Mystery of Otherworldly Waves: Blood Moon [Volume 1] [END]

Chapter 2: Incident 1 Year ago

...Chapter 2: Incident 1 Year Ago...

...[.The Incident 1 Year Ago]...

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Previously, Satoruu and Yuka were trapped inside another world. Right now, they feel desperate. The meadow was so vast, they could not even see a single house around here.

But in the midst of their despair, Satoruu only realized the sword he used was also carried in. Remembering before he used this sword.

A coincidence there is a green monster that is likely a goblin. Since no threat should involve a sword fight, Satoruu does not know whether or not this sword will be strong. Therefore, to find out, Satoruu stabbed one of the goblins right in his heart, resulting in the goblin dying without a wart.

However, the other goblins directly attacked him after seeing that. Calmly, Satoruu swung the sword to and fro with the goblin's blood, getting all the goblins that approached him killed without being able to injure him first.

As an end, he slashed the sword towards the last goblin until the head of the goblin floated apart from his body, shortened to be cut off.

Yuka became amazed at him who had defeated the entire goblin unharmed.

Yuka approached and clasped Satoruu's hand. "Can you teach me sword, Satoruu?"

Thinking it would not be a problem, Satoruu asserts Yuka's question and will teach her later.

As Satoruu turned his head towards the right, he faintly saw a building that looked flat like a wall. Sure enough, the closer they got, the more visible the wall was the border wall of the royal territory with the name "Harmodia". That way, they went all the way to the main city of the place where there was his palace.

There, they heard music played by a group of people. With the sound of a harp, flute, and drum, the music is very typical with the medieval. The melody and tone they played seemed to blend in with his own kingdom. By hearing the music alone can fill the sound of emptiness that is inside Satoruu.

They arrived at the main city called "Eveline" and then to the park, the queen was already there, chatting with her soldiers. They went to the queen to ask her some questions about this kingdom.

As Satoruu was busy chatting with the queen, Yuka called out to him while showing two people chasing after a little girl carrying two loaves of bread. Quickly, Yuka dismissed the little girl, while Satoruu blocked the two men.

Without making small talk and without having to ask, one of the men firmly said that the little girl stole the bread they sold. Satoruu understood the reason they were chasing this little girl, they were food merchants.

As Satoruu thought of a way for this little girl to obtain bread, his hand touched the sword placed on his right thigh. In doing so, Satoruu proposed that this sword be a barter material for the two loaves.

Satoruu handed his sword to them. "Then, how much bread is equivalent to this sword?"

Yuka and the little girl were shocked as Satoruu swapped sword after bread of the little girl. Putting a hand on his chin, one of the merchants summed up at least 20 loaves of bread that could be obtained with this sword.

"You're willing if he'll take the other 18 loaves when he's hungry?" satoruu asked, pointing out the tactics that made the trader look doubtful.

With a firm voice, the queen told Satoruu not to give the sword as barter material, but he would pay for the little girl's bread. However, the two merchants refused knowing she was their queen.

It does not end there, the queen retaliated against them on the grounds that trade must be fair. That way, this dispute ends with both traders getting money from the queen and the little girl getting the bread she wants.

They sat around the city park while chatting a few things. With a long breath, the queen told him everything. Before that, the queen gave her name, Annie Evelyn.

"There is a legend that says three people from another world will save this world" she said.

There's no mistaking it, that's why they were summoned to this world. Legend about three people from another world who would be willing to be the savior of this world. However, the ones mentioned by the queen were three people, whereas the ones thrown into this world were Satoruu and Yuka without any third party.

"uh? Right three guys?" Satoruu was surprised by the queen's statement.

The Queen reiterated that the revelation of the legend was indeed three people.

"Who's the other one?" asked Satoruu in surprise.

Everyone had no ideas, even the queen said that the two of them were likely the first to come into this world. Satoruu continues his talk by asking what needs to be saved from this world.

Starting from 1 year ago, the world was shocked by events that killed many people to destroy many villages. The event is called "Death Wave of Blood Moon" (Death Wave of Blood Moon) because it raises the blood moon and monsters simultaneously repeatedly without knowing the time of arrival.

The problem is, the Death Wave is not caused by a phenomenon called a lunar eclipse. Since no other phase occurred, only the full moon suddenly turned into a blood moon. The blood moon also appeared about four times in 1 year, in different villages of course.

Then, the three people from the other world would be chosen to save this world from that Death Wave. Not only them, the four chosen people in this world will also help save this world. They will be referred to as "Seven Saviors".

At least that's what the queen said.

Satoruu looked at the little girl who was eating her second bread. Then he asked the name of the little girl. With a slight stutter, he answered Satoruu's question. Her name is Kaida Shelina, who is usually called Lina, 12 years old. She was just a plain girl with apple red hair and red eyes like ruby gems.

...A visual illustration of Kaida Shelina created by Picrew. Credit to the owner....

He lives in a village called "Fironne". He did live in the village of Fironne, but it was a village, whereas this was a town called Eveline. Which means, he left his village for a reason.

The queen explained what happened to the village of Fironne.

1 year ago, the village of Fironne was initially fine. But a coincidence, that Death Wave appeared in the village of Fironne. This resulted in the village being severely destroyed to the same extent as the ground. This was why, some people in the village were evacuated to a safer place.

By the way, Fironne village is a village that has half-demon race inhabitants. The half-demon race is a cross-breeding race between humans and demons. But the village of Fironne is not just any half-demon village, but rather it is inhabited by a race of fire half-demons, a race of half-demons who master one of the elemental magic, namely fire.

Some half-demon races were further divided into many groups, as world researchers discovered that the half-demon race could master one of the elemental magic like fire, water, and such. That is where humans divide them into elemental races, such as fire half-demons, water half-demons, earth half-demons, wind half-demons, and so forth.

Mastering is certainly controlling, but controlling is not necessarily controlling. In conclusion, that half-demon race could still control other magic, but the magic that had been mastered at birth, was the strongest.

Hearing that from the queen makes Satoruu want to know what is in this world.

The Queen went on to a new topic. This time, he was talking about a mysterious figure, a man known only as the "Mysterious Savior" (Mysterious Savior).

Even the queen, with all the resources and knights that were under her command, was unable to uncover the true identity of this elusive hero. It was as if he came from the depths of a gloomy world untouched by light, immune to the eye investigating people trying to uncover its secrets.

Time passes for Satoruu, and he finds himself burdened with the urgent task of finding a new home for himself, Yuka, and Shelina. Their future hangs in the balance, demanding immediate action.

Understanding their plighted state, the queen graciously extended the offer—a weathered and abandoned house that had been uninhabited for a year. It was a residence that held great significance to him, as it used to be his humble abode before ascending the throne. Conveniently located just 50 meters south of the bustling city park, the house will provide them with a sheltered shelter in their time of need.

In the arms of a quiet night, when all seemed calm, the veiled mystery of the world emerged. Amidst the roof of the humble abode, a mysterious figure found a foothold, casting a shadow over the chimney he was leaning against.

Slowly, its shape unraveled, revealing a man obscured by the deep darkness of the night. Only a silhouette was visible, as the weak moonlight struggled to pierce through the shroud and caressed the city with a gentle luminescence.

The sound of static noise echoed from the device attached to his ear, disappointing evidence of the absence of a signal at all.

"So, this is really another world," he murmured, his voice containing a mixture of wonder and confidence.

"Lia, even if you're just a robot, wherever I am, may your prayers guide me. I will definitely return to our world." He swore, his gaze rising to the stars scattered on the canvas of night.

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The next day, Satoruu intends to train them in the sword, according to his promise to Yuka. He needed a new sword for them. Luckily, Shelina knew of a place where an iron expert could offer good swords. That way, they went to the iron expert's place which was not far from their home.

The two iron experts greeted them, willing to demand from them. One of the iron experts looked old with a beard on his chin, the other was a young woman who was probably about the same age as Satoruu, the other, her hair was brown with ponytails and her minimalist clothes as an effective way for the iron expert to do his job.

Both of them seemed to not recognize them and thought they were new people. Their guess was correct, then Satoruu said they were the ones who were thrown into this world, except Shelina.

As he said it all, the iron expert that woman was acquainted with him. Her name was Lea de Viona, the first female ironologist to be found here.

...Visual illustration of Lea de Viona created by Picrew. Credit to the owner....

Then the only iron expert was Vendeno, his father. Both give them a 100% free discount on the first purchase. That way, Satoruu asked for a sword for Yuka and Shelina.

"Do you want to practice?" ask Viona.

With Satoruu's request, it was definitely predictable. He will train Yuka and Shelina in the sword. But not only there, Viona offers herself to help train them both. That way, Satoruu trained them together with Viona at the sword training ground not far from there, precisely in the west direction.

Speaking of training, swords that are in the training ground will get a special training magic, namely Training Sword Magic. This magic will make their swords become unable to hurt others because of the sharpness of it. At least that's what Viona said.

As they reached the training ground, Satoruu introduced them to a free-swinging trick that could easily knock out opponents.

This trick he named "Back Tip" because this technique can fool the enemy with his movements.

Satoruu demonstrates the first movement, which is sighing, calm, and ready with the horses. Then second, there is no need to attack first and pay attention to the opponent's movements. He looked at Viona carefully.

When Viona attacks, Satoruu demonstrates the third movement, which is to avoid the opponent's attack by aligning the time when the opponent attacks.

Fourth, field the opponent's attack if the opponent attacks again. Calmly, he blocked Viona's attack.

Then fifth, tackle again the opponent's attack but with a little dodge so that the opponent is fooled. That was how it was against Viona who was attacking again.

When Viona has been ingested by Satoruu's recklessness trap, that's where she demonstrates the sixth or final move, which is slashing the opponent on her back.

Viona fell to the ground after receiving Satoruu's attack. Viona was a little surprised and praised him, because for all her age, Viona had never come across such a technique.

Viona asked why Satoruu could use that trick. Then he explained everything.

Viona attacked with a thrust. This allowed Satoruu to use a bit of thrust as well to fend off.

If the stalk is given a little avoidance, that is, in the form of shifting the tip of the sword backward and its body to the opposite place from the tip of the sword, which depends on where the tip of the sword is located, and where the tip of the sword is located, Satoruu chose the right while the tip of the sword was on the left, so Viona still pushed her sword and made it slide to the left behind Satoruu.

It uses a swipe force between the two swords, where the Satoruu sword will slide backwards at the tip of the sword due to that evasion action, then Satoruu steps to the front right to release the evasion action, while Viona still pushed and did not know Satoruu's sword that shifted.

This was because the swipe force in this case would depend on the surface of the sword and the thrust force used, which was where Viona's sword slid to the tip of Satoruu's sword as her sword kept pushing forward, whereas if from Viona's point of view, the most in front is the tip of Satoruu's sword.

That was why Satoruu could launch the trick so easily. All of that was in the fifth movement, where he named "the thrust and shift of the enemy's sword" for its impact and "a little avoidance on the stalk" for its initial way.

The practice was continued with Yuka and Shelina practicing the basic sword techniques.

After they finished training, they returned to Satoruu's house, while Viona went to her own house.

As they were on their way home, the bull-headed man who was likely a minotaur came from the direction of the city park and wanted to attack Yuka. Deftly, Satoruu protects Yuka by fending off the attacks from the minotaur.

However, shortly after Satoruu repels the minotaur's attack, a man mysteriously stabs the minotaur from the left, resulting in the minotaur dying with just one stab of its magic. The magic is dark black, allowing it to be dark magic. Then the man came quickly and toppled the minotaur.

Dressed and cloaked in black, the man could knock out a burly minotaur like a bodybuilder in just one strike. Satoruu hears that the man is the mysterious savior, just as the queen spoke yesterday.

"Is he one of those three?" batin Satoruu was curious about him.

As Satoruu wanted to get close to the mysterious man, his steps came to a halt upon seeing the red radiance from the man's head. As dark as he was, Satoruu could not see his face except for the red glow that was likely his eyes.

Without a word, the man disappeared in the dark fog and left behind the Minotaur's corpse.

"Who is he?"

...~Connect~...