Prologue
"Sai, I'm only giving you a verbal warning this time…just don't do it again okay?.....".
A Supervisor with annoying face said with a condescending tone
[ BAAM!!! ]
The supervisor table shook as a fist land on top of the table, startled by the sudden outburst he Yelp.
"Verbal warning?....how about you just give me the termination letter?....you know that, it was YOU who do the mistake, now that the manager were lashing out, and you want to dump all the blame at me??…Screw you!, listen you dumb!....you better man up and take the responsibility yourself! Or I will do anything to get your *** get fired next week…ANYTHING!!...you got that!!??..".
< BAAAMMM!! >
I was actually puzzled and annoyed by a sudden call this morning, it turns out to be my own supervisor, tried to make me take the blame for his own fault. Although I sounded like mad dog in that office just now, I'm actually not, it's warranted for me to feel this way.
I am the kind of a guy that let myself be pushed around by anybody. My life motto was, "don't mess with me, and I don't mess with you". I wasn't always a good guy, I was actually kinda bad in the past, I used to be a mafia member, I've done a lot of things which against the law, I never get caught, in fact I was good at it, everyone involved in the business know my name, some scared, some respect, and some hate me. Overall it was a good time for me, now, I've changed, and I left the outlaws lifestyle and start earning clean money.
I worked in all kind of jobs, from building cleaner, security officer to convenient store clerk. Right now I'm working as a senior sales associate at a supermarket chains at day and sous chef at night, to me as long as I can pay the bills, it's enough for me.
But as usual, everywhere you go, there's always a douche bag or two around you, and this time it's my annoying supervisor. People like him always made me feels like wanting to go back being a mafia and just blow his head open with a shotgun. Just thinking about what just happen make me want to lose it.
"Better head back home and eat…damn wasted my day off just for this…".
With cigarette lighten up, I start my motorcycle and ride back home, the supermarket was only 10 minutes ride away from my house.
"Ughhhh!!!...headache!!…ugh!! Why now?!…".
Sharp pain on the back of my head made me feel drowsy all of a sudden, but I still managed to drive safely to my house, after a few minutes I arrived. Upon entering my garage, the pains stop, this headache of mine started just recently, about a month ago, it comes and goes just like that. It doesn't bother me much, as it's probably due to work stress . After turning of the motorcycle, I entered my house, sat down on my old leather couch in the living room and start fiddling with my smartphone.
"Ouhhh….new issue are out…".
I'm actually an avid reader; I love reading as it keeps me occupied for most of the time. I also enjoyed informational books, fantasy novels, manga, anime, games. Although I'm already 27 years old, I loved them, I probably can be categorize as a closet otaku, but still, I'm not antisocial, I was active in sport, and decisive in making choices (definitely not a wuss).
"…The story was good,…but why the protagonist always a wimp....just kill the enemies…can travel between earth and fantasy world but use sword as a main weapon…just get a gun already....geez..".
As I venting my personal comments about the novel I read on my phone, the headache comes again.
"Ughhhh!!!…man!!....it hurts!!…fuckk!!..".
I stood up and headed to the kitchen. Frantically, I open the medicine cabinet and grab 2 paracetamol pills and swallow them. I tried to open the fridge, but slowly I started to lose my strength before i fall to my knees in front of the fridge while trying.
"Fuu…c…".
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(Activating Traveler Assist System.... Activation successful)
"(Huh?.. activating what?....)".
I remember passing out from a terrible headache. Is something happening to me?.
(Checking host physical conditions…Healthy. No complications detected.. Implementing Status interface…. searching Host database for suitable Interface...interface Module detected…. implementation successful…..)
"(..Healthy?. Then what about the head splitting headache just now?...interface?…how?....why can't I move my body?…)".
Although I was quite disturbed by the fact that, an unknown monotone voice echoes in my mind, but for some reasons I don't feel panic, I even weird out by how calm I am right now.
(All System Functional…Releasing full body control in..5…4..3..2..1..).
"Ughhhh…what happening?…huh?...I can move my body now…..hmm, all my limbs is...…okay?....".
As the countdown end, somehow I managed to move myself; slowly I sat on the floor and check my body. I found nothing odd about my own condition it was just the same as before.
After breathing out sigh of relief, I opened the fridge and drank the whole bottle of mineral water to calm myself. But something caught my attention, there's something really weird about my surroundings.
"...Holy…..where the hell am I?…...".
It's not just weird, it's mind baffling to be exact. I'm in a freaking Forest, 360° trees, dirt, bushes, blue sky, fresh air, and bird chirping. Yeah no doubt, it's a Forest alright, the only thing that weird about it, was the area of 3 meters around me was my own kitchen, also I'm still wearing my outfits, on my feet was my kitchen tiles floor, and in front of was my fridge. I stuck my hand inside the fridge it still cold, but I know the temperature were slowly going up.
"…this is very disturbing…am I.…dead?....".
(Greetings traveler, Please do not panic…first of all please state your name..)
"…..Sai…Mies Sai...who?...or rather what are you?..".
(Greetings Sir, Sir Mies Sai, I am T.A.S @ Traveler Assist System. I'm here to help you in your journey between two worlds…)
A calming deep male voice echoes in my head. it was shocking at first but gradually I managed to convince myself to stay composed.
"Hmm.. journey between two worlds?.. Meaning?...can you explain what does that means?..".
(It's exactly as I said Sir, you have the ability to travel in between 2 world. Earth and Fantasma..).
Every word T.A.S said was a fact based only. There's no exaggeration what so ever, quite robotics like I must say. Right now, I need more information's.
"Fantasma…explain".
(Fantasma is a world with similar composition as Earth, but unlike earth, Fantasma is a world of magic and sword, there's variety of races aside from human here. Also the wildlife here is far more deadly than earth. Current Fantasma is far older than Earth. The technological advancement in this world was only on early medieval, wars and savageness is a common thing in this world. I advised you to be careful when venturing out.)
"…Hah…. I'm gonna keep asking you a few more questions...I want clear explanation…are you clear?.".
(Yes Sir, I will try my best to answer all of them.)
Honestly at this point I've already gave up on being shocked or anxious, I've read multiple fantasy novels about reincarnation or transportation to magical world, I even read one just a few minutes ago.
After a full 1 hour of Q&A session with T.A.S, I already got full gist of my situations. One, I'm now a Traveler between Earth and Fantasma, I can travel between the world without any problem all I have to do is say the words to T.A.S and it's done. Two, Traveling between world can only be used once a day, and it has a cool down time of 1 day before it can be used again, there's no limitations on how many it can be used.
Third, when 'Traveling' was used the area of 3 meters around me that i choose will be teleported as well, and whatever is in that radius will be brought together with me except other living being. Fourth, since I wasn't originated in Fantasma I won't be able to used Magic naturally, So T.A.S has created a special perk for me, which is I have a game like feature, which enable me to acquire 'Skills' and enhanced my 'physical status'. I understand all of it as this is usual fantasy novel tropes.
"...Hmm.. so all I had to do was think about the status menu and it will came out?..".
After confirming all the information, I decided it's time to see the menus. I wondered how my stat will look like?.
(Yes Sir…Showing status).
"Owh….it came out..".
Out of a thin air, a blue tablet akin to a game menu appeared in my sight, about 12 inches far from my chest.
{{
Name: Sai Mies
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Race: High Human
Status:
Physical : 0.5
Intellect : 3.9
Reflex : 0.6
Charm : 0.5
Special Abilities:
World Travel ( Lvl. 1)
Mini Map ( N/A)
Skills:
Passive:-
Intimidation ( Mid)
Martial Arts ( High)
Weapon Mastery ( High)
Versatile Works ( High)
Active:-
Identify ( N/A)
Special Traits:
Calm Minded
( Possess abnormal control of own mental state even in dire situation)
Limitless physical growth
( Given due to inability to master Magic in Fantasma)
Modern Man
( Possess advance knowledge and social norms far surpassing any civilization on Fantasma)
}}
"…..high human?….why??..".
I know and definitely sure that I'm a normal homo sapiens, But why am I label as High human?.
(It's because you came from Earth. Human on Earth possess higher mental aptitude from any races currently existed on Fantasma, The only race that possessed shared the similarity with you is the long extinct races called High Human. Simply said, it's just this world laws to differentiate you and at the same time assimilate you in this world.)
"What about the (mid) and (high)…is that a skill level?.....".
( Correct sir. )
"How do I improve them?..".
(To improve them, you need to constantly practice them, the ranks goes from [ Low-Mid-High ]. You can also consume items to improve them. You can also increase your Status attributes the same way. As for the World Travel Skills, you need all 4 attributes reach at least 1.0 for it to increase level.)
"…I see….so about my Status attributes, is this number considered a normal number for a modern Man like me?..".
(Yes sir, in fact it's also consider normal in Fantasma, aside from your 3.9 intellect of course. Normal intellect in Fantasma was around 0.5 to 0.7 as they weren't as advance as earthlings)
Hearing this, I know that I'm normal in both worlds, probably professional athletes back on Earth got higher physical points and Doctor got higher intellect than me. I only got 3 usable skills at the moment, which (World Travel), (Mini Map) and (Identify). (Identify) enable me to identify anything, it's a typical fantasy novel skills, as for (Mini Map) it's gave me an ability to see a real time map of 1 kilometer radius around me, it's just like a mini Map you found in video games.
"….I suppose that's it huh…well, since I'm here...better take a stroll first,...this might be fun..hehe..".
It's Nuts
" Identify..".
{ Tough Nut }
[Description: a nut that possess a hard shell akin to an iron ball. Delicious (if you can break them, which probably not). Consuming one will grant 0.1 permanent points to Physical attributes. ]
"One tree only got 15 nuts…well…that's...nuts…hehehe..".
It's been 5 days since I arrive at this world called Fantasma, the forest where I'm currently trekking right now was known as Drachma Forest, the forest itself wasn't dense, it's just that it's never been touched by anyone. So in other words it's a ****** forest. Naturally there's plenty of rare resource lying around. I've been collecting all things that can help me increase my Status Attributes, the nuts I found was just adding to my already plenty of resources. Still walking in this calm and beautiful forest was quite enjoyable; beside I never get tired collecting all the items that grants me frees status point.
"So, now I got..20kilos Tough Nuts and 100 Muscle deer Meat for Physical.. 100kilos Swift Goose Berries for Reflex, 250kilos Crystal Pearl Lychees and 120kg Peacock Bull Heart for Charm….And 300kilos of Calming Gold Tea leaves for Intellect…it's quite a haul isn't it?..".
There's a mountain of materials all around my fridge, this is basically the fruit of my 5 days of labor, I never realized it actually, I've been using my Mini Map feature to look for all of this, since I can input a search command it makes things easier for me to search for anything I need and also help me avoid unnecessary fighting.
(Congratulations on clearing 10 kilometers of precious materials on your first visit to Fantasma sir. )
"..Ahem!…it's not that anyone would care about it anyway!…".
T.A.S rarely spoke, but when it does all it said was fact and often it's just raining on my parade.
"KKKAAAAKKKKK!! ".
A loud sound came from above, as I busy tidying all the materials. As I looked up, I saw a large black figures hovering around above me.
"Cheh!!...Peacock Bull…BAANNGGG!!....always screeching…".
Casually I pulled out P226 Sig Sauer Handgun and shoot its head, after the head was blown off; it came crashing down 10 meters away from me. The handgun I got on me was actually one of the many weapon I had in my house, the P226 was actually place inside my fridge, I guess my careful and self-protection initiative was finally paid off, Like I said being an Mafia once do get you a lot of trouble. After tidying thing's up, I finally ready to travel back to Earth.
"T.A.S.. let's go….Initiate World Travel..".
(World Travel initiate in 3..2..1..)
"Ughhhh.…huh?...I thought there will be distortion like those in the movies. I guess not huh…..
The teleportation process was instant, there are no side effects what so ever, just like that I'm back at my house, and my kitchen were filled with the materials I've been collected in the past 5 days, all of if just rolling on the floor, making a mess in my kitchen.
"20 missed calls…30 messages…I guess now I'm jobless...mehh…so what!..".
The first thing I do was checking my phone, I got some missed calls from the office and massages saying I was fired, which doesn't shocked me much, after all I've been gone for 5 days straight. Other calls were just from my friends that worried about me, after I replied their messages it's all good now.
Now that I have a lot of time to waste now, I decided to sort out all of the materials. The simplest material to process is the 120kg Peacock Bull Heart and 100 kg Muscle deer Meat, all I had to do is cook it although it was a lot, I still can do it myself. I decided to barbeque 50kg worth of both Muscle deer meat and Peacock Bull Heart and store the leftover in the freezer. As for the Swift Goose Berries I made a fruit juice out of them by blending all 100kg in one go, simple right. Crystal clear Lychees doesn't really need processing I just eat them like a normal Lychees, it taste pretty good though, sweet and quite juicy. The Calming gold leaves was quite tiresome since I need to steam them first then dry them using my washing machine dryer then dried them out in the sun, it was quite tiring. The whole materials processing took about 1 week to do that and I don't even had time to go out, all I do was eat, drink, exercise, sleep and processing the materials.
On the second week, after I've finished processing all my materials. It's time deal with the Tough Nut, and doing some groceries shopping. I grab my phone and call my friend Ken.
"
"Aiyyyy….looks how call!. Sup Sai?...how ya doing??..". (Ken)
Like always Ken is one of my close friends, like me he was one of my men back in my mafia time. He's a good man but a little loud most of the time.
"I'm good….hey do you still got that hydraulic press at your place?...".
Ken was actually working as a handyman after leaving the mafia; he even got an Engineering degree. He was a hardcore cosplayer and he even said the reasons he got the degree was just to make his cosplay making perfect.
"Oh that?....yeah!…why?..".(Ken)
"Just got some nuts to crack….".
"Nuts?...…suit yourself....come over at 2, I'll be free at that time..".(Ken)
"Okay see you at 2..".
I hang up the phone and headed to my garage, I already put all the nuts in a box. Since it was heavy I need to install the sidecar on my bike, beside I still need to do some groceries later on.
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2:00 pm.
[Vrrrooommmm..]
As I park my bike in Ken garage, he's already there waving his hand at me, still I can see his face kinda look strange when I took off my helmet.
"What?…something on my face?..".
"Sai?....is that you?…. damned you've changed!....did you have a plastic surgery lately?.....you look good man...Man!....your arm!....what kind of protein shake you drink?….".(Ken)
He grab both my arms and started to shake me up, I literally don't know what his talking about though. All I lately was coop up in my house doing practically nothing.
"Stop joking around…did you already start up the machine?…".
"Owh….yeah it's on….wait….I thought you were joking when you said you're gonna crack nuts...but….is this really nuts?... it's more like a ball bearing to me..".(Ken)
Ken took one of the nuts and play with it before throwing them in to the Hydraulic pressure machine. Ignoring his banter I start pouring sacks of the nuts and watch on the side as the Hydraulic pressures do its job.
"It's nuts…...Ken, Clara number you still have it?..".
Clara was one of our close friends, she still in the mafia business, if I not mistaken.
"Hn?...Clara?...yes...but why?...you need guns?....is someone looking for you?…or…..are you?..".(Ken)
He knows I already out from the business, and me looking for her was definitely odd, that's why he made a face when I ask him her number.
"Nah.. I'm not coming back in…it's just I need some guns…I going on a hunting trip…".
"Hunting eh~…sure….....Hnn??...what?....now?..".(Ken)
"Hmm....tell her to bring everything on this list…".
I hand him the list of weapon and groceries I've written before coming here.
"…are you hunting a pack of bears??....hah~….I know.. Don't ask..…wait a minute….let me call her….".(Ken)
Ken rolled his eyes at the list I got him after alternating between my straight face and the list he gave up and pick his phone before walking back outside.
It wasn't a normal request, though but all my friends doesn't really want to pry into my business, they both respected me and fear me at the same time. I rarely ask them any favors but they do owe a lot of favor, as Ken busy shouting at his phone outside, the hydraulic machine already done crushing all 20kg of Tough Nuts.
"…Hmm.…pretty good…if salted, it probably taste even better…".
The nuts was actually pretty good, the inside was crunchy and creamy. The color was white quite similar to groundnut. Since the difference between the shell and the nuts was obvious, it easy to sort it out. I throw away the shell and pick the nuts and store them back into a plastic bag.
"Sai!!...Clara will be here in an hour.. I'm gonna make some coffee….want some?....".(Ken)
Ken holler from outside the garage.
"Sure!!!....".
After stuffing my sidecar with plastic bag full of Tough Nuts, I follow Ken inside his house for a cup of coffee. It's been 7 years since I last saw Ken and the others; of course we got a lot to catch up. As we were deep in our conversation, a Black Humvee and a black van park outside the garage. Both of us get out the kitchen and a beautiful black woman with alluring body line came out from the Humvee, oozing with seductive aura, she walks straight to me and gave me a hug.
"..Clara Nelson…it's been awhile…".
"It's sure is Boss…oppss!...now it's just Sai, right baby~..haha.. Ken, ugh!!..you got fatter….again!.. geez!!..".(Clara Nelson)
After short hug and peck to my cheeks, Clara starts her usual banter with Ken as she lays eyes on him.
"Hey!...this isn't Fat…this right here….is love….you know!!...this is the fruit of my wife undivided love for me..".(Ken)
Ken said as he pat his stomach with pride.
"Yeah right…Sai, I've got all that you want right here..
Clara opens the van back door and shows me what inside it. It's full of firearms that I told her to bring, and all the groceries, not a single thing in that list was missing.
"..Hmm…good it's all there…how much?..".
I fiddle with a SCAR-H that was in the van, it's been a long time since I last hold one.
"8 grand, including the van…just for…MY handsome ex-boss..".(Clara Nelson)
I took out a rolled of cash, and gave it to her.
"..Thanks...here…thanks again Clara..".
"Hehehe…you're welcome boss.. Here's my number…call me again next time okay!..(Chup!)..bye sweetie….Later Ken!!..".(Clara Nelson)
She really does have a sweet spot for me, the amount of thing she brought me usual cost about 10 to 15 thousand dollars, if I'm not careful, I may spark the old passion again, we used to be friends with benefits back in the days.
Clara immediately left as she says that she have more important things to do, although I wasn't planned on buying a van, now that I got one this probably makes thing much easier. I say goodbye to Ken and told the Van driver to follow behind me as I head back home.
"Let's see what we have here..2 SCAR-H, 1 M16….".
While munching on the Tough Nut, I start to count the things that I've just bought. It's took me about 30 minutes for me to check all the things.
"2 FN-SCAR HEAVY, 1 M16, 4 HK P30L, 70 boxes of Ammo, 10 box Grenade, 2 full set of Body armor, 100kg Salt, 100kg Sugar, 10 boxes of medical supplies, 100kg of Flour, 100kg of various spices, 5 boxes of Paper, 2 Drums of Gasoline, 1 set of portable heavy duty solar stations, 10 boxes of military rations….and panties?…'Call me XOXO'…'Clara'…..".
I guess the last part was a tease. I already planned what to do in Fantasma while I was busy a week ago, naturally when people get to go to another world the first thing they think was adventure, romance and become stronger, you know typical plot. But for me, trip to Fantasma was a chance for me to become rich. I gonna use this chance to make more money by trading Earth merchandise with gold from the other side, when I heard that Fantasma was only at the early Medieval age, it means that, Fantasma would only use basic currency in their economy which is gold and silver. So, all I had to do is sell them my wares, get the gold, smelt them and sell them back on Earth. How can I sell the gold?, Easy, I'm Ex-Mafia I know where and how to sell them, in conclusion it's all honest businesses no harm done in the process, and on the side maybe I also can get some of those adventures.
"T.A.S….Are you there?…".
This was actually the first time I ever call T.A.S ever since I came back to Earth.
(Yes Sir, How can I be of help?.).
"..Show my status....I suppose there should be an increased than before..".
{{
Name: Sai Mies
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Race: High Human
Status:
Physical: 5.5 ∆
Intellect: 8.9 ∆
Reflex: 5.6 ∆
Charm: 5.5 ∆
Special Abilities:
World Travel (Lvl. 3)
Mini Map (N/A)
Skills:
Passive:-
Intimidation (Mid)
Martial Arts (High)
Weapon Mastery (High)
Versatile Works (High)
Active:-
Identify (N/A)
Special Traits:
Calm Minded
Limitless physical growth
Modern Man
Perfect Specimen
(Due to high Status Attributes (Charm + Intellect), one has been considered highly attractive and able to influence other to view one positively.)
}}
"…Ahh!!..1kg equal to 0.1 points…well...I don't really plan it this way…is there really any drastic change on my appearance?..".
I don't really feel different than before though, maybe that's why Clara and Ken react that way.
(Yes sir, your body and appearance were significantly increase than before, I suggest checking yourself out at the mirror. )
Intrigued by T.A.S suggestion, I head to the bathroom and check myself out
"HOLYS#$%!!...IS THAT ME?!!..DAAAMMMMNNN!!...what about?!….OHHH YEAHHH!!!…MUSCLE!!!….".
(Yes Sir. That IS you….You're the only one in this house…)
I don't care a single word T.A.S said, I was busy admiring my own reflection. My skin tone, texture changed completely, previously there's a bit wrinkles and blemish but now it's clear, white and porcelain like skin, it's also smooth and tight, my blue eyes became clearer and more striking than before, my nose become tall and sharp the crooked bridge already gone, like it was never there. My lips turned from dark red to glossy red, which very disturbing for me. My black hair even got a strike of silver, adding more color to my cold look. I do admit that I look cold and mysterious, but now that charm became more intensified. Simply said before i only look like a slight good looking with a cold expression, now I look more like a Sep^*#$#h from FF7, to put it simply now I look like a handsome villain.
As for my body, apparently I got taller, the beer belly was gone completely and replaced by rock hard abs, my shoulder and chest became much wider, there's no useless fat anymore the muscles became more define and I can feel every cells in my body become stronger, the ' little me' seems to be upgraded looks like I have to use Magnum XXL from now on. Overall, the changes is very satisfying, looks like I need to do more test on myself later on.
"..I guess I need to do some more shopping today....".
My whole wardrobe needs to change, should I get a new suits?.
Borderline Bandits
"I never thought biology would be this easy…thanks to the 8.9 intellect point, I might even be a genius now…".
The amount of books I've finished for the past 2 days already passed 100 books, and I remember everything in all those books. As for my physical strength, let's just say I already surpassed a normal human capacity, I can fell a 20 meter tall trees with my bare fist, and ran 100 meter under 5 seconds, that fact alone explains how a freak I've become. My world travel abilities were also leveled up to level 3 which enable me to enlarged the radius of the effect area by 24 Meters wide, thanks to that I was able to bring my 2018 F Transit van filled with wares with me. Thankfully the forest I'm in wasn't that dense, so I managed to drive through the forest slowly, also the beast and monsters always tries to stay clear from my path, probably because of the loud exhaust sound I presume.
(Sir, The closes town from here is Town of Merrina and Town of Mekk. )
"Hmm…I can see that..2 towns different nations, Merrina Town belongs to Kingdom of Hallerus and Mekk Town own by Alemia Nation…I'll guess we head for Merrina Town first…then probably Mekk..".
Ever since I kinda 'Leveled Up' my mini Map range has become bigger, right now I can view up to 20 kilometers radius with me as the center. On the map I can see that Merrina Town was at least 2 times bigger than Mekk town, there's probably a bigger market there, heading there is the best way for me now.
It was a sunny day here in Fantasma, there's no problem driving my Van for now, the soil here was pretty hard, also I already changed the tire to off road tires, so everything goes smoothly. It's probably gonna take about 6 hours of driving before I get to Merrina Town, I wasn't in a hurry beside I quite enjoy the scenery. I never get tired of seeing the Beast/Monsters/animals in Fantasma, they were very unique, it's like they comes out of video games. I also have killed my very own Slime, just like what I've expected, they look like a Jell-O always squirming around with their transparent body, kinda cute though.
{[Quest Received!.. Savior of Kind Duke]}
[Duke Merrica Murr is a kind noble who's currently in captive of the vicious Bandit group One Snake, he is in Trouble, save him and Escort him to Merrina Town safely.]
Reward:
Free Passage to Merrina Town, Relationship with Duke Merrica Changed to Friendly, and All service within Duke Merrica Domains will be half price.
Penalty:
Become a main suspect to Duke Merrica death, possibly becoming Kingdom of Hallerus enemy.
[
[{Hidden Quest!…. Kill The Vicious Bandits One Snake}]
[Kill every single member of One Snakes bandit in the Keep, leave none alive]
Reward: All One Snakes Treasures, Fame increase in Hallerus Kingdom and Alemia Kingdom, obtained skill [One Man Team].
Penalty: None.
]
"...….Quest??…why?...".
(Sometimes, certain big real time events will give out a quest, this features were given to you due to your disability to learn magic. This this way you'll be able to earn Skills. In Fantasma Skills is very rare, to obtain it one must born with them or mastering them to the full extent which normally took years...)
".….well, make sense I suppose..…but is magic really is a big deal??..".
I want to ask how, why and by whom those quest were issued, but my guts tell me that T.A.S was either prohibited or don't know the answers to my questions. Either way I don't see any harm in accepting the quest, especially when they give out something valuable for free.
"..One Snakes hideout is...3 kilometers South east...old small Keep on a small hill, one small road directly to the entrance….wow!, these guys was either confident or stupid…although it's pretty far from any town…still selecting a base that stand out in the open…just how vicious are they?…".
As I driving, I study the location of One Snakes base, the place they use for their base were just outrageous for me. It was on top of small hill furthermore a Keep, why not just make a 20 story building and hang a neon board saying "We're Here".
(One Snakes bandit is a very well-known group in the 3 neighboring nations, they known for their ruthlessness and violent act. Constantly raiding villages and Small towns all over the three nations, also they have 100 members with total bounty of 200 Gold coins, quite a feat I must say. I advise you to be extra careful sir…).
Hearing T.A.S explanation, these guys definitely deserve to be cleaned out though. This will makes things easier then, I definitely wont have any guilt killing those guys. Fantasma isn't Earth, the way of doing things here is totally different from Earth, survival of the fittest, the strong rules the weak, Also there is no point of bringing my earthly mentality here. I've killed before, when I was serving in the army and when I become a Mafia, so it wasn't a distant thing for me. Besides the recent increase of my intellect made me mentally strong and it subconsciously changed my way of thinking and act, I've become more subjective towards fulfilling my goals, still I'm not a robot, because I still can feel emotions .
(Sir, we closing in 1 kilometer to go… )
"Understood…right now,…..it's 4:30 pm…let's wait till dark, then we'll start…".
I'm alone, so doing this kind of big operation is suitable at night, for now it's better to make my preparation, I park my van near the edge of the forest and start preparing.
(Sir, I recommend that we attack them head on...with your capability, wiping 50 bandit, who slightly above a normal fighter is an easy feat...)
"….well that's….true?....I guess?....but, that will give out our location and that also will give them an opportunity to retaliate, or a chance to run away….so, going in gun blazing wasn't really effective...what I want is a total wipe out and highest percentage of hostage survival..".
I don't really know if I can get out unscathed if I go head on, taking my status attributes in account, maybe I can, but I can't say the same to the hostages. If I want to do this, I want it to go perfectly; I want to complete both quest.
(This will surely takes time..)
"...of course it will!, good things doesn't comes easy you know...Also why do I feel that your personality kinda getting weird and sarcastic now days?..".
(...….It's just your imagination sir; I'm always like this…..I only states the facts and provide the fastest and effective ways on resolving your problems and request.)
That slight pause is kinda worrying though.
"This sure made me feel nostalgic….We're going to scout the base, ready to take note on everything I said..".
(Yes Sir. )
Wearing a full combat gear definitely gave me flashback to the time when I serve in the army. Back then I serve in a counter terrorist division, I serve for 2 years in the front and behind enemy lines, probably that makes me having a hard time going back into the society and ended up becoming a Mafia. I'm wearing was a fully fitted Combat military outfit black color, the camo color wasn't really fit my taste though. I got FN-SCAR H and SIG SAUER P226 both fitted with suppressor, Combat Machete for close quarter combat, flash bang and grenades. This get up alone was more than enough for me to leveled a building full of terrorist let alone 50 bandit's equip with only swords and arrows.
(Sir, we're 100 meters from the base..).
"Hn.....Take note on the numbers of guards and their locations.. I'm going to circle the base now…".
(Understood)
After taking about 5 minutes of stealthy sneaking, I finally arrived near the small Keep, from a glance it looks like a normal old European small keep, the place was barely standing, I can see that the wall and keep was severely damaged and being repaired by wooden makeshift. The guards was were placed only in 2 place, 2 guards in front of the gates and 2 on top of the wall, on top of the keep there's 4.
"Wow, I wondered how this guys were still alive….".
The amount of complacency and aloofness in this band of bandits made me speechless, without much effort I got closed to the walls and able to peek inside, there's even a hole on the walls that I can even easily fit inside, that's how carefree this guys were. The scenery inside the walls was even more baffling, bunch of bandits happily drank, loudly going around with no care in the world.
On the keep wall, I saw 4 men were hanged by their necks, their body was severely mutilated and some of the bandit was using them as their amusement, throwing weapons and firing arrows at them while laughing their heads off, all 4 of them were wearing knight armor with gryphon insignia on their left chest. On the keep left side, inside a small stables there's a rows of ***** female with different ages stuck on the wooden pillory's, females cries and shouts filled the area as the bandits ruthlessly swinging their hips, like an animals, those females were treated like a soulless meat hole for their lust.
(What an outrageous sight…they sure live up to their Savage reputation..).
"Take note on how many of them…..scene like this is to be expected...after all, this the reality…just because it's a fantasy world, not everything is sweet and bubbly.…".
I leave the Keep wall and retreat back to the forest, about 100 meters near the forest edge with the whole Keep In my sight; patiently I waited for the dark to come.
( Sir....now that you've seen the real side of this world does it bother you?..)
For some reason T.A.S sounds worried.
"Not really…..this kind of shits wasn't a new things to me…back in the front lines, although it wasn't normal, this thing do happen.. I've seen worst, if this degree was able to shake me...then I definitely doesn't deserves all those distinguished medals and becoming one of the deadliest hitman in my Mafia time...".
My mental fortitude was quite high, sometimes I even wondered if I was mentally ill or maybe a psychopath. But still, even though it's messed up, but I know I'm good at this kind of things, even though I don't really enjoyed doing them.
"How many bandits on the ground again?..".
(18..in my calculations, it can increased depends on the situation, the additional numbers should be 1 to 5 man...so it safe to assume that there will be at least 20++ men on the ground..).
"…manageable. As long as the keep door stay closed…i can clear the ground in 2 minutes..".
If the doors was opened its surely will affect my whole plan. Actually it wasn't arrogance when I said I can handle 20++ man by myself, I confident it can be done, with flash bang and my muffled rifle against their swords and careless attitude; it's definitely can be done.
(Sir, it's already passed 0100 am...activity on the keep is slowly going down…I suggest we go in now…).
"Good…stay in alert...notify me ONLY on vital and urgent matters....".
(Understood Sir.. Activating surveillance mode, entering Battle assist mode…)
"[KACHAK ]…It's time to cleanse the world of this sinful men, and I shall be the purger…".
(....you know that I can hear that right sir…we both know that all you want is the reward right..).
"...Can you PLEASE not ruin this for me?.…either way, this is considered to be a rightful things to do you know…the reward was just happened to be there…it's not like I was blinded by it…".
(......…..I see....).
"..ugh.....you know what…hah~…....nevermind…".
What an annoying A.I I have, feeling pissed, silently I approached the sinful keep once again, this time I meant business.
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