II 15th, 2400
It has been five days since he entered the Twilight Forest zone.
Zen arrived in front of a small structure or building that looked very ancient and old. The building had ancient engravings on the pillars supporting the structure.
The structure had gabled roofs, raised floors, plank walls, and was thatched with reed or covered with hinoki cypress bark.
It looked like an ancient Japanese Shinto shrine dwelling. This was actually a resting place of an ancient swords master that died in ancient times.
Zen exerted force on the door, causing it to swing open, and proceeded to enter the space, meticulously examining the surroundings. He observed a casket positioned at the focal point of the room, adorned with archaic ornamental carvings. The identical engravings that were etched into the columns situated outdoors.
"This should be it, and the sword should be inside the casket," Zen murmured.
Zen walked towards the casket, and after he arrived in front, he reached out his hands and pushed the top-most part of the casket shell. I opened it slowly, and I could see skeletal body remains that had old looking clothing covered with moss. Next to it was a sword, and the sheath was also covered with dust and moss.
He took the sword and proceeded to scrutinize it prior to unsheathing it. The sword exhibited a curvature and possessed a blade with a solitary cutting edge. It exuded a chilly ambience reminiscent of frozen ice.
"I should be able to create a new technique with this, I still have my knowledge from my previous world, and if I remember correctly, As lightning passes through a minus two hundred seventy degrees Celsius cold temperature. They become polarized and align, which can generate energy that is discharged when lightning flashes, at times creating so much energy that a bolt can heat the air it passes through to 50,000°F."
"Damn, I'm pretty smart, aren't I? Hahaha," Zen said while narcissistically praising himself.
"Since I've finished my business, it should be time to start heading back, I'll have to deal with my parents if my sister has ratted out on me. That sister of mine would be a handful to handle." Zen clicked his tongue when he was at the end of his sentence.
He leaped through the branches of the ancient trees and started heading towards the docking area where his ship was located.
The guard he brought along with him, whose name is Jack, was patiently waiting for him and worried. It has already been six days, and he has not returned yet.
Of course, Zen informed him that he would be gone for at least a week. But Jack was still worried because if something happened to him, he and his family would not be able to escape death.
While he was fidgeting around, he caught a glimpse of Zen at the corner of his eyes and immediately revealed a joyful expression.
He ran as fast as he could and arrived at Zen's front, did a ninety degree bow, and said frantically, "I'm so glad you are back, young master if something happened to you I don't know what I would do."
Zen smiled and replied, "Relax ain't I back safe and sound. I'll reward you for your efforts after we return."
Jack then revealed a wide smile.
They had small talks while walking towards the ship and made their relationship closer to each other, like friends, or, to be more accurate, acquaintances.
They boarded the ship and flew in the direction of Zen's villa.
The ship was able to fly at Mach 6.72, and they should be able to arrive in one or two hours. Because of the magical barrier surrounding the ship, they were not really affected by the G-Force. Even if they were, since both were in Intermediate rank, they would be able to handle it.
But the barrier still made the flight smooth and steady, seemingly making you feel like you were standing still.
A mechanical voice could be heard inside Zen's mind.
🄳🄴🅂🅃🄸🄽🅈 🅂🅈🅂🅃🄴🄼
[You have obtained the Night Edge Katana. You are rewarded with the skill Triple Thrust]
[You have also obtained 100 points]
Zen opened up his status screen while he lay down comfortably on the sofa that was placed at the corner of the ship.
▼🄳🄴🅂🅃🄸🄽🅈 🅂🅈🅂🅃🄴🄼▼
▼Status : Zendryx Duragny Raverdieu (Zen)
▼Race : ⋘Human⋙
▼Age : ⋘10⋙
▼Points : ⋘100⋙
▼Talent = Mage [Elementary], Swordsmanship [Intermediate]
▼Skills
- Tempest of Blades [Mastery : 5%]
- Defiant Sword [Mastery : 10%]
- Forked Lightning[Mastery : 4%]
- Ball Lightning[Mastery : 5%]
- Triple Thrust [Mastery : 1%]
▼Innate Ability = Skill Devourer, Photographic Memory
▼Abstracted Skills
- Flame, Poison, Physical Enchancement
Skill Description:
• Triple Thrust - This skill allows you to strike an enemy three times. The first two strikes are normal slashes, and the last strike will deal critical damage.
Zen was in deep thought for a moment and muttered, "This skill is compatible with my domain, I'm starting to become One punch man, huh, but with swords, able to defeat enemies quickly. Hahahha."
Zen closed the transparent window, and he also turned back on his Tritonic location system back on. Which was a watch like gadget on his wrist. If he hadn't turned it off back then, his family would have located him the moment he stepped out of his estate.
It was also capable of holographic displays and such. This was also what he used to track the rankings of all the beasts in the Twilight Zone. All sorts of information were stored on the internet, such as beast informations, rankings, item informations, etc…
It was like Google, back in his home world. But this system was much more credible, as inaccurate informations are automatically filtered out by the system and placed into a section where unverified informations is stored and sorted out.
The uncorroborated data would subsequently undergo scrutiny by the administrators of the site. They would endeavor to ascertain evidence to authenticate the veracity of the information provided to the system.
Zen then closed his eyes, feeling satisfied, and decided to doze off for now until they arrived at his home.