A blonde young man with a charming face walked upon the tiles in a fancy plaza. The plaza had many people inside that were talking to each other, discussing some topics ordinary people wouldn't understand.
This was the deepest part of the Miracle Plaza, a place where most of the Miracle Invokers gather. It was where the Demon Dimensions were situated and placed.
Rio slowly walked to his destination as he eavesdropped on the conversation of other people silently.
"Aye, do you have a party yet?"
"Not yet. I ain't going to join, so give up."
"Tsk, rude bastard."
Rio listened as he thought of the idea of forming a party, but he quickly shook his head and erased the though from his mind. To form a party means to trust strangers to assist your back, just from that step he already failed.
He wasn't one to trust strangers easily, especially when he had a lot of weird skills he wanted to hide from public eyes. In fact, if there was someone that discovered some of his secrets, he would immediately kill them in fear of the secret being spread.
A party would only restrict his freedom to act, so if he joined one or formed one, it would hold no benefits to him. It would only serve to hold him back. He would come back to the idea in the future when he has allies he could trust.
The majority of the most well known parties were usually formed by guilds. Most guilds would form a party to their members when entering a demon dimension as to lessen the casualties and efficiently find more resources and treasures easily.
Strangers, or those not part of guilds, however were less inclined to join a party in fear of being betrayed and their instinctual distrust to other people's motives.
It was easy to understand why. A party of strangers that never met before had a higher chance to break down due to greed or hate affecting them, so those parties were often filled with distrust and usually fell at the start.
'Here it is...'
Rio thought as he arrived at his destination. Demon Dimension C-078. The appereance of the dimension reflectied in his pupils. It was like a portal, in the middle was a purple whirling energy that distorted the air.
Demon Dimension C-078. A demon dimension with a danger degree of average, and numbered 78 among the hundred others. The letter 'C' was the degree of danger that the dimension possess. The one's that had the authority to assess their danger were only the government and a major organization that never fell in the marching of time.
Demon Dimensions were ranked similarly to how humans rank their power.
Rank D, or a demon dimension with the letter 'D' was usually the basics of the basic. It held only few dangers and less opportunity, but a good place for newbies to practice on. The Volund Academy usually had these dimensions reserved for their students.
Rank C, or a demon dimension with the letter 'C' was average in difficulty, it also has the most humans that were participating in hopes of getting lucky. The demons inside were not that strong, however dont let that fool you, as a person would likely find themself more wary of the other humans that are among them.
Rank B, or the dimensions with the letter 'B' was where things get harder and tougher. It was where demons start to show their terrifying nature and power, these dimensions were usually reserved by guilds.
Rank A, or the dimensions with the letter 'A' was where few only enter in, it was a place where even a Rank B could easily be killed in carelessness. Few dare to enter there without a major guild's support.
Rank S, on the other hand, was a myth. But Rio knew better, as someone that read the novel. He knew that there was a Rank S Demon Dimension, and the appereance of one could easily shatter a fraction of this world.
Back to the dimension he was going to enter on. Demon Dimension C-078. This was the demon dimension he reserved a spot on during the past week and wanted to enter in due to multiple reasons.
One of the obvious reasons was that there was something inside of the dimension that he coveted and wanted to get. The thing he wanted to get was nothing of importance but if he did get it, his fighting prowess would be boosted in several levels.
The other, was that it was convenient. It only had a few people inside, therefore he had much more freedom to act. He didn't know why there were just few people, but he wasn't going to complain about it.
Rio fixed his clothes as he breathed deeply. He took a glowing transparent cube in his pocket and put it back in. He looked at the dimension and slowly walked over to the portal. When his body came in contact with the whirling energy, his body shifted and slowly lost luster.
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"Ha..." Rio panted as he looked his surroundings with wariness. The teleportation was sudden, he didn't have time to react. The good thing, however, was that he no longer felt any dizziness that affected his mind.
Rio looked at his body. No injuries, check. No anomalies, check. He was safe and sound. He raised his head and observed the surroundings.
'The atmosphere is quite bleak and dark...'
Rio thought as he felt the damp and stuffy air. It made sense, demon dimensions are worlds that were destroyed by demons in the past. That explanation, by itself, showed the terrifying prowess of demons.
However, there was no point in worrying about it. This was a Rank C Demon Dimension, the demons wouldn't be too strong and most likely on the weaker side of the spectrum.
Most importantly, more than demons he had to watch out more on the people that were inside. His eyes already caught those who stared at him when he suddenly appeared
Call him paranoid or too distrustful, but he already had memorized their faces and watched out for their movements. He couldn't afford any backstabbing, and sure as hell he wouldn't want to die here.
Rio sighed as he slowly walked over to the south. He had a lot of time to spare, he might as well get the thing he wanted here. After that, he would train againts the demons to refine his battle instincts.
The stares of the people had long left his body and they continued to talk among themselves as they ignored Rio.
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A blonde man with a charming face walked over the southern lands, filled with small cracks beneath and the faint smell of dried blood washes over the man.
Rio raised his head as he looked further in the south. There was a small village. He should take a small rest there and maybe check if there were anything of worth.
Though, he wasn't hoping much as he knew that if the village was easily spotten, many people would already have harvested any goods there.
Woosh!
"«Agilao»" Rio muttered as he casually moved his hands to the left. A medium sized fireball instantly conjured in mid-air and fired to a small shadow.
"Eeeeek...!" The loud shrieking sounds of a demon resounded as it's body slowly burned to a crisp, it's feets and hands turning into ashes.
Rio looked at the demon that tried to attack him. This was the tenth demon that tried to kill him. The demons that attacked him had differing appearances, this one was a small humanoid imp with horns in their forehead.
The previous demons that attacked him varied, some were scarlet red crows that tried to kill. Some were gigantic bugs that followed his trails silently. However, with his «Auto-Sense» trailing him was futile and useless.
He already had sensed them and just let them followed him so he could strike at the most opportune moment possible, easily killing them at one shot.
It worked so well, in fact due to that less demons tried to attack him as they were terrified of what he did. He couldn't care less however, as they were the weakest spectrum of the demons.
They could easily be killed by an average Rank C, they didn't help him hone his battle instinct's as they were easily killed without much of a battle.
Rio shook his head while his eyes stared at the village, as he took a step forward a shudder suddenly rang through his body. Danger. The village had something in it that made his body shudder in danger.
"What was that..?" Rio muttered in panic while he focused at the village in the distance as he breathed deeply. He had to calm his body first. He couldn't retreat now. This was the perfect opportunity to hone his battle instinct's. He could only trust himself to not die.
First and foremost, he had to prepare. Preparation was the best forte of a Sorcerer. Sorcerers truly shined when they have a plan on their head as they fought.
"Here goes..." Rio muttered as he slowly walked forward to the village. His footsteps were silent as it crushed the corpse of the demon he just killed. He would think of a plan as he walked over to the village.