Summon

I've been floating in this endless sea of darkness for God knows how long. I've lost count of time and my sense of self. Suddenly I see something, a blue aura glowing in the far away Horizon as if I am witnessing a rising sun from an endless dark sea. I can feel that the light isn't that strong but after staying in this darkness for ages, my eyes have become very sensitive to light and it almost feels like someone just turned on a flashlight right at my eyes. I felt a little annoyed but also a little hopeful that something might happen in this eventless life of mine. [[I reached out towards the aura->Optimist]] [[I ignored the aura and instead closed my eyes->Pessimist]]

Even though I closed my Eyes the flash pierced my eyelids and then I heard..... (text-style:"bold","smear","condense","fade-in-out")[Enforcer No. 37 ... Prepare for deployment.] With those words I could see the body the words came from. A glowing sphere blue almost like how the earth looks. It was absolutely dense with mana, so much so that it gave me goosebumps. Wait, Mana?? What am I even talking about? Something must be wrong with me. I realised instantly that the being floating right in front of me is no normal being, if I dare say so a God, no something greater than a God. (text-style:"bold","smear","condense","fade-in-out")[Deployment Location ... Triton, Shore of the Lyndlow River, Capital of the Humans.] Huh? Triton? Lyndlow River? Never heard of those places before. (text-style:"bold","smear","condense","fade-in-out")[Mission ... Resolve the situation regarding the war between the two races, Humans and Elves.] You are kidding right! I have to resolve a war!! I am just some ..! Wait what am I? And more importantly, Who am I?? [[Next Chapter->P-C1-1]]

#Chapter 1: The Beginning (if:(save-game:"Slot A"))[](else: )[ Can't add bookmarks, it seems that cookies have been disabled. Please enable cookies for this site.] I find myself falling endlessly in the clouds. Everything is white around me and I feel a little cold. Strange, at this height I should be suffocating but why am I not? "It's because you don't need to breathe" Huh, I don't need to breathe? But more importantly what was that voice, it almost felt like it came from inside my head. "Because it did come from inside your head, let me introduce myself. I am a sage, an all knowing being, tasked with guiding all the summons who are unfamiliar with this world. You can think of me like a all knowing knowledge base whom you can ask anything." Oh, kinda like a digital assistant. Wait, what's that? "Ho, this is interesting. It seems you still have fragments of the memories of your past life. Your past life must have been really nice that it even left an impression on your soul" My head is spinning. I don't understand absolutely anything but more importantly I can see a forest now. Am I gonna fall in a forest? The velocity I have acquired after falling for so long will kill me. "Don't worry about it. As sturdy as you are, this fall won't leave a scratch on you." Are you insane? I am gonna DIEEEEEEE!!!! [[Continue->O-C1-2]]

The light seemed to come towards me as I stretched my hands and in a blinding flash I heard..... (text-style:"bold","smear","condense","fade-in-out")[Enforcer No. 37 ... Prepare for deployment.] With those words I could see the body the words came from. A glowing sphere blue almost like how the earth looks. It was absolutely dense with mana, so much so that it gave me goosebumps. Wait, Mana?? What am I even saying? Something must be wrong with me. I realised instantly that the being floating right in front of me is no normal being, if I dare say so a God, no something greater than a God. (text-style:"bold","smear","condense","fade-in-out")[Deployment Location ... Elrion, Base of the Yggdrassil Tree, Capital of the Elves.] Elves!? ... Did I just hear that right? What's this Yggdrassil Tree? Isn't it something that existed only in myths? What is going on?? (text-style:"bold","smear","condense","fade-in-out")[Mission ... Resolve the situation regarding the war between the two races, Human and Elves.] You are kidding right! I have to resolve a war!! I am just some ..! Wait, What am I? And more importantly, Who am I?? [[Next Chapter->O-C1-1]]

"THUD!!!", I fell with a loud bang and surprisingly, he was right, it didn't hurt at all. Although I am not so sure about the others. Apparently I fell in the middle of a battle and the shockwave of my fall sent everyone flying. I saw an elf girl looking at me with bewildered eyes with a bow in her hand. She seems rather pretty although she is just a little child, probably 15 years old. She has white hair, that is tied behind her head, and also wearring elven wear which is a little lavish looking. Probably a member of royalty. On closer look I notice that she is unusually white as if she is deficient in melanin and also as a result she has grey eyes, well it's almost close to white. What am I doing? I should probably focus on the other humans who seemed to attack her. (link:"Ask Sage to assess the situation")["Alrighty then give me a sec. Hmm I see. Alright listen up, I am not sure if you are lucky or unlucky but apparently that elf girl is the princess of the elven kingdom. She is on a mission to investigate a nearby village and a cavern. What will you do? I recommend getting on her good side. You should have as many ally as possible. Oh and the humans are from the empire. They were trying to take our little princess her a hostage. Try not to kill them since you may be able to get some valuable information from them"] [[Subdue and tie them up->O-C1-3P]] [[Kill them->O-C1-3G]]

Hmm that's right, there's no point in killing them. I rounded them up and tied them up with vines hanging from the trees in the forest. While I was busy imprisoning them, the little princess was staring at me with curious eyes. "Who are you? You look like a human but you don't feel like one" "That's very perceptive of her", says the ever bikering voice in my head, "As weak as you are right now, there isn't much difference between you and a human, yet she still managed to feel it" I'm not sure if he was trying to insult me (link:"\"Feel?\"")[That's right. I have this strange ability to feel the source of someone's mana and your mana doesn't feel like that of a human nor of a elf or any living being for that matter. What are you? (set: $Seina_Ability to true)] [[Lie->O-C1-3P-L]] [[Truth->O-C1-3P-T]]

Scums who attack defenseless little girls deserve to die, there's no point in showing mercy. "Are you sure about this? Once you do this, there is no turning back" If one needs to bring change and make the world a better place, someone needs to get their hands dirty. "If you say so. Nevertheless I am sure your journey will be entertaining" I steel my mind to ready myself for what I am about to do. I go up to each one of them and crack their skulls by bashing my heels against their heads. In almost no time, they were all dead. I turned around and my eyes met the little princess' who looked at me with horified eyes. "Why did you kill them", she says, "you didn't have to kill them. They were already injured and unable to fight." Ugh.. This is so annoying. I just killed them for her sake and no she is lecturing me. "Say, do you want to die?", I said. That really scared her. "Hey, you do realise that you are releasing an intent killing intent. You are scaring the kid", says the sage. "Um, Thank you for saving my life. I shall take my leave.", saying that she left as quickly as she could. "Why did you even do that?" I want them to hate me but as long as everyone hates me, they will not fight with each other. Instead they will focus on me. "Quite the philosophy you have. Since this is the approach you want to take to resolve this situation I won't stop you. But I must warn you that this won't end well for you." I know, trust me I know [[Next Chapter->G-C2]]

Gotta make up a believable story or else she won't believe me. Let's see, "Ah, Sorry for the late introduction, My name is Emmett Evander and I am a wandering mercenary." "A wandering mercenary, you say? Where did you come from?" "Me, Um.. from the sky I guess", she looked a little annoyed. I guess she didn't take my joke too well. "I meant where were you born? Which country? Which village?" What now? I am not aware of any countries or cities of this world. Hey sage, a little help would be appreciated. "Since you look like a human, you should go with the human kingdom. As for the town, let us go with Cowen City. It's a moderately sized city of the human kingdom" "Cowen City of Human Kingdom" (set: $Seina_Truth to false) "And what exactly are you doing here?" "Um.. Looking for jobs I guess" "Ho, in that case I have a job for you. You are strong, right?" "I guess" "That's great, you see most of my guards have either been killed or fled and I am on a mission to investigate a nearby village. So I would like to hire you. Of course you will be rewarded handsomely. What do you say?" [[Accept->O-C2]] [[Refuse->Bad End 1]]

Let's see, the best way to earn her trust is to be truthful to her. I will tell her everything and hope for the best. But what do I tell her, even I am not sure about my Identity. Maybe he would know, who I am. "So you finally decide to ask huh, took you long enough. You are a spirit, more accurately a Summon. You know how magic users summon familiars to do their bidding, you are something similar but a lot more powerful and sentient. Human spirit summoning is very difficult and also impractical for mages since it requires a huge amount of mana to maintain the existence of strong legendary heroes of the past. Also since Human spirits do not retain their memories, any random swordsman also lose all of their skills after dying. The legendary heroes are strong and retain their ablities since they have mastered their ablities and is now embedded deep within their soul. Kind of like instincts in the summoned beasts, their ablities are very similar to instincts. That is all about summoning spirits. As for you, you are a spirit brought from a different realm from this one. As only external beings can change the destiny of this world, the will of all life has chosen you and 39 others to change the fate of this world. That is all you need to know for now." Well that was long. At least now I know a little more about the situation I am in. Here goes nothing, "Ah, Sorry for the late introduction, My name is Emmett Evander and I am a summoned spirit."(set: $Seina_Truth to true) "Summoned Spirit?!", she says in surprise, "I heard that it is very difficult to perform human summoning. So who is your summoner, he must be someone very strong" "I was summoned by the... will of all life." "Huh... what's that?", she says with a confused look, "Well I am sure master would know, anyway you are really strong, right?" "Umm.. I guess.." "That's great, you see most of my guards have either been killed or fled and I am on a mission to investigate a nearby village. So I would like to hire you, as a mercenary. Of course you will be rewarded handsomely. What do you say?" [[Accept->O-C2]] [[Refuse->Bad End 1]]

#Chapter 2: Demon (if:(save-game:"Slot A"))[](else: )[ Can't add bookmarks, it seems that cookies have been disabled. Please enable cookies for this site.] WIP

#Chapter 2: A Peaceful Village (if:(save-game:"Slot A"))[](else: )[ Can't add bookmarks, it seems that cookies have been disabled. Please enable cookies for this site.] After accepting her proposal, we travelled for a few days to the Lauren Village. The journey was mostly safe with some random wild beasts attacking here and there, which I dispatched with just a single punch. (if:$Seina_Truth is true)["I have never seen a summoned human this strong."](if:$Seina_Truth is false)["There is no way a normal human can do that."], she said sometimes after seeing me fight, "Just who are you?" I replied her with just a smile. Oh and also her name is Seina Elrand, and this mission is special to her since she wants to prove to the Elf King that she is strong and capable. After arriving to the village, the princess was greeted by the village elder. He is a stout old man with a white beard. Oh and did I mention that this is actually a human village inside the elf kingdom. But recently due to the rising tension, things have been a little problematic. I carefully analysed the people around me. It seems that they are surprised by the arrival of the princess, but they should be aware of her arrival. Now this is suspicious. I also felt some gazes at me, some were looking at me with questioning eyes. And there were a minority few who weren't even trying to hide their Hostility for us, as if they are openly challenging us. Oh boy, this is a tough situation. I do not know their reason for hostility. Did the elf kingdom used to mistreat them? Or is there any other reason. Hmm I have way too little information, I have to learn more. The village chief led us to a comfy looking house for us to rest. After resting a little, I decided to make my move. [[Ask Seina about this village->Seina Conv]] [[Go out to investigate->Investigate]]

I refused, although I wonder why. "That's too bad. I am sure you would have been rewarded handsomely. Oh I see, I am sorry, you are a summoned spirit so you don't need wealth. I probably needed to ask the summoner instead of the summon. Still thank you for saving me back then. I shall take my leave now." She left disheartend and worried after saying that. Well nothing can be done now. [[Next Chapter->Bad End 1-2]]

#Final Chapter: The Beginning of a War I wandered around for a few days and asked the sage to guide me to the capital of the Elf Kingdom. On the way I met a human merchant who was coming from the direction of the capital. We had a conversation and from what I heard, apparently the Princess I met a few days ago was killed in the human village where she was sent to interrogate. I felt a little guilty, maybe if I went with her instead she might have been alive. He also advised me to return back from the elf kingdom, the way things are going right now, a war is inevitable, and if a war does start, the humans will be in danger. This is really bad. I made a grave mistake. I have to fix it somehow. "Too bad for you, you can't fix anything anymore. You don't have anymore options or allies left to ask help from. Well, don't be disheartened, after all you only learn from your mistakes right. Go back and try things differently, make different choices and I am sure you will find a way. Don't give up" Go back? How do I do that? "Use the Undo button on the top left corner of the screen to go back a few pages" Undo button? Screen? What is he even talking about? "It's only natural you wouldn't understand, after all I am not talking to you but rather the Reader" Wait what? The Reader? I don't understand a thing! HEY!!! Hmm, he isn't saying anything anymore. I guess this is the end for me, everything is upto the 'Reader' he was talking about --- THE END

#Summon by Blake Smith (text-style:"bold","underline")[Synopsis]: The Human and the Elf Kingdom is at odds with each other. Can you unite these two rival kingdoms and bring peace to the land while fighting against those who seek war. Gather powerful allies and negotiate with the rulers of this word while protecting your ideals or just go on a rampage and overpower your opponents and become the Demon King of the world to avoid wars. You are free to pursue any path, but whichever path you may choose remember that the fate of the world rests in your hand, summoned hero. (text-style:"bold","underline")[Reader's Instructions]: The whole story is segmented into chapters and arcs. The book remembers the chapter you were on and start from there. (cycling-link:"Blue Texts","Clickable Link") are links. White Texts are passages. You can also go back and forth in pages using the left toolbar. I hope you enjoy the story. [[Start Reading->Introduction]] (if:(saved-games: ) contains "Slot A")[(link:"Continue")[(load-game:"Slot A")]]

Lets start with the basics. "Hey Princess, Tell me more about this village" "What do you wish to know?" "You know how wierd it is that there is a human village in the elf kingdom, Lets start from there" (if:$Seina_Truth is true)["Since you are a summoned spirit, it's natural you wouldn't know.](if:$Seina_Truth is false)["What? You are a wandering mercenary and you don't even know this. You know, you are getting more and more suspicious.] Very well then listen carefully, This village was actually a initiative by my late grandfather and the former king His Highness Aragon Elrand to improve the relations between the two races, by creating a city where both races can live together in harmony. But the elves didn't take it very well and no one was willing to live here. Later some humans did come but they were very few who were mostly starving farmers and artisans who had been exploited by their landlords. The population was too low to even call it a city and thus it became the village where humans lived" "That's... sad. Say, were the people of this village ever mistreated" "Hmm, I don't think so. This village was the previous king's dream after all, so even if it was a failure, I don't think father would tolerate anyone interfering in this village" Well, that's that. Although I should probably take her words with a grain of salt. After all she is just a pampered princess. It's unlikely she would know much. She is staring at me while pouting, "You just doubted me, didn't you" "Umm.. Did I" "You jerk, you are the same as everyone. Go away" Whoah, the princess is pissed. I should probably leave. [[Investigate the village->Investigate]]

After leaving our assigned resting house, I decided the best place to collect information is the, you guessed it, pub. It's night time at the moment, which means the pub must be quite busy right now. Let's see, after entering the pub, I saw a great deal of people gathered there, although the environment seems really tense at the moment. "One Mug Ale please", I said going up at the counter. "Coming right up", says the young lady who is also the hostess. I sensed some weary eyes on me. It seems that after I entered though I have garnered everyone's attention. "Young lads these days sure are pretty strong, huh?", says an old man. "Well, it is my job to be strong after all, I am a mercenary" "A mercenary, huh. That's a relief" Everyone seems a little less tense now on hearing that. Oh and everyone is pretending that they are ignoring us but actually they are listening rather intently. "You were employed by the princess, right?" "Yes, of course, or else I wouldn't be following her around like that." "Of course, Of course." "Say, I was wondering something. I couldn't help but notice, you don't really like the elves, do you?" Oh crap, I shouldn't have been so blunt. Everyone in this pub has gone silent after hearing that. "Um.. Well..", the old man was stuttering. "That's enough", says a rather buffed 30 year old looking man, "Let me talk to him." "Why you ask, isn't it obvious?", he says, "The elves hate humans and a war is about to break out. And the princess comes with her guards to occupy the village." Oh boy, this is bad. Her coming here to investigate wasn't taken very well to the people. Wrong place, wrong time. "What made you think that she came to occupy your village? Don't you think it would have been more practical for her to bring soldiers rather than just some random Human Mercenary" Lied there a little, let's hope that everyone thinks I am a human. "Well, he did say that she will be bringing soldiers" "He? Who is he?" They remained silent, looks like I am onto something [[Pressure->Investigate-P]] [[Cooperate->Investigate-I]]

"So, who is 'He'?" "Why should we tell you anything outsider?" "Oh you better", I said while walking towards the front gate, "Or else no one's leaving the pub, my friend." "You bastard, you think you can threaten us? Can you even handle all of us if we throw ourselves at you?" "Yes, I do believe I can. I can even destroy ths pub if I feel like it." "You think you can talk big here, you dog, I will teach you a lesson", saying that he readied his fists to attack me. He came running towards me with his fists forward and hit me on my chest with all the force he could, as well as using his own body weight to increase his momentum. Any normal human would have been knocked back a little, they might even have a few broken ribs. But I am not human, nor am I normal. So even after taking his punch, I didn't even budge. Instead I grabed his wrists and flicked him onto one of the tables. The table shattered into a million pieces due to the impact of his falling body. I hope the wooden splinters didn't stab him. Seeing this, everyone is startled and then a liitle scared. "So he was right", some said, "She brought this insanely strong guy to destroy our village." Uh oh I hope I didn't agravate the situation further. Well nothing can be done now, "You see, fighting me is hopeless, give in already and tell me who is 'He'." "Fine we will tell you, just let us go", said the old man I talked to earlier, "The one you are looking for is in the house down the streets to the left side. Go there and you will find him." Well that was rather nice of him, he didn't tell me his name but directly told me his house. Very well then, I shall take my leave. [[Go to given Address->Hideout]] [[Return to lodging->Showdown]]

"So, who is 'He'?" "Why should we tell anything to you outsider?" "Why not, after all I am a human like all of you are, and it's not like I am especially fond of elves either" If I want to find anything out, looks like I have to deceive them. Earn their trust, act like I am helping them and finally throw a wrench in their plans from the inside. Thank God I look like a human. "If you aren't fond of elves then why are you helping them?" "I think you are forgetting something, I am a mercenary, so I have to help someone as long as they are paying me. And also I am rather strong and well known, so when the king wishes to hire you do you expect me to refuse him?" "Hmm.. well.." They don't look very convinced. I have to push a little harder. "So this 'He' must be your leader, maybe I should offer him my help. It's not like I can't make two contracts at once right" I gave him a smile. He smiled back. "You are one sly bastard, I like you kinda" "Well this is also beneficial to me too, since I can make a few extra bucks" "Very well then, we would appreciate your assistance to our cause. Oh and you can find him in the house down the streets to the left side." "Thanks I look forward to looking with you" "Likewise" Oh I very much look forward to see the kind of expression you would make when you realise I tricked you, numbskulls. [[Go to given Address->Hideout]] [[Return to lodging->Showdown]]

A gloomy house, although abandoned. This is the house on the address that was given to me. No soul lives here anymore, did they perhaps give me the wrong address and lied to me. Nah can't be. I should properly look around a little. Maybe they left something behind. (link:"Check the drawers")[Hmm, nothing special here, just a few random stuffs. What's this? A piece root of a tree huh. I wonder what is this doing here. "That's a medicinal ingredient, a very rare one at that. A piece of root of the Yggdrassil tree. Not many people has access to one of those. I am rather curious of their Identity", says the sage. More surprisingly, why did they leave something so valuable here. I wonder. Perhaps I should look a little more.(set: $Has_Root to true)] (link:"Check the table")[Few leftover bones of meat. Eaten very recently. I suppose they left soon.] (link:"Check the window")[Nice view gotta say. I can see the fields outside and the forest further beyond. Huh, what's this. A crumpled piece of paper, lying below the window. I wonder what's written here, well only one way to find out. I straightend the piece of paper to read it. Oh it seems like I can't read. Well that's a bummer. Wait a minute, he can help right? Hey, you listening? Read it for me will you. "Very well then you illiterate man. I shall read it out for you." The letter says, "The princess is on the way to Lauren Village. The assassins sent after her seems to have been captured. This complicates things further. Finish her today, we can't let the mission drag on any longer. We are the lord's sword. It is our duty to carry out his will. Do not fail." That's the letter. And it arrived today. And they aren't here right now. Which means... Shit. [[Gotta Run->Showdown]]]

(if:(history: where it is "Hideout")'s length >= 1)[I rushed towards the lodging area as fast as I could. Oh god, I hope I am not too late.] After reaching the entrance, I heard a loud bang inside. I opened the door to see a bunch of angry mobs holding any random weapon they could. Something feels wrong. They don't seem to be in their right mind, it's as if they are under hypnosis. "THUD", a man came rolling down the stairs. "What do you think you men are doing? Do you understand the consequences of attacking a member of the royal family?", says Seina. "Grrhh", the crowd responded. It seems she is holding her own quite well. The stairway is narrow, so she is defending the path with her bow. I went in and attracted some of their attention towards me. Since I carry no weapons, I guess I have no choice but to use my fists. I knocked out a few while dodging the attacks that they are throwing at me. I am not sure why but it feels very natural, as if I have been doing this for years. I knocked out quite a few of them, but it seems that she is having some trouble. She is getting tired for the continuous fighting. I have to breakthrough and reach her as fast as I can before it is too late. Oh crap, is that the man I saw from earlier in the pub. He is carrying a sword around, it seems he is a swordman. Using a bow to fight against a swordsman is probably a bad idea. As I thought, she couldn't defend against his attack at all. Her bow broke instantly on coming into contact with the sword, although she dodged his swing. I bashed my foot against the floor with all my strength, creating a shockwave. The entire building shook in the impact and everyone fell. I took the opportunity to run up to her, but when I looked up, I saw she has already been stabbed by the sword. Crap this is the end, what now? Is she gonna die. I heard a groan and then a scream followed by an instant wave of enormous amount of mana flooding everywhere. I saw the burst of mana vapourising everything and everyone around us, all while she was scream in a very high pitched voice. What do I do now? It seems even my invincible body is also disintegrating. (if:$Has_Root is true)[Huh, what the, something is moving inside my pockets, no growing. It seems it's the root. It comes bursting out of my pocket. The root is absorbing all of the condensed mana around it and is growing rapidly. Within a few seconds, it turned into a small plant and then into a small tree, swinging it's still growing branches all around it. One of those rogue branches fortunately hit Seina hard on her forehead, instantly knocking her out. The storm suddenly stopped, as if I reached the eye of a hurricane. The building is collapsing all around me. I quickly grabbed Seina and jumped through a wall that was breaking down. I quickly leapt over the rooftops of the surrounding buildings, until I felt that I am in a safe enough distance. Seina is still unconscious while I am holding her in my arms. This little kid, she had it rough. Her stab wounds appeared to have completely healed. The building was carried up by the still growing, although now much slower, mini Yggdrassil tree. "You survived that rather surprisingly", said a voice coming from another rooftop behind me. I turned to see who it is and found a blonde young man wearing a waistcoat over a shirt and clean black pants. He looks as if he is a servant of some rich noble house or something. "No human could possibly survive that. And no one can also leap so far and so high like you just did. Tell me mercenary, who are you?" "Not someone deserving your attention", I said sarcastically. "Hmph, you may have been successful this time, but be warned, my lord will always fulfill his objectives. [[Provoke->1st Fight]] [[Ignore->Aftermath]]](else: )[Shit, the building is braking apart. Ugh it hurts, What the? My hands are falling apart. No it's not only my hands but also my whole body is falling apart and in a split second, I was disintegrated into nothingness. I see so this is the end, huh? I guess I have failed. What now?]

"Oh sure, just tell him that he shouldn't be such a coward that he has to hide in his comfy house and make his underlings do his dirty work for him", I said. That seems to have angered him. "You have a rather big mouth, although I wonder, if your prowess holds up to it", saying that, he rushed towards me holding two daggers in both his hand. As soon as he was about to strike, I stopped the tip of one of the dagger with my pinky. "What on earth! What monster are you?", saying that he tried to attack again with his other dagger, this time trying to attack my side, hoping to pierce my lungs. Instead, I grabbed his other hand and threw him after rotating him a full 360 degrees. Surprisingly he landed on his two feet, he is quite well trained. "It seems I underestimated you, mercenary. I must say you have a freakishly inhuman strength. I will remember you", saying that he disappeared into the darkness of the night. [[Continue->Aftermath]]

He left. I guess I should too. I picked Seina up and jumped high into the air. I used mana to propel myself further and I could see the capital. I decided to keep expelling mana to accelerate myself and act like wearing a jetpack. This way I can fly over long distances. I realise I am probably being very wasteful with mana and their are more efficient ways for flying but this will have to do for now. I will probaby reach the capital by daybreak. [[Next Chapter->Elf Castle]]

#Chapter 3: Spirit of Creation (if:(save-game:"Slot A"))[](else: )[ Can't add bookmarks, it seems that cookies have been disabled. Please enable cookies for this site.] WIP

"THUD!!!", I fell with a loud bang and surprisingly, he was right, it didn't hurt at all. I look around myself to find out that I landed in a field in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly I heard a rather loud scream. I walked over towards the source of the distress call, only to find a bunch of bandits attacking a cart. A woman in her mid thirties is the one who gave the distress call. She was holding a child in her arms, while apparently her husband was holding a sword rather awkwardly, trying to protect his family. I commend him for his bravery but you don't have the strength to protect the ones you love. Oh well too bad for you. I was going to leave when I saw him from the other side of the cart, coming like a hero trying to save them. He was a kid around 17 years old probably, wearing a light black armour, with a broad sword in his hands, brandishing it rather proudly. Even with his well built body, that sword has to be very difficult to fight with. "You filthy bandits, you dare to attack innocent civilians who can't fight back, so that you can steal from them and satisfy your insatiable thirst of blood", said the knight in shining armour. That kid, I am gritting my teeth very hard, his hypocrisy is making my blood boil. I absolutely can't stand him. The weak is devoured by the strong, that is the law of nature. Calling it evil and trying to fight against it is just satisfying your own ego. Such naivette proves that he is just delusional and denies reality. "Well of course", says the sage, "He is afterall raised as a sheltered prince of the Human Kingdom. So he is obviously unaware of the hard cold truth of reality." I see, that doesn't matter, he still annoys me to hell. The bandits focussed their attention towards them now since he is a threat that should be eliminated first, unlike that man whom they were only toying with. One of the bandits attacked him with daggers in two hands but he very nimbly sidestepped, dodging their attacks and swing his sword, instantly cutting his two arms. My eyebrows raised on its own. That is some serious skill he has. He must have trained well. Seeing that the other bandits decided to take this seriously. One of the bandits throws some throwing knives at him which he defended by raising his sword. That was an opening. The bandit leader took this opportunity and zapped straight by him. That guy has some insane speed. Now that he is standing right behind the prince, he kicked him really hard, causing the prince to lose his balance and fall, completely defenseless. He unsheathed his small sword and was about to stab him in his tummy. [[Continue->P-C1-3]]

"That's enough, don't you agree", I said as I stopped the sword mid air, by holding its tip with my index finger. "What the! Who are you?" "You don't need to know that. Just know that your existence is a hindrance to me, so please just disappear", saying that, I concentrated a lot of mana at the tip of my finger of the other hand. I lightly tapped his forehead with that finger, and just as I expected, his head exploded from the inside with all the condensed mana suddenly being released inside his head. When the other bandits saw this, they were quite visibly scared and then angry at me for killing their leader. They all came and attacked me all at once. I didn't even bother dodging and guarding myself since all of their attacks bounced right off my skin. Well I do have an invincible body afterall. I grabbed on of their head and smashed it onto another's, instantly killing both of them. I kicked the other two in quick succession and saw that my kick left a hole in both of their stomachs spilling a lot of gut and blood in front of me. I saw the prince was visibly disgusted by this scene and started puking instantly. "I can't believe it. You can't even handle a sight like this and yet you wanted to become a hero.", I said to him. He didn't say a word. [[Next Chapter->P-C2]]

#Chapter 2: Idealist vs Realist (if:(save-game:"Slot A"))[](else: )[ Can't add bookmarks, it seems that cookies have been disabled. Please enable cookies for this site.] He stood up, brushed the dirt of his armour and extended his hand to me. "My name is Clive Falconhart, heir to the Falconhart Royal Family. You have my sincerest thanks for coming to my rescue and saving me." "What's this, weren't you just bickering a minute ago that saving people is the job of hypocrites? Are you a hypocrite, then?", says the sage. No, if you think I saved him purely out of the good of my heart, then you are severely wrong. You just said that he is the prince of the Human Kingdom. So it is pretty obvious that he is useful to my mission. You don't really expect me to stop a war without making any connections, do you? "I see, so you wish to use him as an influence on others to make them change their minds, well I am sorry to say but you are out of luck since he doesn't hold much of an importance in the world of Human Politics." Are you kidding me? The prince is unimportant. Well whatever, I can atleast make some acquaintances through him whom I might be able to influence. "Hmm, it's kinda hard to explain. You will understand when you see it." "Umm, mister?", he looked at me, a little confused as to why I was just standing silently, thinking, "Is there something you wish for? I might not be able to grant it to you, but I will certainly try." [["A reward should suffice"->P-C2-R]] [["Nothing, really. I just did what I should do"->P-C2-L]]

"Reward? Of course, you will have your reward. I may not have it on me right now, but I assure you, my father shall reward you handsomely, I think." "You think?" "Ah, don't worry about it. You WILL have your reward." "Very well then, when and where shall I have it?" "Ah about that, come with me to the Capital. There you shall have it. Oh and also forgive me but I have to make a few stops on the way, in a few towns and villages. If you don't mind you can accompany me or you can go ahead straight for the capital without me and wait there." I should think a little carefully. If I dumped him here and went ahead, then I will reach the capital early, but I will also risk getting himself killed by his stupidity and losing my chance. But if I go with him it will take a long time and will be bothersome as hell. [[Accompany him->P-C2-2]] [[Go ahead alone->P-C2-D]]

"Oh well, that is very humble of you. But still it wouldn't sit right to just repay you with a simple Thank you. You deserve to be rewarded handsomely for your heroic act. Please come with me to the capital. I shall make sure that you are rewarded for your actions." Heroic actions, hmph whatever. I will just let him think whatever he wants about me. It doesn't really matter. My objective still remains the same. "Oh I forgot to mention that I have a few stops to make before reaching the capital. So if you wish, you can go ahead without me, and wait for me at the capital. Or you could come with me and accompany me in my journey, I would really appreciate that. What do you say?" I should think a little carefully. If I dumped him here and went ahead, then I will reach the capital early, but I will also risk getting himself killed by his stupidity and losing my chance. But if I go with him it will take a long time and will be bothersome as hell. [[Accompany him->P-C2-2]] [[Go ahead alone->P-C2-D]]

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"I will go ahead then. I will be waiting for you at the capital." "Oh, alright then. We will be meeting again there then", he said with a bit of a disappointed look in his face. We went in our separate ways. I wonder how will I reach the capital. Hey sage, How do I get to the capital? "From where you are right now, if you jump high enough, you can see the capital, which can be easily indentifiable from the huge castle at the centre." Normaly, It would have been impossible, but now if I reinforce my leg muscles with a lot of mana, the I can jump unbeilivably high. I guess this is what they call physical enhancement. I jumped as high as I could by reinforcing my legs. The ground beneath me cracked under the huge pressure and I jumped. I kept on going higher and higher with no signs of slowing down, until I saw the capital. It was pretty obvious at first sight since no other town was as big as that one. I noted the direction so after landing back on ground. I started leaping like a frog crossing enormous distances. I felt a lot of people looking at me when I passed over them. [[Continue->P-C2-D-2]]

#Final Chapter: Void Soon I landed inside a small town, where I decided to rest a little. My legs are getting tired now. Everyone was staring at me, since a man falling from the sky isn't really something you see always. I thought of renting a room at one of the inns but realised that I didn't have any penny on me. So I intead jumped onto a bell tower and took a nap under the bell. I was sleeping rather peacefully until I heard some screams. At first I paid them no mind, probably just some random crime going down there nothing for me to worry about. But soon the screams intensified, when I felt the urge to teach them a lesson and silence them for the rest of their lessons. That's when I saw it. I couldn't even react, the black sphere, which kept on expanding and engulfing everything in its way, instantly passed over me, making me a part of that expanding void and turned me into nothingness. I am floating in this endless sea of darkness again. Huh, so I am back to where I started, huh. I guess I failed, so this is the end of my journey. Pretty boring. How much pathetic can I be?