And now that I am talking things about energy, I just noticed how scarce the energy in the environment is here.
[ It's not that the energy is scarce].
[ It's just that your energy is more basic but more advanced]
" Oh , and what is that".
[ So your energy is basically multiple different uniqe and powerful energies that are compressed and compiled in the same small space , thus creating a significantly more powerful energy].
I nodded understandingly. No wonder the energy in this place seems so little.
After that passing thought , I wondered more about the energy and how powerful I was with my memories.
But I have a small guess as to how powerful I was.
Everytime I sleep I get a fragmented memory of my past. But I can't understand anything as they are too fragmented.
And as I was thinking about the energy, I realised something.
" Hey , if the energies are compressed and put together doesn't that mean that the energy I use is unstable or something ?".
[ What makes you say that].
" It's just that I doubt all of the energies are compatible".
A short silence followed that response.
[ That's the power of your bloodline ].
I just hope in the future , I don't become reliant on the bloodline.
When I thought about someone else with my bloodline , I got chills.
" I hope my bloodline isn't ridiculously strong".
That thought lingered a bit longer than the others.
When I thought that I immediately stopped asking questions about the energy I use.
My thoughts went back to how powerful I had to be with my memories if I had this energy.
" So I basically have the strongest energy ever".
[ No ].
A pause.
A longer pause than usual.
[ And the reason is that your energy has downgraded so much compared to you in the past ]
"..."
For a moment I didn't even respond.
" Useless system ".
And then I kept quiet an let it bring panels like crazy.
[ Who ar.....]
[ Usel...]
[ When.....]
The panels started flickering faster than usual, overlapping each other as if it couldn't even decide what to say first.
Well I just ignored all of them.
And so that they don't disturb my sight , I put them at my right side.
I just continued walking with the flame in front of me.
But this time I was walking even faster than before , as I haven't forgotten there is a timer on my time element.
I may have to use it for somerhing later on , so I want to reach the end before it goes back to being locked.
But as I continued walking , more and more paths as well as more turns kept coming , each with at least two paths.
Each one felt slightly different. Not in shape… but in pressure.
Like the air itself was waiting for me to choose wrong.
As I passed a turn with four different paths again , I noticed how the mana is scarce in specific paths and a lot in other paths.
It didn't feel natural anymore.
It felt placed.
Let me go there.
So I started walking to a path with more mana , but when I reached it , my instincts told me that if I go there I will die.
Not maybe.
Not probably.
Just… die.
" Naha , ain't going to my death".
Even the mana looks sinister.
The hell was I thinking wanting to go there.
Then I looked at the other paths and found that most of them have a very sinister mana in them , and only one has mana that is pure without any negative feeling in them.
But even that one… felt too quiet.
Too clean.
Like it was hiding something by doing nothing at all.
And also my instincts are not giving goosebumps headaches and so on warnings that mean I would be choosing the wrong door.
They were not screaming.
But they weren't calm either.
It felt like they were holding their breath.
" I really do hope that my instincts aren't wrong and I choose the wrong path , as I really don't have time to start exploring each and every path , even though that would have been fun ".
I reached another turn.
But after I turned here , I felt really weird.
Not like before.
This was heavier.
Like something had noticed me.
And from nowhere I started feeling a biting sensation but it was really without pain so I ignored it after , checking there were no traps , enemies or anything of the sort.
Still… the feeling stayed.
Like something invisible had placed its teeth on me itself.
I also didn't forget to check my body.
And since there was nothing, I just continued walking , but each step came with a stronger biting sensation.
Not pain.
Warning.
And after a bit I also reached another turn this time with twelve paths.
Each one has a lot of hostile mana except one.
Only one.
And that one… didn't feel hostile.
It didn't feel safe either.
It just felt… empty.
Like it was waiting for me to decide what "safe" even means.
And that's the one I think I'll enter.
And after I chose my path and after walking in it for some time , I reached a corner.
I walked and passed the corner.
And then from nowhere I feel really weird.
The same feeling from when the biting sensation first appeared.
But stronger.
Heavier.
I feel like if I move forward I would feel more than biting.
And .... I did.
The biting turned to chewing on every single place I was feeling the biting.
And the on the next step , I felt a sensation.
It is faint , but there.
I stopped and stood there.
I brought my arm forward.
Nothing happened to it.
There were no added feelings on my skin.
Nothing happened.
I sighed.
" Sigh".
And then I just continued walking.
But as I walked the sensation started getting more vivid , more painful.
At first I didn't know what it was that kept hitting me since the pain and so on wasn't vivid enough.
Now I know.
And each step brought more pain.
It's feels like a sword is continuously stabbing, slashing, cutting at me with who knows what and almost everywhere on my body.
But ..... I saw no wounds , it just the pain nothing else nothing more.
[ Well , just know it soon will be more than just the pain ].
" That's the only panel that you forced into come into my line of sight ".
" So that means all those all those other things are useless nonsense and this here is important".
" And , what do you mean by ' more than just pain ' ".
[ Well , you will understand soon ]
" I hope I don't ".
And then I just continued walking in silence, as new sensations came as I walked to my destination.
And each is not pleasant.