Hell on Earth

"Mina? Hi." I say.

Julius, Kill, Eden, Irina, and that elf behind Mina look at me.

"Oh! It's you!" An energetic Kil squeezes through Mina and takes my hand before shaking it.

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"You were amazing! I've heard you even took down the Tiger Bandits with Mina! It's an honour to meet you again! Do you remember me? I'm the shieldman you've fought in the tournament!" Says Kil.

"Y-Yeah."

"Idiot, stop creating a commotion in this crowd." Says Eden. "H-Hi Loi. Sorry about this."

"No, it's fine," I reply.

Irina is staring at me, but both Julius and that elf are glaring at me.

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The Main Character is detected.

[Lorraine en Licus]

Second Princess of the elf kingdom, heir to the throne.

The current queen of the elf kingdom does not support Lorraine being the next queen and has sent several assassins. Lorraine left the elf kingdom to avoid assassination.

Since all of her previous assassin attempts are done by male humans, she is now wary of them.

Extract her plot armour?

[Yes][No]

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...

???

????????????

Lorraine...

You are telling me... This handsome sharp jawline and eyes elf is a woman.

...

I raise my brows as I stare at Lorraine. Lorraine glare's become stronger when she realised I'm doing so and looked away.

I press yes.

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Extraction successful!

Talents extracted:

-Archery rank A

-Spirit Affinity rank B

Abilities Extracted:

-Perception(Passive)

-Nimbleness(Passive)

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!!

"Argh!" I cover my ears.

The surrounding sounds are suddenly amplified by at least 4 times. Not only that, I can feel every vibration on the ground. My hearing, sight, and touch have all been improved.

"Are you okay?" Eden says as she grabs my arm, helping me up. Mina follows and helps me up to the other side.

"Yeah, let's get out of this crowd," I say.

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We arrive at the inn they are staying in. On the basement level is a bar that serves inn residents.

We take a seat at a big round table with seven chairs.

Kil raises his hand. "Boss! Can you give us the usual!"

"No problem." The bartender says.

"Oh yeah, What do you want? The food here is free for us." Says Kil.

"Uh... Bacon and salted egg pork ribs."

"Oh yeah, and one more Bacon and Salted Egg Pork Ribs!" Says Kil.

...

It's awkward. Irina is just staring at the table, both Julius and Lorraine are still glaring at me, Mina is doing passive cultivation.

"What are you doing here?" Says Eden, attempting to break the silence.

"Just to explore a bit. I've rarely gone out of the capital and would like to take a chance to explore the outer world."

"What? Out of all places you decided to visit Celturus? Do you know that Celturus is famous for you-know-what?" Says Kil.

"Shut up Kil." Says Eden.

...

I take the chance to know more about my new features.

Status.

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Lvl 23

Current best cultivation speed(using River Flow Method): 0.01%/second

(Off)Auto Cultivation speed: 0.005%/second

[On][Off]

Cultivation progress: 20% till next stage.

(View sub-cultivation progress)

(View Abilities)

(View Talents)

(Locked)

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I press on for "Auto Cultivation". A steady stream of mana is absorbed into my body but the speed is much slower than my usual cultivation.

I focus and glance at the top of Mina's head.

A small rectangular panel shows up.

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Lvl 25 Mina Yhelle(Protagonist tier)

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I see... The level indicates the cultivation base of an individual. I'm at the third stage of Foundation Establishment so I'm at level 23. Mina must be at the fifth stage.

A waitress wearing an apron walks out with a tray full of dishes and places them on our table.

I pick up the fork and knife before plunging them into the meat.

Oh? It's tender and juicy. Not that hard to bite through and it melts in my mouth. The saltiness and spice are in the perfect amount.

"Hmm... I wonder why those knights started restricting people from going out." Mumbles Kil.

"We were originally here to do some investigation on something, want to join us?" Says Eden.

"What?! How can you let him join, he is a...noble." Says Julius.

!

This is the first time he talked.

"I agree." Says Lorraine. Her voice is husky but I feel like it is forced.

...

Wait.

Something is wrong.

I smell demonic mana in the air.

...

Mina senses something wrong too. She keeps darting her eyes everywhere.

...

I gulp.

Akira's influence in this kingdom has already grown to that extent?

I stood up suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Says Eden.

Has my appearance already accelerated all future events?! This was supposed to happen 7 years into the future!

A bloody incident of sacrificing the entire kingdom of Celturus as an offering to some god.

A visible red mist appears in the air.

"What?" Irina mumbles.

Condensed Demonic mana...

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

A scream is heard upstairs on the ground floor.

A head rolls down the stairs to the basement.

...!

A knight walks down the stairs with a bloody appearance, kicking a rolling headless corpse down.

Everyone stood up in shock. An adventurer sitting at the table next to us draws his sword. However, some black gush of goo shoots out of the knight's hand and hits the adventurer. The adventurer flies back and crashes into the wall, the goo enters the adventurer through his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

!!

I look at the knight. His right hand is twisted and broken into some mutated deformed arm. Black goo is coming out of his fingernails.

I look back at the adventurer attacked. His pupils disappear into a semi-grey one but he starts to quiver as foam comes out of his mouth. Like some zombie, the adventurer stands up but with his body bent backwards until his head touches the ground in an inhumane way.

Fuck! A deviant!

Mina quickly draws her sword and decapitates the knight.

The helmet drops to the ground but it is revealed that there is nothing inside.

!!

The "knight" is exposed to be a black goo monster.

I draw my sword and enhance it with fire. An orange flame engulfs the blade violently.

I jump at the monster and slash it.

"Arghckk!!!"

The monster screams as the fire burn itself into nothing.

"Use fire!" I shout.

"Huh?! But this is enclosed underground!" Says Kil.

Mina ignores Kil and materialises a flame javelin before throwing it at the adventurer. The flame javelin explodes in contact, sending nearby people flying.

The adventurer's body explodes into pieces, the goo consuming his body burns along with the adventurer.

"Huff... What is going on?" Asks Mina. She realises I know something about this.

"I don't know, slimes are weak to fire so I thought that goo is similar," I say.

...

"Ahh!!!!!"

More screams came from above.

"We need to get out of here." Says Eden.

"Tch." Mina clicks her tongue as she stares at the floor. "Let's go."

We run up the stairs and a mutilated corpse starts to attack us. Julius runs up and attempts to kill it.

"F-Fire!" He shouts as a small tinkle of flame appears on his palm. However, it doesn't work.

I pierce my flame blade into the corpse, burning it. "What the fuck are you doing?" I shout.

"Shut up, I don't need your help!" Says Julius.

"Huh? You-"

I was interrupted by a "knight" as a javelin of goo shoots at me.

!!!

The goo pierces through my barrier and into my body.

"Argh! Fuck!"

Julius smiles. "Hehe..."

"You fucker!" I say.

"What's wrong!" Says Mina.

"Tch." I click my tongue as I escape from the crowd.

"Hey! Where are you going!"

Julius grabs Mina. "Don't go after him. He has been shot by that goo, he will turn into a monster soon."

"What? Let me go! I need to find him!"

"Did you not listen to me-"

Mina draws her sword and places it on Julius's neck. "Let. Me. Go."

...

"Fine. Don't regret your decision." Says Julius.

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I jump on a roof and grasp my chest.

I tear the clothes I'm wearing to take a look. A black hole is seen on my chest, black veins are extending out from the hole to the other parts of my body.

What the hell is this!

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The host is detected to be in danger. A fragment of the abyss God (???) is detected. The fragment of the abyss God (???) is attempting to consume the host.

Resisting Integration.

-100 plot points per minute.

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What?!

This... I remember. Anyone who got infected by this goo becomes an undead who attempts to spread the goo to other people.

Those "goo" monsters disguising themselves as humans to spread that goo is called Deviants. Deviants are rumoured to be created by the Demon Lord himself, Akira.

I don't know if that is true or not but right now... I need to find a way to survive this...