Zero just got back onto the streets he looked around and found what he was looking for so he walked towards it. As he walked he felt a little uncomfortable but it was ok. This body still had emotional residue from the last owner, it was hard to keep them in check. As he walked he found himself in a alley , the place he was looking for. The alley was really small only going two meters before a wall stops the alley. It was only a meter and a half wide , there were barely any light rays the only ones that reached onto the floor exposed silver strings of the spider webs. Dirt and grime everywhere. Though the alley was dirty it was cleaner then most traditional alleys. He stepped into the dark of the alley taking off his shirt laying it on a small crate trying to not let it touch the floor. He bit his thumb and started to write on the inside of the t-shirt an invisibility formula.
Invisibility formula was a formula of magic. Usually a formula has set effects it can be carried on a piece of paper , clothes , weapons and even skin. They were magical words , written in a circular fashion from inside out. It was discovered way into the future about year 3000 amc. The invisibility formula allowed for the user or target to become invisible.
As the formula was done and the blood started to dry. He put the shirt back on. The shirt shined red for a moment but soon Zero and his belongings started to disappear. Now Zero was nowhere to be seen, only his breath and footsteps could be heard.
Zero started to walk out of the alley. Once he was hit by sunlight he began to look around checking if anyone could see him. He nodded his head once he confirmed no one could see and started going towards a mob of villagers. As he got close he saw one of the villagers pocket was full with copper coins. He himself needed some so he grabbers as many as he could as fast and stealthily as he could. He felt adrenaline shoot through his body, damn this body is t used to the excitement. He shook his head grabbed the coins that disappeared into his closed hand.
He recalled the map that he saw, there was a carriage shop with a horse stable at the east side of the village. Once he was far away enough he walked towards an alley, stoping the formula and becoming visible.
He might have stolen, but he knew what was wrong and right. That was only a temporary solution to his money problem.
As he traveled down the gravel road he heard a lot of whispers many were about the church and the kids. He heard what's going on. The church ordered a lot of carriages, the slave porting will begin.
He calmly walked towards the carriage shop. As he was walking he already had a plan in mind on what he's gonna do. Slave trading and porting are legal. So he needs to change his mentality, after all he lived 200 years in the future. This change was easy the problem was his control over the body. Though he could control the muscles he couldn't control the emotions that the boy felt. If he can't get his adrenaline in check he might die. He needs to meditate, maybe for an hour at least. His pace quickened as he thought his thoughts and faults.
"I need to save those kids no matter what I want to think." He clenched his fists with anger tiredness and bravery. With trembling arms he activated his shirt formula making him invisible.
'I should just cultivate for a while, maybe break my core. How stupid, this kid got attached to these people. However I don't know what to do after I need to think.' As he said so his body was almost automatically going towards the village's small inn.
"Hello how may I serve you, have you come to this inn to stay and if so give me a number of how many days!?" Shouted a burly man, this caused Zero to jolt out from his thinking. Most people when they get lost in thought needed a second before they could regain sense of where their position, this wasn't the case for Zero he regained control immediately. He looked around for a second.
The inn finding hall and the reception area were conjoined together. The room was painted dark red , the floor was dark wood, the lights were orbs of light, the tables and chairs made of white pale wood there was a carving of a beer mug with a bowl. It was a cute insignia. The place was filled with people.
"Uhn, I'd like to stay for a night please" the purple eyed boy nodded his head. "That'll be 3 copper kid!" Said the many with gusto, Zero knew that wasn't the right amount he was being cheated but he didn't want to do anything about it so he paid and didn't speak to the man again. One of the waitresses walked towards them and gave a wink towards Zero , she had black hair and black eyes her skin was pale and she looked about average. She looked to be in her 30s but that was unknown really. "Follow me sir! Your room is on the top floor , it's room 102." She said as she led Zero towards a wall filled with drawers. She looked a little until she reached for the wooden drawer with a burn mark resembling 102. She opened the drawer and pulled out a simple copper key with a number 102 imprinted on the end. Zero was offered the key with a bit of impatience showing she didn't want to give a kid the key. He nodded his head and took the key out of her hands, he looked around and found stairs going to the second floor. He didn't know where the rooms were but he'd figure it out. As he found his way up to the third floor he heard some gossip about the church, there were other talks too but he'd only care about the church for this moment.
At last he found his room. The door was made of white pale wood and in the middle was a drawing of a bed with the numbers 102 drawn onto it. He opened the door and he was quickly overwhelmed by the smell. The body couldn't understand the smell well but he knew this smell. The smell of pleasure musk. It smelled bad and the boy's body couldn't stay in this room. He immediately ran toward the first window inside his room and opened it. He enjoyed the lungs filling up with air. He closed it once he made sure the stench was gone. His face a bit red cause of the cold air that flew in but he didn't care. He went towards the bathroom. I'm the bathroom he found five buckets of water a 'toilet' if a hole could be called that, soap and towels. A lot of towels, some were on the ground and they were stained. He definitely got cheated off of his money.
He was tired so he didn't care the room was actually clean the only problems were the towels and the smell but that got taken care of. He sat down on the bed, his body aching for sleep but he couldn't. It was time to cultivate.
He stepped in the muddle of the room and took a deep breath, sat down crossed his legs and closed his eyes. He let go.
At that moment everything seemed to stand still in his perspective. Concentrating hard he felt his core, it was small but so was a child's body so he didn't mind. First he went through a series of breaths, each taking in some mana. This caused his core to get larger by a big amount. He awakened his magic. He collected the mana of the room to himself , controlling it to go through his body. If people of this time saw him do this they'd be shocked, Magic to them was really simple and ferocious you were either born with it inside you or you weren't. That was not true just that people were still underdeveloped. Collecting the mana in his body he now forced it out, this caused pain to the body making a lot of needle holes through his skin making him bleed a lot. The pain was like a needle going through millions of holes. The blood stoped coming out after a while. These small unseeable holes were actually something called points, it gave you the ability to absorb magic through your skin. This technique was created 100 years after the magic crisis when humans started to cultivate again.
Zero shuddered as this body didn't have the same pain tolerance as he did. He was only able to make 320 holes in the body maybe later he might get more.
Magic went through many changes in history. At first before the magic crisis it was either you were born with or without, no way for you to gain more. After the dark ages in the years 1000 it changed into internal power, strengthening the body. As time passed magic changed again in the 2000s it became a way for people to activate tunes and strengthen themselves. After that I'm the 4000s people started to realize the potential of magic , they started to force it outside of their bodies creating paranormal powers only in 5000s did people understand that souls could be cultivated by magic. Opening a new horizon of making yourself stronger , forcing it out , controlling it , and gaining the ability to summon souls.
What Zero was doing was the most advanced plan of cultivation that he knew, using all the knowledge of years of history as a guide.
The magic that was moving freely around Zero suddenly froze. Changing it target towards Zero all the magic around slammed into the boys body. Excruciating pain went through him and even his soul felt it. Then it was done, it shattered.