Stargate

The next day, the saintess announced to everyone to gather at the hall and was now on her way to the hall together with Akane, since I happened to meet her. As we walked to the hall we didn't speak to each other, only silence escorted us to the hall.

Well, after all, what made me get involved in this group was because of Ethan, maybe if Ethan hadn't greeted me at that time I would still be alone this time. But even so, isn't this an awkward situation? Please say something!

When I was thinking about things, I suddenly heard Akane mumbling something.

"Thank you."

Akane's words caught me off guard, I didn't expect her to thank me, I looked at Akane who was still walking with her face looking straight ahead, Not long after, I turned my head away from her while putting my hands in my pockets. "What are you thanking me for?"

"Because you helped me on that day."

"There seems to be a misunderstanding here, I didn't do it because I wanted to help you, I did it because I wanted to beat Lucas, that's all."

"Yes..." Akane lowered her face slightly, I glanced at her and saw that her face was flushed.

What's wrong with her? Why is her face flushed? Is she blushing just because of that?

A few moments later Akane sighed slightly as she adjusted her glasses. "I want to ask you something, is it okay?"

"Just say it."

"How can you control mana so easily? The way you use mana is very different from what Professor Rowena taught me."

Is she... No, I can't assume anything, I'll see where this goes and decide afterward.

"How did Professor teach you how to use mana?"

"She told me that you should keep mana around your heart, you should direct the mana to your heart and form it like a ring around your heart. If the mana is shaped like a ring around your heart then your heart will automatically flow the mana throughout your body like blood."

Ahh, I see. I somehow gained new knowledge again.

Suddenly the atmosphere around me changed, I felt the mana around me become shaky, and my body felt a chill that pierced the skin, without realizing Akane's eyes lit up and looked sharply at me.

"But from what I saw, you used a strange way to store mana in your body, and the mana in your body did not stay in your heart, but spread to every part of your body. I saw that when you fought with Lucas, the mana flowed quickly throughout your body. I tried such a method and mana flowed all over my body, but the result was that my body became hot and I ended up vomiting blood."

I controlled the mana shaking around me casually and looked at Akane.

"Everyone has their way, and this happens to be the way that works for me."

"Yeah, I agree with you." The atmosphere around me returned to normal as Akane stopped using her strange powers.

I don't know why, but when I talk to Akane, I feel like I'm talking to a model student. With that, we walked to the hall quietly.

***

We arrived at the hall, I saw Ethan and the others sitting next to each other. However, what caught my attention was that I saw Nina in the left corner of the hall, she seemed to be being teased by a burly man and some of his minions, and this time I had to help her to ease the tension between us a little.

"Hey, where are you going? Ethan and the others were already sitting over there."

"You just sit with them, I'll find a seat where it's quiet."

"Hey, Miss Maid, would you like to come to my room tonight? You must be tired after working all day, right? I can make you feel good if you come to my room." A burly man flirts with Nina who is standing alone in the corner of the room.

Nina did not respond to them and just closed her eyes.

Heh... Your sellout attitude is what attracted me to you. Come on, we can..." I stood in front of the burly man and looked at him directly, giving him a threatening look.

"Move, this is my place."

"What? Don't you know who-"

His face froze when he saw me, he flinched slightly then looked at me with slightly trembling eyes. It seems that at times like this, having bad rumors can be useful too.

"What do you want? I'm already sitting in this seat, go and find another one." I could see that this person's face was dripping with sweat, and when I looked at his minions, they quickly looked away from me.

"This is my seat."

"Tch, you arrogant a**hole, I'll spare you this time." Then the burly man and his minions left the seat.

I sat in the chair then Nina looked at me with a strange look. "I won't thank you."

"Did the Saintess teach you this kind of attitude?"

"If you want to be able to open your eyes tomorrow, do not mention the Saintess."

"What a scary woman."

For a while we were silent and just stared straight at the stage, I felt that this situation was quite peaceful, this was the only time for me to be able to chat casually with Nina without fear of being suddenly attacked.

"So, how have you been lately?"

"It's quite annoying, you made me work overtime for a week."

"You're welcome, you should be happy because you got quite a lot of salary this month thanks to me."

I felt a murderous aura coming from Nina's direction, I looked at Nina's face with a slight smile.

Nina just sighed and closed her eyes. "What a troublesome person."

"By the way, what is the Saintess going to announce that she has to gather everyone?"

"Miss Saintess will tell a story of a hero."

...Hero?

As I was deep in thought, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became silent, people stopped talking and just stared at the stage. I looked at the stage and realized that the saintess was walking to the front of the stage.

"I'm sorry for calling you suddenly, you must be wondering why you were gathered in this hall, right? I won't say much here, I'll just tell you a story about a group of adventurers who registered their names as the person who succeeded in killing a god in the previous war."

My eyes widened at the words of the saintess, killing a god? the people of this world could develop to the point that they could kill gods. Now I understand a little why invasions from gods have increased over the past tem years.

"Their achievements don't stop there, they are also the only group of adventurers who managed to explore Aetheria completely, all the races in this world respect them but for someone who is their enemy, they will destroy that person without exception even if it means declaring war on some kingdom."

...Truly extreme people

"They were also the only group of adventurers who managed to come back alive and kill one of the nine boss monsters in Chaosrealm, people said that at least each of them could destroy a city in just one attack."

Isn't this getting absurd? It can be said that they are disasters in human form, no wonder they can kill the gods.

"Unfortunately, they have disappeared and are presumed dead after fighting against the gods ten years ago."

They died? A group of adventurers who can each destroy a city in a single attack is dead? I am now getting nervous about the upcoming war in the future.

"The name of the adventurer group was later crowned as the strongest adventurer party and heroes of the world, the name of their party is..."

The Saintess lowered her head and stopped speaking for a while, then she raised her head while smiling brightly as if remembering a precious moment and said.

"Stargate!"