《Another World? Never Saw This Coming》 Prologue: All I wanted was some soda It was mid November, John Montem was enjoying a bike ride to a nearby store for some of his favorite brand name soda. John is a normal fellow, at least for where he lives. His height is 6ft 3 or 190cm, he has blue eyes with gold veins in them (he considers it his best feature), a decent face, and blonde/brown hair. As for his personality, John is seen by others as a generally friendly guy, who is kind to a fault Personally John never thought much about himself, he just hated seeing others suffering. a trait he gained through the multiple hardships he faced during his life. Sadly for John this trait might end up being the end of him. As John biked down the street, he inhaled the wonderful, slightly chilly fall air and enjoyed the 60 degree weather (Farenhiet.) In the distance a truck was speeding down the local street, and unbeknownst to the residence and bystanders on the street, the driver had just died of a heart attack, and was heading right towards a nearby store building. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. John was the first person to notice just how fast the truck was going, but he wasn''t too worried about it as people usually speed where he lives, until, it did something he had only seen in movies. The truck hit a speed bump, which caused it to veer towards himself and a nearby family. Without another thought, John''s brain went into overdrive as he dropped his bike, and ran as fast as he could towards the nearby family. Once he reached them he grabbed the little kids, and literally threw them out of the way of the truck, he then tackled the father onto the ground, right as the truck smashed into the spot where he was just standing. Just when John thought it was all over, he looked up and watched in horror as the store the truck had crashed into to, began to collapse. Chapter 1 (What a forest!) The last thought going through John¡¯s mind was: ¡®well crap this day really could have gone better¡¯ As the store building collapsed debris were scattered all over the street causing a massive dust cloud to start forming. John had closed his eyes momentarily thinking he was going to be crushed, when he opened his eyes he thought he was safe and looked down. The moment he locked eyes with the man he had tackled, he knew something was wrong, the man was looking at him with a horrified face. John slowly looked down and noticed a nice piece of rebar sticking through his chest. As his vision started fading and his lungs started filling with blood he looked the man right in his eyes and said: ¡°I know it looks bad but don¡¯t worry you¡¯ll live¡± the moment he said that he collapsed as his vision quickly darkened his last thought was ¡®I hope that sounded cool¡¯. John felt his conscience returning slowly and his first thought was ¡®did they bring me back?¡¯ However he felt something was off, he clenched his fist and got a handful of grass immediately he became alert and opened his eyes. Once his eyes were opened his view was filled with trees, trees everywhere. John had gone to multiple state parks when he was little and seen the trees in the Redwood Forest, but compared to those the trees he was staring at now dwarfed any tree in his memory. John then looked down at his chest and noticed a hole in his clothes but when he lifted his shirt there was thankfully, no wound on his chest he sighed in relief and quickly checked his pockets. He currently had a pocket knife, a cellphone, a fire starter, and his trusty watch. ¡°Well at least if worst comes to worse I can keep warm, alright first off let¡¯s find a road or town or at least some kind of life¡± John muttered to himself as he started walking. After walking for a solid 3 hours John was exhausted but had thankfully found a nice spring fed stream and after testing the water with his hand, he found that it was nice and cold and proceeded to drink as much as possible. After drinking his fill he figured next step would be to find some kind of shelter for the night it seemed like the sun was setting and he figured it would be a bad idea to stay out in the open during night time. John started scaling a tree that was average size and after finding a branch that could hold his weight he started to drift off thanking the heavens for his amazing ability to not move while sleeping. The next morning John figured he would need some kind of food so he went off in search of anything edible. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. After carving sticks into barbed spears using his knife he started spear fishing, while standing in the icy water his legs soon went numb, but he ignored the feeling for now and carefully eyed the rushing water. After an hour of leg numbing cold, he had failed a solid 36 times but for the sake of food he kept trying. Just then John caught a glimpse of a slightly dark shape in the river and threw the spear with all his might, apparently 37 times was the charm. When John retrieved the spear, there was a weird large pink colored fish on the end of it. In all his years fishing with his father he had never once, encountered a solid pink fresh water fish but due to hunger pains he decided to ignore the weirdness of the color and brought the fish to the fire he set up. After enjoying a meal of pink fish which tasted a bit like catfish John began to follow the river down-stream in hopes of finding civilization. After walking for another 3 hours John saw his first signs of civilization, a road. With a relieved expression on his face John began to advance toward the road but what he heard next made his blood chill. He heard a scream in the distance and he started running full speed towards the sound. What he encountered next though would confirm to John that he was no longer on earth. A group of five Goblins and one large Ogre type creature were attacking a small carriage with a wagon attached to the back of it. Now John was no Weeaboo or a shut in, but let¡¯s just say that he had a really rough summer and ended up watching a solid 70+ anime¡¯s and reading 15+ light novels not to mention playing multiple video games, which was why he called the creatures Goblins and Ogre¡¯s, he also knew that he should probably help whoever was being attacked, and if what he remembered from those stories was true he should have some kind of power or ability. But in order to not risk the possibility that those were just completely fake he decided to fight them without attempting to activate some kind of special ability. Why was John about to charge these monsters without a second thought you might ask? Well John had heard a scream earlier and assumed that a person was being hurt and immediately he felt the strong urge to help them it was a flaw in his personality but at the moment he didn¡¯t care all he thought about was how to best take down these monsters. John tightened his grip on the spear in his right hand and he readied his knife in his left and started charging the monsters. Chapter 2 (Getting Riled up) Today was supposed to be just another ordinary day for the Merchant. The Merchant in question although fairly new to the game of mercantilism had traveled this road quite a few times, and it was always incredibly unbearably boring. However today, unlike every other day something interesting finally happened. There was a group of Goblins and a large Ogre, waiting in ambush for any unlucky travelers, and today the merchant just happened to be one. However the Monsters immediately noticed something was wrong, the goblin closest to the merchant was picked up and ripped in half in an incredibly fluid motion similar to someone snapping a carrot. Merchant?: ¡°Looks like you picked the wrong person to ambush filth.¡± However just as the Merchant Was about to move suddenly something completely unexpected for both the monsters and the Merchant happened. Johns POV. John sprinted towards the Ogre trying his hardest to stop what he assumed to be an assault on an unsuspecting caravan. He kicked off of the ground raising the spear in his right hand he jabbed it as hard as he could into the right eye of the Ogre. The shaft broke and splintered instantly, but the spear head still went deep into the Ogres head causing the eye and the brain of the Ogre to become soup. After landing John then used the pocket knife in his left hand to slash at the closest goblin. He immediately slashed its throat, causing green blood to spray everywhere as it toppled down clutching its neck in vain. The surrounding goblins were not at all amused by what had just happened to their group, and proceeded to attack. The goblin closest to John slashed out with its claws, which in turn caused John to dodge into the attack of the next goblin. As he twisted his body to try to dodge the second attack, the second goblins claw only grazed his calf. The goblin that first slashed at John however was decapitated in an instant. The only thing John saw was a flash of silver and a flying goblin head when he glanced over he saw that it was a throwing knife of some type. However he quickly swapped his attention back onto the goblin that cut his leg, it snarled and screamed: ¡°NAME IS SMERG.¡± John wanted to yell: ¡®WHO CARES?¡¯ While it screamed John used that short amount of time to quickly close the distance between himself and the goblin by jumping. As he landed he used the foreword momentum to perform an amazing football punt straight into the goblins chin. The goblin shot off like a rocket into a nearby river and that was the last John saw of it. John having seen how powerful the kick was smiled proudly however a voice filled with scorn reached his ears. Merchant: ¡°What the hell was that about you moron, suddenly ending the only interesting thing that ever happened on this road!¡± The merchant seemed incredibly angry John however was incredibly confused by what the merchant had just said. John: ¡°Only interesting thing! I heard a terrible scream and see a bunch of monsters attacking your luggage and you call that INTERESTING?¡± Merchant: ¡°You must be new around here those monsters were small fries also that scream wasn¡¯t me it was the goblin that I ripped in half I was going to quickly take care of them and get extra cash from their parts but along came you. Not only did you kill my fun you also got injured in the process truly an idiot.¡± John who knew nothing about this where he was could only hang his head in silence as these things were told to him however this could be his last chance for some information about this place. John: ¡°Um I¡¯m incredibly sorry for ruining your "fun" and for uselessly barging in to your fight but if you wouldn¡¯t mind could I come with you?¡± Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Merchant: ¡°Why the hell should I concern myself with an idiot like you?¡± the merchant said while cutting off what seemed to be valuable parts of the monsters. John: ¡°Ahem ignoring the comments about being an idiot as you said I am indeed ¡°New around here¡± I have absolutely no clue as to what I¡¯m doing nor as to how I ended up here so could you please at least tell me some things about this world or drop me off at the nearest town?¡± Merchant: ¡°Nope sorry too much effort I don¡¯t want to involve myself with a troublesome person like you.¡± John: ¡°That was totally not the answer I was expecting. HEY hold on what if I gave you the loot from the orcs and shared information about where I¡¯m from, also when I get money I will be sure to pay you back think of it as a debit type thing!¡± Merchant: ¡®well if I take him I risk being troubled however he could be the cure for my boredom and I get some cash from it, also he seems relatively strong judging by how far that goblin flew¡¯ ¡°Fine I¡¯ll begrudgingly take you with me but you better keep true to your debit¡± John: ¡°I promise! However it needs to within a margin of reason I don¡¯t want to become a slave or something.¡± Merchant: ¡°shoot hurry up and get on the journey takes about 2 weeks from here¡± John: ¡°I could have sworn I just heard you say shoot in response to me not wanting to become a slave.¡± Merchant: ¡°nothing of the sort, hurry up or I¡¯ll leave you!¡± John climbs onto the seat next to the hooded Merchant and thinks to himself ¡®I hope I didn¡¯t just screw up something big by agreeing to a debit¡¯ but for the moment he pushes such worries aside and asks the Merchant a question. John: ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡± Riley: ¡°My names Riley what¡¯s yours?¡± John: ¡°My name is John Montem.¡± After John and Riley exchange names he realizes something. ¡®Shoot Riley as a gender neutral name and the hood and cloak prevent any guesses also I can¡¯t guess a gender from this persons voice truly vexing.¡¯ John: ¡°So excuse my asking but why are you wearing a hood?¡± Riley: ¡°Ah about that it was to hide my identity but since it seems like we¡¯ll be traveling together for a while and due to there not being much else out here I suppose it wouldn¡¯t hurt if I took it off¡± Riley then proceeds to take off the hood and to John¡¯s surprise it turns out that the crude and rude merchant named Riley was actually a Female. As John stared at Riley he saw that she had thick amber colored hair with eyes that were red and green, she seemed to be about 5ft 6inches tall and from what he could tell she had a decent figure. However her most shocking feature happened to be the Wolf ears on top of her head. John: ¡°Wolf ears huh I guess I really am in another world.¡± Right as John said that he fell unconscious... Riley: ¡°What the hell! Don¡¯t just stare at me like that and pass out!!! Oh wait he passed out from blood loss *sigh* what an idiot.¡±
HOLY CRAP CHAPTER 3 IS UP PEEPS!!!! IM SORRY ITS UP SO LATE!!! 2:15am Texas time even though i promised around eleven i am currently maintaining a charity event i created: www.aaronsraceandroll.weebly.com for kids with disabilites along with that i am also doing school and due to all of my friends having jobs (im about to get one too) i ended up playing some games with them today too next thing i know and hey its 11:00pm woops time to go home and OH NO i need to post!!! this chapter was written in 5 hours total chapter 3 should be up tomorrow and i should also have free time as its labor day weekend! SO IRL STUFF ASIDE TL:DR I am busy but will have more time to write this weekend. Next chapter will have backstory and explain more about the world pls comment or give critisism im fine with both! If its mean its ok i can take it!!! *cries* Chapter 3 (STATUS quote) After John passed out from blood loss Riley internally sighed and used rudimentary healing magic on John. Once John¡¯s leg was healed Riley tossed him in the back of the cart and continued down the road. A few hours had passed and Riley was getting annoyed by the fact that her conversation partner was still out cold and she realized she didn¡¯t even check what race he was. Riley looked back at John she had first guessed him to be from the Giants who averaged around 6-7 feet in height but judging by his face she thought he might have been an elf however one thing confused her his ears were rounded not pointed and although she had a small idea of what he might be she immediately dismissed it as impossible. John finally woke up about three hours later and groggily climbed into the front seat next to Riley Riley: ¡°took you long enough you idiot how could you not realize your freaking leg was open!¡± John: ¡°I was a bit desperate to travel with you and when I found out that not only were you a girl you were also part wolf it was a bit much.¡± Riley: ¡°huh how are my wolf ears weird I know you¡¯re an idiot but what are you some Elf noble or something?¡± John: ¡°Mmh no I¡¯m just a Human and when I said I¡¯m not from around here I meant not from this planet.¡± Riley: ¡°No, no Humans died off 300 years ago there¡¯s no way¡­.¡± John: ¡°Hah well for one you called me an Elf but from what I remember from my planet Elf¡¯s have pointed ears my ears are round see.¡± Riley: ¡°how do I know you¡¯re not just a lying deformed Elf and Giant hybrid?¡± John: ¡°I figured you wouldn¡¯t believe me just by talking but it does add up like the fact that I know nothing about this world actually here let me show you actual proof.¡± John then pulls out his phone turns it on and starts playing music. Riley:¡± WHOA HOLD ON stop! Please stop it that hurts my ears!¡± John:¡± how could you not like A*D*!!!¡± (*removed) Riley:¡±Ooof my head all right assuming you are a human and from another world I guess you really are screwed huh.¡± She said while looking at John with pitying eyes. John: ¡°Why such pitying eyes do you plan on leaving me now!¡± Riley: ¡°no I don¡¯t sadly but the only stories I have heard of humans are stories of immense prosperity or horrible destruction. However seeing you I have no idea how that¡¯s possible you really are useless.¡± John: ¡°Ouch. Mmh although even if you say that I¡¯m sure you have a fair amount of interest in the stories I can tell.¡± Said John haughtily which caused Riley to flick his forehead. John: ¡°HOLY CRAP THAT HURT geeze just how strong are you???¡± Riley: ¡°What a wuss.¡± This banter continued for a good while until Riley decided it was time to make a camp she explained to John that he would have to sleep in the cart because she only had one tent. John agreed and helped set everything up and started pestering Riley for information about the world and about why his leg was now fine. John: ¡°So you used magic on my leg right?¡± Riley: ¡°So what if I did?¡± John: ¡°What do you mean so what? My world never had magic.¡± Riley: ¡°Holy crap your persistent. Fine, I guess I could explain magic to you. Camp is set up and there are a few hours till it gets dark." After Riley says this she sits down next to John and cracks her knuckles. Riley: "Ok then from the beginning Magical Power is in every living creatures blood, allowing everyone and anyone to manipulate it however the amount of magic power one can use varies strongly from every individual. Not to mention some special individuals or certain races are equipped with unique magic." This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. John: "Ah do you have different types of magic?" Riley: "Actually yes we do. Now onto the types of magic in this world obviously there are the basic magic¡¯s water, fire, air, electric, healing, earth, etc. If you wanted me to list all of them it might be morning before I finish. Very few individuals have ever used more than 4 of these elements. John: "Ok got it so someone who can use more than one magic type is rare." Riley: "Correct! Now due to you being an idiot you might ask how does one invoke magic¡± Riley says haughtily while puffing up her chest. Riley: ¡°well the answer is a bit complicated but it¡¯s usually done by drawing words of the spell in the form of diagrams or formations. However those with unique magic can directly manipulate magic. Skipping all of the complicated malarkey involved with diagrams.¡± John: ¡±Ok now how do I check my magic?¡± As John once again magnificently shows his ignorance to Riley (truly he¡¯s becoming worthless) she looks at him with dead fish eyes. Riley: ¡°you''re telling me you don¡¯t even know something so basic, children figure it out the moment they learn to speak. Truly you are and idiot of legend the fact that you lived to this age must have been a miracle.¡± John: ¡°Just give me an explanation already I¡¯m getting fed up with the insults.¡± John exclaimed tiredly. Riley: ¡°Fine now hold on for someone like you this might be difficult to comprehend so you better prepare yourself first.¡± John: ¡°That literally dripped sarcasm so thick I might suffocate.¡± John quipped. Riley: ¡°Just Imagine The Word STATUS¡± John: ¡®it was that simple!?!?!?!¡¯ ¡°Thanks Riley although venomous I do actually appreciate the information I think I¡¯m finally getting the hang of things now¡± John: ¡®STATUS¡¯ the moment he pictures the word status in his mind a video game menu appears. orz* (*Google it) After John recovers from the fact that it¡¯s exactly like a video game menu screen he checks his statistics Name: John Montem Age: 18 Occupation: traveler Level: 5 Title: Idiot of Legend Abilities: Language comprehension Unique Magic: Manipulation Alignment: Neutral Good Statistics: Strength: 16 Endurance: 34 Agility: 14 Defense: 5 MP: 10 Stamina: 50 John: ¡°now I¡¯m no expert but I think these stats are complete garbage.¡± Riley: ¡°They can¡¯t be that bad you are one of the legendary ¡°Humans¡± after all.¡± John: ¡°huh well here it goes I¡¯m level 5 Str: 16, Endr: 34, Agl: 14 Def: 5, MP: 10, Stamina: 50.¡± Riley then proceeded to double over laughing at how trash Johns STATUS was shouting things like ¡°LEGENDARY HUMAN MY TAIL!¡± while tears streamed from her eyes John was just looking down in shame. Riley: ¡°Whew I haven¡¯t laughed that hard in years, that was the funniest thing I¡¯ve ever heard.¡± John: ¡°are they really that bad what are your statistics?¡± John was still holding onto the slight hope that his statistics weren''t as bad as they seemed but that notion was quickly destroyed. Riley: ¡°ah mine are¡­..¡± Hey guys sorry for 3 day delay i got a sinus infection and had to help a friend move SORRY so without further ado here is chapter 3 thanks for reading my story feel free to comment! Chapter 4 (Slyvester SaSTONE) Riley: ¡°ah mine are level: 25, STR: 400, ENDR: 130, AGL: 280 DEF: 100, MP: 200, Stamina: 250. As you can see your stats are complete garbage.¡± Riley said as she wiped the tears from her eyes. John: ¡°Che well any idea on how to improve them? I¡¯m guessing killing monsters due to the fact that I¡¯m at least level 5.¡± Riley: ¡°well yeah that¡¯s the general idea behind it, killing things, doing tasks, accomplishing things, all of those actions will give you EXP which lets your level rise. But that¡¯s enough for tonight the suns have gone down we can continue talking tomorrow ok Idiot Of Legend?¡± With that Riley crawled into her tent leaving John to Wrap himself with a thin blanket and sleep on the cart however sleep was the last thing on his mind right now. John: ¡®Well my STATUS really was garbage that means I¡¯m going to have to work extra hard to get at least some levels up also I do have a Unique magic Manipulator I should experiment with that tonight just to get an idea of how good it is or what I can do with it.¡¯ As John was thinking this he stealthily climbed out of the cart and began to walk deeper into the woods. He walked until he found a suitable testing area which happened to be a giant boulder. John: ¡®Ok so Riley said Magic is the blood of living creatures so I just have to feel the flow of my blood?¡¯ John began concentrating on how his blood was moving through his body and once he had a feel for it he envisioned what he assumed Manipulator could do which was manipulate matter he pressed both hands on the Boulder and after feeling a surge of power in his body a light orange glow enveloped John and in the next instant the boulder morphed and moved and spread out until It took the ideal shape In Jon¡¯s mind. John: ¡°Whew it¡¯s finally done Rock house complete! Now maybe I should try for weapons, and I should definitely show off to Riley!¡± John was now ecstatic at having used magic for the first time also at the fact that his magic seemed to be incredibly broken he ran back to the cart as fast as possible and was about to wake Riley up when he collapsed from MP exhaustion. Something Riley forgot to tell him about because she never expected him to go and use all of his MP at once but of course as expected of the idiot of legend. The next morning Riley crawled out of the tent arched her back and yawned looking around bleary eyed she saw John laying face first in the dirt and thought to herself ¡®what is that idiot doing now¡¯ she stood of and checked the time of day. Riley: ¡°mmh it¡¯s a bit before half day we should get moving, *inhale* JOHN WAKE UP!¡± After Riley screamed at a level that could rival jet engines John woke up and clutched his ears. Riley: ¡°Why were you asleep on the ground you moron?¡± John: ¡°What? I¡¯m sorry Riley give me second my ears are probably bleeding by the way did you see that jet?¡± Riley: ¡°What are you talking about jeeaet? What¡¯s that?¡± Eventually Johns hearing recovered and he started helping Riley pack up the supplies they both enjoyed a nice breakfast of meat jerky and bread. Right as Riley hopped on the cart and was about to leave John remembered the events of last night quickly told riley to follow him Riley narrowed her eyes at John with a displeased expression on her face and proceeded to climb down from the cart and slowly follow John. John: ¡°C¡¯mon Riley its right over here!¡± Riley: ¡°You¡¯re just like a small child¡­¡± Finally John and Riley arrived in the clearing and right in the middle of it was a house made entirely out of stone Riley: ¡°I don¡¯t remember any dwarfs being around here though???¡± John: ¡°Hey are you calling me short? I made this last night!¡± Riley: ¡°no way did you make this I¡¯m sure you just found it the amount of MP needed to carve stone is beyond your pathetic 10 MP.¡± John: ¡°Ok then watch this Riley.¡± John then puffed out his chest and walked up to the stone house placing his hands on it and activated his magic an orange light enveloped John and the boulder and in the next moment it started to morph and melt taking the shape of a normal rock again. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Riley: ¡°N-no way did that just happen.¡± John: ¡°Pretty impressive amirite?¡± Riley: ¡°Holy crap that, was that a unique magic. The amount of applications from that ¡­ is it just stone? what else can you do?¡± Riley began fervently questioning John with the glint of mercantilism in her eye. John: ¡°I honestly have no clue I just found out about it last night and was about to tell you when¡­¡± *thump* Right as John finished that sentence he collapsed face first again. Riley: ¡°Ah as expected of John MP exhaustion what an idiot.¡± *sigh* After heaving a sigh and commenting on the uselessness of John¡¯s idiocy. Riley then threw John over her shoulder, walked back to the cart, and tossed John in. She then crawled up onto the front seat and set off again. When John recovered from MP exhaustion around mid-day he crawled onto the spot next to Riley who was munching on some jerky. John: ¡°So now that I¡¯ve passed out twice I¡¯m guessing that¡¯s from using too much magic?¡± Riley: ¡°Yeah I never told you about that but as expected of you, you know you''re lucky not to have died right?¡± John: ¡°Geh no actually I never knew it could kill me I¡¯ll be more careful next time.¡± Riley: ¡°Ok so due to that spectacle you¡¯ve proven that you manipulate objects like stone albeit at the cost of all your power at least you can do it.¡± John: ¡°Yeeaaah¡­ Honestly I would love to try it on other objects right away.¡± Riley: ¡°So before that you probably have absolutely no clue as to what you intend to do right?¡± John: ¡°Honestly I figure now I¡¯ll go to the first town make money find you repay my debt.¡± Riley: ¡°and what will you do after that?¡± John: ¡°Survive that is my goal pure survival if I can secure income I will be able to live in this world after that though I have no clue.¡± Riley: ¡°Mm if you want you could travel with me you would have to pay for your own supplies though I don¡¯t want you to become fully reliant on me.¡± John: ¡°Heh no worries and also aren¡¯t you becoming unusually warm towards me?¡± Riley: ¡°Currently I see a source of income and a useful asset who owes me one.¡± John: ¡°So all I am is more cash.¡± *sigh* Riley then brought out some metals of varying density and had John work to manipulate them. John then practiced on the metals late until night fall however metal was considerably harder to manipulate than stone however as an experiment John tried manipulating water and dirt he found them to be incredibly easy to manipulate so based on that knowledge it would mean that the harder an object was, the more difficult it was to manipulate. Soon night fell as Riley was intensely watching John work and John was intensely working. Riley: ¡°OH $&*@ IT¡¯S NIGHT FALL¡± Riley looked up and noticed how late it was and due to not having prepared a camp she panicked and yelled. The moment Riley yelled John¡¯s concentration broke and the water/dirt he was working with exploded spraying mud into his face. John: ¡°HACK* COUGH* WHEEZE* Gah that was awful where¡¯s the fire Riley?¡± Riley: ¡°THAT¡¯S THE PROBLEM WE DON¡¯T HAVE A FIRE YOU IDIOT¡± John: ¡°Oh boy nighttime without a camp in the middle of nowhere.¡± John and Riley then began scrambling to build a temporary fire to give them some light and provide an area to work with however right as Riley lit the fire. *ROOAAAARR* I¡¯m evil I know :3 luv you guys pls feel free to comment and I hope you enjoyed another chapter of Another world? Look forward to tomorrows update! I¡¯m having fuuun writing this also Insults *cough* I mean Criticism is also appreciated and yes I do know I don¡¯t need to put cliff hanger trust me. ;)
I apologise for the terrible pun in title ;_; its supposed to be Sylvestar Stalone by SaSTONE yeah i''ll leave *cries* Chapter 5 (ROCK and ROLL) *ROOAAAARR* A gigantic roar echoed all around Riley and John causing them to freeze up in fear and one word was whispered from Riley¡¯s mouth. Riley: ¡°Deryun¡± The instant she whispered that name, a massive creature the size of a school bus emerged from the trees next to the fire, it had gigantic head akin to a crocodile with rows of sharp teeth, black shimmering skin and two glowing red eyes coupled with the massive spiked tail and black claws it was truly a monster. Riley: ¡°It¡¯s thought to be an instant death monster, I¡¯ve only encountered its kind once and I barely made it out alive. We need to slowly back away.¡± However right as she finished saying that the Deryun looked right at them roared and charged at them leaping over the fire, it crashed right in front of where John and Riley were sealing off their only means of escape. Riley: ¡°Oh #$%$¡± John: ¡°Well then.¡± Riley then pulled out multiple throwing knifes similar to the one used on the goblin and held them in her left hand readying the knives to throw them. At the same time John noticed Riley covered a faint blue glow he followed suit and readied his magic causing him to glow a faint orange. Then it hit the fan. The Deryun Charged John and Riley at a speed John assumed to be impossible due to its immense form and size, and swiped its left claw at Riley. Riley countered with a right straight causing blue sparks to fly the moment her fist impacted the monsters claw, however Riley¡¯s counter only stopped the attack for a brief moment, thankfully that was all the time that was needed. John stepped forward, and placed his hands on the ground, in the next instant glowing orange cracks appeared all over the ground the Deryun was standing on and in the next instant the ground sunk away creating a gigantic pit fall. John then sealed up the hole and In the next instant the Deryun was now enveloped underground giving the two of them time to run. John: ¡°That won¡¯t hold him for long I¡¯m not that good at controlling the density of materials yet.¡± Riley: ¡°I DON¡¯T CARE JOHN, just focus and keep running, he might lose us!¡± Deryun: *GROAAAAH* John: ¡°Oh it¡¯s ticked.¡± Riley: ¡°This is bad this is very, VERY BAD!¡± The Deryun was now enraged and was quickly catching up to them. Smashing anything and everything in its¡¯s way John: ¡°Well only one thing left to do. We fight!¡± Riley: ¡°LIKE HELL WE ARE!¡± Riley grabbed John by the back of his neck and threw him to the right while she jumped to the left a second later the Deryun crashed into the spot where they just were, it then turned and faced Riley. The Deryun stood up on its hind legs roared and then started charging towards Riley she quickly took up a stance with her throwing knifes and started glowing blue. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.It then jumped with its mouth agape aiming right for the spot where Riley was standing however Riley had plans other than getting eaten. The instant the Deryun opened its mouth Riley threw her throwing knifes into its mouth and rolled to the side. The knives impaled the inside of the Deryun¡¯s mouth causing it to give out a deafening shriek, as it shrieked it slashed at Riley with both of its claws. Riley Blocked the blow with both of her arms but it was far too powerful for her to absorb. Riley: ¡°GURK!¡± *smash* The blow sent Riley crashing into the trees John who witnessed this became enraged he reached down, grabbed a nearby stone, and chucked it as hard as he could towards the monster. Normally this would be laughed at, however due to John¡¯s ability the stone transformed as it left his hand into a needle like projectile, the stone needle penetrated deep into the side of the Deryun, causing it to become even more enraged. The Deryun then tried to face its new adversary only to find John standing right in front of it. John placed his hands on the ground, and right as the Deryun opened its mouth to eat him a giant pillar of dirt came out of the ground and smashed into the underside of the Deryun¡¯s jaw forcing its mouth closed. Blood shot out from the Deryun¡¯s head and it collapsed to the side while the silver tips of Riley¡¯s throwing knifes stuck out of its head. John looked triumphant but only for a moment as it raised itself back up and glared at him with its eyes burning in rage. John: ¡°@#$#¡± Right then the Deryun slashed its left claw at John, John quickly made a dirt shield but the claws ripped straight through it and sliced through John¡¯s chest. John looked down slowly and his eyes widened as he saw the giant gash running from his right shoulder to his left armpit blood then sprayed from John¡¯s chest causing him to double over and right as he looked up, he saw the Deryun lowering its head and in in the next instant he was enveloped in its mouth. Hey everyone sorry for the HUUUUGEEE delay I hope this isn¡¯t a frequent thing as to why it took so long well I got sick (again) Chronic fatigue is no joke also a Huge sponsor hopped on my charity event and now I¡¯m in the process of getting it up and running again if you guys are wondering what it is well here: www.aaronsraceandroll.weebly.com it¡¯s a thing im doing anyways next chapter should be up a lot faster due to the small word count of this one the next one should be a bit longer I figured I would make this a small fast one and put this update just so you know I¡¯m not dead or taking a long break! Chapter 6 (Quit BUGGING me!) -----Riley''s POV----- Riley who had just recovered from most of her injuries using self-healing magic limped over toward the clearing the Deryun had made. Right as she got there she witnessed John getting slashed across his chest by the Deryun¡¯s claw. Riley: ¡°JOHN!¡± However her yell fell on deaf ears in the next instant, the Deryun bit down right were John was standing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----John''s POV----- John was on the verge of passing out from the immense pain he felt running through his chest but he knew he had to do something, anything ,in order to survive. As the Deryun¡¯s mouth enveloped him, he caught a glance of something in the roof of its mouth and reached for it. It was the handle of one of Riley¡¯s throwing knifes John Poured his magic into it forcing it to expand he then grabbed a second embedded knife with his other hand and poured more of his magic into it in the next instant there was a loud *CRACK* as the Deryun¡¯s skull started to break and then *SPLCH POP* its head exploded with a loud squelch and a pop causing blood, bone chunks, and brain matter to spray everywhere. The instant John saw the sky again he let out a small chuckle and collapsed onto the ground. Riley was momentarily stunned, one moment she thinks John is getting eaten, the next thing she knows the Deryun¡¯s head exploded and John collapsed in front of its body. --------Riley''s POV-------- Riley: ¡°Well that was Violent.¡± She muttered to herself as she began limping as fast as possible towards John¡¯s crumpled form Riley arrived at John¡¯s side and saw how deep the cut was on his chest. Riley: ¡°Oh man this looks bad.¡± *slaps* ¡°JOHN CAN YOU HEAR ME!¡± As she slaps his face and yells in his ear she started preforming healing magic on his chest. Riley: ¡°Ah shoot I used most of my magic preforming self-healing.¡± Riley strains herself harder she manages to stop the bleeding when her vision suddenly starts to go dark Riley: ¡°#$%@ MP exhaustion¡± She uses the last of her strength to cut off bits of her robe to use as a wrap for his chest the instant she finishes wrapping his chest she falls unconscious. -----John''s POV----- John slowly opened his eyes he tried to move a bit and felt an immense pain shoot across his chest causing him to freeze up instantly John: ¡®that¡¯s right I got slashed by the Deryun and killed it mmh I wonder where Riley is.¡¯ John looks down and sees a bandage across his chest along with Riley collapsed on his stomach. John: ¡°haah she is going to give me so much crap for this.¡± It was still pitch black so for fear of more monsters attacking them John slowly got up being careful not to open his wounds. Once he got up, he slowly and carefully picked Riley up, wincing as he felt a tugging in his wound. After taking a deep breath, and bracing himself, John started walking back to the cart using his cell phone flash light in order to avoid tripping, and following the massive path of destruction the Deryun made through the forest, he was able to find their fire which was still lit for some reason. He dropped Riley having used all of his remaining strength and collapsed. John: ¡°@#$# looks like I over did it.¡± He said as his vision turned black. -----Riley''s POV----- Riley opened her eyes and looked around it was now morning she stretched and yawned but she felt something was off almost instant the events of last night hit her all at once and she stood up and started looking for John. Seeing John right next to her collapsed and unmoving she immediately checked his pulse. Riley: ¡°Whew he¡¯s breathing but he has a hell of a fever.¡± She checked his bandages and sure enough he had reopened his wounds Riley was still recovering from MP exhaustion knew she could do nothing right now so her first course of action had to be finding John a healer. Riley: ¡®There¡¯s a village about a half a day¡¯s travel from here if my memory serves me correctly.¡¯ Riley thought to herself however she knew John was in critical condition so time was of the essence. She bent down and picked John up in a Princess carry and walked over to the cart, she then laid him down in it and hopped on to the driver seat and started off as fast the horses would go. Riley: ¡°Haah what a pain in the #$% he owes me for this.¡± Even though Riley said that she was constantly checking John¡¯s condition making sure he wasn¡¯t dead and using as much healing magic as she could. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author.4 Hours later the town was finally in site Riley Flipped her hood back over her head, looked down, and sighed at how ripped up the cloak had become. She checked John¡¯s condition once again and sadly his fever was getting worse and he was starting to make a pained face. Riley: ¡°Hang in there John we¡¯re almost there.¡± Riley stopped her cart right in front of village picked up John and started walking towards what looked like a healers hut. She stood at the entrance knocked on the door and waited for some one to answer when no one did Riley got a bit mad and kicked open the door. Riley looked around and spotted the healer sitting down eating a piece of bread the healer calmly stood up and walked towards Riley Healer: ¡°I¡¯m currently on lunch break please come back later also you smell like a wolf and I have a personal policy never to deal with Wolfkin." Riley: ¡°KORRRA! No way in HELL did I just come this far to have some pathetic rabbit healer tell me he won¡¯t serve me.¡± Healer: ¡°Get out my house before I call the guards!¡± And that was the straw that broke the Camel¡¯s back as they say. Riley set John down, looked the healer right in the eyes and threw a right straight, into his face. The stunned rabbit man did a triple spin in the air before smashing into the wall. Riley: ¡°Now I might be Woflkin but my companion is not he¡¯s also in critical condition you want a lunch break that bad? How about I shove that sandwich down your throat and then make you heal him!¡± The healer shuddered. Healer: ¡°Su s-suddenly I¡¯m not hungry anymore very well if you can pay I¡¯ll help¡± Riley was emitting killing intent which caused the Healer to shudder again as he walked over to John. Healer: ¡°See this is why I don¡¯t like Wolfkin¡± He muttered to no one in particular. Riley picked up John again and laid him on the table. The healer then removed John¡¯s cloak and shirt however when he saw John¡¯s face he immediately paled and started backing away slowly. Healer: ¡°H-h hu-HUMAN!¡± Riley walked in front of the healer and glared daggers at him. Riley: ¡°Is there a problem mister healer?¡± She said menacingly as she cracked her knuckles. Healer: ¡°They were supposed to have gone extinct! How is one here?¡± Riley: ¡°Why don¡¯t you ask him yourself AFTER HE¡¯S HEALED!¡± Healer: ¡°Right, right, oof my head this is going to be a rough day.¡± The healer walked back over to John and started un-wrapping the bandages when he saw the entirety of the wound he let out a gasp. Healer: ¡°Th-this is a Deryun claw wound!¡± Riley: ¡°Yeah, it is, we killed it right before we came, here how did you know it was a Deryun?¡± Healer: ¡°Deryun claws leave the outside of the wound black and dead it makes healing a massive pain, and the antidote requires the claw in question.¡± Riley: ¡°Oh great. @#$#¡± Healer: ¡°If you could retrieve the claw from the Deryun he can be fully healed the best I can do now is just keep him alive and asleep¡± Riley: ¡°Fine you keep him safe and hidden from others and I¡¯ll get the claws. HOWEVER if I come back and he¡¯s dead you can kiss your life goodbye.¡± Riley emitted immense Killing Intent while looking at the Healer causing him to shudder. Healer: ¡°O-okay you have my word I will do my best to keep him protected.¡± Satisfied, Riley then ran back to the horse and after removing and hiding the cart, she left. Thankfully without a cart the horse was incredibly fast and was able to get back to the spot she left in half the time. Riley: ¡°Whew, at this rate I can make it back by night fall.¡± She said to herself after dismounting the horse and following the path of destruction. Riley: ¡°Man how did John manage to get through this at night there are branches everywhere I don¡¯t recall stories of humans ever having night vision.¡± Riley finally entered the clearing where the Deryun was however what she saw next caused her to stop in her tracks. Riley: ¡°Oh #%$@¡± Surrounding the Corpse of the Deryun were 5 small bunny creatures with large fangs, and next to them were 6 legged gigantic bugs. Riley: ¡°Well here we go.¡± Hey guys slight note here it was reccomended that i put a note about the difference between thoughts and speach thoughts are done like this: ''thought'' and speech is done like this: "speech" just in case that wasnt made clear. ALSO sorry for delay in chapter but what is life if not hectic amirite ill try to keep posting as much as possible i can''t promise every day but i can promise more than twice a week :P love you all and thank you for reading another chapter of Another world! Chapter 7 (POP goes the beetle) Chapter 7 (POP goes the beetle) Riley crouched down and prepared some throwing knifes as fast as she could, however the bunny creatures were quicker and started to encircle her cutting off her escape routes. Riley: ¡°Che looks like you guys are going to be a pain huh.¡± At the same time the gigantic bugs akin to a giant roach with teeth started crawling towards her. Riley: ¡°Geh these guys weird me out.¡± Riley then started glowing blue as she readied up her magic but the Rabbits had plans other than waiting for her to finish and immediately jumped at her. Riley: ¡°You just activated my trap card.¡± As she said that 3 of the 5 rabbits were impaled with throwing knifes and almost instantly died. However the other two seemed to be smarter than the rest and had waited to see what would happen however since their brethren had been wiped out they decided to retreat and ran off. Riley then spun around and faced the giant bugs Riley: ¡°Mmh 10 of these guys.¡± After counting the number of enemies she started glowing brighter and jumped into the air. 3 beetles followed suit and launched up into the air using their wings however 2 of them were instantly killed and grounded by throwing knifes. The last one managed to dodge the throwing knife and took a bite at Riley. Riley quickly dodged the bite and flipped forward bringing her heel down right on top of the bugs head. The instant her heel impacted its head a large blue shock-wave shot out and they both came crashing down to earth. The impact from her landing killed 4 of the surrounding bugs, squishing them and launching a thick green goop everywhere, not to mention the fact that the bug she kicked was now a nice paste. The remaining three bugs all tried to bite at her at once only to have Riley preform an amazing high kick on the one in front of her splitting it in half, from that motion she then rotated her body, and using the momentum she then preformed a spectacular roundhouse (Chuck would be proud) on the one to her left, after finishing that maneuver she then did a back-flip and crushed the last bug spraying more bug juice everywhere. Riley: ¡°Gross this is why I hate fighting bug creatures.¡± Riley lamented to herself as she wiped green goo off of her tattered cloak. She then proceeded to inspect the Deryun and after confirming that the claws were intact she began to collect them, she also skinned it as much as possible and removed the spines on its back just in case she found someone that could make armor and weapons out of these materials. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. Riley: ¡°Whew that took longer than expected but I can still hopefully make it back before nightfall.¡± After saying that Riley walked back to her horse carrying a bag filled with the various parts harvested from the Deryun, after she tied the bag to her horse she slowly climbed on and started riding. Riley was trying to head back to John as fast as possible however it seemed like today would be a very bad day for that. After riding for about 30 minutes she encountered a very unfortunate sight. The road was blocked off by 30 of the monster rabbits with one individual standing in front of them. After Riley dismounted her horse she began carefully approaching the road block and what she saw next stunned her. Standing in the center of the rabbits was a goblin with a horribly disfigured face, even by goblins standards. The goblin glared daggers at her and then spoke. Goblin: ¡°SMERG SEEK VENGANCE.¡± Riley then emitted immense killing intent towards this odd goblin. Riley: ¡°you¡¯ve got 10 seconds before I kill you.¡± The goblin named Smerg shrieked and pointed his finger towards Riley. Smerg: ¡°WABBITS ATTACK!¡± The rabbits launched towards Riley however she really didn¡¯t feel like dealing with this right now so she fired up her magic and in the blink of an eye half of the rabbits had been killed. Smerg: ¡°IMPOSSIBLE!!1!!1¡± Riley: ¡°SHUT UP ALLREADY!¡± As Riley screamed at the goblin she dropped in front of it and preformed a football punt right onto its already deformed chin causing it to launch into the distance out of sight. With their apparent leader gone the monster rabbits scattered away from Riley. Riley: ¡°Sigh¡­ Well I can at least make it by night fall.¡± Riley then re mounted her horse and took off for the town again.
Hey guys Sorry for the small chapter Chapter 8 is going to be HUUUGE and also up tonight. Mmh also needs to be noted I''m thirsty for comments any and every comment i get is highly valued weitehr positive or negative. the biggest question i would like answered is HOW DO YOU LIKE THE STORY SO FAR! other than that i''m doing frequent charity stuff for my race right now so i''m very busy but expect more chapters soon! Chapter 8 (Riled Reminiscing) After about an hour of traveling Riley began reminiscing about how she ended up here saving the life of a human. Ever since Riley could remember she was alone, her first memory was being found by a kind Wolfkin male whom she lovingly called Dad. According to him she was apparently found while he and other members from his Village were out hunting, he claimed to have heard a small whimper while walking by a pile of rocks and found her wrapped in a blanket alone. Apparently the moment he saw her he wanted to protect her with all his might and took her back to the village immediately he was married at that point but his wife who was a Bunnykin was also a very kind person and agreed to raise her with her husband. At first the both of them spent a year looking for her actual parents but when they were never found they fully dedicated themselves to her upbringing. Her father was a retired merchant who opened a shop that sold rare stone, jewelry, toy, and other oddities. He made sure to teach her everything he knew about business and how to turn a profit, he also taught her things like fishing, surviving, hunting, and what he considered the most important Combat. While at the same time her mother who thought her Dad was treating her too much like a boy taught her cooking, sewing, and fine etiquette among other womanly things. She loved both of them very much and loved her with all of their hearts truly an inseparable family. Once Riley started to come of age she became curious about where she came from and found out something about herself. She could use magic, and not just any magic, a magic that had been lost for a long time. Apparently she was a rare breed of Wolfkin called a GeoWolf who were known for their ability to manipulate the earth and who were one of the best rare material gatherers she found out about this when her father brought her to a travelling wizard to have her STATUS assessed. She also found out what happened to her race. Due to their ability to find gems and riches they managed to amass an amazing amount of wealth, which lead to other Wolfkin becoming jealous. This lead to an intense battle where every breed of Wolfkin had teamed up to eliminate the Geowolfs and steal their riches, however due to the fact that most rare ores were underground or inside mountains it became incredibly hard to track them down and the Geowolfs could have lived in relative peace but greed is a double edged sword. The Geowolfs had been moving as an entire unit collecting things as they travelled to different mountains one day they settled down at an area which supposedly had more gold than any other spot they had ever been too. But once they cleared the stone away they soon found out that they had made a terrible mistake. A white dragon was hoarding gold in its cave and was in deep slumber however the Geowolfs careless blunder led to it waking up and it woke up mad. According to the mage not a single Geowolf was said to have survived the encounter with the dragon all that was left were some charred remains found by scouts. Riley and her parents had been incredibly shocked to find out about all of this but her father decided to make the best of the situation and asked the mage to teach her how to use magic. He agreed wholeheartedly due to having the idea that Riley could be used as some sort of gem magnet. But to the mages disappointment Riley focused on self-strengthening instead of using her race given magic she developed an ability called Breaker much to the surprise of the mage who assumed she could only use her race given abilities. After teaching her for about a month the mage got payment from her father and quickly left disappointed at not having amassed the riches he was hoping for. After seeing his daughter¡¯s growth Riley¡¯s father decided it was time she became a merchant. He taught her everything he knew about mercantilism and gave her multiple maps for the entire region. At first he let her sell his goods to neighboring villages and town but eventually as she proved herself more and more he let her fully take over the business and everything was going smoothly. However one day everything changed. Riley was heading back to her home after gaining quite a bit and was intent on selling some of the unique stones she had found while testing her race abilities. But after seeing a large pillar of smoke in the distance she felt something was off. After pushing the horses as hard as she could she eventually arrived at her village, or at least what was left of it there were scorch marks and bodies everywhere worry struck her immediately and she panicked ditching her horses she ran as fast as she could back to her home. But the scene she saw next would be scarred into her memory forever. In front of her both her Mother and Father were currently locked in mortal combat with two incredibly powerful demons. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Demons were creatures Riley had only heard of in stories by passing travelers and foreign merchants never did she expect to meet them. Her mother and father were surrounded by hundreds of slain demons and were covered in wounds standing in front of them were incredibly strong looking Demons Riley could tell just by looking at them. Right then her mother and father noticed her and looked at her with pained expressions. Riley¡¯s father: ¡°RUN RILEY DON¡¯T LOOK BACK AND GET AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN!¡± Riley: ¡°NO WAY IN HELL AM I GOING TO LET YOU GUYS GET KILLED WHILE I RUN!¡± As she said that she activated her special ability Breaker to its maximum power. Cloaked Demon: ¡°Ohohoho what have we here a puppy bearing its fangs? How cute¡± Riley¡¯s father: ¡°LEAVE MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THIS!¡± He yelled in rage as he locked into combat with the Cloaked Demon Meanwhile the second demon who was twice the size of Riley¡¯s father charged at her mother. Riley watched in horror as her mother was caught off guard and blown away towards her. Riley who¡¯s abilities had been enhanced 10fold by Breaker was able to catch her mother and set her down. Riley¡¯s father after witnessing what happened to his wife became even more enraged and became covered in a red aura. The Cloaked Demon and the Large Demon both charged Riley¡¯s father emitting a purple aura but the instant they tried to land a hit on him a large explosion happened. The Large Demon was immediately blown to bits spraying purple blood everywhere and the cloaked demon was nowhere in sight. Riley¡¯s father collapsed onto the ground right next to Riley and her mom. Riley: ¡°Dad what happened?¡± Riley¡¯s father: ¡°Riley we were attacked by a demon army those were its commanders me and your mother are the only ones left alive.¡± Riley: ¡°Im-impossible everyone died¡­.¡± Riley¡¯s father then sat up and picked up her mother, after looking around he turned to Riley and said. Riley¡¯s father: ¡°Riley you know I love you right?¡± Riley: ¡°y-yeah why?¡± Right after he said that he looked at her kindly and shoved her as hard as he could Riley launched back and smashed into a house the next thing she saw was the cloaked demon appear behind her parents it had lost one of its arms from the explosion but using its remaining arm it impaled them. Riley flew into a blind rage charging after the Cloaked Demon blowing craters in the ground ever step she took her blue glow had now turned black as she approached him. In the blink of an eye she appeared in front of him and slashed at his hood with a small dagger she had been carrying. The Cloaked Demon¡¯s hood had been knocked off when it tried to avoid the knife and what Riley saw terrified her. Its face had two red glowing eyes and deep purple skin, she slashed at it as hard as she could and managed to gouge out its right eye at this the Demon became enraged and slashed at her cutting a deep gash into her back from the top of her left shoulder down to her right hip. However due to its many injuries that was all it had managed to do before it fled. Riley crawled over to her parents limp forms and shook them. Riley: ¡°MOM! DAD! WAKE UP PLEASE!¡± Riley¡¯s father¡¯s breathing was hard and labored but he was still alive Riley¡¯s father: ¡°Riley I¡¯m going to need you to listen to me right now. Be strong Riley become strong enough to protect everything important to you or spend your time finding something or someone worth protecting. Once you find that something be sure to cherish it with all your heart and remember, never EVER ignore the pleas those in need of serious help.¡± Riley: ¡°I-I won¡¯t I promise! Please don¡¯t go dad!¡± Riley¡¯s mom: ¡°Riley I want to give you a gift it¡¯s not much but it¡¯s all I can do right now.¡± As she said that she grasped Riley¡¯s hand and instantly healed the wound on her back. Riley¡¯s mom: ¡°all I can do is give you my healing ability and fix your back, however in this state I was only able to seal the wound it will still leave a scar.¡± Riley: ¡°M-mom d-dad no please don¡¯t leave me!¡± Riley: ¡°NOOOOOOOO!!¡± She screamed at the top of her lungs and blacked out her ability Breaker is useful for multiplying abilities to insane levels but its toll on the body is extensive, which caused her to collapse once the effects caught up. Authors note: HOT DANG MY FINGERS BURN TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE NIGHT!!!! its because i love you guys :3 plese comment it gives me the powaa!! to be fair so does monster but i''d rather be complemented than be hyper!
ITS A MEGA CHAPTER BOYYIIES whew wrote the past two chapters in 2 hours brb icing fingers ;-; Chapter 9 (From Tragedy) Riley opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was the roof of a carriage. She panicked and sat up looking around for her parents however they were nowhere in sight. She quickly got up but felt an intense pain shoot through her back and she crouched back down whimpering. She remembered her father¡¯s words to her ¡°Be strong Riley, become strong enough to protect everything important to you or spend your time finding something or someone worth protecting. Once you find that something, be sure to cherish it with all your heart and remember, never EVER ignore the pleas those in need of serious help¡± with those words in mind tears started to form at the corners of her eyes. Riley carefully stood up and slowly limped out of the carriage, the first thing she saw when she got out of the carriage we¡¯re the rows of bodies lined up. Some soldiers had heard about a nearby attack on a village and had arrived too late to do anything, so out of respect for the dead they were burying the bodies of the villagers and burning the bodies of the demons. A soldier noticed Riley and shouted Soldier1:¡±OY, SOMEONE GET THE CAPTAIN! THE SURVIVOR WOKE UP!¡± Riley stumbled forward and was caught by the soldier. Soldier1: ¡°Oop There ya go, easy does it you¡¯re lucky to have lived through this y¡¯know, everyone else died.¡± He said while supporting Riley Riley: ¡°Have you s-seen m-mu-my parents?¡± She said quietly in a voice as fragile as glass. Soldier1: ¡°The people you were lying next to? Do ya want me to take you to em?¡± Riley: ¡°P-please d-do.¡± The Soldier then started walking down the line of corpses to the very end supporting the weakened Riley. Soldier1: ¡°Here they are ma¡¯am.¡± Riley: ¡°M-mom, D-dad *sniff* WHYYYY!!!!¡± Riley collapsed next to her parent¡¯s bodies and cried and screamed at the top of her lungs the nearby soldiers just looked on with a saddened face. Eventually Riley exhausted herself out and passed out, leaving the Soldier to gently pick her up and take her to the captain¡¯s tent. Once the soldier entered the tent the captain looked at him and said. Capain: ¡°Just lay her down on my cot for now she must be exhausted.¡± Soldier1: ¡°will do.¡± As the soldier lays Riley down on the cot he salutes the captain and leaves the tent to go stand guard outside. *_________________________________________________________________ A few hours passed and eventually Riley woke up again. Captain: ¡°Hey missy, would you like something to drink?¡± RIley just looked up at the captain with tear stained eyes. The captain slowly approached her with a glass of water in his hand, he then carefully handed it to her and waited for her to drink it. Riley: ¡°*sniffle* th-thank yo-you for helping me.¡± Captain: ¡°Mrg don¡¯t worry about it missy it¡¯s the least we can do for you right now, now i would like to ask you a few questions if you feel up for it, do you mind?¡± Riley: ¡°n-no I d-don¡¯t mind.¡± Captain: ¡±Alright now¡­¡± The captain asked Riley multiple questions about what she had seen and what had happened, and Riley recounted the story as best as she possibly could while leaving out the details about her ability magic and her Mother¡¯s healing magic. After the captain finished he thanked Riley and had some of his men set up a small tent for her to sleep in, she skipped the meal and went straight to the tent and fell asleep. After she left the captain called the soldier into his tent. Captain: ¡°So what did you think of the merchant girl?¡± Soldier1: ¡° I think she¡¯s incredibly strong for someone who witnessed a massacre like this.¡± Captain: ¡°Mrg yeah that¡¯s one thing but I can sense an unusually strong ability around that girl.¡± Soldier1: ¡°Well that¡¯s good to know it means she won¡¯t become dependant on us.¡± Captain: ¡°As they say the best way to overcome a rut is to find a path out of it.¡± Soldier1: ¡°Aye that they do, we¡¯ll I¡¯ll do my best to help her out but she needs to have the will to move on, we can¡¯t expect it in one day but I give her a week.¡± Captain: ¡°Yes indeed let¡¯s have her come with us on the way to the next town, she can follow with us and move on from there that way we don¡¯t fall behind schedule and she can start to recover.¡± Soldier1: ¡°Alright but for now i¡¯ll let her sleep, she can be told all of this tomorrow.¡± Captain: ¡°All Right, Now for the more pressing matter what did you find out about those demons?¡± Soldier1: ¡°There were two Demon commanders one was killed while the second was horribly injured or dead.¡± Captain: ¡°I thought as much the Demons are becoming more and more active. Hopefully this war blows over soon it¡¯s leaving a bad taste in my mouth.¡± _____________________________________________________________________________ The next day Riley awoke to the sound of birds chirping, she had spent the entire night crying and finally exhausted herself to the point of slumber when the sun started rising. Needless to say she felt like crap, as she groggily crawled out of her tent she staggered over to fire that the soldiers had going. The soldiers gave her a bowl of stew and a blanket to wrap around her shoulders she thanked them and sat down next to the helpful soldier from the other day. Soldier1: ¡°Mornin sunshine.¡± Riley: ¡°Mmh.¡± Soldier1: ¡°By the way I never introduced myself my name is Aeirun of the Snow Wolfs nice to meet you.¡± Riley: ¡°This soup tastes like crap.¡± Aeirun: ¡°Gahaha Well yeah we¡¯re eating provisions they¡¯re not meant to be the tastiest princess.¡± If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Riley: ¡°If I¡¯m a princess than that makes you a fool.¡± Said Riley slowly looking up from her soup bowl her eyes were sunken in and tear stained but she seemed to be regaining some of her energy Aeirun: ¡°Of course your royal pain in the highness.¡± Said Aeirun teasingly in an effort to cheer up Riley. It seemed to be working as she made a pouty face and punched him in the arm. Aeirun: ¡°So Riley, would you like to travel with us? We¡¯re heading to a nearby town, you would be safe and once you¡¯re at the town I have some business connections i can set you up with so you can have a stable foundation to continue being a merchant, whad¡¯ya say?¡± Tears start to well up in Riley¡¯s already raw eyes. Riley: ¡°Th-thank you for doing all of this for me.¡± *sniffle* Aeirun: ¡°Hey it¡¯s the least I can do i¡¯m sorry we didn¡¯t get here sooner.¡± Riley then clung onto Aeirun¡¯s chest and started bawling completely forgetting the soup. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3 days later they had arrived in the town of Trenzic, Trenzic is a medium sized town known for its baked goods and wheat, it¡¯s also known for being the closest town to a mining district. So ore, rock, and gem trade were all common here. Riley had followed behind the soldiers with Aeirun acting as rear guard and the trip itself had been relatively uneventful. After passing through inspection at the gate, Aeirun informed the captain that he would be leaving for a bit to take Riley to his contacts. After receiving approval from the Captain he set off. Riley: ¡°Man this is one hell of a sketchy place. You sure your contact is around here. I¡¯m beginning to question your judgement.¡± Aeirun: ¡°yeah yeah location, location, location, as they say he should be just around this corner lil sis.¡± As to why Aeirun called Riley his little sister. Along the trip she started calling him older brother so he followed and started thinking of her as his little sister. Riley: ¡°So this is it?¡± Aeirun: ¡°YEP! this is indeed it.¡± Aeirun and Riley now stood in front of a rat¡¯s nest shack covered in thick cloth. Once they entered they were greeted to the smell of Phosphorus and Sulphur mixed in with some other chemicals it was a truly overwhelming smell. Aeirun: ¡°AAAH man this place never changes man, I missed this old smell.¡± Riley: ¡°HOW COULD YOU MISS A SMELL LIKE THIS!?¡± Yelled Riley while covering her nose with both of her hands. Aeirun: ¡°See when you work as an apothecary/inventor¡¯s apprentice for a solid 5 years you get used to it.¡± Riley: ¡°Sooo why are you a soldier?¡± Aeirun: ¡°Ah it was the draft. it¡¯s actually pure coincidence that I got to come back here.¡± Riley: ¡°ah I see sorry about that¡­¡± Aeirun: ¡°Nah don¡¯t worry about it helping out the country is a great thing too right?¡± Riley: ¡°Mmh yeah.¡± Aeirun then walked to the back of the rat¡¯s nest and yelled. Aeirun: ¡° OY! OLD GEEZER! YOU STILL ALIVE?!!¡± Right as he yelled that a beer bottle flew out from behind a blanket at the far end of the shop at mach 4 colliding with Aeirun¡¯s helmet making him do a perfect backflip. Riley: ¡°Aeirun!!!¡± Old man: ¡°SHADDAP YA #$#$%$ I¡¯M SLEEPIN E¡¯RE¡± Aeirun: ¡°*CHE* WHY AREN¡¯T YOU DEAD YET!? YOU OLD FART!¡± Aeirun yelled back at the violent old man while Riley looked on shocked at the spectacle unfolding in front of her. After hearing Aeirun¡¯s voice the Old man emerged from the curtain. Old man: ¡°AH Aeirun me boy good seeing ya again. you get out of the army yet? Also who¡¯s the missus?¡± Aeirun stood up brushing himself up seemingly unaffected by the supersonic bottle incident. Aeirun: ¡°Ah Old man see this here is my little sister Riley, also no i¡¯m still in the army.¡± Old man: ¡°SO why ya e¡¯re then?¡± Aeirun: ¡°Ah about that Riley here happens to be a merchant and I was trying to set her up with a good place to supply her so I came here.¡± Old man: ¡°Is that so eh, quite a strange merchant to be visiting an inventor like myself.¡± RIley: ¡°Ah um i¡¯m known for selling Knick Knacks, interesting stones, gems, and the like along with regular merchant things.¡± Old man: ¡°Interesting well i think i can help you I happen to have an excess of Knick Knacks that i would like to spread the word about are you interested?¡± Riley: ¡°Absolutely!¡± And like that Riley got a stable supplier for her mercantile business. a couple years later Riley now had a firmly established Route to sell her wares. This day like any other was fairly boring for Riley she was incredibly lonely with only her horse to talk to. Along with that she was also Dying of boredom so she was hoping for something, anything to happen. And then it happened the goblin/ogre raid and the appearance of that mysterious idiotic human. ____________________________________________________________________________ RIley had finished reminiscing about herself as her horse galloped on towards the town to where John was it was now dusk and the sun was quickly setting. Riley: ¡°Hang on a bit longer John.¡±
Hey guy''s Sorry for a day of delay i hope the double post made up for it :) Hope your enjoying the story so far and i would like to thank my good friend Captainratchet the writier of NEET no more! and others similar to those be sure to check him out :3 once again LOVE YOU ALL you guys are the reason i write feel free no please do comment it fuels my motivation! Chapter 10 Back in Black All John could feel was pain. Unending, searing pain, it felt almost as bad as getting impaled and killed by that piece of rebar. As John was unconscious, he had no idea of what was going on around him, all that was going through his head were the memories of his life leading up this point. John was born into a loving family with a father who worked in Engineering and a mother who was a Geologist. He was raised by his parents an only child and was taught to never stop using his imagination and to admire the small things in life. As John had a habit of making friends with everyone he met he never faced much bullying and went through Middle School with relative ease. In High School John was a bit more secluded but still made a few friends. He started pursuing his passion for rocks and technology a weird mix probably due to his parents influence. Something Interesting about John''s schools was the fact that they taught Archery and Sword fighting. As he got to around 17 he started participating in local charity work feeding the homeless and supporting disabled people, he also got involved with video games, his grades suffered a bit but that was mostly due to him being a procrastinator. As far as relationships go John had never tried to focus on that kind of thing in school. He was too concerned about his future but obviously all of his plans for the future had gone to hell, thanks to a nice piece of rebar through his chest. Thinking back on how ordinary and ¡°Goody/goody¡± his life had been he internally smiled. However John then began to think over his current situation seriously. He had already accepted the fact that he was in another world, but as to how he got here , he had no clue. And funnily enough John was not interested in going back, even though he loved his family, he was sure he had died and completely banished the thought. Now the hard part was figuring what to do for the future, along with figuring out out this weird power he had ¡°Manipulator¡± what all that entailed was a mystery but being unconscious and in insane pain was not going to let his thought process continue. John regained consciousness and slowly opened his eyes to confirm his surroundings. The first thing he realized was that he was in a prison. John: ¡®Great now what¡¯d Riley do¡­?¡¯ After confirming the presence of two guards standing right outside his cell, he then looked down to assess his own condition. His chest was wrapped in bandages that were drenched in blood, not a good sign. John carefully raised the bandages to get a better look at the wound and regretted it immediately. The wound running across his chest was turning blackish as the flesh seemed to be rotting from some kind of poison, probably from the Deryun¡¯s claw, the wound itself cut through every layer of John¡¯s skin and muscle going down to the bone, leaving parts of his ribs exposed. After quickly covering the wound John and feeling a bit faint after seeing that sight. John then wondered why he wasn¡¯t dead yet, he then remembered Riley talking about the Leveling system in this world and if the Deryun really was as dangerous as Riley said based on John¡¯s knowledge of games he must have raised his level a great deal, and due to being injured while leveling up, his endurance stat must have gone to insane levels. With this in mind John cockily tried to move only to collapse from the intense pain which in turn caused his wound to spurt more blood. John: ¡®Well I guess endurance on a wound this bad probably has more to do with not dying rather than being able to move around freely¡¯ John then imagined his STATUS screen and the UI popped up in front of him. Name: John Montem Age: 18 Occupation: traveler Level: 25 Title: Idiotic Deryun Slayer Abilities: Language comprehension Unique Magic: Manipulation Sub Unique Magic: Remote, Compression, Extraction Alignment: Neutral Good Statistics: Strength: 100 Endurance: 460 Agility: 79 Defense: 80 MP: 500 Stamina: 500 John: ¡®Holy crap, I expected a lot of improvement but isn¡¯t this a bit fast? Also Remote, Compression, and Extraction, looks like manipulator has a lot more potential and it also seems like I was right about the endurance boosting, also ¡°Idiotic Deryun Slayer¡± man I just can¡¯t win. Well no time to dwell on this I¡¯m almost at my limit¡¯ John¡¯s vision was starting to go black again most likely due to loss of blood from reopening the wound. ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª Riley had just gotten back to the town and after dismounting her horse she walked Bowlegged into the Healer¡¯s house. Riley: ¡°OY RABBIT WHERE THE HELL¡¯S JOHN!!¡± After yelling Riley suddenly got a bad premonition about what was going on. Right then the door behind Riley was kicked open and there stood the local guards with the healer hiding behind them. Healer: ¡°THERE SHE IS THE ONE WHO HID THE HUMAN AND THREATENED ME!¡± Riley: ¡°YOU MOTHER #$%&*@ RABBIT!!! YOU BETRAYED US!¡± At that moment Riley released a killing intent that caused the guards to step back and freeze up while the Healer shrieked and fell backwards. But as expected from the captain of the guards he stepped forward and grabbed Riley¡¯s arm Guard Captain: ¡°Ma¡¯am if you would come with us fer some questioning that would be great otherwise we will be forced to use force.¡± Riley glared daggers at the Captain causing him to go pale a bit. Riley: ¡°At least take this medicine that I literally rode my @## off for to John the human.¡± After making that request Riley handed the severed Deryun claw to the Healer who was given permission by the Captain to heal John. Riley was then led into a guard house on the opposite end of the town from the prison where John was being held. Guard 1: ¡°hey captain what should we do with the lass?¡± Guard Captain: ¡°We keep er ere under the pretense of questioning, then once we got the information we need we turn er and the human into slaves and sell them off we¡¯ll be set for the rest of our life¡¯s and it¡¯ll get us far more money than arassing these villagers.¡± Guard 1: ¡°Heh that¡¯s genius I guess that¡¯s why you¡¯re the captain.¡± Guard Captain: ¡°Now once that Ealer gets back we kill I¡¯m and turn the lass into a slave got it?¡± Guard 1: ¡°Yessir I got it.¡± After a couple hours passed the healer returned to the guard house looking haggard. Healer: ¡°That was really tough he was really close to death I stopped the poison. As for the wound itself I did the best I could but he won¡¯t be able to move too much.¡± Guard Captain: ¡°My thanks ealer you made our job easier.¡± Right after saying that the Captain made a signal to the other guard who walked up behind the healer and slit his throat as the healer dropped onto the ground spraying blood everywhere Riley sharpened her gaze and glared at the ¡°Guards¡± Riley: ¡°Corrupt guards huh.¡± Guard Captain: ¡°Ey now missy we¡¯re just doin our best tah make a livin¡± Guard: ¡°Hey now he assisted a prisoner what were we supposed to do?¡± As the guards said that they slowly approached Riley with grins on their face. Riley: ¡°So what do you want with me and John?¡± Guard Captain: ¡°We jest want you and th¡¯ boy to become slaves and make us a pretty penny.¡± The Guard then put shackles on Riley and placed her in a cell, however both the Guard and Guard Captain were extremely unnerved by her calm demeanor. Riley then let out a loud laugh and released a killing intent 10 times stronger than the one she used against the guards at first. Riley: ¡°You really think you can make us prisoners huh? HEH well looks like you''re about to get yer @## handed to you.¡± Right as she finished saying that she glowed blue and snapped the shackles off as if they were made of dirt. Guard Captain: ¡°Now, now let¡¯s not get asty bout this yer friend is still captive.¡± Right as the Captain finished saying that a massive explosion occurred at the other end of the town lighting up the night sky as a gigantic fireball rose up into the air. Riley: ¡°John you overdid it you idiot.¡± Riley then looked at the guards cracking her knuckles. Riley: ¡°OK so looks like I only need one of you guys right?¡± After Riley finished saying that both of the guards drew their weapons shakily and pointed them at her, Riley then rushed up to the Guard and punched him in the chest.To the horror of the Guard Captain his accomplices chest got blown apart leaving only his lower torso. Riley: ¡°HEH, you guys sure are weak for being ¡°guards¡± looks like this¡¯ll be easier than I thought.¡± She then performed a spin kick that broke both of the Guard Captain''s legs causing him to collapse in pain. Riley: ¡°This is for trying to make me a slave.¡± As she said that she kicked the guards face causing him to spin into the air with his broken legs acting as a sort of macabre propeller sending him into the wall of the guard house unconscious and badly injured but still alive. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. Riley then started heading off towards the giant pillar of smoke left by the fireball. ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª Earlier ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª John was laying on the ground of his cell fading in and out of consciousness. The next thing he knew the Rabbit doctor from earlier was grinding up what seemed to be a claw from the Deryun into a powder. Once he finished he removed John¡¯s bandages and poured the powder into the wound. John then experienced an incredibly sharp pain akin to accidentally getting lemon juice into a cut except for the fact that said cut ran across his entire chest. John: ¡°GHEEAAK DAMN THAT BURNS LIKE HELL!!¡± Right after yelling that the Rabbit Healer restrained John by placing his hands on either side of John¡¯s chest, the Healer¡¯s hand became covered in a white light and Johns wound began to itch and a feeling akin to a thousand ants crawling under his skin appeared as John¡¯s wound started growing back together. The healer then wrapped John¡¯s chest in new bandages and left without saying a word. John then observed the two guards go back to their posts, as John had no clue why he was in the prison he had to figure out some way of escape and some way to signal Riley assuming she was nearby. And at that moment a crazy and insane idea formed in John¡¯s head, it was an idea that was probably incredibly stupid but John decided to make full use of the title Riley had given him. John: ¡®OK so let¡¯s see Air is composed of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Methane, if I remember correctly pure Nitrogen is explosive and pure Oxygen is incredibly flammable let¡¯s see what I can do about this.¡¯ Right as John finished formulating his plan he attempted to use his extraction magic to make the air pure Nitrogen and Oxygen, the instant he poured his magic into the task it drained at an incredible rate. If not for his now boosted mana he would have blacked out instantly from the drain. John then, to the surprise of the guards, placed his hands on the bars and fused them into a wall of metal and stone. As the guards started to bang on the wall, John used his Remote Manipulation magic to speed up the movement of the Oxygen molecules however the effort required to do this was insane; it immediately drained John¡¯s magic to dangerous levels however the results were successful. In the next instant a defining explosion rang through John¡¯s ears as the wall in front of him bent inward knocking the stone out of place .If John hadn¡¯t have reinforced the wall with the metal from the prison bars it would have been completely blown apart. John: ¡°Oh $%*# I think I overdid that.¡± John muttered to himself as he crawled back to his feet, he looked towards the barrier that had just saved his life and noticed that the metal was cherry red. A sign that the flames had been hot enough to melt metal. John then realized he had just incinerated every single one of the guards in this building, if it even was still a building. After waiting for a couple minutes John slowly approached the wall which had cooled substantially and opened a passage. The scene before him was horrifying all that was left of the guards that were standing outside of John¡¯s cell were scattered bits of armor and charred body parts scattered about. John shook his head to clear it. He inhaled and started choking which in turn opened his wound. As John realized being here for too long would kill him he began sprinting for the nearest stairway, as he rushed up the stairs he entered an area covered in wreckage and black smoke. John¡¯s vision was now severely impaired by the smoke causing him to have to run blindly through the wreckage. He reached what he assumed used to be the entrance, he tripped over something and tore his wound open even further. John looked at what he had just tripped over only to find out much to his horror that it was a charred corpse of one of the guards. John managed to crawl away from the rest of the smoke and wreckage, he rolled onto his back and as he inhaled the fresh air he let out a deep sigh. John: ¡°I hope Riley saw that¡­ heh, Hell I don¡¯t know anyone who would have missed that, man I thought I would feel worse about killing but I guess I¡¯m just too tired right now.¡± Then John slowly sat up and looked out towards the town and noticed a slight commotion in the distance and as the strength left his arms he collapsed backwards and layed back down staring at the pillar of smoke. ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª Riley, after taking care of the Guard Captain, started heading towards the giant pillar of black smoke, however the remaining guards seemed to have had other plans for her. The first last of the guards consisted of 5 guards who were heading back towards the guard house. They witnessed Riley killing off one of the guards and kicking the captain into a wall, this of course enraged them. Riley: ¡°Oh great more of these guys, look I¡¯ll give you #$%$#$@ 10 seconds to run away if you couldn¡¯t tell I¡¯m in a bit of a hurry¡­¡± Guard 2: ¡°Alright we¡¯re not taking this from some lass. Let¡¯s get er boys!¡± Riley then proceeded to glow a dark blue and released a killing intent that caused two of the guards to pass out. The remaining guards were realizing their mistake just a bit too late. Riley kicked off the ground flipping over and performing an amazing drop kick right on top of the first guard¡¯s head causing it to splatter and split part of his upper body apart. Riley then used her momentum to right herself and threw a throwing knife into the guard on her left due to the amount of power she currently had the throwing knife sliced right through the guard and embedded itself into the ground behind the guard, as for the guard in question he fell onto his knees, blood spraying out of his torso, he then fell onto his face in a pool of his own blood. The remaining guard, after having witnessed his companions die in such a graphic and quick manner dropped his weapon and started shaking. Riley having no time to deal with him gave him a quick punch to his core which caused his body to fold into a > shape as he flew into a nearby house. As Riley ran towards the pillar of smoke she noticed a figure lying right in front of the pillar, immediately assuming it was John, Riley deactivated her magic and sprinted towards him. Once Riley got closer she confirmed that the figure was indeed John due to the red stained bandages across his chest. Riley: ¡°HEY YOU IDIOT YOU OVERDID IT!¡± John: ¡°Gah loud as always Riley.¡± Riley walked up to John after yelling at him and helped him up to his feet. Riley: ¡°So what the hell even was that?¡± John: ¡°An experiment using the new magic I learned.¡± Riley: ¡°Mmh well I¡¯m assuming you¡¯ll explain it to me fully later.¡± John: ¡°Only if you tell me how the heck I ended up in a prison cell.¡± Riley helped John back to the cart at the entrance of the town and after closing up John¡¯s wound she attached the horses to her cart and jumped up onto the seat next to John. Riley: ¡°Alright John I healed up your wound as much as possible it¡¯s closed right now but you should still refrain from doing too much thankfully we¡¯re going to be on the road for a good while as I said the nearest town is about two weeks from where met you there are a couple villages on the way, as I am a merchant I need to stay close to my schedule for the sake of keeping those routes.¡± John: ¡°I gotcha once I get some rest I should be able to do some interesting things with your materials, also I¡¯m guessing we¡¯re getting out of this town as fast as possible after Razing Hell like that, right?¡± Riley: ¡°Right having to explain this to the lord of this village would be a HUGE pain so we¡¯re leaving as fast as possible, like at the crack of dawn.¡± Riley then crawled into the back of the wagon, removed her tent, and set it up next to the cart in order to sleep while John simply crawled onto a pile of furs and dropped off into sleep. And on that black night Riley and John had almost completely destroyed a village in order to get back together.
HOLY CRAP I''M ALIVE!!!!! hey guys Aaron here sorry for the delay i got Strep throat and a head cold so after fighting through that and finishing off homework and losing sleep IT''S FINISHED Time: 4:35am goodthing it''s a weekend amirite *coughs up blood* anyways thank you all SOOO much for reading PLEASE COMMENT!! your comments drive me lol even if it''s just HELLO or GOOD JOB it''s a huge motivator. also real life stuff aside NO John has not just developed an OP ability to use forever causing massive fireballs everywhere let''s be honest making an explosion like that without a barrier would be suicide not to mention the fact that his mana will be gone. once again thank you for reading and look forward to the next chapter! Chapter 11 Going, going, gone The next morning John awoke from a horrendous nightmare. To a freakish yet beautiful double sunrise. John: ¡°Wow that is a weird sunrise, one red sun and one yellow sun that¡¯s going to take some getting used to. But at least I can hear the peaceful quiet serene sound of birds chirping¡­ yeah right.¡± Riley: ¡°SNOOOOOORREE¡± John: ¡°Wow it sounds like someone is trying to pull-start a chainsaw, it¡¯s a gooood thing I¡¯m a deep sleeper¡± John looked at Riley snoring and let out a deep sigh while shaking his head and grumbling. He then looked down and realized that he was covered in sweat. John: ¡°Man those deaths affected me more than I thought, damn¡­¡± He then collapsed back into the cart in an attempt to steady his breathing and calm his rapidly beating heart. After calming down for a bit John walked away from the cart in an attempt to find a stream to wash off in. John cooled his head in the frigid water of the stream for a couple minutes enjoying the refreshing feeling. Once he finished he climbed out and reached for his clothes, after putting on his pants John picked up his shirt but before he put it on he heard a cat call. Riley: ¡°*Whistling*¡± John then pulled the shirt up to cover his chest and looked at Riley with accusing eyes. Riley: ¡°What? It¡¯s not like you have a bad figure.¡± John: ¡°You¡¯re going to wreak havoc on my maiden¡¯s heart like that, you peeping Tom.¡± Riley: ¡°Yeah, yeah grow up already you princess.¡± She then walked up to John and placed both hands on his chest. Riley: ¡°All right John, clench your teeth this might hurt.¡± She then tugged at both sides of his wound to make sure it was healed enough to withstand some pulling. Johns sucked air through his mouth in a slight gasp as pain shot through his chest but thankfully this time there was no blood. Riley: ¡°Whew looks like it¡¯s healing up just fine.¡± John: ¡°So what are you doing here?¡± Riley: ¡°You were taking too long, we needed to leave here ASAP remember? However it seems we¡¯ll now have to change our plans, some Royal Guards arrived here earlier.¡± John quickly put his shirt on and followed Riley back to the wagon where they both donned their tattered cloaks and prepared to head into town. As they got to the remnants of the guard house they found some of the Royal Guards talking to the Guard Captain that Riley had left alive. His legs still seemed to be broken but there was a Royal Healer tending to his wounds, In that instant he raised his head and noticed the cloaked John and Riley instantly, His eyes lit up as he pointing in their direction and screamed. Guard Captain: ¡°THERE IT WAS THOSE TWO GET THEM!!!¡± In the next instant the Royal Guards rushed over and surrounded the two of them pointing their spears at them with wary looks. Riley: ¡°OH now isn¡¯t this a warm welcome I¡¯m guessing you guys are scared, after seeing what my partner did to that building and, seeing the state of the Guard Captain, are you sure you want to screw with us?¡± Right as she said that she started releasing a menacing aura, as John drew himself up to his full height towering over the guards and backing up Riley. Some of the Royal Guard¡¯s spears began to shake but as expected of well-trained soldiers they refused to back down. Royal Guard 1: ¡°If you two would come with us for some questioning, that would be great, as we don¡¯t intend on fighting you unless you resist.¡± Right as Riley was about to have another outburst, John placed his hand on her head. John: ¡°Ok that seems fair enough we just need to answer some questions right? But I just want you to keep in mind the state of that prison over there if you try something fishy I can promise you it¡¯ll end up the same.¡± Now John did not actually mean this, as making that explosion took up almost all of his mana, not to mention the fact that without sufficient protection, he would get killed by it too. It was simply a bluff; however that bluff seemed to have worked as the guard paled and beckoned them to follow him. John and Riley were led back to a gigantic tent right outside of the town; the guard then motioned them inside the tent while he waited on the outside. John''s eyes glanced over the interior of the tent as he entered. In the center of the tent was a table lit only by a small amount of sun and some candles surrounded by Royal Guards and Tacticians, the tent seemed to be separated into separate sections for sleeping quarters with various cot¡¯s and clothing items laying around them. John looked back at the beings surrounding the table, it seemed like these Royal Guards were all Tigerkin judging from the stripes on their ears and tails and their golden eyes. One in particular however, caught John¡¯s eye. It was a very small Tigerkin female seated next to a decorated General. She was wearing a puffy pink dress, with frills all along the arms, atop her petite head was a lavish crown befitting of a princess. Riley made eye contact with the princess and nodded her head whereas John simply stood still gazing warily at the princess. Tiger Princess: ¡°Since neither of you bowed down I¡¯m assuming you have no respect for royalty.¡± Riley: ¡°Not quite your shortness, see I¡¯m a merchant the only thing I have to pay respect to is money.¡± John: ¡°And I¡¯m not from this country so I will treat you with some amount of respect, but bowing my head would be the same as pledging my fealty to you and I¡¯d rather remain unfettered to your country in order to preserve my right to travel freely.¡± Princess: ¡°As expected of an impudent Wolfkin merchant and a disrespectful foreigner, i''m already at my limits today!" Riley: "Your limits seem to be as small as your height princess." John was a bit angered by this comment but decided to ignore it as one would ignore a child throwing a tantrum. John: ¡°Alright'' I¡¯m assuming you have some questions to ask us, can you get to it? My partner here has a bit of a schedule to keep and I wouldn¡¯t want her to be late due to some unnecessary prattle.¡± The General then clenched his fist and began walking towards John. Princess: ¡°Shtand down General Etten! Although he¡¯s rude I don¡¯t want thish tent going up in fwames. And though their attitudesh irk me to no end we do need to get the answers out of them as fasht as possible.¡± This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Etten: ¡°Sigh alright¡­ Look you two, we came here from a call telling us about corruption among the guards here. The whistleblower was apparently silenced, as we lost communication with the town. So we were sent to investigate however, yesterday; we witnessed a massive fireball that lit up the sky. A fire magic of that level has never been seen before. And at least 10 of the palace mages would have to team up to recreate something like that. So judging by what we heard from the Guard Captain we¡¯re guessing that you, the tall one, are responsible for the fireball. And you Wolfkin are responsible for the damages done to the local Guards. Also Princess your lisp is showing again.¡± Princess: "It''s their fault for getting me sho riled up!" John looked at Riley questioningly, she made eye contact with him and shook her head, John nodded in response and faced the captain again, while ignoring the princess. John: ¡°I can neither confirm nor deny any of what has been said. In truth I have no idea how the Guards were taken out.¡± Although John had mostly pieced together exactly what happened it wasn¡¯t a lie to say he had no idea as he was underground in a prison cell. He did not witness exactly what happened so he was simply stretching the truth instead of outright lying. Etten: ¡°Well since you seem adamant about keeping your mouth shut let¡¯s bring in the Guard Captain.¡± The entrance to the tent was then drawn back as the Guard Captain was led in by two soldiers. He made eye contact with Riley and shot a fierce glare her direction. She in turn released killing intent which caused the Guard Captain to shiver. Etten: ¡°So Captain Jovich do you have anything to say in regards to these two?¡± Jovich: ¡°Ye-yeah I do! The short one is a devil incarnate she killed all of my men and left me in that wrecked state for no reason!!!¡± Etten: ¡°As Jovich is the only one who spoke up and since you too refuse to speak we might have to take his word for what happened and arrest you two.¡± Riley: ¡°Mmh how bothersome ah well since it¡¯s come to this I¡¯ll tell you my side of the story and John can fill in for his.¡± Riley then recounted about how she had brought the injured John into the town and how she had left to go retrieve medicine. John filled in about waking up in a prison cell badly injured with two Guards posted out in front of him, Riley then explained about how when she got back she was surrounded by guards and how they began talking about enslaving her. John filled in about getting treated by the healer and Riley told them about the Guard Captain ordering the death of the Healer she then went into detail about taking out the guards as she escaped from imprisonment in order to find John. John filled in the rest of them by saying that he had caused the explosion in an attempt to escape the prison and meet back up with Riley. Etten: ¡°And where is your proof?¡± John pulled up the cloak and his shirt revealing the massive bandaged wound that ran across his chest which for some reason caused the princess to turn away her head while blushing and muttering something about commoners. Etten: ¡°Yeah that seems to be about right for a Deryun claw, alright fair enough Jovich I¡¯m assuming you know the penalty for murdering a citizen and attempting to enslave someone.¡± Jovich: ¡°NO NONONONON THEY''RE LYING @#$$%$ I SWEAR IT!¡± Etten: ¡°SILENCE YOU COWERING DOG! GUARDS TAKE HIM OUTSIDE!¡± Jovich was then dragged screaming outside by two guards. John: ¡°I¡¯m guessing he¡¯s getting executed right?¡± Etten: ¡°Yeah He is, it¡¯s a damn shame; he was a great soldier back in the day.¡± Riley: ¡°Geeze that took forever. we¡¯re in the clear now that everything has been explained right?¡± Etten: ¡°Well not quite we have a request for you two directly from the princess.¡± John: ¡°Oh great forcing us to comply with what you want otherwise we¡¯d be going against royalty, that¡¯s low.¡± Riley looked at John with a shocked look on her face as if she couldn¡¯t believe he had caught on that fast. John: ¡°What¡¯s with that look I might lack a lot of common sense about this place but I¡¯m not stupid. I know how things like this go¡± Riley: ¡°Give me a second. I¡¯m still in shock. my entire world just flipped. Also as to your ¡°Request¡± I don¡¯t appreciate being threatened.¡± Etten looked pale at how fast the two of them had caught on but quickly regained his composure. Etten: ¡°The queen requested for the two of you, being the capable fighters you are, to join our escort as mercenaries in order to protect the princess from any threat she should face on her journey around the kingdom.¡± John: ¡°Well Riley I¡¯m assuming that since they''re hiring us as mercenaries they intend to pay us.¡± Riley: ¡°Yeah if it¡¯s a decent amount I could delay my schedule a bit to escort the Mini princess¡± Princess: ¡°WHO ARE YOU CALLING MINI! I¡¯M ALMOST 11 YEARS OLD NOW!¡± Ignoring the princess''s tantrum John looked at Etten and inquired about the amount that they were going to be paid. Etten: ¡°We are willing to provide food for midday and evening but morning is left up to you. as for pay¡­ how does 10 gold sound?¡± John looked at Riley skeptically as he had no idea as to what value that held. Riley: ¡°Are you trying to rip us off TEN GOLD! Look buddy make it 25 gold a piece I¡¯m sure your kingdom is anything but poor if the princess can afford to take a field trip.¡± Etten: ¡°Geh you drive a hard bargain but I suppose for the amount of power you two possess it would be expected fine you have a deal 25 gold each paid once we finish traveling now get packed we leave by mid-day.¡± John and Riley walked out of the tent and watched nonchalantly as the corrupt Guard Captain¡¯s head was chopped off. Once the execution was finished they headed back to the wagon and readied up all of their supplies. John and Riley met up with the guards and after everything had been packed up, they finally left the village.
Sorry for shorter chapter i''m in a bit of a rush lately and i wanted to get something up for you guys! love you all feel free to comment no PLEASE COMMENT your feedback fuels me! next chapter coming soon!! Chapter 12 Stopping to Smell the Roses After traveling down a dirt road surrounded by thick trees for half of the day, the caravan decided to stop for a rest in a large lush green clearing filled with flowers ranging in colors from black to white and everything in between. John: ¡°How pretty, these flowers are all insanely vibrant and uniquely shaped compared to any of the field flowers from where I came from.¡± Said John, as he inspected a half green half purple tube shaped flower. Riley: ¡°Yeah the flowers bloom really brightly around this season.¡± John: ¡°So it¡¯s spring?¡± Riley: ¡°No winter is quickly approaching we¡¯re in autumn right now.¡± John: ¡°As expected of another world, Hey Riley what kind of flower is this?¡± John picked up a Green flower that had a weird black stripe pattern running down each of its 3 petals. He was about to inhale when out of no-where Riley slapped the flower out of his hand. Riley: ¡°THAT WAS POISONOUS!¡± Jon: ¡°SH@#!¡± John cussed as he tried to grab water out of the back of the wagon to wash off his hand with. Riley: ¡°GAHAHAH, you should see your face it¡¯s hilarious hehehe.¡± Riley was doubled over laughing at John, while she was doing this he swiftly walked up to her, grabbed both sides of her cheeks, and pulled them. Riley: ¡°UMU, IEM SCHORRY!¡± John began furiously tugging on her face pulling it into many different shapes while tears slipped out of Riley¡¯s eyes as she begged for mercy. Etten: ¡°Hey you two! We¡¯re planning our strategy for the next leg of this trip and we need you to hear it.¡± Exclaimed Etten as he beckoned the two of them over, John and Riley quickly walked over to join up in the conversation. Etten: ¡°OK, so the next leg of this trip is wrought with danger it¡¯s the reason why we hired you unsavory folk, there are insanely strong monsters from here to Eischtenbarg along with the recent bandit outbursts it¡¯s truly hazardous.¡± John began surveying the people standing around him, other than Riley who was currently rubbing her face under her hood. There were 10 others, the two mercenaries that caught his eye were a dwarf wielding a bow, and an Elf wielding a rapier. Etten: ¡°Alright you guys, first off we¡¯ll have the strongest in the front John, Riley, Elden, and Drven you four make up the front of the caravan the other 8 can guard the sides and back up the Royal Guards in the rear.¡± All of the Mercenaries and soldiers began separating into groups getting ready to travel, but a select few had some other ideas. Fat Pig-Faced Mercenary: ¡°HEY ETTEN, why the hell do you consider those four the strongest?¡± The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Squealed a fat pig-faced mercenary, he was covered in vials and standing directly behind him was a tall hooded figure with a missing an arm. The duo approached Etten and the pig-faced one pointed his finger at John¡¯s group. Etten: ¡°You really want to know? Ask em yourself don¡¯t bother me with your insecurities.¡± After Etten brushed him of, the porky mercenary turned beet red and motioned for his companion to follow him. Fat Mercenary: ¡°Oy, you sorry sods! My name is Hogen and I intend to prove that I¡¯m the strongest here, mind telling me why they recruited you?¡± Riley looked at Hogen from under her hood and chuckled while nudging John in the side. John: ¡°Ok look Hog in order to waste some time while traveling we¡¯ll tell you why we got recruited but right now you¡¯re just being a pest.¡± Hogen: ¡°IT¡¯S HOGEN YOU BELLIGERENT FOOL!¡± Riley: ¡°Belligerent¡­ *snrk*¡± Elden then stood up with his long blonde hair flowing behind him. He then drew his sword putting it up to Hogen¡¯s neck faster than He could blink. Elden: ¡°If I wanted to I could have killed you just then satisfied?¡± Sweat then started to pour from Hogen¡¯s face as he and his bodyguard retreated into one of the groups of other mercenaries. Elden: ¡°Sigh¡­ what a pain.¡± John: ¡°Heh I guess actions really do speak louder than words, and though words might be sharper than a doubled edged sword, it only takes one edge to silence all words.¡± After saying this, the group looked at John with an amazed expression, Riley in particular had her mouth slightly agape, but John simply shrugged. Drven: ¡°What are you a scholar?¡± Riley: ¡°No he¡¯s an idiot¡± John: ¡°Ah, no I was just thinking about a saying from where I¡¯m from out loud.¡± Elden: ¡°Ok¡­. Well let¡¯s get moving we¡¯re burning daylight here.¡± The group then moved to their position in front of the caravan and after a couple minutes the caravan finally set off.
Whoa k sorry for SUPER SHORT CHAPTER my life has been about as organized as a Lego kit in a hurricane. SO RANT TIME!!! First: I got a girlfriend (FINALLY) it only took 18 years, Second: Aaron''s Race and Roll is picking up steam so i''m doing radio interviews almost every day along with frequent charity events and promotional stuff yadda yadda, 3rd: NO I''m not running out of ideas for this story (trust me) I just wanted to post a quick chapter to prevent you guys from thinking i dropped the series. Love you all if you wan''t more information just google Aaron''s Race and Roll you''ll find something trust me. AS ALLWAYS PLEASE COMMENT!!!! it fuels meh :3 UPDATE TIEM OK SO NO I"M NOT DED! so my charity event www.aaronsraceandroll.weebly.com IS HAPPENEING NEXT WEEK OMAHGAWSH 4 radio interviews later and i''m back SLIGHTLY DED but i''m recovering. thanks to a post from a fan i''m FIRED THE HECK UP so i''m going to break out the monster energy drinks and type the heck out of my story and NO i don''t plan on dropping it any time soon it is an incredibly fun project that has a LOOOONNGG ways to go see you guys around midnight when i post the next chapter (hopefully) Chapter 13 Whats with these flowers? Roughly 2 hours later; the caravan finally started moving at a decent pace, down a dirt road surrounded by trees, and fields covered with weird flowers. Currently John¡¯s group was beginning to chat and share stories. Elden: ¡°And then just when everyone thought they were going to die I rushed in and shoved a sword down its throat!¡± John: ¡°You waited until the last second, like some kind of hero.¡± Elden: ¡°Heck yeah, and after saving everyone these royal guards approached me, and asked me to escort them and of course, I accepted!¡± John: ¡°Mmh alright what about you, Drven?¡± Drven: ¡°I shot down a group of demons attacking my house and was approached by the royal guards, and here I am.¡± Elden: ¡°Now that you¡¯ve heard our stories, what¡¯s yours?¡± John glanced at Riley and gave her a glance that seemed to say ¡®how much can we tell them?¡¯ Riley looked at John and seemed to say ¡®don¡¯t worry I got this¡¯ Riley: ¡°We were attacked by a Deryun on the way to the nearest town. We both were badly injured but we still managed to kill it, John was in bad shape so I quickly went the nearest town and dropped him off with a healer only to realize that I needed the Deryun¡¯s claws to heal John so I left to collect them.¡± Riley then began speaking about what happened from her point of view while nodding her head in John¡¯s direction. John: ¡°To quickly summarize what happened next after Riley left: I was moved into a prison cell and the guards were intent on selling off me and Riley as slaves so In order to avoid that I blew up the entire prison.¡± Getting the hint John began quickly summarizing what happened from his perspective while leaving out things like what magic he used and why they wanted him as a slave. Riley: ¡°I then easily killed off the multitude of guards that got in my way while searching for him and after he made his position incredibly obvious we met up.¡± Said Riley, whilst proudly puffing out her chest, John gave her a sidelong glance and shook his head. John: ¡°After camping it out we were planning on leaving town but we ended up running into the Royal guards who hired us to guard the Princess.¡± As John finished up the story he noticed Elden¡¯s jaw had dropped and Drven¡¯s eyes were sparkling. Elden: ¡°You blew up an entire prison?!?! What kind of magic is that! I want some¡­¡± Drven: ¡°Yeah I had my doubts at first but you two are definitely on par with us those royal guards know what they are doing the Deryun encounter also explains why you have those bandages around you.¡± Elden: ¡°So why do you guy¡¯s wear cloaks? Battered one¡¯s at that.¡± Riley: ¡°I wear a cloak to keep the sun out of my eyes.¡± Riley quickly said while glancing at John. John: ¡°I wear this cloak because it looks cool I plan on getting a better one when we reach the next town.¡± After hearing John declare this Riley shook her head in shame while muttering ¡®of all the answers you could have given, why was it that¡¯ Elden: ¡°HAH, FINALLY someone gets it! Being a hero is about looking cool while possessing enormous power, and fighting for justice with that power!¡± Elden immediately bought their stories and began giving his own philosophy on hero¡¯s while Drven just nodded his head in agreement. Riley on the other hand, had her head in her hands and muttered: ¡°I¡¯m surrounded by idiots¡± while giving in to her fate. After giving all of their back-stories, John¡¯s group continued chatting about random things. However once the carriage entered a thick part of the forest Elden¡¯s ears perked up and he immediately unsheathed his sword. Drven getting the hint readied his bow followed quickly by John who grabbed one of the flowers he had picked up earlier in his hand and Riley giving John a curious look readied her trusty throwing knifes. The Rest of the groups after seeing John¡¯s group prepare for battle quickly quieted down and began to draw their own weapons. John: ¡°What is it?¡± Asked John quietly while leaning next to Elden Elden: ¡°A group of bandits and a mage¡± The moment Elden said that spiked logs were dropped in front of the caravan which caused it to stop. In the next instant a large male with bear like features wielding a longsword stood on top of the logs and glared at the caravan in front of him. Bear man: ¡°My name is Bear Grs I¡¯m the leader of these fine fellows who now have you surrounded I also happen to have a mage who is currently ready to light all of you on fire!¡± The aptly named Bear Grs leader of these bandits began to give his demands when suddenly a hail of arrows began to pour down on the caravan from both sides. Elden: ¡°Che* a distraction alright Drven I leave the archers to you I¡¯m going to attempt to stop those arrows.¡± At the same time John began limping towards Bear with the flower in his left hand. Bear Grs: ¡°Is that some kind of peace offering? Sorry buddy a flower won¡¯t cut it.¡± John then Smiled malevolently and began to glow orange. In the next instant the flower in his hand extended and thickened to the width of a tree branch as it quickly wrapped itself around Bear not even giving him a chance to act surprised. Bear was completely disabled by a mere flower, unable to move as the flowers stem had become incredibly tough, and unable to talk as the flower itself was in his mouth. John: ¡°wow this gives Flower Power a whole new meaning¡± Said John to himself, he then turned around to see how the rest of the battle was progressing. Riley was taking out bandits left and right with her throwing knifes while Elden cut down arrows out of the sky, Drven was taking out archers with his bow, and the rest of the groups were engaged in combat with the bandits. It seemed as though the Caravan was winning steadily so John relaxed a bit but in the next instant he felt a large amount of heat behind him and as he turned around a fireball was heading straight for him. Riley looked back to see how John was doing and noticed just a little too late the mage that had appeared behind John she watched as the fireball exploded right where John was standing, she began glowing blue as she shot over to where the mage was. After hearing an explosion Elden looked back and noticed Riley glowing blue rushing towards the explosion Elden realized that the explosion must have been caused by the mage he had sensed and that John must have been caught in the explosion he then began to run towards the explosion. Drven after seeing Elden rushing towards the mage turned around and pointed his bow at the mage readying up an arrow. Mage: ¡°Heh, so you¡¯re a mage too huh?¡± The Mage muttered while looking at John standing unscathed in front of him. Right when the mage unleashed the fireball, John had created a wall of dirt that dispersed the fire around him and was now glaring at the mage. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. John: ¡°Not quite, but I¡¯m pretty damn close¡± John then grabbed the pocket knife he had brought from his world and pointed it at the mage. Mage: ¡°How you expect that small thing to hurt me.¡± Said the mage as he readied up another fireball, John simply grinned and started glowing orange. John: ¡°Watch carefully.¡± The knife John was holding Extended into a full sword and the mage, suddenly becoming scared, unleashed another fireball towards John. John put up another dirt barrier and continued to approach the Mage, who was now trembling in fear. John then got within arms-reach of the mage and slashed the sword down words completely cutting through the gray robe the mage was wearing. As the robe dropped to the ground the mage was revealed to be a thin boy in common clothes with gray hair and cat ears, his green eyes were tearing up as he looked in terror at John. Mage: ¡°Wh-what are you¡­¡± John: ¡°I¡¯m not here to kill you, I¡¯m just escorting some people if you continue to attack me I will be forced to kill you but I would rather not kill someone like you.¡± The boy then began sobbing and collapsed on the ground, John thinking that this was just too pitiful approached him and crouched down next to him. John: ¡°Don¡¯t worry you¡¯re fine now I don¡¯t intend to hurt you.¡± Said John while trying his hardest to comfort the boy, being unable to think of anything else John began petting the boy¡¯s head. Slowly the boy stopped crying and narrowed his eyes while John petted him. Riley, Elden, And Drven, were just standing there watching the whole scene unfold. Elden stepped forward with his sword drawn completely ignoring the atmosphere. Elden: ¡°You, Mage, how dare you attack us for this you will pay with your life!¡± John then stood up and while holding the cat eared boy with one arm glared at Elden. John: ¡°Dude, It¡¯s not cool to attack children you¡¯ll just make him cry again save those words for that Bear guy this kid is harmless, he was probably forced to join the bandits, by the way what¡¯s your name kid?¡± Sven: ¡°It¡¯s Sven¡± John: ¡°See Elden how could you hurt a kid like this.¡± As John said that he held Sven in front of him Sven then looked up at Elden with his eyes glimmering, a critical hit. Elden collapsed on his hands and knees. Elden: ¡°TH-those kitten eyes that was a low blow damnit.¡± Meanwhile Riley and Drven were the only ones taking this situation seriously, both walked up to Bear, Riley Yanked the flower out of his mouth and held one of her knives up to his throat while Drven Aimed his bow towards Bear¡¯s head. Riley: ¡°Kora, Care to explain why you attacked us?¡± Said Riley menacingly, while making direct eye contact with Bear, who was starting to get nervous noticing just how dangerous Riley was, began to speak. Bear Grs: ¡°We-we heard there was a convoy coming through this area so thinking it would be an easy grab we decided to take it on, but clearly we were mistaken.¡± John noticing Riley interrogating Bear grabbed Sven and began walking over. John: ¡°Hey Bear can you ask your troops to back off I don¡¯t want any unnecessary deaths also how did this kid end up with you?¡± Bear Grs: ¡°That kid was taken from his village after we killed off his parents. I thought he would be useful because of his mage abilities but even now he fails, hah you couldn¡¯t protect your parents and now you can¡¯t even stop a caravan what a useless brat.¡± John having just been seriously ticked off by Bear approached him and loomed menacingly over him. John: ¡°This kid made me use up a bunch of my magic to defend against his attacks. whereas you got taken out by a flower, I think you forfeit the right to call anyone ¡°useless¡±¡± Bear Grs: ¡°You may have got me but my men will fight to the death!¡± John: ¡°Riley hold on to Sven for me would¡¯ja?¡± Riley: ¡°I dislike FelineKin just so you know.¡± John: ¡°I figured as much but he¡¯s harmless take care of him.¡± John, after handing off Sven to Riley, walked back to the front of the caravan, which was still being bombarded with arrows. He began glowing bright orange summoning up as much magic power as possible. Then placing both of his hands on the ground, orange cracks spread out from where his hands were going around the caravan into the forest. John: ¡°Gotcha¡± The forest around the caravan then seemed to fold back as trees flattened out and began constricting the bandits that were hiding in and around them. After making sure every bandit was restrained John looked back to Riley and Sven and collapsed backwards, unconscious. Riley: ¡°He did it again, what an idiot MP exhaustion is going to be an issue with him isn¡¯t it¡­¡± Riley muttered to herself as she walked over to John, The others however had a much bigger reaction to what had just occurred. Sven: ¡°whoa, what, How could He do that much! That was too awesome!¡± Elden: ¡°¡­ Tch Show Off¡± Drven: ¡°What kind of creature is he¡­¡± All three of them had different impressions but they were all extremely impressed by what had just occurred, not to mention the fact that all of the guards and other groups around the caravan were staring in awe at what just happened. Princess: ¡°Um, Etten what just happened?¡± Etten: ¡°That was probably John your highness.¡± Princess: ¡°Be sure to invite him to dinner tonight I want to have a talk with him.¡± Etten: ¡°As do I, I will make sure arrangements are made.¡± Eventually the Guards came to their senses and began subduing all of the bandits and clearing the road in order to continue traveling. Riley with Sven¡¯s help carried John back to the wagon and dropped him on some pelts as they did this his hood slipped off slightly revealing his face and Sven let out a gasp, Riley quickly pulled Johns hood back over his head and glared at Sven. Riley: ¡°One word and you die, got it?¡± Sven began nodding his head rapidly and looked at John with a glimmer in his eye. Sven: ¡°he just gets cooler by the second!¡± Riley: ¡°What a weird kid.¡±
HEY GUYS HOLY CRAP ITS BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS! the charity event that i''ve been talking about iis happeneing this saturday. www.aaronsraceandroll.weebly.com that''s the link to it. that aside two people who actually commented gave me the motivation to post this, Kenjay44 and SRnovels XD comments fuel me! even though i''m in the thick of things right now i was still motivated enough to write a 10 page (in google docs) chapter! so i love all of you guys and i''m glad you like my story so much! feel free to comment! Uptade Tiem V3 (its relevent i swear!) OK SO now that my charity event is wrapped up if i don''t get a job and if i can prevent my sickness my writing will increase in intensity and hopefully i''ll be able to do daily posts! Im super excited to get this story out there to you guys faster! so yeah from now on expect at minimum 3 chapters a week this is all subjective but bear with me :P hope you guys are liking the story so far i''m having lots of fun with it that''s all for now thank you for reading! Chapter 14 Can I eat yet? The caravan, after dealing with the bandits, had set up camp right where they were attacked, due to the simple fact that most of the trees surrounding the road were flattened. Riley, Elden, Drven, and Sven were standing around chatting idly while they waited for John to wake up. Elden: ¡°Yeah, and then I freed a slave, using some excess funds that I just happened to have.¡± Elden was telling his usual stories with a gleam in his eye. Sven: ¡°Y¡¯know I don¡¯t like slavery whatsoever I think it¡¯s wrong to enslave fellow Kin.¡± Sven boldly gave his opinion which came from someone who was essentially a slave to the bandits, while practically snarling at Elden. Drven: ¡°I can see its uses in the form of indentured servitude but market slavery leads to a need for constant slaves. We should at the very least, reserve slavery for criminals, what do you think lass?¡± Drven was looking at it objectively and weighing the benefits with the downsides. Riley: ¡°As someone who has been fighting off slavers for a good part of my career as a merchant, I think it should be eliminated all-together, but that leads to the issue of black market slavery.¡± Riley after giving her two-cents on the matter, walked back over to the carriage to check on John, She peered in, saw that he was still deeply asleep, and sighed. Etten approached the group and after noticing that John was asleep walked over to Riley. Etten: ¡°Oy! You WolfKin the queen has requested for you and the tall one to come and dine with us tonight. Be sure to inform him once he wakes up, also as for the rest of you, feel free to come along.¡± Elden: ¡°Alright dinner with royalty! You guys should feel honored.¡± Elden began talking about how great of an honor dining with royalty was and how fun it was going to be while Drven began contemplating the reason for their invitation. Sven on the other hand had sparkles in his eyes, as never once in his life did he think he would get to dine with royalty. A few hours later, John regained consciousness and with a loud yawn announced the fact that he was awake. Riley: ¡°You do know how long it¡¯s been right?¡± John: ¡°Do enlighten me.¡± Riley: ¡°Honestly I gave up counting¡­ BUT it¡¯s been a long time it¡¯s almost evening, I thought I would miss out on the dinner we got invited too.¡± John: ¡°Oh cool, I¡¯m incredibly hungry magic really takes a lot out of you.¡± Riley: ¡°It¡¯s mostly just your magic, you keep going overboard¡­ truly an idiot, the others have already gone to the dinner, but I told them I would wait for you to wake up first.¡± John: ¡°I truly appreciate that, so let''s not wait any longer, DINNER IS WAITING!¡± Riley and John began swiftly walking towards the main tent that had been set up for the people of importance. The basic setup of the camp was mercenary¡¯s tents were on the outside, wagons and carriages were in the middle, and the giant tent is in the center of the camp with food areas and small campfires scattered about the clearing. Once they entered the Tent, what greeted their eyes was a table lined with candles and food. At the end of the Table the Princess was sitting on a cushioned chair while Etten stood on her right, sitting down the table were Elden and Drven sitting across from each other whilst Sven sat on the opposite end of the table from the Princess. Riley sat down next to Drven while John sat across from her by Elden, Sven meanwhile nonchalantly scooted himself closer to John. Princess: ¡°So I¡¯m sure all of you are wondering the reason as to why I called commoners like yourself to this feast.¡± Riley: ¡°Is it because you just wanted someone to talk to?¡± Princess: ¡°Thash not SHO!¡± Riley and the Princess were about to get into another spat when Etten stepped in. Etten: ¡°OK, basically you; the tall one, and you the WolfKin were summoned here by the Princess to talk about how you handled the battle.¡± John immediately became alert and glanced at Riley who was currently glaring at Etten. Etten: ¡°We have some questions we would like you to answer.¡± Etten motioned to the guard with his hand and in a moment all of the guards had their weapons pointed at the people sitting at the table. John: ¡°I just wanted some food, C¡¯mon Riley let¡¯s just answer the questions.¡± Said John while sighing deeply clearly distraught over the current sequence of events Riley: ¡°I guess we really don¡¯t have too much of a choice.¡± Etten: ¡°First off, let¡¯s have your names neither of you properly introduced yourselves to the princess.¡± Riley: ¡°My name is Riley, and my companion here is John.¡± Etten: ¡°Now, I noticed something VERY peculiar about your magic; John, and Riley you don¡¯t seem to be an ordinary WolfKin, care to enlighten us on these points?¡± John: ¡°I would rather there be some secrets between us, is it necessary to reveal this much about ourselves to you right now? The moment John finished his sentence; two of the guards standing by him grabbed his arms and restrained him. John getting ticked off by the whole situation began to glow orange, the guards sensing something was about to go wrong quickly ripped off his cloak revealing to everyone at the table; his facial features. Etten: ¡°N-no way¡­¡± The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Princess: ¡°Wh-what are you? You can¡¯t be what I think you are can you?¡± All of guards around John immediately backed off in terror John drew himself up to his full height while glowing orange. Drven and Elden looked at John with wonder and stayed silent. John: ¡°WELL THEN, looks the secrets out Riley, TO confirm what you all are thinking. I am indeed a human who¡¯s not from this world. I ended up here without knowing how, and am willing to do anything to survive here even if it means taking on a kingdom.¡± John grabbed a cup from the table and turned it into a rapier. However, right before he did anything rash Riley walked up behind him and slapped him on the back of the head. Normally this action would just annoy people but this is Riley we¡¯re talking about. John practically did a front flip and ended up face first on the ground clutching his chest. Riley: ¡°What an idiot of course we¡¯re not going to fight a kingdom. As you can see princess my companion here is a bit unique, we tried to hide it but with him preforming giant feats of magic like he has been its nearly impossible.¡± Etten: ¡°Humans were said to have died off a long time ago any story of them has been legend, taking down dragons single handedly, possessing enormous amounts of strength and magic, each tale talks about humans leading the land to Ruin or Prosperity, they are almost equivalent to a force of nature, and yet here one stands¡­ Er, so to speak.¡± John while glaring at Riley clutched his chest and climbed back up to his feet, after confirming that he was indeed fine John casually threw a piece of food into Riley¡¯s mouth as she yawned, which ended up causing her to choke. John: ¡°for what it¡¯s worth I honestly have no plans to bring ruin I¡¯m just trying to survive in a place that I¡¯m completely unfamiliar with.¡± Elden: ¡°Y¡¯know I could tell that you weren¡¯t any species I had ever seen, your aura is completely off.¡± Drven: ¡°Honestly, I was just impressed by how weird your magic was.¡± Etten: ¡°As a living legend we need to do our best to keep a close eye on you, if you try anything unusual we will attack you.¡± Princess: ¡°SO become my subjects!¡± John: ¡°Ah, I knew that¡¯s where this was going, look Princess I¡¯m guarding you right now so while I¡¯m guarding you I¡¯m technically under your supervision and have to follow your orders. However I enjoy freedom, so I refuse as I don¡¯t see many benefits to that right now.¡± Riley: ¡°Don¡¯t forget the fact that I wouldn¡¯t appreciate you restraining my movements I am a merchant after all.¡± Princess: ¡°Muuu..¡± Etten: ¡°We¡¯ll let you think about it, however seeing your companion¡¯s reaction to you revealing your identity I think it would be fine if you revealed your identity to the rest of the mercenaries and guards it should boost moral to know that we have a human on the same side as us.¡± John: ¡°So, mind giving me a quick damage report on the battle?¡± Etten: ¡°With your help all of the bandits were taken care of, however we had a few casualties on our side, 18 to be precise including that Hogen fellow and his body guard.¡± Elden: ¡°How could there have been that many casualties I blocked all of the oncoming arrows in that first assault.¡± Etten: ¡°No, see they got careless when subduing the bandits and got themselves killed.¡± Drven: ¡°That makes sense; I would feel like a god was on my side if I was them, witnessing all of their enemies getting restrained like that.¡± Sven: ¡°Yeah John is great!¡± Etten: ¡°Weren¡¯t you one of the attackers?¡± John: ¡°he was held against his will as far as I¡¯m concerned, that aside I¡¯m firmly opposed to revealing my existence to the others just yet I¡¯ve already had some run in¡¯s with corrupt guards and would love to not have a repeat of that event.¡± Riley: ¡°As John says we intend on keeping our identities secret.¡± Princess: ¡°I understand, but for now John your disguise is gone.¡± Etten: ¡°Guards find them some cloaks.¡± John was given a black cloak with a large hood and the royal tiger¡¯s symbol on the back basically an orange purple and black cloak, John accepted the nice coat but made it very clear that he didn¡¯t want anything more than just protecting them and getting paid if the benefits of going under her rule were substantial enough he would do it without a doubt but for now he was adamant in his refusal. Once all of that was cleared up the group went back to eating. A single tear slid out of Johns left eye, Riley noticing this questioned him. Riley: ¡°Psst John why are you crying?¡± John: ¡°We talked for so long the food went cold.¡± *fake crying noises* John was quickly pelted by some of Riley¡¯s food. Riley: ¡°WHAT KIND OF PAMPERED NOBLE ARE YOU!¡± Meanwhile outside the tent unbeknownst to the people on the inside a group of masked individuals was currently transmitting the entire conversation through the use of magic to an unknown source before quickly disappearing into the forest.
Quick shout out to Srnovels and vipers2304 your moral support gave me the motivation to post even though it was the week before thanksgiving break and i was still recovering from my charity event, as for anyone else feel free to comment and rate honestly comments mean more to me than ratings so PLS COMMENT it fuels me! Chapter 15 Need a hand? Chapter 15 Need a hand? All of the members at the table were currently chatting away save for Etten who was just overlooking everything silently. Riley: ¡°I¡¯ll bet you can¡¯t even cook!¡± John: ¡°Alright how much?¡± Riley: ¡°Erm¡­ the satisfaction of being right?¡± John: ¡°Ok fair enough.¡± Drven: ¡°Wow that was simple¡± And with that John walked up to the chef¡¯s and began gathering some ingredients to rub it in Riley¡¯s face and also to enjoy some hot food. He gathered up the leftover bread dough, a watery fruit similar to a tomato, some spices, left over cheese, and meat. He began to knead the dough together into a flat circular shape put the tomato esque fruit and spices on the bread after turning them into a paste and to finish it he placed meat on it and began to cook it over a wood fire the Chefs had going. In the end he somehow managed to make something similar to Pizza. John: ¡°There you go Make-shift Pizza!¡± He proudly stuck out his chest when placing the surprisingly good looking pizza on the table. John: ¡°Honestly it goes better with tomatoes but you guys don''t have any of those.¡± They then began eating the pizza and sadly for John by the time he sat down it was all gone without him getting to have even a single slice. Elden: ¡°Whoa this is pretty good!¡± Princess: ¡°F-for a commoner it¡¯s a pretty good dish.¡± Drven: ¡°It¡¯s just straight up good.¡± Riley: ¡°*intense eating noises*¡± Sven: ¡°This is GREAT!¡± John: ¡°*sobs* I didn¡¯t even get a slice¡­.¡± Apparently it was a hit as the princess had the chef¡¯s write down the ingredients for later use, as for everyone else they were just enjoying the unusual dish. Riley: ¡°*gulp* So, what is Pitcha?¡± John: ¡°It¡¯s called Pizza and I don¡¯t believe I properly explained this to you guys but it¡¯s from where I come from it was a popular meal.¡± John began to look a bit distraught over his origin being brought up. Drven: ¡°You don¡¯t need to tell us where you come from if it¡¯ll bug you y¡¯know¡± John: ¡°Nah it¡¯s fine I just haven¡¯t had much time to think about it.¡± Riley: ¡°Pitzyeah?¡± John: ¡°Close enough.¡± Elden: ¡°So princess, mind telling us why we¡¯re on this ¡°trip¡± Drven: ¡°Yeah, I have wanted to know this too why would a member of royalty hire this many high level beings if it was just a simple escort. Sure this road is dangerous but it¡¯s a bit excessive if we¡¯re risking our life we¡¯d at least like all the details and I can promise under contract to not spread news if you¡¯re trying so hard to keep it a secret.¡± Riley: ¡°You made John reveal his identity why not reveal your own purpose for this trip?¡± The princess was caught off guard by the sudden question and quickly glanced at Etten who looked just as shocked about the question being asked. Etten: ¡°Erm, I suppose that¡¯s fair but it is a matter of national security.¡± Princess: ¡°We should probably just tell them.¡± Etten: ¡°Ok, basically the TigerKin royal family that the princess is from is under attack, the royal guard were instructed to escort the princess around the country with the excuse of a trip while ensuring her safety the last we heard the Queen was taken captive and the King was leading an attack to retrieve her.¡± After this news was given, everyone¡¯s mouth dropped and the princess started to tear up. John: ¡°Holy crap that¡¯s one heck of a secret an entire royal family under attack, do you know who¡¯s leading it?¡± Etten: ¡°Demons, that¡¯s who; they are leading the attack on the royal family in order to overthrow the kingdom.¡± After Etten said this Riley began to shake with anger. Riley: ¡°Demons of course it would be *&$%&*@ demons.¡± Drven: ¡°That¡¯s about what I expected honestly.¡± Elden: ¡°Yikes that¡¯s more than I bargained for but if it¡¯s going to help out your kingdom of course I will after all I¡¯m the best swordsman!¡± Sven: ¡°How cocky¡­ I¡¯ll support you guys with my ranged magic.¡± John: ¡°If things are that dire though how do you expect to pay us?¡± Etten: ¡°To be frank most of the mercenaries won¡¯t survive the next part of this road it¡¯s so dangerous even demons avoid it if they can, so we expected to make it through safely and we have enough funds to currently pay you all, but that¡¯s only after already estimated losses.¡± Riley: ¡°Wow, that¡¯s a bit crass, but it makes sense after all we lost 18 to restrained bandits.¡± John: ¡°And suddenly I¡¯m wary of the next part of this trip.¡± Sven: ¡°Knowing you John you¡¯ll be fine.¡± John: ¡°My lucks not as good as you might think¡­¡± --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After a few hours John and Riley headed back to their carriage they were the first ones to leave as the others decided to stay back and continue talking. Riley: ¡°So, now that the secret¡¯s out we need to be more wary of everyone around us.¡± John: ¡°Mmh, yeah I also need to think of some kind of way to weaponized my powers without suffering from magic exhaustion, I have somewhat of an idea but it might be kind of loud so I¡¯ll save it for tomorrow.¡± Riley: ¡°That sounds fun but I better get some medics on standby whenever I think of an idiot and weapons it¡¯s bound to go wrong and most likely explode.¡± John: ¡°I¡¯ll be careful¡­ it shouldn¡¯t explode¡­¡­¡­. Mabey¡± Riley: ¡°I¡¯ll be sure to take cover.¡± John: ¡°Oh before I forget I might need some materials from your carriage are you ok with me using them?¡± Riley: ¡°As long as it¡¯s not too expensive it¡¯s fine.¡± John: ¡°Alright thanks, Goodnight and let¡¯s hope we don¡¯t get stabbed.¡± Riley: ¡°That¡¯s comforting.¡± As usual Riley set up a tent while John climbed into the cart and buried himself under a pile of furs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next morning; after awaking to find Sven sleeping next to him, John a bit weirded out walked began to wander around in search of a spot to attempt his ideas the area he finally settled on was a clear spot on the edge of the clearing he had made when subduing the bandits. John, who expected to be practicing his magic in secret, was now being watched by a crowd of people apparently word had quickly spread that he was the one who trapped all of the bandits and cleared the area which allowed the caravan to set up camp. Someone most likely saw him walking to the edge of the clearing and out of curiosity people followed him but along with the random crowd, there were a few royal healers on standby along with Riley and the other members of the group, Sven seemed to be the most enthusiastic out of all of them. John listened carefully and heard people try to guess what kind of being he was. He heard amusing things like: Giant, Half Elf, Golem, some even called him a specter or wraith due to the fact that he was covered in a cloak, apparently his height was a bit unusual even among the BearKin who were considered to be one of the largest races of BeastKin. John: ¡°Y¡¯know I never liked being the center of attention this is nerve wracking.¡± John looked at the collection of metal pieces he had taken from Riley¡¯s supplies. John: ¡°I¡¯m so glad they can¡¯t see my face, well here goes nothing.¡± His plan was to essentially make a projectile weapon using minimal amounts of magic to prevent his mana exhaustion from taking over, which made him a liability in combat, and although in his case doing so drastically increased his maximum mana capacity, it also disabled him for an indefinite amount of time making it a trump card, rather than a constant use magic. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. John readied a chunk of iron in his left hand, due to the fact that iron has magnetic properties; he figured it would be easier to manipulate. So with that in mind John began focusing on the electrons running through his fingers and after reversing the direction of his electrons and focusing on the piece of iron, in a flash of orange light the iron had disappeared followed by an incredibly loud *POP*, the smashing sound of a tree toppling over, and a splatter of red around John all at the same time. After he had finished focusing his magic, John felt his left hand get ripped down to the wrist in between his pointer and middle finger, followed by it bending in a weird direction. He then watched in shock as blood sprayed everywhere followed by the projectile carving a gigantic hole in the tree in front of him, subsequently causing its collapse. The crowd around John dropped their jaws in awe as a tree had been felled in an instant. However when they noticed the blood around John some of them paled and walked off not wanting to imagine what had happened to him as magic that backfired never had pretty results, while others began to eliminate options for what kind of species he was some even began thinking he might be a Demon. John: ¡°Um¡­ Well on the plus side nothing exploded right?¡± As John said that out loud the healers quickly ran up to him lead by Riley who rolled up his sleeve and began applying a tourniquet to his arm, meanwhile the rest of the medics began to stitch his hand back together while applying healing magic to prevent excessive blood loss. Riley: ¡°HEY, ARE YOU OK?¡± John: ¡°Yeah the magic output was very small¡­¡± Riley: ¡°NO YOU DUMB@#$$ YOUR HAND!¡± John: ¡°I¡¯m still in shock so the pain although it should be intense can barely be felt. Also screaming and thrashing around would reveal my identity to everyone.¡± Riley: ¡°What an idiot¡­¡± As she said that she began applying her own healing magic to his hand, due to the fact that it was boosted by the other healer¡¯s magic, the healing magic managed to get his hand almost completely back to its original form. Riley: ¡°*sigh* Alright John same with your chest don¡¯t strain your hand and it should heal just fine.¡± John: ¡°Noted however I think I¡¯m getting closer to a way to weaponized my power, I¡¯m going to attempt something similar but not using my bare hands and also probably from a distance.¡± Riley: ¡°You just went through all of that and yet you STILL want to try more!¡± John: ¡°I will try one more experiment and stop for the day as obviously I¡¯m pushing myself too hard, but if I don¡¯t do this now on the next leg of the trip if I pass out from mana exhaustion again I might die.¡± Riley: ¡°I¡¯m not going to stop you, but just so you know, I do intend on protecting you. You are my partner after all.¡± John: ¡°Mmh¡­ thanks Riley y¡¯know I¡¯m glad I met you, you¡¯re the only person I can truly trust. If you are the one protecting me I can relax a little during the next leg of this trip.¡± After saying that John realized how their conversation sounded and felt his ears grow hot. He quickly coughed, stood up, and walked back towards the spot he was before. John placed his hands on the ground and formed stone walls in front of him in an ¡°O¡± shape with a small opening that allowed him to see inside but blocked the others view. After realizing his previous error in applying one of the most basic physics rules: ¡°Every action as an equal and opposite reaction¡± he began to try to use something that defied physics ¡°Magic¡± what exactly is it? This question had pestered John for a while so he decided to attempt to discover its true identity, if it had one. He knew it was something like fuel: powerful, and it can be used instantaneously, so the question remains if magic is like fuel: ¡°Can it be put into a physical form?¡± With this in mind John remembered the orange glow that surrounded him every time he used magic with that, he imagined solid bright glowing orange disk of compressed magic and began focusing his magic into the center of the circular stone walls. As he opened his eyes while still focusing on compression he witnessed the object in his mind take shape a solid disk of glowing orange magic about the size of a penny solidified in the center of the stone circle. John: ¡°Well now that it¡¯s here and I proved to myself that magic can be drawn and compressed from my own MP I should probably reabsorb it¡­ I should have thought this part through more I have no clue where exactly it came from so reabsorbing it isn¡¯t an option.¡± After saying that his concentration broke, and as the magic had nothing to bind itself to or to remain contained in, it exposed its volatile nature by binding to the molecules around it and expanding causing intense molecular acceleration. In other words as expected, a gigantic explosion occurred thankfully John assuming this would happen contained most of it by enveloping it underground. However even after that effort the explosion still managed to displace a large chunk of earth inside the circle, followed by a shockwave that knocked all of the bystanders down. John: ¡°Whew that was a close one¡­ man doing fast manipulation on that scale is as expected exhausting, but I¡¯m ALMOST there now I just need to find a strong material and scale down that disk and I can essentially have a magic powered projectile weapon! Or due to the time that would take I could probably just create two really strong and powerful swords¡­. yeah now that I think about it that might be the better option right now projectiles should be reserved for last resort due to their instability maybe crystals might be a good holding tool.¡± As John leveled out the area that was displaced by his magic using¡­. his magic due to the fact that he was now deep in though, he failed to notice the figure quickly approaching from behind. That figure happened to be Riley, who was ticked off about the fact that John had almost killed himself once again. Riley, after chewing John out about things like how much of an idiot he was and what was the point of her protecting him if he was just going to blow himself up, began to question him about what had just occurred but John who was more than spent at this point fell face forward and collapsed into deep sleep, after letting out a deep sigh Riley hefted John¡¯s arm over her shoulder and began to walk back to her cart. Later that night John and Riley were once again summoned to the princess¡¯s tent however this time unlike the last, the rest of their group had to stay behind, to the displeasure of Elden and Sven and the indifference of Drven. Etten: ¡°Wow¡­. That was a spectacle, huh as expected of a human; mind blowing feats performed casually. As someone who can sense magic, what you just did was something that breaks everything previously thought about magic you concentrated it to a point where it achieved a physical form.¡± John: ¡°I suppose it¡¯s for the best that normal people can¡¯t do that, if I hadn¡¯t contained that explosion we wouldn¡¯t be here right now pure magic is incredibly volatile.¡± Etten: ¡°So how¡¯s the hand? That first experiment really back-fired it seems.¡± John: ¡°As of right now it should heal but I should still be careful, also the first experiment was a success as the output of magic was incredibly minimal however I had forgotten about physics and foolishly used my bare hand to turn a piece of metal into a projectile with enough force to carve apart a tree and who knows what else.¡± Riley: ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you intend on doing more dangerous things.¡± John: ¡°Not currently no I¡¯m just going to make myself a sword for the next leg of this trip as I don¡¯t have enough time to refine the experiments I did today.¡± Riley: ¡°It¡¯s better than blowing your hand apart again I suppose.¡± Princess: ¡°I suppose I should thank you John, even commoners do deserve some praise, as your feats of magic gave our troops huge moral boost. They gained a lot of confidence after seeing your power in action. Ignoring what happened to your hand, after learning that you were merely doing those things as an experiment they got fired up over having someone like you on our side.¡± John: ¡°I¡¯m glad it worked out to your benefit here¡¯s hoping they have enough confidence to survive this next leg of the trip.¡± Riley: ¡°I take it we¡¯re departing tomorrow?¡± Etten: ¡°That¡¯s correct we leave at dawn to face the next leg of this trip, be sure to get a good night¡¯s sleep there¡¯s no telling if we¡¯ll get any for the next couple of days.¡± And with that John and Riley went back to the cart, Riley climbed into her tent while John explained what he had talked to the princess and Etten about to the group. After he finished explaining things to them John excused himself and after borrowing various metals and gems from Riley¡¯s cart John began to work on a sword for himself. Chapter 16 Forest Woes Later that night John was currently furiously manipulating the different materials he had in an attempt to make a decent weapon. John: ¡°Well, This could work¡­. .¡± John was currently staring at a gigantic claymore sword with a grin on his face. The sword itself is composed of a handle wrapped in leather, with various gems placed along either side of the blade. The blade itself has quite a few special features that took John a long time to complete. Those features were based on his experiments with the gems currently in the sword. The first feature is on both sides of the blade. That feature being; clear gem¡¯s with a slight hole in their center. The reason for this hole is to release magic stored in the stone with immense force. As John had previously discovered raw magic is highly volatile so by injecting it into a crystal with a hole in it, all of the force should be pushed in the opposite direction of the hole basically creating a boosted sword. As the crystals and their respective holes were pointed in different directions John could force the sword into and out of an object almost instantly which made up for its huge size. Now as to how his magic would go into the gems. That¡¯s the second feature of this sword. The gems along the handle, act as batteries and conductors. Essentially; as he injects his magic into the handle of the sword, the gems can store the magic, like separate batteries, and unless John releases the magic into the top gems with holes, the magic will stay inside the battery gems. John¡¯s secondary weapon is a set of double bladed axe¡¯s, with a slightly different concept than the claymore. That concept being pre-set manipulation, there are two separate gems on either side of the pommel of the axes. If magic is injected into the gem on the left; the axe will turn into a shield, and if magic is injected into the gem on the right; the shield will turn back into an axe. John achieved this by manipulating it manually, first the axe form had a gem placed on the right side of a pommel, and when it was manipulated into a shield the new gem was placed on the other side of the pommel, thus causing the magic in the gems to have the effect of transformation on the metal. John: ¡°Whew¡­. That was hard work, judging from that giant moon¡¯s position in the sky I¡¯d say it¡¯s¡­..¡± As John stared at the giant moon for a solid ten minutes he finally came to a conclusion. John: ¡°I have no clue what time it is.¡± John climbed back into the cart, under the pile of furs while placing his new weapons on top of a pile of various trinkets. After injecting the rest of his magic into the claymore, he went to sleep. The next morning, John awoke to the harmonious sound of trees collapsing followed by the refreshing soft sound of wood splinters and pebbles being blown into his face¡­. Yeah right. John: ¡°HOLY HELL WHAT WAS THAT!¡± After being so rudely awakened John noticed the giant tree that had woken him up had a very suspicious hooded person in front of it with the sword he had crafted last night stuck deep into the earth. Riley: ¡°Oh John glad your awake¡­ um I noticed this sword and wanted to give it a test run and as you can see it went great!¡± While trying her best to pretend nothing was wrong Riley gave a thumbs up and was swiftly hit in the head by a piece of Jerky. After John removed the sword from the ground Riley began to explain the circumstances behind the sword being stuck in the ground apparently she had noticed the weapons lying next to John and after her curiosity got the better of her, she decided to test them. After giving the sword a couple test swings riley found out by accident that if she let her magic run into the gems in the sword, it could be swung with much greater force. So for fun Riley decided to try it out on a tree and the results were shown by what was left of the tree. John: ¡°Well as glad as I am that the sword managed to survive that abuse it¡¯s good to know that other people can use the magic features that I put on the sword.¡± Riley: ¡°Oh also Drven wanted to have a meeting as we¡¯re about to move out in a few minutes.¡± And with that Riley and John joined back up with the members of their group for Drven¡¯s meeting. Drven: ¡°Ok so after hearing about the dangers of the next leg of the trip, and the fact that the TigerKin¡¯s are being attacked kind of makes our current formation seem incredibly stupid.¡± John: ¡°Yeah I get what you¡¯re saying having the strongest in the front is a decent strategy on an open field however we are in a forest any side is vulnerable at any point in time.¡± Drven: ¡°Exactly, and I¡¯m sure Etten knows this as he¡¯s a general so we need to devise a way to compensate for the lack of protection, any ideas?¡± John: ¡°I mean If we were getting attacked and had to stop I could make you a platform to give you a vantage point.¡± You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. Drven: ¡°Alright that sounds like a plan now for the others I think John should stay at the front if we are attacked, I¡¯ll keep the birds eye view while Elden you take the left side and Sven you take the right side, and as for you Riley I¡¯m going to need you to be the rear guard.¡± Elden: ¡°Sounds like a plan also John I must compliment you on that sword it looks great.¡± John: ¡°Why thank you! it¡¯s just something I made up on the spot, like those axes Riley has.¡± Riley: ¡°You know I¡¯m keeping these, right?¡± John: ¡°Yeah I figured as much¡­¡± 10 minutes later the caravan was finally moving again, heading deeper into the massive forest. The trees were quickly becoming thicker and thicker even getting to a point where light was becoming blocked out travel was slowing down a bit but nothing too severe was happening. 2 hours later and still nothing had happened the forest was dead silent not even the sounds of birds could be heard. Drven: ¡°I¡¯ve got a bad feeling about this¡­ hey Elden are your ears picking up anything?¡± Elden: ¡°No they aren¡¯t and it¡¯s really creeping me out, the entire forest is dead silent.¡± 4 more hours had passed in complete silence and the path was now beginning to widen again slowly becoming a clearing. Elden: ¡°Ok this is too weird that part we just passed was supposed to have been the most dangers par..¡± Elden¡¯s words were cut off at the sight before them. Right before the forest entered a clearing blocking the path was a small army consisting of a multitude of monsters, the most striking of which was a skeletal dragon surrounded by Orcs. The Dragon itself had 3 hooded figures standing on its head while the Orc¡¯s around began to ready their weapons. John surveyed the army with a shocked expression on his face. The army itself consisted of 3 rows of goblins and rabbit like creatures followed by two rows of orcs with the dragon in the middle on either side of the dragon were deryun¡¯s and in front of this entire army stood a two very familiar people. Elden: ¡°HOGEN YOU #^#%@$# WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!¡± It was Hogen and his body guard leading this army. Hogen: ¡°Well it¡¯s quite simple actually. These fine fellows here not only offered me a chance to get back at you lot, they also offered me twice as much as those petty TigerKin.¡± John: ¡°Oi, Hogen you really don¡¯t need to do this y¡¯know plus, if you really think you¡¯re all that useful once they figure out your tricks they won¡¯t need you anymore.¡± John judging by what he had seen of Hogen, assumed that his power was indeed those weird chemicals he was carrying with him. Judging by the current scenario John could guess that Hogen had the ability to mind control monsters quite a troublesome ability if given enough time. Hogen: ¡°Hah, you fool they have no way to figure out my tricks!¡± In the next instant the one armed ¡°bodyguard¡± standing next to Hogen swiftly decapitated him which momentarily caused all of the monsters to start looking around in confusion, however once the ¡°bodyguard¡± picked up the belt of potions they immediately calmed down. Bear Mercenary 1: ¡°N-no way they just killed off that guy like it was nothing.¡± In the next instant the three hooded figures dropped down in front of the one armed man and began addressing the caravan. Hooded figure 1: ¡°Good evening lesser scum! We, the higher beings, are here to take that princess of yours captive!¡± Hooded figure 2: ¡°We were paid handsomely by the Demon¡¯s so there really is nothing you could do about it feel free to die quietly!¡± Hooded figure 3: ¡°And for those who don¡¯t wish to die if you each pay us 500 Pecunia you get to live!¡± Riley: ¡°OY you @$$$^%*#@ that¡¯s the same price as a 10 acre plot of land no one here has that much!¡± Hooded figure 1: ¡°Gahaha, that¡¯s truly too bad for you lot then isn¡¯t it! Alright let¡¯s reveal our identities to strike fear into their hearts!¡± In the next instant the three swiftly removed their cloaks and revealed the fact that they were humans.
YO GUYS ITS BEEN MONTHS LITERALLY FREAKING MONTHS. I want to thank you for your support up till now and just know IT ISNT OVER i plan to keep writing i just took WAY too long of a break SO hope you enjoyed this chapter as allways feel free to comment i''d also like to give a special thanks to Wag1990 for being an amazing bro! But seriously guys i did the charity event i went on vacation a couple times IVE DONE SO MUCH you wouldn''t belive but SPRING break is coming up so look foreword to some more chapters! Chapter 17 Turning Point In order from left to right Human 1 is a 5ft 7 slightly chubby male with black hair, brown eyes, and a wicked pair of short swords, Human 2 seems to be the leader and is a 5ft 11 thin male with blonde hair, green eyes, and a mean look backed up by a giant glowing axe, Human 3 is a female who probably worked as a librarian or teacher she is 5ft 8 with black hair and sharp light brown eyes covered by glasses her weapon is a giant staff with skulls carved into it. After revealing themselves almost all of the mercenaries began to move back with the exception of John, Riley, Drven, Sven, and Elden. Human 1: ¡°Kukukuku! Look upon us and tremble we are humans! Not only that but we also possess immense amounts of power and we are employed by demons those who wish to give up now are going to be allowe-¡° John getting ticked off by these guy¡¯s antics removed his cloak and stepped forward to face the humans currently threatening the caravan. It came as a massive surprise to everyone on both sides as again with the exception of John¡¯s group everyone was looking at him in awe. Human 1, 2, and 3: ¡°¡­¡± Human 1: ¡°erm- that¡¯s unexpected eehehehe we weren¡¯t informed that there were other humans..¡± Human 2: ¡°Erm suddenly I feel less like fighting these guys¡­ ehehe¡± Human 3: ¡°Pff, c¡¯mon you wusses he¡¯s probably new to this world, besides we all have different powers there¡¯s no way he¡¯s stronger than all three of us and this army of monsters.¡± From this interaction John realized the female is clearly the brains of that bunch, which figures considering she looks the oldest, after sensing the danger coming John quickly readies for battle. Human 3: ¡°Oh it seems we forgot to introduce ourselves just so you know who defeated you my name is Chel¡± This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Human 2: ¡°I am Drax the strongest of these three!¡± Human1: ¡°Oh erm my name is Hirama.¡± John: ¡°Look guys we don¡¯t have to fight y¡¯know I¡¯m just trying to escor-¡° *KABOOM* Chel launched a massive dark explosion right into the center of the caravan and in the next instant all hell broke loose. John, noticing the oncoming projectile, immediately set up a massive wall of dirt to protect himself and Riley while simultaneously creating a dirt pillar for Drven to shoot enemies from. Chel: ¡°Damn he survived¡­¡± Drax: ¡°Easy Chel we can¡¯t expect him to go down that easily keep bombarding them.¡± Chel: ¡°Easier said than done get in there and kill them!¡± Drax: ¡°Alright Hirama let¡¯s do this!¡± Hirama: ¡°if you say so¡­¡± And so it began the one armed cloaked bodyguard pointed towards the caravan and all of the Monsters charged. John: ¡°ALRIGHT Riley; I¡¯ll obstruct the terrain and provide shields for you, Sven; take out as many as possible with your fire magic! As for the rest of you, CHARGE!¡± On John¡¯s command Riley ran straight ahead glowing a bright blue while readying up her throwing knifes, John began to glow orange while manipulating the terrain around the monsters slowing them and disrupting their movements while giving Riley protection and stable footing. Drven began shooting arrows providing cover for the various mercenaries who began to confront the monsters. Meanwhile Sven began to launch various fire magic spells towards the various small monsters eliminating Groups of them all of once.