Barrier

I was scared of what the author had planned to kill Rylan Ashencroft with.

Because now it's no longer Rylan Ashencroft who has to experience it.

But it was me, Ryan Adams, a 25-year-old salary worker, who now had to try to survive.

It was funny how our names sounded similar, Rylan and Ryan. You remove the L, and you get my name, and even our last names start with the same letter.

I walked away from the arched window and found a sofa to lay down on.

The book said that knowing how to use your insignia is very easy.

It should feel like breathing or kicking—something that is natural to do.

Talking about insignia reminded me of Rylan Ashencroft's unique insignia. 

It was after I found out how to use magic that I knew what Insignia Rylan Ashencroft had.

The ability to copy other insignia's: 'Imitaris'.

Yeah, that was the ability he had.

If you already have infinite mana, why not just make him more overpowered and give him the ability to copy other people's special abilities?

But I was thankful that the author made Rylan Ashencroft so overpowered, since it was now me that had gained all the advantages.

Usually, the stronger the insignia, the more requirements it needs.

My insignia required a special condition. The insignia that I wanted to copy had to hit me.

Rylan Ashencroft had already copied an insignia called 'Dracanis'.

"Dracanis". I said out loud.

Dark energy formed in front of me. Soon, an outline of a canine-looking animal with a dragon-looking head and a horn extruding from the top of its head appeared in front of me.

I patted its head, and it stuck its tongue out like a dog.

It had red eyes similar to mine and had dark fur around its body. As it breathed, small, burning cinders flew out of its mouth.

I could summon up to four of these, and they were all as big as a bear.

Just one of them was way stronger than the golden knight.

This was partly because of how strong my body was. The more mana you had, the stronger your body would be. And at the same time, the more powerful your insignia will become,.

I deactivated my insignia, and the monster disappeared.

"Tomorrow, I need to learn more about the history of this world." I said while yawning.

I closed my eyes, and soon I drifted to sleep.

*****

I felt someone approach me, and as I opened my eyes, I saw a familiar person.

The light that shone through the arched window reflected on her blond hair.

It was the beautiful woman from yesterday.

She had a western-model look, which made her very attractive. And even the robe could not hide her stunning figure.

"Good morning, Sir Ashencroft.".

"Good morning?" I answered, confused.

Why is she here now?

"Sir Ashencroft, do you want to deactivate the barrier?".

Weren't we supposed to do that tomorrow?

And that's when I remembered her trying to say something before I used the portal.

Well, it doesn't matter now, since I can turn it off now.

"Sure," I said while standing up and stretching.

"Great, follow me." She said this while handing me a cardboard coffee cup.

"What is this?" I asked, puzzled.

She said, "It's coffee; I heard you like that in the morning.".

"Thank you."

And as I took a sip, I could feel my tongue burn a little. But strangely, it didn't hurt, and I instantly felt more energized than before.

It tasted very good, as it had a handmade taste to it.

Soon we exited the castle and entered a busy street.

There were multiple stores selling all kinds of different things. clothes, foods, snacks, and furniture.

What shocked me were the people here. When I was at the castle, I looked at the city from above. I couldn't see what the people here looked like.

Now that I was seeing a whole crowd, I noticed that everyone was beautiful.

They were all at least 7 out of 10 based on appearance. And they all had different hair colors.

Blond, grey, red, blue, pink, and all kinds of other colors.

It looked like it was normal in this world to have different hair colors.

I guess those people at the birthday weren't cosplaying after all.

After walking for some time, I was starting to get a little bored.

The city was very peaceful and looked very European.

It would be convenient if Shadow was here.

He could have made a portal, and we would have been there instantly.

Maybe I should copy his insignia?

Yeah, next time he uses his portal, I will copy it using my insignia.

'But why did Rylan Ashencroft only copy one insignia?'

There was no limit to the amount of insignia that he could have. The only restriction was that he couldn't use two insignias at the same time.

What I felt was only one insignia that he had copied, which was 'Dracanis'.

I guess there was no need for him to copy other Insignia's because he was already very overpowered even without them.

The busy street ended, and a huge open space appeared.

A tall metal arch with crystals all around it and a blue ripple-like visual effect in the middle was present.

It looked like a portal, but it wasn't the same as the shadow's. This one was much bigger, at a height of 3 meters, and was around 5 meters wide.

Next to the portal was a line of carriages and a small room that looked like the control room.

There were multiple guards in armor protecting the portal. At the same time, lots of merchants with carriages were going in and out of the portal.

The woman in the robes went and talked with one of the guards, and he immediately became respectful.

She walked back to me and said, "They will teleport us to the mage tower, where you can turn the barrier off.".

I nodded my head and looked at the commotion that was created.

The guards quickly stopped the carriages from entering, which caused a lot of complaints.

"I have to deliver this on time, or else I will get complaints.".

"Yeah, you can't do this; from 9 to 10 is the only time we can deliver to the Lokkaca kingdom.".

Interesting.

It appeared that the merchants transported their goods to different kingdoms using the portal at specific times.

The ripple disappeared, and after a few seconds, a new one showed up.

She entered the portal, and I followed. I could hear the complaints coming from the merchants, but I ignored them.

When I arrived on the other side, I was a little surprised.

A basement?