NOVEL WEB Chapter 9: The Forgetting of the Past.
A few days later, a messenger of Korpa arrived in the ruined city, along with an army.
We were soon ordered to help out a kingdom, whom is currently being ravaged by the demons. All those who are still alive are the soldiers of both sides.
Looks like the world acquired a permanent gloomy mood. The weather constantly became terrible, filled with storms and natural disasters, is something else happening?
"I got a bucket of fish back in my home. Isn't that cool?"
"Well. I have a guitar right now. Nothing can compare to that!"
The group chatters as we walk between the mountains, our current mission was to destroy one of the bases belonging to the demons. "Zxanthryya". A stronghold mainly used for holding significant artifacts and sending out supplies for the military. Located in the mountains, it is our main target.
"The sun has gone... Is your weapon even going to be of use anymore?"
Den says. Sunlight really has become lesser than before, the effectiveness of Divine Intervention is also reduced.
As we walk towards the front gates of Zxanthryya, a demon also approaches us. Is that one of their commanders?
"We come in peace. I think."
"Move out of the way or die."
"Kukuku..! You think you can handle us all at once?"
The stronghold was surrounded by a strong magical barrier, there was no way to break in without being noticed. So we just decided to attack through the front gates instead.
"Sniper Imitation."
BANG
The demon falls. Was that a weak one? Or were they actually just trying to communicate with us? Either way, we only came here to destroy them.
We stood in front of their gates, the guards are nowhere to be seen. Something is off, but we still proceeded to break through.
CRASH
I cast [Devastate], allowing our entry. A massive crowd of demons waited for us. But they won't be a problem, they're all medium-levelled monsters, Crowler can take them out.
One of their commanders step forward, preparing for a fight.
"Humans- no. Hero... What might be your intentions for attacking a non-combatant unit? We're all here for resupplying, not for fighting. How unchivalrous."
Is that all they'll say? I mean... That is true. We're not here to fight, really... We're all here just to massacre them...
Den makes his response, as our leader, and as our representative.
"Sorry but. We're heroes of mankind. Not soldiers, not knights. We're saviors of our species."
"I could say that too... Well then. I suppose we can't just die without-"
Before he could continue talking, Crowler dashes forward, ending him instantly. The rest of the demons attack, but the power difference is too incomparable.
"Raaahhh!! This is for-"
"How dare you!!"
"Attackk!! We won't let you win!!"
They all charge at him, but die within a single swing from Crowler's massive sword. This kind of feels depressing.
"Man... I kind of feel bad..."
"Don't worry, Lare. For now, support him with any support magic spell. You too, Liand."
Crowler continues mowing down the enemies, aided by Lare and Liand. Rayan suddenly charges forward.
"Hey! Where are you-"
"I'm helping! Of course!"
Well. I guess I should help too. I can't just let them take all the targets.
"Machine gun Imitation."
The demons are helpless, as we tear them all down without effort.
"Come to think of it, Vixen. This is the first time I've heard you speak. Even if it's for using magic."
Oh yeah, my voice came back, did my power get reduced? Or is it because Divine Intervention has become less powerful due to the sunlight being blocked?
"You're right- cough cough!!"
"Huh? What's wrong? Don't try to speak if you still have the curse!"
Well. It looks like my voice still doesn't work that well. I guess I'll continue staying silent, or else my throat will hurt again.
We continued fighting for a while. Eventually, we won. The demons laid lifeless on the ground, as we stand on top, victorious.
"Woohoo!! Finally! My first win!"
"It's ours, idiot!"
"Hahahah! I've done the most work here! You are all useless!"
"Don't say that, we all did our roles."
"Vixen! You have to let me borrow that- uhh... Right! That eagle weapon sometimes!"
Is she talking about Deagle? Well, I suppose I could let her borrow it, I can find it, or fix it easily, and ammo won't be a problem.
"Sure."
"Oh. You talked again! Man! I thought you were mute!"
I let Rayan borrow Deagle for a while.
Later, we headed back to the Holy Kingdom of Korpa again. Finally! I can rest after all these time roaming around in the wilderness!
It's been a year now since I've joined the Hero's Party. We were all sitting around in Korpa as the continent has been cleared of demons. Our next job was to go into another land, far away, and defeat the demons there.
We were now going to leave Korpa and get put into new hands by another Holy Kingdom in the other continent. A new group was waiting for us as well. However, there was one huge problem. Frelhr and the others were going to stay here. I sent one last message to them, before getting on the boats.
"Yawnn... I do hope we get more strong members. You guys here are too weak. Why did Den choose y'all."
Says Rayan as we wait onboard.
The birds flew above us, massive waves of water hit the boat, shaking it slightly. We were on the middle of the ocean, heading towards the other continent.
"Listen up you guys! There will be less fishes later, get some now or we starve to death!"
"Right! Lare! Let's gooo!!"
"Yeahh!"
Ahh... My head... It hurts... I'm feeling sick... It's the first time I've been on a boat after all...
"I have some medicine if you want..."
I'm gonna barf- oh... Thanks a lot Rayan- wait. You're not Rayan..! Who is this woman?! I thought we were the only ones here?!
"Hehehe..! It's me! Keasius! The tale of the great white!"
The tale of the great- what does she want..?! I need to find someone... Gah... My head..!
Lare and Liand are out in the waters, and Den is up in the sails, what's he doing? Where are the others?!
"Hihihi... Don't worry, Vixen! I'm an agent!"
Agent..? What's she talking about- ku-! I'm about to vomit!!
"Here! Take this medicine!"
I have no choice..! I'll eat the medicine..! K- oh... Wow it did work.
"See..! I'm not an enemy, you know..? Nor am I an ally!"
"W-who... Are you..!?"
I try to speak the best I can. This is the last words I can speak for today, one more word and my throat will hurt. My Deagle is still with Rayan so the curse isn't that bad right now.
"Hah?! Didn't I tell you?! I'm Keasius! The tale of the Great White! I'm an agent!"
What is she talking about? Is she a shark? Isn't there a shark called the Great White? Why is that name here?! It's supposed to be only in earth..!
"I've come to help you..! But don't misunderstand, I'm not an ally, though, I'm also not a foe..!"
Hm? If she's neither ally, or foe, then that must mean that she's... She's an agent of Lazarus-Delta-Aquamarine-Alice!?
"I may be the upholder of order. But I'm not of Lazarus-Delta-Aquamarine-Alice, okay?!"
Huh? What does that even mean?
"Fufu..! Come with me! For I shall bestow you my plans..! Boss told me that we needed you in order for the plan to happen!"
Boss? Anyways, I guess I'll follow her for now.
She leads me inside the boat, it's a large vehicle so there's obviously space inside. Also, where was she even hiding here? And since when?
"I'm the Tale of the Great White..! You may call me that! For the great white... will always be the greatest white..!"
What..? She suddenly sat down on a chair, taking out a newspaper.
"You mustn't worry, Vixen..! But the holy kingdoms are against you... They may not attack now but be wary! Another agent is in there, you may know him as the Sundown Lighter. He's part of a resistance group against the Demons. He'll be one of your allies for fighting against the Holy Kingdoms as well!"
She shows me the newspaper. Oh my! What has happened..! It reads:
"Terui taken under Demons, is this the fall of humanity?"
Below, it talks about how the demons sent one man to destroy 30 human kingdoms. How did the demons manage to take an entire continent?! I'm pretty sure that this didn't even happen before we got on the boat... If we've been here for about 20 days now... Then does that mean that the Demons took over the continent in only 20 days?!
"Vixen... I know what you've done..."
Huh?! I didn't do anything about this!
"The superweapon... That you're making..?"
Oh... That?
"You must use it as soon as possible. And shoot it at the Demon Lord's Castle. I'd love to help you... but I don't know where it is though... May you please tell me?"
Hmmm... I can't trust her that quickly. Also, How does she even know about the Magical Electromagnetic Superweapons Project?!
"Hihihihi..! Vixen. I can read your mind as well..! Thank you very much-"
I guess I'll just cast [Blood Banishment] then-
"HOLD ON!!! I'M JOKING!!!"
I can't just let someone who can read my mind go, except for Frelhr, and my allies.
"Huhuhuhu...!! How about this..!? I can be your ally for now..?! Believe it or not... But the Tale of the Great White is NOT a fighter!"
What even is this "Tale of the Great White" that you keep talking about?
"Keasius is a God but the Tale of the Great White isn't..! Does that make sense?!"
No.
"In short... I have to switch my body into the Tale of the Great White... Basically, I'm collecting power for Keasius in this form. But I can't really do much, really... The more who knows, or believes that the Tale of the Great White is true, the more powerful Keasius is!"
Hmm... I see... That's pretty simple for something so complicated...
"It's not complicated actually..! I'm just in collecting form, and not in my God form!"
Alright. So? Why, and what are you doing here?
"How many times must I tell you?! I've come here as the Tale of the Great White! And I'm here to speak upon you our plans!"
Plans? Oh right...
"Ahem ahem..! Now to what I was saying, we need you to shoot your superweapon into the demon lord's castle! Then, will this apocalypse stop!"
That's what we're already trying to do. The shortest amount of time that we can create the weapon would be... 8 years. And for Sting and Manta to achieve 10% of E.M Magic's full potential, it would take 20 years.
"Kukuku..! If only I knew where your superweapon is... Then I'd be able to at least... Uhh... Shorten the overall time to just 10 years! Yes, we'll make the weapon, and train the electromagnetic magic users to 10% of their full potential, all in just 10 years! How's that sound? Hmm?!
I sigh... There's no way that you-
"Oh, there is a way."
Huh?! What?! Impossible..!
"There's a fellow that you need to meet. Ms. Salmon Shark. She has the basic ability of Temporal Shortening. Basically, she can alter time and space, though, she hasn't mastered it, she will still be useful."
Salmon Shark?! I'm pretty sure I've heard it before... I think-... Oh right, Frelhr told me about a Salmon Shark. Uhh... Who was it again..?
"Ruthenoceras Ptychodus. She's from the same continent you've just left. Though, she's probably dead by now. But not to worry, we can still meet her, and talk to her."
What? How? How does that even work? Is she undead?
"No. Hah... How stupid can you be, Vixen? I'm sure you've heard of it before. Temporal Shortening is basically just stopping time. Before she died, she stopped time and trapped herself inside the Temporal Spatial Pyramids. It is located at the center of this planet. At the core..."
Core? Oh, the Great Catastrophe's main event! Rabbit has told me about it before. Let's see let's see... I need to search in my brain for a bit...
"The Great Catastrophe. It is an event, an era where all fought to become the greatest. During that time, a dragon and a demon god fought against each other. Eventually, their fight led to a series of calamities. A massive hole in this world was formed, reaching down to the center. The center, the core."
I remember now. The hole later became known as the "God's Wrath", a massive hole which reaches down to the planet's core. And of course, many people, animals, and creatures arrived around the hole, creating their homes and settlements. It's one of the most dangerous places in this planet right now.
So... What did you mean by the Temporal Spatial Pyramids in the core?
"Did you listen with your ears closed?! Hah... I guess I'll have to explain it to you then... Back in the-"
RUMBLE
Huh? What now? Is the boat shaking?
"Oh no... I've run out of time..! Guess we'll have to meet again, back on land! All you need to know for now is that you should find Sundown Lighter, and the Temporal Spatial Pyramids. Also don't forget to believe in the Tale of the Great White!!!"
Then, she disappeared in the blink of an eye. Was that teleportation magic?
Suddenly, the boat shakes again. I head outside and realize that it's raining. Liand and Lare are getting out of the waters, while Den tries to get back on the floor.
"H-help..!! Khaaa-..!! Someone!- I'm gonna fall into the water!"
"Hey..!! I can't even stand properly!!"
"I'm gonna fall!! Help me!!"
I sigh... Is this really the hero's team..? Later, everyone got back into the boat. A massive storm has hit us, water levels have become dangerous, it's almost impossible not to fall into the water now.
"K-khhh... How cold... Maybe we should just burn this entire boat down for warmth..!!"
Liand says as he continues shivering under a blanket. As the boat's surface has become too slippery, both Liand and Lare fell into the water just right after getting out, good thing that Crowler managed to get them back though.
"Is this all the fish you've got?! I would've gotten more in my sleep!"
"Good to be you, Rayan... You were just born with superhuman strength..!"
"Time to sleep guys. The water will begin slipping through the roof, if you can't sleep from that, better sleep now."
"How's that any better..?! Now I can't even sleep anymore!"
Soon, we all fell asleep. The boat continued moving until we reached the dock. The gloomy weather also reached this continent somehow.
"Hah..! Fresh air finally!"
"Whoa..!! It's the first time I've gotten to another continent!"
"Heh. I've walked around the world 2 times now."
As we step out, the soldiers of "Asanrak" greeted us, they're the same soldiers of the Holy Kingdom that we're going to take orders from now.
Their commander walks up to us. It's "Reo Luck", the 5th commander of Asanrak's Holy Knights Group.
"We've been expecting you, Heroes. Come, follow us, for we will guide you to the base. There, we will talk about your mission."
"Mission already?! We've just arrived here!"
"We arrived here for the mission, don't forget. Follow him."
We follow Reo, he leads us to the military camps. The city near the dock is already ruined, there are obvious fortifications and barricades everywhere. Looks like this place has been destroyed far worse than I had imagined.
As we enter the camp, a man standing on a raised platform begins his speech in front of a massive crowd of soldiers.
We stop right next to the raised platform as the man clears his throat before speaking.
"Good morning everyone. To make it short, the Eleantad Empire has declared war on us. They have sided with the demons as well, our troops won't be enough obviously. Even with the help of Atton and Fond, we won't be able to take them down. That's why! These people have come from the Holy Kingdom of Korpa! From the other side of the ocean! They are ones blessed by the Gods! Sent to us with one reason! To deliver judgement on these fools! Our fellow humans have betrayed us in this war, in return for land and what?!! Those blinded will become nonexistent with the wrath of God!!! For today! We will crush them fools! And rise! For the fate of mankind rests on our hands!!"
"Rahhhh!!!"
"Yeahhh!!"
The crowd cheers on.
That was short? And are we going to war with humans now..? How great. Humans really are... Unexpected.