, to transfer a mana and so on. Even when I say these things it depends if someone can take the mana you condensed and transfer them. But you can cut that marble so that the body where you transfer your mana can handle it.¡± ¡°Dang it¡¯s easy! and after this I can learn some magic?¡± ¡°Totally! And the good part of learning magic is that you can do it in your mind!¡± ¡°Eh?! isn¡¯t that busted?¡± ¡°Nope, because the downside of not practicing in real life is that you can¡¯t measure the power.¡± ¡°Oooh, I see , I see. So it¡¯s good to mix real life experience and mind experience.¡± ¡°Yes, and also I have a textbook for you to read and learn and it has instructions, so even if I¡¯m not around you can do it alone.¡± ¡°Sweet!¡± ¡°Also it has a video and other features so that you know what you are doing.¡± ¡°Then shall we start Master?¡± ¡°Of course, let¡¯s start!¡± In the magic side of the simulation, we try to test on how to feel the mana on my surroundings and to myself. Not really hard because I already do this with ki. But the hard part of this is to distinguish what is your mana and the surroundings. Eventually I can already feel the difference between my mana and nature and other mana. After that I try to condense my mana to my heart and brain. Both are easy if I do it simultaneously, but I need to condense it at the same time and it is confusing but it is easy if you try many times. I think that my ki training really helps me this time! Then I produce a small marble and after that I combine it to make a normal marble. Took me between 2 weeks or less. Before we leave, we try to learn magic and the magic I learned is the five elements which are beginner friendly. Only two spells each of the element I cast which is producing the basic element like producing a drinkable water. The other is offensive magic which is all of them is a spear or more or less a javelin if I decide to throw it. ¡°I can''t believe I learned so much in a short time!¡± ¡°Right! It makes things easier and faster when you learn something similar like ki.¡± Stolen novel; please report. ¡°Yes, Master! By the way, do you think I can mix ki and mana?¡± ¡°Totally!, but you should explore more of your power. Who knows you can develop new techniques.¡± We exit the portal and head to the kitchen, it is midnight and we are famished even though we don¡¯t really need to eat xD but the enjoyment of eating is such a privilege for a living organism. We arrived at the kitchen and we started to procure ingredients at the stockroom. Grandpa Herbert makes fried rice with egg on top of it. He also makes some easy to make desserts. We enjoyed our time and when we finished I insisted on helping him with the dishes and he let me help him. After that he walked me to my place and bid a farewell. ¡°Uwaaa! Finally I can sleep, I can¡¯t believe that I finished easily but the real challenge is how to apply what I learn. I need to go to the portal again to practice and apply in the real world! But for now I need to sleep even though I don¡¯t need it.¡± [Ayaka¡¯s consciousness] ¡°Eh? Why do you summon me to my consciousness?¡± ¡°Well you start to learn magic now and I will help you without your consent.¡± ¡°I¡¯m too tired to deal with your bullshit you know?¡± ¡°Huh? but you don¡¯t need to sleep according to your body. So shut up and listen to my teachings!¡± ¡°Oh boy this is gonna be a long one!¡± This bitch teaches me many magic and spells she knows. She also includes Grandpa Herbert textbook. It was hard as fuck and whenever I fail she lash huge amount of curses to me but it did not take long before the curses go away. Because I had an unknown mind when I obtained the unknown body. Anyway her curse is still taking effect on me because I¡¯m not on the level of my masters. ¡°Hey! Hey! you should double chant so that you can counter and do offense at the same time you dimwit!¡± ¡°I¡¯m trying you bitch! Look I can now double cast but I don¡¯t know if this same power can be applied in real word!¡± ¡°It can be because I am great! Unlike when your master said you can¡¯t scale the power in your mind. I used a spell so that you can train efficiently in your mind and real world without lagging.¡± ¡°Damn girl! You should say to me you have that kind of spell!¡± ¡°I just made this spell only now though.¡± ¡°What?! you mean as in right now?¡± ¡°Not really now as we speak but the moment I heard from your master.¡± ¡°Oooh.. I forgot that you can hear in the real world.¡± ¡°Anyway we should wrap your training and time to rest. See you later bitch!¡± ¡°Thank goodness we are finished! I¡¯m glad you helped me, you hag! See you later!¡± [Ayaka¡¯s consciousness ending] When I¡¯m back it¡¯s already morning. I hear the birds and I can feel the cold breeze of the morning. Even though I train like hell in my consciousness I feel relaxed somehow, did that woman cast a spell? I took a bath and after that I went to the kitchen outside to greet my Grandpas and Uncle and tell them what happened to me last night. ¡°That woman is an impatient one..¡± ¡°Yeah, even though she is stronger than us she is surely an impatient one..¡± ¡°Amithbha.. Patience is a virtue..¡± ¡°I feel like you guys shit talking to her.. But I liked it!¡± ¡°Well it is beneficial if you learn faster and progress more, but we tone down many things and we scrape other things also.¡± ¡°Yeah we believe that a person can achieve greater heights if you progress at a normal pace.¡± ¡°But even though both of your Grandpa said that, we still accommodate what level the learner is. At the end of the day we only wish our disciple the best, even though we are not the best as a teacher.¡± ¡°Awww.. I¡¯m touch <3 Thank you Uncle and Grandpas for guiding me! Even though some of your methods are questionable, still I¡¯m glad!¡± ¡°Awww.. still this lady shouldn¡¯t hasting your progress this much! She ruining it! ¡®I agree!¡± ¡°I second demotion!¡± ¡°Yes! This ugly bitch is a menace in our life! But not really, I think she is lonely.¡± ¡°Oh.. I guess it¡¯s understandable.. Now I¡¯m guilty of what I¡¯m saying to her.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry Uncle, she doesn¡¯t mind!¡± ¡°Really?¡± ¡°I¡¯m kidding! I think she will remember this event "Isn''t that woman basically stronger than us?" "Well she can teach Ayaka in her consciousness without any effort.." "Right.. but again she only accelerated her progress but not her combat experience. I think that woman wants us to do the practical work." "Oh right, if she meant to do that then we can start the combat experience. But after we eat our breakfast!" After we eat, we go to the portal and we begin my combat experience. My opponent is Uncle Tom, no rules and just pure fight. "Heh, so are you ready Ayaka?" "Yes, Master Tom! And so our battle started, I began to do double chants with defensive and offensive magic naming them simple barrier and magic missiles. Simple barrier is a self defensive magic and it¡¯s just a basic barrier that can reduce a spell damage up to 40% of it and a neutral property and only one magic it can reduce. Another problem with this spell is I can only use it per 3 minutes. Magic missiles, an intermediate level of skill with a property of neutral which can shoot concentrated mana. This magic doesn¡¯t have tracking abilities, so if the enemy is faster it can dodge all of the missiles and the cooldown is only 2 seconds but it can reduce to 1 seconds if I apply a buff magic. The double chant reaches 3 seconds to complete, upon finishing, the magic missiles automatically release and reach Master Tom, then from the smoke made by my magic, Master Tom emerges from it with a pure ball of lightning then it throws it to me. I dodge and when it touches the ground the pure ball of lighting scatters and makes it an Area of Effect skill (AoE). My simple barrier has collapsed and I¡¯m taking a damage of 60% of it¡¯s damage which is nothing to me at first because my body can hold it but I feel somewhat annoyed? Or is it just that my body takes damage? ¡°Did you like my magic? I called that Pure Lightning: Dirty Bomb, this skill lets you add other properties or mini spells which can harm your opponent. I¡¯m sure the after effect is now kicking in. ¡°Now you think about it Master Tom, it damages me but I feel more annoyed!¡± We continue exchanging attacks and I am the only one who takes more damage. Master Tom''s magic is simple and most of it is AoE spells and it also has pierce magic. Which is really good because if an opponent has immune skills it can ignore it. As for me, even though I take more damage, it''s actually good because my body adapts to the damage. But I need to minimize it, so right now I¡¯m chanting magic spells which can hinder other spells or magic to activate. For a solid 10 seconds, which is enough to turn the tide to my favor. This skill''s name is Get Rekt. That woman made this spell when she was younger because she didn''t want to lose to her brothers but she eventually lost because they just stalled the time. Upon completing the chant I went full offense. ¡°Magic of Neutral: Sword of Property!¡± ¡°Oooh! I don¡¯t know what you are planning but I will answer your attack!¡± ¡°Fire Magic: Spear of Ifrit..¡± ¡°Get Rekt Master Tom!¡± ¡°Why did you cast an anti magic spell! Also it¡¯s unfair that you can use magic!¡± ¡°W-wait! Don¡¯t run Master Tom!¡± ¡°This is also a magic which predates the birth of the universe! Normal Magic: Run!¡± Master Tom, used his Ki to flee even though he can fight me using it. While he is fleeing he chants and tries to cast magic. None of them are working because my skill is still within the time. When the time comes up everything comes back. The nature of this skill is good if you want to target two or more opponents but you can¡¯t disable any magic that is already deployed in the field and also this spell can target enemies. After that, when he can cast magic again he shouts that he will end the bout and I should embrace the impact. I want to cast higher spells that can basically interfere with you while casting or an anti magic spell which basically cancels each other''s magic but I think one anti magic is good for a match to see the effect of it. Also I think Master Tom basically downgrades his body to match me. If he¡¯s not then my magic doesn¡¯t affect him. Now I am chanting an intermediate barrier to reduce the damage for 80% for around 7 minutes and the good news of it is not only 1 or 2 spells but it can reduce incoming spells for a 7 minutes! [Tom¡¯s POV] ¡°[This brat is improving day by day which I¡¯m proud of. Though I want to prolong the fight more, she needs to organize first herself. The spells and magic she throws are top of the line but she struggles to cast both of them at the same time. I think she is getting nervous? But again this is her first real life experience. To do a double chant or multiple chant, you need a high concentration. She also doesn¡¯t use any maneuver magic, she is only relying on her natural movement because she restricts using ki for this match. Unlike me who used it, but who cares, as long as you stay alive. Now I¡¯m chanting different spells and combining them which can end a solar system. But this skill is normal one, because the book Herbert gave to Ayaka is the baby book for magicians, this spell doesn''t belong in that book. Another reason why I need to end this is because she cast anti magic! I haven¡¯t revealed much basic magic on her and she slaps me with an anti magic? How dare she! But for real she is good and I bet she wants to use other types of magics but I need to calm her down. Here, Ayaka, taste this magic of mine! Elemental Magic: Basic Gathering!]¡± [Tom¡¯s POV end} When Uncle Tom finished his magic he then teleported within my range with a ball of magic. The good news is I already finished my intermediate barrier and am planning to match his magic power output, so that the impact is equal. I need to think of magic to match it but it¡¯s too late and the only one I have is the Magic of Neutral: Sword of property. When we clash our magic with each other, the impact and explosion is so strong but neither of us are blown away. As always I get more damage than inflicting damage to my opponent. "Thank you for the bout Master Tom!" "Although I used Ki you stick to your principle! Good job! but you should stop yourself casting anti-magic! The fight will not be educational if you cast this restriction spells." "Well I just try if the anti-magic is working but this skill is so powerful even if you nerf yourself Master." "Yeah, even I am surprised when I can''t cast some spells or use magic. Oh by the way, use those restriction spells in specific events. Debuffs are ok because you can have those even without spells. You just need to cast restriction spells if your opponent is doing bullshit." "Noted, Master Tom!" "Also, you need to dodge and cast some magic that can help you in a fight and not only relay to your body!" "I need more training Master Tom, because you know I only learn this without any experience." "Oh I forgot that! But anyway don''t restrict your magic but put things you learn in different ways. Like my Pure Lighting: Dirty Bomb." "Yes, Master!" After our bout, Master Herbert and Master Bing, give me some pointers to my fight. They suggest that if I''m doing double chanting I need to split my mind into 3 parts. Another one is I need to cast some curse magic in this way when I cast debuff magic, it will likely prolong and fatal to them. They classify debuffs and curse magic differently. Debuff magic can slow down and will make your attack power less, but it can only last for a couple of minutes. While curse magic can be permanent which can fall in the debuff magic category. But the difference is that curse magic can''t be undone most of the time. The only way to counter curse magic is making another curse magic specializing to counter it. Divine or other types of magic is doable but need time to cast and need higher output. Unlike curse to curse, it can cancel immediately no need to make higher output of mana. For debuff magics any magic can counter it. That is why divine magic is more suitable to counter debuff magics. They also point out that even though my barrier is good I need to mix some spells in my barrier. So that even my barrier has been broken, it has another effect. They don''t comment on my spell attacks because magic can be simple to complicated. It''s up to me if it becomes wonderful or simple. They only remind me if I don''t know the spell or magic of my enemy I just need to dodge. Analyzing is also part of being a magician so it makes sense. I will only tank their magic if I''m in a hurry or being bored. Talk about being disrespectful to the enemy! After that I will use the A.I again to gain experience and after that I will test my knowledge and experience because I will be in a different territory of this land after my beef with the A.I¡¯s! Chapter 11 End! Chapter 12 "Uwaaa.. it''s already morning? I guess it''s time to grind again." These past 2 months I have only focused my time on my magic and news for my cultivation is still going strong though I haven''t really learned moves from martial arts of different sects. I think I need to create my own or I will request it from Grandpa Bing later. Back to the magic things, after my defeat to Uncle Tom. My training has been intensified by that bitch. She even participates in the actual combat in my consciousness and she smokes the hell out of me. We re-organize my magic training with the help of my masters. We improve, discover, and re-approach the spells I learned thus far. Totally busy, we only ate yesterday after we finished the magic and spells that''s useful to me. But the spells who are not beneficial to me as of now are being restored, so that if the time comes I can use them. My mana training is going smoothly without any trouble. Some of my marble is being compressed 1 thousand times. But not all of them are the same, some of them are 10 times or only 1. I also made another space with the help of the hag. This space is meant to reserve my ki and mana and also I try to refine my ki and mana together to create the ultimate energy. But it''s hard to do because I need to calculate how much I can mix with these two. The good news is I create that energy and its size of a small ball. Unlike the ki I''m refining automatically, this one where I mixed with mana was so strong. Not gonna sugar coat it and the horror of this is so easy to control but hard to steal. You need to be me like literally a power which no one can steal. I arrived at the portal and headed to the practice room and then I configured the A.I behavior and set it to magic only fight. After that I prepared myself for the fight by stretching my whole body. After 3 minutes of stretching, I faced my opponent. When the A.I appears they immediately attack me but the good thing I already buff myself with shield, attack power, and defense. As they continue to attack me, I also attack them and pretty much the fight is a match even, even though they''re 3 of them. I try to hold myself not using restriction magic and only some debuff spells. Unlike the A.I who I don''t restrict their spells. I start to cast some debuff spells such as slow and spell power decrease. They immediately remove the debuff by themselves or the other one becomes the support to remove the debuff. What goes around comes around, they also start using debuff on me. Now I am splitting my mind into 3 parts where I need to pay attention seriously to my surroundings, timing of my attack, and decision making. The fight is getting longer and the spells are getting intense as we enter the climax of our fight. I unleashed a series of thunder spells and mixed them with debuffs. I also consume 1 marble that has been condensed for 10 times. Then my enemies combine their spells making new spells fusing 3 magic. The collision of our spells is so strong but none of us fly away but because of the combined spells I get the damage. I use another marble to increase my speed and when I catch one of my enemies I cast a curse spell to it making the one A.I immovable and it will only take a second to uncurse my curse but this seconds makes our battle advantageous to me. Then I consume another marble to increase again my magic which is fire magic: fire punch, the spell can ignore the defense inside of the opponent and it has two times damage. After I hit my opponent I distance myself quickly. The enemy who received my attack is in critical condition but thanks to its teammate the recovery is fast! Then I began to mix my defense spells with other debuff and curse spells. The enemy also put their defense high this time. We are about to end this battle once and for all. Feint, defense, attack, mistakes, decision making.. in the span of a minute everything is in chaos.. after the battle the A.I''s triumph in our battle while me kissing the ground. "Ayy.. I lost.. but everything is good! still if I manage to boost my fire power I can at least bring one down with me.. another skill issue to improve!" After that fierce battle I updated my battle log and left the portal. I head to the kitchen to grab some food then head to the lake to eat and relax. After I destroyed my food I took a quick nap, I didn''t enter the bitch domain. I think I did pretty good this time. Later, Grandpa Bing woke me up and notified me to eat our lunch. I quickly got up and followed Grandpa Bing, when we arrived everything was prepared. We eat while we chat about stuff, even though some of it is kind of repetitive. I asked them if there is major news circulating. "The human side appointed a new "Saint" and it was a girl again." "So you mean the previous one is also a girl?" "Yeah, apparently the new girl easily passed the trial made by the church. She also cleared the dungeon made by @#$_&-+ with no major injury with her knights. Thus the dungeon gives blessings to that girl and to her knights." "Wow! @#$_&-+() is so generous lah." "Yes, so this new saint will accompany the hero." "By the way Uncle, how will I accompany these people?" "I don''t know how will @#$_&-+() incorporate you in the party. After all, only two positions are vacant." "And what are those, Uncle?" "The production job and the mage. Interesting that a production job will be included in the party. That person is an embodiment of skills and brain. The other one who will be loved by the mana and the planet. But this is not limited to humans, any living being is loved by the planet but mana is different." "I see, so I just need to wait." "Yes, but don''t worry because you will be stronger than them, but I don''t know how much @#¡ê_&-+() will give to the hero. Still, don''t worry you are much stronger than him." "Ayaka, self confidence has risen up!" "Such a nerd, hahahahaha!" "Truly! oh by the way, Grandpa Bing, how can I train in martial arts?" "Eh? You sure you need to train in martial arts, despite you already being strong?" "Of course, I still want to perform some flashy skills like in the novels I read." "Ok-ok, I will give you some manuals and those manuals will help you to achieve your goal. Those manuals are the ones I bought when I was a teenager, ranging from orthodox up to demonic sects. I was just lucky when I brought those and it was dirt cheap. Think about it, that old man is sketchy." "Why did you buy them Grandpa? Have you performed them?" "Well, in my youth I didn''t really focus my attention on martial arts, because I was busy finding a job to feed my three little brothers. But that doesn''t mean that I''m not interested in martial arts, whenever I have spare time, I try to do it. It took many years before I gained internal energy and another years to master different kinds of movements. Thankfully I haven''t experienced qi deviation." "Ooooh, isn''t your body suitable for different kinds of martial arts, Master Bing?" "Perhaps? Because in terms of martial arts, my little brothers are more proficient than me. It''s been years since I have heard about them before I moved here. But looking back, my body is just so normal unlike my three little brothers. Now that I think about it, those moves compliment the techniques of orthodox down to demonic sect with each other as if it was intended blend with each other." "..." "?" "Oh wait! Now it makes sense that way!" "What do you mean Master Bing?" "In my world, there is a story of 3 brothers who conquered the whole continent, in just 1 year since they appeared in the country. They said that after they conquer the continent, they establish the three factions naming them orthodox, unorthodox, and demonic sect. These three will be the pillar of the country against the unknown enemies, years later the three leaders step down and hand their position to the deserving people, which will support the whole country towards a bright future. Then the 3 brothers banish to the murim world as if they are chasing something. Then decades or even longer, the three factions start to drift apart and forget what their original goal is and start fighting with each other." "What a sad story." "Truly sad, because the state of the country is so chaotic before I transport here. Not only the three factions, there are other groups trying to swallow the country. Ordinary people will only suffer in this useless war." "By the way, Bing." "Yes, Tom?" "Thousand times I hear this story from you, but I am still wondering how many years or decades this story is around?" "I think, I forgot to mention but this story has been around for 1000 years." "For 1000 years?!" "Yeah, it''s just a story from the past, but now I think I decode the message! But I wonder where that old man is? He said these manuals are limited edition." "By saying that, it means the man you buy manuals from is the original author or co-author!" Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. "Also this can be an implication that man is one of the 3 people who conquered the continent and is still around! because as you say that they are chasing something." "I''m not really sure how I can find that man after I go home, I still have my family waiting for me." "Ayaka can help you with your problem after this!" "Oh, it''s you @#¡ê_&+(), how can Ayaka help me?" "You forget that Ayaka will visit your world." "Oh! I forgot that!" "Well, I will try to find that man Master! but it will take time before I come to your world." "Don''t worry I can wait, but you need to experience what is murim first!" "Noted! That will be my side quest." "By the way, Why are you here @#¡ê_&-+()?" "I will borrow Ayaka for a moment." "Me? Where are we going?" "Here." All of the sudden, he cast some space magic. Then he proceeds to apply some spells in our surroundings. "Ayaka, you need to grow stronger and faster. So this is my gift to you." "Eh?! all of the sudden? I didn''t do anything wrong to you except I ate your food mistakenly!" "I mean, I can forgive you about that. ??" "What?" "I mean I can forgive you because you are the one who will accompany the chosen hero, so food is just a trivial thing. ??" "I don''t believe you!" "Anyway, ready yourself!" When we start to fight, he easily beats me down as if I''m just a child to this guy! Even his debuffs and restrictions are nuts! Whenever I get knocked down, he will cast some recovery magic, this man is a torturer! The fight lasts like a year or 2, by the time we finish all of his debuffs and attack has been fully ingrained to my body, making it more invincible. Then the flow of time resumed. My masters greet us with food outside of the kitchen. Then master Bing handed me the manuals and he said that I need to prepare because they will let me venture now to the otherside of the forest. Which is exciting! "Like quests in the game, we will give you a quest, try to analyze different species, location, and other things in other territories. The duration of these quests are depending but it only takes 1 year each. Try to learn everything within those years, this will help you in the wild." "Ok master Tom! I guess I will see you guys in the next 2 weeks?" "Yes, now go forth and learn some flashy moves!" With that, I pour myself into learning different Martial arts from murim as much as possible. To do that, I need to understand first the nature of the martial art, then I will just choose the basics, because learning them is easy and not time consuming. Then after that I can train the difficult ones later, since I will practically be there for months or year. .. ... .... Just like that, 2 weeks are gone, now I''m preparing my things, keeping them in my pocket of space. Then I go to the outside kitchen to meet my masters and @#¡ê_&-+(), after we eat. We ran and ran until we reached our destination. "Here, Ayaka, is your first territory to familiarize yourself with." "Familiarize and not conquer?" "Yes, because here it has already established an ecosystem. Also it has a guardian, A lifeform who is far more stronger than the demon lord/king/god or whatever you call. We only want you to explore the land and not cause too much disturbance in the balance." "Ooooh! I see, Master Tom, by doing that I can integrate myself as one and not alien?" "I guess you can say that being naturalized in the land. Research the land, gather some information and adapt to it. This will help you more in your life or at least in your adventure. Knowing this will make your life easier." "Ok! I will try to do it right as long as I can!" "Good! Then for your quest, here is the following." I know that all of the quest will be here ranging from gathering up to exploring but holy shit! Too detailed for a quest! like I need to gather medicinal plants 1.5k varieties or how much more percent I need to explore in this land and so far. Still they gave me some books and items to identify and track my records. Which is heaven save. But two things caught my eyes are finding hidden items and to be recognized by the guardian. Like fight him or help him to acknowledge me? "I guess this is where we part our ways Masters and @#$_&-+()?" "Yep, take care Ayaka! Spoiler alert, beware in your surroundings, especially at night." "We will see many many months from now!" "May the dao help you in your journey!" "A small good bye for now Ayaka! By the way, this is my quest for you before I forget." "Only this?" "Yep, nothing more." "Ok, Masters and @#$_&-+()/, will see you for months" As I gave my farewell and hugs, I entered the forest as fast as possible. Then I realized that the path is going down, seeing that it makes me want to accelerate more which I did. I arrived fast and I saw something good! The map indicates that this kind of sinkhole is the entrance to the first territory. It seems the trees here are healthy as fuck! Look how huge they are. Then my book for the plants ringing, I think it indicates that a species is nearby? I mean definitely those trees are my target. Without further ado, I jump then activate my sensory skills both magic and ki. When I landed, the shockwave was so huge as if it could devour an entire village or more, but the trees are still intact which is surprising! Then I see that the water is above my knees, then multiple life forms have been detected and rushing to my location. Not only that, all of them are huge!. When they arrive, they stop first then they proceed to rush on me! ¡°What the heck?!¡± As I am ready to kill these motherfuckers brutally(only defense), the book for animals, responds that I need at least 2 specimens per living being to verify their legitimacy and preserve them, it also warns me that I should not kill those. Since it¡¯s a quest I just need to comply then after that, I use magic to hold them and after that I choose, but damn these animals are pretty weird! As if they combine each other or something, some are normal, is this evolution?! Nonetheless, I pick them one by one using my space magic, which is the name of it is prison skill. But before I put them inside, I proceed to sleep them using acupressure but since they¡¯re not human I need the Eyes of the energy to know which parts are weak. Though it¡¯s still 50/50 since I don¡¯t know their body, some of them are not effective, then I use sleep skill to knock them down. I go far away until I see a large hole, it seems connected from below? When I scan the place it is connected to the underground, then I let the water guide me as I¡¯m falling again, while falling I undo my spell and I sense again multiple entities are rushing to the hole but they stop. I look down and I¡¯m not seeing any living beings moving, though I sense trees and they¡¯re pretty huge just like in the first. ¡°Hmmm.. wait a minute, I think I forgot to take a sample of those trees above.. I should come back there after this.¡± When landing, the water acts as cushion in my fall and literally it is soft! But I wonder why those animals don''t jump? The trees welcome me with the sun? It¡¯s bright here even though I''m underground, for sure this ball of light is acting as the sun or is it the sun? Moving on, the water is low compared to above. Then I proceed to examine the trees here and other beings. While collecting samples, I realize that both sounds of the books are the same, I think they forgot to inform me, nonetheless I uproot some wildlings, gathering some branches, fruits. And many more. Not only that, I also take water samples and small living beings like worms, small insects, and even parasites! I even cast spell-like containment to separate my collection. It feels like I have been collecting here for a solid 5 hours, then finally I see/sense something moving, I rush, I see some animals that are incredibly large! Larger than those above, I approach to take two with me, after successfully casting hold to these animals I see their features somewhat similar to those in the above.. I still get what I need, Then I sense above that something is moving,when turn around there is a giant bird diving in, as for me, I relocate the other species far away, then I brace the attack with my punch filled with determination and ki, this is somewhat similar to shaolin but it has many techniques from other sects and clans. My fist and its beak collided with each other resulting in a big impact but in the end the big bird was dead with its beak shattered, after that the blood of it was leaking all over its body. Because it disgusts me, I cast some simple flame to cremate it and before I go away, I cancel my magic hold to the group of creatures I teleported earlier. As I explore the nook and cranny of this place, I stumble upon a creepy looking swamp, as if light doesn¡¯t penetrate this part. For me this is an opportunity to see some grotesque and awesome life. Before I even go deep inside, there is a large fish but it has eel-like features. Below, as if it was waiting for me to pass and then eat me. ¡°So you want to test me huh?¡± I unleashed a murderous aura then the eel just froze up, when I was passing, it suddenly jumped on me with its mouth open. Then I immediately cut it with my sword ki, then I place it in my space while the other parts I keep them because I¡¯m planning to feast tonight! As I walk in the swamp with my qinggong above water, I discover a small hut. I approach it and look inside, suddenly the map rings and it shows the map via hologram, then suddenly I can see species where they are in real time. ¡°Wow! Super convenient! I bet I can progress much more this time, hmmm.. But wait, why does this species and that have exclamation points in their head? This one group also has it. Wait lemme see the legends.¡± As I browse, I see the legend that the exclamation point is a mini boss in this swamp creepy place, ¡°So, it¡¯s possible to have multiple mini bosses here huh? Aight, before I move on I need to munch first!¡± The small hut have more equipments albeit its rusty and basic, nonetheless I clean them first and gather some woods, While collecting tree branches, The book of plants, keep ringing, and when I peek inside, I realized that it automatically register the trees and other plants I collect, I also check the animals, it also did it. Which is great! But the problem is I need to know which trees here are easy to use for cooking. Then I scroll/flip and compare the ones I collect and already collected, then for about 3 hrs, I successfully see the trees which are good for firewood! Then I try to memorize them all and their names. ¡°Whew! Well I just need to burn these trees and be ready to go but I guess it¡¯s not harmful to know the names and characteristics of these trees!¡± I quickly go to the hut and prepare the large fish that has an eel-like feature, and I thank my Grandpas and Uncle for this because they pack me some spices! Then I grilled, sear pan fry, and oven. After that I taste tested it, the grilled one is ok, like the texture and the aroma is good. Then the fry one is too fishy and feels like stink, the taste is bland? ¡°What the heck?! Why are the spices gone??¡± I don¡¯t like the sear pan fry one, then I tried the oven one, the spices really blend with the fish, the aroma smells good, I think it can attract many carnivorous animals. Should I eat it raw next time? I can just burn the parasite inside me, oh well I really like the oven method one. Likewise I also finish the sear pan fry one, even though I don¡¯t like the taste of it. Then I resume my work, and in the map in the hut, the closest mini boss to me is that group, the look of it is a school of fish, according to this hut, the school of fish also known as Hanripa is a carnivorous animals who only prey to the big animals, they will scatter if they see a small one. Their scales are hard like a metal and their teeth are sharp that can cut in any meat or muscles, they don¡¯t grow and their lifespan is only 1 month but their reproduction is on par with rabbits or rats, it will easily hatch in just 1 week. ¡°Damn, if this school of fish is aggressive then everything here will be gone huh?¡± Then I ready myself and see the school of fishes, while I collect. Many varieties of life here but most of them are herbivores because even though they eat the leaves of the plant here, they grow fast as if nothing happens, while the carnivore here is less, but the balance is still good to be honest. I also encountered a large fish with eel-like features. It made me happy because I thought the one I killed was the only one here, but this one was small unlike the one I killed. Then I see some tadpoles here near the trees, when I get the specimen, they bite me and they release a toxin, motherfuckers! Then I read their description and their ability is that when in tadpole, they release toxin to immobilize their predator but once they become frog, they can be big as 3 meters and their stomach can hold much more space than it looks, the downside of it, they can¡¯t jump nor walk until they digest their food. This makes them vulnerable to other predators, such as hanripa if they¡¯re in the water. About 2 hours of collecting, I see the hanripas swimming quietly as if they¡¯re normal fish. I dive in the water to see them closely and upon making face to face with them, they make a face of disgust.. ¡°Oy! Why are you guys making faces like that?!¡± Then they swim far away to me, I chase them for like 10 minutes before they scatter. Then I realize that they lure me here.. The place where the monsters dwelling the two mini boss. I see, One of them is a snake figure, this one called Da¡¯nacon and from the other side is alligator figure, name, Tore¡¯gali. Both of them are huge as fuck. But this two is chilling with each other and the obvious answer is, they know each other. Also if these two is chilling then the idiots hanripas are acquainted also. I jumped out of the water and the mini boss startled and when I landed, they immediately rushed to me and were ready to attack me, then I used some low quality fire magic, but they were really resistant to it. According to the data, these mini bosses are more resistant to magic than ordinary species. ¡°Resistance huh? Then how about the good quality spells?¡± I barrage them with some good spells, but the two are still fine and enjoying it. ¡°Enjoying huh? Then I will use my marble to boost my low tier spells.¡± After I pump my magic using marble which is condensed 10 times, I cast it to them and these two are arrogant and they don¡¯t dodge, but when it lands on them, I only see their unconscious body. ¡°Where is your arrogance now you pathetic animals!¡± Then I just leave their body in the shade of a tree, after that I roam the area as fast as I can. In the evening, I checked my progress and this area now is at 100% explored and same with books of animals and plants. Then before I sleep, which I don¡¯t really need, I test the water here. Unlike the previous water I encountered, I was curious if this water is fresh or salty. Upon doing some experiment I just found that the fresh and salt water are present here, which is questioning my feeble mind, how come salt water is present here? It isn''t near the ocean here. I think and think and think but nothing comes to my mind. I just sleep and move on. ¡°Wait.. before I sleep, I will set up a barrier and also use my marble, I feel like the mini bosses will pounce on me and I don¡¯t want to disturb my sleep, which I don¡¯t really need.¡± - - - - - The next morning, I depart from the hut and I mark this as my location to teleport. Then before leaving this swamp, I need to check the animals here and the plants. I see the 3 mini bosses chilling with each other and then they notice me and they run. Anyway, I leave the swamp and go to the north. Arriving in the north, I see marsh but the water is low, the green grasses, the birds, insects, and other animals are here. I enjoy the view though some scenes here are pretty disturbing like that one, who is eating a bird and the other one stalking its prey. ¡°Truly the nature in the making! Now it¡¯s my time to disturb it, like a true cancer!¡± Chapter 12 End Chapter 13 Kruuuuu! Kruuuuu!¡± ¡°Hey don¡¯t worry, your mother and you are not gonna separate anymore.¡± ¡°Kuwooooo!¡± ¡°Yes, here is your baby boy.¡± As I handed the baby animal, his mother ran to him. ¡°Don¡¯t get separated and always watch for the carnivore, if fate is real, we will meet again someday, even though I don¡¯t know if you can understand me.¡± ¡°Kuwoooooo~¡± Saying goodbye even though our language is different, I resume my work in the marsh. This place is huge like a huge one and every animal here is gathering, like they are drawn on this place specifically. Then about 3 days ago since I was here, I noticed that the water level is decreasing, just like the water. The animals also leaving and go to their respective places. But the good news is I already completed the task because I didn¡¯t sleep nor eat. Now I just need to wait like a day or two, just to see if the water is getting lower or is this a natural occurrence here. 2 days later, the water in the marsh completely vanished as if there was no water in this area. Then I trace where the water is coming from and then I see that the marsh is connected to the river nearby, but the shocking thing here is that the water hasn¡¯t moved at all. I don¡¯t know what kind of phenomena is this and even my things I carried have no mention of this kind of thing. Also I see something below the river but I will not pay that in mind for now. I stayed here in a former marsh for the past few days and I witnessed how the small grass turned into big one and after that one specific animal is feasting here and nothing else but the water cow. The water cows are the only species who only eat grasses in dry land like this. They typically see in nearby bodies of water and the confusing part of this is that they don¡¯t prefer to eat grasses with water. Another fact is that they don¡¯t have natural predators, even the snakes here can¡¯t swallow a juvenile water cow. But the book mentions that its defense mechanism is their powerful aura. When a potential predator tries to kill a water cow, they will release a powerful aura which can strengthen their physical and even the juvenile one can release an aura. This makes water cows a threat to the environment. But the good part is that it takes them literally a long time before they can eat again but if there are no grasses, they will jump and eat leaves. Lastly, in their mature stage, they will roam to the other place where the nutrients are dire and will die in that place. Making the place to flourish again and introducing the food chain/web in that place making it more livelier. ¡°Damn, talk about the equivalent of cultivators in this land!¡± I head again to the river, at the entrance where the water stuck, I see a cave like hole in there and when I thoroughly examine it, I see some civilization shit you will find in the past, I¡¯m thinking if I should to explore it or not, eventually the cat in my head is curious so, I just go with the flow and start to swim there. The current at the bottom is so strong like, abnormally strong but because I¡¯m strong as well, it was a piece of cake. When I arrived at the place, it glowed and it showed some text. ¡°Eh?! How am I supposed to read this?! Should I just open this place by force?¡± When I was in front of the big door, I¡¯m conflicted if I will destroy this door or just try to open normally, at the back of this door I just scan that it have chest and an item like a brush. Though I should turn off my detection, because it kills the mood of excitement. Then because I¡¯m not a barbaric person yet, I pushed the door and surprisingly the door is not hard to push and I arrived at the middle where the chest is. After opening it, the brush is inside of it. ¡°Brush huh? Who person left a brush here? I don¡¯t sense anything from it, just like a normal brush. I guess I should keep it. By the way, is this the hidden item I should find?¡± Then before going out, a map appeared on my face. When I looked at it, it had many signals as if indicating the items just like here. ¡°Waow! So the previous owner of ruins here wants me to collect items? Well I can at least do this after all, the map I have doesn¡¯t indicate this place. It means I collect it?¡± I was about to leave and suddenly I heard a voice. ¡°Thank you young lady.¡± I see a handsome man bowing to me and then disappear. ¡°Ayo! Is that a ghost or the last energy of that person?! So cool!¡± After that I swim up and back to the surface again, then I intend to follow the river because I see multiple life forms at the bottom and because I can, I investigate it and collect. Many hours passed since I was collecting at the river and the land. The map rings, indicating there is another place here to rest. When I arrive, the rest house is on the underground and I open it by force because I can. Then multiple traps have been activated, because this is a tight space and my goal is to reach that bottom, I free fall, to make it fast. The alarm went silent after I landed, checking the place and it was neat! The equipment here is much more modern than the last hut. 5 rooms and a comfy bed, it has a camera around, and the fridge is full of food. I think my masters are really spoiling me. I cooked the meat inside, some of this is meat from this place and other is just normal meat like cow and goat. Searing them in a pan and after that finishing them in the oven is the optimal way to achieve good meat! Then I made some tomato based dishes with the goat, I also cooked the rice here. After all is done I devour them all and for my dessert I eat some native fruits here I go to the camera room to see if animals here are roaming. Then around 1 hour, I spotted animals running and it seems they were playing, the second one was just passing, the third one was pooping. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. As I continue watching, I realize that most of the animals I see are herbivores. Then a couple hours, still I don¡¯t see any carnivore animals here. As I begin to get sleepy (not really), I sense something big and have a killer aura. I cast clairvoyance magic to see that species, but all I can see is that it was covered in blood and it¡¯s walking on two feet and it also has some kind of weapon. Then the face of it is like a fish! ¡°Woah! A real fucking Merman! or is it?¡± I quickly grab my things and go out to confirm what species of this. Upon arriving, we got eye to eye contact and then the book of animals rang. But this one is not interested to me so it goes the other way. I read the book and it says that the one I encountered is a Marmen, a species of fish that has evolved over many years. A young Marmen height is usually around 6ft tall but when they become adults it will double their size. They don¡¯t have genitalia unlike the animals here but they¡¯re capable of reproducing by themselves but the downside of it. After they give birth to 3 Marmen, they will die. They don¡¯t have society and just swim to the depths of the ocean. They¡¯re the second strongest here after the guardian. The Marmen also act as arm and legs of the guardian to do it things like a loyal men. Their weakness is wind spells because of how sensitive they¡¯re when on land. Immune to fire and resistance to the other magic. Using high level swordsmanship or other high level martial arts without a mana or ki, can kill an Adult Merman. Their second weakness is the Guardian, because they will only follow the guardian and nothing more. Their favorite food is seaweed and other marine aquatic plants. ¡°What a bizarre species! Also what is the guardian? I only know that they''re stronger than the demons.. Anyway, I should pack my things and continue! because the night is too young!¡± I don¡¯t really intend to work tonight and just laze around, I feel like my body has become more workaholic. Nonetheless I took my things and embarked to the other places. I finished the 2 places before the sunrise and next to me is the mountain. The map rings and it shows the next resting place and this time it shows the mini boss and its title, ¡°King of the Mountain.¡± ¡°Hmm.. the next is the mountain huh? Also why is this creature the King of the Mountain? It¡¯s so Kyut!.¡± At the base of the mountain, I encounter different types of floral flowers. Many of them are highly edible, also the bees here are big as fuck! Though they¡¯re not hostile to the other animals or in general. According to the book, they don¡¯t have natural predators because their body can withstand any pressure and can¡¯t be chopped easily. Resistant also in other magic, their ranking in the mountain is 2nd. But if successfully provoked they will inject you with a toxin that can paralyze you for an entire week, resulting in your body deteriorating and death. Their honey is so pure that it can make you more full and healthy in just one scoop. They don¡¯t have calories which is good for those who are dieting. ¡°What the fuck! This is a superfood! Basically a cheat food!¡± I traced them where they transport their whole collected nectar. It''s so deep in the mountain no wonder. Then at the waterfalls there is a hidden cave, I followed them and when I arrived at the end of the cave. I see a massive beehive and it¡¯s like a crystal, shining without sunlight. Then I read the book again on how to get their honey. Step 1: Gather the 3 flowers: Sun-sun, Teras, Comoss. As many as you can. Step 2: Make a big heart-shape using the 3 flowers. Step 3: Sing a song you like, bonus if you have an instrument. Step 4. Let the bees go to the heart-shaped flowers. While you are singing. Step 5: Wait for the queen to go out, and when the queen goes to you and pat your head, it means you are granted to collect honey in your lifetime. Step 6: Gather honey using your hand and place it in your preferred container, it can be sticky but the bacteria and germs in your hand will help the hive to be more resistant to disease. Step 7: Enjoy the honey to your heart content. Bonus Step: Gather honey every 3 months and repeat the steps, this will make your honey more delicious because the bees will make another hive just for you. There is a chance that they will deliver the product (low chance). ¡°It seems easy? Aight, I¡¯m gonna start to collect the flowers at the base of the mountain. I¡¯m excited to taste the liquid GOLD!¡± I ran fast for literally seconds, then I got my book of plants to see the flowers if what I collected was right. Then I collected a handful of 3 different flowers and only that. I feel like it will be not good if I hoard all of the flowers here just to get the honey. Then I go back again and I make a big heart-shape, and then I carefully recall what songs I really liked and then I choose the BLT, because of how catchy that song is! Then I started to sing to my heart, it was kind of awkward because I¡¯m not used to singing. While I¡¯m singing, the bees go to the big heart-shaped I made, just like in the book. After my song finished, I waited for the queen to go out but it¡¯s been like 3 hours since I finished my song. Then at the 4 hour mark, the queen goes out and circles around me for a while, then it pat my head and squishing my face as if I¡¯m a mochi. Then all of the sudden the bees escort me to their hive, while the others collect the flowers I get and move it inside of the hive. I carefully extracted the honey and it was sticky but not that sticky but also incredibly smooth. I also prepared two liters of jar to put in my collected honey. I lick my hands to taste test the honey.. ¡°My god! The taste is so immaculate! As if it was crafted by the universe! The honey is so addicting! Also the sweetness doesn¡¯t make me sick. I can take this forever literally!¡± Then I packed my things and bid farewell to the hive, now I will go back to the base of the mountain to collect more species of living beings, before I go to the resting place. Many hours later, I¡¯m 70% done and it was noon so I can just chill first before I work again, I calculate my time leisurely and working and I have more time after I complete it. I sat near the waterfalls here and surprisingly this mountain has 5 waterfalls here. The water is cold and it feels really good as if it has a healing effect, the sound of water falling, the birds humming, the tree leaves rustling. Nature putting my mind at ease.. ¡°This is life..¡± After 1 hour of relaxing with nature, I continue my work. In this mountain I realized that it has a ranking here but surprisingly the top living beings here are all herbivores, there is small size of carnivore here unlike in the lowland. But all the balance is still there. Many animals and plants here can be considered as mini bosses here. Even that one parasite here, which will force itself in the hole of the host and feed to its blood, until it satisfies and leaves forcibly in another hole of its host. Talk about a gruesome and traumatic experience, but this parasite here is considered a low class or not a threat to the other beings, I think animals here evolve and counter this? Anyway, I¡¯m now reaching the summit of this mountain, and I detect multiple small living beings here, I guess I¡¯m in the territory of the mini bosses. Arriving at the top of the mountain, it has a big area of water like a lake and the depth of it is so deep! Then I see the resting place in the middle of it with a small mini forest. Before I go to the house I reveal my presence to the mini boss here. After that many small beings are showing up and then 1 who is in front of me, who I suspected is the mini boss of the mountain or I call the King of the Mountain. The book rings and it gives me a quest. [Make them Love You!] The species of Kapi-kapi is a strong species who adapted to the harshness of the mountain, this herbivore species only recognizes an ally if you show them no hostility and how strong you are. By making yourself a strong ally with them will guarantee victory in every battle you take. Their favorite food is the grasses here at the summit. Now it is up to you how you will flex your powers to them. Now Make them Love You! ¡°Wow, this quest is so helpful! I guess I need to collect the grasses here first! Wait a minute you kyut little beings! I will definitely triumph on this quest!¡± I gathered as quickly as possible and then I gave them one by one of this grass equally. But the next part is difficult, I keep thinking how to flex my powers to them, to show I¡¯m not an enemy.. ¡°Wait! I can do that!¡± ¡°I began to release my power though only small amount of it and then the kapi-kapi began to focus on me, little by little I releasing my power and then I grab the one in front of me carefully and began to kiss it and cuddle! I even jump high on how kyut are this! After that, when I¡¯m finished, this little beings began to jump on me and giving me also a kiss and the one I grab began to scream, signaling the book that I successfully complete my mission! After that, a path has been formed leading to the resting place. Me and the kapi-kapi head there and I began to relax again with the kyutie pies! Marking my end of my work great today! ¡°What a splendid way to end my work today! Am I right?¡± ¡®Eeeee!¡± ¡°Should I toast the grass I give to you guys?¡± ¡°Eeeee!¡± ¡°You guys are really adorable! Let me kiss you again guys!¡± Chapter 13 End Chapter 14 ¡°So comfy.. I wanna stay longer in this bed with the Kapi-kapi.¡± Before the sun was up, I woke up. While the Kapi-kapi are sleeping comfortably. This resting house is huge like a mansion. If you look outside, you will think that this house can accommodate only 1 person. I don¡¯t detect any magic here to deceive the outsiders. But the space here is twisted in a good way. In this house it has a garden for ornaments and alike and the second one is for cultivating and farming. The animals here are wild boar/pigs and wild chicken, or should I say free range? The chicken here lay about 12 unborn eggs. The wild boar/pigs here are only 10 pairs and 1 child per pair. I went to the kitchen to prepare our meals and by the time I finished, All of the Kapi-kapi were awake and waiting for me to serve them their roasted grasses. After the feast, the map rang and gave me a quest. [Can You Go Deep?] The Mountain here is the source of drinkable water, where various animals are dependent on said water. Inspect the water of this place and eliminate the threat in the water (if there is). Reward: The animals respect you! (not really) Failure: None ¡°What the heck is this title? Also I think the failure of this or consequence is many deaths of animals and plants, but I assume that this threat is not really a threat? Should I just use purification? Anyway I should be ready now.¡± Then I go outside and I cast magic to myself to protect the water because I might also be the cause of why the water is contaminated. Protective Suit is a spell belonging to utility magic design to protect someone and it was imbued with purification. It can also cause harm also if I want to be imbued with toxins or any debuff spells. The spell itself has no limit as long the user has mana. Then I start to swim to the deepest of this place and surprisingly, this place is so transparent like I can see the wall and so far I don¡¯t see any living beings here. But I guess I can also include the bacteria here. Then a couple more minutes I arrive at the deepest part of the mountain and I sense great energy here. I go to that place and I see a orb of blue energy. Based on my analysis and understanding this one is the source of drinkable water here!(I¡¯m not really sure but this is clich¨¦ almost all the time). Then the map rings and it shows me that this is the artifact of drinkable water, made from pure mana and water magic, it also tampered with different spells, thus making it infinitely generating drinkable. It also said that it can be replicated by following the instructions. [How to make the water of Adam the Generous] Step 1: Gather at least 5 magicians with 8 eight circles or equivalent. Step 2: Get any branch of a tree preferably the one who thrive in water places. Step 3: The magicians need to learn or already learn the following magic and spells: Magic water, Mana Transfer, Containment Magic, Continuous spell, Protective Barrier(at least 5 star rank of protective barrier), and Fusion Spell. Procedure: Cast any containment magic and fusion it at one go to make a strong and impenetrable containment magic, then slowly pouring mana in that containment by using Mana transfer, one by one and after the containment become nearly full, seal it and shake it for 1 hour by hand, and it¡¯s ok to pass the process to the other magician. Then after 1 hour open the seal and drop a tiny amount of water magic spell one by one. Shake it again for 5 mins and while the other one shakes it. The other four need to fusion their own continuous spell with each other. After 5 mins of shaking, it should be making a tornado inside, then to complete it, the remaining magician needs to cast its own spell and fusion it, open the seal and put the fusion continuous spell inside and seal it again. Put the container at the top of the branch and then again fusion the continuous spell and put it to the two, the containment, branch, and cast the protective barrier and fusion it 5 times to ensure the branch is strong. After that it should be glowing like a star, for the final one, one magician needs to drain his/her mana. This will ensure the product will last long. Step 5: Plant it to the site you choose, preferably the site is deep and then wait for 5 days and after that the water will automatically pour drinkable water and enjoy with your kingdom/country. Another Note: It doesn¡¯t matter if the mana is not pure, water magic spell is dangerous or any spell that is malicious, even the branch. Because it will turn into drinkable water no matter what, kinda busted :P, another one, no one can pollute the infinite water nor can¡¯t be destroyed. Only war is ensured xD -Adam. ¡°Waow, this guy is insane! How much can he be OP? I bet he can make impossible things possible! Adam the Generous eh? What a cool guy. But for real.. This kind of item is busted and will result in continental war or equivalent. Such a curse object!¡± After that I inspect the nook and cranny to see if there is a problem but nothing and I inspect the infinite water if there is crack or anything that can destroy it. But I don¡¯t see any problem, then I go to the surface and after that the quest has been completed. ¡°Nice! I can focus now on other things. Since I¡¯m at the top of the mountain I think I can now see many things.¡± Stolen story; please report. I open the map and then it quickly reveals the places in a complete form. After that the other map is also ringing signaling the other dungeons. I only see 3 big dungeons and other small dungeons. I get my things ready and stock some food and before I leave, I call the Kapi-kapi to say goodbye to them. ¡°Hey guys! I know that we only met 12 or more hours ago and I just want you to know that I will bid my farewell for now. I hope that my feelings and words go through you all and thank you that I can meet you guys!¡± As I bow to them, the leader of the Kapi-kapi comes forward and introduces a little Kapi-kapi to me. He extended his hand to me and I responded. ¡°So you want me to raise this little one and become the next leader?¡± The Kapi-kapi leader nods, as he hands me the little Kapi-kapi, the little one jumps and goes to my shoulder and he lets out a long roar as if he¡¯s not a Kapi-kapi. After that all of the Kapi-kapi respond also. Then the book of animals appeared to me and it says that the species of Kapi-kapi can detect their future leaders. It is said in the legend that Nature and their first ancestor help the future of their species to become resilient and strong. ¡°Oooooh! Aren¡¯t you guys a lucky one? You have your lovable ancestor!¡± ¡°Eeeek!¡± ¡°Alright! I will help you guys with this little one, just make sure you guys also become strong.¡± ¡°Eeek!¡± ¡°Should I name you?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°Saichii?¡± ¡°Eeek..¡± ¡°You don¡¯t like it? Then how about Fortis?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°Aight! Now, shall we go now, Fortis?¡± ¡°Eeek!¡± ¡°Ok! See you guys and keep safe!¡± ¡°Eeeeeek!!¡± As we descend, we go to the beehive to collect more honey. I also do another routine and the queen is pleased with my dance. Also Fortis befriends the bees at the hive and also the queen. After we collected the honey, we descended to the mountain and now running to the first dungeon I chose. Surprisingly, Fortis can hold well with my running, The King of the Mountain title really holds it! Now before we enter a new place, we gather some specimens like I used to do. For Fortis, I order him to collect some branches, plants, insects, and small animals, and without killing them or at least knocking them out. After about 30 mins or more, we finished gathering and registering them. Some of them I let go and replant, because some are already registered and it¡¯s waster if I just kill them or just dump them from the ground, at least for the animals and insects. The plants that are already registered I store them in another space for other use in the future. Then we enter the place where the first dungeon was located. I scan the place and I see a distorted space on the small cave, and for this place I only see plants and trees here and no animals or insects. Which is odd because this is my first time encountering it. Before we go to the place, I cast some protective defense spells on Fortis like the protective barrier they cast on me when I undergo Unknown Body Training. I also cast some formation and land spells here. In case something is happening, though it¡¯s not a threat to me but a threat to Fortis, just little protective xD. Then we go to the distorted space, upon entering, the ruins welcome us and in front of us a big door with two giant statues, which I know will be moving because of how clich¨¦ it can be. A spell came at nowhere and it has text but can¡¯t read it, then it screens many images of a person dancing. Then after that there is a platform of two, one is big and the other one is small. ¡°Eh? So you want us to dance? Fortis, can you dance?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°Eh?! You can? Ok don¡¯t let me disappoint!.¡± We go to the platform and the screen once again comes and this time the statues also move. Strange music comes all over the place with a good beat. Then we replicate the movements while we do the dance. The statues are also dancing and an imaginary crowd is also present in that place. This makes Fortis miss his steps and the crowd, statues, and even the screen boo us. ¡°What the heck? Who made this dungeon?!¡± The screen replied and it said Adam the Magician, which I facepalm with my hand because I realized that this dungeons and other gimmicks and items will lead to this Adam person. ¡°Fuck! So this guy is really relevant on this part of the forest huh? So this also makes sense if other parts of the forest will mention this Adam guy!¡± We then redo the dance steps with more focus and we intend to finish it now in one go. After minutes of dancing. We finally finish the dance, the statues give us water and when we drink it, just like water from the mountain. Though I expect it to have an effect, nonetheless, the screen makes another appearance and this time, it shows two pairs who dance battle and also I see in that image it has a crowd like a festival and animals? One is a turtle, two birds, one cat, and a worm(???). A stage was set and our opponent, a two person, which was made from pure mana, appeared with great modern clothes(???). Then another crowd appeared and the screen just began another challenge and honestly we don¡¯t know if we can clear it in one go this time. ¡°Are you ready, Fortis?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± The battle began and I began to notice that the music had buffs and I felt the greatness of this spell! All of us danced and the atmosphere became good, pleasant, and intense! As if me and Fortis were at the festival and we really enjoyed this. The battle lasts for about 1 hour and after the battle finishes everyone is clapping. Then the screen appeared and it doubled thumbs up and then the stage disappeared, after that the door was open and we headed inside and we saw the chest. Inside of the has many items, gold, jewels, unknown ores or rock, and magic books. But the one that caught my eyes is the pouch which I sensed as inventory storage. Upon opening the contents, it reveals the DNA of many species and the book of animals and plants ringing loudly. ¡°LET¡¯S GOOOOOOOOOO!¡± I jump high because of joy and this will make my work easier! In the pouch also it has a detector of living beings, I discovered its function when I placed the detector at Fortis and it revealed its species. It also synchronizes with my books real time making it easier to search. Though a happy moment, the book of animals and plants, reminds me that I am still required to collect the bodies of living beings. When I was searching for good loot, these three items caught my eyes. One ring and two magic books, the ring giving unknown vibes, I wear it and it sucks my mana and the mana inside of the dungeon and it glows. Then the magic book, the looks of it, feels like the magic of songs like I feel when we do the dance. I open the book and still I can¡¯t read it, therefore I just transfer it to my personal inventory. The last one is still unknown and I also put it in my inventory. Then I put the other items, gold, jewelry, and unknown rocks, in the pouch I got. ¡°We got pretty good this time, Fortis!¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°Then we should eat and we deserve it! Lezgoooo!¡± ¡°Eek!¡± Before we set up our kitchen station, the screen appeared again and it bestowed us with two bells. ¡°One is brush and now it is bells? What is the purpose of these items?¡± Though I am curious, I give up thinking on what the purpose of these items are, and focus on the meal. Also I realized that Fortis has insane stamina! Even though my protective barrier doesn¡¯t activate because there is no threat to Fortis health. Nonetheless, I set up my portable kitchen and I roast some meat and grasses, and I give Fortis some honey and nuts. We enjoyed our time and by the time we finished resting. We say farewell to the place and head outside, by the time we go out it is still day time. We continue our way to the 2nd dungeon. Chapter 14 End Chapter 15 (Final Chapter of 2024) ¡°Go Fortis! Defeat those creatures!¡± ¡°Eeek!¡± As of now we are clearing many small dungeons before we go to our 2nd destination. Originally we have to go to the 2nd location faster but the energy coming from small dungeons, it reeks of killing intent and we decide to clear all of the small dungeons first. As of now we are nearing to complete our goal and honestly the monsters are strong, it feels like a S or higher rank. Not that I experienced it, like a hunch from me but it doesn¡¯t strike me any fear. When we first raid a small dungeon, Fortis becomes more unstable at first because of how thick the killing intent. I guess the animal instinct of Fortis is kicking him up. I remind him that no matter what happens, I will support him. At that moment Fortis fighting spirit resurfaced again. Through this battle, Fortis became more strong and calculated. Then we easily conquer the small dungeons, there is no boss in the small dungeons which is surprisingly good! Though if you are a competitive person you¡¯ll be disappointed, but unlike me it was a blessing because we can finish more and focus on the main dungeons. Also along the way we are still collecting specimens/species, multitasking at its finest! Then we arrived at the 2nd dungeon, like the first one, we entered the portal and it transported us to a backyard of the castle. Then we see a table, tea set, and foods, which is common for an afternoon snack. Then a screen suddenly appeared and it wanted us to have a relaxing afternoon through images which are hard to decipher for some reason or I¡¯m just bad? ¡°Eh? So is that it? Hmm.. Since we already finished all the small dungeons.. would you like to have a fun afternoon, Fortis?¡± ¡°Eeek!¡± Under the roof of this backyard we prepared many things because the food and other things we saw earlier are gone. Now we make them from scratch, such as, brewing tea, making cookies/foods, and setting the table nicely. Since making food takes a long time, we really take our time to cook. Then after 3 hours or less of making food, we finally were able to relax. The wind from this place is really cool, as if I am in the anime where all is quiet and perfect. The time feels slow like every moment you cherish it, and when we finished our food and just like a blink of the eye. The 2nd Dungeon is conquered. ¡°Wow, easy! But why is this a dungeon? or just Adam likes to put anything in his dungeon? Anyway, time to go to the last dungeon!¡± ¡°Eek!¡± We run to the 3rd dungeon as fast as possible, then arrive at the place. I notice that this whole place is not a distorted place, meaning from an outside perspective is just a normal place kind of like an illusion magic but close. Upon entering, you will see the original place and no teleportation from other space unlike the first two. According to Master Herbert, this type of magic/spell like this is suspected to trap people in that place by an evil person, most of the time. But there are instances that a place like this has been abandoned and forgot to cancel the spell of a place. To leave this place you need to defeat the one who created it, there is also another way, like to fulfill the requirements and the place will disappear. The Unga Bunga way is to cut the place or more likely the spell, like you cutting the space itself. But if you are a genius of something something lineage or you are just a busted one, you can just reverse engineer the whole place and cancel it, depending on you, heck you can also make this place as yours. We entered the place and the scenery we saw was an abandoned town, but it was neat and tidy. I examined the place and I saw a trace of spell, most likely a cleaning spell, continuous, and repair spell. Then a small golem greeted us. ¡°Hello intruders! I am Golem-Golem or GG in short. I am the protector of this place, what can I do for you guys?¡± ¡°Hello GG, I am Ayaka and this is Fortis my companion, we would like to know if this is the 3rd dungeon? Because we need to clear it.¡± ¡°Oho! It¡¯s been awhile since we have guests! If you want to clear this trial, you need to do the following task.¡± When I read the text I still did not understand and I requested GG to read it for me. ¡°I see, I''m still wondering why my Master Adam created a whole new language and not share it to the others and only to his creation like me..¡± ¡°Huh? I thought this is the language of the place?¡± ¡°Well we can converse with each other, so that¡¯s the hint of it. I think my Master''s is an odd one. I bet some of the dungeons you visit respond to you and some text is familiar. He also added some images which are easy to get.¡± ¡°I see! That is why the other dungeons I visit can understand me.¡± ¡°Then let me translate for you.¡± Task to do:
  1. Find the magical orb, which emits bad odor.
  2. Find the Book of Magic Limited Edition.
  3. Gather tree branches (any).
  4. Give the Items to GG.
  5. ???
  6. Profit!
¡°Profit eh?¡± ¡°Even me is confused, anyway there is no time limit here. Feel free to roam around the area. Happy Stay here, Ayaka and Fortis!¡± ¡°Ok! I think we will roam first.¡± Even though I say that we will roam first, I already pinpoint the magical orb and book of magic. Funny enough the magical orb doesn¡¯t really emit a bad odor, more likely a sweet one. For a magical book, it was covered with mana. Now everything is in order we will roam now! The town itself is huge and many buildings are unique on its way, because all of them are covered with different spell protection. Another one is that the town itself has recreational places such as parks and playgrounds. Speaking of recreational places, we head to the lamp post here, because this one is the one we need to get the bad odor orb which is the light bulb of it. Then not far from here, there is a statue here of a boy and breed of dog? And in that statue, the boy is holding a book, which at first looks like marble, but upon touching it, it turns into a real book. We continue to roam until we see fruit trees here, we gather some branches that are on the ground. We head back to GG because we already complete roaming. When we arrived at the starting point, GG approached us and he asked if we had already completed it. I nod and hand over the materials. After that, GG is acting strange and then swallowing the materials and chanting some verses. The sky turned black and the thunder is striking endlessly, as if the apocalypse is coming. After 5 mins, the unconscious GG handed me the complete material. GG then says the name of the item. [[¡°The Aura of Peak Magician, an item which turned into Aura by Adam the Handsome. This item recognizes its owner and will only be transferred if the user has died or has a disciple. The item rivaled the pinnacle of martial arts in any form. Any spell you learn is automatically registered in this item. Upon receiving any damage in any form, be it cursed or a small amount of mana will trigger every spell you learn offensively and will cast defensive spells to the wearer. If the wearer faces a martial artist, it will activate all of the available dodge and maneuver spells. Then it will try to learn the martial arts of the opponent, which grants the user of that power but will disappear if you run or the fight ends. This item is Indestructible, the item doesn¡¯t need mana to activate.¡±]] ¡°Geh! I don¡¯t really need this, I am already OP! Gimme some stuff!¡± [[¡°The item also can register different types of dishes which automatically produce, if the wearer has the right ingredients. It can also be used as water storage infinitely by making the unlimited drinkable water by Adam the handsome and placing it inside of the item.¡±]] ¡°This is useful! What other features does it have?¡± [[¡°You can also share the Aura of Peak Magician if you have a spell that can share, like link spell and share a sensed spell with usefulness. The one who received the blessings can not attack the allies nor the one who cast it. If the one has malicious thoughts or plans, the Aura of Peak Magician will cure the mental illness of evil, same with the original wearer.¡±]] ¡°What the fuck? Why did he place that? That is good! It''s a hassle if you think about when you are about to be betrayed!¡±The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. [[¡°The Aura of Peak Magician can also discern what is good or bad, depending on the situation. It can also adjust if the wearer needs to play a villain.¡±]] ¡°Huh? Isn¡¯t that too specific??¡± ¡°Eek.¡± ¡°See, even Fortis agree with me.¡± After that, GG returns to its former self. ¡°Ugh.. I don¡¯t really like the feeling of that..¡± ¡°Huh? What feeling?¡± ¡°Well, when I explained the item. It feels like I am stuck in my own consciousness.¡± ¡°Wait, do you have that?!¡± ¡°Huh? Did I not say that to you? Well my creator, Master Adam, did cast something weird to me.¡± ¡°Why is that?¡± ¡°He said that it would be funny if I experienced that, like how he experienced it to himself.¡± ¡°He is a menace to his subordinate..¡± ¡°That is true, well, he is a seeker of knowledge after all. Can¡¯t be help but to understand him. Most of the time the experiment he discovers, he will cast it to his mortal body or when he invent something, he will cast some powerful barrier which will protect the entire kingdom.¡± ¡°He is really an incredible person! But with a madman mind, I guess? And by the way, what item or magic skills did he take pride in? I¡¯m curious about it.¡± ¡°Well, This item, The Aura of Peak Magician. This is his masterpiece aside from us, All of his knowledge and hardwork, he poured on it. It has a story on why he made this one and only item. To rival the Martial Art God and The Legacy of Legendary Weapon Master.¡± ¡°Why is that? Also those titles are cool.¡± ¡°Because of his body, he can¡¯t really perform any martial arts or weapon based any above first rate or knighthood. But because he has talent in magic, he finds ways on how to be on par with his buddies.¡± ¡°Oh? Both of the two are his buddies?¡± ¡°Yes, the three of them know each other. After all, they''re childhood friends. He said to his creation, us, that he will make an item on par with those two. Then the rest is history.¡± ¡°How about the two? What do they feel about that?¡± ¡°At first they¡¯re skeptical of his work but eventually they accept it. Especially to that battle, where the lives of this planet are at stake.¡± ¡°Battle?¡± ¡°Yeah, They called it at that time "The Battle of 1 Evil and 3 Legend¡±. For your information also, their enemy is all a lot stronger. It became a battle of attrition, until they beheaded the enemy. According to my master, during their battle, they have been teleported in an unknown dimension but in our eyes. A spell has been casted and formed into a dome. He also said that they¡¯re fighting but we only see them standing for how many years. Then he also mentions that an unknown power emerges on them but it quickly vanishes and it also vanishes the aura of their enemy. That moment is a deciding factor whether they will be defeated or not. Thankfully the three manage to survive and overcome but as you would know, their bodies also suffered but not really to the point they can¡¯t walk or hold any weapons. But they retired and my master improved this item to its full potential.¡± ¡°That is interesting! Did they have disciples after that? It seems waste if they don¡¯t have one.¡± ¡°They don¡¯t have disciples but the two share their training and experience to the people in hope that someone can be the light when their generation faces another hurdle. But my Master didn¡¯t take any disciple but in exchange he hoped someone could handle this item.¡± ¡°I see, I see.. By the way have you encountered other people aside from me?¡± ¡°Yeah many, but the memorable one is the 3 men, as they venture this land. They get many magic tools and other necessary ways to learn magic. But they couldn¡¯t make this item because when you leave this area, you can¡¯t make it and only once in a lifetime chance. Why do you ask?¡± ¡°Well, they¡¯re my Masters so I¡¯m just curious if they tried to make this item and just left.¡± ¡°Oh! So you¡¯re their disciple?¡± ¡°Yes! I take pride in that.¡± ¡°Yeah, I thought that our encounter would be the last one but surprisingly they come here every month just to chat. I even see their progress from magic, technology, and in martial arts. But honestly I just guess that you¡¯re just an adventurer and just luckily found the dungeons.¡± ¡°EH? So, this place has a history of that?¡± ¡°Yep if you listen to me earlier, but they end their journey here because they¡¯ve been eaten by the living beings here. Mostly their arrogance and the remaining because they¡¯re not believing to theirself.¡± ¡°Opps hehe, I forgot that you encountered many people xD and I pity those people.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t pity those people, they blatantly steal anything their hands lay on. They even threaten me as if I don¡¯t give them a good beating! Goodness! Whenever I recall those people, my mechanical and other parts are shaking from raging!¡± ¡°I see.. But how did they end up here? And also how come my masters get those learning materials and not have a hard time like them?¡± ¡°We have those secret passages like how you teleport in other places, my Master installed that to the whole world. Though it¡¯s luck based because my Master put some weird spell and I don¡¯t want to know what they¡¯re capable of. For your Masters, they simply obey my orders and they¡¯re rewarded for it, simple as that.¡± ¡°I see, I thought they were doing some funny thing in your presence and to your Master, truly he is a menace! I would like to have a chat with him if I am given a chance and it seems he is fun to be around.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t, I don¡¯t have energy to deal with another powerful being! And speaking of powerful beings, your energy seems like a different one, unlike your Masters, yours is sparkling like a glitter in the sky!¡± ¡°Really?! I know that my energy is powerful but I can¡¯t imagine it like that!¡± ¡°Wait.. you can¡¯t see your beautiful energy but can sense it? That is odd..¡± ¡°Why is that?¡± ¡°You are a Martial Artist right? Meaning you can see your own energy by that you can gauge how powerful you are. Also it¡¯s automatically that you know that look of your energy! Ridiculous! Did your Masters don''t say anything?¡± ¡°They don¡¯t, hmm..¡± The silence goes for 1 min because I am racking my brain thinking what is possible conclusion. ¡°Thinking of something?¡± ¡°I think my conclusion is that, A Martial Artist doesn¡¯t care about that?¡± ¡°Bullshit! If you are a Martial Artist whether you give up the worldly desire or not, One should acknowledge their own effort. Even the heavens know how mighty they¡¯re.¡± ¡°Hmm.. I guess you¡¯re right, I should mention this later to them.¡± ¡°Good! And before we side track I would like you to congratulate you by achieving this feat and crafting this majestic item.¡± ¡°Thank you very much, though I don¡¯t really sweat much, hehe.¡± ¡°That¡¯s okay! And one more thing, can I look at your ring? I know this ring but it seems it was deactivated again when it absorbed the mana from that place.¡± ¡°Really?! I thought it only consumes mana.¡± As GG taps the ring, something comes out. ¡°Hurrahh!!!¡± A hundred men suddenly came up but they were transparent.. Then GG explains a little bit of this ring. ¡°This ring is the ring of the forgotten pirate captain of this world. All of the men you see are the former crew of that pirate captain. Strangely enough they¡¯re also one of the 5 prominent factions in the sea who dealt with the ¡°Giant Kraken¡± who terrorized the sea and nearby lands for 300 years! But because of that they also sacrifice their life fighting that monster.¡± ¡°But who put them in the ring?¡± ¡°We, we¡¯re the one who put ourselves on this ring.¡± ¡°Ooh! You can talk!¡± ¡°Yeah, before we fight that big one, we request our leader to turn our souls into the ring he wears, we want to be immortal in one way or another.¡± ¡°Why is that?¡± ¡°Well lad, we want to be part of the journey of a prominent person! We also like to explore the world of that person and we don¡¯t want to be dead. Funny enough, our leader also wants to be part of our plan, but we said that he is one the people we admire. Many tries before we got his approval. Well he is a good man and someone is waiting for him but he is dense, then he goes to the tower of magicians and asks them about our request. It was hard because you need to justify that and it takes 3 months, which is short but if you think about it, people in Tower shouldn¡¯t be thinking about this ridiculous request because it¡¯s illegal to do that. Then the tower director steps in and he is the one who approves this ridiculous request. The rest is history.¡± ¡°So, how many people discover the ring?¡± ¡°Many! And all of them are interesting people, we become good, bad, chaotic, and many more! We also enjoy many things. So, now it''s your turn to impress us and use us!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need you guys really, you know I¡¯m strong.¡± ¡°We know, and that is the exciting part! We will become legends in this age! Am I right, my brothers?!¡± ¡°Yeah!¡± ¡°Now Miss, Guide us to your world!¡± ¡°Geh! Why are you suddenly giving me responsibility?!¡± ¡°Of course, and by the way we can train and be powerful, just so you know.¡± ¡°Really? I didn''t really sense any energy coming from you guys.¡± ¡°Well, we¡¯re in this state of downgrade, whenever we have a new owner we become useless again.¡± ¡°I see, and what if you lose for example in battle, do you disappear?¡± ¡°Well, yes, technically, but if we obtain strong power, we can hold longer. But can resummon again but we have a fixed time of 3 hours.¡± ¡°I see.. Then what other things can you guys offer?¡± ¡°We are good at anything but not in mana related. Why?¡± ¡°That is good! I think I can use you guys in another form! Hehehe..¡± ¡°So.. you accept us?¡± ¡°Yeah, and by the way.. How can I summon you guys?¡± ¡°Just do this pose and shout summon!¡± ¡°Eh? Is that it? Aren¡¯t you guys a fabulous one?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know about that, but it¡¯s cool! Here you can try summoning us.¡± ¡°Okay! I¡¯m in!¡± ¡°Okay, Ayaka, if you are ready I¡¯m counting now. 1, 2, 3!¡± I strike a fabulous pose and shout Summon! Then the men are also in a fabulous position like mine. It also has a pretty effect. Which is honestly awesome, not gonna lie. ¡°Ooh! It¡¯s not bad.¡± ¡°See! Now we¡¯re are bound to each other now Miss! Please take care of us!¡± ¡°Sure! Pleasure to be my new companion this time!¡± As we are bound to be partners now, GG explains to us the next destination which is the sea and the moving island. He said that the moving island is the final place of this place and there is an important item on that. He also gave us a blueprint of gloves and staff, he said this will help us in the near future. He also handed us an item, which was apparently one of my tasks. It seems I skipped multiple steps.. Anyway, we bid farewell to GG and headed to the beach side but before that, he mentioned that I can now understand the language of this place, thanks to the item. Which honestly is super convenient! Before arriving at the beach, we discover fruit trees here, which are highly toxic when ripe, but safe when unripe, according to the book. We dip them in honey and surprisingly it tastes like a sweet and sour dish! I also try if the men can eat, but they can¡¯t eat but if I summon them they can feel and taste it. Now they¡¯re nagging me to summon them whenever I eat! When we arrive at the beach, the book of animals and plant, ringing continuously and when I activate my ki and mana to sense everything. All of the sudden many living beings are active in the sea. I see all of them, and some are huge as fuck! Then a few more kilometers, I see an island with only 1 living being there and the island moving itself. ¡°So, Fortis, are you ready to adventure the sea?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°Okay, I will cast some spells on you to get you ready for the pressure of the water.¡± ¡°Eek!¡± After I cast magic spells, we are ready to venture into the cold and dark part of this place! Chapter 15 End Chapter 16 ¡°Magic Missiles!¡± *Boom! Boom!* ¡°Why these fuckers suddenly showing up after I disable my power!¡± ¡°Eek!¡± A fight suddenly broke out after I disabled my powers, the creatures we were fighting were a hybrid of a seagull and pelicans. These fuckers are huge as fuck and it reminds me the one I killed using murim style punch. Even though we easily defeated them, the smell they emit is horrible! As if once they¡¯re dead they smell rot as fast as possible. Once the fight concluded the book of animals responded to my question. Apparently Some of these birds have genetics where they rot immediately when dying. This nature of their body is to feed the bacteria and other tiny living beings which make the surroundings become more friendly to nature but horrible to the animals. They emit toxic substances and when living beings smell this kind of toxic substance. They will get many diseases and have a chance to get killed by it, talk about debuffs of a boss in a battle. ¡°Yuck! Can¡¯t believe we killed the ones who emit toxins, it feels like a whole village of rats has been rotting for 4 days now!¡± ¡°E-eek!¡± ¡°Here let me block the smell.¡± ¡°Useless Magic: Odor Block!¡± ¡°Better?¡± ¡°Eek! After that I place the bodies of these birds quickly from far away. When I came back, the water became black but it stayed on to that place where the birds died. Then despite being in a day light, the black substance from the water is glowing up. This is the sign that the bacteria here are munching on the remains of those birds. After that sight, we continue to explore the ocean. ¡°Wow! Can¡¯t believe that the ecosystem here is much livelier! Too many colorful things and fishes! Before we continue, we stroll first and in this part of the ocean is the habitat for the school fish and the juveniles and it is full of good things here, then we swim more and we see the sign for the normal fishes. Which means this place is the classic of survival of the fittest! When we entered the place, we saw different kinds of fishes and it was also full of predators. But all of the fish are predators as long as the prey fits in their mouth. We wander and some of the fish here are attacking us and think that we¡¯re kind of a meal. I let Fortis fight those and the outcome is not favorable on his side apparently. ¡°Do you need help?¡± ¡°EEEK!¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Murim Style: Basic Slash of the whole sects~ That slash is so powerful that Fortis is also swept by the force, thankfully I teleported him to my side, the fish he is fighting are dead and other fishes and living beings are munching the dead. ¡°Oops.. I think I need to control my strength.. Hehe.. sorry Fortis!¡± Fortis looks to me as if it says ¡°Really??¡± and then I give a treat to console him and he is not buying it but still forgive me nonetheless. ¡°The ocean is really vast, right Fortis?¡± ¡°Eek.¡± We discovered many things here and can¡¯t believe there is kind of Mini Cave here and it also a fucking dungeon! ¡°You know the drill Fortis!¡± ¡°Eek!¡± We happily go to that cave and it teleport us in different place full of fucking monsters. These monsters are ugly as fuck as if they¡¯re failed experiment. Then the dungeon gives us instructions to finish this dungeon, which is that we should not kill any monsters here. Which sounds ridiculous but I don¡¯t make the rules so we walk calmly while they¡¯re attacking us.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. *Graaah!* (We are not ugly! You shit!) *Arahgasdh* (We know that you called us Ugly!) *AAAARGGHHHAAAA* (We¡¯re not a failed experiment, you ugly being!) ¡°Is it me or are these monsters more aggressive? And it only attacks me..¡± ¡°Eek?¡± ¡°Anyway we should go to this place right? First is left, then down, then left again, to that side and right side, then straight..¡± The place here is much more complicated and it has many traps as if we are in a dungeon crawler game. Also the monsters are increasing and they are only targeting me.. We also need to rest so I set up a temporary site and roasting some meat and grass. I notice that the monster also stops attacking me and focuses on the meat I roast. ¡°[I should roast more meat..]¡± Thankfully The Aura of Peak Magician helped me to produce more meat. I think this feature is on the item? Or I just completely forgot? Anyway, I roast more meat and then I share a lot. The way these monsters munching is cute, not gonna lie. Then I strike a pose then I summon the pirates and I start to eat also. After the meal, the monsters stop following us and they feel satisfied for some reason. We continue and when we arrive at the final location. It feels like a big stadium then we see the boss of that room. Big jelly type of a Monster and it leaks some goo and every time the substance touches the ground it has the sound of sizzle. Before we even try to fight it, the dungeon wants us to feed this monster because the monster is in a state of starvation or something like that. While I¡¯m preparing the meat and other ingredients. The boss is starting to attack us and I deploy a barrier. I give orders to Fortis to hold the boss as much as possible. Then I cast buffs on him with a barrier also. I start to make a fire and make it like a manga meat and of course with the help of the aura of peak magician. I believe all of the meat I register here is becoming one and I don¡¯t know how but I take it. While I¡¯m busy here, I am simultaneously watching the fight between Fortis and the boss. This thing is for sure a strong one and without my support, Fortis will be defeated here but he is also adapting to the situation. Waiting for the meat to be done, and watching them, as if I¡¯m watching on live MMA xD. Then for 5 hours they both fight straight and also the meat is done. I called Fortis and he abandoned the fight and the boss chased him but I threw the meat and then the boss caught it and ate it as if it hasn''t been fed for millennia which may be true. ¡°How is the fight? Tough right?¡± ¡°Eek! Eek! Eek!¡± ¡°At least you get stronger Fortis, look at you, a rat that has become stronger!¡± ¡°EEEEEEEEK!¡± ¡°AHAHAHAAHAHA! Sorry-Sorry xD, anyway can you still move?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°Ok, time to collect our rewards!¡± The dungeon congratulates us and makes a portal and it transfers us to a room. The room is simple and in front of us a big chest. We opened it and it gave us weapons and a pack of seeds. The dungeon explained to us that these are all materials to complete a world tree. Each of the weapons are imbued with power of the forgotten world tree. It also has instructions on how to grow a world tree from a barren land. I keep these things and head toward the exit. When we¡¯re leaving the dungeon, we see many people and all of them are beautiful people! The one who caught our eyes the most is the beautiful man. He waves at us and we also do that to him, now I¡¯m thinking that these beautiful people are the monsters we feed.. Then the dungeon speaks to us as if they think what I¡¯m thinking. It said that these people are the guardians of the fallen kingdom. They have a reason why they turn into a grotesque monster. I feel relieved that is the case. Before we went to the water again, the dungeon gave us a fluid of unknown medicine. This will help us in the near future or so. We bid farewell and we continued our journey. ¡°The ocean is beautiful right, Fortis?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± "How many times did I say this again?" "Eeeeek~" ¡°But despite its beauty, the horror only starts at the depth of the ocean. Look how it''s getting dark.¡± ¡°Eek..¡± ¡°I¡¯m detecting multiple large creatures and an island? This is news to me! Okay! Time to move!¡± As we descended, I cast a light magic to make us visible to the monsters lurking in the dark, also to Fortis to see them. We encountered some of them from a jellyfish that was filled with dead fish, a giant squid missing 3 tentacles, A whale kind of animal where it was missing an eye. I was amazed by what I¡¯m seeing but Fortis is a mix of amaze and nightmare but he easily adjusts to what he sees. As if he saw them on natural occurrences. Then the book of animals doesn¡¯t require me to get those, which I find weird but nonetheless we continue to be amazed. Then I spot the island and before we even get to the island, multiple large entities are rushing on us. ¡°Yoooo! They¡¯re really huge as fuck! Right, Fortis?¡± ¡°Eek~!¡± They give a murderous aura as if they¡¯ve been trained and they examine us. All of them are not moving because they haven¡¯t found a clue if we are enemies or allies if I¡¯m correct. Then I release a small amount of murderous aura and all of them are angry and ready to fight us. I quickly remove my aura and replace it with a friendly aura one. Then the beasts of the ocean calmed down, but they did not let us pass through. I still don¡¯t know how to get past these creatures. Then I remembered that we have some fluid from the last dungeon. I present to them by releasing some small amount. Then the creature''s behavior becomes docile or in a welcoming mode. They let us ride them by placing their head on our feet. ¡°[ They¡¯re good to ride but the slimy feeling is so strong..]¡± Then we saw the island and it was covered with thick magic spells which formed into a barrier. The island itself is straight from fantasy like from the sky cities or something in some novels or movies. It has sun, clouds, birds, trees, and so on. ¡°Well, time greet this place woohoo!¡± When we get inside of it, the weather is super good, the freshness of the air, the warmth of the sun.. It is just so peak.. Then we saw a house made from brick and we saw that someone was cooking because of the white smoke. It could also be that they are just warming their home. We don¡¯t rush towards the house, because it''s a waste of energy if you don¡¯t appreciate this place! ¡°Damn! You can even smell the freshness of the grass here! Right, Fortis?¡± ¡°Kyuu~!¡± ¡°Even your voice changes! Also the river here is crystal clear here! We can also see the fish here! That one is a big one!¡± We really take our time here then we head to the house but we keep getting distracted in our surroundings! Here we have flowers and according to the book of plants, this one is a super super rare one, and can be used in any kind of products. Like poison, food, clothes, and so on. This one also, a green one which is good to tame an animal. Then I tested it with Fortis and he go krazy and high.. ¡°So, a catnip? But versatile..¡± Then I see a giant worm here, which the book of animals indicates that this worm can make farmland fertile and resistant to disease and pest when planted on the land where this worm previously plowed. The trees here also big as fuck, like they came around the time of the dinosaur. They release aroma and it can soothe the mind of one. According to the book, the other trees producing a variant of fruit called Cvaties, this fruit can make your sugar level normal for 1 month. But they are hard to cultivate because of how sensitive they¡¯re. We looked around until we really decided to go to the house. Then a tall man opened the door and greeted us. ¡°Hello Miss Ayaka and Fortis, I''ve been waiting for you guys since you entered the domain of water.¡± ¡°Who are you?¡± Chapter 16 END Chapter 17 ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°It¡¯s me GG! This is my 2nd body and also the caretaker of this house temporarily.¡± ¡°Eh?! You have a 2nd body?! You didn¡¯t mention this to me!¡± ¡°Hehe, it¡¯s a surprise, me and my brothers and sister have a 2nd body.¡± ¡°Not gonna lie, I thought that you are the only survivor of your master¡¯s creation. Also you have siblings!¡± ¡°No, I did mention this to you but I didn¡¯t mention how many of us and the answer to that is we are 5. The older one lives here and he likes the atmosphere here and he can chill as much as he likes and he also collects some species of rare plants and animals.¡± ¡°Ooooh.. I think I forgot the word creations.. My bad ehe :P, so your brother, where is he now?¡± ¡°He goes to the library in the desert, my sister requests him to come and help her to reorganize the books.¡± ¡°Desert place?¡± ¡°Yeah, eventually you will meet my sister there in the future. Anyway, welcome to the island of comfiness!¡± ¡°Thank you! By the way, why is it called Island of Comfiness?¡± ¡°Because it''s comfy here, I bet you felt it once you entered the island.¡± ¡°So, why is there an island here and I didn¡¯t detect it? The moving island is the one I detect.¡± ¡°I guess your mastery is not fully max? Your Masters can detect it after they fully mastered their art. But yeah this island is an odd one if you look the other way. My older brother and sister created this one without the help of my Master. Their very first creation, also to answer your other question, the temperature here is the ideal to propagate and produce offspring both animals and plants.¡± ¡° I see! So you don¡¯t regulate the temperature right?¡± ¡°This one is a custom one, tweaking the energy to be ideal. Also the sun here is made from pure energy of the sun, which they acquire when they explore the outside of this planet.¡± ¡°How?! I know that you and your siblings are incredible but you guys harness the power of the sun?¡± ¡°They dive into the core of the sun and fetch the energy of it. Apparently they just adjust their body to the intense heat of the sun. To withstand the power of nature you must also be with nature, simple problems require simple solutions.¡± ¡°Then how come this world is still alive? The intense heat of the sun can kill living beings here if they bring the energy of the sun.¡± ¡°The answer is that they tame it by absorbing the energy. Something a martial artist can do~ But doing that will take a full week of battling the energy.¡± ¡°Only a week?¡± ¡®Yeah , if you are strong, I think for you it is only a day but anybody else will die without a special help or great body. Just remember raw energy is equal to death if one tries to absorb it. But if you are smart enough, you can absorb it little by little, so that you can control it and fully utilize the power of it. Just make sure you do it in other places and not on your home planet.¡± ¡°Aaaah! Thank you for the information! I thought you guys were doing absurd things.¡± ¡°We can do that but it was a pain in the ass aftermath. That¡¯s why we pledge to not mess around.¡± ¡°Now my horizon has been broadened!¡± ¡°Nah, you just forgot and it''s just common sense to do that.¡± ¡°Hey!¡± ¡°Hahahaha! Anyway, after they fully absorb the energy of the sun, they mold it and adjust the temperature of it. The barrier you see consists of multiple magic spells that can help to thrive the living beings here to their maximum potential.¡± ¡°So.. if I plant a low quality plant here, it can reach its full potential?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right! Like the worm you see, my brother is lucky to find those worms, they¡¯re basically on extinction because they couldn¡¯t adapt to the world. Also trial and error, play the role here. The good thing is that plants here can reproduce their own.¡±This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. ¡°Really?! My book of animals and plants doesn¡¯t mention that¡± ¡°I think your book only contains the common facts, wait let me fix that.¡± As I handed my books to GG, he cast some magic and around 3 minutes he handed me the books. ¡°Wow! Now I can see their other facts! It¡¯s fascinating!¡± ¡°Truly is! My sister has a theory that all of the plants and animals in the past are asexual. But the temperature changes and many of those either evolve to adapt and lose some ability or straight up to their extinction! But that is just a theory though.¡± ¡°Interesting! How come you guys didn¡¯t go to the past?¡± ¡°Not interested, after all we don¡¯t mess the world. We might get them angry, you know who they are.¡± ¡°Yeah! ([Huh? They? I only know one though?]) ¡°Ayaka, would you like to explore more here? You might also see useful and interesting things here.¡± ¡°Sure! Fortis, will you come?¡± ¡°Eek.¡± ¡°Because it¡¯s comfy here? I mean the name itself speaks itself.¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°All right, can you accompany him, GG?¡± ¡°Sure, I will look and toast some nuts here and feed him. I bet he will like some of these!¡± ¡°Ok! I will see you guys later~¡± ¡°Eek!¡¯ ¡°See you later, Ayaka!¡± When I go outside, I head to the forest because I know that forests are the best way to see amazing things! I don''t use my sensing abilities now because I want to be surprised. At the entrance of the forest, I see mushrooms here and all of it is colorful. ¡°Wow, all of them are toxic as fuck..¡± Then the book of plants corrected me that all of these are edible, their colors indicate that they¡¯re ready to harvest. The best way to cook them for a hungry traveler is to roast them and add only salt. It said that depending on the color, the range of flavor will range from chicken up to dragon. Which is absurd but then again I was transported here so.. Then another way to cook this mushroom is to pair them with low quality ingredients. When put together it will enhance their flavor in a different way. This way you can save more money but the book of plants indicates that you can cook it however you like but highly recommend to put it to the low quality ones. ¡°Hmmm.. is it the brother who comes up with these facts right? Interesting!¡± I advance deeper to the woods and the more I go the more it gets strange. I see some animals and insects here but all of them are larger than me. Whenever I come closer to them they don¡¯t get aggressive and they let me touch them. I think they can¡¯t gauge my level? or just plain sociable. The area gets denser as if no light can pass through but when I get to this area, no animals or insects I detect. I activate my powers and I see some magic circles here. I still proceeded and after a few more minutes, I see myself climbing the mountain now to see the view of this place. But another reason I climbed this was because of a strange energy coming from the middle of the mountain. There are some wild herbs here in the mountains and those herbs are so potent that they can kill you if you can¡¯t control their effect. The book of plants suggests that if you want to kill someone, use the wild herbs here and plant them nearby. But if you want to heal someone then only plant 1 species of these wild herbs. Upon successfully doing their job, the plants will become normal for the rest of their life. ¡°What if I want to heal someone and kill the other one in the same room? Also how will they know if they¡¯re successful or not?¡± Then the book of plants said, both of them will die if in the same room without protection for the sick one. For my other questions, if the user channels their thoughts to the person whom the user hates or loves, they will recognize their energy. ¡°So, I just need to put a hidden barrier eh? seems good to me. Also! why the heck the herbs have these kinds of characteristics!¡± Another fact about these wild herbs is that if you boil them for 3 hrs, their potency will reduce and can be made as toppings on dessert. ¡°Huh? This is a useful fact to hear! I know that in the back of my head these herbs are meant for foods!¡± No animals present in the mountain and I don¡¯t know why but I guess something related to this energy. After I walk along the path, I see the entrance of a cave. ¡°If you are brave then reduce your power up to 75%, You will get a good essence after completing the trial! Only brave ones can go.¡± ¡°Heh.. So who made these kinds of rules? pretty much a suicide though.¡± [From Distant Land] ¡°Achooo!¡± ¡°Someone talking to you?¡± ¡°Seems so.. anyway, is this book here?¡± ¡°Yeah, can you also put this one?¡± [End of conversation] ¡°Should I try? But then again I must finish this before my body is back to normal.¡± Because my curiosity is much stronger, I entered the cave. There are no doors here except the torches. I descend and I don¡¯t use any of my scanning abilities, because it will not reveal anything. But after my first descent inside of the cave. A giant fish which is walking but more like sliding on the ground. It has razor-like teeth, a shiny scale that seems to be hard, eyes that are red. The color of its body is between silver and a hint of yellowish to green fins. There is no water in this zone but the way this fish slides is cool! ¡°Defeat the King of the River by knocking it and putting it to sleep. Hmm.. so I just need to defeat it and not killing it.. I think I can do that, even at 25% power I can manage to put up a fight.¡± The King of the River spotted me while I¡¯m descending and it stare me and I felt the curses and other debuffs. I feel nothing which surprise me, even at my 25% I think I¡¯m still strong! So is not cheating because I obey the rules. After I successfully went down the KoR suddenly jumped and its scales were shining and it was towards me obviously. Mix Murim Style: Iron Palm of the Unrestrained Realm! My palm technique and the body of the KoR collide with each other and it makes a light and a strong force has been made. KoR plunged on the wall because of the force while I was still standing. The monster is still moving and it changes the color from shiny silver thing to black shiny scale. The fins also change color to gold then an electric aura or more like an electric is surrounding the KoR. After the transformation the KoR is rushing towards me and it uses the tail with large energy concentrated on it. Electric Magic: Electric Shield! Bow Ki! I shoot many arrow ki to the KoR while I cast myself an electric shield which can reduce the damage I take. Then the monster takes aback and tries to resist the attack but every shot of arrow ki is wreaking its black scale. After that it transforms again and this time the KoR becomes transparent and transforms into a humanoid form. The book of animals then proceeds to give me information now. It said that monsters here in the forest can achieve their final form but they¡¯re a few species who are exempt from it. These creatures are hailed as Kings of their race and because they can transform to resemble their opponent closely. It responds to the will of surviving and overcoming the challenge of life. The only exemptions are the Kapi-Kapi because their first ancestor refuses to have these changes. ¡°Oooooh! I see! I guess I will respond to your power now KoR!¡± Then we exchanged attacks with each other. I was amazed that this creature can become a humanoid just to survive. *Bang!* *Bang!* *Woosh!* *Woosh!* *Bam! Bam!* I haven''t dodge any of its attacks and tanked all of them, each of those are devastating enough to kill strong people. We continued attacking each other until KoR collapsed, I read its energy and I saw that it exhausted its energy. The humanoid KoR became a huge fish again and slept soundly. ¡°Ding! Ding! Ding! You completed the first trial! Go to the next trial!¡± ¡°On the next trial! But honestly, the fight is short but I enjoy it. So, what kind of trial will await me next?¡± Chapter 17 End Chapter 18 ¡°Another treasure chest! Lucky~¡± While going to the 2nd trial, I received a note while walking along the path of the 2nd trial that I can grab as many treasure chests as I want, but I need only to choose 3 treasure chests after I completed the trials. I can open all of them and choose my reward alongside the essence. Because I have a space inventory I store all of them. Then the pathway from 2nd trial is changing, it¡¯s beautiful and colorful, from torches to lights, the rocky road transforms into a floor. The scent is also becoming pleasant. The first trial doesn¡¯t smell of anything even though the KoR lives there, in this place, it is too fancy as if an aristocrat is living here. Few more minutes and I arrived at the big door here and a sign saying the room is where the 2nd trial begins. I opened the door with ease and then the room was completely black. After stepping, the door is closed by itself. Then a big light comes and it reveals the place like a big mansion where the party of a noble person would take place. Then a big primate emerges from a big door, the way it presents itself is gorgeous! clean and it has an aura of noble. Then the book of animals gave me information about this creature. King of the Trees but now it has become King of the Dance Floor. A strong creature which can be nominated as King of the Jungle, a beast that can contest with the current King of the Jungle but chose to be King of the Dance floor because no war for now, the species of this creature known to have a great culture and dance moves aside from their beast nature. First encounter of this beast is when the elder brother examines the mystical jungle of a fallen kingdom. The way the species present themselves is like how humans act. From the ruins of the fall kingdom, they strive in a small but healthy community. They can only eat crops and vegetables when the elder brother discovers them. According to the findings, they will only eat meat if the species is on the brink of extinction. The result of eating meat will make them a warrior boosting their capabilities like an elite soldier of an army. 1 species of it is equivalent to 3 armies of elite soldiers. Their mysterious species is still speculating but the current one is that they¡¯re the companion of a hero who slayed the terrors of the old world. Then the gods granted the hero wish where it wants them to be invincible, wise, and strong like him but in exchange they will have only a small population and swear to step up if the world doesn¡¯t have a hero to slay the evil. ¡°Damn! So all of this is in the records of a fallen kingdom? Krazy! And how does the elder brother decipher the documents? How did the fallen kingdom meet their demise? Are the creatures not helping them?¡± The book of animals presents several documented papers that suggest that these invincible primates helped the fallen kingdom to evacuate to safer places. There is a sentence in the piece of paper saying they fight an unknown disaster no one knows what it is. Then the battle takes place in the fallen kingdom, until they subdue it but it was the cost of half of their population which was already small in the beginning. Many kings agree that they need to repopulate and give them their own home. It was unanimous that they will not fight these creatures for the future generation. Until these species become forgotten of the world and rediscovered by the elder brother. Fortunately the elder brother learned their language which is not hard if you live with them for 3 years. The book of animals said if you have the Aura of the Peak Magician, you can converse to them, which the elder brother added to the function of language with permission of the master of it before it died of old age. ¡°Sweet! First time I encountered a mythical creature! Aside from the species of Fortis.¡± I try to speak to the creature so that it can trigger the translation. ¡°What are you saying?¡± ¡°Oh! Good I can hear you now! How are you?¡± ¡°Oh! You young lady, can you speak my language? Interesting! Only a few can speak our language, how did you learn it?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t learn it, I have this item which has a feature where I can converse with other languages as long as it was added here.¡± ¡°Ah! I think that person mentioned that they have an awesome device. Fascinating!¡± ¡°So, what challenge will I do here?¡± ¡°A dance battle but more like how I will teach you to dance. If you know our language, you know we like to dance.¡± ¡°Ah, yes. It was mentioned that your species is the King of the Dance Floor.¡±This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. ¡°Correct, even the people of the past say that to us, unlike the two creatures here, mine is the easiest one as long as you know what you are doing. So, how did you defeat that simple minded fish?¡± ¡° I only exhaust it because it transforms into a humanoid one.¡± ¡°Ah, I see, that method is a straightforward one, to defeat them you just need a large piece of meat and they will consider you as their friend. But since you defeat that fish in a battle of endurance. It will respect you and give you a blessing. I don¡¯t know how the blessing works but once they wake up, you will receive it unnoticed.¡± ¡°Wow! I¡¯m excited! Also it was fun to fight that fish. By the way, before we start, why are you here?¡± ¡°Simple, I am the last weapon of my kind. I was there when we slayed the misfortune of the world. All of my kind who participated in that fight died because of old age but me, the gods, made me the last resort to secure my kind. Also I don¡¯t really isolated here, I can visit my kin whenever I want.¡± ¡°I see! So, what kind of dance will I learn?¡± ¡°Many! But since you fight that fish, I think it will be great to have you eat food.¡± ¡°Sweet! I will take your offer! Thank you very much! Also, what will I call you?¡± ¡°Call me what you like, it¡¯s fine with me.¡± ¡°Okay Ingens!¡± He treats me to some exotic meat and fish, the way he cooks some dishes is amazing. The way he slices those meat with ease as if he is slicing butter. For the fish,he carefully inspecting the body of it. He said that the fish he is preparing has too many bones and little meat but it¡¯s worth it because in the past, this fish united the classes of the fallen kingdom they protected. Another fact is that this fish can kill parasites in the water and can also kill the parasite on their body. So, serving it raw is recommended to maintain their natural flavor. After he finishes cooking, we eat and chat like friends. He questions my background and if I¡¯m affiliated with another organization. So, of course I didn¡¯t lie and tell the truth. He also knows my Masters which is not surprising anymore xD. They are still learning their language unlike mine with a built-in translator. It was a good time with him and the vibes I get from him like an uncle or something old xD. After our meal, we head again to the venue where we first meet, then he teaches me first the basics of dancing. After that we proceed to dance intensely from folklore dance up to modern dance he knows. Then we mix it with beats, he chants a spell then a crowd of animals appear and play instruments. Then I proceed to summon my pirates to join the dance fever. He also taught my comrade how to dance and he was strict with them because they were always making mistakes. Though they make mistakes, they improve well. Which Ingens compliment them then more days come and they manage to be good dancers! Now we are performing a dance event, the event feels lively and as if we are performing in front of the audience. Every step we make lifts up our spirit, the rhythm of the music makes our body more crazy. More and more and we feel we become more powerful! ¡°[So, this is how the bards or performers do when they buff their parties in game!]¡± Then suddenly Ingens becomes bigger and concentrates its energy to his fist. All of us understood what was happening and still we continued to dance. We are nearing our last steps and everyone is gathering from the front and a few more steps before we end. Ingens suddenly jump and throw a devastating punch. Then a barrier is forming around us then the punch and barrier colliding with each other resulting in a blinding light but more intense. After that, we see ourselves standing in one piece, same with Ingens. He bowed to us and clapped and a big text appeared and congratulated us for finishing the 2nd trial. ¡°The one you performed is the secret barrier of our kind, it only passes down if you are worthy to wield that power to protect the people you love. It was also the hero whom our ancestor cherished much, who helped us to make our very own technique. Hope you guys will pass down this secret to your worthy successor in the future.¡± We thanked him and before we went out to face the other trial, he gave us food and wished us good luck. We thanked him and also bid farewell to him and then we advanced to the next stage. ¡°So.. why are you guys still here and escorting me?¡± ¡°Because we want and we are also curious about the food that Ingens gave to you!¡± ¡°Ok-ok, also I will register these foods. Before I consume. [I will ask GG if there is a way to give them appetite or something like that.]¡± Along the way, the scenery change again and this time it became the like medieval type where it was peaceful with green land and at the far away, we see a giant tree and the cloud over there is black like it will ominous because it is the stronghold of a powerful evil being or something like that. ¡°As if I¡¯m in the game but this time so straightforward. No town and only that place.. Oh! I forgot that forest! I think we can skip that place and it''s not a requirement or anything right?¡± ¡°I think so boss!¡± ¡°Now we run past the forest and straight to that place!¡± ¡°Aye!¡± I enhanced them with sprint spells and endurance, so that we can go in that place faster but when we are about to pass the forest, we see the sign saying that it is a requirement to clear the forest before we advance further. ¡°Huh? I didn¡¯t see that sign! What is this a game, where it will only pop up if you are near?¡± ¡°So, boss.. We don¡¯t have a choice here so we suggest that we go to the forest as the sign says.¡± ¡°Yeah, anyway you guys are still good right?¡± ¡°Aye!¡± ¡°Ok, let¡¯s clear the forest! Let¡¯s goooooo!¡± When we entered the forest, it had eerie vibes and suddenly a fog came and surrounded us. Then for around 10 minutes of walking, I sensed that someone was stalking us. Then I informed my guys that someone is stalking us. I informed them that we will stop at that big tree and I will clear the fog around us. When we reached our destination I told them to hug the tree and never let go and after that I release ki to make the fog go away. After the clear we see a large creature with no eyes, thin arms, big belly, and thin legs. The color of it¡¯s skin is on dark purple and when we face to face, this fucker let out a pretty wide grin on its face as if it seeing me. I also show a pretty wide grin on my face. ¡°Hehe! Time to humble someone now!¡± Chapter 18 End Chapter 19 ¡°Beat that creature boss!¡± ¡°Beat that bastard! So, it will know its place!¡± ¡°Punch that bastard! So, it will know its place!¡± ¡°Kick that bastard! So, it will know its place!¡± ¡°HOOO!¡± ¡°LALALA! HEY! LALALA! HEY!~¡± ¡°END HIM! END HIM! END HIM!¡± As I¡¯m beating this dude, my men start chanting like in a football match and they vibing to it, which I¡¯m not against because they are hyping me up. Now this creature is nowhere to be strong despite its physique or energy. I have a small insight that this creature is suitable for surprise attacks. Since it can form fog around its victims, when I activated my senses, I saw some traps here, so, in my mind this creature led its prey to the traps here. I think that if normal adventurers are fighting this creature they will have a rough time. Beating this dude is not satisfying as I thought it would be so I decrease my strength again. Then for around 30 mins of beating I let it go but I cripple it which doesn¡¯t show until a few more days. I also secretly imbued my ki to its body, the technique I used to that creature can be lethal if you don¡¯t find it as soon as you feel uncomfortable. Starting with its brain and heart, it will cause some throbbing but no pain, after that the blood vessels and nerves will start to get painful until the dantian will also break. Then if you are late to treat it, your body will be shocked and will die instantly. I don¡¯t really feel like doing this because of how weak the creature is but when I let it go it laughs and points at me, then I catch it and perform the slow death. ¡°Boss! Why did you let him go?¡± ¡°Who said I let him go? I imparted my energy to that guy and if that guy failed to notice that energy, it will lead to its slow demise.¡± ¡°Are you sure you are not a villain or torturer in your past life boss? Seems more cruel than you killing him on the spot.¡± ¡°Is not cruel if your opponent mocking you openly, the best way to defeat them is to torture them until their body give up. I don¡¯t give an honorable fight or death if they mock me, you know, but also I don¡¯t kill that much unless the circumstances lead me to that~ also I¡¯m still learning in this life, so I¡¯m bound to be wrong and still be wrong even if I become wise.¡± ¡°I see! Also a question, so, you feel nothing if you kill another creature''s boss?¡± ¡°I still have that feeling, no one enjoys killing honestly, but sometimes you can¡¯t help it and deal with it. [Since I''m in this world now, if I¡¯m in my original world I prefer not doing that. Unless apocalypse or destruction of the world, where the necessities are scattered and limited.]¡± We continue to walk and whenever we go, all of the monsters are coming, these monsters consist of weird elements. On one hand we have the solo hunter creatures which are surprisingly good at their game. It¡¯s more annoying to fight them, they will use any means to get us killed. Then the other ones are in a group, easy to defeat because you only need to kill their leader and they will run aimlessly. Monsters here also can use various kinds of magic, like the bloodsucker creature we encounter, it uses some illusion and hallucination spells and not only that it also uses ice magic. I think the ice magic is the most convenient magic to that guy, because it will make the prey more fresh. The medium size group of small ugly gremlins like creatures that can use the sounds to amplify their weapons akin to weapon aura. In that group they have three leaders, one for the mage, the general, and the last is medium size which can use a blade mana and tough magic armor. I test their power and these guys are bad omen for one country, but if they can make their population fast, they will be a threat to all species. After testing their power I one shot 3 of them using a Ki arrow. We see a small hut and judging from its surroundings this must be the middle of the forest. I sensed a barrier on it and we entered the small hut. It gives a cool feeling. ¡°So this is the resting place! Since we are here can you guys demonstrate to me your sword play or other way you fight guys?¡± ¡°That is bad news boss, although we can fight with swords we are just swinging and cutting with no experience of sword skills. We only timing the opponent''s attacks. But if you give us a gun or something similar, we can wage a war to an empire.¡± ¡°Ooooh.. Then learn sword skills from me, before we proceed to leave this place.¡± ¡°Huh?! For real boss!¡± ¡°Yeah, but first I will try to give you energy, I don¡¯t know if it works though.¡± I channel my ki to them and to be more precise I used magic to link with them, so it will guide me to the proper location of their energy bodies. Then of course my theory failed because their body can¡¯t hold ki,I give up first because I need help or a certain instruction on how these guys can wield power. After that event, I proceeded to give them a wooden sword with the help of The Aura of Peak Magician, still this item is incredible, I thought only foods can be replicated. Then for the next 10 hours, I make them slash, swing , parry, and stance. Since they¡¯re learning from the beginning their progress is slower like mine when I¡¯m starting. Patiently teaching them like my Masters do to me. Then, after that work I let them rest even though they don¡¯t need it that much. After that, I devise some drills and revisiting my memories to make reference for their next training. When they finished resting, we continued on our way to leave the forest. On the way to the exit, Many groups of monsters were blocking the way, then a text message appeared in front of us. ¡°To be able to leave the forest, you need to fight a horde of monsters with only one finger.¡± ¡°Wow! Wow! Wow! What kind of rules is this?¡± ¡°Well, if you are already defeating monsters here with no effort, I think this kind of rule is reasonable?¡±Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°I don¡¯t know, but it smells like bullshit. Anyway we need to get out of here now.¡± ¡°Aye!¡± Since one finger is the requirement, I used my finger to cast a powerful magic spell which can annihilate a huge group. ¡°Fire Magic: Dawn of the Fallen Star! [Low tier]¡± With that, the monsters are dead, leaving no one aside from the trees, which is suspicious for our part but I don¡¯t really mind. Then a message congratulates me and confirms that I cleared the forest. When we exit the forest a large lake and a town has been spawned in our very eyes. ¡°Holy shit! I know magic is awesome but this one takes the cake!¡± ¡°Huhuhu, another challenge has been forced on us..¡± ¡°Don¡¯t cry boss! You can easily clear the trials.¡± ¡°I think these trials are fillers in our journey! We can easily go back to the surface and chill in the lowland!¡± ¡°Fillers? Anyway boss, I think we need to start now so that you can at least relax when you defeat the final one.¡± ¡°Ok-ok! Time to end the fillers!¡± As I cast the speed and endurance spells we run towards the big lake. But within 10 minutes of running we encountered some big groups of horses and when I say big as in really big horses. We didn¡¯t stop and continue to run until these horses started to run also. They try to catch up to us and then the book of animals rings and gives me information about these horses. The name of the horse is Celenus, wild horse from the grasslands of Fallen kingdom Might. These horses are known to be ruthless if they see other creatures running. From their perspective they treat it as a challenge and when you beat them in a race, they will be your horse and be loyal to your bloodline. But if they beat you, they will eat your one toe or if you are an animal equivalent to that toe of a human, it is a sign that you try to challenge them and fail. The horse meat is not delicious so no one hunts them, but they¡¯re excellent in chivalry because they can intimidate the horses of enemies. Their diet is the grass from the Kingdom Might. They only eat meat if someone challenges them, upon ingesting the parts of their rivals, this will make them sick for 1 week, but the result of these will enhance their muscles to be strong, which is ideal for chivalry. ¡°So, imagine the nightmare for the people who became victims.. To get the horse to become more strong.. Chills¡± Then I use the marble and enhance our speed. Not dealing with them is a good choice. After about 1 hour of running we arrived at our destination. ¡°The Lake of Corruption, a lake which is made from the corruption of all living beings. Anybody who is weak minded will die here and will be used as ingredients to make a homunculus of corruption. If you have mental fortitude and succeed in the challenge, then you can get a homunculus of hope, which will defeat any corruption of living beings being formed. Only one can exist, are you the one who will bring peace of destruction in this world?¡± ¡°I guess you need to stay here guys. This one is dangerous.¡± ¡°What is a homunculus?¡± ¡°Making a lifeform from scratch, you can view that as making a baby but this time without intercourse of two beings but by spells or ingredients. Something that only magicians or rich people who want to be god..¡± ¡°So, they¡¯re playing as gods? Yeah good luck with that Hahahaha! I think in our time there is one group of magicians and alchemists attempting to make a life form. The result is death because the creatures they make devour them and that creature self-destruct, according to the news but we don''t know if it''s true or not.¡± ¡°I see, even at your time you have crazy people.¡± ¡°Boss, crazy people are bound to appear in our world. It is just that they are making bad decisions that will result in the demise of surroundings.¡± ¡°Fair enough, I guess I¡¯m gonna go and clear this easily, see you later folks!¡± ¡°Good luck boss!¡± As I jump to the lake, I detect multiple curses, and in my very own eyes, I see myself talking to me. ¡°Hehe! What are you doi-¡± ¡°Shut up bitch! I know that you know that you can¡¯t corrupt me! Am I right?¡± ¡°Wha-¡± ¡°As I said you can¡¯t corrupt me, I know that you can¡¯t even penetrate my mind. Wait, I will give you a handicap to penetrate my mind.¡± I lower my defense and let it go to my mind. ¡°Here, try to conquer me bitch!¡± ¡°Hehe, you will regret this! You arrogant one!¡± A couple of minutes and I still not feeling anything and around 10 minutes, the me is back. ¡°I am sorry, I can¡¯t corrupt you, I am not familiar with your game..¡± ¡°Yeah! That¡¯s right, apologize to me, anyway where is my reward?¡± ¡°Just go back to the surface, it will clear itself.¡± ¡°Ok, and one more thing. How do they get you? I mean corruption.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not complicated to get the corruption itself, which is me. If you try to gather the evil of all, you can create me.¡± ¡°Ooooh! So, is there a chance that a lot of corruption will be formed?¡± ¡°What are you talking about? You can only summon me in this world and only me no other. Once I¡¯m summoned to this world, many will suffer and the world will be in a dire state. For your information, I can summon myself if the world wants to move to the new era. ¡°Aaaah! Sorry, I assume things, anyway I will receive my reward so don¡¯t be late.¡± ¡°Okay!¡± ¡°By the way, why are you so friendly to me?¡± ¡°What am I gonna do to a person who defeated me in my game? Hostile? No thanks!¡± When I come back my men greet me. ¡°It¡¯s been 3 days since you dive in that lake!¡± ¡°Oh? 3 days? I think I only go for 20 minutes or less. So, what is the news for the last 3 days?¡± ¡°You remember the wild horses right?¡± ¡°Yes, and why?¡± ¡°After you dive in that lake, they appear and give us this thing.¡± ¡°What is this? A root? It gives a magical aura.¡± Then the book of plants rang and gave me information. The root of the unknown ancient tree, a lost treasure of elves. It is said that if an elf wields this root, he/she will achieve peace of its kind and prosperity for 1 thousand years. But the true use of this root is to make an elixir of millennia, which can combat the most deadly plague or disease in the current era. You can also get this root if the unknown ancient tree takes a liking to you. ¡°Oooooh! I think I need to inform GG, I think he has a recipe to make the elixir of millenia! And since it¡¯s been 3 days since I''m out, I think you guys deserve to eat delicious food today!¡± ¡°Lezgoooooooooo!¡± Chapter 19 End Chapter 20 ¡°Huh??¡± ¡°Huh? What are you looking at?! This is one of my forms if you don¡¯t know!¡± ¡°Boss, is this homunculus corruption? It¡¯s fucking ugly!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like your tongue kiddo! You want me to banish you?¡± ¡°Hold up! You can do that?¡± ¡°Of course, silly, look.¡± The homunculus corruption summoned a sinister spirit, then it went our way to attack, but the homunculus corruption suddenly burned the sinister spirit until no trace was left. ¡°See, the one I demonstrate is the slow version, because in actuality, you can¡¯t see the action as if nothing happened. So, have manners you punk.¡± ¡°Well it¡¯s true that your form is ugly, No other form?¡± ¡°I have other forms, but this form is the normal one, whenever I undo something. Look, the water is back to its original form.¡± ¡°Ewwww! Why it¡¯s black? Even the water looks thick.. Did you mean I was submerged in this?! Also who farted?! It¡¯s fucking bad!¡± ¡°This water is the water of Casiondara, A witch from the past. It''s said in the past that this water is made from her tears with malice because her lover was killed by the townsfolk. Upon contact with this water, your skin will be dry until it falls off and your body will smell like decay. After that, your mind slowly descends to madness. But the truth about this water is that it was one of the key ingredients to make an elixir of millennia.¡± ¡°So, who is Casiondara? It feels like it has more story around her.¡± ¡°Ah, that person? I just made it up.¡± ¡°Huh???¡± ¡°Anyway, this water really is the real deal, after all, once you take a dip here all of your problems when it comes to your body disappear. The reason it''s stinky is because someone accidentally put some potion here. But don¡¯t worry the water itself can cleanse the bad property so yeah.¡± ¡°Now take another form, you look like shit.¡± ¡°How rude! Anyway I will take this form now.¡± Even when turning into another form it feels thick and sticky.. Then it became a round squishy being, not gonna lie it¡¯s cute. ¡°Here is my other form! Look how cute I am!¡± ¡°Woah! You are really cute this time. Also you¡¯re squishy enough to be a pillow!¡± ¡®See! If I want I can do it flawlessly.¡± ¡°Boss, can we also hold it?¡± ¡°Sure, just don¡¯t stress it.¡± Everyone takes turns and it seems they are happy. I didn¡¯t expect that they would like cute things. Then after that we go to the next course which is the town and along the way we see many more beast and grotesque creatures which is interesting because they don¡¯t fight with each other. ¡°Ayaka, did you know that those creatures are man-made?¡± ¡°Man-made?! How?¡± ¡°If you fiddle enough with your work you can create life which is not forbidden by the world, It¡¯s only forbidden because of how powerful a being can exploit it. But nature always welcomes new life.¡± ¡°So, what is this place all about?¡± ¡°This place is the last bastion of life in this world, and those creatures are the key component if life on the surface and water cease to exist. Just think that those creatures in the near future can be human or other beings. Like how evolution works.¡± Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. ¡°Ooooh! That¡¯s good then, honestly I¡¯m inclining on how madman this person is creating life here. But your reason seems good enough. Also how did they know that will lead to human evolution?¡± ¡°If you peak in the future or have a real time tracking ability of how life evolves then you¡¯re set. Simple as that, but warning, you must brace yourselves because every evolution can lead to a different path. So sacrifice is inevitable and that is still ok, it''s just that you also need to fight those creatures.¡± ¡°Ahhhh, I understand why you need to fight them..¡± ¡°Welcome!¡± ¡°Are you sure you are the corruption?¡± ¡°Yes! If I want I can do it but I don¡¯t have any reason to do bad things even if that¡¯s my work. I can be the reason you know.¡± Then we arrived at the town and as I expected the town itself is a desolate place, then a sign popped up in front. According to the sign, we need to live here and take down the intruders for 3 days and 2 nights and only 1 person can kill the intruders but if that one person dies another will be replaced and it will reset the days. Since it will be long and even if it¡¯s 3 days and 2 nights we prepare like always, we set a camp near the exit because it will be easier to spot the enemies and we can exit easily after this. I set multiple barriers and some traps. Then a timer shows up and I have only 1 minute to organize everything. Then after that many enemies are spawning outside and inside of the town. When I face them I see a formless figure as if a nightmare in video games. They¡¯re laughing and they''re all full of murderous aura. All of them are so fast that normal beings can be killed instantly like in a horror video game. Since I¡¯m strong, I can fight them all at once. But when I attack them with magic some of them are perished but most of them absorb the magic I threw at them. Then all of them are laughing then someone throws the magic I cast earlier. I managed to block it but after that one, multiple magic are directed to me. But it¡¯s not an issue to me, then I attack them physically and not effectively like my magic and few of them are eliminated. Same with my magic, they threw the raw power of my physical attacks. Then I try to coat both of my ki and mana together, so that when it hits the enemy it can still damage them. After hitting all of them, they still survive but this time they attack me and they¡¯re furious. I continue this way until it becomes night, Many more are spawning and flooding the town. Then I cast a low tier magic intentionally because I got bored. Then suddenly all of them are dead. ¡°Huh? They¡¯re dead with just low tier magic?!¡± ¡°I think the night makes them weak at magic, you can try the physical attacks since your magic is effective.¡± ¡°Aight, will try!¡± Then I try the physical attacks and it works like my magic! Since both of them are effective now under the night. I can easily defeat these creatures. I slaughter them like bugs and can¡¯t believe that I¡¯m struggling earlier defeating multiple enemies but now it is like you killing a colony of ants just using water. Then sunrise came and I noticed that only my magic is effective on them and not physical strike this time. Also I see that their form is changing into bulk form, I suspect that my physical attacks make them turn into these formless forms of bulk. Since I used them more frequently than my magic. Just like yesterday, I cheesed this in the daylight and it continued at night. The last day came and all of those creatures united and made their final form, which is a small one creature, then a countdown appeared above and instructed me to endure until sunset. ¡°Endure of wh-¡± That creature managed to strike me fast but I evaded it and then the real fight began. Each of the strikes that creature generates seems like it was creating a vortex and it was sucking the building and me. But before it tried to suck everything I sliced those moves. I also cast some barriers to the building and the wall so that it prevents unnecessary events. Then I try a different method to handle this guy and that is to replicate what it''s doing. Whenever our fists contact each other, this guy pushes the force to me and the way I counter that is to scatter the force. Travelling to my fist and sending them to my feet, so that I can release them. Every time I do that the land is always breaking but I always fix it. The sunset is almost there and now this guy is gathering a large amount of energy and then a small ball of tremendous energy has been formed. Then it immediately struck that energy to the land but I managed to counter it by my magic and then it still pushes that ball. I reinforced another layer of defense just to be sure. Then out of nowhere that creature redirects its attack to me with that ball. But that move is their fatal weakness because I also create stronger energy by using my marbles. Our energy collides and at that moment no light or explosion has been formed because when our energy balls contact each other I devour the energy and make it mine. After that I vanish my energy and settle it to my body as a marble. The creature just stands and a few seconds later it goes to the top of the building and sits while viewing the sunset. It looks at me and it smiles and that smile is filled with satisfaction and happiness. Then disappear like how the wind goes. ¡°Hoooo! It¡¯s done! Wahooo!¡± I began to run to my comrade where the station is. ¡°Congratulations Boss!!!¡± ¡°Congrats Ayaka! Can¡¯t believe you fight that long!¡± ¡°Thank you guys! At first I¡¯m pissed because I can¡¯t defeat them in one hit and when the first night comes, all of my irritation and boredom are gone and things go smoothly until the final boss. Rest is history, but I didn¡¯t get any notification that I finished this!¡± ¡°Boss! Patience is a virtue!¡± ¡°True! Just wait. What are you 1 shotter player?¡± ¡°Huh?!¡± I patiently waited for the announcement until the sunrise came and after that a sign near the exit popped up congratulating me. It also has a chest for the completion of the quest. I opened it and a ball of black essence is the prize for this quest. A note also in that chest, it said that consuming this essence can interact with the beings from the other side and can harness their power if you try enough to befriend them. I consumed the black essence and I feel nothing which is great. Then we go to the final place where the last creature is located. Chapter 20 End Chapter 21 ¡°Waow! It¡¯s really dark here, like how in movies and video games! it ¡®s really the time we will defeat the final boss.¡± ¡°Boss, you are the one who will defeat it. We are just here to witness your victory. Also what are movies and videogames again?¡± ¡°I mean we already forged a relationship between us so it makes us one now.¡± ¡°Boss!¡± ¡°Yes! If you finish this place then I will free and roam the world! Lezgoooo!¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that you can break free here because of how powerful you are?¡± ¡°Sorry mate, I can¡¯t break the promise I made. It will hit my reputation.¡± ¡°Reputation? You have that?¡± ¡°I have you, silly human. Anyway we are in the territory of the last boss. Since this place is still incomplete we can finish this quickly, unless Ayaka wants to prolong the fight.¡± ¡°Huh? So this dungeon or something is not complete?!¡± ¡°Nope, but they¡¯re 30% away from completing it. I think if they don¡¯t procrastinate it will end next year. If they procrastinate then it will take around 5-10 years.¡± ¡°So, what kind of things will they do here?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a secret :3, so you might see this place in the future. Anyway, should we trigger the quest?¡± ¡°Ok!¡± As we walk and walk, we see the sign post and then it indicates that I need to defeat the clone of the powerful existing creature in the world. ¡°Huh? So, If I¡¯m correct, this clone still exists and is not dead. Basically a lower version of that creature.¡± ¡°Which creature? I know some that can be a candidate to be the powerful creature in this world.¡± Then the sign post revealed that creature and it looks like a dragon but a humanoid one. I don¡¯t know if the dragon is a representation of that man or vice versa. ¡°Ahhhh! So this one is the current most powerful being in the world. Seems fair enough to me. After all that dude endured all the harshness of fate!¡± ¡°Who is that?¡± ¡°You will see it in the near future. He is a funny guy, at least for me.¡± Then a light at the top of the mountain is shining and a path appears leading to the mountain. We proceed to the mountain and along the path, there is a golden fruit but I don¡¯t know what it is because the book of plants doesn¡¯t ring. ¡°You know Ayaka, this golden fruit is highly toxic and can lead to different types of disease. But the good quality of this plant is that it indicates the healthy life of the place. So, if the fruit is shining which gives the golden feeling then life here is good. Then what if the fruit is not shining? Of course the answer is that life in that place is not good. The fruit is edible ironically and it will taste like a normal fruit.¡± ¡°So, what is the name of that tree?¡± ¡°Tiva sensab is the name. The fruit of indication.¡± ¡°Ooooh! Tiva sensab.¡± Then we arrived at the place and we saw a silhouette of a dragon with lightning effects in the background in the sky, like in movies and then a thunder cliche entrance and after that a man with good build with no shirt and pants emerged to the smoke. ¡°Damn his dingdong is long and large! Even me a male spirit, is afraid of his dingdong!¡± ¡°First time seeing the dragon of the dragon.. And yeah it¡¯s scary!¡± Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. ¡°Seems average to me.¡± ¡°You called that average?!¡± ¡°I¡¯m joking! His bling blong truly terrifying!¡± Then a text appeared in the sky saying ¡°Defeat the cloned creature with all of your might.¡± After that the dragon does the first move and tries to punch me but I also respond to his strike. Our fists contact and it creates super loud noise. Then a series of consecutive punches barrage me and for my side I block and evade all of its attack. While thinking how to get this guy I recall that I¡¯m in the fantasy world. Any flashy movement is equal to power. I also think that this guy just wants to fight like a warrior without any evasion or blocking. But no! Why should I do honorable things if I want to win a fight? Also his big dragon almost touched me many times! Then I caught its arm then I performed a judo move but I need to amplify my power to be able to execute this move. The guy tried to escape via punching and pulling and I surprised him by letting it go. Then I quickly go behind since I know that this guy''s balance is good and it will not fall to the ground. After securing its back I powered up using the marbles and this guy also used strong energy to counter mine. Little by little I was able to lift it while he was damaging me with various attacks, I still continued and tightened my grip. Then I spend again some marbles so that I can successfully throw it and when I do it. A huge crack on the ground is forming and he is also fighting it but then I use the gravity field x10 to counter it. I successfully do the moves and now he is eating the ground like mukbang. Then I continue to punch it to the side of its face but he covers it then I hold his hair and start to pound it''s nape but a strange feeling I get when doing this is that I punch a soft pillow. I stop it and try to slip my arm to its neck. I don¡¯t know if this is effective since I don¡¯t know its body function. Then when I¡¯m close enough to be successful to choke it, a strong force suddenly tries to expel me but I fight it and burn the marbles in the process. Then I see that this guy is changing and a visible aura surrounding the guy. I still kept hitting it despite its changing appearance but I was suddenly teleported to the other side of the place. This make my enemy give chance to recover, when it start to stand up, the guy move very fast and multiple after image is forming and attacking me but I still see the guy then I use my ki this time and punch its face but he punch my fist, then a large amount of energy gathering of my arm and I expel that through my feet like when I do when fighting the creatures in the town. Then he goes back and now he is using his legs to his attacks then I keep checking it. But since he uses his legs now he has become more flexible and always on the attack. He can also now dodging my attacks and counter every move I throw at him. Then he transfers energy to my arm and this time I redirect to my other arm. I hold him tightly and then cover my hand with ki and slapping it to the back of its ear. He tries to evade it but it''s too fast for him because I boost it with his energy to accelerate my attack. He wiggles and keeps trying to stand up and another force is interrupting my fight. This time a normal energy but cold aura is spreading to the place. Then I try to read its energy and I see that he is using his life force like he is betting his life on this battle now. This time I feel like I need to give him respect and honor and give him equal energy to fight him. Then I responded, using my ki and mana, rain suddenly poured and only the rain and our fight echoed to the place. At first it seems he is handling well but later on he starts to lose because of how frequently I debuff him while slicing his every move with my sword ki. A barrage of spells hindering him to move freely and with my swordsmanship he only knows the feeling of being sliced. The guy who is using his life force now gathers the final and pure energy. That energy is tiny like a tennis ball but I know that it can obliterate the whole island. The pure energy is now ready to hit me then I change my sword ki into palm moves with ki coated. Our palm touched and a light emerged as if an explosion occurred. But no! I actively devoured the energy and his energy is so pure that it can rival the unrestrained realm. I incorporated it with my ki and mana because it''s so useful! Then the light starts to fade and after that the lifeless body of the current strongest being in this world which is a cloned version is on the ground with a look of satisfaction on it. A message from above congratulates me on finishing the trial. Then it warped us to a different place, a place which was only white and no noise aside from my comrade chattering. A big chest appeared and gave me the promise prize and a note saying, ¡°Thank you for testing my hidden trial! I hope you can see it in the future!¡±. After that I released the chests I collected and all of them were automatically open. The items in the chests I gathered are good and few of them are real deal. Since many books are here, I need to search on how to give energy to those guys. Then 2 can be weapons or quality of life items. I said to my comrade that it will take time to choose the 3 prizes and they said that it is ok because the corruption is also playing with them. I don¡¯t know where or when the guys are bonding with each other. Several hours later and I only see one related to what I¡¯m searching, that book is ¡°The theory and practices of different energy to all¡± written by the 13th Sage of the School of Pen. I read all the content of the books and according to the data in that book, it will take all of the professors of a school to perform energy transfer to a ghost or like creature. But the good news is either that or equal to that like a GrandMaster caliber in Magic which can only find where the Magic Tower is. Then I need the following ingredients related to life and I¡¯m satisfied that I can now transfer energy to them. The following item I chose is the backpack of the Golden Boy of the Famine Time. The backpack is a stylish one crafted by the agents of a god like being. Similar to my space but in a stylish way and the weight doesn¡¯t hinder the one who is wearing it. The last item is a wooden sword made from the surprise tree known as Kalimotan, a tree where it only revealed itself if a child is born with curse constitution. According to the information, when a child wields the wooden sword, it will remove the curse and become the most powerful swordsman in his era aside from the Martial Artist King and The Legendary Spearman. But if that child died in anyform of misfortune while carrying the wooden sword, everyone can wield it but you need to fight the will of the tree. In the history of it only 2 people are able to withstand the will of the tree. Then a big portal appeared from where my comrades were staying, we stepped to the portal and it teleported us outside of the cave. It was night when we went out and large and beautiful fireworks met our eyes while saying congratulations! Chapter 21 End Chapter 22 ¡°Walking at night here is magical, it''s like fairies from the stories appeared!¡± ¡°Yes! I¡¯m surprised that this place is full of colors at night.¡± These men enjoy the beautiful sight of the forest at night. It¡¯s true that this place is like a fairytale from a children¡¯s book. The plants give off an aroma which gives a pleasant feeling, the insects look like stars in the sky, thanks to the darkness of the forest. As we walk towards GG¡¯s sibling home, we see that the animals here are just chilling. Looking in the sky, the gentle breeze of wind passing us. Truly a magnificent place. ¡°Oh! You arrive! How¡¯s your journey? Hey Fortis, greet Ayaka, she just came back.¡± ¡°Eeeeek!¡± ¡°It¡¯s good to see you guys! Looks like Fortis also achieved a good result this time.¡± ¡°Yeah, just basically doing nothing. His growth is quite good. Also I¡¯m surprised that you even get that guy.¡± ¡°Oh you mean the corruption guy? He just became my subordinate after I defeated it.¡± ¡°Eyyyy! Good to see the youngest here! How¡¯s your other siblings doing?¡± ¡°They are doing good so far, also they aren''t doing another crime of humanity this time.¡± ¡°What do you mean, crime of humanity?¡± ¡°Well, GG is the only sane one and the rest either have evil desires, are selfish, mentally ill, or something.¡± ¡°Yeah, my siblings are great but they also have that. I guess they¡¯re tired of being one and start to become normal again. Anyway I should cook you guys a yummy meal.¡± ¡°Thanks GG! Also can you help me to get them energy? This book said it¡¯s possible to do that.¡± ¡°Oh! That book! You get a really nice reward! Sure I can help you with that. Honestly that book is the missing literature of the magic tower. Anyone who has possession of this bound to be targeted by the assassins. It was during my Master''s time when the book was published and revealed to the public. I don¡¯t know why that school announced this type of book. During that time the other countries are ready to wage a war to get that book. But we destroy the school and burn everything. The 13th successor of the School of Pen commissioned my Master to destroy everything to prevent the war and fulfill the first founder''s last wish. Also we got permission to copy all of the book before burning down. You can see their works at my sister''s place.¡± ¡°Why I¡¯m still shocked about the history of the items I get.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, even me, the corruption of living beings still gets that feeling. Living beings are weird same with myself, no exemption¡± ¡°But the question here is why did they make this and announce it to the world? What is their agenda?¡± ¡°That¡¯s what I want to know also.¡± We wait for GG to finish his cooking and the meat he serves to us is disease meat from the animal Wayno, an animal where the meat is highly toxic and rubbery when it is killed alive but surprisingly tender and can be eaten if died from a disease. He said that you can¡¯t get disease because the bacteria present on the meat prevent the other harmful bacteria from invading. He also said the bacteria on that meat preserve and ferment. Even if you leave the meat in your drawer for millennia it will not rot and stay fresh. We enjoyed the meat and it was so tender and he didn¡¯t add anything, and it only took 30 mins of cooking the meat and the result was excellent. After that he teaches me the basics of the book which is easy to do. Then after I perfect the techniques he teaches. We go to the complicated ones and transition to the hacks and tricks of the book. Many days passed and I completely gave the energy to the pirate men. Their energy is a mix of ki and mana, not surprisingly because having two energies is an advantage. But not all are compatible with other energy, some of them are great with ki and poor in mana and vice versa. Only a few can wield both with no problem. Then after I gave them energy, we stayed one more day before going out of the island. We explored the remaining place of the island. ¡°Thank you again GG for letting us stay here.¡± ¡°That just small things Ayaka! Anytime you are welcome to our place! I hope you finish your task early.¡± ¡°Yeah! Me too! I hope I can finish this asap.¡± ¡°Have a safe trip!¡± ¡°You also! Stay safe.¡± After we say our goodbyes we embark to the deepest place of the ocean where animals can swallow a big city. While going down the compression of the water gets higher and I see that many gigantic animals are here. All of them just glancing at us and not attacking because the obvious answer is I threaten them with my aura. We arrived at the floor of the ocean and we saw many buildings here and all of them are in good condition. Then we also see the Marmen¡¯s here and it¡¯s true that they only swim here. They don¡¯t even glance at us, we proceed to tour here and it''s kind of neat and awesome. The place also has coral reefs here, like it''s a way to cultivate plants here. After a while Fortis tugging me and pointing something in one direction. I guess he also sensed the faint energy here which is honestly great and awesome! That he can feel this now. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. We went to the direction he sensed and we saw a large object which resembled a plant here. This place is a normal one no doubt about it, the only strange thing here is the portal here which is not visible unless you use your senses. We decide to take the portal and the energy coming from the portal is the same as the island I see before we descend here. ¡°So, it really takes us here huh?¡± ¡°Ayaka, look a person!¡± ¡°A small child eh?¡± ¡°EEEEEEK!!!¡± ¡°What¡¯s the problem, Fortis? You sense danger coming from her?¡± ¡°No you silly! This girl is the one who manages the place here! The Guardian of this place!¡± I know that this girl is a guardian of this place because the amount of energy she excludes is non-existent. Only those who have mastered their energy can do that. Then she spoke. ¡°Hello Intruder, Hello the next leader of Kapi-kapi, and also hello to you corruption my friend, it''s been a long time since I saw you. Did the deal already end?¡± ¡°Yeah, hello to you also Rut! My bargain is already fulfilled and complete, now I can explore the world now. How¡¯s life now?¡± ¡°Just normal like always, maintaining the status quo. By the way, who is this person?¡± ¡°I think it is good if this person will answer.¡± ¡°Hello! I am Ayaka, the disciple of Master Tom, Herbert, and Bing.¡± ¡°Oh! Those 3 people! So, they really found one huh? What is your purpose here?¡± ¡°They want me to investigate and learn here like a scholar or something.¡± ¡°Ah! I see, so it¡¯s begun huh..¡± ¡°Hm? Begun on what?¡± ¡°Nothing, make yourselves comfortable here on the island.¡± ¡°By the way, I have a letter for you. Here, take it.¡± ¡°From who?¡± As the Guardian reads the letter a big grin on her face is forming and as if it will reach her both ears. ¡°Okay! Follow me you guys!¡± As we followed her at the top of the mountain here. We see a small pearl at the center of the altar here. ¡°According to the letter that man sent to me. You just need to destroy this pearl and your job here is done!¡± ¡°Hm? So I will not fight you?¡± ¡°Of course not you silly girl, you want me to meet the abyss? You know that I have no chance of beating you!¡± ¡°So, why should I destroy this pearl? I know that this thing holds tremendous power but why?¡± ¡°This thing will make the Merman become self aware. Thus creating a new life cycle. As to why I didn¡¯t do that even though I am their Creator because of the deal I have with that Man.¡± ¡°So, another deal?¡± ¡°Yes! Just like how corruption do. Here in this world or place, promises and deals are more important. This also liberates me from my duty from now on.¡± ¡°I see, In that case I should destroy this now. So that our business ends, whether it¡¯s good or bad. I can just deal with it later if something bad happens.¡± ¡°That¡¯s the mindset!¡± I just point at the soft part of the pearl which makes a crack and a big light from within emerges and shoots at the sky like fireworks in the night sky. ¡°So, is that it?¡± ¡°Yes! Thank you Ayaka! Now I can relieve my duty here! Also I know that fighting is not mandatory and you can beat me but can I fight you in your current state? My curiosity led me to this conversation hehe.¡± ¡°Sure why not? I also love to fight you as one of the guardians.¡± I created a dome which can withstand my attacks and her. Just like how to do a simulation at my home. Then we proceeded to greet each other and after that our fight began. [Corruption POV] ¡°Hmmm.. even at the highest defense and offense of Rut, she can¡¯t touch Ayaka unless that monster girl just letting her opponent touch her like how she fights in the last part of trial.¡± I am still amazed how Ayaka fights, she doesn¡¯t give her opponent a break. Some of her attacks and decisions are questionable. But all of them are connecting, it¡¯s like as long as it''s effective it still counts. You can even feel without special power how strong the spell is. Even with the dispell of spells and absence of mana in the place, she is still performing magic! When looking at her Martial arts, she demonstrates good movements as if you are looking at a Grand Master level or even higher on that. I don¡¯t know how many battles she experienced but I believe she always gets beat up in her training. She is always switching from one weapon aura to another weapon aura. She also does without a weapon aura! She knows how to counter a big energy and redirect to its surroundings. Whenever she landed a punch or kick a cracking sound can be heard coming from Rut¡­ poor girl.. This current Ayaka is so strong but I¡¯m scared to see her true powers.. As if it will end before anything can react.. ¡°Whew.. I¡¯m glad I didn¡¯t fight this girl! Right Fortis?¡± ¡°Eek!¡± Ayaka Then blows the final move on Rut by using her elbow and it knocks Rut out of cold. Then Ayaka proceeds to heal her and gives her energy little by little. Seeing how she gives Rut energy, Ayaka is still green when it comes to the medical field. [Corruption POV End] ¡°Wooo.. Now I just need to wait for her to wake up..¡± ¡°It¡¯s really nasty when you do that attack, Ayaka.¡± ¡°Eek!¡± ¡°I know.. But still it¡¯s awesome right?¡± ¡°I agree on that.¡± Chapter 22 End