Vroom... Vroom...
"He'll be admitted to that Tree after all. " I could hear the muttering of people near me. Their voices were soft and weak, but I could still understand them.
" Oh, I think the superstar is awake "
I open my eyes with difficulty, primarily due to the light, but also because of that exhausting incident.
" Uh... " I grumbled in pain. My body felt like dying. It's the same feeling when you exercise too much and your entire body feels like it got punched 100 times over.
" Don't stand up yet! You might have drunk the potion, but it's only of poor quality. It'll take some time.
They say this as they make me lie down on my back again. I look around my body to check for some bruises or wounds, but it seems like it's fine as the wound from the branch and my upper torso were bandaged. " Thanks... " I mutter as I thank them for helping me out.
" You didn't need our help though. You saved yourself out there, kid " They smiled at me in amazement.
" I mean, when I was your age, I was just hitting wooden mannequins in my backyard. Not out here demolishing an Elite beast. I mean, look at that thing. It's literally in perfect shape. " They smile as they look outside of the jeep.
Elite beast... I can't believe I'm hearing someone mutter those words. Was I really in that story? I can only find out by asking.
" Where are we? " I ask meekly. I didn't want to raise suspicion, but as it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere inside a forest, my question should be pretty justified.
" Oh right, we're currently in Zen forest, which is just 5 miles away from Tree so you should relax "
So it was all real, huh... No, dreams, no weird things going on... I mean, there's nothing more bizarre going on.
I could only sigh at the development of the scenario, still contradicted by my love for this story and the relationships I formed in the real world. Well, I think I'll figure it out in the future.
Without anything else to do, I went to see the rewards of my hard work. I slowly stand up, somehow looking forward to the corpse of a fantasy creature... mimicking the voices of its dead victims.
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Anyway, I managed to sit down completely after a little push and a little convincing by repeatedly insisting that I wanted to see my trophy.
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" That looks absolutely disgusting." I mutter as I see the lifeless monstrosity of a being lying down in a large metal cart.
"Hahaha, I prefer it lying down like that rather than it uprooting trees as it mimics the voice of a dead person." The burly man, who was wearing something that looked like tactical body armor, speaks out.
" Oh, you tell me. " I smile as I hear him talk.
"My name's Daniel " He laughs as he holds out his hand.
" Mon "
" Why were you guys looking for me anyway? " I asked curiously. Before I lost consciousness, I heard them talk about finding me, as if it was some sort of mission.
" I mean, an entire bus of Tree enrollees, suddenly getting attacked by a hippocampus whilst on the way to Tree was a massive matter. They couldn't let their reputation die after all. "
" Hippocampus? "
" Yeah, there were also signs of the Fenrir near Terra, so they started getting suspicious and worried. The Fenrir was a Royal-class beast after all. Besides, two Greek beasts in this area working together is not something you see every day. " Daniel looks at me weirdly, probably because I should know this, but I think he didn't press the matter any longer to be respectful as I was just in an accident.
Well... I did write the fanfiction, and I should know why I was in that position in the first place. But I didn't write this part. The first and only chapter of my story ended with Daniel and the others finding me in the forest.
So my guess here is that the story filled in the gaps that I had not written in the fanfiction. I couldn't just pop out of nowhere after all. And as I did set my age to be 15 in the story, it seems like it judged me to be a Tree enrollee, as 15 is the first year for the academy.
Anyways, now that I know that I would be a Tree enrollee, my current situation wouldn't be good. As seen earlier, my ability was that I could make arms made out of mist within a specific range while using Ki. Even with me only having the ability to make 2 arms before getting tired, it was still relatively good. I could always increase my Ki storage and make a crap ton of arms and have them utilize weapons. That's like a one-man army in the making.
But as I had to nerf the nuclear arms in the first place, having multiple arms is just as good as the nuclear punch. It'll also change the entire course of my fan fiction, so I decided to nerf it again. What will make me stop using weapons and focus more on getting the punch? by making the arms turn into a mist so that when they hold physical objects, they'll just fall right through the arms.
I planned to turn my arms into the nuke variant, but that will be done by adding an artifact that didn't even exist in the original story! And the chances of it existing is almost nothing, as this, from now on, is most likely the plot in the original story. I didn't plan to be in the academy, but it just so happened that I was an enrollee. So I think it's safe to assume that everything that wasn't written in the fanfiction wouldn't be treated as something that would happen.
I could always use magic? Did you even read the story? Well, probably not, but there's only one energy that will exist in the body of a Hunter, the energy that corresponds to their ability, and in my case it's Ki.
I mean... I'm still relieved as I know almost every single thing about this world. But if I had just written it in that darn fanfiction, my future would've been easier.
It's no use sulking... I should rest first. I'd think about what I'm going to do with the academy later on.
" It seems like you have a lot on your mind, kid " Daniel speaks out as he notices my troubled expression.
Yes... in more than one way. I mean, I did know a lot of information regarding this whole world, but I was also troubled by that fact.
" No, I just think It would've been more immersive if I was in a horse-driven carriage instead of a modern car."
" Haha, it does seem like a fantasy novel becoming reality. With our situation, fantasy novels are now biographies."They laughed at my little joke.
" I mean, guns should've been strong against these monsters if you think of this as a fantasy story. A modernized weapon with different parts that makes a small metal bullet go hundreds of miles should've been stronger than swords and bows. "
They started to talk among themselves. I successfully removed attention from myself as I sat down in the comfortable jeep.
"Yeah, should've been, but that complex design is exactly why their crap. You can't infuse Ki or mana into something with a bunch of parts. And because swords and bows are made of simple objects, infusing Ki and mana into them makes them stronger than a gun.
They kept talking by themselves as I looked out of the window. Trees, shrubs, and rocks had covered the entire area, with some animals here and there. There were also ants of the same type in the whole world, just walking on the rims of the window, which somehow relaxed me. Knowing that there are still normal animals in the wilderness. Well, it looks like they also didn't have it easy as a spider shows up and starts to eat the ants with tiny crab pincers.
" Still, what would you pick, a million swords like that guy from uhh Faith? I forgot. Anyways, a million swords or a million guns? " Their argument kept on going.
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As the spider started eating more and more, the ants stopped running and formed a line. They then started spitting out something from their mouths, aiming it at the spider. At first, it had just eaten the ants that were spewing at him, but as time went on, the spider started to shrivel up in pain, as the ants spayed out more and more.
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Wait...
Wasn't there an artifact out there? An idea had formed in my mind. Something that would define my potential and future. The item that made the Human Monster Krean.
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It seems like I'd have more fun than I thought I would. I smiled, finally feeling that I could look forward to the future, literally and metaphorically.
" A million guns... " I say with a smile on my face.
" Why? They are comparable to stones and pebbles to those monsters. " Daniel looks at me as if I was another one of his friends.
" Why not? Besides, could you take a million stones? "
I say as I look at the corpse of the spider getting carried away by the ants.