Chapter 181: The Day of the Mission

I might clear the sixth floor of the tower but the seventh is just another kind of hell. The very moment I ascended to the seventh floor after clearing the sixth floor, ended up in a disaster. Without even a warning, I was splat flat to the ground before I can even see the enemies. I managed to get a glimpse of what the enemies are. They are metal golems. However, unlike the first golems that are too slow for me to feel any danger, these guys are fast... too fast in fact.

The moment I respawned, the golems immediately moved that I barely manage to give a good reaction to defend. In the end, I expended all of the lives that have been stored before.

"That was so lame, Kazuma. You just managed to clear the sixth floor but you suddenly go splat on the next floor. You should have at least put up a fight at least!"

"Did you think I didn't try to put up a fight? Even if I did, those f*cking golems are just too fast for me to even defend myself! They hit so hard that I will never survive them even if I managed to fight back!"

"Ha, that is pathetic reasoning Kazuma. At least you should have lasted a few minutes before getting flat to death but only a few seconds? That is pathetic."

"Yeah, yeah, it is pathetic. So stop saying that already! I will try this floor again tomorrow!"

"Sure sure, now you are going to the other world. Good luck and be sure to not die like how pathetic you have been during the battle on the seventh floor."

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After taking lunch and getting my final preparations done, I headed to the other world and visit Anya. As usual, she is still sleeping and her breathing is still fine, but the fact that she is still unconscious made me steel myself to continue the job.

"I will return, this is for the sake of your medicine. Since you helped me that time, this time, I will be the one helping you. I never get to say this to you when you were awake, but thank you for saving my life."

She still didn't wake up after that, however, I have to do this. To cure her of her state, then I have to work my best.

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Akihabara.

It was crowded as always, however, I can see that among the populace are the magicians blended in. To make sure things go well if an incident occurs like last time, the magicians deployed them to immediately respond to the trouble if things do not work well and also to reduce the panic effect.

"Kazuma!"

Someone is calling me but I am not familiar with this particular person's voice. This male's voice is not the voice of anyone I knew of. Looking around, I saw two teenagers, one is a punk boy with reddish hair and a girl who looks like a gyaru, minus the tan on her skin since she has a flawless skin color. On the other hand, the one calling me is a guy around 25 years of age, wearing a suit and currently looking like a businessman.

"Kazuma! Here, over here!"

If my speculation is right, those three are the ones I conversed with within the subgroup in the chat group. I take off my hood and move towards them. The guy in the businessman suit is much more welcoming than the two. The punk boy is more hostile to me while the girl is around neutral on me.

"You are early but that is also good enough since the three of you can depart earlier." the guy in businessman suit said,

"He sure took his time, huh, if he is a responsible magician, he should have come here early in the morning to help out with the others in maintaining the portal," the punk boy said while glaring in my direction.

"No one wanted to come too early like that idiot. I am not that excited about the mission anyways so why go too early? It doesn't change much since you can't go inside the portal that early," the gyaru corrected the punk boy.

"Ignore them for now, Kazuma. I have yet to introduce myself, I am Shungo Takuya, the employer. Those two are the guys last night, Dragonpalm and MindReaderAddict. Their real names are

Amakura Yami and Kakyoin Ishana. They will be your teammates for the remaining duration of the mission."

Ishana looked at me from head to toe and nodded before she introduced herself. "I am Kakyoin Ishana, looking forward to working with you on this mission."

"Kazuma Fukuyama, also looking forward to working with you."

Amakura Yami is...understandable enough that he won't bother to even talk to me considering his hostile behavior while we are chatting last night. I didn't do anything wrong so I am not the one who should be begging for reconciliation with the other party.

"Hey, Yami, you should also introduce yourself," Ishana said to Yami as she tugs his shirt.

"I don't think I needed to do so. Besides, Shungo-sama already said my name earlier so there is no need for me to repeat things."

Takuya scratch his head and decided to break the ice of discomfort.

"You guys should just quit now, it is time to enter the portal to another world."

We are led by Takuya to a hidden road in Akihabara that led us to another street alley where the massive portal to another world is swirling crazily.

"Can we go back and forth from this world to that world without any hassle or we are going to stay in that world for the duration of the mission?" Ishana asked Takuya.

"Unfortunately, you guys have to stay there until the duration of the mission. We can't afford to keep on using the portal as it will destabilize if it was being used again and again. We can't afford it to suddenly close without any warning and let you guys get trapped inside. Therefore, you guys should stay there for the remaining duration until the last person that was swallowed was rescued. Now go and set forth. We will wait for a good result."

After saying the final instructions, Takuya allowed us to finally get into the portal and set out into the new world to find the whereabouts of the people sucked inside. Before going in, Yami glared in my direction and clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Don't you dare get in my way."

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The moment my land landed on the soil, I can immediately tell that this is no longer the same place as Akihabara. Emerging from the portal, the portal disappears from our view but I can still feel the presence of it which means that it is still there but it will only stop anyone from seeing the portal aside from us which is convenient.

The wind and the smell of the air are quite different here. The smell is more closer to nature rather than industrial smell where the smoke and some foreign smells are more abundant than the smell of the trees itself.

"It looks like the main entrance of the portal is a forest which is pretty logical for an isekai setting," Ishana said as she surveys the surroundings.

"That is normal, considering isekai portals are always much easier to materialize in a place where mana is plentiful and only a few people visit. This place is much more peaceful than the usual," Yami said as he grabs the nearby leaves of the plants and examines them, "Oak trees huh?"

"Our priority is to find the nearest civilization and gather our intel on the people there. Maybe we can find a good chance to find at least one of the people who got transported here," Ishana said.

I didn't say anything but I already started mapping out the whole area to make sure there are no hostiles inbound or lurking in the vicinity.

And I must say that our current location is just very near to the nearest village. However, the village seems to be on fire and being under attack?

"Spotted the village already. However, it seems to be under attack by something," I said and quickly ignite the shoes I am wearing into flames.

"Kazuma? You already spotted the village? You have a clairvoyance skill?" Ishana was surprised.

"More like a mapping skill. Follow me," I ordered and quickly made my move.

"Hey! Why are you acting on your own!" Yami looked pissed but he also followed suit after Ishana.

I keep my [Insight] open to make sure that everything happening in the village is monitored properly. I don't want to get in danger after going to the village due to a random ambush.Since we got the permission to use magic and let loose here, then I will not hold back and will use every magic I have in my arsenal if that will help lessen the casualty of the village.

While my terrain is not familiar, with the help of [Insight], traversing the forest and accessing shortcuts are now easier, allowing us to cut short our exit out of the forest. The moment we managed to get out of the lush green of the forest, the village that I am talking about is now in sight.