Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 184: Creating Own Magic (1)

'....'

Lee raised his head and felt the starlight falling on his face. There was no change of expression in his being. D was doubtful whether he would jump at him, and raise his voice. But his imaginations remained as imaginations.

[You are abnormally chill.]

'Give me a reason not to.'

[The Illians were disintegrated by me, for the sake of the system. Do you not feel sympathy for them?]

'If I had sympathy, then why would I have taken them into the EsGen, to use them as agricultural lands for harvesting Essence?'

[...]

'It is Karma. What you sow is what you reap. The very ideology of powerful and powerless creates a division, and enables the strong to walk over the weak. When they decided to follow this concept, they already sealed their fate. I am nothing but a pawn which executed their fate. And through my action, you gave them the fruit of what the sowed.]

D was silent for a minute. He found reason and ideology of equity from his words. It was then he remembered about the existence of the Dretrils.

[I am moving the four Dretrils from the EsGen to the System Space. Any objections?]

'None. Move other non-hostile living beings and plants to the System Space.'

[Okay.]

Walking down the streets, Lee's stomach growled. Glancing around, he saw a restaurant only a few metres away. Lee walked to the door and entered inside.

The noisy atmosphere was something expected at that time of the day. Many cultivators and very few adventurers were sitting here and there, and exchanged words and information. Lee saw a table for four and walked towards it. There were only two people, a man and a woman, sitting opposite to each other, enjoying the meal. At a glance, Lee deduced that they were adventurers, from their characteristic outfits.

Since there were no other seat available, and as the smell was agitating his stomach, he asked them-

"May I sit here?"

The man turned his head and raised his eyes to look at Lee. The less luxurious clothings he wore were not a symbol of pride. The man scanned Lee from top to bottom. As he was running an evaluation, the woman sitting opposite to him recognised Lee.

"Are you not the one fixed to duel with professor Ganga Equis?"

The question was loud and clear, but weaker than the surroundings. The bustling restaurant suppressed the voice of the woman. The man sitting across her heard her words and stared at Lee. The frown was evident.

"You may."

The man replied, while his eyes glanced at the woman across him. She had nodded and gave him her consent. Lee promptly sat next to the man. The waiter came and took Lee's order, which was vegetable noodles!

"Are you the one dueling with Miss Ganga?"

The man raised the question, which the woman had asked earlier. Without replying, he simply nodded.

"So you are the person that everyone in the academy was talking about."

Lee was curious to know what about him had become a topic worth talking about. Within a few seconds, a plate of vegetable noodles was brought to him by the server. The nostalgic aroma and the hot steam rising from the plate made his mouth salivate.

"I am Jake Heartrun, and this is my sister, Mira Heartrun. We were students of the Alaqvier academy, before becoming adventurers."

Jake and Mira were 34 and 29 years old respectively. Their parents were Official rank adventurers. After they died in a mission, the siblings began to put more effort into practical training. By the time the graduated, their resolve and coordination was over their peers.

The siblings were simple. Neither their actions and expressions nor their facial features showed luxury. Both of them were single, and decided to stay so, so that the brother and sister can support each other.

Jake had a trimmed beard line and moustache, and his hair was short and grey. His physical training for his sword mastery made him sturdy and muscular.

Mira had her greyish black hair shortened to the shoulder length. She was slightly shorter than her brother. She wielded a staff, which acts as a means to channel the Mana for spell casting, and also for physical attacks. Her brother had influenced her to undergo melee training.

As they conversed, a cultivator barged in and shouted-

"Moon Water Sect has been completely destroyed, and a Tier-1 dungeon has appeared there!"

The dining cultivators had their eyes widened up with the news, and all of them paused their eating for a moment, and ran out. They dashed to the demolished sect premise, because both their treasures and disciples were alluring in the eyes of men.

The restaurant was almost empty, with a few adventurers sitting scatteredly. Those strangers recognised each other, and they began to converse. The focus of the siblings shifted from Lee easily. He found that the food had disappeared into his mouth before he knew it. Promptly paying two silver coins, he left the restaurant.

[Now, you have a duel with Miss Ganga Equis of the academy. How do you plan to win the match?]

'Using magic, of course.'

[How are you planning to use magic?]

Lee took a sharp turn and walked into an alleyway. It had enough daylight flowing into it, so the visibility was not low.

'Convert 1,000,000 Essence to Mana.'

Ten million Essence was converted to twenty million Mana. Lee stood there like a statue for a second, and uttered-

"Teleport."

Strands of light rose from the ground. The presence of daylight removed any unwanted attention to the spell activation. As D felt the ripples of magic activation, our protagonist closed his eyes.

*zupp*

The next instant, Lee was standing in the alleyway right next to the inn. He opened his eyes and recognised the location. The walls resonated familiarity and he saw the fence partially destroyed. As he had desired, he was teleported to where he wanted to come.

[How did you cast a spell?? How did you use Magic??]