JULY 4. 3567
𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿
I focused my mana and cast illusion on my ears to create an accurate of elf ears using witchtaker Hanz elf ears as reference.
I also wanted to practice my illusion magic by using it for a long time and this 3 day journey to the elven capital, Krenz was perfect for it.
Because of the denovin's nest, I was exhausted to the point that I woke up in the noon, Cynthia was still sleeping beside me while witchtaker Hanz was handling our carriage.
The elf that imprisoned Cynthia's mother was executed by witchtaker Hanz before we set out for the elven capital.
After a while, Cynthia also woked up
"yawn...H-Hugo?"
"Good afternoon, Cynthia"
"Your ears..."
"Illusion magic"
"Ah..."
After a yawn Cynthia started maintenance of her rifle and also started making new bullets with condense mana crystal and empty cartridges
"By the way Hugo"
"Hmm?"
"Why are you going back in your world?"
"I need a new 'Blood Iron' weapon and a new set of clothes"
Right now I was wearing my poorly sewed black shirt and coat and my blood iron weapon was destroyed during our battle with the denovin
"Can't you just get those i here?"
"I prefer my worlds weapons and clothes since blood iron can make weapons based on the user's desire, and those clothes was designed for me specifically for taking on request"
"I see, oh and also how long are we going to be there?"
"Hmm...making blood iron weapons and making new hunter clothes takes about a week"
"That time should also be enough to give a tour of my world to satisfy your curiosity"
"Who said I was curious about your world?"
"Are you not?"
"Hey, I didn't said that"
As our conversation ended, I looked in front of us.
It was still the same forest that I arrive at the first I came here but the path our taking had a well developed road that was perfect for a carriage.
But we soon encountered four mulcurt blocking the road.
Witchtaker Hanz calmly stopped the carriage and did not move, It seems he was waiting for us to deal with it.
And so, I get out of the carriage and unsheathed the sabre I borrowed from Cynthia and held it in one hand.
The first one charged at me followed by the other three mulcurts.
I focused my mana and imagined myself in the mulcurts point of view, my plan was to put them in a state of shock by making an illusion in front of their eyes that made them think that they were decapitated.
After making an illusion for the three mulcurts behind the first one, they suddenly fell off their tracks and without wasting a second I charge in front of the mulcurt.
It tried to smash me with it's two arms but I was faster, before it even raised both of its fist I slash it horizontally almost cutting its entire body in half but it was enough since its body dropped and stopped moving.
When I looked at the other mulcurts, they were either in a state of shock or confusion.
I wanted to see how powerful I've become so I destroyed the illusion and they eventually regain their focus and noticed that I killed the first mulcurt and in a state of rage, they all charged at me.
The simply dodge the first one's punch then I slash the second one upward diagonally and slash the last one vertically.
Then the first one tried to punch me again but I slash him so fast that I cleanly sliced his body in half.
'I've gotten stronger'
A soft smile appeared in face then I immediately started dragging thier bodies out of our way and started heading back to the carriage
"Welcome back"
When I came back, Cynthia was still making her bullets, it seems she trusted the battle to me, another smile appeared in my face.
Witchtaker Hanz still hasn't said a word and just continued with our journey but soon it started getting dark so we made camp near the road
"Say Hugo I've been wandering about how your world considered demonic creature as a common"
When she said that, witchtaker Hanz was quite surprise about it and listen silently
"Hmm...Well because of our high population our city residential areas are more condense for most of us"
"A lot of us also are slaves to our country since the world has made most jobs be done by AI's making it hard to get jobs other than being a hunter"
"When we get those jobs, it makes it quite impossible to quit or do something else since it either might be already being done by an AI or because you can't financially support yourself"
"And because of the high unemployment rate plus being a slave to financially support ourselves, and because of that, a lot of us produce way too much negative energy which was enough to give birth to a lot of demonic creatures"
"Well...I don't really know what this AI thing your talking about but your home sounds like a very depressing place"
"Eh, but that's only to financially support yourselves, theres a lot entertainment in our world that can make it worth it"
"You can get food and entertainment as long as you can work"
"Its quite hard to explain in detail since I'm not a professional so it's just better to show"
"Alright then, I'll hope its not as depressing as I imagine"
After eating our food, I use my illusion magic to camouflage our camp so we don't have to worry about bandits trying to ambush us.
Day two was quite normal, we didn't encounter any mulcurts or hulcurts and we even started passing a couple of carriages.
And at day three was when we arrived at Krenz, the Elven Capital.
The elven capital was located in the middle of a dense forest, It was surrounded by a thick wall of stone, it's road was quite clean and wide with people happily going about their day, canals is also visible everywhere which has boats parked in it and most of the buildings had trees sprouting from it making the surrounding feel refreshing.
When witchtaker Hanz was making his way in the castle most of the people and carriages gave way to us.
It seems witchtaker Hanz was very well known in this city but none of them showed him respect for being a close companion of the king but someone who has done a lot for this city to the point that even kids would waves at him.
Soon we were starting to approach the eleven capital's castle where the elf king resides in.
We were in the castle's gate and for the first time in our three day journey, he finally spoke.
"This is a long as I can take you, go to the left and you will see a giant stone thats heavily guarded, I'm guessing you already have a permit right?"
"Yeah"
I pull out the permit that my grandfather gave me
"Good, then take this as your reward for the quest you did for me"
He gave me a pouch and I could feel a lot of ball like things in it.
When I opened the pouch it was full of different types of souls like a Hiet, Pertmul and Hatred
"Thank you witchtaker Hanz for the souls and for the ride here"
"This is the least I could do for helping me"
"Then I will see you soon then"
"Yes, we shall"
Me and Cynthia left the carriage and started making our way to the portal stone near the castle.
Immediately we were spotted by the guards and quickly came at us with spears on their hands
"Halt! Do you have a permit here?"
"Yes, I do"
I show them my grandfather's permit.
They took it and started looking for signs of forgery.
"Wait, this is!"
They looked at me with a surprise in their faces, it seems they found out that this permit was made in my world.
After some time, they gave me my permit back and started guiding us to the portal.
When we were about to enter the portal the two spoke at us
"Oi, you two!"
"Be careful in there"
"Don't worry, I know the other side very well, They are far more welcoming to other races than you think"
And after brief conversation, we entered the portal.
I arrived at the same portal where I first entered to that world.
The guards on this side too tried to question us about our permit but it seems one of them remembered me
"Ah it's you, it has been a while hasn't it?"
"Yeah it has been"
The same two guards that I first met when I tried to use the portal greeted me and they decided to take over the situation.
After a few paperwork for Cynthia, we were allowed to leave the building.
We got out of building's gate and I started making my way to the Guild
"Hey, where are we going?"
"To the hunter's guild, it similar to the adventurer guild"
"I see, you plan to sold those soul that witchtaker Hanz gave us?"
"Yeah"
As our conversation ended, I recognize a familiar woman about a two years older than me standing in front of me.
After a long while of silence she finally spoke
"Brother?"