Chapter 19: Safe zone

[Hold on for a moment…! You know what’s going to happen if you continue right!!?]

He didn’t even hesitate and continued with his choice when he saw out of nowhere that they were surrounded. Infected in all shapes and sizes were encircling them without any signs of a perfect route to escape. The things that he never would’ve imagined to occur so earlier on have risen from his wildest nightmares. With a few seconds left, he takes a deep breath to acquire a large amount of mana and he quickly chanted his spell

“Yoona there’s something wrong with Morris’s condition!!!” Alerted by Gale’s voice the two of them saw a large amount of mana surging directly into his palms

[System: You’ve entered a dangerous level of mana fluctuation within your body. Any more than what you can take may result in a critical injury, even with the warnings. The player poured a ton of mana even with the warnings given by the system, reasoning isn’t applicable. The system will not interfere with the player’s decision]

“1st tier magic combination Ignite + Shock amplify!!!,”

By combining the two separate elemental spells that reside within his hand he releases its power which results in a loud bang. It was loud and even powerful to boot, the noise could be heard from a mile away and seen as an explosion from afar

“What did that idiot just do!!?” Shin along with the rest had their ears ringing for a second. Whilst they saw a such horrific sight to behold

The smoke had finally dispersed in the area which revealed the corpses of the infected ripped apart. Three individuals were stunned at what they’d seen, an ambush that could’ve killed them was instantly wiped out. A spell originating from Morris who resided in the center of the crater was badly wounded in the process. He tries to stand back on his feet to avail, but his hands suffer a major injury, his right hand was burnt. And the left one was fried until both of them had the smell of a perfectly cooked flesh

“Graaahhhhhh!!!!!” The crater grew so much larger than it was before, and an explosion that came from Morris’s body. The worst thing that his deity warned him to have occurred has become now his present matter. When he received such a horrific sensation that came from his chosen outcome

[This is the worst recoil record you have. It even exploded on a piece of land. I told you that you shouldn’t push to the limit]

‘Shit, it stings my body’s burning up from the mp recoil, what’s that you may ask? imagine that in this world a magician is like a walking mortar. Even if they’re powerful in terms of Aoe damage it comes with a price and that’s mp recoil. My magical power fluctuates resulting in a disturbance in the flow of mana circuits within my body. This is the reason why why I didn’t want to use magic even if it was powerful, if I use too much I’ll be comparable to a suicidal maniac,’

“Morris, don’t worry~~~,” His eyes were in perfect condition, however, the explosion made it harder for him to hear. Whilst he slowly realizes that his vision is blacking out, the pain that plagued his body was disappearing

‘Huh, my visions fading away…? I can’t hear them what are the hell are they talking about…? Forget it, I’m too injured I don’t care anymore…! There’s no reason for something like this to occur, it might be a simple guess but I can bet on the outcome,’

“Sage… Use your authority and record the last thing I concluded in my head. Once that’s over, possess my body and give the letter to those knuckleheads,”

[I’ll do it, so don’t push your body any further than you already have…? What the!!? How could this happen at such an earlier phase of the main trials!!!?]

His deity fulfilled his request, whilst it received such a shocking outcome from the system. That he added the information he acquired from the note he was asked to deliver

With just a breeze his body falls to the ground unstable and filled with grazes he can’t maintain his vision as his body gave up resulting in his collapse

He noticed that his vision turned black until a light flashed before him, he saw a familiar place. Which made him assume he currently has a lucid dream about his childhood. Since this place was a playground of his childhood home, he wasn’t able to move his body with his thoughts. The strangest part was the fact that it moves on its own, he guesses it was reenacting his previous movements

‘I’m dreaming? When was the last time I had a dream concerning my past? This playground is the one that was close to my house when I was a kid!!? I wonder what I’m doing here, don’t tell me I have that sort of past!!? A scene in every novel where I will make a promise to a childhood friend? Now that I’m thinking about it, that sounds like a luxury, I’m too much of a loser and a sickly brat to ever have one. There’s no chance, let’s just enjoy this dream of mine,’

He shut his mouth and enjoyed the soothing dream. He can only see and hear the things that are happening but he can’t act as he desires. It felt like he was possessing his body, whilst it acted without his permission. Looking back he never remembered any kind of memory like the one he’s currently dreaming about. He was curious to know more after his body walked for a long time. Which led him to view a crying child

“What’s wrong, why are you sad?” His body said as he never remembered anything like this in his memories

‘Chotto matte kudasai…! Who the hell is this child? I never had this memory in my entire life and why the hell did I just say a Japanese line? Focus on the big picture Morris, your body is approaching a weeping child. How come I don’t remember anything? At this point shouldn’t I get a little dose of Deja vu?’

Soon as the child sees the young Christoper Morris, a smile is seen that changes the child’s sorrowful mood. Into a bright and cheerful expression, seconds pass and the child jumps at Morris’s young body. Landing on top of him before it uttered a single word

“You came back I thought you would have forgotten about our promise,” The child said while Morris’s head started aching again and again

‘It’s you, you’re the one who’s making my head, like this!!!! Who the fuck are you!!!’

His voice couldn’t reach the child, he could only gaze at the sight of the child whilst it constantly repeated the words. That gave rise to his headache until he woke up in bed. A different atmosphere, environment and to make it worse his body was butt naked. He never had any recollection of his current situation, and wanting to unravel the mystery he stands up. He forced his injured body to move whilst he feels a surge of pain that rises back when he awakened

“Argh, my body’s aching, I need to know where I am,” His deity steps in and interfered him from taking another step

[System: The Forgotten Sage is using his authority to restrain his avatar]

Suddenly, his body flew up into the air, unable to react to what was happening. His body regained its weight when he arrived on the surface of his bed only for his weight to increase. It was to the extent of making him powerless to struggle, and later on when he tires himself out. He accepted his condition while his deity spoke when he finally accepted his fate

[You’re not allowed to leave this room until after you recovered your strength]

“Where are they…? I need to look for them, where’s Yoona and the rest,” He said whilst checking his status

[Christopher morris LVL 12 equipment on

Title: Goblin slayer

Class: None

Blessing: God of foresight

Current status: The player is in a critical condition

Hp: 30

Atk: 24

Spd: 35

Def: 28

Mp: 65/0

Stm: 26

Unused points: 30

Skills: Mana breathing (F) Magic orb (E) Ignite (E) Shock (E) Haste (F) Mist array (F) Mystic slash (E) Status modifier (F) Heal (F) Mana circulation (E) Earth array (F)

Overall ratings: Your speed has crossed the line of normal. And your mp has reached a point where anyone will praise you why not join a guild?]

‘Looks like my hair changed back to black when I turned off Mana breathing,’

[The three of them are fine, but why are you concerned about them? Their just a bunch of strangers they have no relation to you at all]

“They can’t die, yet. They still need to play their role before they die,” His deity looked confused about what he just uttered

[What do you mean, when you say they need to play their role?]

‘Fuck it, I can’t hide this secret for a long time. He’s already suspicious of my knowledge. Let’s just make something up,’

“Would you believe me that before I came here I was having a ton of nightmares that didn’t look believable until I came here?” Morris said while he changed his position on the bed to a different and suitable posture

[You’re a Seer? Well that explains why you’re knowledgeable about this world]

“Yeah in my world, I was a Seer nobody believed my prophecy and thought I was crazy. Who’s there…? I thought I heard someone,” He after he heard a loud thud coming from the other side of the door

He continued with his discussion with his deity to fool him, by believing his lies. On the other side of the door, Cha yoona was covering her lips with her hands whilst she remained crouching on the ground. There was a pitcher filled with water which she dropped when she simply overheard Morris’s lies. She quickly left after the fear of being caught had risen from her mind, and she slowly stood back up. And fled before he would notice her presence

[You’re telling me the upcoming events will be unpredictable even for you because of your choices? Making the visions you’ve once seen irrelevant to this point in time, yet you need to help those powerful figures. And your reason is that a lot of people will die, and unknown catastrophes may appear if you don’t aid them in their weakest state?]

“That’s the gist of it, mind telling me where my body is located? It doesn’t look like I’m inside the trials,”

[Were in the Safe zones the last words, you told me to send to your temporary teammates. I received a certain message a while ago about what had occurred and the reason why you’re here. Because of my added message, I wrote a map along with your message in response to your current state. Which led them here, it looks like the Gm’s made this because of the difficulties of the trials. For now, you need to rest, I’ll tell you the other information once you recovered]

‘Safe zones? There’s no such thing as a safe zone, in my book, unless something happens again!!!!? Something unusual that even the Game master had to be involved in!!!? Calm down Morris let’s take a deep breath, I need to learn a lot of things concerning this predicament. First, let’s open the system it might have some useful information,’

A message popped out after he opened his system. It was something he hadn’t heard until now. Which made him worry since he doesn’t have any recollection of adding a message. Like the one, he’s currently witnessing with his eyes

[System: You’ve arrived at the safe zone. You can now access the player servers where you can talk with different people in your safe zone or another channel

Current location: Safe zone #6 a place that is the center and biggest out of the 6 zones]

‘What the hell is this?’

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