Though it was just a slap , I can barely stand up.
Blood dripping between my fingers, it burns, my arm starts to numb.
He does not stop moving forward.
(Yuri) Who would say a quiet afternoon would end like this.
I talk to myself against a wall.
AAAHHHH ...
The man screams in despair.
It pierces effortlessly.
Sticking with the hands.
Sticks, sticks, and sticks. One by one, and to think that a few moments ago this was a pile of bones.
Now I see blood gushing.
The black skeleton makes people look useless, breaking them in half and spilling their blood through the bricks.
From afar someone screams.
{ Imperatoria Ignis }
The fire consumes him, the crack of bones, the strong smell of burnt blood.
I don't know if I'm amazed or scared. Long, blond hair that shines in contrast to the scene, brown eyes that turn red in the twilight light.
( ??? ) Are you ok?
...
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And imagine that a few days ago I was enjoying a depressed, quietly hikikomori * life in my room without seeing a single ray of light during the day, but I confess that it would be far better than waking up with your sister sambling over you. .
Hikikomori : Someone who doesn't leave home for nothing.
Even so.
You have already felt yourself being held by pins and at any moment you will tear it apart, especially in a place that you know has ruined everything and it was your fault and if it had not existed they would not have gone through it.
«I didn't belong in this world.»
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.
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"Because of you I had to abandon everything to take care of you!"
"All you do is destroy things, don't you settle for it?"
"Shut your mouth!"
Between shouts from parents and slaps from younger siblings I was settling for the life I led, pretending to be fine when I was actually on the brink.
I wish it was over, or rather I just,
wanted to disappear away abandon everything and get not freedom but yes
The silence
Loneliness gives us an addictive serenity.
But be careful what makes you feel good.
It can lead you into a trap.
Let's go from the beginning.
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(Dad) Hey, it's time to get up.
(Yuri) What time is it dad?
(Dad) It's 6:00 we go to the table to have lunch soon has the trail Matthew will come pick you up.
(Yuri) Okay, I'll be right back.
I almost forgot, we were going to visit the chapel above a hill, I'd better go take a shower.
My name is Yuri Menini I'm 17 years old, high school student, I live with my parents, single.
You know honestly I do not like to wake up early, usually I get up around 9am or 10am, but today is one of the few days I have the courage to leave home, so better enjoy.
I sit at the table, a scene that rarely occurs.
(Mom) Where are you really going?
My mother asks.
(Yuri) On a track.
(Mom) Hmm , what time is it really going out?
(Yuri) In a moment.
I'll be done soon, people should be waiting already.
I swallow the juice and leave, I don't like to talk much.
(Yuri) Mom, bye Dad.
Do you usually usually leave home? If so, then have you ever felt strange, as if something were going to go wrong, happened to a friend of mine once, he broke a glass of his best perfume, stole his cell phone, and gold- locked a truck hit a car a few meters from where we walked.
Not amazing? How can one be so unlucky in one day?
Well I feel like today is my turn, hmm, looks like we've reached the rendezvous point.
(Jr.) What a miracle to find you here boy decided to leave the room was?
This middle-aged man is Jr. my catechist, and in my spare time my personal trainer .
(Yuri) It's life, and so it's just the six of us?
The members of the group are me, Mateus, Junior, Nicilene , D. Maria and Edílson.
- Cláp Cláp -
(Matthew) Let's go people! Animation is just a hooligan.
Some minutes later...
- Cof Cof -
(Jr.) But now , what was Matthew? Wasn't he all excited? And you Yuri is falling behind, let's show youth you have!
(Yuri) This is torture for a sedentary like me.
By the way one of Jr.'s specialties is making me suffer.
( Nicilene ) Stop complaining boy we've arrived.
Another that is happily active, Nicilene .
Finally. There is, after so long walking, about 15 minutes, we arrived at a place and stopped to rest, but ...
(Matthew) Hey Yuri since I brought the cell phone comes to take some pictures of the church under construction.
(Yuri) Right.
Actually, I mean, you want it, but it wouldn't be in my nature.
The path is a bit complicated, it seems that they put some gravel but the rain has already taken.
Wow what a sight, a broken cross, faceless statues, that doesn't look very nice.
(Yuri) It seems to leave, the tools dropped, machines left behind, I'll take some pictures.
- Click Click -
Even if you are an atheist, evangelical, or other religious doctrine to see a church in this state, it is not good for the soul.
I mean she goes through a heavy atmosphere telling you to keep your distance.
(Matthew) Hey take some pictures inside, and send me.
(Yuri) I have no choice right .
And me talking about the abandoned church and this one is coming.
It's even worse up close, you can hardly see anything, even though it's still day outside.
The light on my phone doesn't help, and from a few steps here I can barely see my feet.
Silence reigns supreme, it takes over the space, I do not feel uncomfortable despite the place where I am.
It has been enveloping my body , I feel a euphoria.
Oops ... a doorknob? Cold ...
(Yuri) A door, is it the side?
I slowly turn the knob and then a light.
(Yuri) This light will blind me, hmm ? Ramparts, flags, carriages, ostrich, castle and waiting for an ostrich? When did this show up? Where's the door !?
(Coachman) Hahaha no boy, this is a kelenken , never seen one?
The coachman laughs at me.
I do not know how I compared this animal with an ostrich, it is much larger should not be less than two meters.
I better sit down and cool my head, let's see from the start, I woke up I showered, and I went on the trail with Jr and the people, I walked into the church and apparently I 'm not where I was anymore, I mustn't be hallucinating, I think, I say
who could see the details, imagine these people?
(Man) You're not from here, are you nii-san ?
(Yuri) Huh? No no , I don't think so ...
A guy unloading some boxes talks to me he doesn't have the physique of a sedentary person, and seems to have sympathy.
(Yuri) But why do you ask?
(Man) You can tell from your clothes and especially these strange shoes, since they are white must have cost a fortune, is the son of some nobleman nearby?
(Yuri) Ah, this is not really from this country, and son of a noble? Hahaha sounds like a joke, well the truth is that I was on a field trip with some of my acquaintances and when I realized I was already here.
???
(Yuri) But what's the name of this country?
(Yuri) Well now nii-san here is Criffinia from the kingdom of Allegoria.
!!!
Now I'm sure this is no longer where I was.
(Man) Hey nii-san , since you're not a noble or anything what do you think about carrying these boxes and getting some change?
(Yuri) Ah right.
(Yuri) Opaa , and up.
It must be better for me to walk with this gentleman for now since I don't know anyone around here.
The main street is wide and has several tents along it, it has a cobbled square next to some benches and trees to make a shadow, so far nothing strange.
Sniff sniff
What is that smell? Look at these sweets ...
(Yuri) Wait a minute .
(Man) Right.
Do they accept these coins?
(Yuri) Excuse me what is the price of these sweets?
(Girl) It's three for a copper coin.
(Yuri) Do you accept this money?
(Yuri) Hmm . Not only local currencies.
(Man) Ih Ih Ih , so besides being lost you are also bankrupt nii-san .
So that means this is your impression of me.
After the shame that I passed in the candy stall we walked to a part with several artisan shops and many were still under construction.
(Yuri) This city is really new ...
The model of the houses is a bit reminiscent of the middle ages, but it is organized in blocks, and the street cleaning makes it look nice, besides a few stalls, it has several stores (I wonder what they sell), anyway the only person I have contact at the moment is the old man in the boxes - we will ask his name later - first of all I need to know the place.
(Man) Hey nii-san over here.
(Yuri) Are you a blacksmith?
(Man) Yes, I'm in, put the boxes near the grinder.
His smithy is pretty flashy on the outside, with a hammer and anvil at the entrance, inside on the right side has a shelf with some daggers and swords, ahead a furnace and some sheet metal molds, on the left side a counter and on the wall in a frame ...
A revolver? So he also does these things.
(Yuri) Excuse me is this a revolver?
(Man) It's a special request you made for me, but how do you know what it is? These things are not free to the public.
(Yuri) Is that an acquaintance of mine showed me once, does he really shoot?
(Man) If I didn't shoot, I wouldn't have put it like that above my counter, what do you think about testing?
He quickly takes the gun out of the wall mount and hands it to me, he's crazy! Who would hand a gun to a teenager? Especially a stranger?
(Man) Here just aim and squeeze the trigger, there in that wooden shield.
The weapon resembles a Lerap Garrucha . 320, silver barrel and very light about 300 grams, the caliber is similar to a .380, has a double barrel and is compact.
Don't think bad about me I just like to research weapons and so on.
I'm very excited this must be my second time holding a real gun. Putting the bullets is not that difficult.
(Yuri) Just aim and shoot, right?
And I pull the trigger, and the gun goes off, the noise echoes through the store.
The shield has crumbled! Other than what I expected the power is not proportional to the size of the weapon.
(Man) So what did you think of her?
(Yuri) It is amazing it has almost no recoil and it is fast as the trigger response, who commissioned it?
(Man) An army officer, I usually don't have many requests like this, what's your name nii-san ?
(Yuri) Yuri Menini , nice to meet you .
(Man) Mine is Wieland Schmidt, by the way here your money.
He takes a bag under the counter, I open and 35 coins?
There is something strange, no one gives money like that, better back off a little.
(Yuri) Hey isn't that just for carrying boxes?
( Wieland ) Relax, let's see, you have no money , you don't even know where you are and most of all you tested the gun.
He's right I'm not in a position to refuse help and I tested ...
(Yuri) Wait how did you test?
( Wieland ) I was going to do it myself but you know, gunpowder, it's kind of dangerous and I'd have a chance for her to explode and take my arm with you and then you showed up, but think of money as a compensation for the probable danger.
What do you mean lose my arm? I was used?
It's not like I'm not used to it but you know it's something that happens to me all the time.
(Yuri) I was going to lose my hands huh? No matter the world always abuse my generosity, but what about the weapon you did to reduce the recoil and increase the power at that level !?
( Wieland ) Don't worry if this happens someone would heal you, but not for free, and besides that you say some pretty weird things, and answering the question are two spells I applied to her, { Decrease Recoil } and {Over Smash } , the decrease reduces her recoil while the smash increases the impact area but reduces the force.
Charms? It reminds me of Skyrim , in any case I need to know more from here, and maybe find some way back.
But for now I must get money.
(Yuri) Do you know of any place where I can get money and maybe exchange some of these coins?
( Wieland ) You could go to the exploration guild , there they accept foreign and lost currency exchange, besides some services like cartography, hunt monsters here and there, speaking of monsters beware, they do not differentiate humans or other species. when they will eat.
( Wieland ) But well, one way or another you would register with the Guild anyway.
He pulls out a metal disk with a glass in the middle that shows a compass, along with a map with some marked points of the city.
(Yuri) What is this? Reminds me of a compass that just doesn't move.
( Wieland ) It has slightly different functions, but at first it was to absorb a hoe, bucket or map, and then acquire the function, hoe to plow earth, bucket to store water and map for location.
(Yuri) Where did you get this idea?
( Wieland ) Well I wanted to make a copy of a { Vicus Restrictor } who usually keep sacred weapons or seal demons, so he can't keep living things, so do you want to be with him?
Sounds interesting, I was worried about him sucking me in and having to give the lamp a genius but it 's harmless, maybe ...
(Yuri) How much does it cost?
( WIeland ) That's how it's a prototype I wanted you to do a test drive
(Yuri) Right.
I already see my future with glass eye and aluminum arm ...
( Wieland ) I'll show you how it works.
Magic time.
He picks up the map and puts it on the middle of the disc and the map is sucked.
(Yuri) What was that?
The compass image disappears and the map appears with two green dots in the center.
( Wieland ) Ah this? He just absorbed the map, to use just ask to change, can be a little difficult at first but you get used to it.
Now I was curious
(Yuri) Can you put a marker along with the name of the place?
( Wieland ) Just say Add Bookmark along with the name of the place.
I will take a test.
(Yuri) Add marker: Ferraria Wieland .
It appeared a blue dot on the map, so it resembles a GPS but more closely resembles the King's Minimap of Minecraft because of Waypoints .
Does it also let you add commands to start specific functions?
By the way one of my hobbies is a programmer.
( Yuri) Edit Command Name: Add Bookmark, to: Set Waypoint . "
(Yuri) Add command: Minimap , function: Start map.
(Yuri) Edit appearance of objects on map: ∆ for user, green for allies, white for neutrals, red for enemies, blue for acquaintances, and ♦ for waypoints .
The appearance changed, it was the same as the commands I gave.
( Wieland ) Now why , I'm impressed Yu-san , already knows how to move him and change functions.
(Yuri) What's his name?
( Wieland ) Let's call Arc Welder , good name isn't it?
Author's Note: In Portuguese his name is master welder.
(Yuri) It's true, because I'm going well have to go after work.
Ah now that I'm out of the forge I think I'll add some commands.
My young heart can't take it, let's start with the menu .
(Yuri) Add command: Menu , function: show Menu tab.
(Yuri) Add Object: Menu , Function: Tab, Show All Functions, Present Functions without Command and New Functions.
Now to the test.
(Yuri) Menu .
The map function appeared and next to it set waypoint and compass, just below has highlighted absorb? I think I haven't put in command yet.
(Yuri) Add command: Absorb , function: absorb.
That's good, let's see where it is.
You can pass the map with your fingers, very useful, let's see Guild is in the northwest corner of the city, if I take the main street on the left and turn the first street before the gate and go straight I get there.
'How much does it cost?'
'It's three for a coin. '
'There is?! It is very expensive. '
It seems that here is very lively ...
(Yuri) Oops. Excuse.
Is it the second time I've been falling with anyone today, scales? Tail?
( ??? ) Ah it happens always do not worry.
A lizard man ??? As well? What are the odds? High in the world I came to, but it doesn't matter, look at this guy's size!
(Lizard) Looking at me like that makes me a little embarrassed.
Is a woman?!
(Yuri) I'm sorry I got a little sick.
Better get going, now that I 've seen him , I mean, this is a good time to scan the area.
Hmm , lizard man, cat girl, tiger woman, blonde elf .
ELF BLONDE ???
Note: P: 8 , C: 10, B: 9, an average of 9 !!! Oh how beautiful.
Oh god after that my heart almost stops.
Ha ha ha for a second I almost forgot my blond trauma.
And I'm walking, who would say that would have semi-humans here, from now on nothing surprises me anymore.
Shi
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The air gets heavy.
I turn back.
(Yuri) A bone?
And I was praising the hygiene of the place, strange here is almost five in the afternoon.
Truck , Truck
(Yuri) What is that noise?
The bones attach to each other.
And I think this is not normal even here, I'm sure ...
Clap !!!
A skeleton hits my arm looks like I'm going to break in the middle.
I narrowly defended myself, but what's the point if I die?
Though it was just a slap , I can barely stand up.
Blood dripping between my fingers, it burns, my arm starts to numb.
He does not stop moving forward.
(Yuri) Who would say a quiet afternoon would end like this.
I talk to myself against a wall.
AAAHHHH ...
The man screams in despair.
It pierces effortlessly.
Sticking with the hands.
Sticks, sticks, and sticks. One by one, and to think that a few moments ago this was a pile of bones.
Now I see blood gushing.
The black skeleton makes people look useless, breaking them in half and spilling their blood through the bricks.
From afar someone screams.
{ Imperatoria Ignis }
The fire consumes him, the crack of bones, the strong smell of burnt blood.
I don't know if I'm amazed or scared. Long, blond hair that shines in contrast to the scene, brown eyes that turn red in the twilight light.
( ??? ) Are you ok? Can you get up?
(Yuri) I think so.
Continued.