《Unlimited Energy》 Prolouge I open my eye finding myself floating up in the sky. I feel energy filled within mineself. They came from the surrounding people from bellow. Rising their arms, they transfered their power to me. This energy makes my body feel stronger, albeit the itch they come up with. In front of me I saw a giant, really humongous symbol made of strands of golden light. I don¡¯t really understand what the symbol meant but I somehow know it was a seal of some sort, and it very likely a powerfull seal. I saw the barrier begining to craked and oozing mist of dark miasma. I panicked when the miasma reach me and decide to bail but I can¡¯t move by body, I try to scream but my mouth unmoving. When the mist touch me, it dissipated into nothing. It seems like the energy protecting me from whatever this thing is. Suddenly my body decide to move forward by their own. I tried to stop but it seems the body have a mind of their on. I felt like in a first person spectator mode when you died in an FPS game, only this time I can¡¯t even change prespective. I somehow know what this body want to do. It want to get close to the giant symbol so it can transfer the energy it accumulated to somehow fixed the seal. All this foreign knowledge drive me nuts! I¡¯m not even sure if this is actually my body. How do I even got here in the first place anyway? When this outstreched arm almost touching the seal, I hear a deafening shout that almost break my ears. The body make a 180 degree and look below. I genuinly suprised when I found out I was around 5000 km above the ground, even more so to the person who make that shout earlier, they got one hell of a lung. I saw a beautiful woman being restrained by 50 or so people to no avail. The woman make a rush while screaming something at me, or at least the owner of this body. I don¡¯t know what she saying because she spoke in a language foreign to me, however I can somehow know how she felt. By her speaking tone, I can feel anger mixed with worries and sorrow. I saw tears fall from her dazzling blue eyes. It seems like the girl is my, or this body¡¯s, girlfriend or something along the line. Bet even girls will fall for her charm. Which remind me, I don¡¯t even know what I look like currently.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. I feel my face twitch into a smile, anyone can feel a change in their own face if you asking, after that the body turn back again facing the seal and touch it. The energy around and inside me sudenly being sapped by whatever element in the seal. My head become dizzy and my sight turn hazy but the body still don¡¯t let go. At some point, my body begining to crack while the crack in the seal filled in with the energy, I think. An absurd amount of pain coursing through me yet this body didn¡¯t even scream. In fact, the smile in turn into a wide grin while a bit of chuckle come out of the mouth..... wait? CRACK?! THE BODY IS CRACKING?!?! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BODY DOING?!?! Now that I mention it, it all make sense. The crying lady, the energy I received, the broken seal being restored, everything become clear! I¡¯M A SACRIFICE TO RESTORE THIS SYMBOL THAt probably meant to protect this world or something, maybe, i¡¯m not sure. I¡¯m more of a Sci-fi type of guy, this is some magical fantasy bullshit. So this is how my life ends. Wake up to find out i¡¯m in a body of another person while said person still retain their conciousness unaware of my presence and is going to sacrifice themself like a noble hero or the like. Well, at least now I finally understand the phrase ¡®at the wrong time and place¡¯, hate those language class. Or is it philoshopy? Who cares, i¡¯m going to die anyway. Shortly after, my view turn darken as I feel my body crumbling away. The last thing I heard was a scream of the beautiful lady. I feel kinda bad for her. Not only she lost someone she deared, this body is perhaps the last of her close friends. I swear if I survived this shit somehow, i¡¯m going to.... .................... ........finish dark souls without using weapon and armor? I don¡¯t know, it¡¯s my first time dying, let alone in fantasyist way. My vision become complety void, no sound, no smell, not even taste. ? You wouldn''t get this from any other guy ? Wait, I do hear a sound. It¡¯s getting louder, and I felt a familiar feeling to this sound. ? I just wanna tell you how I''m feeling ? Instanly I realized. I finally understand what I have been going through. It¡¯s probably something many people experienced. I thought it won¡¯t happen to me because I consider it as a myth. But I was wrong, oh how I was wrong. The thing that happened to me, ? Gotta make you understand ? is ? Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you ? dreaming. Chapter 1: Ordinary Day ?Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt eul? ¡°*yawn* why did I ever thought rickroll make a great alarm?¡± I mumble while still feeling sleepy. Well, I still kinda shocked about the past experience though. 12 years wondering what are people talking about and thinking they conspired on me but now I fiinaly understand what does they means. Dreaming Something that alien to me. For as long as I remember, I thought ¡®dreaming¡¯ is a code for something or maybe it¡¯s a theory that so popular, even the most isolated person on earth know about it. Well, everyone but me. Since I was born, I rarely sleep and most of the time I wide awake in the middle of night. My parent used to scold me when I roaming around at midnight until one day I tell them my condition when I was six. They didn¡¯t belive me at first, but after conviced them to bring me to a hospital to get checked, they were shocked when the doctor¡¯s result come out. The doctor conclude that I have some kind of anomaly that render me to unable to sleep most of the time. In addition, he said that my body hardly ever fatigued after a stamina examination. I don¡¯t remember what my parent¡¯s reaction to this at that time, but I still remeber the time my dad brought me a PlayStation complete with bunch of video games. He said that I can only play when I can¡¯t get any sleep and not to overdo it. Of course I never listen to him, game is literally my live. Every sleepless night when everyone fast asleep, my consoles keeping me company with their pixel and graphic and CG and something alike. Have I ever told you I love Video game? Well now you know. I look around the room I sleep in, observing the many consoles and CD¡¯s and game cartridge and ect and ect neatly arranged on their represantif shelf. Most of the game in the room are sci-fi themed, there is some fantasy and real life simulator stuff but they are minority. Did I already mentioned this is NOT my bed room? I don¡¯t think so. By the way, when did I fall asleep? I know i¡¯m in the middle of playing a game but I don¡¯t remember I fell asleep, not like I ever does considering it¡¯s a rare occurance to me. Oh well, no use sweating about it. Rising up from my gaming chair (bean chair), I make my way out of the game room to my bedroom. I take some clean clothes and a towel then go to the bathroom, doing my bussiness. Feeling fresh, I walk through the corridor into the dinning room/kitchen. As usual, nobody but me in the house. Dad still working while mom still traveling. They start becoming busy arond the time I graduate grade school. The only time they both home is on my birthday or their anniversary and thats it. Not Thanksgiving, Not Christmas, Not even gramp¡¯s funneral. Sometimes they can be such a cold people, but I know that infact they¡¯re an extremly busy people who can only spare time for their immidiate family. I don¡¯t care what everyone said about them, to me they are the best parent any kids could ask for. Fixing breakfast for myself remind me of how I used to be terrible at cooking. I¡¯ll never forget the time my mom passed out when she saw me smeared in ketchup. But now I proudly say that i¡¯m a decent cook. Not long after I finished making breakfast consist of sunny side up egg, lamb chop, and a simple mashed potato. After finishing my breakfast and washing the dishes, I take my school bag in my bedroom and go out to school (DUH). I greet my neighbor whos walking his pet dog while passing him. I also lightly throw peebles to a window of certain house to wake the inhabitant up. For Your Information, they asked me to do this. On my way I met one of my friends. Her name is Iris and she¡¯s what would you call the school idol, not just for her look but also her personality. She has so many fans, both boys and girls alike. Not only that, she¡¯s actually the student council SECRETARY and has a high reputation for being the smartest girl at school. Drop death goddess some may says. Iris is a tall girl with wavy brown hair, blue eyes and slim figure with B-cup breast on top (or front, which ever you like). She¡¯s currently wearing the school uniform design for female stuco members, red blazer with white shirt underneath adorned with golden yellow ribbon, similary red short pleated skirt, black stocking and penny loafer shoes. The second last are actually not exactly a requirement but you already figure it out, right? I on the other hand am a guy with no defining feature. Black hair in tidy side fringe, black eyes, lanky build and plain charm. I wear the normal male school uniform, blue blazer, black tie, white shirt, blue long pants, socks and a sneaker. All student wear a brosche according to their grade. Freshmen get a Green Leaf, Sophomore get a Blue Flower while Senior get a White Tree. Me and Iris are freshmen so we got the green leaf. Now I know what you thinking now, ¡®how can an ordinary game addict like you can be close to a school goddess?¡¯ or the like. To tell you the truth she¡¯s actually a childhood friend of mine up to 5th grade because her family moving out of the town. Back then she was plain as hell and nobody want to be friend with her except me. Since then we becomes friend and even now, after so long she still remeber me. Isn¡¯t that wonderfull? Not really. With great friendship comes a great conflict. Many boys tried to keep me away from her in the first day but the second day nobody even attempted to get close to me. Is this what you call ¡®neglect play¡¯? ¡°Morning Charlie.¡± Iris says as I approach her. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°Morn¡¯, how¡¯s the stuco stuff doin?¡± I ask her. ¡°Horrible! I barely made it last night. Why did I agreed to do their job anyway? 5 hours sleep is the only reward I got for my stupidity.¡± Iris says while rubbing her tired eyes. Ever since she becomes the council secretary last month, she only rant about how incompetent everyone at the stuco excluding the treasury. She even said she wants to strangle the president for being the worst of them all. I attentively listen to her droning while making sure she walk safely. Don¡¯t want to be blamed for hurting the precious girl by the student body, I thought. ¡°Anyway, how are you doing?¡± Iris says when she finished nagging. Thought she never stop. ¡°Actualy I finally got myself a dream for the first time tonight.¡± I brag for apparently no particullary solid reason. ¡°Heeeh, you already have one of those, huh? So, who is it?¡± ¡°Who is it what?¡± ¡°You know, who are you dreamed about? An upperclassmen? Classmate? Or perhaps me?¡± she says while blushing a bit when she says the last line ¡°Hmmm, I don¡¯t know if I recognize any of them but I remember seeing a beautifull girl. Well, my dream probably didn¡¯t last that long but it was a solid experience.¡± I say, still not sure what the heck she means. ¡°Oh, well.... how she looks like?¡± ¡°Well, the only thing I remember is that she has dazzling blue eyes and that she shout hella loud, I was like doing this stuff when I heard yell from bellow and I was like thoursand km above her.¡± ¡°Wait, what are you even dreaming about?¡± Iris ask, looking confused. I tell her the detail of my dream as much as I could and she just facepalming at the end of my tale. Her face turn red and I can kinda see smoke rise on top of her head. She mumble something I can¡¯t heard clearly while massaging her temple. In the end, she looks kind of dissapointed yet relived at the same time. I ask her whats wrong but she said it¡¯s fine. I just nod on that and we continue our way to school. We arrive at school and just about time when the P.E. teacher about to close the gate. Even if Iris were late, he¡¯ll probably let her through. Can¡¯t say when it¡¯s me though. We rush to our respective class and i¡¯m relived when the teacher haven¡¯t arrive yet. Classess are boring as usual. I may not the smartest kid in school or anything but I still maintain decent grade though I never tried hard or anything. Granny always rant when I didn¡¯t get an average grade so i just study enough to be exactly above average. I just can¡¯t wait for the class to end, honestly. Driiiiiiiiiing Speak of the devil. Right after the lunch bell ring, I receive a message on my phone. [Rooftop, the usual, 5 minute] Wasting no time, I rush to the cafetaria and manage to be the first to arrive. I begin to buying many item such as melon bread, noodle bread, chocobanana bread, ultramilk, lemon soda, and coffee. They are out of mocha so I end up buying cappucino. After that I skillfully avoid the traffic of students and made it to the rooftop in time. Exactly 5 minute. Master in heaven must be proud of me. ¡°YOU¡¯RE LATE, SHITHEAD!!¡± Well, close enough. In front of me are two Sophomore senior and one of my classmate. The first upperclasman is Alex, the one who just yelled at me, is a tall guy with toned body but not too much. He has a messy crimson hair (waxed) and vermilion eyes, at least that what the girls says. The other upperclasman is George, long black hair tied into ponytail, black eyes and about the same build like Alex albeit not as toned as him and actually half a head taller than him as well. Lastly we have Jean, Blonde hair, brown eyes, a head shorter than the other two and the slimmest out of the three. They¡¯re a part of the school basketball team that just win the championship last month. The basketball member are considered celebrity around the school. Alex and George even have their own fanclub, while Jean who is still a new member has quiet many admires. These three are my other friends, poor kids too shy to buy their own lunch. Around 13 day ago, they suddenly comes right to me, bring me to the gym locker, and asking me to buy them lunch while giving me a friendly tap in the face, chest, shoulder, back, and stomach, with fists. Until now I think I done a good job, with occasional mistake such as ¡®the bread taste horrible¡¯ or ¡®the drinks are warm¡¯ or... ¡°Oi!¡± ¡°What is it, Jean?¡± I ask him when a coffee-can fly by pass me at a high speed. ¡°I said mochachino, NOT cappuchino you idiot!¡± Or ¡®wrong item, dummy!¡¯ if I follow the book. I tried to explain to him that there are no mocha but it seem Jean didn¡¯t even tried to listen. He¡¯s very moody when he didn¡¯t get his daily dose of caffein. After a short discussion with them, it is decide that I give him all the money on me to make up for it, the usual consequences. After that they then send me out to my own device so i go straight downstair heading to my classroom when I felt someone looking at me. Turning around I was met with Iris, she was surprised whe our gaze met but quickly recovered. She ask me what my bussiness at the roof so I just tell her I was helping my friends. She look disapointed with my answer so I just shrug it off and went ahead to the class. When I arrived, everyone in the class look toward my way with a look of astonishment. I already understand that i¡¯m not a looker type so they must look at Iris who just following me around the whole time. Have I ever mention we were in a different class? Probably not. ¡°Umm Charlie, this morning when I cook my lunch I accidently made too much. So, would you mind helping me with them?¡± Iris says while handing me a lunch box out of nowhere, or I actually didn¡¯t realize she bringing it the whole time. Either way I accept her offer, like what my dad always said ¡®never refuse freebies from a friend, even if it poisoned¡¯ or the like. While we eating, I commed her dishes and give her advise for the next time she make it again. She¡¯s not a terrible cook heself but appart from spicy food, she can¡¯t taste for shit. I still remeber the time we go to a New Spanyol restaurant and get diarrhea for a days. I heard wishper and scowl around my table and saw the look of many boys and girls alike in contempt. Well, its actually their fault. If you really like someone you just have to come to them. No need to be so distant and feel complicated, just take a seat and be friendly. Take Alex, George and Jean as example, they didn¡¯t hestitate to come to me and now we are friends. Right after we finish our meal the bell ring yet again. Iris hastly pack her boxes and make her to her class after we said our goodbye. She¡¯ll always be a busy body no matter what happen huh, that girl. The spectator dispress after their idol leave the room. Some of them still stare dagger at me. I just don¡¯t get their problem is. Jean arrive at the class shortly after Iris exited. He look calmer now but still giving me the glare. Well, sorry if the mocha is out of stock. Next time though i¡¯ll make sure to bring one from home. But won¡¯t that make the coffee warm? Oh well, i¡¯ll find the solution later. Class still boring as usual so I just write down what the teach says and write on the board. After the last periode end its time for club activity or in my case and many other, going home. When I was just passed the school gate my phone rang. When I checked, there¡¯s a message from Alex, [Rooftop, NOW!] This is the first time I got this kind of message so I just rush to the roof hopping nothing bad happened. Along the way I pass Iris and we give ourself a short greeting. I got no time to chat and quickly arrive at the place. I was met with the trio wielding a baseball bat in on their hand. ¡°C¡¯mere now.¡± George said while gesturing a ¡®come over¡¯ signal. The door to the rooftop were closed and I was surrounded by the three in triangle formation. In the silence I was wondering what they planning to do. I tried to ask them what¡¯s up but they didn¡¯t answer. Though Alex did avoid looking at me the whole time while George massaging his temple while having a complicated look in his face. *WHACK* Suddenly Jean hit me right in the back of my head. I know it was him because the other two standing right in front me. Alex look suprised while George seemingly yell at Jean about something. My hearing gone messed up the momment he hit my head so I didn¡¯t understand what they says. For now I tried to crawl to the door when suddenly my back was stomped by someone. I tried to take a look at the preprator when he immediately hit my face with the bat. I was thrown away from the door to a ventilation machine something. My vision turn blurry while I see three figure coming close to me. They proceed too hit me again, and again, and again, and again. My senses turn awry before long when suddenly, they stopped. They stopped hitting me. I was wondering what happening when something grab me out of nowhere. I tried to make sense of the situation but my vision turn darken. I think I have experience a similiar thing. Thats right, the dream! My vision was darken just like in the dream. For some reason my hearing coming back somehow and I heard someone screaming. I don¡¯t know who it was but now I understand why the punching stoped. Whatever happen on me right now must must have happened to others. The screaming abruptly stopped and my body feel chilli. My vision completely turn dark and I can¡¯t hear anything anymore. *SHINING LIGHT FX* Out of the blue my sense turn upside down. The previously dark world turn bright while the chill becomes a gentle warmth. I feel something, no, SOMEONEhugging me from behind followed by a soothing voice. ¡°You are save now, my lord.¡± Chapter 2: Questions & Answers One minute ago I was just an ordinary high school boy, now I stuck in this not-so-dark dark void with stranger touched me without my permission. At least it¡¯s a woman so I¡¯m okay with that. ¡®How did you know it was a female when you can¡¯t even see her?¡¯ you ask? Well, she sound like a girl, smell like one too and also she got boobs. I can just felt her breast on my back. And who says I can¡¯t see her? I was looking at her right now. She was an impossibly beautiful woman in her mid 20¡¯s with silver eyes, white long straight hair to her waist, big bosom, hourglass figure, and a voice that can make any singer envious. She wore a radiant white dress seemingly made of silk similar to those on Greek women in some old painting and statues at the museum. The lady for some reason emmit a radiant light brighting up the void around me. I was about to ask her questions when she hold her hand out stoping me from making a sound. ¡°Grab my hand my lord and I will guide you to your home world.¡± She says while offering her hand to me. ¡°Wait a sec, what about the others? Are you going to save them or did you already done that? What happened to me? And what the deal is with this ¡®my lord¡¯ you talking about?¡± I ask her. ¡°Eh? Why would I save them? I saw them hurt you all the time my lord. As for your other questions, it would take some time to explain it.¡± ¡°So? Is it a problem to tell me right here and now? Or is it not safe to talk about it in this place?¡± The lady take few moment before answering, ¡°No, there¡¯s no problem whatsoever. Well first I¡¯ll start with the easiest one first. You are now in a zone between time and space, simply called ¡®The Gap¡¯. Normally, when mortals travel through time or worlds, they will just pass this place as if it was a small gap on the floor tiles. The only being that can enter such place are what mortals called ¡®Gods¡¯ and those whom has their permission to. The same can be said to your ¡®friends¡¯, but you on the other hand are a special case. We¡¯ll go on that later. As for why I refers you as ¡®my lord¡¯, I have to start from the beginning.- -Eons ago, when there were only 5 existing worlds, the realm of gods hold responsibility to guard a malicious source at bay. We construct a gigantic Rune up in the sky to seal what we called ¡®The Forbidden¡¯ from running rampant destroying the worlds into disexistence. The seal, although prove powerful, require an enourmous amount of power. For millenia, nothing problematic happen. But then, the gods that were guarding the seals were suddenly vanish. The seal began to crumble so with no other option, other gods replace the deceased. This cycle continue. While gods can just revived after centuries or so, no gods were willingly to guard the seal the second time. They said that dying this way were something that put deep trauma on them, they would rather be tortured for eternity than to experience that again.- -One day, a visitor suddenly came to the gods realm like it was nothing special. He was a mage scholar that admit he was actually come to there by accident during experiment. The visitor proved to be a strong individual when one arrogant god decide attack him and quickly beaten in a fist fight. He was an interesting guest to the world and suprisingly a curious one. Even in the presence of the gods, he did not falter just like you my lord. Instead, we were overwhelmed by his thirst of knowledge. Not only he grasp our wisdom quickly, he even master all of our magic in a span of a year. For 20 years the scholar living carefreelly within our world when suddenly, the current seal guardians turn corrupted by the influence of ¡®The Forbidden¡¯ and decided to break the seal. We were able to stop them just in time but the corruption already goes through. None of the gods present at that time willing to replace the fallen guardian. The scholar who witness this event chimed in to ask what happened. After he got the gits of it, he decide to volunteer to be the next guardian.- -We were speechless by his blantant action. Some of the gods feel ashamed while the other feel pity. The eldest of us told the scholar that it is impossible for a mortal to be a seal guardian. The man were contemplating for a while when suddenly he had an idea. To tell you the truth, it was an idiotic idea ever proposed by anything alive in this world, even until today. But for some reason the eldest god actually considering this idea and decide to give it a shot. The plan was actually simple yet theorically impossible, the gods will send some of their power into the scholar and then he¡¯ll use this accumulated power to fix the seal. We were positive this was a fool errand, but when the plan actualy succeded, we were astonished by the result. Not only it was restored, the seal somehow become strudier. Ever since then, the seal no longer crumbling away even after enternities long.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. -But everything has costs and in this case, it was the scholar¡¯s life. We saw him crumbling into dust right in front of us and no matter what we do we can¡¯t revive him. Normaly, mortals can be revived by the gods without any restriction. We only need to get a piece of their soul, will it into their respective body and they¡¯ll start breathing in no time. But in his case, not only there are no body remain, his soul just vanish without a trace. We have some theory to make sense the situation. The first one is his soul has cease existence which is very unlikely. Souls in essence are a conscious substance that can¡¯t be destroyed by anything, even by ¡®The Forbiden¡¯.- -The second is even more unlikely. Even if the gods can revive by themself, they can¡¯t revive other gods even if they tried. So the other possibility is that the scholar ascend to godhood. To reach a godhood, knowledge alone doesn¡¯t cut it. One must experience many thing such as reaching tranquilty, making a great feat, saving the world, or something alike until their soul become stong.- -For thoursands of millenia we searched high and low for the where about of the scholar. We have experience even more loss than this, but the dead of our savior devastated us more than anything. From there on, we refer the scholar as ¡®The Hero of The Gods¡¯. Since then, one by one worlds began to form. Right now we have as much worlds as the star in the sky. Yes, the star is actually a gate to the other world. It takes bravery to attempt such feat, though.- -Then, 19 years ago, we have finally found him. Fragments of the savior scattered across the multiverse. Everyone that don¡¯t have a world they ruled in, including me decide to watch over each of the incarnation of the saviour. However, you¡¯re special! Out of all the incarnations you have the highest concetration of power, almost as much as him. I was sooo lucky to be chosen to watch over you my lo-¡± ¡°zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz¡± *finger snaping fx* ¡°Huh? Whut? Did I miss anything?¡± ¡°*sigh*, nevermind. I¡¯ll just send you the information directly to your mind.¡± ¡°Then, why didn¡¯t you do it in since the begining?¡± ¡°Trust me, you¡¯ll find out soon enough. Now come, bring me your head over here.¡± the lady said while gesturing me to come closer. *shriiiiiing* ¡°GAH, it hurt!!¡± I yelped in pain when she put her index finger to my forehead. So that¡¯s the reason she¡¯s telling me the long way. Knowledge filled within my mind giving me the information I need. Although it also filled me with even more question. ¡°If you were watch over me, why did you save me only now? I know that I don¡¯t have the most missreable childhood but some of them definetly grief me so. Is it because there are rules to keep gods from interfering a mortal affairs? If it is so, then won¡¯t the act of saving me count as breaking said rule?¡± ¡°You are both correct and not, my lord. It is true that most worldly affair are not to be tampered with. However, in some special case gods are permited if not required to take action. Example of these kind of case is the outerworld summoning. When a world inhabitants decide to perform a summoning ritual, the gods will form a discussion on who will be the one that be summoned. Your case however was different. You and the other three were kidnapped by a force unbeknownst to us. My comrades were still finding out the owner of the magic as of now.¡± ¡°Then what¡¯s the problem with saving them?¡± ¡°It¡¯s because there¡¯s no guarantee that they¡¯ll survive after the initial summoning! The method of the summoning involve grasping you with a tentacle made of miasma, who know what would happen to the other. There¡¯s no telling whether they already turned into pawn of evil or become some sort of sacrifice to some sick sects. I¡¯m sorry my lord but even if it¡¯s you, none of the other gods would go on such a goose chase without a proper reason for it!¡± Reason? So as long as there¡¯s a good reason, she¡¯ll allowed me to save them, huh? ¡°If it¡¯s a reason you want, I¡¯ll give you one! Not too long ago those three were hitting me with a baseball bat. I want to know why would they do such a thing. Is it not a good reason for you.¡± I ask the lady. For a few seconds she looked at me wide eyedly. She then just sigh and holding her chin while seemingly thinking about something. A soft giggles comes out of her mouth and then she says, ¡°Alright, you pass the test!¡± ¡°The test?¡± ¡°I know the moment I met you, you¡¯ll be the most gentle mortal and a have a unique personality. Although your reasoning still lacking, there¡¯s no hestitation in your tone.¡± ¡°So you¡¯ll let me go right?!¡± ¡°Of course, but I¡¯ll have to warn you if you that the world they¡¯re in now is a dog eat dog world. Every corner will be filled with danger for you. Are you prepared for that?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Good.¡± after she said that, a oval shaped portal opened beside her. ¡°The moment you step in through this gate, there¡¯s no second tho.... HEY!! WAIT A SEC...¡± Before she finished her sentence, I already leaped through the portal. On second thought, I probably should have let her finish because right now I¡¯m about 6000 meters (19685.04 feet) above the ground. Oh well, I probably going to survive anyway knowing I got deus ex machina am the reincarnation of the gods¡¯s hero or someting like that. For now I¡¯m enjoying my first chuteless freefall. Chapter 3: Lesson Unfortunately for our protagonist, falling from such height broke his spine and render him paralysed forever. Without anyone to save him, the hero live his entire life for a short while till his death. THE END Joking aside, before i reach the ground I felt strange energy envelope me and soften my fall. I wonder if it were from my hidden power or something else. Well, I mean the energy felt different from my dream. Maybe it¡¯s because I¡¯m in a different body. Yup, let¡¯s go with it. Right now I¡¯m in the middle of a clearing surrounded with trees. Looking at the clear bright sky I assume it¡¯s morning around 9 am, probably. While looking around I felt someone presence behind me. I hastly turn around to find nobody¡¯s there. Then I heard giggle behind me again and turn around again to find the same result. By now I¡¯m pratically spinning around so hard I collapsed after a while. The giggle continue and become louder. When my dizziness recede i was welcomed by a little bug ¡°Who did you call a little bug?¡± said the bug in front of me. Wait, bug can¡¯t talk. Animal can¡¯t talk. Only human can talk. So who¡¯s talkin? Is this some kind of prank?? I look around searching for a sign of person but the only thing around me are trees, shrubs, grass and this bug. ¡°DON¡¯T IGNORE ME YOU IDIOT!!¡± *WHACK* Suddenly the bug in front of me hit me with a force not matching it¡¯s size. It was hard enough to knock me down. In a cold tone, it say ¡°Call me a bug one more time and i swear i¡¯ll rip off you entire limb bits by bits. Am I clear?!¡± To that i can only nod. Now that I take a closer look, the being in front of me has a human figure with a pair of butterfly-like wings albeit tiny in size. From it¡¯s figure i guess it¡¯s a female in her early teen. If I¡¯m not mistaken, she would be something called a fairy or fae in mythology or fantasy story. Wait a sec, ¡°How did you know what I¡¯m thinking about, miss fairy.¡± I added miss out of respect to her. Anyone that kick that hard to something 36 times their size worthy those respect. ¡°Meh, I just knew when people offend me in general. By the way, don¡¯t you have any idea who am I?¡± the fairy asked me. ¡°Hold on, have we ever met before?¡± ¡°Yes, we just talked like 5 minutes ago and you just rush to the portal before I finish my explanation. Do you have any idea how hard it is to unlock the seal inside of you while falling?¡± ¡°Ummm, No?¡± ¡°........Thats it? ¡®No¡¯? is there anyting else you would like to say?¡± My answer was shaking my head, which I¡¯ll regret soon enough. ¡°SIT.¡± The fairy ordered me. I wasn¡¯t paid enough attention so her word lost on me. this too i¡¯ll regret it. ¡°I.said.SIT!¡± By instinct my body fall into a seiza position.cold sweat pours from all over my body. I haven¡¯t got this feeling ever since i saw my dad comes to school dressed like a hooligan and beat up an abusive teacher back when I was a 3rd grader. After i sat down, the fairy proceed to nag me and giving lecture about why i shouldn¡¯t call her bug. She keep droning around for hours and by the end of it the sun already reach it¡¯s peak. By now my legs has fallen asleep and i can barely hold it anymore. I raised my hand slightly hoping she noticed me. ¡°-and for that you shall.....What? You have something to say?¡± I nod while my other hand holding my crotch while i struggling to keep it in.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°Hooh you want to take a leak huh? Well, just go already!¡± After she said that, i rose from my sitting position only to fall again when my legs somehow rooted to the ground. ¡°Oops, did you mistook my word? Let me rephrase it to you once again. Go take a piss right here and now. Not that hard to do right?¡± ¡°Wait, you mean-¡° ¡°Yes, exactly that. What? Don¡¯t you really want to go? So do it now.¡± [THE FOLLOWING SCENE HAS BEEN OMITTED BY THE REQUEST OF THE PROTAGONIST ANONYMOUS PERSONA. ALSO THE PROTAGONIST IS NOT IN THE MOOD TO narating THE STORY FOR A WHILE SO PLEASE BEAR WITH IT.] ¡°Now that you have finish your business lets move on. Come on, don¡¯t be like that, cheer up will ya? Not like anyone saw it.¡± ¡°........¡± ¡°Tch, I get it already. I know i went too far but it¡¯s also your fault for being insensitive so we¡¯re even. Just get over it and quit your sulking already!¡± ¡°......... it¡¯s weird huh...¡± ¡°Hm? What was that?¡± ¡°My thing¡¯s, it¡¯s weird right?¡± ¡°What do you mean by- oh, you mean your d**k. Nah, nothing weird about it. It¡¯s just a normal healthy male organ.¡± ¡°.....you mean it?¡± ¡°Yes, I mean it. Now just turn around and face m- Mama mia you are messed up.¡± ¡°.......¡± ¡°*sigh* here take this handkerchive and clean your snort. Also it¡¯s about time you start narating the story. The reader are leaving already.¡± *nose blowing fx* yeah, thats right can¡¯t delay thing any longer. After the embarasing episode of my life I just gave up and cry for a while. Now that you mention it where did the hankie comes from? ¡°Magic.¡± The fairy says. Well, it¡¯s a fantasy world so it¡¯s probably the norm. Now that i think about it, the fairy did resembles the goddess I met not too long ago same hair, same eyes, same clothing albeit shorter in legs area, not the voice though, probably because of her current size. *stomatch growling fx* Speaking of the time, it¡¯s been around 3 hour since i¡¯m arrived and I haven¡¯t eat anything yet. Right now i want to search for food. But first..... ¡°umm, miss fairy.....¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°May I ask your name? I didn¡¯t quite catch your name back there...¡± The fairy paused for a while before she open her mouth again. ¡°Ivory, that¡¯s my name. And quit it with the ¡®Miss¡¯ already, Charlie.¡± To that I nod and asked her again, ¡°Well mi- Ivory, I¡¯m kinda feel hungry now so would you be so kind to make me something to eat?¡± ¡°No. If you really are an ¡®incarnate¡¯ you can just go hunt yourself.¡± ¡°Ehhh, but I¡¯m hungry now. And how do I hunt if I don¡¯t have a weapon?¡± ¡°Then just use your ability. Also, if I¡¯m not mistaken you used to practice martial art in your spare time so why don¡¯t you use your technique too while we at it?¡± ¡°But it was a long time ago. And I just got my power few hours ago, I don¡¯t even know how to begin.¡± ¡°Just concentrate your power to any part of your body part you¡¯re going to use and strike. That¡¯s simple, right?¡± ¡°........fine. Just tell me where the nearest game.¡± ¡°2 meters behind you.¡± ¡°........you¡¯re enjoying this, am I right?¡± Right when Ivory told me the whereabout of my hunt, I spot a pair of 5 meters tall bears eating a herd of deer like creatures, enjoying their time. This is impossible, does this fairy think I can just fight a bear bare handed and expect me to win? That¡¯s absurd!! I probably could kill a deer or two but this is unreal. ¡°HEY, UGLY! COME OVER HERE A GET A PIECE OF ME.¡± ¡°Wait, what are you doing Ivory?¡± ¡°You¡¯re taking too long so I just hasten it for you. Now go kill those bears, M-Y L-O-R-D <3.¡± No other choice. Preparing for the fight, I took off my blazer and throw it out to the side. I assumed my stance and brace for impact. One of the bear rushing my way on it¡¯s hind legs and brandish it¡¯s claw. It swing it¡¯s right claw at me but I dodged at the last second to the left. In that moment I gather my energy within me to my left hand just like in my dream. I don¡¯t know how I accomplished this but I can missed this chance. With all my might I punched the bear¡¯s right ribs and I heard a crack sound. Whether it was from me or the bear doesn¡¯t matter, I have to keep focus on the battle. After receiving my attack, the bear staggered a little bit. I gather my energy again but this time it¡¯s going to my right hand. With even more force, I strike it right in the center of it¡¯s gut. I heard an even lourder which is weird because if I¡¯m not wrong bears doesn¡¯t have bones in their belly. Oddly enough the bear stopped moving and I saw the other bear loking at me with eyes of contempt. I threw the bear to my side, reassumed my stance and gather even more of my energy to my right leg. The bear rush to me on four as if it¡¯s want to pounce on me. When it was within my range, I front kicked it¡¯s head making it standing on it¡¯s hind legs. I pour even more energy to my right leg and side kicked the bear¡¯s gut, making a hole at those area. *SPLAT* I was shocked by how my power increased my strenght and speed beyond normal limit of human. Ivory on the other hand clapping slowly making a ¡®not bad, but you could do better¡¯ look. She¡¯s seriously piss me off but deep down I know it¡¯s necessary for me to fight. Who know whats going to happend if I wasn¡¯t ready to fight and oly equipped with my fist. I also need to be familiarized with my power before it¡¯s too late. I almost died when i came to this world and if it wasn¡¯t for Ivory I probably be flat like a pancacke. When I inspect the first bear remain, I saw an armor-like scale in it¡¯s torso and jaw. The scales had a crack on the place i hit it. It¡¯s a wonder my arms and legs survived. I probably under estimated my power quite alot. I even barely feeling tired at all, but it¡¯s probably just the adrenaline. Now that I know how my power¡¯s work, I began collecting the meat from the second bear. I could just ask the fairy to make me a knive but I don¡¯t wanna risk offending her again. Fortunately the chuncks that were scatered from the second bear are more than enough for three people. I put down the meats near the place I landed. After that i began collecting twigs, branches and dried grass. I proceed to make a fire place and not long after i got myself a camp fire. Who know my trip with my mom back in 8th grade were come in handy. On the other hand, Ivory helped gathering some herbs on a basis that she also wants to eat and bears meat taste awfull if cooked as it its. All the herbs in front of me were foreign to me, it¡¯s a fantasy world so it¡¯s a given. I tasted all the herb collected and deliberating how i should cook the meat. I decided to make a skrewed grilled meat with herbs due to the lack of neccesary equipment for any other dishes. Few minutes later we helped ourself with a delicious meal. I even shed a tears while munching them. My companion though, eat her portion with a blank expression. Well, mortal food probably taste mediocore to god kin. But after she finished her portion, I almost let out a laughter. ¡°Second.¡± Say¡¯s a blushing fairy beside me. I was worried when I thought my cooking were not to her liking but seems like its was for naught. I give her another portion and she wolfed it down as quickly as possible while looking embarassed. After the lunch/dinner I was thirsty. Forunately Ivory were kind enough to summon drinkable water for my consumption, at the cost of getting my shirt wet. She quickly dried them by summoning a warm breeze, while giggling. After I put out the fire and gather my belongin (thrown blazer), we resume our journey. Five step later I turn to Ivory and ask, ¡°By the way, what were we doing in this place anyway.¡± She then giving me a blank look and facepalmed herself mumbling something under her breath. I tried putting a bit of my energy to my ears hopping i can hear what she¡¯s saying. The only word I could catch are ¡®........and right after I consider him a decent guy.....¡¯.