Previously, Cyrus had heard whispers in the forest, not knowing who or what it was, he decided to go to the noise. "Something on your mind?" Tool asked, Mary and Yun waiting for him, as Cyrus stopped himself before chuckling and looking at him. "Oh yeah no worries! I'll just check something over there, you guys can go ahead." Cyrus nodded with a smile, Tool understood before going back to Mary and Yun, as the three walked back to the town.
Now that Cyrus was alone he decided to change up a few mechanics on his skills. "I don't think I'll use different weapons when Cards are even better!"
Name: Cyrus | Species: Human |
Rank: Beginner | Level: ( Leveled up! ) 27 | Occupation: Adventurer / Student.
Skills: Imaginative | Flip | Playful Cards
Magic: Light.
Passive: ( V2 ) Luck's Gambit!
The skill Dice's Risk has been replaced by the skill Playful Cards. As Cyrus would summon a whole deck of light glowing cards on his hand before shuffling and playing around with them. "Nice! I also leveled up, must've been because of that guy.. Still makes me mad how I almost lose at Poker and Black Jack.." He sighed before making the cards disappear. "Now.. Let's get going." He said before going inside the woods once again.
He kept walking and walking, only seeing the trees and the night sky being covered by the leaves, sighing as he scratched his head. "This is just painful.." He groaned before looking around, he noticed the area was empty, no monsters, or animals. Weird, he thought. "Could it mean.."
"Over here.."
Cyrus heard the whisper again, looking at the right as his instincts acted, sprinting through the trees to where the whisper was, before escaping the forest to see a dungeon. A very old one to be exact. "The hell? Is this what I think it is.."
He said before getting closer to it as he touches the wall of the dungeon, a surge of magic energy so overwhelming made him jump back as he smirked. "Holy shit.. Well whatever's in there, wants me to go in, or to go out." He said to himself before regaining his composure.
"Continue."
The whispers were back again, as he sighed, scratching his head while looking a bit annoyed. "Apparently, it wants me in.. Then don't scare me like that!" He complained before walking inside the entrance of the dungeon. There was no door so it was nice to see he could escape easily without getting locked in.
"This is so dark.. Oh wait I have Light magic, silly me!" He joked before opening his palm to emit an orb of Light magic, as it glowed, shining the dark path. "That's better.."
"But I have to say, this dungeon is too clean and tidy, the walls are fancy too." He said whilst walking, shining the glowing orb at the path before arriving to see a door. "Well I've made it this far.." Using his other hand to push open the door, only for it to fall down on the other side instead of opening. "...blame the door not.. me?"
He saw that it was a throne room, an empty one but.. There was a skeleton with a crown sitting on the throne. He slowly enters it before whistling to see how good looking it was for an old dungeon. "Woa.. How much money could I get from this?" He said excitedly.
"Are you.. the One?.." A ghost suddenly appeared in front of Cyrus without a warning, suddenly making him jump back in fear as he couldn't help that he got jumpscared by a ghost, although that is a normal reaction. "What the heck man?! You should've appeared somewhere else other than in front of me!" He said sounding a bit annoyed and mad, of course who wouldn't? As he stood up while dusting off the dirt on his clothing.
As the ghost responded back with a depressing dim response. "I- I'm sorry.. If I could kill myself again, then I.. would do it as an apology for the inconvenience I have made.."
This caught Cyrus off guard since he did not expect such a suicidal ghost in his presence, before sighing as he looks at the ghost. "You don't have to do that.. Besides you're already dead so you won't be able to do it!" He said a bit relieved as the ghost looked up to him and nodded. "It seems so.. But moving on.. I'm glad that we get to finally talk, Cyrus.."
Cyrus eyes widened, his hands twitched acting like a defense mechanism for when he's in trouble, but he stopped himself immediately, raising an eyebrow at the ghost while obviously having a surprised expression because he never mentioned his name before or when he met the ghost.. "How did you know my name..?"
"You were destined to be here."
Meanwhile...
Tool, Yun and Mary were heading back together at the town. They were still currently at the forest since after all, they were far from town when they had that fight against Grim. "Where do you think Cyrus went?" Mary asked, while Tool looked at her and shrugged. "I'm unsure. But it seemed important and personal, so it's best to let him be." Tool responded, expressing how even if he's emotionless outside, he trusts and cares for his friend.
Yun and Mary smiled, seeing him evolve more slowly as a human despite being a war magic machine made for killing. "Glad that you're getting better!" Mary would slap Tool's back as a compliment. While Yun nodded, smiling brightly towards him. "Y- Yeah! You may not be human but.. You are one to us!"
Tool couldn't help but slightly smile at the two of them having wonderful friends to be with him, it reminded him about the time he had with his sisters. "Thank you.. I deeply appreciate it." He said being grateful for the two of them, as they continued walking back to town.
Once they reached town, it was deserted and empty. There was nobody there, no animals, no people, as Tool got cautious, slowly approaching the road while Mary and Yun kept their guard up, watching everywhere to see if anyone was there. "Mary.. Yun.. I think it's best we both stay.." Tool paused as he didn't sense their presence anymore, looking behind him to see them gone, as he clicked his tongue. "Fuck.. Guess Grim was right.. More are targeting after me."
He sighed then a familiar voice spoke from behind him. Make that two voices actually. "Indeed.." The voice paused, before the other voice continued. "Did you miss us.. little brother?" Tool's eyes widened, as he instantly looked behind to see.. "Sheena.. Shina.." his sisters.
Somewhere else..
Mary was in a pile of grass, she was back again at the forest, looking around, she saw the trees were circling around her. It was if it was deliberately set up by someone.. "Well well well.. If it isn't the one and only Beauty Mary!" A stranger said, as she looked at their direction, pulling her sword out while aiming at the top at them. "And who might you be?"
"You may call me Bullet, it's a pleasure to meet you Miss Mary.. And I'd be delighted to kill someone so talented and useless like you!" He said as he came out of the forest, while standing in front of her, having a cocky ass smirk while looking at her. "Me? Die? Hah! I'd like to see you try!" She responded while smirking back at him.
"Oh but of course I will!" Bullet said before summoning out a gun from thin air, as he grabbed the handle while putting a finger on the trigger. This made Mary widen her eyes as she noticed.. "That's.. That's one of the forbidden weapons! How could you have obtained one?!" She got annoyed and mad at him, for having one of the forbidden weapons. It seems like a gun in this new world was familiarize as forbidden, or normal, but crazy in a way.
"It wasn't that hard to steal after all.. But since you know what it is, and that you have knowledge about it.." He paused before sighing. "You have to die." Before pulling the trigger, as she kept her smirk, easily dodging the bullet thanks to her applying the skill Speed Boost earlier. "Is that all?" She said before rushing towards him at fast speed.
"Not really.." While she was running after him, a bullet pierced her hip. She looked at it in disbelief and in shock. Falling down on the ground while grunting in pain as her hip began to bleed. "What did you.. do?!" She shouted angrily before looking up at him.
"It's what YOU didn't do. You didn't dodge it after all!" He mockingly laughed at her whilst she was getting frustrated at this guy, then she remembered. "Check!"
Name: Bullet Tor | Species: Human |
Rank: Master | Level: 64 | Occupation: Adventurer / Bounty Hunter.
Skills: None.
Magic: Dark.
Weapon: Forbidden Gun ( Pierce )
Passive: Redirecting Shots. ( This passive allows the user [if said user has one of the weapon: Gun] to lock onto an opponent. If said opponent dodged the bullet. It will bounce back onto a hard surface, such as wood, and more. The bullet then will bounce back to the target until they are hit. )
Mary couldn't help but click her tongue out of anger. Yet she kept her smirk, which made Bullet confused. Then she tried standing up, slightly wobbling due to her wound on the hip, but it was nothing for her. As she prepared her sword, aiming it at him whilst she shouted. "You may be strong.. But I'll be stronger!"
On the other side..
Yun could be seen wandering around an empty room, there were walls and white tiles, it was big and it made him feel scared and a bit intimidated. "Such a huge room.. Pyu come out!" He suddenly summoned his floating arrow companion, Pyu, as the arrow looked at Yun, being confused. "Ah.. Sorry for summoning you out of nowhere, but can you watch over me? I don't like it.. I can't see already but I can't sense.."
Yun's sentence was stopped as he suddenly sensed a strong magical energy from someone else. He turned his attention towards them, his magic capability and energy was off the charts.. "Woah you're my opponent? Damn, looks like I'll be having a hard time!" The stranger laughed as Yun kept their guard up, Pyu looked at Yun and did a slight nod. "You're right.. If he ever attacks me, you can do it!" Yun agreed to Pyu to whatever they said since I don't know.
"Oi oi! Enough talking.. But glad to meet whoever you are, I don't really care, just call me Tone." Tone shrugged while having such a confident posture, as well as his tone of voice. "I'm Yun.. this is Pyu.. What do you want from us?"
"What I want? Is money! That's literally it, duh. But to also.. kill you. No hard feelings right?" Tone suddenly summoned two skulls besides him, they were black skulls that were floating side to side with him. They didn't do anything yet, until they opened their mouths revealing a speaker. "So.. Let's DANCE!"
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To be continued.