Darien slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on one of the petals of the giant pink flower
"I- I am alive?" He couldn't understand or believe anything, everything that happened was a dream?
"But the flower is still here, that means-" He stopped speaking when he turned around to see a giant corpse of the monster that had supposedly killed him
he then also saw a naked girl lying on another petal of the flower "Just how did she got here? did she save me?"
"ugh" the girl suddenly woke up from her sleep, she had crimson red eyes with long black hair and her body had curves at all the right places
"You are awake?" Both of them asked at the same time
sigh, the girl sighed but Darien could not understand why she did so
"Umm did you save me?" He finally asked without looking at her directly
"Yes, I did" she answered in a matter-of-fact manner tone
"Um and.. umm.. what happened to your clothes?" he finally asked it
"heh~" she giggled with her hands on her red lips "Are you aroused?"
"Wh-what?" good thing he was looking away or she would have seen his embarrassed face
what is wrong with this girl?
"Your name is Darien, right?" She suddenly asked in a serious voice
"Hm? yes, it is" Darien was a bit taken back by the change
"Darien do you feel something different now?"
"Different?" He just thought of inspecting his body and a transparent window opened in front of him
Darien - Level 7
Acquired Skills - 1/5
Skill Rank - unknown
"What is this thing?" the same window was now showing something else
"So, you awakened it?" she suddenly came close to him and looked towards the window
"Awakened what?" he asked, a bit flustered because she was naked
"Your first skill" she answered while smiling beautifully
"What? Skill? What is going on here? Can you please explain first? oh, wait or maybe first wear something then explain everything" He looked away again
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"Wait so you are saying the whole world is different now?" Darien asked, he already guessed that much but it still shocked him
"Yes, your whole world will now have dungeons, monsters and lots of mystical things that human race couldn't think of" the girl explained, she had now worn a black and red dress that Darien had no idea where she got from
"Your? you are not from here?" Nothing seemed impossible to Darien at this stage
"Yes, I am from a different world that I don't think I can tell you about" She gave a mysterious smile
"How did you saved me though, I think I was dead already" The question he still couldn't understand, he clearly experienced death
"Simple I shared some of my life energy with you"
"What!? How is that even possible?" 'Is this really not all a dream?'
"Normally it is not possible to share your life energy with someone, it is only possible if you..." She suddenly stopped
"If you what?"
"If you link your soul to the other person, only then can you share your life energy with someone" She gave another beautiful smile that somehow also looked quite seductive
"What? so y-you..." He had no words left to say
"Yes, we are now linked together by our soul, that's why I can see right through you and you too should be able to sense my soul if you try"
"I can indeed somehow feel you... it's as if I know you and I can trust you, as if you are a part of me" it was somewhat weird and also somewhat dangerous, he could feel a stranger he had just met as someone very close to him
"What about your life energy though" 'Did she sacrificed her lifespan for me?'
"Oh, don't worry about it, people of my world have much more life energy than humans, it's like taking out a jar of water from a bucket"
"I see" he said while seriously looking at her
'I will remember that favor'
"hehe~ that's also why I can sense your lust" She giggled charmingly
"uhm... I couldn't do anything about that, you were naked"
'HOW EMBARRASSING!!, can you imagine having your inner feelings shown to someone else! I feel like dying again '
"Hey do you know how I connected our souls?" her face had that mysterious smile again
"How did you do it?" 'I can take anything now'
"From the place where I came from, this ritual to connect souls is used when couples pledge to stay together for the rest of their lives" the smile looked deadlier now
"Wh-what y-you mean according to your world we-" he couldn't complete it, he's still in college what's all of this fuss about
"We are lovers connected by soul" She said and grabbed Darien's arm all of a sudden "Understood? my lover"
sigh "Stop it, I know you are just messing around" he suddenly stood up, he looked strong but in reality, he was really flustered
"I am serious about it though" she put her hand on his cheek while saying that
"We should get going, can't stay here for long" he started moving towards the single exit the cave had
"No wait" the girl stopped him
"What? It could get dangerous here you know" he stopped and turned around
"No this is actually the safest place you could wish for right now, the monster that ruled this place was killed, there wouldn't be new threats anytime soon" she explained
"Maybe you are right but we can't stay here forever, can we?"
she giggled again "I wouldn't mind staying here forever my love"
before Darien can speak, she spoke again "Just wait till I can get this flower then we can go" she pointed towards the giant flower but Darien was again surprised to see the flower shrinking at a slow rate
"Looks like getting shocked will be normal for me from now onwards"
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The giant flower had shrunk to half its size by now but the speed of its shrinking was still quite slow
Damien was sitting by a rock; he was lost in his thoughts when he asked suddenly "So what's with this transparent screen and these skills"
The girl whose name he found out to be 'Asper' replied "That is related to the situation that's happening right now, with all the dungeons and monsters appearing" she was sitting by the same rock but some distance away
"Then tell me about the situation first, What the hell is happening?" Damien was annoyed because she never gave clear answers
Asper thought for some time and then replied "Your world was struck by a large mana wave that converted all the creatures into monsters and all lands and trees to change and evolve, it happened because there was no mana here before and the creatures and the world itself weren't familiar with it, its sudden occurrence was too much for this world"
"But how does that explain this transparent screen?"
"Do you think the mana would affect all creatures but not humans?" she questioned instead of answering
"You mean..."
"Without that transparent screen or system, the second the mana wave hit your world, all the humans would have been either dead or converted into brainless beings"
gulp