Changes

Currently, I am swimming back to the surface of the lake. 

The fishes, again, were avoiding me, with some having relieved expressions as if they were glad the alien who invaded them was now going back.

'Weird.'

Though I knew that the presence of Aether and its sub-energies had upgraded everything in the world by several levels, including Fishes' IQ, it still felt weird.

I shook my head with a smile, removing the weird and stupid thought as I increased my speed.

'Damn. This lake is big.'

I didn't know how many times I have said this.

The Lake of Arfodious is in the middle of a huge jungle and is not known due to it being surrounded by a massive jungle and having nothing noteworthy.

Thinking about what just happened, it was too easy and smooth, so much that I felt weird.

But remembering what was told in the novel, I instantly calmed down.

Finding a Gin couldn't be sought after. You cannot find it, even if you search for it... unless you know its exact location.

Finding a Gin depends solely on one's luck. Factors like destiny or other nonsense don't play a role in finding a Gin.

My finding a Gin was stupidly easy and smooth, which seemed weird and forced, but it is all because I knew its exact location. For others, they might make a ladder to heaven but wouldn't find a Gin.

I dispersed my thoughts as I finally arrived at the surface.

"Haaaa."

I took a deep breath as I looked at the surroundings and found I was not far from where I had left my bag where my spare clothes were.

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'This guy, where is he going? Help me. You motherfu*ker.'

The man cursed with all his might, even though he was unable to talk.

While he was adventuring, he encountered a mother bear which directly attacked him, thinking that he was going to harm the baby bears.

Unfortunately, he didn't see it coming and was injured in his hand. After that, he started running with all his might with the bear right behind him.

Unfortunately, he was caught again and was forced to fight the bear while the bear was biting his equipment. Then, the next time he came back to his senses, he realized he was drowning, with no energy and wounds all over him. He quickly realized that he was going to die as he slowly accepted the fact.

But then he saw a grey-haired young boy swimming back to the surface.

The fire of hope was ignited within him as he tried to make movements in the water with all his might, but to no avail. The grey-haired boy kept swimming to the surface, not knowing that an adventurer was cursing him and was going to die partially because of him.

Well, Ian would have saved him if he saw him, but it didn't happen as the adventurer kept screaming in agony and cursing as his body kept drowning and reached the very underwater cave Ian came out from.

But it was too late.

The Gin, which would be accidentally found by him, is already gone, and his wounds were too bad, with his left arm being amputated.

Like that, he died, but at least he could breathe one last time.

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Celestial Empire, Astraluna

It was darker than night, and even the shape and size of the room couldn't be figured out.

The silence seemed to be eternal, giving off a weird and ominous feeling.

Suddenly, a pair of golden eyes were opened in the darkness.

The golden eyes flashed with a glint, as if the mysteries of the world were nothing but a first-grade puzzle in front of them.

"Gineies has now officially disappeared from this world... but... who is it?... what is it?"

An ethereal voice of a girl resounded in the room. It seemed so sweet, enchanting, and seductive that it was frightening, something that could make anyone get chills.

Then the golden eyes squinted as the incomprehensible strings of fate and destiny became a mere plaything in front of her as she searched for the one who found the Gin and what his wish was, but...

"Hmm? Strange." Her eyes flashed again. "What is this that even the All-Seeing Eyes are finding difficult to understand?"

...her eyes seemed to encounter problems as the strings of fate and destiny became thicker and blurrier.

Abruptly, she closed her eyes as if she had seen something she shouldn't have seen.

"Lake of Arfodious." Her eyes flashed a dangerous glint. " Grey hair. Blue eyes. Interesting."

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Ian, who was going back to the very room he reincarnated into, didn't know that he had caught the interest of a certain being, more than he thought.