"Master, what do I do now? I have yet to master my blood abilities but right now there's nothing that is worthy to call as training material" It has been 2 days since Isabelle was transported here, I still don't know most of her skills on fighting but her skills says it all in a tone. she's capable of things like what I do but on experience, she currently lacks in everything. her fighting prowess, her ability to kill, her mental capacity to see blood, none is fit for her to fight. this actually makes me curious though... "ahh... yes, yes, we'll relocate and find a better place to camp for the month, or at least until we exterminate the foreign mana where we'll live in. also one more thing, about Isabelle... that girl... can you train her with you?" Naoya nods "but master, what can I teach her on?" "ehh? just the basics, she's not that strong, or rather I'd say she's an amateur at everything" well what can I say really, I don't remember my past from becoming an anomaly but I certainly remember that I was chaotic...
were currently packing everything to relocate, although it's just a tent and cooking materials Naoya says otherwise... what a drag... "oy! hurry up! we don't got all day!" well... I'm not patient... looking at Isabelle, she's packing quite nicely, I made her some clothes made from the system but she didn't accept it, she did accept the necklace though, that hardened mana-coated crystal suits her. her clothes are still the same, I asked her a day earlier but her response was-"I-I'm sorry, I can't take these clothes off, they're... special" or so she says but there's no enchantment on it or anything, in reality if she dies then I'm leaving her to die... if Naoya wasn't around... GOD why does he have to be so heroic! it's pissing me off! "Naoya, did Kirin teach you about being efficient?" "yes?.. he thought me how to be efficient even if leaving a person, Aunt Luna's teachings were to never leave a person behind if you want them to help, so I assumed that they're going to help me no matter how" Luna you bastard... hahh... "well... I want to stop you but interfering like that might cost me my life..." well really I can't be killed easily even if the gods of time and dimensions try but if killing both of them results in a crossworld catastrophe then I don't know what'll happen. earth, my homeworld is really weak, they enormous ether capacity but no mana to absorb making it useless and they're destroying the only source of they're mana crystal production, engraving them, and even if 1 body dies if it's just one then it nothing will change, it would disperse and compared to the places I have been, monsters capable of destruction, dragons that's only purpose is to bring chaos, the black plague... although it's curable now... probably, it'll destroy it. skill makes up everything in these worlds, no matter how strong you are, not knowing how to skillfully use them is a suicide, yeah, no.
"N-Nick... I finished packing... what am I to do now?" "ehh?.. help Naoya out, he seems to be having some trouble" Isabelle's... actually, I don't know what Isabelle is, her personality is everywhere... from shy to happy to shy in after 5 seconds, seriously... that girl, well the only thing to assume here is that she's shy but her get-up isn't telling the same... as I said, she wears a transparent silk top, her only source of remaining dignity is her bra which covers more than a typical bra. she wears short shorts... I only see a stripper in my eyes, good thing she hasn't unveiled her remaining dignity yet... don't ask me how I knew, information is easy to come by, don't judge me...
"Master, all done! where are we off to now?" "hmm... northwest, the snowy areas might be a good way to experience the cold climate, this would also serve as training to living in harsh climates. I won't be strict in this one, you're both human... in a sense... and we live with convenient items by our side so you can carry and create anything you want to survive, I'm fine on my own so help each other out, I doubt being in a competition will help you." well even if you both did I doubt Isabelle would win. well... might as well pass time right? well, how about another book of chaos? nah... I'll get in contact with Kirin, but first, get into a dreamscape. scouting the area with dreamscape is a cinch.
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"Isabelle, mind if you watch the area for a bit, I'll gather wood and hunt for today" "gotcha" Isabelle... that's... I know my name is Isabelle but who I currently am is a secret to Nick, I lived in a rather chaotic world before I got transported here, from what I believed I was given skill by an anomaly, I don't know what happened but right now I currently am an anomaly, although I want to ask Nick about what an anomaly is but I'm just nervous, I never was that brave nor courageous from my homeworld but a friend gave me this skimpy clothing, he got it from the person who was an anomaly, she was... nice... kind yet silent... she gave me this clothing in order to protect me if I'm about to suffer or die, she said that no one will know what these are so she said to keep it and wear it as a lucky charm... so even if I feel naked in these clothes I'm not gonna take them off, even if someone makes me, "I wonder if Nick knows her..." but first I gotta ask him first... "oh hey Isabelle" "EEEKK" a ghost! "jeez! relax! relax... it's just me in a dreamscape since your also an anomaly you're capable of seeing me. anyway weren't you going to ask me something" t-this man... his... so casual... "d-do... y-you mind if I ask w-what an anomaly is?" "sure! but it's up to you to what to do with that kind of power"
[an anomaly is a person that has traveled to multiple worlds or have a skill from another world, in the whole infinity world there's currently around 700-ish people who are an anomaly. you are an anomaly so I must tell you some rules given by the goddesses; never change faith, if faith is capable to be overwritten then go but if it's a fate that shouldn't or can't be changed then don't interfere, giving power to another person will be your possession, you'll be in charge of what he or she does, the dreamscape, what I'm in right now is a spirit realm where spirit and physical world connects, it's a vital way to regain Ether, the reason why we need Ether here is that Ether can't be gained in the physical world, you right now have zero Ether but if you're in the spirit world then you'll need approximately 1000 hours to fill it up to full, that's the main reason why I continuously rest. there are different kinds of an anomaly, chaotic, neutral and passive neutral, there's no such thing as a lawfull one as it opposes rule no. 1, interfering with the fate of others, right now, both you and I are Neutral, these kinds of anomaly are nothing special. passive neutral are people that mostly reside in the dreamscape, the chaotic is special though, I was once in this latter, Chaotic Anomaly is capable of altering any fate locked or not, once a chaotic anomaly transfer to a world then every single person is fated to die, no questions added. most of the time, the fate of a person is death so there's no penalty if you kill said person early, you're simply just rushing its fate although the timeline will be heavily changed so if you kill him then nothing except the timeline change, there's a way to cancel their fate and this is a forbidden taboo to us anomalies, never tell a person when they'll die, if you tell them with a locked fate then the goddesses will attempt to destroy your existence, if you do tell them however then if they start getting cautious then your only option is to kill them yourself. any more questions?]
"this... is a lot to take in... so anomalies... are people who gained powers?" "correct... although most of them are given by the system and the system is made by the goddesses so like I said, you'll be warned if you attempt to save a someone, overwriting their locked fate" ... this... "also an anomaly can see his or her own fate so if you're about to die then try to overwrite them, a locked fate is as rare as a huge mana crystal when your an anomaly but if you're locked then try to live to the fullest or kill yourself, nothing will change and time will continue, even an anomaly is as seeming less to an ant also note that an anomaly isn't immortal, I'm half immortal, only by age but you don't have a skill akin to that, best way to gain immortality like that is to go chaotic in a world and eliminate every single living thing. if you have any more questions then I'll return back to-" "Wait! I still have questions" there's still a lot of holes in this but I need confirmation first "am I reincarnated? transported or was I an anomaly in the first place, what's the difference?" "hmm... well I guess some people might get the other way around... Reincarnated people or people who got suddenly transported without being informed by the system are otherworlders, they just got sucked into a different world whereas anomalies can transfer worlds granted they have enough ether backing them up. you can just talk to me after I return to my body, I won't disappear so you can ask anything, this also serves as a good way to evaluate you" ... Nick disappeared... so that was spirit manipulation? or something else entirely... if I'm gonna be an anomaly then might as well serve as one...
"Isabelle! mind helping me with this?" Naoya's kind... thankfully I can depend on him when I'm in trouble "also, Master was looking for you, his tent is in the cave just a few walks away from us" ...
"ahh Isabelle, I also missed out on some information, questions will be answered tomorrow so refrain from asking anything more." I nod... well I can't force someone... "Anomalies are close to gods and goddesses since they can intrude on worlds but can't interfere with anything they're supposed to do. although I did say there are about a few hundred Anomalies currently alive I didn't say all of them are friendly, Anomalies are capable of taking or copying skills of others so best to be careful if you're getting stronger, try to hide any kind of information you have or you'll die." that's reassuring... wait "if your telling me that I'm supposed to be hunted for my skills then doesn't that mean you're currently waiting for me to get stronger and get skills favorable for you?" "... looks like I'm busted... hahaha... well for that I'll grant you safety from myself, don't worry the system will warn an anomaly if they're going to be hunted by another anomaly but that's useless information to people who hunt others for power. they're skilled, they let others hunt for them, I said the system will alert from other anomalies but that doesn't mean it'll alert from normal people" or so he says... "this system has many functions but at the same time it's extremely buggy and can be bypassed easily although I won't tell anyone even you on how" so... "doesn't that means that I'm one of you? and I have to restrict my actions on what I do on certain people?" "hmm?! well... really you don't need to, you'll know if you happen to experience it" or so he says... I'm still honestly confused though "well!" since when did he had a book in his hand? "might as well take a rest right? call Naoya, I'll bring in the things I've hunted"
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"Phew! I'm stuffed! Naoya! you sure make a good banquet! how did you learn how to cook?" Naoya's cooking truly is delicious! no matter the ingredients! "I-I see... I appreciate your compliments Master" well nothing beats a good sleep after eating a banquet "I'll let myself out, do anything you want I'll be out sleeping" well, really I'll be back to the dreamscape state, time flies when I'm in it, I think so... no time to think! sleep. now.
whoo, boy does it feel great to be a spirit again, at night time too! I'll check in on those two while I'm here...
Naoya's cleaning up, Isabelle is bathing, huh, never thought of her as a person who cleans after herself, time to escape while she doesn't see me. now time to write a book, now what book was I in? ahh... nevermind, I'll just create another one.
book 10- -alert. Anomaly count in Laplace has risen- !!! another one... system, what's its coordinates? -close to the city of humans, near a cave entrance- shit... can you tell if it's experienced? -negative, do you want me to show the skills of said person?- !!! no... this shouldn't be systematically possible, unless... YES! show me it's stats!
-current, name:??? age:??? type: anomaly
skills: chameleon memory. one's old blood. digital creation. black hole. earth's tremor. all element control. all life control
current effects: double body, the impending doom of the planet, newborn residue.
these are its current stats-
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f*ck! this is a chaos one. system! what's my fate? -death or life- it's not locked... what's Isabelle's and Naoya's? -Death or Life- the same!? no... no... this is a problem... system! what's Kirin's fate? -Death-
!!! is it locked!? -no- hahh... that was worrying... but that doesn't change the fact that everyone's fate has been changed, and this wasn't here until it showed up.
I have to warn them "Naoya! pack your things! we're in code red, change of plans! you two... no, you hide in a nearby cave!" "M-Master! why the sudd-" "NO TIME!" he nods and packs everything he deemed useful, I can trust him to live but my order is still going, for a friend... "Isabelle!" "EEK!" she's still naked but no time "you need to change, no sleep, for now, time to go!" "W-will! you please slow down!" this is the first time I hear her scream... "hahh... you're right, it's been a few hundred years-ish and I'm still panicking..." "... can you please explain what's going on?" "fine... currently... wait a minute, system, what's Kirin's current situation?" -alert, he is currently fighting an anomaly. It's a stalemate- "good... good... well you can take a guess from hearing that" "I-I still don't get it! explain! please!" "hahh... fine, currently a chaos anomaly is roaming the area, well... fighting a friend, he can fight but I can't say for his girlfriend... and he has the same skill like me, Chameleon Memory, if he doesn't stop then fighting him should take me 100 years until the fight shows progress" "... so this is a serious problem?" "yes... that's why I'm gonna dash through to go help Kirin, if it managed to kill Kirin then my fight with it will undoubtedly be one-sided." "why? what does your friend have anyway?" "you still don't know yet, when we get there then you evaluate him yourself" "What about Naoya?" "leave him, he can't help with his current experience, so right now you need to come with me!" I started pulling Isabelle out of the water "WAIT!! I'M STILL NAKED!!!
"Nick, do you have any plans at all?" we started dashing through the woods at a fast pace I checked the approximate time until I get to Kirin, 5 minutes at dashing at full speed. "NICK! wake up!" "ahhh sorry, did you say something?" "hahh... nevermind" right now we passed through a forest and crossed a river, we need to keep going with no interruptions, Kirin will undoubtedly die if he's left to fight the anomaly by himself.
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"Haahhh... Haahh..." this guy... his powerful enough to destroy my skeleton hand. no one's been able to break it "you... have power, once you're dead I'll take it and kill every single person even the gods" this man's serious! I managed to graze him and Luna attack while he was occupied but that didn't last long, Luna's currently out cold and protecting her while fighting him is a big disadvantage. "What do you want with us?! did the Humans sent you to kill me!?" "...?" silence... no... rather he doesn't know what I'm talking about "please just let us be, we don't want anything to do with you!" "hmm? well you have something I want... that power, give it to me, and give that dragon to me" what does he mean? my power?! "ugh... Kirin..?" "Luna! oh thank god you're safe... just rest for now, go to the settlement and ask the ogres to treat you, I'll buy you ti-" "I'm sorry but that won't do" "KIRIN!!!"
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haahhh... haahhhh... we're almost there... please let Kirin be safe...
-alert, Kirin has ceased, connection with the being Kirin Aiha has failed- no.... NO!!! "Isabelle! just go to this direction, once you're there then find a place to hide!" "Wait! what'll y-" "I'll go ahead, something came up"
this... has to be a dream... no... this is a nightmare...
"Nick!" hahh... hahhh... "sorry... I should've come sooner" I'm glad he didn't take Kirin's skill that quick "THAT WAS MY PREY!" "sorry... but the prey you were hunting was a friend" "Luna, right? take Kirin and hide him somewhere" "right..." this is a problem... "what's your goal here?" "why should I tell?" a man dressed in metal... "what's your homeworld?" "I'm not telling" he's isn't saying anything "this just means you're experienced in this kind of stuff, what's your name?" atleast a name... "why should I follow your orders anyway huh?" drat!.. "fine... then I don't care what happens in our environment, care to show me your skills?" "with pleasure" he hasn't taken anything from Kirin. system, activate skill buff 'eye for an eye' -affirmative-