Juri and Luria soon arrived at the 1st cave, where there, Juri smelled a scent in the air and frowned, stopping Luria.
"What?" - Luria looked confused.
"Focus your attention on the air, feel using your Mana!" - Said Juri, Luria got serious and tested.
Soon she felt something abnormal in the air, she wouldn't have noticed it if she hadn't focused her Mana on her senses.
Luria has not yet become a [High Level Knight], who is able to use Aura, a variation of Mana, but she still has great control of her Mana and can strengthen her senses.
So she noticed the evil, strange energy prowling the air, which she felt was familiar to Juri.
"That looks like that dark energy you exude..." - Said Luria frowning.
"That's called [Negative Energy], something that comes from something called [Negative Dimension], a dimension where the emotions of all living things accumulate as energy and give birth to distorted creatures, practically Demons!" - Said Juri seriously, which surprised Luria, who immediately asked.
"Are those the creatures you fought in your past life?"
"Yes, we called her [Creatures from the Other Side] or [Paranormal Creatures], if they are killed without the use of Magic or Negative Energy, these creatures have their souls sent to your dimension and there they revive!" - Juri said seriously and Luria listened intently.
"I hope you don't tell anyone about this, the reason I didn't specifically tell you before, is because the [Negative Dimension] is something that hardly affects our reality, it needs a connection to manifest, one of the strongest connections being [Knowledge]!
The more one knows about the Paranormal, the stronger it becomes in our reality, so the more people know about it, the more the Paranormal can affect our reality.
In my world, in the very distant past, an Emperor, conqueror of an entire continent, caused the extermination of a large part of its population, focusing on a group of people to fight the Paranormal and prevent it from spreading into reality!
So I hope you don't let that knowledge spread, because it could doom the Winter Kingdom if you get too involved!" - Juri said seriously.
"Why tell me this?" - Luria asked confused.
"Because whatever we come up against in there will change your life!
Do you know the [Negative Energy] that I possess? I have it not because of pacts with creatures known as Paranormal Entities, which are the Gods of the Negative Dimension, but because of killing so many of the Paranormal Creatures, that I ended up being exposed and corrupted by this energy, but it's not something harmful, as long as I don't make any Pacts or Sacrifices, which may give me power, but I sacrifice things I don't wish to lose!" - Juri sighed.
"You told me about this before, when you talked about your beloved, Gabriela, right?" - Luria asked, then noticed something. - "I remember you talked about it a bit at the party with the Nobles..." - Luria became worried.
Juri noticed that he talked too much, but said. - "Don't worry, when I said that, I said it with my world as a basis, at most you were relieved that such beings exist in my world and since you never saw them before, you didn't get involved.
Not to mention that I didn't talk in detail, what I talked about were demon types, which I noted exist in your world, just as you know the Hell Dimension, which doesn't exist in my World!"
"So... no danger?"
"Look, I think it's unlikely that the Royal Family doesn't know about the Negative Dimension, since it has so many years of history, so I don't think you need to worry!" - Said Juri smiling and Luria nodded.
"But you said about it changing my life, how exactly?" - Luria asked on another point.
"Well... just knowing about Paranormal already connects you to it in some way, the [Paranormal Exposure], is simply the unlocking of a new energy, that once you learn to control it, it will be like..." - Juri held out his hand to Luria, who nodded and then Juri cast a [Mana Strengthening].
Luria felt Juri's Mana enter her body so she felt much stronger.
"That's pretty much it, only a little different! The more you deal with the other side, the more [Negative Energy] you'll accumulate and the bigger the bonus in your physical and mental abilities!
Don't think it's a bad thing, it's just a method to get stronger, as long as you don't want a quick progression in strength in exchange for losing some sanity and stuff, you can just accumulate more Negative Energy and learn to handle it, to get stronger!" - Juri said seriously.
Luria nodded, then looked at the cave entrance.
"Whatever's in there... felt us!" - Said Luria, noticing something.
Juri also saw the red dots, so she used more Mana in the [Mana Strengthening] she cast on Luria, to last 30 minutes, then cast a [Mana Enhancement] on herself and her bandages.
Then I told them to move on!
...
Invading the cave, Juri told Luria to be on her guard, the battle is about to begin!
And it didn't take long for them to spot the creatures, they were huge, distorted rodents, Juri frowned.
[Bleeding Muscle Mouse - Level 58]
Creatures of Level 40~60, quite a bit of them.
Juri then activated [Bandage Control], where her bandages detached from her body, becoming a weapon!
Next she used [Sharpen Bandages], along with [Mana Enhancement].
Soon 4 rats were pierced and torn!
Luria drew her sword, her Mana exploding and soon she launched an energy slash that separated 2 rats!
At that moment, Luria felt something enter her body, which worried her a little.
"Step back, this is the [Paranormal Exposure], it will amplify certain emotions the first time, so adapt and if you find yourself willing, get back into the fight!" - Said Juri controlling the bandages and pushing Luria back.
Luria was taken by surprise, but she focused on her body, she was a little confused, but she analyzed this Energy and noticed that it was merging into her body in a strange way.
Then Luria began to notice what Juri had said, many memories came into her mind, her opening that cursed box and finding the heads of her parents.
The despair she felt, the rage and hatred arose, then more memories came, until it stopped at a recent memory, her taking Juri to bed.
The disgust she felt, along with the ecstasy and lust overwhelmed her mind.
The hatred for humans being in the middle, making her burn with an intense rage!
She tried to control herself, so she took the sword and looked at Juri's back, wanting very much to kill her!
But then Luria stopped, her Mana flowing and calming her, the hate diminishing and more and more memories about that night came up.
Luria felt strange, understanding that it's just like on patrol, she was getting horny!
But she controlled herself, kept a cool mind, but that didn't stop more and more hot and exciting memories from coming to her mind.
Juri's face, her breasts, her body, her curves, her provocative words that filled her heart with anger and a sadistic desire to hurt her and see her powerless.
Luria slowly calmed down, blushing, but noticed that Juri was battling, so taking a deep breath, she stood up and ran for support!
So she began to kill more of the Rodents, where Felines also began to appear, as well as Wolves.
And finally, Blood and Flesh Zombies appeared, as did Snails!
They were strong, Luria could feel it, but the [Mana Strengthening] that Juri threw at her, granted her considerable strength, not to mention that she is a proud Knight of the Winter Kingdom, she trained for decades, as Elves live a long time.
Luria fearlessly confronted these creatures and dismembered them, supporting her was Juri, killing several of the creatures beside her.
There were many, but it became obvious that these creatures, even very strong, have many obvious flaws!
"The creatures that are dripping blood and seem to have melted flesh, are called [Blood Creatures], linked to the Blood Entity, that is, the Blood God so to speak!
They are strong, cruel and speed up their recovery by devouring the blood of other beings, but in return, they receive 5 to 10 times more pain than us when they are cut and wounded, which fills them with rage, pain and opens openings!" - Said Juri aloud, teaching Luria about the Elements of the Paranormal.
This made Luria understand why these creatures reacted so drastically when cut.
"Now the creatures with more exposed muscles and strange explosive power capabilities, are called [Flesh Creatures], linked to the Flesh Entity, they are mainly endowed with great physical strength and explosive damage capabilities when tensing their muscles.
Just like blood creatures, they feel 2~5 times more pain, as well as have a lower reaction speed compared to other creatures!" - Juri continued and finally spoke.
"Finally we have the creatures covered in fur and exuding a fierce and deadly aura, they are [Creatures of Hate], connected to the Entity of Hate, which is also called the [Entity of Ferocity], which mainly deals with a more animalistic and ferocious area of Paranormal!
Its creatures are extremely strong, ferocious and feel less pain, as well as carrying abilities to go into frenzies and get stronger and stronger, with their biggest weakness being low intelligence, to the point that in states of frenzy, they attack their companions!"
Luria nodded and became more attentive.
Juri saw nothing but the Blood, Flesh and Hate Elements here, nor did he feel anything else, so he told Luria no more about other Entities.
(Note: I will go into more in-depth detail about the Paranormal and its Entities in the future, when Juri starts treating her own life more like a game and in one of the ways she decides to focus mainly on the Paranormal side!)