《Grieyes Mages - Unknownly Superior Type Magician》 Chapter 1: Exile Feel the gentleness of a winding air, the warmth of a shining ray from the sun, the twirping bird on a tree branch, and the beauty nature of my surrounding. Trees everywhere, bushes with berries, fruits hanging in a small trees. The road to somewhere it leads is very steep, the resonance of flowing river reaching her ears. Resting under the tree, leaning on a trunk, and comformtably sleeping. A young girl wearing a white coat made out of firm fillaments is sleeping under the tree, as soon as the sun beams through her closed eyes, her hands moved and laid it to her brows to block the ray. She stretches her arms upward, and her legs. She yawn as well at the same time. She stood up slowly and stretches her body again. ¡°Sigh, did I slept long¡­?¡± Asking herself. Truth is that she slept for five hours, but what she thought is that she slept for three hours. She can¡¯t track the time since she doesn¡¯t have the device to tell her. So why is this girl sleeping under the tree, and how did she end up here? Let¡¯s throwback! -- Yesterday, was a day for Magical Possession Test, it is a settled schedule given by the Mage Organization. There are actually 242 people who were subjected to the test, that includes that girl as well. The girl was the 232rd testee. That time, when it was her turn to determine her possession, she stepped upon the vast room. Where the magical cube situated upon the surface of a small table at center of the room. The reason why the room is vast, is because of a drastic measures which there might be an incident when the magical cube may explode.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. As for safety, they built a wall made out of a rigid textiles collected from wild golems inside the cave somewhere outside the country, there is also a glass placed as a window where the other side is a room. That room is where the evaluators are situated. Evaluators are people who appraise one¡¯s magical possession. They evaluate strength, aptitude, and type of an individual. When they evaluated the girl¡¯s possession, the evaluators found nothing, they said that it was completely blank. And it was obvious as well, as the magic cube did not react when the girl touched it. As a result of evaluation, the girl was magicless. When her parents and sibling found out her result, she was treated violently, her siblings are cursing her. ¡°You¡¯re not a child of this family anymore. You¡¯re an embarassment!¡± said her father. ¡°You f***ing girl, you deserve to be executed¡­¡± said, her sibling. ¡°Get your a** out of here, you don¡¯t belong here!¡± said, her mother. Having no magic in this country is unacceptable, and they receive penalty as a result. However, because the province where she lives has a governor that is merciful, she was not executed, but was exiled. As she was being treated violently by her siblings, the soldiers arrived at their place. The purpose/reason of their arrival is because the girl was scheduled to be exiled in the same day of Magical Possession Test. The soldiers forcefully hold the girl tight in her arms and carried her, while her parents and siblings are still giving her a penetrating words that hurt her feelings, until she was brought inside the magical carriage, the soldier now treated her friendly. The girl wasn¡¯t expecting that, but she was crying when the soldier told him ¡°It must have been hard for you¡­ Maya Mirahelios¡­ You don¡¯t have to worry, the governor of this province will not order us to execute you. But giving you a chance to live freely outside the country.¡± The penalty of expulsion. Before going to the other side of the gate, the governor order the soldier to give her three days worth of food placed inside the magic bag, a sword for fighting wild creatures, and clothings. Though the girl does not know how to use sword, but she still accepted it. And onwards, she bid farewell to her home country, and went out to the other side. The outside country. The chances of surviving here in this unclaimed land, is low. Chapter 2: Recall Her name as of now is May. Not much of a difference but she decided to change it for a reason. Her name ¡°before¡± was May before she was born. Why is that? Let me tell you her story. -- During her slumber under the tree, leaning on the trunk as she does, she had a dream. It was a bad dream, and felt as if it really happens. Well, the truth is, it really did happened but not somewhere here. She was also talking as if she is narrating her life. It goes like this¡­ The darkness of the sky, and the brightness of the metropolis clash together during night time. Clattering footsteps in a crowded place, echoing engine of a vehicle, and air polution everywhere. I can see the smoke soaring, I see a light spreads, I see a tall structure in my surrounding, I see a road established well, and many more. This world, is boring. Imagine if the electricity providers is experiencing problems, the entire city will experience blackout. Will I be able to see the beauty of the night sky? Even with a glimpse of the Milky Way?The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Well, who cares? It¡¯s not like I wanted to. This world is so boring, I wish I could escape in this boredom. If only such things, like magic exists in this world, that way, it would fill my excitement. My goal is always been turn my imagination into reality. But, my goal is impossible. I could never accomplish such thing. That is why, I became a game developer. That way, I can create my very own world. A world that I made, a world that I design, a world where I can rule everything. But that never became reality, it¡¯s only a game. However, Full-Dive Virtual Reality does not exist yet, though they might be in some kind of development and confidentially being tested somewhere. Even if it was developed, it wouldn¡¯t achieve my goal, a game is a game created by a man, the ones inside the game were just programmed and designed. Nothing was made reality. This actually made me realize as if I wanted to be a God. But a human can never be a God. Gods made everything and set rules, they are a supreme being that cannot be seen by a mere human. And Human tends to break everything, even rules as well¡­ It¡¯s like this world has been distorted and has been abandoned. Why am I thinking these things? I should stop it. -- I remember that after thinking these things, by that time onwards¡­ Something bad had happened. Something a human is capable of doing such thing. -- I checked the time, it was already 9:30 pm. Overworking myself is always has been my habit. Here, the computer I am using is still on while lights inside the office are off. The radiation of the monitor in front of me hurts my eyes, I never wear glasses honestly. I decided to continue until I finish my task, I don¡¯t wanna finish it tomorrow, I want this project be done before the deadline. Ahh¡­ So many errors, I¡¯ve been encountering countless coercions and syntax errors, even wrong spelling. I¡¯m going to slurp some coffee to remain active this night. -- Two hours later¡­ ¡°Ahhh¡­ I am almost done.¡± Checking the time, it was already 11:30 pm. I wonder if he is still here. Chapter 3: Involve The silence of her surrounding, chilling her body. Everyone is already went home for rest. But her, she continues her work. It is very late, almost midnight, she is still inside the company. Now that her work is done, she must turn off the computer properly. After that, she stretched her body, she¡¯s been focusing on her work. Probably her eyesight have gotten worse. She stood up and clean everything on the surface of her desk. After that she went outside the office, and went walking on the hallway. Silence remains, but her footsteps are echoing even above floor. She walk upstairs, she believe that the CEO is still there even at this time. The CEO¡¯s office is located on the very top floor. He is a guy who also overwork, it¡¯s only normal for him to work that much since he is the CEO. Piles of papers stacked together, his expensive looking laptop is what he usually use during work, and other than that he is more focused on his work than the girl who is still inside the company. Both are workaholic, no one can beat them. As the girl reached the upstair, suddenly, she heard a loud voice. She was flabbergasted and almost fell down. Her head might have gotten injured if that really happens. And she wonders, what was that loud voice is about? Sounds like the CEO is having a hard time dealing with his work this time, and it is rare for the girl to encounter him with that kind of side of him. That voice is very loud which even made the birds from outside to be surprised and took a flight. It also echoed down floors. When she walk on the hallway on the top floor, she saw the CEO¡¯s office. As expected, the light is still on. ¡°But why the door is opened?¡±The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. The girl wondered about it and assumed that he might have been forgotten to close it because he is way too focused. Now that she is calm after being surprised, she approached the door, and opened it widely and said¡­ ¡°Excuse me¡­ Sir?¡± Instead of a response from him, she saw a person who is wearing a black coat, black pants, black shoes, and covered his hands with black gloves. Girl¡¯s thought ¡°Who the heck is this black guy?¡± As soon as the girl uttered, the guy immediately turn around and looked at her. The girl saw his face¡­ But partially. He is also wearing black mask. Girl¡¯s thought ¡°Does he like to wear black clothings?¡± Judging from his appearance, he might be an employee here because his coat has a logo of their company in it. But what is this guy doing here? The girl greet the guy with a smile ¡°Good evening sir.¡± Since the girl came here for CEO, she tilted body in right side, then she saw the CEO. His eyes were closed, leaning on his chair, and sleeping in an unusual position. She wonders that perhaps, the loud voice was just a yawn? But that can¡¯t be the right guess. The girl stepped one time on the right side and walk forward to see the CEO closer. As soon as she saw the CEO, the girl dropped her bag, her eyes widen, her body stiffen and shaking. The girl was completely shocked. The CEO was stabbed. Seeing as the blood drips continuously, the CEO might be already dead as soon as the girl went inside the office. -- While she is shivering from fear, she asked to the black guy ¡°A¡­ a¡­ are¡­ yu.. you the one¡­ who stab him?¡± The guy did not respond, but immediately pulled the knife from the CEO¡¯s chest. After that, he turned around and aimed at the girl with his arms extended and holding a knife pointing at the girl, knowing that she just witnessed an ongoing scene. He charged, and in a flash¡­ The girl didn¡¯t have a chance to run away because she can¡¯t move her body anymore. As a result, the girl was as well stabbed on the chest. Her view getting blur and darkens, before she died, the culprit went outside the office as his job of killing a person is done. The girl should not have been murdered if she did not witness his doing. -- 8 hours later¡­ On the news, 2 people were murdered inside the CEO¡¯s office in the Well-known Game Development Company. -- That ends her life. May Sanchez died at the age of 29. Chapter 4: Present She died, then stayed in a boundless nothingness. For so long, nothing came up, there was no light, it was completely dark. There was no time, as if the place is completely no existence. But until she encountered the first light, it bursts into her view and wrapped the entire void with pure white. She woke up after that. And now here she is, she finally remember everything. It has been 16 years since she was born, and she now remember the moment during reincarnation and her life before. Her soul and the newborn baby has merged. ¡°What the hell?¡± She uttered for no reason. ¡°Huh? Oh¡­ yeah, so I have been reincarnated in this world, huh? And there¡¯s magic.¡± After realization, she is now muttering about her goal. The goal of becoming the strongest mage in the world. But another sudden realization¡­ she has no magic. ¡°Ughhh!!!! I forgot, I don¡¯t have magic, and I have shitty parents and siblings who hurt my feelings.¡± (see chapter 1). -- I have been exiled, now what to do? If I can¡¯t be a strongest mage, then that doesn¡¯t mean I can¡¯t have another goal to fulfill.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. With her sudden decision, she is already settled with another goal. Ah! That¡¯s right! I will become the strongest person the world. As a fighter, of course! If I remember correctly the soldier gave me a sword, a necessary weapon for fighting wild creatures outside the country. Well I am here anyway. She take out the sword from the magic bag. She pulled it, and dropped it to the ground. Clang!!! The sword is very heavy, she can¡¯t lift it as a result. Oh crap! I thought sword would be lightweight. Wait, wasn¡¯t this sword is high-class? There¡¯s a gem attached to it. The light reflects splendidly in the gem, it was a quite beautiful cerulean gem that shines even from afar, and it can be spotted easily. The blade are not just made out of ordinary metals, perhaps the blacksmith used some rare materials that can only be obtain through defeating earth monsters. She wonders if this gem was so called Enchanted Gem. Most swordmen have this kind of sword with this gem attached to it. There are also variety of colors and shapes that reflects their personality or aptitude. This sword that is given to her is something she should not have. And because of this, she thought that perhaps this was given to her by mistake. This could have been given to me by mistake, or possibly got switched by accident with the ordinary sword. If that were true, the people inside the nation should have already found her by now. She is still located neary the boundary of the nation, so looking for her would be easy. But if it was not, that perhaps, the governor wants me to train myself to get stronger. This is just nothing but a mere assumption. Why would a governor wants a frail looking girl to use a sword. The sword has enchanted gem, but only with those magic will be able to use them. I am magicless, why would they give such high-class weapon? If she had to learn how to use a sword by herself, it would not be that easy. Having mentor would be the best way, but there is no one can take her to be an apprentice, as for now at least. Learning basic movements, through intermediate lessons, then advance techniques¡­ It would probably take her about years to master it without proper training. I definitely need a mentor to do this¡­ Chapter 5.1: Night - Wind Getting farther and farther from the country border, few hours have passed, the sun will now drown to west horizon. The sky will go dark and the land will go danger. Why danger? Earth monsters, aerial monsters will always appear during night time, and she cannot evade those creatures easily. Even their hostility and menacing atmosphere in the distance can be felt. I wonder, will I be able to survive? She is shivering from fear, the chilliness of the forest now began to rise. Was it just the chilliness? Ice monsters may be lurking around the forest, even though this is not their right place to stay. Well, it is only natural to have low temperature during night time.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. - the sun finally conceal itself behind the tall mountain, as the orange light in the horizon remains, soon, that light will turn dark, and the land will now rest. As she walks upon the steep road which leads probably to another civilization, the wind behind her blows her skin. Despite the risk she¡¯ll encounter, she will continue finding a place to stay safe. There are no monsters appearing yet, though, the atmosphere seems to be getting tense. Probably, the monsters were hiding somewhere and waiting for their prey be caught. Few moments later, a soft chilling voice reaches her ears. Whispering from someone who doesn¡¯t seem to be around her. Shrunken leaves are blown away, as wind fortify itself, the grass flattens, and dusts are stirring and soaring above the surface. Puff puff Eeeek! The girl was taken back as the wind seems to become solid that touches her face. The girl closed her eyes for a few seconds and pretended as if nothing happened. She opened her eyes and continue to walk¡­ then again a chilling voice whispers again. It goes saying ¡®You¡­¡¯ She continues to ignore it and keep walking. Chapter 5.2: Night - Ghost ¡®You¡­¡¯ And again¡­ ¡®You¡­¡¯ And again¡­ ¡®You¡­¡¯ Saying the same word over and over, the girl trembles as she tries to maintain her composure. Keeping calm, but unable to do it. Puff puff¡­ And it happened again, something or somene is touching her on face. Then suddenly, a disgusting emergence of a transparent creature appeared in front of her. That actually made her face turn pale, her pupil roll back, and her mouth is wide opened. She was completely shocked and unable to maintain herself from fear. -- floating above the surface, emanating menacing impression that could make anyone to pass out just like this girl who tumbled on the ground. But luckily, she did not pass out, her body seems to unable to move due to unexpected encounter.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. This creature has no yes, its face is rough as rock, the clothing is reaped apart. Few minutes later, the girl regained her strength and temporarily not remember what happened to her, but until she saw ¡®that¡¯ again¡­ ¡°Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!¡± She screamed loudly in a high pitch and echoed through the forest, and unaware that some wild creature may find her easily. This time, she did not turn pale nor tumbled on the ground. What she did is to beg to spare her. ''Please! don''t kill me!'' What she saw just now was a ghost. It keeps saying ¡®You¡¯ over and over¡­ It¡¯s as if the ghost is trying to convey a word to the girl. As the girl realize that, in just one minute, her pulse rate gradually slow down, and became calm. ¡®A¡­ ah¡­ Hello¡­?¡¯ She greeted to the ghost and did not responded as what should not be expected. ¡®You¡­¡¯ The ghost just keep saying you¡­ ¡®What do you want?¡¯ The girl asked. Since the ghost does not respond, the girl just walked and pass through the ghost. And as expected, you cannot touch a ghost. She was amazed by that experience. - the wind once again fortify itself and blow her hair firmly. The girl was taken back a bit by a surprise, and she thought or assumed that the ghost just probably did that to her. Thus, the girl turn around¡­ then unexpectedly¡­ The face of the ghost is in front of her. At the same time, the ghost uttered. Not ¡®you¡¯ but¡­ ¡®Do *you* want to learn sword?¡¯ The ghost talked. The girl, her body stiffened, with a smily lips looking at the face of the ghost turned into widely opened mouth¡­ *blink* *blink* her eyes blinked. Then¡­ followed by¡­ ¡°Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!¡± Another loud scream. Chapter 6: This ghost wants to me learn... ¡°Huh?¡± While once again my body shivers from an unexpected shocker, the ghost was asking me to teach me about sword? Is that even possible? I mean, that thing is a ghost. There is no way a ghost could teach me when ¡°that thing¡± is already dead. The corpse must be somewhere here buried underground. Hmm¡­ Maybe this place had once became a battle field during war last year? ¡°Uhhh¡­ Hello, I am asking you?¡± The ghost is trying to put my attention. ¡°Eeek!¡± Then I screamed again. Uhhh¡­ Please be calm¡­ calm¡­ I take a deep breath¡­. *inhale (sound of sucking air) *exhale (sound of taking out air) I took a deep breath like twenty times¡­ then the ghost speaks again¡­Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°How long are you gonna do that?¡± And finally for my last deep breath, I made myself calm. Opened my eyes, sustaining my composure, then I replied to the ghost. ¡°Ha¡­ho¡­ how are you going to teach me?¡± I asked. Then the ghost replied ¡°Well first thing first, I need you to improve you strength and stamina.¡± Even with that such disturbing appearance, I guess that ghost has some good intentions. However I must still be cautious¡­ ¡°a.. I see, then I¡¯ll do that in the morning¡­¡± I replied. Then the ghost refused about doing it in the morning. ¡°No can¡¯t do, you¡¯ll do it this night¡­¡± Huh? Why is that? The night time is dangerous, many monsters are lurking around this forest. Nothing can protect me against those monsters. ¡°¡­ because if you do it at day time, I wont appear on your sight¡­¡± Makes sense, the ghost can¡¯t stay under the sun¡¯s radiance. ¡°¡­ and you were asleep for five hours this afternoon, right?¡± Oh¡­ I slept that long? I thought I slept for three hours. Sigh, guess I can¡¯t really measure the time I spent after sleeping¡­ Hmm? Wait¡­ hold on¡­ ???!!! ¡°You were¡­ you were¡­ You were there watching me sleeping that time???!!!¡± I was shocked from realization. But how? that can¡¯t be right¡­ It was day time when I slept. ¡°No¡­ like I said, I can¡¯t be staying during day time¡­¡± Huh? That ghost is denying it. Maybe ghost can stay in day time. ¡°I can see you¡¯re not trusting me, not surprising, but let me tell you this¡­ Ghost has the ability to see what were you doing in the past by touching any of your skin¡­ I can also do it in the object as well¡­¡± Uhhh¡­ I see, that ghost is like having psychic ability. If I recall, it¡¯s called Psychometry? I see, so that¡¯s why that ghot is puffing my face. Still, I can¡¯t believe what ghost is saying¡­ However, I really need to learn to fight. Should I trust this ghost? Chapter 7.1: The ghost morphs. A ghost who was asking to train me, gave me a hard time to make a decision. Having knowledge about sword will help me to survive. Fighting strong beasts, monsters, and probably some bandits hunting for their victim. ¡°Have you made up your mind..?¡± The ghost is asking. ¡°Before I make my decision, how long are you going to train me?¡± I was curious of thinking how long will it take to become stronger like one of those swordsmen in the nation of Mirosolis. ¡°Around three weeks¡­ I was planning to train you for four months though¡­¡± Huh?!! That long?!You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. ¡°And we will be doing that only in this forest¡­ Oh, and you don¡¯t have to worry about food, there are many fruits you could find here, and once you learn one basic sword attack move, you¡¯ll be able to slay some wild animals, beasts, or monsters here.¡± ¡°Huh???!! I can eat beasts and monsters?¡± ¡°Of course, they¡¯re quite edible. I¡¯ll be doing the cooking.¡± I see, so I guess, I mean¡­ I can trust this ghost. Despite its disturbing appearance, it looks like I need to endure it. ¡°Hey, I can dicern what you¡¯re thinking of me, if that¡¯s the case¡­¡± Glittering fragment of lights twirl around its body, the looks of the ghost is as well radiating in a dazzling brightness, then burst out as a final process of morphing into another shape. The shape of human¡­ ¡°¡­ I¡¯ll be changing into a human form.¡± The ghost transformed into a handsome looking person. I was very stunned when I looked at his face. Fair looking hair, shiny green eyes, dazzling handsomeness of his face. Observing more of his appearance, I moved my head down and saw a glorious six packs. He is quite muscular. I was unable to move my eyes to other until that ghost speaks¡­ Chapter 7.2: I made my decision.. (...until that ghost speaks, I turn my head facing below his abs and I saw¡­) Ah¡­ Felt like my body froze, my mouth is widely opened and staring at ¡°it¡± for a few seconds. It is hairy though, I saw that two ¡°things¡± hanging¡­ and¡­ and then the¡­ (you get the idea)¡­ Subsequently, my entire face turned red, my eyes is like twirling, and my body heat has risen. And once again, I screamed. The loudest one yet. And I looked back so I wouldn¡¯t see him in that undressed appearance. ¡°PU¡­ PUPUPUPU¡­ PUT SOME GODDAMN CLOTHES ON!!!¡± (¡­ saw him completely naked.) My heart is beating faster than when I was scared that he is a ghost. ¡±Oh¡­ yeah, I forgot that I get naked when I transform, my bad haha¡­¡± He made an excuse while smiling and scratching his head. ¡°JUST HURRY!¡± Few minutes later¡­ ¡°Okay, you may look at me now, May.¡± Then I turned back facing at him wearing a decent clothes. And I sighed after seeing something unsightly. Hmm.. But how does he know my name?This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. ¡­ Ah oh yeah, he can do that psychic ability, I don¡¯t need ask how anyway¡­ ¡°Okay then, tell me your name first before I tell you my answer.¡± I don¡¯t know his name, so I need his name so I could address him with his name. ¡°Hmm¡­ a name, it has been 300 years since I died here so I forgot, uhh¡­ you can call me anything then, just give me a name¡­¡± ¡°Huh?¡± He died here 300 years ago? So he did not die last year. I shouldn¡¯t ask furthermore, I should give him my decision. And as for his name, what shall I name him¡­ It¡¯s hard to come up with a name. Maybe I¡¯ll name him as Swert. ¡°Uhh.. Your name will be Swert¡­¡± The name Swert almost sounds like sword, can he accept that name? ¡°I see, so my name from now on is Swert¡­ It¡¯s a great name¡­¡± He accepted it. Now for my decision. ¡°Swert, I was exiled from the Nation of Mirosolis for not having magic, therefore, I gave up on becoming the strongest Mage in the world. However, that doesn¡¯t mean I can¡¯t make another goal, since my goal was to become the strongest, I want to become the strongest person, surpassing every elite of every nation, every strong mages, and any other. It maybe sounds very ambitious, but I want achieve it no matter what. I want a full excitement, something that will not bore me. I will not use this for anything evil that could lead to devastation. What I really want is to achieve it¡­¡± With that said, once again, I took a deep breath then asked. ¡°Will you be my mentor, Swert?¡± I said too much¡­ will he grant my dream, my goal¡­ will he accept??? Wait¡­ he was the one who asked me first to train me. A moment of silence, then few seconds later¡­ ¡°Fufufu, hahahhahaha!¡± He suddenly burst into laugh, what a stupid f*cking reaction! I shouldn¡¯t have said that long. I was too embarassed, stupid me, stupid me, stupid me!!!! -- ¡°You may be a girl, but you have strong determination. I really like that.¡± Huh? He liked it? ¡°But being the strongest person in the world is something you can only achieve through your own hardwork. I cannot make you the strongest person in the world, but I can give several guides to become one¡­ Therefore, you are now my apprentice.¡± ¡°Since you want to become strong, I¡¯ll extend the period of training from four months to seven months. Are you ready?¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Chapter 8.1: Penalty Crammed with so much people, in a nation bounded with a brick of rigid materials. The nation has four tall mountains in each particular region with one being at the very center of this nation. The nation possesses prosperity, it is one of the best ally of International Association in the realm of humanity. The country leader goes by the name Fren Mirosolis, governs the entire country in a righteous means, protecting every people who lives within the nation, and he loves every people who were born in this country. Except¡­ He doesn¡¯t love or give a damn about Magicless people. So, whenever he met a person who does not possess magic at all, he tortured them privately, sometimes magicless people are being executed, and sometimes being exiled.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. "Not righteous at all" said from people who despise him. Being tortured is the most vindictive penalty, because a person must survive within 30 days of being tortured, if a person happened to endure that long, they are free to go, however not in this nation, but outside. In other words, the person receives freedom through deportation. As for being executed, it¡¯s already obvious. You die, then there¡¯s nothing a dead person can do. The most rare case could happen, is that, a person can be exiled immediately after the Magic Possession Test resulted to [None]. They don¡¯t need to get tortured. However, this penalty is common in one particular province in the nation, because the governor of that province is opposed to the country leader. (This is where May lives). Chapter 8.2: A rare item. ¡°Chief! We have gathered the information, as you requested.¡± ¡°Thank you for your hard work! Let¡¯s start the discussion.¡± The sun rays to the entire nation, the weather is nice, there are few clouds around the sky. Feathers fall from above as pigeons spread their wings and take a flight. Mass number of people in the slum, clattering footsteps through all around. Rays to the window made out of glass, reflecting to the outside and brighthening the inside. Several people were sitting in a luxurious chairs, with a round table in the middle. There are tea cups in the surface, soaring steam from the cup, the aroma of tea comforts the individual. This is where all provincial government representatives gathers when there are conflicts to deal with in their province that also affects other provinces, this is also where they brainstorm and listen to each other opinion, and make a general agreement. Sometimes, the country leader is also joining the discussion whenever he likes it, especially when it is about a serious matter. The representatives who usually come during their union are the governor, vice-governor, and other higher staff in the provincial government.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. So, what were they about to discuss? Anyway, the Chief! Who is speaking in front was none other than the country leader, Fren Mirosolis. ¡°To all representatives, thank you for coming. As you may know, we have found few potential locations where this ¡°things¡± can be found.¡± Proudly speaking. Those ¡°things¡± that he was talking about is an existing item. An item that is so rare, that whoever finds it will acquire immense power and strength. This means, it is an item that boosts magical powers of an individual. However this item is also difficult to endure, as it may kill an individual when touched. A person must have enough mana and streght to endure the excruciating pain it will cause. These ¡°things¡± are called, the Spirit Fragment. Its radiance is visible, it emits tremendous amount of mana when a mage uses detection magic within proximity. It can be either intimidating or approachable. By ¡°intimidating¡±, it means, the Spirit Fragment does not allow an individual of being touched and approached. Unless a person has a great desire that matches what Spirit Fragment requires, or when an individual can endure its frightening atmosphere it creates. By ¡°approachable¡±, it means, anyone can touch it and able acquire its immense mana¡­ Chapter 8.3: He was being warned. All representatives in the meeting were surprised after they found out about the search for Spirit Fragment. ¡°Chief! Are you telling us, that you have been ordering your people to find these Spirit Fragment without us knowing?¡± A shrilling voice coming from a governor while raising his hands. ¡°Yes, is there a problem with that?¡± ¡°Of course, all of us has to know everything.¡± The truth is, Fren Mirosolis ordered his underlings surreptitiously to find the potential locations where these Spirit Fragment could possibly be found. The people in the round table were not aware of it. ¡°I support his opinion Chief, we have a right to know everything before you ordered your people to do this. Keeping that for yourself, all of us may doubt you. The trust you earned from all civilians may protest against you and that include us as well.¡±Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Another individual supports an opinion. Finding a Spirit Fragment is a very serious matter especially when one person knows where it is hidden. Even from an individual who was ordered by the country leader may betray him and use it only for himself. Spirit Fragment is dangerous, it is an item with unknown origin that existed long time ago. And is the reason why Magic becomes widespread, and why such monsters exists. In the history, there are only four Spirit Fragments have found by people. The very first one was found 7000 years ago, that was the time when magic is acquired by a first man who possesses magic. As time passes, the man was married to a woman, and had a children. The children inherited the magical powers of their father. Then as they grow up, they were married as well to others, and their children inherited the magical powers from their parent. Generation to generation, as many years have passed, magic becomes part of human culture. Even though there is no evidence how magic exists, the study and research about the existence of magic still continues even to this era. ¡°Listen! I am going to explain that later¡­¡± Said, Fren Mirosolis in a strident voice. ¡°If that so¡­ you may start, but keeping that hidden from us is something we cannot slide. You may be the country leader, but we have the power to take you down in your position.¡± An individual gave warning. ¡°Yeah, yeah¡­ I hear you¡­¡± said, the coutry leader in a casual manner. Chapter 9: Possible whereabouts. The Mirosolis Nation has four neighboring country. At North, the Raysol Nation, at Northwest, the Stardes Nation, at West, the Struckray Nation, and at South, the Lumiose Nation. There are lands that are unclaimed. The fact is, there are dangerous creatures lurks around, and even at day time, there are monsters suddenly attacking humans before they know it. Unclaimed lands are usually a place filled with many trees, grass, plants, wild monsters and beasts, and humans. As for humans, they are usually travelers, emigrants or person in exile, adventurers, and bandits. Many people were not able to survive in this place properly, that is why, every country has a border with rigid fenses. The fenses are about a hundred meters tall. Most countries were protected by it. Inside the conference room, there are representatives who will join the discussion, and for today, the country leader has requested a meeting inside the National Palace at the very top of the interior structure. There, the meeting is about the possible locations where these Spirit Fragments can be found. The rarest item in the world. Fren Mirosolis, the leader of the Nation, has ordered his people to find these fragments confidentially. Before he does, he studied first how these fragments can be found and taught it to the people he ordered to. Since Spirit Fragment is the rarest item in the world. That whoever touches it will gain the possession of magic. Including the magicless individual will be able to acquire it, and as for an individual who already possesses magic, they will get stronger in a great scale that no one could ever imagine how much it will make a magician powerful and strong. If they succeeded finding one, then, this will the fifth time in the history. The fifth Spirit Fragment discovered. ¡°These four locations emit immense mana in the environment.¡± Said, Fren Mirosolis. The whereabouts of these locations are also a dangerous place, which means, anyone has to risk their lives to obtain it. Other than the emission of intense mana from those location, monsters and beasts were attracted to it, therefore, there are certainly hundreds or thousands of wild creatures that surround the fragment and they may attack humans once they are recognized. ¡°So you¡¯re telling us to use our provincial army to go there with our permission? That¡¯s why you called us for meeting?¡± said in a piercing tone as he stood up.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. The one who said that now was the person who despises leader the most. The provincial governor named Heliray. ¡°Silent!, I know that you hate me the most when it comes to law that I proclaimed by myself, if you despise me that a lot, you may get out of this room and never help us. You shouldn¡¯t really have to come here if you don¡¯t really like me.¡± Said, Fren. ¡°No, I wont leave, I will listen to all of your worst plan.¡± Said, Heliray. ¡°Oh??? You¡¯re not planning to get in our way¡­ are you?¡± said, Fren with an intimidating look. The fight of these two individual made other people to feel uncomfortable and stress. - SLAM!!! One of the representative suddenly slam his hand to the table that made a loud sound and echoed through the hallway. At the same time, everyone looked at him. He was calmly drinking his tea after that, and speaks softly ¡°Will you continue the discussion? This room is not a place for fight, am I right?¡± That person who speaks just now is the spokesperson of the province from the northern region of the nation, his name is Efren. Fren and Heliray both agreed as Efren just made an intimidating look. ¡°Continue¡­¡± said, Efren. ¡°Alright then, where are we?¡± asked, Fren. Continuing the discussion, as the report stated. There are four potential whereabouts of Spirit Fragments, all of them have similar hints. -The four locations have intense mana emission. Check! -The four locations believe to have many monsters and beasts in the surrounding. Check! -The four locations discharges light from perspective above and outside. Check! The first whereabouts is located not too far away from the outside boundary in the northern region. Hearing that statement, Efren has received Fren¡¯s attention. It is also believe that the Spirit Fragment could be somewhere inside the cave of the mountain. Guarded with golems within, and Aerial Beasts from above. The couriers were certain about the location and has high chance where Spirit Fragment is hidden. ¡°In that case, I will gladly give you my permission.¡± Said, Efren. ¡°Huh? Why?!!!¡± yelled, Heliray. ¡°Don¡¯t ask why, and be quiet.¡± Said, Efren. Seeing as the province where Efren governs as spokesperson is at the very northern region of the nation. No wonder why he gladly accepted given that the province was close from that location. Fren smiled at Efren, and grinned towards Heliray. ¡°Hmph!¡± Heliray looked away while pouting. ¡°With that being said, the first possible location is at the northern region. We will continue the discussion about the other three possible locations once we succeeded the first expedition. For now, I¡¯ll be asking for your permission to lend me your army.¡± Even the possibility is high, Fren is certain that the expedition to the Mountain at north will not fail. Everyone agreed to lend their army to the country leader except three representatives did not agree to lend their army. That as well include Heliray. Chapter 10: Working out weirdly. Under the heat of the sunlight, clear sky¡­ Training in the middle of the day at the unclaimed land. A place where my life may end if I become careless. Swert a ghost who transformed into a human being becomes my mentor. He was kind, he gave me a comfortable shelter built out of firm materials, the shelter is also protected by his constant magical spell enchanted to materials used to build. Honestly, that was the very first time I¡¯ve seen someone casts a magic that close to me. When I saw him casting magical spell, there is something familiar about it. What I saw during that time was a floating characters. A writing that is used in my previous life, in the world where I live before. My eyes weren¡¯t blinking when I saw that, and I was gazing at it and felt nostalgic somehow. But anyway, I was really certain about what I saw, but I didn¡¯t see it clearly enough to fill my curiousity. Does magic have to be always performed with those floating characters? -- Woooooshhhh! Air is being blown away as I run swiftly. Warming up, strengthening, working out. These are the things that I¡¯m doing right now to have enough strength to fight monsters and beasts in the future. It is quite exhausting but I had to do it to fulfill my goal. Swert told me that I have to build up my physical strength and stamina by training continuously until I¡¯ve become strong enough to wield a sword. He said to do it within four days before he returns. He also told me to take a one hour break after working out for two hours. Doing this continuously is very tiring. In my previous life, I get exhausted by running in just one minute. But compare to this world, this world has a different way to amplify one¡¯s strength, and the human endurance is extended a lot, it takes me about six minutes to become exhausted even with my frail body. It¡¯s been actually three days since I started. And I feel like I can run faster than before. I can run about 9 meters per second, it is actually not normal if I were to run in my previous life with such exaggerating speed, but it is no longer an exaggeration in this world.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. ¡­there are boulders, I jumped¡­ ¡­there are spiky earth monsters, I evade¡­ ¡­there are trees blocking my way, I turn¡­ Two hours have passed after running without break, I have decided to rest, so I went back to my shelter. My pulserate is high, and I can hear my heart beating. I am covered with sweat, smelling myself sure is gross. The result¡­ I ran in a longer distance than before. My endurance and stamina improved as well. I wonder what will be his reaction when he perform that psychometric skill to me. Hmm? Is his psychometric skill, a magic ? Well, it is not psychic if it is magic. Anyway, I have to eat some carbs¡­ and go back training again after one hour. -- Honestly, am I training alright? Swert never told me about how should I train. The only training I know is how people in my previous life do. Jogging, weightlifting¡­ etchetera etchetera.. Perhaps, he¡¯ll be glad if I did well. He promise that he is going back tomorrow night. I wonder what is he doing this time around. I bet that ghost is hiding somewhere underground. -- An hour later¡­ Yeah, one of the most men doing inside the gym. Buffing up their muscles. As an alternative for dumbell¡­ I¡¯ll just use a firm wooden rod and heavy object such as rocks. Luckily I found two cylindrical shaped rocks two days ago. To find these things sure is a great coincidence. Or is Swert intentionally put those rocks? I also used rope to support the alternative dumbell. -- Lied at the surface of thick and soft mat, lifting the dumbell carefully while counting. 1¡­ 2¡­ 3¡­ Ughh¡­ 42¡­ 43¡­ 64¡­ 65¡­ 70¡­ 80¡­ 90¡­ 98¡­ 99¡­ I am sweating a lot, dripping down to the mat. 100! I threw the dumbell¡­ and rise up. I touched my both my arms, and¡­ it seems my muscles is buffing up little by little. But come to think of it¡­ Isn¡¯t the dumbell getting heavier and heavier everytime I use it? I mean, it was supposed to be getting lighter and lighter as I get stronger¡­? I think, I need to ask him. This is suspicious. Other things I did¡­ Push up, curl up¡­ The rope I used as a support in making dumbell I used it as a jumping rope and jumped 1000 times. --- I know¡­ the training isn¡¯t normal¡­ But this world, the people, or may be every creatures here have that kind of intense strength. Well, that¡¯s what Swert told me, and I believed in him. ¡­ About 36 hours later¡­ The ghost named Swert came back with a surprise. I wasn¡¯t aware of the time when is he going to come back. He touched my shoulder when I was sitting down above the rock, but the hand of his that I saw when I looked to my right shoulder was something scary which made my body stiff and my face turned pale out of surprise. Then a few seconds later¡­. ¡°Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!¡± I screamed again after four days. Instinctively, slapped who was behind me. Chapter 11: I can see them? ¡°Uhhh¡­. You surprised me! Don¡¯t do that!¡± I said. At the same time, his appearance turn into human being. ¡°Hahaha, sorry about that¡­¡± He apologized. Now that he came back, I will stab him with many questions. The level of my curiousity is way higher than anyone else. Seriously, I am the only person in this forest. ¡°Now that you have came back¡­ Did you.. Umph!¡± I was about to ask, then Swert suddenly pat my head and perform his psychometry. ¡°Hmm¡­ hmm¡­ I think you¡¯ve trained well¡­¡± said, Swert. ¡°Is that so¡­?¡± said, I. As Swert continues seeing my past four days, for some reason, he is shaking, and a bit sweating. ¡°Ma¡­ May? Yu¡­ you really did train a lot, huh?¡± said, Swert. Huh? What¡¯s with that face? His eyelid is quivering and he is also smiling bitterly. He didn¡¯t meant it as a compliment, but he was stunned by how much time I¡¯ve spent training continuously. Maybe, I did something wrong? ¡°Sigh, I didn¡¯t expect that, I know that I said you¡¯ll have to train continuously with one hour break every few hours. But I didn¡¯t think you would do it seriously.¡± He didn¡¯t expect what? ¡°What do you mean by that? You mean, the continuous training?¡± said, I. ¡°Yes, but I never thought you¡¯d train that so intense.¡± Said, Swert. Hah! I bet he is thinking, like this ¡®she is unbelievable, she exceeded my expectation.¡¯ Like that hahaha. ¡°Sigh, May¡­ I¡¯ll be teaching you the basics of swinging the sword.¡± Alright! I¡¯ll be learning sword! Ah¡­ But before that, I have to ask many questions. ¡°Umm¡­ Swert, about days ago¡­ Did you secretly intervene when I am training alone?¡± I asked. ¡°No¡­ Why did you ask?¡±A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. He is not lying, then was it coincidence then? Sigh, then I¡¯ll ask different a question then¡­ ¡°Swert, about magic¡­ I saw some kind of familiar characters when I saw your magic¡­¡± When I said that, Swert was surprised and stopped walking after hearing that. ¡°Really? You saw that? I thought you don¡¯t have magic.¡± ¡°Huh? What do you mean by that?¡± ¡°Those character you saw, is something you can never see. You are magicless as you said.¡± *dumbfounded I am magicless, and I don¡¯t feel anything abnormal at all¡­ But, he said that those characters is invisible to all magicless individual? Am I special? ¡°Are you sure? You don¡¯t have magic?¡± said, Swert. ¡°I don¡¯t, but why?¡± I responded and asked. ¡°Let me cast a detection spell.¡± Swert began casting a spell called Detection, it is also called Search Spell for wide range. His body began to radiate, dazzles in an overflowing pure white aura. He holds my palm with his right hand. The light of magic flows through my palm then to my arms, to my shoulder, and in the blink of an eye, my body bursts with white aura. It¡¯s like I possesses magic. I felt like it really is, this feeling, I think¡­ ¡°No you don¡¯t¡­¡±, said, Swert in blunt tone. Eh??? ¡°You don¡¯t possess magic at all¡­¡± ¡°Huh????????!!!¡± But why am I shining? Wasn¡¯t that magic? It is my magic right? ¡°It isn¡¯t your magic, it¡¯s mine. I just have to fill your body with mana to link up and connect to your very own core.¡± The mana core is located inside the human body, attached next to a person¡¯s heart. ¡°A mana core?¡±, I am curious as I don¡¯t know what it means. ¡°Well, it is where most of mage¡¯s mana stored. That is why, a mage tends to protect their chest where their mana is suppressed inside.¡± He also told me that if the core is exposed, their entire body will explode. Like a self-destruction or suicide. But like he said, I don¡¯t possess mana at all. The only thing he finds weird is that I can see those characters floating. Even when he casted his detection spell on me, I saw it forming in front of me. I see it clearly now as I look back. Those characters¡­ those characters are¡­ actually forming a statement! I keep saying characters¡­ ughh those words like¡­ var ¨C It means variable eventFlow ¨C well, I never saw this EventFlow, But I¡¯ll assume it is a command or what makes magical spell form its appearance like an animation. ¡°May?? May¡­?¡± While I am excited about realizing these stuff now, Swert saw me as if I am overjoyed. ¡°Uhh¡­ ahhh Swert, sorry¡­¡± ¡°Hmm? You look happy just now.¡± ¡°No it¡¯s nothing.¡± --- But then again, I don¡¯t have magic. Sigh, this is the worst. And there¡¯s no doubt about it, what I saw is actually Programming Codes! ¡°Listen May, what you just saw is called Language of Magic¡­ Tough I don¡¯t understand those symbols, but it appears when I cast magic spell. Think of it as my words being translated to that language.¡± They call it Language of Magic?... Does he understand those characters? Wait¡­ Wait¡­ Looking back, I¡¯ve come to realize, This world has different writing system. Come to think of it, I don¡¯t even know how to write¡­ I¡¯ve seen several symbols written in the signs, papers¡­ but I never understood them. Ahh damn Why now??? Huh??? Chapter 12.1: It jumped off from my face. Two days have passed already after that ghost returned. Today, I am practicing few of the several moves of sword. 1¡­ 2¡­ 3¡­ 4¡­ 24¡­ 25¡­ 67¡­ 102¡­ 189¡­ 240¡­ Counting uninterruptedly, swinging my sword 1000 times every hour. Concurrently, I don¡¯t even know how depressed I am after finding out about that Language of Magic. See that???! Huh???! It is all about programming. And I became a game developer in my previous life, how can someone like me who has great knowledge about programming but not possessing magic? I¡¯ve been like this since Swert told me about it. Is there a way to achieve magic? I can¡¯t stop thinking about it. I gave up on being the strongest mage, but why??????!!! Why am I being like this?!The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Well, I know, I am well aware that I am very very very frustrated right now. I¡¯ve become wild at training. And I should let you know, I¡¯ve been swinging this sword about 13000 times within two days. This is my special talent in my previous life, I can easily adapt things perfectly¡­ Not perfect¡­ but almost haha. Ah¡­ that has nothing to do with my training, right? Well, technically haha. Before Swert left again, leaving me with some notes which I pretended that I couldn¡¯t understand the writings. Those wavy strokes of every symbols are hard to understand¡­ I can only decode the writings in my previousl life. --- - a sounding coming from the bush¡­ ¡°Wooah¡­.¡± And I am bit flustered with that. What¡¯s behind that bush? - suddenly, a creature that I don¡¯t know jumped off above and is about to fall above me. Seeing in a slowmo, I see a tail, fluffy furs, adorable ears, shining cerulean eyes¡­ ¡°Is.. is that a bunny????¡± It¡¯s so cute!!! As soon as it falls down, I raised hands and extended my arms to catch it. ¡°Come here!!! I¡¯ll catch ya!¡± As it gets closer, unfortunate things happen. ¡°awwchhh!¡± The bunny fell into my face and hopped again jumping to another direction. AHHHH! My face! it bled! I didn''t know, that adorable bunny has sharp claws on its four deadly feet. Chapter 12.2: Fear ¡°Awtch!!! My face is bleeding! It hurts!¡± When the bunny-like creature hopped from the bush to my face, it scratched my cheeks and brows causing it to bleed continuously. I laid both of my hands to my face to stop my blood from coming out. But honestly, the eyes of that creature sure is beautiful. It was like a sapphire that when I looked at them, it feels like I am seeing the beauty of the blue nightsky. The radiance coming from the moon reflects on them. After it hopped to my face, it ran somewhere behind the trees. I cannot find that creature since this forest is too vast to explore, therefore, chances of me getting lost from where I am is high. -- Several minutes later¡­ Swert returned. ¡°I¡¯m ba--¡­¡±. He appeared close in front of me and stopped uttering when he saw my face covered with reddish liquid. ¡°Uhh?? What happened to you?¡±, he asked. ¡°Well, some kind of wild bunny-like creature hopped into my face and scratch it.¡±, I responded. His body reacted for a second as if he was surprised, but then replied. ¡°Sigh, come here¡­¡± Swert asked me to come closer, then suddenly, he extended his arms and aimed his hand to me. His palm is slowly scorching in a bluish green light, the white glittering particles spread out from his hand and stirring itself around, and then as its radiance goes brighter¡­ Whoosh! ¡°Pain, pain go away!¡±, Swert¡¯s childish magic words. The bluish green light and the glittering particles have let off to my face. My wounds were glowing. The glittering particles attaching to my skin and dazzle as if it fixes my face, my wound slowly closing up. Few seconds later¡­ A chantless magic casted by Swert healed my wounded face. Just like before, I saw it again. The floating characters appearing in his palm. This time, it was very clear. I saw those programming codes clearly! -- ¡°a.. Amazing!!.. you healed my face!!¡± I said. Swert constantly stares at me and making me uncomfortable as I jumped from amazement. ¡°Wa¡­ what?¡± I am curious why is he staring at me. ¡°You said¡­ a bunny-like creature, hopped into your face?¡± He asked. ¡°Yeah¡­ that¡¯s what I saw, I can clearly remember it.¡± I responded. Then he asked about its appearance. ¡°May I ask what that creature looks like in detail.¡± ¡°Uhh.. It has white soft looking fur, adorable ears¡­ But the first thing I notice was its eyes beautiful as sapphire gem, reflecting from light of the moon from the sky.¡± I said. ¡°Eyes as beautiful as sapphire gem? You sure likes to talk non-familiar words, huh?¡± ¡°Ehh???¡± Must be because the word sapphire isn¡¯t a thing in this world, maybe it has different name. ¡°We.. well, it¡­ it.. it was blue! Haha.¡± Wait¡­ why am I acting like this? Well, I know I am hiding the fact that I was reincarnated. But wasn¡¯t he supposed to know about my previous life? He performed his psychometric ability on me, after all¡­If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Perhaps, he can only see my past in this world? If it was not, then he should have mention or asked about it before. I¡¯ve been training for almost a week¡­ oh well. Well, going back to the topic, why did he asked for the appearance of that adorable looking creature? Looking at him, I can assume he is figuring something out. Visualizing the appearance of that creature just like how I describe it. But why is he not using that psychometric ability on me to know the detail? ¡°Umm¡­ Swert, you can use that ability of yours by touching my head..¡± I said. ¡°No¡­ you know what¡­ let¡¯s forget about that..¡± Eh??? Then what¡¯s the point of asking the detail? Swert happily smiled when he said that, then he went to the shelter to prepare cooking for my dinner. -- During dinner, he asked me about the sword. The sword that the governor gave to me. I haven¡¯t take my sword out of my magic bag, but I can still remember how that sword looks. It¡¯s a high-class weapon, with an Enchanted Gem attached to it. ¡°Oooh¡­ Interesting, may I appraise your sword?¡± ¡°Hmm? Why? Well, okay after I eat¡­ This sword is actually very very heavy, If I remember correctly.¡± ¡°Huh? But your strength had already improved a lot, actually it was beyond my expectation that you were able to enhance your strength and stamina within six days. You were very frail from the start, but now, I have nothing to say.¡± Is he¡­ flattering me? But¡­ right, I realize¡­ Why didn¡¯t I took out the sword that the governor gave me? Right, the sword that I used for training was the ordinary one. If I lift that high-class sword now¡­ ¡°May, I am going to find something..¡± He uttered while I am deep thinking. ¡°Find what exactly, you haven¡¯t seen my sword personally¡­¡± ¡°That¡¯s fine, I¡¯ll see your sword later.¡± -- An hour later¡­ Ugh¡­ ughmph¡­ Dark sky, moonless night¡­ Is that¡­? ¡°Wait!?? When did I get here? Where am I?¡± Baffled, when I woke up, I found myself lying in the middle of the road facing up looking to the starless sky. The chilling wind blows my skin, the atmosphere here is somehow a bit tense. I stood up while I¡¯m still mystified, there are fog around. Even with the moonless and starless night sky, mass number of shining fragments lit up the land fairly. But how and when did I get here? Oh yeah, I remember¡­ I was having a dinner while talking about the high-class sword with Swert. And then he left at a time because he wanted to find something. - two cerulean lights illuminate the fog around. It was bright as the moon before¡­ Somehow, I still don¡¯t get it¡­ Where¡¯s the moon? I saw the moon shines the land brightly about an hour ago. The two cerulean lights move at the same time, getting closer and closer. For some reason those lights were familiar. As that lights get closer, I can see it clearly¡­ The white¡­ -Is that¡­ ?? Right!!! It¡¯s the adorable bunny-like creature that scratched my face before! I knew I¡¯ve seen those eyes before. But when I saw those eyes again, I feel calm, the atmosphere around changed instantly. The surrounding is soothing, I¡¯ve never felt this pleasuring sensation before. I can breathe conformtably and I can rest without any problems. ¡°Come here¡­¡± I sit to the ground and give my hands. -- but then, the bunny-like creature¡­ its beautiful cerulean eyes burst into me and changed its color. The pleasant ambiance of those eyes immediately turned into extreme discomforting bloody-red eyes. I can¡¯t control myself, my anxiety¡­ My body suddenly tensed up¡­ -- Howling, hissing¡­ every wild monsters are making noise. I hear them. They give off hostility. The trees are withering, the plants are dying¡­ and the sky¡­ - and the sky¡­ the sky¡­ is turning red like a blood. My body shivers from extreme fear¡­ I can¡¯t get out of this nightmare¡­ -- - the ground is tremoring, I can feel it¡­ from afar, I see many red eyes glaring at me, they were charging towards me¡­ Few seconds later, an unknown voice whispers to me. It was not Swert¡¯s voice, it¡¯s different, the voice is also discomforting and ominous. It goes saying ¡°You-are-going-to-die¡± - the fog around turned into black, I turn around saw someone¡­ While extremely shivering, unable to move my body so I dropped myself to the ground, as seeing that person when I turn around¡­ That man, I¡¯ve seen him before¡­ That symbol(logo), that coat, that pants, those shoes, and that mask. They¡¯re all black. He¡¯s holding a knife¡­ ¡°u, u,u,u, you you.. ar¡­.are¡± I am unable to speak properly. But I know, I know that man¡­ Then again he repeated those words ¡°You-are-going-to-die¡± -- The shaking ground is getting stronger and stronger as those mosters are running towards me. I can¡¯t move my body, this always happen when I am encountering fearsome incident. - the monsters glaring with pure bloody-eyes jumped and falling above me. The man suddenly vanished¡­ but appeared instantaneously near me. He teleported. How¡­ I am going to¡­ The man raised his left hand clenched holding his knife and aiming at me, at the same time when those monsters are about to ¡­ This¡­ this can¡¯t be happening¡­ a..a¡­a I don¡¯t wanna¡­. No, I don¡¯t wanna die¡­. No¡­ No¡­ No¡­ NO¡­ NO NO NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! [---------] ¡°NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!¡± Eyes snapped open, lifted my chest, profusely sweating, heart pounding, shivering extremely, paranoid. I looked around to see my surrounding. I was in my bed when I woke up. The sun beams through the window as it rises up from east horizon. Twirping bird, butterflies around the flowers outside, fresh air with the wind coming here inside this shelter. I looked at my palm and still shivering, that fear from my nightmare might have followed me. It¡¯s like everything happened realistically. For a moment I can¡¯t speak properly, I can¡¯t do it but to shiver, cuddling myself, and crying with brimming tears. .. .This is fear Chapter 13: Expedition Part I: Fren and Heliray The gathering of those who have powers to clear huge obstacles in their way are aligned in vast flat ground. Elites, well-trained units, and representatives, wearing with an inflexible armor that shines splendidly when the light rays on them. All of them were getting ready to go on a roll, taking expedition towards outside of the nation from the northern region. One of the biggest mountain that surrounds the nation was this sacred mountain located not too far from northern Province of Nortolis. The province of Nortolis is the Mineral Capital of the nation, and the second richest province in the entire country. Vendors outside as seen by many people on the sidewalk selling shiny products. Enchanted Gems that are worth pile of gold coins, Weapons where metals are made of such expensive materials such as mithril and pure iron and were as well made by professional blacksmith, glimmering products such as rings, bracelets, and necklace for lovely couples, and the refreshing environment where almost all people in this province always put smile on their face for everyone. But at this day, the province is in the midst of army gathering. People avoid going outside, but that¡¯s only on the certain area, only those who gets the wrong idea about the gathering thinking that the provincial government prohibits people from going outside their home, as a result, they get frighthen to what might happen. About ten thousand units gathered in one place, they were all mages from different province. As Fren Mirosolis requested about lending an army, all governor agreed to it. But there are three individuals in the meeting who were declining the request. Well, it is a request, after all. Not an order, therefore, they have the right to decline. Obviously one of them is Heliray, the provincial governor of the Eastolis Province. Ever since the discussion concluded for the first expedition, he has been investigating Fren thouroughly, surreptitiously, without getting caught. -- Inside the glorious palace, below near pillar that supports the upper ground, Heliray is rushing in to meet Fren and to convince him to stop his doing. ¡°Fren! Stop this! You should not risk the army just to get that fragment!¡± Heliray exclaimed in a stridentent tone. However Fren did not agree to him. ¡°Heliray, as a leader of the country, I will bring this country to a much greater place than it is today, just as I promised to our decease father.¡± He responded in a serious tone of his voice while getting ready to the expedition, wearing his enchanted mithril armor and an insignia symbolizes the prosperity of the country. Fren is the eldest son of the former Country Leader named Helfren Mirosolis, with his rebellious brother, the second son of the former Country Leader, Heliray Mirosolis, who is absolutely against his brother¡¯s idea, to this present, both were in bad terms. His older brother truly desires the Spirit Fragment not because he really wanted the country to gain its prosperity, power, and unique resources, but because he wanted to gain power to take over. Conquering is what he always wanted. That what¡¯s Heliray thinks. Ever since childhood, both of them were in good terms. Heliray is a year younger, both were born in the same day but different year. Fren who is always have been playing with his younger brother about game that he come up with, had stumbled upon the library. Countless books, selection of fictional stories, histories, and learning books. It was a fictional short story entitled Conquer. One thing about this book is that there is no author attributed to it, which makes the author a legend. Part II: Discovered Information about the past, present, and future. Prophecy that reveals the conclusion. Facts and deep meaning of every things that are presented and written. This is where, the place packed with books containing important matters and information that give significance to those who uses them. The National Library of Mirosolis. Situated inside the vast interior structure of the palace. 22 years ago, two kids were playing hide and seek, they are the children of the former leader named Helfren Mirosolis. The name of those children are Fren and Heliray. Fren is first child of the family, while Heliray is the second. As the two of them play, having fun together, Fren accidentally discovered the sacred Library, the place is supposed to be off-limits to those people who never receive permission to get inside, but during this time, no one is guarding the door, and it is not closed properly. Fren is finding a place where to hide, and he chose the library as a location to veil himself so his little brother won¡¯t be able to find him easily. But then, Fren found a book laid on the floor, and the book is opened. The book probably fell from the bookshelf because it was not tucked properly. Fren approached the book because he seems to be interested in it, from distance, he can see the page of a book with a picture of a man dressed in a marvelous armor, the man in the picture also wears a crown, depicting that this man is a ruler. The brilliance from the upper-right corner of the picture rays to him, the shiny fragment attached to the middle of his crown is radiating, the man is also holding the handle of the sword while concealed the blade inside the covering. Below him are people who were probably praising him because of his greatest achievement in the past, but who knows? Fren reached the book opened. Fren is actually well-educated despite his age, he can read what¡¯s written. Below the picture, the name of the man is written in a thick lettering, below it are the paragraphs that tell who is the man in the picture, how much he had achieved, and everything about him. He took the book and read, then go to another page to read further. Few moments have passed, he had forgotten about playing hide and seek with his little brother. Way too focused, reading the book.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. He flip back the book and read its cover, the book was entitled Conquer. A fictional book with no author attributed to it [author unknown]. Enthralled the moment he read the first five paragraph of the story, and he continues. Meanwhile, Heliray was done in counting, it was now the time to find where his older brother was hiding. The palace is big, the interior structure is enormous. Statues, chisseled pillars, and paints, a well designed walls and supports. There are number of places to hide, so finding his older brother would be difficult, but Heliray knows several hiding spot inside the palace, they never decided the rule about not hiding in far places, but Heliray have already explored every places in the palace. Well, except¡­ those guarded places, like the library, armory, and alchemy laboratory. Part III: Death of their Father ¡°What did you say!?¡± A piercing and unpleasant tone of voice, yelling very loud and reverberated, a man enrages as he found out that the library was left unguarded and the worst thing is, it was left opened and someone came inside. Followed by thud by his clenched hand knocking the wooden table consequently after finding out who intruded the library. ¡°Fren? You mean my son?!!! Damn!¡± Shocked, even his child should never come inside the library. The place is either sacred or cursed because when someone came inside and touched any kind of book, they will remain attached to it for many days, months, or possibly years and decades. Convincing someone who had been cursed to let go of the book will be the hardest thing to do, that is why, the library is always guarded for many years. Fren Mirosolis is the son of leader Helfren Mirosolis, he is well-mannered and well-educated. Finding a spot where he can hide from his brother, he found a door unguarded and left opened, you could see a glimpse of light inside of that room raying to the other side. He came inside and was stunned by what he saw, thousand of books were stored in the bookshelves. He found a book laid on floor, entitled Conquer which basically means to take control or to rule. He was attached to it the moment he touched the book and fascinated after reading the first five paragraphs. -- ¡°Fren!!!¡± A man made a clattering sound, swiftly opened the door, and came inside the library shouting his son¡¯s name. He came in too late, now seeing his child is already reading the book. The eyes of the child became reflectless, even with the brightness coming through the window, his mind is focused into the book, even with the loud sound made by his father, his ears couldn¡¯t hear it, distraction would have no effect on him. His father decided to carry him with his both arms while the child holding the book remains, he went outside the library and ordered the guard to lock the door and guard it carefully. Going upstairs, he bump into with his second child Heliray who has been wandering around the palace to search for his brother. As they met, he found Fren. ¡°Haha! There you are, Found you! I win!¡± Victorious smile and jumping out of joy, but after looking to his older brother¡¯s eye, he was taken back. Fren¡¯s eyes were frighthening, anyone who would dare look at his eyes would shake from fear. Then after that, his father brought him to his bedroom and left him locking the door from outside. -- 3 hours later¡­ Helfren Mirosolis returned back to his child¡¯s room. He unchained the door and unlocked it, and then, gradually pushing the door inside, a menacing atmosphere has filled the room. Three hours ago, he let him off to the bed while reading the book, now the child is on the floor continuously reading, and releasing more dark aura. ¡°F..Fre¡­ Fren?¡± Shaking, unable to move his own body. His knee meet the floor as the atmosphere suffocates him. His child, for the first time, turn his head looking at his father with a frighthening eyes, his surrounding is filled with dark magic. As his father continuously being suffocated, he coughed and simulataneously the blood came out of his mouth, flowing down to his jaw and dripping to the floor. His flesh is being destroyed, his mana core is being taken away. His son stood up and walk towards his father, extending his right arm to reach him¡­ but¡­ Cannot contain it... his father¡¯s chest is radiating and trembling intensely¡­ until then¡­ Splatter! Blood splashed everywhere, Fren¡¯s face is covered with blood, the chain, the floor, the door, the carpet¡­ and everything within his father¡¯s proximity, there¡¯s blood everywhere. The mana core of his father exploded. Part IV: The Start ¡°I will bring this country to a much greater place than it is today¡­¡± Says Fren in a proudly tone of voice. When the body bursts and the blood splattered all over the place, the last words was conveyed to him. -- All units are aligned, flags are raised above. In a wide zone located nearly at the edge of the country, seeings as all mages wearing a shiny pure enchanted silver armor that reproduces light towards somewhere. With the insignia attached on their right arms symbolizing the country¡¯s potency.] The sacred mountain from Northern Region of Mirosolis Nation is an unapproachable place where most people who stepped upon the line of risk get eradicated, this day, thousand of units are deployed to trek through. The first thing to do as the leader orders is to clear the way. There are no route to get there, most of the route are too narrow to get through by thousand units, thus, they will have to make a bigger one by cutting trees, shoveling the ground, and blocking some riverpath ahead. Well, of course, they are not going to use inefficient methods such as using regular tools, but they can use tools if those are enchanted or there are enchanted gem attached to it, it could be very helpful and fast. Some units may not need to go through because they are skilled at using Flying Magic, a top-class magic skill. It¡¯s a skill that is ¡°hard to learn¡± or ¡°pain in the butt to acquire¡±¡­ something like that. But that doesn¡¯t mean they are not going to help people who were dealing with obstacles on the ground, they will help as well by telling them the right way, what will be there ahead, and what awaits them. As all of this were now the best strategy to deal with obstacles according to Fren Mirosolis, his brother yelled at him to stop his doing. Heliray predicted some of the worst case scenario that will likely to happen when the expedition will take place in the mountain. The mountain has a neverending period of making an earthquake with great magnitude that also affects the environment within proximity, part of the report says that there are holes in some area. It is unlikely to be just a normal cave, in fact, some of those were newly formed. Possibly some small dangerous creatures created those holes or it could be a magma leaking out. If they are in the mountain already, they will encounter falling debris as earthquake occurs. Heavy rocks, spiky objects will be deadly for the units once those falling objects come contact with the units with intense force. However, Fren Mirosolis thought of him as na?ve, saying ¡°Are you underestimating the army?¡±. Fren says that with confidence and pride, Heliray is a doubtful person, scared of seeing people die in front of him, and afraid of getting blamed. What can you do for a na?ve individual? They need experience to learn and overcome things they fear. Followed by those intimidating fulsome words, Fren also tells him a tip of the reason why he¡¯s doing all these. ¡°I am sure that you are thinking, this all began when I read that book 22 years ago, and that book might be the cause of all of these. But you¡¯re wrong.¡± Heliray really did think of that as of now, but one thing he didn¡¯t understand, if it wasn¡¯t because of the book, then what? ¡°Then what?!¡± Heliray exclaimed. Maintaining the composure, splendidly wearing his luxurious attire for expedition, he replied to the point¡­ ¡°It¡¯s because, it¡¯s a promise I made for our father. Finding the Spirit Fragment is what have been his goal for many years until he died. The curse that tainted me that time had gone the moment my tears shed out from my eyes after what I witnessed in front of me. It is my fault why he died, so it¡¯s only fair if I do this for him.¡± -- The last words left for him ¡°Lead the country Fren, find the Spirit Fragment and bring this country to a greater place.¡± A voice spoken from the last glow of the shattered core.