Chapter 2 : Luce Eltania

In the bright blue sky, a peaceful scene unfolded in the distance, blending in with the cool atmosphere of the forest. There was a huge ice wall that had been destroyed, chunks of ice scattered around it, creating a mesmerising panorama.

Amidst the silence of the forest, a teenage girl with rose gold hair stared intently at the demonic figure in front of her. Despite the dirt clinging to her beautiful hair, she remained graceful in her demeanour.

The demonic figure, which appeared to resemble a man in loose dark blue clothes, stood tall before her. His blank, lifeless eyes evoked fear. He stood calmly before the girl like a statue that could not be moved.

"Ha~ Ha~ ha~" came the sound of his breathing, while in his palms had accumulated solid ice mana.

While not far behind her, a teenage boy was lying unconscious.

Staring intently at the demon in front of her, the girl muttered in a low voice "Please die!"

With a light wave of her hand, a blue magic circle formed while a hot water plume began to be created under the demon's feet.

"Geyser (Water Element, ☆4)"

Srrrrrrrrr~~

Staring at the hot water that began to form under its feet, the demon jumped up and dodged it lightly.

But it didn't stop there, the hot water surged and formed pillars that soared into the sky.

Each pillar formed around the demon, encircling it in a circular formation.

"Seawater Prison (Ice Element, ☆4)"

Brssssss~~

While with a gaze that was still as calm as water, the demon saw an ice dome begin to form around him, there was no panic or haste in any of his actions.

But when the demon felt that this would only be troublesome, it raised its right hand to the sky. It made a waving motion before appearing to grasp something.

Just then the ice dome that had just formed was shattered, with many sharp ice chips scattering in all directions while cold air blew throughout the battle area.

"Ugh!"

The girl was knocked several metres away from where she was standing while fresh blood seemed to flow at the corner of her mouth, at the same time blood also flowed from her temples drenching her beautiful face with fresh, fishy-smelling blood.

Trying to get back on her feet the girl gritted her teeth in annoyance, while she wiped the line of blood coming out of the corner of her lips. In her eyes was still the fire of a high fighting spirit.

Slowly the girl got up while she began to re-set up the blue magic circle in both hands.

"..."

"..."

The demon looked at the teenage girl calmly without the slightest fluctuation in her eyes. While he walked towards the teenage girl with a black spear formed from the mana fluctuations coming from the element of darkness.

A moment of silence passed between the two, staring at each other for a while as the demon raised the black spear in his hand and was about to slash at the girl.

"Die" a cold and faint voice sounded from the demon.

Gritting her teeth the girl forced every remaining mana cell in her body to revive.

"Ice Wave (Ice element, ☆4)"

Wussss~~

The cold air rose like a blizzard, quickly spreading along the ground in the form of a sharp fan, the area travelled by it was instantly frozen by the cold air into a deadly layer of fine ice.

The cold wave managed to stop the slash for a moment giving the girl a few more extra seconds before she jumped backwards away from the demon.

Returning to squeezing the mana in her body the girl summoned a 5 metre high wall of water that instantly merged with the cold wave, creating an ice wall that was much stronger than a normal ice wall.

The desperate situation that enveloped the girl was getting stronger, she wanted to summon her familiar but at the same time the girl knew if 'that guy' was just a double edged sword.

But in this life and death situation the girl had no other choice, rolling up her left uniform sleeve she was ready to summon a familiar but just as she was about to activate the magic circle on her left hand a strong cry sounded from above the sky.

"AAAA!!! THOSE BELOW GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!"

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–A few minutes earlier–

"I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!" my mind was in turmoil, my body constantly spinning at an altitude of more than 10,000 metres.

The blue sky decorated by white clouds was the first thing that greeted me when I opened my eyes, honestly seeing how the clouds that I penetrated one by one reminded me of how a meteor hit the earth.

But forget about that! This is really bad luck! Hundreds of metres away from the ground there was me continuing to plummet towards the earth rapidly.

Looking far down I could see a vast expanse of green forest, it would have been a fantastic sight if not for the fact that I would instantly die if I hit the ground directly.

"Mum! Father! Forgive this child of yours for going ahead of you" I prayed with cold sweat dripping down my face while the voice of the SCP girl from before started to come back to my mind.

(Nya~ haha, little brother are you having fun?)

Feast your eyes!!! Does this crazy SCP girl not see that I'm panicking?!

"Onee-Chan why am I in the sky?!!!" I asked frantically, even though I wanted to slap this SCP girl but I'll hold back for our next meeting.

No matter if this girl is pretty or not, I'll make sure to at least make her pay the price for this!!.

(Nya~ haha, little brother forgive your Onee-Chan, to be honest I accidentally entered the wrong coordinates for teleportation and sent you to the stratosphere of this planet, Nya~) she said embarrassedly.

St-Stratosphere!!! Does this girl really want to kill me again!!! Also why are you acting like a Moe girl right now!!! Do something and help me you crazy girl!!!

As my mind was getting more and more muddled I started approaching at high speed to the ground.

"La-Then how am I going to survive?!!" I asked in the softest voice I could make despite the slight panic in my voice, playing the role of a helpless little brother.

(Ah~, about that take it easy, your little sister is now an SCP just like me so falling from a height of hundreds or even thousands of metres doesn't have any impact on you, Nya~)

Good to hear that at least I'll still be alive after falling from a height like this.

(Also I'll send you basic information about the world you're currently in Nya~, also don't worry about identity and other things because this great Onee-Chan has taken care of it, Nya~)

Nodding in agreement I closed my eyes and began to turn my body, taking a standing position and slightly crouching down I positioned my legs underneath to reduce the impact of this fall.

Although this SCP girl has said that I won't die after falling from this height, but it doesn't guarantee that I can get out of here without serious injuries.

At least with this I can reduce the risk of something even more serious, though I don't know if this is really useful.

But as I got closer to the ground a pain appeared in my head, biting my lower lip I endured the headache as a burst of information entered my head.

(It's done, Nya~)

Ignoring this girl's happy cry I calmed myself down before looking at the two figures that caught my interest, a man and a woman who seemed to be fighting with the dominant position held by the man.

While there were many chunks and flakes of ice on both of them, it amazed me.

Is that really magic?!

I asked with sparkling eyes as if forgetting my current situation.

Not far from the two I could also see a strange figure in a black monster costume running quickly seemingly towards the location of the previous battle.

But ignoring that I continued to glide towards the location of the man and girl's fight.

"AAAA!!! DOWNSTAIRS GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!"

Amplifying my shout I could see the two of them shift their focus towards me before I actually fell to hit the ground right in the middle of them.

Boom-

A loud explosion sound was heard right after my landing.

A cloud of dust soared into the sky and a metre-deep crater was created beneath my feet, while silence fell between us all.

Coughing lightly I tried to dispel the dust cloud that surrounded me before I received an awkward look from the dull-haired girl and for the grey-skinned man, I don't know how to describe it but it was like the gaze of a puppet that was only controlled by the desire to kill.

While there I could also see the strange figure of the man in the black monster costume from before hiding behind the trees. It seemed that he was also filled with confusion when he saw my fall from the sky.

"Uhuk! Hm- sorry I guess" I said with a strange smile.

Damn!!! This is a really embarrassing situation!!! Is there a hole around here? For some reason I want to bury my face into it.

(Nya~, Hahaha little brother cheer up because it was a very cool landing Nya~ hahaha)

Can you at least hide your cuteness when praising me?! And believe it or not I will really make this cat girl cry in the future!

Making a promise to myself I refocused on the dull-haired girl in front of me. Although her body was covered in scars and dust it could not hide her original beauty.

Is this the so-called yamato nadeshiko girl?

"You! Get out of there!!!"

Suddenly the girl broke the silence and shouted loudly before I could realise that a black spear was being aimed right at my neck.

It happened so fast that I could barely react to this sudden attack. The change from awkward to tense made me late to react.

Guys, it hasn't even been an hour since I came into this world and I'm already going to be killed?

But right before the spearhead actually pierced my throat I managed to activate one of my innate abilities as an SCP.

'Mind acceleration!'

Announcing the skill command, I could see that the time around me started to slow down by 1000 times, [Mind acceleration] as the name suggests it can make me think much faster than normal.

But even though this can help the user see and think about things much faster than normal, if the user's body really can't keep up with the speed of his own thinking it will only be in vain.

Staring at the man with the black spear, I smiled cruelly before taking out claws from both hands.

You know what? Being an SCP that takes cats as its basic form is a blessing in itself. If you know cats have a reaction time of about 20 - 70 milliseconds.

That fella was even less than a tenth of a second, combining between my mind's Acceleration and my race's innate reaction time, dealing with the spear attack that I had seen became quite easy for me.

Turning my body lightly I took this big man's hand before slamming him into the ground hard, the sound of an explosion again sounded which was followed by a half metre deep crater where the big man fell.

While a shocked expression was clearly visible on the face of the girl in front of me, considering that the body of this man I slammed was twice as big as my own.

Raising my hand to the sky I stabbed the big man's neck viciously, blue blood flowing from his neck while the big man started to convulse and rebel.

Activating [Intimidation] I really made the big man calm down before I completely finished him off.

(Why is that rotten man's odour on this little demon's body, Nya?)

Demon?

(That's right Nya~, the big man you just killed is a demon Nya~)

It seems that I really appeared in a fantasy world, but what does this girl mean by "rotten man?" is the person this girl is referring to also SCP just like her?

But if this world really does have another SCP that is on par with this girl who followed me then things in the future might not be so easy.

Knowing that, do I really have to grow much stronger in the future? Of course I should grow much stronger in the future.

If the information provided by this girl is correct then I can estimate that my strength is only city-level, and it's even still very far from the real word "Strong".

But this great strength will be useless if I don't train it properly, especially since I currently lack real combat experience which is my biggest weakness.

I don't want to see a future where I get killed by someone much weaker than me.

Immersed in my own thoughts I felt a tap on my shoulder, looking back I saw a beautiful girl with rose gold coloured hair that looked tousled while her deep blue eyes gave off a calming feeling.

On her head she wore a hairband in the shape of a Morpho butterfly, with the deep blue colour reflected in the deep black border.

While her uniform itself looked slightly torn it did not detract from her charm in the slightest.

"Hm? Yes, what is it?" I asked in confusion while the girl was still looking at me with her deep blue eyes.

"That...Are you okay?" she asked with a worried expression on her face.

"I think I'm fine. But actually, it might be better if you paid more attention to your own condition instead of worrying about me" I replied with a smile on my face.

There was no reason for me to antagonise this gentle girl anyway.

"I-I'm fine, it's fine"

Although you talk like that but in reality the blood on your face says you are far from fine.

(Little brother, you better be careful of this girl, I feel a strange aura on her soul, Nya~)

Strange? Does this girl have anything to do with that demon?

If this sweet girl really has something to do with the demon I just killed then I will make sure that in the future I will keep a safe distance from her.

(Demon? No Nya~, but somehow I feel a strange aura in her soul, maybe if I describe it this girl's soul looks...lonely?)

Lonely? Is this girl experiencing isolation like me before? If so maybe I can be her first friend.

"Don't lie, the blood on your face says otherwise, let me administer first aid for now" saying that I placed my palm on her forehead before administering first aid.

"Eh?!" with a surprised expression the girl looked at me strangely, a blush crossed her cheeks.

Yes I know how it feels when someone shows concern for you for the first time, I understand that.

"It may seem rude, but believe me I'm just trying to help"

I reaffirmed my intention, after all I didn't want to be labelled as a pervert at our first meeting.

"I-it's fine, after all I was just surprised to see that you can do healing magic" she said with a blush on her cheeks.

Girl I know I'm good looking but can you at least not show it so blatantly?

"Oh? Is healing magic rare?"

"No it's not rare but it's not common either"

"Haha really? I didn't know that, oh right I haven't asked your name, previously my name was Rizky Ardiansyah"

"Ahna-My name is Luce Eltania" she said with obvious nervousness on her face having a blush on it.

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