Chapter 26: Author skill what?
The cloud started to rain down lightning instead of water drops which was focused on one place. Nine kept on dodging the lightning like he knew exactly where they will fall. The rain of lightning did not stop. After a couple of seconds the wind blew strongly, violently rotating at each other like they were dancing until tens of tornadoes formed around the top of the mountain.
My colleague are holding on to concrete things with their dear lives. Nine who was evading the lightning just a while ago ignored it and evaded the huge bodies of the tornado, his house was also swallowed whole by the tornado. The lightning kept of falling to Nine nonstop, His skin became charred but he still actively evaded the tornadoes.
I am currently invisible, hiding above some tree not too far from he eye of the storm. I immediately summoned my most powerful magic to end the fight as fast as possible, because I made Nine a swordsman that gets stronger the longer he fights with his sword. It is quite troublesome for me right now, and I just hope to finish it as fast as I can, so I opened 20 gates around where Nine is standing and sent hundreds of needles his way.
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He dodged some of it but did not manage to dodge a tornado so he lost his footing, and was swallowed inside the violent rotating column of air. I made the thunder flow through that very tornado so it looked more like a cyclone on land than a tornado now. Thunder is booming inside the huge tornado.
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I activated the Dragon eyes to see How Nine is doing inside the tornado since I can't see him properly anymore.
He is now floating or rather rotating with in the tornado like a lifeless doll, he still had his limbs and his head so he probably is still alive. I deactivated all the skills and as soon as I did, all the tornado, thunder and clouds dissipated to nothing, like it was just a bad dream. The only evidence left by the storm was the disastrous state of the place.
Nine fell like a meteor to the ground, but despite the fall he was still intact, without even a concussion, how unrealistic is that?! He has burn wounds and cuts at random places of his body but his face was still fine. I guess a master of weaponry and martial art's body needs to be at least this sturdy.
"Admit defeat Nine" I said, I know he's still conscious but his body can't move.
he slowly opened his bruised eyes and looked at me
"Do you really have to blow my house away? Where are we gonna live now?" He said weakly with a smile
I smiled at his words, that means he admit defeat. Despite being such a blabber mouth and emotionless asshole, Nine is a very rational man, so admitting defeat like this is nothing to him, no pride was hurt or anything. Plus he is quite sensible and reasonable once he trusts you or recognizes you as someone on equal grounds with him.
In the novel, Nine taught Zain how to use the sword properly. Zain and Elliot in the novel almost died in the forest because of monsters, they were too weak and starved to fight against monsters. Nine who was hunting for something to eat happen to stumble upon them and saved them. Actually he just killed the bigger monster in order for him to enter its territory but saved Zain and Elliot in the process. The two boys then followed Nine since then. They asked Nine to teach them how to use the sword and the bow but Nine, just like earlier, refused.
Despite the harsh refusal, Zain and Elliot followed Nine around wherever he went, Nine did not kill them despite being annoying like flies because he don't feel the need to.
Thing changed after 3 months, Zain and Elliot gained some weight by that time and looked like normal people. The two of them also started hunting, they just kept on following Nine for three months and was watching him hunt and in the process, they learned some techniques from Nine. During one hunt when they were alone without Nine, a group of people suddenly appeared in the normally monster infested forest. They were mercenaries, hired by the Noble family of Nine's wife. They were also the very people that killed his entire family.
The people started to attack Zain and Elliot, there were quite a lot of them so they had a hard time, Eliot even used his Black magic and summoned out some monsters to fight against them but they were still overpowered and over numbered by the enemy. They were fighting to their limit, Zain awakened his aura by that time, He became a master swordsman but due to his wounds and fatigue, he can't bring out the full power of the newly acquired power, so they still struggled.
Both men fell on the ground and were on the brink of death when Nine suddenly appeared. He looked furious and rage filled his eyes which was very not like him, Since he does not have any emotions to start with. He started to massacre the people, Zain and Elliot who were lying on the ground saw everything, it made them more resolute about their decision, they want to learn that, whatever Nine was doing right that moment they want to learn that.
By the time Nine finished his one sided massacre, the stench of blood filled the air, Monsters started to appear on the site and ate the corpses of the dead, Elliot and Zain panicked since they can't even move a finger, but Nine picked them up and put them on both his shoulders.
"I will teach you how to survive in this cruel world" Nine said as he strut towards his cottage and both men fell asleep in that uncomfortable position.
The next day, when they woke up, Nine was not in the house, so they panicked again. They thought he abandoned them, do even though their bodies still ache when they move they still looked around the house and even went outside. After looking for a long time, they saw Nine in a cliff, it was a rocky cliff. He was standing there crying, in front of three piles of rock. He was crying so loudly
"I'm sorry, I failed you, I was not there when you needed me the most! I'm sorry!" He said as he cried and cried
Zain and Elliot just sat there and waited for Nine, while feeling the sorrow and grief coming from his words. By the time that Nine stopped crying the sun had also set and as soon as he turned around he saw two young men with snot filled face.
"What are you two doing here? " He asked
The two of them looked at each other not knowing what to say
"You should rest, dumb kids." Nine said and walked towards the cottage, the two young men with bloodshot eyes like Nine followed behind his huge figure.
That was when he turned the switch back on, Nine became one of Zain's important companion on his journey to saving the world. Hmm why do they have to save the world again? I really can't remember much about the important details on the book, but why do I know this insignificant details?
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[Author skill: Intermediate
Passive skill
The user will know all the details about the book the user wrote, As the skill levels up details on the characters will not depend on the bond with the character. Once the skill levels up to be advance, it will gain its own consciousness with more details about the world and not just the book the user wrote.
Limitation: The very near future is the only ones accessible. The future that are not in the book will not be predicted.
Task to level up: Meet the main villain of the Novel]
What the hell is this? I never saw the skill details of the author skill before, and what is up with this task to level up? about the world? is it some kind of an A.I? And what's up with this meet the villain task? I can't even remember who the villain is!
I felt frustration build up the more I ask questions so I just let go of the matter for now and addressed the more urgent one on hand.
"Zain, Eli please bring Nine's body in the carriage" I said, since he already lost consciousness a while ago.
The skinny men scurried to my side and lifted Nine's body, Zain held the upper body while Elliot lifted his feet. Nine looked so uncomfortable as they brought him towards the carriage. I was about to tell them to do it properly but then I saw that they were also struggling, Nine must be very heavy for them to have a face like that.
I was about to follow them towards the carriage when I suddenly felt a lump in my throat and the next think I know, I was already vomiting blood and my body felt heavy. I felt dizzy so I just let myself collapse to the ground, or rather I don't even have the Strength to stop myself from falling to he ground, And so before I know it The world turned black.
"ANYA!!" Tafi's voice was the last thing I heard before my consciousness completely drifted away.