PATH TO ORIGIN
CHAPTER 10: CHAOS IN SOMBRE: PART 1
PLANET: SOMBRE
[Edit Author: Everything in this chapter is what the character is thinking in his mind or speaking to himself/herself (' ')]
We see a group of people fighting NAN OGRES in a jungle field. They are all surrounded by NAN OGRES, some of whom have been injured or killed by those PLAYERS.
"Young master, wait, I'll help you fight these NAN OGRES," says a man with a bulky build and broad shoulders, wearing a black suit and holding a spear in his hand. He looks like he is in his mid-30s.
"Daichi, are you trying to say I'm weak by any chance?" a young man with a handsome face and eyes covered with sunglasses in his 20s gives a glare to Daichi. He is wearing a white suit and has a well-built body for a young man, with no weapons aside from gauntlets on his arms.
"Daichi-san, are you saying Shidou and I can't take care of these small fries?" says a young man who is also in his 20s, with a very strong physique. He is wearing a very funky yellow suit and a familiar sword in his hand (yes, it is none other than a katana from the RED FORCE SERIES).
"Heaven forbid, I could never say that, young masters," says Daichi while panicking.
"But you did say that, Daichi-san," says the young man with the sword.
"Cut it out, Kenya, now is not the time; first, we should take care of these monsters," says Shidou after knocking out a NAN OGRE.
"Hainnnn, don't try to order me around, you jackass, who is using gauntlets bought with your subordinates' money," says Kenya with a displeased look.
"Is that so? What about that uncommon katana you bought from the PLAYER auction house by using auction, wait, what was the amount... 3700 origin crystals? You used a very major amount of money from our clan funds, and you dare try to mock your elder brother?" says Shidou. By Shidou's remark, Kenya starts bickering with Shidou. Then, suddenly, two NAN OGRES launch their attack towards them.
"Young masters!!" Daichi shouts.
"Hmmphhh," both Shidou and Kenya quickly avoid the attack and react with a counterattack to create a distance among them.
Then, suddenly, Shidou takes a fighting stance.
{PLAYER NAME: ATSUGAWA SHIDOU (temporary)
LEVEL: 5
AGE: 25
CLASS: NONE
SKILL: ULTIMATE SKILL: ONE WHO DEFIES GODS(S)
(Passive) 10% chance to read opponents' movement When fighting someone stronger than the user, stats will be increased by 5%
FIRST SKILL: CAN ANALYZE AND COPY BASIC ASPECTS OF OPPONENT MARTIAL ARTS
STATS
HEALTH: 140/200
STRENGTH: 9(+2) DURABILITY: 9
AGILITY: 9(+2) MANA: 9
CHAOS ENERGY: 5.5
}
Then, suddenly, Shidou jumps at one of the NAN OGRES and punches it in the face, instantly killing it by destroying the NAN OGRE's skull, and wipes blood from his gauntlets.
"Hah, that's nothing; I'll show you true power," then Kenya glares at a NAN OGRE and slowly unsheathes his katana.
{PLAYER NAME: ATSUGAWA KENYA (temporary)
LEVEL: 5
CLASS: NONE
AGE: 24
SKILL: ULTIMATE SKILLS: BLADE AIMING AT GODS(S)
(Passive):
10% chance to read opponents' blade flow.
When fighting someone stronger than the user, stats will be increased by 5%
FIRST SKILL: CAN ANALYZE AND COPY BASIC ASPECTS OF OPPONENTS' BLADE TECHNIQUES
STATS
HEALTH: 160/200
STRENGTH: 9(+4) DURABILITY: 9
AGILITY: 9(+4) MANA: 9
CHAOS ENERGY: 5.4
}
Kenya moves slowly towards the NAN OGRE, then takes a sword stance, and when the NAN OGRE throws its punch at Kenya, Kenya slashes the NAN OGRE's hand at a very fast yet fluid pace, then Kenya jumps and slashes the NAN OGRE's body multiple times. The NAN OGRE dies without any resistance.
"And that's how you do it," says Kenya with a smirk on his face.
On the other side...
We see a fortress of the GOUMAN TRIBE, from which arrows are being shot towards many PLAYERS.
"Uhh, this is annoying. Why are they trying to kill us when we are clearly helping them clear out these monsters?" says Reyansh while pulling out his battle knives from a NAN OGRE's throat.
"As expected," says Khushi in a soft tone.
"What did you say, young miss?" says Aslan in his beast form.
"Nothing, Sir Aslan," says Khushi politely.
"Watch out, another round is coming," says Sankalp while panicking.
Then, as Sankalp said, another round of arrows is shot towards Khushi and her group.
"Reyansh, stop them," Khushi orders.
Reyansh quickly stores all his battle knives in his inventory, then quickly moves his hand in front of all the arrows and flicks his fingers, changing the trajectory of the arrows in an instant, causing them to fall to the ground.
"Whenever I see your CONTROLLER skill in action, it gives me goosebumps," says one of the aids of the Awakened Association.
"It's nothing, Ashwin; it's still not enough," Reyansh says with a disappointed face while looking at Khushi's cold face.
"You jest, Captain Reyansh; you are one of the most powerful people on earth, and yet you..." says a PLAYER from the association.
"Quiet down, another round is coming," says Sankalp again.
"Tch, annoying. When are they going to stop?" says a PLAYER from the association with a displeased face.
"After this..." says Reyansh coldly.
{PLAYER NAME: REYANSH (temporary)
LEVEL: 8
CLASS: NONE
AGE: 19
SKILL: ULTIMATE SKILL: CONTROLLER(S)
(Passive)
Dominance stat is added
Resistance from mental attacks up to 5%
FIRST SKILL: ABLE TO CONTROL AND DOMINATE OBJECTS AT WILL AT A CERTAIN LEVEL (current power output 3%)
STATS
HEALTH: 170/275
STRENGTH: 12(+3) DURABILITY: 12
AGILITY: 12(+8) MANA: 12
DOMINANCE: 8.4 CHAOS ENERGY: 6
}
"POWER OUTPUT 5%," then Reyansh again moves his hand in front of all the arrows and stops all the arrows in mid-air.
At the fortress...
"What is he trying to achieve?" says one of the GOUMAN soldiers.
"Don't panic; he can't do more than deflect; he will eventually run out of mana," says an elderly GOUMAN with a proud face.
Then, suddenly, Reyansh snaps his finger, and all the arrows are shattered into smithereens.
"What??" says the elderly GOUMAN in confusion.
"It's not over yet," says Reyansh.
"POWER OUTPUT 7%, cough cough..." says Reyansh while coughing blood.
"CAPTAIN!! Stop," says everyone from the association.
"Reyansh, you should stop now; it should be enough," says Sankalp.
"It's far from over," says Reyansh with a bloody smile.
Then, Reyansh uses his power to control all the gigantic weapons dropped by hundreds of NAN OGRES in the battlefield. All the weapons start levitating with a dark aura surrounding them.
"Reyansh, you can't kill them; we'll face a penalty because of your foolishness," says Khushi, who was quiet for a while.
"Who said I'm going to directly kill them? They'll just die because the fortress wasn't well-built, and they got trampled by NAN OGRES eventually," says Reyansh with a smirk.
"Mannnn, you are a monster," Aslan laughs with a scary face.
"Hupp," Reyansh quickly shoots all the weapons from all directions and destroys all the walls and doors without giving them a chance to think. And slowly, the whole fortress collapses.
"Well done," says Khushi with a smile.
"Thank you, Ma'am; I love all the attention..." After saying that, Reyansh collapses with a smile.
"CAPTAIN!!!" All the association members run towards Reyansh.
{ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
ATTENTION MANIAC: RANDOM STAT WILL INCREASE BY 10 BY GRABBING ATTENTION OF EVERY 1000 PEOPLE. }
On the other side
Sanyam and his group are fighting multiple NAN OGRES in a bloody field.
"Oh boy, fighting with weapons is sure more difficult than using our skills," says Parikshit.
"Well, both of us don't have any skill for offense, so we don't have any option, hahaha, but Sanyam, why are you using a weapon when you have a good offensive skill?" Mudit wonders.
"Nothing, just experiments; I'm just trying to see if I can infuse my Hellflames on this longsword, how much my damage will increase. But, man, this is way harder than I thought. I still can't infuse my sword with these flames; on the contrary, this decreased the durability of this sword," says Sanyam with a faint smile.
Then, ten NAN OGRES suddenly jump at Sanyam. Sanyam hurriedly avoids them, then quickly maintains a distance after that, he unsheathes his sword and points at one NAN OGRE and slashes its waist. Then, the NAN OGRE attacks with its giant axe on Sanyam. Sanyam reacts and defends it with his sword. Sanyam is still trying very hard to infuse his sword with flames, but aside from a few embers, nothing significant happens. Well, the continuous embers do destroy the NAN OGRE's axe.
'Why can't I use Flame infusion on a sword?' Sanyam thinks. Then, suddenly, a fireball is thrown at the NAN OGRE's face, which distracts the NAN OGRE, giving Sanyam time to take a breather.
"Sanyam, still wasting time, hahaha, bro, just stick to your true skills; you'll still give even S-rank PLAYERS a good competition," Shubham laughs.
Then, Aryan jumps at two of the ten NAN OGRES, grabs their heads, and slams them to the ground. "Sanyam, just go with the flow," says Aryan while killing the NAN OGRES completely.
With a sudden realization from Aryan's statement, Sanyam understands that he was restricting his flames while thinking of not destroying the weapon.
'Yes, I only need to let it flow. I will let my flames grow on the sword without any restrictions; I'll just stop providing its flames after the sword is fully covered with flames. Yes, I can definitely try it; the theory is done, now it's time for the practical,' Sanyam thinks with a smile on his face.
Then, Sanyam quickly makes a sword stance. First, flames start to flow from his palm to the hilt (handle of the sword), then start flowing towards the blade. Sanyam is letting it flow ferociously till it reaches the tip of the sword. After that, Sanyam limits the production of flames to the bare minimum. Then, we see a blade with a purplish-golden flame in Sanyam's hand, which gives a radiant look. Even Mudit and others are full of admiration, and Aryan watches with a warm smile on his face.
{ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
THE CURIOUS ONE: IF THE USER PUTS HIS MIND INTO LEARNING SOMETHING, HIS CONCENTRATION POWER WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE USER TO GRASP THE BASICS OF IT EVENTUALLY (USER WILL ONLY GET THE IDEAL RESULT IF HIS WILL IS UNSHAKEN AND THE CONCENTRATION ISN'T BROKEN IN THE PROCESS) }
"FINALLY, I'VE SUCCEEDED," says Sanyam with a very huge smile, but the smile isn't for a very long time until he realizes that the sword's durability is continuously decreasing.
"What!!, let's finish it quickly," Sanyam makes a decision.
SWORD DURABILITY: (50/70)
Sanyam quickly launches himself towards one of the NAN OGRES. The NAN OGRE lacks intelligence, but after seeing the blade, it tries to block the blade but fails, only avoiding the blade that was aimed for its stomach. But Sanyam still cuts the hand of the first OGRE in his way.
SWORD DURABILITY: (48/70)
SWORD DURABILITY: (47/70)
SWORD DURABILITY: (46/70)
"Dammit," Sanyam thinks, then he hurriedly maintains his positioning and again launches himself towards the OGRE, slashing its body like butter and killing it in the process.
SWORD DURABILITY: (39/70)
"Fuck, no time to be happy," then he runs towards the second OGRE. The NAN OGRE tries to block the sword but finds its weapon in pieces. The OGRE doesn't back off; it kicks Sanyam on his chest.
"Sanyam!!!, let's go," Mudit and others start running to help, but eventually stop by Aryan.
"Let him do his thing; we'll save him anyway," says Aryan with confidence.
"Fuck, I can't breathe," says Sanyam after a few seconds, seeing his weapon's durability. He quickly stands up.
SWORD DURABILITY: (29/70)
Then, a third NAN OGRE comes to help the second NAN OGRE.
"I don't have any choice; let's use the final attack," Sanyam gets up and starts infusing his sword with flames, but this time the sword with flames starts to take the form of a greatsword because of the gigantic flames around the sword, letting its durability greatly reduce.
SWORD DURABILITY: (16/70)
SWORD DURABILITY: (10/70)
SWORD DURABILITY: (07/70)
Then, Sanyam rapidly jumps and aims his sword at both of the OGRES and uses flames to propel himself in doing a flip in mid-air by creating a wheel of purple flames, which are then used to slash both of the OGRES at the same time. And by multiple slashes of flames, their whole body is cut into multiple pieces, and each piece is on high-intensity hell flames, eventually killing them.
Then, Sanyam falls to the ground.
SWORD DURABILITY: (0/70)
{Your RED FORCE longsword is destroyed}
"Ah, fuck, it's gone. Sorry, Rakshit," says Sanyam while catching his breath.
After that, Aryan approaches Sanyam with the heads of the NAN OGRES in both of his hands.
"That last attack was a piece of art, bruhh," says Aryan while laughing.
Param and Shubham are amazed by the scene.
"What was that attack?" Parikshit asks.
"It was amazing; well, it's a pity your weapon got destroyed in this," says Param.
"Take this; it's the backup swords provided by Rakshit. Well, these are only common grade, but it will do the job," Shubham hands the common-grade swords to Sanyam.
Then, suddenly, eight more NAN OGRES run towards them from their backside.
"What the hell!! There are more in this area," says Mudit with a tired face.
"Who cares? Let's fight," says Aryan enthusiastically.
"I'll back you up," says Shubham while preparing his spell.
"To increase movement speed, ride on these sound waves," Param takes his position.
Both Parikshit and Mudit also maintain their position.
"This time, Sanyam, try to use normal flame infusion without a sword; let's do a massacre together," says Aryan.
"I can't," says Sanyam with a very depressed look.
"What? Why?" Mudit questions.
"Hehe, I've already used all of my mana; now I'm basically at a non-Awakener level. How funny it is; Parikshit can use my skill, but I can't; hehe," Sanyam laughs with an embarrassed look.
"YOU IDIOT," everyone shouts at the same time.
But when Sanyam and others see those NAN OGRES, they find that these monsters are not coming after them; they actually ignore them and run into the jungle because someone is trying to chase them. Then, we see that person is actually...
"KARAN," Sanyam and others say aloud.
"Let's go, fucking you, idiots; I'll chase you to your doom; just die by my hand pretty please, hahaha," says Karan while laughing maniacally with his hell binds following around.
Then, Karan gets serious and launches his hell bind at one NAN OGRE, which pierces its stomach. Then, without stopping, Karan pierces the bodies of other monsters. After some time, he has already pierced all of the NAN OGRES' bodies in one CHAINS OF HELL, and the whole scene looks like...
"Guys, your monster skewers are ready to be served!" says Karan elegantly.
"Sanyam, I'm sorry; I guess discovering new skills won't do any revolution as long as we have this maniac around with the cheat of a skill," says Param.
On the Northern side of the SOMBRE planet...
We see an enormous castle built with rocks and stone as its body and some shiny blue rocks holding it to the ground. As we see a battlefield in front of the castle, thousands of human bloody bodies are laying dead, and proud GOUMAN warriors standing on those bodies are celebrating.
One GOUMAN player says, "Mann, I've already leveled up to level 5, and I can feel this strength."
"Yes, these humans were trying to be friendly with us, to backstabbed us in future, but we, the proud warriors of SHUJA, have taken care of them, hoooooo," another GOUMAN with a spear and decent leather armor on its body shouts.
"Hoooooooo, HAIL LORD ALBO, HAIL THE SUPREME VASEN," says hundreds of GOUMAN proudly.
Then, the spearman Albo approaches another GOUMAN who is very built with a steel armor and axe on his back.
"Chief Vasen, congratulations on your victory against 50 human PLAYERS that you fought alone," says Albo.
"Hmm," Vasen coldly replies.
"My Lord, may I know your current level?" says Albo while bowing to Vasen.
"Level 8..." Vasen says, then suddenly ten other human PLAYERS run towards Vasen to avenge their friends.
Vasen quickly grabs his axe and starts slaughtering humans one by one. After seeing the massacre, one human starts running away from the battlefield, but Vasen sees that human running away; he smiles and, after killing nine humans, Vasen stands in a stance that looks like Vasen is aiming to throw his axe at the running human.
"Become the sacrifice to become my experience points and help me reach level 9," after saying that, Vasen throws his axe at the last human.
But, suddenly, a man in a white shirt comes and catches the thrown axe in his left hand.
"Who are you, kiddo?" says the man in a white shirt to the human PLAYER.
"You... you... you are AUSTIN!!" the human PLAYER exclaims.
CHAPTER END