EXP-Vacation
The morning after he'd killed the assassin(RIP Karliah), Michael decided that the regular dungeon raids weren't helping him get strong enough fast enough. Especially now that he'd antagonized a Daedric Prince, it wouldn't be long before the others started getting interested too... He wondered how long it'd take for them to realise that he'd stolen their artifacts as well...
To fix this, he felt like a 'vacation' was in order. What did he mean by 'vacation'? Well, he thought that a trip to another world to try and level faster was the right idea. Thus, he'd spoken to Tiffania and gotten her to agree(With some verbal persuasion that may or not have involved his tongue) to create a World Gate so that he could go search for better hunting grounds.
He wouldn't be bringing anyone else for this as they had their own things going now, be it Apprenticeships or research projects, so it'd be a solo venture.
On the roof of the College, Tiffania had just finished the thirty-minute chant required to open a World Gate, she, Maria, Illococoo, and Megumin were there to see him off.
Tiffania drops to a knee in exhaustion after opening the gate and is helped up by Illococoo and Maria, "Alright guys, I'll see you in a week... If I don't come back at the recorded time... Don't ditch me without trying a few more times at least." he jokes, looking to the black door that'd lead to another world.
Megumin nods and waves at him, "Don't forget to bring back souvenirs!"
"And stay safe. Don't risk your life for something or someone. I'll come and find you if you don't come back." Tiffania manages to get out through her laboured breaths.
Michael nods and checks his inventory one last time, "As long as I'm not dropped into hell, I should be fine. See you later!" he says, giving a grin as he jumps through the portal.
It soon closes, leaving the trio standing there where it once stood, "Where do you think it went?"
Tiffania rubs her clammy hands together, "I'm not sure. I'll open another in the same place in a week, hopefully, he'll be fine..."
"Big bro is strong, he will back in no time!" Illococoo chirps.
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"SHIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! I HATE THESE FUCKING PORTALS!"
Michael flips, spins, turns, twirls, falls, you name it, through the doctor who-liked tunnel for minutes or maybe hours on end. Time didn't really feel like it mattered in this place, but thankfully, he'd found the exit.
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On a highway of Tokonosu City, a school bus carrying a variety of people drives through empty, desolate and destroyed streets at a quick pace.
Clouds of some billowed from the city in the distance, and chaos could be heard coming from all around. Sirens, screaming, gunfire, everything you'd typically expect to hear in a zombie apocalypse... Yep, a zombie apocalypse.
A blonde-haired nurse with outrageously large breasts was driving it while being badgered by some other occupants...
"I won't stay here with that man! Shido leaves or I do!" a browned haired girl wielding a mop as a spear states.
"Rei, just calm down. We can figure this out once we get somewhere safe." a Japanese teen with black hair named Takashi says, attempting and failing to calm her down.
"Will all of you just-Kyaaa!" the Nurse angrily says as she turns to face them. But once she turns around she's greeted by the strange sight of a portal opening up on the road ahead, dumping a cloaked figure out like a pile of trash.
*SCREEEEEEEEECH!*
She swerves to try and avoid it, accidentally causing the bus to roll over, sending everyone within sprawling as it skids to a halt.
"W-what the fuck was that!" a blonde teenager shouts, gritting his teeth as he holds his injured side.
"I-I don't know! A person came out of nowhere in front of the bus!" the Nurse, Shizuka Marika exclaims as she unbuckled herself from her seat.
"Well, we need to leave now! Before those monsters come! The sound of the crash will have attracted them!" a girl with twin-tailed pink hair says as she and everyone clambered out of the shattered back doors of the bus.
"Damn, that fucking air-headed nurse almost killed us!" the teen with blond hair growls, pointing an accusatory finger at Shizuka.
"Shut your mouth! This isn't the time to do this! We need to go out of here now!" the pink-haired girl, Saya Takagi loudly says.
"H-hey, is that the guy who jumped in front of the bus?" a chubby boy with black hair and glasses, called Kohta, asks while pointing over at the road where the cloaked figure was now rising to their feet.
The group turn and focus on them, and find themselves quickly becoming angry, believing that they were responsible for the crash...
"You bastard! We're stuck here now because of you!"
"Just throw yourself the monsters if you want to kill yourself, fucker!"
"We are so fucked, so fucked!"
Saya steps forwards ahead of the group and scowls at the cloaked figure, now becoming able to see the person's face and clothes... She was surprised to see that they were strange grey robes with black metal accents covering them, it all looked quite strong and protective but she knew exactly what this was... It was fake costume armour that you'd see at any Comicon! "You shitty cosplayer! You almost killed us all with that stunt!"
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Michael cracks his neck and rolls it about a bit, he'd landed on it a bit awkwardly so it was feeling uncomfortable... Probably not as uncomfortable as those people driving the bus currently were though.
Yeah, he was both surprised and not to find himself in Japan somewhere. It was the typical Isekai trope, and this place looked exactly how Japan did in the Anime he used to watch... Only, more fucked up.
Judging by the stumbling undead creatures moving towards him in the distance, he was in some kind of zombie apocalypse... Which only meant one thing... A shit ton of EXP!