(SHIN'S POV)

"Damn.."i mumble as i barely manage to dodge his sword strikes, i jumped back to create some distance but already knew how this fight would turn out...with my loss.

And that would be fine by me, i just needed to accomplish one thing in this fight: Give him a reason to not turn into the damn villain.

He rushed at me and i continue to dodge and dodge as one hit would be fatal to me. As he goes for a vertical slash i dodge to the right and quickly strike him in the jaw.

"Hm?" He took no damage whatsoever, infact when i looked closely, the punch did not actually hit him.

"Impressive but you can't hit me..." he said enjoying toying with me.

"How many times to you plan on doing this?"

I tell him, my voice cold as usual.

"Hmm? Plan on what huh? How many times i plan to strike you, you mean?" He said arrogantly, he managed to grab hold of my leg when i tried to jump back for some distance.

"Don't even try it" He said before throwing me across the arena, sending me crashing straight into the walls.

I groaned in pain but had to ignore it, as my objective was far more important than just some minor pain.

"How many times...do you plan on reseting this world?" I said whilst panting a bit from the impact, he was stunned...

"Who are you?" I suddenly felt a massive overflowing Aura begin to drag me down, the moment he stopped toying around with me i already saw the huge difference in our strength.

"How do you know that?" He asked,while slowly aproaching me, each one of his steps felt thunderous and my body kept feeling like it was getting heavier and heavier.

"...oh...you must be the one who trapped me in this endless loop aren't you?"

"Wait i'm n-"

"Liar" His thunderous stomp almost made me get on my knees but i still managed to stand.

"...you put me through all this...I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" He shouted, he instantly vanisjed from my sight and i quickly tried to locate him.

"Too slow" i heard behind me, the moment i turned around i was slammed onto the ground. I tried to get up only to get pummeled down into the ground more and more.

i tried to block and block but none of it worked at all, he just kept pummeling me into the ground which was starting to cause the ground to crack a lot.

I concentrated and as i saw him going for another punch i quickly jumped out of the attack and dodged it just barely staying alive.

"I can help you save her!" I tried to reason with him, he did not believe me and was instantly infront of me. I ducked under his attack and was instantly kicked in the stomach and pushed back a little.

"Damn..." Aleron would not listen to me at all...this was bad, very bad as if i fail to convince him now i will be dead and this world will be destroyed and reset.

"..." he stayed silent and just watched me, i was panting and trying catch my breath while thinking on how to convince him...but it seems like he truly believed i was the one who put him in this loop, most likely because this was the first time he saw me in the many resets he had done.

If there really was no way to convince him then i would have to beat him, but that would be impossible. He has far more experience and abilites, having already reset the world more than 1000 times all just to save the love of his life, i stand no chance at all.

"[MANA CONTROL: WANDERERING CHAIN]" The mana particles in the air gathered into my palm and formed themselfs into a long glowing purple chain. I was not about going to die again! i WILL create the ending i want!

As Aleron saw the chain he quickly lunged at me, i quickly whipped the chain at him but he was too fast for me to land a hit. He got up close and quickly went for a slash.

I ducked and quickly struck him with the chain, it did not land, Aleron's barrier prevented that .

I backed off fast and realized this was going nowhere.

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"I can help you save her!"i told him, he did not believe me and just kept on attacking and attacking, i tried to atleast bind his sword but it was also protected by the barrier.

i whipped the chain at him again and he just caught it, he pulled it which dragged me to him and it was basically all over if he were to reach me.

"GO TO HELL! [ABYSSAL IMPACT]!" He dropped his sword and his fist began to consume a large amount of mana before it turned into dark magic, he raised his hand as i got closer and was ready to strike me down, i had to act NOW.

"[MANA BURST]!" I controlled all of my mana to move to my right hand, As i was in his range he swung his fist right at me, and i did the same.

our fists collided with each other and a great amount of Dark magic and Mana began to burst out from the impact of the collision.

"It's over" He said while looking me dead in the eyes, suddenly the darkness from his magic began to consume my Mana and i knew it was all over.

(ALICE'S POV)

I held onto Yuki tightly as the amount of mana and magic that was flying all over the place was crazy, people ere getting pushed back by the great force and i was worried about Master.

The magic and mana suddenly stopped, the dust from the grounds were bocking the view but once it passed i could see the entire scene.

The people went wild and were cheering for the prince as he loomed over Master's body...i was horrified, he was bloodied up and his arm was arm was basically shattered.

Was he still alive? i had no idea but i was praying that he was, As i looked at Master in horror i notice the prince raising his sword, i quickly put down Yuki.

"Yuki wait here k?"

"Okiee!" I jumped down and quickly unsheathed my sword, as the prince's sword came down i was fast enough to parry it with my blade.

"What the hell are you doing!?" I yelled at him, he backed off for a moment and just stared at me with shock, he seemed stunned but i couldn't care less.

"Killing is not allowed in the challenge! Are you crazy!?" I continued, he just looked at me before walking away from the Arena.

I quickly checked on Master and tried to hear a pulse and thankfully i did hear one, he was just knocked out.

I sighed before calming down and picking up his body, i began to make my way to the exit of the Arena and already and already saw Yuki there.

"Is Mister Wanderer going to be fine?" She asked with some worry.

"...hah! Of course he will!" I said with a confident smile, in seemed to brighten up the mood and Yuki seemed much happier with my reasurance.

The crowd outside was massive, everyone was surrounding the prince since he was now the new king of Selisia, and as i pass by the crowd we made eye contact once more but he just looked away in shame? I just ignored it and brought Master out of Selesia since i myself had no money and could not really afford a room.

I was confused on how to treat Master since ive never dealt with such injuries before but i had to try my best.

(SHIN'S POV)

"Damn..."i groan and slowly sat up, my back felt sore and my arm was in excrutiating pain.

I sigh as i knew i had lost.

"Damn it i failed...this is bad...but he would have killed me though so how am i alive?"

I thought.

"Unless he saw her?" I realized and sighed in relief as that was what most likely had happened. I looked around and this seemed to be a cave? As i tried to get up i realized Someone was holding me down, and as i looked at my left side i realized Yuki was wrapped around my left arm like a koala.

When i looked at my right side i just Saw Alice in who sat on the ground but was also asleep, it seemed like she tried to treat my arm as it delt a bit less painful than during the fight.

I take out the novel i had in my inventory, it was the one thing that allowed me to barely survive my duel against Aleron as it contains the story and events that would happen in this world, and right now nothing should happen for a while.

[WARNING! CHAOTIC INVADERS HAVE COME TO THIS WORLD]

The warning just pops-up in my face, i really was never going to catch a break...but this never happened in the novel, unless was the creator is trying to intervene in some way?

The sky turned red and soldiers who looked like demons just began to spawn all over the place, they wore black armor, and had many kinds of weapons ranging from swords to rifles.

"Just what the hell is happening to this world!?"

[WORLD MERGING EVENT HAS BEGUN]

Suddenly the ground began shake like crazy i had no idea what was happening right now but i needed to survive.

[WORLD MERGING EVENT FINISHED]

[WORLD MAP UNLOCKED]

-WORLD 1: ARMANA

-WORLD 2: ???

-WORLD 3: ???

-WORLD 4: ???

-WORLD 5: ???

-USER LEVEL IS TOO LOW TO UNLOCK FURTHER WORLDS

I was confused but with this many soldiers around i knew i had to get out of here fast.

"Alice get up!" I shook her awake.

"Huh?...Master?"

"We have to go now!" Sensing the seriousness in my voice she looked around and quickly grabbed Yuki who woke up.

"Ma'am where are we going?" She asked Alice.

"Where Master goes" She responded and turned to look at me to see if i had any plan.

I had to act fast but where can i go? If i ran to a soldier i would not be able to fight because of my arm, and i can't access other worlds! I can't return to Selisia as it might have gotten attacked already.

Returning to the demon world would be useless as everyrhing there would have already been destroyed and i have no idea if it's even possible to survive in there for long periods of time.

"..wait...the land above the clouds..." i mumbled to myself, i quickly opened my inventory and tried to find a teleportation crystal and i did find it...but only found two.

"Yuki,Alice hold this!" I order while i both gave them the glowing blue crystal, They both took it not knowing what it was.

"Master what are we supposed to do with this?" Alice asked worriedly.

"System teleport to [LAND ABOVE THE CLOUDS]"

[TELEPORTING]

They both started vanishing into mana particles while i just watched them.

"M-master!? What about you!?" She asked.

"I'll be fine just don't die okay?" I said, she nodded and they both were fully teleported.

If only i could teleport using my system, but since i never went to there the system has not registered it.

I ran back to Selisia in hopes it was managing to defend itself well.

"OVER THERE!" One of the invaders shouted,next thing i knew i was dodging runnings from bullet shots and sword slashes.

I was focused on making my way into Selisia which was visible in the distance, and it seemed to have fortified itself quickly as i saw magic barriers protecting it and a massive dome barrier that covers the entire kingdom.

The invaders kept on attacking me though and i was starting to get hit a bit so i knew i needed a way to get there fast and without getting any more injuries.

"[MANA CONTROL: WANDERING CHAIN]!" I shouted and the chain formed onto my left hand, i gripped it tightly as what i was going to do would strain my entire body a lot.

"I HAVE TO BLOCK IT ALL!" I shouted as i ran faster and faster.

"[WANDERING CHAIN ARTS: UNTOUCHABLE]!" My mana began to spread evenly across my body as fast as possible to speed up my movements, I swung the chain faster and faster until i was so fast that to the normal human eye it would seem like i created a glowing barrier around me when in reality i was just swinging my chain chain as fast as possible in all directions.

I needed to get to Selisia, i needed to get to Aleron as he might be able to help get me to The land above the clouds.

I ran faster and faster and as i got closer i realized the front gate has been shut fully, but if i stopped now the momentum from my speed would make me crash into the wall.

I only had one way to enter Selesia, to jump over the massive walls. I had no idea how tall it was but it seemed impossible...but it's my only way.

I ran faster and faster and as i reached the point to jump i moved all my mana into my legs and used all my strength to jump as high as i could. As i was heading stright up into the air i realized too late that it was not enough and i would crash into the wall.

I looked around and saw one of the flags,i quickly whipped the chain at it, the chain managed to wrap itself around the pole and i pulled as hard as i can which gave me enough height to clear the jump.

I was soaring through the air now and Selsia looked really stunning and all but i began to descend and needed somewhere to land...as i came crashing down onto the ground,surpisingly barelly any damage was de-

I suddenly felt myself being held down by multiple dark tendrils, and as i look up i felt a sword just barely grazing my neck.

"WHERE IS SHE!?"

"WHERE THE HELL IS ALICE YOU FUCKING BASTARD!?"