Chapter 25: Chapter 25

I waited out what would happen next… but the one who put out that burning body didn't appeared… must be because it's an automatic system to put out fire instead of a person huh…

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Forest of illusions… hmm… as if. This forest is the illusion itself. It's just a plain with super realistic trees that is close to a real tree… but if you focus your eyes real way, you can see a static not visible by a normal person, I mean that stutter is like 1/10000 of a second per second…

… Well…

–... For now…

Our only problem is that the trees suddenly changed positions. It's a really big problem for me, to get here. It's a straight path… to get out of here, is a maze customized by something called an unknown variable.

–Is that another way to say it's been randomized? Well no matter… try to use concentration.

I tried to use concentration as he wished, but it didn't work…

"Nggn…"

My head started to feel painful while I stayed here… tch, this place is stealing my concentration…

I tried to run, but suddenly, vines started to restrain my legs… *sigh*... If that's what you wish… then that's what you get…

I tried to summon Emelas… but I forgot that I needed to feed the ring concentration… Since I have a connection with Angel, I can summon him just fine, but… I don't think I can leave here…

… I can't even fly, I can tell it hazily, but there's a barrier covering this forest to make sure we can't easily escape… I'm starting to realize…

"..."

I calmed myself in this dangerous situation… the only solution is to find a loophole… and fortunately, I have someone for it.

–Y'sure about it? Ya' sure ya don't want to change the plan?

Stop speaking like that. And yes, I'm pretty sure about this.

I summoned Angel and using him… I tried to put concentration into him… even if it failed…

–... [... Well… guess… that maybe, you should try to survive after I use your remaining concentration for this…]

… As I was feeling pain in my head, I looked into Angel… the sword was glowing in a bright manner… it didn't made sense, but I for some reason… tried to say the next words…

"Atleus… at your… service…"

I closed my eyes… and felt like something is wrong… but… I fainted before I knew what's gonna happen next…

(Change pov)

…

–Done and did. Now, all I need to do now is to… hope.

The vines started to slowly put Atleus into the altar… slowly but surely, he will get there.

"... Zzt… tzzt…"

A mechanical voice can be heard that Atleus said… the gloves he was wearing started to have a crest appear in it, but it wasn't completed, at least not yet.

A white Metallic gauntlet started to slowly appear in Atleus' hands, they're appearing slowly, but at a rate visible to normal people's eyes…

–... I will also faint… but that's fine… I can wake up later… zzt.

A metallic voice could be heard, but no one questioned it, as there's noone who is listening to it. Not even Lea, as the barrier is restricting her way to enter this forest.

A white armour, very flashy and futuristic appeared on Atleus… they still were sleeping… boots started to appeared… and lastly, a crown appeared on their head… a white futuristic suit, something that doesn't fit this current time appeared… and Atleus' eyes, opened as their left eye glowed in dark, while their right eye glowed in light.

"Automatic mode. Activate. 30 seconds. Zzt… enough time."

A voice, similar to a machine is heard again as Atleus immediately burned the vines dragging him by shooting them with lasers that appeared behind them in a moment's notice. Their eyes are filled with nothing, but survival, no purpose, just to survive, a mode that shouldn't even be used yet.

Atleus made a sword, similar to Angel appeared on their hand, before throwing it sideways, and it for unknown reasons, started to spin around Atleus and cut the vines that tries to get close to Atleus.

"Zztz. Ttxzt. 20 seconds left."

A voice like that could be heard as Atleus jumped towards the air and used some weird items, to fly and quickly got towards their target.

Atleus stopped while in the air, while summoning Angel, but this time. The sword looked more futuristic, although it didn't really mattered as Atleus just did… a horizontally downwards slash. Making it so that the invisible tree would be damaged… vines quickly appeared before them, but they were burned off by the weird items that proppels people using engines with fire.

Following their slash, they did another slash, this one however is a horizontal slash. Making a cross shape appeared in the air…

"0 seconds left. Turning off Angel mode."

Atleus said while he started to fall… Atleus was in the air while hitting the tree.

*Tzzt… automatic explosives

 would explode."

A voice, similar to a robot, but has this androgynously in it for weird reasons is heard by no one as a Dark cross appeared in the sky, hitting something unknown as this being began to shake, before showing itself… a world tree.

"... Nggn… waking me up… such bastard. I just want to kill her…"

A grumble could be heard as a girl who had natural green colored hair as they grabbed the one who did it as they fell…

"... Hmm… cute… Hehehe…"

She marked their gloves with a glowy crest, akin to a vine. Reasons as to why she did so? Unknown.

"Make sure to call me later. If not, then I will kill you."

She just said as the big tree disappeared. As well as the barrier…

*Fwoosh*

I teleported to the place Atleus fainted.

"... Fainted again… this time, it's not your fault though. I'll let this one slide."

I touched Atleus' arm and I teleported both of us to my lab, in their room. I casually put them in their room while I left.

"... But I guess, it doesn't really matter now, does it Atleus?... Just don't be surprised later if you find out my true name, hehehehehe."

I teleported to my lab and started to continue my time dilated research. Lea here, make sure to say hello to them, for me.

(... Will at least try?...  Changed POV)

"Uggh… good morning…"

(Hello and good morning… although you can't hear our greetings.)

I weakly said to myself while I looked around… this place is… where?

… A Dream? How did I entered one? I didn't slept…

"..."

I looked at the glove on my right hand, there's a glowing vine crest in it… it appears that there is also one on my left glove… tch… What gives?

"Hello there."

An unfamiliar voice is heard by me… a female?

I turned around and saw who it was… someone I don't know. For now, all I can say is that… there's this feeling of familiarity that happened in under 3 hours.

I can't see anything else other than this. Her hair color is natural green, she isn't wearing any clothes, but for some reason, her hair is so long that it blocks her from looking like she's naked…

"... Wear some clothes for now."

I carefully tossed her a hairpin that was on my hair and a dress appeared as she caught it.

"... Please do wear that."

I said while turning around. Hiding the fact that I didn't really do this for moralities sake, but more so for the reason of, just cause.

10 minutes later.

"This dress is too big for me…"

… Well sorry for you looking like a child then.

I walked closer to her and touched the dress she is loosely wearing… and used magic to make it smaller. And after enough adjustments, it fit her just right.

"... Nice… ahem. My name is… Elthium…"

… I'm gonna ask why that is similar to Elth.

"Elth?... Don't mind me. Anyway, what to do? Someone named Elthium entered my dream, now I can't escape. Do I have to die this place?

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I intentionally said while summoning a normal wooden sword.

"Wait! If you die, then I will die too… it's the contract. The one in your palm…"

I made both of my gloves invisible… my hand is glowing with a vine pattern? I thought it was the gloves…

I glared at her while imagining that a strange object appeared in front of me… this is… hazy memories, but something I used? This place is both a dream and a subspace. Since this is a dream, I can basically cheat, huh.

"..."

It connected to me invisibly by mana… I see…

I summoned 5 more of them and they all naturally connected to my back using mana… they aren't touching my body. they can affect me, but touching them doesn't affect me. So it's just what I think is basically what I like my wings to be.

"... Those things… weird artifact. Anyway. Bye."

I lightly leapt towards her while using the boosters in those weird objects to accelerate in the air, I tried to slash her, but she vanished before I get to slash…

*Cracking noises*

The place is crumbling… ah fine. I let you be contracted with me, Elthium.

…

"Hmm… good morning."

I said to myself while looking around… where am I?... Not in the demon continent, I presume.

"... Hmm… is the war already over?... No I don't think so…"

A presense suddenly appeared behind me. That's weird, I don't think someone would be here…

"... A beastman… didn't think I would see one here."

Someone I don't know. I turned around, a female… wings are… disconnected to her back?... What?

Feeling danger, I tried to summon a sword, but for some reason, I couldn't put concentration into the ring… I tried to make a fireball, but it isn't working…

"..."

I have 100% concentration currently… So what I can do for now is… that's right… I can force concentration to flow to both of my hands…

"... Sorry for that. I wouldn't really asked someone's named, but you're a-"

She didn't continue what she wanted to say as her eyes suddenly glowed. The feeling of danger I felt from her changed into one who's a puppet…

Without doing anything else, she immediately flew upwards and accelerated towards me… I immediately tried to call Elthium using the contract…

"Heed my call… Elth-"

But I got hit and it didn't work…

… Some of my concentration vanished? How?...

Not bothering about that, I moved to the left to dodge a straight forward attack… my concentration is quickly being drained… why?

Suddenly in front of me, Someone appeared…

"... uggh…"

Elth… oh. It's caused I said his name, isn't it? Well whatever works, works.

He looked around, and his gaze suddenly changes into a serious one… he looked at me, irritated a little before sighing. A rapier appeared on his hands suddenly.

"I'm the one who answered your call. My name is Elth, the son of the world tree. If you do so desire master, what is your wish for summoning me?"

He said, looking at me like I shouldn't ask something troublesome. Where's the angel?... Huh, her attacks aren't hitting us?... A barrier…

"My first wish… I can summon you at a cost of concentration in order to make myself survive."

I said… while feeling a bit light headed… my concentration…

"If you so do desire master. Your wish, is my command to follow."

Glowing under my glove, there's another vine intertwining with the first one in my palm, it somehow is visible over the gloves… it's glowing a pale blue… Ah…

I collapsed as I am close to fainting… Uggh…

I closed my eyes and tried to enter the place of unconscious… but I didn't do so… Nggn… what's restricting me…

"What?... Who're-......"

I opened my eyes while looking at what happened… I can hazily see it… a person with wings, getting stabbed in their wings… before getting stabbed in their heart… it looks horrible when I explained it… but… I'm already… done for……

"... Master. Make sure to keep the promise to keep me alive, will you."

I heard faintly… but I can't answer it………

…

…

"Kuugh…"

What's happening… my head… it's painful…

Wuaggh….

"... This is rather bad…"

I heard a faint familiar voice, but can't recall as to who it is due to the pain I'm experiencing… this is much more… painful than anything else I felt before… Uggh… my head…

‘... Are you fine?... Guess you are. Merge with us… if you do so, you'll be fine… ’

No… I'd rather die than make that happen…

‘ You've no choice anyway. Did you think you had one? Foolish you…"

… I feel like something inside me is merging… tch… no… I don't like this…

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…

…

The pain lessened… my head is feeling a bit more clear, but there's still pain… Nggn…

"Tch… what's happening to me…"

I muttered quietly…

"Concentration overuse. If your body is strained to the point that it quickly regains concentration, then immediately losing it, then it will became slightly damaged. If it happens too many times without the body taking a rest, it would be that the body will experience more pain, suddenly losing their concentration… and even dying to concentration depravation."

Lea… I guess… I'm dying?

…

"No, you can't die yet. That's a promise I will keep… tch, you idiot… why did you keep overusing your body anyway?"

… She said, somehow a bit concerned about me… but… it doesn't matter… I… I…

"... What's with those sad gaze of yours? I don't think you're gonna be sad just by this information I'm giving you."

… I… I… I… sacrificed them… to save myself… just to give myself more time to live… I… killed them…

"... Killed who?... Know what, I won't bother to ask. For now. You're gonna… again?... Huh?!..."

She looked around to try and find me, but she couldn't.

"Weird, I should still be able to find him now… no matter. It isn't like he can teleport…"

*Fwoosh*

I teleported.

My name is Atleus. A person who is supposed to be male, but for some reason, they changed it to genderless. My existence is a clone to a great hero. My life is also tied to that hero… as I'm a clone of it's descendants. My life is just me following a journey to find those swords… and wait, until the right descendant can use those swords…

I can now use mana… but I still feel saddened from regaining the memories of the other two… Suelta… Alter… it's been great, being with you… I will die a month later… this is also cause I'm a clone… if we overuse our body too much, it will enter a state of emergency in which our body will be forced to memory reset… this body won't die, but I… my memories will die…

"... Really… 1 month…"

I'm not even grateful for it… gaining my remaining 60% of my concentration. My concentration increased by a large amount. I'm only using 40% concentration on this body… so it is rather visible that by that, I meant that my concentration increased by 150%... I'm not happy about it. Sacrifices are fine. I'm fine with it, but we shouldn't use people as sacrifices. I myself, is enough for that… this feeling of loss… it's something I don't want to have, but always forced to have it, just a given time…

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