Chapitre 143: Time Up!
A strong light was shining brightly in the middle of the Firemane mead hall. The place was in a total chaos.
*ROAR*
Strong roars of fire colored serpentine spectral beings sounded all over the hall.
"Do you even know what is that?" Amidst the chaos, two women were having a discussion in loud voices to hear each other.
"I don't know! They look like... Dragons!" Nurina was confused.
"Dragons? This is impossible!" Jenna replied.
"These are not dragons... Dragons are larger." Jonrad's voice replied to them.
Indeed it is! What was causing chaos in the middle of the Firemane mead hall were some strange dragon-like specters that caused a fire to burn the tables and the furs around the center.
If Jon saw these creatures, he would hold his head and scream saying "Fire Wyrms!"
Fire Wyrms are Dragon headed, lucid, serpentine, fire elemental creatures of magic. The only appear when someone is brutally killed by Dragon Fire. In the game, the player would have the ability to conjure them by killing people with Fire Shout.
Right now, a swarm of these creatures was swarming in a vortex in the middle of the hall.
"Jonrad, Keep these things from attacking us, DAMMIT!" Jenna was struggling to break through the vortex.
"I AM TRYING!" Jonrad was struggling to break through and protect the ones around him as his body is immune to fire, yet he was having difficulties.
"Gah! Where are all these things are coming from?" Sigurd was supporting Jonrad.
"I don't know! KEEP those kids away." Tormund was trying to take control of the chaos.
"NO! LET GO OF ME! I WANT TO GO TO JON! HE NEEDS ME!" Jullanar was screaming while being pinned down.
"Get your self together, girl! Bjorna, keep her from killing herself." Skadi who pinned Jullanar down called Bjorna.
"Mother, Alina has fainted!" Bjorna was supporting Alina who has fainted
"Leave her to me, sis." Ingrid, Skadi's second daughter, took Alina from Bjorna.
"Someone stop that black beast!" Njord who was helping Tormund shouted while pointing at a large black feline that was raging around.
"On it!" Hafthor and some other boys started chasing after Nefertiti in her beast form.
The tension in the hall couldn't be stopped but it was somehow contained. No one could manage to stop that kind of chaos anyway.
"We are through!" Jonrad shouted.
"I am goin..." Jenna was about to speak.
"No! I will be the one going in. I can calm him down." Nurina took a step ahead of Jenna.
"This is dangerous, Arch-Wizard... but I will... I will leave it to you. Please, return my children safe." Jenna hesitated and spoke in a soft voice.
"Yes, I know! Any helpful advice, please!" Nurina was impatient.
"Anytime now, ladies!" Jonrad who was keeping the gap in the vortex of Fire Wyrms open could only shout for the ladies to hurry up.
"I am not sure about it but Jonhild's mind is so strong. It overwhelmed Hilda who has a thick skull. I am not sure if this is helpful but be careful." Jenna said.
"Thank you! I am going." Nurina said and jumped through the Fire Wyrms.
At that moment, the vortex intensified and the light shone brighter and brighter.
Wulfur, who was trying to break through the vortex with his bare hands, got a lot of burns and was pushed back.
Nefertiti, who activated her beast form without Jon's permission, was held down by Hafthor and Vilkar. When the vortex shone, her blue eyes widened and her long ears flattened against her head.
Jullanar, who was being carried from her waist by Bjorna, was struggling with her arms and legs to jump into the vortex.
Alina, who fainted due to accumulated exhaustion and mental fatigue once the incident occurred, regained her consciousness and opened her eyes to see the bright glow that shone all over the hall.
Once it reached a glow equivalent to the sun and everyone started to look away, it started to die down rapidly.
Everyone noticed the change and looked at where the vortex was to see it became no more.
They all gathered to see what's going on.
In the center, a pit that seemed to have been carved in the stone floor appeared. No one really bothered with the pit as it was always since the construction of the place.
The pit was filled with snow all year and it was an enchanted snow. On it, few circles were drawn with blood. No one bothered with that too, they were always there.
However what everyone was about to go mad about was Jon, Hilda, and Nurina who all were lying unconscious in the middle of the pit.
"They... they are stable!" Jenna who checked on them announced to the people around.
"....." Silence took over and everyone's faces turned calm.
Not everyone was calm though. Jonrad was worried to madness, Sigurd was patting his shoulder, Tormund was closing his eyes trying to calm down too.
It was just silence...
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[Two hours ago]
"Boy, you are a thousand years too early to be a suitable fit for my Alina. Come here and don't make me angry."
"Old man, you are four years away from having a Dragonborn shouting you all over the place. Go away and don't trigger me."
"Hehehe! Jonrad's kid is even more annoying than Jonrad himself..."
"And a hundred times more handsome than both of you combined."
"Hey, Jonrad! Deal with that kid of yours." And now he is calling for Jonrad.
"Shut up! Deal with him yourself." Jonrad was laughing while he scolded Sigurd.
"Yeah! Don't go call for Jonrad when you can't deal with me. He can't deal with me himself!" Jon said.
"So that is it, huh? I don't care if you can bring out three magical Elder Scrolls or if you can breathe fire like that fool Jonrad but it will never qualify you for a single hair from Alina's head."
"Careful, Jon! He dotes Alina a bit too much." said Tyr who was behind Jon.
'So it was it... A daughter-con, huh!' Jon thought to himself.
"Shut up, Tyr!"
Sigurd glared at Jon and they unleashed their Auras at the same time. Sparks was forming in the air just from the clash of Auras.
Alina who was in the middle was looking left and right not knowing what to do in this situation.
A new battle was about to begin...
"That's enough father."
...or not.
"Alina, I..."
"It's okay, father! Senior, thank you for helping me out." Alina regained her composure and the situation calmed down.
"Your welcome, Alina." I smiled and nodded. He then looked and Sigurd and smiled, "I shouldn't have offended Patriarch Sigurd... I mean father-in-law like that. I am sorry about that just now."
"... Over my dead body." Sigurd was mad.
"Thank you, Senior!" Alina turned around and took Sigurd away.
"Humph!" He snorted as if he was winning something here.
"Tch! Good grief." Jon cringed at Sigurd when he turned back.
The place returned as quiet as before again it was much easier now.
Wulfur sat beside Jon and poked him then winked... not him alone, everyone else was winking.
"Sigh!" Jon didn't know what to do so he sighed and smiled while shaking his head.
Tormund stood up and talked once again. He started saying some few words of how amazing the performance was and how mighty Alina's future will be. These words were to put some peace of mind for those who got affected by Alina's eye power.
Jon still wanted to talk to her about that be he saw her setting beside Hilda while the later was handing her a drink to calm her down.
"Now, let's see... who's next?" Tormund asked.
"Frejya! Let's finish this once and for all. Who takes less time wins." Hafthor was as competitive as ever.
"Give me a break! You'll never win." She said with a tired face.
"Old Man! I'll go first. Someone brings an hourglass." Hafthor started a competition anyway.
An hourglass was brought. Jonrad and Njord also came with two long sticks that had hocks in their ends, they then went to the wooden center of the hall and hocked the sticks to some fits in the ground and pulled. The wooden center that was shaped as a circle came up with their pull and a pit appeared under it. It was filled with snow and had a lot of runic circles drawn with blood on it.
Hafthor jumped down first and stood at the center.
"Hurry up, father! The potion."
Heimdall also followed Hafthor and gave him a flask.
This is a spirit drink mixed with the 'Ice Wraith Essence' too. Something strong that caused the mind to sway.
Hafthor and Heimdall drank it and then lied down on the snow
A few seconds later, they passed out and the wait began. Valkir was looking at the hourglass impatiently while counting the minutes.
Seventeen minutes later, Heimdall woke up an helped Hafthor to stand. He then announced, "The Wolf!"
Everyone around applauded.
"Father!" Frejya came down followed by Njord.
The same thing happened and it took Frejya fifteens minutes too finish. Njord carried her and announced, "The Hawk!"
It was another applaud. The one who was clicking his tongue was Hafthor.
Forseti and Ragnar went down and Ragnar finished even faster than Frejya. Forseti announced, "The Snake!"
Vilkar and Vali went down and Vilkar woke up in almost half an hour while coughing blood.
This was a sign of a failure. Vilkar encountered the bear and it was stronger than what he could take.
Jenna kept healing him.
It was a bit of a sad sense but it wasn't unusual. Every year it happened one or two times.
Everyone started calming down Vilkar who wanted to jump back again at the pit and beat the bear up. The problem is... beating the bear up wasn't the way to get acknowledged.
Meanwhile, someone approached Jon from the back.
"Let's go now, Jonhild." That was Hilda.
"Okay."
When Jon approached the testing pit, everyone one started to pay attention. Jonhild is the son of Jonrad after all. If another dragon appeared then the Firemane clan's strength will reach another height.
Jon felt the snow once he stood on the pit. It was bone freezing
'This snow is indeed enchanted!' He thought and started studying the magic circle with interest.
"Hurry up now and I'll tell you about it once we get out." Hilda, who followed him, said as she knows his bad habit of spacing out once he sees magic.
"Okay! The drink..." Jon extended his hand.
"Here... Cheers!"
"I am doing drugs with my mother now... well, Cheers!"
"Next time, let's try some Skooma!"
"How funny! To the center, charmer."
Jon and Hilda teased each other and took position on the circle.
"I want you to be calm and think of something happy while you are in there. Don't forget... the Mind Realm is not an easy place but it's your mind in the end. I'll be watching from the side and you may see my shade and hear my voice."
"Yes, ma!"
"Remember... something happy."
"I am seeing a lot of happy things anyway." Jon said as he was looking at Alina and Jullanar who stood beside each other on the edge of the pit.
"Hehe! See you on the other side then." Hilda laid down on the central circle.
"See you." Jon responded to her and laid down inside the circle.
He looked the sailing and felt drowsiness then it all darkened around him.
Next thing he knew was standing in a black space with a metallic sound ringing around him.
--<<Six Hours have passed! Game's Time Up!>>--
--<<Logging Out...>>--
Light shone on his eyes...
He could feel the brightness of the glowing florescent lamb on the ceiling through the transparent glass of the headgear on his head.
A voice called for him from the side.
"Rise and shine princess! Fatty brought some Pizza and Cola... and I want my damn turn." Four-Eyes was standing on the door of the room crossing his arms.
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Chapitre 144: What Went Down?
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--<<Six Hours have passed! Game's Time Up!>>--
--<<Logging Out...>>--
Light shone on my eyes...
I could feel the brightness of the glowing florescent lamb on the ceiling through the transparent glass of the headgear set.
A voice called for me from the side.
"Rise and shine princess! Fatty brought some Pizza and Cola... also I want my damn turn." Four-Eyes was standing on the door of the room crossing his arms.
"Four-Eyes! Help your daddy up." I said as I extended my hand to be pulled again from the chair.
Four-Eyes helped me up but I froze for a second. For some reason I felt rather strange, both my reach and mt height are a bit shorter than what they are supposed to be.
"Will you keep holding my hand, you pervert?"
"... No, you are not my type." I let go of Four-Eyes' hand and tried to ascertain my height again but it all felt rather familiar. I guess it should be my imagination since I just came out of the game.
I walked out of the room and there were some boxes on the dining table stacked on each other...
"My extra cheese, where is it?"
"That one!" Fatty replied.
Yes! Finally... oh! The smell, it's lethal.
I took a slice and bit on it. The flavor invaded my taste buds and made everything feel so magical. It felt like years since I ate this great pizza and felt like a torture. I was having the best foodgasm I had for sixteen years.
"... Sixteen years?" Why did I just think of that?
"Hey, come check that out!" Fatty called.
I followed his line of sight and he was pointing to the advertisement on the TV, it was a new pizza restaurant in the city.
"That's nearby!" He said.
What a grand coincidence! Still...
"I think I am all beaten up, I need to be at work tomorrow." I said while trying to enjoy the pizza with as less bad thoughts as possible.
"Tomorrow is Friday, genius!"
"Oh! It is working out well, huh! Still, I guess I want to laze around and game all day."
I am a simple man, it's Friday, I stay in bed.
"Look at that advertisement!" Fatty said and I looked at the TV. A gaming advertisement?
That's unusual!
I am not really interested in any of that anyway. As long as it is not Skyrim, then it's not worth my time.
I sat on the sofa beside Fatty and started immersing myself in the glorious pizza.
My eyes moved to what Fatty was looking at and he was holding his phone while grinning. I looked at the screen and I saw... Sigh!
"Loli Asian cosplayers?! Just give up, man."
"Fufu! A man must pursue his dreams for life." Fatty said.
"Perv!" I wasn't sure how his head works and I don't want to know.
Let's just focus on this magical pizza!
The most annoying and rude thing in the world is to interrupt someone who is eating such a pizza. I was about to reach the climax with this slice but...
*ring* *ring*
... my food starred ringing!
Should I just curse whoever rang on me?
Let's see... an unknown number... I have a phobia of unknown numbers.
But still...
*click*
"Who's it?"
{Hello, sir. I am Siv from the Dare Dragon Group for entertainment. We would like to congratulate you on winning on our yearly selection... we would like to acquire some of your personal information... *click*}
I just hanged up!
"Scammers!"
My mood was ruined by this call. Now I need to calm down.
I kept holding my phone and started looking around. I tapped on the 'Instagram' icon and got ready to enjoy some natural sceneries.
"Fufu! This is what people should see, not like you, Lolicon perv!"
On my phone, a lot of beautiful pics were being viewed.
"Humph! A lolicon and a kittycon!" Four-Eyes came from behind and looked at our screens then snorted in disdain.
"Hey, Four-Eyes! You are still seeing that girl from the morgue?" I asked.
"Holy crap! Four-Eyes is dating a morgue lady?" Fatty exclaimed.
"A corpse, man!"
Fatty and I laughed hard at this one.
"Humph! You two are imbeciles. You dare mock me while you two are singles to the bone."
"Tch! What's with this guy and bones?" Fatty clicked his tongue.
"And who said I am single? I, your old daddy, have not one but two beautiful ladies."
This guy dared to dare me? Still too early for him. He would lose his shit if he saw the charm of Alina and Jull.
"Humph! All barks but no bites!" Four-Eyes snorted in disdain and sat to watch the TV.
Still, Alina and Jull?
I feel like...
"Hey, when was the last time you had a date?" Fatty didn't let go of Four-Eyes and took the responsibility of cornering the insolent fellow.
The topic switched to dating and an argument erupted.
I noticed something on the TV display and turned up the volume.
"What is that?" Four-Eyes wondered.
"Is that... a dating advertisement?" Fatty knitted his brows.
"Strange! Something like that is being aired on an Egyptian TV channel? That's a bit too bold, isn't it?"
It was strange to see a thing like that.
Suddenly, the screen turned blue...
"The broadcast is down?"
"Maybe!"
"Just turn off the damn thing and let's head down to the cafe." I stood up from the sofa and put the pizza in the fridge.
"See you later, dear." I closed the fridge and parted with the most wonderful pizza in the world.
Meanwhile, everyone went to his room and started changing. I who finished dressing and started making my hair noticed something in my brush.
I pulled it out and looked closely at it...
"A red hair?"
How did this come here?
I walked out of the room holding the red hair in my hand...
"That is... a red hair?" Four-Eyes held his glasses to ascertain from what he saw.
"No no no no no! Don't tell me... you are really dating?" Fatty was shocked.
"No, neither Alina nor Jull should... have..."
What am I saying?
What am I thinking about?
"Hey, it's just a red hair! No biggie. Let's go." Four-Eyes said and walked out.
Fatty seemed to have agreed with him and followed. I followed too.
"Sigh! The hell elevator!"
The most hateful thing about this world. We just crammed ourselves in and pressed on 'G'.
*Elevator Music*
As we finally walked out if the elevator, I looked around for a bit.
"Where is that cat?"
"It probably got chased away again." Four-Eyes said.
"Yeah, the smell!" Fatty replied.
"Tch! Insolent human beings."
"Here he goes again." They looked at each other and sighed.
"I mean, there is a Butcher shop right next to the entrance. Can't they just leave the cat alone?"
"Life can't be perfect, man. Let's go." I was pushed outside the building's entrance and walked in the street.
It was around 8 PM and the street was full of people. In the summer, Alexandria never sleeps.
We headed directly to the cafe and took our usual seats on the pavement. I ordered coffee and sat to enjoy the place.
"So, tomorrow is Friday... any plans, gentlemen?" Fatty asked.
Friday, huh? I would always go hunt with Nefertiti on Fridays.
"I think we should go to the cinema. A new movie that made some high ratings will be viewed from tomorrow till the next week?"
"Where?"
"San Stefano Cinema!"
"Man, this place is too fancy. And we can't go there like this, we need a date each."
"How miserable!"
"What else?"
"The pizza shop! It's nearby in Camp Chezar."
"I don't want to go!"
"Why? There is some new coffee shop there too."
"Camp Chezar is expensive and if it is about coffee then Faruq's Caffee Shop is the best place and a historical site at that." I said.
"Guess you are right."
"We can just go and hang around the Citadel of Qaitbay and eat ice cream while harassing couples." I said.
They laughed but Fatty shook his head.
"No, man! I don't think we can go there anymore."
"Why?"
"Don't you know? The gov has taken over the area to make a new project."
"A new project?"
"Yep, some wealthy investor from some wealthy part of the world came and gave the gov some money so he can take over all the places around the citadel."
"Come on! You can't be serious. Every good beach was given to investors. The Citadel now?" I was really annoyed by the fact.
"Well, you know their motto, 'Long live Egypt, but give us all your money'."
Well, it sucks!
"Just like that dumbass Korir!"
If I remember... it was... like...
Why do I keep forgetting what I was trying to think about?
"OVER HERE!" I heard a voice and looked towards it.
A strange grey skinned woman... no, a very familiar grey skinned woman was making some glow out of her hand and following it.
Behind her was another large woman.
As they walked, they seemed to not be noticed or even hindered by the crowd.
"I can't see him!" The large woman was looking around.
"He is close! So close!" The grey skinned woman was looking at the glow in her hand and clenching on her teeth.
I absentmindedly stood up and walked to them. I felt a lot of familiarity from that grey skinned woman. She is so familiar as if we are connected to each other. So I just walked to her.
I wasn't sure how but the people around increased so much. It felt like I am in a flowing stream of people. I pushed forward but the people kept walking opposite to me.
The grey skinned woman was also not focused on me.
"I.. am.. here!" I tried to call.
"Here!" I called again.
She turned around and was looking for something on the other direction.
Dammit! What should I...
I pushed with all my power and reached forward...
"NURINA!"
I called her name.
She turned around and looked at me. Her eyes were opened wide when she saw me and reached her hand out to me.
Just as our hands touched each other...
"Huh?"
... everything became black!
It wasn't just black. I looked at my body and could see myself clearly.
More to that! I remember now!
I know who I am...
Still, there is a problem! My other half is missing...
The Hell!
"So you noticed!" A voice spoke.
I turned around and so nothing.
"Wh, Who's there?"
I didn't recognize the speaker.
"You really aren't that brave, huh?" The voice said.
My heart was beating so fast... I was nervous.
I felt a change is space around me and looked at the direction the change came from.
I saw two more people here...
One of them was a red haired child that was holding his head from pain.
The other one was a huge young man with a very familiar face but his colors seemed a bit in a negative effect.
"Truth be told, I was focusing on the main host soul, not the medium. But who would have thought that the main host soul only had this little control! Truly wonderful. I think I picked wisely this time." The huge negative colored man spoke to himself. His voice was the one that spoke to me a little while ago.
What the hell is going on here?
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