?The woman named Tanya was using a weapon from her world, a weapon known as a sniper rifle. Right now, she had carefully aimed up the sight at the target in front of her.
They were just in the building over, so it wasn’t exactly too far for her to hit her target, and due to how close they were, she could even choose where she needed to hit.
“Alright, you ordered it, here it goes.”
She steadied her aim and pulled on the trigger. Immediately, a loud bang was heard throughout the area.
The people were looking up, wondering where the noise was coming from. When they stared at the rooftop, they could see a man with short hair in shabby clothing.
“Sorry, just some construction work going on here and we dropped something, carry on with your day!” Marcus said with a smile and a wave to the people.
Although they could see the long object being held by the woman, no one paid it any attention. It simply wasn’t a tool from their world, not something that they would use.
After the people carried on with their day, Marcus immediately wanted to know an answer.
“So, what was the result?” Marcus asked.
Tanya was stunned for a moment; she had seen everything clearly, she had lined up for her bullet to go right through the shoulder of the man that had entered.
“He’s unharmed, the bullet, it looked like it bounced off him, or he was protected by something.”
Looking inside the house through the windows, their target was certainly on guard. He had moved more into the center where their view was blocked, and he was holding onto a sword.
“He didn’t notice it, he didn’t notice we were here, how did he manage to block a bullet?” Tanya asked.
Another man, with long blonde hair, middle-aged, stood by Marcus’s side and had observed the situation.
“Graft said he was a mage, correct?” Barlan, the mage of the group, commented. “It appears that he has quite high level enchanted gear on him.
“He didn’t recognize the bullet nor did he react with magic, but the clothing he has on him must not be ordinary. I wonder where he got his hands on something like that.”
“Yes, you’re right,” Marcus rubbed the bottom of his beard. “An item like that, if he had discovered it in one of the dimensions, he should have reported it to Alter.
“Of course, Alter could have given him permission to get something like that as well, but I doubt someone who has just joined Himmy’s group would be allowed such a thing.”
“There is another way,” Barlan said. “It’s possible he could have enchanted the robe himself. If that was the case, he must be quite a high-level mage.”
The fact that Himmy might have a golden goose in his group was annoying Marcus a bit, so he decided.
“Let’s test this one a bit more then.” Marcus moved, and so did the others after him.
Inside the Inn, the bullet had been blocked, and Raze could tell where the attack had come from, but he was confused as to what had just happened.
‘A piece of metal thrown at an incredibly high velocity. Is it magic, or could it be something else?’
Just then, the sound of a door being broken wide open was heard, and Raze could see a young man in cloth jumping out from the second floor toward him.
The young man had a sword in his hand, and it was laced with Qi.
Raze pulled out his own sword and hit it to the side. But the youngster quickly lifted his sword up several times and continued to attack one after the other.
‘Who is this? hy would a Pagna warrior suddenly attack me? Is it the Behemoth Clan, or did Graft hire some people to try and get rid of me?’ Raze thought as he continued to block the sword.
He was doing so rather effortlessly; the person in front of him was a fourth-stage Pagna warrior. Skilled for his age, certainly, but with Raze’s strength and everything he had been through, it was nothing.
‘If they were from Alter, then my device would have gone off, and no fool would attack me!’ Raze then straightened his sword and delivered a large blow to the sword.
It was so strong that the youngster had no choice but to let go of his sword as it flew in the air and pierced the wooden wall to the side.
When Raze went to strike again with his sword, he heard several loud bangs, and instantly small objects had hit the side of his sword.
They were powerful, moving it off course. Looking to his right, he could see that a few people had entered from the window.
One person, in particular, had a black object held with both of his hands; it looked rather familiar to him.
‘That looks like the same thing that Himmy had!’ Raze thought.
Not just that, but Raze could see the wind flowing off from the others that had entered, and he was sure of it, that it was a mage with them.
A mage, with a person that could use magic, he was sure that it couldn’t be a coincidence, so he could only guess where these people were from.
“What is this? I thought this guy was a mage, and then he manages to best you, Ponto!” Marcus said.
“He’s skilled, he has to have fought with a few warriors already,” Ponto said, jumping over and getting his sword from the wall.
Seeing the situation and how it was, Raze stood there with the sword in his hand, ready to act at any time.
“You guys… you’re from Alter, right, so why attack me!” Raze asked.
There was clear anger in his voice, and Marcus thought he had every right to be angry. He just wanted to play a little with Himmy’s new member, but he was starting to realize something as he felt his hand start to tremble slightly, an energy coming off.
“If you attack me, then you are my enemy, and I kill my enemies!” Raze exclaimed as his sword started to light up as he placed an immense amount of Qi into the Ghost Blade.
Chapter 458 A Person From A Different Story
Attacked, tricked, ambushed. These were a few things that Raze had experienced too many times, and even in the academy, where an area was meant to be safe for them, he still suffered.
Whatever these people wanted from him, the way they went about it didn’t please him at all, and he was ready to show it. The strength was burning through his weapon, and nearly all could feel it in the area.
At that moment, Raze lifted his feet up, the first descending step was being used. He slammed it onto the ground, and the wave of Qi went out to all of those around him.
They felt the immense power that had come out from him, rattling them slightly.
“Are you sure that is what you want to do?” Barlan asked, stepping forward, circles of water were forming in the air above him, and they were swirling about.
Raze recognized this instantly; he was right, this person was a mage, and just like him, they were at the 4-star level.
Not just that though, on the second floor of the establishment, another door had opened up, and a large dark-skinned man showing his muscular, chiseled body had appeared from above.
Looking around, Raze could see five targets around him: the woman with the strange long object held in her hand, the man with the smaller object that looked like Himmy’s, the mage, the young Pagna warrior, and the mysterious dark-skinned man who had just appeared from above.
“We outnumber you, and you have no idea about our strength. It is not a smart thing to do; you should have clearly known that we weren’t trying to harm you,” Barlan stated.
“You say I don’t know your strength?” Raze replied with a smile. “It’s the same for you; you have no idea of my strength either. And I disagree; it appeared as if you were doing everything trying to harm me.”
Seeing the situation become tense and a fight soon to break out, Marcus needed to do something; he placed his weapon away. The gun he held, he had placed it into a special strap around his waist, and then moved the shabby piece of cloth clothing he had and flung it over to hide the weapon.
Right after, he held his hands up peacefully while also pulling out another small white object. Proceeding to press the button on it, Raze felt his inner jacket start to vibrate.
“I’m sure you must know what that means; we are from Alter,” Marcus declared.
The sound of another door was heard creaking, and looking up, from the same room the large man had come out from, Graft had nervously exited his room as well.
“I believe you met one of our squad members already; Graft had informed us that you needed our help,” Marcus explained.
“I apologize for what we have done; perhaps my little test had gone too far. I’ll be honest; when I heard you were part of Himmy’s group, I just wanted to have some fun with you.”
“I apologize if this joke seems to have gone too far.”
Raze had yet to put his sword down. He had reverted his Qi back into his body as soon as Graft had come out. He had his suspicions this would be the case, but whether they would help him or try to force him to do something was a whole other thing together.
Which was why he was still holding onto his sword.
“Look, you need our help to get in contact with Himmy, right?” Marcus said. “So don’t let this stupid little idea of mine be the reason why we can’t help you, alright.”
Raze thought about it for a moment, and it was true that they weren’t attacking him now. If he had decided to try and get rid of this team, it could bring more enemies that he didn’t need, and would make it harder to go to the Dark Faction.
He soon put his weapon away, and the rest let their guards down as well that were around him.
“But man, I thought they said you were a mage?” Marcus claimed. “But you’re really skillful with your sword. Were the reports wrong, are you a warrior instead?”
“I am a mage,” Raze answered.
Which was a disbelief to everyone in the room. Apart from Barlan who was keeping a close eye.
In order to ease the tension, the Inn was allowed to open again and operate as normal. In the meantime, they were placed in a special room for VIP guests around the back.
It was to serve food and drink; it wasn’t fancy like other places, but at least it was private.
Raze was sitting down at the table, next to Graft of all people, and by his right, was Marcus, who he found out was the leader of this Alter squad.
They were spaced away from him, a request made from Raze himself, but everyone had eyes on him.
“I guess before we talk about business, I should introduce my team to you all,” Marcus claimed.
“As I’m sure you know, squads of Alter can have a variety of people from all over. For instance, yourself, you’re from Alterian if you’re a mage.”
Raze nodded.
“Well, Barlan here is a mage as well from Alterian. Then we have me, Marcus, and Tanya; the two of us are from the same world as Himmy, your squad leader.
“And you also have the young Pagna warrior and Graft. Both of them were originally from Pagna but are a part of our squad.”
Raze noticed something in that moment; when introducing everyone, he had stated what worlds they were from if they were in the same world, but there was one person he hadn’t mentioned.
“The last large man is named Shing; he is not from the same place as us. I believe he said that he was from somewhere called Earth.”
“You know honestly he’s probably the most interesting out of all of us. In his world, there are those that have special powers, and they can range from anything.”
“It kind of reminds me of magic, but it seems different, like it’s only one power that they can have, and he tried to explain it to us that it works from some type of mutant cells, but it’s hard for us to explain.”
“Anyway, as for his power, he can harvest the power of spirits, pretty spooky, right.”
“Harvest the power of spirits?” These words had caught his attention.
It also made him wonder, was it the reason why the man known as Shing had been staring at him hard this entire time?
Chapter 459 A Type of Agent, The Deleters
For a while now, almost since Raze had gotten within a few meters of the large man, he could feel his heavy gaze.
No matter where Raze moved, he was being watched by him like a hawk. Honestly, the man known as Shing hadn’t said a word yet either.
So Raze thought that maybe this was just a trait of those from his world. After all, he didn’t know about the norms of every culture, but now he realized that it might be something different.
‘His power is to do with Spirits? Although that is very vague, it could be a number of things,’ Raze thought. ‘Even in magic, it was hard to confirm things like that of a spirit existing.’
‘Which was why I was a little unpersuaded when I heard that there was a book that would allow one to reincarnate or transmigrate, yet it existed.’
‘My soul, or mind, or whatever it is, is in the body of another, so things such as spirits must exist to an extent. The reason why this person is looking at me, which one is it?’
‘Is it because you can sense that my spirit doesn’t belong inside this body? Or is it something else, can you maybe see what is clinging onto this body, the bloody woman that has been following me.’
“Shing!” Marcus called out. “Don’t stare; we have already upset this person enough, we don’t need to do more. He is a fellow member of Alter.”
“An Otherworlder, we of all people should know how hard it is to fit in, and somehow he has ended up here in the Demonic Faction, tell me how did that come about?” Marcus asked.
Thankfully, Raze had already expected this type of question to be asked. Although he could intimidate Graft into not asking, the same wouldn’t be said for an entire squad.
“I was in a troubling situation in another dimension. I had no choice but to try and escape. When opening up a portal, I just needed to get out; I managed to create a portal to the Demonic Faction, and now I’m stuck here.
“Thankfully, my device went off, and I managed to run into Graft; I thought there wouldn’t be any other members here.”
The group listened to his story, and they knew what mages were capable of. A slight glance was shared between Marcus and Barlan. It was to try and confirm if something like this was possible, and Raze noticed the slight nod from Barlan.
“Wait, so you only got into the Demonic Faction now?” Ponto asked. “So your squad is in the Dark Faction, right, but then the Qi that you were using, and the step you used, doesn’t that belong to the Demonic Faction?”
Raze shrugged his shoulders.
“I honestly don’t know much; what I learned was from the manuals that I picked up. I was sent to an orphanage when I first arrived in this world and learned the techniques from a teacher there.”
Ponto, who was a Pagna warrior himself, was finding it hard to believe. How could one learn skills so fast? The only thing he could think of was that because he was a mage, he was supplementing his mana for Qi.
Which was why it was more powerful, and he had quicker progress than most warriors would have.
As Raze explained his story further though, it was when Graft realized something. Raze was in the Demonic Faction before.
His story couldn’t be true because they had met up, so how was he able to join Himmy’s group? Why did he need their help now if he could go between areas before?
Still, he would keep his mouth shut.
“Alright, alright enough with the interrogation,” Marcus interrupted. “I know Himmy personally, and you have the Alter Badge. We can confirm if you are a part of his group or not; I’m sure he would know.”
“What I want to know is what type of agent are you? Himmy was never the type to accept just anyone into his group; that stubborn man,” Marcus asked.
Raze was wondering what he meant by the question and eventually answered with what he thought was right.
“I was a field agent and then became a squad member.”
Hearing the answer, the rest of the members looked at each other.
“How long have you even been in Alter for?” Marcus asked.
“About a month or two,” Raze answered.
This answer made the others more aware now; they were starting to understand a bit more.
“Now I see; well, you see in each group there are different types of members.”
“We all have our roles within the group.”
“Some are just information gatherers; others are scouts or experts on items. Then you have fighters and supporters.”
“In cases of mages, they are in a more unique case because they can fit into nearly any field. So it really depends on your specialty.”
“But as you work up in the group, it decides where you can get promoted to. If you are a powerful fighter, one of the top positions you can earn is to become a Deleter.”
“A Deleter?” Raze repeated.
“Yes, they are Otherworlders like us; they live on the 6th floor of the Alter base, which I assume if you’ve only been with Alter for 2 months, you’ve never been to either.”
“These Deleters are the strongest members of Alter, and they have the name for a reason. They clear up any traces of Alter existing if need be.” ƒrēeReadNovelFull.com
“They are the strongest and will get rid of anything. Especially those that try to, you know, betray us and run away with our secrets,” Marcus laughed as if it was no big deal.
But it interested Raze greatly; just how strong were these Deleters? Since they came from other worlds, they weren’t Pagna warriors.
But were they strong enough to deal with those like the principal, a number of things and thoughts had come to his head.
“Anyway, you should talk to Himmy about it when you get the chance because it’s a good way to move up in the group once you know your role more,” Marcus explained.
After Marcus had finished his explanation, there was a sudden movement, from one man, Shing, who was sitting opposite Raze on the table.
His arms had been folded until now as he pointed out right at Raze.
“You… shouldn’t be alive,” were the only words that Shing spoke just then.
Chapter 460 A Dead Man Walking
Right after Shing spoke, there was silence in the room, but what had broken out of that silence was Marcus, who had gone into a laugh.
“Oh, come on now!” Marcus said. “Just because he survived a shot from Tanya doesn’t mean you should be going around and saying things like that to our guest now; you should know better.”
Shing’s finger was still pointed at Raze, and he didn’t know why, but it was quite infuriating to him. To the point where he wanted to just get up from where he was and snap it. However, Raze remained calm.
‘Well, those words confirmed it; he certainly knows something about me. The fact that he says I shouldn’t be alive, is he referring to the real me?’
“I’m not saying it because of that,” Shing added, and it was the first time Raze was fully hearing him speak. He wasn’t illiterate, but he himself had his mind full.
“You know my powers; I can see something hovering over this one; he has the power of death surrounding him completely,” Shing continued.
Marcus thought about it for a bit; he knew Shing wouldn’t just say this out of the blue, and it couldn’t be something strange that only mages had because Shing didn’t say the same thing about Barlan, who was in their group. fгeewebnovёl.com
Right now, Marcus was considering just ignoring it, that was until Raze spoke up himself.
“I am interested in your power. I want to know, what is it that you can see? How does your power work? Honestly, for some time, strange things have been happening, so I hope you can help,” Raze asked in a polite and soft manner.
Now, Marcus wasn’t getting involved as this was all down to Shing, and it wasn’t really related to Alter business and seemed to be more of a personal matter.
“My ability, as we call it, or power is a mixed bag,” Shing answered. “My eyes, they can see a lot more than just the current world in front of us.
“I can see almost another world with my powers. One that overlaps with ours. This world, though it overlaps, it doesn’t change anything in our world or affect it to a large degree.
“However, when a person dies, and I can see the overlapping of the worlds, for a short period of time, I can borrow the power from those that are overlapping.”
“The way I think of it is, there is an energy that is in every living life; when the living life ends, a part of that energy is moving to a different world that we can’t see.
“Surrounding you, these energies, from this overlapping world, they are surrounding your body, around your heart.
“Your body, it almost feels like it’s not from this world.”
“That makes sense though, right?” Tanya interrupted. “Just like us and him, he isn’t from this world.”
Shing shook his head.
“You all feel the same, just as anyone from Pagna. Your bodies do not overlap with another world; your bodies are present.”
After listening to Shing talk, Raze still didn’t know why Shing saw him in this way? Was he looking at Raze’s original soul?
Was it attached to the body at hand, which was why he gave off the same feeling as those that had recently just died? How did that spell even work?
“I see,” Raze said. “Is there anything else you can see with those eyes of yours… something else.”
Raze didn’t want to elaborate because he wasn’t sure what it was, and all of these people in front of him were strangers.
He could imagine them going off and informing Alter, and then needing to be on the run for the rest of his life because of this.
As Shing stared further and activated more of his power to be in tune with this overlapping world, that’s when he could see it.
Wrapped around Raze’s neck were two extremely long arms; they were soaked red and almost covered in blood.
As Shing tried to look more, he was unable to see the face, as a heavy darkness appeared. It was scratched out, shrouded, and impossible to see.
“There is something, or someone attached to you, but based on you asking this question, it seemed you already knew about this,” Shing said.
Everyone in the room started to feel shivers run up and down their body. They didn’t know much about Shing’s powers, only seeing him do strange things when the time was needed once in a while.
Or knowing the way of where to go in a particular dungeon for some reason, but one of the reasons why they didn’t ask about his powers so much, it was simple; it was because it freaked them out.
Right now, Shing was saying that he could see something in the room, that the rest of them couldn’t. It was sending all of their senses into hyper mode.
When he made them aware, it was almost as if they could feel it as well in the room with them but could do nothing about it.
Marcus was ready to change the subject; he had found out what he needed and now needed to work on getting in contact with the relevant squad and figuring out a way to take this individual back to the Dark Faction but then it was Raze who continued the conversation.
“Shing, your powers seem great, and just then, it felt like you needed to increase your strength to see this figure, correct,” Raze asked.
Shing didn’t hesitate as he gave a nod.
“Then is it possible, is there a way to amplify your powers even more so? So you could see what this thing is that is following me, maybe find a way to talk to it?”
This might be Raze’s only chance to find out about the Bloody Woman. Was it because of his demonic energy? Was it something that connected to him when he used the Demonic Cultivation technique?
Or was it possibly something that had been with him since using the transmigration spell, and he was only made aware of it later on.
There was also another possibility, that it was something that was stuck with the original Raze for one reason or another, something that no one knew about but him.
“I can do that; over the years of using powers, I realized that there are certain items that can be used that will enhance my powers.”
“These items can be pricey though, and I warn you I can’t guarantee that there will be some type of result.”
“That’s fine; I will pay for whatever items you need, and I understand that there is no guarantee,” Raze added.
“Well, I don’t mind what you guys do, but can you keep it away from us,” Marcus said. “All this talk is making me a little frightened.”
“Shing, give a list of items that are needed to Barlan and Graft; the two of you can go around the city of Repton gathering the items. I’ll get in contact with your squad leader Himmy; there should be an easy way for us to head over to the other side.”
With that done, Raze was ready; this was his chance to find out what has been protecting him, and possibly why.