Traveler Of The Multiverse

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Standing in the middle of the 20 Frenzy Boars, Silica had a frightened expression on her face. She held a basic dagger in her hands with her back against Princess'.

"I'll protect you," quietly said Princess.

Since Princess had been trained since young in martial arts and has fought multiple people, she can take on some more burden and help Silica survive.

Princess' eyes darted around and carefully looked at each Frenzy Boar with a calm face. Her hand gripped tightly onto the sword in her hands.

"N-no… I will protect you," said Silica in a weak voice. To think of letting such a young girl like Princess take on a lot of the mobs made Silica feel anger towards whoever would let her take on so many enemies.

"..." Princess remained quiet, she only quietly glanced at Silica before turning back to the boars that continued to steadily approach them at a slow pace.

Snort!

One of the bigger boars stepped forward and made a dash to Princess, it's tusks ready to pierce the small girl.

Just as Princess was about to defend against the boar, Silica jumped forward and attacked with her dagger. Her hands moved fast and she quickly stabbed the sides of the boar with a dagger skill.

"Get away from Princess!"

Pchi!

Her attack landed on the boar and made it steer off course and fall to the floor.

Oink!

The Frenzy Boar got up angrily and looked at Silica with anger.

It's hooves stomped on the floor in anger, raring to go at it once more. This time the target being Silica instead of Princess.

'I need to make sure Princess makes it out of here.'

"Gulp..." Silica nervously gulped as she felt the boar focus it's attention onto her. "Make a run for it Princess."

The boar once again sped up and ran to Silica with a more powerful force accompanying it. It quickly closed the distance between the both of them as the boar's hooves fall hard onto the ground and stomped it's way to Silica.

'I hope Princess got aw- … !!!'

"Die."

A cold and childish voice interrupted the boar's speed as a sword appeared right before the boar's face.

Shin!

The sword cleanly cut through the boar's snout and head, making it drop dead onto the floor. A large red line from the snout to the back of the boar's head remained as it dropped onto the ground.

After the game went through another realism phase, Sora decided to stop the mobs from disappearing into motes of light and instead leave their body. Players could then decide whether to dismantle them and get the materials from the Frenzy Boars, cut the boars for meat, prepare the dead Frenzy Boars for bait, or to even save it in the inventory and sell it to the Aincradians.

Silica's eyes widened in shock as she looked at Princess standing right before her. Her eyes looked at Princess for a second before focusing on the blue light on her sword and body.

'What… is that…?'

Snort!

Snort!

Oink!

All the other boars ran madly at Princess and Silica after seeing their leader die. Anger clouded their minds as they ignored the light from Chikage and the rather good skills of both the young girls.

"Watch out!" yelled Silica as she quickly moved and stabbed some Frenzy Boars with a dagger skill, quickly killing a few and leveling up.

"Hm."

Princess nodded and moved as well, killing a few more boars. The blue glow on Chikage dimmed as the fight went on with the Frenzy Boars.

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SNORT!

"Huff!"

"Ah! Master! You're mean!"

With the death of the last Frenzy Boar, Princess and Silica both slumped to the ground. The mental fatigue from being scared and then having to remain calm really tired them both, specifically Silica, a newbie to martial arts.

Silica looked over to the figure approaching them and felt tears well up in her eyes as she remembered the fear she felt.

"Why are you afraid? Is it because you might die? Princess will get hurt?" sternly asked Sora as he walked closer to Silica and Princess. His eyes focused on Silica, squinting, "You have nothing to fear. Even if Princess wasn't here, you would have easily dealt with 15 Frenzy Boars.

I can vouch for your skills. You won't be hurt by such meager attacks from brainless boars. You are strong and skillful, I taught you well and you put in the hard work."

'This girl is afraid even with her skill, I will have to push her more and instill into her more courage,' thought Sora as he bent down and wiped the tears from Silica's face.

"Sniff..."

'Master's right. I need to have more confidence in my skills. He taught me seriously and I trained hard in what he taught me.' Silica stood up and hugged Sora for a second before letting go. Her eyes were still wet, but they were fierce and more mature than just a few seconds ago. She bowed to Sora and yelled, "I will try my best, Master!"

"Good." Sora turned to look at Princess and smirked, "You did good to, but you wasted so much of your Ki. I will teach you a Ki Circulation Technique and a Ki technique that's beneficial for you later."

'Ki Circulation Technique?' Silica looked over at Princess and was shocked. She didn't know what that was, but she instinctively felt that Princess will only be getting stronger from now on.

'I need to get stronger too!'

"Master! Can I learn that too?" asked Silica as she turned to look at Sora. Her eyes were shining brightly and her hands were on her chest in little fists. However, in the next second, Silica felt the world collapse after one single word.

"No."

"Why?" weakly asked Silica as she lowered her head.

"Because you haven't unlocked your Ki yet," said Sora as he patted Silica's head. 'Look at this girl… So eager to get stronger, I wish my daughters were like this. Out of my plethora of children, only 6 children inherited my will to strive to the peak.'

"You mean… I can get a Ki Circulation Technique if I unlock that glowy thing?" asked Silica as her eyes widened in hope.

Sora smiled and turned around, "You sure can. So make sure to polish your skills and level up your One-Handed Dagger Skill. You will eventually get Ki in due time."

Silica smiled happily and looked at Princess in hope, knowing that one day she will become stronger and will be able to protect the little girl.

"Come, let us head back to the Dojo."

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Back at Dragon City, many little kids were moping around with sad looks on their face. Two weeks have passed since they were trapped in the game and they haven't seen their parents' faces.

'Will I ever see my mommy ever again?'

'I want to go home!'

'I miss dad!'

'I WANT TO GO HOME!'

Many saddening thoughts ran through the heads of every 6 to 12 year olds. Their heads were slumped down and tears were at the corner of their eyes.

They were afraid of stepping out of the city. A single mob can easily kill them, who have no actual skills to fight against wild beasts. Although they hold the strength to go toe to toe with a single Frenzy Boar, their size and mentality hold them back.

Just as they were finally realizing that they could do nothing but watch the older people go and conquer Aincrad alone without their help, a shadow covered them all.

"Do you all wish to grow strong?" asked the shadow as two mysterious orbs of white looked at them.

Silence rang among the little children as they huddled up together in slight fear of the mysterious shadow who they couldn't see clearly. Although one thing was for sure, the person before them wasn't a player, but an Aincradian.

"Yes!"

None of the kids didn't know who it was that yelled 'yes' first, but everyone soon began to join him.

"Yes!"

"I want to become stronger!"

"Once I'm strong, I can go back home!"

The shadow remained still in front of the kids, it's glowing white orbs moved around, scanning them. It wasn't long before the dark shadow finally made a sound, scaring the kids.

"Huahahaha!" laughed the shadow as the darkness left him and revealed a young man.

The young man was tall, slim but muscular, bright and sharp eyes with a deep and wise look within his pitch black pupils. The young man had long pitch black hair tied up in a ponytail reaching all the way down to his mid-back.

The young man looked handsome, yet despite his handsome looks, someone with a discerning eye can tell that the man is young. Yet his aura and temperament make the young man look like he has lived for many untold years.

A red diamond shape mark in between his eyebrows only seemed to make the young man's looks more dazzling.

"Good! I shall take you all with me to my Dojo!" said the Young Man with a wide smile.

"From now on, I am your Master. If you all accept, bow to your master and yell a line of appreciation."

The childrens' minds went blank after noticing the shadow's appearance. Some were still in a trance from the young man's stunning godly looks. When they saw the man be covered in a shadow once again did they remember what he said.

"I thank Master for taking me in!"

"I shall become stronger for Master!"

"Master is my light and hope, I will not let you down!"

Instantly, 23 kids bowed to the young man, baffling everyone in the surrounding.

Most players that looked at the shadow in shock, they didn't know that such a skill existed in the game to cloak the player in a shadow. The Aincradians however, looked at the shadow with proud looks.

The reason behind the proud looks?

They knew who the shadow was!

There were many stories passed among the Aincradians that amazed them and even made them feel a bit proud. The stories told the tale of a powerful young man that fought against many monsters, slaying them down and advancing higher up the floors.

The tale of the man's speed of progress spread among many, awing them in great deal. Until one day, the young man just disappeared.

'Is that him?' This question ran inside the head of one particular figure far away.

"Okay kids, let us leave."

The shadow shook before his darkness spread and covered the children. After all the children were covered, the shadow's size began to diminish before completely disappearing.

"Oh my goodness! What the hell was that?"

"Those kids just disappeared!"

"AH! Will they be alright?!"

Far away, a figure in a cloak shook in shock after seeing the shadow disappear. The scene when the shadow laughed and revealed himself had repeated itself in the cloaked figure's head.

'He looks… familiar… Where have I seen him?'

The hooded figure looked deep with their memories to try and remember they had seen such a handsome young man before. The hooded figure's hands were clenched as they tried hard to remember from where they had seen the young man.

'Where… Oh, yes! That dojo!'

Quickly moving, the hooded figure ran around Dragon City trying to look for a certain dojo. The hooded figure's speed was fast as they ran through many streets and blocks in just minutes.

Eventually, they finally arrived before a huge building with a large wooden plaque above the doors of the dojo. The hooded figure looks up and revealed their mouth as they smiled brightly before yelling out in an excited voice.

"MYRIAD PATHS!"

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"Damn, 100 Mentor Skill levels and enough EXP to take me to level 35 just for having 20 disciples? I should get five more disciples and raise that Mentor Skill level from 155 to a 205."

Sora looked at the three extra skill slots he had received and smiled.

He still only had two skills, but after leveling up his player level and his Mentor Skill, he had 6 skill slots unused.

Since Sora already had a main attacking skill, One-Handed Sword Skill, Sora decided to get a support attack skill and some other supporting skills.

[Battle Healing Skill equipped.]

[Sprint Skill equipped.]

[Blade Throwing Skill equipped.]

[Acupuncture Skill equipped.]

[Parry Skill equipped.]

[Searching Skill equipped.]

[Hawk Eye Skill equipped.]

With two support attack skills, Acupuncture and Blade Throwing, Sora could pose more of a threat to monsters now. Even if Sora could still perform the skills due to the reality of the game, the effects of the game's skills are just a bonus that makes things easier.