Sun Dragon Arc - Chapter 34: An Unfamiliar Place

The moment I activated the teleportation, my surroundings began to distort as if being crushed. It was a scary experience, I was afraid the world was being destroyed with how it appeared to be.

"Blghh..."

When it finally stopped, my stomach felt a revolting stroke and I threw up on the ground.

Add to that, my mind was in a daze, I was feeling dizzy and nausea.

"Ugh... I'm never teleporting without a proper description again."

I could have been mistaken but the moment I lifted my head to discern where I was, I saw a grove of fern trees. To be precise, I was surrounded by groves of fern trees!

This environment felt like I was in a horror movie if I consider how this place lacked some light.

"!"

A rustling of leaves came from behind me and I was so shocked I silently screamed in my head and took my distance, preparing a battle stance.

For magic swords were conjured and formed a sharp defensive barrier facing the direction where it came.

"Reveal yourself!"

Grrrr...

Followed by that growling was the appearance of it's owner that made me drop my guard.

"Ah..."

It was just a giant crocodile the size of a bus. For an adventurer like me who's been promoted to C Rank, and especially when I'm this strong I don't feel like this thing even posed a threat.

"Can you get lost please?"

But I didn't feel like fighting it right now since I'm not in the mood. I wouldn't want to see and smell blood right after I ate my breakfast.

After hearing my response to it, it released a deafening roar that blew it's disgusting breath on me. It smelled like rotten dead fish!

"Holy shit! I smell like fish!"

At first I was fine with that and simply planned to make a run for it, therefore sparing it's life, but I changed my mind!

With eyes filled with nothing but fury,  I sent all of my killing intent to the beast that made it moan like a puppy and turn tails to run.

"Where the hell do you think you're going after you made me smell like this!?"

I stopped it by it's tracks by pinning it's legs to the ground with gigantic pillar like swords. Due to that, it fell on the ground horribly unable to move.

"How would girls like a fish smelling woman, huh!?"

"Peuk!"

I was so mad I kept stomping on it's head with a fair amount of force to vent out my anger. Seriously, I smell like fish! I'll have to purify my whole body with cleaning magic because of this guy!

I only stopped when it looked like it's got enough of a beating already and removed the swords pinning it to the ground.

Since I'm a kind hearted person, I still spared it's life and it ran away with limp legs. But now I smell like fish.

"Ugh... Damn it..."

I started using cleaning magic on myself while I aimlessly traversed the forest.

Since it's just a forest, just like the one where I was first summoned, there's bound to be a way out somewhere if I just walk a certain distance, so I'll go with that option.

"This is awesome though..."

I muttered to myself.

"Status."

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Seven Clavery

Race: Superhuman

Class: The Writer

Affection Energy: 53,100/∞

Aura Type: Dull Magenta

Granter: Clodwal Okamura

Soul Status Code: VW3RT1

Condition: Normal

Physical Power: 20900

Magic Prowess:  60200

Standard Equipment:

• Bane Of True Evil (Equipment)

• 7th Anniversary Grimoire (Equipment)

• Blue Festalian Armor (Equipment)

• Owl Lenses (Equipment)

• Ring Of Penetration VI (Equipment)

Passives:

[Affection Energy User]

[Soul Protection]

Skills:

[Write Destiny]

[Page Activation]

[Page Creation]

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My stats have grown considerably from when I first got here, the physical strength and amount of mana I currently have far surpasses ordinary high ranked adventurers. My training paid off and I've shown these improvements recently.

Speaking of training.

I scanned my surroundings, took off my shirt, then my jeans and I started cultivating my stats again.

I have alot of "me" time in this forest. It doesn't seem like any monsters are present. So I'm assuming that croc from earlier owns this territory.

Well then that's nothing but good news, I can train as much as I want for my daily routine. I haven't done it yet afterall and who knows what awaits me when I get out of here.

Just like that, in the blink of an eye five hours had passed. My body was drenched in sweat that continuously dropped from my chin and chest to the soil floor.

"Having sweat feels organic."

Originally, I didn't have sweat ever since I got to this world. Because of this gamelike body, I didn't have any need for human functions such as sleep, consumption and rehydration. However, it felt strange. Having no sweat, staying awake for days, not eating and not going to the toilet, it all felt too... Inhuman.

So I chose to consume and sleep like any human.

"...four thousand nine hundred ninety seven... four thousand nine hundred ninety eight... four thousand nine hundred ninety nine... five thousandth!"

I optimistically finished my short schedule. Since I've reached my 5,000th sit ups, 5,000 push ups and 7,000 squats this would mean I'm done for today.

And I'm fully aware what I just did wasn't human at all. Such a monsterous feat was only made possible because I didn't have a concept like fatique.

"Alright then! Let's continue journeying!"

With that done, I decide to continue my slow search to get out. I'm willing to walk this forest for an entire day if I have to, afterall I don't even know where to go in the first place.

Time quickly passed by, I contemplated and thought about my life until now as I walked. Wise old people say a good peace and quiet to recall can help alleviate the stress and anxieties of an individual and it does seem to be the case. I've been having fun all this time, but what could be happening to others?

When the sun hit the middle of the sky, I determined it was the afternoon so I grabbed a lunch at my storage ring and began chowing down on an egg sandwich that Arlet made.

"..."

It sure is quiet.

"Kweeak!"

A big large bird that looked like a falcon the size of a car descended from the skies and tried to claw me with it's talons so I grabbed it's legs and smashed it's whole body to the ground and continued to walk.

"Definitely quiet."

Hiking is fun and all, but the sun is setting already. I wonder if there are ghouls, ghosts or other undead creatures in a secluded place like this.

"One, return."

I hurriedly retrieved One who revealed itself from one of the towering trees. She's my reconnaissance as always.

After putting One on top of my head, I felled down a tree with my swords and used it's log as my chair and the wood left that was connected to it's roots as my table. It feels like an efficient way to camp considering there are way too many trees in this forest. If only my world back then was like this too.

I sat on the wooden log I felled, mentally drained. Something felt missing in this hike.

"This is getting boring. I'll go find humans tomorrow."

As I was eating, I heard a chilling roar from afar. Judging by the sound and knowledge of my previous life, that's most likely a dinosaur, more specifically a T-Rex.

So T-Rexes do exist in this world along with raptors I fought.

Owh well, I'll just finish eating three more sandwiches before I go check it out. I'm pretty sure I can handle it anyway. If not, I'll just run away.

I'm not that excited to see how it looks in this world so I enjoyed my sandwich at a moderate pace and waited for One to finish as well. I hope it's still there after half an hour.

Finally after we're done, we left the bivouac and the campfire alight since we'll be back anyway.

With One resting above my head I leaped from tree to tree, branch to branch and roots to the ground.

I stopped using the trees as my foothold because it became unreliable anymore.

More than a dozen trees were on fire. At this rate, a forest fire will occur so I used [Write Destiny] to put it out by making the weather into rain. My Water Magic wasn't deep enough to control the clouds yet.

"Is that what I think it is?"

I was curious about something so I went closer to check it out. And as I expected, it's the corpse of a giant T-Rex. This thing might be far larger in comparison to the ones I've seen on Earth.

"And this?"

Just a few strides away, there looked like an exsanguinate corpse of a smaller T-Rex. It looked so skinny that it feels like all it's insides are gone. What a brutal way to die. Did some monster enter inside it and eat everything?

I have to admit I don't want to die that way.

But more importantly, what's a little girl doing in a shady place like this?

Just below my feet was a young lady that looked to be only a few years younger than me. She had long glossy silver hair and an adorable face that made me want to kidnap her right away.

It didn't seem like anyone was around and the night is very cold since winter is approaching or rather closeby, I'll have to take her away or else she'll catch a cold.

"Krrrrr..."

"Ugh. Raptors again."

Velociraptors appeared from all directions, from the looks of it I'm surrounded by a whole pack. Perhaps there are thirty of them? They must have come to eat the carcass of the rex.

Well I don't want to waste time on smallfry.

"Magic Sword Art: Sky Fall."

With helping this girl in mind, I lifted her up and carried her on my back to go back to the campsite while a hundred swords appeared from the skies and started plummeting down like shooting stars towards my enemies. In the end, none of them survived from being skewered and crushed lizards, none was able to pursue me.

Thankfully the rain has stopped already so it became easier to go back. I really hope the rain didn't affect my campsite or I would have to start the fire again.

I did my best to tend to her, I laid her on a mattress I had on me and waited for her to wake up. It also doesn't seem like she's dead since I checked on her heart rate already, so she's probably in a mere state of sleep.

While inspecting her, I realized how dry her lips were. Is she thirsty? But she won't wake up, but if I ignore this what if she suffers of dehydration tomorrow morning?

Then this means...

I drank a bottle of water and kept it in my mouth.

I'll just have to make her drink it mouth to mouth!

I started to approach her by leaning closely.

"Yeah I won't, that's rude. That might even be this girl's first kiss."

I pulled back and sat adjacent to her. What is this though? I keep sensing a familiar feeling when I'm with this girl, it's the same feeling as when I'm with Alric or the Guild Master.

This seems sketchy. What I'm going to do might be rude and pryful but I'm just checking my concerns.

I took out a parchment and once again wrote on it to use my skill. At this point I think I'm using it too much for a single day. I have 51,300 Affection Points left.

"Seven acquires knowledge

About this mysterious woman."

Is what I wrote. And the moment the paper burned of unexpected red flames which indicated that the cost doubled, a blue screen with writings appeared right before my eyes.

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Name: Asura

Race: Ashuran

Age: 14 y/o

Physical Power: 80

Magic Prowess: 0

Description:

Asura is a kin of the Ashura Tribe that's been recently attacked by slave traders. She seeks to rescue her family and tribespeople by working with the God Of War Ashura. She is extremely lucky to have found a very intelligent parasite that resides in her body and she adores him to the point of worship.

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Name: Ashura

Race: Heracles Worm

Age: 14 Days

Physical Power: 1

Magic Prowess: 60

Description:

There is not much that can be said about this individual as his personal information is largely protected by a fascinated deity. One thing for sure is that he's a parasite that can take control of the host's body for a limited amount of time using mana and is capable of conversing with humans.

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Two information boards appeared, the other one being hidden just at the back of the girl's.

This is an amazing discovery. This is the first time I've used my cheat for something like this and it seems to work quite finely. Although I didn't really have a technical reason to need this, but now I might get addicted to it.

She looks thirsty though, should I use my skill to fix that? No, that's just overusing it. I don't want to use my cheat any more than today.

Well... Maybe that parasite is awake. We might be able to discuss about it somehow.

Putting that aside for later, she looks uncomfortable. I'm worried the mattress isn't doing well for her so I suppose I'll just use the best ever pillow then.

After some thoughtless thinking, I softly lifted the girl's head and made her use my lap as her pillow. This should be better than nothing.

I wondered how she got here though with those ragged clothes? The information said her people were attacked, but how did she end up here?

"Hmm... Perhaps she's some sort of refugee."

As I wondered by myself, I stared deeply into her face. Ah, she's so cute. If only she was atleast 2 years older I would definitely do something bad to her.

"..."

What the hell is that disgusting thing?

Something like a small eye appeared on this girl's forehead and looked at me. I can bet my whole money that the parasite in her body took a peek just now.

What happened next left me perplexed. A movement so swift just brushed off me, the girl got up on her feet and smoothly took her distance from me as if she just used a martial arts technique. It was... Cool!

To respond in coolness, I must also respond in coolness!

I conjured my magic swords and pointed one of them at her.

"So you're awake, or are you that parasite who's controlling her right now?"

She didn't give a reply and stood silent, as if she heard nothing.

"You can control your host's body isn't that it? Let her go now."

Finally, her lips opened and began to move. It really was losing moisture and there's nothing more embarrassing to a lady than showing their ugly side to a stranger.

"I don't have any evil intentions and she's allowing me to control it for our own safety. State your identity."

She replied with calm and demanding yet polite words. Her eyes fixated on my swords, clearly worried I would assault them. Anyway, since she asked, I'll have to introduce myself.

"...I'm Seven Clavery."