Inter-class tournament

Two days passed in a flash. Some clones went hunting monsters in the forest, giving me a great deal of material to work with and use in the crafting section of the chest. In this world, when a monster dies, you get all of its body material instead of just some parts.

Another group of clones continued to work odd jobs gaining a great deal of knowledge about this world, while me and a group of clones tried our best to study everything we could.

There was a public library with a great collection of books that were stacked over the 40 years since the commission got here in the new world.

I used the money to help with the infrastructure construction of Astera and to buy some books and material from all around the place, giving me a great deal of fame and knowledge.

As for the matter of hiding myself? Once again, there is no reason for me to hide too much because I am leaving today. Also, the people here are very close to each other, so if someone capable and helpful appears, all the better. But that doesn't mean I wasn't investigated.

And for that, I will have to thank the goddess who gave me such a perfect identity. It seems I was an elite hunter who had spent most of my time here in the New World, on some distant and dangerous missions, only to return after I got into an accident and almost died, but my Palico wasn't so lucky.

There isn't anything to get suspicious about. After all, the only way to come to the New World is through a special boat.

The commission then gave me some free time saying that I can also retire to the old world when the small supply merchant boat comes in a few months.

So here I am, selling my potions and items in the open. Making a shit load of money in the process.

The boy is still asleep but according to Lylia, he is going to wake up today.

I tried going into the smith to buy the highest-tier armor but unfortunately, it's not really that great.

Only when the fifth fleet comes 10 years later will a big number of capable hunters be added to the workforce of Astera.

But I still bought the best armor available and gave it to my clones. A few clones died in the forest meeting either something way over the line like a Zinogre and Rajang, beasts that are very strong but for some reason aren't elder dragons.

And since they didn't have any of my tools. they could only fight with the equipment from this world. But even so, there is a limit to what they can do. We don't have bio-energy after all.

At noon I finally got the news that the boy was waking up. I then went to talk with the commander. Why? You'll see.

-Excuse me commander?

-AH! Our most recent alchemy master! How can I help you?

-Please commander, I am not a master. But I came here to ask for a long-term exploration quest.

-What! You just came back from one and you want to go back already?! How many jugs did you drink? Go back to bed!

-I am serious, commander. Recently I have been thinking about many things including my future. I want to be a hunter but not just any hunter. I want to explore the world and see its mysteries, not only to myself but also to honor my lost friend.

-The New World has many mysteries and I plan to find them all. Please let me go.

-... FINE! But you are to come back before the fifth fleet comes in 10 years! Don't go dying in the middle of nowhere!

-Of course!

-YOU ARE DISMISSED!

…

The reason I did this show was in order to explain my disappearance. Not only to all of the people here but also to the champion. Perhaps one day I will come back. At that time I will have an alibi to where I was.

I then went into my room(not the one I came in, but a special private room).

It's time for my final act.

With the press of a button, I activated a series of fireworks all around Astera. This was the distraction that I needed for my plan. I then had all my clones infiltrate many locked locations and steal a series of knowledge by using a small scanner I had made a week ago.

-I finally have a use for those.

The show was beautiful and magnificent, but with the final "BOOM" a shadow disappeared from this world. Together with a golden flash.

I was once again flying into the distance at hyper speed when something happened.

The colorful tunnel suddenly had a portion of the ceiling break and a being appeared from it.

She had blue hair and a white bride dress that extended into the distance.

Her eyes opened into a beautiful Orange, very exotic I must say.

The rest of her face was just as beautifull as her eyes, she had slightly tanned skin and thin lips.

A perfect woman in her own sense.

-Well… thank you! She said smiling

-Who do you think is cuter? Me or Lili?

Lili?

The tunnel shook once again as if something wanted to get in.

-So brutal, sheesh I can't even have some fun.

-I came to thank you for everything you have done for me and that stupid guy.

-You are?...

-Call me Astravia okay? Humm, that's rather long. How about Asty?...

The ceiling shook even more violently.

-She is truly barbaric.

-I will give you the gift I prepared before she comes and breaks this tunnel.

She came to me and kissed my forehead.

-OKEY! Heh heh. Done, bye-bye Lili's boyfriend!

She then disappeared.

The tunnel stopped shaking and I finally got some peace.

Dammit. My powers don't work at all against these girls. My heart just kept beating there. Well, if it didn't beat, then I can only say that I am incredible.

{Or that you are gay.}

Even if I was, the beauty of those two girls is simply too much for a human to bear… WAIT! Fuck you!

Then I started to spin at high speeds, getting really dizzy in the process.

...Fuck you… I will… have my vengeance! I said while the light at the end of the tunnel engulfed me as if welcoming me to the new world.

I woke up in my bed with the sun shining on my face.

-Couldn't you have just sent me a few hours earlier… I need to sleep…

{Get your ass up, it's time for school. Who told you to play some games all night?}

-Ha… Ha. Really funny.

I went to take a bath when I realized.

-I don't need to go to class! I will just send a clone to my place then switch with him later!

{Unfortunately for you. Today is the Inter-class competition. So get your shit together and go to the arena.}

-Why are you like this today? … You know what, I don't have time to bicker with you. And you are right I need to get my shit together.

-Just tell me what we gained later.

{...}

Although I was a little tired, it's mostly because of the suffering I went through on the way back to this world, as I had enough sleep in the previous world.

I summoned my clones to take care of everything (including my ant) and left my room.

Today could possibly be dangerous, depending on how much the story changed.

In the hangar, I was checking on my IS to make sure no problems would appear mid-fight and I was also checking the virtual net every time to look for any hackers.

Strangely enough, Ichika is fighting in this competition even though he isn't a class representative. The reason for this is that it would be a shame if one of the only two boys didn't participate in the fight. And just like in the anime his fight was the first one against Linlin.

This is already too big of a coincidence for me. Without a doubt, someone hacked and changed the pairings for the fights.

The fight had just started, soon enough it would happen.

Ichika was currently flying around the sky while Lilin tried to hit him. It was a rather embarrassing display to those who know to pilot an IS well. But the thing is that Ichika doesn't need all of the huge amount of calculations that most people have to do.

He can just "feel" his IS and move it according to his will. It might not be to a great degree for now, but he will become much better later on.

Linlin kept hitting Ichika with her Thermal diffusion impact canons. A pair of spherical cannons compress the space in front of it and shoot out a linear-trajectory shockwave as an invisible projectile.

It can also shoot out bullets covered in a scarlet red flame. These bullets are stronger than the normally invisible bullets.

The fight continued with Ichika getting his ass beaten by the other when he finally got his chance to use the ignition boost that he learned from his sister during the week.

But just when he started his charge, a purple laser bean pierced through the arena energy barrier and hit the center of the arena covering most of it in flames.

I on the other hand was already flying out of the hangar with my IS.

Ok, I managed to enter the arena before the Arena AI locked all entrances and exits.

Now, to defeat whatever came… I said while looking at the smoke cloud in the middle of the arena.

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If there is any problem with the timeline in general like the ages of some characters not adding up, just remember. This isn't the same world as the original, only similar, in almost everything but still different.