Book 1: Chapter 15: Rose: Dream to Encounter
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“So. You became silver rank already?” Maova said to me as we both walked out of the guild.

“Yes, it seems that quest in particular is quite special, which is why I get the promotion so quickly” I explained.

“Is that so? Well congratulation” She said.

“Thanks” I replied.

“Not much of a talker are you” She remarked.

“More or less” I replied.

… 

“Anyway let’s quickly go back to the inn and let’s get some rest” She said sounding somewhat awkward.

“Okay” I replied.

 

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And here we are in her room, I really don’t know what I could do here aside from waiting and such. She’s taking her white clothing off and lay rest on the bed.

“Well in a place like this you should still be able to practice light and life magic, they aren’t inherently destructive after all” She said.

“That’s true, but is that fine with you?” I asked.

“I mean I wouldn’t bring this up otherwise” She remarked.

“Fair enough” I replied as I sit down and began meditating…

“But how am I going to practice life magic?” I said while still closing my eyes.

“Ah, well life magic is used to refresh oneself or healing wounds, so try to think about something refreshing… I guess, or try to inflict yourself with wounds then try healing it” She replied. The first option sounds way too vague. I’ll go with the second option.

“I’ll go with the second option” I replied.

“Very well then. I’ll cut a small wound on you for you then, don’t worry it’s only going to sting a little” She said. That’s fine, it’ll be fine. 

“I’m ready” I said.

“Okay…”

*Slice*

I can feel something cutting a bit of my cheek… I need to heal it obviously…

*[Heal]*

I opened my eyes to see the wounds closing fast.

“Well you are a quick learner alright, I mean with your regeneration life magic isn’t exactly necessary but it’s still convenient to have, especially if someone is in trouble” She explained.

“True” I replied.

“So are we going to keep going or?” She asked.

“Yes, we’ll keep going” I declared.

“Very well then” She replied.

 

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I opened my eyes and what I saw outside is darkness, seems like we take a long time practicing.

“So? Do you wanna continue?” She asked, sounding a little tired.

“We’ll end it now” I said. And she stored away her blade.

“Well even if I really don’t need to sleep much I might as well go to bed early, what about you?” She asked.

“I’ll sleep as well, this day have been quite eventful” I replied…

“But where do I sleep?” I asked.

“Ah, about that, there’s only one bed here so…” She explained, seems like we have to share a bed… if I didn’t think of this beforehand.

“I have a remedy for that” I said as I put down the bed from the house she gave me, with it next to her bed.

“Oh, that solves the problem quite nicely” She commented.

“Good thing I bring everything from the house” I said.

“Really? That’s good to hear. Anyway. Sleep time?” She said.

“Yes” I replied as I go to bed… I think I should look at my stats today as well.

[Status]

 

Name: Rosia Zana

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Race: Zurora

 

Level: 89

Class: Paladin

HP: 15,472/15,472

MP: 1,593/1,593

Strength: 619

Magical Prowess: 619

Dexterity: 614

Agility: 615

Luck: 610

Vitality: 622

Magical Resistance: 625

 

Race Trait: [Human Consumption] [Longevity] [Regeneration] [Mana Regeneration] [Wings Manifestation] [Lust Eater] [Lust Magic] [Dream Walker]

Special Trait: [EXP Boost] [Growth Boost]

 

Weapon Proficiency

Sword: C+

 

Elemental Proficiency

Fire: D

Cold: D

Water: D

Lightning: D

Wind: D

Earth: D

Light: B

Dark: E+

Life: C+

Death: E+

Mind: D

Space: D+

 

Seems like my elemental proficiency in light and life go up, and my class changed? I still have no idea how this worked… the last three traits… should I asked her about it?

“What’s wrong?” She asked.

“N-Nothing” I said.

“Obviously not, but we can talk about it later” She said as she turn away and go to sleep. Guess I can talk about it later. Talk with her about it…

… 

 

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…Where am I? Is this a dream? What is with this place?… Hm? Who’s that over there? A woman with a small girl by her side… what is this I’m seeing?

“Hm?” The woman started to look this way. I quickly get out of line of sight. I still don’t know what’s going on.

A voice of a boy can be heard without much enthusiasm. I have no idea what he’s saying at all, is that a foreign language?

The woman replied also without enthusiasm. Seems like this is a family.

The little girl said something to the boy. And he replied somewhat with life. 

I don’t understand what I’m seeing.

“Sister” A voice can be heard, it’s her voice… what does it all mean? And how come I’m here? Where is this? There’s a light source on the ceiling, some sort of metal counter, and outside is a road with multiple strange objects moving like some sort of carriage. I don’t know where I am, how I got here, or why is she here.

I can hear the boy walking somewhere else. Those two also walked somewhere else as well, perhaps I could go outside? Huh? Suddenly the outside is blurry and disappeared, what the hell is this place? I guess I have nowhere else to go, let’s take a look at this place some more… 

Is this a metal closet? 

*Open*

It’s cold! A magic tool? There’s some meats and vegetables inside, and a box with food in it? I think I’ll close it for now.

Let’s see what else… a switch of some sort on the wall… 

*Tap*

The room suddenly goes dark, did that deactivate the light? What if I touch it again?

*Tap*

It goes back on… what else is here? These windows have metallic frame. Some chairs. What is that strange metal box? What’s with all of this writing? A strange plank of glass and metal? Am I in a different world or something? For some reason it’s like the resident all disappeared… 

I think I’ll go upstairs and see what’s going on…

There’s a few rooms here, I think I heard a voice from one room, I think there’s someone there, so let’s not go there. Maybe I should stay downstairs for now, or look at the other rooms to see what this place is...

Hm? It’s that little girl, she’s going into the room with the sounds and she doesn’t noticed me at all, what the hell? It’s like they’re phantoms. I still have no idea what this place is, hopefully I figured out before anything difficult happened… 

Perhaps I should go into that room and see what’s going on.

*Open*

“Huh?” The boy let out. I can’t quite make out his features, same with the girl. He’s looking at me and seems rather shocked.

“Ro—a?” The voice is so distorted and I can hear two voices saying that, it’s like this place is very unstable. Like it’ll crumble at a moment notice.

“What is this place?” I said hoping for an explanation.

“W— a-e y-u… wh-t am -?” The two voice said, a breakdown, I can’t stand to see this.

Whoa!

 

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Ugh… what was that? I can remember it so vividly. Huh? Is she gripping my wrist? When did she did that? Seems like she’s still sleeping but she’s thrashing about. She tightened her grip. Her expression seems so sadden… There’s nothing I could do to help… perhaps I should think of a way to help her in the morning, she’s still resting after all.

 

#####

 

“Good morning” She said as both of us wake up, honestly I couldn’t sleep very well with what I saw that night, but at least I didn’t feel exhausted or anything.

“Hm? Looks like you have something on your mind” She said to me.

“Nothing in particular, just wondering if there’s something you want me to do” I said.

“Ah, that, well I was thinking about you try socializing with other people so to say” She said. What a weird things to asked, and it doesn’t sound related to what I see, so maybe that wasn’t related to her? I can’t be certain yet.

“What does that mean?” I asked.

“You’ll figure it out soon enough, anyway how about you try out some silver rank quest when we go to the guild?” She said. Guess I’ll keep that in mind for now.

“Sure, let’s go” I said.

“Aye aye” She replied.

 

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And here we are at the assignment board. Let’s see… a wyvern hunt? That’s an odd one, but I supposed it wouldn’t hurt to try.

““Ah”” A boy and I both reached out for the paper with a girl with blonde accompanying him.

“Seems like she wants to do this quest as well” The girl said.

“I can see that, well if you want to do this quest how about you come with us?” The boy suggested… ‘socializing’... is this what she meant? I guess this is what she meant, even if I have no idea why she would make me do such a thing.

“Sure” I replied somewhat hesitantly.

“Good! Then let’s prepare our gear and let’s go!” The boy excitedly said.

“Let’s get the receptionist to approve first!” The girl said. Seems like this’ll be a bit of a troublesome pair.

“Well I’ll go prepare over there while you discuss among yourselves” I said as I walked to Maova.

“Is this what you meant?” I asked.

“Yeah, so where you going off to?” She asked.

“To hunt a wyvern” I replied.

“I see… if that’s the case I recommended the Drahkain mountain, there’s some wyverns on the lower part of it, if I remembered correctly it’s north from here, it’s a bit far though” She said. Guess we got a place to go.

“Speaking of which I actually got a request to kill a dragon, seems like there are some nut job posting what is usually a suicide mission” She remarked.

“So you’ll go to the same place as well?” I asked.

“More or less, but I’ll probably reach there first without anyone holding me down” She said as if making fun of me.

“I supposed, well see you there I guess” I replied feeling slightly irritated.

“Yep, time for me to get going now” She said as she left. And so it’s time for me to go back to those two, I don’t like this already.

“Come here” The boy said to me, gesturing me toward the receptionist. So I walked there.

“What?” I asked.

“We need you to confirm you’re part of this group of course” The girl said. I then turn to look at the receptionist.

“So you are indeed part of this team are you not?” She asked.

“Yes I am” I replied.

 

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With the conformation all done it’s time to go, I’m not sure if these two know where to go or not. 

“So you know where we should go right?” I asked.

“Of course! We’re off to defeat the wyvern!” The boy said. That’s not exactly what I meant.

“At the Drahkain Mountain” The girl added.

“Guess that’s where we’re going” I said.

“Let’s go!” The boy excitedly said.

 

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Right now we’re outside the town and began walking to the mountain, honestly it’s really far away from this place, at least that’s how I feel when such an ominous and prominent looking mountain looked so small.

“Speaking of which we still didn’t get your name, I’m Elima, and here’s Zore” The girl asked then introduce herself and her friend.

“Rosia” I replied.

“Nice to meet you Rosia” The girl said.

“Whatever” I said as I walked toward our destination.

“She doesn’t seem very friendly is she?” The boy said as he’s following me.

“Don’t be like that” The girl said.

 

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*Slash*

The monster around here are no match for me.

“She’s pretty darn strong” The boy said.

“Yeah” The girl agreed. I’ll simply keep moving forward.

“Wait for us!” The boy said trailing behind with the girl.

 

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“Please! I’m tired!” The boy said kneeling onto the ground with the girl concerned over him.

“Fine, we’ll rest for a while” I said feeling quite irritated, hopefully I’ll never make Maova feel this way. She helped me out so much after all… but then again. Why? That’s something I’ve never asked her, I guess I’ll do so after this whole mess is over.

“Thank god” He said as he laid down on the ground sounding relieved.

“Here’s some water” The girl said while giving the boy water.

“Guess I’ll keep guard for a while” I said as I looked around. Wandering about.

“Do you not need any break?” She asked.

“No. I’m fine” I said.

“Please don’t lie” She said sounding considerate.

“I’m not, just go tending to him and rest for yourself, we’re not that far from the mountain” I said as I walked around the forest we’re in on the way to the mountain.

 

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“I’m… fine now” The boy said as he pull himself together and ready to move on.

“Very well, let’s go” I said as I walk forward with them following me.

“Feels like we’re being led” The boy complained.

“Don’t say it like that!” The girl chastised.

 

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*Slash*

Another monster in the way down.

“You know you’re real strong, probably better than us” The boy said.

“Yeah! Like you’re destined to be a hero, or at least help them defeat the Demon Lord” That’s an oddly specific thing to say… well I can worry about that later.

“Let’s just keep moving” I said.

“Yeah yeah” The boy replied.

 

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“Here we are” I said as I looked up the mountain, it’s even more ominous close up.

“Alright, let’s go!” The boy said as he immediately run up the mountain.

“Wait!” The girl said while following her. Guess I should follow them as well.

 

#####

 

All of us get rather high up on the mountain and saw something quite unbelievable, but after awhile I know why this happened.

“So many wyvern corpses” The girl said completely bewildered.

“So much for getting into an epic fight or something” The boy said feeling down. I doubt this is the end. I look up and heard wings flapping.

“I wouldn’t say that” I said to them.

*Flap* *Flap* *Flap*

Its wings flapping and slowly descending, the two quickly took notice as well and ready their guard.

“Seems like we’re getting a fight after all” The boy commented.

“Get ready!” The girl said. I immediately brandish my sword.

*Roar*

And with that roar the battle of us against this wyvern began. With it approaching and rushing at us.

“Haaa!” The boy said while swinging his axe toward the rushing wyvern.

*Slam* *Graze*

“Ugh!” Unfortunately the axe only grazed the wyvern and he took the full front of that tackle.

“Zore!” The girl cried out rushing to his aid as the wyvern now fly overhead. Is it going for me next I wonder?

*Roar*

With another roar it descends once again and this time toward me.

*Evade* *Slash*

I managed to get a hit in without getting hit myself, is it seriously going to dive toward us and retreat over and over?

“[Heal]!” The girl chanted and the boy recovered.

“Thanks!” He said as he quickly took notice of the wyvern once again diving towards him.

*Flash* *Roar*

“Ah!” The two let out. I use [Flash] and blind everyone around temporarily, the wyvern panicked and lose its momentum.

*Lunge* *Stab* 

I managed to stab it, but its hide and scales are so darn strong. It quickly recovered and fly upward again.

“You could’ve warm us!” The boy complained.

“Not interested” I replied. The wyvern, what is it doing now? I could see its breath, a fire breath to be specific.

“Move!” I commanded. Then the wyvern unleashed its flaming breath, thankfully all of us managed to avoid it. Then it descends again.

“[Light Arrow]!” The girl chanted and several arrow of light fly toward the wyvern, hitting it multiple times, it flinched with each hit.

“Haaa!” The boy cried out once again.

*Smash*

But this time managed to get a good hit in. Time for me to do my part as well.

*Slash* *Slash* *Slash*

Rapidly slashing at it, three times in total before the light barrage stopped and it quickly fly up again, but this time very much wounded.

“We almost got it!” He said.

“Be careful! It’s preparing its breath again!” She warned. It sure do.

*Evade*

Thankfully avoiding it isn’t that hard.

“It doesn’t seems to come down. How inconvenient” I said, I very much doubt it’ll dive again unless it wants to die. Perhaps I should try the magic myself. I opened my palm toward the wyvern. May multiple barrages of light blast it away!

“[Light Arrow]!” I yelled out. Multiple arrow of light then launched toward the wyvern.

*Roar*

It roared, but in pain. I’ll keep launching at it until it’s dead!

“Whoa” The boy let out.

“Incredible” The girl said, while the wyvern have a hard time keeping itself afloat.

“Look! It’s dropping!” The boy said.

“Great! Take a shot at it!” The girl commanded.

“Aye!” He said.

*Leap* *Smash*

Swinging his axe right into the wyvern, sending it further down onto the ground.

“Die!” He swing his axe overhead.

*Smash*

He smash into the wyvern once again. I stopped my barrages and rush in and brandish my sword.

*Slash* *Slash* *Slash*

I slash more into it, it’s so wounded it can’t fly properly anymore.

“Haaaa!” He cried out again.

*Smash*

Smash right into its head.

*Stab* *Stab*

And I stab its eyes.

*Slash*

And slash its throat.

… 

“Haaaa!” He let out again.

*Smash*

“It’s dead” I declared seeing it stopped moving for a while now.

“Oh” He replied.

“Well, I guess this is it, time to take a wyvern and bring it back, gonna be quite a troublesome journey back” The girl said.

“No doubt about it, by the way she’s damn strong” He said while pointing at me.

“She sure is, are you trying to be a hero? Cause this guy sure is” She said while patting the boy’s shoulder.

“Nothing like that” I replied.

“Is that so? Well if it’s alright with you how about we went on some adventurer aga-”

*Crash*

“What the!?” She cut herself short after a sudden turn of event. We all turn to look at what happened, and what can be seen is so ridiculous there’s only one person I know to be responsible.

“Hey, totally didn’t expect to see you here” She greeted, but it’s clear to me there’s some sort of hostility in those words. She did so on top of the dragon’s corpse she killed, without a sign of wounds or anything on her.

“W-What is going on?” The boy asked.

“Your end” Maova said with a devilish grin.

*Flap*

Suddenly a pair of pitch black raven wings appeared from behind her, and her blade appearing in her hand. Thankfully she seems to be aiming at these two and not me with the way she’s eyeing them.

“W-Who are you!” The boy asked while holding his axe tight. Suddenly a strong gust of winds blow in our direction and she walks closer. She then pointed her blade at them after the intimidating walk, with still with some distance between the two sides.

“The one to end humanity” She declared, and suddenly, one of them reacted very strangely. Maova noticed this immediately and point her blade at the one doing that specifically.

“And especially you... Hero” She said with a clear intention to kill… I see… 

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