As soon as I said what I said, he hit me on my back but what he didn't anticipate was how weightless I was. So, what happened was that I went flying and hit a huge rock wall, face first as usual so my nose broke and so did my consciousness. As soon as I fell, I dreamt which was unusual. I heard the same old voice but this time I could see her. A huge lady the size of a goddess wearing a veil on her face and a single piece of cloth covering her entire body, the color of the dress was quite off-putting since it kept changing so there should've been an epilepsy warning. Her form like the color of her dress kept changing from human to a sloth and then to a dragon and back. Then she finally stabilized from changing the color of her dress and her form to a red dress and a human form with a veil. She said "hello my child. I guess you have met up with the rest of your squad and family members. So, what do you intend to do now?" That was the greatest question in the life of an adventurer, what is next. No adventurer ever follows a certain path, he follows where his legs take them is what I was thinking but I couldn't voice it out loud of course. So, I said "I don't know" at which the goddess's face showed an array of emotions ranging from expectation to frustration. Then I got a question pop up randomly which seemed useful "wait, if you're the goddess of fate, doesn't that mean you know what I'm gonna do next. Why're you asking me?" at that question the goddess seemed stunned but didn't show it too much as she said "well my child, as they say all the soul in the realms are privy to make their own destiny and well let's just say, you as the incarnate of destiny that is the great me are provided a variety of opportunities like a buffet. It seems our limited time has come to an end quite fast so let me just give you a word of advice, pick the spear." And as soon as she said that I felt as though I was getting plucked from underwater and I opened my eyes to a lot of light. I saw that dyna was sitting beside me looking at the field from afar with me laying on my belly at his side. Then when he noticed me, he said "so how was the journey to the 'crev'?" which seemed like a weird name for where I was as he continued "you know the crevasses or the crev for short since crevasses is undeniably long and irritating, is actually the only place where humans can freely meet their gods quite literally. Not just their gods but also their demons. So from tomorrow I'll be teaching you on how to defend yourself and how to activate your degree". And when I heard the word degree, I thought I was gonna study which I was bad at but that wasn't what degrees were here apparently. So, he led me to the barracks where people slept but since it was the middle of the night as time flew by, the room was quite large from the inside when compared from outside which I guessed was some more magic. But the bed was as comfy as sleeping on a bed of feathers but it was rough and I didn't complain since I could be dropped from the same height, I had sky dived from so I slept. The next morning, I heard someone knocking on the door so I opened it to find the girl who had rescued me and Wilbert at the jail. She was wearing a purple top with a black jean which completed her look of a murderer with auburn hair but I still could'nt stop from seeing her eyes which had a deep blue not green like the sea. She whispered to herself but I could hear it "why do I have to wake this idiot up ugh." Then she said at an audible tone "get ready and come to the right zone of the battle field before 9." As she turned and left and her hair hitting my face which stung my eyes but the smell reminded me of the sea, the beach, the last time I'd been there with my family was before I'd been 10 years old. Such a distant memory but I couldn't keep hanging onto it so I took a bath and had a change of clothes. The wardrobe was literally so long. The number of dresses extended till infinity which I guessed was more magic so I picked something casual as the climate was hot as hell (not literally, as hell burned the skin of the damned). As I stepped out with the sun blinding my eyes, everyone was doing drills, training with swords, fighting against each other in battles with real swords etc. all the normal things on a battlefield. So, I headed across this wave of swords clanging and me not getting killed by the occasional spear of sword that flew past me.
I finally reached the damned right zone without getting killed which needed every ounce of my energy. At the battlefield, I saw Dyna, Wilbert and the girl standing along with another guy who was the typical gym teacher except he has a sword on back and gun on waist.
As I approached them, I saw that the field was wet for whatever reason unlike how battlefields are. When the girl saw me, she literally glared the hell out of me. Wilbert was wearing a blue overcoat but his choice of weapon seemed rather odd. A huge pole with a blade at the end like a reaper's scythe. Dyna said "first you will need to know what degrees are. Which will be explained by our very own coach and certified degree master Brian.
Well Brain was as tall as a NBA player with muscles literally ripping out of his hands but like not too much since that'd make him weird. He wore a volleyball jersey with half pants. As he spoke his voice was quite different as to what you'd expect "so you're the newbie eh. Look thin like a twig but has potential, I guess. So, what do you know about degrees?" as I didn't say anything for some time since I was still dazed like a goat on a slide he understood "so nothing. Well let me clarify this complicated topic. You see degrees are inert qualities. The gods you see and know are beings who have a lot of this power and are able to freely mend it to their own liking. They basically own degrees, but they don't have the imagination to bend degrees which humans have a lot of which is why, the gods favor people and give them their power. A normal human would only be able to withstand 15% of a god's degree and control but there are some special cases like Ms. Bailey over here who can control 25% of the gods power but it came at a price of course, she lost her hearing and is deaf but she is an expert at lip reading so be careful of what you say or she can send you to the depths along with your essence leaving nothing but your husk but lets not dwell on that and get back to the topic at hand. First every person on earth who can feel the aura have their degree. Of course, you don't need to be a god's incarnate to be able to use degrees. Now to activate your degree we will be testing you first." As soon as he said that I knew something was gonna happen so I instinctively jumped out of the way as a huge cage fell exactly where I stood. Dyna, Wilbert and Bailey the girl who seemed to hate me stood away from the battlefield and I guess decided to get some popcorn and enjoy the fun cause what happened next is gonna hurt me way more than its gonna hurt you.