《I BECAME A NOBLE OF A CHAOTIC DYSTOPIAN EMPIRE! (Litrpg, Progression, Space Opera)》


 Chapter 01 Jake Carrack

    Chapter 01 Jake Carrack


    "Welcome to Woahnald! Your order please!"


    Inside a fast food chain restaurant with a red theme and a half-bald clown face as the iconic logo displayed, on this Saturday night the place was filled with people of all ages, from children to the elderly, from employees who had just come home from work to high school students who were chatting with their group of friends.


    "Uhm... Big Tasty menu, one"


    "Drinks? Tea or Loca?"


    "Loca, the big one"


    "Yes! All in all, 35 dollars, thank you for waiting!"


    "Welcome to Woahnald! Your order please!" Maintaining his best business smile, Jake kept repeating his usual sentence that scared him for being so used to it, inside the crowded restaurant, Jake wiped his sweat under his hat after finishing the last order from the queue in front of the counter.


    "Gahh..." glanced at the clock on the wall with dead fish eyes, Jake letting out a zombie-like sound under his breath, the round clock showed 8:45 p.m.


    Looking at the ticking clock, Jake felt a hope in his heart, his shift would soon be over, just a little more, really, just a little more...


    a little more, a little more, a little more, a little more a little more a little more


    a little more, a little more, a little more, a little more a little more a little more-


    his face was smiling but his heart was not, Jake struggled to maintain his mask while glancing at the clock as if he wanted to kill it before the next customer came "Welcome to Woahnald! Your order please!" and repeated the terrifying words again.


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    Exactly fifteen minutes later His shift should have ended, with some light returning to his dead eyes, Jake looked left and right, no? Looking around in confusion, Jake decided to wait a little longer, trying to be patient and still serve the customers who came, but even after ten minutes had passed after that, none of his coworkers had come, someone should have replaced him a long time ago, no, he shouldn''t have stood here all day facing the onslaught of the cruel weekend night, but because they were short of hands so Jake was forced, but this was still too much that he should have gone home since four in the afternoon...


    The orders had calmed down and Jake could finally catch his breath, letting out a tired sigh, Jake peeked into the kitchen but he couldn''t find anyone, thinking back it should be break time, did they go on break? and leave him here?


    Furrowing his brows in annoyance, Jake walked back towards the staff room next to the kitchen, standing in front of the cheap wooden door, Jake could hear the laughter of men and women from inside, sighing, Jake turned the doorknob.


    Inside the room with a long table and lockers, three guys and two girls were sitting chatting happily until they noticed Jake''s presence.


    "Ayy! Jakie!" A man with blond hair, tan skin and ear piercings greeted casually while stretching his legs on the table, his name was Felix, with sharp eyes and a fairly handsome face, holding a drink in one hand, he asked "How are ya Jake?"


    Not amused by his friendliness, Jake looked at a shiningly bald middle-aged man sitting with his belly fat on the edge of the table.


    "Manager, my extra shift should have ended half an hour ago," Jake said flatly before glancing at a girl with long brown hair who was chewing a biscuit in her mouth "Sana should have replaced me"


    Hearing her name mentioned, Sana''s shoulders jerked as she looked at Jake with an innocent smile "Ehehehe, I''m late"This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    But Jake just stared at her with a cold face, seeing that, the manager straightened his back before speaking "Well Jake, Sana hasn''t had dinner yet, she''s busy with her college assignments"


    "I haven''t even had lunch" Jake answered immediately, but the reactions from the others were different.


    "Yeah, this and that are different, you''re a strong one, but Sana has a stomach ulcer" A man with curly black hair and a rather plain face named Clark spoke to Jake in a tone asking for understanding.


    "That''s right, Sana can''t be late for meals Isn''t that right Sana?" added the shoulder-length blonde-haired girl named Sofia who was sitting next to Sana who looked at Jake with sinism in her eyes.


    "Y-Yes! I''m really sorry Jake!" Sana apologized in a guilty tone and lowered her head.


    "That''s right Jake, after all we are all family here, so we have to help each other, am I right?" The Manager said and looked at Jake like he was the one who was at fault.


    "...." Jake wanted to say something but he swallowed it and could only nod.


    "Okay then! I''ll be the one guarding the counter!" Felix cheerfully stood up from his seat and walked out the door "You can take a rest brother!"


    "I think it''s time to get back to work, keep up the spirit Jake" Clark patted Jake''s shoulder before walking out.


    "Then me too, come on Sana, let''s get to work now the boss is getting angry" Sofia stood up before glancing at Jake with a sharp gaze.


    "Ah! Y-yes! Please wait for me! Excuse me!" Sana bowed her head to him once more before following Sofia out of the room.


    Seeing their behavior, Jake could only stare back at them with indifferent eyes and hold back his anger.


    "Well you know Jake, you shouldn''t be like that" The Manager got up from his seat and walked towards Jake "I know this work environment is full of pressure, but we should encourage each other and create an atmosphere so that we can give our best performance, that way there will be a sense of satisfaction in our hearts, don''t you think so?" The Manager smiled proudly.


    Gritting his teeth, Jake looked the Manager in the eye before replying briefly "I understand"


    "You know Jake, you''re doing an amazing job, usually new hires only last a few months but you''ve been here almost a year, unlike those snowflakes you''re strong, you know, you''re doing really well, I''m sure will recommend you to become a permanent employee," The manager patted Jake on the shoulder in a friendly manner before walking out.


    When the door closed and he was left alone, Jake clenched his fists tightly and his eyes were full of irritation.


    "Self-satisfaction, helping each other, best performance, bullshit, and don''t call me brother, damn it" Muttering those words quietly, Jake opened his locker and started changing clothes, in the mirror that was hanging on the wall, reflected a man in his early 20s with black hair and fair skin, his face could be said to be quite good if not for his sharp eyes that looked cruel with dark eye bags underneath.


    Packed his things into his bag, Jake walked toward the back door without greeting the others, more precisely he deliberately avoided them.


    Waiting for no one to notice, Jake slipped out the door into the night, feeling the cool night air on his cheeks, Jake put his hands in his jacket pockets and walked away from the back of the store.


    "Hahhh..." Walking along the urban streets Jake enjoyed the pleasant sense of freedom as his shoulders felt a lot lighter, but he could feel his body screaming, coming in at half past six in the morning and going home at nine at night... just thinking about it, he wondered how he could survive, without pay for his overtime, without any compensation, day by day his workload just kept increasing.


    Damn it, if they were short of people why didn''t that fat fuck hire more!


    Remembering his Manager, Jake really wanted to punch his punny face who always had a smug expression while arbitrarily ordering things around, Jake this, Jake that, he refused to hire more employees to cut costs while chasing unreasonable targets, all so that the reports he made would look good in front of upper management.


    Instead, he keep adding terrible workload and overtime, Jake place of work was not a good company from the start, because since he started working, they expected "Loyalty" from him, but even the burden was worse than in other places, he regretted doing his best because that damn Manager saw him as an easy target to throw responsibility on, what''s worse, his other co-workers actually sucked up and tried to get on the Manager''s good side.


    In other words, he was made a scapegoat, his manager saw him as a worker ant who could be treated however he wanted, while his coworkers sacrificed him to make their lives easier... and it seemed like someone was spreading bad news behind his back...


    Ahh... this is the worst...


    Walking with heavy steps, Jake thought again about getting out of that dumpster, but he wasn''t sure he could survive looking for another job quickly... he was still young after all... but the fear of uncertainty stopped him, sighing once again, something he had done a lot today, Jake''s thoughts began to turn to the aching painful feeling in his stomach.


    "ugh, my ulcer, I need to eat"

 Chapter 02 like a Seagull to french fries

    Chapter 02 like a Seagull to french fries


    Turning into a residential street, Jake held his stomach as he walked in a daze.


    My head was spinning... I guess the work was starting to take a toll on my body, who would''ve thought....


    Stopping at his favorite convenience store, Jake bought some ramen and some bread, with a plastic bag in one hand, Jake stuffed the bread into his mouth.


    "MmMmM~" walking on the quiet street with houses on either side, his apartment was not far away from here, feeling bored, Jake mindlessly looked up at the sky, there were a few stars shining dimly tonight and above the sky, a plane passed by, looking up at the sky while enjoying the night breeze, Jake thought that there were people flying in the plane right now and above them were astronauts circling the orbit, for some reason he was jealous, he had never been on a plane, there was no reason for him to get on a plane but he also had no money even if he wanted to.


    Right now, there are people all over the world doing their own thing, if he thinks about it, his life is just an unimportant speck in an unreasonable competition.


    It must be nice to be a bird, free to go wherever you want... no, that''s wrong, it must be nice to be rich, doing whatever you want...


    He heard the news that several billionaires went into space a few days ago, it''s true huh, being rich must be nice, if only he had a way, a miracle or something.


    Shaking his head which was starting to think go off trail, Jake remembered that tomorrow was his day off, finally something good, felt his mood rise, suddenly Jake saw a shooting star in the sky in front of him, a very bright blue shooting star, he heard that people make wishes when they saw shooting stars, but Jake doesn''t believe such a thing, after all it''s impossible for money to fall from the sky no matter how many shooting stars he finds.


    Hmm... it looks quite beautiful though.


    When Jake took out his smartphone to take a picture, as he looked at the screen of the smartphone he bought with his savings, he saw the screen glitching wildly.


    "Eh?! No! Wait! Why?! Don''t break on me! I don''t have the money to fix you!" shouted in despair, Jake didn''t understand how his smartphone could be broken, his smartphone was fine a moment ago and he had treated it with great care, banging his smartphone against his hand, that''s when he realized a low-pitched sound that was almost inaudible to his ears.


    Looking around him in confusion, Jake could feel the wind on his face, but instead of the usual cold night wind, the air felt warm, more baffled by this development, at that moment Jake realized the shooting star seemed to be swaying in the sky, changing direction.


    Blinking a few times in disbelief, He didn''t know much about astrology, but he was sure that shooting stars shouldn''t decelerate and start to turn in the sky while emitting an increasingly loud hum.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    The bad thing is, whether it was just his imagination, but the shooting star seemed to be getting bigger, even from here Jake could feel the incredible speed of the thing, But what made Jake''s heart skip a beat was when the light of the shooting star disappeared as if it had never existed, as his eyes widened in shock, a few seconds later the shooting star appeared again, but now it was much bigger and brighter, What the hell, Jake could only mutter those words in his mind, he couldn''t make sense of this impossible event, but he knew that he had to run now.


    What the heck is that?! Is that thing just teleport?!! no no no, the most important thing is that thing is definitely heading here!


    Jake quickly ditched his bag and started running on the deserted streets filled with houses on the right and left, the buzzing sound was now getting more real and louder As the wind hit his back getting ever stronger, Jake could feel whatever was falling from the sky was getting closer to his location, he could imagine a large asteroid falling and destroying the entire place, however he couldn''t imagine escaping the shockwave, but he might be able to take shelter in one of the houses or basements, whether he would be accepted or not, Jake thought he would just break into the house of whoever opened the door, this was a matter of life and death, feeling the real danger of death looming on his neck, Jake ran to one of the houses that didn''t have a fence.


    However, the moment he stepped foot on the neatly cut lawn that still smelled of grass, a strange circle appeared at his feet, a red glowing circle with symbols he had never seen before spinning intricately.


    "Wait! What the fuck?!" Jake tried to move his legs with all his might but his legs wouldn''t even budge.


    "Help!! Help!!! Someone!!! Freaking hell happening?!" Screaming at the top of his lungs Jake tried to call for help in a panic, but strangely no one came out, why? He could feel the strangeness of his surroundings, as if there was something that cut him off from the outside world.


    Unable to move and knowing something coming towards him, Jake''s heart raced like a racehorse, followed by crippling fear, at that horrible moment he could clearly hear the low-pitched sound like an engine and the wind that was now hitting his body hard, that something, whatever it was, was very close, as the lights around him suddenly flickered on and off before shutting down completely, the street that was previously filled with streetlights and house lights was now pitch black, suddenly, a bright blue light appeared from behind him.


    Glancing back with a trembling body, Jake looked behind him and into the sky, there a blue light like a spotlight came down from above, and from above the light a building, no, a spaceship straight out of science fiction was flying towards him.


    "Are you kidding me" Jake said in a resigned tone but he still tried to move his legs as if he wanted to take them off as the alien light shone down the street like a hunter chasing its prey, feeling fear he had never felt before, Jake thought he was going to die when the light from the spaceship passed him at high speed.


    Curling up reflexively, Jake closed his eyes as the blinding light hit him like a flashbang, a moment later a great shock jolted his body that knocked the air out of his chest with strong wind and roar could be felt all around.


    Am I dead? He couldn''t help but think so, maybe the shock earlier was his body being torn apart, his insides felt like they were twisting but other than that it was less painful than he thought, opening his eyes hesitantly, Jake''s vision was still filled with light, so was his whole body, but one thing that caught his attention was the houses below him that looked smaller.


    With the wind violently blowing his clothes, the houses below him had their lights back, although Jake could see the roofs getting smaller like miniatures as he rose into the sky at an impressive speed, there was no doubt he was flying in the sky right now reaching a terrifying height and keep climbing, if he fell now he would definitely die.


    "I''m kinda dizzy...Oh shit" Feeling the blood draining from his head, Jake started to feel dizzy and darkness began to fill his vision.


    I think... this was my first time airborne.... I never realized I was afraid of heights... if I knew this... I wouldn''t be jealous.....


    "Damn it"


    With his last words, Jake passed out in midair.

 Chapter 03 Damn it

    Chapter 03 Damn it


    "H-Huh?" Jake''s consciousness returned in an instant as he immediately sat up from his lying position on the floor.


    Inside a round room, made entirely of dull metal that smelled of iron, sitting in the middle of the room Jake remembered that he had just been snatched by a spaceship like a seagull to French fries.


    I don''t think I''ve been out that long, but...


    Looking around the room, this place reminded Jake of an elevator, looking up, there were lights surrounding the circular ceiling that brightly lit up the room, and in the middle of it was a strangely shaped machine that looked like a complicated mechanical flower dark in color with a giant red crystal in the center.


    Wait a second...


    Standing up hurriedly, Jake saw the cut lines around the room, in front of him was a line that clearly looked like an elevator door, while on the floor were circular lines that met in the middle, just by seeing this he knew that this floor might be able to open like a hatch.


    If that''s the case.... Then, the strange device on his head might be an alien device used to pull him up like a beam, realizing this, Jake held his head in depression.


    It''s done... I got abducted by aliens, I''m fucked...


    Judging by how they abducted him, they didn''t seem to want to invite him as a guest of honor, in fact, from what Jake knew, he might be dissected or worse, his balls might be taken.


    This is bad! This is like that job offer at the factory all over again, I have to get out of here!


    Jake reached into his pockets up and down, but his smartphone was nowhere to be found, remembering it again, he was holding it earlier... it seemed like his smartphone was luckier than him, looking around carefully, Jake touched the cold and dull gray metal wall, tapping the metal wall, there was no loud clank instead the metal wall felt solid and thick, so there is no hope for him there.


    Turning his attention to what should be the door, Jake dug his fingernails into the gap that he could barely hold, trying to force the door open, using all his will and strength, he couldn''t die here, he still had a dream, to buy a house with installments of less than 30 years, to buy his dream car so he could do a side gig as an online driver and get married so he wouldn''t have to wash dishes anymore, for all that he had to live "COMEE OONN!!!"


    Just when Jake was running out of breath, the lights in the room turned red and the sound of a rush of air was heard in the room, at the same time, the door started to open.


    I did it!!


    Smiling ear to ear, Jake felt a huge sense of accomplishment, with this he could survive, feeling like the protagonist in a movie, his smile froze when he saw two silhouettes standing behind the door that opened left and right.


    "Ahah?" Behind the door were two people wearing sturdy full-body armor one in black and brown while the other one in gray and white standing straight, their faces were tightly covered by helmets, Their armor gave a militaristic impression and looked a bit shabby due to frequent use, but what immediately caught his attention was the long very thin iron sticks with big semicircular tips in their hand.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Jake could feel their gazes from behind their helmets, backing away slowly with his hands raised, Jake''s mind spinning rapidly in front of the two aliens.


    They are more human than I thought, if not because I know they are aliens, I might believe they are human... is this a camouflage to blend in with society? Have they been on earth for a long time?!


    Wild thoughts started spinning in his head, but he didn''t dare to make any sudden movements in front of the two Xenos who also didn''t move or look alert in front of him, while Jake''s attention continued to be focused on the long stick until one of them pulled something from behind its waist.


    Hm? What is that?


    "!!! Wait-" And before he could react, one of the aliens immediately pointed the device that looked like a gun at him, reflexively protecting his head with his hands, a beep sound and bright light shone on Jake''s body from top to bottom like a printer.


    Realizing nothing had happened to him, Jake opened his eyes and saw the blue laser light scanning his body, and when it reached his feet, with the same beep sound the laser light disappeared as if it was finished as the Alien lowered the device in his hand.


    Holding his chest with ragged breaths, it was the second time tonight he thought he was going to die, taking a deep breath, Jake stared at the Alien who carefully staring at the device in his hand while the one next to it just watched without moving a finger, it seemed they didn''t want to kill him for now but he might have to take the initiative here.


    He didn''t know why he was kidnapped here or what they wanted to do, but if they had been here for so long then they probably understood his language and besides, if these aliens had even the slightest desire to engage in diplomacy with humanity then he might have a chance.


    "Uhm, Hello?" Jake called out.


    Hearing Jake''s words, the two aliens focused their attention on him, swallowing hard, Jake forced himself to smile "I-It seems like there''s been a mistake here, you guys can''t just kidnap someone right?"


    Waiting for an answer but the two aliens just stared at each other, before laughter filled the air, both aliens laughing out loud in amusement, looking at the scene with his mouth open, Jake could not help but see the two as two people wearing somewhat futuristic looking armor.


    Turning his gaze to him, one of the aliens? Standing in front and the one holding a device in its hand spoke, but not to Jake.


    "Ahahaha! Look at this idiot" One of the aliens clearly spoke fluent English with a very human voice.


    "Gahaha! he looks so scared! This must be his first time on a ship!" another replied with a condescending laugh.


    Frowning, hearing them talking and laughing, Jake was finally sure that both of them were humans, which meant he had been pranked "Ahem!"


    Jake stared at both of them with a sharp expression that stopped their amused laughter "I don''t know what kind of prank show or how many subscribers you have! But how dare you reduce my precious rest time! I''ll sue you, just watch you pricks! Gahh! Where''s my smartphone? Huh? Quickly give it back, also my ramen and bread!"


    Snapped angrily letting out his grumbling, he didn''t expect himself to be involved in a lame event like this, it was really unacceptable, didn''t they know how tired he was? Besides this was already a crime wasn''t it? They were so stupid, staring at both of them to clearly show his anger, the two bastards looked at each other before looking at Jake, for some reason he could feel their intense gazes from behind the helmet, before they held the long stick in with both hands and walked forward, however, Jake didn''t back down burned by great anger and irritation.


    "Huh?! do you still want to play around!" Jake shouted preparing his fists ready to go feral "You bastards! If you think I''ll just keep quiet then you''re wrong!"


    "you primitive backwater people" Both of them stepped forward holding the thin-looking stick, Jake was ready to throw hands at them but the tip of the semicircular stick sparked with a buzzing sound making his anger quickly cool down.


    "Uhm? No, are you serious? You''re going to jail!" Jake stared at the sparking stick with sweat on his forehead.


    "Let''s get you into your cell, you brat"


    "This isn''t going to be fun, for you"


    Watching the two casually pointing the sticks at him, Jake could only sigh.


    "Damn it" with those words, a scream echoed inside the room.

 Chapter 04 Terra Humanis

    Chapter 04 Terra Humanis


    In a dim hallway with dull gray metal wall that rusted in some spots, the exposed cables as well as pipes and ventilation shaft that were only covered by simple iron netting give the place a rugged feel, while the lights that barely lit it''s surrounding giving it an eerie feeling, in that place, two people walked down the hallway corridor, meanwhile the other one walked on his ass.


    "Wait! Hold on a second! Let me tell you something! Let me tell you something! Arghh?! That hurts!" Writhing with all his might along the hallway floor, Jake was dragged using sticks with a semicircular tip that emitted red electric currents that bound him like a rope.


    With both his hands held down, Jake tried his best to escape, however this only made the two armored men that dragged him even more annoyed.


    "Shut up! Or I''ll beat you up!" the man in gray armor shouted.


    "Tch! this kid really doesn''t know when to give up!" the man with black armor said, activating his restraining long baton, electric shocks flowed through the red currents that bound Jake.


    "God! That stings real bad! Let me go! Agh! I''m seriously going to hire a lawyer for this! This is bullshit!" dragging Jake with much difficulty even with the help of the low-tier power armor they were wearing, with a few shocks and kicks they finally arrived in front of the large iron door they were heading for.


    Seeing the large, sturdy iron door that looked intense, chilling cold sweats ran down Jake''s spine.


    One of the armored men in grey operated a screen next to the door and with a beep and a robotic voice in a language he didn''t understand, the door opened to the side with a gust of wind and a very heavy creak.


    Looking inside, there was a continuation of the dark hallway without any light, swallowing his saliva, Jake spoke "Hey, you guys can''t possibly throw me in there right?"


    "shut up!" pulled into a dark hallway, Jake could only cry in his heart seeing the big door closing in front of him, realizing the seriousness of the situation, Jake winced.


    I''m starting to think this isn''t a prank... if so, they must be human traffickers! What the hell?! My luck is really minus! Even though I never felt like I used it that much!


    "Hey, Hey, let''s talk, I have some savings, no need to go to all this trouble, I-"


    "that''s enough" his words were cut off by the pain on his face as one of the black armored men hit him in the face, feeling his consciousness slip away for a moment, Jake couldn''t feel half of his face before the stinging pain came.


    "O-ow..." Lying in the darkness, Jake groaned with his hands still held by the strange devices.


    "fucking annoying!" another man in gray spoke from beside him, then with an unpleasant crunchy sound, Jake felt a painful impact on his ribs.


    "GAHHH!" feeling a great pain that pushed out all of the air in his lungs, this was the first time he heard the sound of bones breaking, unfortunately he heard it from inside his own body, writhing and crying in pain on the floor but his voice didn''t come out because of the excruciating pain.


    "Ah... you did it, didn''t the captain say to protect the sample?" the black armored man who punched Jake in the face spoke to the man who kicked Jake with his iron boots.


    "What do you care? There''s 7 billion more down there" the man in gray armor replied in an uncaring tone.


    "Haha, guess you''re right" the man in black armor replied and brought his fist down again on Jake''s face who was curled up on the floor.


    "AKHHH!"


    "damn pathetic, this Terra Humanis, we should have caught a girl, it would have been more fun, we''re just unlucky!" the gray armored man said annoyedly and kicked Jake hard in the stomach.


    "Oh? He passed out, just like that" seeing the unconscious Jake, the man in black said in disgust.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Let''s kill him" the man in gray armor suggested.


    "Let''s not do that, the captain might get angry, just throw him in the cell, if he dies we can just wash our hands of it"


    "got it"


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    Throwing the unconscious Terra humanis into one of the glass cells, the two armored men relaxed their shoulders tiredly.


    "Hmm, Is it okay to let him share a cell with that weird shit?" the man in gray armor, Krenel, asked


    "He might get eaten" the man in black, Torain, shrugged. "Oh yeah, turn on the lights, let''s do a cell check now, I don''t want to go down to this disgusting place again tonight"


    Pressing the console in the corner of the room, the room immediately lit up with bright light followed by a slight vibration from the surroundings.


    "let''s see" Torain casually spoke looking around the room, on either side of the room, many cells were neatly lined up along the hallway and the vibration earlier was because the occupants of the cells were surprised by the sudden bright lights, most cells were protected by airtight glass however some were also walled with thick iron walls build with special kind of material and very strong electrical currents that strengthened with magic, the iron ones were for the more dangerous creatures, checking the cells one by one, the two men made sure everything was safe.


    "all good" Krenel gave a thumbs up after checking the data on the console.


    "All alright then" Torain replied while staring at the glass wall where the Terra humanis lay unconscious.


    "he''s still sleeping? Heh! I guess my kick is too strong" Krenel spoke proudly.


    But Torain just ignored Krenel''s usual wit and stared at the other creature inside the cell "Look at that shit"


    "wow, it''s still alive, and I still don''t even know what this creature is" Krenel tilted his head.


    Inside the glass right beside the Terra humanis, a strange disgusting creature that they had never seen before was writhing gently staring at them without blinking.


    "look at that, is it even sentient" Krenel spoke hesitantly trying to avert his gaze from the gaze of the creature inside the glass wall.


    "I don''t know, but this creature makes me uncomfortable even more than Gahariana" Torain spoke expressing his discomfort while referring to the human-like creature behind them, ever since this strange creature came here, everyone felt very uncomfortable to come to the cells holding area, There was something about this creature that was unusual, but the most interesting thing was the fact that they got after a big fleet battle, as they ambushed a capital ship just to take this creature.


    "This thing is probably very expensive," Torain said.


    "What? Who would buy it, for what? I don''t think such a disgusting creature could be kept as a pet." Krenel shuddered at the thought of the creature roaming around.


    "Well maybe some rich people would want it as a collection, what''s more important is that guy" Torain turned his gaze to the Terra humanis "We really hit a giant jackpot"


    "Oh yeah! This is really amazing isn''t it?! A humanist planet with such a high level of technology and numbers! Just imagining the price makes me dizzy!" Krenel said with excitement in his voice.


    "Ahaha, has it been several hundred years since such an ideal human planet was discovered?" Torain smiled behind his helmet, it was an untold fortune for them to discover such a great humanis planet, and from what they knew this was the biggest discovery for the Empire in a few hundred years, all the Nobles would want it and this news would definitely spread to the Capital, and if they were lucky the captain would be kind enough to give them a small share of the sky-high profits that he would gain.


    "Hey, do you think I can buy a new armor with the bonus?" Krenel asked while looking at his armor that looked quite worn out, because this armor was once owned by his retired father.


    Hearing his question, Torain laughed "Are you stupid? Even if the captain gives just a little bit of his pity to us, it will at least be more than enough to live for a year without working"


    "Is that so? But the captain doesn''t strike me as a very generous person" Krenel said hesitantly remembering his captain who could throw away someone''s life as easily as trash.


    But Torain nodded his head in confidence "he will and after this we won''t even be able to work for him anymore, not like this"


    "What? Why is that?" Krenel was confused to be told that he would lose his job after such a great fortune.


    "Did you know? The fortune he would gain would be enough for him to live as an upper class in the capital for the rest of his life and that''s what he would do, there''s no reason to risk his life as a criminal on the edge of space anymore, maybe he would marry a lower class noble''s daughter to make himself a noble and enter the circle of nobles" Torain explained, out of all the people who received such a blessing, all of them would definitely choose this path without exception "That''s why he would give just a little of his fortune to us as a hush money and rebuild this fleet into a legal fleet so that it can operate freely in the Empire"


    "I see, everyone wants to be a noble, Hah! I also want to marry me some noble''s daughter!" Krenel said, feeling envious of his captain who would soon have wealth that rivaled that of a lower noble.


    "Well, everyone can dream, right? Besides, the captain might bring considerable numbers of the crew to work for him after this"


    "Seriously?! Could I will be invited too?!"


    "Keep dreaming kid, you''re still young after all, but there is no way captain wants to bring a greenhorn like you to the Capital"


    "who you call Greenhorn, old man?!" with laughter and lively conversation the two walked away leaving the strange creature and Jake inside the glass cell.


    Without them realizing it, the strange creature was watching them from behind and stared at them until they left the prison area, with the lights turning completely dark again, the creature turned its gaze to Jake who was passed out in sweat while groaning softly on the floor.


    And started walking towards him...

 Chapter 05 Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!

    Chapter 05 Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!


    "Time to eat" the man in gray armor said as he poured a strange brownish porridge into the compartment tube, flowing in, the strange porridge filled up the bowl that was nailed inside the room, no matter how many times he saw it this food was worse than dog food, looking at the gray armored man who was not wearing his helmet today, Jake could see his face, a young guy with brownish hair, fair skin and bright yellow eyes, Jake just stared at him with hatred because he knew his voice could not come out of the glass wall in front of him even though the sound from outside could enter.


    The young dickhead whose name he didn''t know returned Jake''s gaze and smiled disdainfully before walking away and the room returned to its usual darkness, sighing, Jake sat leaning against the corner of the room, glancing at the disgusting porridge, Jake began to eat reluctantly, they would electrocute him if his food wasn''t finished before the next meal came, forcing the sticky and salty porridge down his throat in the dark, Jake counted, trying to remember how long he had been here, if he counted from the two meals they gave him then maybe he had been in this place for a month.


    Only a month, only a month I''m here, but it feels like an eternity...


    Remembering the first time he woke up in this cell, Jake instinctively held his left ribs, it still hurt a little if he moved suddenly, however this was nothing compared to the first few days when he could barely move, and it turned out that not only were his ribs broken but also his jaw and nose seemed to be broken or cracked which made him unable to even speak, if his food was not porridge he would not be able to eat, even now, he often had severe headaches and had difficulty sleeping, while the healing was much faster than he thought, his jaw felt strange while his ribs and face still hurt.


    luckily he didn''t die or unfortunately he didn''t die, he was now forced to be held in this horrible prison (especially the toilet) he wasn''t sure where he was, even now he wondered if the spaceship he saw that night was a hallucination, a mere Fata Morgana.


    All he knew was that those bastards must be some kind of human traffickers, it was possible that they drugged him and the spaceship was just his imagination before he was kidnapped, that was a possibility but...


    Staring at the glass wall in front of him, across from his cell was a pair of beautiful green eyes glowing in the dark, Jake had seen the owner of those eyes many times when the room had light, inside the glass cell across from him was a beautiful girl with porcelain skin and long beautiful shining blonde hair without wearing anything, but Jake knew she wasn''t human from the way her eyes glowed and the two black wings on her back, but what sold it was when the armored guards fed her a carcass of a large animal the size of a cow as the beautiful girl began to eat it greedily from the guts down to the bone, Jake remembered how careful they were and the number of guards with what looked like guns, while the girl was held down with something like a circular seal with swirling writing, exactly the same as the one he remembered keeping him from escaping that night, it looked like magic in his eyes.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    He didn''t understand, all the guards he met were humans and he had even seen some of their faces, other than the strange hair and eye colors, there was no obvious difference between them and ordinary humans compared to the girl locked up in front of him, and yet they all kept calling him Earth humanis as they had talked about earth as if it was a foreign place, there were also things about the Empire and places or things he had never heard of before.


    Spaceships, magic, empire, the more I tried to connect it the more it didn''t make sense...


    Hanging his head in misery, ironically now he felt that his job and his co-worker were not too bad, compared to being imprisoned in this place, they were still a little better, just a little bit, that''s why for the past month he had tried various ways to escape from here to no avail, there was no gap in this glass cell, an airtight prison without any visible ventilation?, and he didn''t have any skills or knowledge to support him, the thing is even if he managed to get out, with the many guards in this place it seems almost impossible to escape alive, but he was still far from giving up, if he gave up just because of something like this he would have died long ago.


    Closing his eyes to calm his mind, Jake heard a soft rustling sound nearby and a cold sensation touched his hand.


    "What''s wrong?" Jake said to his friend who had been with him through all this ordeal, with an elastic, mushy body, a glob of pink slime that glowed in the dark with two googly doll-like eyes looking up at him.


    He first found it swaying near him when he first woke up shining in a beautiful golden light, at first he was afraid of this living jelly, but after a while he finally got used to it, especially with its ability to glow in the dark really helped him, although the light it gave off was different from the golden light Jake had first seen, making him curious about what was up with it.


    Stroking the cold pink slime in his hand, the pink slime quickly backed away and wiggled violently as if protesting, although its fake-like eyes did not show any change at all, it did not seem to like being touched very much, but Jake often played with it to pass the time, embracing, hugging, talking and stroking it, he treated it like his pet even though the slime did not seem to like it, however, it seemed that the slime was quite smart and could think for itself albeit the lack of mouth to speak, yet Jake often saw it as if it was giving a gesture as if it wanted to tell something and oddly enough it seemed kept trying to prevent himself from even looking at the winged girl across the cell.


    Thinking about it, this slime is a really strange creature, even the guards don''t seem to know what it is, it basically doesn''t eat or poop, doesn''t talk but is smart, and also... for some reason they seem uncomfortable being near this slime, which even Jake understands, like there is pressure coming from this soft pink creature, although maybe because he was forced to be locked up together, he didn''t think about it anymore.


    Grabbing the wriggling pink slime into his lap, Jake enjoyed the soft sensation "Hahh... how much longer are we going to be locked up here"


    Talking to his pet pink slime, of course it didn''t answer but Jake could feel that the slime understood what he said from behind its round eyes.


    He was lucky enough to have this creature by his side, helping him slow down the madness of his situation, who knows how much longer they''ll be stuck together.


    "Ah, that''s right, maybe it''s time to give you a name, right?" Jake smiled at the pink slime staring at him on his lap, thinking of some names, actually this slime looked pretty cute so it would be better if he gave it a cute name.


    "Right! How about Blop! Your name is Blop!" Lifting the blop in his hand with a big smile, Jake waited for Blop to react to its new, cool name.


    Swaying gently in his hand, Blop tilted his eyes as if digesting Jake''s words then his body glowed golden again, this was the second time Jake saw this beautiful light "You like it?!"


    "No thank you! My name is, Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!" Blop said calmly.

 Chapter 06 A Grumpy Pink Slime, a Minimum Wage Worker and Pirates

    Chapter 06 A Grumpy Pink Slime, a Minimum Wage Worker and Pirates


    "Captain, we are assigned to hangar 07, we can go in right away"


    "Alright! Prepare the welcoming ceremony, and quickly grab that thing and bring it to the meeting location, don''t you dare make any mistake!"


    "YES SIR!" one of his officers ran out of the cockpit room while the others were busy with their work "Listen up all you bastards! If anyone dares to do something to our guests, your life, your family and more will be the price!"


    Sitting on his seat that looked like a luxurious throne in red and gold, a tall, big man with Olive-tan skin sculpted with muscles like a bodybuilder stared out the window of his cockpit while smoking a high-quality cigar that was usually used by Nobles, with reddish brown hair that looked rough under his dark blue pirate hat decorated with embroidery made of gold thread, the man''s name was Gordoban Calico, looking at the light of the space station in front of him, Gordoban touched his collar to make sure he looked neat, he was currently wearing a very expensive ceremonial dress with a luxurious blue and gold theme, he had been careful to make sure his clothes would not make his guests feel insulted or look tacky.


    His spaceship FIRE CAGE, entered one of the hangars in the space station before passing through the atmosphere shield and landing inside the enormous hangar, he finally arrived, just a little more and his life would change, with this meeting, he would move to the capital and live the glamorous life that he was born to have as a Noble, smiled, Gordoban trying to cover his nervousness.


    Since he was young he has been involved in the underground world from selling illegal drugs to organs trafficking, murders are usual affairs in his life, there have been many battles and unmentionable atrocities for him to get to his current position, but now he is more nervous than when he delivered thousands of tons of drugs to the middle tier systems, because if he makes a mistake here, he would lose everything he has worked so hard to have and sacrificed for this opportunity, such is the power of a Great Noble, this is once in 1000 lifetime change.


    Getting up from his seat, Gordoban checked his clothes and appearance once more, put out his cigarette in the ashtray, a sense of eagerness and excitement filled his heart "Damn right! We''ll move now! You Fools make sure everything goes well!"


    """"YES SIR!!"""""


    Followed by his trusted men from behind, Gordoban walked out towards the meeting place he had been waiting for.


    In the end I will win, no one in the galaxy and beyond can stop me... This Gordoban will climb his destiny!


    "Captain, our fleet is waiting at the coordinates we planned" one of his subordinates spoke.


    "Good, let them hide" Gordoban said firmly, with more than 100 ships in his fleet, the famous Pirate in the empire, Gordoban the Cruel stepped forward with an invincible self-confidence.


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    It spoke, Glob had just spoken, with a frozen smile, Jake lowered it to the floor, staring at the ceiling of the cell, in the end he had gone crazy, faster than he thought but not surprising.


    Well, that''s it I guess, if it''s already happened, what else can you do right?


    While thinking about his unfortunate loss of sanity, the pink slime walked in front of him "Young man! It''s very rude to ignore someone''s words you know! Don''t you know who I am?! I''m Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!!" with a high-pitched voice that sounded like a little child, the pink slime protested shaking its body.


    Staring at the pink slime in front of him, Jake looked at it skeptically "You talk?"


    "Of course I do!"


    "Ah, okay, not the worst of the month" It seems he is not crazy yet, patting his chest in relief, a question popped in Jake''s mind "Wait a minute, then why haven''t you talked all this time?"


    He guessed this pink slime was quite intelligent, but he only thought in a dog or dolphin way, not full-swing sentient.


    Hearing Jake''s words, the slime snorted despite its lack of nose "As if I could, I don''t have enough mana in this body" its voice sounded frustrated.


    "Mana? Do you need it to talk?" Jake tilted his head at the unfamiliar phrase, the first thing that came to mind was mana in games which was often described as energy, but maybe mana here was something its species needed, Jake thought.


    "That''s right, even to talk I need mana to be able to make sounds through magic, it''s truly sad for the great Arlain to fall so low" The slime named Arlain shook what should have been its head and spoke sadly.


    Hearing Arlain''s sad words, Jake''s mind was stuck on one sentence it said "magic? You mean magic like spells and fireballs?!"


    "Uh? Of course? What are you talking about and what''s the correlation with fireball spells?" Arlain said in confusion, looking at Jake like a weirdo.


    "no! no! no! you can cast magic?!" Jake grabbed Arlain with his hands, squirming in protest, Arlain spoke in annoyance "In the name of the Emperor!! What''s your problem young man!? Put me down! Where is my dignity!?"


    Seeing Arlain''s glowing body, Jake asked excitedly "Does magic really exist in this world?!"


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    "Hm? What a strange question" Arlain looked at the excited young man in front of him with great confusion, of course magic exists, it''s like asking if air exists, looking at the young man carefully, he had never talked to him before but after being with him for a while, he realized that this young man did look unusual "Listen, young man! This is not the way you ask questions! Put me down with respect!!"


    "...ah forgive me, I got carried away" The young man seemed to have calmed down and lowered him to the floor, this young man, for a month he had always treated him disrespectfully and touched him casually like a plushy, unacceptable!! If not for his current condition Arlain would have ordered his execution along with his entire family and everyone who had ever spoken to him, hiding his thoughts, Arain spoke "All alright dirty commoner, I guess politeness is not your people''s strong point, so let me teach you, my name is Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great! After that then you prostrate yourself on me feet and wait for me to ask your name, do you understand?"


    "My name is Jake" the young man immediately answered.


    "I haven''t asked your name! and you haven''t prostrated yourself at my feet!" Arlain protested in annoyance because of the rudeness of the person in front of him.


    "What?! You don''t even have feet!" The young man said with a frown.


    "...N-No feet" the young man''s words made Arlain almost speechless, this was the second biggest insult in his life making Arlain explode with anger.


    "Insolent! You commoner! Guard! Guard! Seize him! Cut off the heads of his wife and childrens and feed them to him!" Arlain shouted angrily while hitting the young man''s legs with all his might, in an effort to break his legs.


    No one is allowed to insult the great Arlain! Never again!! NEVAHHH!!!


    After a few minutes of hitting, Arlain felt very tired, this body is really weak beyond belief.


    "it tickles, and I''m starting to wonder if it''s better if you can''t talk"


    "...."


    The young man started saying outrageous things again but Arlain decided to take a break for now.

 Chapter 07 Im the main character?!

    Chapter 07 I''m the main character?!


    Jake sat on the floor watching the pink slime resting beside him, it seemed tired after the unexpected emotional outburst, why was he so grumpy? Jake thought his little slime inmate would be more cute and adorable but it turned out it had quite a tough personality.


    Staring blankly at the darkness in front of him, Jake decided to break the ice "Are you okay?"


    "Call me by my name, young man" Arlain turned his eyes toward Jake, his voice still sounding a little angry.


    "I see, so Arlain-"


    "Tah!! My name is Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great!! Are you stupid?!!"


    Lost his patience, Jake replied in annoyance, "Your name is too freaking long! What do you want from me?! And who are you calling stupid?!"


    "What?!!" Arlain once again looked shocked by Jake who dared to shout at him, what a shameless commoner!! Feeling very insulted, Arlain was about to beat Jake up again before Jake held him back with one hand.


    "You have no manners!! I''m a Nobleman! You should worship me! Call the fleet! Burn everything to ashes!!"


    What the hell is wrong with this little guy...


    Staring at the slime whose complete name was too long to remember that was struggling in his hand like a dancing toy, Jake put on a tired face, this conversation was going nowhere, even though this was his chance to learn about the situation he was facing, whether it was true or not but Jake felt that this Slime knew some important things, and if the slime named Arlain etc etc knew anything, Jake wanted to know by all means, maybe there was a way for him to escape, thinking for a moment, Jake decided.


    "Alright! Alright! Looks like there''s a mistake here!" Jake said to Arlain with dramatic gestures.


    "Huh! What? Are you going to back down now you coward?!" Arlain raised his slime head defiantly.


    "No! Oh great Noble, believe me there is a great mistake here, I did not know that you were of Noble birth!" Jake stood and bowed on one knee to the glowing pink slime in a dark prison cell providing an unusual sight. "If you would please take a little kindness from your ocean-deep heart to forgive me!"


    "Ohhh!!" Arlain looked surprised by Jake''s sudden change but he clearly sounded happy, shaking his body in delight, Arlain spoke "Finally you understand!"


    "That''s right, YOURRR!!! HIGHNESSS!" Jake flexed his abdominal muscles into his voice.


    "Hmph! Alright, that''s good then! But since you''ve insulted me so much, kill yourself, that''s your punishment! Count yourself lucky for my kindness!" Arlain declared proudly.


    "......"


    Silence filled the room, looking at Jake in confusion, Arlain tilted his slime head "Why hasn''t it been done? Is there a problem?"


    Holding back his twitching smile, Jake who was still kneeling on one knee replied "Oh! Your honorable majesty! Can you forgive this fool of me just once in my life! Indeed my ignorance as a commoner is a mistake!"


    "ehhh, aren''t you asking too much" Arlain spoke as if it was a bother.


    Holding on to the last thread of his patience, Jake put on his best pleading face and hit the floor dramatically "Please my lord! Forgive me! Just once! Just once! I was kidnapped and have no direction! And in this darkness I''m having trouble seeing your glowing nobility!"


    "Hmm, is that so?" Arlain looked at Jake who was begging very nicely, shook his body while looking at the ceiling to think, Arlain fell into his thoughts.


    Seeing Arlain who was still thinking after seeing his amazing acting, Jake thought about rolling the slime like a donut dough if he was still stubborn, hiding his thoughts, Jake waited for Arlain who seemed still confused to forgive him.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Well, not that he would really hurt me, Jake thought to himself, because if the slime wanted to it had a month to do so, although the slime did say something about being able to use magic which made Jake wonder, whether the circle that held him that night and the one he saw holding the winged girl was magic, which was hard to believe, but after a month of being in this place with many things like a slime-like existence in front of him that clearly going against his common sense, making him wonder if he had stepped into a world of fantasy.


    I still don''t really understand, but if there is magic then this is like in web novels right? Does that mean I''m the main character?! Will I get superpowers?! or a status board like Litrpg...


    Daydreaming, Jake filled his mind with imagination, what if the spaceship was an interdimensional ship and he had been transported to a completely different world, with monsters, dungeons and magic, then maybe it was all worth it, imagining himself gaining cheat abilities and exterminating monsters in Dungeon while accidentally saving a beautiful girl and adventuring around the world to defeat the demon king! If that was the case, they could imprison him for another month, Jake smiled in his mind, that''s why! The slime in front of him might be his way of gaining his cheat powers, warming his heart with enthusiasm, however Arlain''s voice suddenly cut Jake off from his imagination.


    "Eh, I don''t feel like saving lives today" Arlain said in a flat tone.


    "....what?" Jake stared in disbelief at the glowing slime in front of him that looked like a forbidden breed of stress toy and lava lamp, just when Jake was about to squeeze it to relieve his stress, Arlain looked up as if remembering something "Oh yes, I just remembered, they call you Terra humanis don''t they?"


    "Yes?" Jake answered reflexively, indeed the guards called him Terra humanis.


    "Ohohoho, Yes, I understand now, I see" Arlain laughed and nodded to himself as if connecting the puzzle "Of course you don''t know who I am! You are not from the Empire!"


    "The Empire?" Jake uttered the words he had heard several times over the past month.


    "Right! Then I forgive you Terra Humanis! remember my kindness and cry every night for it!" Arlain moved around and spoke happily.


    "hold on, can I ask about this Empire? Is that where you came from?" Jake asked the question he had so itch to know.


    "Ahem! Then let me introduce myself Terra Humanis! My name is Arlain Felfiantaria Duraim Herseim the Great! I am a great noble of the Deluce Abrak Empire, Grand Archduke of the Great Duraim Herseim family!" Arlain shouted grandly while spreading his body as if raising his nonexistent hands.


    "Archduke?! Is this a fantasy world?!" Jake asked with excitement and anticipation.


    Hearing another strange question from Jake, Arlain tilted his head "Fantasy? Is it like in literature?"


    In the Empire there are indeed stories that can be categorized as fantasy literature, but Arlain did not know what the young man in front of him meant by this world being a fantasy world.


    Realizing his mistake, Jake changed his question "No, that''s not it, is there magic in this world?!"


    "Of course there is, are you stupid?" Arlain replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.


    "YESSSS!!!!" Jake shouted while raising his hands in victory.


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    (Arlain)


    Seeing the young man in front of him suddenly screaming in happiness, makes Arlain startled a bit and wonder, why is he so happy with his answer, there must be a reason why he is so interested in magic, the magic level and knowledge of commoners is indeed pitiful except for a few talents like a needle in a ocean of haystack, but the young man in front of him looks like he has never seen magic in his life, Is it possible...


    Arlain thought of a new possibility, a possibility that had never been he considered before, but a possibility nonetheless, a possibility that spurred his thoughts and raced his heart.


    "tell me something young man-" Arlain asked without looking at the young man because he was busy with his thoughts however Arlain''s words were unexpectedly cut short.


    "My name is Jake"


    "What?" Arlain turned at the young man with a frown, it seemed that this young man still had not learned about manners "Didn''t I tell you-"


    "it''s not polite to speak without mentioning your name, yeah, I understand, my name is Jake Carrack, you can call me Jake"


    "Hmm" Arlain raised his head to see the face of the young man named Jake, with an innocent face, the young man smiled widely at Arlain, his face looked very happy, but Arlain didn''t understand it, after a month of being locked up in this terrible place, shouldn''t he be crying over his situation, but inevitably, that face reminded him of someone.


    "Your Highness?" Jake called him in confusion.


    Snapped back, Arlain shook his head "No, you''re right, then I''ll call you Jack Carrack.... You can call Arlain the Great..." Arlain spoke in a small voice at the end of his sentence.


    "I understand" Jake replied with a smile and sat back down folding his legs ready to ask more as he was about to open his mouth before Arlain spoke first "Wait a handful....Jake Carrack, before you ask anything else, let me ask you one thing"


    "yes?" Jake nodded quickly even though he didn''t seem to understand what Arlain was going to ask.


    "Terra Humanis Jake Carrack, is there no magic on your planet, on Terra?" Arlain asked in a serious tone that he had never used since he talked to Jake, Tentatively waiting for an answer, if his guess was correct then this would be the first in the Empire, no, the first in the galaxy, Arlain could feel his non-existent heart start to beat faster.


    "no, there is nothing like that on Earth, I mean Terra"


    "......"


    Hearing Jake''s answer, Arlain almost fainted.

 Chapter 08 The Proposal

    Chapter 08 The Proposal


    "Uh... galactic civilization?" Jake turned his head at Arlain''s explanation.


    "That''s right, the dark space is already crowded with civilizations and various species that live in it" Arlain nodded calmly.


    In short, in this galaxy, known as the Milky Way on Earth or also known as Earena Fern, there are already galactic societies that are able to explore the corners of the galaxy with technological and magical advances, in truth there is magic, in fact, magic is a very normal thing everywhere, starting in everyday life to every technology to every war ever recorded, magic is water and air of the universe, there are also Empires, Kingdoms and Republics, including countless small colonies scattered throughout the vast vacuum.


    And Arlain, in his own words, was a great Nobleman as The Grand Archduke of the Deluce Abrak empire, the largest and most dominant empire in the galaxy with more than 1 million solar systems on its registration with hundreds more added every time although not all was habitable.


    "Then does that mean those people are aliens?" Jake asked about the crew who looked human, was it just their appearance.


    "What alien?" Arlain asked back, not understanding what alien meant.


    "you don''t know alien?"


    "I''m not familiar with that word" Arlain nods.


    Is there no word alien in outer space? Is it because they have explored space so foreign creatures are not a strange thing...


    "uhh...Aliens are creatures that do not come from Terra.... I guess" Jake explained half-hearted.


    "Ah! I see, I see, Terra is a back-water civilization so they have their own words for something as simple as that..." Arlain muttered to himself, Jake was a bit displeased to hear his planet being called back-water civilization but he decided to keep his mouth shut because if it was this slime, it would be an argument until the end.


    After muttering to himself for a while, Arlain spoke "I understand, going by this definition of aliens, they are certainly aliens, but I feel like what you want to know is are they human?" Arlain looked at Jake before continuing "The answer is they are human"


    "Huh?" Arlain did guess what he was asking, but his answer only confused Jake more than not, seeing Jake who had a stupid face, Arlain sighed from his non-existent mouth "They are human, you are human, I am human"


    "wait a minute, what did you just say?" Jake feels he just heard something strange.


    "I am human?"


    "Yeah, uhm... are all species called humans in the empire?" it makes sense then, Jake thought, but Arlain shook his slime head "Of course not, stupid"


    "No, no, no, sorry to say this, but you''re definitely not human." Jake looked at Arlain who was swaying on the floor while shining light around him like a night lamp.


    No matter how he looked at it the pink Slime in front of him was not human in the slightest, but Arlain wiggled his body in protest "Of course I''m human! Hmph! .... it''s a bit embarrassing to admit, but..." Arlain sounded hesitant and his words stopped for a moment, before he continued in a heavy voice. "...I''ve been cursed"


    "Do I have to kiss you?"


    "What?"


    "What?"


    "What did you just stated?" Arlain stared at Jake with his round eyes and slowly moved back, although his eyes didn''t change, Jake could feel him squinting in Suspicion.


    "WAIT! No, No, No! There is a legend on earth that says that curses can be removed with a kiss!" Jake explained frantically.


    "What? What kind of theory is that? So stupid, no wonder your people can''t use magic with that stupid thinking" Arlain said still on guard of Jake "Don''t try to kiss me Terra humanis"


    "Trust me, I won''t waste my first kiss on a slime" Jake made a sour face imagining himself kissing a slime, a male one at that.


    "Putting that aside, you need to know that humans are the most numerous and dominant species in the entire galaxy" Arlain explained


    "That doesn''t make sense... does that mean that humans on Earth in ancient times actually already had the technology to explore space and spread throughout the galaxy?" Jake thought out loud, but the theory was immediately denied by Arlain. "Don''t get cocky Terra humanis, it is unknown where humans actually came from and it has been a mystery for thousands of years"


    "Is that so? Is that why they call me Terra humanis?"


    "Correct, Terra humanis means humans of Terra, but you can be proud to be the first planet without magic in the galaxy"


    "Is that good or bad?" Jake frowned.


    "It depends on how you take it" Arlain gave a vague answer, which made Jake feel doubtful, so he asked again "More or less I get it, but the reality is that I can understand their language, do all humans have the same language or is this all work of-"


    "Magic" Arlain chirped.


    "it sure is convenient huh"Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    "of course, that''s why your planet hasn''t found warp drive yet, without magic it''s impossible to enter the dimension for faster than the speed of light travel"


    "Hahh....my head is fried" Jake stared at the dark ceiling of the cell and limply leaned his back against the wall, taking a deep breath, he finally half-understood his situation.


    "Jake Carrack" Arlain called him.


    "what is it Arlain"


    "Arlain the Great! don''t forget the Great!" Arlain protested, but Jake just shrugged, seeing Jake who didn''t care, Arlain came beside him and sat leaning against the wall with his slime body still annoyed.


    "hey, Arlain, may I ask you one more question"


    "What?" Arlain turned his gaze to Jake wanted to protest for calling him so casually, but he held it in seeing Jake who looked listless, while Jake just stared at the ceiling with a blank face, Arlain could feel the sadness behind his expression.


    "I need to know who they are, who are holding both of us here" Jake turned to Arlain. "why am I here?"


    Shaking his slime body, Arlian answered "I believe they are Pirates of some sort, they must have found Terra and kidnapped you on the way, for whatever reason, perhaps illegal slavery, you are unlucky"


    "I''m not surprised, luck isn''t my specialty," Jake smiled and raised his brows "And illegal? Are there the legal ones?"


    "yes, is there no slavery on Terra?" Arlain asked curiously.


    "it should be gone but I heard there still is in some places, human trafficking and such, but I guess slavery just changed its name and went into hiding" Jake smiled remembering his job.


    "is that so?" Arlain nodded.


    "hahhh... am I a slave now?" Jake said bitterly


    "Only if you surrender"


    "haha those are good words you got there....Tell me Arlain, you are a Noble, aren''t you?"


    "There was no time in my life that I was not a noble," Arlain said firmly.


    "Then how did you end up here and what have they done to you?" Jake gazed at Arlain''s slime body briefly.


    Hearing Jake''s question, Arlain fell silent and lowered his pink slime head, without saying a word, the silence was deafening.


    "I think I asked too many questions, Arlain the Great, forgive me" Jake glanced at Arlain with an apologetic smile.


    "You can call me Arlain"


    "Yes?" Jake turned his head in surprise.


    "I appointed you as a temporary noble of the Empire, therefore you can call me Arlain! Be grateful!" Arlain said loudly to cover his embarrassment, realizing that, Jake chuckled "Is it really that easy?"


    "Be grateful!!"


    "THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!" Jake suddenly shouted and looked at Arlain with a proud expression clearly trying to get into his nerves, however, instead of yells of anger and protest, but laughter echoed inside the cell, it was Arlain''s laughter.


    "I guess you still have some guts Jake Carrack" Arlain said, there is lighthearted happiness in his voice.


    "hahaha, unfortunately so, it makes me have to eat that disgusting food" Jake answered with a grin.


    "...you are such a lame Jester" Arlain banters back.


    Their laughter was heard once again in the dark cell.


    "huh, very nice for my first real conversation in three months" Jake stretched his body and lay down on the floor.


    "but you''ve only been here a month?"


    "yes"


    "I guess there''s not much fun in the lives of commoners" Arlain said looking at Jake lying on the floor.


    "hm, I guess compared to the life of a Noble from the Galactic Empire, my life is nothing"


    "of course it can''t be compared" Arlain said as he relaxed his slime body against the wall and looked up at the ceiling, remembering his life before here "I am a great nobleman only below the emperor himself with five other great nobles, ruling 10,000 planets beneath me, I have everything one could ever imagine, my palace was the biggest in my sector, to the point that all the Nobles around me became very jealous, Kahahaha I remember how the faces of those bastards when I found the third largest magic core mine in the empire"


    Arlain laughed, glancing at him from the side, Jake could see the various emotions behind his round eyes.


    "that sounds great"


    "That''s for sure, I''ll invite you to my palace later and introduce you to my Jester, so you can learn a thing or two" Arlain said with a smirk.


    "Awesome, I guess my luck has turned around" Jake replied sarcastically.


    Both of them laughed, and silence filled the room once again, after a while, Arlain shook his body, before continuing to speak in a heavy tone "And to answer your question, they are not the ones who did this to me, not entirely"


    Hearing this, Jake agreed "Yeah, I can''t imagine you could be defeated by some schumbags"


    "Hmph! There''s no way those scums can do anything to me!" Arlain said loudly "No, the reason I can be cursed....was during my expedition"


    "Expedition?"


    ".....expedition, yes, that''s right" Arlain paused for a moment "I brought 1000 ships with me, 300 frigates, 100 escort ships, 200 destroyers, 50 cruisers, 10 fortress class, 3 dreadnoughts, while the rest are supply and ammunition ships"


    Hearing that, Jake frowned "What the hell kind of expedition is that? Are you going to war?"


    But Arlain shook his head "Rather than a war, it was more like a show of strength, that''s how Nobles are"


    "not much different from Earth"


    "not much different from the whole universe really" Arlain added with a chuckle "However...unfortunately, during that expedition I was... betrayed"


    "betrayed?" Jake got up from his position to look at Arlain, but Arlain didn''t even look back at him and continued speaking "My flagship was intentionally separated from my own fleet while in warp and we were quickly attacked by these lowly insects, after that the rebels quickly took over my ship and captured me and those who were still loyal to me"


    Only then did Arlain tear his eyes off toward Jake and Jake was taken back a little by the power that radiated from his eyes, pure hatred "My own subjects betrayed me and killed them before my very eyes, such an insult... I thought they would kill me right then and there and I was ready to end the greatest insult in my life, but it turned out they wanted to humiliate me worse than I thought, using an artifact they cursed me with forbidden magic and turned me into this disgusting creature, they handed me to these bastards"


    "But why?"


    "I''m not sure" Arlain said doubtly.


    Hearing Arlain''s story, Jake could only lower his head, compared to him Arlain had it worse "I understand, it must be hard"


    Jake could only say that, he knew Arlain was not someone who liked to be pitied, no, he hated it but surprisingly, Arlain whispered "Thank you"


    "Huh?" Jake raised his head in surprise for the second time "W-what?"


    Even from Jake''s short interaction with Arlain he knew that he was not someone who would say something like that easily.


    "Are you going to die?!" Jake asked in panic.


    "Why would I?! Are you stupid!" Arlain said angrily, seeing Arlain regaining his grumpiness, Jake sighed in relief.


    "Why would you sigh Terra humanis?! Do you want me to die?!"


    "No? It''s the opposite, I''ll be in trouble if you die, even though I just got a friend to chat with"


    "Do you think I''m a toy for you to chat with?! You idiot!"


    But Jake just shrugged his shoulders ignoring Arlain''s protest, seeing Jake who still didn''t care much, Arlain puffed up his slime body as if sulking, before speaking in annoyance "I''m not your chat toy! Besides my mana power will run out soon!"


    "Huh!? Wait a minute doesn''t that mean..."


    "Right, I can''t talk for another month when I''ve gathered enough mana"


    "what the hell" Jake hung his head in depression, even though he didn''t know how much longer he could live, he might have to spend it in silence again.


    Seeing Jake who looked devastated, Arlain stared at the floor, falling into his thoughts before speaking "Jack Carrack"


    "Uh huh?" Jake lifted his head.


    "I have a proposal" Jake could feel the seriousness behind his words.


    "proposal?"


    "right, but before that you have to promise, either the two of us get out of here or neither of us will live" Arlain walked in front of Jake and looked him in the eyes.

 Chapter 09 Gordoban Calico

    Chapter 09 Gordoban Calico


    Made his way through the hallway that looked like a five-star hotel with an elegant impression from the walls covered in dark torrent wood, crystal chandeliers and soft snow-white carpets, Gordoban walked with his subordinates towards the main hangar inside the ship, his ship Fire Cage was 300 meters long, 60 meters wide and 27 meters high, and was a large class ship, based on a high-end military ship that he got somewhere, 80 percent of the ship''s components had been replaced with modified components and spare parts, including the shield, engine, thrusters and weapons, most of which were illegal but the performance didn''t lie, Gordoban loved his ship like his own child, he poured so much money into this beast and yet Gordoban never regretted it, his life had been saved countless times because of it, this ship was his pride and palace, the small king and his little kingdom.


    "Fain, is everything alright?" Gordoban asked the person walking a little behind him.


    A woman with black hair, a black robe and a white mask painted with a simple smile line and two open wide eyes red in color hiding her face, without any holes or seemingly anything for her to see through the mask, walking with two sword hilts sticking out of her waist, Fain Ertronis answered in a flat tone without emotion "everything is safe, my Lord"


    Hearing the answer, Gordoban nodded lightly, but honestly he felt a little uncomfortable with the woman behind him, just for this meeting he had hired this assassin to escort him, he had indeed rushed to pick her up from the nearest system he passed by, but from what he had gathered, this woman was quite famous in that region, A level 140 Assasin, no wonder the fee she asked for was quite unreasonable, but Gordoban dared to close his eyes and hire her, this was another stroke of luck to find such a powerful assassin that he happened to meet, the money he spent now was nothing compared to what he would get later, this was a small investment to make his plan a success Gordoban thought to himself.


    Arriving at the hangar, Gordaban looked around, there were twelve new model fighter jets parked beautifully with the crew and mechanics hurriedly running towards him and saluting with their hands on their chest.


    "Welcome Captain Gordoban!" One of the chief welcomed.


    but Gordoban didn''t even pay attention to their salute, and waited for someone who got off one of the dark red fighter jets, wearing the best quality pilot''s suit available, that person stepped forward and casually took off her helmet.


    "Welcome Father" With her left hand on her chest in a salute position like the others, a girl with long white hair like snow lowered her head with a strict expression, with red eyes and porcelain white skin, Sentria Calico welcomed her Father.


    "Raise your head Sentria" Gordoban said with a smile.


    "Yes Father" Sentria raised her face and replied with an expressionless face, right After, the other subordinates followed suit by raising their heads and lowering their hands because they were all Sentria''s direct subordinates.


    Turning his gaze to the parked fighter jets, Gordoban spoke happily "I see the modifications are complete?"


    "Not yet Father, we still have to make some adjustments" Sentria said, looking at the fighter jets with a faint smile.


    "Sentria my beloved daughter, you know I will have a very important meeting right now" Gordoban said.


    "yes, I wish you a great victory"


    "Gahahaha! Don''t worry! After this I will buy you more fighter jets that you can use as you wish, Right, how about you make your very own fleet?" Gordoban said with a gentle gaze at his only daughter.


    "That... would be amazing" Sentria couldn''t help but smile at the thought, however she quickly covered her smile "...but I don''t think you need to do that for me Father"


    "You don''t need to be embarrassed Sentria, you are my daughter" Gordoban smiled softly which he usually didn''t do "You don''t need to feel humble just because you''re not my biological child, I already consider you my own blood"


    Hearing that, Sentria lowered her head "Thank you for your kind words Father"If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    "Hmm, you''ve always been like this since you were little" Gordoban sighed, he had taken care of Sentria since she was a baby but since she started to grow up, Gordoban felt himself and Sentria getting further apart, maybe they should do father and daughter activities to strengthen their relationship, unconsciously falling into his thoughts, Gordoban came to his senses with Sentria''s voice.


    "Father? Please forgive me for what I''m going to say" Sentria said a little hesitantly


    "Oh? Is something wrong?" Gordoban''s eyes sharpened, if anyone dared to wronged his daughter then he must destroy them with all his strength.


    "I know that you are going to meet a great noble father, I only humbly suggest to bring some insurance, I hope to come with you" Sentria said in a serious tone before glancing for a moment at the masked woman named Fain who was quietly listening behind her Father.


    "Hm, do you feel something with your skill?" Gordoban asked, his gaze was very sharp and his expression looked cold, Sentria had a special skill to sense danger as if predicting the future, although there were limitations and shortcomings in her special ability, Sentria''s skill was great enough to be called amazing, and that was one of the biggest reasons Gordoban adopted her.


    But Sentria frowned doubtfully "I''m not sure, I can feel something coming but I''m not sure...."


    "so there will be something" Gordoban spoke confidently, Sentria''s vision was not always a bad thing, sometimes she could predict good things too, but Gordoban was confident in Sentria''s prediction.


    "Oh? Are you Sentria the Red Ace?" Suddenly someone''s voice entered their conversation. Looking behind, Fain the assassin walked forward and talked to Sentria, but the reaction from the people around those three was shock and fear because of her rudeness.


    However, Fain didn''t care and continued to speak "I heard a lot of rumors about you, is it true that you have the Clairvoyance skill that can read the future?"


    "Do you not care about your life anymore?" The one who answered was not Sentria but Gordoban who had veins on his head, speaking in a cold tone, the great mana power that radiated from Gordoban raised fearful voices from around him, but Fain only stared at Gordoban casually as if not affected "Forgive me my Lord, I was just curious"


    "do it again and you''ll be curious from your grave" Gordoban stared at Fain with a murderous gaze, this was not a threat, he would really kill Fain if she dared to do something, and Gordoban had the ability to do so.


    "My deepest apologies, my Lord," Fain lowered her head, looked at Fain lowly, Gordoban turned his gaze again to Sentria who was ready with her hand on her laser gun.


    "I can''t take you Sentria, you will be in charge of this ship while I''m gone" Gordoban fixed his clothes to cool his anger.


    "Excuse me Father, but is there no one more suitable?" Sentria asked.


    "No, you know many of our best men died in that forsaken battle, it''s a shame but most of the ones left are just trash" Gordoban looked around him in disgust, in order to make a deal with the great Noble he had sacrificed most of his competent men to death and almost half of his remaining fleet suffered damage, just remembering it made Gordoban''s head hurt, he didn''t know that a capital ship that had been infiltrated by traitors, sabotaged, partially disabled and surrounded was able to wipe out half of his fleet, from his fleet of 200 was now reduced to 100 with most of them limping.


    "I can''t risk bringing you, but you can rest assured, I''ve planned everything" Gordoban said firmly, the space station he was currently in was in a solar system far from the center of the Empire, and closer to the borders of the Dorian Republic, even the planet below it was a rural planet with only a few million inhabitants which was the territory of a poor little noble lord who foolishly built this space station with all his money hoping to advance his territory, well, thanks for that this place was the perfect place for under the table kind of deals.


    The good thing is, the Lord of this system only has a few old, dilapidated ships that would even be defeated by a fleet of low-class pirates, that''s why the nobles around this regions pay Gordoban as protection money, indeed the Nobles have very great power in many senses, but in remote areas like this, pirates like Gordoban have influence even over the small Nobles who fear him.


    "You just need to do your job well Sentria, besides I have brought several trump cards, although one of them might be in vain" Gordoban glanced at Fain who was standing with a stern look.


    "Yes father, sorry for doubting you"


    "No, I''m glad you''re worried about me" Gordoban smiled, the little humanity he still had, with that the main giant hatch of the ship opened, Gordoban and his entourage walked off the ship to the meeting place inside the station.


    Sentria''s predictions are never wrong, I must be alert for every possibility.


    Gordoban thought then glanced at Fain, the assassin he hired, maybe it was a mistake to hire her but it was too late to leave her or take her, the results could be bad, at least he had to keep this person under his guard, however, there was still a feeling of unease in Gordoban''s heart, he felt that whatever Sentria predicted would be greater than a mere assassin.


    No, I have placed scout ships at every point, all I need to worry about is an ambush but even so I will be able to escape before their fleet even gets close here, my plan is perfect, no one can ruin it, even great nobles can''t mess with me, I have what they want...


    Convincing himself, Gordoban glanced at Sentria once more who was still standing watching him leave.


    Hmm, maybe it''s time to give my fleet to Sentria after I rebuild it, that way I can retire peacefully in the imperial capital, maybe I''ll marry her off to a young noble, of course if he''s a bastard, I''ll flatten his face.


    Gordoban''s gentle smile inadvertently leaked out.

 Chapter 10 Promise and Trust

    Chapter 10 Promise and Trust


    "proposal?"


    "you already said that" Arlain looked at Jake like he was an idiot.


    "I''m just confused, I think I have an idea, but there''s no way you have a way to escape, right?" Jake asked with hope in his heart.


    "I do" Arlain replied nonchalantly.


    "Are you kidding me!!" Jake scooped Arlain up in one swift motion and asked again. "you have a way out of here?!"


    "Terra Humanis! Let go of me!! What are you doing?!" Arlain protested but Jake just stared at him with a dark blank stare ".... You''re starting to scare me...Tahh!! Let go of me first!"


    Wriggling from Jake''s grip, Arlain jumped to the floor, sighing in relief after successful breakout, Arlain yelled "Are you stupid?!"


    "Not really, but I might go crazy if I stay here" Jake replied with empty eyes"I can''t stand being here anymore and the food is so bad, you know, you look like strawberry jelly? I tried to lick you a few times to check the taste but I always held back my intrusive thoughts because I was afraid I would eat you if I let go of my inner deep desire, but I don''t know how much longer I can last if I stay here"


    "Jake Carrack?" seeing Jake who had no light in his eyes, Arlain slowly backed away to the wall but Jake followed him with four limbs on the floor like a wild animal.


    "You idiot! Get away from me!" Slime Arlain''s body trembled in front of the newly appeared predator "I will explain my plan! Back off you lowly commoner!"


    "Okay" Jake said casually and sat on the floor, yawning, a big grin on his face.


    "You!!" Arlain shook as if boiling "Insolent! I will cut off your head! Your descendants! Your ancestors! and parade your family around the city!"


    "Eh, I apologize" Jake rubbed his ear in pain because of Arlain''s scream. "Do you think I''m going to eat you huh?"


    "You insolent bastard" Arlain swayed up and down as if out of breath from shouting, no matter what the person in front of him was not like that person, but for some reason Arlain felt close to Jake Carrack, something genuine, however, he swore he would repay him later.


    "So? Are you going to explain it?"


    "Tah! Do something like that again and I''ll leave you here!" Arlain hissed.


    "What happened to swearing that we both get out of here?!"


    "Shameless!"


    "Good if you know it, come on let me hear your plan?" Jake smiled lecherously as he tried to persuade Arlain.


    Seeing Jake like that Arlain kept his distance before speaking. "Then promise me first! Either we both get out of here or no one will get out alive, promise me you won''t betray me"


    "Why?" Jake tilted his head.


    "it is my condition if you want to cooperate with me" Arlain demanded in a serious tone.


    Feeling Arlain''s seriousness, Jake smiled with absolute confidence "Sorry but I can''t promise you anything"


    "you are going to betray me?!" Arlain was dumbfounded by Jake''s words


    Am I wrong to want to trust him?! Arlain thought, but Jake shook his head.


    "No, not like that, whether you believe me or not, but I just can''t promise something I myself did not believe" Jake looked at Arlain with a serious expression.


    "How can I trust you then?!" Arlain said with suspicion


    Seeing Arlain''s distrust of him, Jake seemed to think for a moment, then as if deciding something he continued.


    "you don''t, for now I will fight with all my might, that''s all I can do, that''s why maybe my oath will waver later, maybe there will be a time when I want to betray, I don''t believe that I can promise to never leave you or we can both run away from here, I just don''t know what will happen next, because of that" Jake paused for a moment and looked at Arlain in the eyes "let''s just promise not to give up until the very end"Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "Bullish" Seeing Jake who seemed to be forcing himself not to do his request, Arlain felt strange, why didn''t he just lie? Arlain didn''t understand why the person in front of him was so adamant about not wanting to promise him, Arlain didn''t mean to bind his promise with magic or curse, and shouldn''t he seek Arlain''s trust by all means, that way Arlain could calm himself down even with an empty promise, at the same time for some reason Arlaian was once again reminded of that person.


    ####


    "How rare for you to come here, Arin?"


    "You won''t believe it! How many people have those insolent planted in my territory! They''re all so stupid! I''m tired of ruling this cursed place! I''ve had enough! I don''t want any more! I give up!!"


    "You know Arin, there are times when the person you trust the most betrays you and the person you love the most hates you, there are times when you will fall and there are times when you will rise, but there is one thing you must hold on to, never give up, no matter what happens never give up and you will find a way"


    "Sound bullish to me, How can I trust them then?!"


    "you don''t, the thing is your heart can lie, and your brain can be wrong, promises can be broken, but continuing to fight is always the right thing to do, it''s like a pact that bets everything on you and yourself, will you betray yourself and let go of everything Arin? Will you surrender? Or You will fight until the end"


    ####


    "you don''t have to trust me and if something happens you can leave me here, I just want to shoot my chance once" Jake said to Arlain who fell silent.


    "I understand" Arlain answered.


    "Eh?! Even though I might betray you?" Jake asked in surprise.


    Arlain stepped forward to Jake and looked up at him "You can leave and you can be afraid, because that''s human nature Jake Carrack, but I won''t and that''s my pride"


    "Pride.... and if I do betray you?"


    "then we both have shot our chances, like you said just do it until the end and everything will be fine"


    Jake could feel Arlain''s smile, a warm smile, seeing Arlain, an emotion began to rise from his heart, a sense of disappointment towards himself.


    "....I''m sorry, I just did not have what it takes, I never thought it would be like this" Jake spoke as if whispering "I never dared to take risks, the truth is I''m just a coward.... I always let everyone down, always, I just don''t want to admit it"


    Arlain looked at Jake who was sitting with sad expression, he didn''t know how old Jake was, but he must be quite young, Arlain could understand that there must be fear in everyone''s heart, he himself had never thought about it until now, how the people he sent to the battlefield felt, how many lives he sacrificed, but Arlain would not hesitate or back down now, he still had the pride as a Noble, if he regretted it now then the people who died and suffered for him would be in vain, but the young man in front of him did not have such a thing.


    "Jake Carrack, no matter how many times you lose but you never give up, that''s the right thing to do"


    "I guess so" Jake forced a smile "Hey, if I die here at least give me a funeral"


    "do you want to be returned to your family?"


    "No....I''m all alone, I just thought it would be nice if someone prayed for me one last time"


    "I''ll make all of Terra remember you" Arlain exclaimed.


    "no, you''re exaggerating" Jake chuckled "Just put some flowers on my body or something, well that''s if my body can be retrieved, if not it''s okay I guess, I''m dead anyway"


    "You''ve thought about your death, but what if you live?" Arlain asked glancing at Jake.


    Hearing Arlain''s words, Jake shrugged his shoulders "I guess I''ll go back to Terra, to Earth"


    "and if you''ve arrived on earth?".


    "I don''t know"


    "I see, then what if I die?" Arlain looked into Jake''s eyes.


    "then there''s no chance for me, I''ve realized that, you need me to escape from here but if I die then there''s a chance you live, on the other hand I don''t think I can escape from here without you" Jake looked at Arlain. "From the start there was no chance for me to leave here alone, unless I betrayed you, right?"


    Hearing Jake''s words, Arlain couldn''t help but divert his gaze from him "That''s right, someone has planned a betrayal from within, I have an idea who it is, and if you betray me from escaping from here-"


    "Are you stupid?"


    Arlain was surprised by Jake''s words and raised his head.


    "do you think they will obey my request if I betray you?" Jake furrowed his brows.


    "desperate people often make unreasonable decisions" Arlain answered.


    "I''m not that stupid" Jake said angrily "I understood from the start that you were afraid that I would do something so pointless"


    "Then why didn''t you just lie to me from the start?"


    "You asked for my promise because you were afraid of being betrayed, but even if I gave you my promise, you still wouldn''t believe me, and the second reason is.... I''m tired of lying, using a mask to lie to people and myself, I''m really tired" Jake said with determination in his eyes.


    "I hate these people so much, I''m tired of sucking up to people, I don''t want to be stepped on anymore, from now on I will take every opportunity that comes my way and take risks to win, at first I thought swallowing my pride was the right thing to do, but I guess having some pride isn''t bad at all" Jake said with a bright smile as his eyes light up.


    At that moment Arlain seemed to see a mask fall and light radiate from Jake Carrack''s eyes.


    "That''s absolutely righteous!" Arlain said happily "Pride is the way of the Empire! Jake Carrack! I will appoint you to accompany and protect me to the end of this fight! And I will grant you a great reward!"


    Chuckled, Jake stood on his feet and turned towards Arlain before dropping to one knee "I will protect you to the end and will not betray, believe in me Your Highness, that is my promise and my pride" Jake raised his head with the most confident smile of his life, in his eyes was a fire of desire that was not there before, not a desire to survive, but a desire to win, like a bright star, Arlain couldn''t help but see Jake overlap with that person.


    "That''s how it should be, Jake Carrack you will be bathed in glory and great victory for Heirseim! in the name of the Duchess of  Duraim Herseim The Great, I will grant your wish, what reward do you want?" Arlain said the official Heirseim family awarding ceremony line, a golden magic circle surrounded Jake and Arlain and lit up the room.


    Looking around with sparkling eyes, Jake was stunned by the divine magic, not knowing what to say Jake thought about the thing he wanted the most "I want to be strong, rich, powerful, and... kindness, to not carelessly trample on others as I have experienced"


    "I grant it," Arlain said softly, and with that a golden light filled the room.

 Chapter 11 Prison Escape

    Chapter 11 Prison Escape


    After the firefly-like light floating in the room subsided, Jake opened his mouth "What was that just now?"


    "don''t know" Arlain answered while looking at the remaining lights in the air in surprise.


    "Huh?" Jake tilted his head at Arlain''s answer "Isn''t that your magic just now?"


    "not really, I can''t waste my remaining Mana" Arlain shook his slime head. "I might have a little idea, but..." Arlain said as he glanced at the glass wall before quickly speaking "Well, let''s put that aside"


    "what? shall we ignore it?" Jake gave Arlain a strange look, however, before Jake could ask further, at that moment a rough vibration echoed around the room.


    "what was that again?" Jake looked around in a mix of doubt and panic.


    "This ship must have landed somewhere, we don''t have much time let''s get out from here" Arlain said as he approached the glass wall and looked around the hallway to check his surroundings.


    "Wait! Seriously?!"


    "There should be a circuit location around here that contains power cables"


    "What do you want to do?" Jake asked from behind trying to see his dark surroundings but all he could see were two green eyes glowing from across.


    No matter how many times I see it''s pretty scary...


    While Jake tried to ignore the two green eyes in front of him, Arlain turned to him "We have to find that circuit box, inside there are electrical cables and cables containing Mana, if I can absorb just a little bit of it"


    "you can use magic"


    "much stronger magic" Arlain answered confidently, but Jake still had doubts about his plan "I understand, but can we escape from this ship, this is quite a big ship, right?"


    Jake remembered when he first saw this ship in the sky that seemed to cover the space above him, Jake couldn''t imagine it would be easy to get out of here especially since he didn''t know how many enemies were inside.


    But Arlain denied it "We will get out of here but we will not escape from this ship"


    "Why?" Jake asked in confusion.


    "even if we escape from here we will be easily caught again, moreover wherever they land now is definitely not in a place that is advantageous for us, we can''t run out and stealing small ships that might be inside this ship is also quite risky"


    That''s right, Jake just remembered he was inside a spaceship, even if they managed to get out they were trapped wherever the ship was and it wasn''t like the outside was safe "So are we going to take over this ship?"


    "I like your way of thinking" Arlain said, Jake could feel him grinned from behind his slime body "but going home with this trash would be embarrassing for me, so we''ll call my own ships"


    "That''s it.... do you want to call for help?" Jake nodded.


    "That''s right, I''ll call my fleet"


    "Will they come?" Jake asked doubtly, he couldn''t imagine them coming with a single call especially with Arlain''s condition, but Arlain answered with unwavering faith "They don''t need to know I''m here, this ship has attacked my Flagship yet before my ship fell, we managed to send an SOS signal to the rest of the fleet along with the data of the attackers, this damned thing is now being hunted across the galaxy, I know my subordinates, they must be close, we just need to announce the location of this ship grandly and my Fleet will come from all directions"


    "sounds good to me" Jake smiled with a teasing smile "but if they take too long then we''ll be going home on this ship"


    "Hmph! Then they''ll be punished for embarrassing me!"Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Both laughed before Arlain spoke nonchalantly "Then let me ride on your head"


    "Uh what?" Jake''s laughter froze.


    "Hurry up"


    Seeing Arlain who stretch out his two slime hands from below, Jake hesitantly took his cold slime body and put it on his head, with a cold and strange sensation on his head when Arlain hugged his head up to his ears made Jake shivered, blinking a few times, Jake snapped "why on my head?!"


    Jake shouted in confusion questioning Arlain who hugged his head but instead Arlain actually seemed to enjoy it "Oh! I haven''t been this tall for some time!" Arlain shook his body which made Jake even more ticklish.


    "Arlain!" Jake shouted holding back the tickle on his neck.


    "Tah? What is it?" Arlain answered innocently.


    "Why are you on my head?! I''ll carry you in my arms! So get down for a minute!" Jake tried to release Arlain from his head but Arlain tightened his slime body around his head "No way! I have to climb onto your head to channel my mana power!"


    "Mana?" Jake asked Arlain who was writhing on his head.


    "Correct! I will enhance your body with strengthening magic so we can escape from here first" Arlain replied.


    "that... can''t it be somewhere else?"


    "No other way, this is the most efficient way" Arlain said firmly and Jake could only sigh with the shining slime on his head, it felt uncomfortable but it couldn''t be helped, Jake thought resignedly.


    "Let''s get started, I don''t know if they''re watching this cell directly but seeing me on your head would probably raise alarm bells for anyone who sees it" Arlain said.


    Jake never thought he was being watched in here because there were no surveillance cameras or anything visible but it wouldn''t be strange if they used magic for it, as he thought that, Jake could feel Arlain''s light getting brighter and something flowing from his head, something like warm water flowing through his veins, looking at his own body, Jake could feel the power flowing into his body getting stronger and hotter until he felt like he was soaking in boiling water.


    "Kahh!" Jake winced a little, it didn''t hurt but his body felt like it was filled with something until he was afraid his body would explode and his muscles tensed up in a strange way.


    Is this Mana? I can feel it inside my body, but I don''t seem to have any control over it.


    "Are you alright?" Arlain asked worriedly.


    "I think it''s okay, it just feels like my body is going to explode" Jake answered with a smile but sweat was streaming down his forehead.


    "I think the burden is quite large because this is your first time in direct contact with mana, let''s do it quickly" Arlain said before telling Jake to walk to the Glass wall.


    When Jake had standing in front of the thick glass wall, Arlain spoke excitedly "Now hit it with all your might!"


    "What?" Jake frowned, looking at the thick glass wall in front of him, Jake became doubtful "Can I?"


    "What''s what?! Are you doubting my magic?!, I graduated from the Faleria Magic Academy you know! Hit it now and this glass will shatter into pieces!" Arlain said with pride and certainty.


    "Right" Jake took a deep breath and prepared his stance, he didn''t know the power of magic but if Arlain said so then he could only believe it, with adrenaline rising, Jake pulled his hand back and started swinging it with all his might.


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    "Ah... I''m still sleepy" Krenel said lazily as he walked with his shoulders hunched.


    "Shut up and push the trolley" Torain said as he held a rifle in his arms.


    Walking along the dim hallway, Krenel never stopped complaining because he was woken up from his sleep while Torain was in a bad mood for the same reason, both of them were suddenly ordered to go down to the cells area to feed the creatures in the cargo cells, and there was one more additional task.


    "So it''s true that the pink creature is going to be sold huh?" Krenel spoke to clear his mind.


    "I guess so, it might as well be a gift" Torain replied half-interested.


    "A gift? Isn''t that an insult to give such a strange creature" Krenel said with a sarcastic laugh. "Isn''t the Terra Humanis could be a better gift?"


    "For what?"


    "Ehehe, you''re right, also Isn''t that Terra Humanis just throwing away food? I''m tired of taking care of it, even if we throw it to Airlock the captain probably won''t care"


    "I don''t know, maybe that Terra Humanis can be sold for a few hundred Arbak, or maybe he''ll be cut into pieces as food like those high class losers" Torain smiled sadistically remembering the filth that betrayed their own master just to be used as monsters feed.


    Seeing Torain who accidentally showed his dark side, Krenel decided not to talk further and just pushing the trolley still half asleep.


    After a few minutes they finally arrived in front of the large door that separated the cells area from the rest of the ship, entering the code into the console, Torain suddenly noticed something like a subtle vibration in the air


    "Did you feel it?" Torain looked around him warily.


    "Not really?" Krenel said while entering the code into the console while yawning.


    "Krenel!! Stop what you-"


    Before Torain could warn his junior, the large iron door opened with a hiss of air and at the same time an explosion and the deafening sound of glass breaking echoed from inside.


    "WARNING! A BREAK IN CELL A4 HAS OCCURRED! DANGER! WARNING! A BREAK IN CELL A4 HAS OCCURRED! DANGER! WARNING! A BREAK IN CELL A4 HAS OCCURRED! DANGER!"


    With a repeated pitch sound the alarm sounded loudly as all the lights turned red warning signs.


    Inside the room, from one of the cells, a humanoid figure with shabby clothes stepped out of the cell with heavy steps, Krenel and Torain realized it was the Terra Humanis who was being held in one of the cells, but both of them almost screamed seeing his appearance, with hand that were pouring blood, there was something writhing and shining above his head, bathed in a terrifying red light, he stared at the two of them with a murderous gaze.


    "I think I broke my fist" (Jake)


    "Mm~... I think we underestimated that glass" (Arlain)

 Chapter 12 What a Monster

    Chapter 12 What a Monster


    "BAAMM!!!" Jake swung his arm wide putting his weight into his punch, watching his hands collide in slow motion an explosion and sparks spread inside the cell "What the hell?!!"


    Shielding his face in reflex from the terrifying blast of air, when Jake opened his eyes his hand was already bleeding and there was a crater with a large dent where he punched with cracks like a spider web around it.


    "One more time! Hurry! Before the alarm goes off!" Arlain yelled at him.


    With his heart pumped with adrenaline rush, Jake hit the glass wall again in the same spot and once again the explosion and sparks flew inside the cell and the dent had now spread throughout the wall even though the wall itself had not collapsed.


    "One more time!" Arlain shouted.


    "FUCKING HELL!!" seeing the glass wall that had not collapsed, panic and fear spurred Jake''s adrenaline to the highest level, hitting the glass once again with a force that he had never released from the previous two hits, Jake could feel his swing was very heavy like a shooting cannon and with that a large explosion echoed, but instead of going in like before, the explosion flowed out and with high-speed glass fragments, the glass wall shattered into pieces.


    In those few seconds that felt like forever, the glass wall that held him was finally shattered beautifully.


    "Success! Victory is upon us!!" Arlain swayed excitedly as Jake held his right hand that was bent in a strange way, but rather than pain, a strong sense of power flowed throughout his body like a pulse and a sense of excitement beating from his heart to his head,


    "Ahahaha..." Jake laughed happily and stepped out of the thick glass fragments


    ."I think I broke my fist"


    "Mm~ I guess we underestimated the glass" Arlain said without a trace of guilt "Well, we''ll fix your hand later, now we have to-"


    At that moment the Alarm blared with a loud sound and a bright red light illuminated the room.


    "Oh, the Alarm hurts my ears" Arlain looked around the hallway casually while Jake felt panic with the red light and Alarm filling his senses, at the same time, with a hissing sound the large iron door at the end of the hallway opened to the left and right, feeling his heart stop beating, Jake stared at the door with intense gaze, behind the door were two men dressed as guards that Jake remembered bringing him here looking at him like a deer in front of a car.


    Both of them were not wearing their helmets, one, a younger man with brown hair was standing near the console next to the door and next to him an older man with black hair was holding what looked like a gun in his hand, staring at each other for what seemed like forever, Jake''s gaze locked on the gun held by one of the guards.


    "He''s got a gun" Jake whispered to Arlain in his head.


    "Hmph, cheap toy, but we can only move forward from here, sorry Jake Carrack but you''re going to have to hold it a little longer" Arlain said in a serious tone.


    "Let''s do it" Jake snorted with a grin on his face and Jake could feel Arlain smirking above him, a moment later the light from Arlain''s body grew brighter as he chanted his magic "Defense up, speed up, higher Sense, superior Agility, potential unlock"


    Feeling greater power flowing into his body, Jake felt his vision widen as if he could see the back of his head until the condition of the entire room was clear in his mind, he could feel the change in the air on his skin and a sense of power as if he could do anything filled every fiber of his muscles from head to toe with a heat that almost made him pass out, forcing himself to straighten his crooked arm Jake smiled widely as the excitement made him want to explode.


    "Jake?" Arlain tried to call Jake who looked abnormal, Arlain didn''t know what the consequences of giving so much mana power to someone who had never touched mana in their life, but he had no choice if he and Jake wanted to survive, yet still, Jake''s reaction seemed a bit excessive, Arlain could feel Jake was drunk with power and he wanted more and more until Arlain had to hold back his mana.


    "die" With that word, a shockwave exploded behind him as Jake shot out like a bullet out of its barrel.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


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    The overwhelming magic power overflowing from within made both of their hearts feel squeezed, the overwhelming magic power that felt abnormal made both of them dizzy and want to vomit, but the most unbearable was the fear that flooded their entire being as if they were faced with a horror beyond their imagination, both of them realized that whatever was inside must not come out.


    "Krenel! Close the door!" Torain shouted to the frozen Krenel.


    "Y-Okay!" Krenel quickly pressed the button and the door began to close again, but before that an explosive sound shouted once more and the creature became blurry as it ran at an unbelievable speed.


    "What a monster" Torain quickly raised his rifle and fired it in assault mode, Plasma lasers have a speed much faster than conventional bullets but the monster in front of him was able to avoid it as if it could see the lasers, running on the ceiling, walls and floors, the monster approached in the blink of an eye and before he knew it, the monster was only a few meters in front of him even though the iron door had only closed half.


    "Impossible!" Torain hurriedly activated the magic stored in the gauntlet on his left arm, a moment later Torain felt an incredible force that blasted him backward, with a crisp cracking sound the barrier he had chanted was destroyed.


    "W-What!!" Krenel curled up to protect his head from the sudden explosion when the trolley next to him exploded, if only he had his helmet right now, Krenel regretted, Krenel and Torain left most of their equipment to do their usual daily tasks, that''s how it should be...


    staring at Torain who was thrown far back of the hallway in disbelief, Krenel shouted


    toward Torain but Torain didn''t move at all, what had happened, Krenel couldn''t follow the events until he noticed something standing where Torain had been.


    "YO" someone called him, looking fearfully at the voice, Krenel saw Terra Humanis standing near him and on his head was a strange pink creature that glowed with two big round eyes.


    "Is it time to eat again?" The Terra Humanis smiled fiercely, slowly retreating towards the hallway behind him, an alarm in the hallway sounded detecting excessive magic power.


    "Abnormal magic contamination Abnormal magic contamination Abnormal magic contamination, all crew in this section are required to evacuate and seal this area, repeat-"


    The Terra Humanis started to step forward towards Krenel with a grin but Krenel could feel the killing intent from his eyes.


    Looking at the Terra Humanis in front of him, Krenel could feel a hatred, but Krenel would not let himself be finished off by whatever cursed creature had appeared before him, this Terra Humanis was weak he knew it so the key must be in the strange pink creature that was shining on his head, raising his hands while pretending to be afraid, with lightning speed Krenel reached for the gun on his waist and-


    "ARRGHHH?!!" Krenel felt his face just fly off and his eyes rolled back almost losing consciousness, at that moment however,  it was stopped by the Terra Humanis in front of him by grabbing his neck.


    "KHhhhKkkhHh!" Krenel was being strangled making his throat feel like it was going to be crushed while he couldn''t feel the floor under his feet, it couldn''t be... Krenel realized that he had been lifted from his neck, he was wearing quite heavy armor but the Terra Humanis in front of him was able to lift him with one hand, trying to free himself with difficulty, Krenel desperately beat the hand that was strangling him while blood was dripping from his mouth, it seemed like he was hit when he was about to reach for his gun, which he didn''t realize before.


    "I don''t even need a stick" Terra Humanis in front of him laughed amusedly. "Ahh... my hands are starting to hurt"


    "BAMM!"


    "Agh!" Terra Humanis pinned Krenel against the wall, racking his brains hard Krenel tried to think of a way to buy time, that''s right, he just needed to buy time until the others came, that way he would win in the end, staring at Terra Humanis in front of him with a challenging gaze, Krenel suddenly noticed something in Terra Humanis'' left hand, it was his gun.


    "Hey, isn''t this quite futuristic?" The Terra Humanist stared at his gun with a sly smile, making Krenel squirm in fear.


    "Eh, are you scared?" The Terra Humanist spoke to Krenel to insult him, but Krenel was not provoked he just needed to wait a little longer, besides it wasn''t like the stupid Terra Humanist knew how to use it, Krenel didn''t know how advanced Terra''s civilization exactly was but since it was a planet without magic most likely the Terra Humanist in front of him didn''t really understand how to use his gun, that was until, the Terra Humanist put the muzzle to Krenel''s eyes.


    Staring at the inside of the barrel with wide eyes, Krenel began to shake in fear and tears fell from his eyes, trying to move his mouth with difficulty because his jaw was already shattered and flooded with blood, Krenel tried to speak. "Please... I,.. don''t want to... die"


    Krenel begged earnestly, but the Terra Humanis in front of him only stared at him sharply, Krenel could feel that the Terra Humanis was considering his choices, feeling that his life would end here, Krenel began to remember his mother and sister who were waiting for him at home, they had spent a lot of money so that Krenel could go to the city to find work using his late father''s Armor, if he died here then his family would starve to death without any money at all.


    "Please...my...mother.....sister" Krenel began to cry desperately.


    "Jake Carrack, if you want to kill him please do it quickly, we don''t have much time"


    Krenel realized that the strange pink creature on the man''s head was talking.


    "tch, this is different from what I imagined" the Terra Humanis said in frustration and stared at Krenel in the eyes before Krenel felt an agonizing pain in his ribs, he should have been wearing armor but the punch crushed and penetrated his armor crushing his bones, expelling all the air from his lungs.


    "HHHAAGHHH!!!" Falling painfully to the floor, Krenel coughed painfully before he started to lose consciousness.


    The last thing he remembered was the Terra Humanis voice "That''s for destroying my ribs, and the rest is for your lousy food! you bastard!!!"

 Chapter 13 Let Loose

    Chapter 13 Let Loose


    "That''s very kind of you" Arlain said looking at the man lying pitifully on the floor "I thought you were going to kill him"


    "Ah forget it, we don''t have much time" Jake said trying to change the subject.


    "Alright then" Arlain shrugged and started looking around the hallway before he found an iron panel attached to the wall not far from where they were standing "There"


    Standing in front of the panel, Arlain spoke "This panel is protected by powerful magic, you will die if you try to open it carelessly"


    "So what?" Jake stared at the panel with a frown.


    "No problem, I will deactivate the magic but this is our bet" Arlain said in a serious tone and started chanting his magic "If we fail here then that''s it"


    "I understand" Jake replied with a stern expression while looking at the complicated magic circle that began to form around him, the magic circle began to layer and become more complicated and more complicated until the sound of something breaking was heard from inside the panel.


    "I even managed to turn off the alarm that was installed inside it" Arlain''s voice had a mix of tiredness and pride before he swayed excitedly "Now rip it open!"


    "got it" Jake said with a relieved smile before Arlain stopped him "Wait, if you feel something sting pull your hand away"


    "wait a minute what?" Jake asked furrowing his brows. "didn''t you turn it off?"


    "of course I did! it''s just to be safe!" Arlain said confidently however Jake had learned not to trust everything he said.


    Sighing tiredly, Jake started to feel pain in his right hand that still holding the gun so he tried to open the panel with his left hand, carefully touching the panel with his finger, it seemed that Arlain had deactivated it properly.


    "Can you go faster Jake Carrack?" Arlain said impatiently.


    "I did my best"


    "Is it that hard?" Arlain asked while waving his little slime hand. "Do it faster"


    "Oh! I''m sorry my Lord!, ripping this iron panel with bare hands is very easy, but it seems a bit stuck, can you lend me your hands? Oh what is that? I asked for hands not a lubricant!" Jake spoke sarcastically while looking for a grip on the iron panel as Arlain shook his slime body on his head while shouting "Rude!"


    "Can you be quiet for a bit?" Jake said to Arlain who kept protesting above his head before he managed to pull the iron panel like paper and tear it open, inside there were many colorful cables but there was one cable that looked transparent with sparkling purple light moving inside it.


    "Oh! finally we found it!" Arlain shouted happily while Jake let out a sigh of relief.


    "Then, please lower your head" Arlain said to Jake.


    "Can''t you come down first" Jake raised his eyebrows but Arlain refused "No way, if I come down now our mana connection will be cut off and that will be troublesome"


    "You''re just lazy aren''t you" Jake said flatly but Arlain strongly rejected his accusations "This is for efficiency!"This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there.


    Having no other choice, Jake brought his head closer to the panel while hoping not to get electrocuted, touching the cable with the purple light, Arlain''s body glowed purple as he made sounds of pleasure that made Jake uncomfortable, a moment later an Alarm sounded again in the hallway.


    (Sabotage detected in panel 24, sabotage detected in panel 24, automatic power off, automatic power off)


    The room that was filled with red lights and alarms suddenly became silent and all the light became pitch black.


    "hm, I think they set two alarms there" Arlain said in surprise.


    "Are you kidding me?" Jake sighed, he was used to Arlain''s behavior now.


    "it''s okay I''ve charged enough mana, we should get moving now" Arlain spoke to him and yet Jake didn''t answer "Jake?"


    "Ah, please wait a moment... I think I need to rest" Jake breathed on his shoulder and fell to his knees while holding onto the wall.


    "you''ve reached your limit"


    "Haha, I''m sorry" Jake forced a laugh but his breath started to get short.


    "Forgive me... I''ll heal you now" Arlain said with guilt in his voice and with that Arlaian''s body started to glow green leaf as green magic circles surrounded both of them, feeling his breath start to lighten, the pain in Jake''s body slowly disappeared like a lie.


    "Wow the pharmaceutical companies are going to hate this" Moving his supposedly broken hand, Jake was once again reminded of the mysterious power called magic.


    However, the immense fatigue still weighed down his body making it feel like he was moving in mud.


    "I''m not very good at healing magic so I can only heal damage to the body unlike fatigue or illness" Arlain said.


    "No, this is more than enough" Jake smiled and stood on his feet, walking towards one of the black-haired guards lying on the floor, Jake could see him breathing softly from behind his armor.


    "Looks like he''s still alive" Jake said and picked up the rifle that was thrown nearby, inspecting the rifle Jake felt the futuristic white and gray rifle in his hand.


    On the small screen on the gun was written the number 412 which he assumed was the number of bullets which was incredibly large, while the blue pistol in his other hand did not have a screen but something like a meter from green to reddish on the handle and the meter was still green because it had not been fired.


    "This is pretty good" Jake smiled with two guns in his hands, it didn''t seem too difficult from a regular shooting gun. "this is so sci-fi! Just like in the movies!"


    "Hmph, such cheap weapons, do we really need it?" Arlain looked at the gun with distaste.


    "It''s better than nothing" Jake said feeling that the power flowing into his body had decreased, Arlain who understood that nodded forcefully, he had pushed Jake''s body too hard earlier and this was also a result of his lack of ability that made him ashamed.


    "where''s the safety? Is there safety at all?" Jake asked while fiddling with the rifle in his hand.


    "I don''t know, I''ve never touched such a weapon in my life" Arlain said while watching Jake who was happily playing with the weapon in his hand like a child.


    "found it" Jake said excitedly as he turned a button on the gun which made the gun trigger lock before tucking it into his pants which made Arlain more confused, but Jake didn''t seem to care and with a big smile he raised the rifle to aim before firing the laser gun to the end of the hallway "Wow? This gun has no recoil! And it''s very easy to use!" Jake said happily which Arlain didn''t understand the reason for.


    "so what''s next?" Jake asked while still having a big smile on his face.


    "Starting now, we''re going to light up this ship, I''m tired of the darkness" Arlain said, a moment later a blue neon light shone dimly along the hallway "They''re here"


    As if following Arlain''s words, the sound of heavy and crowded footsteps was heard from the bend at the end of the hallway which made Jake tense up.


    "from now on the real fight begins" Arlain said coldly "There will be no more mercy, do you understand Jake?"


    Hearing Arlain''s words, Jake hardened his expression, glanced at the two people lying on the floor for a second, Jake sharpened his eyes and tightened his grip on the rifle in his hand and took a deep breath "Yes, I understand... And the next plan?"


    "We advance and continue to break through until the end" Arlain answered


    "That''s all?" Jake tilted his head


    "Indeed" Arlain noded.


    Hearing that, Jake smiled mischievously which made Arlain have a bad feeling as Jake simply threw away the pistol on his waist.


    "You threw it away?" Arlain asked half-confused even though Jake seemed to like the small gun quite a bit.


    "The pistol will interfere with my movement, I will only bring what I can hold, didn''t you say it yourself? We will break through" With enthusiasm in his heart and burning feelings in his chest, Jake started running towards the end of the hallway "Let the mana Flow!"


    "Is Terra filled with crazy people?!" Arlain yelled but the joy was clearly heard in his voice. And with that dozens of guards wearing full armor and weapons in their hands began to enter the hallway...

 Chapter 14 I have to kill, I want to kill

    Chapter 14 I have to kill, I want to kill


    "Ultimate barrier!" quickly activates his magic, a transparent bright blue dome envelops Jake and Arlain.


    "wow, it''s like in a video game!" Jake said as he ran at high speed towards the new guards entering the hallway, visibly surprised, the fully armored guards quickly opened fire on the two, but their laser shots and bullets bounced off Arlain''s barrier.


    "Hmph! Pathetic!!" Arlain shouted while watching the sparks and lasers raining down on the two like fireworks.


    Jake was currently running at an inhuman speed, not as fast as when he attacked the two guards earlier but fast enough to blur his surroundings and close the long hallway in a few seconds.


    In an instant Jake arrived in front of the panicked guards as an image crossed his mind, if he crashed into these people at this speed with Arlain''s barrier, the consequences would be fatal, he had subconsciously restrained himself when he threw out the black-haired man earlier, but right now Jake could imagine them being crushed to death, but he had no choice, he has to do it, he has to do it, yes, he must kill them before they killed him and Arlain, bracing himself, Jake closed his eyes and increased his speed, but before he reached the guards, Arlain chanted another magic "Explosion!!!"


    "what the fuck?!!" with the sound of explosions and light covering the outer perimeter of the barrier, a tremendous shock stopped Jake in his tracks as he lay prone while protecting Arlain on his head with both hands.


    For a moment only fire was around him, until when the explosion had stopped, Arlain spoke with cold sweat on his slime body that couldn''t sweat "... that was stronger than I planned, I guess my magic control is a bit rusty"


    "What the hell was that!" Jake protested to Arlain, surrounded by smoke, the entire section of the hallway was destroyed except for the floor inside the Barrier, although there was no heat or damage coming in, Jake couldn''t help but be amazed by the barrier that Arlain had set up, even so the power of the magic just now clearly had its effects because all that was left of the guards were some pieces of flesh and body parts in the fire, staring at what looked like entrails lying on the floor, Jake couldn''t help but feel nauseous.


    That''s when Jake remembered the two people behind him, looking back fortunately Arlain''s explosion didn''t reach them at the other end of the hallway.


    "they''re still alive, my explosion earlier released more targeted blast than fire" Arlain said.


    Hearing Arlain''s words, Jake couldn''t help but close his eyes and take a deep breath, why was he thinking about his enemies, he was too soft, it shouldn''t be like this, if he couldn''t fight now then he and Arlain would be killed, he was now in a life and death situation, realizing his mistake, Jake opened his eyes.


    At that moment the Barrier that Arlain had put up suddenly disappeared and Jake was greeted with hot air with a very unpleasant burnt smell.


    "Tah! It seems like the barrier''s active time is up" Arlain said while looking around as he realized Jake''s gaze was fixated on the remains of the bodies, seeing Jake who was just standing still with a mixed look, Arlain hurriedly spoke ".... I don''t think this is pleasant, let me put it back-"


    "you don''t need to do that" Arlain''s words were cut off by Jake who took a deep breath despite the foul smell around him.


    "you need to save your mana don''t you, just put the barrier back up when needed" Jake smiled with a brave expression, Arlain could feel the strong determination in his eyes getting brighter.


    "I''m sorry but I''ll do it right from here" Jake tightened his grip on the rifle in his hand and started walking forward past the tragic remains of the guards, sensing Jake''s determination, Arlain replied loudly "Hmph! That''s how it should be! There''s no way a noble like me do all the work!"


    Hearing Arlain''s usual bearing, Jake chuckled for a bit before whispering softly "Thank you for doing it for me, but it''s fine now"The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    However Arlain did not answer Jake and Jake didn''t seem to expect an answer either, walking into the heat and smoke, Jake walked through the darkness lit by fire as he once again strengthened his heart.


    Not good enough, I have to be able to do it, if I want to survive then I have to burn my heart and yet even that is still not enough... I have to win so that I can be strong....


    Jake reminded himself again that just surviving is not enough, if he does not want to be trampled again then he must become strong, to compete with the predators who try to prey on him, he must bite back, this is the time for him to grow fangs and claws, to fight and emerge victorious....


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    "Ablaze! HELL FIRE!!" With a chant a large fireball roared through the air and exploded the entire room along with the guards who were hiding behind the defensive magic.


    Lighting the entire place in flames that melted the walls and floor, Jake didn''t even feel a breeze from inside the blue barrier that surrounded him.


    No matter how many times he saw it, Arlain''s magic felt like it could destroy this ship to pieces, no, that''s what he was doing right now.


    "Kahahaha! So weak! Fireball! Wind Blades!" laughing like a madman, Arlain was completely immersed in his killing, unexpectedly Jake had brought a weapon of mass destruction on his head.


    This is really....


    From the many armed guards who built a barricade in front of them all that was left now was a hissing fire in a pool of blood and flesh, but Jake shook his head and readied his rifle in his hand, entering through the blown-up door, Jake entered a place that seemed to be a cafeteria.


    "Huh, so this is where they eat" Jake looked around and walked into a buffet lined up with various kinds of food, it seemed like they were preparing their dinner when Jake and Arlain attacked.


    Looking at the food one by one starting from meat, vegetables to deserts there is not much difference from food on earth in fact the food here looks expensive and delicious, makes Jake can''t help but drool "I didn''t think their food was quiet luxurious"


    "Really? Looks like trash in my eyes" Arlain said without hesitation


    Taking one fried meat that was still warm, Jake sank his teeth into the meat and was surprised by the taste as the meat juice filled his mouth, maybe because this was his first proper food in a month but the food was so delicious that he wanted to cry, finishing the meat in two bites, Jake immediately took more in his hand.


    "Do you want some?" Jake raised the meat in front of Arlain, but Arlain''s reaction was only angry yells and disgust "I don''t want trash food like that!"


    "Whwy?!" Jake said while chewing something like a chicken thigh the size of his hand in his mouth "Aren''t you hungry? I''ve never seen you eat?"


    Jake had never seen Arlain eat but he ignored it because he thought Arlain was some kind of alien, but after knowing that he was a human too it''s strange if he didn''t eat, but Arlain only answered in disgust "I can''t possibly eat the shit they give me! Besides I''m surprised you can eat that"


    Remembering his bad experience that not even an hour had passed, Jake tried to erase the disgusting thing from his mind "Isn''t this different? Can you not eat?"


    "Hmph! I can endure hunger and thirst for a year!" Arlain replied proudly.


    "Even when you were still human?" Jake asked doubtfully.


    "That''s Faleria graduate for you! And don''t try to give me that dirty food! I''ll only eat later when I get to the palace" Arlain replied arrogantly making Jake whisper under his breath "Are you really human..."


    "What?"


    "Nothing! If that''s the case let me eat for a second!!" Jake excitedly swapped his rifle with a plate and started filling it with food.


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    "why are you like this..." Arlain wanted to protest to Jake because they were still in the middle of a battle, but seeing Jake who was very happy, Arlain could only sigh from his nonexistent mouth as he watched Jake eat greedily, Hmm, he would have to teach this guy some table manners later.


    However, Arlain was a little worried, he had realized that Jake was pushing himself right now, mentally and physically, Arlain didn''t know how long he might really reach his limit, but they had to finish their mission quickly, The enemy also had cut off the magic power in all parts of the ship they passed so Arlain couldn''t recharge, he still had half of his mana but even this wouldn''t last too long,


    watching his surroundings lazily, suddenly the sound of someone''s footsteps echoed approaching here.


    I was caught off guard!?


    He had cast detection magic around him, but he wasn''t very skilled in divination magic, if someone was able to get past his detection, then this might be a bit dangerous.


    "Are there still personnel here!?" before Arlain able to react, suddenly someone appeared from behind the door on the other side of the cafeteria and shouted loudly.


    A man wearing dark blue military clothing, a pair of glasses with his raven black hair neatly combed like a neat office man.


    "What the" his eyes widened in surprise as his eyes met Jake who was frozen with his mouth full like a squirrel, then his eyes met Arlain above Jake''s head.


    Silence lingered for a few seconds as the three froze, Slowly backing away from the door, the man immediately dashed out of there with full power.


    "Seize him!!" With Arlain''s shout as his cue, Jake quickly grabbed his rifle and chased after him.


    "Fwukinwing Hwellw!!"


    "Just spit out your food! Are you stupid!"


    "NWO!!"


    With that the chaos continued.

 Chapter 15 Tormak Regulu Dodoron

    Chapter 15 Tormak Regulu Dodoron


    "Lord Tormak, the guests have arrived," the butler Baskara said gracefully while twisting his white mustache, wearing a high-class butler''s attire, the old butler stood beside his master who was sitting at his office desk made from ancient wood from the world tree.


    "Mm, wonderful" Tormak replied while holding a wine glass made of rare 7 elemental crystal in one hand, wearing a bright red noble suit that looked painful to the eyes, a dark green-haired man in the prime of his life, Tormak Regulu Dodoron the head of the Dodoron family sharpened his eyes, sighed in satisfaction, Tormak stood up from his chair.


    Inside the office room with a high ceiling decorated with gold and various jewels that looked like a dragon lived there, Tormak looked out the wide window, there was a blue planet with the sun rising from the horizon shining beautifully, it was beautiful, Tormak thought, but unfortunately this was a poor planet and the worst thing was that this was his planet.


    Remembering his misfortune of being born into such a poor noble family, Tormak shook the wine glass in his hand before taking a graceful sip, truly, he was truly unlucky, not only was his territory the poorest in this frontier sector with nothing to be proud of, but this sector was filled with pirates and space monsters that cost him a lot of his money, fortunately he was smarter than the previous Dodorons, just by raising the taxes a little in his territory, he was able to build this magnificent space station.


    Indeed at first there were some who tried to oppose him to build this station, why build such a large space station this area has no traffic or reason for ships to dock here! It was really stupid, that was precisely why he built this space station so that ships would have a reason to come here! Even that alone they couldn''t realize, indeed Tormak was so unlucky to be surrounded by incompetent people, of course they were all punished properly.


    But the most frustrating thing is when this station is finished no ship wants to dock here and the reason is because he lacks money, even now he is already in huge debt to complete this station, he should be able to build an entertainment center and gambling hotspot, that''s why he raised his regional tax a little more, however, unfortunately Tormak is cursed with lazy people who don''t want to pay the taxes he asks for, even though this is for the good of the Dodoron region itself, Tormak can''t understand.


    And yet, even after the repeated ordeals, Tormak still had his genius and a bit of luck, he managed to turn this station into a place for people who didn''t want to get too much attention, nobles, Clans, Mercenaries or even pirates who wanted to dock or have meetings, they did it here, it was not pleasant but Tormak with his determination managed to endure it, in return he managed to get some connections from them and now his hard work would pay off.


    "Isn''t it a beautiful day Baskara" Tormak smiled gracefully looking at the sunrise behind his dark planet.


    "That''s true my Lord" Baskara the old butler answered from behind his master.


    Today there will be a grand meeting between the famous pirate Gordoban, one of the largest pirate gangs in the empire, and the other party is none other than a Great Noble, Tormak can hardly believe it, the Great Nobles refers to the five most powerful Nobles in the empire out of thousands of other nobles, their power is unimaginable to Tormak, and now one of them is coming to his territory, this is the result of his hard work day after day, if he can make a connection with this great noble then entering the inner circle of the imperial nobility is not a dream, it is beautiful, truly beautiful, Tormak closed his eyes imagining his bright future.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    "Forgive me, my lord, but Lord Gordoban has already entered the station"


    "Ah? I guess I was lost in thought, I was just thinking about my strategy to play Gordoban and the Great Noble, that''s right, even the Great Noble and the infamous Gordoban are just pawns to me" Tormak couldn''t help but smile at the thought.


    "Excellent, my lord" Baskara answered with a straight face.


    "Very well, then let us welcome the barbarians"


    Turning around, Tormak looked at the maids who stood in the room gracefully waiting for orders like statues, they were the top ones chosen for their beauty, but they were nothing compared to those sitting in the middle of the room where there was a long table and two long chairs, sitting on those chairs, were girls from the Dodoron branch families while the others were celebrities in his territory, they were gifts to please his guests, with a dignified face, Tormak walked in front of them.


    "All of you" Tormak exclaimed, getting their attention, most of them had expressions of fear and sadness that were not good, if their guests were not happy with this then it would ruin Tormak''s plan, sighing at their stupidity, Tormak spoke loudly "all of you are the chosen ones and you should be proud of it, now this might be your chance to rise in social rank, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, for which you should thank me, but I am not here for your thanks, not at all" Tormak stared at them with a sharp gaze "all you have to do for me is entertain and obey our guests that''s all I ask, it''s not that hard is it?"


    Tormak smiled kindly but the response he got was a look of fear, even the people from his branch family had an unpleasant face, making Tormak frown in displeasure.


    "Follow my words or your family will pay" Tormak said not only to the people from his branch family but to everyone here including the maids and servants.


    Greeted with a timid nod, Tormak''s mood lifted a little, even for this trivial matter he had to try hard to explain it, but it couldn''t be helped since not everyone had a far-sighted mind like him, letting the maids tidy up his clothes, Tormak walked to the gold-decorated wooden door with his chest filled with anticipation followed by the dressed up girls.


    I will do it, by using my intelligence I will break through the misfortune and stupidity that surrounds me all this time! Even now the great nobles are just stepping stones for me! This Tormak will become one of the Great Nobles in the end!


    With joy and dreams in his heart, Tormak walked out with his chest puffed out.


    Walking inside the specially prepared station area with red carpet, and walls covered in white and gold marble, followed by the girls he had prepared, along with the servants and royal guards of the Dodoron house.


    Eventually Tormak found himself in a large room that was even more luxuriously decorated, with a large dark brown meeting table made from Dryad Dragon Bone that he had gone into debt to buy, surrounded by high-backed chairs, each of which cost ten years of a commoner''s salary.


    In the next room there is also a waiting room that can accommodate dozens of people with sofas, a swimming pool, a bar and even a cinema room for his guests to pamper themselves.


    All of this is Tormak''s pride that he is not ashamed to show off, while he admires the place he has built, Baskara speaks from beside him "Ahem, my Lord, Lord Gordoban is almost here"


    "Ah? I know, I was just thinking of the right opening line" Tormak spoke with a confident smile.


    "Very well, My Lord" Baskara answered flatly, but looked at Tormak with a cold gaze that Tormak did not realize because he was lost in his own thoughts again.


    Not long after that, Tormak received confirmation that Gordoban had arrived, feeling his heart pounding with nervousness, Tormak loosened his collar a little which actually messed up the clothes that had been tidied up by the maids when he arrived in this room.


    "announcing the arrival of Gordoban Calico!"


    When the two royal guards beside the door opened the large marble door in front of him, Gordoban and his entourage were already standing on the other side.


    A big muscular man who looked feral like a wild animal with red hair and scars on his face, his eyes were too sharp like a predator making everyone who saw him shudder, with a sneer on his face, Gordoban Calico, the strongest space pirate in this part of the Galaxy had arrived before him.

 Chapter 16 the stupidest man in the universe.

    Chapter 16 the stupidest man in the universe.


    Inside the luxurious room that was decorated excessively, the sound of laughter and joy echoed inside, leaning on the sofa and raising his two feet on the table, with Fain standing quietly behind him, Gordoban let his subordinates enjoy the welcome that Tormak had prepared, which even Gordoban had to admit Tormak had prepared quite well, and not too far away from him, Tormak walked in with a dumb smile while carrying a bottle in his hand.


    "Lord Gordoban, This is a drink made from green apples from the Rerun dungeon" Tormak politely held the beautiful clear bottle of drink in front of Gordoban, inside was a shining green liquid. "This is a very expensive first class drink!"


    "Hmm" Gordoban took the bottle from Tormak''s hand and opened the cap with a snap of his thumb, sipping the drink into his mouth, Gordoban was not afraid of poison because of the rare artifact in the form of a ring on his finger that could neutralize all poisons.


    "Ohoh?" Gordoban couldn''t help but smile at the refreshing drink.


    "Is that to your liking, Lord Gordoban?" Tormak smiled sycophantically, rubbing his hands together waiting for Gordoban''s response.


    For anyone who saw this spectacle it would be clear who was of higher standing, and if there was someone who was not familiar with seeing Tormak a Noble, calling Gordoban a Pirate by the word Lord they might think that their ears were broken, but the royal guards and servants were already used to this spectacle and could only close their eyes from the pitiful scene of their master licking a criminal like a good dog.


    However, it was a different case for the girls that Tormak brought along, they felt like their eyes were going to pop out of their sockets, they couldn''t believe that the king of the planet they lived on could be this pathetic, and at the same time they realized the position of Gordoban and his men.


    "I must say Tormak, this isn''t half bad" Gordoban smiled and took a sip of the drink in his hand, seeing Gordoban''s happy face, Tormak instinctively lowered his head "Oh! Thank you Lord Gordoban! Your words mean a lot to me!"


    "Gahahaha! You sure are good at talking Tormak!" Finishing the drink in a few chugs, Gordoban handed the empty bottle to Tormak who accepted it with a stupid face.


    "Refill" Gordoban said briefly, but Tormak just stared at the bottle with a blank face.


    Seeing Tormak not answering, Gordoban looked into his eyes "Is there something matter?"


    Looking into Gordoban''s sharp eyes, Tormak shuddered in fear before speaking in panic "Uhm, did you want another kind of drink to try?"


    "no, this one is good" Gordoban smiled showing his teeth, but Tormak still looked hesitant, feeling unhappy with Tormak''s behavior, Gordoban stomped his foot lightly on the table.


    "BAAMM!" in contrast to his light stomp, the white marble table cracked, but actually the table should be praised because it didn''t immediately break, with that loud BANG, laughter and conversation disappeared from the room as all attention turned towards Tormak who was shivering in fear, and yet not a single Royal Guards moved for their master.


    Not only would they lose their lives immediately, but their master would also object to this, Panicked, Tormak lowered his head until it almost touched the table.


    "Forgive me Lord Gordoban! I will get it right away!" Tormak gave one of his maids a glare while still lowering his head, and the maid quickly ran into the kitchen.


    "I was in a good mood earlier Tormak" Gordoban spoke in a low tone and put his foot on Tormak''s head.


    "I-I''m sorry!"


    "useless piece of shit" Gordoban looked down at the pitiful Tormak but in his heart he was ecstatic to belittle a noble who in theory had a high position in the empire, the nobles in the empire basically did whatever they wanted in their territory without any restrictions as long as they were loyal to the royal family, this made the nobles run wild but this also made them build very tight factions and relationships of looking for each other''s throats, for the nobles the strong would stand on top and the weak would be trampled below,


    and Gordoban who was not a noble could trample on the dignity of a noble like this, making his heart filled with a sense of power, feeling his mood improve, Gorodoban pulled his foot off Tormak''s head before wiping his foot on Tormak''s clothes as if it was dirty.


    Luckily the maid who ran away came at the right time and brought a basket of green drinks which made Gordoban quite happy "Don''t do it again Tormak, I forgive you this once because we are friends" Gordoban smiled imperiously before downing another bottle in an instant.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    "T-thank you" Tormak raised his head with a wretched face and his hair in disarray, while several servants and royal guards averted their gazes unable to bear to look at their own master.


    "GAHAHAHAHA! YEAH! Don''t make a big deal out of it Tormak! This isn''t a big deal at all! Ay! What are you bastards doing?! Continue the party!!" With Gordoban''s shout, the noise and laughter returned to the room while all the Dodoron''s subjects and Tormak himself could only stare at the scene with pained looks.


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    In a different room from the large room where Gordon and his subordinates were having a blast.


    "Are you good, Lord Tormak?" Baskara said carefully to Tormak who was staring at the mirror with an angry look like a rabid dog.


    "How dare that bastard!!!" Tormak shouted and kicked the mirror in front of him until it broke into pieces, Tormak''s shoulders rose and fell in anger before he fell onto the soft sofa, holding his face in frustration, currently there were only Tormak and Baskara in the room with his servants and royal guards waiting outside.


    "I''m going to kill that Bastard" Tormak muttered to himself but Baskara just stood there without saying anything, besides there was no way his master could do something like that, not only was there no one on the planet who was strong enough to fight one on one with Gordoban himself because the strongest person here was the head of the Royal guards who was level 33.


    But also because Gordoban''s fleet was too strong, Gordoban was known as one of the strongest Pirate gangs in the empire and had a fleet that rivaled the Middle-class Nobles, compared to that, the Dodoron family fleet only contained ten, 300-year-old medium-class ships, one 500-year-old cruiser and 3 second-hand small-class support ships that didn''t even have any weapons or defenses.


    Remembering that fact Baskara wanted to cry, his family had served the Dodoron family for more than a thousand years, but never in that long history had the Dodoron risen from their position as poor nobles in the middle of nowhere, and for some reason all the heads of the Dodoron noble families were fools who were not even smarter than fish, however never in that ugly history had there been anyone more stupid than Tormak Regulu Dodoron.


    He is the worst and a fool who is obsessed with himself, he can''t see anything further than one step and is very easy to manipulate while having an ego that rivals the sun, which even makes Baskara unable to understand, Baskara is not only positioned as a butler but also as a household manager who somehow also takes care of all the affairs of organizing the Dodoron territory and planets which is ruled by the Dodoron family, in other words he is a prime minister in his duties.


    There had been so many stupid things Tormak had ordered him to do that made his jaw drop, starting from raising taxes to the sky to his incredible ability to spend his money on stupid things, but perhaps the stupidest thing was when he wanted to build a Fortress-level space station that would cost all of Dodoron''s territory''s money and more.


    First of all, the Dodoron territory has nothing that can attract travelers to come and is not in a strategic position to build another space station from the existing ones, let alone a whole fortress-level space station that costs would make your eyes explode, but Tormak still remains steadfast in his ego, there are several branch families and officials who protest this but they have all been imprisoned along with all their property confiscated by Tormak.


    Of course Tormak immediately spent all the money in an instant, and in a miracle that was followed by a tremendous debt, Tormak''s space station that he named after himself was completed, but to no one''s surprise except Tormak, no one came to this station which threatened the finances of the Dodoron family who fell into incredible debt.


    Fortunately or unfortunately, Tormak suddenly got bird intelligence and was able to find a way out by turning this place into a meeting and docking place for shady deals, thanks to which the Dodoron region was barely alive, people were starving and very poor, while Tormak was at risk of being arrested if found out by the capital, but it seemed that Tormak was quite proud of it.


    Unaware of Baskara''s thoughts, Tormak raised his head as if enlightened, but Baskara could only hold back his stomach due to stress, every time Tomrak spoke only stupid things came out.


    "That''s right! I will use the connections I will get with the great Nobles to finish off that damn Gordoban!" Tormak announced excitedly.


    Holding back his frown, Baskara could only reply "Very well my Lord"


    Baskara had given up on arguing with him, Tormak would imprison or execute anyone who opposed him, all Baskara could do now was minimize the damage done by Tormak''s stupidity.


    Why would a great noble want to have a relationship with the Dodoron family? it really doesn''t make sense...


    Currently there is a big meeting between a famous pirate and a rumored great noble which is undoubtedly a very important event and it seems like his master Tormak wants to take advantage of this meeting, but Baskara can''t imagine what he can take from this, Tormak himself has nothing to do with this meeting other than as a place provider, maybe if it was a small noble or small organizations that usually come here then he would get a connection, although until now those connections have not produced anything because Dodoron has nothing to offer.


    But at least they got something other than petty money which was not much compared to the investment, but unlike the High-Class Nobles let alone the Great Nobles, Tormak was not someone they would even remember, he was just a convenient disposable card and there was no benefit other than that, even the nobles in this sector had ostracized Tormak for being too stupid and poor, worst of all there was no talk of payment for hosting this event, while Tormak had already scraped every penny from his territory and taken on another huge debt.


    Baskara wanted to strangle Tomrak right now, but there was no one available to replace Tormak from the branch families, the good ones had fled somewhere while the rest had been imprisoned or killed and the only ones left were fools like Tormak, who were unsurprisingly loyal to him.


    And if they try to overthrow the Dodoron family by force then the Dodoron and all its occupations will be immediately burned to ashes by the royal capital fleets, the nobility system in the empire is absolute and anything that can threaten it will be immediately destroyed.


    Even reporting Tormak for his crimes under the corrupt Empire''s rules will only bring in a replacement noble family who will definitely destroy everyone related to the Dodoron family, this cannot be allowed.


    "Hahaha! I will make that Barbarian kneel at my feet! And launch my plan to become a Great Noble!"


    "Oh please god" Baskara could only pray for the survival of the hopeless Dodoron territory.....

 Chapter 17 Kuron Westia

    Chapter 17 Kuron Westia


    Running along the ship''s corridor, two people, no, three people were chasing each other at high speed, Kuron Westia had cast his body with strengthening magic and accelerated his body like an arrow, but still...


    Looking back, Kuron saw the man chasing him at an unbelievable speed, even though Kuron had a Class job as a level 41 Rogue.


    How is this possible?!


    Kuron had a stiff expression, continuing to walk through the destroyed and burning corridors and rooms, Kuron nimbly turned left and right in the darkness after casting Night Vision magic on himself, he had intentionally passed through the parts of the ship that had been damaged by the intruders to minimize further damage, passing through many corpses and parts of the ship as if hell had just passed through here, Kuron frowned at the unbelievable level of destruction, but that didn''t mean he didn''t know what he was up against.


    He knew that the man was a Terra Humanis from a newly discovered planet who was supposed to be locked up in the cargo deck, however, the problem was the thing in his head, the thing had tried to hide his magical powers but Kuron immediately knew the true identity of the pink slime.


    What a hassle, Kuron thought, he had come here to check on the condition of Deck 2 which was not responding to Captain Sentria''s orders as the monitoring magic was disrupted, but unexpectedly all the crew on the floor had been wiped in just a few minutes, This is dangerous, he has to tell Captain Sentria that not only was the thing able to escape, but it was also somehow able to get its powers back...


    Telepathy magic couldn''t be used because of the Jammer inside the ship, however regular signals could still be used, hurriedly activating the communication function on his glasses, his call almost connected before something hit him from behind.


    "....?!!!!" thrown forward violently, Kuron quickly spun in the air managing his fall and turning around so as not to show his back to his enemy, gracefully landing on the floor, The first thing Kuron saw was a burst of fire hurled towards him.


    Activating the defensive magic stored on his glasses, a rainbow-colored crystal shield appeared in an instant.


    "BOOOOMMMMM!!!!"


    With a huge explosion his crystal shield collided with the burning embers, ducking while taking cover behind his shield, Kuron groaned because of the outrageous heat, after all this was a spell that he had never seen before.


    It was at that moment that the connection was successfully established, albeit stuttering and glitching due to the powerful magic blast that was hitting him.


    "Kur-on-on, w-where are you r-r-now?" on his glasses screen, the hologram image of Captain Sentria was reflected intermittently.


    Judging from the background, Captain Sentria was inside the ship''s cockpit, dripping with sweat and shortness of breath. Kuron spoke "C-captain! Deck 2 has been destroyed! There are no survivors! Arlain Heirseim has escaped!"


    Even when seeing Kuron who was bathed in hot light and looked cornered, Sentria kept her emotionless face, but her eyes looked sharp. "E-E-Escaped? H-how c-could that be?"


    "I don''t know Captain! But there is Terra Humanis with him!!" Kuron spoke interspersed with screams of pain, the heat of the fire had melted his surroundings and Kuron''s condition was getting more and more suffocating.


    "K-Kuron, can y-you get out o-from there?"


    "I-I!" Before he could answer, his crystal shield began to shatter and explode with incredible power, jumping back with all he had, the explosion and crystal fragments still cutting Kuron deep all over his body.


    Lying on the floor, burns and blood pouring from Kuron''s wounds, for a moment his mind was lost.


    "Kuron, Get up from there"


    Hearing Sentria''s voice that had become clear, Kuron realized his exposed position and hurriedly moved his injured body, but before that.


    "I would stay still for a while if I were you" Hearing the flat voice of a man, Kuron stared into the barrel of a laser rifle, stepping on his chest to prevent him from moving, the Terra humanis had stood up before him.


    Quickly took the gun from his waist but the Terra Humanis was faster, kicking the gun out of Kuron''s grip, the Terra Humanis pressed the rifle to his forehead, staring at the Terra Humanis with hatred from behind his eyes, his connection with Captain Sentria was still connected so she could see what he saw.


    "Heh? A hologram?" The Terra Humanis spoke in amusement, reaching out his other hand to touch Captain Sentria''s hologram, Kuron was about to shout to stop him before Sentria herself opened her lips "Stop your hand right there Terra Humanis"


    "Wow! she talks!" The Terra Humanis spoke happily, causing Kuron to frown at his impudent behavior, unfazed by this however, Sentria was about to speak before something grabbed her attention


    "Your Highness, Arlain Felfantaria Duraim Herseim the Great, I am honored to meet you" stood up from her chair, Sentria placed her hand on her chest and gracefully bent her back, her gaze was not directed at the Terra Humanis but at what was attached to his head.


    "Oh! Isn''t she quite polite!" The pink slime attached to the Terra Humanis'' head swayed and spoke, Kuron had heard it but seeing it himself still made him almost unable to believe it, Arlain Felfantaria Duraim Herseim the Great, the head of Duraim Heirseim Archduke, one of the Great Nobles.


    An existence he never dreamed of encountering in his life, in an untouchable position, had been transformed into something unrecognizable as a human.


    "I can''t believe she can remember your name" the Terra Humanist said with a skeptical look, but Sentria kept a straight face, after bowing politely She spoke "Your Highness, why did you run away?"


    "Why?" Great Noble Arlain shook his body as if laughing at Sentria''s words.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    "Did you fools think you could hold me back for so long?" This time his voice changed to anger so much that his magic power leaked out making Koran shiver.


    "I will make you feel the unimaginable hell for all of this, you and everyone who has ever put their breath into this" the Great Noble said in a low and cold tone.


    However, Sentria was unaffected by his words and simply nodded with such calmness "I understand your feelings, but can I ask you to step down peacefully? I promise I won''t do anything to hurt you two"


    Kuron couldn''t believe his ears, was Captain Sentria planning to just arrest them? Even after all the people they killed?!


    "C-Captain!-"


    "Don''t move, just shut up, your wounds..." seeing Kuron trying to speak, the Terra Humanis pressed the end of the rifle to him once again, several times his eyes glanced towards his wounds that were dripping blood and grimacing, but Kuron didn''t even care about his own wounds, he only focused his ears on the conversation between his Captain and The Great Noble.


    "Hmph! Step down? Foolish, I''ve turned half of your ship into ashes And I am about to commit to the other half" The Great Noble spoke arrogantly, but in return a thin smile appeared on Sentria''s face "Forgive my rudeness, Your Highness, but we have an agreement with someone not to hurt you, and it would be easier if you surrender now"


    "Who is your master little dog?" The Great Noble spoke in an emotionless tone that seemed to chill the room full of fire, even the Terra Humanis who was with him frowned as Kuron realized how dangerous the Great Noble in front of him was even in his current state.


    Looking directly into the Great Noble''s eyes, Sentria shook her head "I''m sorry, I can''t tell you that, Your Highness."


    "It seems that Gordoban is not very open with his own daughter" The Great Noble spoke.


    "It''s truly the highest praise that his name has become so revered in the Empire, even the Great Noble knows him" For the first time Sentria had a real smile on her face, but The Great Noble only replied with disdain "What a bullish words, Gordoban is just a small fry at the fringe of the galaxy"


    "yet he managed to defeat you" Sentria sneered with a proud expression before continuing "That''s the truth"


    The Great Noble didn''t answer anything and just stared at Sentria with his ugly eyes, this alone made Kuron laugh in his heart, That his captain could make a Great Noble speechless in an argument.


    It turns out that a Great Noble is nothing! Those who were said to be untouchable have fallen!


    While Kuron was celebrating in his heart with a sense of victory, the Terra Humanis who had been listening silently all this time spoke "Who is this white girl and why is she so smug?"


    Sentria raised her eyebrows at the Terra Humanis'' words, but before she could reply, the Terra Humanis spoke first "Did you know your father is a criminal? He kidnapped me and turned Arlain into a cutie, I think your father is a cunt"


    His words made the other three people including Kuron look surprised and For the first time, Sentria furrowed her eyebrows ever slightly "Gorodoban Calico is one of the greatest space pirates in the Empire"


    "the greatest my ass, we have messed up this ship like maniacs and only his daughter showed up? Even if it wasn''t for us catching this guy, you probably wouldn''t be talking here, what a bitch your father is"


    The Terra Humanis casually spoke, causing Sentria to sharpen her eyes as sharp as a knife.


    "You-"


    "Fuck off, would you? GreaTesT PiRateS In ThE EmPiRe, Do you know what my job is back on earth? I flip cheap fast food for a salary that barely makes ends meet, and Arlain has been cursed, I mean, he turned into a freaking Slime! and you dare talk shit to us? You and your father are a bitch, that''s what you are!"


    For the first time, an expression of anger appeared on Sentria''s face which even shocked Kuron "You will regret everything you said"


    "Why? Because your father will come to beat me up? Call your daddy, call him now! I want to hear his sissy voice!" The Terra Humanis spoke defiantly with a smile, while an amused laugh was heard from the Great Noble in his head.


    Feeling the anger boiling in his heart, Kuron was about to speak before the Terra Humanist put the barrel of his rifle in his mouth "You shut up down there, and you, I don''t care who you are or your father, I have nothing to lose, so take out everything you have because we will not get out of here on good terms"


    Hearing the sharp words of the Terra Humanist, Sentria was seen clenching her fists while her eyes were filled with hatred because of the Terra Humanist''s insult "The agreement was not to hurt Lord Heirseim, but there was no agreement about you"


    "Come get me you prick"


    Hearing the Terra Humanist who was not afraid at all, Sentria spoke, but this time she was talking to Kuron.


    "Kuron"


    "....!!"


    Hearing his name called out, Kuron couldn''t answer because of the barrel in his mouth, seeing this, the Terra Humanist pulled out his Rifle to hear what Sentria wanted to say to him.


    "Y-yes captain!" Kuron answered hurriedly.


    "kill him" With that one word, Kuron''s eyes met the Terra Humanist''s eyes, somehow Kuron could feel that the Terra Humanis''s eyes were like saying "Don''t do it"


    "Jake, he''s going to do something" The Great Noble said.


    Then both their gazes shifted to Kuron''s gun that was thrown a little far beside him, seeing Kuron''s intention, Terra Humanis'' foot on his chest became heavier at once, staring at each other, Sentria just waited silently watching Kuron lying on the floor from behind the hologram.


    At that time, Kuron remembered his past, he was the son of an official who worked for a noble on a remote planet far from the capital, as an official Kuron''s father had a fairly high position under the Lord which made some people jealous, but for some time Kuron''s family life was fine, it even could be said perfect.


    That was until one day his father was accused of corruption by the Lord himself, Kuron knew his father was an honest and kind person, and of course the evidence given was only fabricated evidence that could be known at a glance, however, the Lord still sentenced his father and his family to death for treason, in the chaos Kuron managed to escape from the planet with the help of a merchant who was an acquaintance of his father.


    Not long after that, Kuron received news that his entire extended family from his father and mother were also killed, after that he found out that the Lord was jealous of Kuron''s father''s popularity on his own planet and decided to humiliate him with a public execution, It turns out that the one who was most jealous was the Lord himself.


    Just because of something as trivial as that... all those who had blood relations with him were killed...


    From there, Kuron came to hate the Nobles with all his being and in the web of fate he ended up working for the Gordoban pirate gang, As a pirate he had done many bad things, but he justified it and thought this was better than those bastard Nobles ever done every day, as he found out that Gordoban was blackmailing the Nobles and even standing above them, he felt very happy, it turned out that not all nobles were untouchable.


    And the existence in front of him was real proof of that....


    A Great Noble who was the strongest among the nobles had been turned into such a disgusting creature, this was an eye-opening for him, proof that even the strongest noble could be brought down!


    He did not regret becoming a pirate and everything he had done, as long as he could have his revenge...


    Kuron''s eyes were filled with determination as he reached out his hand trying to grab the gun on the floor.


    "Stop it!!" The Terra Humanist shouted, however, this was just a ruse, Kuron quickly activated his crystal magic as a crystal sword appeared in his hand.


    "Jake!" The Great Noble shouted, but it was too late, swinging the sword in his hand, Kuron''s eyes met the eyes of the Terra Humanist who looked sad and angry, but then his eyes met the eyes of the Great Noble above him and Suddenly his heart was filled with anger.


    To avenge his father and mother, his entire family and the people who had been oppressed by the Nobles!


    In an instant his sword grew longer as if crystal grains gathered from empty air with blue light shining brightly, with this he would cut the Terra Humanis from top to bottom and kill the Great Noble together on the way, he didn''t care about any agreement his Captain have, only his revenge was on his mind.


    In the end he would kill a Great Noble, even if he was punished to death later, it was a cheap price, smiling, suddenly Kuron''s vision was filled with light.


    "FFFRTTR!!"


    With the sound of a laser, Kuron''s consciousness disappeared forever.

 Chapter 18 the beginning of a new chaos

    Chapter 18 the beginning of a new chaos


    In the large room where the meeting will be held, gathered in front of a large wooden table made of Dragon bones, Gordoban, Tormak and their subordinates have just finished practicing to coordinate their movements in kneeling.


    "Alright, I think it''s good enough" Gordoban said while one of his subordinates tidied up his clothes.


    "That''s true Lord Gordoban" Tormak said as his personal maid tidied up his pants.


    Half an hour ago they had received news that a fleet had approached the Dodoron solar system, 10 heavy class ships of unknown specifications, even if it wasn''t for them announcing their arrival, Dodoron or Gordoban''s radars wouldn''t have been able to detect them, especially for Gordoban who had deliberately placed many spy ships around this system, making Gordoban once again realize that he had underestimated a Great Noble, and currently they were all practicing to welcome the arrival of said Great Noble.


    "Lord Gordoban" Tormak called to Gordoban shyly as he instinctively shrunk his shoulders, in contrast to his reaction a while ago, which made Baskara''s eyebrows who was standing behind him twitch slightly.


    "Huh?" Gordoban raised his eyebrows at Tormak who was smiling disgustingly.


    Tch, why is this little bug always trying to lick me, fucking disgusting.


    Gordoban couldn''t help but stare at Tormak coldly, the reason he chose this place was that it was the perfect meeting place, well, if it wasn''t for Tormak that is, Gordoban knew very well the situation of the Dodoron family and who Tormak Regulu Dodoron was, there was nothing, absolutely no benefit other than this that Tormak could give him, the fact that the other small and poor nobles avoided Tormak like the plague was enough to explain it all, even in Gordoban''s entire life he had never seen anyone more stupid than Tormak, it was a miracle that the Dodoron noble house hadn''t been reduced to ashes yet.


    Unaware of Gordoban''s thoughts, Tormak who was still smiling widely spoke "Lord Gordoban, about this Great Noble, may I know which house they are from, perhaps I have a thing or two that might please them ehehehe"


    Hearing Tormak''s words, Gordoban knew what this idiot was looking for, a connection with a Great Noble and Gordoban couldn''t help but facepalm at this guy''s stupidity, he didn''t even realize that people build connections to get deals, but if you have nothing to offer except trouble, it doesn''t matter how many connections you have, it''s all in vain, the world is unfair for a brainless idiot like this to become a Noble, Gordoban thought to himself before answered curtly "That''s none of your business"


    "Uh, but Lord Gordoban, wasn''t I the one who provided-Ekh?!" Tormak screamed as Gordoban grabbed him by his neck and lifted him up from the ground, with difficulty breathing and swinging his legs, Gordoban stared straight into Tormak''s eyes "Listen to me Tormak, if you dare to mess with me then you know the consequences?"


    "Y-Yes!" Tormak let out a pitiful squeak like a mouse before Gordoban threw him to the floor.


    "Agkahh!!!" as Tormak Falling to the floor painfully, several maids immediately came to Tormak''s side who was lying on the floor groaning, meanwhile the Royal Guards quickly prepared their weapons, they might be killed if they fought Gordoban Calico and his gang, but they still had the spirit as the Knights of Dodoron, they would not let the pirates do as they pleased forever.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    "unacceptable" Seeing the spectacle, the Head of the Royal Guards Wein Sefril readied his Cyber spear, just when the fight seemed about to start when both sides drew their weapons, Tormak hurriedly sat up and shouted angrily "You All! All of you! What are you doing!! Lower your weapons in front of Lord Gordoban!!"


    Seeing Tormak scolding his Knights, Gordoban''s anger did not subside, Instead, disgust rose in his heart, Gordoban took out a white handkerchief from his pocket before wiping his hands "Do you think I''m stupid Tormak?"


    "L-lord Gordoban, that''s not"


    "You think that by scolding your pests, I will be happy? You don''t know shit about Great Nobles and you even think I''ll fall for your bullshit!! And now this?!!?"


    Gordoban''s angry voice boomed inside the room, the Royal Guards with few exceptions trembled in front of the angry Gordoban, even Gordoban''s subordinates who were used to being around him had tense expressions, while Fain just stood there silently without any reaction.


    "Don''t play games with me Tormak!! Who do you think you are?! Even though I''ve been good to you all this time!!" Gordoban could no longer contain his anger, if this idiot messed up all his plans There was nothing in this world that could compensate for his loss, even if Gordoban destroyed his territory and killed everyone in it, it still wouldn''t replace what he had lost, fools were truly terrifying.


    Tormak who was sitting with an open mouth on the floor while being supported by the maids did not understand why Gordoban was so angry, even though he was only asking about the guest who would come to his house, wasn''t that normal? Besides he was a noble who was the same as a Great Noble, but seeing the angry Gordoban, only fear filled Tormak''s heart, Fearing death, Tormak, who had never been faced with such a murderous intent in his life, began to cry.


    "It''s not like that Lord Gordoban! I never meant it like that!! Please don''t kill me!!" Tormak knelt holding Gordoban''s feet while crying for his life.


    "Lord Tormak..." Baskara widened his eyes in shock, an Empire noble begging at the feet of a Pirate, a very inappropriate spectacle, this was a new lowliness even for Tormak making Baskara''s heart fall into despair, as well as Tormak''s other subordinates, starting from the guards, Servants and maids could only look at Tormak in disbelief.


    There really is no hope for the Dodoron territory....


    Seeing Tormak begging at his feet, Gordoban himself couldn''t digest it for a moment before he couldn''t hold back his laughter and laughed out loud "WHAT AN IDIOT!!!"


    "GAHAHAHA!! AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A NOBLE TORMAK!!!?" Gordoban''s laughter echoed around in contrast to his previous anger, but no one dared to laugh or say anything, holding his face as if he couldn''t take it anymore Gordoban stared at Tormak who was frozen in fear at his feet.


    "I didn''t think you were this pathetic Tormak, I pity you, really" Gordoban said wiping the tears from his eyes from laughing too much.


    "D-do you forgive me Lord Gordoban?" Tormak who didn''t care about his honor in front of the fear of death, could only put on his usual stupid smile even after being insulted in such a way.


    "Stand up Tormak"


    "Y-yes!" Tormak slowly stood on his feet still with a stupid smile stuck on his face, seeing Tormak with a smile on his face, Gordoban had decided to kill him, this man would only ruin everything with his stupidity, besides the guest wouldn''t care what happened to a small noble like Tormak, even if Tormak didn''t show up the guests wouldn''t bat an eye, as long as he was careful with the blood so as not to dirty this room that would be used for meetings, and clean the air with wind magic after that everything would be fine, only when Gordoban was about to order his men to kill Tormak and all his subjects in the room, one of his right hands hurriedly came to his side, raising his eyebrows, Gordoban asked "what''s wrong?"


    Faced with Gordoban''s murderous gaze his subordinate seemed hesitant to speak, but after feeling Gordoban''s killing intent, he hurriedly opened his mouth


    "Uhm... Captain, there''s a little problem... that thing... It....has run away"


    For the first time in his life Gordoban felt like he was going to have a heart attack, At that moment however, no one noticed the smile on Fain''s lips from behind her mask, as sparks of golden light appeared between her fingers.....

 Chapter 19 something is peeking

    Chapter 19 something is peeking


    The Hologram disappeared at the same time as the shot pierced the glasses along with what was behind it.


    Staring at the man''s body wallowing in his own blood, Jake lifted his foot as he heard the splash of blood on the floor, lowering his rifle, Jake''s gaze shifted to a sword that looked to be made of some kind of crystal that lay on the metal ground. A moment later a blue light flashed and the sword disappeared into thin air.


    "you did well" Arlain said softly.


    Taking a deep breath, Jake started walking with unsteady steps, seeing this Arlain asked worriedly "Are you okay Jake?"


    But Jake just nodded silently and kept walking for a few minutes before he finally spoke "...Arlain, tell me can we win this?"


    "Why do you ask that?" Arlain said while looking forward, hearing Arlain''s evasive answer, Jake replied "I don''t know, I feel your magic power is decreasing...."


    Hearing Jake''s words, Arlain was shocked in his heart, he should have been stably channeling his mana to Jake, so there was no way he would know that his magic power was almost running out, unless "Can you feel mana?"


    Arlain reflexively asked, did Jake have a talent for magic?


    "I''m not sure, but it seems so, at first I thought it was just my feeling, but over time I could feel your Mana decreasing rapidly" Jake answered in a flat tone, turning towards the cafeteria earlier, in front of them was the door where the man named Kuron had entered.


    That meant this was the way to the next floor of the ship.


    "how much mana do you have left" Jake asked while holding his rifle, looking back there were traces of blood from the boots that he took from one of the guards.


    "less than 50%" Arlain answered honestly.


    "half huh....the man earlier, do you want to catch him to ask where the cockpit is?"


    "Correct" Arlain answered briefly, there was a gray atmosphere between the two of them, after Jake killed the man Arlain could see his hands shaking but he faked it by holding his rifle tightly, Jake was facing his fear, kill or be killed, and after he killed someone the fear of being killed became real.


    "I catch you want to finish this quickly, Are we at a disadvantage?" Jake asked.


    The thought of lying crossed Arlain''s mind, however, right now the bitter truth was better than a sweet lie.


    "We have to finish this quickly and go into hiding while waiting for my fleet to come" Arlain said in a serious tone, however, Jake just smiled at his words "Hey Arlain, is the plan still the same?"


    Hearing Jake''s question, Arlain tilted his head "To break through to the end?"


    "yes" Jake nodded.


    "there''s nothing we can do but fight to the end now, but if you have another plan, you better tell me now Jake Carrack" Arlain said to Jake with a smirk behind his slime body, he could feel this guy was brewing something in his head.


    But unlike Arlain''s expectation, Jake said something completely different.


    "you know, that was the first person I killed in my life" Jake said casually, hearing that Arlain didn''t know what to say, but Jake continued without waiting for his answer "I thought it would be really scary, you know killing people and stuff"


    "I see..." Arlain answered in confusion, He had realized that he was not a fighter or living in a condition to kill, at first Arlain did not care about such things, but after his meeting with Jake, he became aware that all the soldiers, knights and people he sent to war probably felt the same way, to him it was just like a strategy game behind the scenes, only after this fight with Jake, Arlain knew what it felt like to be in the midst of life and death, to kill people directly and see life disappear from their eyes.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    Even though Arlain had killed a lot of people, many times directly with his hands, at that time there was no danger to his life, the lives of the people he killed had no meaning in his eyes, if before he was here he would have insulted Jake for being so weak and emotional, but now Arlain understood a little, how it felt to lose, fighting desperately for his own life and the hardships he had never experienced before.


    For the first time he put himself in the position of the person fighting below him, for the first time, after the billions of lives he had taken, people''s lives began to have a weight on him.


    Arlain understood why Jake hesitated to take someone''s life, at that moment, when silence filled the two of them, Jake took a breath and continued with a sad smile on his face "You know Arlain, when I saw the wounds, I winced imagining the pain"


    "I will heal you immediately if you are injured, you will not feel pain" Arlain answered.


    Hearing Arlain''s words trying to calm him down Jake chuckled before speaking with a wry smile "That''s reassuring... but what if you''re not there?"


    "I''m stuck to your head, are you stupid?" Arlain replied with a protest, but there was no usual strength in his words.


    "It''s not that" Jake shook his head "What if your mana runs out or you get separated from me"


    "That won''t-" Before Arlain could answer however, Jake added "They have a pact not to hurt you"


    Hearing Jake''s words, Arlain finally understood what he meant.


    "no matter what the outcome of this fight is, you will survive and at worst I might be killed" Jake lowered his head "I thought about it when I saw that guy''s wounds, I might be tortured worse than him"


    "Jake..." Arlain called him, but once again he didn''t know what to say, if Jake didn''t want to fight anymore, then this was the end, he should have been able to accept this possibility, when he thought so, Jake raised his head "but you know, when I killed him, I was relieved that he no longer felt the pain from his wounds"


    Looking into Jake''s eyes, there was a strong sense of determination in his eyes, but there was something mixed in there, a little madness.


    "I was so tortured being locked up in there, at first I was afraid of dying and afraid to kill, but now somehow I feel calm" Jake clenched his right fist in front of his eyes at the same time Arlain felt a pull for his mana. "it wasn''t as bad as I thought, like I just got a bad tooth pulled at the dentist"


    Listening to Jake''s words, Arlain could feel something roaring for more power like a wild animal, as if it was hungry for power.


    "I can''t go back there, not anymore, I can''t stand it, if I die at least I''m not in pain anymore, killing people isn''t as bad as I thought, besides they''re enemies aren''t they?" Jake smiled, but there was a hint of cruelty mixed in it, at the same time the roar became clearer and clearer, Arlain didn''t know what was happening, this was not the usual Jake, something was wrong, very wrong, something trying to pull his mana out, but the pull wasn''t from Jake himself, something from outside, as if trying to take his mana through Jake, it was only at that moment when Arlain seemed to see a crack in the air, a crack as small as a strand of hair, but it wouldn''t escape Arlain''s attention.


    It was at that moment that a reality dawned upon Arlain, something was trying to influence Jake, insolence! Feeling angry at whoever tried to mess with Jake, channeling mana into his eyes, the crack became more and more clear in Arlain''s vision, like a crack in reality itself, inside the crack something seemed to be moving.


    Trying to examine it closer, at that moment a blood-red eye stared directly into Arlain''s eyes.


    Seeing the creature he had never seen before, Arlain shouted angrily "Who are you?!"


    "eh? Arlain?" Jake asked confusedly to Arlain who suddenly shouted, but Arlain ignored Jake and did not break eye contact with the peeking creature.


    The eyes stared at Arlain as if interested, for some reason Arlain felt a danger that he had never felt before.


    "Jake, step back" Arlain said with the highest alertness


    "Uh what?" Jake who did not realize what Arlain saw could only stand in confusion, seeing Arlain who suddenly became strange, but feeling Arlain''s seriousness, Jake slowly took steps back while watching his surroundings with his rifle in hand ready.


    "what are you? what do you want?" Arlain asked warily.


    After a few seconds, the creature answered in a hoarse voice that was not clear whether it was male or female.


    "... you have taken what is ours ...my...human....."


    Hearing that, Arlain tilted his head in confusion as he suddenly realized a golden thread connected between Jake and the creature, seeing that, Arlain chanted his magic "Ultimate barrier!"


    Yet still, the thread was still connected, this time a large hand like a corpse came out of the crack, seeing that Arlain hurriedly chanted his second magic "Dimension Lock!!!"


    As soon as his magic chanted, the creature whispered "My Human...." before disappearing like a lie.


    "what the hell?" at that moment Jake suddenly raised his voice.


    "what''s wrong?" Arlain asked, worried that the creature had done something to him, but Jake said something unexpected "I feel something starting to fill inside my body, is this normal?"


    Focusing his mana sense through his connection with Jake, Arlain also felt it, mana started to increase from within Jake''s body.... Jake Carrack, the Terra Humanis started to replenish his own mana....


    At the same time a question arose in Arlain''s mind, does the planet called Terra or Earth really have no magic?

 Chapter 20 Am I Pregnant? No Its Worse

    Chapter 20 Am I Pregnant? No, It''s Worse


    Inside a gigantic circular room that looked like an ancient throne room, with the floor made of shiny marble and the ceiling very high decorated with chandeliers that shone brightly with magical light, every part of the wall was decorated with intricate carvings while red flags with the symbol of a Crimson Dragon was hung high, that place, that made almost anyone who saw it gape could only be described as "Supreme splendor"


    If ones just look at it, then they would certainly think that this was a part interior of a magnificent palace, but there is a clear difference in the room, divided into two parts, the upper and lower platforms, on the lower platform there are many people dressed in fine ceremonial uniforms, busy with their hologram monitors and tasks, they are all first-class crew who serve the owner of this place, meanwhile, on the upper platform that takes up two-thirds of the room, there is a red gold throne that is popular in the Empire, decorated with seven gems of different colors, the throne is guarded by knights in pure white armor with two horns on their helmets, lined up neatly on the left and right, holding their spears which are very powerful artifacts.


    Sitting on the throne that exuded a majestic aura, a black-haired and green-eyed man sat casually while leaning on one hand, wearing an emerald green robe decorated with jewels and gold.


    In front of him was a giant window that was the entire front of the room reflecting the scenery of outer space, revealing that the magnificent palace room was actually a spaceship cockpit.


    Staring at the scene in front of him, laser lights and spaceships flying like fireflies in the dark night, while right in front of him the hologram showing the battle situation was displayed clearly like miniatures.


    "Your Highness, are you sure about your decision?" one of the knights with an Earth dragon symbol on his chest asked.


    Hearing that, the man glanced at the knight without moving his head, glanced at by those cold eyes, the knight trembled behind his thick armor.


    "Are you stupid?" the man spoke as he straightened his back, hearing his answer, the Knight immediately fell to his knees "M-my deepest apology for my stupid question Your Highness...."


    Looking at the kneeling knight, the man sighed tiredly "Do you think I will escape from those insolents?"


    "N-not at all your highness... but at this rate, like this-"


    "Silence" hearing the man''s words, as if the world had stopped, not only the knight but also everyone and everything in the room fell into silence.


    Standing from his throne, the man walked past the hologram, with all eyes on him, only the sound of his footsteps could be heard in the enormous room, walking to the edge of the upper platform, hundreds of his remaining loyal subordinates standing below, looking at him with respectful eyes.


    "Listen all of you!!" with his words, everyone there fell to their knees in one motion, after a few seconds of silence, the man spoke dignifiedly.


    "listen to my words! And listen well! I! Arlain Felfantaria Duraim Herseim The Great! will never run away from battle! Even if the entire universe is against me! if you haven''t fallen to those traitors! Follow me to the bitter end!"


    Along with his words, cheers and shouts of praise rose from his beloved subordinates, as he made his last declaration


    "VICTORY SHALL BE OURS! I!! ARLAIN FELFANTARIA DURAIM HERSEIM THE GREAT!! WILL LEAD YOU TO THE GLORIOUS VICTORY!"


    "BOOOOOMMM!!!"


    At that moment, the rebels entered the room in droves as a brutal final battle began.....


    Amidst all the fighting, as the knights blasted away their surroundings with nothing but their physical strength and the mages cast their forbidden spells, on one of the hundreds of screens in the room, on one of the higher chairs in the center, was a picture of the Earth reflected inside a floating hologram, a beautiful blue planet, beneath it were the coordinates of the Earth on a map of the Empire''s territory.


    This was the chair of General, Hana Felfantaria Duraim Herseim, and next to it was an SOS signal that was playing over and over again automatically, despite all the blood and chaos inside the capital ship, the message was spreading through the FTL signal.


    The message was....


    (Abort Mission to Terra! For all Fleets! Abort Mission to Terra!! The Crimson Dragon has been ambushed at these coordinates! Traitors have taken over the entire ship! His Majesty is in danger! Abort all missions! Saving HIs Majesty comes first! I repeat! to all Subjects of the Archduke of Duraim Heirseim! Abort the Invasion!!)


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    "So...am I a wizard now?" Jake asked as he ate something like ice cream? While hiding behind the counter in the cafeteria, althought he wasn''t sure what flavor this bright blue ice cream was, it sure made his tongue feel funny.


    "You idiot, You think becoming a wizard is as easy as having mana? If you tell this in the academy then they will certainly burn you alive!" Arlain immediately scolded as he swayed on Jake''s head.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    "What''s that... a reverse witch hunt?" Jake muttered with a spoon in his mouth, but Arlain shook his slime body in protest "Hold on with your nonsense for a second! What kind of horrible creature was that?!"


    "What?" Jake asked back in confusion, Arlain had indeed told him that they had faced a monster that suddenly appeared, but he himself had never realized it, so he was confused by Arlain''s question.


    Realizing Jake''s confusion, Arlain could only furrow his nonexistent brows "you really can''t see it?"


    "I didn''t see anything?" Jake answered hesitantly.


    "But that monster sucked your mana!" Arlain shouted, hearing Arlain sounding a bit scared for the first time, Jake could only bite the spoon in his mouth with a doubtful face "I didn''t notice anything, wait a minute, isn''t it scary that whatever that thing is sucking on me?"


    "For a being to take someone''s mana without them even realizing it..." Suddenly, A realization dawned on Arlain making him ask hurriedly "Jake, since when can''t you use your mana?"


    "Huh? I never had mana, didn''t I tell you?"


    "Could it be?!" Arlain thought of a very bad theory making him mutter to himself half-panicked.


    Seeing Arlain who looked scared and panicked which was a first for him, Jake also started to feel uneasy, like seeing a doctor who was shocked after reading his medical test results, most likely the results were not good...


    However, Arlain was busy with his own thoughts that were spinning at high speed, if Jake, a Terra Humanis who should not have mana, suddenly had mana after being cut off from that creature, then that meant Jake had mana from the start, but that creature had taken his mana secretly without him realizing it, so long that he never even felt his own mana.


    In this galaxy there are many creatures that live by taking mana from other living creatures, starting from small rodents that are usually kept as pets like Muchins and Laumas, to dangerous monsters like Liches or Gaharianas, there are also some sentient ones like Dryads to Fairies.


    But still, Arlain has never heard of something that can take another creature''s mana without being noticed at all, because mana is the energy of life, losing mana to a certain level can cause several effects starting from loss of consciousness to death, And yet Jake can have zero mana without any visible effects.


    There was so much confusion in Arlain''s mind, how did that creature steal mana without him realizing it....


    "Jake, how do you feel?" Arlain suddenly asked after whispering to himself for some time, while Jake who had already had his third bowl of ice cream to relieve his worries, answered innocently "Hmm, how is it... I feel warm inside, and I feel like my body aches are gone? I also feel more energetic, although it seems like my appetite has increased, this ice cream is for humans right? I can''t feel the tip of my tongue"


    "What about killing people?"


    "Uhh... I don''t think there are any police here, but like I said it''s not as bad as I thought? I mean, I''m scared, but also relieved?"


    "So the thing didn''t affect your mind that much... maybe it just amplified the feelings..."


    "What happened exactly?"


    Hearing Jake''s answer while ignoring his questions, Arlain once again fell into his own thoughts, while Jake looked at him with a judging face before taking his fourth bowl.


    Maybe this was the creature''s ability, but it was hard to believe... maybe there was a trick to it...


    As Arlain thought so, he imagined himself falling prey to the creature and suddenly losing his mana, under normal circumstances that would mean he would die, but assuming he could live without any problems like Jake, then... he would immediately try to find out the reason for his sudden loss of mana.


    "Oh, I see?!"


    "W-What?!"


    Arlain''s scream surprised Jake who sucked a spoon in his mouth and made him headbutt the table above them, and hit Arlain''s body as a cushion but Arlain didn''t care.


    There was something more important.


    If Jake never realized that he had mana that means the creature had been absorbing Jake''s mana like a parasite for so long, since he was born...


    When Arlain told this to Jake, his reaction was disgust and a frown "You''re telling me an interdimensional being has been living as my parasite since I was born?"


    "That''s right, this is one of the greatest discoveries in the galaxy, such a dangerous creature, I''ve never encountered anything like it..." Arlain said seriously, if the creature preyed on anyone other than Jake, then that person would have died easily, if he thought about it again, perhaps the reason Jake was able to survive the creature was because he adapted after living for so long without any mana at all.


    But still, Jake''s adaptation was too fast even if it had happened since he was born...for that to happen...


    "What kind of creature actually sucked me?" Jake asked curiously, hearing his question, Arlain answered "Red eyes that flowed blood, I could smell undead from it...then there was a rotten hand that came out, I think it was some kind of undead but also very different..."


    "Isn''t that a ghost?!"Jake shouted.


    Hearing those new words, Arlain asked "Ghost? So you know that creature?"


    "no, no, no, ghosts only exist in fiction, it''s a famous myth back home" Jake answered half-heartedly.


    "I guess it''s not just a myth anymore, Jake" Arlain said before continuing "Some myths are based on some level of truth, So what kind of creature is this ghost in that myth?"


    "I said it''s based on a myth, not that there''s only one, I think there are tens of thousands of horror stories related to ghosts, it''s one of the most popular things on earth, many say they''ve seen them, although it can''t be proven by science, uhm, there''s a lot off the top of my head...the slit face lady, some well ghost, there''s also at least one that likes to kidnap children-"


    Hearing Jake''s explanation, Arlain asked one thing in a flat tone "Jake, are you saying there are a lot of them?"


    "yes?" Jake replied not understanding that Arlain had frozen above him.


    If there were many such creatures..... Arlain didn''t want to admit it, the thought was stuck in the back of his head, all this time he assumed that Jake was special because he had mana, but if there were many such creatures... what if the reason the humans on earth didn''t have mana to use magic was because these creatures ate their mana... no way, this was impossible... there were 7 billion humans on earth.


    If that were the case, Earth was not the first planet without mana or magic, those beings had sucked all the mana from the planet itself and all its inhabitants.


    For every human born into the world, those beings immediately linked themselves to live with the mana of the humans there,


    Caused the humans of Terra to be unable to use magic, and instead adapted to live without mana altogether...


    Arlain had heard that there were concepts of magic and mana on earth, of magical beings, at first he thought it was strange that the Terra Humanists had such accurate knowledge without ever having come into contact with magic... but it turned out to be remnants of a bygone history.


    How many thousands of years had those creatures been there... and how many of them were there...


    Interdimensional beings capable of stripping the mana from an entire planet entirely... and they at least had brought one here...


    At that moment, Arlain realized that the situation might be worse than he had ever thought...


    "Arlain, my stomach feels very warm, I''m not pregnant, Am I?"


    "No Jake, it''s much worse than that"


    "what the hell?"

 Chapter 21 Something Outrageous had appeared

    Chapter 21 Something Outrageous had appeared


    "Are you sure? I mean-"


    "Jake, you''re not pregnant"


    "I''m trying not to worry, but something''s spinning in my stomach"


    "Baby does not turn around in the stomach, that''s your mana" Arlain answered for the umpteenth time to Jake who had a panicked face.


    "How do you know?!"


    "I have 31 children, if what you said was true, I would have heard it at least once by now"


    "Three-what? huh?" Jake stuttered stupidly, making Arlain gasp from his nonexistent mouth "I have 12 wives"


    "How is that possible?!" Jake protested in frustration.


    "what how?"


    "you''re just a slime!"


    "I told you I''m a Great Noble! And just so you know I''m one of the most reserved among the Great Nobles!"


    Arlain started to feel annoyed talking to Jake, only for him to start crying, Seeing Jake, Arlain couldn''t help but furrow his nonexistent brows strangely. "Jake Carrack?"


    "fuck you...Even though you''re just a slime, I''ve never even had a girlfriend..." Jake said while crying like a child as he wrote something on the floor in depression.


    "Jake, it seems like your first time regaining your own mana has made you emotionally unstable," Arlain said as he made a mental note, half-joyed in his heart because of his passion for researching magic and mana.


    But still, there was something more important than Jake''s current situation, if the creatures called ghosts were released into the wider space, then it would be a real apocalypse not only for the Empire but also for the entire galaxy, not only did all technology in the galaxy use magic more or less, but unlike humans of Terra who had adapted to living without mana, if someone outside of Terra lost their mana completely, then it would be certain death.


    Moreover, the creature has the ability to hide completely in an unknown dimension, and only with level 7 dimension lock magic, the connection can be cut off for who knows how long, what Arlain knows is that the creature can return at any time.


    Such a creature must not be allowed, trillions will die and all the technology in the galaxy will be rendered useless, this is very very dangerous, he must warn the entire Empire about this and find a way to contain, no, to eradicate those creatures from this universe...


    "Jake this is bigger than I thought, the fate of the universe is in our hands, we have to-"


    "Wow!!! Noisy! I don''t want to hear your words anymore! You''re not my father!" Jake protested in annoyance before standing up from under the table.


    "It seems like the effects are worse than I thought, Jake wake up! Control yourself!" Arlain shouted at Jake who started walking towards the door of the hallway they hadn''t explored before.


    "shut up! Shut up! I''m mad at you! I don''t want to be your friend anymore! you have too many wives!" Jake puffed his cheeks and irritably walked down the quiet hallway "I want to get out of here!"


    "Are you stupid?!" Arlain who was already annoyed replied angrily while shaking his slime body in protest.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    "shut up! I want to go home and sleep in my room!"


    "we''re not even on your planet!!"


    "shut up! You perverted slime!"


    "Wha-" Arlain was at a loss for words facing Jake who seemed to have turned into a child, there was magic for mental, like Nightmare or Courage which affected one''s mind, but unfortunately Arlain was not good at that kind of magic, thinking of a way to bring Jake back, Arlain could feel Jake''s mana wandering around arbitrarily.


    It seemed that Jake had no ability to control his own mana at all, focusing on his mana control, Arlain began to regulate Jake''s mana which was swirling like a colliding water current.


    "huh....Wait, where are we?" Jake looked around in confusion, before they both realized they had entered a room that looked like a crew''s room with two beds in it.


    "I feel a little nauseous, did I eat too much ice cream?"


    "No, you don''t want to know, but I''ve taken care of it for now" Arlain answered tiredly while continuing to regulate Jake''s mana, it would probably take time for Jake''s body to adapt, and Arlain had to help him for the time being.


    "Really? I feel like I just woke up, did I pass out?" Jake tilted his head at the strange feeling he felt.


    "I would rather have you faint than whatever that was" Arlain said flatly, while Jake could only frown in understanding "I don''t know what happened, but from your reaction it doesn''t look good..."


    "Let''s put that aside, for now, we have to find a way to contact my fleet as soon as possible, the dimension lock won''t last forever" Arlain said as Jake sat on one of the beds on the left "I see, hmm? Where''s my rifle?"


    "You left it under the table earlier"


    "Is that so?" Jake quickly got up and walked out of the hallway to the cafeteria with Arlain''s direction, while listening about the dangers of the Ghosts'' abilities.


    ####


    "That''s why we need to warn the entire Empire as soon as possible, but before that, we have to kill the ghost that''s following you" Arlain said in a serious tone.


    Hearing Arlain''s explanation, Jake couldn''t help but sigh.


    I''m just a minimum-wage worker...what does he expect from me....


    At first he thought that if it was to escape from this place then he would give it a try, but if he told to help to save the universe he might be a little underqualified, and yet, Jake knew Arlain wouldn''t take no for an answer.


    God...my stomach hurts, whether it''s from the stress or the ice cream... I knew that ice cream is not trust worthy...


    Remembering Arlain saying that all trillions of the empire''s citizens could die, and the entire galaxy could be turned into a graveyard without the technology to communicate or travel faster than light, all civilization in the galaxy would be practically destroyed.


    This alone made Jake want to go back to his cell, plus he was technically the one who brought the creature here, if he was somehow blamed for destroying the entire galaxy...


    Feeling his head start to hurt, Jake finally arrived at the cafeteria from before.


    "Hurry up and grab your weapon, we need to find a way to get to the cockpit" Arlain said still a little grumpy but holding it in because he couldn''t blame Jake, which made him even grumpier.


    Shrugging his shoulders at Arlain''s usual grumpiness, Jake grabbed his rifle under the counter when the lights in the room started to flicker.


    "huh? what is that?" Jake looked up in confusion as the lights in the room suddenly went out completely, leaving only a dim neon light that turned on automatically.


    "I think... It''s the ghost, after being separated from you, it looked for another source of food" Arlain said as he looked around the room, his body glowing gold that illuminated his surroundings.


    "It can eat electricity?" Jake said as he readied his rifle in his hand.


    "I don''t think so" Arlain shook his slime head before continuing "That thing eats mana, do you know the biggest source of mana here?"


    Hearing Arlain''s words, Jake had an idea "Don''t tell me..."


    "The core that powers this ship is full of mana" Arlain said, there a sense of urgency in his voice "Those kinds of things usually get stronger the more mana they absorb, this might be a bit serious, We need-"


    "Akh?!" Arlain''s words were cut off by Jake''s sudden scream as he felt a strong pain in his head, kneeling on the floor, Jake held his head in agonizing sensation.


    "Jake?!" Arlain called him in panic before hurriedly chanting the Ultimate Barrier magic followed by Dimension Lock.


    "what happened Jake?" Arlain said while expanding his magic senses around the room, he could feel something hiding.


    "it hurts so bad, my head is going to explode?!"


    "something is trying to connect to you, that damn creature... no, this is different?" Arlain said while franticly sensing his surroundings, something was trying to reach Jake, and he would burn whatever it was to ashes.


    Meanwhile, Jake who was in great pain felt something trying to talk to him, something very strong forcing its way with excessive force.


    That was when Arlain and Jake felt an outrageous surge of power in the room, even Jake could feel the enormous amount of mana on his skin, it seemed something outrageous had appeared....

 Chapter 22 THE SYSTEM

    Chapter 22 THE SYSTEM


    "Such misfortune" Arlain muttered to himself, he could feel a power that was enough to power a capital class space ship, even in his optimal condition he had no chance of fighting whatever was in front of him now, this was truly a hopeless situation...


    Feeling Arlain''s desperation, Jake knew that they were done for, but he couldn''t accept it just yet "Arlain, just leave me here, if it''s after me then you might have a chance"


    Hearing Jake''s words, Arlain chuckled "You''re an idiot, if I could move quickly, I would have left you here from the start"


    Hearing that, Jake smiled wryly "Haha, I thought you could slide like soap"


    Both chuckled as the power grew bigger and bigger and Arlain chanted his magic again "Impenetrable medalion!!"


    Strengthened with the new defensive magic the blue shield glows gold, however, the power felt increasingly impatient.


    "Fucking hell...." Jake bit his lip because of the pain in his head, with blood dripping from his lips and sweat flooding his body, yet his eyes were still clear to fight whatever was coming, seeing Jake''s courage, Arlain prepared his magic, at least he would not go down without a fight, at that moment a crack opened from the empty air in front of them, a blood red slash from an unknown dimension appeared.


    "W-what is that?" Jake widened his eyes in surprise, while Arlain was surprised that Jake could see it too, at that moment he knew whatever was coming now was very different from the previous one.


    A few moments later, a golden light-like tendrils came out from inside the crack.


    "HELL FIRE!!" Arlain without hesitation attacked the tendrils with flames that filled the room with red, injecting more of his mana into the spell, like oil poured into the fire, the magic burned the entire room and melted the surroundings like wax, after a few seconds, with the surrounding walls, floors and ceilings burning and dripping lava, and yet the tendrils still survived unharmed.


    "impossible" Arlain narrowed his eyes at the tendrils, those things should be made of mana and could be destroyed with magic, but the tendrils before him seemed unaffected at all.


    As if alive, the tendrils immediately stared at both of them, Jake who still hadn''t given up holding back his pain, and with trembling legs he got up like a newborn fawn.


    "Jake"


    "It''s okay, Can you make an opening for me?" Jake forced a smile even though his whole body was shaking, he felt the tendrils were here for him, they might still have a chance to run away from here.


    Seeing that Jake had not given up in front of the unreasonable existence, Arlain could only nod and prepare his magic with his decreasing mana.


    They were both determined to fight to the end.


    At that moment a cracking sound and an explosion sound like something breaking exploded around both of them.


    "damn it?!" Curling up to protect himself and Arlain, Jake thought they had been attacked before Arlain''s disbelieving voice echoed in his ears.


    "my magic..."


    Opening his eyes, a golden light surrounded Jake''s vision, like glass shards flying in the air, Arlain''s magic and shield had been destroyed to pieces.


    "......I''m sorry" Arlain said softly


    "I Understand" Jake muttered sadly realizing they had no chance from the start... seeing one of the tendrils heading towards him, Jake could only smile, he never thought he would make it this far, meeting a grumpy slime who always nagged him and escaping from prison, before running havoc inside a spaceship.... he didn''t regret it after all...The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    "I''m sorry Jake, I wasn''t strong enough" Arlain said with guilt in his voice.


    Even though they had only known each other for a few hours, it felt like they already understood each other a lot, Hearing Arlain rare side, Jake chuckled and replied "I think we''ve had our fun, haven''t we, Your Highness?"


    "Kahahaha...I guess you''re right Terra Humanis, if there''s another chance, I''ll reward you properly" Arain said sincerely, but there was a hint of sadness in his voice, even so Arlain didn''t regret anything, he had regained his honor and fought until the end.


    As the tendril was about to touch Jake, Arlain wanted to cast his last spell before he felt something strange from the tendril, Closing his eyes, Jake waited for his death as he saw a golden light fill his field of vision, but instead of death, only Arlain''s voice was heard.


    "Jake, are you all right?"


    "Huh, what happened?" Jake looked around him in confusion, in the darkness illuminated by the walls that were still glowing red and uncomfortably hot, Jake checked his body.


    "Ultimate Barrier!" with Arlain''s magic, the air around him became cool again which made breathing much easier, before Arlain spoke "It just disappeared after covering you with light, I don''t feel anything different, are you Jake?"


    Without him realizing it, his headache had disappeared and his body did not feel any pain or injury "I don''t think there is-"


    (PING!)


    At that moment Jake suddenly heard a sound in his head, like a notification ping, a moment later something appeared in his field of vision.


    ______________________


    Connection successfully established....


    ______________________


    _____________________


    Confirming user....


    _____________________


    ___________________


    confirmed user: Jake Carrack


    ___________________


    ___________________


    Welcome Jake Carrack!


    _____________________


    ______________________


    Detecting incoming messages: Administrators


    ______________________


    ____________________


    Heya!


    Dear Mr. Jake Carrack, we have detected your mana energy and tried to contact you, although there seems to be some interference in the process, fortunately, we managed to connect you to the system, I congratulate you on your mana return, congratulations!


    I''m sure you have many questions about your situation, but you don''t need to worry! Because we are here for you!


    For that we have sent someone to pick you up back to earth! YAAYY!!


    Please wait patiently and sorry for all the trouble that happened, my deepest gratitude.


    Sincerely.


    Administrators


    ________________


    "Arlain...." (Jake)


    "Now Jake, you have the right worry about this...perhaps, it would be better if you''re just pregnant" (Arlain)


    #####


    Walking along the wide hallway decorated with gold and red carpets, Gordoban and his subordinates were hurriedly heading back to their ship.


    Can''t believe that thing escaped?! What is Sentria doing?!!


    Gordoban breathed into his shoulder with a mixture of anger and panic, he had left Tormak and his men in the room, even though the Great Nobel was about to arrive here, but he couldn''t meet them without what they wanted, he had to find it as soon as possible, otherwise he was finished, he had to find that slime! Arlain Felfantaria Duraum herseim!


    Took the elevator to get straight to the enormous hangar where he landed, when Gordoban arrived at the giant hangar, smoke was already rising from several parts of his ship.


    "Enter the ship and find that pink slime! Bring that cursed shit to me as fast as possible!!" shouted with all his anger, all his subordinates panickedly ran to board the ship, while Gordoban activated the hologram in his wrist to contact Sentria.


    At that moment however, he saw Fain who had been quietly standing behind him, casually walking towards the ship.


    "Fain! You stay here! they are enough!" Gordoban shouted at her with a glare, but Fain just turned around without the slightest fear.


    "Sorry my Lord, but I have to go" Fain replied without the slightest guilt or emotions.


    "Gehehe...I Knew it!!" Gordoban Shouted his eyes were scolding red with anger, but Fain only tilted her head at Gordoban''s burst.


    He knew it, he knew it from the start, As he expected, this woman must be planning something, Gordoban had noticed Fain''s behavior from the start which made him suspicious and now this bitch finally revealed herself.


    Channeling his mana into both of his fists, Gordoban spoke with killing intent flooding out "I know, you must be here for Arlain The Great right?!! You Bitch!!!"


    Hearing Gordoban''s chatter, Fain only asked back innocently "Who?"


    "Don''t play dumb you whore!" Gordoban''s anger mixed with his own magic was so strong that the floor around him cracked.


    "No, you''re wrong" Fain answered as she smiled from behind her mask, pulled out two long, thin swords from her waist, Fain spoke "I''m here for Jake Carrack, the Administrators told me to bring him home, after all"


    "...What?"


    A strange magical power began to surround Fain''s body as she continued "Thanks for all your visits, Earth is successfully connected back to the SYSTEM"


    For the first time, Gordoban felt true fear in his life.

 Chapter 23 fates that began to intertwined

    Chapter 23 fates that began to intertwined


    "Announce the arrival of the Most Honorary Majesty Great Noble And its Respected Subjects!!!" Along with those words, the large doors of the room opened to the left and right with a heavy sound, with rows of knights on both sides, everyone in the room fell to their knees.


    Except Tormak.


    "Welcome! Oh! Welcome! most esteemed Highness!" Raising both hands high and smiling broadly, Tormak greeted with enthusiasm.


    Behind that door, a group had appeared, the long-awaited Great Noble.


    Finally!! Luck is on my side! This Tormak has managed to welcome a Great Noble that would make any Noble envious!!


    Tormak was very happy in his heart, for some reason that stupid Gordoban suddenly left this room, but Tormak didn''t care, with this he could welcome the Great Noble alone.


    If Tormak is able to win the heart of the Great Noble, then he will be able to solve all his problems, and he will be able to take revenge on the people who have humiliated him, he only needs to make a good impression and everything will be successful, fortunately, Tormak is smart and has prepared everything, who needs that piece of shit Gordoban anyway, with this the Great Noble will definitely realize his value at first glance.


    Unfortunately, his subordinates did not have the same enthusiasm as him at this time, they even tried to forbid Tormak from welcoming the Great Noble, they seemed unable to read his plan at all, they were truly stupid, well, he could deal with that later, Tormak thought to himself, after all, he was always the one who had to work the hardest.


    And right now, the reason Tormak did not kneel to give the impression of being equal to the Great Noble, a small gesture that could have a big impact without realizing it, so it would make it easier for Tormak to relate to the Great Noble at the same table.


    I am indeed a great genius!! Maybe even in the entire universe!


    At that moment, when the door was fully open, Tormak could see the group of the Great Noble well, in the front was a young man with green hair, green eyes and a kind smile on his face, Wearing pure white noble clothes, he looked at Tormak with a slight frown, yet his kind his smile remained the same.


    Behind him were two girls and one guy, the girl on the right had long black hair, porcelain white skin with an expensive-looking black dress, staring around with her cold green eyes, she frowned at Tormak while covering her mouth with a fan.


    Meanwhile, The girl on the left had the same hair and green eyes as the guy in front of her, wearing a beautiful green dress, with a cheerful smile on her face, she looked amused by Tormak''s welcoming.


    Finally, the last one, a tall slender young man with black hair that reached his ears, he had green eyes and a fierce-looking face, wearing elegant black Noble clothes, he stared at Tormak with a glare.


    What attracts the most attention however is dozens of Knights in jet-black armor standing side by side behind the girls and young men, while emitting a suffocating aura of intimidation, even at one glance everyone knew this was a high-tech power armor that could not be compared to the power armor that the Tormak knights wore, even Tormak himself trembled when he saw the dark knights.


    "O-Oh Great Noble and the rest of your subjects! How are you all!" Managed to maintain the widest smile on his face, Tormak was only able to call them Great Noble because he did not know which Great Noble house they were from, or which one of them was the head of the family, although they all looked young, but with today''s Empire technology it would not be strange if they were already several hundred years old.


    However, it would be better if they were as young as they looked, that way he would be able to fool them more easily, Tormak hid his thoughts.


    Not infected by Tormak''s happiness however, the young man at the front tilted his head "You are not Gordoban"


    His kind smile is still the same but his eyes are not kind at all.


    #####


    "Multi magic! Fire Lances!" with that chant five magic lances flew through the air and hit the enemies in front of them, while being protected by the round blue Shield that surrounded him and Arlain on his head, Jake continued to fire his laser rifle.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    After the unexpected incident and the message from the administrators in the cafeteria, Arlain and Jake thought about their next move, indeed the Administrators said about sending someone or something here that might be reinforcements, but Jake himself suggested not to bet on it, after all he didn''t know anything about these administrators, while the enemy''s attacks were still continuing, so they decided to continue fighting rather than waiting there, for something that might be a trap.


    With the waves of enemies they encountered, this time the guards are not using handheld lasers or bullet weapons anymore, but magic and heavy weapons like laser cannons carried by four-legged robots that looked like a carnivorous animals, while some others carry something like grenade launchers, with various elements and ordinances light up the dark hallway, Jake''s laser shots felt like drops of water in a river, after a few minutes, finally the magic throws and the robots became silent leaving a half-destroyed hallway.


    But the damage this time was clear, Arlain''s magic shield was heavily cracked and damaged in the front.


    "They fought to the death again" Jake said seeing the corpse of one of the Guards whose body was destroyed and burned along with his armor, like a snail that was stepped on.


    "they will die if they retreat either way, so they prefer death by resistance" Arlain answered as if it was normal, making Jake frown "Is that so, the cruelty of the Pirates"


    "..." Arlain wanted to tell Jake, that most nobles also did the same thing to their soldiers, but he decided not to and just stayed silent.


    Walking in the dark with Arlain as a light, Jake was still thinking about the message from the administrators, should he believe it and what it all meant, there was doubt in his heart, it sounded like these Administrators were on his side and even knew about his condition, but what was that system...


    Continuing to walk in that narrow corridor, Jake found a fairly large elevator at the end of the hallway, they had found an elevator like this several times, however, it was dangerous because they could be ambushed or trapped at any time, instead they just climbed the metal ladders beside it to go up.


    "Can''t you just make a hole in this ship straight up" Jake said while climbing the ladders carefully with his rifle dangling on Arlain''s slime hands, that was not comfortable at all since the rifle kept slapping him in the face.


    "No way, we will definitely be attacked and swarmed if we do that, didn''t I tell you they can sense our presence the closer we are to them" Arlain said preparing magic to be on guard against ambush while trying his best to hold on Jake''s rifle.


    Up to the floor above, Jake peeked around first from under the ladder hole, it seemed like they had arrived at a hangar area inside the ship, with eccentric red jet fighters parked inside, the problem was... a massive barricade was built with dozens of Guards and different types of robot drones guarding behind it.


    And in front of the barricade, someone in full bright red armor stood in a waiting pose with a sword in its hands, there were feminine features on the design of the Armor that came out straight of a mecha movie.


    Seeing that, Arlain and Jake immediately knew who the owner of the Armor was.


    "It looks strong" Jake said with a doubtful face.


    "Hmph such a cheap Armor" Arlain answered but his voice sounded a little shaky.


    Just when the two of them peeked from under the stairs, the owner of the Armor shouted at the two of them.


    "Arlain Felfantaria Duraim Heirseim The Great!! You are finally here! At this moment! Here! I invite you to a duel! Face your death! And I will also chop up that Terra Humanis!" Swinging her sword with a strong burst of wind that cut the far-away metal wall, the girl, Sentria shouted at the two.


    "Arlain, can we win?" Jake asked flatly.


    "I''m a Great Noble, this much is nothing" Arlain replied flatly "but.."


    "But?"


    "Not everyone can challenge me to a duel, so let''s decline"


    "is a Great Noble scared of me?! And what about the Terra Humanis who insulted me earlier?! I already knew the Terra Humanis was just talking nonsense!! But is a Great Noble just a coward?!"


    "yeah, I agree..." Jake was about to walk down the ladders before he seemed to notice something and turned around. "huh?...."


    I can feel it? What is it, something is approaching, it feels so strange, like I have to meet it no matter what...No, I don''t want it.


    "Jake?" ignoring Arlain''s call, Jake walked out of their hiding place and stood in front of Sentria.


    "Did you finally show up, I don''t think the Great Noble has fallen that far, even though your appearance is very disgusting in my eyes" Sentria insulted from behind her closed helmet that looked like a robot.


    But both of them were not provoked at all by Sentria''s words which were like a gentle breeze to both of them.


    "what are you doing Jake?" Arlain whispered to Jake, but Jake just smiled confidently and answered "Trust me"


    Hearing Jake''s words, Arlain could only nod, he couldn''t imagine what Jake wanted to do, but he trusted him completely, even though the current situation was quite dangerous.


    His mana was only left for a few spells and the ultimate barrier had expired, so the two of them were completely naked right now, however, Arlain believed in Jake no matter what.


    Taking a deep breath, Jake tried to calm his mind.


    He had already realized that Arlain was nearing her limit, they couldn''t keep running, this was their chance if they wanted to have a chance, Jake didn''t care if the message from the Administrators was true or not, he also didn''t care if whatever was approaching him now was here to help him as written in the letter, but Jake had his own plan, this was the only way, for Arlain to reach his goal, he couldn''t run anymore.


    Standing in the middle of the enemy, Jake took a deep breath and threw his rifle on the floor before announced loudly "I will give this slime to you! So, please spare my life!!"


    With those words, silence filled the place.

 Chapter 24 What A Prank!

    Chapter 24 What A Prank!


    Inside the hangar illuminated with magic spells, Jake and Arlain stood in front of the shooting lights and enemy weapons aimed at them.


    "What did you say Terra Humanist?" Sentria pointed the tip of her sword at Jake who raised his hand.


    "I surrender! I surrender! I''ll hand over this Great Noble or whatever! Please spare me!" Jake said in a panic as he watched the large tiger-like animal robots emitting sounds from the large guns on their backs.


    Hearing that, Sentria raised her hand to sign her subordinates to lower their weapons.


    "You betraying Arlain the Great, Terra Humanis?" Sentria asked coldly.


    "Please! Please! Let''s make a deal!" Jake begged with a forced smile. "Please! Let''s make a deal! I will give him to you for my life!"


    Seeing Jake like that, Sentria snorted from behind her helmet before laughing out loud "Ahahaha!"


    Followed by laughter from her subordinates, the front of Sentria''s helmet opened showing her beautiful face and cold red eyes.


    "You''re begging for your life now? Even though you were so brave to me before?" Sentria said coldly and her red eyes looked at Jake in deep anger.


    "Yes! Yes! I''m sorry about that! I don''t know what I said! But! But now I''ve brought what you wanted!!" Jake spoke in fear pointing Arlain on his head, while Arlain just watched silently.


    Seeing Arlain who just fell silent, Sentria spoke to Arlain with an insulting tone "Arlain the Great, how does it feel to be betrayed for the second time?"


    And yet, Arlain was just silent, but Sentria knew Arlain could hear her well, watching Jake carefully, Sentria considered her options, there was actually no reason for her to make a deal with this Terra Humanis, all she needed was the Great Noble, although it might be fun to play around a bit, but Sentria could feel this Terra Humanis was dangerous and cunning, from what she knew this might be some kind of trap.


    Deciding on her choice quickly, Sentria opened her lips "I accept your gift, but you know, I hate-"


    "Traitor! Yes! I guessed it!" Jake cut Sentria''s words, making Sentria raise her brows.


    "You were just about to cut me in half dramatically weren''t you? A classic villain move" Jake''s words made all the weapons in the room point at his head once more, but Sentria gave the signal to lower them again, before looking at Jake with sharp piercing eyes.


    "I guess you still have some courage, Terra Humanis, not for long" Sentria said in a low tone as her sword rang with magic.


    "Hey! Hey! Stop! Can you listen to me first! We''re going to die if we keep going like this!" Jake said hurriedly, making Sentria narrow her eyes suspiciously.


    "What do you mean?"


    "Yeah, you know this ship lost its power, right?" Jake spoke in a serious tone.


    "That''s because you sabotaged the ship core!" Sentria replied angrily, remembering that her father''s beloved ship had been ravaged by the two.


    "It wasn''t me! It wasn''t me!!" Jake shook his head with all his might, before showing the pink slime on his head "He''s the one who did it! He''s the one who destroyed your ship!"


    Hearing Jake''s desperate denial, Sentria spoke "Then what? Do you think I''ll forgive you with an excuse like that?"


    "No! Of course not! But there''s something even more dangerous, you know that all the energy on this ship is gone, right? Do you know where all the energy went?"


    Jake''s words made Sentria furrow her eyebrows once again, indeed all the mana energy in the ship''s core suddenly disappeared, even the ship''s backup core died for no apparent reason, but the most certain possibility was the work of the Great Nobel in front of her, but she couldn''t imagine how he could remove the energy of the entire ship in such an instant.


    While Sentria was thinking in her head, Jake spoke loudly "You know, this slime is planning to blow up this entire ship!"


    Hearing Jake''s words, Sentria raised her head in surprise "That''s...impossible"Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    At the same time, her subordinates behind Sentria who heard it let out a mixed sound of shock and disbelief.


    "Yes! That''s what he wants to do! He''s gathering all the mana on this ship to commit suicide! This slime is crazy! You have to help me! I don''t want to die yet!" Jake jumped to Sentria''s feet and cried with snot in his nose "You have to stop him!!"


    Seeing Jake at her feet with disgust, Sentria spoke to Arlain in Jake''s head "Arlain Felfantaria! What are you planning!!"


    Hearing Sentria''s angry question, Arlain answered flatly "To blow up this entire ship and kilometers around it"


    "You bastard-".


    "That''s why! You have to stop this crazy slime!!" Jake shouted before standing up from her feet, and shouting towards the ceiling, then dramatically fell to his knees in despair.


    Seeing Jake''s overreaction, Sentria felt unable to follow the situation.


    "Arlain Felfantaria! Quickly tell me-"


    "Oh! I know where he put his magic circle!" Jake said loudly cutting off Sentria''s words once more.


    "Magic circle?" Sentria frowned at the words she just heard.


    "Oh...you don''t know? That''s right! The magic circle will explode and it''s already set in time! It''s his special advanced magic! And I know where he put it!" Jake explained wholeheartedly, still maintaining his dramatic gestures.


    "You know?" Sentria, who was completely absorbed in Jake''s story, asked in surprise.


    "Yes! I know! But we have to hurry!" Jake nodded enthusiastically.


    Hearing Jake''s explanation, Sentria hesitated for a moment before speaking.


    "Then tell me where it is! And if you''re lying..." Sentria said as she pointed her sword at Jake''s face, but Jake shook his head in panic.


    "No! No! No! I''m not sure of the exact location! And if we take too long to find it, it''ll be too late!" Jake urged before continuing "It would be faster if I could tell you where the magic circle is from this ship''s map!"


    Hearing Jake''s words, there was a slight reaction from Arlain in his head, usually Sentria would notice this subtle change, but She was now too focused on saving her father''s beloved ship and preventing the failure of Gordoban''s meeting with the Great Noble, moreover such an explosion would be able to blow this space station into space debris and kill everyone inside, even if they survived, after this they would definitely be hunted by the Great Noble on charges of murder or attempted murder, at that time they would really be hunted all over the galaxy.


    With these thoughts in her head, Sentria''s common sense was momentarily stuck and her judgment was impaired.


    Unaware of what Jake was actually looking for, Sentria obediently took out a 3D hologram map of the ship in front of Jake.


    "Quickly tell me, where the magic circle is installed, Terra Humanis" Sentria urged Jake who immediately approached and stared at the map carefully.


    After a few seconds of looking at the map, Sentria began to feel uncomfortable, something was wrong here.


    "Terra humanis! Don''t play around with me!" Sentria shouted impatiently, she could feel the mistake with her instinct.


    "Ah yes, I''m sorry" Jake said and smiled confidently, that''s when Sentria knew, she had fallen into the Terra Humanis'' plan.


    "Hey Arlain, Can you memorize this shit" Jake said to Arlain, but Arlain didn''t answer but instead chanted his magic "Ultimate barrier!"


    A moment later with a loud metal sound, Sentria''s sword hit the blue shield.


    "Uwah... I can''t see her movement" Jake said with a stiff smile seeing the slash marks on the shield.


    "You''re really stupid" Arlain said but his voice sounded really happy before chanting another magic "Explosion!!"


    "BOOOMMM!!!" with a huge explosion and light filling the surroundings, Sentria closed her helmet before being thrown back, while her subordinates fell into confusion and some were injured from the huge burst of fire, a moment later, Jake and Arlain had disappeared from where they were standing, focusing her Mana sense, Sentria who quickly regained her posture shouted.


    "They''re behind!! Chase them no matter what!!"


    Behind the barricade, the automatic iron door that was the main door to the hangar had been forced open.


    As her subordinates got up and ran to chase the Terra Humanis who dared to deceive her, leaving only the predator robots that were too big to enter the ship''s corridor.


    Sentria stood in the middle of the flames that burned the hangar before looking back, behind her, There the five Fighter jets had been burned and damaged, seeing Her beloved high-class fighter jets that her father gave her, had been badly damaged, Sentria holding her face angrily, Sentria felt an anger that she had never felt before boiling in her heart, she would definitely kill that Terra Humanis... no, that would be too easy, she would make him pay for daring to toy with her.


    "Terra Humanis!!!" With a blast of thruster from her armor''s back, Sentria shot out with a killing intent that she had never had in her life...


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    A few minutes later, Unbeknownst to anyone, the main cargo door of the hangar opened. But instead of Gordoban''s subordinates boarding the ship, only Fain walked slowly into the hangar, her clothes soaked in blood while she casually hummed a tune.


    "Hm? Looks like there are some cute cats here" Fain said as the drone robots took a standby position for Fain''s arrival, but Fain didn''t even feel threatened by the robots.


    "... I can feel his presence, almost found him, but it seems he left again, even though I brought a nice gift for him" Fain spoke with a little disappointment different from his usual emotionless tone, before looking at the robots in front of her who had already loaded their weapons.


    "I guess I should go after him, Jake Carrack" In Fain''s hand something fishy and dripping with blood swayed with her footsteps...


    Running with all his might, two people laughing out loud with a mixture of excitement, happiness, and nervousness.


    "turn left" Arlain said, before Jake crashed into another door with the shield protecting them both.


    "Ahhh!!! I can''t believe we made it!" Jake said with a big smile while Arlain who was also smiling widely from behind his slime body replied "If all Terra Humanis were as crazy as you, who even needs magic!"


    With laughter echoing between the two, Arlain and Jake felt like junior high school kids who successfully pulled the biggest prank in school.