A new mission

[coment and give me power stones!!]

"You'll have to tell me more," That's what Orsted said, I could practically feel a vein popping in my forehead and my teeth grinding.

Wasn't everything I had just said enough?

Did this lizard with legs not hear anything I said?!!

"What do you mean more?! That's all Hitogami told me!" I responded with exasperation.

Orsted just narrowed his eyes and sighed in the same way.

"It's not my fault that Hitogami killed your entire family, it's your fault for listening to his dirty tricks..." Orsted said, his voice filled with disdain.

"Did anyone warn me beforehand?! Of course not!, and by the time I met up with you, I was already too far gone to deny it," I grumbled.

"I know, but what you're saying is simply impossible to believe, what makes you think I'll believe you just like that?" Orsted asked as he looked into my eyes, my gaze also not wavering for a moment.

It wouldn't be the first time I would face someone to the death.

"I don't know, my whole family is dead and now I'm heading to Millis to find my brother...but that damn Hitogami announced that he was getting strong people to try to kill me and..." I spoke slowly.

"And?" Orsted muttered, anxious for me to continue.

"Gesse managed to gain the support of Alek Kallman III through deception, he defeated me but he discovered that Gesse was Hitogami's pawn and we both became allies momentary" I continued now looking at my hands which were full of calluses.

"Hmm...yes, that's true, Alek Kallman III always has a high chance of becoming an apostle of Hitogami but I never expected him to mention the Kallmans' arrangement against Hitogami" Orsted muttered as he looked at me firmly and scratched his chin

This went on for a full minute, then I looked up at the sky, looked at Nanahoshi and finally at myself and sighed heavily.

"And what are you looking for by joining me? I'm a busy man, I can't help you in the search for your brother," he said dryly while looking at me.

"I know, I don't want that, I want to kill Hitogami...with my own hands... I want to avenge my family and that's why I'm going to join you, Why don't I want my future children or grandchildren to fight a war that I started, I want to be the one who ends Hitogami!" I declared firmly and Orsted only narrowed his eyes further.

"That won't be possible," he declared firmly. "The only way to enter the Void World where Hitogami is is by using the sacred treasures of the five dragon generals, I already have two of these in my possession and I have located the other two but the last and most important one is not available at this time" Orsted said with his always emotionless voice.

"Define that as not available at the moment?" I muttered in confusion.

"Laplace, he will be reborn in 100 years and only when I kill him will I be able to have his sacred treasure and seal Hitogami, that's why you will never be able to do it."

These words hit me like a bucket of cold water, one hundred years... I didn't know if I would even make it to twenty, much less more than one hundred years.

"It's impossible then..." I muttered, losing my spirit.

No! Remember everything that bastard did to you! Remember everything you suffered! Are you going to let the death of your parents and the destruction of your home go unpunished?!

"No! There must be another way!" I declared firmly as I looked Orsted in the eyes.

"No, there isn't, if there was then I would have already taken it and we didn't even have this conversation."

"..." I was silent for a few moments, there must be something, anything!

"!!!" The pieces fell into place in my head.

"You never mentioned what these loops are. Nanahoshi and you mentioned them, and I remember you saying that this "loop" was already lost when we first met." I asked him, regaining a little hope.

Orsted frowned again as he looked at me but after a few seconds he sighed again.

"The reason for my mere existence in this world is to finish off Hitogami as the last will and testament of my almost extinct race, the Dragon Folks" He said with a pause, as if he was thinking about what he would say next.

"Thousands of years ago Hitogami attacked the dragon world, in simple words he pretended to be the original Human God and killed my parents" oh, so we have something in common now huh?!

*My father with his last strength sent me to the future 70 years ago but with the condition that I had to defeat and seal Hitogami within a period of 200 years and if I fail or die the countdown is renewed" Orsted declared without hesitation, his eyes filled with anger and thirst for revenge against the person this topic was about.

"So...how many times have you repeated the count?" I asked.

"tch...I stopped counting after 100" he muttered in frustration.

100?...fuck it!, that's around 20,000 years and only a few!!

"W-wow...you've spent a lot of time on that, haven't you...but why?" I asked him firmly.

"Hmm?!" Orsted looked up and stared straight into my eyes, not understanding my question.

"Yes, why have you failed so many times? What have you done wrong and not realized it?" I asked him while looking him straight in the eyes.

Maybe I was making a mistake by looking at him like that—you should never look a wild animal in the eye—but he also looked surprised every time I did it, as if it were something new to him.

Orsted didn't answer my question, he just stayed silent while looking at me, even Nanahoshi looked at him while waiting for his answer.

"I understand where you're going with this, you want to ally with me to help me pave the way for Hitogami's defeat, right?" He said dryly, evading my question.

I guess I struck a chord there.

"I want to do whatever it takes to make that bastard pay for everything he did...even if it means allying with you" I declared firmly and Orsted just made a face of confusion.

"You know that even if you spend your whole life supporting me, you won't be able to fight Hitogami directly, right?" He declared while looking at me and I smiled confidently.

I didn't know why, I had no idea what I could do, but I felt it was the right thing to do.

"Yes, because I will find a way to make Laplace's arrival happen much earlier, at a time when neither my children nor my grandchildren will even worry about something like that!" I declared firmly.

Orsted frowned even more as he looked at me, I could see the confusion on his face and the sigh again.

"You promise the impossible, Paul Notos Greyrat, there's nothing you can do against Laplace," Orsted said.

"Jah...you'll see, I'll find a way, any way there is, and I'll do it simply to save my life of My brother!" I said firmly, even taking a couple of steps closer to Orsted until we were both a meter away.

He was a tall man, about 190 centimeters approximately, I am 11 years old and I measure 150 centimeters so I had to crane my neck to look at him but even so my gaze did not waver.

Orsted held my gaze for several seconds and then sighed loudly again.

"Okay, I accept your proposal, from today we will be allies," he declared in a dry and almost resigned tone.

I sighed internally and extended my hand for a shake.

Orsted raised an eyebrow at this, hesitated for a few seconds, and then returned the gesture. His hand was surprisingly cold. he definitely is an anthropomorphic lizard...

What happened next was strange, he raised a hand over my head and spoke in a language I couldn't understand, a purple light covered me and from his tunic he took out a silver bracelet with the symbol of the Dragón God on it.

"With this you will be out of Hitogami's sight at all times, the spell I applied to you was simply to mark you as an ally of mine" Orsted said in a monotonous tone and handed me the bracelet which I put on my right hand.

"Okay... now the most important thing for now..." I muttered as I looked back at Orsted.

"Yes, you're looking for your brother, you said no? I can't help you with that, but I know someone who is," Orsted said.

"Who is it?" I asked a little anxiously.

"The Demon Empress Kishirika Kishirisu, she is in the Demon Continent and with her six eyes she can see all the living creatures of this world, you just have to give her some food or candy or beer and when she offers you a reward you simply tell her to please find someone" Orsted said and I raised an eyebrow.

"The Demon Continent?..." I muttered in disbelief "Orsted, but I need to be fast, you know? I can use gravity magic to fly and travel faster! But the Demon Continent is just too far away!!" I declared, almost losing patience but he raised a hand and then pointed at the huge rock covered in branches in front of us.

"What? What does that rock have to do with this?!" I asked in exasperation and Orsted started walking towards the rock.

He knelt with one leg and placed his hand on the dragon symbol.

"The wrym only lived for his ideals, no one could escape the reach of his powerful arms, he was the second to die, a Dragon General, his scales green and gold, his life the most ephemeral of dreams, in the name of the second Dragon Emperor Shirad, I break his seal!" Orsted said a spell and immediately the air around the rock began to change.

Like a distortion, as if it were an illusion, and immediately a stone entrance was revealed in front of us.

"Wow...what?!" I exclaimed in total surprise as I looked at the structure in front of me.

"This will be your means of transportation Teleportation circles will take you to another side of the world at any time.," Orsted declared, and I blinked in confusion.

"Wait!, teleportation circles?...I thought that mafia had been banned and the devices destroyed," I muttered.

"Yes, that was the case, but it was only with those who were created by humans. My race originally created them in the quest to enter the Void World and take revenge on Hitogami, but two points were needed to access, one entry and one exit, over time the investigations failed but my race realized that it was a faster method of traveling and they were created, This is one of the many created by my race, not even Hitogami can see them" Orsted declared in a blank tone while I continued looking at the structure.

If I had known this before...how much time I would have saved...

"Okay...and where does this lead?" I asked.

"To the Biegoya region on the Demon Continent, near Rikarisu City, there is a high probability that Kishirika is there, she only needs to eat once a year and that's already happened" Orsted said and I nodded.

"Okay...so what do I do?" I asked.

"Go inside and you'll find some stairs, go down and stand in the middle of that circle, you can do it back and forth unlimited times so don't worry" he said and then looked at Nanahoshi.

"Nanahoshi, lend her your notebook where you have the locations of the circles" Orsted told her and the girl froze in place.

"Y-you knew that?!" She almost squealed as she said it.

"Yes, it will only be temporary, in case you have to travel even further, there is another circle that leads to the great forest" Orsted said as I stared at him

The girl shuddered in fear and with robotic movements she took out a small notebook from her tunic, opened it, flipped through the pages and handed it to me.

"Thank you," I said, and looked at the notebook.

There was nothing too interesting in this one, just a map of what appeared to be the Biegoya region which was marked at two points a tango apart from each other.

"The points marked in red are the teleportation circles and these are marked with numbers where on other pages I wrote down the reference points..." She murmured, despite her mask I could see that she was really embarrassed.

"Thank you very much, Nanahoshi...I don't know how to repay you for this," I said with a smile.

"Oh yes, you'll have to do it, that's three times I've helped you with something, when you rescue your brother we'll discuss the terms" she said with a voice trembling with embarrassment and I smiled.

"Well, if you're in such a hurry to find your brother, it would be best if you went now," Orsted declared and I nodded.

"Okay, but where will we meet again when I get back?" I asked while looking at him.

"...when you feel your brother is safe then call me again"

"That's not an answer, tell me where you're going in the future so I can find you more easily when this is all over." I said with a sigh.

Orsted frowned again and after a few seconds he spoke.

"Now we will head to the Kingdom of Sanakia and then to the north of the conflict zone, I can't say for sure how long we will be there but we will be." He said dryly.

"Well...and don't you have a destination somewhere in the northern territories?" I asked him.

"Only the kingdom of Biheriel but that will be for the future" Orsted said and I nodded.

"Okay... Orsted, Nanahoshi, see you later" I told them and I quickly entered the structure and I could hear Orsted and Nanahoshi starting to walk away, they also have their own problems.

The structure was completely dirty, full of cobwebs and the stone was cracking over time.

I checked the rooms, they were all empty and one had only a wardrobe in it, Which only contained robes similar to Orsted's...

Will he be upset if I take one?...

No, this is not the time to think about that.

I quickly searched all the rooms and in the sixth and last one there were some stairs like Orsted had said, I went down them and at the bottom there was a huge circle that shone with a blue light.

I instinctively clenched my lips and fists as I approached the magic circle.

If Orsted was telling the truth, then I would be teleported to the north of the Demon Continent...

Never in my life did I think I'd go to that place of my own free will, but here I am, just to save my brother...

"Okay, here we go..." I muttered to myself, I had never seen a magic circle of this type, I could make a magic circle for magic up to intermediate level magic but never this.

The patterns and drawings were too complex, I didn't ask to understand them, but I'm not here to do that.

Although yes, I made a mental note to try to replicate them when I could.

With slow and sure steps I put a foot in the circle and the light dimmed slightly, I stood still but nothing happened.

"..." I moved slowly and put my other foot into the circle and immediately felt a suction sensation and felt like something was pulling me to the ground and I lost consciousness.

...

"gah!" I opened my eyes startled.

I looked around and found myself in the same room, the teleportation circle was off and it felt quite hot in here.

"Did I really teleport?..." I muttered to myself as I started walking out of the circle which as soon as I stepped out of it started to glow again.

"Fuuuu...Well, at least now I'll know I can come back anytime." I muttered to myself.

The place we teleported to was a dark room.

The stench of mold and dust hung in the air. Whatever this place was, it had been abandoned for a long time.

There was no light or candles I could use. It really was like an old ruin.

"Hmm, that idiot didn't tell me about this," I grumbled to myself, scanning the walls. There were no doors, stairs, or holes in the ceiling I could crawl through.

Much to my chagrin, scanning the floor revealed nothing either. I was in a locked room...

"...so how the hell do I get out of here now?!" I exclaimed in exasperation.

I quickly got to work and started looking for ways out. I searched the ceiling, the floor, left, right, left, right.

Basically, I searched everywhere and Just as I was starting to despair, I felt a slight draft coming from a wall. I pressed my ear against it and hit it with the pommel of my sword, making a hollow sound.

"This is it!" I announced with a sigh after minutes of searching.

I had found a wall adjacent to another room after knocking on it and had heard the echo, which meant it led somewhere.

"Okay! Time to hit!" I announced as I created a stone shovel and fired it at the wall.

(krooom!!!)

The wall, despite being about 50 centimeters thick, gave way, leaving a small opening. I continued widening it, piercing the wall

with earth magic, and once it was wide enough for someone to slip through, I passed through without any problems.

This new opening led to another open space, also very dark. It was to be expected,

since the structure was entirely made of stone, but I knew little else about the place, not even knowing if it was above or below ground.

On the other side of the wall was what appeared to be a horse, with fire magic I illuminated the place and there were hundreds of bones chained to the wall.

This was definitely a prison.

The corridor stretched for at least a hundred meters, I even wondered how Orsted managed to use this one if it doesn't even have an entrance, it seems that everything is intact...

Wait... so they led me straight into the circle before I was even going to tell them what I would do?!

That bastard would have helped me anyway?!

"Haaa..." I sighed, suppressing my irritation, and continued walking.

"I'm not that easy to read, am I?" I muttered to myself.

Apparently those bastards had it all planned and were just putting on a show for me...

Realizing this I simply frowned and continued walking until I came across some vertical stairs, I climbed them and at the top there was a rusty hatch.

"nngh!..." I tried to open it but it remained unmovable no matter how much strength I used.

So I took the easy way out and using gravity magic I opened the hatch which opened outwards and immediately a sea of sand fell down which I cleared with earth magic.

Sunlight had already filtered through this opening and I could feel the temperature rising.

I climbed the stairs and poked my head out and all I could see was a vast mountainous desert stretching out in front of me.

I had arrived at the Demon Continent and my search would begin.