Chapter 13 Primordial
Dante's consciousness awakened abruptly, like a 4-year-old gaining consciousness randomly at a birthday.
What met his eyes was a seemingly endless white room. It stretched beyond his vision. It felt eerily identical to the afterlife, only painted in pristine white instead of the usual void black.
"WHERE AM I!!!!" his desperate cry pierced the silence.
Scared that something terrible happened, Dante muttered words of reassurance to himself, "Okay... calm down, you didn't die, hope so."
"DISCORD, AQARATH!"
The call echoed. However, the white void remained indifferent, providing no response to his plea.
"Okay, it's not the afterlife. I wouldn't be a fricking pony if this was the afterlife."
Dante circled a few times, unconsciously tapping the floor rhythmically.
"Uh... The floor feels solid." Yet such a simple observation sparked an idea in Dante's brain.
"I don't lose much by trying..."
I began to strike at the floor with my hooves. "Of course, how would it wor-" Just as I was about to give up, a tiny crack appeared.
"IT WORKS!"
Excitement surged through Dante as the crack widened. He continued to press on, his front hoof now bearing the payup. The floor was slowly coated in blood.
"I can't feel pain...Wait, how can I be this stupid? I'm a unicorn."
Dante's horn began to glow. He shot a laser beam at the floor.
His body and mind entered a trance that would only break up once he finished.
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My senses gradually came alive. The first thing I could discern was that I was in a different room. Movement? Am I being carried?
Dante was now aware that he was being carried. He could also feel that his leg was given the proper treatment.
His first reaction was to seek answers: "How long I was out? And did something bad happen?"
Winfred, who was carrying me, replied, "Not much, just 30 minutes. We decided to move you because the dungeon didn't end there, and no."
Yeah, the last time someone told me 30 minutes, it was over an hour. Dismissing Winfred's reply, he asked, "He wasn't the boss?"
Daniel responded to me, "Yes. But now we are searching for the exit."
Wait, why I'm getting carried? I can walk by myself. "Can you drop me here? I can walk by myself."
Dante pressed his hooves onto the floor, almost losing balance. To help his movement, he coated his injured leg in a gentle telekinetic field.
Winfred told me, a bit worried, "Are you sure? I gave you first aid and an improvised tourniquet. Though your biology gave me some problems, it was quite fascinating. The way your bones are doesn't make much sense, yet they still work in a weird and twisted way."
Now that I think about it, how do my insides look? I come from a toon, so my biology should be a total mess. No, actually, it is a whole mess.
I inquire, "Then what are we searching for?"
Daniel responded, "The exit."
"Didn't you leave a few signs in case something happened?"
daniel in a monotonous tone answers me "The labyrinth changes after some time."
"._."
As the conversation shifted to more normal stuff, I minded my own business because, oh boy, it's time to reap what I sow.
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This tiny blue notification had been lingering for a while
My hooves open the system.
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Pain Resistance Basic LVL 1 (Mini authors note: I decided to hide the percentage. It will still be there, just hidden)
Curse Resistance Basic LVL 1
You have leveled up.
Your telekinesis has leveled up.
Your Laser beam emiss...
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I unlocked a few abilities, and my basic skills leveled up. The boss dropped a few things.
And here, I thought that becoming stronger would cost me more. Now, What should I upgrade?
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Information:
LVL: 8
Name: Rarity (Dante)
Age: 20 (18)
Sex: Female (Male)
Race: Unicorn (Human)
Class: Aspect of Aqarath
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Stats / Free Points: 0.0
Strength 0.97
Vitality 1.37
Dexterity 1.77
Stamina 1.11
Agility 0.96
Magical Resistance 0.11
Physical Resistance 0.46
Magic Power 2.15
Mana 2.77
Charisma 4.20
Luck 1.75
Willpower 2.01
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Abilities:
M.L.P.T. LVL MAX
Omnilingualism Basic LVL 1
Light Generation Basic LVL 2
Telekinesis Basic LVL 5
Attract Basic LVL 1
Singing Basic LVL 4
Sewing Basic LVL 3
Magical Beam Emission Basic LVL 3
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Class Skill Tree (!!!)
Class Skill Shop
Shop
Inventory (!!!)
Friend List (!!!)
Locked
Gold: 12,597
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I guess it is fine...
I decided to upgrade mainly my health. I'm okay with my firepower for now. There isn't a need to one-shot things.
Being a glass cannon isn't an option, either. Also, It bothers me a bit that my numbers aren't 0 or 5. That stats can grow by themself by just doing typical actions is great, but the growth rate is really slow at max I'll get 0.1-0.3 from breaking myself to my limit.
And now...
Is this work of Aqarath?
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Cupon for Pinkie Pie 2/???
Description: A piece to unlock the ability "Pinkie Pie" with enough fragments, you can get the skill almost free. This item can't be traded with other players.
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I got another one of those... she cost a fortune, so it is probably a good transformation. I'll unlock her in the near future.
This place keeps feeling like I'm playing a VR game. The interface is very similar to the RPG games I played. This isn't as bad as I expected; I even made new friends. Wait a minute isn't this SAO plot just on steroids?
We wandered for a while before finally finding the exit. The place looked like the king's chamber. Most things here were rusty and old. There was a portal similar to the one we used to enter, the only difference being that it was green.
"Are we ready to leave?"
"We think so."
"Then let's get going."
As everyone walked to the portal, Dante slowly stopped just a second before leaving with his brow furrowed.
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He started to wander the room without an exact purpose in mind. It's hard to explain but there was something here.
"Where is it"
Since he entered this place, he felt like something was calling him.
Driven by a relentless curiosity, Dante searched every inch of the place, determined to find whatever was calling him.
He even shattered an old paint, hoping to find a hidden room. And he actually found one. But instead of a treasure, all it held was a solitary letter that didn't have any use.
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After five seemingly endless minutes, he wondered if his mind was playing tricks.
"I guess I'll never know."
Just as he was about to give up an Idea sparked to life.
Dante's gaze turned upwards. There was nothing except ancient decorations, yet if one looked closer, you'd see how a peculiar rock stood out.
Dante shot the peculiar rock with a laser, making it fall into his waiting hooves.
"HA! found it!"
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Midas's Dilemma
Description: ???
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It looked like a gem. It wasn't what I expected, but at least it was something. Probably, it cost a lot of gold... I hope.
Dante stood there for a few seconds with his senses heightened. Expecting something unforeseen to happen, ready to run at any moment.
Yet, as seconds stretched, nothing elapsed.
Nothing?
No rock falling
No traps springing into action
No, the dungeon is destabilizing or something like that?.
Great!
A sense of triumph overcame Dante. The gem was now his. he didn't realize then, but a blazing green burned in his eyes.
"MINE NOW!" I start to giggle with a wry smile.
"Right! They should be waiting for me". You know, I already expected a secret boss or something. OH NO, the portal broke, but nothing terrible happened. This sense of bad omen had been lingering. Perhaps I'm just too paranoid.
I'm talking to myself. Yeah, I'm too paranoid...
Outside the portal, I saw that we were in a different place, and everyone was waiting for me.
Daniel asked me, "What were you doing?"
I replied with a casual tone "nothing, just checking something I found."
Icaxis enthusiasmly replied, "Let's continue our journey!"
Trying to "Sure Lets head t-"
Abrutably, Dante's body and mind seized to work by a visceral and instinctive response. The air grew dense with a cold weight.
The dilation in his eyes told the urgency of his mental burden, with pupils widening like a camera lens capturing the end of the world.
His grip upon reality completely slipped away, leaving only fragmented impressions, the ability to discern the nearest things beside him quickly diffused by a primal instinct.
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Authors note
A friend of mine told me that I should read a few Chinese novels to make better fights and give more emotions to the interactions, I'll give it a try...
(The next doesn't have anything to do with the novel you may skip it it's just that)
(I like to write my random thoughts and this "authors note" is just that)
(In a nutshell, you can skip what's next.)
DAMN, "Pegasus device hits hard. I decided to go back to an old playlist, hearing things like "Pinkie's Brew," "Rainbow Factory," "Discord the living tombstone"
🎵You've proven to yourself and to all of us🎵
🎵That you're not fit to fly like a Pegasus🎵
🎵You don't even deserve those wings you bear🎵
🎵When you stand beside a legend, you don't even compare🎵
🎵All of the failures help to fuel success🎵
🎵In the bloody and visceral weather game of Chess🎵
🎵And just because you've disappointed, you'll pay the price🎵
🎵Now accept your fate and die in the Pegasus Device🎵
Here is a funny story a friend asked how a Saitama vs. Discord would go, and I just told him (he refers to the Saitama from the manga)
(YES I KNOW HOW ACTUALLY GOING IN TIME WORKS (Discord version) BUT SHHH)
Discord be like:
Fight
realize can't win. (Let's say that Saitama wins, though I expect the fight to be really boring if you know what Discord can do.)
Escape
Go back in time.
Change the history and Saitama never become strong
Get bored
Go back in time and stop himself from changing history
Damn, I got bored
Go back in time and stop his future past himself from stopping himself
Damn Saitama really got some moves.
Go bac-...
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or 2nd ending
found him
Become friends if it's the version of discord is of any season above the 5th
Yeah... that's just one possible way.