Hoshi's words flashed through my mind. 'I was about to die forever. My consciousness would be gone. I'd never get the chance to experience the world that I spent so long creating. If only I hadn't been so rash. I'm usually not like this. Why did I do this? How bad will this death hurt? I shoul-'
I slipped.
I fell down next to the scroll in the middle of the room. Every single one of us was in shock. I came to my senses first. I quickly grabbed the scroll and ran. I rushed outside, nobody was able to catch me because they didn't expect me.
Somehow, in some way, I was able to survive that. I thanked every god I could think of and went away.
I found a secluded location a few kilometers away in a cave. I thought it would have been a good time to open the scroll. Inside, was a small passage.
[The Art of Galeforce]
"The forbidden technique was invented by Kazekami, known to be the greatest wind user of all time. It requires great strength but also great speed in order to execute. The first step in the process of mastering this is developing your body to use the art."
I was going to be here for a while. I guess I just had to exercise a lot.
[A/N: I'm not good at timeskips so just know that the three dots usually mean time has passed.]
...
Flash forward a few months, and I thought I was ready, I had become much stronger but also much more agile and quick. I continued to read.
"Strike hard and quick. Practice this punch 10,000 times until it's perfect."
'THAT'S IT?'
I just had to do this a bunch of times. Great. I had a feeling that Hoshi had something to do with this but whatever. I just had to use the next few weeks to master it.
...
Finally, I got it right, at this point, I could figure out how to use this powerful attack to burst through 7 trees at once. It wasn't the most powerful, but it was still very effective. I had tried it on myself, it felt like sharp winds in the middle of a hurricane striking my body at once. It hurt like shit.
I saw the scroll glow one day. I opened it, seeing a new message engraved.
"The power is yours now."
The scroll soon disappeared with a notification appearing overhead.
Task 2 Complete:
Reward: A- Rep, New Trait: [Plot Armor]
Even though I give Hoshi all the shit in the world. That was pretty funny.
Continue to Task 3?
Once again, I clicked yes. This time I didn't disappear though. Instead, a new scroll appeared.
Task 3: Defeat the Great Shogun
'The Great Shogun? Who is that?'
I froze. It came back to me, the Great Shogun must have been that giant guy I saw while getting the scroll.
You've got to be kidding me.