Hero System! Transported to Another World, page 40
Alex nodded and put his phone down. He looked at the tv and sighed, "I guess It's fine. Things seem to be happening recently and I think them being engaged in that meeting meant that something serious happened. I probably won't hear of it until it can be public or if I get stronger… Guess I have nothing to do for the rest of the day except lie around. I would have killed to go outside and explore the city but The restrictions won't let me." Alex sighed.
A few hours pass, Alex learned a lot more from watching documentaries. He turned to the news channel for recent news. "The perpetrators for the recent attack on the Countries head News channel have not been found. But Investigators are looking for any hints towards the terrorist group, Brotherhood of Freedom." Alex heard the anchor.
He sighed, "I can't do anything about that. Guess I'll just sleep and go to workout early tomorrow morning." He went to bed.
After a good night's sleep, Alex went got ready and went downstairs. He saw Rachel and spoke to her for a while. "It seems like your training might have been called off for today… Well, at least that means that you get to relax for a day, doesn't it?" She smiled.
Alex smiled back and nodded, " I guess so. It just means that I get to relax for today and get to training at full force tomorrow."
He walked outside and started the training just before the timer came. Alex went all out, he did everything as fast as he could. Without knowing it, Alex was close to beating the training.
[Morning Training Completed]
Alex looked up at where the time was and roared in joy. He turned to his health bar and saw something surprising.
[Level- 13]
[health- 78]
[Mana- 65]
[Attribute Points Remaining - 1]
He looked very excited, 'Completing the training also gave me EXP… That means I can just quickly increase an attribute of mine and just hop right into the Hades challenge… I have a free day today. I would have waited till I was able to do the morning training every day but it seems like today is the perfect time for me to hop into Hades and get that weapon…' Alex walked into the hotel with a huge smile on his face.
Rachel looked at Alex and spoke, "It seems like you reached your goal of doing everything in an hour… That's scary for someone normal like me but for awakeneds like you, It's amazing. I'm happy for you!" She said in an excited tone.
Alex nodded and looked at Rachel, "Yeah! I have some plans of my own in my room today so I'll need to go up. I was waiting for this. I'll need to go Rachel. Bye!" Alex ran to the elevator.
Rachel looked at Alex and waved him goodbye. Alex went to his room and opened his attributes. "Here." He spoke as he touched his screen.
[Level- 13]
[health- 80]
[Mana- 65]
[Player Stats:]
[Strength : 6]
[Agility: 6]
[Intelligence: 4]
[Dexterity: 3]
[Courage: 3]
"Now, To figure out Hades and get it."
Chapter 111: Challenge | Hero System! Transported to Another World
Alex opened up his UI and had a look, "I have more health because I increased my strength attribute… Now, It seems like today is the best day for me. I'll have to complete this challenge today… And I'll have the perfect weapon made for me." Alex was excited. He went through the shop to find Hades. A small smile fell on Alex's face as he slowly approached to press it.
But a sudden thought stopped Alex, He looked at his clothes and sighed, "I got so excited to forget that I'm all sweaty. Damn, it's starting to get the cold cause of that. I need to take a shower and wear something good." Alex walked to the bathroom and took a short bath. "Should I go in style?" Alex smiled. He then walked to his room and wore a light suit and pants. "It's surprisingly light and easy to move around… And it also looks good. I guess this will be the best thing to wear… Well, I did bath every day and forgot to wash my tracks so this is the only thing I have…" Alex thought back to the bucket filled with his sweaty clothes from the last few days.
Alex shook his head and walked to the living room. He looked outside and took a deep breath, "I'm nervous." He said as he pressed on the Hades Icon.
[Would Player Like to Start the Hades Challenge?]
A prompt Came in front of Alex. He took another deep breath and pressed yes. After pressing Yes, Alex felt like he was falling. He looked around him to notice that he was in the pitch dark. The Sensation of falling also hadn't stopped. Alex felt a bit concerned as he didn't know why he was falling or where he would land. 'Is this it?' Ale was confused.
He had no idea what was happening. After a few seconds, Alex heard a voice, "Hades, The weapon made to kill the devils. One of the most powerful creations of The God Of Weapons. Many contenders challenged the tomb of Hades but non came out with the prize… The blessed Heroes entered with justice in their minds but came out with only one work in their mouths, MURDER! Do you want to challenge the tomb of Hades?" The voice was deep and gravely. It sounded like the man who spoke was an old man.
Alex thought through everything he heard, a slight sense of fear entered his mind, "Am I going over my head? It did say that any levels could join but this says that anyone who had joined before lost their own heroism and became creatures who only had murder in their mind… Ho.. How does a man change from a challenge? Should I do this now?" Alex had many questions running through his mind. The words of the old man went to his mind and Alex couldn't shake off the crept out feeling from the words.
He looked at the darkness in front of him and took a deep breath, "I… I want to challenge the tombs of Hades." Alex spoke. He wanted to get stronger. So he had to take risks if he would have backed down from this fight… He wouldn't have been a true fighter.
"Hmmm… A new Challenger has arrived to challenge the tomb of Hades. This time, a blessed one. Boy, If you are sure of yourself, I will tell you the rules…" Alex heard the voice and nodded. He looked curious about the rules. The voice continued, "The rules… Don't exist. SURVIVE!" Alex was flabbergasted when he heard the voice roar. His eyes opened wide as he felt like he was falling down at an even faster pace.
After a few seconds, Alex slammed into the ground but he didn't feel any pain. He looked around and it was still pitch black. However, Alex could see the ground around him for two meters. After that, everything was pitch dark. It felt like he was in thick fog but the fog was only pure darkness.
Alex slowly walked around, He didn't know what to do. He thought back to the voice telling him to survive and quickly equipped his dagger. But this time, as soon as the dagger appeared in his hands, it disappeared. Alex looked at his empty hands in shock and tried to equip the dagger once more but the same thing happened. He couldn't use the dagger. It would forcefully un-equip the dagger from him.
Alex sighed and walked around, his hands in front of him, assuming a fighting stance. 'At least I know a lot of close hands to hand combat because of Midnight… I'm not defenseless cause I can't use my reaper's strike ability.' He said to himself.
Alex felt some energy in front of him. He couldn't explain the feeling, but it felt like something was calling for him. And It seemed to be calling wildly. Alex didn't know what was happening. "I can't control my body!" Alex screamed as he ran towards the source of the sound. After a long time running, Alex slowly realized that his vision seemed to be getting clearer. The darkness around him was dissipating and Alex could he. He looked in front of himself, towards the source of that energy, and saw a huge pyramid.
"Alex? Son… You're here son! I was looking for you for so long. Where were you?!" The cries of a woman entered Alex's mind. He saw a beautiful woman in front of him, tears in her eyes as she ran towards Alex. It seemed like she was running to give him a hug. Alex froze, He didn't understand what was happening, but he felt a sudden burst of emotion. Tears fell from his eyes as Alex looked at the woman. She ran to Alex and tightly hugged him. "Why… Why am I crying? What's happening? Who are you?" Alex asked the woman.
The woman looked at Alex and shook her head with a small smile, Tears falling down her face. She put her palms on Alex's face and smiled, "Did you forget your own mother?"
Alex looked at the woman in disbelief and walked backward. "W..what?" He softly spoke. He had no idea who the woman in front of him was but he felt such a warm connection to her to not be able to refute her words. He just stood there in disbelief as tears fell down his face. The same words, repeating in his mind, 'Why am I crying?' 'Why am I crying?' 'Why am I crying?' 'Why am I crying?'
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"SHIT!" Midnight swore as she jumped back. A deep cut in her hands. She ran forward in full force and punched the reaper in the neck, killing it instantly. "What the fuck Oj? What's happening?" She looked distressed. Oj punched a reaper in the stomach and kneaded its head. He jumped to Midnight and started to heal her wounds, "I have no clue what's happening. Ryan sounded really stressed and told us to come here as quick as we could… Who could have known that two A rank gates came at the same time, next to each other? That also right next to the hotel? We don't even have enough time to help the people here retreat!" Oj healed Midnight's' would and jumped back to the front line.
Midnight jumped back and took a deep breath. She then sang a soft tune. As the reapers heard her voice, they slowed down and were entranced. Oj took this opportunity and took down five more reapers. "They're weak, but it feels like an entire army is coming out of that gate… And to top it all off, They seem to be aiming for the hotel… What's happening?" Midnight was confused.
Oj nodded, He ran back to where Midnight was standing and spoke, "The questions we should be asking is where are reinforcements? We had more awakeneds here in the hotel, but most of the rooms are empty…" before Midnight could speak, A voice came from behind the two, "Reinforcements are coming soon. I can't be of much help here but I can take down some of these damn reapers! I tried to get the non awakeneds out of the hotel but I couldn't get them all out… It seems like evacuating them all at once will be a problem so we have to not let these reapers close to the hotel at any costs!" Imani walked up to the two.
Oj nodded and took down another reaper attacking them, "That's going to be a pain considering two gates appeared next to each other out of nowhere. And it's summoning an entire army!" Oj seemed to be angry.
Imani nodded as she ran forward, killing the reapers. Midnight and Oj looked at each other and followed behind Imani, taking down the reapers. As the three fought, they noticed that the reapers were starting to miss the attacks more. And suddenly, they were starting to attack each other, killing one another. Oj smiled as he took a deep breath, "He's finally here."
Chapter 112: First Challenge Done! | Hero System! Transported to Another World
The reapers started to look confused and were attacking and killing each other. After some time, The last of the reapers remained but Oj, Midnight, and Imani took care of them. They turned toward the man standing at the back. Oj smiled, "You finally made your entrance."
"Indeed, I was a bit late to this, but still, I'm glad that it's over." Ryan walked up to the three with a smile on his face. Midnight looked at Ryan and spoke, "What was that though? I've never seen a Gate appear like this before… Not only did two appear side by side but there was nearly an entire army of Reapers that ran through… If it wasn't for your ability, we would have had a really difficult time dealing with them." She looked relieved when she saw Ryan.
Ryan shook his head, "I was afraid that the gate would be something else… I took some time because I got more weapons just in case it was what we initially thought it was." He looked at the gate disappear. Imani questioned, "Master, what did you think the gates were?" all three of them were curious.
Ryan looked at Imani and nodded, "Looking at the energy signal left by the gate when it appeared, it looked like a huge blob of energy… Something that only happens when an S rank gate is appearing. That also a huge S rank gate… I sent Oj and Midnight to assess the situation but after hearing that it was actually two A rank gates very close to each other, It was a relief. I was about to send gold as well but He was at the other side of the city, and after knowing that the gate was manageable by you three… I didn't press him to come and came myself." He explained.
The three were shocked by Ryan's words but they understood his problem. Oj walked up to Ryan and smiled, "At least The people in the hotel are safe and we took down the gates… These recent gates have been very weird, haven't they? Almost feels like there is some pattern to it all…" He furrowed his eyes and whispered to Ryan, "Maybe something relating to a foreign human entering our world?"
Ryan nodded and looked at Oj, "If you look for patterns in anything, you will find it. I've assessed His character and can say that he has no harmful intents towards us." Midnight and Imani also nodded when they heard Ryan. They didn't hear Oj's whisper but after hearing Ryan's words, They quickly understood what they were talking about.
Oj nodded, "indeed, I have also looked into his character a bit. Even taught him a few things yesterday… But I didn't mean that it was him doing all this. What I mean was… What if they were following him? What was his story again, could you tell me?" Oj spoke.
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"Who… Who are you?" Alex softly asked. He didn't know the woman in front of him but he felt some form of deep connection with her. He even shed tears as soon as he heard her voice. Alex wanted to know who could have made him tear up like this from doing nothing.
The woman smiled, she put her hand on Alex's face and smiled. "You forgot your own mother?" She then sighed, "I know that I've been away from you for so long… But son, I'm here for you." A small smile on her face.
Alex put his hands up and slowly grabbed the woman's hand which was on his face. His face turned slowly from a small soft smile to rage. Alex grabbed her hands tightly and pushed her away with all his power.
'Good thing this system still works here. To think that it would say combat initiated as soon as the woman touched me… That was close, It must be trying to get into my head.' Alex sighed in relief while looking at the [Combat Initiated] prompt in front of him.
Alex looked at the woman with a firm gaze. He was enraged. "The woman who should have been there for me my entire life… Do you really expect me to believe that the people who left me at the doorsteps of an orphanage would really show this form of love? You really should have rethought some other plan!" Alex roared as he punched the woman.
The woman fell to the floor, blood running from her nose. Alex looked at her with slight confusion. 'Is… Was she? Why didn't she protect herself?' He was confused by the lack of action. However, Alex's confusion soon stopped. The blood that was running from the woman's nose slowly got sucked back into her body. She stood up and with a wide creepy smile, She laughed. "I nearly had you… Snooping through the memories of such a young soul is difficult, you know? It was lucky that I found that image leftover in your memories. Seeing how the rest of your life went, I guess It would be a reward for finishing the first trial… At least you saw the woman who abandoned you at birth." She said as her body faded away.
Hearing the woman's words was a shock for Alex, he couldn't believe it. 'I felt some connection from that woman but… I didn't know that she would actually be the image of my actual mother.' He looked a bit saddened by this but quickly picked himself up. Alex looked around him and noticed that the environment was slowly becoming less visible for him.
A small white fog appeared around Alex, only letting him see the ground beneath him. "The first trial seemed to be pretty easy for you… But I guess with the help of something extraordinary, it would be pretty easy. Nevertheless, It isn't breaking the rules so I'll allow it. Luck and one's powers are also what helps decide how powerful you really are." The deep voice once again came back.
Alex looked around and smiled awkwardly, 'This voice knows about the system… And by its words, It seems to know more about the system than I do.' Alex was curious about the voice. He didn't know who the person behind the voice but he had a feeling that the person knew a lot more than he did about the system.
The voice continued, "Now, The second trail… You will be battling enemies… Leach Gremlins to be exact. My very own created creatures made specifically for this challenge. I'll give you a hint for this enemy… Only a very few with a certain special ability can take these Leach Gremlins on. Abilities which are similar to their own powers but very different at the same time." The voice faded away as Alex felt like he was falling once again.
This time, He felt the temperature rise a tiny bit around him. After some time falling, Alex landed on the ground. This time, It was dark bricks all around him. Alex looked closely around him, observing his surroundings carefully, "It looks like some type of creepy basement." She commented.
"Kwek!"
Hearing that voice, Alex turned around, looking for the source. He looked closely around the room, looking for the source but he saw nothing. Until a sudden thought came into Alex's mind as a few drops of what seemed to be blood dripped on Alex's face.
Alex looked up and saw two huge humanoid creatures stuck on the ceiling. They had almost ghost-like pale slimy skin, huge teeth, and even bigger claws. The creatures jumped towards Alex as soon as he saw them.
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Ryan stood in the reception of the hotel, He looked at Midnight and smiled. "I never thought I'd get to come here again. It's been like a few months now, Loving in the office rooms has been good, but I do miss this place." He looked nostalgic.
Midnight nodded and spoke, "That's nice but I'm starting to get annoyed here… What's happening? A few people disappear, this time military?! That's the reason we were called right? Why are you talking about the hotel?" She seemed to be slightly angry at Ryan.
Ryan laughed and nodded, "I know, I was just trying to lighten the mood. I did call you for that reason but we first need to wait for Imani and Oj to report back. After that, we can go to my office and discuss this topic properly."
