《My job and adventure as a Technomancer》 1. Died and Cheat 24-years-old, Alduin Vul. Currently in my 6th year in college. Ever since I was small, I never really had much of an interest in anything. Many kids my age when I¡¯m around in middle school had always been playing with action figures and trucks. I never understood what was so good about those objects. When I came into possession of it from asking my father for one, I never really did played with it much after I got it. At first, I was excited, but not long after it soon became dull for some reason. I tried to moved the action figure¡¯s arms and legs, rotating its head, twisting the waste, which ends up breaking it , and in the end had to throw it away. I knew an action figure isn¡¯t capable of bending, but I just wanted to see it move somehow. From what I heard from other kids, actions figures seems to be expensive. Even though I was only around 10 at the time, I was already aware of my family¡¯s financial situation. We weren¡¯t very well off and there were times where I have to skip a whole day¡¯s worth of food and ended up filling my stomach with water. When I asked father why he would spend so much money for it despite our financial troubles, he said he just tricked a naive kid into believing it was only $3 though it¡¯s $50. Seems I was worried for nothing. My middle-school is also very dull period except when I learned about the male and female body from some film. Forgot the name, but that is irrelevant. Like any guy, I¡¯m interested in the opposite sex, but considering how much I rather spend my time at home than hanging out with others, it is obvious I¡¯ve never had a girl. Not like I had others to hang out with anyways. Soon I graduated middle-school and went into high-school which was pretty much very similar. A bit of differences included clubs which makes you do free labor for different groups and supposedly gain free hours which was honestly very tiring, and the importance of grades to supposedly go into a good university and spend a huge load of your money to possibly get a successful career. Obtaining a scholarship helped a lot for my finances, otherwise I should have been in the streets right now, or desperately looking for a job somewhere. As of right now, I am jogging on the way to my apartment from college, which wasn¡¯t too far away from each other. I¡¯m in a small rush to take a shower in my apartment and then take a nap. Staying up for 2 nights put a toll of me mentally and a lot physically. Exams are way too stressful. It was just an ordinary day which I would usually waste time for I had nothing else to do. Nothing extraordinary occurred until I heard strange shrieks that was coming from above me as I was sweating from the small workout, which maybe I thought was a bird of a sort, so I looked up expecting something. However, contrary to my expectations, it''s something which made my heart skipped a few beats and made me feel chills all over my body as I can feel goosebumps appearing on my arm. I see a large plane on fire while one of its wings was missing and was rotating itself as it was free falling from the sky. If you were to carefully listen, small piteous cries can be heard from within the plane which I immediately assumed to be people screaming inside who were trapped. Wasn''t there suppose to an emergency door? Well, I don''t know much about these topics as I never had to go on an airplane before. Didn''t have much of an interest anyway. Miserable screams can be heard from within. Even though it may have sounded horrible, the worst thing for me was its trajectory which was going into my direction and was heading my way. Noticing this quickly which I normally wouldn¡¯t be capable of doing, I attempted to run with all the strength in my body which had already been exhausted from jogging for several minutes away from my college. Also kind of hungry right now since I skipped breakfast and lunch today to save for my rent in a few days. As I ran, I can feel the airplane was heading my way. I didn''t look up as I was desperately running. The plane wasn''t very big and doubtful if it would directly hit me, but it may explode while crashing. Running, soon a huge explosion was heard. My body was suddenly pushed from something behind me. It was the force of the explosion. I can feel the searing heat on my back as I was flying forward from the impact and I was heading towards a metal bulletin board and smashed into it. For some odd reason, I was still alive from all that. Even so, my head was bleeding and definitely heavily damaged from smashing into the metal bulletin with that velocity. I didn''t feel any pain most likely from the part of my brain is completely ruined or my nerves went haywire. Whatever the reason. I''m still alive no doubt, but surely will die as time goes by. Even without looking at my body, I can tell my body should be fucked up everywhere right now. If I should somehow recover from this, it is questionable whether or not I would want to continue living disabled. How am I even capable of thinking despite my brain being damaged? Soon I begin to unconsciously close my eyes as my body felt very exhausted and begins to shut down from the control center being destroyed, and all went dark. ------ It was cold. So cold. Where am I? Actually, who cares. This emptiness I am feeling right seems so pleasant. I don''t think I would want to wake up if this is a dream. Soon, that cold feeling disappears as I felt a warm feeling spreading across my body. In reaction to that I opened my eyes and my pupils narrows from the dazzling light coming from the closed dusty window. Getting adjusted to the bright light after some time, the next thing I see was a wooden ceiling. I looked around as I tried to perceive my surroundings. Realizing I was lying down on the floor, I stood up as I turned a full circle to observe my surroundings. Right now I seem to be in a wooden built cabin which looks as if it had been abandoned decades ago. I could tell it''s very old from all dust which had collected on the furnitures nearby. Also showing how long it haven''t been touched. From this, it is doubtful whether someone would actually be living here recently. Just impossible. Though as of right now, my heart is currently beating a bit fast since I have no clue where am I. I¡¯m supposed to be in my bedroom in the dorms. No matter how many times I rubbed my eyes and opened them, the environment didn¡¯t change. Did I perhaps have gotten kidnapped? First, I attempt to remember what''s the last thing I did I was consciously aware of. If my memory serves me right, I was supposedly jogging slowly on my way to the dorm from college. it was the norm that i did everyday, but something was not in the ordinary that last time I was jogging to my dorm room. I''m pretty sure something happened on my way there though. I believe I was looking at the sky for some reason. What was it again? It''s definitely something which startled me, that''s for sure. What was I looking at again? Ah! Yes, I remember now. Memories surged through into my head, filling it with the scenes before my supposed death. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. I took a look at my body. From what I can see it right now, it doesn''t looked harmed in the slightest Perhaps a dream? Not even a scratch or scar can be seen on my body when I took off my clothes which I was wearing. Before putting back on my clothes, I see a subtle difference in what my body was suppose to look like. I was suppose to be a bit overweight while being around 5 feet 4 inches. This is due to the fact I sometimes eat potato chips for meals. Cheap you know? However, right now I am estimated to be around 5 feet 8 inches with a lean, but fairly muscular build. I can tell by eyeballing it. My body was suppose to have more meat on it and I''m supposed to feel some burden on my legs as I was overweight, but I didn''t feel any as I am currently. This is very odd. Isn''t this the popular concept in light novels which I have been reading about? I was poor, but there was money to have an android with internet which I used to read a couple of light novels. Is this Reincarnation? Those delusional thoughts which everyone had thought about at least once and I¡¯m experiencing it right now. This is reality right? Although, maybe it couldn''t be reincarnation from the fact I am in a grown body instead of an infant. I wanted to know what I looked like right now; however, I didn''t see any mirrors in this cabin as I searched the drawers and cabinets of this place. Then I noticed a couple of icons in the bottom of my field of vision. This was strange. When I moved as I reached out for the icons, they also seemed to move along with me. Suspecting something, I then softly said "Status", but contrary to my expectations, nothing seemed to have happened after I said the usual game term which almost every VR light novels contain. I then looked at one of the icons that looked like a brown leather bag, and made a mental command in my head to open it. A small screen no bigger than a PC monitor showed up in front of me. I guess it must be mental issued while focusing on a certain icon for it to open. In this small screen it contains mini boxes that lined up in rows and columns. Furthermore, there was a Christmas looking gift box in one of my mini boxes in which I assumed as the inventory. Being curious as I may, I did what any other person would do and opened the Christmas box with a mental command. Suddenly, a bunch of screens popped in front of me.
Head Gear(Mask): Phrixa A simple white mask with no mouth feature. Special Effect: Incoming damage to the head is nullified and unaffected to the wearer. Unaffected by Fire and Ice attacks Untradeable Item
Full Body Gear:Allium Black long-sleeved robe that covers the whole body along with yellow trim decoration around it. Special Effect: All incoming damage inflicted to the body(arms,chest,legs) are nullified and unaffected to the wearer + Regulated Body Temperature (control the temperature of one¡¯s body) Untradeable Item
Boot Gear: Apricis Sneakers which is may be an unusual type of shoe in another world. Special Effect: Increased Speed by 150% + Stamina Regen increased 200% Untradeable Item
Accessory Gear(ring): Reshagoy Ordinary looking ruby ring. Special Effect: instant death nullification + User Revival (once per day) Untradeable
Unique Skills: Super High Health and Mana Regeneration (Passive), Analyzing Sight (Activation), Max Class Level(Passive), Time-Slower(5 seconds) {3 uses per day}
Classes: Technomancer, Shadowmancer, Warlock, Necromancer, Priest, Paladin, Elementalist, Spirit Summoner¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. Random selection> Activated
Random Class Selection Loaded Technomancer: A class which master advanced techniques of machines and alchemy. They can construct and repair nearly anything. Further information may be answered in the Help (?) selection.
A number of equipments were shown to me while giving information of its abilities. Some notification screens were really weird as it just appears in front of me while and did its own thing. Like the class I just randomly got. The screens appears and disappears so fast I could only capture some information shown before another screen would pop up. However, I could tell this cliche situation is abnormal. The more I think about this, the more I believe this can''t be reality. Who starts off with such an enormous starting boost when just a moment ago, was transferred or teleported here. These equipments also need to be taken down a notch. What kind of equipments are these anyway? Such over top Special Effects is simply a cheat. Even some Virtual Reality light novels kept it at a moderate level. Even though in my opinion this level of equipment is cheat-level, I had just transferred or teleported here. Who knows if maybe this equipment gear may very well be a normal kind in this world. I began to collect my thoughts. ¡®Hmmmm, with that, what should I do from now on?¡¯ Usually this scenario would be different if I was summoned as a weak standard Hero and begins his journey to defeat the evil Demon King who had terrorized the humans and schemed to take over the world or something. However, even then it doesn¡¯t seem to be interesting to take part of that role. I don¡¯t want to risk my life afterall. I also just died. Should I just go somewhere, earn money, buy a house, and sleep for the rest of my days? Maybe get layed? Doesn¡¯t seem that bad. Well, I should start by getting out of this dusty cabin which I should have done so from the start as I began coughing from inhaling dust in the air. Maybe there is something which I may be interested in this world, but it is doubtful if this is the same as any light novel reincarnation/transport which I read. Well I don''t really know if I have not experienced this world yet. Usually in a novel, the transferred person would want to go back to his or her own world, but I had died already there, so I''m not sure if going back is an option for me. With that thought, I pushed open the cabin door and entered the outside world. Wonder how my father is doing? 2. Discovering and testing my abilities After getting out of the wooden cabin, I was greeted by a cool refreshing wind. I closed my eyes as I breathe in the unpolluted air which is absent of CO2 from burning fossil fuels and gasoline from my homeworld. Opening my eyes in a relaxed manner, what was in front of me were hills of grassy plains with a bunch of other houses nearby that were separated somewhat far from each other. As my gaze passes over the hills, there was a mountain not significantly high, but still nonetheless far from my current location. From where the sun¡¯s position at the blue cloudy sky, it was determined the time as of right now is about 8-10 in the morning. It was only approximately. Not sure what should I do from now on, I decided to ask questions for people living here. Mainly where I am at. Thinking of that, I walked down the not so steep hill which the cabin or house was built on. It¡¯s a very relaxing walk. I occasionally take such walks when I had nothing better to do. Best when there is no one around. I dislike being looked, stared, or even noticed at. Dealing with it is fine, but not very comfortable I assure. Before long, I nearly arrived at the first and closest small looking house which I decided to ask questions for the people living inside them. For some reason, the small house wasn¡¯t really in good shape when I got closer to it. Part of the building looked as if they were burned black and the building¡¯s wall were, for some reason, cut neatly off. This is a bit unusual. The fields in front of the house were bared with a couple of dead crops and plants too. This is probably a farm field I assumed. Crops after all. However, the management with it is horrible as all of it were dead or colored brown. I wondered what had transpired here. Getting closer to the door which was actually inside the house laying on the floor, I glanced inside the house cautiously. I see tables and chairs that were overturned and there were also some cut marks on the inside walls. There was also a steel plow spotted near this entrance, but was covered in dried blood. What kind of circumstances would a steel plow contain blood on it? Did the owner used it for a weapon maybe? Where is the owner to begin with? It is way too silent right now. ¡®Well, I guess I should check if anyone is here. If not, I should plunder some things. Gonna need some food from now on. But before that, I need to do several things before hand.¡¯ I made a mental order on another of my icons located on the bottom of my screen. My Status was then shown. Name: Alduin Vul Title: God of Creation Job: Technomancer Class Level: X Strength: 356 Intelligence: X Agility: 308 Vitality: 556 Dexterity: 341 Appearing in front of me, I then tried selecting the Technomancer name. Nothing happened. Maybe the wrong icon perhaps? ¡®Hmmm, this is not really what I am trying to search for. Though what¡¯s with that title?¡¯ God of Creation? Perhaps the Technomancer class is related to this as when I read the job description, it had something to do with making stuff. But why does that lead to [God]. And the numeric value of my intelligence and Class Level is marked as an X. Why is it like that? Either it means it is maxed out or it means I have none. However, with the skill I attain from the christmas box, which I am sure Max my class level, the former was more favorable. Let¡¯s hope it is anyway. I cancelled the popup screen by selecting the red X button on the top-right corner of it. After that, I searched for the skill icon by opening the various ones. It didn¡¯t took me long till I finally opened the right desired icon, which was the skill one of course. However, it was also my class icon, but it¡¯s the same right? Either way I got what I was searching for. My class/skill list displayed itself to me.
Class: Technomancer Help (?) Skills: (All)-Creation[rwbnoe24], Repair[e940p%6], Modify [pokf*^%d] Unique: Materials-Nullifier, Mind of the Creator, Instant Creation
¡®......¡¯ ¡°Wait? What the¡­?¡± Giving a look of disbelief, I don¡¯t know what to say as some of the skills looks as if they were bugged and went haywire. Did something went wrong? I have to first analyze everything before I form my opinion. Opening up the Help (?) button after Technomancer, another information screen showed up.
A magical class which affects,create,and modify technology. The strength of the class owner is dependent through the usage of technology. They can create various items and objects depending and relying on the intelligence of the person and the materials used. Create-To create objects, it is necessary to have a particular level and materials. Not meeting the requirements will reward the creator with a defective object or item. Repair- To fix the object back to regular and peak condition. Dependent on the person¡¯s knowledge of object being repaired. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...
I read all my skill descriptions including the unique ones. Summing all these skills into a couple of words, it is ¡°The ability to Instantly Create anything out of nothing.¡± No matter how this is looked at, cheat is the only word describing these abilities when they work out conveniently with each other. ¡®Not complaining though.¡¯ I then select (All)-Creation and a box turns up. There were instructions there as it shows it and I of course read it all. Following through the instructions, I inject an image of a plain katana with a black hilt. In the bottom of the image, objects were suddenly shown, which I assumed were materials. However, the materials shown had an red X mark on them. ¡®This might be skill, Materials-Nullifier.¡¯ I soon spotted a modify button near the katana and opened it. What was there were possible enchantments I can make for it per the instructions. Varying from instant death, sharpen, flame enchantment, magic deflector, self-recovery, and etc. I chose magic deflector for the sake of it since I don¡¯t know what kinds of magic there is here, sharpen for cutting ability, and searched for another specific option which had on effect to extend the blade like Gin in bleach. Soon that option came up and I chosed it. With a total of 3 enchantments, I selected [Create] on the bottom right of the screen.
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Finally at 100%, my inventory opened up despite me not consciously doing it, came up. In there were the cheat equipments which I had not wore yet and then questioned myself why haven¡¯t I equiped it. But that wasn¡¯t all since there was a katana with a black hilt glowing in another mini-box. First, I took out my cheat equipment which pretty much make my death impossible, and wore up manually. Leaving my previous clothes in the inventory. It seems there wasn¡¯t a an option of equipping. You can¡¯t seem to wear it in an instant like other games do. Wearing my C-clothes, plain white mask, and ring, I then took out the katana and hold it. I haven¡¯t mentioned this, but the modify button had other options like ¡°who may use the objects I created¡±. I also used that option to make it so the katana may only be wielded by me. Wouldn¡¯t be nice if I were to somehow drop it in a fight and the opponent decides to use it against me. However, the weapon might not affect me which was already self-explanatory. I think I might have added the instant death enchantment if it wasn¡¯t for the possibility that I might accidentally kill a person unintentionally. Of course, what is the probability of the chance I would even hold a weapon near someone I don¡¯t want to kill . If anything, I would put the katana into the inventory. Holding the katana noobishly for self-defence, I entered the broken house. Kicking away the dried blood steel plow when going inside, I observed the room I¡¯m currently in. I believe this may be both the dining room and living room as those tables upturned seems to be where people would dine at. Especially since this house is quite small. Where else would they eat at? There weren¡¯t many rooms to begin with when I searched around the house. There is no need searching for food anymore since the creation ability could probably deal with it. After reading the instructions, I have a good idea what a Technomancer does, and with my other unique skills, there is no say. I searched everywhere, but there wasn¡¯t anything that would give me ideas which could be of convenience to me. A map might be nice. The cabinets seems to be all looted. The dried blood steel plow still bothered me a bit. After all, which I may have assumed to be dried blood was actually not (that) dry to begin with. I imagined a scenario of a farmer taking this out and attacking a burglar or bandit. If someone died from that, shouldn¡¯t there be a dead body around here? Assuming there was a fight to start with. Well, I could just ignore this since it definately have nothing to do with me. And I¡¯m not to kind-hearted to save someone if it is an inconvenience to me. Exiting the small house, I then looked into other houses for the sake of it. Mostly because there was really nothing interesting to do. But seriously, these clothes feel so nice. The black robe feels so silky and warm which may be involved with the ability associated with it. Every movement I make just feel so good. I can¡¯t correctly describe it when I¡¯m not that good with words. No doubt I shall continue wearing this when I sleep. With the regulated body temperature ability the robe has given me, I can avoid sweating. Oh how I hate sweating. Afterall, being slightly overweight can still make you sweat from just doing a casual walk in a cold night or even just standing up. If I just had this kind of clothing in my world¡­. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Well, it doesn¡¯t matter anymore when I have a new body for some reason. Finishing the last house I¡¯d looted, which were just some metal copper coins. From the various houses I observed, this place seems to have been robbed and attacked. However, there wasn¡¯t any signs of dead people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, with that done I want to know where I can find civilisation. That was my question I was going to ask if there were anyone around. An idea popped up in my head. ¡°......Can my [Creation] ability actually be able to make it? For such an absurd purpose? No, such a thing...but it won¡¯t hurt giving it a try.¡± Once again going through the several steps in creating, I modified it, the compass, with an enchantment to located civilisation along with a map that shows my location and the other places near me. Just like a GPS. Maybe this is where God of Creation comes in I guess. Now then, next is how should I travel by? Many thoughts were in my head right now. Mostly ideas from back in my world such as the android phone, car, helicopter, and computer. ¡°.......And gun?¡± Wow, why haven¡¯t I thought about that? Instead of a sword, I could have just made a gun for self-defence. Isn¡¯t my intelligence Maxed out? Why am I not even thinking well today? No, it was probably because of the light novels and manga I read. Most of the time characters are transported or reincarnated to another world, and through the use of medieval fantasy magic and weapons. Being influenced by those ideas, I got into the flow of it. I should be more open with what I can do, especially with the creation ability. Maybe I shouldn¡¯t make any gun. How about a railgun? A gun which shoots out bullets that explode upon contact with something? Nah, let¡¯s first see how much normal guns can do before I switch things around. But with the modify ability, even a normal gun could pretty much be an Over-Kill if I put tons of enchantments on it. Is there even a limit to how much I can put on? ¡°Well then, let¡¯s start .¡± ----- Few minutes later, I made my first gun and named it G-1
G-1 A ranged pistol weapon created by Alduin Vul. Special Effect: Unlimited Bullets, Greater Penetration, Magic Penetration, Poison V, Instant Death V, Bullet Speed Greater Increase, Burn V
Taking it out of my inventory and putting my katana inside the inventory, I hold the G-1. Testing it out, I searched for something to shoot at. Finding nothing worthy of measuring this gun¡¯s power, I just shot at a nearby house 6 feet away from me. Pulling the trigger of the G-1, I felt the bullet coming out of it, and a loud noise was heard. ¡° Damn. It is too loud. I need to modify it again to lower the volume.¡± I walked towards the house and looked at the area where I shot at There was a clear small hole where the bullet went through. Furthermore, the hole area had a black circular shape around it. Must be the Burn V I guess. Well, that makes do with it. But before that, I looked at the gun held by my right hand. I doubt I have any knowledge of the structure of a gun, yet it was made. This proves I can make anything despite my lack of knowledge of such things. Anyway, next thing I did was once again used [Create] and made a ring which gives the user the ability to fly, and I wore it. Putting back the G-1 in the inventory, I got the civilisation-compass out and imagined myself to levitate, and corresponding to my thoughts, I was lifted off the ground. Moving around, I find it not that difficult to travel around the air. It felt like having your body being empowered by something and using that power to fly. It was difficult to describe, but I flew nonetheless. Descending down and deactivate the fly ring, I walked towards the direction of civilization with my compass, not wanting to fly if it attracts attention. Who knows if some arch-mage or whatever would notice it. That happens quite a few times in a some light novels I read online. I think I would only start flying when there are other people capable of doing the same. ------------- Unknown ¡®What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?¡¯ Shaking from exhaustion, I watched as the humans slaughtered my neighbors and friends and my parents. Screams were heard everywhere. Why is this happening. We did nothing wrong. Why should this happen to us? This isn¡¯t fair. We were only living peacefully with each other, not bothering anyone. Why is this happening? Tears began flowing out my eyes as my body is shaking. Some of the humans were capturing my fellow kin and putting them into cages. It was mostly women and children. There were some men in the cages, but few in number. Right now, I¡¯m fending for myself from 3 male humans. I was one of the best fighters in my village. Being a Martial Artist, I was capable of not being captured, which was the human''s intention. Apparently, many of them find me very attractive. They were all individually weaker than me, but with the numbers they brought, it doesn¡¯t look so good. The ratio of our numbers compared to them was 1:6 My village¡¯s fighters were fending for themselves with some level of difficulty. However as time goes on, they were getting more exhausted and had more issues in dealing with the invaders and soon dropped down with fatigue. ¡°Hey hey elven girl. Why don¡¯t you stop this pointless fight? We will treat you well. We will even forgive you for killing several of our men. Not a bad offer right?¡± One of the 3 men I¡¯m fighting said as he licked his lips and swallowed his saliva. Despite he saying that, it was obvious of his intentions. I can feel myself barely staying conscious. So far I was able to quickly kill 7 of those humans, but it was a surprise attack by pretending to be weak. No matter how this is looked at, it is impossible to win. This is also due to a fact where most of us villagers aren¡¯t capable of fighting. There were only a few. I can¡¯t hold out much longer. Glancing at my kin, some of them were taken into our own houses as they cried by those humans who were dragging them in. Some them even were still just kids. Feeling frustrated at myself of being powerless while dodging the sword thrusts and slashes from the 3 enemies, I noticed an opening from one of them. This is an opportunity and me being desperate, I went straight for it. Throwing a palm strike at the man¡¯s chest, it came into contact with the area near his heart, and exerted a strong force onto it, causing the man to be thrown back. This should render him unable to move. That strike should cause him to lose all the air in his lungs and at the same time, stop his heart from beating when directly hit at, which would kill him. However, contrary to my expectations, he got up easily, if not somewhat got up with some difficulty as he still had some issues breathing from my palm strike. He laughed at me when I showed a shocked expression. ¡°Too bad elven girl.¡± He smiles and took out a brown pouch of something and opened its content to me while 2 of the other men took a moment to stop fighting, also showing some of their exhaustion from fighting me. Gold coins were falling from within the pouch. Though instead of whole coins, many of them were in pieces. ¡°Hahahahaha, it was fortunate I always kept my money with me at all times. Especially being located at my chest. How about you give up elven girl? I can tell you¡¯re quite tired yourself after that strike of yours.¡± His disgusting smile made me snapped emotionally. ¡°You damn bastards! Why are you doing this!? What have we ever done to you to deserve this!?¡± I screamed out with agony at them. But I knew the reason. It is simply because they desired too. And they enjoyed it so. The 3 men looked at each other after I said this. They suddenly began grinning and laughing hard, making them soon gasp for breathe. ¡°Hahahaaha. Even if you so that elven girl, what are you going to do about it?¡± I might have aimed to attack them while they were laughing, but I was too tired to focus myself. And with the anxiety I have for my fellow kin, I¡¯m about to break. That is then I decided on something. I decided on something which might cause my kin to feel betrayed. But I can¡¯t take this anymore. We were finished. Nearly all of our fighters had been slain. Only a few others including me were still fighting back, and even then they are probably considering to stop this hopeless fight and give up. I took a moment to again analyze the situation. It was going as how I expected. Some of our fighters had already dropped their weapons and raised both of their arms in the air, showing their surrender. I know this would make the others feel betrayed, but I did it anyway. I took out my last resort. A purple potion was pulled out of my clothing and I quickly opened it and drank it up. The 3 noticing this as they laughed, stopped and went back to being serious and dashed towards me. They understood what I just drank might not be good for them. Most likely they were hoping to deal with me before the potion takes in effect. Unfortunately, the potion quickly taking effect, made me filled with vigor. However, I knew, this alone wouldn¡¯t help me much in this situation. There were too many. And in addition, the potion wasn¡¯t perfect. There will soon be a backlash, and it isn¡¯t going to be pretty. So, instead of fighting them, I turned around and then¡­¡­¡­......I ran. Sprinting with breakneck speed, I ran out of my village and through the giant forest which surrounds my village. Tears continued flowing down my cheeks. But, I never knew that such as my decision, I would meet such an overpowering being. --------- 3. Automation Creation Ah, I am so bored. Ever since I have been walking to some kingdom or country whatsoever, nothing has happened. Perhaps I should start sprinting to my destination. However, on the other hand, I would be indecisive on the topic of having a goal afterwards arriving there. Well, it isn''t expected of me to find a goal. Today is my first day in this world. Who knows? Maybe something could happen that may arouse my excitement. Maybe I should start a creating a house, big and luxurious enough to live in, while also creating a phone with Internet access on it. Electronics were mainly used in my modern day world where it would be unusable if no one were to use phones or browsed something online. Of course coming up with this idea, I¡¯ve made an android while creating the settings, applications, attempt to connect to my world Internet, but it didn''t seem to have worked. No matter how much I attempt to focus and develop [internet connection], it doesn¡¯t seem to be applied to the android. I have successfully created this android and inputted 500 songs including anime ones into it. Wouldn¡¯t have thought this was possible, yet it did. I could experience some part of my otaku life, even though it may be just partial. I also made a headphone. Because internet couldn¡¯t be created, it is possible I need more of an understanding of this topic, or it may just be my [Create] ability is not able to make it. Therefore, I concluded my cheat ability despite having the capabilities to make anything and change anything which I would never thought possible, still had restrictions on it. I also suspect these restrictions may be mainly not being able to connect with other worlds such as my own. Currently, I¡¯m trying to develop a world portal of a sort, so I may come back to my world. Obviously I was trying to come back to that world for the sake of Japanese light novels, but in the end, the experiment turns out to be a failure. ¡®Then again, I have supposedly died in that world, so it may not turn out well if i came back anyway.¡¯ Who knows if I dead body is still there and I was confirmed dead. Although, I¡¯ve come in terms with my situation, I¡¯m rather an addict to those Japanese light novels. Thus, I again abused creation and modify ability to develop an engine for my created android to write and create light novels while putting some topics such as op main character or harem or fantasy, and what kind of abilities and skills they use. After doing so, I checked my android, and I found in just a few seconds, almost 10 novels were already created along with the titles they had. With 500 pages per novel and there were even nicely drawn pictures. "Holy shit." Seriously, who wouldn''t be surprised. Everything has already been obtained by me. ''Well, with the possible boredom out of the way, I guess exploring this world and taking my time is a good idea, before becoming a hikikomori. ------------- Currently, I am inside a transparent air bubble which is driving me to whatever. With black headphones on my ears as I listened to music and holding my android with my left hand, I was taking a small nap while laying down inside the air bubble. My eyes were closed, breathing softly in and out. ¡®~This is the life~.¡¯ Having thought of this, I opened my eyes lazily and got out a Pepsi can out of my inventory. Ever since testing out my abilities in various ways, I made tons of stuff from my world, mainly food and drinks. This included lots of fast foods. Knowing I would end up getting fat from that can of diet, that issue was removed by adding more effects on my ring. I also made sure to add others such as the ones below. Calorie intake remover, sustenance, poison immunity, illness immunity, curse immunity, allergy immunity, disease immunity, ...... You guys should get the point. I just added all sorts of abilities and effects onto my ring, which I believe may not have a limit with how many enchantments I attach to to it. Honestly, the only thing I have been doing is abuse all these skills. I feel pity for all the reincarnated characters who had to work their way up to get what they wanted. Although those characters may just be fiction. Who knows if it actually is real in another world considering my own circumstances. People without much belongings, or unsuccessful in their life always tried to convince themselves they gain satisfaction from the hard work and effort used upon for their desired goal or motive. Maybe it is true. For me in the past, I just wanted to laze at home and do absolutely nothing, just like any other person in society does. Or at least I believe most of them. Creation is the best ability anyone could have. On my way, or the air bubbles way, I¡¯m heading towards the forest as I looked at my GPS map that was floating in front of me. Still, I have yet to seen any living organisms except for plants and grass. Ever since being in this world, no person or animal had been spotted. My GPS included a [Life-Sensor+ Possible Danger-Sensor] device and detects any living organisms on the map excluding plants and trees, unless it may come to harm me. ''I guess I should just take a light nap again'' With that thought, I slowly closed my drowsy eyes. ------------ In the dark space in my mind, I see nothing. Just like what you see when you are asleep, if you¡¯re aware of it. It¡¯s a very pleasant feeling. Although it is such a nice enjoyment, it was interrupted when I felt I fell and hit something on my back. My eyes shot opened quickly from the impact and immediately got up into a sitting posture as I looked around my surroundings which is the forest. However, trees, bushes, and dirt wasn¡¯t the only thing I see. There were a 4 wolves I could see that were looking at me, and in addition another one was very close to me. Around 9 feet. How did my air bubble pop? I was pretty sure I put some kind of defence ench¡­.. ¡®Oops. It was only the floating and directing enchantment.¡¯ Well, that was fucking great. Maybe I got slightly ahead of myself from my cheats. Carelessness may yet be my worse enemy in this case. I began sweating a bit as I took out my G-1 and carefully readied it to fire at a moment''s notice while being held with 2 hands, it was pointed at the nearest wolf. ¡®Only 4 wolves? I doubt that there are only this much in a pack. I remembered there should be more if my previous knowledge of animals could be applied to same for this one.¡¯ I quickly checked my GPS/Radar to see any other enemies in my surroundings. Unfortunately, there were at least 12 more others nearby. ¡°I single pistol is not enough for this¡± I muttered under my breath, ¡°I definitely need to develop an AK-47 or just some sort of machine gun.¡± The 5 nearby wolves including the one very near me, were closely observing me in what actions I will be taking, as they slowly circled me. They were being very cautious towards me. I can¡¯t decide whether or not I passed through their territory or I am just prey. But that was irrelevant as this may yet be my first dangerous situation in this world. However, despite my small amount of sweat on my chest and back, I don¡¯t exactly feel afraid of them. Is this because of confidence in my equipment skills? Well, I do have a ring that could revive me and my clothes which supposedly nullify and negate damage towards me. If I consider this fact, then it may explain why I don¡¯t feel much danger despite knowing I have no experience in life-and-death situations. As I was thinking this, one of the wolves growled, and in response, 4 other wolves leaped at me. While they were in mid-air when they jumped at me, I casted one of my Unique Skills, [Time-Slower]. This objective is to experience the time around me slowing down. Still, I am aware it would only stay in effect for 5 seconds tops, so I immediately began shooting the wolves. From what I see right now, the wolves were in fact, still in mid-air due to [Time-Slower], but instead of slowing time, it almost looked like Time stopped. If it was like this, then it might as well rename the skill to Time-Stop right? The bullets came out of the gun as I pulled the trigger and quickly headed towards the wolves. The bullets shot out, doesn¡¯t seem to be affected by my Time-Slower skill, so this is another plus for me. The 5 lead bullet covered in a small layer of steel pierces and passes through each of the wolves at breakneck speed which I cannot even see with my bare eyes. With that, 5 seconds passed by in my time. I don¡¯t know how much time passed for my surroundings though. It seems to me they barely moved. Anyways, out of the 5 bullets shotted out, 4 of them directly hit their targets while one of them, which was the wolf I shotted at last, somehow had quick enough reflexes to barely move enough so the bullet only grazed his shoulder. - However, even though it was only a graze, the wolf who miraculously avoided the bullet, widened its eyes as it couldn¡¯t comprehend what is occurring within his body. In the area where the bullet grazed his shoulder, a Poison was spreading extremely quickly, at the same time, that area started to emit a black smoke. Still, that wasn¡¯t all. A Death Effect was applied to the wolf¡¯s body, bringing that wolf¡¯s life to come to an end. This being said, the wolf limped down onto the grassy ground, not even 3 seconds passed when that potent bullet came in contact with its body. It all happens so fast not even that wolf was aware it died. Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.- Seeing the wolf going limp onto the floor, I lifted an eyebrow. The wolf¡¯s body was turning black from the area where the bullet grazed it, and still continues to do so. I assumed that wolf is dead. The way it limp sort of shows me it died. The G-1 is ridiculous. Still, I was on my guard when there were other wolves around me. It never hurts to be extra cautious. Especially when I have no intentions to die again. Glancing at my GPS floating besides me, I see the other wolves were running away. ¡®Perhaps they sensed the gun was dangerous?¡¯ I guess I am out of danger¡¯s way this time. Although I might not be in its way from the beginning. However, from this experience, even though I easily dealt with this situation, it may be required for me to make a bodyguard for me at least. Making it OP shouldn¡¯t be bad. No, I shouldn¡¯t make it too overpowered. From just a few moments ago, it felt too easy to deal with these situations. It wouldn¡¯t be entirely fun if my bodyguard was to also easily deal with things like this too. I guess only just a little bit Overpowered won¡¯t be bad though. Opening it my Creation Box, I injected an image of a 5-8 girl with straight black hair with exotic emerald eyes, while wearing a military like outfit. I changed the color of the green military outfit into black color. Staring at this picture within the Creation Box, I shook my head, ¡°No, no, the outfit needs to be a bit better. Military seems nice and all and gives a feeling of being secured, but this still needs to bit better looking. It is not satisfying enough.¡± I imagined a set of clothing option list next to the girl, and corresponding to my thoughts, it appeared. I scrolled the list down as I looked through all the options until I found the one that could look quite well with my bodyguard. Selecting a black trench coat, and dressing it up within my box, I clicked next. The next thing required for me to do is selecting the class I desired for my bodyguard to be. The list shows things such as Assassin, Tanker, Warlock, Dual-Wielder, Warlord, and much more. Doesn¡¯t really matter I guess. I decided on Assassin since it seems cool, and the appearance of my soon to be bodyguard may fit with that class. However, it also told me what class level I wanted the bodyguard to be. Checking over the levels, it was from 1-10. 1 is lowest while 10 is highest. There wasn¡¯t an X level though. Is X=10 or may it actually be another bug with my skills. Well, whatever. The problem right now is I can¡¯t determine how strong each levels are. Also, what I believe might be true in this world is that class levels and levels of the individual is practically the same. For example, if you are a lvl 4 Warrior, then you are also a level 4 character. I think the levels goes by this in this world. Currently, I do not know how strong each level is and with 10 the max, so I picked 7. Next, it says to give her what equipment or items she may use. It seems the weapon she may only use is a thin sword.
Please Input equipment
So, I created the sword, which I named, S-1
S-1 A thin weapon crafted and created by Alduin Vul. Special Effect: Slice V, Pierce V, Self-Recovery Weapon, Speed increase by 120%
¡°I think this is good enough. Not too OP and sufficient enough to guard me from most things¡± I assumed and talked to myself. Before I clicked the create button, I also modified and enhanced the clothes the girl is wearing with other effects. Mostly Regeneration and Defence to make sure she wouldn¡¯t die easily. I wouldn¡¯t want my creation to die. Though I could create more, I think I shouldn¡¯t overdo it. I then clicked the Create button, and another screen pops up.
Enter Race and Name (Soon Created Being]
¡°.......Wow¡­...there was more.¡± I sort of expected this. I don¡¯t mind. I have nothing better to do. It gave me a list of possible Races. However, it only gave races with a humanoid form such as human, elf, demon. In the end, I chose Automaton. This was chosen for the racial traits it receives compared to the others. Mostly from the fact it wouldn¡¯t run out of energy, it could easily sense nearby enemies with the radar programmed within it. Humans doesn¡¯t receive any bonus or penalties. Elves and Demons seem to have longevity, with Elves being stronger in magic while Demons are more with physical strength. Automaton had more utility, which is nice so I picked it. Naming the girl Slyphia, I then finally clicked the create button. With that, all the screens disappeared and the inventory popped up, just like with my other created items. In there is the same girl I made in my Create Box. Taking it out, a flash of white light occurred, but didn¡¯t affect be because of my various enchantments, and what shows up is a long black haired girl with emerald eyes wearing a black trench coat and is around 5-5 in height. Slyphia opens her eyes as she gazes at me. ¡°I greet the Master.¡± Saying that, she kneels down with her right foot in the front and her right arm across her chest, showing her servitude to me. I simply nodded and gestured her to stand up. ¡°You¡¯re to protect me from harm, that is your main task.¡± pausing for a moment, ¡°and the other task is just as important. You will be my companion from this moment on. Do you obey?¡± Though with my equipment, it is very doubtful whether or not I would need protection. She replies with a determined and soft voice, ¡°I obey.¡± ¡°Good¡­¡­.Oh yes, despite myself creating you, I need to know whether or not you need food to live. Do you require such things.?¡± Yes, even though I read the racial traits, there was nothing that mentions Automatons requiring food and substances. ¡°Although I don¡¯t need food to operate, I am still capable of eating. If Master requests it, I shall not consume any substances.¡± ¡®Wait¡­...she can eat? Do machines really have the organs or parts to digest it. How would it be processed? Well, doesn¡¯t matter. I think Slyphia is capable of taking care of herself. But there is one more¡­¡­¡¯ I got closer to Slyphia and poked her cheeks. She got a bit startled, but she doesn¡¯t reject it. From poking her cheeks, I felt a warm sensation from the area where I poked at her, it was warm. ¡® I didn¡¯t expect that. I just wanted to feel what an Automaton skin feels like, and unexpectedly, it is similar to a human.¡¯ I believe I should use the Analyzing Sight for this one. I activated the ability and see a couple of options available to look into Slyphia. I chose the option which shows the insides of her being, and it was surprising. I expected machines and gears to be in their, but their were organs instead inside. Just the outline of them though. From the description next to it, it says they were mechanical organs. There were other descriptions which tells the details of Slyphia, but I got what I wanted. I let go of her cheek. ¡°We will be going and searching for civilisation. So be prepared and stay on task with your duty.¡± Slyphia closes her eyes and bows deeply. That being done, I created a black sphere with the effect of being able to see through from the inside along with a couple of enhancements in defence. I put a lot this time along with a concealment effect on the black sphere to hide itself from detection. With that, my servant and I came inside the black sphere and ordered it to take me to whatever a large population lives by. Doing so, I continued listening to music while eating some cheeseburgers with Slyphia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unknown Running away from my village after consuming my potion, I was desperately trying to lose my chasers. It seems that those guys have elaborated well. Just a few moments after running out of the village, there were other people who were awaiting for anyone that were fleeing. Apparently, they also used an Advanced Sealing Spell where it is difficult to breakout normally. However, the potion consumed still was in effect. I increased my speed as I concentrated my magic power and mana into my palms and legs, increasing the power and momentum of the acceleration. The air can be heard shrieking as I went towards the Magic Barrier at breakneck speed, and with my palms, I made a simple strike with it as I came into contact with that barrier, creating a hole within the barrier, passing through it. The group of people who were managing that barrier were surprised by this, but weren¡¯t able to do anything about me. I can feel the potion is starting to lose effect. Knowing this, I ran faster and quicker. The image of the despair, the scene of my kin crying and killed, the sounds of their pain and helplessness, keeps echoing in my mind. ¡°I am so sorry.¡± I muttered with my heart aching as I can still feel the tears on my cheeks. -------------------- Just a small look of the elf character. Comment how it is guys~ Chapter 4. Bandits Massacre In a peaceful and calm area in the side of the country, there were 2 people walking side by side with each other on a clear road with its surroundings filled with hills upon green hills.. One is a black haired emerald eyed girl wearing a black trench coat with a sword hilt by her waist. She was a superb beauty who can enchant any gender whether they were male or female. Her movements and steps had a specific feeling of it. This is because she is having her guard up at all times as she observes the surrounding area for any possible assaults of any kind, guarding the person next to her. The person who was being protected by that fine woman, was a figure wearing a black robe along with a black hood on his head. His face couldn¡¯t be described as a white mask with only 2 eye holes covers his face. Whether or not this was meant to cover his ugly face, decent face, or handsome face, no one knows. But there is one thing that cannot be denied right now. Those 2 aren¡¯t ordinary people. However, there were a group of 20 people, all male wearing leather pants, a chain vest, and were holding some kind of weapon. Bow, Sword, Staff, you can name it. They were all surrounding the area of the 2 people. Despite a human having deteriorated instincts compared to an average animal, they could feel [Danger] from those 2 people walking along with each other, but it was mostly coming from the beautiful woman. The masked figure doesn¡¯t give of such an aura, yet it feels as if he have a lot of self-confidence in himself. His attire was definitely strange as no one would usually wear a mask unless they were part of an organization of a sort. Nevertheless, these bandits ignored their instincts which was screaming at them to consider the actions they are about to take. This is due to the fact the woman next to the masked figure was extremely beautiful. Not many could compare to the figure and superb facial features of this woman. With such a meeting upon the woman, no male would be stupid enough to not take the opportunity to court with her, or maybe even forcefully spend time with her¡­. ¡°Bylem, is your group in position. We need to make sure we secured all the possible escape routes.¡± A man dressing up just like the other bandits, was pressing his left index and middle finger on his side of the head. He was using the commonly used and effective message spell which allows one person to call another person within a specific distance depending on their mastery and mana consumption of the spell, and both of these is what this man has. It is similar to the cell phone. ¡°We have finished positioning behind them and cut of their escape route. The magic negation barrier has also been prepared, but Boss, isn¡¯t this a bit too much for just 2 people? This is going overboard. Surely just a few of us can handle them.¡± Bylem, who just receives the message, replied;questioning whether so much preparations were necessary. The Boss which was the one who first send the message, had made his subordinates to position themselves around the area in an oval like shape, hiding behind the hills. This geography area is an ideal place to attack and rob people on the roads. This was quite known throughout the nearby settlements, but occasionally there would be foolish ones who ignores such warnings and took the dangerous road which so happens to be one of the quickest ways to reach a certain Kingdom which was known for their military assets, Kloara. Though it was very common knowledge even in the Kingdom, there was no mission by the authorities to get rid of the bandits. This is mostly due to the fact no matter how many times a squad of highly-skilled individuals in the army were to search and eradicate those bandits, new ones just keep appearing. They were pests who never seems to die. That being said, the Kingdom of Kloara didn¡¯t necessarily given up on this. Quests such as bandit-subjugations were given to the Adventurer¡¯s Guild so they may deal with it. Of course, with the risk of death included, there was a reasonable reward for the completion of it. Proof of it is magically recorded with a spell within a wristband every adventure would wear. ¡° Bylem my friend, to the inexperienced eye, those 2 may seem weak;however, they are not as they are. It is very deceiving. Especially the woman. Despite her slender body and limbs, just by the way she walks, a veteran can detect the experience emitted by her body. She isn¡¯t a simple girl.¡± Though this Boss may have said this and have much experience in observing the enemy¡¯s capabilities in combat and skill through the many incidents he faced, his estimations were still slightly off the mark. However, this was unknown to him. ¡°.....If you say so Boss. Although that girl seems to be an expert in her class, how about that masked person. Doesn¡¯t it strike you a weird feeling?¡± The Boss once again focuses his gaze onto the white masked figure who was casually walking with no care in the world what will happen to him. ¡°..No...no matter how much I look at him, his movements are completely unrefined for a fighter. Especially with that black robe he¡¯s wearing. Fighting in close-combat requires you to have as much free movement as possible. The robe is in the way. Not very smart. If he was a magician or an archer, he should have it somewhere on his body, but there was none I could detect. He doesn¡¯t strike me as a dangerous individual at all Bylem.¡± ¡°...I understand. When are we going to start the operation Boss?¡± ¡°Why in the rush? We have lots of time to attack.¡± ¡°~Yeah¡­.but just looking at that irresistible beauty is so difficult~.¡± Hearing his old friend and comrade whining made the Boss slightly smile. ¡°Don¡¯t be concerned my friend, you will be the first to enjoy the time with her.¡± ¡°~Hehehe, thanks Boss. I will thoroughly enjoy this one for a long time.~¡± With that the Bandit Boss cancels the message magic and began calling the other groups to get ready. They are about to start the operation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently, in the afternoon, 2 people were taking their time strolling towards the Kingdom. If they have yet to realize their situation, there were 15 bandits separated into groups of 4 with just one of them having 3, closely coming nearer each second. Normally, a regular person would immediately order the attack and hope the prey wouldn¡¯t have enough time to react and take actions well. However, the leader of the bandit group was no ordinary one after all. His motto is the silently and slowly kill the prey before they even realize what is happening. If looking at the numbers between the predator and prey, it was obvious which one had the advantage. ¡°Group-1, how close are to our target?¡± ¡°20 meters Boss.¡± ¡°Group-2?¡± ¡°Also approximately 20 meters.¡± ¡°Good, both of you shall now use your abilities and stealthily kill the mask man. As for Group-3, Bylem, order your men to cast sealing spells onto the woman.¡± ¡° Of course.¡± The leader of the bandits was currently the closest to the 2 figures along with his squad. Having to do this hundreds of times before in his life, he is very calm and calculating in his work. His class is a normal warrior one, but he has trained his skills very thoroughly and also practiced using utility magic such as speed increase and strength increase, scout, message, and other important skills necessary for survival in this world. This caused him to be respected by many including his subordinates, as being a hybrid fighter who can use some sort of magic along with his trained class. Normally, a warrior couldn¡¯t learn a magic skill, but sometimes their are exceptions as there are magic swordsmen and the such. However, a ordinary swordsman learning magic is extremely rare as their affinity with magic is usually low. So despite being a regular or normal fighter, with the use of magic, the Boss of the group could rival that of a magic swordsmen, if just slightly weaker. Right now, group 1 and 2 were people trained in the assassin class, and were using their stealth ability to slowly get nearer to the 2 figures. There were a few parts to the plan. If the assassins failed in their task, they were to immediately position themselves in a formation where the prey had no way to flee out without fighting through. If the prey decided to fly, the magic sealing barrier would nullify the magic. The Boss would then join in the fight and oppress the prey. If somehow they were to escape, another group would be there and interfere. it was a carefully elaborated plan. As the Boss awaits for his assassin squad to come quickly kill the mask man, he lifts up his eyebrow when nothing has yet to occur. It was strange. Some time has passed when he ordered the squad to attack. Concerned about this, he noticed something felt wrong. He doesn¡¯t know why, but his skin were starting to have goosebumps while his crouching legs were trembling. ¡®What is this? Something definitely isn¡¯t right.¡¯ Activating his message spell, he called Group-1 and 2 once again. ¡°Group-1, group-2, why haven¡¯t you attacked yet?¡± No reply. ¡°Group-1, group-2, hurry up and answer me!¡± Hissing in irritation, he decides to call his old friend. ¡°Bylem.¡± In response, his friend¡¯s voice was heard, ¡°Hmmp? Boss, why are you calling now? We are still in the middle of the operation?¡± This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. ¡°....Bylem, have you noticed anything of from where you are?¡± The Boss had positioned his friend¡¯s group to be the watcher of the situation and then only take action if somehow their targets were getting away. ¡°..No Boss. Did something went wrong?¡± ¡°....I am unable to contact with the assassin squad. They don¡¯t seem to be able to respond to me¡­.I believe they may have been killed.¡± Waiting for a response, there was only silence. Noticing this, the Leader began feeling cold sweat down his back. ¡°Bylem? Hey Bylem! Answer me! Hey!¡± Silence ¡®Goddamnit, what is going on. And what is with this mist, it is in the fucking afternoon right now.¡¯ ¡®Wait¡­¡­.. Mist?¡¯ Only just noticing the mist surrounding the area, I grew concerned. ¡°Boss, what is going?¡± His personal squad members were looking at him with worried expressions. ¡°Wait just a moment, I am trying to understand our situation right now.¡± He turns to see if the prey were still there, and where the 2 figures who should have been slowly walking, wasn¡¯t there on the road. ¡®!¡¯ ¡®We were caught!¡¯ ¡°Everyone! Get out now!¡± Shouting at his subordinates, they immediately obeyed and ran, not questioning his decision, showing their trust with their leader. The Boss also began casting spells to increase his speed and used scouting magic. Unfortunately, the scout magic wasn¡¯t activating which was very strange. The magic sealing barrier were only suppose to be effective on selected targets before hand and he was not one of them. Even more when he had an extremely valuable amulet that negates such abilities on him. As he began running away from who knows what, he expected to see his squad to be in front of him since they began retreating first. However, what he sees is just an empty grassy hill surrounded by mist, with no other thing there. Fear begins to reach for his heart. Never once in his life did he met with such an absurd situation. All his members disappears. His friend just moments ago was answering his call until he also became silent. Nearly all 15 had vanished in a short amount of time. These thoughts filled his head with worry and fear. He desperately ran with absolutely no knowledge of his current situation. Running over the hills, he didn¡¯t stop. If he had flying magic, maybe it could somewhat settle his heart down, but that magic was an extremely advanced spell where only magicians such as the warlock can use. His affinity and class doesn¡¯t meet up the requirements. As he ran over the hill, what he sees down it made his heart skipped many beats. Just below the path of the hill, a bunch of bodies lay on top of one another. Each and everyone of them had a thin cut through their skulls and hearts. ¡®No¡­..this can¡¯t be¡­..¡¯ The corpses laying on top of each other, were in fact, his subordinates of his group. His breathing gets rougher in each passing second, his eyes getting wider. He knew he should start running despite his sadness for his comrades, but his legs were unable to move. As he thought of that, something within him screamed to bring out his sword and look behind him, instantly obeying, he quickly taken out his sword within his hilt and blindly swung as he turns around. In front of him appears a black haired slender young girl, holding a thin sword which despite it looking fragile and weak, had sliced through his sword with ease, and went bisected his body as her sword descended upon him. All went dark. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slyphia It has been 1 full day since my God has created me by his whims. My duty and existence is for the sake of protecting him and serving him as he pleases. Personally, even though I might get into trouble if I was to voice this out, he was very odd. God always seem to be sleeping or eating nonstop. Occasionally he would take out some objects and rings while putting something on it. I believe he may be bored with his life. I never seen his face before, but I won¡¯t ask him. A servant such as I should only serve God and nothing more. However, he treats me not what I would expect from a Master/Servant relationship. ¡®You shall now be my companion.¡¯ His voice echoes within my being. I do not understand what he meant. I am but his servant. He continues to create strange objects. One such creation of his was one that covers his ears while being connected to a rectangular box. While connected, God would nod his head continuously with the beat coming from that head object. Well, it is not my place to inquire this about God. We were inside a black sphere that was transporting us to [civilization], but midway, God decided to cancel his transportation device and began strolling on the road. I don¡¯t understand the profound reasons he have. Nevertheless, I accompanied him as that is part of reason of my existence. While we were casually walking down the clear road, I sensed hostility towards me and my master. I activate my Radar programmed within me as I sensed the organisms called [humans] were slowly surrounding us. Why do they want to attack God? Do they have a hostile relation? No matter, I shall protect him to the best of my abilities. However, I believe God do not require my protection. From how God has created me, he set my abilities to that of an assassin. One that specializes in detecting weak points and aiming for them through usage of skills to distract enemies, dealing high amounts of damage to them. My passive ability could detect various weak points on an organism, displaying it in a color red, but when I looked towards God, there was absolutely none. His whole body had none. Only showing the color green which defines defenses which cannot be penetrated or damaged in anyway possible. Does it not mean he has no need for guards such as I? ------------------ The group of [humans] were slowly surrounding us. God seems to have noticed too. He looks at me and said, ¡°Slyphia, deal with them.¡± Just by that simple command, I immediately obeyed and began forging a plan how to remove the [humans]. I casted a skill which creates a fog in the area. This is so visibility will become more difficult for God¡¯s enemies. The enemy were separated into 4 groups. One behind one hill in concealment. The other 2 were approximately 20 meters away from us. The last one was a bit farther away, probably a safe measure if the 2 nearest groups were to fail in their assault. I activated another one of my abilities, Dark Steps, an ability allowing the me to move without creating sound while increasing my speed by double. I have analyzed all the enemies and they were of no threat that could possibly harm harm me. I quickly ended each of the [human¡¯s] life with a stroke of the thin sword God has give me, named S-1. Each of my thrusts and strokes went through either their skull which their control center is located, and the heart which was an important organ for them. Most of the [humans] didn¡¯t noticed they were attacked. Nearly everyone of them died instantly. I also used another one of my skills gifted from God, which allows me to transfer non-living objects to another location which i piled the dead bodies into one certain location. This is so the [humans] wouldn¡¯t comprehend their situation, thus making my task a bit easier by a certain percentage. Although it wasn¡¯t required, my data analysis tells me it would raise the chance of success from 99.9999996% to 99.99999999%. However, the last one was slightly special. He was the strongest of the whole group, but he still died quickly. When I attacked behind him, he quickly pulled out his sword and swung to deflect my sword strike, but God¡¯s created weapon is not something that can be blocked by a mere ordinary sword. His sword was cut neatly off and ended up bisecting him in half. God¡¯s created weapon was bloodied. Such a treasure has been dirtied. I flicked the thin sword with fluid movements, shaking off the blood on it before it dries. I will wash this later. I looked at the [human] corpses which I had piled upon each other. This is what you get for attacking God. -------------------------------------------------------------- I returned to God. ¡°I¡¯ve dealt with the enemies as you¡¯ve ordered, Master.¡± He turns towards me, and I can feel he was in a good mood right now despite not being able to see his expression due to his mask. ¡°That was a good show Slyphia. Thank you for dealing with those bandits. You have done well.¡± My heart beats faster in response to his compliment. What is this feeling? I strangely feel nice. I can feel my cheeks reddened slightly. What is this feeling? ----------- Tell me if anything is off in this chapter. Didn''t PR. Just wanted to get this chapter out. Heads up After writing for a while, especially the last chapter, I believe this story can be better conveyed in a third person point of view. Well, just a heads up anyway. Won''t be changing the previous chapters though. Just to lazy for it. Though there may be occasionally the first Point of View when it is required. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Expect a chapter tomorrow. Then next time Chapter 5. The Meeting Enjoy -------- Two people can be seen on a hillside, checking through a couple of bodies as their hands go through the clothes and pockets of the bodies, checking if they have anything of value. If someone were to see this, they would believe those 2 figures were in fact looting and stealing from those corpses. One figure was an odd masked man and the other was a superb, cool looking beauty. No ordinary person can resist her charm. As the girl finished looking through the last body in her part of the section, she walks toward the masked figure who was also indeed done with his part. "Master Alduin, I have found some coins which I believe to be the currency used here." She lifts her arm holding the metal coins within her soft hands and moves it towards Alduin. The mask figured called Alduin, reached out his right hand and took the coins the beauty held into his own. Alduin looks at these coins which varies from brown, gold, and silver color. ''If those novels I read in the past have some slight truth to them, then I assume the brown one is copper; the lowest value of a currency, silver; a coin with greater value than the copper, and gold; the highest value between the three. Alduin looks at these metal coins closely and after sometime, extended his arm which was holding the coins and his hand then disappears as it goes into some sort of space or dimension, and then pulls his hand out, with the coins nowhere to be seen. That space was in fact, his inventory. Unknown to Alduin, his inventory is a one-of a kind ability, as in this world, such a convenient storage ability can only be used by dimensional spell casters, which that class and the person who holds it is very uncommon. They are capable of controlling space itself, a dangerous ability as they can teleport themselves anywhere and in addition, manipulate space when an attack is heading towards them. All they have to do with the threatening attack is to teleport the space surrounding it to another dimension or manipulate that space so that attack would go towards the enemy instead of themselves. Dimensional spell casters are strong technique types. One of the worse enemies to face. They also had the luxury of putting their possessions in their personal dimension which every rich individual desires. However, it was nonetheless rare. To be born with that class is only 1 of every 100000. Of course, dimensional spell casters aren¡¯t the only ones capable of storing items inside space. There is actually an object called "inter dimensional ring" which stores items with of course a limit. Still, it can hold up to 500lb total no matter how big is it. If used well, it might end it as a priceless treasure, but they take immense time and effort to make, so only the wealthy could afford one. ''Even though I could guess which coin has more value than the other, I have no idea how much are they worth compared to each other.'' If Alduin assumptions of the coin¡¯s worth is right, then he still had the issue in determining how much worth they each had to for each other. ¡®100 copper for 1 silver? 50 copper? How much is the gold coin then? 10 silver? 100?¡¯ Since Alduin couldn''t determine this, he decided he would put it off for a later date as it wasn''t that relevant to him to begin with. If anything, he could create more of those coins if he ever need the necessity for it as everything is within the palms of his hands.. Alduin looks at the corpses which his servant has just slain. He knew before hand those bandits were planning to assault him and Slyphia. He had merged the effects of his GPS into his mask so he had a radar of a sort, letting him go of the burden of frequently staring at the map. Those bandits seems to have reside within these roads and hills and have been attack travelers passing by, and Alduin just coincidentally pass by. They might have considered letting him go, but with his companion next to him, hardly that is possible. ''What should I do with them? Burn them? Leave them to rot? Would neglecting this cause more problems for me in the coming future?...Well, such conspiracies are unlikely to involve me. Even if this is just another fantasy world, this is still pretty much ¡®real life¡¯ and not like those novels where the MC would find himself in whatever shit he finds himself in.¡¯ [If only if the future Alduin could see this, he would sigh to himself of how slightly wrong he was.] Alduin took out his newly modified G-1 gun which was changed just a few moments ago. The previous enchantments on this gun were all passive skills where it could only take into effect if it actually hits the intended target. In order to adapt to more situations such as this bandit assault incident, it is better to have options and abilities. After observing Slyphia¡¯s fight, Alduin realizes his class wasn''t very combat oriented like her¡¯s, thus showing some flaws in his thoughts. He believed having a gun would help some future cases where he would be endangered, but this was immediately proven wrong the moment he saw Slyphia moving at breakneck speed which he wasn''t capable of following her movements with his eyes. What this meant to him is, if an archer with no skill or experience would shoot an arrow to an extremely fast moving object, compared to an archer with skill and experience, who would be more likely to hit the target? This is the problem Alduin had to solve. It was also proven when the one wolf he encountered was almost able to dodge the bullet shot from the G-1. There is a chance of missing. Although this may have been a huge problem for anyone else, Alduin doesn''t have much concern as he would just add another effect which would follow the intended target being shot at. He named this effect, Stalker. Along the way, he added explosion on impact, freeze on contact, paralyze, and other such abilities that may be deemed useful until further intel. Alduin points at the pile of corpses with his G-1 and pulled the trigger, shooting out the bullet. As the bullet hits upon one of the corpses, a black flame appears on it, spreading to the other corpses, burning away the bodies and even the bones to the nothingness. ''Guess that''s done'' Alduin looks at Slyphia. Currently, she was paying close attention to the sword he had given her a day ago when she was created as his companion and servant. Slyphia held a white cloth and using it to scrub the S-1. She did it with care and affection while removing the tiny red blood spots on the sword. "Do you like that sword that much Slyphia?" Alduin asking with curiosity, Slyphia replied with a strong glint within her eyes as she looks at her God. "Of course. It is given to me and created by you, Master. Such a treasure must absolutely be taken proper care of." She said it as if it was common sense. "....Well... if you like it that''s fine." After that, they resumed their journey, walking on foot towards a big kingdom. Within the GPS programmed within his mask, it says it was the Kingdom of . Alduin is currently drinking a Mocha Frappucino, enjoying the drink with satisfaction. The straw went through his mask as if it wasn¡¯t there in the first place. He added such abilities to his food and drinks so he may be invulnerable at all times even when he is doing either. Taking a glance at his servant, she was smiling with joy as her emerald eyes were shining, drinking the same drink as her God. ¡®It looks like Slyphia also enjoys it¡¯ They are as of right now, are about 3 miles away from their desired destination. From his GPS, there doesn''t seem to be any more groups like the bandit one. If anything, there was actually a dot running across the landscape, but can be seen slowing down each passing second. In addition to that, it seems to be being chased by several other red dots. ¡®Perhaps a group of carnivores hunting down their prey?¡¯ As Alduin thought of this, those red dots were coming his way. Expecting a show, he continued forward to see the scene of a sort of hungry carnivores eating a deer or something. Still, he again brought out G-1, and glanced at Slyphia, signaling her to prepare herself, and she too is in a stance to take out her sword out of the hilt at a moment''s notice. It is always best to be cautious of whatever situation that may come upon them. The dots were getting nearer and nearer until Alduin could see clearly who exactly were those dots. A long white-haired girl wearing a one-piece clothing that reveals her bare shoulders and reaching down just barely the upper half of her white thighs, was running towards his location. However there was something odd about the way she was running. She looks like a person who worked out so much that they are now struggling to move their body due to the immense exhaustion occupying their bodies. The same exact thing is for her. She looks as if she is to pass out any second now. Her eyes were dimming, showing she is about to go unconscious at any given moment. Behind, were 6 men in light leather brown clothing while some of them were holding ropes and some weapons such as a knife, sword, and bow. It was obvious to Alduin what exactly was going on for the white-haired girl. As the girl came closer, she notices Alduin and Slyphia in her path. Her eyes gazed upon the 2 individuals that seems to be blocking her path. "Damn, to think¡­... they even went¡­. this....far." At the moment she finished muttering that to herself, she passed out and fell towards the ground midway of her sprint. This is very dangerous as the head was coming down first before the rest of the body. This was caused when the girl¡¯s two legs tripped upon each other in the middle of her fast momentum and bringing her to fall a specific way. Seeing this, Alduin shouted, "Slyphia!" Knowing her God¡¯s intentions, she ran quickly towards the white-haired girl, spreading both her arms and caught the white-haired girl before her head went down first to the rough ground. Alduin would¡¯ve have went and helped the girl himself, however, compared to his and his servant¡¯s speed, he decided it is safer to have her go instead as her speed is a lot faster than his own. Slyphia catching the girl in the middle of her momentum, activated ¡®Teleportation¡¯, and ported back to her Master¡¯s side. Alduin could see the 6 pursuers still running after the white-haired girl who just passed out unconscious. He took a look at her. The girl had beautiful white-hair with a figure that could match that of Slyphia¡¯s. Her height seems to be a bit shorter than Slyhpia¡¯s though. She had slightly longer and sharper ears than a normal person and her clothing was more revealing too. If any man were to look upon this, they would say it is the girl¡¯s fault for wearing such seducing clothes. Whether it is unfortunate or fortunate, Alduin;however, does not feel any lust towards this girl. He may be interested in the other sex, but it was mostly due to their beauty . It was a small attraction if anything as he mostly cares for himself and his father. Being in this world, he occasionally thought about his only parent he had, but being concerned about that father was wrong. After all, he always seems to get his way in life whether he liked it or not. There was no use worrying about him as right now he is probably pick pocketing others as if he was a pro in his occupation. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. The unconscious girl was breathing roughly and moaning in pain as her body begins convulsing violently. Alduin seeing this, brought out an Elixir he made for the purpose of healing his servant if she were to ever be wounded if a fight or himself if his equipment didn¡¯t fulfill their purpose, letting him be damaged. The 6 pursuers were still somewhat far, so there is some time to treat the girl. Uncapping the Elixir, he then poured it into the unconscious girl¡¯s mouth and forcefully entering into the girl''s body. Usually a person must be conscious to drink something, but with the Elixir Alduin created, it had the effect to enter the consumer¡¯s body whether or not they are aware of it. Her body after consuming the Elixir, slowly calms down as her convulsions settled. Alduin nodded with satisfaction, and looks at the now nearby pursuers. ¡°I guess I should inquire why are they chasing her. But I am sure it should be involved with slavery or something close to it. There doesn¡¯t seem to be any other possible scenarios that could explain these circumstances. If these purser¡¯s are humans, then it is pretty expected as they are the only race who uses and enslaves other animals for their pleasure and even themselves for it.¡± Remembering all those history lessons he took. It was sort of an interesting topic for him, but Alduin occasionally doubts whether that history was written more conveniently for the countries and altering it for themselves. The 6 men finally reaches to Alduin and the two beauty location, and stops just before them. Each one of them were staring suspiciously at Alduin as he was wearing a mask. This augments the mysterious aura emitted from him. Alduin then initiated the conversation and imitated a certain character he read in a popular light novel. ¡°Good afternoon gentlemen, may I ask what were you doing chasing after such a young girl?¡± ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Few moments ago Just outside the forest which surrounds an elven village that inhibits the area inside, 6 men could be seen chasing after a young, beautiful, slender girl with long white hair, reaching her waist. These 6 men were in the C-squad, which by its initials, were the capturing and tracking squad. They are part of the well-known slave trade organization named Floradial. They had an industry throughout almost every human kingdom; however, their HQ is located in Kloara, a well-known Kingdom for its military assets and skilled individuals. There were some reasons why their HQ was located there, and one of them is recruiting those skills individuals. By doing so, they could increase their influence, trade, and success in capturing other races such as elves and demi-humans. Of course, they don¡¯t just enslave other race, but also humans, their own race. Within their organization, they also had a mercenary group where they can be hired. Why would someone would want to join this organization? It is because of the benefits that came along with joining this group. Anyone that joins had the benefit of doing whatever they desired for some of the [goods] they captured. Whether they torture, kill, poison, or do whatever imaginable things they want to them, they had that right. This is very appealing to most men. Right now, the C-squad were chasing after the young girl after being ordered by their superiors. It was deemed the elf was given an S-rank mark, which means that capturing her is a must. This is due to the fact she was probably the most enchanting out of the whole village they capture. After the young girl was seen consuming a purple potion, she ran at an extraordinary speed, fleeing the village in the attempt to get avoid being enslaved and used by various people and their desires. She had a giant boost to her speed, as she break through the sealing barrier with the purpose to keep everyone inside it. Such power and boosts, usually had a side effect or backlash upon using it. ¡°Hahahaha, I wonder when would she stop her futile actions. She will sooner or later be captured by us. Might as well give up her hopeless attempts to flee.¡± Another man gave out a laugh and said, ¡° Oh please Farwen, just let her do as she wish. It isn¡¯t everyday we could do our job. After she stops and give up when she acknowledge her position in this situation, we could have some time to try her out.¡± His eyes glinted with amusement as he imagines himself doing the elven girl. ¡°Is that the only things you guys can think about?...Well, we also joined in this business for that reason, so I don¡¯t really have any say in this matter.¡± Another man laughs, ¡°Let¡¯s just stop our trivial talking and start chasing after that girl. It would not do if she actually manages to escape.¡± This group of people are the C-squad. The C-squad were known for their abilities in tracking down and following their targets no matter how far and fast they may be. By using various buffs and potions, they could stalk the person until their supplies are all consumed and deemed impossible to keep chasing. However, this has yet to happen and were very successful in every task given to them. The squad notices the young girl slowing down each passage of time, but has yet to given up and kept running when she noticed them behind her. The effects of the potion is slowly starting to diminish and she can feel the backlash starting to take in effect. She could fight her pursuers here and now, but her stamina was already extremely and dangerously low from the start, so doing so would end up being futile. However, it goes the same with running away. The 6 men doesn¡¯t seem to be exhausted any time soon and therefore reach her before long. The elf knew this, yet stubbornly not conceding. As she thought of this in her fatigued state, she notices a mask man and a beautiful girl along side him ahead of her. Normally, she would analyze whether or not they are also the pursuers;however, she was too tired to think and in addition, soon felt the potion losing all effect and began starting the painful backlash on her. Although the backlash was about to begin, she lost consciousness in the middle of it and tripped herself towards the hard ground. The elf was caught just before hitting the ground by a black-haired girl with emerald eyes, and then teleporting back to the masked man¡¯s location. The masked man was emitting a strange aura, but it doesn¡¯t seem to be very dangerous to the six pursuers. He then gave the elf some sort of potion through her mouth and her convulsing body calms down. He then looks towards the C-squad. ¡°Good afternoon gentlemen, may I ask what were you doing chasing after such a young girl?¡± The C-squad looks at each other and starts signaling each other with what actions they were to take by forming signs with their fingers behind their backs. After confirming with each other, one of them stepped up. ¡° Excuse us Sir, but we would like to request of you to move aside. This is a matter between her and us. We would be most appreciated if you do.¡± The mysterious man hearing this, tilt his head as if he was hearing wrong. ¡°Have you not heard me? I asked of you to tell me what are you to do with this girl?¡± His voice had an authoritative tone to it. Showing he had no intentions of handing the elf over to them. ¡° Hey hey, you can¡¯t just do that. That girl is our possession. If you were to not hand her over to us, that is the same as stealing is it not?¡± One of the C-squad members accused the masked man. ¡°...Hmm, yes, maybe in this world it may be considered stealing, but¡­¡­¡­...¡­.What are you guys going to do about it?¡± The C-squad hearing this, felt a bit irritated from the reply that masked man had given them. It was as if he looked down on all of them. They began getting into position. ¡° If you do not hand her over, then we would have no choice¡­..but to kill you.¡± ¡°Oh? Is that really going to happen? I believe it is the other way around and you being killed¡­.This is perfect, I actually wanted to test out my new abilities applied to this weapon. You coming here is a perfect opportunity which I cannot pass.¡± ¡°Huhh? What the fuck are you talking about?¡± The members in the C-squad were confused. The masked man continued on. ¡°...It does not matter whether you understand what I am saying or not, but know this¡­..You are unfortunate.¡± The C-squad gave the masked man an incredulous look, but then they determined it was futile conversing with him. They began to start on attack until the man took out a strange looking object and pointed at them. Never seeing the such an object before, they became extremely cautious. They do not know what it is capable of. If only if they knew, they would already be trying to flee away from this man who holds a weapon of mass destruction. ¡°Remote! Heat Explosion on Impact! Disintegration! ¡± The masked man shouted Suddenly, the masked man pulled the trigger on the object, and something so fast it cannot be followed by the bare eye came out. Having no idea what they were facing, all they could do is start heading after the man and start attacking him. One notches an arrow, 3 took out their edged weapons, the other 2 began casting buffs and their members. All their actions were in vain. The next fraction of a second, an explosion can be heard. The force pushes the C-squad members apart as an extremely hot temperature can be felt in that explosion. The heat burned their skin, clothes, and hair while some of them seems to in much worse condition. The C-squad rolled around the ground while others were screaming in pain so loud that anyone can tell that person wanted to die and be freed from that pain. However, it was only one trigger from that masked man. If someone were to know what that object is, terror will strike them into their very hearts. [That bullet which was shot out and hit the intended target, that person was vaporized out of existence.] Out of the 6 men, only half were still alive. ¡°Hmmm¡­..that was better than what I had thought. Tell me gentlemen, how was it?¡± One of the survivors screamed and shouted in pain at the masked man who treated this as just a normal and expected event. ¡°ARGGGGGHH!.... ARGH, YOU BASTARD! YOU WON¡¯T GET AWAY WITH THIS! FLORADIAL WON¡¯T LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS! YOU BETTER BE PREPARED YOU FUCKERR!¡± The masked man nodded as if he didn¡¯t hear the screaming man. ¡° I guess this experiment is a success, I am grateful for your assistance in this matter. In return, I shall end your lives quickly.¡± He then pointed at each one of the members, but this time, he didn¡¯t say any other words such as Remote or Explosion. ¡°ARRGGGGGGGGGG!¡± *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* ---------------------- Again, tell me if there are many mistakes or anything off. Chapter 6. Preparations Screams, pain, agony, despair, all of these were heard and felt by Elaria Kinsi. Her kin caged, her friends chained, her parents killed. These images and scenes kept repeating inside her head. They screamed at her. ¡°HELP!¡± ¡°DON¡¯T LEAVE!¡± ¡°SAVE ME!¡± ¡°DON¡¯T RUN AWAY!¡± Her friend¡¯s voice, her parents, her neighbors, all of them continues to echoe within her mind. Unable to escape. Unable to turn. Unable to block their voices from reaching her ears. Hot tears flows down her cheeks as she couldn¡¯t shut her eyes off from the scene. They all looked at Elaria Kinsi for help. Their eyes accusing her why she didn¡¯t save them. Of course, this is just what she believes she ,herself, is seeing. In reality, her kin and especially her close ones, would never treat her as an outcast. If anything, they would understand and empathize why she had such actions and ran away. If she were to stay there, the same fate will fall upon her just like her beloved ones. However, Elaria Kinsi wanted to feel guilty. No, she needs to feel guilty. She wanted to save them, yet she couldn¡¯t. Her powerlessness haunts her. She couldn¡¯t do anything. If only if she had power. If only if she was stronger. Her heart aches from the despair she felt at that time. ¡®If only if I was stronger.¡¯ She repeated that same line over and over again. ¡®.......Why?... Why couldn¡¯t I do anything¡­..¡¯ At that moment, Elaria could hear 2 voices talking to each other. ¡°Hmmm¡­.what exactly should I do with her?¡± ¡°Master, I believe it is appropriate to wait for her to wake and then ask her whether she requires supplies from us. Only after we could leave her alone.¡± ¡°Hmmm¡­.well, I guess that¡¯s the only option we really have, don¡¯t we.¡± Elaria thought, ¡®Who are these 2 voices? I don¡¯t recognize them at all.¡¯ The two voices continued to converse with each other and each second it continues to get louder and louder, until Elaria¡¯s eyelids shot up and bringing herself back to reality from her depressing dream. In her field of vision, she sees a dark, starry sky. Numerous stars filled the night sky. The full moon lighting up the world in substitution for the sun. The chilly wind blows itself onto her face as she was laying down. It reminded her of the time she had slept outside in the forest while star gazing with her childhood friends. She then heard a deep voice. ¡°Oh? She is finally awake. That took quite a bit of time.¡± ¡°Yes, she did have to experience a strong backlash for a certain period of time. Luckily for her, Master was there.¡± The second voice was a bit cold, yet soft and sweet at the same time. ¡°...I guess that is true. I wanted to test out that potion I made recently and it was also the perfect opportunity to do it. Since it seems to work out very well, I think I will just make a couple more for the sake of it.¡± After that was said, a black haired, emerald eyed girl appears in Elaria¡¯s vision. ¡°Do you feel any discomfort right now, Miss? Although you shouldn¡¯t be as Master¡¯s Elixir should be perfect.¡± Elaria was still in a daze as the strong backlash from her potion still affected her mentally. As for physically, she felt as if she was in perfect condition. No, it is better to say she felt even better than normal. Her body felt full of energy and vitality even when she was lying down. It¡¯s almost like the side-effects from her imperfect potion didn¡¯t take place at all. The white blanket covering her dropped down as she slowly got up from her lying posture. Elaria looked at the 2 people who were sitting cross legged besides her. One is a the black-haired woman who was just described, and the other is a black robed masked man. His attire looked out of the norm. Especially when wearing a mask. ¡®Is he part of a certain group?.....Why do they look so familiar?.......¡¯ ¡®!¡¯ Memories began surging forward inside her mind. Her running away, her pursuers, the two who were in front of her when she nearly fainted from fatigue. Elaria immediately stood up, kicked the ground to create some distance from the 2 figures and got into her fighting stance, the Leaf Varant which specializes in defense and manipulating the enemies attack trajectory, as she looks around, observing her surroundings while being cautious to the 2 in front of her. She doesn¡¯t understand what exactly is going on here. ¡®Where were the 6 pursuers? I was sure they were following me¡­...Did those 2 perhaps got rid of them?¡¯ As she was in a defence stance, the black haired girl¡¯s eyes sharpens and her eyebrows into a scowl as she looks at Elaria. ¡°Is this how you repay Master for his benevolence, elf? If it wasn¡¯t for him, you might as well have either died or have gotten capture by your chasers. At least show your gratitude to Master as he went out of his way to aid you in your time of need.¡± Her voice and emerald eyes were cold, looking at Elaria with contempt. In response to that, she foolishly replied, ¡°..It''s not like I asked you two for help.¡± Immediately, Elaria regretted her decision. She was still not thinking clearly enough from the fact just a couple of hours ago, she lost her family. Hearing this, the black haired girl begins to emit killing intent. It was very strong and the pressure from it suddenly pushes down Elaria, causing her to lose focus and broke her stance, and kneeled onto the floor with her right knee. ¡°That is enough Slyphia, her mind must be in disorder as of right now. Give her some time to rest first.¡± The mask man saying in a relaxed manner as if it didn¡¯t particularly offend him, made all the killing intent emitted from the girl called Slyphia, to disappear in an instant. He then turns to Elaria, ¡°I am called Alduin Vul,¡± he then gestures to girl next to him, ¡°and here is my companion, Slyphia. We both encountered you when we were heading towards the Kingdom of Kloara and coincidentally spotted your chasers behind you as you were running away from them. It looks to us you seem to be in a very difficult spot and decided to help.¡± ¡°Oh, yes, I almost forgot. May you tell me your name?¡± Asking with a gentle tone, Elaria begins to slightly believe that the two in front didn¡¯t have any ill intentions for her. ¡°My name¡¯s Elaria Kinsi. I came from the elven village inside the Forest of Yur.¡± She bows down slightly, ¡°I apologize for my behavior just earlier. As you just said, I was a bit in a panic.¡± Alduin nods and asks. ¡°May you tell us the reason for you to run so desperately away from those men?¡± Hearing the question, Elaria quickly felt her heart ache. Her hands and legs began trembling and shaking as she was once again, reminded of that incident. Alduin notices this. ¡°....Never mind, if you do not want to say it, you don¡¯t have too. Slyphia and I will be resuming our way towards our destination. I want to know whether you need some supplies before we leave. It wouldn¡¯t do if the person I personally save would die soon after I left her.¡± ¡° ¡­...I¡­¡­..¡± Elaria pauses. ¡®What am I going to do now?¡¯ After leaving the village, she didn¡¯t have much thought what she would be doing right after she successfully fled. ¡®Where?... I don¡¯t know. My kin were just captured a couple of hours ago, and I need to save them. However...it isn¡¯t a task I can do myself.¡¯ She completely doesn¡¯t know what to do currently. She thought maybe she could save her kin and free them, but considering the number disadvantage and the individual skill of each enemy, her chances of success were very low. ¡®Wait, didn¡¯t these two save me from my pursuers. If that is true, then they must be able to deal with many of them at once! They definitely must be strong enough to help me!¡¯ Coming up with that idea, she immediately asks her saviors, Alduin and Slyphia, as she lowers herself to the ground and bows down deeply and shouted. ¡°Lord Alduin... Lady Slyphia...please listen to my request!¡± Lord and Lady is commonly used in a name when addressing a person with respect. Usually used for a noble or King. As for how Elaria used it, it is addressing both Alduin and Slyphia with respect and flattery. This shows the desperation she is feeling and also acknowledging the people before her from their abilities, even though she didn¡¯t see it for herself, she believes it must be significant. Alduin was startled when being called Lord and as for Slyphia, there was barely any reaction. No, she is pleased with Elary, but not for the fact she was called Lady, but for Alduin, her God, being recognized by another person and being called Lord. Elaria didn¡¯t see it since she was bowing down, but Slyphia could be seen with a slight smile on her gorgeous face. Alduin looks at her expectantly, awaiting what sort of request she wanted to make. "Please, save my kin! We were attacked just a few moments ago! We were outnumbered and overwhelmed by our attackers. Please! I beg of you¡­. save them!" Her desperate plea for aid reached to Alduin. Normally a person with high morals and ethics would of course decide to help this young girl out of their free will. However, Alduin is not the sort of person to do things just because it was asked of him to. He is a bit different. "Hmmm, even if you say that...." He began scratching his head from this situation. "You can''t just expect me to do as you just said. I mean... There is nothing in it for me." ".........." Knowing what she said was a bit unreasonable. Asking her saviors to do such a task, which instead the saved one should be expressing her gratitude, even more when asking them to do something for her without any sort of compensation despite her life being saved. Elaria stays silent. She couldn¡¯t come up with anything that may have of equal value to risking the two figures their lives for such a bothersome task. Alduin sees Elaria coming up with nothing, brought his right hand to his chin as he thinks. Taking a moment, he then sighs and looks at the elf, and the words coming out his mouth surprised her. ¡°.....Well, I¡¯m not quite in a rush to see that Kingdom anyway... I guess this could be a good time killer¡­. It might even possibly be fun.¡± As Elaria hears this, both confusion and gratitude was felt in her heart. Confusion for why did this stranger who she met just a while ago, agreed to help her when she had nothing to give in return, and gratitude for accepting her unreasonable request. Her eyes begins to blur. ¡°....Thank you¡­¡­¡­.Thank you so much.¡± ---------------------------------------------- After that strange conversation and agreement, despite feeling full of energy, Elaria felt her stomach growling with hunger. Much less to say, Alduin once again helped her, which makes her feel guilty, and gave her a strange and unusual food. It has a flatbread formed in a triangle and top of it was a white-yellowish substance with red meat ,while under it was a sauce colored red. Elaria wanted to say something, but considering that they even gave her free food, it would be rude to ask questions and be suspicious of the something they gave her. Taking a bite of the warm food, the moment it enters her mouth, Elaria¡¯s eyes shot up, her taste buds on her tongue took in all the flavors containing in that unusual food. Looking at this food with shock, she couldn¡¯t believe such delicious food exist. ¡°Lord Alduin, what is this?¡± Alduin, who¡¯s still wearing his mask, was eating the pizza which was absurdly passing through it replied. ¡°Are you talking about the Pizza you are eating?¡± ¡°Pizza?¡± Never in her life did she heard such a name. ¡°Yes, that is what you are eating called. I believe you¡¯ve never heard of this before or tasted anything like it, but I will tell you you probably can¡¯t find this anywhere else in the world. No, maybe it could be made, but I have yet to see how people here make their food.¡± The way Alduin says it confused Elaria. ¡®Here?¡¯ She then asks Alduin and Slyphia. ¡°Are you two perhaps, foreigners?¡± Alduin finishes his pizza the moment she inquires him and gave a short response. ¡°Well, you could say that I guess.¡± ¡°...How was the place where you came from?¡± Alduin looks into the night sky as if he was looking to somewhere far away. ¡°You could say that place wasn¡¯t very entertaining nor fun. I do have to say the food there was really good though. Although it wasn¡¯t very enjoyable for me, it had other ways that appeals me.¡± Elaria didn¡¯t understand what he was saying as it was a very vague answer. Finishing the so called pizza, she then turns towards the two in front of her. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. ¡°....May I ask when is a good time for Lord Alduin and Lady Slyphia to begin?¡± It is obvious that when being helped, one should be grateful they were helping in the first place. He gets up and following that, Slyphia also did so. ¡°...How about¡­.now?¡± ---------------------- In a huge tent within a huge camp somewhat near Elaria¡¯s village, there were several people sitting on wooden stools while in a form of a circle. Each of them were very well built and their skills in combat were also higher than above average. They were all very skilled and had their fair well of experience. Their ranking in their organization were also pretty high. The objective was to attack and capture as many elves as possible. The slave market¡¯s demand for them were extremely high, so Floradial had sent out some of their best and strongest individuals. Right now, the mood in the huge tent was very tense. This is mostly because after sending out their C-squad, none for never ever failing in a mission, has been MIA ever since a couple of hours ago. Normally it wouldn¡¯t be strange if they were gone that long as sometimes they were either having their own fun or the target was more troublesome than expected. However, it was heard that specific elf who was marked S, had drank a purple potion and quickly ran away with breakneck speed out of the village and forest. Such a humongous boost suring should have a side-effect or backlash. That elf was also very exhausted in the beginning when she drank it. Therefore, it shouldn¡¯t be that difficult to capture her sooner or later, but it didn¡¯t go as they expected. The C-squad members were nowhere to be located. Usually each member could be located by using a special map which was imbued with a part of every member¡¯s life force and can locate that specific person at anytime and anywhere. All they had to do is send their thoughts on what person they want to find and done. The map was very expensive and very vital to any organization that wants to keep track of their members. For Floradial, they wanted to keep as many skilled people as much as possible. Keeping capable people is always a must. However, right now, the famous C-squad was nowhere to be located. Despite using the map, they were nowhere to be found. Either they all died, or a 3rd person was somehow blocking the effects of the map with a sort of barrier, or maybe even both. ¡°...Shit...where are they?! We are about to leave!¡± ¡°Settle down. We need to think about this calmly and the possible reasons they are missing.¡± ¡°What the hell do you mean calm down?! They are one of the best members within the organization! If HQ were to know of this, we would be reprimanded even though we successfully taken the elfs. HQ wouldn''t be pleased with this!" "Like I said, calm down. We need to first investigate this occurrence and report it to the authorities. Our organization has been losing many of our trackers. It is very difficult to find capable people specializing in that while being competent in combat." It is possible to recruit a skilled tracker; however, if they are not capable of defending themselves, they would soon die as the work Floradial do isn''t safe at all times. Especially when the Demi-humans who specializes in body and physical magic are competent in killing their foes swiftly. Highly skilled trackers are also hard to come by as even though the basics of it can be covered by anyone, a spell caster can counter those skills and cover their tracks with the usage of magic. Those trackers who can follow their targets despite either being too fast or have been erasing their tracks were highly sought for. Even more if they could do sufficient combat. The C-squad was as such, but a lot more capable. As the other subordinates began to get involved with the argument, a man with a short brown beard and hair with a body of a large frame, emitted pressure to everyone inside the large tent in which they were all occupying. It was no weak pressure. It was strong enough to to stiffen all the members still and also cause moderate dizziness. In response to this pressure, every member knew they had to shut up. In the organization, no one was permitted to kill each other; however, there was nothing about harming one. The man who released such pressure is named Krox Jaybon. Nicknamed, The Brutal Demon. Formerly a person of the slums who caused much terror to the ones living near him for his ruthless and heartless behavior. He was discovered to have a strong talent on one of the most fearsome class, the Demonic Berserker. A stronger variation of the Berserker class. Usually known for their display of their crazy battleborn abilities. The most known about them were how insane they get after receiving damage. There rage will increase; therefore, their physical abilities, strength, agility, dexterity, will increase exponentially. However, they will temporarily lose their sanity and control of their body. The Demonic Berserker was much worse than the normal one. The reasons to this is first; the physical increase is 3 times more than the norm, second; the lower their health or vitality becomes, the stronger their [defence] grows, making them even harder to defeat, much less kill. Lastly, the third reason; the Permanent Power increase. This is very fearsome as the stronger the enemy the Demonic Berserker is against, the stronger it also becomes, but permanently. So when encountering a Demonic Berserker, it was best to either kill him, or avoid him as they can be very troublesome depending on the decisions made around one. Korx Jaybon is one such person, and not only did he had a fearsome class, he also has large amounts of self-control and high intelligence, giving him even more advantages and less weaknesses than a Demonic Berserker should be. Maining control would lead to less aggressive attacks, but more clever ones, which is always not welcomed by the enemy. Korx Jaybon scans everyone slowly as he turned his head. ¡° I shall make this clear¡­ First, as we all know, the C-squad who has never once failed their mission, are Missing In Action. Since the map isn¡¯t displaying their current location, it means someone interfered with them¡­. the chances of them dead is fairly high. Everyone can forget about them being still alive.¡± The reason this is said because hypothetically and logically, if someone did interfered with the C-squad for a particular reason, there was usually only one path that someone can take. It is to kill them. If that someone were to let the C-squad members go, not only would that person risk his or her identity being discovered, but also their lives.The influence of Floradial is no small thing. Because of their wealth and talented members of their organization, it wouldn¡¯t be an exaggeration if they could go head to head with another Kingdom. Korx Jaybon continues, ¡°Since there is no intel where they are, it is best to report this to HQ. Even though the penalty for losing such valuable and gifted members is [sparing] with the 10, it is the only thing we can do.¡± Finishing he sighs. The others also can¡¯t help but also sigh as a gloomy atmosphere spreads inside. The 10 Korx Jaybon is talking about were the top 10 individuals of Floradial. Not only were they the executives with high authority, but also because they are actually the 10 top strongest of them. In addition, the spar isn¡¯t actually considered a spar. It is a one-sided beating. If any expedition group were to lose a significantly large amount of their members or strong member, they would be forced to enter this spar with one of the top 10 for the sake of ¡°substituting for lost strength,¡± in other words, making the members becoming stronger to cover up the losses they had. Korx Jaybon may be fearsome, especially his class, but he is ranked 44 out of the hundred thousands. Even though he is a genius, there were still a lot more people even stronger. And it isn¡¯t fun to be a punching bag. The meeting was adjourned soon after and everyone began to go into their respective tents while some were dragging along some crying elves towards their tents. Everyone in Floradial went to sleep while some were on guard duty, unaware a calamity was closing by. ------ Alduin After saving Elaria from her chasers and discussing about the future actions they are taking after she woke up, currently Alduin was designing himself some other equipments such wristbands with physical enhancements and health upgrade while running at the same time. The reason why he making as such was when he looked into Slyphia¡¯s status on a whim through his companion icon next to his inventory one.
Name: Slyphia TItle: Assassin Saint, Alduin¡¯s faithful servant Job: Assasin Class Level: 7 Strength: 5050 Intelligence: 2478 Agility: 5938 Vitality: 6004 Dexterity: 7643
When comparing it with his, Slyphia¡¯s stats except for Class level and intelligence, were all much higher than his. Thus he made the wristbands with the effect of increasing his physical abilities and health(Vitality). However, he didn¡¯t particularly thought of how much it would increase it. Alduin didn¡¯t know of this until equipping the black wristbands and opening up his status. Currently, he was looking at his status with his eyes wide open, but couldn¡¯t be seen when the mask covers it.
Name: Alduin Vul Title: God of Creation Job: Technomancer Class Level: X Strength: 356 Intelligence: X Agility: 308 Vitality: 556 Dexterity: 341 Unique Skills: Super High Health and Mana Regeneration (Passive), Analyzing Sight (Activation), Max Class Level(Passive), Time-Slower(5 seconds) {3 uses per day}
This was how it previously looked like, but when he imbued those wristbands with the enchantment, his status took a major hit.
Name: Alduin Vul Title: God of Creation Job: Technomancer Class Level: X Strength: 10235 Intelligence: X Agility: 8794 Vitality: 9865 Dexterity: 341 Unique Skills: Super High Health and Mana Regeneration (Passive), Analyzing Sight (Activation), Max Class Level(Passive), Time-Slower(5 seconds) {3 uses per day}
The reason Alduin¡¯s dexterity stat didn¡¯t increase is because it was more of a skill as you perform tasks with your hands and how quick and nimble you are. Alduin looks into his stats and then closes it. He glanced at both Slyphia and Elaria. The reason why is because Slyphia before had a lot more Agility stats than him before equipping the wristbands; however, if that is true, then she is holding herself quite a bit to match his speed. As for Elaria, he wonders what her stats were and whether or not she was also holding back for him as the 3 were running. If they both did, then all he could do is sigh to himself with a bit of shame. ¡®I do not know what are the standards of each stat in this world is, but maybe these are good enough after wearing the wristbands. Going overboard isn¡¯t always good though...Now that I think about it¡­¡¯ ¡°Hey, Elarsia¡± The elf turns towards him as she was running. ¡°What are the standards of each stat if I may ask?¡± Elaria lifts up an eyebrow as if Alduin asks an unusual question. ¡°Lord Alduin, I do not understand your question.¡± ¡°...Huh? I mean...wait...do you know what stats are?¡± ¡°No..I do not?¡± Alduin forms a thought. ¡®Does this mean, people in this world do not have access to their status? Meaning, only I am capable of this?¡¯ ¡°I apologize, please forget that question.¡± Elaria gave him an odd look, but he was always odd to begin with when she met him so it isn¡¯t at all that strange to her. ¡®To think I would unintentionally learn something about this world. But I need to confirm once more.¡¯ ¡°Slyphia.¡± His servant looks at him knowing what he wanted to ask, shook her head. ¡°This is quite intriguing. Am I possibly the only one who had this VR like setting?,¡± Alduin mutters quietly to himself. After that, the 3 continues running towards Elaria¡¯s home village, Alduin was unaware it would be one of the most annoying battles he would face when all he wanted to do is waste some time. ------------------------ Sorry for the cliffhanger, but the chapter was getting a bit too long. Please tell me any complaints in this chapter. Kind of want to know how to make this chapter better when I didn¡¯t feel (in it) as much as the others. Thanks! Chapter 7. Preparation part 2 In the middle of the night, a man can be seen grouchily walking to a location far away from the large camp he came from. A man with bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep and also from waking up in the middle of the night, going to a certain spot near several bushes within the forest. He then began pulling down his pants and also starts to crouch down similar to a sitting posture. Making sure his pants wouldn¡¯t get contaminated by the act he is about to do, he then relax his abdomen muscles and waited. Several seconds passed and nothing happens, until his eyes sharpens and focus. Taking a deep breath, he then groaned as he concentrated. ¡°~Ughhh~.¡± And took another deep breath and again, ¡°~Ughhh~.¡± Doing this a couple more times, a brown substance begins coming out of his bottom, and slowly starts to come out even more just like a mother giving labor. The man feels only one more push is necessary, and again restart his procedure. Taking another deep breath, when he was about to push, out of the corner of his eyes, he sees something flying towards him. He lifts his right eyebrow up, ¡®Huh? What the hell is that?¡¯ As the flying object came closer, the man squinted his eyes to see it more clearly. The object then blinks a couple of times with blue light out of its holes. ¡° Scanning. Enemy. Located. Orders. Fire. On. Sight. Laser. Set. Energy. 100%. Check. Fire.¡± Despite the flying object seemingly looks like it took it several seconds to say this, in fact, only 1.3 seconds passed. It said it so fast only one with great attention, memory, and hearing, could fully comprehend what this flying object stated. The man while half way in his business, tries to unsheathe his sword for precaution even though he is in a n awkward position, was suddenly shot at. A red light came out of the flying object hovering in the air. The man despite being shot at, didn¡¯t fall down just yet, but can feel something coming out of him. His hands reached down to the area where it felt odd, his abdomen area, and at the same time, looks towards it by bending down his head. His hand felt some sort of liquid. Turning his hand over, it was dyed with the color of crimson red. He then looks to the area where he just touched with his hand. In that particular area, there was a not a small hole in his abdomen. Blood, leaking out from it. The hole is 2.5 inches in diameter. It is definitely a fatal wound. Even if the man is to go back to the camp and search for the best healer there, it won¡¯t do any good as his organs were completely gone in that particular area. Especially most of his small intestines which contributes much of the nutrition of the body. Without it, he might as well die since it would end the same either way. ¡°...What ¡­.the¡­... fuck¡­.¡± The man then slumps to the ground, while his shit is still not completely out of his butt. --------------------------- ¡°...Hmmm.¡± A deep voice can be heard from the outskirts of the forest. Even though Alduin was stupefied, his voice didn¡¯t reflect it very well. Currently, he was holding a digital box-like object, the camera, and was watching a scene similar to a certain scene in a certain movie along with Splyhia, his servant, and Elaria, an elf who he decided to help with his huge amounts of free time. In the beginning, Elaria was quite concerned about her kin and couldn¡¯t really hold herself back, but because of Alduin and Slyphia, for some reason, she was able to calm down. She thought it must be because they are significantly strong or she trusted them. When the three reached to the outskirts of the forest, Slyphia immediately reported to him there was a magic barrier, which purpose is to detect every living thing that either enters or leaves the forest. It was modified so only humanoids can be sensed. Afterall, why would anyone care if a squirrel or cricket was to leave or enter? It just cause headaches even. Slyphia was able to detect this with another one of her passive skills, ¡®True Sight¡¯, allowing her to spot all traps, barriers, and seals. along with Night Vision. If it wasn¡¯t for her, the three might have gotten in while being detected. Well, only Elaria might have gotten detected going in. Alduin would have no problems as his ring located in his left middle finger, is imbued with various passives and immunities which also contains abilities to hide his presence completely from others if he wishes to, and the number of skills are only increasing everyday when he felt like adding more. Since the detection barrier was there, Slyphia suggested to her Master and Elaria that she could nullify the barrier; however, it would alert the enemy if done so. With no knowledge of the enemy''s location, it wasn¡¯t recommended. Because of this predicament, Alduin begins taking out a machine object he worked on. He then pulls something out of a dimension and let it go afterwards. Although Alduin is no longer holding it, the machine didn¡¯t fall to the ground. Instead, it was hovering in the air along with the blinking lights coming out of its holes in the surface. It was a droid equipped with laser weapons. These lasers were created from only one color of light instead of, like the sunlight, multiple ones. Thus increasing the concentration of the light.The lasers are furthermore enhanced by Alduin and making the light even more powerful, which is able to create holes easily through most substances. It was also equipped with anti-detection spells along with a life-form detector. The droid idea came to Alduin¡¯s mind when he wanted to create a dispensable minion. He could try making another Automation or something, but it takes quite a long time to do so. In addition, he believes Slyphia is enough for him. In addition, he started to take a liken to Slyphia. Mostly due to the fact that he already spend a couple of days with her in this world without separating very much. Just being with her a few days make it seems for him to feel having Slyphia by his side is normal and grown accustomed to her presence. A couple of days may not seem long, but that only goes for modern times. Without any time wasters like electronics and school and work, a day can be a long time. Especially for Alduin. Alduin orders the drones to go towards the forest and analyze its surroundings while mapping the forest at the same time. The droid has another task which was to subjugate anything Elaria identifies as an enemy. How she could quickly tell the droid it was an enemy is by using a black remote control with a red button located in the center of it. Alduin told her she just needs to press that red button to verify it is an enemy. She easily understood its purpose. However, what she didn¡¯t understand is how it was created. She asks this of him, but he also shrugs, showing he didn¡¯t know either. This confused Elaria. How could you create something you have no knowledge about? This is due to Alduin relying on his creation skill. With that ability, it wasn¡¯t required to know the knowledge of how something is built. The only necessary things was the picture and a descriptive purpose of the object. As just before, Alduin, Slyphia, and Elaria were stupefied from the fact they killed a man while doing his business in the outer parts of the forest. Alduin said in a low volume, not loud enough for the other two to hear,¡°...Well, I guess that method is the best way to assassinate someone huh...those producers are quite bright.¡± Remembering that movie he watched some time ago. He continues to watch the camera of the droid navigating the forest and killing any who was deemed an enemy by Elaria. He doesn¡¯t really feel anything about the deaths of others. Simply because he doesn¡¯t even know them, just like the previous incidents. Anyway, as the drone was about to kill its 15th victim, the camera suddenly turned pitch black. ¡°¡±¡°...¡±¡±¡± Elaria turns to Alduin. ¡°What happened?¡± ¡° The only thing that must have happened. It died.¡± ¡°Master Alduin, did you not say it would be difficult to break it? Especially when it was enchanted with Defence V, which you yourself made?¡± ¡°...Well, it¡¯s not like nothing could break it. Hey, either way it doesn¡¯t hold much significance since I can made as many of those as I want. Also, we already got a pretty good idea where the elves are located.¡± He then turns to the elf. ¡°Elaria, I want to confirm something, is there only elves in your village correct? No humans or anything?¡± ¡°No, but why are you asking such an obvious question?¡± ¡°I wanted to assure myself before giving my drones a certain command, nothing very serious really.¡± Alduin then recall the create box and began typing in something on the screen. What he was doing is giving a purpose for the drones he is going to create. After some time, he finishes and also made 8 drones as he was at it. They were then taken out of his inventory. Of course, he can make more of those drones; however, it does take quite some time to make it. The create box does not have an option where you can increase the number of items or objects created at once. For example, in a game, when you decided to make a sort of weapon, there is an option where you can increase the numbers of that weapon you are about to create. For Alduin, he was to do it individually for each drone without that convenient option. The drones receiving the code inside the program, begins going towards the forest just like their older sibling did. With that, Alduin and the others again watched the drones from the camera device. For the reason why they didn¡¯t go and deal with the issue themselves, the enemy may find out through a bit of reasoning that their objective is to save the elves. However, if it is an unknown enemy, such as the strange hovering object, the drone, then they will have no idea the reason for being attacked. If anything, they will try to find out what that unusual object is. Alduin instead of making an accessory to hide their presence, used the drones, for the fun of it. -------- As the 8 drones stealthily assassinated several men who were outside the camps, Krox opened his eyes. He is sensing [Danger]. His instinct was quite sharp for a human. He can also feel chills crawling up his spine. Krox got out of his sleeping bag and grabbed his Giant Sword with a length of 7 feet and 6 inches wide, weighing 250 pounds. If an ordinary man were to hold this, his arms and hands would be crushed to the bones. Krox heads out of his personal tent and decided to search the vicinity, but before that he started heading towards a certain area of the camp. ¡®My gut¡¯s screaming at me there¡¯s danger nearby, but where exactly is it? Furthermore, why isn¡¯t the Barrier magicians alerting us? Did they fell asleep on their job? No, we made those guys sleep quite a lot before they began their job tonight. Needing sleep even after that... ¡¯ Krox wanted to check up on the magicians who was tasked with surveying the area around them for danger or possible attackers. He got into that magician¡¯s tent. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°Lord Krox? What are you doing here?¡± The person who spoke up is called Yoran. He is one of the magicians on duty tonight. There were 2 others sitting nearby him around a table with a blue crystal ball on top. It is helpful in observing multiple areas with ease when changing views from the sky and ground. ¡°Yoran, has there been any intruders that passed by the Alert Barrier?¡± Yoran lifts up an eyebrow and a moment later, his expression returns to normal. ¡°No, there has yet to be any that we are aware of.¡± Despite him telling Krox this, Krox still felt unsecured. ¡°Did you check the map?¡± The map refers to the one where many members of Floradial gave a drip of their blood to it so their location can be known anywhere. ¡°Please wait one moment,Sir.¡± Yoran gestured to one of the men sitting down near the crystal ball to get the priceless magic map. Before long, the magician got a rolled brown piece of paper out of his leather bag and placed it on the table while flattening it out at the same time. The map was showing multiple red dots on the map, but there was something out of expectancy. It is the fact the numbers were a bit smaller than the usual. The map shows the number of the recorded members within the forest they are inhabiting; however, the number which was suppose to be around 400, is now 380. Although the numbers may seem small, it was in fact not that small. ¡°...What is this? W-what¡¯s going on?¡± If their leader didn¡¯t mention this, they wouldn¡¯t have known. They felt that as long as they use the crystal ball to survey the forest, everything would have no problems. However, since such things won¡¯t work on the drone since it had anti-detection spells imbued within it. Krox observes the map of the forest and calculating while memorizing which area the red spots, who were the members, were vanishing. After a few seconds, he dashed out of the tent and went towards the nearest [enemy] who was able to bypass the security. Quickly passing by a several trees, he then stops as he turns himself around in a full 360 while holding his Giant Sword. He waited. Focusing on the sounds nearby. It has only been 8 seconds since the last red dot disappeared from this location, so the [enemy] must still be nearby. Suddenly, he heard something out of the ordinary from what comes out of the forest. It sounds like ¡®whirring.¡¯ However, he couldn¡¯t identify what was it. Since he had a very well amount of experience, he should be able to guess what was coming or at least similar to it, yet he couldn¡¯t. Krox closes his eyes and increased his concentration and focus. The whirring sound is coming closer to him. Searching for him. It has yet to come into his range. If he still had his magic amulet that gives out light, he wouldn¡¯t even need to do what he is doing now. But it was needed to be recharged with mana from a Light spellcaster. He could have asked one of his subordiantes in this expedition to give him one, but considering and thinking about the situation they are in currently, it was deemed there wasn¡¯t much time before even more members were to die. The C-squad is enough, but lose anymore¡­ Krox Jaybon slightly shudders as he thought about it. As the whirring sound came closer and closer, it then reached to a certain area. The zone of Krox¡¯s. His muscles instantly bulged and at the same time, kicked the ground as he rushed forward to the whirring. His large bulky muscles expanded as he swung his Giant Sword to the target. He felt the sword smashing through something. Krox opens his eyes, but his guard was still incredibly up. Looking down to the enemy, he sees a bunch of thin rope things with electricity swirling around it. ¡°zzz..zzzzzz..zzzzz...zzz¡­..z¡­..¡± The electricity around it seize. ¡° What is this?¡± He picks up the dead object. ¡°Is this the thing that killed many of our members?¡± He shook his head. ¡°No, right now isn¡¯t the time to worry about that.¡± Krox drops object onto the ground. ¡®There were another 8 that seems to be around here.¡¯ He then ran towards those 8 using his sharp senses. After several minutes, the threats were exterminated, but out of the 400 men, only 250 were left remaining. The other 8 weird objects were the same as the first he had killed. However, the losses were extreme. Even though Floradial had more than hundreds of thousands soldiers/ members, they were all talented. So having an amount of dead members in one group is abnormal. Such a thing has never happened before. ¡°..Shit.¡± ¡®How am I suppose to take responsibility for this?!¡¯ ¡°Shit!¡± His right hand was formed into a fist tightly. The veins can be easily seen on it as it began popping out. Before long, Krox calms down and relaxed his hand. Before returning to the camp, he grabs the object which was able to somehow fly. He looks at the inside of the object, and still couldn¡¯t determine how it works. Just a few moments ago, this thing shot out red light beams at one of his men. If he hadn¡¯t came in time, he would have been long dead. The red beam was very powerful and his Giant Sword might have had a whole in it if it wasn¡¯t for the fact it was an ancient Relic Sword of the past. For the other strange objects, he immediately killed of those before they had the chance to attack. He could have observed it when it did, but changed his mind when his instincts were yelling at him to avoid it and quickly subjugate them. The droid had anti-detection spells, but that only goes for spells. It could be found out rather easily if the person have amazing senses. Returning to the large camp, a lot of people seems to be looking around. Probably looking for their comrades he were sharing the tent with them. They must have noticed the time spent outside was not small when coming out to remove the waste in their bodies. The reason why there wasn¡¯t much of an uproar is because they were so far ,unaware of what is going on. There weren¡¯t any screams as the drones killed their comrades instantly and swiftly, not allowing and permitting any sounds to come out of their mouths. Therefore, no one would know something was going on. He begins to wonder how should he explain to them. Should he say many of their comrades died and he killed the perpetrators. How would that affect the others? This incident was very strange. As he began to form the words for his speech in his head where he¡¯s going to give out later, he felt goosebumps on his body as he felt chills crawling all over his body. Unlike the one a while ago, it was way stronger. If Krox was to describe it, it was similar to the feeling one of the top 10 gives off. Just one of the top ten could kill 10000 ordinary soldiers with apparent ease. The pressure Krox felt right is comparable to the top 5. Especially to one who was probably the most dangerous out of the ten, Vorpan. He could be ranked of one of the best assassins within the human race. Capable of killing people without them being aware of it, capable of running away without being caught up too, in the end, capable of causing much disturbance with ease. Vorpan might even be the most popular and well-known assassin in the human race since he has in the most known and famous organization. He belongs to the assassin section of Floradial. Floradial dealt with slavery as the main business, but they still had many other businesses. So it isn¡¯t entirely dependent on just one thing. Krox sharpens his eyes. ¡®Retreat or Attack?¡¯ It was difficult to determine which was the best option. Retreat while losing hold of the elves they just captured, or Attack while having an extremely high chance of losing additional troops, and facing against one of the most powerful enemies they would be facing, it is no easy task . Either option is bad, but since their objective is the captured elves, they must also accomplish their mission. Retreating was immediately out of the option. The only other option is to group up the elves and transport them while having a few distract the enemy. This would have been different if they had a transportation magic item which could teleport everything within a certain area to another set location. ¡°Attack it is then.¡± Korx decided this since even if it was one of the top 5, given enough time for him to increase his Power from his Demonic Berserker class, he could at least match them to some extent. The reason why he never really got stronger during the [spars] from the 10 was that he kept on being K.O in one hit, not giving the chance in getting stronger. He could train with the others who aren¡¯t too far stronger than him, but those 10 were special. Especially when there was that gap between 10 and 11. It is like comparing heaven and earth. Even though he felt the presence comparable to the top 5, it was still a bit far from the camp still. So deciding it was time, he quickly went to the center of the camp. The others around instantly sees Krox when he passes by them and also began heading towards the center. They knew he had an announcement. It was obvious by the expression he is making. In a rush, he then soon came to the center of the camp and stood onto a stump and took a deep breath as he said, ¡°MEN! YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THIS OR MAYBE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED AT ALL! THERE IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN ENEMIES AROUND US. THE SURVEILLANCE MAGICIANS WEREN¡¯T ABLE TO CATCH ONTO THEM. PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR BATTLE AS THEY MAY VERY WELL BE YOUR LAST! MAKE SURE THE ELVES ARE GUARDED! I REPEAT, PREPARE YOURSELVES!¡± Many hearing this were confused, but they could tell from the tone their leader was using means it isn¡¯t very good. Many people begin to head towards their tents as they took out their respective weapons. ¡°Hey do you know what¡¯s happening?¡± ¡°No clue. I did notice the guy I was sharing a tent with was missing for some time though. Is this happening everywhere?¡± ¡°...Damn, I just wanted to sleep dammit and this has to happen?¡± Although they still have confused expressions, they believed Krox, who was one of the top hundred in Floradial, and also known to be quite intelligent, and thus take his words with sincere consideration. Krox finished his short announcement and looks towards the area where the strong presence was located. ¡®...Seriously, who is it that could match to those monsters?¡¯ ---------------------- Tell me if there is any mistakes or anything off. Also, I apologize that this chapter is a little bit shorter than usual or the quality might be a not as good as what you really expect compared to the other chapters. I wanted to introduce the drones early on. The next chapter should come around Saturday. ~Till then~ Chapter 8. A Short Fight "...I didn''t expect them to deal with my those droids so easily. Do they have a powerful individual by there side? To think they got rid of them so quickly that my droids couldn''t even capture it with its camera and not even a glimpse of it. Though...is this an amazing feet?" Alduin was currently questioning how he should think of this. Just before, the droids had easily dealt with various other humans and it wasn''t difficult to do so. However, someone swiftly destroyed his droid fairly swiftly. Could this be considered amazing? Alduin doesn''t even have the knowledge of the standards of strength in this world, so it is not easy to determine this. Compared to the first droid, Alduin had added more passives onto those flying machines like damage reductions and regeneration for survivability. So it was a better version of the first droid. "Master, what should we do now. Would you make more of those [droids ] or do you desire me to get rid of them myself? I believe if I do this alone, it would not take much time.¡± Slyphia stated her question and opinion while Elaria also stared at him, awaiting what decision would he decide. He is pretty much the leader of this operation, so it is a matter of course that he should make the decisions. Without him, the operation to save Elaria¡¯s people wouldn¡¯t have even started or exist. " Hmmm...I am quite intrigue with whoever killed my minions. There is also the fact I want to experience what ¡®Real Combat¡¯ would feel like and get a better understanding of it. Though I could also deal with this problem by making the droids stronger, there might be a time where I might not have such luxury. So simply put, we are going in.¡± He looks ahead at gazed at the forest, then turns to Elaria. ¡°Before that though, after giving some thought to it, the barrier from the start wasn¡¯t even an issue to us. Slyphia and I can bypass it with no trouble, and as for you," he reached into his inventory and took out an emerald ring and tossed it to Elaria. ¡°Wear this, it should protect you from detection spells thus allowing you to pass the barrier without being concerned with having to be discovered. Also, it should give you protection from most enemy attacks whether they may be magical or physical. Well, it also have some recovery effects so I assure your safety for now." The emerald ring possesses [Magic Resist V] [Physical Resist V] [Health+Mana Regen] [Anti-Detection] [Elemental Resistance]. Since Alduin had personally saved Elaria and even accepted her request which had nothing much in it for him, at the very least he should protect her. When Alduin decides something, he will finish it thoroughly to the end. Unless, of course, he felt he needs to ¡®change¡¯ a few things when it becomes inconvenient for him. Elaria caught surprised by the sudden action, moved both of her hands to catch the ring while it was in the air. Catching it, she looks closer it and activated [Item Appraisal]. What came to her mind was nothing. There wasn¡¯t any information. This shows her mastery over this ability isn¡¯t very high, or the ring given to her for this incident is too ¡®high-level¡¯ for her to identify. Although she used [Item Appraisal] to gauge out the effects of the ring out of curiosity, there wasn¡¯t any notifications that tells her such effects conveniently like Alduin. It was more of a intuitive feeling. Elaria was astonished that Alduin had such a ring. If what he said is true, then this ring is could be one of the legendary relic items of the past, if not comparable to it. An Enchanter could usually imbue such effects onto accessories, weapons, and clothing, but those effects only lasted for a certain period of time before losing its effectiveness. It was very known in the past, the ancestors of this world, including elves and other sentient races, were all significantly powerful without doubt according to history. They had technology which the present date can''t even replicate. For some odd reason, that boom of technology soon came to an end along with the downfall of it. Many historians tried to come up with a sufficient theory to explain this event, but the declining numbers of powerful figures and technology began plummeting down. It is difficult to explain this. Anyways, those relics of the pass could change how a person can live for the rest of their lives and also gain huge amounts of fame and wealth. Usually these relics can be found in ruins or dungeons. The ruins were buildings that have fell apart through time and are leftovers of the past, but it is not often you could discover treasures in there. Occasionally yes. More often were the times they were found in dungeons, mysterious underground labyrinths with a certain number of floors varying from each other. Each floor would have one boss while the dungeon boss inside would be the strongest out of all the monsters inside it. Every boss floor when defeated and killed, could get riches that could let a person live in luxury for a couple of years. As long as he or she doesn''t intend to share the riches with the others. The dungeon boss would give the same, but many times the amount along with a relic item. Its effects could go from weapons of destruction, armor, accessories, or objects that could create water out of nothing. It was highly soughted for. However, there wasn¡¯t much intel regarding those dungeons. It was a complete mystery how they were designed and created. But if it is about getting rich the quickest and hardest way which your life may be threatened, the dungeon is the answer. Elaria puts on the ring and an odd feeling surged forth from the ring and into her. It was as if she felt less vulnerable. For some reason, she felt safer. She knew it was the ring given to her by him. She never felt so secured before. Even while being embraced by her mother as a child didn¡¯t give off such a feeling. ¡°Alright you two, I don¡¯t actually have any experience in tactics in the battlefield, so there won¡¯t be any plans. The only thing is to kill of all the humans. If they say something like they have children and a family, just kill them. In the end, it is either you or them.¡± Actually, this was more directed to Elaria. Since Alduin had experienced many ideas in his former world, he once knew a couple of people who seems to have decided on something, but halfway they lost their resolve to complete it. Like a Hero in a story unable to kill another person. It is quite irritating. However, Elaria had already long have that resolve. Afterall, she knew what was more important to her. Forget those who say they have a family, does it hold that much significance? After that, they dashed into the dark forest. Not long after, a group can be seen within this forest. 6 men wearing clothes similar to the C-squad. But unfortunately for them, Slyphia immediately decapitate their heads off their bodies and soon slumped down with red liquid flowing out of their opened necks. This continued on several times and the 3 began to notice a slight change in their encounters. It seems the groups they are encountering are reorganizing themselves and began to surround them more efficiently. With that, barrage of arrows and mana bolts were thrown at the 3. The expedition had no longer have any thoughts of capturing the S-marked elf. It was ordered by Krox to eliminate them. The elf may have been highly soughted for and increase her worth, but compared to losing their lives, it wasn¡¯t worth it in anyway. Even though all the members know for the fact what they are doing right now is getting themselves killed, they have all sworn to the founders of Floradial they would execute all their orders until completion or if decided by the leader of the group it was impossible. Whether or not it may seem impossible, they would do it until the leader decides it so. Afterall, the benefits of being in Floradial, who could match to any other Kingdom or even overpower them, reflects on their jobs. --------- After some time, they crossed upon before a particular group. There were all very well built and there bodies were filled with scars, displaying the experiences they went through in the past. There was one person who got the attention of Slyphia though. It was one with a larger frame than the others along with him, holding a Giant Sword. As a combatant, she could gauge out a person¡¯s strength while using her passive abilities to learn of the person¡¯s strength and weaknesses. Very quickly, she determined he was may possibly be the strongest out of all the humans they so far encountered. The other men nearby him pales in comparison. The leader, she assume, wouldn¡¯t give her much difficulty and deduced she could end him in a few swoops. If the leader was down, the rest would also soon fall. ¡°Master, the one with the large sword is the leader. If you order it, I shall decapitate him swiftly.¡± Slyphia wants to confirm with her Master before going ahead. If wasn¡¯t wise for her to immediately take actions before making sure her Master permits her too. If she were to do so and end up not pleasing up, she wouldn¡¯t want her Master to feel upset and disappointed in her. ¡°Oh? That guy is the leader Slyphia? If that is so, leave that guy and the group with him to me. For the rest, you and Elaria may deal with them. For this man, I want to get a bit of experience.¡± After confirming with him, she turns to the elf. ¡°You heard Master, we will take on the rest.¡± ¡°Eh? Wait, but isn¡¯t that too much?¡± Elaria had a puzzled face, but she did so as she was told. It wasn¡¯t smart to have an argument in the middle of battle. The two then turns to another direction and went on their way reducing the numbers of enemies while going to the supposed captured elves location. Alduin after seeing them off for a moment, turns his head. His robe fluttered as the wind passes through him. ¡°¡®Should I say it is a very good night today men?¡¯ or should I say, ¡®Greetings.¡± The group of 13 including the leader, stares at Alduin with cautious eyes. Unknown to Alduin;however, what they felt from the Slyphia could easily rival one of their leaders in their organization, but with their enhanced hearing and senses after going through many dangerous encounters, they could hear that girl called this man ¡°Master¡±. It was weird enough such a young girl that looks 16 could rival one of the top powers in the human race, but calling someone who doesn¡¯t even have any threatening feeling or intimidation, is very unusual. They didn¡¯t even attempt to stop her as they were startled from that fact of recognizing this man before her as her Master. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. The reason they barely felt anything from Alduin was 1) His ring containing thousands of abilities have one that conceals his power level. 2) He wasn¡¯t a combatant. Every combatant had a passive skill that gives of their power level or how powerful they are, but he or she may decide if they want to emit it. ¡°Greetings Masked Man, I am the leader of this group you and your party have been slaughtering, Krox Jaybon, may you enlighten us with your sudden visit?¡± Krox was currently putting up a front. Inside he was very nervous. To think such a young girl a few moments ago was so powerful. It is safe to assume this Master is actually a lot stronger than that young girl. ¡®God Dammit, right now my men are dying and we had an unexpected factor in front of us¡¯. Having one monster here is bad enough but 2 is total annihilation. Alduin raised his hand to them,¡±Well, you see, it is just too waste some time. Though there is another objective for me to do this, and that is get a better view of this world. You men I consider to be useful in this aspect. Also, it is for the sake of ¡®experience¡¯ in which I¡¯m lacking.¡± Krox stares at him while he could feel his sweat on his back. ¡°Then, I¡¯m sure you can find more suitable test subjects somewhere else. Why does have to be us?¡± ¡°...It just so happens to be. That¡¯s all.¡± Alduin gives a shrug. One man next to Krox stepped up and pointed his steel sword at Alduin. ¡°You dare talk down on us! Who do you think you are?!¡± Krox turns his gaze to the shouting man emitted bloodlust. Feeling this, the man instantly backed up while shaking. Krox didn¡¯t want to offend the ¡®Master of a monster.¡± Who knows if the masked man is actually hiding his power. ¡° ~Ahhh, actually, I wonder why i¡¯m even talking to you guys anyway. That wasn¡¯t even my objective today anyway.¡± The masked man talks to himself and after uttering the last word, he dashed quickly towards the nearest guy to him. It was so fast it might even be considered teleportation to a person who didn¡¯t know any better. Alduin stops just before smashing into him, and made an upperfist punch, swinging his arm from below to the man¡¯s jaw. Hitting it, Alduin felt the smashing of bones as his fist continues going upward. The man¡¯s body flew up into the air spinning backwards and struck the tree, then falls down onto the ground with a huge *splat*. ¡°In Battle Formation!¡± Krox yells, but to no avail. Alduin was to fast for them to react, much less see. For 2nd person, he rotates his body and uses his elbow area and instantly made the 2nd man flying in another direction and also smashed into another hard tree. His face concave inwards and it was truly a horrible sight to look at. However to Alduin, it doesn¡¯t make a difference to him. This was for the sake of ¡®test¡¯ and ¡®experience¡¯ and ¡®time-killing¡¯. Killing others may only at most make him feel disgusted, from the guts and exposed flesh and bone. That is pretty much it. His behavior may be one that could be considered of a teen with too much power, but he wouldn¡¯t go too far with his actions. At least he wouldn¡¯t hurt those who shouldn¡¯t even deserve it. After finishing off his 5th one, Krox the leader, also engaged in combat with him. ¡®Let¡¯s see how strong this leader is. It would give me a better image of the strongest in this world if I also knew what his rank in this world is too. It would help me feel more at ease here¡¯ Although he thought of this, he didn¡¯t expect the leader to be way more than what he had imagined. For just a moment he saw Krox, the next moment he disappears. ¡®Where?¡¯ Suddenly Alduin felt something on his waist, and it pushes him across the forest with high amounts of fore. He began spinning around in mid air and hits upon another tree after smashing through the previous one. He scraped across the ground while trying to maintain balance once he had his two feet on the ground, but before long Krox once again appears before him. ¡®Twin Folding Smasher!¡¯ Krox screamed within his head as his sword descends upon Alduin while 2 other men were casting binding spells onto him. Unfortunately, restriction spells were completely ineffective against Alduin, but the sword was still continuing to descend down, but looking at it closer, there actually seems to be another Giant Sword coming over him, and hits his head. *Boom!* Alduin¡¯s face hits the ground as he utters ¡°~Gahhhhh~!¡± However, it wasn¡¯t finished yet. Another man appears on top of Alduin he was laying on the ground with his face on the ground, and stabs into Alduin¡¯s neck and where the part of the spine is located. It went through Alduin¡¯s neck¡­ ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±¡±.....¡±¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± ¡°.Despite losing some of ours....I...sort of expected more?¡­¡± ¡°...Yeah¡­¡± ¡°...How is this guy even the Master of that girl? He went down to easily?¡± They all are currently thinking how could someone like this mask man could be the Master of Slyphia. It was known to them she could easily dealt with them if she decided too while they may have some slim chance of survival if Krox class was to in effect. But Alduin had only at most give a scare. Krox was able to slightly see Alduin even though his speed was off the charts and using his intuition and instinct, could predict where he would go next. However, if Alduin was actually had a class with the purpose of fighting, it would have been way different. His Technomancer was to create things afterall. He could add abilities towards his clothing and accessories, but he is still a beginner in ¡®fighting¡¯. ¡°..Oh God, this is not what I expected.¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±¡±.....¡±¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± ¡°What the?¡± Alduin rolls on the ground and quickly got the guy who stabbed him off as he jumped off the ground and got back into his standing posture. He then brought out G-1. ¡°I guess I can forget about doing this shit. I might as well be the Creator and have my minions deal with this for me when the issue arises.¡± Despite being stabbed through the neck and being barraged with Krox¡¯s attacks, there was no damage on Alduin. At most, his clothes were dirty from rolling on the ground. ¡°Hahaha, why are you all surprised. Well, it should be the normal reaction for you guys anyway.¡± Pointing his G-1 at the survivors, ¡° I apologize, but I think this is where I should say farewell. At first I wanted to gain this ¡®experience¡¯, but it seems more than what I had thought. I guess it is best for me to stick with my ranged weapons and shoot in a safe distance.¡± ¡°Well, then byeeeee, Guuhuh~.¡± Mid sentence, Alduin was again shot off. Krox can be seen continuously swinging his sword at Alduin. Trying to see if there were anywhere he can hit to keep Alduin down. To be able to survive being hit on the head with a Relic Weapon which had the effects of [Defence Smash] [Increase Damage Output 150%] [Crush] [Projectile Defence]. With[Defence Smashing], [Increase Damage output] and [Crush], anyone, even the top 10 would feel something. Afterall, Relic Weapons aren¡¯t to look down upon, especially when a Demonic Berserker was to use it. As Krox was about to again swing his Giant Sword again, the next moment, he sees himself sprawled on the floor while coughing up blood. ¡®Huh?¡¯ Krox eyes widens. He is feeling pain all over his body while his skin was slightly blackened. The armor he had worn was cracked into pieces. This is due to Alduin using ¡®Time-Slower¡¯, but he had to use 3 seconds to get up from his rolling momentum, and 1 second to look where Krox was located. If it wasn¡¯t to that, if he used ¡®Time-Slower¡¯ and used all that time to shoot at Krox, he would have been dead. ¡°Grrhhhh.¡± Krox was groaning from the pain, but he immediately got up as his instinct again screams at him to jump to the side. Doing it, a bullet hits onto the ground and an explosion occurred blowing Krox into the air and smashing into the ground soon after. ¡®What the hell was that?¡¯ It was understandable if it was a fireball made from a magician or spellcaster, but the only thing he saw from the masked man was holding a gun constructed with silver metal of a sort. But how was that able to make an explosion? ¡®Fuck! I need to retreat! This is almost no information regarding these two and that object he is holding may also be a Relic of the past. I must report this to HQ.¡¯ He looks at the coming members of his group and yells at them, ¡°Retreat! Everyone Retreat! Report to Everyone they are to withdraw! Forget about the elves! There is no hope!¡± After that he decided to use his teleportation device that could only teleport one person into another location. It was a one-use-item. It makes him feel guilty in leaving behind his subordinates, but reporting to HQ takes priority over this. At least he could give them their last order to save themselves. Breaking the teleportation device he took out from his inter dimensional ring, he vanished into thin air. -- Alduin seeing the leader disappearing out of nowhere, thought ¡°Oh. Oh this is bad.¡± He knew exactly what may happen. The leader of this group may have decided that staying on longer is too dangerous and decided to tell everyone to retreat. This of course is very bad for him. He could picture a scenario of the leader named Krox reporting to his superior¡¯s and telling them everything what had transpired. ¡°Well, this really fucking sucks.¡± He turns to the rest of the men who had only just recently received that message. It seems it had taken some time for them to register the information into their head. ¡®Time-Slower¡¯. The area turns grey as time slows down slow enough that it looks like time-stopped instead. Quickly aiming at the rest of the men and shooting a dozen of bullets, Time-Slower lost its effect after 5 seconds and multiple explosions can be heard. Using his Radar programmed into his mask, the enemy is dead. ¡°To think I had to use this ability 2 times in a roll for one day.¡± Alduin mutters to himself. He then walks towards the other two location. ¡®I think they should be finished by now.¡¯ ------- Chapter I have promised today. Tell me if there is any mistakes or anything off. Tell me any suggestions down below. Chapter 9. Promotion Alduin strolled his way through the forest as he uses his radar programmed into his mask¡¯s function. While slowly walking over to Slyphia¡¯s and Elaria¡¯s location, he could see many limbs lying across the grass and dirt. There were bodies that had numerous cuts on its body, especially the chest area, and the face was also not spared. He wonders what kind of skills did Slyphia used against them. These corpses would be hard to identify if need be by the enemy. Blood was splattered everywhere while some of the corpses were still leaking out blood from their bodies. Many of these wounds were either through the heart or head, giving the target an almost guaranteed death. Though some seems to have a quicker death by decapitation. In other words, the green and peaceful, and lovely forest which used to housed the elves, is now covered with red. A truly gruesome sight to behold. Not long after passing through the many dead victims, he sees the source and origin of the causes of these hundreds of deaths. She was currently holding her sword that had pierced through a man¡¯s chest center and brought him up in mid-air. A slender girl with no visible muscles on her arm was able to carry this man¡¯s weight with just an arm. Even more when it was carried onto a blade. It was like carrying a backpack filled with textbooks and holding it with your arm extended outwards. Seeing Alduin, she pulled out the sword in the speed of light and sheathe her sword into her sheath. ¡°Is that the last of them Slyphia?¡± Alduin asks as he looks around while using the radar to see any other nearby living beings. ¡°There is none, my Master.¡± She replied as she made a slight bow. He nods his head, satisfied with her and her work. ¡°By the way, where is Elaria? Was she not with you?¡± ¡°Yes, but right now she is having a bit of an issue digesting this scene. Although I believe she may have the determination to get rid of these [humans], she couldn¡¯t help, but throw up from this so called horrifying scene. Well, that is what she says anyway.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Alduin spots a red dot not far from his direction. Strolling over there, he soon finds himself looking at Elaria, who was breathing heavily with her hands and knees on the floor. Near her was a disgusting puddle of vomit. Knowing a bit of her mental state right now, he decides he should first deal with how the forest is right now. Including his fight with the leader and his subordinates, the forest has pretty much been damaged greatly. Especially from his bullets shot out of the G-1. ¡®Let¡¯s see here.¡¯ Opening up his creation box, he then uploads the droid he has been making an hour ago. He found a slightly faster method to recreate things he wanted, and that is to save it into a folder inside the creation box. Similar to a computer. Opening the file, he looks through some abilities we wants for the droid. Soon enough, he finds it. Adding it to the droid, he then tapped the create button. His inventory pops up to him and took out the newly made droid. Alduin then gives it a command. ¡°Clean this place up.¡± The droid immediately flew into the nearby dead bodies and began vaporizing them with red light and at the same time, remove the blood stains and the trees as it reversed time on the tree, making it recover in a way. The droid continues on repeating the same procedure, vaporize, remove, and reverse. Before long, the droid comes back, showing it had completed its job as there wasn¡¯t anymore ¡®cleaning up¡¯ to do. It had only taken 10 minutes to get rid of 300+ bodies and Alduin had watched through half of the whole thing. He leaned on a nearby tree and took out his android phone, and began reading a light novel his writing program made for him. Slyphia walked next to him and sat down, cleaning off the blood on her Master¡¯s sword given to her. After some time, Elaria recovered and went towards Alduin and Slyphia who were relaxing on a tree. As she came closer, Alduin notices her and put his android back into the inventory and corrected himself up. He brought out a vial which was the Elixir he had given to Elaria when she had fainted a day ago, and offered it to her. Even though it was just a day, he seems longer since there were many things taken place in just a few days. Elaria looks at the Elixir with a puzzled face. She doesn¡¯t know why Alduin is giving her such a powerful healing potion even though she isn¡¯t at all injured in anyway, the Elixir had almost everything. Health, mana, stamina, limb recovery, and includes a couple of buffs like stamina, physical, sight, and reflex increase. For the reason why Alduin lend her the Elixir, was to get rid of the foil taste on her mouth. This was also for him since he, just like anyone, wouldn¡¯t want to smell vomit, even if it was that of a beautiful young looking girl.Just plain horrible. ¡°This has cleaning effects.¡± Alduin stated simply as if he expected her to understand his intentions. She titles her head, showing her confusion. He sighs, ¡°Hah, in other words, it is to wash your mouth.¡± Elaria startled by this comment which she deemed pretty harsh, she reluctantly took the Elixir, brought the vial to her mouth, and gulped it down. Finishing it, her breath was now like the flavor of strawberries and bananas. She gave him back the vial with a helpless expression, ¡°You know, you shouldn¡¯t say that to a girl.¡± Alduin lifts up an eyebrow, but again, he was wearing the mask which he intends to wear forever if he wanted to be. ¡°Why shouldn¡¯t I? If anything, I was helping keeping up your image. Especially when you just a few moments ago, vomited. Aren¡¯t you suppose to be thanking me right now? I mean, when you get closer to your people, and they somehow smelled your breath...well, I guess shall leave that to your imagination.¡± Hearing this, she couldn¡¯t help but give a useless retort that holds nothing, ¡°Yeah, but still, you can¡¯t say that out straight to a girl.¡± it was a mutter which Alduin couldn¡¯t hear since it was too soft. Putting back the vial into his inventory, ¡°Well then, let¡¯s free some captured elves I guess.¡± Since the droids earlier had already scouted the forest, and in addition with Alduin¡¯s Radar, they had no trouble finding where the elves were at. They were quite nearby. The humans protecting or, safekeeping the elves had already died from Slyphia¡¯s massacre through different areas. Even though there used to be lots of blood everywhere which the droid what already cleaned up, she didn¡¯t have any of it on her clothes. --- Since Alduin doesn¡¯t particularly like combat after experiencing it ¡®for real¡¯ once, he decided to go to his companion¡¯s icon and change Slyphia¡¯s Assassin level 7 to lvl 10. It wouldn¡¯t be an exaggeration if he was played around by Krox for a little while as he tried to ¡®experience¡¯ combat. Now Slyphia¡¯s status looks like this.
Name: Slyphia TItle: Assassin Emperor, Alduin¡¯s faithful servant Job: Assassin Class Level: 10 Strength: 17023 Intelligence: 15642 Agility: 13406 Vitality: 12950 Dexterity: 15934
Staring at his servant''s stats which he was slightly astonished by the fact Slyphia had attained the Assassin God title, the stats such as strength doesn¡¯t give him no mind. Although her class level has supposedly reached max, he discovered there wasn¡¯t an X mark. Alduin assumed an X mark is like a title, showing how they reached the maximum potential of their class, but there was none on hers. However, he didn¡¯t put too much thought on it since he absolutely had no clue to what the X mark means. To the very least, he knows it might as well surpass [lvl10] just like the other bugs in his skills. Since Slyphia was now pretty much an [Emperor], in which he believes is a strong title, he decided to make an equippable ring for his servant. This again was precaution. Although he believed Slyphia would not betray him, it is better to think of the possibilities. Alduin had no clue what sort of abilities she had. He had access to her status, but her skills doesn¡¯t seem to be an option for him to explore as there was never such an option in the first place. Making another ring, he decided on opal for the jewelry. Adding dozens and dozens of defence passives such as mental attack immunity,mind control immunity, complete elemental immunity and more, he then tapped the create button and took out the opal ring in his inventory. He wouldn¡¯t want his servant to be controlled and manipulated by outside forces. Alduin looks at Slyphia ,who for some odd reason,seems to be trying to hold back a smile as she looks at him for who knows how long before he turned towards her. He gestured her to come to him. Slyphia, noticing this, hastily got herself out of her daze and walked over to Alduin. He brought out his closed hand towards her, telling her to open her hands. She then did so and what her Master had drop was an opal ring. ¡°Slyphia, wear this ring and never take it off. Well, you probably couldn¡¯t take it off anyways, but just wear it. This is pretty much protection against various things.¡± As Slyphia puts it onto her left ring finger, she stops walking in which Alduin also stops as it was a bit unusual for her to do this. Elaria who was beside them was impatient to go to her kin, but she decides to wait for the 2. Mostly, it would be rude to her benefactors if she left them. Slyphia made a deep bow with a bit of red coming from her cheeks. ¡°You have my sincerest thanks, my master.¡± --------- Slyphia was currently walking to the caged elves nearby along with her Master and Elaria. After Elaria sees her kin in several iron cages, she quickly ran towards them and attempts to tear out the iron cages. However, there is seems to be a shield or barrier that doesn¡¯t seem to allow her to break the cage. Her master then comes forward and brought out a hilt with no sword on it, but after clicking some sort of button on the hilt, a red beam of light erected itself from the hilt. (lightsaber) He then comes towards the cage and swung down the light beam on the cage which completely destroys the barrier and also the cage at the same time. Elaria at first was startled from this sudden action, but after seeing the results she again relaxes. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Currently, Slyphia wasn¡¯t thinking about the elves. Right now, she was shaking from joy for her master. She was acknowledged by her God. Just a few moments ago, she felt a sudden change in her. She felt astonishing and overwhelming power that filled up her very being. The only person who had control over her powers and abilities was her Master, Alduin. He could decide she could be weak or strong on a whim if he so desires. When that sudden power filling her up, she can feel herself with much more power than ever before. Her arms and legs felt like they could run at maximum speed without a trouble. Her strength, despite the size of her delicate, slender arms, could destroy anything with the usage of her Master¡¯s personally created sword. Unknown to Alduin, to Slyphia, if she ranks up, which means her class level, then it means that he recognizes her as a useful servant. She felt so much joy when her Master did it. It is sort of like a promotion. Along with to ring given to her by her Master, she couldn¡¯t help but feel delighted when he told her it was for her protection. Even right as of now where the elves were coming out of the cages and binds, she had to restrain herself from running around the forest dozens of times. If she did it, she fears her God would feel upset and embarassed over her behavior. After what seems like eternity for her, which was only 2 minutes in real time, she finally calms herself down. ¡°Lord Alduin, Lady Slyphia, we are forever grateful for what you have done for us. If there is anything that you may require of us, please do tell. Even if it may seem impossible, we will do our best to repay this debt.¡± Elaria was currently bowing down deeply to her Master. Some of Elaria¡¯s people were still confused of what¡¯s going on since only one day has past, along with losing many of their family members and in addition, being played around with by their capturers. It was a only a day, but a harsh and cruel one of that. Another elf decided to step up and bows down to her master and her. ¡°Even though I had not seen it for myself, considering it is Elaria, she wouldn¡¯t lie over something like this...I also want to thank you.¡± One by one they began thanking both her and her Master. Although most have no clue what had just happened to them, they are still thankful for the fact they hadn¡¯t been captured and sold as slaves. Afterall, to them, all they heard was a speech the leader of the hundred group of men shouted and after that screams were heard. They also saw a black blur in front of them and the humans who were safeguarding them had their heads detached, and falling of their bodies. It was very fast and sudden so they weren¡¯t exactly sure what was transpiring around them. After the long formal gratitude event is over, Alduin and Slyphia waved their hands in farewell to continue on their journey. It seems their village wasn¡¯t to far from their present location and even though their houses were pretty much destroyed and looted, all they need is the forest to be in good condition to live. Elaria kept saying ¡°Thank You¡± towards Slyphia and Alduin after trying to give Alduin back the ring he had given her. Honestly, Alduin almost forgot about the ring. To him, it was just another ring with a few effects compared to his own which had already had hundreds. Alduin tells her to keep the ring, saying it was just a useless item to him. Which is actually true when he already had such abilities in his own ring, thus making that ring worthless to him. Elaria wanted to say something, but was interrupted by him. ¡°Just consider it a debt towards me. One for freeing your kin, and second for that ring. It would not do if I knew saving your village, which I personally bothered to do it, was later again captured. Again, just think of it as a debt. I might come back to reclaim that debt in the near future if I have a necessity for it.¡± Another reason why Alduin lets her keep that ring, is because it would help that village. He was looking through the elves, especially the women and it helps the eyes. Although there wasn¡¯t any lust behind that gaze. Just a small, little joy. Also, since he even used his time to help Elaria¡¯s kin, he wants to make sure it was at least worth it. Like making a piece for your ceramics class, but after all the hard work put onto it, it was later accidentally destroyed by another person. Same concept for this matter. The elves soon said there last farewells to the 2 as they returned to where their plundered village was and used the leftover goods from the dead members of Floradial to help recover their homes. ¡®Well, they should be fine, probably.¡¯ Alduin thought Which was now a bit farther away because of their detour, Alduin and his servant relaxingly continued their journey to the nearby Kingdom. Afterall, they have all the time in the world. -------------- News in Floradial spreads like wildfire. Krox Jaybon was currently recovering from his threatening injuries. His skin was blackened while he had some trouble breathing. This was caused by Alduin¡¯s G-1 bullet which had the effects of poison and death along with the active: Explosion. It dealt fatal wounds to him and if it wasn¡¯t for his [defence] and Will to live, he would¡¯ve already died. Also, he was only mostly affected by the Poison V and Burn V from the bullet. The Death V was countered by another Relic Artifact from ancient times which he wear as an amulet. It had the effect to negate all instant death effects, but in return, takes a certain percentage of the person¡¯s life force in exchange. It is known that for highly capable and potential members, they are given a few found artifacts. Mostly to protect future assets in the organization. Alduin had shot him a couple of times, so his (health) was in a dangerous area and needed many healers to tend to him. The fact that only Krox had teleported to HQ, it means the mission was probably a failure. Of course, this spread throughout the Floradial organization. The group which were suppose to capture some elves had utterly failed and even more, when Krox had alone, teleported here. It was quite obvious what had transpired. Most likely, a 3rd party had interfered with them, and also probably caused many of their members to lose their lives. While Krox was recovering in the medical room inside Floradial HQ, 4 people can be seen heading towards it. All of the members passing by, bowed towards the top as they were the founders of Floradial. ¡°So? What to you guys think of this incident? Does it not intrigue you? Who in their right minds would go against us?¡± ¡°It did catch my interest, but considering the fact they did this means they at least have some significant power and influence. Who else would have the courage to stand up to us?¡± ¡°I agree and I suspect it may as well be this Kingdom we are residing in. Afterall, we had taken many of their recruits in the military aspect. Since we have more pleasing benefits in our group, the recruitment were more leaning to us than to them.¡± The Kingdom of Kloara. The place where Floradial HQ chose to reside. It has already been said the reason they decided it there is because that Kingdom had an increase of military assets and figures. So they chose to give an option towards these figures by giving them the benefits of their organization. Initially, it went slow, but it began to exponentially increase and their influence also as well. At first the government officials and leaders didn¡¯t put too much thought on this; however, there has been a noticeable huge decrease in the percentage of the recruitment in their military. The military gives wages depending on how strong the recruits are. If strong, they get a good amount of pay. If weak, well, they may get slightly lower than decent pay since they could at least be cannon fodder. It was obvious which group graduated students from the combatant and general academy wants to join. So from 65% of the graduates joining the military of Kloara, it went down to 40% over the past years. It was a huge difference. The King wants to do something about this, but Floradial was located right in the Kingdom. If they decide to war against them, the country might as well be a full-time war zone. There will be no resting areas and no safe spots. So the option in exterminating them is out of the option. If only if Floradial decides to obey the King, then it wouldn¡¯t have become so much of a problem. However, the top 10 of that organization, believed they were possibly higher than the King. It was known the King of Kloara, Jaximon I, was an extremely powerful man in terms of combat. If he was to be measured in Class level for Alduin¡¯s sake, it would be just the same as Slyphia¡¯s former level. Level 7. For his class, it was one of the most strongest military classes, the Warlord. Anyways, the King had some difficulties with Floradial which was pretty much a Kingdom in itself, so he tries to send in a couple of squads to gain information from Floradial and assassinate their parties as they are on a job. This was soon discovered later on by Floradial somehow and since then the enmity was very rough between the Kingdom and them. ¡°Well, we shouldn¡¯t immediately assume it may be the scheme of that damn King, but it may be possible.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s first find some answers from Krox Jaybon. I heard he was the one who had pretty high potential. Will we not consider adding him to that party?¡± ¡°Get your priorities straight, right now we need some answers from him before thinking about anything else. The information he has could change the actions we would be taking from now on. Yo-.¡± ¡°Yes,yes, I should be more patient, I know. I heard it too many times and I don¡¯t particularly want to hear it again.¡± With that, they entered Krox Jaybon¡¯s room. -------- Tell me if there''s any mistakes or anything off. Next Chapter if you guys want to take a peak Spoiler : New Companion Update I think everyone had already knew about the [dropped post], but I will be resuming this story. I guess maybe Hiatus should have been a better notification, but I guess I can''t take back what I say. Anyways, I will be resuming it after finishing the outline of the story of the next arc.