...
Far away from our area, I activated my spatial awareness skill as I walked with caution
Since Mashiro and Lura aren't by my side right now, I have to be careful for any situations that may arise
Still...
"..."
One...two...three...
...
Every step that I take, gives me no worries at all, almost as if I was just overthinking about everything
"*Sigh*...I'm probably too paranoid"
Of course there's no doubt that I can't be killed by the creatures in Myriad Forest, but the chances are never zero...
...or at least that's what I learned from a friend who's enthusiastic about gacha games...
As I scanned the area one more time for nearby enemies...nothing was found
"...Guess its safe for now"
I said to myself, deeply breathing once more
"Still...I didn't know there are far more herbs farther in this area...not to mention..."
...Those creatures...
Near the bountiful amount of herbs, a swarm of flying creatures I've never seen before swarms it
From the looks of it, they resemble the bees, the only noticeable difference is that these types of bees don't have stingers on their tails, but instead a rge hole on them
Nevertheless, I don't know how much of a threat nor what they're able to do, that's why I stayed away from their radar
"With those numbers, I'd probably be dead even if I can defend myself against a few of them"
So I went to somewhere where there's herbs, but no signs of them
"...?"
When I was half near through the herbs, the herbs changed colours from green to yellow
"Does it mean something...?"
On instinct, I moved away from it, the herbs then changed colours from yellow to green
"..."
...If only Lura or Mashiro was here, they would probably know what's going on...
If you're wondering where they are right now, well to summarize things up, both of them are at Sol Empire's temporary base, training the soldiers remaining in Hikari's request
Since other adventurers of theirs had left, their security had even more holes than before, making their remaining soldiers had to stand by and guard each borders with minimum rest and repcements
Hikari was worried that anytime soon, 'that' enemy might come and end them for good, hence why he thought of that arrangement. I asked him if the soldiers agreed to it first, but surprisingly, the soldiers were the ones who came up with that idea and brought it up to Hikari
There was no reason for me to refuse, that's why I asked Lura and Mashiro if they can lend their power to help them
"If that's what Master wants, then I'll have to oblige"
"If Rui sama accepts it, then so am I!"
Then the next day after, they started to help them train
"And that left me alone in our area..."
I don't mind the lone atmosphere since I've been there before I met Mashiro and Lura...
...but...
"For some reason...it feels different now"
...
A lot has happened...huh?
...Getting isekai'd, meeting Master Shin, training under him, cshed against him, cshed with him on Rare Crimson Moon, leaving me the area under my care, meeting Mashiro, Mashiro training under me, meeting Lura, fighting the intruders of Waterfall of Dreams, fighting Hikari and the others...
...and now, being friends with them and under a diplomatic retions...
"Seriously...a lot of things happened...a lot more than what happened to me in my old life..."
...
...Mai...I wonder what you're doing right now?
...
Not to mention, the skills that I gained...
Passives:
[Cold Immunity] | [Earth Mastery - Max] | [Elemental Merging] | [Elemental Shifting] | [Fire Mastery- Max] | [Mana - I] | [Mental Pain Immunity] | [Natural Element Mastery] | [Quick Witted] | [Simultaneous Chanting] | [Spatial Awareness] | [Stamina - Max] | [Swordsmanship - Max] | [Water Mastery - Max] | [Wind Mastery - Max]
Unique Skills:
[Fatality] | [Time Gate] | [Time Manipution] | [Transference]
Common Skills:
[Barrier] | [Fsh Step] | [Ice Manipution] | [Steam Bomb]
(All avaible skills description can be read in the glossary tab :D )
Is what I would say...kinda broken?
...
Then again...Lura and Mashiro are, from what I've seen, are stronger than me
But they kept always say that I'm far stronger than them...
"*Sigh*...if that's true, then how come Hikari asked you two personally to train their soldiers?"
To be honest, I wanna join in too...
"..."
They're doing something far more important and I'm out here trying to figure out why's the herb changing colours whenever I try to get close to it
Yet then again, if I just stay all day at home, I would probably spend training again with no skills to improve of
and its not like any enemy can detect our home, Lura's barrier is stronger than it was st time, so there's no point for me to patrol around the area...
I looked at the herbs once again
"..."
Its probably nothing if I walk through it...
I said, slowly walking towards the herbs...
...
Then as I got close enough, the herbs started to change colours from yellow to red
"...?"
Suddenly, my spatial awareness caught a swarm of bee looking creatures coming at my way
"! Crap! Was this the herbs' doing?!"
I quickly ran away from the scene before the bees catch up to me
As I Fshed Step, I immediately saw a cave
"!"
Seeing as the next area I'm about to ran into are another patches of herbs, I instinctively went inside the cave
...
I kept quiet, hearing the bees passing by after the cave
...
"Are they gone...?"
I looked outside, to see no signs of bees nearby. I checked the area with Spatial Awareness skill once more
"...Good...they're gone...but how come they didn't went inside this cave?"
Especially, this well-lit of a cave should catch their attention...
...wait...
"A well-lit cave...?"
To my surprise, there was a cave in Myriad Forest that was brimming with colourful ores
"What is this pce...? How come there's so much ore in here?"
It makes no sense especially the entrance to the cave is rge
The deeper I go into the cave, more and more ores appear. If a miner had seen this cave, I bet they would be on cloud nine right now seeing this...
...
After a few more steps, my feet had stumble upon a blue ore, I then picked it up
"...?"
I then felt a mana flow within the ore, although it was weak and only has a parallel line of mana flow, this ore made me felt a sudden burst of energy
"Are all ores like this...?"
The ones I used to forge my sword were just ordinary stones that were hardened and maniputed properties thanks to my Natural Element Mastery Passive, but if I were to use this kind of ore into my sword...would it have an effect...?
"Or rather...where do they use these kinds of ores...?"
As I looked around the cave, each one of them radiate a different glow and colour from one another
Not to mention, its surprising to see that there's no creatures residing inside the cave. No matter how many times I used my Spatial Awareness skill, there's nothing around the area
"Its not like my skill has a chance to fail as well...does this mean that the cave is completely uninhabited and no one has ever went in here?"
Doubt written on my face as I search thoroughly from the rocks...
...until something caught my eye
"...?"
A rock, or rather, a small boulder, was emitting light, but no colour other than its original colour can be seen
I looked around to see if there are simir boulders that are doing the same...
"Some of them are...but most of them aren't...what makes it different from the other boulders...?"
Why does the other boulders emitting light, but the others aren't?
is it a natural thing? Or is it something entirely?
I then put my hand on one of the emitting borders and one of the normal ones
"..."
"Sure enough, the difference between the two is like night and day"
There was a mana flow in the emitting border while the other border had nothing on it
What was more intriguing was-
"...?"
-There was a flow line, seemingly leading to the source of mana flow
"Is this the reason why these ores showed up? Slowly turning these rocks into it?"
If it is...then its likely that someone is supplying mana into it...
...but my Spatial Awareness skill caught no one when I scanned the area...
"So its probably not 'Someone', but rather, 'Something'..."
I wasted no time and went ahead to where the source of the mana flow is...
...
...
...
Eventually...the mana flow led me to the deepest area of the cave
"...?!"
And in the deepest area of the cave, was something that I never knew I would see not only in isekai animes, but with my own two eyes...
...
Start of Volume 3
