Chapter 185: Epilogue of Arc 3

A strong wave of mana suddenly emanated in the air and Yami who was sleeping opened his eyes and quickly stood up from the bed.

'What strong mana! Just who released that here?!'

For a person like Yami who wanted to become the strongest magician, magic, and users who can use strong magic is one of his fascinations. The moment the strong magic was caught on his radar, he immediately decided to investigate. As he was leaving the shack he was staying in, he saw in the distance a bright yellow light that seemed to be similar to a lightning strike appeared.

"That seems to come from the forest adjacent to the forest we came from. Is someone fighting over there?"

He was about to set out and investigate the place when he noticed that he is not the only one awake.

"You are not sleeping Yami?" Ishana asked as she went outside her shack.

"I should be the one asking you that," Yami answered while he is still fixated on the source of the magic wave.

"I felt that strong mana earlier. That is already comparable to Voltaire-sama's magic power release."

"Indeed. I was not expecting that someone in here can use that," Yami seems giddy to check it out already.

"Are you joking? This is the alternate world. There would be strong individuals to be seen here so it is normal to see someone like that appear here. Anyways, wanna check it out? The person who released that might still be there and still fighting. We can't miss the opportunity to see who this person was! Maybe it is also a fellow Japanese!" Ishana said and invited Yami.

"Let's get going then. We might be too late if we dawdle for too long."

Ishana nodded and the two dashed in the darkness of the night.

...

Before the two arrive, I already saw them coming quickly in my previous location a few minutes after moving away from the area. I still monitored them using the ability of [Insight] so even when I was already far away from them, I can still see them.

"That was too close and I was almost got caught by them," I sighed in relief as I managed to return to my shack without anyone noticing.

"You should be careful about your magic spells. It might look like normal lightning strikes but those lightning strikes are the inheritance of Byakko so it is normal to be strong enough to deal damage like that and of course, to attract attention," Blue reminded me.

"I am just testing it and I never expected I would be able to do that here. It was just too strong and I wished I never did that."

"Just be careful next time. And from the looks of it, you need to be able to practice the intensity of your lightning magic damage. It just too much destruction if you keep on using it without restraint."

During my time inside the Training Space, I only trained a little bit on the lightning magic as I focused more on the flame magic which I mastered after a few years of training in the training space. I might be using electricity magic but controlling the intensity of the damage is hard which resulted in inconsistent damage output.

"Indeed I needed to train, but I don't have the currency to use at the moment to open the Training Space. Don't tell me there is an alternative since we are in another world?"

"There are still so many things we have no idea of in this world. You should explore more and gain different items so that I can determine which will be a good thing to use as the new currency in this world."

"Which means I have to postpone my electricity training?"

"You don't need to do so. I suggest that you try training to test the intensity of your magic using palm-sized electricity to control it bit by bit while I am still analyzing any item we can use as a substitute for the demon shards and monster shards."

Palm-sized? Ah, those electric balls I usually do whenever I try to use it for throwing against enemies much farther away as I use normal lightning bolts if it is a little bit nearer than me but a little bit farther than my arm's reach.

Following Blue's suggestion, I slowly started to practice my electric magic to avoid doing overload.

It took me a little practice on maintaining it. Unlike letting it go after materializing, maintaining it the same after a few minutes is hard as it will immediately crumble and ruin my practice. I still have a long road ahead...

...

When Kazuma already arrived at his shack, Yami and Ishana arrived in the vicinity of the source. They didn't expect to see big damage to the surroundings. Ishana tried to move closer but she was suddenly stung while approaching.

"Ouch!" Ishana immediately retreated as she rubbed the parts of her body that suddenly hurt while approaching.

"What happened?" Yami looked at Ishana in confusion.

"I felt like I was suddenly electrocuted. It has a similar feeling when you accidentally got electrocuted for a few seconds when trying to plug something into the electric socket. The feeling is similar but has a little bit of stronger effect."

Yami got curious so he approaches while reaching his right hand on the boundary. The moment Yami's fingers crossed the borderline, his fingers got electrocuted that he immediately retracts his hand.

"That is indeed electrocution. So that bright light earlier is an electric shock voltage?"

"We can assume that is the case. However, we can't test out if it was an electric shock or not. There is some type of magic that has similar effects but we don't know if that is the case here."

"It doesn't matter if it is electricity or not. Let's look around maybe the one who caused this damage is still around."

Just as Yami was going to start investigating, he suddenly felt a faint bloodlust emanating in the air. It was just a slight one so it is easy to miss. However, since Yami is now fully alert, he cannot mistake it.

"Did you catch the bloodlust too?" Yami looked at Ishana.

"You are not the only one. It was a little bit and just a small amount but that was a demonic being's bloodlust alright. Don't tell me there are some demonic beings here?"

"It might be possible since this is another world. Let's search around."

The two made their investigation around the vicinity. They only investigated around the perimeter of the blast site as they cannot approach while they can still get electrocuted the moment they approach the barrier. Then, Ishana found the source of the bloodlust they have noticed earlier.

"Yami, I found the source of the bloodlust earlier. Come here."

Yami immediately approached and looked at the source. He frowned when he saw the dying demonic being wolf on the ground. It is already dying as it's lower torso is already torn off and its intestines have been dangling out of the body.

"A demonic being. Looks like a corrupted wolf."

"Demonic beings do exist here too? I never expected that. Still, that means the battle that occurred here is caused by the fight of someone and the demonic beings alongside this one?"

"It might be so. Seeing it here in the blast site, it must have been caught by the blast before it can escape fully from the attack. Since it is still alive, that means this demonic being is a strong one to manage itself from dying despite the fatal wound it has on its body."

"That explains things here. The only piece of the puzzle we have yet to find is who is the one who caused this much damage. If that person can help us, it will ease our work and might be able to impart knowledge in magic," Yami then ignited his right palm and shoot the dying wolf with a fireball, releasing it from its suffering.

...

Morning finally came and the three left the village after a night's rest. They are on the road and have no idea where to go next.

"Where should we go next?" Ishana asked.

"No idea," Yami shrugged and looked at me with some expectation that I will say anything.

But I didn't say what is in my mind. It was clear that he will disregard what I will say, so I will just reveal what I am thinking if Ishana asked.

While on the road, we saw black smoke billowing from the distance and a few rough laughter that has malicious intent.

"Is that an attack?" Ishana frowned and ready herself.

"Looks like something is going on in there. Let's check it out!" Yami said and dashed forward towards the source of the smoke.

"Wait! Don't just rush by yourself! Yami! Urgh!" Ishana is pissed as she followed suit on Yami.

Today will be the second day of our exploration in another world. Where things will get chaotic due to our involvement and the appearance of the so-called "chosen heroes" alongside the corrupted side of the government of this world.

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Arc 3 End