The day after day...
Anko didn't know her abilities yet. So, to find her avatar, Anko had to know her inner abilities first because that was the source of her power. Anko thought the only way to find out was to go back to square one.
She asked Syifa who was still sitting casually accompanying him there, "Is it true that most of the world is uninhabited? What if the inhabitants of this world are other beings such as some kind of serpent monster or goblin army?" asked Anko with a worried face.
So far she hasn't encountered such a thing but, she thinks a world with a feel like these RPG games must exist!
Syifa took a deep breath and she looked seriously at Anko, "Nothing!" he answered earnestly.
"Eh?" Anko said in disbelief.
"Even if there were they would not be creatures of this world, like the form of a power that enveloped this world," Syifa explained as she crossed her arms.
"Anko looks like you should rest for a while to recharge your batteries." Said Syifa, who had seen that Anko's energy was now starting to be drained because she was too focused on awakening her inner potential.
Anko was too worried that she didn't have any abilities in this world that she couldn't even draw her sword as Syifa had said before.
Anko is getting more and more curious about what kind of ruins that Syifa meets? She asked the girl with this unfriendly-looking male avatar to tell her about it.
"If you tell it directly, I'm sure you can't imagine it. The point is that ruins are complicated… but, the building isn't some kind of collapsed castle… well the kind of thing that doesn't have an occupant!" cried Syifa who said it seriously. Most of the remaining normal humans in this world are all controlled by power.
The power that is born from the ability of the human heart is called spiritual ability. It is said that all people born here are equipped with spiritual abilities even if they are not detected by elements at all.
"Do you remember when you arrived at the inn?" Syifa gave Anko a logical question to think about.
"Yes, remember why?" asked Anko in surprise.
"They are all locals and they opened the inn for a traveler like us. Usually, if a new person is warmly welcomed by the residents. If you're new to a certain area you're bound to be welcomed, you just need to get closer to them…"
"Eh, does that mean Syifa already knows the people there?" asked Anko to be sure.
"No," Syifa shook his head. "To be precise, we just got to know each other. If our list is there, and we haven't done anything bad so far, I'm sure if we come back we'll be warmly welcomed again."
"Wow~ I see." Anko thought that she had never done anything like that before. She thought everyone at the inn was NPC.
"Oh yes, and some of them must have provided information that could help us get to the palace over there."
"Then, that means…" Anko started to think, it seemed that the conversation was strange, why did Syifa easily come across all of this and she told me all the information she had? Anko monologued from the bottom of her heart, does Syifa have a specific purpose, taking advantage of me for example?
"...."
"Syifa, how about we continue this journey first?" asked Anko who felt uneasy because she was constantly bothering Syifa to train her. She didn't want to owe Syifa too much either, so far according to Anko's experience in the real world, he's suddenly been able to trust each other with people he just met. Even he and Tama took several months to get close.
"Proceed the journey? But your training-"
"It's fine, I want to know a lot about this world while training my strength on the way," Anko said with a bit of hesitation while scratching the back of her head.
Syifa smirked with a faint smile, she felt Anko knew something.
Of course! Anko wanted to go back to where she started from and look back at the well that was near the hut. Every place must have secrets, and the uninhabited village that Anko saw at that time must be one of the ancient ruins mentioned by Syifa.
"Alright, let's continue..." Syifa continued but she was still worried about Anko. Because in this world even those who are called NPCs can kill ordinary people. So, this world is indeed controlled by power or can be called a world where there are no ordinary people or indeed there are no ordinary people in this world. I'm afraid that even if those people accept themselves, they won't necessarily be able to trust them.
Traveling without knowing the power was risky but, it seemed that Anko had other plans for it.
"...."
Anko still thinks that if she wants to change her life, it means her world has changed, and maybe this world is showing a changing side of Anko. Slowly Anko was sure she could find her avatar as soon as possible.
"Shifa, may I ask another question?" asked Anko to be sure.
"Yes, about what?" Syifa responded quickly.
"Are there so many ancient ruins in this world?" asked Anko who was intrigued by the place that sounded full of history.
Syifa nodded her head slowly, it meant that she had found it, "Yes, so far there are 3 ruins that I have found."
"Where was it?" Anko asked to make sure, did the uninhabited village he saw at that time include ancient ruins too?
"Would you like to see it?" Syifa did intend to show it on this trip.
"Yes, I'm willing to take a look," Anko answered seriously.
"Okay, I'll take you to the places where the ruins are..." Syifa didn't seem to mind that.
Anko felt grateful that the person she met was a good person even though her appearance could be said to be scary but, she was her avatar form and Syifa's true appearance was in her avatar's body. She still doesn't believe that a good person will be completely good and she doesn't know what the future will be like?
However, Anko hopes... she and Syifa can continue to be together like this forever...
They started walking from out of the middle of the forest, this adventure felt like exploring the world. The two of them walked to look for it according to Syifa's previous travel route.
Anko believes that the Ancient ruins must hold a million mysteries that can explain this world. She wanted to try to uncover it, regarding what Syifa had told her, Anko felt that it seemed that Syifa had not found any clues in the ancient ruins and she was just passing through.
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Still in the same question, what kind of world is this world like?
To be Continued