Reincarnation of the Cheater

The Iron Tavern - December 31, 69

"CHEERS!!" all voices around say together as we drink a mug of ale.

"Captain make a speech." says on adventurer slightly drunk off of the atmosphere.

"I... I don't know. I didn't expect to be able to advance to an S-Ranked adventurer." I say stumbling from the sheer shock of being able to advance.

"You beat a dragon with 2 people and didn't expect to make it to S rank, did you not know that it was an S+ rated monster." another adventurer says while filling up his mug with another ale.

"Haha..." I say nervously.

'It was all due to Alice, our Priest. I can't thank you enough.' I think as I look at her having fun.

As she catches my gaze she goads me into a speech.

"SPEECH!"

"SPEECH!"

"SPEECH!"

As the loud roars of adventurers fill my ears I eventually give in.

"Alright. Alright. You want a speech here's one." I say raising my ale high.

"I started off thinking a job as an adventurer was my last resort, I had no talents other than the sword. Hard work has determined that the sword I have has reached even a dragon. Work hard and you will be rewarded!" I shout over all of the adventurers as they fill up on ale and snacks

Upon hearing my speech they all shout drunkenly while raising their mugs for more ale.

"A corny but good speech." Mark says as he raises his mug.

"Thanks." I answer.

"So how long have you and Alice been a thing?" Mark asks while drinking ale.

"About 3 or 4 months now, sorry about that I know you had an interest in her as well." I answer feeling guilty.

"It's fine, ever since we helped her out of the dungeon she's been clinging to you and when others show interest she isn't interested in getting close to them." he answers while looking down contemplating.

"I hear you found someone now. How is it?" I ask trying to change the topic.

"It's been good, a child is expected in February, around the 20th." he answers slightly drunk.

"That's good news. How about your wife? Is she alright?" Alice says jumping in our conversation.

"Yeah, the doctors say they haven't seen someone in such good condition during a birth." he answers slowly.

"Well Zach and I have to go, we have to wake up early tomorrow." Alice says trying to leave.

"Alright see you later. Get home safe you hear?" Mark says as he gets ready to leave himself.

As we reach the Tavern entrance I look back but it is just all the adventurers from the guild, they didn't even notice my leave. Looks like they really are just looking for reasons to drink.

As we head down the alley under the dark sky Alice speaks up.

"Sorry, I have somewhere I would like to go." Alice says as she waves her hand beckoning me to follow.

As we head out of the town and into the forest all low leveled monsters avoid us as we have an intimidating presence. After walking without talking for some time we reach a hill which looks over the town.

"I found this place last week and I have been waiting to show you." she says as we look over the bright town. The view is breathtaking, the birds chirping as they fly by, the sound of the town quietly in the distance, the technology given to us by the hero long ago has been advanced working fluidly.

"This view is beautiful, thank you for sharing it with me." I thank her for showing me something so beautiful, it fills my heart with happiness.

"I wanted to say goodbye. I can't stay here for too long or else I would be found. I'm sorry but we can't go together." as I'm feeling the bliss of the situation she drops a bomb on me.

"W-What, your leaving? Why? Why can't I go with you?" I say stumbling due to how fast it was said.

"It isn't a place that humans can go." a voice from behind me answers as I fling around to see the voice.

Turning around there are 12 people flying mid-air, all of them have aura's that make the dragon we fought look like a plaything. Suffocating from the massive amount aura I try to speak but cannot.

'Monsters'

"We finally found you, bitch. Hiding in the human realm so we couldn't have any chance huh. We had to make avatars just to abide by the Plane's Laws." one of the voices said as he reaches out towards Alice.

"I've been hiding because I didn't want to be found. Isn't that just common sense?" she says backing up not affected by the aura at all.

"If you run, this human dies." as the same voice from earlier says that the aura from earlier changes into killing intent and smothers me even more, I can barely stand in place.

As Alice looks at me in the current situation she unwillingly sighs and casts magic.

"Teleport"

"NO!" I yell running out of the house while grabbing the elven sword I keep under my bed. Running out of breath as I jump over the lively city I reach the entrance of the forest and try to follow the exact route I took last time. As I get closer to the hill the aura starts smothering me the same as last time. The sounds of screams echo throughout the forest as I rush through it. Hearing the screams I activate all my skills and having mana cover me entirely as to resist the aura as I rush to the other side of the hill only to see Alice covered with chains flying into a crack in the sky with the 12 people.

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As he stares into space and daydreams about his past he murmurs, "I pray... somehow... that one day... you will be relieved of all your suffering." he says as catches a stray tear slowly trickling down his cheek.