A/N:
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And this is a requested chapter (sorry it took long, I needed to finish the foundation first). Also, hope you know what you're getting into (ﾉ≧ڡ≦) Teehee~!
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"Let's review what we got from the swordmaster." tcf!Alberu said as he recalls the conversation.
"Our enemy is the secret organization which named as ARM organization." He said but already theorized this beforehand.
"They have a Blood crazed Mage and a Spear Knight." tboah!Alberu adds on.
"They're also collaborating with the Mermaid Tribe."
The Whales have kept their frown the moment this piece of information was given.
"The Northern Alliance is working together with Arm and the Empire."
This is the most concerning information that they got.
"And the Empire was the cause of the Jungle Fire!" The Jungle Queen bristle at this information.
"That's a lot of troublesome enemies."
tcf!Cale click his tongue and rub his forehead as he was supporting a headache.
Everyone agrees with the sentiment.
[Start]
Chapter 646: We cannot retreat (2)
Hundreds of Bears were already in their berserk transformations to face off against Cale and Raon.
"The Bear tribe is going to become enemies too!" tcf! Toonka shouted with excitement, he wants to test his strength against them.
While the sensible ones grimace at another troublesome enemy.
Meanwhile, tcf!Cale was begging in his heart "No! Wait slacker life! Come back! Please come back!." He will have that slacker life!
The sight of the remaining members of Arm all pointing their weapons at Cale and Raon...
The light surrounding Bear King Sayeru who was standing in front of them...
Cale and Raon had to make their way through all of them.
However, Cale could not look at them.
"...Blood."
Everyone tensed up at hearing that word.
"Whose? Them or the enemies?" tcf!Pendrick thought worried for the young master and the majestic Dragon.
He could see that the originally red blood had dried and turned black on the palace floor.
But he couldn't smell blood at all. All he could smell was the refreshing scent of the forest.
"T, this is not possible... This!"
Raon's voice was shaking slightly. Cale realized that Raon was looking at the same thing as him.
"Sooooob!"
"Mmph, mmph!"
"Oo...ooooooooo......."
Past the numerous enemies in front of Cale and Raon... They could see the cage carriages imprisoning the Dark Elves.
However, some of them were completely empty. The Dark Elves who were still in the carriages seemed completely out of it or were anxiously shaking in fear.
"No!"
Everyone gasp. It's even worse that they can hear them.
Both Alberu tense up. His eyes tremble in anger and concern as he focuses on what he read "I'll find that place." He grips his hand "I'll make sure nothing happens to the Dark Elves."
While both Tasha had her hands covering her mouth in shock "Oh gosh, what are they doing to our kind" She was concerned about the dark elves and her family.
Both Mary trembles in concern "I need to learn more. I need to be strong so that I could be there and help them."
tcf!Jack and tcf!Hannah was showing concern especially now that they know the good side of the Dark Elves.
As tcf!Cale frown "The Dark Elves.. why?.. why specifically the Dark Elves?" He thought trying to understand as he held a stoic face. But rage filled his eyes "I need to know to stop this from happening."
Boom- boom, boom-
The drumming continued. The enemies. And then those cage carriages. Behind that were people wearing grey priest robes banging the drums while bleeding out of their noses and mouths.
On top of the circular altar they were surrounding...
"Human! Those are not the sculptures we saw before!"
"Sculptures? tcf!Cale said as he thinks "that's ominous.." he was having a bad feeling about what those sculptures are.
The sculptures were already dyed grey and all glowing in different lights.
Cale turned toward Sayeru.
"...You didn't start the summoning ritual after being contacted by Dorph."
"That's right. It was quite difficult finishing the summoning preparations so early in the morning."
"Summoning?" Mary's eyes held fear for the Dark Elves.
"They use the Dark Elves as a sacrifice!" Tasha shouted in rage. She was trembling from the anger and fear of her family and kinsman.
While both Alberu was controlling their anger as a bit of blood runs down in his clenched hand.
Everyone rage at what they have read.
Sayeru looked somewhat pleased. This small amount of joy was coming from the fact that he would finally be able to pull one over Cale and that their greater good was near.
"How dare him to feel joy sacrificing the Dark elves!" They will make sure to remember that name as they caused him pain.
"We were going to finish the summoning ritual here in the Endable Kingdom and then proceed with the second summoning ritual at Mount Nex if we succeeded."
"Endable Kingdom?" Both Alberu was forming a plan as they now know the name of the place.
"Where is that?" tcf!Cale thought as he too was making a plan to flip that place over.
"At least we know where the next summoning ritual is" the crown prince and the red hair transmigrator thought with an evil smirk.
Smile.
The corners of Sayeru's mouth twisted up.
"Cale Henituse, why do you have such an expression on your face?"
He looked at Cale as if he found him to be ridiculous.
"I don't know why you have such an expression while looking at the empty cage carriages and this dried blood. Are you sad looking at the blood of the dead sacrifices? Does it make you angry?"
Everyone was seething.
Their resolve to inflict pain on him increases.
No emotions were visible on Cale's face now that the look or urgency was gone.
"No emotions..." Everyone thought as they took a glance at tcf!Cale stoic face.
"Does he not feel anything?" They frown.
They were having that thought, while those who are close to tcf!Cale can clearly see the raging emotions in his eyes.
tboah!Cale and og!Cale thought "Ah, he's just like me when it comes to these things."
As the children huddle close to their human.
However, Sayeru couldn't help but sneer while looking at Cale's eyes that looked extremely chaotic despite his stoic expression.
"Ah"
Everyone gasps in understanding.
"He's the type of person that hides or doesn't know how to show his emotions..." someone said.
They finally understand, and then remember his abused childhood. They frown.
tcf!Cale also frowns hearing that "I don't hide my emotions. I'm very clear to others of what I feel." He scoffed at them.
"They weren't even the Vampires that sided with you.
"Vampires?"
Everyone was surprised.
"Let's see... two Dragons, a Necromancer, a Dark Elf, a Saint, a Maiden swordmaster, two cute deadly cats" tboah!Cale listed from what information he gathered as he continue "and if the Hero squad join you then you have another swordmaster, a mage, a wolf, Ron and Beacrox, and now vampires."
"Wow! you're gathering quite a lot" tboah!Cale said in amazement and mockingly. He does not want that kind of troublesome group.
"You're like 'gonna cath em all'" og!Cale supplied helpfully. "So much for you're slacker life huh?" He grins at tcf!Cale.
"Shut up" tcf!Cale hiss at them.
"I will have it!" he declared, and also ask "where did you even get that reference?"
"Our team members" og!Cale replied with a shrugged.
"Fair enough" tcf!Cale nods in understanding.
These Dark Elves are your enemies who attacked and killed your allies. Shouldn't you be happy that there are less of them now? Your enemies are dead, you bastard."
"...!"
"The Dark Elves become our enemies?"
The Dark Elves felt sadness "The humans are already afraid of us.. now they will hate us more for siding with the enemies."
"Aren't all creatures like that?"
Everyone looks at tcf!Cale with confusion.
"There are some who do good and there are some who do evil, so not all tribe is to blame" tcf!Cale said nonchalantly as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it is.
Everyone smile at what tcf!Cale said as the Dark Elves felt relieved that a human can be so understanding.
"If one human can think like this.. then others might too" Both Alberu, Tasha, and Mary felt a little hope.
And they are also now sure that it wasn't their family that was going to be sacrificed there because they're sure that their family would not side with the enemy.
Raon channeled his black mana as he was unable to hold back his anger.
"You trashy Bear King, I, eek!"
At that moment... Raon saw a large water spear charging toward the Bear King. Cale had launched his ancient power.
"Water spear" tcf!Cale thought "So I'll get a water ancient power" He smirk knowing this would be helpful and it will balance his plate.
"I'm sure I'll get it easily just like the others," he thought confidently.
While everyone else was in awe that tcf!Cale will have another ancient power.
Baaaaaang-
The light and water crashed into each other and broke down. The Bear King could see Cale charging toward him through the clashing powers.
Bear King Sayeru commented to the leader of the enemies who had taken one of his arms.
"Hm? I've taken his arms?" tcf!Cale thoughts, but pause "wait, no, before that, what did he mean by the leader? He's not talking about me, is he? " He scrunches his face at that thought.
"Nope, I'm sure he was talking about Choi Han. I'm sure Choi Han was standing behind me, yup" He believe his thought with all his might.
"It's already too late."
He then raised his arm. The rest of the Bears charged toward Cale at his signal.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Hundreds of berserk Bears moving at once shook the ground. The remaining members of Arm spread out to aim for Cale's blind spots at the same time.
Wind... And Water.
Cale was using two powers at once.
- Aren't you overdoing it?
The Super Rock asked, but Cale did not answer. No, he didn't have time to answer.
"Wait, Super Rock? That's an ancient power, right?" tboah!Bud ask tcf!Cale.
"Yes," tcf!Cale answered as he thinks "that means I completed my plate and I'll be safe from blowing up."
He was going to get the Fire of Destruction first so he's sure that he got everything. He smirk, satisfied, but then frown when he heard the next question.
"Wait wait you're saying that an ancient power talk!?" tcf!Bud asks as he can't believe what he just heard.
tcf!Cale continues to frown "Isn't that normal?" He asks.
"Normal!?" Both Bud looks at him indecorously.
"There is no such thing as an ancient power talking as far as anyone knows" the golden dragon supplied.
"Goldie gramps is it a bad thing?" Raon asks concerned for his glass-like human.
"Haaa." Both Eruhaben sighed at what the kiddie Dragon called him and said "It's not really bad, it's just unheard of."
"Well... I'm pretty sure they're not fragments of my imagination" tcf!Cale thought as the ancient powers replied to him.
- Of course not!
The glutton said with a huff.
- B-But we are fragments, just not your imagination."
As the crybaby tries to explain.
- Pwahahahahaha!"
The thief laughed loudly at everyone.
tcf!Cale just shrugged.
Meanwhile, a certain pink Dragon's interest with the transmigrator spikes up at the mention of having rock power.
The summoning ritual had started long before Cale attacked Mount Nex.
If it had already started, he needed to stop them before it was too late.
"Human! Don't overdo it! I will stop them all!"
Unfortunately, Sayeru appeared in front of Raon.
And in front of Cale...
"Kahahaha! I've been waiting for this moment!"
"The enemy of the Bears!"
There were so many enemies that he could not see in front of him.
This entire area was full of burning hostility. The Bears swung their weapons, their fists, and their legs while looking at this person who was the greatest enemy of the Bears under the heavens.
"Wait, hold on, how did I become their greatest enemy?!" tcf!Cale thought. He was supposed to just help a little behind the scene and be unknown to anyone!
"And where are Choi Han and the others?" As he was now sure that they weren't there.
tcf!Choi Han also has the same question "why wasn't I there!?" He grabs his sword as he flicks it open then closes in his scabbard.
Baaaaang! Baang, baaaang!
Cale summoned his shield. He then continued to charge forward while riding the wind.
The ground started shaking at the same time.
- ...You're going to use me as well?
Inside the sinkhole where the Endable Kingdom was located... The cliffs crumbled and hundreds of stone spears appeared.
Those stone spears all headed toward the altar.
"Raon!"
"I'm already on my way!"
Raon was heading toward the circular altar in between the stone spears. Hundreds of black arrows filled the gaps between the stone spears.
The black arrows looked like the night sky as they filled the area, while the stone spears looked like meteorites shooting down to the ground.
"S-Stone" tcf!Dodori said in awe as he thinks "can he also make boulders?" His eyes light up.
"Hmm, He might make a great teacher to my son" tcf!Mila thought as she smile.
tcf!Cale suddenly felt chills.
[]
Boom- boom, boom-!
The drumming continued. Raon saw something and his eyes opened wide.
Crack. Crack.
The grey mouth in the sky was now large enough to cover the entire sinkhole. He could see darkness darker than the abyss in between the lips of the grey mouth.
And one more thing...
Craaaack-
Two of the grey sculptures were starting to crack.
"Whatever those sculptures are, they're going to be trouble" tcf!Lock mumbles as he frowns feeling nervous about what he was reading and hearing. "I should train more" He was motivated to become stronger so he could protect others.
"Continue drumming!"
"Keep praying!"
"We must offer more sacrifices! Go bring more sacrifices!"
Anger, fear, sadness. That's the emotions that filled Both Alberu, Tasha, and Mary... until they heard an outburst.
"No!"
"The Dark elves!"
tcf!Jack and tcf!Hannah shouted with concern written in their whole being.
Everyone was once again shocked to see this sight of the Saint and the Maiden being truly concerned at what they were supposed to despite and kill.
Both Alberu, Tasha, and Mary's earlier emotions were replaced by something a little warmer.
The priests serving the Demonic race looked crazed as they shouted while coughing up blood. A black light appeared underneath the altar as well.
"A teleportation magic circle!"
The teleportation magic circle was slowly being activated so that it would be ready to use the moment the summoning was complete.
Shhh.
There were some people pulling off their grey robes. These people were black mages.
"Now we're going to deal with Black mages!"
Almost everyone is having a headache "why is the list of enemies keep increasing?"
While both Rosalyn was seething "how dare they call themselves mage!" She will be sure to get rid of them.
Sayeru commented once Raon saw them reveal themselves.
"You guys aren't the only ones who can use disguises. These are all things we learned from you guys. What do you think?"
"They found out our disguise" tcf!Choi Han said frowning "I hope they didn't find out with my acting."
"Not really surprising" tcf!Cale thought that sooner or later they will find out that someone was disguising them, especially with the shabby clothes.
Even Raon's clenched front paws were full of sweat.
"I, I-"
It was at that moment.
"Raon!"
The moment he heard Cale's voice...
Swooooooosh-
There was a large gust of wind.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"Ugh!"
[] Cale was standing at the center []
Cale already had black blood in the corners of his mouth after continuously using his ancient powers.
Everyone frowns.
"You're overusing your ancient powers" tboah!Eruhaben said trying to make it sound like he isn't concerned.. because he's not.. really..
"And if my guess is right you also have a weak plate, though I'm sure it's larger there but it's still weak" tcf! Eruhaben said with a sigh, really not concerned at all.. really..
"I blame these two for having a weak plate" tcf!Cale said pointing at his side.
Offended Gasps.
tboah!Cale and og!Cale gasp with an offended look but sadly can't say anything because it's the truth.
While tcf!Cale looks at them smugly as he smirks.
Raon finally started speaking.
"H, human! Two of the sculptures are cracking!"
"It means that you're already too late."
Sayeru cheerily added on. He couldn't help but smirk.
'Cale Henituse has never experienced such failure!'
That fact was making him smile. He would have no regrets if he died while doing a lot for the greater good and landing a blow on this bastard.
tcf!Cale's smile disappears.
"What greater good?" He said with an icy tone.
Some shivers at the coldness in tcf!Cale's voice.
"There's no such thing as greater good when sacrificing anyone." tcf!Cale continued.
They smile at what he said.
"There are only one or two minutes left now."
Sayeru looked at Raon and Cale as he added on.
"No matter what attacks you launch, no matter who you bring over, there is no way you will be able to destroy those sculptures in just two minutes. I will put my life on the line, no, all of us will put our lives on the line to stop you."
The start of the great story they had been waiting 1,000 years for would start in just two minutes. Sayeru felt as if he would cry tears of joy.
"1,000 years" tcf!Cale's eyes sharpen, he did not miss that information. "This summoning has been planned for thousands of years, does that mean that someone lives thousands of years to make this plan?" He stored that information as he needed more clues.
On the other hand, Raon was about to cry for a different reason.
'It's impossible!'
Even if they called people over, the summoning would finish while he contacted them.
Even if he used his magic, the enemies putting their lives on the line would be able to last at least one or two minutes.
"H, human, what do we do?"
Raon couldn't help but look for Cale. Cale had always shown him the way. The only place for the young Dragon to retreat to was to Cale.
"Oh, my son" tcf!Sherritt thought in dismay "I wish I could be there for you too."
"H-Human" Raon goes near to his human with a worried look, then felt relieved as tcf!Cale gives him a comforting pat.
"Raon. Contact his highness. Do it now."
"Me.." Both Alberu says. " So he was working for me," they both thought.
tboah!Alberu already foresees this coming. "I'm sure I made him my subordinate," He thought confidently. Pause. "Hm?"
While tcf!Alberu smirk "I'll make sure to use him well". Pause. "Hm?"
"... But why does it feel like it'll be the opposite?" Both Alberu felt chills.
Cale looked as calm as usual.
"Ha! Are you planning on calling over your allies? I told you that the summoning will finish while you do that."
Sayeru sneered at Cale who looked just as pale, no, even worse than him.
However, Raon immediately did as Cale asked.
- Hmm?
Alberu had just stepped onto a teleportation magic circle to move to Puzzle City. His face stiffened while looking at the sight that appeared through the video communication device.
Choi Han and the strongest individuals from the palace who were by his side had the same reaction.
"Ah, so that's where they were" tcf!Cale thought as he took a glance at tcf!Choi Han.
He immediately looks away.
"Why does he have a vicious look while flicking his sword in and out of his scabbard?!" He shivered.
Through the video communication device in the floating Raon's paws... They could see everything.
Cale knew that they could see everything and that Alberu would be able to understand what was going on.
"Your highness. The Dark Elves... Please send the Dark Elves and anybody else you think would be necessary to take care of things here."
- Cale! I'll send Eruhab-
"It is useless."
It would be too late, no matter how quickly Eruhaben rushed over.
tcf!Eruhaben frown. "Why am I not there?" He thought as he clench his hand.
No.
It was already too late, as is.
"Kekeke. There's less than one minute left!"
Cale felt as if the screams of ghosts swept over him like a tsunami along with Sayeru, Arm, and the Bears' laughs.
"Human! I'll try something!"
- ...Cale. Even if it is useless-
Cale did not look at Raon, Alberu, or Choi Han.
"Two."
- What?
"Two monsters at max will end up over there. Please be ready."
[]
Alberu asked the question Raon wanted to ask.
- ...What about the rest?
'What about the two other monsters? What were they going to do about the two remaining sculptures?'
Cale answered calmly, as he always did.
"I will get rid of them."
'How?'
"Yes, how?" Everyone thought as they focus on reading.
tcf!Cale already knew the answer "In two minutes, there could only be one ability that I could use."
Alberu could not ask.
It was because Cale's eyes that became visible for a moment through the whirlwind had turned strange. He couldn't see Cale's eye area clearly.
The area around Cale's eyes seemed blurry, as if they were covered by haze. Alberu subconsciously grabbed Choi Han's arm. He had an unexplainable sense that something terrible was about to happen.
"Raon."
"...Human."
Raon flinched at the unusual and unexplainable situation. But Raon looked ready to rush through the whirlwind and to Cale's side after hearing what Cale said next.
"Raon, the moment I become unconscious... Move me to the Roan Kingdom immediately."
"Human, you can't fai-"
"Raon. Decisions need to be made in times like this."
Cale put his hand up as if to tell Raon not to come. Raon froze in spot and looked toward Cale as Cale had never done that to him before.
- This is the limit.
The Sound of the Wind commented in her husky voice.
"My ancient power!" tboah!Toonka stand up as he angrily shouted.
Everyone then realized it. "Ah, he is the original owner."
"Really!" tcf!Toonka perks up "would that make me powerful! and do I always use it?" He was very interested.
tboah!Toonka pause. "Now that you mention it I don't usually use it."
"Eh? How useless" tcf!Toonka frown "pah! then it doesn't really matter" tcf!Toonka shrugged already losing interest.
tboah!Toonka thought about it, shrugged, and sat down.
Everyone just sweats drop.
- The wind will soon roar as quickly as possible.
The whirlwind had compressed and then compressed again to prepare to roar at its maximum speed.
"I still couldn't get over the fact that an ancient power can talk" tboah!Bud said in wonder.
Cale gathered his thoughts one last time in the middle of the whirlwind.
'If all four unranked monsters go to the Roan Kingdom, we might be able to take care of them, but thousands, no, hundreds of thousands of people may die in the process. Actually, millions of people will die.'
Fighting normally against unranked monsters would take a long time.
They could only finish the battle quickly if they focused on the monsters' weaknesses, as he had done while fighting against the Electric Eel.
However, it would be impossible to do that while fighting against four of them at once. The chances of the battles against the seventh and eighth unranked monsters, the two that they had no information on, lasting a long time were very high.
"How!? Why is there an unranked monster!" og!Cale shouted in alarm.
tcf!Cale was also shocked at what they were summoning as some records pours in. He closes his eyes suppressing it before it can escalate further.
"I take it that unranked monster is in your world?" tboah!Alberu ask.
"Yes! and they're troublesome. It's hard to kill even the weakest of those and there's four of them at the same time!" og!Cale shouted in outrage as he continues "as Cale said it's a long battle and a lot of people died in the process" he explain with anger and sadness in his voice as if remembering something.
Everyone frowned at that additional information.
"Everything is getting troublesome" tcf!Cale clicks his tongue.
They agree.
'That is why decisions need to be made at times like this.'
Cale still had the time to make a decision.
One choice was for him to get hurt.
Everyone frown.
"What a horrible choice."
The other was for him to retreat.
"I sure hope you pick the retreat" tboah!Cale said trying to not let the worry show in his voice.
"As long as you're not feeling sacrificial, you should retreat" og!Cale agrees. He too is worried but he won't say that.
tcf!Cale frowns deepen.
"Raon. I'm someone who cannot forget."
Raon had never heard Cale speaking so gently before.
Actually, even the people on the other side of the video communication device had never heard this gentle yet weak voice.
"Human.." Raon said with a worried look. "Human is not going to do something stupid again, is he?" He put his head in his human's lap as he was continued to be patted.
Cale Henituse.
Kim Rok Soo was someone who could not forget anything.
'If I retreat right now, my people might get hurt. My home might get destroyed.'
If he retreats now and his people get hurt... If his home gets destroyed...
tboah!Cale and og!Cale frown.
Everyone was amazed once again at this human who has a heart of gold.
Cale could never forget that. The moment he made that decision it would be recorded and run in an endless loop.
'What happens to certain people and the world because I hesitated thinking that I could suffer less... I will never be able to forget that.'
"Record ability" og!Cale said knowing full well how that ability is both a blessing and a curse.
"So I was right" tcf!Cale thought. When he first becomes Cale Henituse he realizes that he can easily remember things.
Kim Rok Soo and Cale have the same eye color. "It could also be the reason why I had a portion of my record ability ." tcf!Cale continues to think "But to think that I will also have my other ability with me."
But if there was a reason Cale was thinking so hard about this right now...
"Raon."
It was because of the young Raon.
Raon could see Cale turning his head toward him.
But he could not see Cale's eyes properly as they still seemed covered by haze. Raon opened his eyes wide trying to see Cale's eyes, but he could only hear Cale's voice properly.
"Don't be like me."
"What? You mean being self-sacrificial?" og!Cale said mockingly to cover his worries.
While tcf!Cale look so offended "you of all people have no right to say that," he said looking straight at og!Cale's eyes.
"And I can't believe this idiot has the audacity to be shocked" tcf!Cale thought as he look at og!Cale surprised face like he couldn't comprehend what he just said.
"Then I'll say it!" tboah!Cale interjected.
"Don't make me actually get up just to smack you" tcf!Cale said also looking at him straight in the eyes "this other idiot thinks he also has the right ?" He huffs in thought
tboah!Cale (pout) scowl.
Cale was giving Raon advice.
"Make different decisions than I've made."
He alone was enough to live a life like this.
That was why, for the young Raon...
"You MUST rescue me and escape."
He would make Raon make a different decision.
"Don't worry human! This great and mighty me will make sure to always be there!" Raon said standing up and puffing his chest.
"Of course" tcf!Cale nods as he pats him.
- Cale Henituse!
- Cale-nim!
"Kekeke. There's less than ten seconds left now. What can you do in that time before running away?"
Sayeru sneered at Cale while Alberu and Choi Han were almost screaming after sensing something was wrong.
"Do you really think that your shitty wind can pierce its way through?! It won't be able to reach inside!"
Sayeru suddenly flinched and closed his mouth.
Cale started to smile.
He could feel the wind.
"I'm relieved."
A long time ago, when he went to see the Mercenaries Guild's Directory... That was the first time Cale used Kim Rok Soo's 'Record' ability.
"What!?" Both Bud said in outburst.
"How did you get in there!?" tcf!Bud asks as he thinks "which idiot shows him the way?" He now thinks he's here to know who the idiot is.. not because the idiot was him.. absolutely.. positively.. ..
"You are?" og!Cale asks rather rudely. He doesn't care as he's a trash.
Both Bud know everyone will eventually find out about it so he introduced himself proudly "I'm Bud Illis, the Mercenary King!'
"...!"
"Another big wing," Everyone thought as he would make a great ally.. and probably a headache.
"Since the Mercenaries Guild's Directory was mentioned, I wonder if he's going to join you" tboah!Cale whisper to tcf!Cale.
"Stop saying such ominous thing!" tcf!Cale hiss.
He had brought over a portion of the Grade 1 ability user Kim Rok Soo's abilities to this world and had realized he could use a portion of his multiple abilities in this world.
Then came the sealed god's test.
His body had changed after going to the parallel world and defeating an unranked monster inside that twenty years old Kim Rok Soo's body.
"Wait what test and parallel world?" tcf!Cale said "does that mean the test would bring me to the parallel world as a 20-year old Kim Rok Soo?" What is even happening with my future??
"Is that the many earths that were mentioned?"
While both Alberu was thinking "if it so, then my Unbreakable Spear might come from the parallel world." He stored that thought as he needs more information.
'That portion became whole.'
A thick smile appeared on Cale's face.
Cale's first ability, 'Record,' heated his body and put a lot of pressure on his body,
"What!? You're already weaker than a twig and you have another ability that put pressure on you?" tcf!Rasheel said as he had never seen anyone human as unfortunate as tcf!Cale.
"Human! You'll faint again!" Raon said concern clearly showing.
Meow
Meow
The two cats rub their head at tcf!Cale.
but his second ability gave him a much more serious pain.
'It'll be troublesome if I get overloaded. But I still have to use it.'
Everyone frown once again.
"This self-sacrificing idiot!" They all thought in concern.
It was at that moment.
Craaaaaaack-!
The remaining two sculptures started to crack as well.
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The teleportation magic circle underneath the sculptures started vibrating and lighting up.
The sculptures started to crack even faster.
"W, what-"
As Raon stuttered without knowing what to do...
"Try not to look."
Raon heard those words and stopped with his eyes opened wide.
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Our young Dragon saw it.
In that very short period of time...
In that 'instant'...
He saw someone shooting forward as if he was made of light.
That person was his human.
'Instant.'
"No!" og!Cale shouts with urgency.
Everyone looks at og!Cale's outburst.
"With that weak body and plate of yours, you might die!" He said with a deep concern that he did not pretend to hide as he was panicking a little.
Everyone tense up at that.
"And -!" og!Cale stops as he looks at tcf!Cale.
"... Are you really eating right now?!" og!Cale asks indecorously. He cannot believe what he's witnessing.
Everyone focuses on tcf!Cale... who was munching a brownies.
"What? It hasn't happened yet... And it won't." tcf!Cale said with a shrug as he thinks "since I now know what will happen, I will make sure to be prepared. Then I won't have to put myself in danger" He smile satisfied as he continue munching.
"..."
"... Again, unbelievable" said yet again with a sigh by the brightest of the star.
This was Cale, well, Kim Rok Soo's second ability and the ability that allowed him to lead the attack team.
Someone had recorded some information about Kim Rok Soo.
< Team leader Kim Rok Soo's second ability, 'Instant' is an ability that transcends time. >
< The human brain is said to control the human body. >
< Kim Rok Soo's brain is able to push the human body to its limit, making him move at a speed that humans aren't able to move in, allowing him to make movements that humans wouldn't normally be able to make. >
< It makes it look as if he is jumping through time and space. >
< He is the only person able to move in the world during that time. >
"That's an amazing ability" tcf!Cage said in awe and fear, fear of what the price is for using it.
"It's so amazing that it'll surely have some consequence" tcf!Taylor thought as fear for the young master crawled in his mind.
< That time only lasted an 'instant' as its name implied. He could only use it for about five seconds. >
< However, there was a price to pay for using this ability. Although this ability allowed him to break the laws of time and space, his body was unable to handle the impact. >
"The cracks.."
Everyone remembered the unconscious body of Cale in the first information.
One step.
Cale took another step forward as everything around him slowed down to the point it seemed as if they had stopped.
He couldn't hear anything.
However, every time he took a step forward...
Crack-!
He could hear his body starting to break down.
Crack, crunch!
"Cale-nim!" tcf!Choi Han said as he grab his sword tightly.
"Hyung!" The little brother shouted in urgency.
"Oraboni!" The little sister shouted in worry.
"Cale.." a soft whisper of a mother said as she hold her hand to her lips, as her firm posture was breaking in concern.
"Son!" A father shouted with grief and helplessness.
".." A butler grips his dagger with a frown on his face. And a chef crosses his arms with a deadly gaze.
"Young master Cale.." as a mage and a wolf control their many emotions.
"This is driving me nuts" as a crown prince rubs his forehead.
"Haaaa. Truly unlucky.." a golden dragon sigh at this unfortunate soul.
As everyone was deeply worried.
Legs, body, arm... His entire body was starting to get injuries as if he had received paper cuts all over his body.
Blood splattered like water behind him.
'This body will become like Kim Rok Soo's body. Actually, it'll be even worse since Cale Henituse's body is even weaker.'
The reason Kim Rok Soo's entire body had been full of scars...
Cale thought about the biggest of many reasons he always needed to wear a long-sleeved shirt and couldn't stop smiling.
Everyone frowns hard as they remember Kim Rok Soo's scars. They look at the center.
"You self-sacrificing idiot!" og!Cale shouted as he glared at tcf!Cale.
"I said you don't have the right to say that!" tcf!Cale defended.
"And I also don't want to hear that from you!" He said looking at tboah!Cale who was about to talk.
tboah!Cale crosses his arms as he closes his mouth "Hmph!"
"let me be clear. I didn't sacrifice myself there, I just did it because I don't want to see and record those important to me getting destroyed" tcf!Cale explains as he thinks "there! I clearly explain that I did it for a selfish reason" he was satisfied at that thought.
"It's you two who are self-sacrificial!" He accused the two besides him.
"I never sacrifice myself!" tboah!Cale and og!Cale firmly denies.
"Says you!" tcf!Cale brushes off their denial.
"All three of you are self-sacrificial, you idiots!" Everyone thought as they look at the 3 self-sacrificial idiots that were bickering with each other.
'Instant.'
It was a very short duration of time, but Cale was able to get past everything in his way.
He was the only one who was free during this moment.
He pushed forward with the help of the wind just before using his ability.
But even the wind stopped once he used 'Instant.'
Cale was making movements that his body would normally never be able to make in this world where everything seemed to have stopped.
He jumped over the Bears and moved past them, as well as a shocked Sayeru.
His head hurt.
It felt as if it would explode.
He had a fever.
"Head hurt and a fever? Really? That's the only thing you thought of?" tboah!Cale said with a sigh.
Everyone looks at tcf!Cale with a sigh.
tcf!Cale frown with a delinquent face.
"I did say the headache feel like it would explode" tcf!Cale said. While thinking "what crazy thing is he saying?" He's the type of person who hates pain so a headache that feels like it would explode will surely hurt.
"How about the cracks and the blood everywhere?" Everyone thought with exasperation.
Cale, with his experience from being Kim Rok Soo, knew that he couldn't close his eyes right now.
He moved toward his goal. He charged forward toward the sculptures.
'3.'
The 'instant' given to him would not last very long.
He needed to achieve his goal before it ran out.
'2.'
One foot forward. One step.
His legs, arms, body... Every muscle in his body felt as if they would rip apart.
But he continued moving.
"Haaaa. This is bad." Both Eruhaben sigh "I'm actually really concerned" they both thought admitting and accepting their feelings of care and the sure headache it will follow.
'1.'
And as that 'instant' was coming to an end...
The haze covering Cale's eyes disappeared. He reached his hand out and grabbed the sculpture in front of him.
15 seconds. He should have about fifteen seconds left if Sayeru had been telling the truth.
His hand was covered in blood from numerous cuts. Cale felt as if everything was turning red.
"Huff. Huff."
He was having trouble breathing. He could barely lift the sculpture using every ounce of strength left in his body.
"Ahh the miracle of strength" og!Cale said teasingly looking to get back at the idiot.
tcf!Cale just let the comment in one ear and out the other.
Soon...
He would definitely faint soon.
However, there was something he needed to do before that.
The sculptures were glowing.
He could not use his ancient powers, nor could he call his friends.
There was only one way to destroy these things.
"This is the only thing I can grab."
He used the sculpture he grabbed with both hands to strike down on another sculpture.
"Soo did your strength increase or the sculpture was very light" tboah!Cale said mischievously also looking to get back.
tcf!Cale also let that comment slide out of his ears.
This was one way to destroy the sculptures of the unranked monsters.
He could use the sculptures of other unranked monsters to strike down and destroy them both.
Baaaaang!
The sculpture of the seventh unranked monster struck down on the second unranked monster, and the second sculpture crumbled into pieces.
"N, no--!"
The world was moving as normal again. Cale turned his gaze toward his next goal as he heard Sayeru's shout.
The person covered in blood was moving his tired body on top of the circular altar.
He could not stop, and he could not retreat.
tboah!Cale looks at og!Cale and sign to him.
They nodded with each other.
"Ow!" tcf!Cale grabbed his head.
"Wha-?" he asks with a frown as he rubs his head that was smacked by the idiot beside him.
"Shut up" og!Cale said with a deadpan face.
"You deserve it you idiot" tboah!Cale said with a huff.
tcf!Cale looks at them indecorously and offended.
[End... Preparing next]
"What do you mean end?" tcf!Hong said whining.
"Tell us more!" tcf!On wants to know what happened to Cale.
"That's right! What happened to my human?!" Raon also voice his dissatisfaction.
Almost everyone was also dissatisfied with the abrupt ending.
"I'm sure you rescue me as I faint" tcf!Cale placating the children.
"Of course I did! Hmph!" Raon huff confidently. "... What I mean is.. are you alright?" He mumbles looking away.
"This chapter was earlier than the very first one we read" tcf!Alberu said as he continues "if so then at least he's alive.. but as for being alright.." He didn't finish his sentence as he frown.
Everyone grimace.
"I will be alright" tcf!Cale said more to the children "because the future won't be like what we read, we'll stop the summoning before it even starts." He said with a firm sure tone.
Hearing that firm voice, everyone finally eases their worry and looks forward to more information that will help them.
Extra:
[!!!System Error!!!]
!!!
The rectangular screen glitches as it turns red.
...!
Everyone becomes alert at the sudden error.
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[ERR...]
After many glitches, it turns white.
"!!!"
For a few minutes, on the white screen, they saw various people which is some are familiar and some are not. They are also in a familiar room and were looking at them, then it glitches and returns to normal.
Everyone was shocked.
"No.." tcf!Cale thought as he quickly look at the slime that has its back at them.
"Were there other people who were kidnapped and were placed in a different room?" He asks it with dread.
...!
Everyone looks at the slime that's refusing to look at them.
"Were they reading the same thing that we're reading!?" og!Cale asks as he pales, he even saw his Eric hyung there.
"Wait, they don't look shocked to see us.. were they watching and listening to us as they read?" tboah!Cale asks as he also pales.
The slime jumps up and hides behind the transparent screen. It peeks at them from behind.
"... P..yah?"
"What do you mean by 'don't mind the small details'!" Everyone said in an outburst.
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A/N:
(ﾉ≧ڡ≦) Teehee~!..
Well, I'll be doing Requested Chapter now (I already have the list of your request). I'll probably gonna do it in order of who requested first...probably...
For those who requested fanfic, I'm going to do it whenever it's time for the CTTO chapter.
But I should mention that I probably can't do all that you requested...probably...
Anyway, Thank you for you're patience and understanding. Love y'all (灬^ω^灬)♡♥
Also, I might not be able to update this week because I have an urgent project that needs to be finished this week ('༎ຶД༎ຶ') *ugly sobbing*
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