Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

Zetsubo~ (No Hope)

“Zetsubou~, Zetsubo~, Zetsubo~,Zetsubou~... 🎵.” In the middle of their journey, Leon sang a song with no scales or clear lyrics. It is still unknown what the reason behind her singing that deafening song, but Elena must have been disturbed and showed tight veins when she was going to get angry.

“Uh! Can you stop the singing! It starts to get very annoying when you repeat the same word over and over again! Also, your voice is very bad and I became more and more eager to hit you when that word came out of your mouth!” yelled Elena who was fed up of hearing Leon's obscure singing or word series.

Leon paused for a moment and looked at Elena, then said, “Even if you say so, this song does describe the situation of the two of us right now, right?” Leon again set his eyes forward before continuing, “This is only half an hour from the time we departed, but we are already lost inside this dead wood forest. Aren't you experiencing the same despair as me?”

All around the two of them, it was currently a forest with trees that had withered without a hint of foliage. In addition, there was a fog that limited their visibility to about 20 meters. Currently, both of them were confused and started to doubt whether they were walking straight or just walking on a detour and passing the same path?

‘Hah, I also understand the intent of the despair he felt, anyway. After arriving in this world and having a massive reduction in using psychic abilities, I did not really have efficient skills to use at this time.’

‘The one I'm wearing right now is the Offering and trying to see what's on the other end there. Unfortunately, my Branching ability was reduced considerably and could only see up to a distance of about 70 meters. Whereas if this was the previous world-spirit-world, I could look up to a distance of hundreds of meters or even to the neighboring kingdom.’

‘Using Telekinesis to fly is also a bad choice. I myself will instead waste the natural energy that has been collected so far to rebuild the dragon vein. The teleportation? I think I'll use this as a last resort option. I'm afraid I won't be able to control this Teleportation and instead appear inside the crater of the volcano.’

“(“Zetsubou”. What a word that really describes our current condition, ya~,)” said Aya full of boredom from the top of Elena's head.

“Already, you shut up, Cat! I didn't count how many times you made fun of me during this trip, but I still remember that you've made 28 sentences related to mocking me while we were away. Do you want me to turn into shoes? Rarely does anyone use cat skin as raw material, but that doesn't mean I don't have such crazy ideas!” elena said filled with frown.

“(Okey~.)”

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As they were walking in their boredom, suddenly a voice broke the silence.

“What's up?” Elena and Kai directed their gaze upwards, at the origin of the voice.

‘Ap-! Since when were they there?” Kai is surprised to see a large horde of penthers.

“I think their official name is Nebula Sarcoramphus papa. According to the dictionary I read, these are vultures. The skills they had at first were closely related to fog. Their low-level species are harmless when alone because the fog they create is not too dense. However, the tendency of those who form colonies becomes problematic,” explains Elena.

“Be-Means we'll be eaten alive, dong. Can we win against those who are that many?” leon asked in a trembling voice.

“If only one on one is certain we win. Even the levels of those who are rather high can be defeated low level penthrats when we neglect their fly-escape-them ability.” Elena rolled her eyes at Leon, and continued, “Are you scared? Take it easy, they'll just eat the carcasses. That means they won't eat us as long as we're alive.”

“Oh, great. At least we won't be eaten alive.” Leon breathed a sigh of relief at that moment.

“Don't be happy first, son. Our food supply will only be enough for 2 days or even shorter than that. If we really save it, maybe it will be enough for 5 days. They will mislead us for those few days, wait for us to be exhausted, then will eat our carcasses. This is not the time to be happy.”

“Alright, thanks for the explanation. Now, I'd like to ask why are we only carrying a little food supply like this? Aren't you already an expert in adventure and supposed to take into account how much food is needed? Really, I'm very suspicious about your current origins.” Leon looked at Elena with suspicious eyes.

“I think, this forest will have an abundant supply of food and we can fill it here. But when the fog is thick as it is today, the river will not be able to meet, and we have a few days before dying from dehydration,” Elena replied easily.

‘Well, I still have the option of flying and teleportation. I'll use it when the situation gets more run down. But at least, I'll wait for the time to be night. The thick fog of this bird will cover the moonlight tonight. I might even fly around when I want to get out of this forest, but I'm pretty sure I won't get lost while flying up.’

Elena's Lunarkinesis ability allows her to control moonlight, including turning them back into energy. During the day, he would have a limitation where he could not gather natural energy. But when the moon shines in the sky, he will be in a more favorable position than this.

“Ka-Then, I just have to beat them all, right? I think this will be easier to do than having to wait for us to die by them.”

“Please if you want to try, Leon. But, I strongly do not suggest this way because they also have good movement ability. Those who fly above the sky, will become easier to attack and dodge than those of us who only exist above ground level.”

“How to know before trying, ‘kan? Leo, attack him!” Leon pointed at one of the birds in front of him while giving a cue.