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Capítulo 21: An Outsider

'Isn't he a part of the group that I saw earlier?' Arthur thought to himself. The man in the robe waited calmly for Arthur to answer.

"You… are not someone from the seven families." The man under the hood stared with amazement. He then continued, "What's your name?"

"… Arthur Silvera." Arthur didn't plan on giving out his name, but the indescribable familiar feeling he had urged him to. He looked for any changes in the man's demeanor, and to his surprise, the man began to laugh.

"I see, I see, the clocks of fate are turning." Arthur could now see the man's mouth from under the hood. It had a wide grin. The man was about to say something more when a roar resounded from the tower in the distance.

As Arthur looked at the tower, he could see that it was shining brightly. However, as soon as the light dimmed, Arthur's instincts tingled for him to run away.

"Arthur! We need to run!" Hazel was back again, and her face was pale. The roar earlier was of no primitive beast, and it wasn't something they could take care of in their current situation. As Arthur turned to look at the man for one last time, the man was already gone.

Hazel and Arthur ran far away from the tower as they tried to create some distance. As their stamina was decreasing, the sound of the monster was getting further and further away. They reached a mountain range when they collapsed and started to collect their breath.

"We can't stay alone," Hazel said after a lot of thoughts. Arthur looked at her, unable to figure out what she meant.

"Hazel O'Keril?" A voice from above interrupted their conversation. As Arthur looked upward, he saw a group of people on the trees. They held bows and staffs with most of their bows aimed at them.

Hazel's body flinched as she heard this voice. She turned around, and her eyes visibly shook when she saw the man standing on the tree with a purple robe on. He had a delicate complexion fairer than most girls Arthur knew. As Arthur looked at him, he saw some similarities between Hazel and him.

"Jin. What are you doing here?" Hazel scowled with unhidden displeasure. It seems the two knew each other.

"The Holy Crown, of course. What, you thought you were the only one who was going to participate? A summoner like you?" Jin's words were as venomous as they could get a contrast to his kind appearance. The group started laughing, and Hazel clutched her hands tightly.

"You're still a part of the family, so come along. And who's this?" Jin turned toward Arthur with apparent uninterest.

"Someone from a lower family. I brought him along." Hazel lied with a straight face, and Arthur decided to shut his mouth for now. Jin nodded, and the group began traveling toward the mountain range.

"Just follow along. It's safer if we join them." Hazel whispered toward Arthur, and the latter nodded. As they followed behind the group, they left the forest and entered a valley. In the valley was a camp set up by a lake. The place reminded Arthur of the place he was thrown to after he met Jizo.

As they neared the camp, everyone started to head toward their tent. Only Hazel and Arthur kept following Jin toward the biggest tent in the middle of the camp. As they neared, Jin stopped and turned toward the two.

"I'll probably be able to get a place for you in the camp, but don't you misunderstand. I'm not doing this out of affection, but simply because the elders asked me to help any family member I meet."

With these words, Jin entered the tent. Arthur wondered who asked him for an explanation, but he simply shrugged. It felt like Jin didn't want to look like he took care of Hazel.

The two followed after Jin and what greeted them was a round table with several maps laying around. The two sat at two empty chairs and waited until Jin returned with someone else.

The newcomer was a young man with a battle armor on. He looked dignified with his stern face on and tall stature. Arthur didn't feel like this person was arrogant, but he wasn't easy to deal with because of his serious personality.

"You can stay here since Jin knows you. Each person needs to contribute one primitive mana core per day to rest here. Food and tents would be provided by the camp. Of course, safety is included. Until the end of the seventh round, we'll hunt monsters together. Follow Jin to your tents."

The young man who appeared to be the camp's leader left them at that, and the two had to follow Jin outside. Jin then began to introduce the camp's leader starting with his name. Erin Voldor, a genius battle berserker that was one of the few people worthy of being called geniuses in their generation. Other camps in the trial ground used the same methods. The plan was that each person decided their fate.

"This here is your tent, bring one primitive mana core to me every day," Jin said to Arthur while pointing to a small tent that was barely big enough for him to sleep. Arthur didn't complain and simply nodded before he entered the tent. Hazel and Jin soon drifted away from his sight.

As Arthur was left alone, he let out a long sigh. The last two days were far too overwhelming for him. First, he got into some competition over an Artifact he didn't know the use of. All Hazel told him that it would allow him to grow stronger by a large margin. Every ability user of their generation sought this artifact.

The thing is, Arthur didn't see himself as a part of their generation. Each person of them seemed to be a powerful awakener that he could only see in the media. Despite him not seeing Erin Voldor before, Arthur had read his name on many sights. All the big guilds and syndicates fought to bring him to their side after graduating from Jerano College. Arthur was just a nameless character that chanced upon a door in a dungeon. Somehow, he ended biting more than he can chew as the door sent him here. Whether Arthur survives was unknown to him, but this was a chance to grow stronger. He remembered what Hazel told him when they met.

"Time stopped in the outside world."

It was his opportunity to grow stronger than anyone. In other people's cases, time stopping had little significance if they had no time to train due to the dangers looming in here. However, with his legacy, he can grow through these dangers. He could become strong and explore the mysteries of the world. Most importantly, he could find out what happened to his father.

"Are you asleep?" Hazel's voice came from outside the tent. Arthur got out and was mesmerized by Hazel's figure as she has taken off her robe to wear some lighter clothes. He blushed a little but cleared his thoughts.

"No, I was just thinking. What's wrong?" Arthur got up hastily and asked.

"Let's grab lunch and meet the others."

***

Arthur failed to realize the difference in their lives again. The rest of the camp was a mixture of every ethnicity, race, language, and gender. The stronger groups sat down together as well as people with their own families. Hazel and Arthur sat down alone, away from the hustle and bustle as they quietly ate their lunch. There was a lot of laughter from here and there as these young men and women drank alcohol and ate their fills. Many embraced each other, signifying their relationship with each other.

"Wow, they sure are lively." Arthur couldn't help but comment. Hazel simply laughed and agreed. As the two were chit-chatting, Jin walked over to them and shot Hazel a glare.

"Why are you not sitting with our family?" He questioned, not forgetting to shot Arthur a deadly glare. Arthur now began to suspect that Jin had something else but disdain toward Hazel, something that could be more… youthful.

"He's my teammate, I can't just leave him," Hazel responded, warming Arthur's heart.

"I got you here because you are a part of the family, now act like it." Jin's displeasure was evident as he made his point, and Hazel found herself at a loss of words. She knew she held less power than Jin in both ability and connections, so she didn't know what to do.

"You can go, I'll be returning to my tent now." Arthur waved his hand with a smile, and Hazel simply nodded. The two then walked off again, and Arthur remained alone.

As he ate his meat and looked at the festive lunch, he felt like he was looking at a painting. He saw Erin Voldor sitting with a girl next to him. Arthur felt like he had seen the girl before as he was sure she was also a famous, powerful awakener. If she weren't famous for her strength, then she would be famous for her beauty. As he was looking at them, he was startled when the girl looked back at him. Arthur felt like she smiled as she met his eyes, making him stand up in a hurry. He sought no trouble with Erin as the latter was trying to court this girl.

Arthur walked away with a thought in his mind. This was not his world; these were not his people. He was thrown here simply out of coincidence, or maybe it was fate. Which of these two was the case, he didn't know just yet. What he did know was that someday, he too could stand amid his friends and people, with enough power to fend for them.

As his thoughts reached here, he remembered what Jizo asked him to do. Arthur walked away, and for some reason, the shadows looked longer.

'It's time to level up.'


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Capítulo 22: Seduced

A figure leaped from one tree to the other as it surveyed the surrounding. It was a monster called the Arcula, a humanoid monster with an ape-like stature but sharp teeth like those of a shark. 

Its most problematic aspect was its agility and its color-changing fur, making it blend with the surrounding. With sneak attacks and above the average intelligence, it was a primitive monster that many didn't want to bother with hunting.

As it went through the forest, its nose smelled the scent of meat. It turned its eyes toward a tree that had a piece of meat hanging down. It looked at the ground below, and it could see that there laid a trap. 

Thick bushes covered the patch of grass, making it all too obvious for a creature of its intelligence. However, it didn't care as it planned to snatch the meat while it leaped from tree to tree.

With the plan set, the monster started its action as it blended into the surrounding. Although only its color changed, the forest was an excellent place to hide. From one tree to the other, it found itself right before the dangling meat. 

With a mighty jump with its legs on a branch parallel to the meat, it was able to snatch the bait successfully.

As it was about to rejoice, it felt a force coming from above it. As it was mid-air, the monster couldn't resist, and it fell right into the trap.

"What? A monster fell into the trap? I didn't see anything…" Arthur was hiding in the bushes as he was stunned by the turn of events. He was waiting for a monster to try and grab the meat to fall into the pit he dug. 

As the mana core, he attempted to fuse with the barrier skill but failed to stay with him; he made a permanent rune of the latest rune he got.

[Force-II: Applies great force in a one-meter radius at a specified target. The force is proportional to the mana supplied.]

This was the rune that made him pass the willpower test. After he studied the Force-I rune, he found that it wasn't enough to pass the test. That's why he tried studying the next rune and was able to learn it because they were the same. 

The Force-II rune applied a greater force than the Force-I rune for the same amount of mana supplied. Although Arthur could have used the Force-I rune for the same amount of force, it would have been a terrible investment. The Force-II rune was a lot cost-efficient.

As if this was the better version of the rune, the previous rune disappeared from his Legacy menu. However, Arthur could still use the previous version of the rune as a sub-rune from the current one. If he wished, he could imprint Force-I instead.

That's why Arthur made this trap. He waited for a full hour before he saw something fall from the sky. Making the pit took most of his noon as he needed to make it stronger than usual because of the rune. 

He used a piece of fabric he got at the camp and nailed it to the ground. He was sure the rune and the monster's weight would make the fabric collapse, thus trapping the beast.

With his sword in hand, Arthur dashed toward the pit as he heard the howls of the monster. As he took a look, he saw a green fur monster sprawled on the ground. The force of the fall had injured it, and it seems it didn't have a strong body to begin with.

With his sword, Arthur slashed the air in front of him. As a dark green liquid escaped from his sword, sizzling noises accompanied the howls of the beast below. This was the skill he got from the other primitive grade monster, Poison Strike. He slashed another time, and the howls grew louder before being replaced by heavy panting.

The monster was heavily wounded but not dead. Arthur started his breathing technique, and he refilled one point of mana. He was now able to slash on more time as the strike cost him two mana points.

The monster banged on the floor in agony as the poison corroded its skin and entered its body. Although this was an F-Rank skill that wouldn't even hurt monsters of a higher grade, it was more than enough for a primitive grade monster like this one. 

As defense wasn't its strong fort, the poison proved incredibly effective against it. Usually, it would have fled, but the problem laid with the rune applying force on it. As soon as he tried to crawl out, the poison came.

Arthur decided that the monster was weak enough for him to kill. He looked down and saw it panting on the floor with its back toward the pit's hole. Arthur gathered his courage and jumped down as he directed the sword toward its neck.

As he was under the rune's area, Arthur felt a strong force pushing him downward, increasing the lethality of his strike. With these factors, he managed to slay the monster.

[You have leveled up. Stamina-I rune had been gained.]

Arthur felt the adrenaline rush in his body as he shouted, standing on top of the slain monster. After he calmed down, he used his legacy to absorb the monster's essence.

[Perception has increased by 1.]

[Perception has increased by 1.]

Arthur was sad that he didn't get other stats as he thought they were more useful, but his mind changed as he felt his sight becoming clearer and his hearing turning sharper. He was able to sense the change in surrounding more easily. However, the joy didn't end here. As the monster's core floated up, Arthur saw one more stone accompanying it. It was a skill.

[Camouflage (F): decrease other's perception of the host by 5 points.]

As Arthur activated the skill, he felt his presence grow fainter. The sounds he made while he walked also grew quieter. It seems this skill didn't affect others but reduced the visual and auditory information he made.

"That's an interesting way of hunting." A voice coming from behind him interrupted his thoughts. As Arthur turned around in a hurry, he found the girl from earlier inspecting the trap he made. He could see her figure from inside the hole, and he rushed outside after grabbing the mana core.

"Did you follow me?" Arthur scanned the surroundings looking for any other person. There was none.

The girl kept her eyes on the branch that Arthur imprinted the rune on. He wasn't too worried as only experts can differentiate real runes and artificial ones. The girl's black hair fluttered through the winds revealing her neck. A scent drifted toward Arthur that made his body turn hotter. The girl then looked at him with her green eyes studying him.

"I didn't know there was a runes master among this generation," She lightly walked toward Arthur, who watched her every movement. As the distance between them grew shorter, Arthur knew something was wrong. An emotion that he couldn't control was taking over his body. It was lust.

His breathing grew heavier as his skin turned red. As he watched the girl get closer, he felt his heart race faster. Her fair skin and charming eyes drew him, making him lose the ability to think straight.

"I see that you're not that bad yourself," The girl was now in front of him, and she held his chin with her finger. As the ringing alarms in Arthur's mind grew louder, he felt his body losing balance as he crashed to the ground. Before he could lift himself, a dagger was placed on his neck.

"Who are you?" The girl's gentle appearance disappeared as she coldly stared at Arthur. As he felt his head turn clearer, the lust from earlier disappeared as well. It seems he fell for the ability of this girl.

"You know who I am, I follow Haz..."

"That's a lie. I know you're not someone from the seven families nor are you among the current generation. Others might turn a blind eye to the teachings of the elders, but I don't. The command was clear. Kill any strangers."

Arthur now felt dread for the first time. From her tone, he knew killing was easy for her. How could someone of their age be so accepting of such a concept?

"I…" Arthur tried to cook a story he could slip away with, but he didn't know what to say. That this was all an accident? That he simply ended up here? He felt the dagger dig deeper into his skin as blood began to leak out.

As his mind raced to come up with a solution, a white figure suddenly appeared above the girl. Arthur couldn't feel anything before the girl let go of him and turned to block the strike the white figure made. As the dagger and sword collided, the girl was flung away from him, and the white figure descended.

"You…"

As Arthur heard the familiar voice, he looked toward the person who just saved him. It was the White Fairy looking at him with shock.


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