《The Chronicles of the Beast Master》 Chapter 0 I am Sania Pendragon, an ordinary person. I don¡¯t have any specialties nor do I have any talents. I looked average, ok that was just a joke. I am actually good looking and my features are great. My long black hair that smoothly flowed down my slender body. The smooth white skin that reflected could reflect light. The unique crimson red eyes that made everyone tremble and mesmerized at the same time. What else? Ah, and my almost non-existent a-cup chest. Ok, forget about my chest. Actually I am at death¡¯s door right now so let¡¯s talk about my life before I die. I was born on january 16 1954. I was born in a rich family and was spoiled by my parents until I reached the age of 18. Before we get to that, I¡¯ll talk about my school life first. From the first time I entered school until I graduated college, I was always at the top. I have aced the exams, I have a great physical condition, and people tend to flock around me. I am what you call a genius, I don¡¯t study yet I stay at the top. That was a joke a well. I study in advance and train my body at home. I only act like I care not about studies to boost our family¡¯s fame. At the age of 20, I have started working on one of our companies. I was given the job of an assistant of the company¡¯s head and after a few years I replaced him, it was one of our companies after all. I lived peacefully and nothing much happened, until I met new personel. One day, a new person was in charge of bringing me coffee. Eugene Leranda, the son of my father¡¯s close friend. He was the quiet type and it was really creepy when he stand at the corner like a statue. He was taller than me; my head is at the same level as his shoulder. His black hair was facing downwards which covered half of his face. He looked thin on the outside but was well built on the inside, this is probably what you call a lean build. He was interesting in my opinion. Every time I played a prank on him, he would always react differently from the others. I bullied him a bit and had fun doing it. The only safe haven I have is seeing his reaction, I didn¡¯t realize that I was slowly getting attached to him. One day, as I was working. Another person came to bring me coffee. I asked the new personel and he told me that Eugene was transferred to one of our other companies. At that point, I slowly realized that my interest in him was actually love. I have thought that his reactions were all that made me interested in him, but when I heard that he transferred, my heart ached. I ignored my feeling and continued my life. As father felt his age affecting his body, he started showing me different candidates for marriage. There was one thing that the candidates have in common, they were less interesting compared to Eugene. Understanding my feelings; I told my dad that I have one person in mind that I wanted to marry. Father arranged a meeting between Eugene and I. We started going out, Eugene slowly fell in love and at the age of 28 I finally married him. My life became blissful after that. The quiet Eugene changed in to a more cheerful and caring person. 2 years after our marriage, we finally got a child. Our peaceful life continued and at the age of 50, our grandchildren entered our life. My children already replaced me, and I was now only doing minor things in the company. I had 2 sons and a daughter, and I can easily say that we are close. The 3 would always visit us once a month, and lets us see our cute little grandchildren. As I aged, my body got weaker and weaker. At the age of 60, I was no longer working. I was staying at the house with the person I love, Eugene. We may have gotten into a few conflicts but it only made our relationship stronger. At this age, I can say that I am satisfied with my life. A family that loved me and supported me. A person that always loved me and was always there when I was depressed. Children and grandchildren that loved me as much as I loved them. There were some problems I had to encounter but I could say that I don¡¯t regret living my life this way. Anyways, back to the present. I am at the hospital right now with my children and grandchildren. I am 71 right now, and I could feel my life fading. I didn¡¯t have any disease. I was dying simply because of old age. Eugene was there holding my hand. He is old as well, but it looks like I will be going first. ¡°Sania please don¡¯t leave me.¡±(Eugene) ¡°Nahahaha don¡¯t cry like, that you are a man. It¡¯s not like this is the end, I¡¯ll just go first to the afterlife.¡±(Sania) Eugene¡¯s face was a mess. His eyes were swollen, and his face was covered in tears. ¡°Don¡¯t speak like that. You¡¯ll get better and we could still enjoy our life together.¡±(Eugene) My grandchildren couldn¡¯t help it and ran to me; they all hugged me. The eldest was 21 years old yet he still cries like a baby. He is already working on our company, and I am sure his future will be good like mine. My other grandchildren were still young. One even ignored her exams just to see me. I was quite worried when I heard that, but my son helped her, and will get a special exam when she gets back. Thank god, I can¡¯t rest peacefully if I knew that my death would cause my grandchild to lose her future. ¡°Granny don¡¯t leave us. You still haven¡¯t seen your great grandchildren. At least wait for them to be born before leaving.¡±(Grandchild 1) ¡°Nahaha you¡¯re too slow, you don¡¯t even have a girlfriend right now.¡±(Sania) ¡°I¡¯ll look right now, so don¡¯t leave me. I promise I¡¯ll present you my child as soon as possible.¡±(Grandchild 1) ¡°Don¡¯t rush things, enjoy your life. I am already satisfied. Look, all my children, all my grandchildren, and even my neighbors are here hahaha¡±(Sania) As I looked at my children who were staying quiet and forcing themselves no to cry, tears started to form on their eyes. ¡°You¡¯re already this old yet you still cry?¡±(Sania) ¡°Mom, how could I not?¡±(Son) A started to get weary. My body slowly lost strength and as Eugene noticed it, he held my hand with both of his arms. ¡°Looks like my time is up.¡±(Sania) ¡°Don¡¯t say that.¡±(Eugene) ¡°MOM!¡±(Children) ¡°GRANNY!¡±(Grandchildren) ¡°MS. SANIA!¡±(Neighbors) My eyes slowly closed, and the last thing I saw was everyone crying horribly and running to me. One last time, I looked at everyone and smiled. ¡°I love you all...and Eugene, I¡¯ll be going ahead.¡±(Sania) Those were my last words. ___ I died back then but I still feel alive, in fact, I am a lot better now. I could feel my whole body, and it looks like I could move it. I opened my eyes and a vast land filled with life was reflected on my eyes. I looked around and I could see a plain filled with grass, and flowers that bloomed beautifully. Is this the afterlife? Why does it feel like I¡¯m alive? If this is how it feels like to be in the afterlife, then it is possible to live happily with the others. I examined myself and realized that I even got younger. My white hair reverted to its black color. The thin body reverted back to a slender build. The wrinkles over my body were gone and my whole body was light. For some reason I am wearing the clothes I had when I was in the hospital. As I examined my body, a person appeared in front of me. He had a fair skin, and brown hair that was long enough to reach his wait. He was staring at me with his clear blue eyes, and as I looked back, I could feel something from him. It was like I am looking at something divine. Like the holy presence of the remote after a 5 hour search inside the mansion. ¡°You compare a god to a remote control?¡±(???) Hearing him speak made me snap back to reality. Someone suddenly appeared in front of me, and it scared me a bit. After silently thinking, I made a conclusion that it was a normal thing in the afterlife. Everyone is probably just a soul in this place anyways, so I should expect ghost like situations. ¡°It seems you have the wrong idea. I am not a soul. I am the god of this realm.¡±(???) I tried speaking, but voice wouldn¡¯t come out of my mouth. ¡°I am the only one that can speak here, since I am the ruler of this realm.¡±(God) How can I be sure that you are a god? What if you¡¯re just another soul that is acting like a god? ¡°It is simple. The only ones here are you and me. This place isn¡¯t the afterlife. It is my domain, the realm of a god.¡±(God) I looked at him with a curious face. Even after what he said, I can¡¯t fully believe that a god is in front of me. ¡°It looks like you still don¡¯t believe me.¡±(God) Sorry, it¡¯s just too sudden. I already died yet when I opened my eyes I was here, and person suddenly appeared telling me he is god. The person clapped his hand and wings appeared on his back. He started floating, and a yellow circle appeared on his head. A white throne appeared on the ground, and he sat on it. ¡°Is this enough? Do you believe in me now?¡±(God) This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ...yes ¡°Good, then I¡¯ll tell you the reason why you are here. Sania Pendragon, do you want to live in another world?¡±(God) Eh? What are you talking about? ¡°You and your family had a great influence in the advancement of the life on earth. As a reward for making my world flourish, I am giving you the opportunity to live in another world.¡±(God) If that¡¯s the case, then instead of putting me in another world, why not just send me back to my family? ¡°I can¡¯t do that. If I want to reincarnate a soul back to the world, I would have to erase his/her memories. If I erase your memories then there is no point in reincarnating you since you will be a different person after that.¡±(God) Then...what about my family? Will they also go to the other world like me? If that¡¯s the case then I¡¯ll wait for them here. ¡°No, you are the only one worthy of being sent to another world.¡±(God) Why? You said that my family also had a great influence right? Shouldn¡¯t they have the same treatment as me? ¡°You were the reason why they were able to achieve that, if not for you, then they wouldn¡¯t be the same. Your bond with them made them what they are now.¡±(God) Then what about my parents? If the weren¡¯t there then I wouldn¡¯t be the same. ¡°This is getting nowhere. I¡¯ll ask you again, do you want another life or not?¡±(God) I do, if I could be with my family again. I won¡¯t go if I¡¯m alone. ¡°Ok, I Deus, heard your words clearly. I will transfer you to another world now.¡±(Deus) Eh? Wait! What about my family! Deus disappeared after that. My consciousness slowly faded, and that was the last time I saw light again. ___ Ever since that time, I have been in this place. I can¡¯t feel my body, so I can¡¯t determine if I¡¯m really alive. Maybe this is how it feels like to be in the afterlife, if so, then I¡¯ll stay like this for the rest of eternity. I have been her for a long time, and my sense of time is already a mess because of this endless darkness. I stayed awake only to think about my life before I died. I couldn¡¯t sleep and I couldn¡¯t run away from the endless time in this darkness. This cycle continued, and nothing changed. I no longer know how long I have been here. Maybe Eugene is already here beside me without me knowing. Maybe I have already been here for a hundred years. Maybe my children are already here with me, and is suffering the same state as me. As time passed, I could slowly feel my senses coming back. The cycle continued, and at some point, I could feel my whole body again. My body was surrounded by water, and it felt like my body became smaller, or is it because my perception of everything is a mess? After that, for the first time, I slept. By the time I woke up, my body felt bigger and I could move around. I examined my body with my arms, and it seems like I am in the body of a child. I moved around, but I all that awaited me was a wall. I tried moving on the edges but it seems I am enclosed in a small oval container. The wall was too hard so I couldn¡¯t break out. I couldn¡¯t do anything, so I just accepted fate. As time passed, my body grew bigger and stronger, but I still couldn¡¯t get out. One day, I slept for a second time and when I woke up, I felt like I got stronger, a lot stronger than before. The container was too small for me at this point, but it didn¡¯t matter. When I tried to move the walls again, this time it was reacting to my force. It took some time and effort, but cracks appeared in the wall. For the first time, I could see a glimpse of light on the other side of the wall. I continued to break the wall around me and finally got out. What awaited me outside was a plain that was covered in flowers. I looked back and saw a giant egg, looks like that was the place I stayed at for a long time. I examined my body, and it looked the same as before except for a few things. My chest was a bit bigger. My hair was long, longer than my body and unlike before, it now had a white color. I no longer knew what happened. Why was I transferred to an egg? How long was I there? Why did my body change? Is my family still ok? As I was thinking, a person appeared in front of me. Unlike Deus, the one in front of me was a beautiful girl. She had a long purple hair. Her body looked so fragile that a small touch would probably push her back. Her chest...was bigger than mine. As my eyes moved around, our eyes met. Her crimson red eyes sent a chill down my spine; is this how the others feel when they look at me? ¡°Welcome. I am Karna, the goddess of this realm.¡±(Karna) So you¡¯re a goddess, I somehow knew you were one since you gave the same vibe as deus. ¡°Don¡¯t compare me to that lower ranked god. I am the ruler of Avia Rente, a world much bigger and much better than earth.¡±(Karna) I...I see. ¡°Anyways, now that you hatched from the egg, it¡¯s time to transfer you to my world.¡±(Karna) Eh? Why? ¡°Deus told me that you wanted to enter my world. He even knelt in front of me to accept you, so don¡¯t ask anymore and simply accept it.¡±(Karna) I don¡¯t remember saying tha... My body started to fade, and I lost consciousness. ___ When I woke up, I was in the middle of a forest. The trees looked different, everything around me looked different. The trees had an odd shape, and the leaved were blue in color. The grass was also blue and was emitting some light. The flowers were also different from the ones I see on earth. What intrigued me more were the animals around me; they looked odd, and some were even hard to describe. The only answer to all of it is that... ¡°T-this is a different world.¡±(Sania) Thinking about it, if I really am in a different world, then I will never see my loved ones again. What am I supposed to do here? My life was supposed to end a long time ago, and yet here I am in another world where I could never meet the people that I want to see. A screen appeared in front of my while I was thinking.
Welcome to Avia Renta
What¡¯s this? The message was written in English letters, so I could read it. After a while, the message changed.
A message from Xgamer303
What¡¯s happening? Where did this screen come from? While I was thinking the screen faded, and another one appeared.
Message(1)FamiliarsStatsSkills
W...what? I ran away from the screen, but it kept following me. No matter how fast I ran it was still in front of me. I was slightly shaken by this so I tried pushing it away. My hand touched the message screen and another screen popped out.
Greetings Sania, You are probably in the other world when you see this letter. Seeing this letter probably scared you, the screens suddenly popping out probably did too. Don''t worry, it''s a special gift I have for you. You are the only one who could see them, and they will help you a lot in this new world. Your family lived their life happily so don''t worry. The Pendragon family became the biggest company, and is now the center of the world. They developed a technology that you couldn''t even imagine. After sending you to that world, I went to earth. I enjoyed the advancement of technology, especially the virtual reality games, which was created by your company 300 years after you died. I enjoyed my quick vacation on earth, and I also wanted you to experience it. Karna and I created the system together, and it took us a few thousand years to finish it. What you are seeing now is our proud work called the god interface, which is referenced from the rpg games that your company created. That''s all I wanted to say, I hope you liked my gift, and I hope you enjoy your stay in that world. -Xgamer303
There are a lot of question I want to ask now¡­but before that, WHO THE HELL IS Xgamer303? While I was thinking, I felt something hit my back.
Received 0 damage from star bunny
Chapter 1 A message suddenly appeared in front of me.
Received 0 damage from star bunny
I looked around and saw a small rabbit. It was the same size as the one on earth, but had a blue colored fur. The rabbit tried to hit me with its head, but I stopped it with my hands and lifted it up. I stared at it for a while until it tried to bite my hands. By reflex, I threw the bunny down to the ground. The rabbit staggered from the throw, but it still tried to attack me. I didn¡¯t have a reason to kill it, so I just started walking away. I walked aimlessly in the forest. My long hair was really holding me back, since I had to carry it with both of my hands. I was also feeling the breeze as I walked around, I was naked after all. I have always thought it would be fun to camp on a forest, but reality is different. Without shoes, the uneven ground pained my feet and I had to watch my step for sharp objects. There were different animals moving around which made me feel uneasy. There were even times when I see things like animal poop and rotting carcass that were infested with insects. I got hungry while running around, so I started taking fruits around me.
Forella Fruit obtained Litus Fruit obtained
Every time I picked a fruit a message appears in front of me. I didn¡¯t know if they were poisonous or not, so I took small animals and made them eat a portion of the fruit. Rabbits, hounds, birds, and lizards were the common animals I see around the forest, or at least those are the only ones I saw as of now. I took 2 rabbits with me and tested if the fruits were edible or not. It surpassed my imagination when one of the rabbits stopped moving, a few seconds after eating the violet fruit.
10 exp gained
Level raised by 1
After the rabbit died, my body was covered in light and a surge of power ran through my body. A life died because of me, and I was a bit shaken by it. I calmed down thinking that I had no choice. I would have been the one who died if I ate the fruit. I guess as long as it¡¯s just animals then I could forget about it, as long as it¡¯s not humans. I don¡¯t even know why I¡¯m trying to live. There is not really a reason for me to stay in this world. If I kill myself now then I could reunite with my family. While lost in thoughts, a force pushed me to a tree.
Received 38 damage from Peiyon Ursus
My left arm was dislocated, my right arm was embedded on the tree which was pierced by the barks, and my whole body was hurt from the impact of the swing. I looked back to where I was before and I saw a red furred bear. It had red lines around its body, and black eyes which had the look like its meal was presented in front of it. It carefully walked to me like it was looking out for traps, while I was coughing up blood. My whole body was in pain, it was at a level that I could never imagine. My body slowly lost its strength as I watched the bear walk to me. I could only watch as I enter death¡¯s door for a second time, and there was a large difference. This time, I am not happy with my death, but if I could see my family again after this. I guess it¡¯s ok too. ___ ¡°Sania¡±(???) I heard a voice, a familiar voice. I am sure that I died, so that only means I am in the afterlife. I could feel my body, and it didn¡¯t have the injury I had when I was killed by the bear. I opened my eyes, and I was in a grassy plain. I looked around and saw someone that I have shared my life with, on my past life. ¡°Eugene¡±(Sania) I hugged the person in front of me tightly. The person was Eugene, the person I love, and the person that made me happy in my past life. ¡°It¡¯s nice to see you again after 5000 years.¡±(Eugene) From the shock of hearing the insane amount of time, I released my arms and looked at Eugene. ¡°5000?¡±(Sania) ¡°Yes, it has been that long since you died.¡±(Eugene) Don¡¯t casually say the death word. Anyways, where are my children? Where are my grandchildren? I know that looking for them in the afterlife is like saying that they are dead. But 5000 years is not a lifespan that I human can live, and even if they died, we could at least live here forever. ¡°¡­so where are the others? Where are my cute little offspring?¡±(Sania) ¡°They are already gone.¡±(Eugene) ¡°I know that, I mean, where are their souls? We are at the afterlife right? Then we can meet up and live together in the afterlife.¡±(Sania) ¡°They are gone, the soul that was once our children are now living on earth with a different family.¡±(Eugene) Eh? Did they hate me? Why did they not wait for me? ¡°¡­Why? Please tell me that they didn¡¯t hate being in our family. ¡±(Sania) ¡°Sania, once a soul dies, its memory is erased and is sent back to earth to live a new life. Even if we wanted to wait for you, we couldn¡¯t¡±(Euguene) ¡°We?¡±(Sania) ¡°I am only a fragment of Eugene¡¯s memory. As of now the soul of the person you love has already reincarnated to earth a few times.¡±(Eugene?) It was too much to handle, so tears flowing down my cheeks. I understand his words well and if it really is true, then that means I have no place to return to. Even if I go back to earth, even if I go back to Avia Renta, and even if I stay here, none will be there to be with me. ¡°¡­¡±(Sania) ¡°Sorry about this Sania, but I want you to continue living on the other world.¡±(Eugene) ¡°You¡¯re telling me everyone will forget about me? You want me to live and suffer as I am the only one who can remember everything?¡±(Sania) It¡¯s not that¡­I want to remember them and I want to be with them. But as it is now, It will only hurt me, and no matter how much I cry, nothing will change. Why is he saying all this now? If he just stayed quiet and made me forget about everything then at least¡­ at least¡­I could peacefully start a new life on earth. But I also want to remember them¡­ Two conflicting thoughts were pulling my brain apart. I didn¡¯t want any of this. I could have died happily and forget about everything before this happened. If only I forgot about everything¡­but I don¡¯t want to forget the times I shared with the people I love¡­ ¡°...¡±(Sania) ¡°I am a sinful man. Even if it¡¯s just memories, I want to stay with you. The only place I could stay together with you is inside your memories, so I want you to live and remember.¡±(Eugune) ¡°T¡­that¡¯s selfish, what about me? How would I feel being the only one left? How would I feel now that I know I could never see you again? Besides, I am already dead.¡±(Sania) Everything was better when I died, I felt fulfilled, I felt that it was ok to leave everyone. But now¡­ ¡°Don¡¯t worry you are still alive. This is the last request I made from God. I know, I am being a selfish prick right now. But I am just a human, I am not perfect. My desire to be with you made me shout at a god, just to give me a way to see you one last time.¡±(Eugene) He wanted to hug me at this point, but he knew I wasn¡¯t in the mood. How could I when I am angry at him anyways? ¡°Besides, if you continue living in the other world, you are bound to find another person.¡±(Eugene) ¡°THAT WON¡¯T HAPPEN!¡±(Sania) How could you say this to me? How could I love someone else when the only one my heart yearns for is you? Despite all the anger I am directing at him, he smiled at me, a smile filled with happiness. ¡°Hahaha to see you react like this is a first.¡±(Eugene) ¡°STOP LAUGHING!¡±(Sania) He suddenly hugged me tightly. I tried to push him away, but he was using all his strength to hug me. ¡°Please live happily in the other world. Let me rephrase it a bit. Please live happily in all of your life cycles, and may we meet again someday in another cycle.¡±(Eugene) His strength slowly faded and I was able to push him off. ¡°It¡¯s fine to forget about me, it¡¯s fine to forget about the others, but please, even for a bit longer, let me stay in your memories.¡±(Eugene) As he said that, his body started to fade. Seeing this, I instantly hugged him, as tightly as I can. Tears flowed like a river, and my heart wouldn¡¯t stop aching knowing that it was a matter of time before the person I love disappears forever. He hugged me back, and whispered to my ear. ¡°Sania, I lov¡­¡±(Eugene) Before he could finish saying something, his body no longer had the strength to create a voice. We both knew that the time was almost over, so we smiled at each other one last time and closed our eyes. We move our faces closer, and for one last time, our lips touched. The kiss lasted for a second and after that, the person I was kissing, the person I was hugging, and the person that I love, was no longer there. I cried and I didn¡¯t feel like stopping. As of now, I am officially alone. I am alive, yet I feel like dying was better. I cried for a long time. My body was still fine, but if I was in a real body, it would have died from crying for a long time. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. ¡°I see you are having a hard time to recover.¡±(Deus) A god appeared, yet I didn¡¯t feel like doing anything. ¡°I think that your husband was a bit selfish on his request, so if you want, I could erase your memories. If I do that, then it would feel like you just reincarnated on the other world.¡±(Deus) I just can¡¯t continue like this, even if Eugene asked me, this is just too much. I can¡¯t live while remembering my past. I nodded to Deus. He started moving closer to me, and put his hand on top of my head. ¡°You couple are really too demanding, I have to sleep for a few years because of your husband¡¯s wish. I just hope the new season of Helix VR will be up when I wake up. Anyways, I¡¯ll start erasing your memories.¡±(Deus) This is for the best. With this, I will forget about everything¡­ ¡°NO!¡±(Sania) I jumped back from Deus, which shocked him a bit. ¡°I changed my mind. I¡¯ll live with my memories.¡±(Sania) I don¡¯t want to forget, I don¡¯t want our time together to fade. Even if it hurts me, I want to continue living like this. ¡°¡­Are you sure about this?¡±(Deus) ¡°¡­Yes¡±(Sania) ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then I¡¯ll begin to send you back. Sigh¡­I have to sleep for a few thousand years after this. No games for a while...¡±(Deus) I don¡¯t know if this is a good decision, I don¡¯t know if I¡¯ll be able to move on. But for now, this should be fine. ___ When I opened my eyes, I was in the same place where the bear attacked me. The bear was no longer there, but the area was a mess. It looked like the bear ran wild around here. There was one thing odd though, my body was enclosed in a transparent shield and my body completely recovered. My hair was also fixed...a bit. My hair was now at a normal length, but it wasn''t cut evenly. It looked like a child held a scissor and blindly cut my hair.
Beginner Protection was used. 3/4 beginner protection remaining
The transparent shield faded after the message popped out. After that, I ran away to try and find a safe place to arrange my thoughts. Since everything looked the same in the forest, I climbed up to a tall tree. I still haven¡¯t recovered. In fact I am shaken a lot by the recent events. But for now, I have to focus on my own survival. I need to know how to live in this world first before I start thinking about other things. The first thing should do is to check the interface. I could get some information or at least information about myself. But, how do I open it? It just popped up when a message was sent to me. I started doing various things to summon the screen, but it took a awhile to make it appear.
MessageFamiliarsStatsSkills
It seems that I have to visualize the screen itself and imagine it popping in front of me. This had a lot of flaws, what if I didn¡¯t know what it looked like? How am I supposed to visualize something I don¡¯t know? Anyways, looking at it now, it is quite easy to know what each of the buttons do. Since there were no new messages, and I obviously had no familiars, I clicked stats. If my hypothesis is correct, then the stats would contain a collection of data about me.
NameSania Pendragon
Age0GenderFemale
Level2Charisma???
HP48/48MP1/1
Strength6Defense4
Dexterity8Agility7
Magic power1Magic Defence1
Required exp for the next level17
I somehow remember seeing something familiar. I think I saw this when my grandson was playing a game. Now that you think about it, the first message came from Xgamer303 which is obviously Deus. He also mentioned something about games on the letter¡­ I didn¡¯t really think about it at first, but if this is all true, my life will be a lot different. I still don¡¯t understand what those value represent and what they actually do, but¡­ There wasn¡¯t a reason to reject it, in fact, the interface piqued my interest. For now, I have found something that may help me move on. Anyways, I also checked my skills, and I can¡¯t even explain what I just read.
PASSIVE SKILLS:
UNRIVALLED BEAUTY - Increases charisma by 100%
UNRIVALLED TALENT - Increases experience gained by 1000%
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - There is no level cap.
ACTIVE SKILLS:
COOK(10)DOTE(10)MANAGE(5)
I don¡¯t know the standards of this world, but I am sure my passive skills are outrageous. My active skills seem to be the things that I could do, but what¡¯s the number beside them? I also studied a bit of martial arts, why isn¡¯t it a part of my active skills? I don¡¯t really know much about what¡¯s written on the screen, so I decided to end it by looking at the familiar button.
NAMELEVELAFFECTION LEVEL
Hmmm ok, so now what? It would really help if they put more information about the interface, like a guide or something¡­ As I was looking at the screen, a certain animal appeared. The Peiyon Ursus started hitting the tree I was staying at. I took a few branches from the tree and started throwing it at the bear, it wasn¡¯t very effective though. ¡°ROAAAAAR¡±(Peiyon Ursus) This doesn¡¯t look good. How do I shake this guy off? I looked around the tree, and took few more branches before going down. The bear tried to attack me as I went down, but I swayed to the side and rolled away. When I regained balance, I ran to the bear which was also running to my direction. My eyes were focused on the bear that started swinging its thick arms around. As a practitioner of aikido, I am good at observing and countering an enemy¡¯s attack. Since a bear is different from a human, I had to change my fighting style a bit. Every time I dodge the bear¡¯s wide swing, I will hit it at one spot with the branch. A branch would break after 2 or 3 times of being used. It¡¯s understandable since the bear¡¯s skin was thick. It was quite scary as every swing is enough to severely injure me, but it¡¯s better than running with my back open to such a creature. It was quite sturdy, but no matter how strong it was, if it can¡¯t land a hit then it doesn¡¯t matter. ¡°Just die already¡±(Sania) Actually, I take it back, it¡¯s too sturdy. I am starting to run out of breath and this guy can still move around. The only thing I was able to do to it was create a small hole on its body. Seeing that I was in a disadvantageous situation, I ran away. I ran with all of my strength, but the bear followed. I ran and ran, but the bear followed me no matter where I went. As I lost strength, I picked something from a tree and pierced it with a branch. I turned around and waited for a chance to counter with all of my remaining strength . As always, the bear swung its thick arms. I swayed downwards, and went to the small open wound that was created by my initial attacks, and pierced it with the branch on my hands. I jumped away after the attack, and as my body touched the ground, my body finally gave in and collapsed. The last thing I could see was the bear holding on to the branch that pierced its body. It cried out in pain, and after a while, fell to the ground. ¡°Heh, so even a bear would die from that fruit¡­¡±(Sania)
300 exp gained
Level raised by 5
I slowly lost consciousness after that¡­actually, doesn¡¯t it sound bad? What if another bear shows up while I am sleeping? Chapter 2 When I woke up, I was in a familiar place. I am inside another transparent shield. The first thing I did was look around and it was to my surprise that another bear was there sleeping near me. The bear looked the same as the first one except for its lighter color.
Beginner Protection used 2/4 beginner protection remaining
After the message, the shield started to fade. The bear that was sleeping near me noticed and woke up. I had 2 options, one is to kill the bear and two is to run away. I desperately ran before and got the purple fruit, but I don¡¯t know if it will be the same with this one. If I ran away, I won¡¯t be able to observe its movements and might get hit in the back as I run. Killing it wouldn¡¯t be so easy as I was just lucky that I saw a purple fruit before I ran out of steam on my first battle. Even though it¡¯s potent as a killing agent, it¡¯s quite rare to see that purple fruit around here. The split second hesitation was a mistake. The bear¡¯s arm was already in a position where I only have 2 options left. One is to block and endure, or deflect and retaliate. Both options were a no go since our physical strength we too far away. I let my instincts carry me and tried to deflect the bear¡¯s attack. As I expected it pushed me back, but I felt that there was less damage to me than I was expecting.
Recieved 18 damage
I blocked with 2 arms and grabbed the bear¡¯s finger. I pushed my finger to a pressure point and pulled the bear on reflex. The surprising thing was, it looked like the bear felt pain from my movements and followed on its own as I pulled its body. ¡°Is this bear weaker than the one before?¡±(Sania) Seeing this as an opportunity. I lifted my body by using the bear¡¯s arm as a platform and kicked the bear on the eye. It moved its head sideways, but I already expected that. My legs followed the bear¡¯s head and successfully hit its eye. I jumped away and observed if my attack worked. The bear screamed in pain as it covered its eyes which was bleeding a lot. I picked up a few rocks, and ran to the bear. It started to be wary of me, and moved back. ¡°If you didn¡¯t try to attack me then I wouldn¡¯t have to kill you. I could have left you alone, but there is a 90% chance that another will attack me, so I¡¯ll use you to train myself.¡±(Sania) I am not really such a bad person, but being naive in the middle of a forest filled with dangerous creatures such as this one will only lead to my death. The fact that the one I¡¯ll kill is not a human also made the decision easier to make. It swung its left arm to push me back and covered its eye with the right arm. I always moved to his right and hit the armpit or a pressure point on the bottom of its right arm. I don¡¯t really know if the pressure point of the bear is the same as a human, but this is the only thing I can do for now. Whenever it move its right arm, I will throw a rock to the bleeding eye of the bear. With this, I easily gained the upper hand. Don¡¯t be mistaken, the bear has at least double of my physical strength, but if it can¡¯t hit me then it doesn¡¯t matter. Compared to before, it looks like my attacks are doing damage to a peiyon usrsus. As the fight continued, the bear got sluggish. I was also tired, but I think I have at least 25%-30% of my stamina left. I was tired, but my body wasn¡¯t damage that much, so I could still move swiftly. A chance presented itself, and I was able to take the bear¡¯s remaining eye. Tired from the long battle, and losing both of its eyes, it could do nothing but wait for its death.
300 exp gained
Level raised by 2
This interface is quite handy. If a message like this appears then it is 100% sure that the enemy is already killed, or at least that is what I believe. I didn¡¯t really have a time to check the stats earlier since I lost consciousness, so I¡¯ll check it now.
NameSania Pendragon
Age0GenderFemale
Level9Charisma???
HP128/128MP1/1
Strength16Defense12
Dexterity22Agility19
Magic power1Magic Defence1
Required exp for the next level185
Looks like I did get stronger. That somehow explains the difference between the first bear and the second one. Just to be sure, I¡¯ll also check my skills.
PASSIVE SKILLS:
UNRIVALLED BEAUTY - Increases charisma by 100%
UNRIVALLED TALENT - Increases experience gained by 1000%
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - There is no level cap.
ACTIVE SKILLS:
COOK(10)DOTE(10)MANAGE(5)
Hmmm looks like there is nothing new here, it¡¯s expected I guess. After checking the screen, I looked around. There are a few animals peeking, but it doesn¡¯t look like they plan on attacking me. The long battle made me hungry, so I walked around and took edible fruits. I don¡¯t want to eat raw meat, so I¡¯ll stick with fruits for now. I really hate living in the forest. I don¡¯t have any appliances to help me, I feel like there are a lot of eyes watching me, and worse of all...there was no washroom. I walked around with nothing in mind, and the sun started to set. I don¡¯t know where to stay at, but I at least want some clothes before the day ends. As I walked I could hear the sound of running water. ¡°River!¡±(Sania) The sole thought of a river made me happy since I¡¯ll be able to wash my body and even drink fresh water. I went to where the sound came from and when I got there, a beautiful clear river reflected on to my eyes. As I walked closer, I could see fishes moving on the river, I could even see the bottom which indicates how clean the water was. The fishes looked different which is normal since this is a different world. I took a dip on the river, and enjoyed the cold running water. I washed my body and saw the reflection of my new body on the water. I had a silky white hair and pale white skin...I already know that part. The thing that surprised me was my glowing orange eyes, which both showed elegance and strength. After cleaning my body, I drank some of the running water. The beauty of a river is that even if you clean your body here, the dirt will be pushed away with the running water, making the next surge of water clean. After taking a bath, I went back to the forest and gathered leaves and branches. Using what I have gathered, I created a small tent. Slowly but surely I have created a temporary home near the river. Good thing I took a bit of survival lessons, it didn¡¯t tell me to kill animals and walk around naked though. Since I didn¡¯t know any of the trees around, I didn ¡®t know how to create a camp fire. It¡¯s futile to create something that I couldn¡¯t, so I just sticked with fruits...I really wanted to try cooking a fish on the fire though. As the the sun was replace by the moon, all light around me vanished. No matter where I look, I couldn¡¯t see anything but silhouette of the trees. ¡°...camping alone is quite scary.¡±(Sania) After eating, I took quick bath before going to the tent. I laid down the bed created from leaves and closed my eyes. I could hear different sounds so I was alert the whole time and couldn¡¯t sleep, but the thing that irritated me the most were the insects. The small insects inside the tent were annoying me to death. I learned a crucial lesson, camping is hell for those that hate bugs. In the end, I fell asleep from stress. When I woke up the first thing I did was find food. I picked some fruits, and looked around for a bit. After observing the vicinity I went back to the tent and ate. I wonder where I am? It would really be the good time for a map screen to show up. The best thing to do is get out of the forest and go to a place with people...wait, I can¡¯t go out naked. I need to find clothes first, but where? Should I try creating clothes from the materials in the forest? I could try and use the skin of an animal, but that feels a bit...brutal, so I¡¯ll refrain from doing that. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. With that, I made up my mind, and started walking in the forest to find materials...of course I took a bath before going out. I walked around and started gathering leaves. There were 4 different trees I have encountered so far. First was the most common, a 6-8ft tree with blue colored leaves. Forella which is the only thing I eat right now, came from the blue trees. The second was an oddly shaped tree that is 6-12 ft tall. It was spiky and had orange leaves. The third is the tall tree that I used before. It was 12-20 ft tall and had green colored leaves, if you think about it, this is the closest to our world¡¯s tree. The last and the rarest tree are the ones that create the poisonous fruits. It had different colored leaves and it¡¯s size usually vary from 4ft-20ft. I took some vines and leaves that I needed, and headed back to the tent. Actually, I could have done this earlier, but it¡¯s not like I¡¯m perfect. Anyways, I used the vines as the foundation of the clothes and sticked the leaves around it. I tested different saps yesterday and have found something that helps the leaves stick to the vine. After creating the clothes, I tried them on and a message popped out.
Magic tree dress(low) equipped +1 defense +5 magic defense
¡°Eh?¡±(Sania) Even wearing something makes a message pop out? I was a bit curious on the effect, but the first thing I have to do is test the dress. It was a one piece dress that covered my shoulders down to my knee, and was made using blue and orange leaves. I tried moving around and did a few attacking motion. It seems that the clothes could endure my movements, my first creation was a success. I also wanted to create shoes, but I didn¡¯t have anything to make it. I could use some wood, but I didn¡¯t have anything to carve it. In the end, I created 2 pieces of dress and a small bag. I have a bit of confidence about the quality of my creations since I have done things like this before. I always liked creating clothes for my children and grandchildren when they were young, so I have a bit of experience. By the time I finished it was already noon. I spent the rest of the day relaxing near the river. On the next day, it was time to say goodbye to my first home in this world. After checking my things, I started running inside the forest. ___ Just like before, animals kept coming after me. I ignored most of them, but I had to kill some as there were times I got surrounded. They weren¡¯t as strong as the bear, so it wasn¡¯t hard to defeat them. It¡¯s still morning and I am just running without any direction in mind. As I ran, I saw things like different plants and even different animals. I really want more information about this world, I would like to go to a library if I find one. ¡°Nuuu¡±(???) As I ran, a small pup showed up. It was too weak so I decided to ignore it, but before I could change my route, I saw another animal. It was the normal hound that I always see around the forest and it looked like it was running after the pup. The hound was 2ft tall. It had brown colored fur, and a spiky tail. The pup on the other hand, had a blue fur. It had a short red horn in the middle of its head and looked like it was few months old. The pup was quite cute, or do I just have a soft side on young creatures? I watched as the pup ran to my direction and hid behind me. The hound that was running after the pup stopped after seeing me. It looked like it will jump at any second, so I took the pup and started running. The pup surprisingly looked happy as I carried it on my arms. It was wriggling around, and was rubbing its head on my chest. Seeing that made me utter one word. ¡°Cute¡±(Sania) As I ran, I could feel the hound running after us. Since I was faster, it didn¡¯t matter. I aimlessly ran in the forest, and for some reason, more and more animals were running after me. By the time I noticed it, I was surrounded by 20 hounds. ¡°This looks bad.¡±(Sania) The pup was already sleeping comfortable on my hands when I looked at it. Without wasting time, the hounds started jumping at me. I was able to evade most, but since both of my arms were occupied, some attacks were able to hit me.
Recieved 7 damage from feral hound Recieved 3 damage from feral hound Recieved 5 damage from feral hound
The only thing I could do is create a path by kicking away the enemies as I try to run away. My kicks were surprisingly lethal to them, and some were either paralyzed or dead after one kick.
Recieved 5 damage from feral hound Recieved 9 damage from feral hound
50 exp gained 50 exp gained
I was able to get away after a bit of chaos, I was slightly injured though. There were still 18 hounds left, but only 9 were actively running after me. I ran and ran, only to be blocked by another hound. As I got closer, I noticed that the hound blocking my path was different. Its body was filled with scars, and it¡¯s a lot bulkier than the other hounds. The thing that made it a lot more intimidating was its 6ft height. ¡°ROAAAAAR¡±(Feral Hound) It jumped at me at speeds exceeding the peiyon ursus. I was able to dodge it, but it leaped again after touching the ground and scratched my arms.
Recieved 9 damage from feral hound(Alpha)
The hound continued its attacks as the other hounds caught up, and after a while, I was surrounded again. With the big feral hound, I couldn¡¯t get away. I was forced to fight and kill the other feral hounds. In the end, only I and the feral hound(alpha) were left. I was severely injured from fighting while protecting the pup, while the hound was barely even damaged. By the way, my level was raised by 2 after killing the other 9 hounds. I fought with the hound but I was at a disadvantage. It was obvious that I would lose, so I threw the pup that was asleep. After throwing the pup, I tried to run to a different direction to try and pull the hound away from the pup, but was stopped when the hound bit my leg.
Recieved 21 damage from feral hound(alpha)
¡°Tsk¡±(Sania) I tried kicking the hound away, but my strength was no longer enough to even damage it. At this point, I am sure I won¡¯t win. The shield will probably protect me this time, but what would happen to the pup after this? With the last bit of my strength, I ran to the pup to try and cover it with my body, but the hound was behind me and I was in the range of its attacks. Just before the hound could bite me again, a blue thunder hit it. The pup that was sleeping up until now suddenly discharged thunder to the enemy. The pup looked at me for a bit before its expression turned in to pure rage. ¡°Nuuu¡±(Pup) The pup moved its small paws to run after the enemy. ¡°DON¡¯T!¡±(Sania) Right before my eyes, the pup turned in to a ball of lightning and floated up to the air. ¡°NUUU!¡±(Pup) The pup repeatedly released lightning attacks on the hound, burning it alive.
500 exp gained
Level raised by 1
The ball of lightning turned back to a pup before losing consciousness and falling from the sky. I caught the pup and sat near a tree to rest. I couldn¡¯t feel one of my legs, and my left arm was in pain due to being dislocated. My body was filled with wounds, and I was starting to get dizzy from blood loss. Why did I even protect this little one? I looked at the pup that was resting peacefully at my lap. I watched as the pup rolled around my lap before losing consciousness. ___ When I woke up, there were a few fruits gathered in front of me. There were small bite marks which indicated that the pup gathered the fruit for me while I was sleeping. The pup was sitting on my lap and after seeing me open my eyes, it jumped to my shoulder. It started rubbing its cheek to mine as its tail flailed around.
A Fenrir wants to be your familiar Do you want to accept it?
YESYES
Chapter 3 ¡°Familiar contract?¡±(Sania) There are 2 choices and they are both yes buttons... After hearing my words, the pup shook its tail wildly and started licking my cheeks. It is a good time to test the familiar button on the interface and it¡¯s not bad to have this little guy around. Wait, doesn¡¯t it look like the pup understood my words? After thinking a bit more, I decided to click yes when the pup whimpered from my hesitation, not like there''s even a ''no'' button. After clicking the button, I felt an excruciating pain. Blood flowed out of my eyes, ears, nose and mouth. I couldn¡¯t breath and my senses went out of control. It lasted for a few minutes until a message appeared.
FAMILIAR CONTRACT COMPLETE Do you want to give a name to your new familiar?
YESNO
After regaining composure, I looked at the pup. It was standing on the ground while its body was still shaking from the pain. There were blood spills around the pup and I, but aside from being worn out and slightly hungry, we are fine. I hugged the pup before asking a question. ¡°Do you want a new name?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Fenrir) The pup wagged its tail violently at my words and started licking my arms. It was obvious what the pup wanted, so I clicked the yes button.
Current Name: NONE
New Name:
CONFIRMCANCEL
...So how do I write the name? Maybe it¡¯s the same as summoning the screen. Let¡¯s see, what name should I give the pup? Penny? Rocky? Bruno? No, I need something unique. ¡°How about Faeran?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) He forced his way out of my arms and sat on my shoulders. He started licking me again to signify that he liked the name. I imagined the words being written and the screen followed my imagination.
Current Name: NONE
New Name: Faeran
CONFIRMCANCEL
I clicked the confirm button. After the screen disappeared, a blue light was emitted from Faeran and my body. The lights connected and before disappearing, a new message appeared.
New Passive skill obtained
MessageFamiliars(1)StatsSkills(1)
That suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but since I also wanted to check the familiar screen, I guess it¡¯s fine. I put Faeran down and sticked a leaf on his tail. ¡°Play around for a bit, I¡¯ll just do something.¡±(Sania) Faeran started running after the leaf on his tail. I on the other hand, clicked the familiar button.
NAMELEVELAFFECTION LEVEL
Faeran10100%
StatsSkills
His level is 10? Well, the lightning attacks he did earlier was strong...The affection points is at 100%, is that the max? If I may guess, it indicates that this cute little pup really likes me. Time for the stats, I wonder how strong Faeran is?
NameFaeran
Age0GenderMale
Level10RaceFenrir
HP84/84MP64/64
Strength4Defense5
Dexterity5Agility7
Magic power47Magic Defence34
His physical stats are almost the same as when I was at level 2, but the magical power...I believe the lightning attack was magic, that explains how the hound wasn¡¯t able to fight back. His status screen is a bit different from mine, and his race is underlined. I tried clicking the underlined word, and a new screen appeared.
FENRIR A race known to govern the lightning element. A deity class monster that spawns naturally from the world''s energy once every million years. Fenrirs are mythological creatures that once ruled the world with the other deity class monsters. Fenrirs tend to search for a parent on their infant stage, and direct all of their affection to the creature that it deems worthy to be its parent.There was a time when a Fenrir almost erased a whole race because a person from the said race killed its parent. It was said that it took 2 deities to calm it down.
...this little pup is a deity? I got intimidated a bit after reading the screen, but my worry vanished after looking at the pup. Faeran was still happily running after its tail, and seeing that made me calm down. I also checked his skills and I didn¡¯t expect any of the things written on the screen.
PASSIVE SKILLS:
DEITY BLOOD - Has an infinite lifespan until killed. Naturally gets stronger until it reaches its adult stage.
THUNDER GOD - 100% resistance to lightning magic and 30% resistance to all other elements. Increase in lightning damage by 100%. Decrease needed mana for lightning magic by 50%.
FAMILIAR CONTRACT(Sania) - Increase in experience gained by 500%.
ACTIVE SKILLS:
LIGHTNING FORM(1)LIGHTNING BOLT(1)
D...deity blood? Thunder god? This cute little pup has some outrageous sounding passive skills. It¡¯s good that it came to me as an ally instead of an enemy... ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) Without me noticing, Faeran was sitting on my lap. A fruit was on his mouth and it looked like he was giving it to me. I took the fruit with my hand and he wagged his tail again. Seeing this made me forget about my initial reaction and simply patted his head. ¡°Thank you¡±(Sania) ___ We ate the fruits and walked around a bit. Faeran fell asleep on my arms, and since it was starting to get dark, I rested under a tree. It was time to check my own stats, I am also curious as to what my new passive skill is.
NameSania Pendragon
Age0GenderFemale
Level12Charisma???
HP165/165MP5/5
Strength21Defense17(+1)
Dexterity27Agility24
Magic power3Magic Defence2(+5)
Required exp for the next level445
It looks like the effects of my equipment is also shown in the status screen. My mp and magic stats also raised a bit, does it mean I¡¯ll be able to use magic? Anyways, time to check the skills.
PASSIVE SKILLS:
UNRIVALLED BEAUTY - Increases charisma by 100%
UNRIVALLED TALENT - Increases experience gained by 1000%
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - There is no level cap
FAMILIAR CONTRACT(Fenrir) - Increase in lifespan. Awakened magic veins and increased affinity with lightning magic.
ACTIVE SKILLS:
COOK(10)DOTE(10)MANAGE(5)
...That explains the increase in magic stats. Not only did my lifespan increase, I also awakened. If my understanding is right, then those magic veins are responsible for letting me use magic, as my mp only increased after I awakened. So my lifespan increased...so it means I¡¯ll surpass the age of 100? What does that make me? Am I still a human with this contract? I am sure I am human since I look like one. Hmmm if Faeran was strong, why was he running away? I¡¯m sure he is strong enough to protect himself, or was he afraid of losing consciousness after using magic? I could imagine a few scenarios that could exlpain why he was running. Ah, it doesn¡¯t matter. Whatever the reason is, right now it doesn¡¯t change the fact the he is my familiar. By the way, my body is fully healed, but if I remember correctly, my body was severely injured...did the beginner protection heal me? Also, I need to create a new bag and clothes because the last battle destroyed my beautiful creations. ____ I woke up when I felt something licked my cheeks. I opened my eyes and saw my cute familiar sitting on my shoulders. ¡°Morning¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) I looked around as I patted his head. Just like yesterday, there were fruits gathered in front of me. After eating, we started walking in a straight line. I wanted to create new clothes but erased the thought when I saw the end of the forest from a far. I am finally getting out of this forest, it has been a few days, but I¡¯ll finally get out of the forest. All of my excitement vanished when I noticed that the end of the forest was a cliff, and all I could see below was water. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) ¡°What is it? Are you hungry?¡±(Sania) Faeran moved out of my arms and started tapping the edges of the cliff. ¡°Don¡¯t! You¡¯ll fall!¡±(Sania) I ran to Faeran and hugged him with both of my arms. ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) He pointed his small paws at an empty space in front of us. The ground vibrated shortly, and a small floating rock appeared in front of us. ¡°What?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu nuu¡±(Faeran) He forced his way out of my arms, and pulled me to the floating rock. Of course he couldn¡¯t pull me on his own, so I followed him. It looked like he wants us to go on top of the floating rock. I know he wouldn¡¯t put me in danger so I went to the top and after that, a message appeared.
Message from Karna
Shortly after that, I opened the message.
Greeting Sania Pendragon, If you are seeing this message, then you have already killed the fenrir on the floating island Ailon and is at level 30 or higher. You probably stayed here for a few months and is starting to get bored, but don¡¯t worry, you will finally see the outside world. The platform in front of you will lead you out of the floating island and send you down to the real part of my world. The island will vanish shortly after you get on the platform, since it only serves as a training ground for new born fenrirs. Now that the fenrir is gone, the island will follow and vanish. Do not worry, since everything in the island was created by me to give you the chance to get stronger. Nothing in the island is important to the world. The current fenrir of this era is still alive after all, so even if the new born fenrir dies, it won¡¯t affect the balance of the world. It will take a few weeks to get to the nearest island, so you¡¯ll enter a temporary stasis when the platform starts moving. I will be gone for a few thousand years because of the great god conference, and by the time I get back you¡¯ll probably be dead already. Anyways, please enjoy your stay on my world, and see with your own eyes that my world is a lot better than Deus¡¯ world. By the way, if you still have some beginner protection left, it will all vanish after getting out of the island. You also have to learn the different languages of my world the hard way, but since you are already strong at this point, you won¡¯t encounter that much problem. -Karna
¡°Is everything in this message true?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu?¡± Faeran tilted his head in confusion. Killing Faeran? 30 or higher? Few months?...WHAT? What¡¯s all this? Everything in this message is the opposite of what I thought this place was. This is a floating island? This place is not a real part of your world? And you even expected me to kill Faeran? Just as a lot of questions appeared on my head, the platform was covered in transparent shield like the beginner protection. I slowly lost consciouness, so I hugged Faeran as tightly as I could. I watched as I got farther and farther away, seeing that the forest...no, the island I was staying at, was really floating. The last thing I saw was the fading figure of the floating island. ___ When I opened my eyes, I was in the edge of an island...to be precise, I¡¯m at a beach. It seemed like a few seconds to me, but I was really sent to another place. I looked around, and was able to relax when I saw the sleeping Faeran beside me. Outrageous things happen one after another in just a few days of staying here, but I don¡¯t regret taking Faeran as a familiar, so I would be quite sad if they took him away from me...I really get attached to young creatures fast. The only thing I have with me was the tattered clothes I created, and my cute little familiar. I held him in my arms and started walking. The place was clean, too clean. The white sand was beautiful and the blue sea was so clear that you could see the bottom from a far. There were some odd looking trees around, but as always, most of them had blue colored leaves. There were few animals moving around the beach but they weren¡¯t aggressive like the ones on the floating island. They simply move around while ignoring us, which is great, I don¡¯t have to avoid the animals. If I were to rank this beach, I¡¯ll give it 6 stars. The sun in this world is hot, but was not as hot as the earth¡¯s sun that burns your skin in just a few minutes. Despite the slightly hot weather, the water was cold. I can¡¯t even compare how comfortable this place is compared to the beaches on earth. Even the breeze of the air was comfortable, not to mention the slightly enticing aroma coming from the trees at the back. One word to describe this place would be... ¡°Paradise¡±(Sania) If only I could have shown this too my family... Just a small thought of my family made tears form on my eyes. The disheartening feeling of being able to see such a place, but there wasn¡¯t anyone to enjoy it with. ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) Faeran woke up and rubbed its head on my hands. Seeing the tears on my eye, he jumped away and started running to a trees. ¡°Wait!¡±(Sania) I followed him as he climb a tree and take took a fruit. He presented the fruit to me after jumping down. His tail wasn¡¯t moving and simply watched as I took the fruit he presented.
Slatis fruit obtained
He didn¡¯t move, it was like he was waiting for something to happen. Seeing that my expression didn¡¯t change, he started climbing to the tree again. ¡°Nuu nuu¡±(Faeran) After giving 3 fruits, he started rubbing his body on my legs. Realizing what he wanted to do, I sat down and patted his head. ¡°Thank you¡±(Sania) As he heard that, he started running around me with his ever so lively tail. It seems that he wanted to cheer me up after seeing me wear a sad expression. I chuckled at the thought of a young creature trying to cheer up and old lady like me. I didn¡¯t really feel like leaving for now, so Faeran and I started gathering materials for a tent. There were new trees, plants, and animals around, but it didn¡¯t seem like this place was dangerous. We could probably stay here for a while without worrying about getting attacked. I tested different materials, such as the branches and leaves from the new trees, and saps from the flower and plants.
Altus tree branch obtained Sental tree branch obtained Altus leave obtained Lieon flower sap obtained
The altus tree had spherical shaped blue leaves and yellow colored bark. It¡¯s thin yet tall at the height of 12-15ft. Sental trees had big leaves that vary from 2-3 ft long. It had pink colored leaves and brown bark. The tree was 7-8ft long and had a few long fruits hanging on the branches, which looked like pink bananas. There were a lot of flowers, but the sap I used came from the Lieon flower...kinda hard to pronounce. It looked like a rose except for the triangular blue petals. The altus tree was quite sturdy despite its thin look. I used the altus branch for the foundation of the tent and the sental branch for fences since it was thicker and could cover more area. The altus leaves easily sticked to the branches with the sap, and by noon, we have already finished our temporary home. We gathered fruits, and found out that the purple fruit wasn¡¯t in the area. It could have been a good secret weapon for emergency use, but I guess we wouldn¡¯t need it. After we ate, we bathed a bit in the beach. I just washed my body, and when I was about to get out, it looked like Faeran still wanted to play. I sat near the waters and watched Faeran play around. He was only in the shallow part of course, he would drown if he goes to a deeper part after all. There were small fished that would end up in the shallow part, and he had fun running after them. I didn¡¯t really have a pet on my past life so seeing this was a first for me. I was always busy with work and taking care of my family...but they aren¡¯t here anymore... Faeran ran to me and started shaking its body, spreading the water on his fur around. ¡°...¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) I stood up and started running after Faeran. He splashed water to me so I simply retaliated. We played in the water, clearing my thoughts for a while and simply letting me enjoy the moment. When we finished, Faeran was too tired so I had to carry him back to the tent. ¡°How can someone play to the extent of paralyzing themselves?...pft hahahaha¡±(Sania) Seeing me laugh made him wag his tail again. In the end, he was too tired that I had too feed him, but I had fun doing it. When he fell asleep, it was already dark outside. I went out to see the clear sky. Unlike before, the space around me was clear. I could hear the waves of the sea and the moving leaves that were being pushed by the gentle breeze of the air. I wonder how the others are doing? What about Eugene? Did he marry another person besided me? I couldn¡¯t blame them for living a new life, but the thought alone makes my heart hurt...a lot. Even if I find interesting things here, even if I have fun, it is still a fact that I wouldn¡¯t see them again. No matter what happened in the past days, it was not enough to help me move on. I wanted to remember everything, but it still pained me. This world maybe different, this world maybe a bit interesting, but it didn¡¯t change the fact that I was alone. ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) He moved out of the tent and sat beside me. I didn¡¯t notice it since I was to focused on my thoughts, but he was there, sitting beside me despite having no strength to even walk properly. He gently rubbed his head to my arms in an attempt to comfort me. No, I¡¯m not alone. It might be painful, but there is Faeran who is there to soothe me. This day, he has always been trying to cheer me up and I appreciate that. I may not be able to move on for a while, but with him around, I feel like I¡¯ll be able to live happily. I gently patted his head and moved his small body on my lap. We looked at the sky and slowly got sleepy....actually, Faeran was already sleeping on my lap. I held him in my arms and slowly walked back to the tent, with a smile on my face. I put him to a bed filled with leaves and said something before ending the day. ¡°Good night¡±(Sania) ___ The next day, the energetic little fenrir woke me up. I looked at him, but I noticed something different. He had a serious aura around him. ¡°Nuu nuu¡±(Faeran) He pointed outside the tent and pulled me. I looked around and from a far, I could see a group red furred monkeys heading to the tent. I looked closer and I could see a different colored monkey. It had the same size as the others, but it had a yellow colored fur and a scar on its left eye. All of them were carrying blunt weapons, but the yellow colored one had a sword on its back.
WARNING: RAID BOSS DETECTED Boss name: Kinsmal Ape(Alpha) Location: Lezan Beach Recommended Level(Party): 25 or higher Recommended Level(Solo): 35 or higher
Chapter 4 I can somehow sense it. The monkeys running to our direction are dangerous. Aside from the message, simply looking at them is enough to show the difference in strength between us. The monkeys are 7-8ft tall and are quite built. The scary thing is that despite their large figure, they were agile and even had weapons. Based on their speed, we will be caught even If we ran away. The best thing to do now is stand our ground and look for an opportunity. ¡°Faeran, fire your strongest attack at my direction when I tell you ok?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) I left Faeran in the tent and ran to the sea. It didn¡¯t look like they were after him since they changed their route to me. I moved to a slightly shallow part where the water was 2ft high. There were 5 of them and most had red colored fur. One had a slightly bigger build and had yellow fur. It had an intimidating presence around him and is probably the leader of the group. They entered the waters to catch me and in a matter of minutes, I was surrounded. Good, with this, Faeran can move freely. For now the only think I can do is observe their behavior. It doesn¡¯t seem like they are here to kill. If they did, I would have been dead the moment they caught me. The monkeys looked at me for a bit before laughing. Their expression said it all. They are confident that they have already won and only see me as a thing to waste their time on. One of the monkeys moved forward. It made gestures telling me to attack it, so I kicked it in the face. I only used 50%-60% of my strength and it didn¡¯t look like it did any damage. The reason for not using my whole strength is to make them think I am only at that level, not to mention that I couldn¡¯t even dream of defeating one with my full strength. Their reaction upon seeing my kick was as expected. Most of them erased the thought of me even being a threat to them, but the leader is quite smart. It was still cautious about any hidden traps I might have in my arsenal. I lifted my leg and stomped on the water. Using the force from the initial motion, I sent a back kick to the monkey¡¯s chest, which only made me push myself back. I ran back to the monkey and started hitting him on different places, but none of them had any effect. I moved around splashing water everywhere and luckily, it didn¡¯t seem like they expect a thing. I acted like I was desperately trying to attack, and slowly but surely drenched the monkeys around me in water. I crouched and started pounding on the water. It looked like I was just venting my anger on the waters, but it was already the final phase of my plan. Upon seeing me act like that, even for a split second, they lowered their guard. ¡°NOW!¡±(Sania) At my signal, a ball of lightning appeared on top of the monkeys and started releasing lightning attacks. By the time the attack hit one of the monkeys, I already jumped from the water. While on mid air I took my clothes off and used them to separate my skin and the monkey¡¯s skin. The attacks continued and when I was about to fall, I used one of the monkey¡¯s head as a platform. I used the clothes to separate us so that the lightning won¡¯t flow to my body. The attacks continued and even if Faeran can release one attack at a time, the water helps spread the attack to the other monkeys. I jumped from the monkey¡¯s head back to the ground and watched as the monkeys got charred from the attacks. The attacks were sent at an interval where the monkeys couldn¡¯t fight back. It would be a different story if they were alert the whole time, but sadly, their foolish personality led them to their demise. Faeran sent a total of 56 lightning attacks before jumping to my arm and fainting. I felt guilty that I had to use a young one¡¯s strength to this extent, but it was the only way we can both get away from the situation.
2100 exp gained 2100 exp gained 2100 exp gained 2100 exp gained
Level raised by 4
At the same time that the message popped out, I heard a loud voice. ¡°KUKIIIIIIIII¡±(Kinsman Ape(Alpha)) There was still one alive, and it was the leader of the monkeys. Its body turned dark from the attack, but it was still moving around. It looked enraged from what happened and drew its sword. It started running to me, at a speed exceeding mine. How is he still alive? He was subjected to a number of lightning attacks while drenched in water, so how? I ran to the north and tried to hide from the monkey. Even while its body was covered with burns, even if it was bleeding all over the place, it still caught up. It waved its sword to my neck. I was able to dodge it, but it still made a small cut on my skin.
Recieved 4 damage from kinsmal ape(Alpha)
I was still carrying Faeran and it looks like the monkey is also targeting him, so I can¡¯t fight and can¡¯t leave Faeran anywhere. I tried kicking the open wounds of the monkey, but it only gave him the chance to grab my leg. He raised me up and threw me to a tree. When I looked back, the monkey was already running to me with a sword pointed to my heart.
Recieved 32 damage from kinsmal ape(alpha)
I rolled to the side, but it changed the trajectory of its attack from a piercing motion to a cutting motion. I desperately tried to avoid it, but it was too fast. It was able to sever my left arm.
Recieved 78 damage from kinsmal ape(alpha)
I tightly hugged Faeran with my remaining arm and ran¡­even though I knew it was a meaningless effort. How could it still move like this? The attack earlier should have burned its organs, yet it could still exhibit such strength¡­ I felt a sharp pain on my right leg. I ignored it and continued running, only to fall on the ground. I couldn¡¯t move my right leg and when I looked, a sword was embedded on my leg.
Recieved 24 damage from kinsmal ape(alpha)
The monkey caught up, and at this point, I couldn¡¯t think of anything that could save us. It grabbed my neck and looked me in the eyes. I could see all the rage in his eyes, it wanted to make me suffer, it wanted to get revenge for its comrades. I threw Faeran away as far as I could and taunted the monkey. ¡°Heh, if you just killed me instead of playing around, your friends would still be alive right now.¡±(Sania) The monkey somehow understood my words and slammed me to the ground. He stomped on my remaining arm and broke it. At this point, my body was starting to go numb.
Recieved 34 damage from kinsmal ape(alpha)
The monkey violently pulled the sword from my leg, severing it from my body. It raised its sword and looked like he was gonna finish me in the next attack.
Recieved 19 damage from kinsmal ape(alpha)
¡°¡­I should have leveled up a bit.¡±(Sania) Those were my honest opinion. It wasn¡¯t just leveling up, it¡¯s getting stronger as a whole. I was naive to think that I could survive in this world as I am now and look at what happened. Time seem to slowed down. I could see him moving a lot slower than before, but the same could also be said to me. I could only think, think about what I could have done better, think about what I couldn¡¯t see in this world, and think about going to the afterlife without anyone waiting for me. Now that you think about it, I only had the time to think about my family yesterday when everything seemed peaceful. This day was just me thinking about Faeran and my safety. I was only focused on prolonging our life, or at least give the new born animal a chance to live his life. I am a failure as an adult. I even made Faeran tire himself out just to fight the monkeys. If I was just stronger, if I was at least strong enough to not make a young one help me in a battle¡­ I looked at the blade and it was still half way there before piercing my heart. They say that time slows down when you are at death¡¯s door. I didn¡¯t experience it in my past life, but to think that it is actually real. So my death is already certain¡­I just hope Faeran can escape. I already lived long enough and this new life of mine is just a small extension of my past life, but Faeran is different. He is literally a new born child. There are a lot of possibilities for him in the future and I am sure that being a deity will be a factor to help him survive. The sword was now a few centimeters away from my chest. I wonder how Faeran will live now. I suggest that he avoid dangerous creatures such as this one until he grows up. Can he survive on his own? What if he seeks revenge and kills himself because of it? I need to guide him. I want to teach him things, I want to see him grow, I want to see his future. The sword touched my chest at this point, and I didn¡¯t have any strength to move away. ¡°I want to live.¡±(Sania) On the same moment, my body stopped moving¡­and so did the monkey¡¯s body. I couldn¡¯t move, not just from my injuries but from the suffocating presence that is walking to our location.
WARNING: ??? NAME: ??? TITLE: THE PHANTOM FORTRESS Location: Lezan Forest Recommended Level(Party): 225 or higher Recommended Level(Solo): 300 or higher
I could hear loud sounds from a far and as it got closer, the ground started to vibrate. The monkey and I were like statues that couldn¡¯t move. The sound got closer and closer and before I noticed it, the monkey disappeared in front of me. My body stiffened from the presence and as it walked closer, all light disappeared. It was a gigantic figure that completely blocked the light from the sun. It was tall, it was wide, and I couldn¡¯t see how it looked like from the ground. It didn¡¯t seem to notice me and continued walking. As it walked, right before my eyes, it disappeared. It vanished like it wasn¡¯t even there to begin with and even the suffocating presence was gone. I am alive, and the enemy is gone. I didn¡¯t know what the monster¡¯s goal was, but it didn¡¯t change the fact that it save me. It may not have even noticed me, and it was probably just walking randomly, but it still saved me. This is probably what you call a miracle. My death was already certain until it showed up¡­No, with the state of my body, I¡¯ll still die. But at least, Faeran is safe now. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Because of the severe state of my body, I slowly lost consciousness. ___ When I woke up, I was in the same place before I slept. My body was still aching but I could feel my limbs again. I didn¡¯t have that much strength, but my condition was a lot better than before¡­is it the influence of the familiar contract? I stood up and looked around. Everything was a mess, the trees were destroyed, small holes on the ground which is probably made by the monster¡¯s foot, and dead animals. It looked like the bringer of calamity just passed through and destroyed everything. I started walking to the direction where I threw Faeran and in after a few minutes, I have reunited with my familiar. Despite the recent events, Faeran was back to full health, I guess being deity has its perks. He was walking to my direction before jumping on top of my shoulder. Faeran pressed his body, and it feels really relaxing to have his soft fur on my cheeks. I was still staggering a bit, but I can move around. I didn¡¯t know which way to go now. I don¡¯t know if our tent is a safe place and I¡¯m not sure if venturing in the forest is safe. What if animals on the same level of the monkey show up? Or worse, what if stronger ones show up? Faeran sensed the current stress I was experiencing and started running to a tree again. He presented fruits to me. Since I was hungry, I ate the fruits and patted Faeran for always doing his best for me. We ate the fruits, and rested for a bit. The place was quite silent, and it seems like there weren¡¯t much life around us. The sun was starting to set and we were still under a tree. What do we do now? How should we move from now on? I don¡¯t know what do anymore. Everything is happening to fast, it hasn¡¯t even been a week since I entered this world and a lot of dangerous things already happened¡­I could have died earlier too. I looked at Faeran who was sleeping on my lap. He was sleeping comfortably like the recent events didn¡¯t even happen. I caressed his fur and started thinking. ¡°The answer is simple, get stronger.¡±(Sania) If a strong monster appears, then we just have to be stronger than that. If something bad happens, we just have to be strong enough to survive it. Not everything can be solved by strength, but as of now, we need to at least be strong enough to protect ourselves. I spent the rest the rest of the day thinking. I didn¡¯t want to kill if unnecessary, but that is the only way we could get stronger for now. We couldn¡¯t spar, there isn¡¯t anyone that could train us, so only killing the one in front of us is the answer I could think of. I could have created weapon if I have the materials, I could have used the poisonous fruits if there was any, but the best solution was to get stronger. In the end, I have made a few rules before killing an animal. First is that it had to be at least strong enough to fight us. Second is that anything that shows hostility is an enemy. Third, anything too weak is not a target unless a group of it shows up and becomes a threat. ___ The next day, we started moving deeper to the forest. The animals were quite strong, but not at the level of the monkeys yesterday. The animals were quite aggressive so I gained a lot of experience from killing them, but it seems that I needed a lot more to level up. My fear started to fade seeing that the animals were at a level that we could handle. The first day ended with us gaining a few levels. The following days were the same. We continued to move deeper in to the forest as we kill anything that becomes a threat to us. Luckily, we haven¡¯t encountered anything that is out of our reach. As we got deeper and deeper, the scenery slowly changed. From trees that were a few meters a part, the forest we are staying right now was fully stacked with trees. There was only a small amount of light reaching the ground because of the trees. The type of animals also changed a bit as we continued. We have fought different types, and gained not only levels but also fighting experience. From time to time we would encounter a strong enemy, but we could win by outsmarting it¡­good thing the animals up to now were easy to read. At some point, I got tired of fruits, so I started cooking meat. I have killed already, why would I stop now? Using Faeran¡¯s magic, we could create flames and with it, I could cook. I have also tested a few plants to see if I could use anything to add flavor to the food. The yellow fella leaves add a sour taste if you use it to marinate the meat. The sap from Desan flowers, are quite sweet and Faeran really liked it so I pack a few on my bag¡­yes, I have a bag now. I have created new set of clothes and a bag to carry it. I also created clothes for Faeran but he dislikes being clothed so I stopped. All in all, we have gotten used to living and adapting to everything around us. The only thing I would like is that there should be more lakes so we could bathe more. We usually move around only after the area doesn¡¯t give much exp to us. We stay near lakes for obvious reason. We could eat anything, but it doesn¡¯t mean we could get water everywhere. If we aimlessly move around we might die from dehydration. I slowly created tools for crafting, and as of now, I am using a sword created from an Alpheous Ursus¡¯ bone. It was quite hard creating the first set of tools and weapons. Imagine only using sharp rocks to carve the shape I want, not to mention the possibility of breaking the materials while making something. As of now, I am wearing clothes from an Alpheous Ursus¡¯ skin. It took me a while to get the desired look for the clothes, but I am quite happy at the results¡­Am I starting to become a caveman? By the way, Alpheous Ursus is an 18ft tall bear with black fur and some white fur on the end of its limbs. Its back was covered in white scales and had a few spikes coming out of its shoulder¡­ok, so it no longer looks like an animal. ___
3950 exp gained
¡°That¡¯s the last one.¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) We are walking in a canyon right now. It has been 1 month since we have gotten out of the forest and 7 months since we came to the beach. We are just walking around without anything in mind. The monsters around the canyon are no longer a threat to us¡­actually, it wasn¡¯t a threat even on our first day in the canyon. The monsters here are usually hard shelled ones or flying ones. ¡°Ok, let¡¯s take a break. What do you want to eat? Enral Dasypus or Vanzal Aquila?¡±(Sania) Faeran moved to the eagle with his tail moving like always. Well, I guess an eagle is easier to cook than an armadillo. After eating, Faeran slept on my lap. The sun was still high, and I could clearly see the things around me. We are near a river in the bottom of the canyon and the way to the top of the canyon is behind us. The water was clear and odd looking fishes were swimming there. The river was quite deep since I couldn¡¯t see the bottom despite the clear waters, and there were even fishes as big as a car moving around. I looked at the sky for a bit and closed my eyes to relax. While Faeran was still asleep, I decided to check my stats.
NameSania Pendragon
Age0GenderFemale
Level43Charisma???
HP1395/1395MP487/487
Strength135(+50)Defense168(+35)
Dexterity287Agility255
Magic power128Magic Defence89(+15)
Required exp for the next level39745
PASSIVE SKILLS:
UNRIVALLED BEAUTY - Increases charisma by 100%
UNRIVALLED TALENT - Increases experience gained by 1000%
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - There is no level cap
FAMILIAR CONTRACT(Fenrir) - Increase in lifespan. Awakened magic veins and increased affinity with lightning magic.
ACTIVE SKILLS:
COOK(10)DOTE(10)LIGHTNING BOLT(10)LIGHTNING STORM(6)
SWORD WAVE(5)LIGHTNING FORM(3)LIGHTNING SWORDS(1)
"It''ll take a while before the next level and why is the lightning swords still at level 1? I have been using it for a week now."(Sania) As I opened my mouth, I felt a presence from the top of the canyon. I looked up and saw someone on the edge of the canyon. Since it was the first time seeing a person on this world, I got excited and started running on the steep canyon. Of course I left Faeran and the bag below. When I got up, a number of armored people were pointing spears on a young man at the edge. They got shocked after seeing me and started talking in a language I couldn''t understand. The young man hid behind me and the armored men pointed their spears at me while their bodies were shaking. "...I don''t understand what you''re saying and I don''t know what kind of situation this is, so for now, sleep."(Sania) I discharged lightning currents around me and everyone around fainted. "I guess my first impression isn''t so good."(Sania) _________ Author''s Note: Spoiler : About the battle with the kinsmal ape(alpha), you would notice that the damage exceeded her hp when she was at level 12. Her level raised by 4 so her maximum hp increased a bit before the one sided battle with the kinsmal ape(alpha). Spoiler : Sorry for the sudden time skip. I felt that I had to do it since if I prolonged their training it will look repetitive. There are still a lot of place, a lot of levels, fighting styles before they reach the top so for now, please forgive me for the sudden training arc and time skip. Chapter 5 After the men lost consciousness, I went to the bottom of the canyon, to take Faeran and my bag. I tried to move carefully and not wake up Faeran, as I ran back to the top of the canyon. I used few of the unused materials on my bag to tie them up. Seeing them closely, they had some animal like features. The armored men all had brown scales and a lizard like face. They were all built like a normal soldier would be. The young man was wearing tattered clothes, but still looked good in it. He had fluffy ears which was peaking out of his spiky red hair. His body was filled with lean muscles despite him being young. He looked around 14-16 years old, yet his body was covered in scars. He looked like a typical slave that does hard labor. He probably got the scars from being punished because of his failure as a slave. Since it was almost time for Faeran¡¯s afternoon snack, I searched for a small flying monster and sent a sword wave to its direction.
1240 exp gained
I took out the unnecessary organs and gave them to the other monsters. I went back to the river and cleaned the skin and organs that I would use for the food. I picked a few seasonings from my bag and put the right amount on the meat. After a while, I put the meat on sticks I carve from the branches and cooked them. I left a few meat to be marinated for later use. By the time the food was cooked, Faeran woke up. ¡°Good timing, the food is ready.¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡± Faeran moved closer to the meat and stared at it while waiting for the ¡®ok¡¯ signal. I took one of the meat, took it out from the stick, and put it on Faeran¡¯s bowl. His bowl was created from Alpheous Ursus¡¯ bones so it¡¯s quite sturdy. Actually, most of our things are created from the Alpheous Ursus. Even the pot I use for boiling water is made from its bone. My bag is quite big so it can carry a lot, it¡¯s a rectangular bag with a 2ft length, 4ft wide and 3ft height. I used bones for the sides of the bag to give it a permanent shape, and a two layered handle. Inside it are some of my crafting tools, cooking utensils, seasoning, and clothes. Well, it¡¯s quite heavy if I look at it on human standards, but it¡¯s light to me so it doesn¡¯t really hinder my movements. By the way, an Alpheous Ursus is considered as a raid boss, and it was the strongest monster I have encountered on my stay in this world. It was quite big and I encountered 2 of them on my stay at the forest, so I had a lot of materials for creating my things. These are the stats of my current equipment:
Alpheous Ursus Fur Dress(High) +35 defense +15 magic defense +5% regeneration +5% resistance to all elements +1% resistance to manipulation magic +recovers 0.2% hp based on damage dealt +recovers 0.1% mp based on damage dealt
Alpheous Ursus Bone Blade(High) Durability 67/70(regenerates by 1 per day) +50 strength +20% increase in senses +recovers 0.5% hp based on damage dealt +recovers 0.25% mp based on damage dealt
I don¡¯t know if they are good on this world¡¯s standards, but as of now, these are the best equipments I have ever used. ___ When night came, the young man woke up. He stared at me with fear on his eyes, but I have a counter to that. I have prepared the best food I could make on this canyon and gave it to him. You know what they say, the easiest way to a man¡¯s heart is his stomach. Well, I don¡¯t really plan on making them fall for me, I just want them to see that I¡¯m not their enemy. The young man was cautious, he probably thought I put poison on it. I took the bowl and started eating. The smell started to spread, and he started breathing heavily. I took another serving and ate beside him. Every time I put a spoon on my mouth, I could hear him swallow his saliva. His eyes moved around violently and in the end, he took the bowl from my hands and started eating. There is none that could resist. Everyone is a slave to an old woman¡¯s cooking muahahahaha. After eating the first serving, he looked down and gave the bowl to me. I know that he wanted another serving, but let¡¯s tease him a bit. It¡¯s been a long time since I have played a prank on someone after all. I grabbed the bowl and sat near Faeran, who was sleeping on top of the bag. It didn¡¯t look like I would give him another serving, so he had a slightly dejected face. I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. I could feel him moving closer to me and in a few moments, he was tugging my clothes. His eyes were begging for more food, and looking at it made me feel bad. Ok, let¡¯s stop teasing...I¡¯m starting to feel guilty. I gave him another serving, and he recieved the bowl with a smile on his face. His small fluffy tail started to move around like what Faeran does all the time. After the second serving he asked for another one, then another, and the cycle continued. The food I cooked for 4 people were eaten by one young man...is his stomach linked to some infinite space or something? After eating, he moved away from me. He started looking at me with fear on his eyes again...I just gave you food, is that not enough? If my hypothesis is correct and he really is a slave, then he must have gone through a lot. The armored men looked like they wanted to kill him, and for a child, it¡¯s probably traumatic. I won¡¯t jump to conclusions, but as based on his reaction, there is a high chance that I am right...or I¡¯m just a senile old woman thinking that I know everything. I reached my hand to the child, but he pushed it away. His sharp nails cut my skin a bit and he looked scared upon seeing blood drip from my hands. Actually, if I was a normal human, my hand would have been sent flying from his action. He bowed to me and repeatedly slammed his head to the ground. It¡¯s a good thing that Faeran was sleeping, he would have charred this child if he saw me get hurt. I stopped him by hugging him tightly. He tried to push me away, but the difference in strength rendered his actions useless. I gently stroked his head and sang my grandson¡¯s favorite lullaby. He slowly stopped pushing and instead, he hugged me tightly. He started speaking in a different language and cried. As I held him in my arms, someone suddenly cut my head off...just kidding. Someone did try to cut my head off, but I noticed him a long time ago. When the sword was near my head, it was deflected by one of my lightning swords. I summoned lightning swords around the man and the other 2 who were about to attack me. I released an intimidating pressure to make them stop their movements. ¡°If you just stayed quiet, then I could have tried to listen or know about your side of the story. This child might have been acting and all of my speculations could have been wrong, but the thing you did, just proved that you guys are the ones at fault¡±(Sania) I didn¡¯t move from the spot, I didn¡¯t kill them...I hesitated a bit since I didn¡¯t want to kill a person, but there was another reason why I didn¡¯t act. My pressure was canceled by a stronger pressure, a pressure that came from someone on top of my bag. ¡°ROAAAAAAAAR¡±(Faeran) My cute little Faeran turned into a colossal 20ft lightning wolf. His body was made out of blue lightning and his horn was emitting black light. The dark sky turned red and sparks could be seen moving around the sky. The ground started to vibrate as Faeran gathered force on his mouth. The men couldn¡¯t breath from the pressure that Faeran was emitting, in fact, they were already dying just from the pressure. They started to bleed and their body slowly ruptured, but before they died, Faeran released a lightning attack from his mouth. Everything in front of Faeran vanished, the orange ground of the canyon turned dark. The sound from his attack was enough to destroy a person¡¯s ear drum, and would have killed the child in my hands. Luckily, I covered my body with my own pressure to cancel Faeran¡¯s pressure and I also sent a few lightning waves to distort the sound before it reached us.
0 exp gained 0 exp gained 0 exp gained
That¡¯s odd, this is the first time I see 0 exp. Is it because we are not allowed to get exp from people? Ah, never mind, if I don¡¯t get exp from people, then I really don¡¯t have a reason to kill them...unless they do something to make me snap. Faeran released his lightning form and ran to me. He sniffed the arm that got cut but the young man¡¯s nails and started licking it...good, looks like he thought it was those men that did it. The young man didn¡¯t care about what¡¯s happening and continued to cry on my arms. He cried and cried, until he lost consciousness. It was still night and I had nothing else to do, so I slept beside the young man and Faeran slept between us...somehow, it feels like sleeping with a family. Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. ___ When I woke up, the other 2 were still sleeping. I searched around the vicinity for food, but in the end, I had to kill another flying type monster. When I got back, Faeran was running around in circles while the young man was crying. After seeing me, the young man ran and hugged me. Faeran got a bit jealous, so he jumped to the top of my head. The young man looked up and said something...well I was just a bit taller so it wasn¡¯t exactly looking up. Even though I didn¡¯t know the words, I knew what he wanted to say. I gently stroked his head and smiled. ¡°It¡¯s ok, I won¡¯t leave you.¡±(Sania) He didn¡¯t understand the words, but he knew what my answer was. It seemed like a burden was lifted from his heart, and for the first time since we met, he smiled. ___ After eating, we started traveling again. Faeran was on top of my head while wildly moving his tail, and the young man was holding my arms while wagging his tail. It¡¯s like I adopted a high school kid... Well, at least there is someone I could make clothes for. Although the canyon is quite empty, so the only thing I could use for making clothes are the skin of the flying monsters. It took quite awhile but I finally got his name. I had to make gestures like pointing at my self and saying my name to make him understand. His name was Astra Elois Cryslia, quite a royal sounding name, but it¡¯s probably normal for this world...I¡¯m not sure. Anyways, after eating lunch, Astra and Faeran slept together...they are getting along quite well, I thought Faeran be angry that there is someone else with us. I killed a monster and created clothes for Astra. By the time they woke up, I have finished creating a set of clothes for Astra. When I gave him the clothes, he looked happy. He quickly stripped down and wore the new clothes. The sudden events made me turn my head around. Even if he was young, it was still a man¡¯s body. I am just a few centimeters taller than him, so if you think about it, his body is already developed. Astra tugged my clothes and as I looked back, I saw him wearing the clothes wrong...I had to help him fix it. The clothes were a bit big so I had to modify it a bit and by the end of the day, Astra was wearing new clothes. ___ Our traveling pace changed a bit, but I could say it change for the better. Having more people really makes everything livelier. Although there was one thing disturbing me. As Astra¡¯s wound healed, he got stronger and stronger. Before, he looked like he will get killed by the armored men, yet he is at the same strength as Faeran without the lightning form... Not only is he getting stronger, he is even aging faster. A few days ago he looked like a young man at the age of 16, yet now he looked like a man on his early 20s. It¡¯s quite awkward for someone taller to stick close to me, it probably looks like we are a couple or something. There are a lot of questions on my head, but seeing his childish smile was enough to make me forget it. Right now he is holding my hands and waving it around. He seems really happy walking around with me, and it doesn¡¯t seem like he has any hidden motive, but it¡¯s a bit awkward to be holding a grown man¡¯s hand. The change in pacing was slightly affecting my judgement, but it was not like anything bad will happen. Just for now, until he forgets about his past...I¡¯ll act as his mother... We continued walking, and a week after meeting Astra, we entered a grassy plain. We could see a village from a far, so we decided to go there. ___ The monsters in the plain were a lot weaker. The strongest I could see is at the level of a monster that I could defeat at level 20. Well, the type of monsters I have met got weaker and weaker as we moved away from the forest. The plains were filled with blue grass...as always. As we go closer to the village, I started to feel something bad. The village was a bit old when we look at it from a far, but the thing is that there was not a single soul there...or are they just all hiding in their houses? When we entered the village, it was certain. The village was abandoned, and there were a lot of old bones there. Astra held my hand and started shaking. He was felt something odd in the village. Faeran on the other hand was calm. Since I was a bit curious, I started checking the houses. The inside was filled with dust, and you could see spider webs on the ceiling...so there are also spiders on this world. I also entered every room. ¡°Sorry for the intrusion.¡±(Sania) I only looked at the portraits, and they all had animal features like Astra. As I looked around, I saw more bones and a few documents, which I couldn¡¯t read. I went from house to house, since I felt that I have to find something...wait, when did I get curious about this village? Since, Faeran and Astra was there, the gloomy vibe of the village didn¡¯t affect me. After a while, only the one at the center was left. I felt that the thing I was looking for is on that building. I¡¯m quite odd today, my flow of thoughts are a bit of a mess... As I moved closer to the house, the sky darkened, even though it was still noon. My heart started pounding heavily, it felt like there was something really wrong about me being here. I changed my mind and started heading out of the village...but I noticed I was alone. Where is Faeran? Where is Astra? When did we separate? I started running around the village, but there wasn¡¯t any signs of them. I tried moving out of the village, but I kept being sent back. I can walk out, but before I notice it, I am back to the village. There was no longer any light, except for my own lightning magic. The place was starting to get more and more scary, but I had to continue searching. I have circled around the village but they were not there...no, there¡¯s still the house in the middle of the village. If you think about it, that is the last place where I saw them, why didn¡¯t I think of that? I ran to the house, but the door was locked...it was already abandoned so I kicked the door open. I moved around but all I could see was an old abandoned house, and a few portrait in the walls. My body told me to search for something, yet I don¡¯t even know what I¡¯m looking for...I don¡¯t even understand my own thoughts anymore. I continued looking around, but I suddenly felt like I had to move something, it felt like I¡¯ll find something. I looked at every places in the house, but in the end, I couldn¡¯t find anything. When I walked out of the house, just like before, I was sent back. I ran and ran, but I always got sent back to the house. I tried destroying everything around me, yet I couldn¡¯t even scratch an old worn out wood...there is really something wrong. I aimlessly moved around the house, I no longer know what to do, I don¡¯t even know why I¡¯m here. Why did I even come here? Where was I before? What was I looking for again?...who am I? *crack* The floor suddenly collapsed. It was quite a long fall, and before I noticed it, I was already unconscious. ___ ¡°Mother, why did you leave me?¡±(?) Who¡¯s that? ¡°You told me you loved me.¡±(?) Who are you? ¡°You liar¡±(?) Wait, tell me what¡¯s going on. ¡°You betrayed me, you betrayed our people, you made the kingdom fall.¡±(?) I don¡¯t understand. ¡°But it¡¯s ok now, since you can ask for forgiveness. Everyone is waiting for you, and they will accept you again if you apologize.¡±(?) I...I don¡¯t know... ¡°Here, grab my hand, I¡¯ll lead you to the others.¡±(?) I couldn¡¯t see anything, I couldn¡¯t feel anything, yet I wanted to hold his hand...who¡¯s his mother? Who am I? ¡°NUUUUUUUUU¡±(Faeran) The darkness faded, and right before me, a colossal wolf appeared. Its body was made out of lightning, yet blood was flowing out of its body.
WARNING: ??? ???: Astra Elois Crysalia Location: ??? Recommended Level(Party): ??? Recommended Level(Solo): ???
_________ Author¡¯s Notes: Spoiler : This is supposed to be a confusing chapter. When did it all start? Was it when they got to the grassy plain? Was it when she met Astra? When? Someone tell me what¡¯s happening! Chapter 6 After seeing the injured wolf in front of me, my memories slowly came back. I moved closer and looked at his wound, but I sensed someone moving closer. I drew my sword and blocked the attack. When I looked at the one who attacked me, I saw Astra, and his body was covered in black mist. He looked around 25-30, and was using a gray colored katana. I pushed him back and sent a few lightning swords to his body, but it was eaten by the mist. ¡°Faeran, are you ok?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) He released his lightning form and collapsed. There was a cut on his side and blood was flowing out of his body. I couldn¡¯t run to him since Astra blocked my path. I cut one of his arms off, but he was able to cut one of mine too.
Received 387 damage from Astra
It didn¡¯t seem like he felt anything and attacked me again. I deflected his attacks and kicked him on the shin, which broke and slowed down his movements. I used the opportunity to cut his remaining arm off and kicked him away from me. I don¡¯t know what happened, but I am sure that Astra is now an enemy. I¡¯m hesitating a bit and I want to ask some questions, but Faeran and my life comes first. I¡¯m not soft enough to let someone trying to kill me get off. Although we did stay with each other a bit, hurting Faeran to that extent is something that I won¡¯t forgive. I took a piece from my clothes and covered Faeran¡¯s wound with it. After making sure his wounds were temporarily sealed, I looked back to the man that once traveled with us. He was already running to me when I looked around. He didn¡¯t have any arms to hold the katana, so he left it on the floor and just ran to me without a proper plan. Without any arms or weapon, I easily beheaded him. The head rolled to the ground, but instead of blood, smoke came out from his body.
0 exp gained
I was shaken by my own actions. Everything was a mess, I don¡¯t know what¡¯s happening¡­but I had to protect Faeran. I grabbed Faeran and started moving, inside the dark path. It looked like we were inside a cave, and the only light we could use was my lightning magic. Since I fell downwards, I thought there would be a hole above me, but all I could see was a dark ceiling. The whole cave was covered in thin mist, and I felt something wrong so I was alert the whole time. My arm started to regenerate after the battle, it seems that the regeneration only starts whenever I am not at combat, so I can¡¯t rely on it during battles. This is the first time Faeran got hurt badly, but what I don¡¯t understand is¡­why is he not healing? My regeneration ability comes from our contract right? Why is his wound not closing when I already regenerated a lost limb? I suddenly felt a chill on my back and in a few moments, I felt a person running to me. As I turned back, I saw Astra with a katana on his hands. Mother don¡¯t leave me I was quite sure that the voice inside my head came from him, but how can I understand it when we have different languages? I left Faeran on the ground and welcomed Astra with a sword wave. He easily dodged them, but I already entered my lightning form. The difference in strength, lead to an easy victory. I cut his body to pieces and observed him for a while. He was supposed to be dead earlier, so how was he able to catch up with a fully healed body?
0 exp gained
Red light appeared from the ceiling and entered one of Astra¡¯s body part. His body lost form and became smoke. The smoke gathered around and dispersed, leaving a fully healed Astra in the middle. Without any delay, he took his weapon and ran after me again. Mother, why did you reject father? Why did you reject me? Why did you reject our race? Why did you destroy the kingdom? Just like before, I was too strong. It was a one sided battle, but I was starting to get tired.
0 exp gained
Another light appeared and I tried to stop it, but nothing I did could prevent Astra from reviving. It was obvious at this point that this cycle will continue. I was confused at first since Faeran wouldn¡¯t lose to someone at this level if he was in his lightning form, but if the enemy kept reviving, then Faeran¡¯s strength would deplete and lose at some point. I killed Astra again and grabbed Faeran. If I couldn¡¯t win, then I¡¯ll just run away¡­but I couldn¡¯t. Just like in the village, I kept returning to the place where Astra was. The cave probably loops after I ran a certain amount of distance, so I will only end up in the same place no matter how much I run. I had to kill, and kill, and kill¡­ ___ What¡¯s happening? When did this happen? Why did this happen? I kept asking myself as I repeatedly killed Astra. At this point, I have gotten used to killing someone that looked like a human. I was getting tired from the endless battle, and I could feel sadness and despair building up on my heart. Faeran was in a bad condition, but we couldn¡¯t get out. I still couldn¡¯t fully understand what is happening. Did everything start when I met him, it does explain the 0 exp from the armored men. So, does that mean those were all a part of his plan? He planned to drag all of us here from the start? What about the times we spent together? That one week isn¡¯t a long time, but I started to get attached to him¡­He was a bit creepy at times, his growth was odd, but his smile was pure. Are you saying it was all a lie? I was just playing around his palm the whole time?
0 exp gained
I was already at a bad state. I was clearly stronger at first, but the endless battle tired me out. As the battle continued, I got weaker and weaker. I ran from time to time to regenerate, but the stress piled up. Why mother? Why? This is probably the last battle I could fight, I¡¯ll die shortly after he regenerates¡­this is how it will all ends. Faeran, sorry I couldn¡¯t protect you and thank you for trying to protect me. Just like the time with the kinsmal ape, time slowed down. My body was numb, but I continued moving. We were fighting at equal strength now¡­no, he was already stronger than me. Only my instincts are making my body move right now. Despite the disadvantage, I was able to push away his sword. I moved my body one last time, and waved my sword to his neck¡­but I lost consciousness. ___ When I woke up, I was in a dark isolated place. I couldn¡¯t see anything, I couldn¡¯t feel anything, but I could hear someone crying. I don¡¯t know if I was moving my legs, but I wanted to go to where the sound came from. The sound got louder and louder, so I was probably walking. I couldn¡¯t feel anything, but at some point, I felt that the one crying is right beside me. ¡°Why are you crying?¡±(Sania) At this point, I¡¯m probably at the afterlife¡­or a place before I get my memories erased. Compared to my past life, I have a few regrets on this world¡­but it is all over now. The least I can do is to stop a child from crying, before I completely forget about myself. ¡°M-mother betrayed me.¡±(?) ¡°¡­tell me your story, maybe I can help you.¡±(Sania) ___ The child I was talking to was actually Astra. He was the first prince of the Natria Kingdom, a kingdom for the Exelia race, a race with a mix of human and animal features. Their country was peaceful, they didn¡¯t have any enemies, in fact, they were allied with the kingdoms around them. Astra was raised to be the next king and did his best to become one who could govern and protect his people. He studied in different fields, but excelled the most in combat. He was smart, but his real forte was fighting. The people loved him as he loved them. He continued his studies for the sole reason of making their kingdom prosper. All that he wished for was to see his people smile. On a certain day, the kingdoms around them declared war. It was their kingdom against 3 other kingdoms of different races. There was no clear reason as to why the war even started, until the king died. A year after the war, the king was killed by his own parter¡­Estalia Elois Crysalia, the queen, and Astra¡¯s mother. News spread that the king was assassinated by the enemy, but he knew it was his mother who killed his father. There were also a few that knew it, but the queen ordered them to be killed for treason. His mother persuaded him to join her cause and become the next king, with her as the queen. Astra acted a bit and got information from his mother. Estalia wanted to unite the world, she wanted to create one big country, with her as the leader. She secretly got the cooperation of the other kingdoms. It was a peaceful solution to ask the leaders of each kingdom for cooperation, but Estalia¡¯s plans were a bit different. If a kingdom didn¡¯t want to join, then the whole coalition will attack and conquer them. The king didn¡¯t want to start a war, so he persuaded his wife¡­but got killed in the process. Hearing his mother¡¯s words made him realize something. The one in front of him was different from the one he knew before. The mother in front of him right now will bring ruin to the kingdom and as the next heir, it was his duty to protect his people. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. He cooperated, but tried to secretly stop his mother¡¯s plan. Along the way, he was able to meet a few people with the same ideals as him and soon, created the Alzan Forces. Astra asked his mother¡¯s permission to create a village near the canyon. His mother didn¡¯t ask anything and simply gave him the right to do so. Thus, the Alzan village was created. It was a place where his forces slowly gathered strength. The years continued and they successfully conquered the continent. Despite the bad start, the queen actually helped the continent prosper. There was no point in stopping his mother when his people were living a good life¡­there was no reason to protect someone when there is no threat. Seeing the change in his mother, he erased the thought of rebelling. Instead, he tried his best to give the people a better life. The Alzan village no longer had a reason, but they were presented a chance to live a peaceful life. One day, when he visited the village, it was abandoned¡­no, everyone was killed. There were still fresh corpses so it happened not too long ago. When he heard voices, he ran. The thing he saw was something he did not expect. A group of armored men were killing the citizens, and they had the emblem of the queen with them. Males were killed and females became a plaything for the soldiers, he ordered them to stop, but he was cut in the process. The soldiers started attacking him, but he didn¡¯t know the reason why it¡¯s happening. He fought back to protect his own life, but he was outnumbered. At his final moment, one of the soldier told him something. ¡®Your mother ordered us to kill you. With your death, the continent will be under the queen¡¯s rule. I can¡¯t wait for the reward the queen will give us hahahahaha.¡¯(Soldier) ___ It has been a hundred thousand years since then, and he couldn¡¯t rest until he was sure that his people were safe. His soul could only move a few kilometers away from the village, so it was impossible to check. The only thing he could do, was lure people to the village and kill them, to erase the possibility of a threat. He killed and killed so that no harm will reach his people. It didn¡¯t matter if the people were good or bad, as long as there was one less threat for his kingdom. It was only a few hundred years when he learned that the kingdom was no more. A few bandits were walking to the canyon, so he lured them to the village. The bandits somehow told him what he wanted to know¡­the Natria kingdom fell a long time ago, because of the queen that tried to conquer more land. In a few years, the kingdom prospered, but changed drastically when the prince died. The queen¡¯s rule was centered on herself and herself alone. She made people worship her, she made people work for her and she experimented on people to prolong her life. Her tyranny lasted for a few decades, but was defeated when the whole continent united and rebelled against her. Astra, who was doing his best even after death, no longer had a reason to continue. He no longer needed to protect, when there was nothing to protect. He could finally rest, but he couldn¡¯t. He felt empty, all of his efforts were for naught. All he could do was continue killing until the pain of his soul fades. I was only one of the people that ventured near the village. If what he said is true, then he has been alone for a long time. But he killed me and probably Faeran too, so I can¡¯t really sympathize. But Since I¡¯m gonna forget everything anyway, might as well help someone move on...Isn¡¯t my personality a bit loose now? And why can I understand his words? ¡°Astra, you have done enough. You don¡¯t have to suffer anymore.¡±(Sania) ¡°No, it¡¯s not enough, I have to kill more, I have t¡­¡±(Astra) I imagined hugging him and patting his head. Just like before, I sang a lullaby. I don¡¯t know how much time passed in this world of darkness, but I continued to sing. Light slowly appeared around and I could see a child at the age of 14-16 crying. As I sang, more and more could be seen around. We were not in a cave like I was expecting, in fact, we were at an open field. At first it was empty, but life slowly sprouted from the ground. Trees, plants, and grass appeared around us. ¡°You should rest now, you¡¯ll only be hurting yourself if you continue.¡±(Sania) ¡°But¡±(Astra) ¡°Look, I¡¯ll go there with you, so you won¡¯t be alone.¡±(Sania) ¡°Bu-¡±(Astra) ¡°No buts. A man can¡¯t continue crying for a hundred thousand years.¡±(Sania) ¡°B-¡°(Astra) I moved both of my hands on his face and pulled it closer to mine. Our foreheads touched and I looked him in the eye. ¡°You don¡¯t have to continue this anymore, so rest.¡±(Sania) He cried after that and I stayed with him until he calmed down¡­I mean, I don¡¯t really have a place to go now that I¡¯m dead. Sigh¡­I wonder where Faeran is? Maybe he is still alive and got out since I can¡¯t see him around here. If he is alive, then that¡¯s good. The sun didn¡¯t set, but I was sure quite a long time passed already. About a few days, or even a week. Astra tugged my clothes one last time, and asked me. ¡°Can I call you mother?¡±(Astra) ¡°Sure¡±(Sania) Astra wiped his tears away and faced me. He closed his eyes for a bit before smiling at me. As he opened his mouth, his body started to fade. ¡°Thank you, mother.¡±(Astra) Before he completely disappeared, I patted his head and replied with a smile. With that, it¡¯s my time to be reborn without my memories. Of course I was scared, but I knew there was nothing I could do, so I just accepted my fate. ___ Surprisingly, when I opened my eyes, I was back to the dark cave. My body was moving to Astra and as it is now, my victory was certain¡­was it all just a dream? Right before my sword connected to his neck, all the mist vanished and I could see him smile. ¡°Thank you¡±(Astra) I was able to kill him and this time, no light appeared to revive him. The place started to collapse, and due to stress, I fainted.
7500 exp gained
GHOST VILLAGE(ALZAN) CLEARED DUNGEON RANK: **** ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS: Defeated Astra without holy magic: 250000 exp Defeated Astra with 12 or less people: 150000 exp Helped Astra move on: 100000 exp
Level raised by 9
___ When I opened my eyes, I was in the middle of the plain. Faeran was there, but he was still injured. I looked around but the village was nowhere to be seen and beside me, there was the katana that Astra used. Luckily, it looks like my bag was in one piece. I used a clean cloth to cover Faeran¡¯s wound and started running to find a lake; to wash his body. I was carrying Faeran, Astra¡¯s katana and my bag.
Azaroth(Myth) Durability 150/150(regenerates by 3 per day) +50% strength +25% magic attack +10% dexterity +10% agility +5% defense +5% magic defense +10% resistance to all types of magic +recovers 5% hp based on damage dealt +recovers 2.5% mp based on damage dealt
Faeran woke up a few days after that. He was in a really bad shape, but with me taking care of him, he slowly recovered. By this time, all the monsters around were at a level where a level 15 person could survive¡­or at least a level 15 me can. I believe that the difficulty of the monsters will drop as I go further. I get the feeling that I¡¯ll see people on a place with weak monsters¡­or should I call them animals? I just hope that instead of ghosts, a real person shows up this time. A week after the events at the plain, Faeran recovered completely. He is now wagging his tail as he walks beside me. ¡°It¡¯s almost time for lunch. What do you want to eat?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡± Faeran jumped to my shoulder and pointed his small fluffy paws at an animal. _________ Author¡¯s Note: Spoiler : I left a lot of things unanswered as it is about ghost. I felt that I had to leave some mystery like, how did the house not fall when she attacked? Where was the cave located? How did she meet 2 Astras?(one in the dream and one in the cave) Where did Astra get Azaroth? Why was there a high leveled dungeon in the middle of a field for level 20 people? And a lot more that she won¡¯t encounter unless another ghost type enemy appears. Just hope that she has holy type magic by then¡­or not, to get higher rewards. For other information such as her regenerative abilities or other things about her, it would naturally show itself in the future. It probably looked to easy, but she just did the right thing at the right place and at the right time. I could have just gone past her training arc, but I felt like I had to add more. I had to show what she had to go through to become strong. The thing is, instead of repeated grinding, I showed a sudden life and death situation via high level dungeon. Well, she is growing too fast because of her passive. Chapter 7 We are still at the plain, and it is quite awkward to be around monsters that I could deal with even if I¡¯m at level 10. It has been a month after the events in the ghost village, and we have ventured quite far already. Right now I¡¯m preparing something grand. It¡¯s a special day after all. I check Faeran¡¯s stat everyday to know a certain information.
NameFaeran
Age1GenderMale
Level36RaceFenrir
HP747/747MP1445/1445
Strength67Defense79
Dexterity104Agility132
Magic power268Magic Defence197
That¡¯s right, today is his first birthday. Mine is probably 2 or 3 months away. I made a few toys for Faeran to redirect his attention. I am now cooking the best food I have ever made on this world. With all the knowledge I have, I promise to make the best for him! Of course...the toys weren¡¯t enough to make him busy. It¡¯s not that he didn¡¯t like the toy, he wanted to be with me instead of playing alone. His cuteness gave me a small heart attack, but I really need to make this a surprise. I need to keep him busy for a while. I looked him in the eye and said something with a serious expression. ¡°This is the first order I will give you. This is an important task, and I want you to do as I said even if you die in the process.¡±(Sania) The serious vibe made Faeran¡¯s eye burn with passion. This was the first order he will receive and he is all fired up to do it. ¡°Good, I like the look on your eyes.¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡± Faeran sat in front of me with a straight posture. ¡°I¡¯ll go away for awhile, so I want you to stay near my bag and guard it. No matter what happens, I want you to prioritize the bag, ok?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡± Faeran lowered his head before entering his lightning form. H...he didn¡¯t have to do that. Well, I guess it¡¯s fine as long as he is busy. Faeran sat near my bag and released an intimidating pressure around, which made every life around to run away...I think it¡¯s a bit too much, but what¡¯s done is done. I need to finish preparing my surprise. ___ I moved to a faraway place and started cooking. I would go back to check on Faeran from time to time and he was still in his lightning form...if this keeps up, he will faint sooner or later. While the food was being prepared, I started thinking of a new toy for Faeran. It should be something sturdy, something we could play....since he probably wants both of us to play. Hmm a rope is overused? Frisbee? No, I need a new concept. For the food, I have prepared a soup with chopped meat so that Faeran could enjoy them with his small jaws. I also grilled some meat after marinating it with the best combination possible. Since Faeran likes sweet stuff, I needed something sweet but not too sweet; need to make sure he is healthy. For desert...no, I don¡¯t have the needed ingredients. After 30 minutes, the meat was ready. The soup still needed 10 more minutes, so I used the time to think of a gift. What does he like?...he would probably like it even if its just dirt as long as it came from me. Should I go with the old school Frisbee after all? W-what about. I created something and an hour after making Faeran guard the bag, I returned. I left a few of my utensils behind but I doubt anyone would take them so I¡¯ll get it later. Just the smell from the food made Faeran sharply turn his head to me. It seems like he wanted to jump on the food anytime, but was forcing himself not to and continued guarding the bag. He looked really eager, but my order was keeping him on his place. I placed the food near him, but far enough so that he couldn¡¯t reach it. I went to my bag, took out his bowl and gave him a serving of the soup. ¡°It¡¯s ok, you don¡¯t have to follow the order anymore, you can eat.¡±(Sania) Faeran released his lightning form and slammed his whole head to the bowl. He started eating the food like a wild beast, and his face was covered with soup. ¡°Pft...Happy birthday Faeran¡±(Sania) He probably doesn¡¯t know the concept of a birthday, but he is happy just by being given food by his beloved mother. ___ After eating, I had to wipe him since he aggressively ate the food and covered himself with it. Good thing there was a lake nearby. After cleaning him, I made him sleep on top of my bag. I went back to my utensils and cleaned them on the lake. When I got back to Faeran, he was still sleeping, so I just sat an the ground and watched his sleeping face. A peaceful day like this is really relaxing, especially when I have Faeran with me. I hope he likes my gift. I watched as the 1ft tall grass sway to the side because of the cold and relaxing air. There were small animals peeking from the grass and some were peacefully running around. It was a nice relaxing day all together. When afternoon came, Faeran woke up. I presented to him a small pillow with my face sewn on the front. It was easy to create the clothes but it was hard to sew a figure on something using only a large needle made from a bone and threads from the animals around us. Anyways, I created a pillow since most of his time is spent sleeping instead of playing. He didn¡¯t know what it¡¯s for so I had to show him how it¡¯s used. He curled around the pillow and poked the face on it. In a matter of minutes, he started sleeping again. ¡°Success, he likes it.¡±(Sania) It was still a few hours before dinner, so I slept near him. The day went by and I am confident to say that Faeran enjoyed what happened today. ___ We ventured again, and a week after Faeran¡¯s birthday, I saw man in his early 20s running away from an animal. It was a 4ft tall lizard which had green scales. The man looked like pitiful so I sent a sword wave to the lizard.
800 exp gained
He continued running after I killed it, he can¡¯t even sense that I already killed the lizard? Ah, his eyes are even closed... I jumped in front of the man to make him stop. When he saw me, he started yelling and pushed me away...I couldn¡¯t even feel a thing. Is this guy even trying? Anyways, I held his head and make him look back. I pointed at the lizard which was now cut in half. He released a sigh and sat on the floor. He had a short blue hair and fluffy rabbit ears. His eyes were covered by his bang so I couldn¡¯t see it and his body was a bit built. You can say he is athletic, but that¡¯s all. He didn¡¯t have the solid lean build like Eugune, or am I just putting my standards a bit too high? Anyways, he was wearing a white shirt with metal plates on the chest and shoulder. His brown pants had metal pads on the knees. Hmm? He also had a sword behind his back. As I observed him, he also observe me. His eye widened after seeing the dress and his jaw dropped after seeing the 2 swords on my back. He lowered his head and started speaking. I didn¡¯t understand a thing, but based on his tone and movements, it was words of gratitude. He also gave me a few brown colored coins
8 bronze coins obtained
After 9-10 months, I have finally gotten this world¡¯s currency. As I observed the carvings on the coin I heard something. *growl* A monster? When I looked, it was just the man¡¯s stomach making the sound. He started waving his hand like he was denying something. The wind pushed his bangs to the side, and clear blue eyes were looking straight to me. In contrast to his eyes, his cheeks were dyed in red from embarrassment. Since it was also time for lunch, I killed a few animals and cooked them. The man just stared at me as I cooked the food; he seems to be amazed by something. I had 3 more spare bowls for this kind of situation so I gave one to him and gave him food. The moment the food entered his mouth, his tail moved a bit...I didn¡¯t see it, I just sensed the movements around me. It seems he wanted another serving, but held back. He probably felt that it was too much to ask a stranger, but I did cook more than normal in any case he wants more, so I grabbed his bowl and gave him another serving. He was surprised by my actions, but stayed quiet and just accepted the bowl. When we finished eating, the man¡¯s stomach was full from a total of 5 servings...does he have an infinite space on his stomach? Here comes the hard part, how do I talk to him? I doubt we would understand each other, so how? ¡°Um, can you understand my words?¡±(Sania) There was a big question mark on the man¡¯s face; I get it, it¡¯s impossible. ¡°This will be hard...¡±(Sania) The man noticed my slightly irritated expression and grabbed my hand. I didn¡¯t do anything since I couldn¡¯t sense any hostility coming from him. He linked our little finger and after that, I heard a voice on my head. ¡°C...could you hear me?¡±(?) W...what? ¡°D-don¡¯t worry, It¡¯s just me.¡±(?) Well, the voice in my head did match the voice of the man in front of me when he was yelling earlier. So I got a gist on who it is, but I might be wrong, so I asked. Are you the man in front of me? ¡°A-ah, yes.¡±(Man) I see, so how does this work? It seems convenient, can you teach me? ¡°This is a higher level telepathy magic. Telepathy only sends the exact message that you sent, but this spell automatically rearranges the message in a way that both of us could understand each other despite having different language.¡±(Man) Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. Hmm, sound like a complicated magic. You¡¯re probably a high class magic user. ¡°N-no, I¡¯m average. A-actually, this is the only spell I¡¯m good at, so I was kicked out from the academy and had to try my luck on being an mercenary...but as you can see, I am also not fit for it.¡±(Man) He looked down and made a complicated expression. He didn¡¯t know if he wanted to feel sad or angry. You seem a bit discourage, then let me ask you, can the other people use the same magic as you? ¡°N-no, but it¡¯s not really a combat magic, so it¡¯s useless.¡±(Man) What do you mean useless? If you didn¡¯t have this magic then we wouldn¡¯t even understand each other. Have more confidence, just because you are different doesn¡¯t mean you are useless, at least you don¡¯t look useless to me. ¡°T-thank you¡±(Man) I¡¯m not praising you, I¡¯m just stating a solid fact. Your magic is helpful to me and that¡¯s that, so stop being depressed and have more confidence. ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) Faeran jumped to the man¡¯s shoulder and patted his cheeks. So he also cheers other people. That¡¯s my Faeran, what a good child. ¡°Faeran?¡±(Man) That cute little creature on your shoulder is my familiar, his name is Faeran. ¡°FAMILIAR? YOU¡¯RE A BEAST TAMER? DID YOU UNDERGO A CONTRACT?¡±(Man) Yes, we did go through a contract. You seem surprised, is it rare to see someone with a familiar? ¡°Y-yes, most of the monsters on this world aren¡¯t friendly and only weak ones can be made into a pet...but only a pet, not a familiar. Seeing your familiar; it¡¯s not battle oriented, so it can be mistaken for a pet, but if you did undergo a contract then you are considered a beast tamer, one who has full control over their familiar.¡±(Man) I see, so what¡¯s so surprising about them? I mean, my familiar is not battle oriented so I don¡¯t see why you have to react that much. ¡°Only a few individuals can survive a contract. Most of them die from it so only a few dared to try getting a familiar. The thing is, if you can survive contract, it means you have the capacity to tame stronger ones. Imagine taming a Kuran Belkan, you could conquer a city without raising a finger. You could even try your luck and tame deity class monsters. With such a powerful monster on your side, ruling the world is no longer a dream...although they are just from stories in a book and doesn¡¯t really exist.¡±(Man) I see, rule the world huh? I wonder if I could ever see a deity class monster outside of a book. I looked at Faeran, and giggled from my own sarcasm. ¡°As of now there are only 2 known beast tamer on this continent, there might be some hiding, but I am completely sure that the number of beast tamer around the world won¡¯t exceed 10. Each of them are a force to be feared and it is never a good idea to fight them. Imagine angering a single beast tamer only to see a thousand monsters flying around the city destroying everything in sight.¡±(Man) Sound a bit scary. ¡°Also, a beast tamer can only get a familiar weaker than him/her. A monster would never obey a master weaker than it. A beast master¡¯s strength is him and all his familiars combined, so if you can¡¯t defeat a monster, just tame weaker ones and increase your force before challenging a stronger one.¡±(Man) You seem to know a lot, is this a common knowledge? ¡°I have been gathering information since that is the only thing I¡¯m good at aside from my telepathy magic.¡±(Man) Faeran jumped on top of my head and stared at the man in front of me. Anyways, is there a village around? I¡¯ve been traveling for awhile and I really want to rest in a village. ¡°There is, but not a village. The Zealon City is a few days travel from here.¡±(Man) I see, could you show us the way? ¡°O-ok¡±(Man) By the way, I¡¯m Sania Pendragon. ¡°I¡¯m Zell, Zell Superbia.¡±(Zell) ___ Since I helped Zell earlier, he said that he wanted to be useful to me. He asked me if there was anything that I needed, so I told him I wanted to learn his language. Based on our conversation earlier, only a few if not, only he can use this level of telepathy, so this is the best opportunity to learn the language. The thing is, it is easy to learn how to write if his skill is active. After I have a solid foundation, he will cancel his skill and teach me how to read what I have written. Well, we didn¡¯t have the materials to write, so we have to buy them at the city. Anyways, it¡¯s still afternoon, so we are walking to the direction of the city. There is one thing bothering me, isn¡¯t he trusting us too easily? I grabbed his arm and asked him directly. You should be a bit cautious of strangers, what if I was actually a bad person? ¡°That would never happen, I¡¯m sure of it.¡±(Zell) It seems like you are confident in your answer, could you perhaps enlighten me. ¡°First, there is no point even if I am cautious. You are too strong, if you felt like it, you can kill me anytime. Second, I have the ability to access if people can be trusted or not. Third, the fact that you are warning me about it now is a proof that you can be trusted. You would have acted the same since me trusting you would be a great asset if you were really scheming something.¡±(Zell) Your speculations may be right but maybe wrong for different situations. What if I¡¯m just acting? ¡°Last reason, I just felt like I wanted to trust you. It¡¯s that simple. I want to trust you so I trust you.¡±(Zell) That¡¯s a bit... ¡°I don¡¯t care if you betray me, I will simply do my best to help you. If my ability and knowledge could be useful to others then I don¡¯t care what happens to me.¡±(Zell) So it¡¯s that after all. ¡°O-ok, so do you have anything in mind? What place do you want to visit first after we get to the city?¡±(Zell) A place where we could buy paper and a pen. ¡°N-no, after that, maybe the stores? Tavern? Theater? It¡¯ll be my treat.¡±(Zell) This is bad, with his way of speaking...is he perhaps. Do you like me? ¡°N-no i-its not that, I just want to show my appreciation for helping me earlier.¡± Zell looked down and stretched his hands in front of me like he was blocking my view. No, I¡¯m over thinking things. There is no such thing as love at first sight. Love is something that develops slowly. He¡¯s probably just happy that I praised his abilities. Sorry, just forget what I said earlier. I don¡¯t know why I even asked that. ¡°I-it¡¯s ok¡±(Zell) ¡°Nuu¡± Faeran felt something, and so did I. A group of people were moving to our location, and based on what I can sense, they are all from the exelia race. We tried to avoid them, but it seems that we are their target. I don¡¯t remember making an enemy out of anyone so why? Since Zell was with us, we couldn¡¯t run away. I had my bag on one hand and swords on my back, so I can¡¯t carry Zell. When they got closer, I could see 4 people wearing different types of clothes. One wore an armor, a shield on his left arm and had a sword on his back. One wore a light vest and there was a bow and a stack of different colored arrows on his back. One was wearing a long robe and she was holding a spherical object on her hand. The last one was a female with light clothes...on her hands was a large handle connected to a gigantic blade that¡¯s bigger than her own body. Well, they didn¡¯t seem like they were there to fight. When Zell saw the group, words came out from his mouth. ¡°F-Felicia Zaran¡±(Zell) _________ Author''s Note: Spoiler : This chapter was planned a long time ago, so it came out quickly. Another reason is to make up for not releasing a chapter on the 18th of January. Some may think that Zell fell too fast, but it''s not love yet, he simply like Sania for her cooking, encouragement, strength and the fact that she saved him. His feeling might develop into love or stay the same. It depends on the future events. Chapter 8 My finger was entangled with Zell¡¯s finger to activate his spell. Do you perhaps know them? The 4 looked at me seriously before lowering their heads, and said something. What are they saying? ¡°T-they¡¯re apologizing for suddenly running after us¡±(Zell) They looked a bit confused when I didn¡¯t respond to them. The one with a gigantic sword walked closer to me. She had a long amethyst colored hair and a plum colored fur on her round ears and tail. She had a very beautiful purple eye. Sadly, the other was covered with an eye patch. Her body was covered in well formed and solid muscles. The surprising thing is, she still had an alluring figure despite her muscles. She is the very definition of a beautiful and perfect warrior. She was around her early 20s. She stood in front of me and stared at my face with a blank expression. After an awkward staring contest, she grabbed one of my hands and started talking in a monotonous voice. Tell them that I don¡¯t know how to talk, before they start sending tons of questions to me. As Zell tried to explain my situation, I observed the other people. I couldn¡¯t really see much of the armored person except for his brown eyes and the yellow hair peeking out of his helmet. Based on the shape of his armor, he was a muscular person. As I observed him, our eyes met. He cheerfully waved his hands and started talking at a loud voice. I thought he was the serious type, but now that you look at it, he has quite a loose posture for someone who is wearing a heavy armor. The archer had a well built body, not too big and not too small. He had a gray hair with a curly¡­shaggy haircut. He looked around his mid or late 20s. Based on his posture, movements and how he winked one of his emerald eyes towards me¡­he was the playful, or should I say a playboy type. All of a sudden, the playboy¡¯s head was embedded to the ground. The one who smacked the archer¡¯s head to the ground was a girl around 18-20. She had a bob cut on her cerise colored hair. The beauty of her pink eyes was amplified by her glasses, which had a thin rectangular frame. She had minimal amount of muscles, like those that play sports from time to time. She made an apologetic look and lowered her head. She also slammed the archer¡¯s head indicating that she wants me to forgive him. ¡°T-they¡¯re just here to check on us. They were running to the location of their mission but stopped when they noticed us. She says that they felt your strength from a far, so they got curious and came running to our direction.¡±(Zell) I see, then what do they plan on doing now? ¡°After seeing you, they wanted to introduce themselves and at least get your name before they continue their mission.¡±(Zell) I didn¡¯t really see a reason not to introduce ourselves. Actually, having more acquaintance is better. I asked Zell to be our translator, but they waved their hands one last time before running away. I thought they wanted to introduce themselves? ¡°About that; I already told Felicia your name. Well, I told her that I know about them so I¡¯ll handle their introduction, since I¡¯m the only one that can communicate with you.¡±(Zell) The people from before was one of the strongest mercenary group called Ortu Stella. They were a group formed a few years ago and were able to finish high ranking missions one after another. Their fame rose rapidly and is now revered by the people. Each of the members was too strong for their age, or just surpassed those that were called geniuses. It was like a gathering of prodigies on one group. The most outstanding of the group was Felicia Zaran, a 38 year old mercenary that could kill a drake on her own¡­Yup, although it shocked me at first, it is a fact that the Exelia race have high a lifespan compared to the humans. They could live around 250-300 years. He didn¡¯t look surprised that I didn¡¯t know a common knowledge such as the lifespan of their race, since I was a different race after all. I am from the Asura race. There are 2 races which fit my physical appearance, but it seems that my strength could only be believable if I¡¯m from the Asura race. My race is known for its extremely low birthrate, although we get long lifespan and regeneration in exchange. When I say long, it¡¯s about 450-500 years¡­so I¡¯ll be living more than 4 human lifespans? Anyways, it seems that our race is rare on this continent. He said that there are only 7 to 10 from my race staying at the city. We are treated well in any place we go to, since there was a time when a hundred people were killed by a single Asura¡­So they treat us nicely because they''re afraid. That¡¯s all of the information he has about my race, but I remember that we were talking about a different subject earlier. Since we are already talking, can you tell me about the- *growl* ¡°I-it wasn¡¯t me.¡±(Zell) ___ After eating dinner, we decided to move a bit more and found a good place to stay at. I¡¯m curious about the group Ortu Stella, I want to know more about my race, about the world and I want to know a lot of things¡­having no information is really hard. I don¡¯t even know where to start, there just too much knowledge that I lack. Faeran was sleeping on his pillow right now, while Zell was lying on the ground. It shocked him that he got a chance to talk with a group such as Ortu Stella. It seems that it was rare for the group to stay in one place and are usually distancing themselves from other people, so it was a miracle that he had the chance to converse with the group. I can sense movements and pressure around me, but I can¡¯t really access a person¡¯s strength if they are not hostile, so I¡¯m not sure how strong they are. There¡¯s still the fact that I am like a child that doesn¡¯t know about anything about this world except for killing monsters. I don¡¯t know how much of my knowledge is gonna help me, what if my ideals actually make me have a hard time adapting to this world¡¯s culture. What about money? I can survive on the wild, but I don¡¯t have money to stay in the city. I could sell a few of my creation. Since it looks like I¡¯m stronger than ordinary, then my creations are bound to be better too. Sigh¡­ok I¡¯ll just clear my mind for now. There is no point in thinking about fixing everything at the same time. It will only confuse me more. Let¡¯s see, first, I¡¯ll focus on learning the language, as it will be the key to learning everything about this world. It will be a good idea to study about this world¡¯s economy next, and then the history and common knowledge of people. When I looked back, they were both asleep. It was a peaceful day, nothing happened except for Zell joining us. I won¡¯t complain since I¡¯m gonna benefit from his teachings and it is good to have someone that is a native of this world. I looked back and saw him curled around. He was shaking a bit from the cold wind so I covered him with one of my dress. Since it¡¯s made from thick fur, it should be enough. How did he survive alone if he can¡¯t even resist the change in temperature? It¡¯s a miracle he made it this far from the city¡­ I laid down the ground and summoned my status screen before sleeping. [tr] [tr]
NameSania Pendragon
Age0GenderFemale
Level52Charisma???HP2174/2174MP674/674
Strength196(+98)Defense234(+12)(+35)
Dexterity367(+37)Agility327(+33)
Magic power187(+47)Magic Defence144(+7)(+15)
Required exp for the next level59675
As it is now, it¡¯ll probably take a year or two to get a level from the animals around here. I should be strong enough to protect myself, so I guess I can take it easy and enjoy my stay at the city. ___ We didn¡¯t meet any people, it seems that the direction I came from was not a place normal people or even normal mercenaries should venture, since it is a place that house dangerous beast. There were even stories where people suddenly vanish and never come back¡­I kinda know the reason. If I look behind me, the ghost village, the canyon, and the forest were all located at the north. There were still other directions one could take from here, so it¡¯s not like they¡¯ll all end up being dragged into the ghost village. Although they don¡¯t need to worry about it since I already took care of it. Anyways, if they consider the monsters before reaching the ghost village as dangerous¡­aren¡¯t they too weak? Someone around level 20 or higher could kill those monsters, if they can¡¯t handle that, I doubt they¡¯ll last a minute on the forest where the Alpheous Ursus reside. If that¡¯s the case, then won¡¯t I get a fortune from selling the sword I created? No, I¡¯ll keep it. It¡¯s my first masterpiece so I¡¯ll hold on to it for now. One of my spare dress should be enough to cover our stay on the city. If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. 3 days after meeting Zell, we finally saw the walls of the city from afar. Faeran and I were delighted at the sight of something new. The walls were made from red colored rocks, and there were paved paths a few meters from the gates. As we got closer, we could see 4 armored guards with spears on their hands. When they looked at our location, they seem to be surprised upon seeing Zell. I didn¡¯t want to hold his hand in public unless it¡¯s an emergency, so I didn¡¯t ask him about the guards¡¯ reaction. The guards let us in without a problem. Are they doing their job right? What if someone enters with a hidden¡­Ah- There were quite a number of people carrying weapons, I¡¯m also included. I see, what¡¯s the point of looking for hidden weapon when everyone is allowed to carry weapons? If my guess is right, they are just there to prevent animals from entering the city. Anyways, it looks like we¡¯re attracting attention. People are looking at me, probably because of my race. It¡¯s easy to differentiate me from a Vinto, since only the Asura race will carry weapons. Vinto race are known for their intelligence and wouldn¡¯t dare to act like an Asura, since they don¡¯t want unnecessary conflict with the said race. Vinto race generally has high affinity with magic and are responsible for the advancement of the magical technology. The houses around were quite modern looking compared to what I expected. Most houses had 1 floor and were made from white bricks. The foundation of each house can be seen from the outside, it¡¯s expected since they don¡¯t have the thin metal foundation we use on earth. I could see a few people looking at me from windows made out of glass. Males were mostly wearing a shirt and pants, while females wore a shirt that¡¯s tucked inside of their long skirts. Well, the others were wearing a variety of armors or clothes with small metal plates. Since we have planned to find a place to stay at, we headed to an inn that Zell picked. As we moved closer, aside from the looks I was getting from the people, I noticed small floating orbs on each corner of the streets. It¡¯s placed where street lights are supposed to be, so I¡¯m guessing those orbs generate light when the sun sets. Great, now I¡¯m also curious about this so called magical technology¡­more knowledge to research about. I could see a few people on the alleys which looked like homeless people, so it¡¯s a fact that world is also affected by poverty. I was a bit shaken upon seeing the malnourished children moving around, some were even doing hard labor¡­but that¡¯s life. The inn was a 4 story building that was made from the same materials as the houses on the city. There was a sign on top, although I can¡¯t read it¡­probably the name of the inn. When we entered, I saw a lot of burly men seated on round tables. The 1st floor looked more like a tavern instead of an inn. They were all noisy and some were even drinking alcohol¡­it¡¯s still early you know. Zell looked like he knew the place and guided us to a counter at the back part, but a man blocked our path. The man¡¯s face was dyed in red and I could smell alcohol from his breath¡­yup, he¡¯s drunk. He was grinning while looking at me, he even licked his lips. He started speaking nonsense, so I grabbed Zell¡¯s hand and asked. What¡¯s he saying. ¡°Ignore him, he¡¯s just drunk. Big Mom will deal with him.¡±(Zell) Zell looked confident and proud as he mentioned big mom. We moved to the side and continued walking. I felt the man move his hands to my rear, but I felt like I didn¡¯t have to do anything. Just before he even touched me, a thick muscular arm pushed him out of the inn. I looked back and saw an intimidating muscular person. He was 7ft tall and had these muscles made of stones. He had a scar on his left eye and a manly look on his face. There was a gray pointy ear on his short white hair. He had this vibe of a natural born warrior that has seen and killed death itself with his own bare hands. Even a group of armed veteran soldiers would turn into little kittens if the saw him in the battlefield. All changed when I saw his manly yet bouncing chest¡­HE¡¯S A SHE? ¡°Sania, allow me to introduce you to Big Mom, the owner of this inn.¡±(Zell) I-I see. I lowered my head to the owner and seeing my serious action, she also did the same. Zell explained my situation and without wasting time, we got a room on the 4th floor. We are in a spacious room with 3 beds, 2 tables with one chair each, a closet, a washroom and a clear window. Faeran jumped to the bed in the middle and started rolling around it. I fixed my things and left it near the table. Just as I was about to grab Zell¡¯s hand, I felt someone moving to our room. I went back to my bed and waited. As expected, someone knocked on the door and when Zell opened it, a young girl around 14-16 was there carrying a tray with food. She had a long white hair and gray fur on her ears and tail. She had a slightly dark skin like the owner and was wearing an apron on top of her clothes. She left the tray on the table and lowered her head before going out of the room. Zell walked to me and grabbed my hand. ¡°Food is ready¡±(Zell) So they also deliver food. So how much is a one day stay on this inn? how much was the additional fee for the food? And how did we get an expensive looking room? I thought he didn¡¯t have much money, how did he get us a room on the 4th floor? ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it, I¡¯ll pay for everything.¡±(Zell) I¡¯ll also pay. it¡¯s not good if I push all responsibilities on you. ¡°I could have died if you didn¡¯t save me, so I¡¯ll do my best to help you.¡±(Zell) I told you it¡¯s fine. Teaching me the language is enough to repay your debt. Paying for everything is too much. ¡°Still¡­I want to pay for it. As a man, I should pay for everything. Please just accept it. It¡¯s the only thing I could be proud of.¡± Zell looked at me with a desperate expression. It¡¯s like he was begging me to let him pay. Fine, but tell me if you have money problems. ¡°T-thanks, I promise you won¡¯t need to pay a single thing¡­so, shall we eat?¡±(Zell) Faeran jumped to the table and wagged his tail while waiting for my signal. We ate shortly after that. ___ We went to a supply store to buy the materials for writing. I left everything except for my Azaroth, so it was quite an enjoyable walk now that I have fewer things to carry. Faeran was on top of my head to get a better view of our surroundings. I just stayed quiet the whole time since I can¡¯t really be seen walking around while holding hands with a man. We moved to the inner part of the city which was enclosed in another wall. The houses there were better looking and were bigger than the houses on the outer part. The house had a space in front which was decorated in different ways, like plants, sculptures, or even small fountains. The houses still had the same materials, but it had better shape and more color to them. I could see a lot of 2 story buildings from a far, and it seems that most of them were stores. I could see people with animal features around and there were a few that looked like humans. It doesn¡¯t seem like they discriminating each other, so it¡¯s more or less a good city. Before we could pass through another wall, we found what we were looking for. I was curious as to how different the inside of the wall was, but learning is my priority right now. The store had different variety of things, like tools for crafting, sewing, camping, and etc. We went to the inner part and took a few note books, an ink, and a pen. There were also books and other literature stuffs there, but it¡¯s still too early for me to buy them. Zell took out an expensive looking accessory and showed it to the man at the counter. The man widened his eyes before lowering his head and letting us go without paying. I looked at Zell since I was quite curious as to what he did. But when he noticed my gaze, he looked to a different direction and covered his face. ¡­Is he actually someone with high status? _________ Author¡¯s Note: Spoiler : Nothing really happened with the Ortu Stella group, but I felt like I have to introduce them early or at least a gist of their personality. The story will be quite slow paced for a while, I hope you could endure for a few chapters. Chapter 9 I was attracting a lot of attention, and it was getting a bit irritating. No matter where I was, I could feel people¡¯s eye on me... When we got back to the inn, my first lesson finally started. Since the strokes of each letter wasn¡¯t complicated, it was a bit easy to understand. The lesson ended an hour before dinner. Faeran was silently sleeping on my lap the whole time. ¡°S-so do you want to visit a place after dinner?¡±(Zell) Instead of going out, I would like to continue our lesson. The faster I learn the better. ¡°I-it¡¯s your first day here, so you should at least relax. We could focus on studying tomorrow.¡±(Zell) Thank you for worrying about me, but I would like to study instead of sightseeing. I¡¯m the type to work before enjoying life afterall. ¡°I-I see, if that¡¯s the case, I¡¯ll do my best so that I could teach you better.¡±(Zell) Thanks ¡°N-no need to thank me, I-it¡¯s only natural.¡± Zell turned his head to the side again. The same girl from earlier came to bring us food. Faeran woke up when the aroma of the food reached his nose. After eating, we continued our lesson. I got the basic idea of all the letters and how they are used, tomorrow would be the creation of words and their use ___ I woke up early the next day, but Zell and Faeran were still asleep. I went out of the room for a bit and walked around to observe the inn. As I moved around, I felt a heavy pressure form the outside. It wasn¡¯t directed to me, but the pressure is as strong as Faeran¡¯s normal form. I ran to the direction which was at the back of the inn. The place was enclosed in 10ft wall and was connected to the the back of the inn. It was an open space as big as a soccer field. I saw the owner swinging a wooden sword, which was creating exploding sounds on the air. She noticed my presence and looked to my direction. After seeing me, she stopped and walked to my location. Since I was already seen, I also moved closer. Since she knew I couldn¡¯t understand her words yet, she made gestures asking me if I was hungry. She was really tall, I was looking upwards just to see her face. I was about 5.5ft so there was a 1.5ft difference between our height. I haven¡¯t eaten breakfast, but I couldn¡¯t ask them for food when I¡¯m not paying for anything. She noticed my complicated expression and lifted me. The thing is, I couldn¡¯t follow her sudden movements. There wasn¡¯t any hostility, but even if I lowered my guard, to actually surprise me like that... I tried telling her to put me down, but of course we couldn¡¯t understand each other. I forced my way out, but she made gestures telling me to follow her. We went to the inn¡¯s kitchen. By the way, there were 2 other people cooking in the kitchen. She started cooking food in front of me and I got curious about her ingredients and cooking method. She was quite dexterous despite her bulky build and was able to create a fantastic looking dish. We went to the tables in the first floor and there were a few people eating. The moment they saw me, they all started looking at my like I¡¯m a celebrity. Anyways, I sat on the table and ate the food prepared for me. It was a good mix of flavor, and each ingredient complimented each other, so I could confidently say it was a good dish. The owner looked satisfied about my reaction and patted my back before going back to the kitchen. Zell was awake when I got back. Faeran was still curled up on his pillow, but there was no reason to wake him up, so I let him continue sleeping. I sat on Zell¡¯s bed and linked our fingers. Do you want to eat breakfast first before teaching me? ¡°It¡¯s ok, I¡¯m not hungry anyways, so let¡¯s start the lesson.¡±(Zell) Shortly after that, he started the lessons. This time, I was taught how to create words. In the middle, Faeran woke up and moved to my shoulder. By the time we finished, I know the basic word formations and I slightly increased my vocabulary. I took a bath with Faeran and by the time we finished, the food was already on its way. ___ A lot of things are spinning in my head. It hasn¡¯t been long yet there are 2 things that I want to know. First is about Zell, the thing he did at the store and the fact that we could stay here is a mystery. I¡¯m sure he doesn¡¯t have money on him, maybe the pendant he used yesterday acts like a bank card? Since I don¡¯t know the extent of the magical technology, it¡¯s possible that the pendant acts as a place to store money. He is saying that he wants to repay me for saving him, but if he really has money, then he should have offered it before...so it¡¯s possible that I¡¯m wrong. If that¡¯s the case, then the pendant is something that shows his status. If he has a high status, then that explains our free stay in this inn. He rejected the idea though, it may be that he is supposed to hide it. Sigh...even if I have no reason to, it¡¯s just that I¡¯m curious. There¡¯s that thing with the owner. It¡¯s obvious that she is not normal, aside from her looks, the speed she showed earlier surpassed my expectation. I think she is about level 35-40 to even surprise me like earlier, and that¡¯s obviously not normal since people in this city are supposed to have a hard time dealing with level 20 monsters or lower. Well, after eating lunch, we continued our lesson, with Faeran sleeping on my lap. It was a continuation of creating words and this time I was taught the basic words that I could use. We took a small break in between lesson, and before dinner, I have the basic idea on using common words. It¡¯s really easy if you can understand the meaning behind the words, I couldn¡¯t even imagine how long it would take if I studied it from scratch. Shortly after eating dinner, the lesson continued. The rest of the day ended without ever leaving the room. ___ The next day, I woke up early again. Just like yesterday, the 2 were sleeping comfortably. I checked the back of the inn and the owner was there swinging a wooden sword. Unlike yesterday, there were other people at the back, about 50 burly men. I noticed someone familiar, it was the drunk man who tried to grope me. When the owner saw me, she made the others continue swinging while she moved to my direction. The man at the back also followed. He lowered his head in front of me, and was shaking for some reason. He probably wants to apologize for his actions the other day. I don¡¯t really mind since he wasn¡¯t able to touch me. Even if the owner didn¡¯t stop him, I would have deflected his hand easily. I tapped his shoulders and made him raise his head. I used my business smile to show him that I forgive him. He understood my intentions and lowered his head again before returning to the back. The owner gave me a wooden sword and her expression made it obvious what she wanted me to do. It¡¯s not about joining them in swinging the sword, it was about sparring. She was waiting for my answer so I nodded, since I also wanted to see her strength. She shouted at the others and the people went to the side of the open space. We went to the middle and stared at each other. I stomped on the floor and made the first move. I ran to her and swung the wooden sword to her neck. She easily read my movements and raised her sword to block my attack. I saw her movements and stopped before the impact. I spun my body to change the trajectory of my attack from the neck to the leg. She didn¡¯t block it with her sword, instead, she leaped and sent her sword downwards. I rolled to the side and swung my sword upwards to deflect it. Before our swords connected, she pulled back her sword and waited for mine to pass before moving her sword again. Why is she so agile? Isn¡¯t she supposed to be strength oriented, based on her muscular body? My sword was already past the motion of changing the trajectory and her sword was about to hit my neck... or so she thought. Like a back fist, I pulled my sword backwards. With that, I successfully deflected her sword. We jumped back to regain our balance and stared at each other again. She looks delighted about my performance, and so did I. I was never the battle crazed type, but this battle was fun. It¡¯s not about killing, it¡¯s about seeing who the better swordsman was. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, of course I didn¡¯t waste the opportunity. The battle was not over, so I can attack anytime I want. Just before I reached her, a terrifying pressure was sent directly to me. For a second, my body stopped moving. When I recovered, the owner was there, standing in front of me with her eyes looking directly into my soul. She didn¡¯t move, but I could feel that the moment I got closer, I would lose. The pressure was still there and my body felt heavy just from standing, but I smiled. The long stay at the wild probably affected my brain a little, cause right now, I¡¯m smiling. The atmosphere felt heavy, even for those that were watching from the side. I know I¡¯ll lose, but I still want to try. I relaxed my body and focused all of my attention on one person...on one target. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. My sense sharpened to its limits and everything started to slow down. The moment she her eyes started to close, I ran. It was the one and only opportunity to win. I used all of my strength into one attack and swung my sword to her neck. By the time my sword was near her neck, her eyes were closed. But she was really a monster. Even with her eyes closed, she deflected my sword. She moved her sword in a circular motion and started attacking me. I tried deflecting her attacks but was slowly pushed back. The continues attack made me realize the difference between us. It¡¯s not just about strength, it¡¯s about efficiently moving your body. As time passed, her hits got heavier. Just from two wooden swords, exploding sounds were created. One thing was clear, what¡¯s in front of me right now is a master swordsman. I was losing, it was obvious that I would lose, but my blood was boiling. The battle was too heated, but before she struck the finishing blow, our wooden swords finally gave in and broke. We were using to much strength and the wooden swords can¡¯t handle it. The owner laughed loudly and tapped my shoulders. The people around that were silently watching, clapped their hands. I was a bit tired from the battle so I lowered my head and went back to the inn. The owner still had strength and continued training the others. When I went back to the room, Zell and Faeran were asleep. I was covered in sweat so I cooled down a bit before taking a bath. ___ I was laying on my bed with my smiling face buried on a pillow. I could still feel my body burning from the battle earlier. I sensed Zell wake up and move closer to me, so I moved around and stretched my hands. ¡°Did something happen? You look happy.¡±(Zell) It¡¯s nothing, something fun just happened earlier. Anyways, we should start our lesson. This times it¡¯s to increase my vocabulary, and try adding advance usage of words and letters. By the time lunch came, I could already write simple sentences. Well, it was faster than what I expected, but 12 hours of studying per day was bound to help me compared to those language lessons that you could get for 1.5 hours a day. Not to mention the telepathic magic of Zell that helps me understand what I¡¯m actually writing. After eating lunch, I played with Faeran. We have already stayed here without going out of the room, so I gave Zell free time until dinner. I should play with Faeran from time to time since I don¡¯t want him to think I¡¯m forgetting him, especially on his infant stage. Instead of going out, Zell said he¡¯ll watch us play. He said he didn¡¯t have anything to do outside, so he¡¯ll stay inside the room. Well, I was just throwing the ball around and letting Faeran run after it. When he gets the ball, I¡¯ll run after him. Whenever I catch him, he¡¯ll give me the ball and the whole cycle repeats itself. It¡¯s a simple game I thought of, but as long a he enjoys it, then it¡¯s fine. Actually, if we were in an open space, he would even use his lightning form to runaway from me. Since he¡¯s inside the room, he knows that he can¡¯t use it. Hmmp, my Faeran is smart and I¡¯m proud. After 2 hours, Faeran got tired so it¡¯s time for lessons again. As of now, I¡¯m just increasing my vocabulary to the point of being able to respond to most of the conversations. Just a few more days before I start my speech lessons, I need to perfect my accent. ___ Our lessons continued even after dinner and ended an hour before midnight. ¡°With this, you can learn the rest by reading books. Do you have any book you¡¯re interested in?¡±(Zell) How about things like common knowledge or history. Since I¡¯m still in the middle of learning the language, I¡¯ll study economics later. I''ve planned to study economics earlier, but I''m quite interested in this world''s history, so I''ll change my plans a bit. ¡°I see, then how about the story of how the Seltia kingdom defeated Cronia kingdom? There are lots of books about it. There¡¯s also a person on this inn that changed the tides of the war against Cronia Kingdom.¡±(Zell) Seltia? Cronia? I don¡¯t understand. ¡°This city is a part of Seltia Kingdom, and it was fighting a war against Cronia Kingdom 55 years ago. The war was just recent so most of the people here know about it, so it serves as both history and common knowledge.¡±(Zell) I see, then who was the person who took part in the war? If it¡¯s a strong person, then I have an idea who it is ¡°It¡¯s Eraisa Dorall, the owner of Dorall Inn and the leader of Crizaf Antel, the strongest mercenary group 50 years ago.¡±(Zell) ...So her name was Eraisa. It was 50 years ago when she was at her prime, and at that time, all her enemies feared her while her allies respected her. Little is known about her before creating Crizaf Antel, except for the fact that her home village was destroyed by the enemy kingdom. It was 55 years ago when the Seltia kingdom was at war with the Cronia Kingdom, and at that time, Seltia Kingdom was losing. It may be that she hated the kingdom that killed her family, but she did a lot to change the tide of the war. At some point, people gathered around her and Crizaf Antel was formed. With her ability to guide people, and the strength of her and her group, Seltia kingdom won. The king wanted to give her status for helping the kingdom, but she declined the offer. She said that saving the country was enough for her and that the best she could wish for is that the kingdom would prosper. The king respected her decision and gave her a parting gift. The king said the Eraisa Dorall will live as she wishes and no royalty nor noble can ever use her name or strength for their own satisfaction. The Crizaf Antel disbanded a month after the war, and are now scattered in the continent living their own peaceful lives, except for one that stayed with Eraisa. Scott Dorall, the person that was there to support her during the war and the one that cheered the whole group when they were at hopeless situations. Their love bloomed while at war but waited for the right time which was after the chaotic state of the kingdom. They married shortly after Crizaf Antel disbanded. They created an inn named after their family name 40 years ago and lived the rest of their lives peacefully. A new life entered their family 20 years ago, but another one left. No matter how strong Scott was, a person could still get unlucky. He was afflicted by a disease that couldn¡¯t be healed. It was not a disease he got somewhere, but a disease he was born with. No matter what path he had taken, he would have died sooner or later. Eraisa and Scott were naturally born warriors. They were born and will die like warriors. It may have been stupid for others, but Scott wanted to die fighting someone strong. In the end, they went to a secluded place and fought each other. When Eraisa came back, there was a scar on her left eyes, but she was proud of it. It was something she got from fighting a strong and respectful man, Scott Dorall. It was already peaceful and her strength was no longer needed by the kingdom, so she spent the rest of her life managing the inn and training future warriors in case the kingdom would fight another war. Her daughter didn¡¯t want to be a warrior so she didn¡¯t train her daughter. Actually, she was happy that her daughter chose to live a normal life, since even if she was a warrior, she was still a mother and she wanted the best for her daughter. ¡°Good story right? Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s cool to be near a living legend?¡±(Zell) I''m interested, where can we buy books about her and the history of the kingdom? _________ Author¡¯s Note: Spoiler : Only 3 days passed so I think it¡¯s a slow pace. Well, it will be slower after she learns the language, since a lot of concepts like currency, mercenary system, different factions and continents, and a lot of different things about the world. Just in case I forget something, please comment about things that I should add about the world. I don¡¯t know if I showed Eraisa¡¯s back story too early, but since she will be essential in the next chapters, please bear with me. I could have showed it either on this chapter or the next 2 chapters. I also tried my luck on creating a fight scene. I tried my best to write the battle that I visualized and I hope it doesn¡¯t suck that much. Well if it does suck a lot, then I need to practice more, since there will be more fight scenes in the future. People may have noticed that the school life tag has been taken out. I¡¯ll return it once she enters the academy. Chapter 10 Zell told me he¡¯ll buy the books early, but I didn¡¯t expect that he would wake up earlier than me. When I woke up, Zell was already out of the room. I don¡¯t really know the place yet, so I¡¯ll just do what I usually do. I¡¯ll check the back and see if mrs. Dorall is swinging a wooden sword again. For some reason, I felt like bringing Azaroth with me. So it¡¯s an alternate schedule. This time, mrs. Dorall is alone in the back of the inn. It looks like she was waiting for me and there was a purple sword beside her. The handle was 2ft long and the blade of the sword was 5ft tall with a thickness of 2.5ft. She noticed me and waved her hands with smile on her face. She made gestures asking me if I wanted to fight and the answer was obvious. For some reason, we were carrying real weapons and both of us were curious about each others'' strength. I don¡¯t know what has become of me, but my body was eager to fight her at full strength. Eugene, will you still like me as I am now? I walked to the middle of the open space. We both stared at each other and poised our body for battle. Unlike yesterday, the weapon on our hands can kill, but for some reason it didn¡¯t matter. Both of us simply wanted to fight at full strength. I¡¯m still not sure if I¡¯ll use sword wave or lightning magic, so I ran to her. She started spinning her sword which soon created a circular gust of wind. I moved my sword to her abdomen, but she slammed her sword downwards and released sharp winds which pushed me and created a fissure on the ground. I circled on the air, but sent a sword wave to her direction. A wall of rock raised from the ground and blocked my attack. At the same moment the sword wave vanished, a platform pushed her from the ground. She instantly closed the distance between us and waved her sword to my body. I blocked it with my sword but unlike yesterday, she was using all of her strength. I was pushed back to the ground and a gust of wind was there to follow. She appeared beside me at the same moment I sent a sword wave to cancel the gust of wind. I entered lightning form to increase my speed and dodge. Just like that, we distanced ourselves and looked at each other. I didn¡¯t expect her to be that strong, but it was the opposite for her. It seems like she expected everything from the start. There was a wide grin on both of our faces, because the exchange earlier proved the we could use every bit of our strength on this battle. I sent a lightning bolt to her and ran, but an earth spike appeared which turned into metal and absorbed my attack. I sent more lightning attacks, but it kept being absorbed by her earth spikes. She also sent earth magic to my direction, but it wasn¡¯t fast enough to hit me. In the end, it came down to putting all our strength on our swords. She waved her sword to send projectiles and I did the same. It continued until we were at the distance where it came down to swordsmanship. I was slightly faster, but she was a lot stronger. I couldn¡¯t even push her back, the only thing I could do was send more attacks and hope that some actually hits her. Despite the size of her sword and the wide motions she was doing, she was fast. I summoned lightning swords, but she summoned metallic walls from the ground to block them. Each time our swords connected, a loud exploding sound echoed throughout the open space. In the end, I lost. She was a lot stronger and I was only slightly faster, not to mention that her fighting style was more refined. She obviously knows each motion she did, while I simply moved based on what my instincts were telling me. The thing is, it seems that she was still hiding more strength...I can¡¯t assess her full power. Well, she was the leader of the strongest mercenary group after all. She used earth magic to fix everything, and it seems that the metallic spikes turn back to being a rock after the mana around it is depleted. After a while, the place was back to normal, like we didn¡¯t even fight there at all. My body was dead tired by the end of the battle, so she lifted me back to the inn. She was completely fine after our battle, except for a few cuts on her body. She cooked breakfast for me again, and by the time I finished, Zell came back with books on his arms. ___ When I got back to the room, Faeran jumped on top of my head. It seems that he was scared when he couldn¡¯t see me after he woke up. Well, it seems he was also worried about my messy look. I was covered in sweat and there were cuts on my supposed to be, invincible dress. I also had cuts on my body earlier, but it has already regenerated. Zell was also worried, but he didn¡¯t ask anything after seeing the bright smile on my face. How could I not be happy after fighting a living legend? Not to mention that I actually had the chance to fight with all of my strength. I lost, but I don¡¯t regret fighting her and I feel like I¡¯ll learn a lot from her. Anyways, the next lessons were about me reading and asking Zell if I encounter words that are too hard to understand. I also realized that simple sentences are...simple. The way how the sentences are formed in the books are more complicated than what I have imagined. The book I¡¯m reading now is about the founding of Seltia Kingdom. ___ It was 100 thousand years ago when the Rivania Continent revolted against the tyranny of Estalia Elois Crysalia, the empress of the Natria Empire. The empress was self centered and didn¡¯t care about her own subjects. The whole continent suffered for 50 years under her rule, but none could stop her and her phantom legion. The empress used forbidden magic to give herself eternal life and strength, at the price of a thousand lives. The empress knew how to use forbidden magic which converts a soul to magical strength. She used her own people as test subjects and increased her power. The continent revolted one after another, so she created the phantom legion to retaliate. Each member of the phantom legion could kill thousands on their own and had the same eternal life as the empress, but they can never be free as long as the empress controls their souls. The empress enjoyed the heights of her new found strength, and even created a living fortress to show the world her might. Everyone lost hope as they saw the empress¡¯ strength increase day by day. The only thing they could do was obey and hope that they can live another day. Everyone lost hope, until reinforcements arrived. The other continents sent their strongest forces to defeat the empress. All wars against each other stopped, and every race turned their eyes on a threat that could destroy the world. They did their best to stop the empress from her tracks, and 7 people with unrivaled strength pointed their sword against the empress. Seltia Superbia, Aletra Avaritia, Leonor luxuria, Isandria Ira, Galtrus Gula, Ivalon Invidia, Asaros Acedia, those were the people that showed fearsome strength against the empire. The 7 people were like a miracle sent by the the heavens to defeat the empress, although there was a problem. No matter how strong they were, the empress and her forces were immortal. No matter how many time they cut the empress, it was not enough to stop her. They had the strength to match her, but they did not have the same vitality as her. Slowly but surely, the forces formed by all the continents, were defeated. If they couldn¡¯t defeat her, then all they could do was seal her. Using most of their life, they sealed the empress, her forces, and the phantom fortress. It¡¯s not known how long the seal will last, but all they could do was to give the people a temporary peace. The 7 lived the rest of their life on the continent, to protect the world if the empress ever got out of the seal. Not long after that, the continent was divided into 7 kingdoms which were named after the heroes. In their last moments, they left a heir that would fight against the empress if she ever tries to take over the world again. Peace came to the world and the weapons that were once used to fight the empress, slowly lost their purpose and became the heirloom of the royal families. Azaroth the sword of darkness for the Seltia Kingdom, Lezaroth the spear of light for the Aletra Kingdom, Uvaroth the axe of earth for the Leonor Kingdom, Rukaroth the bow of wind for the Isandria Kingdom, Vantaroth the whip of flames for the Galtrus Kingdom, Molaroth the chains of water for the Ivalon Kingdom, and Temaroth the gauntlets of lightning for the Asaros Kingdom. The next thousand years were peaceful and there was no signs of the empress, so most started to think that the past wasn¡¯t real. The weapons weren¡¯t strong based on the royalties that used them, so they couldn¡¯t see how it was used to fight against an entity that could conquer the world. The world slowly forgot about the empress and the world started to change for the better. ___ I think those from the royal family didn¡¯t have enough strength to utilize the power of the weapons. So my weapon actually came from the legends? Doesn¡¯t Zell have the same family name as one of the heroes? I think I have seen that phantom fortress before. If that¡¯s the case, isn¡¯t the world in great danger? And I didn¡¯t read anything about any of the deity class monsters helping in the war. Not that they have to, but the world would have fallen, they should have at least helped a bit. Say, where is the azaroth now? Did the royal family somehow lost it? ¡°I-I don¡¯t know, but I think they still have it on the treasury room. It¡¯s a valuable artifact for the country, so they wouldn¡¯t dare to lose it.¡±(Zell) The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. Hoh, is that it? I believe that the so called artifact is inside this room right now, or does it just have the same name? One of the heroes had a family name of Superbia, are you somehow related? ¡°N-no, it just a coincidence. People idolized them in the past, so my ancestors probably just used the name.¡± Zell looked down and covered his face with one of his hand. I see ¡°I-it¡¯s the truth.¡± Hearing my nonchalant voice, he raised his head and looked at me with a desperate expression. As he looked at me, his face was slowly dyed in red and was forced to look sideways. It¡¯s kinda obvious by the way you react. I don¡¯t know why you are so intent on hiding it, but since you are helping me, I won¡¯t ask anymore...there is a larger problem after all. I¡¯m probably the only one who knows about the phantom fortress appearing. How am I supposed to tell everyone? Are they even gonna believe me when I don¡¯t have proof?...tsk, one problem after another, and I don¡¯t even know how to speak yet. ___ I started reading other books after lunch, but it wasn¡¯t as interesting as the first. It was just about small conflicts with other kingdom. One worth mentioning is the fall of the other families. The Aletra, Leonor and Galtrus were replaced by different royal families. An example would be the fall of the Aletra family from the hands of the Cronia family. The Cronia family even tried to take Seltia kingdom 55 years ago, but of course, the monster called Eraisa Dorall foiled their plans. Well, the others had legit reason since some of those royal families were blinded by greed. It¡¯s a bit saddening to see the descendant of heroes turn into people that thirsts for power. For religion, only a few actually believe in gods. By the way, they believe that the 6 deity class monsters are gods. Although the only thing they know was the appearance and the element that each god represent. The first was the wolf, which was probably Faeran¡¯s race, the Fenrir. Next was a horse, one that governs the wind element. Next was a snake, one that governs the water element. Next was an armadillo, one that governs the earth element. Next was a bird, one that governs the fire element. Last one was a lizard with wings, one that governs both light and dark elements. These books doesn¡¯t say anything about the magical technology. ¡°It just started recently, so there aren¡¯t much books about it.¡±(Zell) About the books, can we buy more? It¡¯s an hour before dinner, and I already finished all of the books. Well, he only brought 3 books which were all about the history of the Seltia kingdom. ¡°I¡¯ll buy more tomorrow, for now, you should rest. You have been studying nonstop, you should relax your body from time to time.¡±(Zell) I don¡¯t really have anything to do, I¡¯ll probably just sleep early if you won¡¯t teach me. ¡°Then, we could start the speech lesson after dinner.You already finished 3 books, so you have enough knowledge about creating sentences.¡±(Zell) After dinner, we finally started our first speech lesson. It¡¯s easy if you know what you¡¯re actually saying, so the teaching style we used is a success. ___ When I woke up, Zell was out of the room, as expected. The surprising thing was that Faeran was awake. The moment he saw me open my eyes, he jumped on top of me. Seems that the events yesterday worried him. I started walking to the back of the inn; it¡¯s starting to feel like going there is a part of my daily routine. When I got there, there were other people aside from mrs. Dorall. When they saw me, they all stopped what they were doing and waved their hands. Of course they got scolded for stopping. Seeing me made them all fired up and started swinging the sword with all of their strength. Seems like mrs. Dorall doesn¡¯t plan to ask me for a battle. Well, I also didn¡¯t feel like it. Are we actually in sync? I mean we both wanted to fight the other day, then we both brought our weapons yesterday, and now we aren¡¯t in the mood for a battle... I watched as the burly man try to look cool in front of me, only to fail and get scolded by mrs. Dorall. ¡°You **** to ***** ** ***** *****?¡±(Eraisa) I couldn¡¯t understand a thing and it was shown through my expression. Mrs. Dorall laughed and made gestures telling me to forget about the conversation. I went back after a while and waited for Zell on the 1st floor. Since the smell of food was spreading, Faeran¡¯s tail swayed non-stop. By the time Zell came back to the inn, Faeran and I were eating on the 1st floor...one of the employees of the inn gave it to us. I didn¡¯t how much it costs so I gave all 8 copper coins, but he rejected it and went back to the kitchen. I can¡¯t really move around if I can¡¯t understand a thing, I need to learn the concept of money as fast as possible. ____ When we got back to the room, I started reading again. Magic is something that only a few can use. About 10% of the world¡¯s population can use magic. It seems that knowledge about magic is scarce outside of magic schools. Magicians tend to keep their discoveries for themselves or sell it for high prices, so the only way is to study at a magic school. Magic is divided into different types and the common ones are called elemental magics. Light, Darkness, Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, and Lightning, those are the common magics used. There are also other types like Illusion, Manipulation, Necromancy, Summoning magic, and others that are yet to be discovered. Magic schools only give you basic to advance knowledge about elemental magics , so if you want more, you have to enroll at a magic academy. The thing is, there is a hierarchy system in every magic academy. Magic academies only accept people every 5 years, and once you fail even one subject, you will get kicked out and will have to wait until the next time they accept students. It¡¯s quite normal for magicians to graduate from an academy after 25 years, but those that finish it in just 5 years are given status. Magic academies accepts students without a care if the person is a peasant or king, but are quite strict on their policy to kick out students if they fail once. It¡¯s to show that a single mistake can affect one¡¯s life greatly. Although I disagree with their ways, it seems that magic academies give free education. As long as you pass, then you¡¯ll get everything for free...so I can¡¯t really say anything. Instead of those expensive books and scrolls, a chance for free education is a lot better, so people tend to repeatedly try and enroll on magic academies. Will you enter the academy again when they start accepting students? ¡°If by that time you no longer need me, I will.¡±(Zell) I see, when will the academy open anyways? ¡°About three years from now.¡±(Zell) I see ¡°I-if you¡¯re interested, want to enroll with me?¡±(Zell) If I could get stronger by studying in the magic academy, then I guess it¡¯ll be fine. If it doesn¡¯t seem like I¡¯ll get anything, then I¡¯ll drop out and find a place to get stronger...since I need strength if the phantom fortress really shows up. I¡¯ll think about it, for now l¡¯ll focus on learning and gathering information. I finished reading all the books, 2 hours before dinner, so the rest of the day was spent on speech lessons. By the end of the day, I could speak and understand simple speech. I¡¯m kinda excited for tomorrow. I¡¯ll try talking to mrs. Dorall. _________ Author¡¯s Note: Spoiler : You probably know the names of the other deities except for the armadillo, yup it¡¯s a unique concept that came from me. It would have been a turtle, but I felt like an armadillo represents earth much better. Chapter 11 I have requested books about currency, economy, ecology, and a map of the world. The speech and vocabulary lessons are not over, but it should only a few more days. After those books, maybe I should read about the philosophy of this world¡¯s people¡­if there are any books about it. Just like yesterday, Zell is out of the room and Faeran is awake, rolling around my bed. We went to where Eraisa stays in the morning, and of course she was there swinging a wooden sword. She was swinging her sword in a different manner compared to what she usually does. Her sword was gently moving around in continues circular patterns, which made all her swings look like one smooth motion. She noticed me and waved her hand before she continued swinging the sword. Her movements got more complicated, yet still had both elegance and balance. I could see all of her movements, yet I feel like she is moving faster than her own speed. The intervals to her movements are the same as mine, yet the speed she is showing is completely faster. She had a bulky build and she looked more like a warrior instead of a lady, yet in my eyes all I could see was a beautiful maiden dancing with a blade in her hands. When she finished, all I could do was show respect to her beautiful display of power. She walked to me, so I initiated the conversation. ¡°That¡¯s amazing¡±(Sania) She looked surprised from hearing my words, but regained composure and replied with a smile on her face. ¡°So you could speak ***?¡±(Eraisa) Eh? I didn¡¯t know the last word, but I have a gist of what she is saying. ¡°Yes, but just simple words.¡±(Sania) ¡°Good, I wanted to ask you something.¡±(Eraisa) ¡°¡­What is it?¡±(Sania) ¡°**** like what I asked you yesterday, do you want to learn my sword style?¡±(Eraisa) So that¡¯s what she asked me yesterday. I don¡¯t see a reason to decline. In fact, learning from her will help me a lot. ¡°If it¡¯s ok with you, then my answer is yes.¡±(Sania) She said I could start a bit farther from her current students, since I more or less have experience in fighting. Well, I¡¯ll only get lessons from her every other day, since she has to train the people aspiring to be a sword master. In other words, my first lesson should be the day after tomorrow. By that time, I hope my vocabulary is enough to encounter less unfamiliar words. When got back to the room, Zell was already there. ___ The first book I read was about currency and the basic economy of Seltia Kingdom. The currency used is called Roan, which is based on the largest sea on Avia Renta. Roan is a globally used currency, which means that it can be used in any part of the world. Different minerals are used to create coins, and each of them has a corresponding Roan value. Black coins are equivalent to 1 Roan, brown coins are equivalent to 10 Roans, gray coins are equivalent to 100 roans, yellow coins are equivalent to 1000 Roans, light blue coins are equivalent to 10000 Roans, and transparent purple coins are equivalent to 100000 Roans. The bronze coins I got were probably the brown coins stated in the book. So, I¡¯m basically poor right now. Seltia kingdom¡¯s main source of income is craftsmanship. The kingdom is rich with rare minerals and is considered the source of the best quality weapons in the continent. People of Seltia kingdom trained to be blacksmiths one after another, which lead to the decline in military power. Since the continent was at a peaceful state and the kingdom still had sufficient military strength, they supported the people aspiring to be blacksmiths. At some point, the mercenary system reached Rivania continent and Seltia kingdom welcomed the concept with open arms. The mercenary system filled the gap that the military left vacant, to a certain extent. With the mercenary systems, odd jobs which would require a lot of man power were solved, which increased the production of the Seltia kingdom. The other parts were basic concept and theories of how money flows, which I already knew. The second book was ecology of this world, which closely resembled the ecology of earth. Monsters were divided to those that eat plants or those that predate other monsters. There are also times when a slightly different monster is born and would grow stronger than the others. They are called Praetors by the people, or raid bosses based on the interface. Praetors are known to lead a group and it was even possible for a praetor to lead an entirely different race. Praetors have unique personalities, but it is a fact that most of the praetors exhibit greater intelligence compared to their race. There are a lot of different praetor, but are classified into 3 types. The first and the most common are the wandering types, which don¡¯t stay in one place and are usually moving around with a few of its kind, like the Kinsmal Ape. The second are the dormant types, which are highly territorial but stay on one place, like the Alpheous Ursus. The last and the rarest of all are the leader types, which usually governs a small village of monsters. A monster type is given a rank based on its threat level, and the highest known is at calamity class. There are 4 ranks based on how much damage a monster could do. In descending order, the ranks are: Calamity, Tyrant, Chieftain, and Spawn. Looks like deity class monsters are not a part of the list. Anyways, calamity class monsters are those that can pose a threat to a group of kingdoms, an empire or even a continent. Tyrant class monsters are those than can destroy a kingdom or at least a group of cities. Chieftain class monsters are those that can destroy a city, village or at least a group of people. The last is the Spawn class, which is the weakest of all the classes. I still don¡¯t know the prices of things around me, I still don¡¯t know much about the world except for the basic concepts, and I still haven¡¯t perfected my language¡­but, I could probably move around with the current knowledge I have. Maybe, I¡¯ll go out with Zell when he buys books tomorrow. Well, for now let¡¯s look at the world map, which was made by someone called the wanderer and was updated by the people of this era. Little is known about the wanderer except for the fact that he introduced the world map a long time ago, even before the empress tried to conquer the world. I have a lot of questions regarding the creation of the map, but since I don¡¯t know much about the world, I¡¯ll stay quiet. Just like usual, the rest of the day was used in speech lessons. ___ The next days were spent with Zell and Faeran while learning about different things. I finally started my training with mrs. Dorall, and I have slowly improved my swordsmanship. It took 3 weeks after my training started, but I¡¯m finally fluent with the language, which was called the Roan language. For friends¡­Well, I have gotten acquainted with mrs. Dorall¡¯s current students and a few more citizens of the city. Zell also started training under mrs. Dorall, after a few days of persuasion. Well, he wasn¡¯t doing anything after our lessons ended, so instead of wasting time, he should train¡­or at least, until he finds something he wants to do. He would also guide me around from time to time, but we have never entered the mercenary guild¡­not like I¡¯m rushing things, so I guess It¡¯s ok? The first thing I learned was how to reduce my wasted movements and how to anticipate the enemy¡¯s next attack. She told me how a flow attacks should be and different attack patterns I could use based on the situation. There was also the part where I sync my magic attacks with my fighting style. I will spar with mrs. Dorall from time to time and she will always force me to move my lightning swords around while fighting. She even attacks me without warning, saying that it¡¯s to sharpen my senses¡­even if we¡¯re not training; she will find a way to attack me. Well, her daughter kept apologizing to me because of it. The old hag has a lot of different fighting styles or forms. Sometimes it¡¯s power oriented, sometimes it¡¯s speed, sometimes it magic,¡­and other more styles. Seriously, how much is she hiding? It¡¯s like she has mastered more than 10 fighting styles. Anyways, I also self studied about prices at the market. I compared prices of different stores, asked how to check for the quality of the product and even tried to haggle just to check if I can get items for a lower price...just in case I run out of money. I also cook once or twice a week, since I¡¯m no longer tied with my studies. When the old hag heard about it, she got curious and tried my food. Since then, the old hag would ask me to cook breakfast or she would kick me out of the inn. She would also ask for a few things, like a back massage or helping her daughter with groceries. Well, since she is helping me get stronger, I won¡¯t complain and even though she is irritating at times, I can¡¯t seem to hate her. At a certain time, when I felt like I know the price for my clothes, I tried selling one and got 2 mithril coin, 7 gold coins and 5 silver coins(27500 roans). Since I was going outside a lot, my name started to spread. My strength, ability to haggle and race made most of the people I see, look at me with respect. Some noble of the city tried to invite me to his houses, but when the old hag heard about it, she picked up her sword and marched to the noble¡¯s house with Zell and an army of burly men. Starting then, none dared to act funny around me. Magical technology has not developed to a level comparable to the earth¡¯s technology, it¡¯s still interesting though. When a city is under siege, the leader of the city can activate a magic shield and magic cannons to protect the city. When it¡¯s night, the leader can activate the floating orbs to create light. There are a lot of possibilities with the magical technology, and I¡¯m excited to see how it will evolve in the future. Anyways, I have slowly adapted to a city life, you could even say that I feel at home here. I have Faeran, Zell, an annoying old hag, and friends that are fun to be with. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ___ I woke up, and the other 2 were sleeping. Since it was still early, I decided to check my stats; to see a certain information. [tr] [tr]
NameSania Pendragon
Age1GenderFemale
Level52Charisma???HP2174/2174MP674/674
Strength196(+98)Defense234(+12)(+35)
Dexterity367(+37)Agility327(+33)
Magic power187(+47)Magic Defence144(+7)(+15)
Required exp for the next level59675
Ok, so today is my first birthday¡­and I¡¯m the only one who knows about it. Well, people of this world celebrate only their 10th and 100th birthday. So, it¡¯s fine if none celebrates my 1st birthday. I stood up and went to the back of the inn, only to be welcomed by another surprise attack. I stepped to the side and kicked the old hag¡¯s wooden sword away. She expected me to do that and had another spare of wooden sword on her waist. She swung the 2nd wooden sword at full strength, but I pushed her arms upwards and pointed my arms on her neck. ¡°Good¡±(Eraisa) It¡¯s her student¡¯s time to train, so I¡¯m only here to watch. Besides, my training is already finished. She didn¡¯t tell me all of her techniques, but she left me in a level where I could find my own fighting style. I actually want to stay here, but I need to reach level 300 before I could relax. The fact that there is a possibility of the empress showing up makes me feel uneasy. I already told mrs. Dorall about the phantom fortress and she already sent a letter to everyone that could help. Since the current king has a lot of trust in her, he believed the story and is now mobilizing the kingdom¡¯s army. It¡¯s not sure when the empress will come, but it¡¯s better to be ready. Anyways, I¡¯m just enjoying my last days on this city. My next destination is south of Seltia kingdom, the Aragoth Ruin. She said that chieftain class monsters live there. It¡¯s also said that a few tyrant monsters were seen around the ruins. The Aragoth Ruin is empty, and only monsters are located there, so none goes to that place¡­except for us I guess. Zell said he would come with me and Faeran¡¯s answer was obvious, so there will be a total of 3 people going there. We have planned on checking the mercenary guild today. Since we are leaving anyways, might as well check everything in the city. After the men¡¯s training, mrs. Dorall and I cooked breakfast. By the time food was ready, Zell and Faeran were awake. Faeran was walking beside Zell and at the moment he saw me, he jumped to my shoulder. ¡°Good timing, food is ready.¡±(Sania) ___ After eating, we went to the mercenary guild. We have been walking in front of the guild for 3 months, yet this is the first time we will actually go inside. When we entered, some of the people were familiar. They were people that would greet me from time to time. There were a total of 4 bulletin boards and tons of people looking at it. We waved at a few who greeted us and made our way to the counter. ¡°Is there anything that you need lady Pendragon?¡±(Man at the counter) It¡¯s no longer a shock to hear someone know about me, I mean, even those nobles at the inner most part of the city knows. ¡°¡­no need for formalities, I¡¯m not even a noble. Anyways, we¡¯re here to form a mercenary group.¡±(Sania) ¡°Ok, since you are still not a mercenary, we will also give you your plate. Although you have to start from the lowest rank, since it¡¯s a rule to start from scratch no matter how strong or influential you are.¡±(Man at the counter) I already heard the ranking system from Zell. In descending order, the ranks are as follows: Diamond, Mithril, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Ortu Stella¡¯s leader is at diamond rank while the other members are at mithril. The old hag¡¯s rank is quite obvious, it¡¯s diamond. ¡°That¡¯s fine, but can we get high level missions even if my rank is low?¡±(Sania) ¡°Mercenaries are only allowed to pick a mission that is 1 rank higher than them.¡±(Man at the counter) ¡°Ok, just create the group for us.¡±(Sania) After that, a man on the side guided us to the upper floor. We were given quite a spacious room; they better not charge us for this. ¡°Do you have a group name in mind?¡±(Zell) I have nothing in mind¡­ ¡°Not really, what about you?¡±(Sania) ¡°Then how about Ortu Solis?¡±(Zell) What does Ortu Solis mean anyways? ¡°Sounds like we are just copying Ortu stella...¡±(Sania) ¡°Well, if we can¡¯t think of anything then we should go with that.¡±(Zell) We tried thinking of another name, and we did think of other good names, but in the end, we picked Ortu Solis, based on Faeran''s suggestion . ___ SOMEWHERE IN AVIA RENTA In the middle of a nowhere, there is a man singing. Blood and remains of monsters were scattered around him, yet his body was completely clean. When the shadow of the past redeems itself Total darkness will fall upon the world 4 lights will gather and 3 forsaken lights will follow But the world cannot be saved When all hope is lost, a goddess will appear Followed by 7 beasts The world will be free, at the price of¡­ ¡°Ah, I forgot the next part.¡±(?) A monster appeared in front of him and tried to attack him, but the monster¡¯s attack passed through the man. With a smile on his face, he ripped the monster¡¯s body without moving an inch from his location. ¡°Now where was I? Ah, I forgot¡­¡±(?) He started walking and monsters appeared one after another. The monsters floated in the air, and got crushed by an invisible force. The man grabbed something from thin air, and held it near his body. Monster¡¯s blood started to fall from the sky, but none of it reached the man. As blood rained from the sky, the invisible force was dyed in the color of red. By the time the rain stopped, a man holding a red umbrella could be seen leaving the place from a far. ¡°Ok then, time to find a good place to sleep.¡±(?) ___ SANIA¡¯S POV It¡¯s finally the day that we start our journey to Aragoth Ruin. We have said our farewells to the people we got acquainted with, and we don¡¯t have anything more to do in this city. The old hag and her daughter walked with us to the city gates. ¡°Don¡¯t forget to bring back souvenirs ok?¡±(Eraisa) ¡°Mom¡­¡±(Daughter) ¡°It¡¯s ok Sheela, I¡¯ll bring souvenirs for both of you.¡±(Sania) Eraisa patted Faeran¡¯s head and said something. ¡°Protect your master ok?¡±(Eraisa) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) ¡°Big mom, thank you for the past 3 months.¡±(Zell) ¡°You still call me that? Anyways, you remember what I told you right?¡±(Eraisa) ¡°Yes¡±(Zell) After a moment of silence, Sheela initiated the conversation. ¡°Sister, everyone, please stay safe.¡±(Sheela) ¡°We will.¡±(Sania) ¡°Good, then have a safe trip and enjoy your travel.¡±(Eraisa) The three of us nodded and started walking to our new destination. We looked back one last time and waved our hands. The next time I come back, I¡¯ll be strong enough to handle anything that fate throws at me. _________ Author''s Note: Spoiler : This chapter is fast paced and it probably felt like reading a different story. The real story starts now, and I hope the plot is good enough. Chapter 11.5 FELICIA¡¯S POV ¡°Haaaaaaa...¡±(Felicia) I don¡¯t want to work anymore. ¡°Leader please, just a little bit more.¡±(?) ¡°Shut it Nars, can¡¯t you see I¡¯m busy being lazy?¡±(Felicia) Why did I take this quest again? Ah, because it looked fun...well, it¡¯s not. ¡°The monsters are already dead, you finish the rest.¡±(Felicia) I swung my sword downwards, which created a small fissure, and jumped. ¡°LEADER!¡±(Nars) He wanted to jump after me, but the others held him back; time to sleep. ___ I¡¯m Felicia Zaran...well that¡¯s my alias, my real name is Felicia Gula. I¡¯m the first princess of the fallen Gula family; I don¡¯t feel like being one though. My people wants to retake the kingdom, and have been doing everything to raise an army, but they can all go do it themselves. I already left the whip to them, so they do it themselves. I¡¯ll enjoy my life as a mercenary, and without being part of my family¡¯s stupid plans. I¡¯ve traveled a long distance, and have created a stable life for myself. There¡¯s no reason whatsoever to protect my people who only see me as someone who could wield the Vantaroth. Forget about being a princess, they only see me as a weapon. What am I, a tool? Well fuc...no, I¡¯m a lady, I should refrain from bad words. Ever since I was born, I was trained to become the perfect weapon, and I did become one. Sadly, they trained my body, not my mind, so I more or less had my own plans and ran away when opportunity showed itself. I¡¯m not such a bad child though, I left the whip to them. Maybe next time they¡¯ll create a weapon that they can actually control? The only thing I hate other than my family, is the fact that I can¡¯t show emotions. I have emotions, but I seem to have problems showing them through facial expressions; stupid physical training. Anyways, when I ran away, the first thing I did was search for a way to get money. I was around 17 years old then, and although my body was still not developed, some horny adults showed interest in me...and they¡¯ll never enjoy the night life again. I gathered information, and found that the best path for me is to become a mercenary. I slowly made my way to the top, and as time passed, I met the others. Nars, the paladin, was one of the generals of the new matal kingdom. He was ambushed by his own people, and was almost killed, until I showed up and helped him. He seemed interesting at that time, since his eyes showed his deep hatred to the kingdom that he once served. Linda, the sage, was the second princess of the Isandria kingdom. She was forced to marry someone who she did not love, so she ran away. Since the one who wanted to marry her was the son of an influential man, her father tried to take her back. Since I also found her interesting, I took her. Felix, the perverted archer, was...sleeping in the middle of a dangerous cave. We have established the Ortu Stella at that point and was working on a dangerous quest. We saw him in the middle of the cave sleeping comfortably while monsters were slowly creeping up to him. I regret that I saved him by reflex, since he followed me everywhere after that. A descendant of a hero, a forsaken general, a runaway princess, and a pervert. I was never a normal person, so I guess it¡¯s normal to be in a group of unique people? Bullsh...no, I¡¯m a lady, I should refrain from bad words. We have been together for about 14 years, and I can¡¯t believe we are still all in one group. We had no goals except for living in a way we wanted, and became one of the strongest group without us noticing. A group of unlucky people actually made it to the top... Our current quest is to find out why the researchers of the magician¡¯s guild didn¡¯t come back. A group of elite researchers went to Avant cave, yet it has been 10 years since their last report. The reason it became a diamond ranked quest is because there were greedy mercenaries that took the quest, and never returned. I thought I would find something unique, but only a strong monster and corpses of people were at the end of the cave. The only thing worth my time was seeing the current wielder of the Azaroth. She¡¯s obviously from a different race, yet she has the sword of darkness, it¡¯s even in its awakened form. ...I shouldn¡¯t have let her go. If I knew the quest was a waste of time, I should have just abandoned it and followed her, since she seems interesting. ___ When I woke up, I felt something touching my chest. ¡°Who?¡±(Felicia) I¡¯m at the lowest part of the fissure, and there was no light, so I used magic to create flames. I pushed the one holding on to my body, and looked at it...it was Felix. My push woke him up, and when he looked at me, he saw my blank expression, with the addition of an intimidating aura. ¡°H-how did you get here?¡±(Felicia) I picked up my great sword, and covered it in flames before pointing it at him. ¡°It¡¯s simple, I jumped after you.¡±(Felix) ¡°Are you retarded?¡±(Felicia) I swung my sword to his neck, but he was able to dodge. ¡°Calm down, it¡¯s all just a big misunderstanding.¡±(Felix) He was slowly walking backwards while waving both of his hands forward. ¡°Oh, so I misunderstood? Then, can you tell me why you were groping my chest while I was asleep?¡±(Felicia) ¡°Oh, it¡¯s just that. I did that to help you get a bigger ches-¡°(Felix) ¡°Awaken, Vantaroth¡±(Felicia) My purple blade turned red and soon, covered in flames. Felix started running back to the surface, so I sent a sword wave to his direction. ¡°MY CHEST IS NOT SMALL!¡±(Felicia) Although I yelled, it was in a monotonous voice and a blank expression. I ran after Felix, who fuckin said that my chest was small. As I returned to the surface, I was welcomed by the others. It took awhile before I calmed down, and Felix got properly punished by Linda. I forgot to mention...I returned the whip, but Vantaroth¡¯s power remained in my body, so I could still use it. At least the whip is with them, right? ___ We checked every place in the cave that we could find, but we could no longer find anything. The quest is finished, and it¡¯s time to return. They should have checked everything while I was asleep though... It would take a week since the cave was quite big, but at least we could finally get out of this boring place. As we walked, we sensed a dangerous presence. ¡°Everyone, get into your positions.¡±(Felicia) The others stayed silent, but they all wore serious expressions and went to their respective positions. Since the presence came from one entity, Nars and I took the front, while Linda and Felix were at the back. Nars started casting defensive spells on us, while Linda and Felix were setting up their attacks. I stood my ground and awakened my weapon. A figure was walking to our direction and soon, there was a man wearing tattered clothes in front of us. We observed the enemy, and when it showed even a bit of hostility, we started our attacks. We all closed our eyes as Felix released an arrow to the enemy, and with my eyes closed, I ran to the enemy while holding a great sword covered in flames. The arrow released a blinding light, and at the same moment the light faded, we opened our eyes. I swung my sword to the enemy, but he didn¡¯t move an inch and died without fighting back. ¡°It¡¯s over?¡±(Felicia) ¡°FELICIA WATCH OUT!¡±(Nars) I suddenly felt a chill on my spine, which delayed my reaction a bit. I was hit on the side and was pushed away. ¡°That hurts.¡±(?) Linda sent an attack, and when it entered a certain range, Nars created a shield around the enemy to compress the impact of the attack. The enemy ate the attack head on, but it was not the end. As Nars released the shield, I swung my sword to the enemy. ¡°THAT HURTS!¡±(Felicia) This time, I cut the enemy from the waist. He should be dead this time. As the smoke from the initial attack faded, an arm stretched out to my face. I tilted my head, and jumped backwards. ¡°All your efforts are futile. You¡¯re not enough to defeat me, one of the great one¡¯s phantom legion.¡±(?) We backed a bit after hearing his words. P-phantom legion? T-the one written in the books? ¡°I¡¯m only here to destroy that weapon of yours, and after that I¡¯ll be gone.¡±(?) ¡°Ok, here.¡±(Felicia) I threw the great sword at full strength. He tried to block my great sword, but something pulled him downwards. The ground below him became a quicksand. ¡°Oblivion¡±(Felix) Felix released an arrow that he was charging from the moment he released the first attack until now. ¡°Amplifying shields¡±(Nars) 5 layered shields appeared between the enemy and Felix¡¯ attack, which increased its speed and strength. The enemy¡¯s body was torn to pieces by Nars and Felix¡¯ joint attack, but the enemy¡¯s slowly molded back. ¡°Frozen cage¡±(Linda) Every single piece of the enemy¡¯s body was instantly enclosed in a cube of ice, which stopped it from regenerating. We stared at it for a while, and when we were sure it¡¯s over, we all felt relieved. ¡°With this, it¡¯s over.¡±(Felicia) The others ran to me, and raised my right hand to look at my injury. Nars casted a healing spell after seeing the damage to my side ¡°Are you ok?¡±(Nars) My side was bleeding, and there were a few broken ribs, but I¡¯m fine. ¡°I¡¯ll lick it for you.¡±(Felix) We all stared at him like he was a piece of trash. ¡°Just kidding.¡±(Felix) We got out of a dangerous situation. None of us could have taken him in a one on one battle, and it was good that he wasn¡¯t too aggressive. If he was serious in his attacks, then the battle would have turned badly. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. After that, we gathered every part of the enemy and sealed it in thick ice and a multi layered shield. I don¡¯t know how strong this guy is, but a phantom soldier is an immortal; the moment the ice melts, he would regenerate again. ___ It has been a few days since our fight with the phantom soldier, and we are almost out of the cave. Since the seal would last for a few weeks, we returned to our normal pace. They did everything, while I lazed around. I¡¯m the leader so they should do all the work. We left seals for every path we pass through, which is Nars¡¯ specialty. It¡¯s something that could withstand a lot of damage, but are bad against fast types since it only blocks one directions. Since the cave is narrow, the shield could cover a whole path. ¡°Before we go out, want to eat one last time in the cave?¡±(Nars) I-I¡¯m a bit hungry, so I guess it fine. It¡¯s not that I like his cooking, it¡¯s just that I¡¯m hungry. ¡°...sure¡±(Felicia) ¡°Since you wasted time, no food for y-¡°(Nars) I glared at him; with every hostility that I could muster. How dare he threaten me with food. ¡°It¡¯s just a joke.¡±(Nars) Nars looked at the others to get their opinion, and it seems like we all wanted to eat. ¡°Then, what do you guys want to eat?¡±(Nars) ¡°FELICIA!¡°(Felix) After saying my name, he was embedded to the ceiling by Linda¡¯s punch. ¡°A-anything is fine.¡±(Felicia) We gathered ingredients for food and after that, Nars cooked them inside the cave, with a little help from my fire magic. After eating, we started walking out, leaving the sealed phantom soldier inside the cave, or so we thought. Just before we set foot outside, we felt the enemy¡¯s presence again. We ran out of the cave and entered our usual formation. He already caught up? ¡°It¡¯s not nice to put me in an ice.¡±(?) The enemy was quite enraged, and initiated the attack this time. Linda started casting a spell, while Felix continuously released arrows to the enemy. I intercepted the enemy, and cut him with my awakened sword, but I was pushed back. I lost balance, and the enemy used the opportunity to send a punch to my leg. ¡°FELICIA!¡±(Nars) Nars tried to help me, but stopped when the enemy grabbed my neck and pointed his arm to my heart. ¡°Stop, or I¡¯ll kill her.¡±(?) Both Nars and Felix stopped moving, and looked at the man with anger in their eyes. ¡°You too little missy.¡±(?) Linda stopped casting after hearing that. ¡°Good, now we can have a proper talk.¡±(?) Even in a dangerous situation, I looked at the enemy with scorn and was slapped because of that. ¡°Know your place mortal.¡±(?) I continued to glare at him, without a hint of fear. ¡°Look, I¡¯m trying to solve this peacefully. Give me the weapon and I¡¯ll let you and your little group go.¡±(?) I grabbed his arm and crushed it. When his grip loosened, I jumped away from him. Seeing me get away safely, the others started to act, but I stopped them. ¡°I¡¯ll have a talk with him, you guys go back to the city without me.¡±(Felicia) ¡°What are you talking about?¡±(Nars) ¡°ARE YOU STUPID?¡±(Felix) ¡°There¡¯s no way we could do that.¡±(Linda) The man seemed to notice my intentions and gave me time to speak with my comrades. ¡°Just get going, or I¡¯ll PUSH you.¡±(Felicia) ¡°B-but¡±(Felix) Nars respected my decision, and grabbed Felix. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±(Nars) ¡°YOU!¡±(Felix) Linda directed her hostility to Felix. ¡°She has already made her decision, and if you defy her, I¡¯ll kill you on the spot.¡±(Linda) ¡°Tsk¡±(Felix) Not one of them wanted to leave me, but they did what I told them to do. It¡¯s for the best; I¡¯m the only one he is after, there¡¯s no need to drag the others to this...beside, I have a plan. ¡°Is your little drama over?¡±(?) ¡°Yes, and before we start, can I ask what your name is?¡±(Felicia) ¡°After attacking me without listening to my words, now you ask my name?¡±(?) ¡°I¡¯m Felicia Zaran, a normal mercenary. May I please have your name?¡±(Felicia) We stared at each other and after awhile , he gave up and spoke. ¡°...Tidus, Tidus Temperantia, one of the 7 generals of the phantom legion.¡±(Tidus) ¡°Is it ok to ask why you have to destroy the weapon?¡±(Felicia) ¡°It¡¯s an order from the great one, and I¡¯m not allowed to question her orders.¡±(Tidus) I threw the sword to him, but he slapped it to the side. ¡°W-why? I thought you wanted the weapon?¡±(Felicia) ¡°I¡¯m not a fool, I know that the flame spirit is within your body. Just give me the weapon, and your life will be spared.¡±(Tidus) Tsk, so he knows. ¡°One last question, what¡¯s the goal of this so called ¡®great one¡¯?¡±(Felicia) ¡°Enough talk, I gave you the chance, but you wasted it. I¡¯m gonna rip your body apart and take the spirit with me.¡±(Tidus) Tidus ran to me, but stopped when he felt intense heat. ¡°Limit Break¡±(Felicia) My body was covered in flames, and soon formed into an armor. ¡°Armor of the flame goddess.¡±(Felicia) Everything around me was burned, including Tidus who is slowly losing bodily fluids. ¡°Y-you can use that?¡±(Tidus) ¡°Never said I can¡¯t.¡±(Felicia) I couldn¡¯t use it while the others are with me, since they¡¯ll also get affected by the heat, but now that I¡¯m alone, I can fight without holding back. I ran to the enemy and kicked him away, before pulling my great sword from the ground. ¡°Um, I doubt you can take the flame spirit from me.¡±(Felicia) Tidus took a deep breath, before covering himself with dark flames. ¡°It seems that I have underestimated you, I apologize.¡±(Tidus) He ran at a speed surpassing mine, and kicked me away. ¡°Let me rephrase my initial statement, I¡¯m Tidus Temperantia, one of the 7 virtues. I¡¯ve acknowledge your strength and will bring you down with all of my strength.¡±(Tidus) When I regained balance, a fist was sent to my neck, so I rolled and jumped away. It was hard to breath, and my strength was greatly reduced from that one attack. Sadly, this is a death match, and he didn¡¯t give me time to rest. He broke the arm which was holding the great sword, but I also retaliated by breaking one of his fingers...I¡¯m gonna lose. With my remaining arm, I grabbed my sword and swung it to the enemy, but a wall of dark flame blocked my attack. From the flames, an arm moved closer to my remaining arm and broke it. I somehow expected that I would lose, but not like this. ¡°Fuck¡±(Felicia) Tidus raised a brow after hearing my word, and chuckled a bit before breaking my remaining limbs. ¡°A lady shouldn¡¯t use such a vulgar word.¡±(Tidus) ¡°And a gentleman shouldn¡¯t break a lady¡¯s leg, so we¡¯re both in the wrong?¡±(Felicia) ¡°Hahahaha, you could still utter a joke even in this situation, quite an interesting lady.¡±(Tidus) ¡°Don¡¯t fall for me ok? I¡¯m already pissed about a certain pervert, I don¡¯t want another man to enter my life.¡±(Felicia) ¡°It¡¯s a waste, but it seems you will be a problem in the future, so your life ends here.¡±(Tidus) He raised his hand, while I closed my eyes to wait for my death...or not. ¡°Nope¡±(Felicia) Tidus was suddenly pushed by an arrow, and he was sent to a place far away from here. ¡°I¡¯m not a fool to challenge an immortal by myself.¡±(Felicia) I sent an order to the others to go somewhere and charge an attack that could push the enemy away. Since he was an immortal, it didn¡¯t matter if I was stronger since I would lose in the end. All I had to do was buy for time while the others set the attack. Linda used multi layered illusion magic to hide their presence and Nars spammed amplifying shields in front of Felix who was busy charging his arrow. With the keyword PUSH, they understood my orders and acted like they didn¡¯t know to fool Tidus. Damn it, it looks like we¡¯ll be busy for a while; stupid phantom general. ___ After the fight against Tidus, we rushed back to the city, to inform everyone about the phantom legion. I told lady Eraisa, and it seems she already expected it. Having evidence, the kingdom made everyone know about the danger that we might face in the future. The whole city was in a mess for a few weeks, but started to move in sync after a month. The king sent the information to the other kingdoms, but it will be hard to convince them without a solid proof. I no longer had time to play around, since the whole Ortu Stella group was in charge of training the soldiers for the upcomming battle. It seems that the user of Azaroth went on a journey to get stronger for the future battle, so it¡¯s a relief to have another weapon user to help in the war, but if the one we are facing is the empire that¡¯s written in the books, we will need the other hero descendants. ¡°Leader, food is ready.¡±(Nars) OK, let¡¯s forget about those stuffs for now, I¡¯ll just enjoy Nars¡¯ cooking for now. _________ Author''s Note: Spoiler : I¡¯ve been busy the past weeks so I couldn¡¯t write, hopefully I¡¯ll have free time in the next weeks. I¡¯ll still try to give a chapter everyday, but it might turn into 1 chapter a week. On this chapter, the second MC is given the spotlight. Her personality is a bit different from what most expected, but that¡¯s how I wanted her to be, an emotionless person on the outside and a loud person in the inside. Since this is just an intermission, there will be another chapter later. Chapter 12 I swung my sword, cleaving 3 monsters in half.
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After seeing the message, I looked at Zell who was busy fighting a monster. Zell wanted to get stronger, so that he won¡¯t drag us down. It¡¯s not like he¡¯ll stay with us forever, so I guess it¡¯s better for him to get stronger; so that he could protect himself in the future. He doesn¡¯t have to force himself though, since Faeran and I could handle the monsters ourselves. After Zell¡¯s battle, it was time for breakfast. It has been 2 months since we started our journey to Aragoth ruin and so far, nothing out of the ordinary happened. It has been quite a safe travel; too safe if you ask me. ¡°Zell, are you sure you¡¯re fine? You¡¯re not hiding any injury from me right?¡±(Sania) ¡°N-none¡±(Zell) It doesn¡¯t look like he¡¯s lying. ¡°Good, just remember that you should prioritize yourself first before anything else ok?¡±(Sania) ¡°Y-yes¡±(Zell) We are at a plain right now, but will enter the desert area in a few days. We plan to restock water on a lake just before we enter the desert. The desert is known for it¡¯s chieftain class monsters. It¡¯s easier to ride a ship at the port city located in the west of the Seltia kingdom, and circle around the desert through the sea to reach Aragoth ruin, but there¡¯s little to no ship going there since none would even want to go there. Anyways, whenever a day is too peaceful, I train Zell myself since I have a good amount of knowledge in swordsmanship, thanks to the old hag. My swordsmanship is divided into two forms, first is the style fit for fighting against a small group of enemies, the flashdraw style. It combines both the ability to predict and the ability to create a burst of movement. The other style is fit for mass destruction, the berserker style, which is the same style that the old hag uses; I also heard that Felicia uses this style. The style is a mix of wide circular movements and the ability to use all momentum that my body creates to propel myself into my next movement. Although they¡¯re different, I could modify each to my liking and even combine them into one style, but that would only complicate things so I left them as different styles. Zell is studying the flashdraw style, since berserker style is not fit for both his personality and talent. I don¡¯t think he¡¯s that talentless as he says, since he improved a lot from the start of our journey up to now, and he could even handle monsters that are around level 15 or higher; based on my analysis of course, since I can¡¯t see the level of monsters. He¡¯s also getting strength from carrying my bag all the time. It was heavy even for this world¡¯s standards, but he wanted to carry it for me even though I said he didn¡¯t need to. To balance things out, he had to carry it with both of his hands in the back; it would look odd for only one arm to get stronger after all. For Faeran, he didn¡¯t really have to train since he naturally gets stronger. At most; us playing together serves as his training, since the game is about him running away from me while he¡¯s in his lightning form. For my training, I¡¯m already at the peak of my style, unless I find someone who could fight me on equal footing and increase my knowledge through real battle. I¡¯m literally only after the experience that I could get from Agaroth ruin, and as of now I have only gotten 2 levels out of the journey. Unlike before where I only kill those necessary for food, I¡¯m now searching for those I could kill to increase my level. If I stayed at the same pace I had before I met Zell, then I¡¯d still be at the same level right now. If you think about it, my level would have been higher if I killed more in the forest where the Alpheous Ursus lives, instead of just killing what¡¯s needed. Food is not a problem for us since there are tons of animals or monsters that we could eat in the plain, and for water, there are lakes that we could use. In any case that we ran out of water and there¡¯s no lake in sight, I can use water magic that the old hag taught me; it¡¯s not that healthy, but it¡¯s better than dying from dehydration. ___ 2 days day before we entered the desert, we spent a night near the lake. The lake was in the middle of elevated ground, and there was no trees around. There was nothing to block Zell¡¯s sight when I bathe in the lake, but I trust that he wouldn¡¯t peek at me. I took some spare clothes and lifted Faeran before going to the lake, leaving Zell and my bag. ¡°We¡¯ll be going first.¡±(Sania) ¡°O-ok¡±(Zell) After taking of my clothes and folding them, Faeran and I entered the waters. Just like any other lake, it¡¯s shallow near the grounds and slowly gets deeper as you go to the middle of the lake. I washed Faeran¡¯s body first before letting him float in the lake and washing my own body. ¡°Don¡¯t go too far ok?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) He used his paws to propel in the lake. There are dangerous looking monsters in the middle of the lake, but none dared to go near Faeran; I mean, who in the right mind would anger a lightning deity in the waters? Whenever we bathe in an unknown lake, Faeran was always there to guard us, since we don¡¯t want a monster to attack us while we¡¯re naked; it¡¯s a different story if Zell wasn¡¯t with us though. After cleaning my body, I wore new clothes before asking Faeran. ¡°Can you stay until Zell is finished bathing?¡± ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) Of course he already knows that he needs to guard us, but I still ask him every time, since his opinion is also important; I don¡¯t want to force him into something he doesn¡¯t want to do. While Zell was bathing, I prepared food. I still had my cooking utensils, and I don¡¯t plan on leaving or selling them. By the time I finished, Zell and Faeran came back. Zell was still drying his hair, while Faeran was already dry from shaking his body. I on the other hand entered my lightning form to separate from the water; Actually, entering the lightning form could clean my whole body, but I still bathed since it feels refreshing. Before we slept, we stored water on containers that we bought at the city, and washed our clothes. On the next day, it was the usual, the continuation of our journey and at night we could finally see the desert. ¡°So we¡¯re finally here. After this desert is the Saran wasteland right?¡±(Sania) ¡°Yes, and after that would be the Agaroth ruin.¡±(Zell) There¡¯s no compass in this world, so we have to use the sun as a guide in the day, while the movement of stars at night. Unlike before where I¡¯m just blindly walking, now I have a destination in mind, and I¡¯m a bit worried since I¡¯m not good with directions. It¡¯s reassuring to have Zell at times like this, since he could guide us to the place were we wanted to go. I would have been lost if Zell wasn¡¯t here with us. We looked back one last time to the plain before walking to the desert. ___ Traveling in the desert is just as expected, it¡¯s bad. There¡¯s sand everywhere and whenever the wind blows, we get covered in sand... Anyways, it has been a week since we have entered, and it¡¯s 2 or 3 months before we could get out of the desert...I¡¯m starting to regret it. Monsters on this place usually have hard shell or exoskeleton; there are even some gigantic worms moving around under the sand. Unlike the forest where we could hide while sleeping or the canyons where none could hurt us, this desert is filled with dangerous monsters. Strength wise, the ones at the canyons are stronger, but the monsters here have poison... The only good thing about this place is the amount of experience I could get. Monsters move in groups, so every time a monster attacks, there would be more than one. In just a week, I¡¯ve gained another level. There are also a few chieftain class monsters that we have killed, and they are at the level of the Alpheous Ursus, so I can expect good experience in the Agaroth ruin. Because of the dangers in the desert, we had to take shifts at night and our pace slowed down because of it. As days passed, the monster type slowly changed and most of the ones that attacks us are ants at the size of a one story house. They usually move in groups of 4 or 5 and are hidden under the sand. They¡¯re quite strong, but not at a level that we can¡¯t handle. As we continued our travel, more and more ants showed up; it¡¯s no longer surprising to see 30 or more ants running after us. Too bad for them, they¡¯ll only serve as my experience. Our travel in the desert was quite decent, and nothing bad happened...until a certain message popped out.
WARNING: HIDDEN BOSS DETECTED Boss name: Colossal Ant(Queen) Location: Saran Desert Recommended Level(Party): 65 or higher Recommended Level(Solo): 80 or higher
It¡¯s still morning, so we could see everything around us. I looked around, but I could not see anything. I stretched my hand to Zell and said. ¡°Zell, there¡¯s an enemy.¡± ¡°W-where?¡±(Zell) The flat surface of the sand suddenly changed, and I could sense the movements around me. As of now, there are hundreds of monsters rising from the sand, and we are their target. ¡°Faeran, stay with Zell.¡±(Sania) Faeran jumped from my shoulder and entered his lightning form. I grabbed Azaroth and also entered my lightning form. Before they could fully get out of the sand, I sent sword waves to them.
1500 x 12 exp gained
Whenever the amount of enemies get higher than 9, the message shows the amount of exp gained and the number of the enemies I killed. Faeran also charged his attack while the enemy was busy getting out of the sand. I looked around, but all I could see were the red ants. Where is the boss? I continued to attack all the enemies, but there were no signs of the hidden boss; only an army of ants.
1500 x 33 exp gained
I¡¯m getting quite a lot today, so I guess it¡¯s fine.
1500 x 57 exp gained
Level raised by 1
This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. W-what? Oh, it¡¯s just Faeran¡¯s lightning breath. ___ It¡¯s already noon, yet there are still more ants that come after us. I already gained 4 levels from killing them, and there¡¯s still more. Normally I would be happy, but the current situation is a bit different. I¡¯m starting to get tired, and there¡¯s still no signs of the hidden boss, not to mention the thousand ants surrounding us. ¡°Faeran, are you still ok?¡±(Sania) ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) ¡°What about you Zell?¡±(Sania) ¡°I...I¡¯m...f...fine¡±(Zell) I sent another sword wave to the enemy before replying to Zell.
1500 x 14 exp gained
¡°Rest for a while, we¡¯ll handle the rest.¡±(Sania) ¡°N...no, I...can still f...ight.¡±(Zell) He has already killed 7 monsters around level 20, and he¡¯s still standing; Zell improved a lot. Anyways, my regenerations isn¡¯t kicking in since I didn¡¯t have a time to rest yet. If this goes on, we¡¯ll lose steam before the hidden boss shows up. ___ *wheeze**wheeze*t-the boss still hasn¡¯t showed up, and I¡¯m almost at my limit.
1500 x 21 exp gained
Recieved 65 damage from colossal ant(soldier) Recieved 49 damage from colossal ant(soldier)
I¡¯ve already gained a total of 12 levels from the endless swarm of ants, and there¡¯s still thousands of them running after us.
1500 x 14 exp gained
Recieved 27 damage from colossal ant Recieved 32 damage from colossal ant Recieved 18 damage from colossal ant
There¡¯s no end to them, don¡¯t tell me the whole desert is a breeding ground for the colossal ants. We are now running away and only killing those in front of us. Faeran and I are the ones responsible for creating a path, and Zell¡¯s purpose is to carry my bag.
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Our endless chase continued, and when the next day came, we no longer had the strength to fight back.
Recieved 132 damage from colossal ant(soldier) Recieved 79 damage from colossal ant(soldier)
Not good, I¡¯m seriously dying...
Recieved 82 damage from colossal ant(soldier) Recieved 95 damage from colossal ant(soldier)
I...it hurts...
Recieved 53 damage from colossal ant(soldier)
Faeran...Z...Zell.........
Recieved 789 damage from colossal ant(general)
___ ZELL¡¯S POV I have always been alone; none loved me and none wanted me in their life, even though I¡¯m a prince... I was supposed to be the new king, if only I had talent... I tried my best, I tried everything that I could, but I could never be what everyone wanted me to be... ___ I am Zell Superbia, the first prince of the Seltia kingdom, and I¡¯m a trash that nobody wants. When I was born, my father had high expectations, but I failed him. I was not good at politics, I was not good at magic, and I was not good at fighting, so what good am I? The moment father saw that I couldn¡¯t be of use to the kingdom, he threw me away. Even the mother who gave birth to me didn¡¯t want me, so who should I go to? Who can show me that I¡¯m actually needed? No, none will ever love me, none will ever love one such as I. ____ At the age of 10, I had to live on my own. I had no financial problems since my father was giving me what I need, but I felt that there was no point in living. Is my only purpose to live and to suffer? I tried different ways to get my father¡¯s attention or at least my mother¡¯s attention, but I couldn¡¯t since I¡¯m incompetent. I lived my life wanting to get the attention of my parents, or at least make everyone see that I could be useful. Everywhere I go, I could see people look at me differently; different from how they treat my younger brother, who excelled in everything that I couldn¡¯t. My life continued, but people¡¯s treatment only got worse. I tried moving from city to city in search of a place that could accept me, but my wish never came true. When I first manipulated my shadow, I was happy. Magic was rare, and I who have always been seen as useless could use magic. I quickly went back to the castle and showed father my magic, and for the first time, he showed interest in me. I got the attention that I wanted, and even gained friends when I entered the magic school. I thought everything would change from there, but I was fated to be alone... When I entered the magic academy, I failed on the third term. It¡¯s not the worse record; there were some that failed on the first term, but unlike them who were encouraged by their parent, I returned to my isolated life...no it was worse. I saw light, only to fall deeper into the darkness. People laughed at my failure, and there was none that defended me. Even those with worse talent in magic than me laughed, but there was nothing I could do. I was desperate, I wanted to see light again, so I tried to become a mercenary. I went to Zealon city since it was where the main branch of the mercenary guild was located. I¡¯m faraway from the main city, but there were still people that looked down on me; but it will soon change when I became the best mercenary. I became a mercenary, and I couldn¡¯t do anything but runaway from the monsters that I was supposed to kill; and one time, I was about to be killed. I¡¯ll die, but I doubt anyone would even mourn for me. At least...at least let me hear my father say he¡¯s proud of me. I accepted my death, since there was nothing I could accomplish even if I continued living, and that¡¯s when I met Eraisa Dorall, the woman who gave me a chance to change my life. She saved me and made me stay on her inn for free. After I recovered, she even trained me in the way of the sword. She listened to my story, and told me I shouldn¡¯t give up yet, and promised me that I would find my purpose if I continue living my life. I developed my telepathy magic under her guidance, and also improved my swordsmanship. She helped me, and for the first time in my life, I felt like I had a mother that loved me. My ego inflated as I got praised by big mom, and took a quest that I couldn¡¯t accomplish. I wanted to show my mother that her teachings weren¡¯t wasted, so I took something that I thought I could accomplish, but for a second time, I was at death¡¯s door. I initiated an attack against a monster, only to run away from it. There¡¯s none that could save me this time, and I hated the fact that I wasted the opportunity big mom gave...but I guess I¡¯m fated to accomplish nothing. I ran with all of my might, and as I slowly lost stamina, I asked myself. What¡¯s the purpose of my life? As I lost the will to live, another person saved me, a person that surpassed everything that I have seen before; her beauty could only be compared to that of a goddess. My heart started pounding after I heard her say something that I have always wanted to hear ¡®Have more confidence, just because you are different doesn¡¯t mean you are useless, at least you don¡¯t look useless to me¡¯ Those words alone made me realize, I want to be with her. ___ I started being with her since then, and I loved everything about her. As time passed, my love for her only grew more and more; but I should know my place. Someone as incompetent as me is not fit for someone as like her, so I¡¯ll be content with helping her. Even if I can only be her friend, even if she looks at someone else, as long as she¡¯s happy, then I¡¯ll also be happy. ___ I opened my eyes and saw a figure of a monster pointing it¡¯s fangs at the person that gave me a real purpose in life, the person that I wanted to protect, and the person that should be happy more than anyone else. I can¡¯t move, I can¡¯t protect her, I can¡¯t even sacrifice myself for her...even in the end, I¡¯m still incompetent. Why? I¡¯m the only one that should die, so why is she in this situation? Is it because of me? Is it because she helped a trash like me? If only she didn¡¯t meet me, if only I wasn¡¯t born...if only I was stronger. You have finally called me. I¡¯m Azaroth, the creation of the almighty dragon, the ruler of light and darkness. If only I had the strength to protect her. I¡¯ve waited for someone such as you to summon me, so let me ask you... If only I had the strength to kill everything that dares to threaten her life. ...do you want power? _________ Author''s Note: Spoiler : Ok, it¡¯s another cliche and cheesy romance... So which is better, a strong ally? Or a strong weapon? Chapter 13 I ran to the enemy that¡¯s trying to kill Sania. ¡°GET AWAY!¡±(Zell) I swung the sword covered in mist, sending a wave made out dark particles which cut the monster¡¯s leg, and pushed it away. ¡°Advent of darkness¡±(Zell) Dark mist spread around me, draining the life of those inside, except for Faeran and Sania. I took Faeran and went to Sania, before sending another attack to the monsters that didn¡¯t know when to stop. When the space around us cleared up a bit, I looked at the state of the others. Sania is severely injured, but is slowly regenerating; Faeran on the other hand is fine except for a few injuries. As they are now, they will be safe as long as I can protect them from the monsters. I looked at the sword which chose me as its master, before cutting those that entered my range. ___ The monsters which were once too strong for me are falling one after another. My body feels light, and every strike I do is lethal to the monsters that I had trouble cutting before. I¡¯ve already killed 78 monsters, and I feel like I could continue forever. Every time the mist saps an enemy¡¯s life, I get stamina in return; so as long as the mist stays active, I can fight. The mist is something that I learned from Azaroth. With the weapon comes the basic knowledge of how it¡¯s used, and the spell I used earlier is the strongest I have right now. The monsters still numbered around a thousand, but only a few can move close to us since they¡¯re too big. I wait for the opportunity to kill them all in one shot, and wait for the next wave to come. With that, I can slowly decrease their numbers. It doesn¡¯t matter how long it takes, since I have all the stamina that I need. Everything looked fine, and I had the strength to protect them, but something appeared from a far. It¡¯s still a distance from our location, but I could see it since it¡¯s a lot bigger than the other monsters. I continued to cut the enemies, without even using the style Sania thought me, since it was not fit for fighting such a large group. I kept a bit of my focus on the colossal monster that¡¯s slowly making its way to us, while killing the ones that was attacking us in waves. ___ When the gigantic monster entered a certain distance, I perceived its strength and it was not something I could defeat even with my current strength. I looked back at the others, but they¡¯re still unconscious. I was too busy fighting off the monsters, so I didn¡¯t have time to carry them and get away from the dangerous entity that¡¯s walking to our location. The monsters around me looked small compared to the monster from a far, which was as big as a castle. Despite having a legendary weapon in my hands, my whole body kept telling me to run away, but I couldn¡¯t. AZAROTH! TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO TO PROTECT SANIA! He hasn¡¯t talked to me ever since he became my weapon, so I couldn¡¯t get a reply from him. ¡°HAHAHAHA BOW DOWN TO ME INSIGNIFICANT LIFE FORMS!¡±(?) When the voice resounded on the desert, all the monsters stopped their actions and made a path for the gigantic monster at the back. ¡°GIVE ME THE WEAPON AND YOU WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF DYING BY MY HANDS!¡±(?) As the monster got closer, the intimidating aura got stronger and stronger. I felt that I shouldn¡¯t run away, so I stood my ground and waited for the gigantic monster to come¡­no, I was waiting for the person on top of it. ¡°I, HANAH HUMILITAS, THE STRONGEST OF THE 7 VIRTUES, PROMISE YOU AN HONORABLE DEATH!¡±(Hanah) The voice sounded like that of a child, yet I was afraid of her. My body was shaking, and I was starting to ask myself, how can I save them? ¡°ARE YOU DEAF? ANSWER ME!¡±(Hanah) My whole body stopped for awhile, my vision turned dark for a moment and suddenly, I felt someone tap my shoulders. ¡°Thank you for protecting us.¡±(?) My senses came back when I heard the voice of the person I love. I turned back, and saw Sania, who has fully regenerated. ¡°N-no, it¡¯s nothing. I-if it¡¯s for you I¡¯ll do anything.¡±(Zell) Sania sent a gentle smile to me, which made my heart skip a beat. Noticing what I said, I curled on the ground to hide my face, which was now dyed red from embarrassment. ¡°LISTENING TO ME!¡±(Hanah) The voice was closer than before, and when I looked back, the gigantic monster was almost at our location. ¡°Do you still have the strength to fight?¡±(Sania) I stood up after hearing her voice and nodded. ¡°Good; protect Faeran, I¡¯ll take care of the rest.¡±(Sania) ___ SANIA¡¯S POV I woke up at the exact moment when a message popped out.
WARNING: ??? NAME: ??? TITLE: VIRTUE OF HUMILITY, MASTER OF A THOUSAND Location: Saran Desert Recommended Level(Party): 25 or higher Recommended Level(Solo): 35 or higher
I looked and saw corpses of ants around. I thought I was dead, but I somehow dodged a bullet again. Faeran was beside me, but unlike I who has fully regenerated, he was still unconscious from his injuries and from being tired. I stood up and looked for my weapon, and got surprised when I saw Zell holding it, not just that, there were even mist around it, like the time when Astra used it. It was no time to ask, so I searched for the masterpiece which I lent to him and grabbed it before going to him. The monsters weren¡¯t attacking, but I felt danger from the hidden boss, which was now in front of me. Since I felt that I could rely on Zell, I told him to protect Faeran, so that I could focus on the enemy in front of me. By the way, even though I gained a lot of levels, it feels like I didn¡¯t get stronger or is it because Azaroth is no longer in my possession? ___ ¡°WHAT WILL YOU DO IF WE DON¡¯T GIVE YOU THE WEAPON?¡±(Sania) I¡¯m sure she¡¯s talking about the Azaroth. ¡°THEN YOU SHALL DIE!¡±(Hanah) So if we don¡¯t give you the weapon, we die; even if we give you the weapon, we still die. Ok, first I¡¯ll kill the hidden boss. I entered my lightning form, and gathered magic like what Faeran does for his strongest attack. Sensing my hostility, the girl ordered the monsters to attack, except for the big one. I looked back, and it seems that Zell could handle the little ones; when did he get that strong? I¡¯ve been searching for the boss for a few reasons, and one is that its followers will stop if it dies. The one in front of me is probably the leader type, and based on the books I¡¯ve read, the others will stop if I kill it. Some also attacked me, but they are not strong enough to stop me, especially now that I have regained strength.
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¡°WHAT ARE YOU FOOLS DOING? KILL HER!¡±(Hanah) I swung my sword, and also scattered lightning swords, which were moving on their own; well, they¡¯re programmed to find a target that they could cut.
1500 x 24 exp gained
After seeing hell yesterday, I feel so light today, like I could do anything.
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¡°AAAAAAAAA! CHIPI CRUSH HER!¡±(Hanah) Who¡¯s Chipi? The colossal monster raised one of its spiky legs and tried to crush me. Oh, it¡¯s the big one. I tried cutting its leg, but it¡¯s quite sturdy. I ignored the big one for a bit, and killed the little ones coming at me like a swarm of bees¡­or should I say ants?
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Looks like I also killed a general. *snap**snap**snap* My right arm started creating sound, and dark lightning could be seen moving violently around my arm. It¡¯s time to end this, before we get to a situation like yesterday. I jumped with all of my strength, and looked at the colossal monster in front of me. The lightning on my arm expanded and soon, a dark lightning spear could be seen. With all of my strength, I released the strongest single target spell I have in my arsenal. ¡°Gungnir!¡±(Sania) From a distance, a dark lightning spear was sent to the colossal enemy, piercing its body and killing it instantly. The spear passed through the monster like it wasn¡¯t even there, and when the spear hit the ground, a small explosion was created, killing a few monsters. When the boss fell, most of the remaining monsters hid under the sand and a few remained to avenge their fallen leader.
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Level raised by 1
After killing the boss, I went back to where Zell was; if the girl still wanted to fight back, I¡¯ll accept the challenge with open arms. Only a quarter of my mana should be left, but I still had plenty of stamina, so I could take someone of her level; I clearly surpass the recommended level after all. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. ¡°UWAAAAAAAAAAAA¡±(Hana) Am I hearing this right? The girl is crying? ¡°CHAPPY! THEY¡¯RE BULLYING ME!¡±(Hanna) ¡­y-you just tried to kill us and now you¡¯re crying? Is your head alright? Anyways, I need to get to Zell and Faeran first. The girl continued to cry, while I reunited with the others and cleared the remaining ants. After a while, only I, Zell, Faeran, and the girl were left. We walked to the girl, who was still crying; she looked at us like we¡¯re the one at fault¡­ ¡°I¡­I¡¯ll kill you.¡±(Hanah) The girl looked serious when she said that, and there¡¯s nothing more I could do. I don¡¯t want to kill people, nor do I want to kill a child, but there¡¯s a limit to what I can forgive. Even if she¡¯s a child, she tried to kill us, so it¡¯s natural to kill her. Well, if she asked for forgiveness I might have changed my mind, but she looks like she¡¯s set on killing us. ¡°¡­¡±(Sania) I raised my sword, and beheaded the girl. Is it really ok to kill a child? I feel like I¡¯m losing my humanity¡­ After killing the girl, we started walking away; until our body felt danger. I sensed the girl behind us move, even though she was supposed to be dead. When I looked around, the blood was still on her clothes, but her head was back to her body. ¡°After all those years creating an army, you show up and destroy everything? YOU¡¯LL REGRET THIS!¡±(Hanah) From the sky, a winged monster descended. She jumped to the monster, which then flew away somewhere. I attacked the monster, but a dark mist kept blocking my attack and it continued until she was no longer within my range. We stared at the sky where the monster flew, since everything that happened is just too shocking. She already died, so how? There are tons of questions floating in my mind right now, and I don¡¯t know where to find the answers. ___ We¡¯re still in the desert, and are traveling with the Agaroth ruin in mind. It has been a day since the fight against the ants, and we have recovered a bit. Faeran is still covered in injuries, but it¡¯s not life threatening. Zell is still the same, except for his new strength, and I¡­I lost my bag in the battle. Both Zell and I were curious about each other, since I had the Azaroth before, and now he has it. I¡¯m sure he wanted to ask me why I had it and I¡¯m curious as to how he became the new wielder of the weapon; even if I hold the weapon, the stat boost doesn¡¯t work, so it¡¯s only a plain weapon when I use it. The thing about the girl is the biggest mystery of all. I can regenerate, but I can¡¯t revive. Another thing is that she was the reason for the monster attack, and she was also after the Azaroth¡­who is she? S-since she¡¯s immortal, and there¡¯s the thing about the phantom fortress, is she perhaps a member of the phantom legion? If she is, then that explains why she was after the weapon. She wanted the weapon that sealed the empress, so that none could stop them when they start their attack. But the thing is, did she know we were passing through here? I mean, the whole monster attack looks like an ambush¡­and¡­if there¡¯s already a phantom legion roaming around the continent, then doesn¡¯t that mean the attack of the empress is near? S-should I come back and stay at the city? Or should I rush my journey to the ruin and get strong as fast as possible? As I was lost in my own thoughts, I felt a tap on my shoulder. ¡°A-are you ok?¡±(Zell) ¡°No, it¡¯s nothing.¡±(Sania) I-if we have the Azaroth, then the empress would postpone the attack; and even if I come back now, we won¡¯t make a difference, so we might as well get stronger. I¡¯m still worried about different things, but we need to get stronger for now, I think? I-I don¡¯t know, things are happening too fast. It¡¯s hasn¡¯t even been 2 years, yet the world I¡¯m staying at is in danger, how am I supposed to enjoy life here? Now that you think about it, I could just let the people of this world handle everything. I mean, I¡¯m not even a native of this world; so why do I have to try my best to get stronger? That¡¯s right, I can just go back and live a normal life...but I still feel like getting stronger, am I actually a battle freak? I experienced life and death situations, yet I¡¯m not even traumatized, and here I am seeking more strength. ¡°Nuu¡±(Faeran) Faeran rubbed his head to my cheeks. Seeing him cheer me up, lightened up my mood. I¡¯m just getting more and more confused as time passes; ok, let¡¯s make up our mind. Let¡¯s forget about everything else; do I want to get stronger or not? By the end of the day, it was settled, I¡¯ll become stronger. I¡¯m a certified battle freak now¡­ ___ Life after that was harsh, I didn¡¯t have any spare clothes, and most of the things we use are no longer with us. We had to rely on water magic to satisfy our thirst, and it was harder to cook food without my utensils. For leveling, it was almost impossible to raise my level because the exp I get now is too low. Well, although I couldn¡¯t level up, there was something that helped me get stronger. Zell, who got Azaroth, would train under me and spar with me from time to time. In overall strength, there is too much of a gap, but if it¡¯s just swordsmanship, then he could at least prove to be a challenge. He¡¯s growth rate suddenly became faster, and was catching up to me in terms of swordsmanship. At first I had to give him handicap, but as time passed, we could fight head on without holding back, of course without magic. Zell isn¡¯t the only one getting stronger though; when he got to the level where he could match me, it became a battle of who improves first. Whenever he surpasses me in swordsmanship, I¡¯ll suddenly get more fired up and when I surpass him, he then becomes more fired up¡­it¡¯s like we were kids that didn¡¯t want to lose. Faeran felt like he was getting left behind, so I also started sparring with him. Whenever I spar with Faeran, I only use magic, which is the complete opposite of when I spar with Zell. So as time passed, I got stronger in both magic and swordsmanship. Our travels continued like that, and 7 weeks after our encounter with the phantom soldier, we finally got out of the desert. ___ The Saran wasteland is like an extension of the desert, except for the fact that there isn¡¯t that much sand here; only dried up land and dead trees. The ground is uneven, and there are small hills everywhere, there are even a few small caves. There¡¯s just one small problem, there¡¯s little to no life here, so food is gonna be a bit hard to find. I should have thought of this kind of situation, but I didn¡¯t; luckily, we¡¯re just a month away from Agaroth ruin, which is brimming with powerful monsters, so we won¡¯t have to worry about food there. It¡¯s currently night time, and we already finished eating a monster that looked like a crow. We¡¯re a bit careful about food this time, so we left some that could last until tomorrow¡¯s lunch. I was sitting on an elevated ground, and Faeran was sleeping on my lap. As I looked at the sky, I summoned my stats. 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NameSania Pendragon
Age1GenderFemale
Level68Charisma???HP3416/3416MP962/964
Strength263(+50)Defense342(+35)
Dexterity542Agility512
Magic power294Magic Defence217(+15)
Required exp for the next level674
Just a bit more before the next level up. ¡°Do you like strong men?¡±(Zell) T-that came out of nowhere. This is the first time he asked me about this kind of topic. ¡°Hmmm I guess. It¡¯s always reassuring to have a strong man supporting you after all.¡±(Sania) ¡°I-I see¡±(Zell) ¡°Why are you asking this now, don¡¯t tell me you like me?¡±(Sania) Well, I meant that as a joke, but his reply was a serious. ¡°¡­yes¡±(Zell) After hearing that, I stared at him...and stared¡­and stared¡­ ¡°I-I love you¡­¡±(Zell) It looks like he used all of his courage to say that, so I also answered seriously. ¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t plan on being in a relationship yet.¡± My past is not affecting me like before, but that doesn¡¯t mean I can completely forget. I even have dreams of Eugene from time to time, so I doubt I could seriously look at another man right now. ¡°I-it¡¯s just a joke.¡±(Zell) He tried to hide his pain, but I know the he really meant it when he said he loved me. All I could do was to tell him my real feelings. ¡°Sorry, Zell¡±(Sania) ___ Author¡¯s Note: Spoiler : Too bad, the ship has already sunk? Anyways, Agaroth Ruin arc will start on the next chapter. DROPPED, SORRY I decided to drop this fiction because I didn¡¯t feel like writing anymore, but since it would be bad to leave everyone without saying anything or leaving the story unfinished, I decided to post the current events that I have planned. From the current events to the final arc: Spoiler : -The new versus the old Arc- >Sania, Faeran, and Zell kills majority of the monsters in Agaroth ruins. >They pick up a few unknown artifacts. >Virtue of humilty returns with her strongest familiar, the dragon of light and darkness. >Their battle ends up cleaning the ruins, which activates the artifact and sends the three to an unknown cave. >Sania gets separated from the two, and her worry grows stronger as time passed without meeting them. >Zell and Faeran made their way to meet Sania, until a guardian blocked their path. -Intermission- >Virtue of patience could be seen wiping out the whole bloodline of Ira. >The other virtues show up in city, signaling the start of the war. >Ortu stella vs virtue of temperance part 2. >The city falls, with only Felicia and a few citizens getting away. (The other three and Eraisa died in battle) -The new versus the old 2 Arc- >Sania is seen killing one of the guardians and moves deeper into the dungeon. >Zell and Faeran¡¯s team work lets them win against the guardian. >Zell¡¯s personality slowly changed from the constant life and death situations he¡¯s experiencing in the dungeon and the fact that he¡¯s worrying over Sania. >After three more guardians, Zell and Faeran met the final guardian. >Sania is shown killing the final guardian in her path and enters the final room. >She meets the preceding Fenrir, which she fights. >While fighting, Zell and Faeran shows up, making the battle into a 3v1. >Battle ends in a draw and the old Fenrir decides to join them in their travels. -Intermission- >Felicia is shown running away from a virtue. >After her third battle against the virtue of temperance, she finds herself in a cave. -God of Flames Arc- >Felicia goes deeper into the cave and finds herself in a ruins covered in flames. >With hatred in her heart, she cuts everything that blocks her path. >On the final room, she met a bird covered in flame, the phoenix. >The fight is simply her standing up whenever she was badly beaten, which intrigued the phoenix. >After a seemingly endless fight, Felicia loses, but the phoenix decides to come with her. -The Seven Virtues Arc- >Sania and the others are shown entering the remains of the city. >While traveling to another city, the virtue of humility shows up again with the dragon. >Before the virtue of humility lost, the virtue of patience arrives and changed the tide. >The virtue of patience got interested in Sania, letting the battle end in a draw. >The virtue of kindness entered their party under the guise of a small child. >After seeing the other cities destroyed, they decide to go to Zell¡¯s home. >Reunion between the Superbia family, but ends with the virtue of diligence and virtue of charity showing up. >When both parties entered a stalemate, the virtue of kindness stabs Zell in the back. >Sania¡¯s party is forced to run away from the undying virtues, leaving the kingdom to fall. -The Water Serpent Arc- >Years passed by without them being able to protect a single city, and five years after the fall of the Superbia family, the whole continent got conquered by the seven virtues. >Sania, who blames herself for what happened, gets comforted by Zell. >While on the way to another continent to ask for help, their ship gets swallowed by a whirlpool. >Zell, Faeran and the old fenrir drifted to a continent. >Sania wakes up inside an unknown place. >After cutting her way to the final room, she meets Jormungandr, the water deity. -Crimson Hero Arc- >On the continent under the rule of the seven virtues, a woman rises up to save the people. >With the phoenix and her new found power, Felicia tried to save the continent, which lead to her meeting the other hero descendants. >Felicia trained the other heroes to fight the seven virtues. >Again, the virtue of temperance showed up and fought Felicia for the fourth time. >With all her strength, the fight ended with a draw, letting the other rebels run away safely. >The other virtue showed up, but the virtue of temperance got angry when they tried to attack Felicia. >Saying that Felicia is his prey, the left her alive. -Ones Who Succumbed to the Dark Arc- >Thinking that Sania died, Zell and Faeran lost themselves and focused on achieving what the person they loved wanted to achieve. >Zell and Faeran killed everyone blocking their path in the name of justice, and only the old Fenrir can minimize their actions. >The empress showed up under the guise of a girl, which slowly got closer to Zell and Faeran. >Now that they slightly lost their sanity, the empress tried to corrupt them and add them to her forces. -Another Beast Tamer Arc- >Sania, with her new familiar, entered a continent. (The third one) >She wanted to meet with the others, but seeing that the continent was under the rule of the empress, she decided to save it. >While observing a city, she saw a boy commanding a gigantic armadillo to save a city. >With the man, a simple commoner turned beast tamer, she fought against the phantom legion. >While traveling, a familiar person showed up. The virtue of humility appeared while riding the dragon and with her was another deity, the Sleipnir. >After a long battle, the man sacrifices himself to seal the virtue of humility, leaving his familiar to Sania, but the battle was not over since the other deity monsters were still alive. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. -The Man Who Yearned Arc- >Felicia is seen clashing with the virtue of temperance, for the tenth time. Her familiar, the phoenix was getting stalled by the other virtues. >Felicia could match the virtue of temperance, but her enemy was an immortal, so she always lost. >Without both of them knowing, the virtue of temperance was slowly getting attracted to her. >Thinking that he just liked fighting, the virtue of temperance continued on letting Felicia live. >One day he received direct orders from the empress to kill Felicia, since she¡¯s starting to become a threat. >For the eleventh time, they clashed and just like always, he won, but he realized the he can¡¯t kill Felicia, not because she¡¯s stronger but because he doesn¡¯t want to. >The other virtue knew his feelings from the start, so they helped him end Felicia¡¯s life, but in the end, he sacrificed himself by fighting the other virtues while the phoenix ran away while carrying Felicia. -Unexpected Reunion Arc- >Sania could be seen riding the dragon. The armadillo and the Sleipnir were casually walking on top of water with the help of Jormungandr. >She¡¯s headed to the second continent, thinking that she could find Zell and Faeran there. >While traveling, she met Faeran and the old Fenrir, but Zell was nowhere to be seen. >She then heard from the old Fenrir that Zell joined the empress¡¯ side. >Not wanting to believe what she heard, they journey to Zell¡¯s location. >There she met Zell with a woman clinging to him, which looked exactly like her. >No matter what she said, Zell didn¡¯t believe that she was the real Sania and was forced to fight him. >Even without the power of the deities, she defeated both Zell and the woman who looked like her, which was actually the virtue of chastity. >In the end, even when the virtue showed her true form, Zell didn¡¯t change his mind. >She intended to leave him alive, but the empress showed up and dragged all of them to the first continent with a spell. -The Past Year Arc- >Sania finds herself in a cave with her familiars and within the cave were the virtue of temperance and the virtue of patience. >It has been a year since her fight with Zell, and she heard the events which took place while she was asleep from the virtue of temperance. >The virtue of temperance joined forces with Felicia and the other heroes. Soon, both fell in love with each other. >A few months after that, the empress showed up with the other virtues. >They fought, but it was obvious that they would lose. Felicia and the virtue of temperance stayed behind, letting the other heroes survive, but in the end, Felicia sacrificed herself since the virtue of temperance has a higher chance of defeating the empress. >With her life, Felicia temporarily sealed the empress, the other virtues, phantom legion, and the phantom fortress. Her efforts were not wasted, since the virtue of patience snapped out of the empress¡¯ control after the seal broke. >The virtue of chastity also became their ally, by snapping out of the empress¡¯ control due to pure love over Zell. She admitted that she was not the real sania, but Zell didn¡¯t want to face Sania after what he has done. >With the virtue of chastity and the other heroes, Zell commanded the rebel army to fight against the empress. >After hearing that, Sania said she would follow Zell, but the two virtues said she had to do something before she fights and that is to find the phoenix which was once Felicia¡¯s familiar. >The two pointed the location, which is the phoenix¡¯ domain. The two then left her to join Zell. -The Four Lights and The Three Forsaken Lights(Four Sins and Three Virtues)- >The war between the world and the empress started. >Each virtue faced the empress¡¯ remaining virtue, while the four heroes fought the empress. >It was a stalemate for them, but the phantom legion and the phantom fortress couldn¡¯t be matched by normal people. >Their forces dwindled and soon, only tenth of their forces were left while the empress¡¯ army didn¡¯t even get reduced by one. >In the middle of the war, seven deities descended from the sky, with one carrying a woman wielding the completed weapon which represented all seven elements, Ragnarok. >The tides changed a bit, but they still can¡¯t kill the immortals. >In the end, the seven deities decided to use their life to seal the immortals forever, since even if they die, a new generation of deities will show up. >After saying what they wanted to say to their master, the six started their ritual, leaving Faeran and his mother alone. >With one final hug she let go of her son and said. ¡°I¡¯m proud of you, Faeran.¡± >Faeran joined and the immortals were sealed forever, except for the empress who surprisingly evaded the seal. >The weakened empress ran away, letting the survivors have a time for themselves. >After making up with Zell, she finally admitted that she also loved him and after kissing him for the first time, she left to seal the empress with her own life. -The Ones Summoned From Another World Arc- >While fighting the empress, she got information about her. >The empress was a famed magician of her world, and by the recommendation of her world¡¯s god, she was transferred. She managed to get her hands on a forbidden spell on the new world, and used it to attain what she couldn¡¯t get in her past world, immortality.(Flashback of her dark past, but not that you would even pity her after all that she has done.) >When the Empress got the upper hand, Zell showed up saying that he wanted to stay with Sania even after death. >With both of them, the Empress got weaker and weaker. When the right time came, both used their life to seal the empress. >As their body faded, they started saying corny jokes and made fun of their past. Before fully disappearing, they kissed for a second time and moved their lips without creating a sound. Even without a sound, both understood what they wanted to say. ¡°I love you Sania/Zell¡± -Epilogue- >To pay for their crimes, the three virtues decided to protect the world from the shadows forever. The story is cliche right?