《The World of Thera!》 Chapter One: Awakening in the forest, Summoned Succeeded ¡°.¡­..ake¡­.p¡± I heard a voice while I feel someone shaking me. It¡¯s kinda annoying really can¡¯t they see I¡¯m sleeping here? ¡°Anton¡­¡­wak¡­..up..¡± I heard the voice again, by the way my back hurts, it¡¯s like I¡¯m laying down on the ground. What¡¯s going on? I opened my eyes and I saw a girl you could say she¡¯s pretty, Her hair seems to disheveled and clothes is full of dirt. She¡¯s my classmate her name is Angel Baker,15 years old and she is my childhood friend. As I looked around I found my other classmates waking up while the others trying to wake up their friends, but there is one thing I don¡¯t understand how the heck did we get here. I mean we¡¯re in the middle of the forest! ¡°Oww..¡± I wince as I tried to get up, Angel helped me and I¡¯m thankful for that, ¡°Angel.¡± ¡°What?¡± She replied, looking at me I could tell she¡¯s afraid and confused. ¡°Do you know what happened?¡± I asked as I took a deep breath trying to calm myself down. ¡°No, all I know that after our teacher left the classroom a bright light suddenly appeared¡­. after that I can¡¯t remember a thing¡­.¡± Angel said with a wavering voice, she¡¯s scared I need to do something about this, I treat her as my little sister even though we¡¯re the same age, I know it¡¯s weird but don¡¯t judge. ¡°Anton¡­ d-do you think we-- Ow..¡± I cut her off by flicking her forehead and I said. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, worrywart. Everything is going to be alright, believe me.¡± She looked at me and smile. Most of our classmates are awake most of their expressions are confused and afraid, honestly if we weren¡¯t in a group most of them would go insane. I mean what would you feel if you suddenly wake up in an unknown place with no one familiar next to you, would you still be laughing like it¡¯s nothing? Fortunately the sun is still up but the only problem is how do we get out of this forest we could just walk straight ahead without planning but that would be stupid there¡¯s a great chance we could get lost besides we knew nothing about this place. As I keep thinking on how we arrive at this place. Maybe we were kidnap and they throw us in the middle of the forest? As far as I remember there are no forest near from our school hmmmmm¡­¡­ so that means it would be safe to say that we are far away from our school but how do they even carry 30 teenagers including me from our school to here? A helicopter?¡­My head is aching ughhh¡­ If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. Angel looked at me then she giggled and said ¡° You know, your face is cute when your thinking too hard Anton.¡± Me? Cute? I glared at her playfully. ¡°I¡¯m not cute! I¡¯m handsome!¡± I puffed my chest proudly while smiling at her. ¡°Yeah, yeah I know you are so handsome.¡± Angel said while looking at me smiling. ¡°See at last you finally acknowledge that I¡¯m¡­.wait your being sarcastic are you?¡± I said while looking at like she¡¯s a criminal pointing my finger at her with a shock expression. She smiled and said, ¡° Try to guess. ¡° while walking towards where are classmates gather. ¡° You¡­. *haah*¡± I sighed as I looked at her at least she calmed down but I¡¯m still worried, I hope nothing bad will happen. In the outer part of the forest you would see a four broad, square towers dominate the sky line of this massive castle and are connected by big, wide walls made of dark brown stone. Ornate windows are scattered generously across the walls in a seemingly random pattern, along with same-sized holes for archers and artillery. A great gate with thick wooden doors, a draw bridge and a moat guards a tranquil city within this extinguished volcano, but it''s not the only way in, which fortunately only very few know. Fields of nothingness stretch out outside the castle, allowing to see people coming far before they pose a threat. This castle is relatively new, but so far it stood its ground with ease and it''ll likely do so for ages to come. In the throne room one would see the magnificent braziers encompassing each of the sixteen marmoreal columns light up the lower levels of the throne hall and cover the hall in warm oranges and dancing shadows. The intricate and symmetrical design patterns on the bowed ceiling dance in the flickering light while sculptures and statuettes look down upon the obsidian floor of this majestic hall. A maroon rug runs from the throne to the doors and is matched by smaller ones on either side of the hall while rounded banners with emblazoned tips dangle gently from the walls. Between each banner stands a tall candle, some of them have been lit and in turn illuminate the artistic depictions of late royal family members below them. Grand windows are framed by curtains colored the same maroon as the banners. The curtains have been adorned with jewels and impressive needlework. A sublime throne of bronze sits behind a lavish gate of gilded wood and is adjoined by two equally lavish seats for esteemed guests. The throne is covered in gilded carvings and fixed on each of the elegant armrests is a sculpted dragon with mesmerizing rubies. The broad pillows are a dark maroon and these too have been adorned with adorned fringes. Those awaiting to be heard by their royal highness can do so on the many opulent, albeit uncomfortable brass benches, all of which are facing the center of the hall. Those of higher standing can instead take seat in the rather ordinary looking balustrades facing the benches below. Knock Knock Knock ¡°Come in.¡± A voice resounded through the room, in no time the door opened and a man came in walking with a straight posture to the end of the room. As he reached to front of the he saw an middle-age man sitting down on a bronze throne, he stopped and bow down while saying. ¡°Your Majesty.¡± ¡°What is it? Dillum¡± The King replied uninterested, without looking at the man. ¡°It¡¯s about the summoning, Your Majesty.¡± Dillum said without changing his expression, The King looked at him and sigh. ¡°Did it fail¡­again?¡± The King asked, expecting Dillum would say yes. ¡°No, Your Majesty. It succeeded.¡± ¡°Good, good, good, hahahaHaHaHAHA!¡± The King rejoiced he was indeed happy, he tried but end failing a lot of times but when he heard they succeeded he felt like he is being freed by a big burden. He regain his posture and asked ¡°So, where are the summoned ones?¡± ¡°Your Majesty, the summoned ones are in the forest of Ethylicus.¡± Dillum answered immediately and added. ¡° Worry not, Your Majesty I ordered some guards to bring the summoned ones to the castle.¡± ¡°Then, I shall not worry about it. The casualties?¡± The King asked seriously, looking at the eye of Dillum, it looks like his passing a message through their gaze. ¡°A near million, Your Majesty.¡± Dillum answered impassively. ¡°Hmmmm, I see¡­. you¡¯re dismissed¡± Dillum responded accordingly and went outside the throne room. The King thought Finally it is time as he smiled nobody knows what is he thinking. Chapter Two: My Life, Who are they? William¡¯s PoV ¡°Will, where are we?¡± One of my classmates, Alliana asked me, she¡¯s the tenth of my classmates who asked me the question that even I don¡¯t know the answer. ¡°I don¡¯t know, from what I gathered by questioning our classmates they answered that all they remember is a bright light then next to that nobody knows.¡± I answered her nonetheless, and added ¡° Don¡¯t worry, just try to calm down and enter a group of your friends, I¡¯m finding a way to get out of the forest. ¡°Un¡± She nodded and went to her friends, as Alliana leave me I sigh tiredly. ¡°Will, even though your the representative of our class you don¡¯t have to push yourself hard, your still a student I bet your scared right now aren¡¯t you?¡± I feel a hand touched my shoulder, I didn¡¯t turn back and I answered. ¡°I know Jane, but they need something to lean on.¡± I heard Jane sigh, but I didn¡¯t pay attention to it, Its my responsibility as a representative of the class, why cant she understand that? William Ace Grey, my family or the Grey family has a lot of expectation to me as the son of my father since he had done some great things like becoming the best doctor or a Neurosurgeon if your not familiar with it, this is the definition: A Neurosurgeons operate on the human brain and body to treat and cure diseases affecting the nervous system and brain stem. They work to alleviate symptoms from serious brain illnesses that cause patients a great deal of physical and emotional pain. And my family expect me to follow my father¡¯s footsteps or even exceed him, and it is hard as going to heaven itself. That¡¯s why I enrolled in our school, it has a STEM curriculum, meaning our priorities in learning are Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. All of our us are geniuses well most are I don¡¯t know about Antonio, his stupid sometimes and sometimes not, his grade are all 85% it doesn¡¯t increase nor decrease. He has a dark and lustrous hair, like a fine hardwood. But that comparison isn''t entirely fair, I suppose. Hardwood doesn''t swish gently like his hair does, swaying with the words he speaks. A shiny varnish catches merely light around it, but the depths of that deep chestnut brown reflected all the radiance of his smile. The smartest of all our class is Angel Pledge Baker, while I am the representative for the boy, Angel is representative for the girls, her appearance? She has silky-black, shoulder-length hair slightly reveals a worried yet confused face. Glistening gemstone green eyes, set buried within their sockets, as she watch cautiously around the forest, there''s something wonderful about her, perhaps it''s her attitude or perhaps it''s simply her good will. But nonetheless, people tend to become her friend, while secretly admiring her. Speaking of her, she¡¯s coming here with Antonio¡­ ¡°Antonio, Angel everything okay?¡± I called out to them, they walked closer to me. ¡°Yes William we¡¯re okay, how about our classmates? Are all of us here?¡± Antonio answered, to be honest I was expecting he would say something sarcastic or stupid or laugh like an idiot. We¡¯re not enemies nor I¡¯m angry at him I always¡­no we, our classmates always thought that Antonio can¡¯t be serious or reliable because in class he seems to be an air headed and an easy going guy but it seems we were wrong. ¡°Our classmates are okay, all of us here. Antonio any ideas how we came here?¡± I asked hoping to get an answer. ¡°We were abducted by aliens.¡± He answered, and there goes my respect for him, it seems we were right about him being an idiot. I heard Angel giggled and said. ¡°I see, so we know now where the bright light comes from.¡± Angel decided to play along with him. Veins popped at my forehead as they speak. ¡°Maybe we were experimented and our memories were erased.¡± Antonio said nodding and smiling like a had a great breakthrough. Another veins popped at my forehead. ¡°Un-hun and then they threw us at the forest when they were finished.¡± Angel added as soon as Antonio finished. I had enough of it! ¡°You guys! Be serious we don¡¯t know where in the world are we and you two keep talking about aliens!¡± I shouted at them angrily.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. ¡°H-hey c-calm down William, The first thing to do when your in an unknown place is to calm down, I thought you knew that as the representative of our class.¡± Antonio said innocently while smiling. Is he trying rile me up because its working perfectly! ¡°Yeah, yeah! Anton¡¯s right Will, you need to calm down.¡± Angel said supporting Antonio, I think Antonio is a bad influence to Angel what happened to girl who is reliable and serious when Antonio was not in our class she seems to distance herself but when Antonio transferred into our class, she had change big time, I don¡¯t know what their history though, they don¡¯t really tell about themselves. ¡°Its very amusing to watch get annoyed you know?¡± I feel a hand cling over my shoulder. I swatted the hand away looked at the person beside me. He has a blonde, short hair. Pure hazel eyes looking at me with mischief while smirking at me. ¡°Don¡¯t touch me, Nick.¡± I glared at him, but he ignored me and he walked to his group. ¡°How rude.¡± I mumbled as I looked at Antonio I was about to say something when we heard a sound of the leaves being stepped on. Scratch! Scratch! ¡°What¡¯s that? Did you hear it?¡± Antonio said, while looking around for the cause of the sound. ¡°Angel, step back.¡± ¡°Um.¡± She nodded and she followed Antonio¡¯s instruction. ¡°What do you think it is?¡± I asked him. ¡°An animal I think?¡± Antonio answered uncertainly he was on guard if something bad would happen. ¡°Since we are in a forest, its safe to assume that there are wild animals. Right?¡± I nodded, trying to figure out what kind of animal is it, there¡¯s a high possibility that the animal is a bear or a wolf, based on the sound of the leaves being crushed it should be a big and heavy animal. ¡°Phew¡­ its gone right? I don¡¯t hear anything.¡± I said but Antonio shook his head. ¡°Its too quiet, think about it when it was walking we heard a sound right? And it stopped near the trees, if it had walked away we would hear some leaves being crushed but there¡¯s no sound..¡± Antonio answered, to be honest his answer made me scared that means the animals are looking at us. I felt a chill in my spine as I thought about it. ¡°William, go back to where our classmates gathered and tell them to be quiet. Understand?¡± I nodded and walked towards my classmates. Antonio¡¯s Pov As soon as William leave, I turned to face Angel behind me. ¡°Angel, go back to ---¡± Angel cut me off by glaring at me and said. ¡°No! I¡¯m not going back. Besides if something happen who would be there for you?¡± I sigh, I knew she would say that but she is really a ¡®troublesome girl¡¯, I was about to answer her when I looked at her face as her eyes widen in fear. ¡°Antonio! Look out!¡± She shouted at me, while pointing something behind me. I looked back and I saw burly and muscled thing¡­ it has a height that stand a few inches shorter than the average human, and their long arms, thick torsos, and relatively short legs give them an almost apelike stature,on its hand as a wooden club it swung at me but its too late to move. ¡°Oh coconuts!¡± I felt the club hit me at my back stomach which caused me to cough up blood and I was thrown back by a few meters. ¡°Antonio! Are you alright?!?¡± She shouted at me while running towards me. ¡°Stop! Go back! I¡¯m fine!¡± I answered her while trying to stand up. ¡°Ughh!¡± When I was about to stand up I saw it running towards Angel, without thinking I grabbed a stone and threw at the thing? The stone hit the head of the goblin or whatever that thing is,instead of being hurt it looked annoyed as it glared at me. ¡®I¡¯m screwed aren¡¯t I?¡¯ It ran towards me, while running it raised it¡¯s club overhead to strike downward, its movements seems to be predictable so I waited at the right time to dodge. 3 2 1 Dodge! I move left as soon as it swung down its club at me, and ran towards Angel who had frozen in fear, as soon as she sees me her expression seems to relieve. I smiled at her to make know that I¡¯m fine. Roooaarrr! My smile dropped when I heard its voice, as I looked back I saw it chasing me, preparing for a horizontal slash. ¡°Uh-oh¡­¡± I waited for the right moment to duck, as soon as it swung the wooden club I roll on the ground and continue distract it from Angel. ¡°Antonio! Take this!¡± Angel throw a thick stick at me, I grabbed the stick in the air, I turn around and stay put as I looked at the thing running towards me as it tried to do a vertical slash I dodged it by doing a side step and I swing the stick hard as I hit its head, rendering it unconscious, I grabbed the club quickly and swung the club to the head of the goblin? Thud. Thud! THUD! I was about to hit it again when I felt someone hugging me saying. ¡°Its dead, please stop Anton¡± I felt her hands shaking as I heard her sobbing. ¡°Please stop¡­¡± ¡°Haaa¡­.haaa¡­ Um¡­¡± I breathe heavily as I dropped the bloody club. I patted her head signaling that I¡¯m alright, Angel let go of me as I looked at her and said. ¡°See? When I¡¯m around nobody could hurt you¡­¡± I smiled at her. ¡°Idiot, don¡¯t do anything stupid again.¡± I-I-idiot? That¡¯s what I get when I tried to save her? Haaahh¡­. I grinned and answered. ¡°No promises.¡± ¡°And by the way, thanks.¡± ¡°My pleasure.¡± I heard footsteps rushing towards this area, I grabbed the club and make Angel step aside. Step! Step! Step! And I heard a voice calling my name. ¡°Antonio, Angel are you alright?!?¡± I relaxed as I heard William¡¯s voice. ¡°I don¡¯t know! When your being attacked by some unknown species holding a club, would you still be alright?¡± I answered as I saw William running with Nick, Phillip, and Daniel. ¡°Touch¨¦, we were attacked too fortunately there are only two of them, Nick¡¯s and John¡¯s group finished them off and we have no casualties.¡± William answered. I sighed as I heard the news at least nobody got hurt. ¡°Wow, Antonio you literally crushed your enemy.¡± Daniel said as he looked at the goblin. ¡°Yeah, I did that goblin is so troublesome.¡± I said. ¡°You name that a goblin? Hmmm¡­ it kinda fits.¡± Nick agreed, he added. ¡°I don¡¯t think this place is in Earth, I mean that thing didn¡¯t exist at Earth!¡± ¡°So, I was right after all!¡± I exclaimed they looked at me and I took a deep breath and said. ¡°We were abducted by aliens!¡± ¡°See? Me and Anton are great aren¡¯t we?¡± Angel said smugly. William looked at me and said, ¡°Be serious Antonio! You too Angel!¡± Angle and I looked at him and smiled, ¡°We are serious.¡± We laughed as William tried to reprimand us by not taking this seriously. ¡°William!¡± We heard Faye¡¯s voice as she ran towards us, ¡°Guys! We saw some man wearing amour, we can¡¯t even understand what are they saying!¡± ¡°Were coming!¡± William replied as he looked at us and he nodded. ¡°What with those guys wearing amour? Did we go back in time?¡± Phillip asked curiously¡­ ¡°No, we didn¡¯t go back in time there is no information about the goblin that attacked us, trust me my favorite subject is history.¡± Daniel said proudly, his clearly happy that he got to share some information. Well done to state the obvious Sherlock. ¡°Faye said that they can¡¯t understand them right? And Faye is multilingual well that¡¯s ironic.¡± Nick chuckled as he said that. ¡°Whoever they are, I hope they aren¡¯t enemies.¡± I said as we walked towards the area we woke up.¡± . . . . . . . . END CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE: THE GUYS WEARING ARMOUR. Antonio¡¯s PoV It seems my classmates doesn¡¯t notice my wound when that thing hit me, that¡¯s good. I don¡¯t want them to be worried about me, but still it quite hurts. I sigh as I thought, ¡®this day is probably the worst day I have since¡­¡¯ I shook my head trying not to think about it. ¡°Hey, Anton?¡± Angel looked at me with concern, it seems she didn¡¯t forget I had gotten hit in my stomach. ¡°Hmmm?¡± I hummed in response. ¡°Are you oka--¡± I cut her off by laughing and gave a peace sign. ¡°I¡¯m alright, don¡¯t need to worry about me missy.¡± She squinted her eyes at me, oh boy, she was not convinced. I¡¯m I really that easy to read? I tried so hard so that she wouldn¡¯t notice. Besides what can she do about it? We don¡¯t have first aid kits. Her eyes flashed as she looked at me, ¡°Okay.¡± I sigh in relief, whew I¡¯m safe. Then she suddenly poked where the goblin hit me, I winced and take a sharp inhale. ¡°Alright¡­you say?¡± Angel asked displeased knowing I lied to her, ¡°Liar.¡± She looked away at me and pouted like a child. ¡°Come on, Angel. I didn¡¯t tell you because I don¡¯t want you to worry about me.¡± I said to pacify her, She stopped pouting and looked at me. ¡°Stupid, when you hide your wounds when it hurts worry me the most!¡± ¡°Look the lovebirds are fighting, Nick.¡± Phillip said as he slung his arms around Nick¡¯s neck. Nick chuckled as his eyes twinkled with mischief, he looked at Phillip and said, ¡°No, looked at them do they look like they are fighting? Its pretty obvious, they are flirting.¡± Then he acted like Angel around Phillip teasing Angel. ¡°Stop it guys, we are in the middle of a forest and some thing attacked us! How can you act like nothing is going on!?¡± William looked at us angrily, then he pointed at me, ¡°And you! Antonio, you keep joking around with aliens when we are in a serious situation. Don¡¯t think I didn¡¯t notice you holding your chest for some time now it was obvious your hurt! Can you just be mature and stop acting like an idiot!?¡± ¡°Will¡­¡±Angel tried to speak but she was cut off by William as he point at her. ¡°You too Angel, you played along with Antonio and I thought you would be serious about this!¡± Angel lowered her head shamefully. ¡°Savage!¡± Nick praised William. William gritted his teeth, ¡°Don¡¯t get me started Nick!¡± ¡°Whatever, come Daniel, Phillip. Lets go there is a hothead around here.¡± We walked towards Faye silently since William broke the mood with his anger, I mean I understand him, he was worried since he thought we didn¡¯t take this seriously we might harm ourselves but still by joking around we can take our mind away from panicking. Damn, that goblin hit me really hard. It still hurt. William seems to notice it and said, ¡°One our classmates has a first aid kit.¡±If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. ¡°Yeah.¡± Angel was looking at me with worry, I smiled at her while giving her a thumbs up to stop her from worrying. ¡°You know you need to worry about yourself more.¡± William whispered at me, ¡°You worry to much for Angel and Angel worry to much for you. I¡¯m envious with your friendship.¡± Without waiting for me to reply he walked faster leaving me and Angel behind. ¡­ .. . When we arrive I saw my classmates looking curiously at the knights, Faye was infront of the knight who was the leader. William walked towards Faye. ¡°I never heard of this language Will, do you think they can understand us?¡± Faye asked William, she was confused she was sure even she doesn¡¯t understand what they are saying she would have known what language it is but it seems the language they are speaking is so different from earth. ¡°It is true Will, that we are not on Earth?¡± ¡°It seems so, We were attacked by some species that didn¡¯t exist on Earth.¡± William face turned grim as he thought of something. ¡°The question is, can we go back to our home? If this isnt Earth then.¡± When our classmates heard William some of our classmates paled and some didn¡¯t believe we are in another world muttering ¡®impossible¡¯. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, lets ask him.¡± I said as I pointed at the knight who was looking at us. I looked at him and said, ¡°Hey Knight with shinning armor, can you understand me?¡± ¡°Anton.¡± William hissed, ¡°Be serious.¡± ¡°I¡¯m just trying to lighten up the mood of our classmates William.¡± I said while shrugging. The knight smiled, he said to the man beside him who was wearing a robe. The man who wore the robe nodded and he wave a stick? ¡°Great, we met some cucoos in the forest.¡± Muttered Nick as he watched the man waving a stick while saying something we can¡¯t understand. Daniel chuckled as he watched the man, ¡°I wonder what mental hospital he escaped from.¡± Then a blue light came from out of from the stick and covered us, we watched shocked. ¡°M-magic!¡± One of our classmates shouted in amazement. The man waving the stick smiled as he looked at our reactions to magic. The man coughed lightly, ¡° Do you understand us now?¡± William nodded, ¡°We do, Where are we?¡± ¡°First things first, my name is Serf Reynfred. We are in the forest of Ethylicus.¡± ¡°What is the name of this planet?¡± William asked, Our classmates listened. ¡°Planet? What is that?¡± Serf looks confused, he looked at the man beside him, ¡°Do you know what is it? Keyrs.¡± Keyrs shook his head, ¡°Ask them.¡± William sighed, ¡°Nevermind, what is the name of this world?¡± ¡°Thera.¡± Serf answered and he added, ¡°We are in the continent of Fippine.¡± ¡°Thera? An annagram of earth?¡± Alice muttered, She looked at Serf, ¡°Um, sir?¡± ¡°Yes miss?¡± Serf said as he looked at her. ¡°How many worlds are there?¡± She asked, William looked at her confused to why she asked this question. William was about to ask her but I whispered to him, ¡°Just listen, you know Alice has knack for mysteries and what not.¡± ¡°Is this is a mystery to you?¡± He whispered back at me, I smiled wryly as I thought, ¡®Oh, William you should trust your classmate more since they aren¡¯t stupid.¡¯ Keyrs looked at Alice at amazement, ¡°How did you know about the other worlds Lass?¡± Alice smiled shyly, ¡°I guessed.¡± ¡°How humble.¡± Keyrs looked at Alice with appreciation, ¡°I will answer your question lass, This muscle brain right here can¡¯t answer it.¡± He pointed at Serf while chuckling. ¡°There are nine worlds, Thera is the third one.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Alice nodded her expression was unreadable as if she was answering a problem with no solution. I walked towards her, ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°I know where we are.¡± ¡°Really?!?¡± I looked at her with astonishment, ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Not really, it is more like a theory.¡± She said as she looked at me, ¡°I think we are in a parallel universe. This place, Thera is earth. Remember what he said there are nine worlds? In our solar system has eight planets and a dwarf planet.¡± ¡°Well it sounded far-fetched but I believe ya.¡± I smiled, ¡° So what¡¯s the problem then if your theory is correct?¡± ¡°Us existing here.¡± She answered, ¡°There can be only one exinstance of our selves so the parallel version of us in this parallel world will cease to exist.¡± ¡°That means?¡± ¡°We have an identity here, we replaced them.¡± She said, ¡°But they knew that we are not in this world, they must have been the one who summoned us with a great price since it is particularly impossible to transfer us from Earth.¡± She gestured me to wait, I nodded. She looked at Serf and asked him a question in Spanish. ¡°Can you understand me?¡± Serf looked at her, ¡°Keyrs is the magic wearing off?¡± ¡°No, it should be permanent. Why is something wrong?¡± Keyrs answered. ¡°Then why is--¡± Alice cut him off while smiling. ¡°Its still working sir.¡± ¡°Nevermind Keyrs the magic worked again.¡± Serf chuckled as he looked at Alice with interest. ¡°It seems the language they translated is only English, speak in Spanish.¡± She said with a grim expression. ¡°Okay, got it.¡± Seeing her expression made me serious since this is the first time I saw her like this. ¡°Cover your mouth, with your hand. Keyrs has magic it is possible for them to listen to our conversation without us knowing¡± I followed her instructions but I was confused, why do we need to cover our mouths? Alice noticed my confusion, ¡°The magic of Keyrs is not perfect since they need to know how we move our mouth to pronounce a word in a language. I noticed it, if they could translate a language so easily, they didn¡¯t need to observe us Keyrs would have wave his wand and be done with it.¡± ¡°Your smart.¡± I praised her. She rolled her eyes, ¡°Oh please, some of our classsmates would have noticed it if they weren¡¯t confused from being transported into an another world.¡± She pointed at Angel who was looking at Serf, she was frowning. ¡°Look at her, she noticed it too.¡± ¡°Anyway, don¡¯t trust them. When our classmates calm down we need to tell them.¡± I nodded. All of a sudden I spat a mouthfull of blood, ¡°Ugghh!¡­.¡± The last thing I heard is Angel and Alice shouting my name as I lost my conciousness. Damn, it hurts. Fuck that goblin. ¡­ .. . END CHAPTER THREE Chapter Four: A New Home and Memories. Antonio¡¯s PoV I felt like a mice being thrown around while being hit by a broom. All in all I feel like puking my guts out. Isn¡¯t magic a thing in this world? Why don¡¯t they heal me then?!? *Knock* *Knock* *Knock* The door opened and a girl with long black hair wearing a maid uniform, she glanced at me with her dim eyes and said in a monotone voice, ¡°Please follow me.¡± Without waiting for me she walked ahead. I sighed and followed her without any complaints, the castle is really huge it feel like a maze if there isn¡¯t anyone guiding me I would be lost. Is this necessary? I think not, maybe the reason for to make a castle big is to show off to other people. ¡°Please.¡± She opened the door and gestured me to go in. I nodded, and I walked in, ¡°Hello? Anyone home?¡± The room is pretty small compared to the hall but it can fit more than twenty people and they can still run around without taking much space! Seriously this is just over the top to just impress someone. A girl stood there watching the windows her red, curly hair slightly covers a fine, sad face. Glittering hazel eyes, set concealed within their sockets, watch affectionately over the mountain longing for freedom. Her noble dress flows from top to bottom and has a halter neckline, which harmoniously reveals the modest dress worn below it. The soft, corset of her dress covers her stomach where the continuous flow is broken up by a wide cloth band worn fairly low around her waist. Below the cloth band the dress opens up to the left and reveals the dress below. The front of the top dress easily reaches the ground in the front, the back continues to flow a good length behind her and ends in a narrow tip. Her sleeves are almost the length of her arms and a little narrow, their flow is broken up below the shoulder where they''re divided by thin, refined bands, these are the same fabric and color used to outline the sleeves of the dress. The girl turned around and her showed a bright smile, the sad face she wore vanished like it was just a dream. ¡°Welcome, sit here and I will cure you from your injuries.¡± I followed her instructions, trying to have a conversation I said anything what inside my mind, ¡°Why are you sad?¡± I shouldn¡¯t have said that! Now she thinks I¡¯m insensitive or something. ¡®William was right, I am an idiot.¡¯ I lamented. ¡°Sad you say?¡± She lowered her head her head I couldn¡¯t see her expression it was covered with her curly red hair. ¡°Nevermind¡­¡± I said, trying to change the subject because my mind is a mess I say something stupid. ¡°Sister you¡¯re so sexy!¡± I paled, what is going on with me! This is the reason why I don¡¯t want to talk to girls if they aren¡¯t familiar to me. She looked at me and laughed her, ¡°You¡¯re cute trying to cheer me up.¡± She ruffled my hair like a big sister to a brother. I lowered my head down as I mumbled, ¡°I¡¯m not cute¡­ I¡¯m handsome...¡± ¡°By the way what does ¡®sexy¡¯ means?¡± I sighed in relief, ¡®Fortunately she doesn¡¯t understand it.¡¯ ¡°Beautiful.¡± I said immediately. ¡°Really?¡± ¡°Really.¡± I smiled. ¡°When are you gonna cure me?¡± I was not changing the subject. I swear! ¡°Its done you just didn¡¯t notice it.¡± She said, ¡°Now let us go, we need meet the King and the Queen.¡± ¡°Name is Anton.¡± I introduced myself. ¡°You should have introduced yourself first than asking me why I¡¯m sad.¡± She said jokingly, I laughed awkwardly. ¡°My name is Setine.¡± ¡­ .. . After a minute of walking we reached a large door with ornaments of gold, ¡°Woah¡­¡± The King really know how to live to the fullest huh? I¡¯m envious! They aren¡¯t scared someone will steal the gold? So I¡¯m guessing they open this door with magic. The guard saw us and pushed the door open with a single hand! How is that possible?!? Is the door light not heavy? Setine noticed my puzzlement and smiled, ¡°The guard used Qi to strengthen his body to open the door they are warriors. Us mages use Mana to control the elements of nature which is Fire, Water, Earth, Wind. There are also rare elements like Space, Light, Dark, and Creation. To use Mana or Qi one must need to absorb and make a mana pool or Qi lake. When one has a Mana pool they can be called Apprentice. For the warriors is Squire. There are three levels each low, mid, and peak. The guards are weak they are only on Squire-mid, their only work is to open the door and¡­close it.¡± ¡°What is your level then?¡± I asked. She looked sad for a moment then smiled, ¡° 7th Mage-peak.¡± I don¡¯t know if she strong or not by looking at her expression so I decided not to say anything I just nodded. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. I saw my classmates standing looking around in the throne room some of them are bored while some of them showed interest in the interior of the castle and some of them talked about something funny to entertain themselves. ¡°Go to your friends.¡± Setine said, ¡°Wait for the King and Queen they are late because of you, they don¡¯t want to start when someone is missing.Their plan is to woke you up with magic as soon as you entered the castle but a girl said to make you rest for an hour.¡± I nodded and walked towards my classmates the first one to notice me was Angel her eyes lit up and wave at me, ¡°Anton you hurt somewhere?¡± This is Angel her grammar would go down the drain if she was worried or stressed too much more than she can handle. I ruffled her hair and smiled, ¡°Not anymore, magic is really convenient.¡± Alice was whispering to other classmates telling about her theory of which we cannot prove. William rolled his eyes not believing her in fact no one believe her. Alice was a person who wants to be alone and she has no friends in school she only read about mysteries in the internet and try to solve them, in fact she had solve a lot of mysteries in their world she post it in her account on Reddit the only reason I know about her is because the only one who believe her is me. I was shocked and impressed when she showed her account. She frowned and angrily walked towards me and Angel, ¡°They didn¡¯t believe me again!¡± ¡°I know the feeling, they didn¡¯t believe us to when me and Angel said we were abducted by aliens.¡± I sighed and showed a face of isolation. Angel played along and she sighed following me, ¡°Yeah¡­¡± Alice looked at us with a blank expression, ¡°Sometimes I think you are a bad influence for Angel.¡± ¡°Me too.¡± I said. ¡°The King and Queen have arrive!¡± We turn around as the door opened, A man with light green, well groomed hair almost fully covers a thin excited and tense face. Clear sapphire eyes twinkled as he watched us with joy like a man looking at treasures. A beard complimented his cheek which gives him a aura of an approachable man. Beside him is a lady with brunette, silky long hair. Amethyst cold eyes which give her an aura of indifference and superiority benefiting a queen. The guards around us bowed but we stood up, every single of my classmates has pride why would they bow down to a person whom they didn¡¯t know besides we lived in a place where democracy reigns. The Queen showed signs of dissatisfaction but she did not say anything and the King was not bothered by it. They sat down and ordered the guards to raise their heads. After that our group (me, Angel and Alice.) looked at the King and Queen with interest. The King smiled amiably like an old man doting his granddaughter, ¡°I apologize for summoning you forcefully but we are in need of heroes to stop a the race Hellicust, they have killed a lot of innocent humans for no reason at all and they are so powerful and I am helpless.¡± He frowned and showed a wary and battle worn face I felt compelled to help him but I shook myself out of it. ¡®His scary¡­if I wasn¡¯t on guard I would say something like What would I do to help?¡¯ I noticed Angel was not listening at all and looking at me with worried expression and Alice rolled her eyes not believing the king. Nick, Daniel and Phillip are not listening but was joking around with William and Faye saying they are a couple, which caused William and Faye to ignore the King and scold the three of them for not ¡®being serious.¡¯ Those who listened felt pity and well one of our classmates sighed, ¡°What can we do? I mean we are just normal people.¡± The King smiled, ¡°You¡¯re wrong, those who had been summoned would directly be a 1st level Mage or Knight on the peak level, all you need is to choose which one you want to become.¡± My classmates don¡¯t know what is he saying the King noticed it and he explained the way Setine did and tell how to become a mage and a knight but he added some information, ¡°After you reached the peak of the stage Apprentice and Squire next would be 9th level mage-low or 9th level knight-low. I need to warn you every student on the school would have the same level. 1st level on the peak is just the beginning but those who had been summoned had an advantage you all just need to kill a monster or someone and their Mana or Qi would automatically go to your body with enough Mana and Qi your level would rise.¡± It means we can kill anything and absorb their powers to increase our levels?!? Nick smiled mischievously, ¡°If I could kill you I would become powerful as you. Right?¡± William glared at Nick, ¡°Stop saying nonsensical things Nick!¡± The King narrowed his eyes at Nick and laughed amiably, ¡°Yes, but you wouldn¡¯t kill an old man like me.¡± But his eyes flashed with disappointment, ¡°Joking aside, sit down and closed your eyes and try to feel Mana and Qi we will know when you are at the 1st level. Begin.¡± We followed his instructions. ¡®What do I want to be a Mage or a Knight.¡¯ Which one is stronger? From playing games Mage is stronger in long range combat while a Knight is stronger in melee combat and long range if the Knight specialize in archery but this is not a game a Mage could also strengthen their body with Mana. ¡°I will become a Mage.¡± I closed my eyes trying feel Mana after a minute I started to feel it and absorb a tiny bit into my body the little Mana becomes bigger and bigger until I felt waves of throbbing, nauseating pain pulsed within my abdomen and I felt like my breakfast would return to me in an instant. For a moment I thought about just giving in to the pain, letting it consume me completely as there seemed to be no way out. For a moment I focused on the pain, honing in on every sensation. Where it came from, how badly it hurt and how badly I wanted it to stop. I was just an ordinary person how can I endure this when I was never hurt before. All I heard is anguish screams to make it stop. ¡­ .. . After an hour of torment a refreshing and warm feeling flowed inside my body forming a pool glowing with pure blue light. The pain was gone and I was thankful for that. I felt different all my senses increased drastically basically I am like a super human. The King nodded his head satisfied, ¡°Good! I apologize for not telling you about the pain the reason for pain is your body purified the Mana or Qi you absorb. Expect it when you try to absorb your enemies power who is much stronger than you.¡± He glanced at Nice and smiled, he did not tell us to make Nick suffer he sure do hold grudges.¡±Now Mages please stand on the left while the Knight on the right.¡± Me and Alice are a Mage while Angel is a Knight. Nick, Daniel and Phillip are Knights. William is a Mage and Faye is a Knight. As for the rest I don¡¯t know their names. It seems there are a lot of Knight instead of Mage. ¡°Now we will show you a illusion magic, tell me if you know the person on the illusion.¡± I was confused why would they show us an illusion? I looked at Alice she look pale and she tried to calm down. ¡°I was right¡­.¡± She muttered. I looked at her hoping for an answer she sighed, ¡°You¡¯ll understand, just watch.¡± ¡°Start the illusion!¡± The King said. I heard chanting and all of a sudden smoke appeared and move and formed into a person. I heard a gasp, ¡°That is my father.¡± The King nodded and wave his hand and the person change into a different person. My classmates would say that the person is their Father or Mother. ¡°That is my Mom.¡± Angel said with tears forming in her eyes, I look at her with worry her mother is dead. While her father left her with her grandparents without saying goodbye. ¡°Alice?¡± I asked. ¡°We replaced ourselves in this world, I don¡¯t know what happened to them but most likely they¡¯re dead if they are alive we would vanished. The most likely who killed them is the King himself.¡± She said grimly. ¡°So you will meet your family?¡± I decided not to think the King is the one who killed our parallel selves but I got a feeling what Alice said was right. ¡°I¡¯m an orphan but Melanie a rich old lady, adopted me.¡± Alice noticed I was changing the subject but didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°Sorry.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be, Melanie feels like my grandmother.¡± She laughed. Then the smoke change its appearance to a lady with the same features as Alice. She looks like Alice! Its her mother! ¡°Alice look!¡± I pointed at the illusion as soon as Alice saw the girl she turned silent. ¡°I feel bad, for the parallel me she has a mother but she was killed.¡± She spoke silently but there was anger in her voice. ¡°This is the last one.¡± The King said, What?!? Only me and William were left! Why one?!? The smoke change into a man with a stern face. My face fell. Does it mean I have no one. I was hoping to meet my father and mother again since they were gone. William sighed, ¡°That¡¯s my father.¡± ¡°Whose the one left?¡± The King asked. ¡°Me.¡± I said. ¡°Why there is no illusion of my father or my mother.¡± ¡°They died.¡± How laughable! I was expecting to meet my father or mother just like Alice but fate wants to play with me. I smiled, ¡°I see¡­¡± Angel seemed to calm down when she saw my smile. ¡°Those who had parents follow my guards and they will bring you to your ¡®families¡¯¡± Angel looked at the King, ¡°What about Anton?¡± ¡°Ahh, so your name is Anton.¡± He looked at me closely studying my appearance then he smiled strangely. ¡°He will stay here for a few days and he will go to the orphanage. I swear I will not hurt him. Now go girl.¡± He stood up and laughed loudly, ¡°Enjoy your new homes and I hope you all will make happy and new memories!¡± After a while all the lively throne room turned into desolate one. The only one left in this room is the King, Queen, Setine and the guards. ¡°Meet your brother Setine.¡± The King laughed, ¡° And Anton or shall I say Seth meet your sister.¡± I have a sister? I don¡¯t have a sister on Earth, Alice said that Thera is a parallel world of the planet Earth. Setine glared at the King angrily but the King ignored her and glanced at me, ¡°You just looked like Seth, he was a great and courageous boy.¡± ¡°Why bother telling me? You killed him yourself as well as his parents.¡± I sneered. I¡¯m not sure if the King killed them but I trust Alice since she said that the King was the one who killed our parallel version of us. The King looked at me with astonishment, ¡°You are just as smart as him too.¡± ¡°Idiot! Why did you say that?!?¡± Setine said sadly as well as anger with a melancholic voice, ¡°You¡¯re exactly the same as him¡­¡± The Queen snorted, ¡°To be specific I killed ¡®your¡¯ mother.¡± She laughed, ¡°I remember her face as I cut her toes one by one¡­ it was exhilarating.¡± ¡°Shut up b*tch!¡± I yelled and pointed at her imagining a fireball to burn the Queen, I don¡¯t know if it would work if it doesn¡¯t nothing will happen if it does¡­ To my surprise it worked a fireball as larger than a head flew towards the Queen, The King wave his hand and a burst of Qi hit my fireball and devoured it. ¡°How did you do it?!?¡± The King yelled at me and released his Qi to pressure me. ¡°Without chanting magic should be impossible!¡± Due to the difference of our power the King made me kneel with his Qi without any effort. I glanced at him without saying anything. ¡°You¡¯re dangerous, you must not live!¡± The King said he almost looked hysterical. He grabbed his sword and pointed at me. ¡­ .. . END OF CHAPTER FOUR Chapter Five: This World is Wonderful. Antonio¡¯s PoV Curse my mouth! Why did I say something so stupid? I didn¡¯t want to say anything! What would Nick say if he was in this situation, I¡¯m pretty sure he will said something cool like in the novels he had read like ¡®I swear on the heaven itself, if I survive this I will make you regret and destroy your kingdom!¡¯ I almost laughed as I think about it. ¡°You ingrate! What is so amusing of your death!?¡± The King yelled uneasily, . He himself would be terrified if he knew he was dying but this kid smiled like he heard something trivial. My mouth move by itself, ¡°Its just you¡¯re weak since It takes strength and restraint to be gentle. Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.¡± Wow I did not even knew about this saying. ¡°Hey kid.¡± I heard a voice on my head am I going crazy?, ¡°No, I am soul in your body. I apologize due to my anger I said something unnecessary.¡± ¡°You controlled my body without telling me?!?¡± I yelled in my mind, ¡°Because of you I¡¯m going to die!¡± This soul is scary he can control me and I didn¡¯t notice it. ¡°If I wasn¡¯t in your body you would die when you¡¯re fighting with the Drizz.¡± The soul said, ¡°I gave you a tiny bit of power just enough to make it unconscious.¡± ¡°Drizz?¡± ¡°It is the one you called, ¡®Goblin¡¯.¡¯¡± ¡°How come my classmates can kill them?¡± Nick and John killed them without any power. ¡°Drizz is a weak monster, even a group of kids can kill it but fighting it alone is a stupid thing to do with an ordinary body.¡± The soul said, ¡°I will give you my Mana and try to escape in five minutes. Your level would rise to 9th level Wizard-mid it is enough for you to escape.¡± Five minutes! Is that even possible?!? ¡°I don¡¯t know¡­ You can do magic without saying a thing which is impossible if you are at this level. Only an Arch-Mage can do it. Good luck!¡± He said uncertainly, I rolled my eyes but I didn¡¯t say anything I looked around thinking a way to escape in the shortest time possible. ¡°Let¡¯s do it then.¡± I said. The soul started to give Mana into my Mana pool, it felt weird like something crawled inside my body. The King noticed it, ¡°How did you---¡± This King is really curious about anything, if he didn¡¯t ask I would have died. I¡¯m lucky! I didn¡¯t let him finish and pointed at him and shouted, ¡°Flash Bang!¡± A bright light erupted from my finger and stunned everyone. I gathered Mana in my body to strengthen it and pointed at the wall. ¡°Rocket launcher!¡± A big ball of fire flew towards the wall and exploded, without missing a beat, I imagined wind to propel me towards the wall as soon as I outside I jump and made a platform of Mana to walk in the air. Thinking I was to slow I gave myself a boost and made a barrier around me and every ten seconds I repeat flash bang to make sure no one could follow me. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°Did I do great?¡± I asked the soul. ¡°You¡¯re a freak!¡± The soul said aghast, ¡°To fly one must become a Sorcerer or a Hero! Luckily the King is one step away from being a Hero and he can¡¯t fly. By the way its four minutes already if you don¡¯t go down you will fall due to insufficient Mana.¡± I paled, I¡¯m glad he reminded me. ¡­ .. . William¡¯s Pov ¡°Will you stop it Alice?!?¡± I said annoyed by the girl who keep telling me her unbelievable theories. ¡°Let¡¯s say what you said is correct. What can we do about it?¡± ¡°I-I..¡± She sputtered, clearly she doesn¡¯t have an answer. ¡°Why can¡¯t you just accept this is our reality now? At least we can meet our parents! Don¡¯t you want to feel what its like to a mother taking care of you? Stop being a hypocrite I know you like to ¡°replace¡± yourself in this world.¡± I stressed the word replace not believing her. She gritted her teeth, ¡°You¡¯re going to regret your choice in the future.¡± Nick laughed, ¡°Lookie here Daniel, William has a another wife than Faye its Alice!¡± ¡°Nick! This is not the time to joke around!¡± I yelled, whats wrong with this guy he seems to like to tease me! ¡°And will you stop making the joke over and over again! Its getting annoying!¡± ¡°I¡¯m warning you William.¡± Nick smiled dropped and his eyes showed a serious glint, ¡°Just because your the ¡®representative¡¯ of our imaginary class, it doesn¡¯t mean you can order us.¡± Nick growled at me, ¡°You are reminding us of that man.¡± I glared at him but he ignored it, ¡°William remember silence lets you hear more. So listen to your ¡®classmates¡¯ if you don¡¯t want to make mistakes. Remember? That man is ---¡± Alice interrupted him, ¡°Don¡¯t remind us. We are on a different world, they can¡¯t catch us¡­not anymore.¡± She glared at Nick, ¡°SO SHUT UP!¡± Daniel tried to lighten up the mood but failed miserably he muttered, ¡°As always Anton is gone when you need him.¡± ¡­ After an hour of silence the guard called, ¡°Mrs. Lucy, we are close please be prepared. Your new name shall be Lyre.¡± ¡°Why do we need a new name?¡± I asked. ¡°It is the order of His Majesty, we do not dare to question him.¡± ¡°I understand.¡± ¡°Nick I¡¯m bored let¡¯s play chess.¡± Phillip said while showing his phone. ¡°No way! I can¡¯t defeat you.¡± Nick answered he glanced at Angel who was looking at the clouds, ¡°Play with Angel.¡± ¡°What?!? I would play with her if Anton was around.¡± Nick smirked, ¡°What scared?¡± ¡°You know how she is when Anton is not with her, she¡¯s scary.¡± Phillip shuddered as he remembered something he wanted to forget. ¡°Yeah, she is.¡± Nick agreed smiling brightly. ¡°Play with me?¡± Phillip asked again. ¡°No.¡± Nick answered immediately. ¡°Mr. John, we are close please be prepared. Your new name shall be Josidiah.¡± ¡­ .. . After several hours only me and Alice is in the carriage not talking. She was angry at me because I didn¡¯t believe her but I don¡¯t care at all. Only an idiot would believe her. ¡°Mr. William, we are close please be prepared. Your new name shall be Witeus.¡± It felt irritating when the guard keep repeating what he had said except the names. He doesn¡¯t have any vocabulary at all. I nodded, the carriage stop, the guard yawned, ¡°Follow me.¡± We walked towards a mansion from the outside this mansion looks luxurious. It has been built with white stones and has oak wooden decorations. Tall, squared windows add to the overall look of the house and have been added to the mansion in a fairly asymmetrical pattern. A man with black, straight hair is pulled back to reveal a fine, time-worn face. Hooded brown eyes, worriedly watched the street as if he was looking for something important when he saw me he shouted with joy, ¡°Young Master Witeus! You¡¯re back!¡± ¡°He was found on the forest of Ethylicus, clearly someone wanted to assassinate him. Fortunately he was unharmed.¡± The guard said coolly, ¡°Please find someone competent enough to guard him, if he was harmed again His Majesty kindness will be all for naught.¡± ¡°Yes, I will.¡± The man said grimly, the guard nodded satisfied and left. That guard was a great actor. He would have fooled me if I was ignorant like this man. ¡°Follow me, this servant will bring you to Master.¡± I stayed silent, the man seemed to view this as a confirmation and walked. ¡°Forgive me, Young Master but you seemed different.¡± The man hesitated a bit but his curiosity took over. ¡°I need to change, if I didn¡¯t my life would have ended a hundred times in the forest.¡± I did not say anything after that. ¡°I see.¡± He frowned and shook his head. ¡°We are close.¡± I glanced at him, ¡®Did he notice something?¡¯ He knocked, ¡°Master, Young Master Witeus has returned.¡± ¡°Witeus come in.¡± A slight sound of creaking as the door opened, I walked in and a man with chestnut, rugged hair slightly reveals a fine, worried face. Tired round green eyes, it seems he hadn¡¯t slept for a week. ¡°Finally, you¡¯ve returned my son.¡± He smiled tiredly but his tense body relaxed when he saw I¡¯m unharmed. ¡°Your mother would finally be at peace, she keep looking for you for five days without rest.¡± He sighed, ¡°I forced her to sleep worried she might destroy her health.¡± ¡°I will always return since I want to become like you father or even surpass you.¡± I said. He shook his head, ¡°Surpass me? I would love if you live an ordinary life filled with happiness instead of a life filled with danger and pressure.¡± He passed me a scroll with golden engravings, ¡°This is an invitation from a Academy, if you want to surpass me go to this place if you want to live an ordinary life stay here and live with your mother.¡± He is different from my father. My father forced me to surpass him everyday I lived with so much expectations if it would continue I would become insane. I¡¯m envious. But not anymore, my new ¡®father¡¯ wants me to be safe from harm and be happy. I smiled as I was thinking about it, ¡°This world is truly wonderful.¡± ¡­ .. . END OF CHAPTER FIVE Chapter Six: Kelz Areine Alice¡¯s PoV ¡°Ms. Alice, we are ---¡± I interrupted him waving my hands, ¡°Yeah, yeah, what is my new name?¡± I was still grumpy at William for pointing out my desire to replace the version of me in this place, I was envious she has a mother while I don¡¯t. I feel worse for being happy when I replaced her. I¡¯m conflicted yet excited to meet my ¡®mother.¡¯ ¡°Your new name is Aihepy.¡± A look of fear as he read the name but it was gone in an instant and he smiled, ¡°Follow me.¡± Fear? What does the name mean? What humans are afraid of? The only I can think of is¡­.Death. I may be wrong and it may have a different meaning, since this world is different it may be a name from a Demon like Voldemort in the novel Harry Potter. I shook my head not thinking about it. Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. I smiled, ¡°Aihepy, huh? I like it.¡± The guard stiffened when he heard her, he mumbled, ¡°What kind of mother would name her this cursed name?¡± He was instructed by His Majesty to safely guide them to their new homes, he had said the children are special, different even and treat them with respect. He thought, ¡®Would you say the same thing if you knew the meaning of your name?¡¯ He remembered a legend, a Goddess with pitch black eyes blacker than the abyss itself. Her silky white hair without tint of impurity and a face so perfect every man will bow down to her but she was the Goddess of Death and Destruction, a lot of Gods and Goddesses are afraid of her, they had been so powerful and had live a long life they don¡¯t want to perish because a God¡¯s death will have its worshipers forget about them the moment they die. Due to fear they tried multiple ways to kill the Goddess who was confused to why they tried to kill her, her only role consist of collecting the souls of the dead who had sinned greatly and destroy them. She escaped multiple times she wasn¡¯t scared of Death since she is Death herself she wants to know why they want to kill her when she didn¡¯t do anything wrong. She asked but they didn¡¯t answer her. A few years all the race are scared of her, she was ostracized, due to loneliness she made a new race named by her Allgan which means ¡®My Children¡¯ or ¡®All Good¡¯ in the language of Gods but the Kings were all commanded by their Gods or Goddesses to kill the race made by her. The Gods planned to distract her while their creations killed her race. The day came and it did not end well for the Allgan race, innocent people were killed not a single one spared they were at the brink of extinction when the Goddess knew about it she was enraged. ¡°This world should be destroyed.¡± She whispered but all the living things heard her, black Mana came out from her and it spread a dreadful plague with no cure, the Allgan race was excluded and live a peaceful life. After a hundred years her Mana ran out and she disappeared without a trace. A new God appeared and he was the God of Life and healed the world from the plague. The race Allgan change into Hellicust which means ¡®Plague¡¯ or ¡®Damnation.¡¯ ¡­ .. . In front of me was an old house, to me it hadn¡¯t been repaired for years it was obvious though because of the moss between the bricks, the roof it was full of holes and the creaking of the windows. One word to describe this house is ¡®eerie¡¯. ¡°What happened?¡± I asked feeling uneasy. ¡°Here put your Mana into this orb.¡± He gave me the orb and left without saying anything else. He turned back, ¡°It can shrink if you command it. Goodbye.¡± Feeling the weight of the orb on my hand, it was beautiful but I can¡¯t seem to appreciate it. To me the orb was a¡­dead heart. It gave me a feeling the light surrounded me was gone all was left was darkness. Loneliness. Despair. Sadness. It was suffocating, I had a hunch I would regret if I followed the guards instruction should I let it absorb my Mana? I tried to calm myself, ¡°S-shrink.¡± The orb followed my command and I clumsily keep it in my pocket. I don¡¯t think I¡¯m ready. Where should I go? Fortunately the King gave me a pouch full of gold. Night is coming, I should buy some fruits and meat for dinner. ¡­ .. . After several minutes of walking, I heard voices of children playing and laughter, the murmuring of the crowd all in all it was a lively town, its houses are made by cobblestones, the roofs are in a perfect shape than my house. Should I buy a hut here? Will it be expensive?If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. I think its cheaper if I hired some carpenters to fix my home. I found the market place in this town, it was just a half a minute walk from the entrance. I heard hawkers shouting, trying to attract customers. ¡°How much for the fruit sir?¡± I asked, I don¡¯t know the names of the fruit but they sell it so the fruits are edible right? ¡°How ¡®bout five coppers lass?¡± He smiled slightly, ¡°If ya buy five of them, I¡¯ll sell them for twenty-two coppers. Deal?¡± I nodded, ¡°Deal, here.¡± I gave him one gold coin. He laugh awkwardly, ¡°Lass isn¡¯t this a bit much? I don¡¯t have a change for a gold coin.¡± He clapped his palms, ¡°Ah how about this, what else do you want to buy?¡± ¡°Meat and I want to hire some carpenters.¡± I said. ¡°I see.¡± He eyes lit up he cupped his hands on his mouth, ¡°OLD FART! SOMEONE WANTS TO BUY MEAT!¡± A groan came from the hut beside the hawker¡¯s place, ¡°Shut up! I¡¯m not deaf!¡± An old man came out of the hut grumbling, his dishevelled white hair was all over his face. Dark brown eyes showed wisdom and experience he had faced when he was young. He wore a simple plain shirt, it was loose it almost look like a robe. ¡°Is this lass going to buy meat Kelz?¡± The old man asked. Kelz nodded, ¡°She gave me a gold coin, you know how poor I am. I can¡¯t give her a change.¡± ¡°Poor?¡± The old man deadpanned, ¡°In this town your the ¡®richest¡¯ man.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t possibly compare to this fair lady here.¡± He gestured at me, ¡°Giving a gold coin to buy for twenty-five coppers.¡± ¡°You said its twenty-two.¡± I said, ¡°Stop flattering me, it won¡¯t work.¡± ¡°Lass you¡¯ve been tricked, the five of these would cost fifteen coppers.¡± The old man laughed. ¡°Nonsense, this man is magnanimous ----¡± I interrupted him. ¡°Yeah, yeah, I get it. I don¡¯t mind after all, twenty-two coppers is a small sum. How much is the meat?¡± The old man chuckled, ¡°High or low quality?¡± ¡°High quality of course.¡± I said immediately. ¡°Its eighty silvers.¡± He said and wave his hand and a meat appeared, ¡°This chunk of meat came from the One-Eyed Wolf its level is 9th Beast-peak.¡± The old man seemed to notice something and asked, ¡°Do you have a storage equipment?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°I see, here a storage bag. Its free for you.¡± He said. ¡°Thank you!¡± I smiled, he just laughed and patted my head. ¡°How about a carpenter?¡± ¡°We don¡¯t have any since I can use repair magic.¡± Kelz said smugly. ¡°My level is Apprentice-peak impressive right?¡± ¡°Very impressive.¡± I smiled, the old man glanced at me and smiled with appreciation. ¡°Lets go, bring us to your home.¡± The old man said. ¡°Follow me.¡± ¡­ When we reached at my house Kelz drew something around my house it has different patterns after an hour he dripped his blood on the patterns and it glowed. Kelz shouted, ¡°Repair!¡± After a few seconds¡­the holes in the roof started to shrink, the broken windows had been repaired with new glass and the moss disappeared. The dirty house had been cleaned and the house became warm and cozy. Just the way I liked it. I smiled, ¡°Thank you Mr. Kelz.¡± ¡°Just doing my work lass.¡± He stretched his hips it cracked, ¡°Ahh, that¡¯s better.¡± ¡°You¡¯re becoming an old fart yourself Kelz.¡± The old man said jokingly. ¡°If I breakthrough and become a Mage, my lifespan would increased.¡± He sighed, ¡°But it would never happen. Lass for the repair it cost..hmmm nineteen silvers and seventy-eight coppers.¡± ¡°The total would be one gold coin.¡± Kelz curve his lips to a smile. ¡°Tell me the truth, how much is the repair?¡± I asked. ¡°Thank you for your purchase. Good day lass.¡± He wave his hands and quickly walked away. ¡°Do you want to know?¡± The old man asked. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Because I felt he lowered the payment.¡± I said, I mean he worked for an hour without rest and dropped a blood. If its me I would make the payment about 50 silvers above. ¡°Yeah he did.¡± He looked doleful for a moment but he smiled at me and he left, ¡°See you again kid.¡± I watched as he walked away, they¡¯re good people. I went inside my newly repaired house I wanted to eat meat for dinner but... The problem is¡­I can¡¯t cook even if my life depend on it. ¡°¡­¡± Maybe I should eat the fruit first. I should hire someone to cook for me¡­tomorrow. ¡­ .. . I yawned still sleepy but I forced myself to wake up and give my self a bath since I didn¡¯t any spare clothes so I wore the same clothes. My goal today is to hire someone to cook for me, buy a new set of clothes, and if possible learn Magic so I can defend myself. I went to the town and walked towards Kelz. ¡°What do you want now lass?¡± Kelz gave his signature smile. ¡°Do you know someone who can cook?¡± ¡°I do.¡± ¡°Where?¡± ¡°Right in front of you.¡± He said smugly. While gesturing to himself. ¡°You?¡± I asked incredulously. He nodded his head like a chicken, ¡°Yes, me!¡± ¡°How much?¡± ¡°Its free but can you let me taste the meat too?¡± His eyes became glazed as he licked his lips and started to drool. ¡°Ummm, Kelz?¡± ¡°Sorry, you¡¯ll understand when you taste the meat. Its heavenly!¡± He exclaimed and raised his arms in the air, some of the kids playing followed him while shouting. Amused by the kids I chuckled. ¡°Wait for me, I will buy some clothes.¡± ¡°See that hut over there lass?¡± He gestured to the hut right across the street it was covered with trees. ¡°It has everything you want¡­besides clothing. If you want I will buy for you.¡± ¡°Thanks, here.¡± I gave him twenty golds, I glanced at the hut he pointed but how did he know I need to learn Magic? He may not had said it but he it was obvious, does he think I am an idiot? As I was about to walk away I heard him mumbled, ¡°This is too much¡­.can she just give five silvers¡­.sigh.¡± I shrugged it off. His honest so I trust him in spending if he tried to steal. I don¡¯t care since I have a pouch full of gold. I walked towards the hut and knocked, ¡°Can I come in?¡± Nobody replied, I opened the door and come in. It was too clean there wasn¡¯t a single dirt. ¡°A kid?¡± A exasperated voice came from nowhere, I looked around, ¡°Save it kid, you won¡¯t see me.¡± ¡°I want a book about Magic.¡± I said. ¡°Be more specific, what kind of Magic?¡± It grumbled, ¡°Elements, Summoning, or Seman?¡± ¡°Seman?¡± I asked, the name of this Magic is weird. It laugh strangely and I heard it say. ¡°Seman it is.¡± A book flew towards me with a speed of a bullet and it hit me and I was thrown outside the hut, the strange thing is I was not hurt but I was not happy. ¡°This isn¡¯t my choice!¡± I yelled, ¡°I was asking a question!¡± ¡°Quit your yapping kid!¡± It yelled back and the hut disappeared, ¡° And I don¡¯t care!¡± ¡°...¡± I huffed, this hut is rude I didn¡¯t do anything to it. It reminded me of William, this is a bad day. I went back to the stall of Kelz and I saw him humming, I thought he was distressed since I gave him too much gold. ¡°Here your clothes.¡± He wave his hands and mountain of robes, dress, armors, bracelets, necklaces, rings, gowns, silk-clothes, and panties/bras. I stared blankly at him, ¡°What the..?¡± ¡°There¡¯s no change.¡± He smiled brightly, his just like Antonio. Great. Did he do this on purpose? If he did I would smack him. Hard. ¡°Oh, some of the rings are full, some of them are empty. The rings are full of fruits, vegetables, meat and other kinds of stuff. There are 10 storage rings it is only 5 silvers since it has only a space of 23 to 36 inches in width, 65 to 69 inches in height, and 24 to 33 inches in depth. In addition, it will have an interior volume of between 10 and 25 cubic feet, with between 7.5 and 18 cubic feet.¡± So it is large as a refrigerator. I smiled stiffly, ¡°Y-yeah, lets go?¡± He waved his hand and all the things disappeared and he gave me the necklace he wore. ¡°Here this is all the things you¡¯ve bought.¡± Should I strangle him? ¡­ .. . END OF CHAPTER SIX Chapter Seven: Imagination is the Key to Magic. Alice¡¯s PoV My bad mood quickly disappeared as I ate the meat, Kelz is great cook he said I can find him if I want him to cook for free but his condition is to eat with me. Of course I agreed happily. He left after helping me washing the dishes. I looked at the title of the book the hut gave me, I can¡¯t understand it but I have a guess the word must be Seman. Keyrs the one who used Magic on us to translate language doesn¡¯t work on reading? This is very troublesome. It means I have to learn another language? I frowned, how am I going to learn Magic then? Kelz said the hut has anything I want. Maybe the hut has something to translate this book but I don¡¯t want to go back. I don¡¯t have a choice do I? I went into the place were the hut was in, but I saw nothing. ¡°Hey! I know you¡¯re there! Stop hiding!¡± I yelled like a crazy woman if my classmates saw me like this, I would hide from them forever. ¡°Or else¡­I¡¯ll burn this place! I¡¯m not kidding.¡± Silence, no response. I heard a cry behind me, I turned back and I saw a young girl crying she was trembling with fear looking at me with wide eyes. Great. I scared her. Now what? I smiled awkwardly, ¡°Shuush, its okay.¡± I tried to calm her down but she scampered like a cornered mice. I look at the little girl running away from me, am I really scary? ¡°Pfft!¡± I heard a snicker, I didn¡¯t bother to look I knew it was the hut. ¡°Ha. Ha. Funny.¡± I said dryly, ¡°Now let me in.¡± The hut didn¡¯t replied. I screamed. ¡­ ¡°You think I¡¯m joking? When I said I will burn this place.¡± I muttered while holding a flint and a knife. I borrowed it from Kelz he was confused why would I want it but I didn¡¯t say anything. I gathered some dry grass and leaves. ¡°What are you doing?¡± The hut asked, it will respond to me now but it will not let me enter. ¡°Burning your place.¡± ¡°How? You don¡¯t know any Magic to make fire.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need Magic to start a fire.¡± ¡°Impossible!¡± I smiled slyly, so this world don¡¯t know how to start a fire without magic. It was no surprise to me though. I mean they have Magic! Why would they find a way to make fire when they can wave their hand and poof there¡¯s fire.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. ¡°How about a bet then?¡± I grinned. ¡°If I can make a fire without Magic, you will be my servant for a hundred years. If I can¡¯t I will give you new knowledge you would never know.¡± I¡¯m not sure how old the hut is but I¡¯m guessing it lived more than a thousand years. My proof? This is a world of Magic. Anything is possible. ¡°You? Give me knowledge I don¡¯t know?¡± The hut laughed like it had heard the most funny joke in the world. ¡°I don¡¯t mean to brag, but I am the most knowledgeable person in the whole world of Thera!¡± ¡°Oh really?¡± I chuckled, ¡°Then let me give you a question if you answered wrong¡­¡± ¡°If I¡¯m wrong, I will agree to the bet.¡± I smiled, ¡°How many elements are in this world?¡± ¡°Are you mocking me kid?¡± The hut sounded angry, I rolled my eyes why did he sound like I insult him? ¡°No, just answer.¡± I frowned, ¡°I¡¯m serious about this question.¡± ¡°Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, Light, Darkness, and Space. There are seven of them, although the humans think Creation is part of the elements they¡¯re wrong.¡± ¡°You¡¯re wrong.¡± I bluntly said. ¡°I¡¯m not stupid kid, my answer is correct and you don¡¯t have any new knowledge.¡± It sounded disappointed. ¡°Actually there are more than a hundred elements in this world.¡± ¡°You¡¯re crazy! Just go away!¡± ¡°The element of Water is made up of elements. They are oxygen and hydrogen.¡± I explained but the hut didn¡¯t listen instead he changed the subject. ¡°Do you know why I don¡¯t believe you?¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°If you know what the element of water is made of, then why can¡¯t you use Magic? To use Magic one must use their imagination but it is very mind draining if it isn¡¯t clear. This is the reason why Mages chant to use Magic. Arch-Mage doesn¡¯t need to chant because they can chant within their mind.¡± It explained, I need to use my imagination to use Magic? Wow! It is very easy. ¡°What about the Magic to translate language?¡± ¡°It isn¡¯t Magic. Its a Spell. Imagination is also the key but one must be a Wizard. Go away!¡± Well at least the hut explained how to use Magic. Next, my goal is to kill some beast to increase my level. I had a feeling the King will call us back. ¡­ .. . Antonio¡¯s PoV ¡°Fireball.¡± I pointed at the Three-Eyed Wolf who was badly injured in our battle, it was fun but I have to end it. The wolf howled in pain as it burned after a few minutes it died. I should have imagined the fireball will explode to kill it immediately, it was pitiful to look at it dying slowly with a painful expression. ¡°Can I ask a question Antonio?¡± The soul, Rei. He told me his name after we escape from the King a few days ago. ¡°Hmm?¡± I hummed in response. ¡°Why did you say something when you¡¯re using Magic when you can do it without chanting?¡± ¡°Because its cool.¡± ¡°Cool? You mean you feel cold when you are using Magic?¡± Rei sighed in pity. ¡°You have a disease. May the God of Life bless you.¡± I sighed and I didn¡¯t bother to explain. ¡°I don¡¯t have one.¡± ¡°Yes, you do.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°Stupidity.¡± He said simply. When he first talked to me I thought he is a guy who has a good attitude, boy I was wrong. So wrong. ¡°I should find some priest to exorcise you out of my body.¡± I said. ¡°Just absorb the Mana already.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± I touch the corpse of the wolf and absorb the Mana from it, the wolf¡¯s body disappeared and I heard a explosion in my brain. After a few seconds I felt like I was in heaven. It was addicting the feeling of absorbing the power. I killed a lot of wolves, I started at the One-Eyed Wolf since its strength is the equal of a 1st Level Mage or Knight, a Three-Eyed wolf is equal to the strength of a 9th - 5th Level of a High Mage or Knight. ¡°Congratulations.¡± Rei said in a flat voice. ¡°You are now a 7th level High Mage-Low.¡± I smiled, my level increased a lot the King was right being summoned from an another world has its own advantage. ¡°Let me try to use Air Walk.¡± Air Walk is a Magic I made from making a platform of Mana to step on Air but I can¡¯t do it with my level alone, Rei said to try again when I am at Wizard level. ¡°Here I go!¡± I jump and I imagined a platform below my feet and used Wind Magic to propel me higher, ¡°It worked!¡± ¡°Idiot, feel your Mana pool only a quarter of it is remaining. Go down if you don¡¯t want to break your bones.¡± Rei warned angrily, ¡°You need to feel your Mana Pool when doing Magic! If your Mana runs out you will damage your mind and body!¡± I listened to him but I was disappointed, ¡°My Mana is not enough for flying¡­¡± I felt free when I was flying to escape from the King, I want to do it again. ¡°The way you use your Mana is horrible!¡± Rei reminded me for the hundredth time, ¡°You need to learn to control your Mana efficiently.¡± ¡°I know, but how?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t teach you properly because I am a soul inside your body.¡± Rei said, ¡°You need to have a teacher, go to the Forest of Evina. There is someone I knew when I was alive, her name is Telu she is at the 1st Level Master-peak. She can control Qi perfectly. I¡¯m not sure what her level is now though since it has been four years ago when I saw her.¡± ¡°Will she teach me willingly?¡± ¡°Maybe, I think she will ask you a request.¡± Rei said, ¡°Let me warn you, don¡¯t agree to her request if you do. I will make you regret it.¡± I nodded. ¡°Just tell her the truth about how you are from a different world and Seth was killed by the King. That¡¯s it.¡± ¡°Why do I need to tell her about Seth?¡± ¡°Just listen to me.¡± Rei seemed like he didn¡¯t want to talk about it. Just who is Rei? If I told Alice about Rei would she be able to guess his identity? ¡­ .. . END OF CHAPTER SEVEN Chapter Eight: Magic… Antonio¡¯s PoV ¡°How far is the Forest Evina?¡± I asked. ¡°With your speed, it will take us a week.¡± Rei said. ¡°A week!?¡± Its too far away, ¡°Can you just teach to control Mana?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Why?¡± Rei didn¡¯t say anything, I wish Rei was William he would shout at me and its fun seeing him annoyed but Rei he either ignores me or telling me I¡¯m stupid. His too serious for his own good, I want him to lighten up a little bit. It seems my ¡°ability¡± to cheer up someone was futile to the great Rei! If he answered me I would play the ¡®why game¡¯ but Rei didn¡¯t fall for it though. ¡°Which way to go captain?¡± ¡°Follow the road, when you reach a Village I will tell you where to go next.¡± If I was in a movie, Rei would probably say, ¡®Follow the yellow brick road!¡¯ I will meet a scarecrow, a lion, and a metallic woodman. To find a way to go back to Earth. ¡°Aye aye.¡± I saluted and listened to his instructions, at least I have a GPS in my brain. Instead of Siri or Cortana I have an AI which I named REI it is a device inside my head who always said I¡¯m stupid. REI has a few functions, an alarm clock that would never stop until you woke up, a reminder it would always repeat itself until you remember it, the best part is there is no MUTE button you will always hear it nagging at you like your Mother! ¡°Antonio! Stop daydreaming!¡± A shout woke me up from my thoughts, ¡°How many times do I have to tell you, you need to be alert when walking on the road alone who knows someone or something will attack you!¡± ¡°Yes, s¨ª , hai, ja, shi.¡± I answered in different languages. I¡¯m bored and I can¡¯t help it. After several hours of walking, I still didn¡¯t see any villages, ¡°How far are we from the Village?¡± ¡°Three days.¡± ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me?!?¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t ask.¡± Fair enough, but I¡¯m sure he did this on purpose. I¡¯m tired and I need to rest. ¡°Can I sleep here?¡± ¡°Yes you can but you would be dead when the sun rises.¡± Rei said, ¡°At night monsters roam, the 9th Level Monster is equivalent to a 9th - 7th Arch-Mage. In midnight in rare cases Devil level beast would appear.¡± I glanced at the sky and the sun was setting it would have been a beautiful scene if Rei didn¡¯t tell me about this, ¡°What am I supposed to do? Its almost night already!¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t it obvious what are you going to do?¡± Rei asked. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Survive of course.¡± Hahaha. Funny, although I could imagine a grenade or a rocket launcher it couldn¡¯t kill a 9th Level Monster! I was already having a hard time killing the Three-Eyed Wolf! I was just lucky it was alone if it had been of a group I would die fifty times before I could kill them. ¡°How?¡± I whined. ¡°Your problem, not mine. Find a way.¡± Rei wants me dead, what did I do to him? ¡°Please tell me what to do Rei¡­please.¡±The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Survive.¡± ¡°Rei!¡± He didn¡¯t say anything after that, I¡¯m doomed maybe I should write a will. ¡­ The sun was asleep and the moon woke covering a quarter of its face, the warm wind turned into a cool one hitting the trees which caused them to sway. The noise of the branches hitting each other gives the sound of scratching of a beast claws. A girl with white, well groomed hair slightly covers a thin, beautiful face. Wide green eyes, looking at the horizon with a gentle smile, she wore a dress which covers only a small portion of her shoulders and flows down into an elegant court neckline. It''s a comfortable fit which makes the dress look comfortable, yet elegant and stylish. Her arms have been covered to just above her wrists. The sleeves start out loose and tighten towards the bottom where they wrap graceful around her wrists. She didn¡¯t like to wear a dress but she has a premonition someone she loved was coming and she knew who is it, ¡°Seth, finally your back.¡± She needed to wait for a few days and he will be here. She had promised to Seth she will wait for him and show him what her real face looked like, although it may seem nothing special but she changed her appearance into an ordinary one. Not too beautiful, not too ugly. It was average and she spread a rumor of herself, she was cursed and her beauty was taken due to the jealousy of a Witch (A female Wizard level.) She was the only one who knew the truth not even her family. It change her life drastically, her suitors who claimed to ¡°always be with her¡± mocked her and left. Her Dad who loved her disowned her since she wasn¡¯t useful anymore to seduce the princes or nobles. She did not feel sad in fact she was happy, she was free. She left and change her name into Teluria Elyvi, which means ¡®Alone and Happy.¡¯ She trained in the army at first she was looked down by the people because her level was only at the 1st Level Knight she was still a teenager if she was in a academy she would be hailed as a genius but in the army? It was weak and a burden, nobody trained her and she was only an errand girl but she was not disheartened instead she trained by herself. The General was impressed by her perseverance and give her a chance to complete a mission it may seem easy to the veterans but to her it was too difficult but she agreed. In the mission she almost died several times but in the end she succeeded. She rose from being a errand girl into the leader of the army in five years. And that was the day she meet Seth. ¡­ ¡°Rei? How come I saw nothing at night?¡± I yawned. ¡°I lied.¡± Rei said, ¡°I was impressed by the way, you can hear the rustle of the leaves one hundred meters away.¡± I don¡¯t know if he was complementing me or insulting me. ¡°You lied?!?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Rei said simply, ¡°If you use your brain you would know I am lying, this is a road humans build it of course it would be safe from beast. When a beast step on this road a Formation would activate and kill it, but I did not lie about Devil Level beast the formation wont work on them but it is highly unlikely they would roam here since this is not their territory.¡± ¡°Did you forget? I came from an another world!¡± ¡°You¡¯re wasting time, lets go.¡± Rei change the subject, he forgot didn¡¯t he? ¡°Close your eyes first and absorb Mana and imagine to refresh your body and mind. With meditation you don¡¯t need to sleep but it doesn¡¯t replenish your energy. Kill some beast and absorb them it will act as a food.¡± ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me this? This is important I don¡¯t need to sleep and eat.¡± This is awesome, I wonder if this is considered normal in this world. ¡°It was obvious if you pay attention to your body when absorbing Mana or Qi from the beast.¡± ¡°Can I ask a question?¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°How do you know the Level of a person or a beast?¡± I was curious about this, Rei seems to know what is Level the enemy and it was useful. ¡°Intuition, perception, and experience.¡± Rei said, ¡°You need this three to learn the skill to see through their Level. Your perception is great but the other two not so much, this is the reason why I need you to go to Telu to learn from her.¡± ¡°I see.¡± ¡°Now meditate.¡± ... I sighed with relief as my tiredness was gone, at least I wont be grumpy because a sleepy me is a rude me. Walking without any group is boring than I thought it would be. I have no one to talk to¡­ Rei? His too serious and he will ignore me I said nonsensical things. I heard a battle cry, ¡°Protect the carriage!¡± I move towards the sounds it was in the forest and I saw a cliche scene a carriage protected by soldiers and mercenaries was attacked by a wounded White Wolf it has the size of three full grown man. I saw the Mages chanting, ¡°??? ¦Â¦Ì¦Ð¡É.¡± A fire flew out of their hands and surrounded the Wolf and was getting smaller and smaller the Wolf is trapped. ¡°What language are they speaking when they¡¯re chanting?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t need to know. You can use Magic without chanting.¡± The Wolf howled and the air turns colder, frost covers its whole body and it clawed the fire. It lowered its body slightly and pounced at mercenaries while its tail shoot ice crystals at the carriage, the Mages reacted fast and created a barrier but one of the mercenaries was killed by the Wolf. One of the man filled his Qi into his spear and thrust it but the Wolf dodge it easily and countered with a icicle coming out from its mouth. He dodge but he hit at his shoulder and the frost keep spreading until it covers his whole body. He died. ¡°I wish I had some popcorn to watch this fight.¡± I sat on the tree watching, I keep cheering on the Wolf its too cool. If I fought with it its hard to tell who will win. ¡°Are you really normal?¡± Rei asked. ¡°Yes. Why?¡± ¡°A normal human would help them to kill the wolf but you keep watching like it was great show, if I had the chance to go to your world I will not go even if I will lose my life.¡± I smiled but didn¡¯t say anything, I watched the battle the Wolf is winning but it was wounded I wonder who will be the first to give up the humans or the Wolf? I saw one of the Mage was still chanting for a long time, ahh, I see they are waiting for the Mage to finish the chant to kill the Wolf. I pointed at the Mage who was chanting, since this is a cliche scene to break it I will help the Wolf instead of them. I smiled, ¡°Pistol - Bang!¡± As soon as I shoot it I hide in an another place, I watch my Mana bullet getting close to the Mage he dodge it as I expected but his chant was stopped. He spat a mouthful of blood and he passed out. ¡°What happened?¡± I asked Rei as I watch the mercenaries panicked when the Mage fell down. The Wolf used the opportunity and and sweep its tail to the carriage and ice covered the ground and freeze the soldiers while the mercenaries run away. The Wolf wins! ¡°A backlash, if the chanting was stopped forcibly it will harm its user. Since he is using a powerful Magic he will be unconscious for a year or so.¡± ¡°Awesome.¡± Mage has its own weakness but what about the Warriors? The Wolf slashed the carriage and I saw it killed the people inside the carriage and get something which is a small pup, the Wolf is a mother saving her child I watch it leave and it turned back and looked at the place where I¡¯m hiding, ¡°Thank you.¡± and the Wolf left. I was surprised, ¡°A wolf can talk?!?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°How?!?¡± ¡°Magic.¡± Rei said one word but it did not explaining anything! Anything¡¯s possible I guess since this is a world of Magic. I won¡¯t be surprised if a tree can talk. ¡­ .. . END OF CHAPTER EIGHT Chapter Nine: A Weird Man Previously I was surprised, ¡°A wolf can talk?!?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°How?!?¡± ¡°Magic.¡± Rei said one word but it did not explain anything! Anything¡¯s possible I guess since this is a world of Magic. I won¡¯t be surprised if a tree can talk. Antonio¡¯s PoV After three days walking alone, Rei didn¡¯t talk to me his reason? He said my stupidity is contagious. That is not true! Is my IQ really low? I want to talk to somebody! The great news is I saw the Village, Rei is a great map, it''s convenient. As I entered the village, I saw a man looking at me with an expression of sorrow but it vanished and he smiled cheerily and waved at me. ¡°Welcome to our village!¡±Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Are you talking to me?¡± I pointed at myself, well his hospitable I thought this world is vicious. They wouldn¡¯t care about the lives of other people but it seems I¡¯m wrong. ¡°Yes, My name is Kelz.¡± He gestured to himself with a smile, ¡°If you ever need something in this town all you need is to find me.¡± ¡°Are you this chief of this village or something?¡± I asked. ¡°The great me is the leader.¡± He said smugly, I heard a frustrated sigh from a hut but I saw nothing. Weird. ¡°What is your name lad?¡± ¡°Say your name is Seth.¡± Rei who had not to speak to me for days talked after that he stayed silent again. I smiled, ¡°Name¡¯s Seth.¡± His smiled turned stiff, ¡°I see, what a nice name.¡± There¡¯s a moment of silence between us, I swear I hear some crickets was it my imagination? Stop looking at me like that Uncle, I do not swing that way. I suppressed a shudder. Rei groaned, ¡°Why are you thinking some nonsensical things?!?¡± Oh, right I forgot Rei can read my thoughts. Creep. ¡°I heard that!¡± Rei said, ¡°Just ask where the inn is we need to rest and we need to go before dawn.¡± Aye captain. ¡°Any suggestions for an inn?¡± I asked politely, not showing I¡¯m uncomfortable with his stare. ¡°Hmm?¡± Kelz blinked waking up from his thoughts, I must be so handsome that even guys will daydream about me, sigh tis also a curse. ¡°...¡± Rei said nothing, if he had a body right now he would be grinding his teeth together and clenching his fist trying hard not to punch me. I sure do have a great imagination. It must be torture to be in my mind, luckily I try not to think of bad puns or Rei will live inside a living hell and he can¡¯t do anything about it. For example, I must be in love with Rei because no matter what I do I can¡¯t seem to get him out of my mind. Badoom tsss. ¡°SHUT UP!¡± I chuckled, Rei has gone crazy because of me, it is a relationship where my love is received. I feel so blessed yet confused Rei is inside in my body I thought that we need to get married first. ¡°AAAAGGGGHHH!¡± Okay, I¡¯ll stop now where was I? ¡°See that hut over there kid?¡± He pointed at the hut covered with trees, ¡° You can live there, nobody lives there.¡± ¡°Thanks, Kelz.¡± I smiled. ¡°No problem kid.¡± . . . END OF CHAPTER NINE.