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Return of The Conqueror
Ch 2 - A New World

Ch 2 - A New World

-Liz's POV-

The light literally blinds me for a long time which should not have happened but it still did and I immediately shut my eyes. After who knows how long I try blinking and find that I can see clearly. Though the problem is, the first thing that I see is a huge ass scorpion which should not be here in this world as it's literally 100 meters tall in height with black scales covering its body and a tail with a spike that is at least half its own size.

'I think it has been blinded by the ...light? But why is this thing here? I did not bring anyone or anything with me other than Reinard'

I think for a few minutes and decide that it's best to just kill it now so that it won't cause disasters. I make a simple mana blade with my hand which has an eerie colour of blue with some hints of black in it and slash it vertically bisecting the scorpion in two halves. As I see the two halves fall, I look around and try to breathe air but the unexpected happens, I also breathe some mana with it which is a surprise to me as my body constantly breathes mana and world which I remember did not have any mana in it.

I wield the mana in me to make wings on my back and fly a few miles up to get a view of the planet. The sight is rather disastrous,I see monsters the size of skyscrapers in the distance, sleeping soundly and even snoring a bit.I hear this through my enhanced ears which can hear up to a lot of distance of I will it to.I send a sensing mana wave throughout the planet without ever connecting it back to me or disrupting anyone on the planet which immediately tells me the situation of the world.

'So first of all there are monsters everywhere and dungeons all around the world' which I get to know because of huge mana spikes in those areas.'Secondly there is mana and every human has it in their body giving them power boosts' which is absolutely not normal for my original planet.'Thirdly the world's gone to shit with only half of the population alive',I mean it's not that bad of a situation as humans do populate themselves a lot in a short time but still the situation's bad.

"This is not what I was expecting to see when I get back....right Reinard"

"I had expected to live a peaceful life here but it seems fate has different plans"

I had already called Reinard out of my inner world to show him the beauty of my birthplace but as he said it fate has different plans.

"Let's get going Reinard,I want to visit a city to know what the hell is going on here."

Reinard nods and follows me as we both use mana wings which are transparent white colour giving them a bit of an angelic look to fly and cover up the distance to the nearest city which apparently is Las Vegas, the city which never sleeps.As we near the city, I tell Reinard to slow down and stop a few miles away from the city as we both don't know if flying is treated as a threat or not.

I see a wall in the distance which is at least 100 meters tall,about the same height as the scorpion.It is guarded with heavy artillery powered by mana as far as I can tell as nothing other than mana would be able to kill the monsters.I also see a few people standing on the walls and near the lowest part of the wall 'probably guards'.

As we approach the wall,I immediately hide both mine and Reinard's features using a simple disguise spell to that of the adventurers that I saw entering the gate in the wall,so as to not arouse suspicion with both of our regular clothes which we have always work in Elanoir. We stand in the line for entering the city and wait for our turn.

"From the looks of it you appear to be adventurers, state your business and pay 1000 dollars for entering the city"

"Yes we are adventurers and we want to visit the Adventurers Guild in the city and to meet a dear friend of mine, also 1000 dollars is not the real price...now is it?"I answer his question with my own question as he is literally trying to rob us in daylight.

Who pays fucking 1000 dollars to enter a city, I saw the nearby adventurers paying 500 dollar for a party of 5 people meaning a 100 dollar each.

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"Fine give 200 dollars and move on, I don't have the whole day to argue with you"

I take out 200 dollars from my pocket and hand it to him.After entering the gate, what I see is the same city that I thought it to be. A city bustling with life and full of people.'I guess behind the walls is where the real world still lives huh'.I look around as I see the same streets filled with people walking around,some stalls selling food,huge buildings and much more.

"Reinard I have something that I want you to do. Use the mind spell to get the knowledge of how this shit happened and why. After finding the answers I want you to come find me at the Adventurers Guild."

"Yes master,is there anything else you need me to do?"

I shake my head and he vanishes from my side, most likely using a veil to cover himself. I still don't know how he does it but its a nice spell to have around.

I began walking in the direction with the biggest building in the city, which I assume is the adventurers guild because why would a place where you can earn money will be some small ass tavern type building,I mean it has to be big.....right?

I stand in front of the biggest building with a huge signboard "Adventurers Guild".

'Well,what could go wrong here' is what I thought but a lot of shit's about to happen here which would be difficult for me to explain to others.I enter through the door and to my surprise I find a decent enough establishment inside the building with some similarities to the taverns on Elanoir, like the bar, the tables , the reception and other stuff like that.

I walk around a little bit observing the adventurers and tasting a few drinks at the bar which are obviously not strong enough for me. I eventually end up at the reception desk, talking to a woman who appears to be around 20 years.

"Hey there!"

"Hello miss, how may I help you?"

"Well I have always wanted to be an adventurer my whole life and now that the opportunity is here why should I miss it"

"So you want to be an adventurer but why do you look like you already are an adventurer?"

"Ah, the clothes are just for the aesthetic you know, so tell me how I can become a real adventurer?"

"Miss..?"

"Lizandra or you can also call me Liz"

"So Miss Lizandra we have two types of test for adventurers,first is the physical test and the second is the mana test.The first one measures the amount of Physical power you have and the second one tests the capacity and the magic power that you have"

'This is gonna be a problem if I don't limit myself'

"After the assessment we assign ranks to individuals from F Rank to S Rank. With S rank being the second highest. After that comes the World Class Rank the highest one. So would you like to do the tests now or later?"

"I'd like to be tested now.I've not come here just for the show you know. Also I have a friend who also wants to be tested now."

"Sure Miss Lizandra,just wait in the testing line over there"

She points me to a line with over 20 people waiting to be tested.I walk to the end of the line and stand there for what feels like eternity as I am not accustomed to standing to wait for my turn.I think about the things I have seen until now about how the world has changed.I start making a few plans in my head which I will tell to Reinard later on.As I am thinking about this a person appears behind me who tries to touch my rear but I immediately turn around and slap him on the face, although with less power because of I had used more power his head might have exploded. After getting slapped in the face falls on the floor with blood frothing at his mouth (causing a serious internal injury than I had thought it would),his buddies don't stand idly and rush at me to capture me. All while this is happening none of the people present try to even move to help me, they just stand there like mannequins, observing the show.

I raise my hand to slap both of his buddies but I see a shadow running at me who interrupts my hand and caresses it, although my hand looks fine the person caressing it is filled with rage and turns to crush all three of their heads with his hands gripping around them quite literally squishing their head, popping them like watermelons. Until now no one had moved to interrupt the fight but when the three people had died suddenly all hell breaks loose and people start filling the guild wearing police like uniforms and trying to arrest both me and Reinard which proves to be impossible for them as they can't move us even a millimetre from the spots we were standing on.

"Hey man this is just bullshit...That trash tried to grope my ass and now after killing those degenerates we are being arrested?What kind of law is this?"

"Officer it is true that those people were harassing her and you know how the law is for adventurers." The receptionist tells the officer.

"Fine show me the proof and I'll back off" says the officer while mumbling curses under his breath, the receptionist goes back to the office room to retrieve the footage.

"Here you go Officer"

"Alright but if I find you again there will be heavy penalties charged against you." The officer leaves the guild with the footage as proof of what happened. Later on the receptionist tells me that killing between adventurers is a common thing but not inside walls.So having a reason and proof as to why Reinard killed those three guys, the officer had no choice but to back down and warn us.