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Chapter 15 - punishment

hahh... a good night's sleep... there's gotta be something worth investigating in the dreamscape...

hap! Woah... glad I didn't dig in too deep or else I would really be monster food, now what else... well why don't I look around some more. Rocks, rocks, rocks... the occasional monsters pop up but nothing else interesting comes by. Oh! some people actually go here? there are two guys, one with a sword and shield and one with a bow. I feel like I know this... well anyway they seem to be fighting a water wyvern in a cave, boy wyverns are popping up left and right in this world... I can't help that much though, I'm inside the dreamscape so I can't use most of my abilities. a water Wyvern huh? Leviathan? seems like a good ranged unit might work great, but one of them's only equipped with a bow... they're keeping up with that leviathan rather well, potions pops up while the other assist... oh! that Leviathan's on the ground... this would be troublesome... oh wait! isn't that a plesi? from that game I was playing... that was my favorite... oh well this might be troublesome for them... a plesi's attack might be hard to dodge considering it's huge, oh well... I'd like to join in but I have... 5 more hours to wake up...

They managed to kill the wyvern but... eesh, they're both heavily injured "You okay?" "Yeah, pass me that potion and a few bandages, I'm glad we didn't get any grave injuries" "Hahaha, well this could be called luck but the question is how do we carry this to the guild?" "ahhh... I'll guard the area... you use a bow and a knife right? then it would be best if you call the guild in for us, I'll carve the remaining and take a rest after." "you sure? a couple monsters might pop up so be careful" both of them nod and the other runs back to the guild, this teamwork could be said as rare since back in worlds I was in trust was a really rare thing to find, a couple of hours have passed and no sign of me waking up... Hahh...

a knew that some time might pass so I considered writing another book of chaos... I'm getting lazy, let's just call them books. I still remember this from my return from the post-human world; earth

(these books are highly optional, you don't need to read them, just find a line of '-----' and don't worry, this won't be part of the novel)

book ^710 - G1%$s re%q(im

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--- A girl, named Lucia, a cute girl but known to be silent and most of the time stays away from people, the only people who have heard her speak were here parents and her brother. There were few who had seen her as the Devil, and nobody would question it, this girl was just 11 years old by her time but she was bullied verbally by her classmates, although she doesn't complain but secretly she begins combining her hate towards humanity, "why am I like this" "why do these people hate me?" are such questions that boggles her mind. she started to look for curses and spell that could possibly make her more beautiful but something else has happened, a spell worked! but not in a way she expected, she has pushed her dear Brother on the stairs, scared by her own, she dashed through into her room and joyfully with a tint of fear jumped, "I can use magic!" was such. a spell worked, she was now more beautifully but her classmates didn't accept her, moreover, the bullying worsened, shoved, scandals, and many more. this has pushed pure Lucia to depression but she didn't accept it. Midnight, as the strikes 12 entered each of her classmates' room, somehow magically flew into windows or teleported into it, she made everything into ugly, hideous monsters, and by the morning she came to school but every single one of her classmates didn't attend, she was joyful, ecstatic, she knew that every one of her spell worked, but every symbol of proof pointed to her, the school can't take any actions but was still forced to cancel school. after returning to school her parents were dead, letters and messages with pictures were in piles, her parents were hanging just above this pile of letters, "Your Daughter did this!" "your child is a monster!" "look at what your daughter has done!" were such written, she noticed that even her parents were bullied, she has now hated bullies but more so hated why humanity was like this, she has made every single person that was in the messages into gross monsters. she visited her brother but didn't know this was her last time, her brother was asked to keep a gun and shoot her sister in the head, her brother, for a teenager, knew how to hold a gun but still flinching in shooting her own sister. her sister was surprised "Brother! please! I was only punishing those who bully our family!" was her remark but her brother continued to aim at her but still couldn't trigger the finger at her cute little sister but "Lucia... our family is dead, how can we live so properly without the support of others?" her brother lost the strength to aim but still holding to it "you know doing things are bad! how could you..." her sister was bewildered at the fact of trusting others "Brother! why do you trust those people! we can live by ourselves! we don't need their help, we can just force them to give us!" but... "my sister... forgive me but I can't seem to understand you..." aiming... "please... come here... one last time..." at his own "and let us join... in the afterlife"

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ooohh boy was that an eyesight, going back to the past with dreamscape really was heartwarming, but still though, didn't know giving that girl magic was going to lead to multiple problems...

Yes! back to my body again! anyway where was I? oh right, the guy who killed the Plesi.

"yo! you still here?" nope... looks like he left, the remains of the wyvern's still here though, might be good to look at the bones. "Who are you and step away from the corpse!" ahhh... I thought he left "ahhh... sorry sorry, I was looking at your fight for a few minutes but managed to fall asleep so here I am now. Oh and don't worry, I won't loot your prey, I just took a little glance, that's all" really though, I'd hate to kill a person right now, "then step back, reinforcement will come any minute now so a few meters away would be grateful" as he said I took a few steps back reasonably far from the wyvern "... so what were you doing watching us in the distance" he's still aiming the sword at me... "ahh well I was just looking at how other people fight since I'm just a mage, please don't heed me any mind, I can't cast that quickly anyway so you're safe" I forgot that saying to everybody that I'm a mage in this distance could instigate that I could cast a spell to injure or make my escape "... fine, but you keep that distance. who are you anyway?" "me? I'm Nick Astra, at your service, I'm a mage with although I don't look like it, I have a staff that can cast light bolts quickly, this here is made of pure diamond and platinum, one of my rarest finds, though also the weakest in my arsenal..." this was actually one of my first magic items, (glad to play terraria! play with your friends if you can) "... well then I'll introduce myself, I-" a few men clad in armor comes, I assume this is the guild? "reinforcement has come, we'll be carrying your spoils, does this include him too?" he's pointing at me... "ahh no no! I just came here, I'll be on my way now." I left just as I entered the area... well I would want to know his name but I don't have the memory of a person with an IQ of 1000000 to remember every single person I know, even now I forgot about the book I was writing, but thankfully I write down every book that I have written... it's 3 pages... oo boy there's a lot. anyway, that rest just made me even more sloppy, where's food when I need one? I'm starving, broke, but at least water can be gathered practically anywhere. Fua! good water can quench hunger! although I might need Food now... and I'm not seeing anything... I should've taken a few parts of that Wyvern to sell... I'm gonna starve to death here... GOD!!! HELP ME!!!

Huh? did I pass out? where am I "oh you awake now? we noticed you collapsed in the middle of nowhere so we took you in our camp, please feel free to eat, we just finished hunting" "AHHH!" whoops, screamed... "sorry, sorry" hahh it's been a long time since I have eaten food! this taste great though, "boy... this is great! what's it made of?" "Human flesh" "eh?" eh?... eh?,,,,, wait.... "and soon, you'll also be part of our supper!" "GAHHHH!" boy do I scream like a girl but other than that, RUN! "why can't I meet a single normal person here!?" "come back! we aren't done feeding you yet!" gahh... please! don't chase me! gahh! boy do I love ritual magic, but... hahh... I really should stop sleeping in unknown areas, this might be bad for me and my mental health.

hahh... this magic is taking its toll on me, I need to stop now. safely landed... anyway where am I now? nothing but grass patch... not a good sign... it's night time but I don't feel sleepy but my body hurts like hell after using those wings for a good minute, Gahh... I miss the old Laplace.

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"Hey Kirin, do you think we can trust him with Naoya? he looks suspicious, like a person that would eat anything" although he's thin you don't need to go that far. "yeah, I feel like I can trust him with anything, I don't know though, never trusted a stranger this strong in my life." "hmmm... well I guess I can trust your instincts, anyway, how's our disguise?" a girl with a cute summer dress and a boy with a sun hat and colorful clothes. "I feel naked..." "hahaha... well you haven't wore anything besides those lab coats that were given to you, even I question your hygiene, how do you keep them so neatly?" "I don't know what you're talking about" anyway right now, we're headed to a nearby beach that just attracted the serpents' attention, right now it's a popular tourist spot, "we're going now, it's the middle of the day so let's try to have fun for now! there are no troubles occurring right now and almost every serpent underwater's on guard so it's as safe as this cave right now." well I guess so "sure... why not, I can't oppose you anyway" "Yes! thanks, Kirin" a peck in the cheek... hmm... I could live like this.

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hah... morning strikes, weirdly enough the dreamscape didn't activate but I guess a good night sleep is as rare as a diamond for me right now. time to look where I am!... Grass, Grass... Grass... and more grass... gahh! when can I stop!

"umm... are you alright?" "Please... please... let me grovel in hate for a few minutes..." "is that so? well I'll wait here, anyway introduction is always for the person interrupting as my father told me so I'll introduce myself, I'm Naoya, Naoya Orlov" hahh! could it be!? "are you THE Naoya I was searching for?!" I was desperate, I needed all the confirmation I need, "I... don't know what you're talking about" "Do you know Kirrin Aiha?" "yes, that is m-" HUG!!!!~~~~ "finally! my punishment has been lifted!" I don't care if I'm homo, this person here is my savior!

"p-please... let go, I was gone for 4 days. are you the person who I was fated to meet?" whoops, try to get your foothold, you're the older one here... "right... right... I'm Nick Astra, currently acquainted with Kirin, in an easier sense I'm acquainted with Helios and Aiha. ahhh... I'm so glad I found you early, I would've suffer even more hell if I found you after a few months, or even years..." hahh... I really am glad that I found him this early... "anyway... you must be hungry, I just finished hunting some monsters, care to join me?" "AHHh!!! finally real food!

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situations might've been weirder, I have faced many monsters on my way to find the one who I was asked to search for but with little to no information, I was just walking aimlessly so I am glad I managed to find him this early but... he's... he looks way to pitiful... "I don't know if you're the one who I was asked for and I know that you saying you're acquainted with my father is proof enough but I want to know you're capabilities in order to trust you enough for combat." I want to know who's going to be my companion for now, as I said to my father, I want to grow stronger, but I never said when I was going back home so I might want to surprise my father on how powerful I have become when I go back home "hmm hyt hyt...water please... phua... sorry but I can't use my power on you, mind if we search for some monsters? that way I can use my full force, I am going to be your guardian basically" "if he can't show it to people then I have no confirmation of your abilities to fight actual people" as I exclaimed while he was eating, this... person... "ahh... I get ya, but seriously though I can't, it's probably better to say what my power is rather than using it on you, so I only need your trust on this, got me?" mmm.... fine. I nod in affirmation and he began to explain every single detail, it didn't look like he was lying but his power is... "Ritual... magic? first I have heard of it" in all of the books that my father (Kirin) has there was no information about this kind of magic "well, of course you don't, this kind of magic originated in a different dimension, eto... world for conveniency sake. also you might or might not know this too, I have what's its called Ether mana, It's basically superior to mana but a much more dangerous one, It resides in every single person but incapable of using it, reason, why is because it's a multipurpose type of thing, while I didn't have Ether at the beginning or better, said that it wasn't really unlocked before trying out magic of other worlds, also I'm an otherworlder but unlike most, I'm not reincarnated or summoned by other worlds rather I forcefully opened portals with these mana crystals. oooh boy, these things sure take so much Mana." I didn't get a single thing. "Hahhh... same reaction as those who I explain things, am I that bad at explaining? well in shorter terms, Ether is something you use for other magic while Mana itself is external and uses the world where they originated in as power." I think I get it... most of it "hahh... again... well I'll cast those informations aside, you want me to show my power right?" Nick stood up with blood mist protruding in his back, he's... "I'll explain later, defend yourself and just watch, this goblins target ain't you, rather they're attracted to foreign power such as myself. things will get more chaotic so buckle up!" he assumes fighting position, I follow suit but confused, there's no enemy in sight "shh... it'll come" as he said that a few seconds in and monsters started rushing in, no more like a hoard of monsters are attracted at something. "If you're as strong as what Kirin said then you won't die, but if you can't handle it then I'll teleport you somewhere safe." a fight of a hoard of monsters against two people... this won't look good

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Nick used his recently acquired ability from Kirin, Blood mist. It's taken a form like a monster (Imagine dark shadow in Boku no hero) in Nick's backside, both of them began killing monsters menacingly while Naoya was fighting barehanded "Why aren't you using a Weapon!" Nick's remark wasn't the usual, rather he was forceful, like a soldier mid-fight. "I don't use a weapon, rather I'm not capable of using one." Nick ticked off from the Idea and casted a spell. *lord of death, I beseech you, give me a weapon capable of slicing monsters like flatwood*. a pair of twin scythes spawned on Nick's hand even while fighting "Here! use this! I wouldn't want an apprentice of mine die so early!" and tossed the twinswords to him, Naoya began fighting as well but his fighting was so fluid that it didn't matter if he had low capabilities, it looked like he was already used to fighting with it ignoring the fact that he had never used to short swords simultaneously.

both were killing monster but it has been half an hour when they started fighting, Naoya has shown exhaustion while Nick was still fighting like there was no problem "Naoya! if you're tired you can rest, I can handle this myself" he's still fine even in a nonstop battle, there was no end to these monsters, it was like they were fighting for eternity. Naoya nodded and accepted the offer and was suddenly teleported to an area safe enough so that monsters don't spot him, the cliff was tall enough to see all of the monsters Nick was currently fighting "... I don't have power yet if I can't handle a hoard of monsters then I'm not gonna improve fast" was his thoughts as he watched the fight. meanwhile, Nick was having fun on his own, He just started using Blood and wind abilities from the corrupted race, while it exhausts his ether it wasn't as much as to make it as a problem, some people began noticing the huge wave of monsters encircling a single man, it's as if they couldn't fathom how long he can take on that many monsters continuously. some people began joining the fight, so does Naoya, but as a few more hours pass the fewer monsters lived, the circle of monsters shortened and in only a few more minutes they cried in victory. some people began congratulating themselves and each other, the people who knew who was in the middle praised Nick for surviving for so long. they dispersed right after the celebration. "good work Naoya, but if you can improve then I suggest trying to use your blood abilities much more" he began explaining that he was from a world completely Identical to this world and how I was using my blood as a weapon. "didn't you use your ability in the middle of a fight?" "yes but I can't use it for too long, I still don't have much control over it". Nick began to ponder if it was just he was weak or not used to it, but he simply ignored the Idea for now "why don't we eat for now? all that fighting made me starve so if we can use all the loot here then it would be a great food source!" Naoya looks at Nick, confused at the Idea he just bought up "wait... can't you guys use these as a way to eat?" "no! monsters created by mana taste horrible, no one bothers with it so they, in turn, are used only as weapons or armor"

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a few minutes pass and they began searching for actual food, most of them tried to eat from fruits to questionable mushrooms, and after the search night stroke and left both of them tired "Naoya, how come you're used to this?" "I'm made to be adaptive to any situation I'm in, no matter what, I can think rationally even if I starve to death" ahh so it is... the last Naoya I knew was the same but even his hate towards surviving in harsh climates were visible. "well considering that most of the monster (if not all of them) are gone then let's sleep early, we have blood control training tomorrow so try to endure training for about a day of no rest" I'm gonna give him one of the harshest training I have given to a single person. we slept through the night but I guess a good night's sleep isn't possible for me now... I guess I'm back to this cursed dreamscape... oh well, might as well write in a book for now, what number was I in? honestly, I should've wrote this way in the past...