I wanted to release this a week after chapter one bit here's more the next one will take more time though so that one will be a wait
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"And then boom the plane slammed into 1 of the twin towers killing nearly 3000 people. That's what 911 is. Tragic Tragic day." I said using as many gestures as I could to emulate what it looked like.
It's really weird having to explain what nine-eleven is to someone who doesn't know what a plane is.
"OH, so the terrorists killed all those people. Yeah, it reminds me of yesterday. Except I had to deal with a Chimera. Thousands dying is standard now." He wasn't even surprised, maybe entertained but not surprised.
"I really thought you would have something special to tell but it's really nothing. *Sigh* I guess nothing changes in 1000 years." Luka sounded really dejected. I wonder just how long he's been here.
"I thought it was a good story." I can't think of any reason beyond Luka being a dude who has seen it all that could make it make sense to me that this guy isn't even the slightest bit interested in.
"Besides what could you possibly have experienced that could be more terrible than 911. Tell me oh so traumatised legend of the past." I was a bit frustrated considering that stories might genuinely be the only way I could afford food in this time period.
"Hmm, I think I have a story to tell that is way better than what you told me. What happened in yours wasn't even that tragic, that's an everyday phenomena for the Vikings. Not to mention the fact that Draig and Albion are out there, I won't even humour you with the details of those two. You come from a period of peace. Don't you dare tell me that I haven't seen anything more tragic than a simple explosion." Calm but carrying a sense of anger Luka was about as outraged as I'd ever seen.
"What you're telling me right now is that an explosion that killed thousands isn't a tragedy. Don't get full of yourself. Just because you lived in a more dangerous time doesn't mean that people are having more tragedies happen. They were normal people facing literal bombs Luka BOMBS." I was getting really heated right now. He is literally dismissing people's lives right now as if they're worth nothing.
It disgusts me. "My people are facing literal Dragons, dumbass, Dragons. You have literally told me that the most destruction a bomb has caused was a City. Draig has killed entire countries!! Countries!! And you have the balls to tell me I'm under reacting to a little building exploding. I should kill you right now." He was literally all up in my face , his Gray hair standing up on its own , his green eyes going near manic with anger.
He is really mad, and for what. A measly Dragon, countries and kingdoms have fell countless times before . A dragon doing it isn't anything to be surprised about. I bet he's over exaggerating its capabilities.
"If you're so high and mighty about it then, why has nobody tried to stop this Dragon. You seem so proud of this being thats taking lives right now. You seem strong go out and handle it. Go out and risk your life, instead of blaming the Dragon for doing what is in its nature. Go out and do what should be in your nature . Go save People Luka you have a literal 6 Meter wolf that can use a sword, yet here you are holed up in the mountains. I wasn't even born yet when the tragedies happened in my world yet I did more than just mourn life, I did my protests. I fought against injustice. I did my duty as a human to help my kind. Yet you are crying about death and not even fighting against it. You are nothing but a disgrace to humanity itself. A stain upon our dignity. " *pteuw* As I spat on him I stood up to leave. "I shouldn't have stepped foot into your house. It's a place only fit for sorry excuses." I walked out of his house. Feeling the cold rub up in my skin I heard it again.
Feat achieved, disrespect an ultimate class being. Ballsy!😀
+1 gold skill ticket
If he's an ultimate class then this world is useless. Very very useless.
As I tried to walk away from the house I heard a growling noise. Behind me and I knew what it was immediately. "You came outside to kill me huh." I turned around to see Luka and Canis standing there , menacingly.
"Yeah, it's about time I stopped letting things walk all over me again. Even if they're insignificant like you." Saying this Luka just stared at me and I felt it. I felt something building up inside of me through his stare.
That same judging stare from Seattle. He thought he was better than me. No. He was certain he was better than.
"Don't look at me with those eyes of yours Luka. Don't you dare look at me with that judging stare you piece of shit." I held myself back I knew I couldn't beat him, but I just felt like I couldn't let him look at me like that . Immediately I turned to my system panel to spin my ticket.
*Prrrr.*
" Are those your final words, Dirk?" He didn't even register what I had said to him. He ignored my words.
[Expert Blacksmithing]
|Epic Skill|
You are an expert blacksmith, the kind that would shack up in the mountains as a hermit, visited by a knight on their quest to slay a dragon. You are intimately familiar with building all kinds of cold weapons and the weapons you create are of supernatural quality, you could forge an iron sword that can cut an iron block in half. You can also grant your weapons special traits depending on the materials you forge them out of.
Well fuck. I can still beat him I say as I quickly summon out priestess (in the ground), my shield saw and Gae Buidhe.
I hope he can't sense her. Hopefully this isn't anything like the powe-.
Interrupting my thoughts I try to raise my shield to block whatever is coming towards me.
*Bang* I somehow manage to mitigate the damage the wolf would do to me with the shield, I would be knocked to the floor shield flying off to who know where. As I slammed into the ground I immediately get flipped into my feet by a hand popping out from the ground setting me straight.
Not even having time I have to raise Buidhe over my head to block the downwards slash from the mutt. As the blades connect I immediately feel my lower body give out . Butt to floor , I have to look this beast of an animal in the eyes as it walks closer.
Behind it I see Luka standing in the same spot eating an apple care free. I sincerely hope this can catch him off guard.
"High priestess grab him." I whispered and surely two spawned from the ground up grabbing Canis by the neck attempting to slam it into the ground.
I immediately call back my shield into my hand , before flinging it at the held wolf. Luka seemed shocked at the sight of my shield sawing his dogs head off, albeit slowly. "Priestess hold him down." I immediately commanded as the pup was slammed hard into the ground. I bring myself to activate the ratio and slash right into the 7:3 spot on the wolfs neck nearly separating the two sides.
I immediately dashed backwards and called back the shield ."Go hide ." I say talking to priestess specifically. Before I could even try to come up with a different plan I am forced to raise my shield to block something flying at me.
However there was strength behind it . As I look past my shield Luka is gone and on the floor is an apple core . "Fuck." I exclaim as I feel my side get caved in by a kick. I immediately tightened my grip on my lifelines as I slammed into a tree knocking the wing out of me.
"Managing to kill Canis is a big task considering how long I've raised him." Luka said as he walked toward me. His steps slow, and his face calm.
I had to get brought to my feet again by high priestess. I couldn't even speak I was too busy gasping for air. I was running out of hope here. I just got my side kicked in and I can barely even breathe right now. *Gasping*
I wish High priestess I wonder if high priestess could get me out of here.
Watching him get closer I try and throw my shield at him, which he just batted away in his advance not deterred by the attempt.
"You brought up a valid point in your statement. Why didn't I go help those people suffering. Maybe I should've went to help, but then I remembered. I didn't help them because I wanted to live Dirk and dying isn't on my list of plans for a very long time." He said as he stopped in front of me knife in hand now. As he looked into my eyes, I could feel death looming over me.
My heart started racing, I looked to my left and to my right before noticing my shield saw still laying on the floor behind him. A fair bit away.
"Please , please ,please . Luka I didn't mean anything that I said in that house , I was just acting, you know like a jester . I'm your little jester right. I'll make jokes for you. Just please don't kill me." I raised my hand toward Luka , hoping just hoping this would work.
"Well you should have thought of that befo..."
*RnnnRRnnnnnnRnnnnnRRnnnn RRnnnnnRRRRnnnR.*
Shield saw in hand , High priestess coming out of nowhere had just saved me. Holding Luka face down to the floor, it activates the saw and starts sawing away at his neck. Not only was it sawing using the blades of the shield saw it was also slashing , slashing so fast I could barely make out what it was doing through the cloud of snow that it had made throughout its restless slashing.
I could only watch as red splattered across the snow and the area started heating up fast. And by fast I meant very fast. Luka's body was shining through the snow cloud and before I knew it I had been swallowed up into the ground and was constantly moving deeper.
I think it was High priestess who did this but I couldn't tell. It was very much alarming but there was nothing I could do with 7:3 assuming I was deep deep in the ground as I'm still moving further down and before I knew it we had stopped. I saw high priestess's face, which strangely enough brought me a sense of peace.
As the seconds passed I couldn't help but wonder why we were this deep and before I could even ask my question was answered.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
I see.
I felt the earth around me shake and shake and until it couldn't anymore for literal minutes there wasnt a point in time where we weren't shaking and we even had to go even further down where I even started sweating.
Eventually everything stopped shaking and it was then confirmed by the Gacha that I had weathered the storm that was Luka.
!Feat Achieved, Beat an ultimate class being.
+2 advantage platinum random ticket.
+1 advantage golden trait ticket.
I almost laughed but I still had the bruise on my side. I don't even know how I made it out ,and assuming that what has just happened had blown up the mountain we were on I don't even want to know what type of radiation was going on .
"HP take me to place far enough to see the aftermath. About as far on the ground as we were underground." A smile shown on my face as I saw HP move without wait.
What would I ever have done without you P you truly are, my special.
Before long I had already turned my little Gachapon screen , Luka's last little gift for me.
"Ahhhh what a day." All the stress had poured out of me as I tapped my golden ticket for a spin
*Prrrrrrrr.*
[Vaunt]
|Rare Trait|
You're quite vauntful, aren't you? It is easier to increase your fame and gain recognition and rewards for your achievements. In addition, it is easier to assert your achievements and get people to believe what you say.
Or
[Avian Ally]
|Uncommon Trait|
You have great affinity with birds, avians, and creatures that are aligned with them. Making it easier to earn their affection and favor, and form relationships with them. In addition, all flight feels more natural to use, and flight effects require less energy to maintain.
Assuming that I'm pretty close to Nordic regions maybe I could convince the Valkyries to help me out. Beyond that with beings such as Dragons and such it would be better to have Avian Ally overall.
So I selected just that I am now officially an Avian Ally.
I immediately click on my platinum tickets , waiting to see just how much I can get out of this new ticket type.
*Prrrrrrrr*
[Tome of Hands]
|Rare Item|
Love Advice From the Great Duke of hell - While holding this tome you are capable of transforming and creating hands out of any surface that you can control like your own limbs, with practice and study you can learn to do it without relying on the tome.
Or
[Adept Spycraft]
|Elite Skill|
You are a real spy, the kind that would infiltrate other countries and make Bonds James proud. You are skilled at gathering information, infiltrating places, acting, masking your real emotions, effectively using disguises, reading people, and if need be, you can handle yourself well in combat using Knives, Guns and Hand-to-Hand Combat. While not a match for a fellow adepts in any one of those skills, but they make you an effective spy.
I have High priestess for any immobilization via hands Plus she can do more and offers more utility than just having more hands, but expert spycraft doesn't seem like it will help much , ever since I got here I haven't really panicked much. So it would really be a matter of its benefits and it directly states that I'm not going to be as good as others.
I'd much rather the tome than the skill thank you very much.
*Prrrrrrrr*
[Storm Blade]
|Rare Ability|
Allows you to conjure a blade of compressed air that you can manipulate the size and shape of, this most commonly takes the shape of the sword. You can also release wind slash projectiles from this blade.
Or
[Electricity]
|Elite Ability|
Unordinary - Allows the user to create and control electricity(not kinesis) as well as use it to slightly enhance their own stats, they can also sense and see nearby currents even through walls, and they can also ground opponent lightning with their own body.
I'll take the storm blade . The more items I have the more utility I can get out of 7:3. I hope I'm not coping about the fact that I'm getting nothing but pure ass in these roles.
HP dropped me off at a Lake, far from the mountain, or rather where the mountain was. Seeing it would definitely be way more different than hearing about it because it was actually gone. Like gone gone, flat Earth type of gone. Not a single tree, and not even a pile up of snow anywhere near that side of the lake. It was barren land.
"Damn, I could have died back there. Thank fuck , I had HP. The more time passes, the more I start to love you HP. " Saying that I bring the little thing into my hands for a hug.
"Yeah , that'll do it." Hearing a voice I turn around to see a 3 foot tall dwarf with feet just about as large as his body.
"ARE YOU THE ONE WHO CAUSED THAT RUCKUS LAD. YOU SUPERNATURAL AND YOUR BIG LOUD POWERS , MAKING NOISES EVERYWHERE." The more I looked at him the more unserious the situation became.
"Kill him." I was hoping I could get a ticket for this.
Both of us, me and the dwarf as witnesses HP just blitzed over and ripped his head off.
Waiting a few seconds no ticket showed, making me snap my hands in my findings.
"It only registers people stronger than me as tickets. That would make a ton of sense." I say before me and HP turn to the lake to get some fish and maybe a way to the Nordic regions.
~ Time skip 1 week ~
"I'll be the boyfriend in your wet dreams tonight." Singing to myself I had just came back to my little snow covered mud hut after going outside to practise my spearsmanship or whatever it's called, my swordsmanship and some physical training and some more practise with ratio.
Nothing like coming home to good food, a judgement free area and a warm house.
This is heaven. Clean air. Though it could really use some entertainment. Other than that it's a really good place to be.
"Haaaaaaa. I miss the taste of bread. The fish is great but I could really do with some bread and soup. It's about time I go down the mountain anyway." I say as I finish up my meal , fish with a side of fruit. Quickly heating up water(in a mud pot made by HP) , I finish bathing and get myself dressed.
Exiting the house I try to find. I turn to the rising sun and with HP by my side I begin trudging to the East in hopes of finding something good.
As I walked I kept Buidhe out and had HP hold My storm blade just incase a Yeti or something else had the audacity to come after me.
However nothing came, and that's the scariest part. Not knowing where I was, from what I could tell about the supernatural living here, like that big footed dwarf I can kind off figure out I'm in the earliest time periods of Switzerland. The very very early times, back when the basilisk was around.
It is particularly scary but assuming it's not stronger or smarter than Luka (this is highly likely) I could handle it very easily. In the small chance it's stronger than someone who can level a whole mountain, I think I am more than fucked.
The sun was particularly hot today, hotter than any other. I had a bit of fun assuming that was because Sól was particularly smitten by how good I looked today. My hair having that nice little bounce I wanted it to have before. I had finally gotten good sleep in a long time.
Ah I'll remember you Lake Chillihad. That's what I named it, nobody else was there to name it so it's my personal land.
Switzerland and Norway were around 1500 Kilometres apart back in the modern day. Considering the time period, the path to Norway shouldn't be any different, around 150–200 days of pure travelling. With HP being able to move at around 600 KPH ,not too sure how accurate that is because it still blitzes me faster than I can perceive, but regardless assuming that's how fast we are moving, I can get there in about 3 hours. Give or take.
I won't be doing that though. I'm tired of things moving fast. The modern day took away my ability to enjoy a slow pace in my life. I'll take full advantage of it in this life.
One step at a time.
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No proof-reading because I couldn't be asked if you see a mistake point it out for me.
I'll try to find a cover soon