“Dammit Eve! We are never going to take a shower together again!” Nora shouted and used a towel to wipe herself dry. Nora used fire magic and dried her hair.
“Ah!! Master why!?” Evelyn exclaimed with a shocked expression.
“What why! You should know what you did. Don’t shrug those off as accidents. One or twice, i may believe, but there’s no way you can groping my chest an accident.”
“But master, as your dutiful servant, it is my duty to make sure you are well cleaned, i need to scrub every part of your body,” Evelyn shamelessly replied.
“Don’t give…” Nora tried to reply before she was interrupted.
*Knock Knock*
“Dammit, we will deal with this later. Eve, go outside and possess him. It’s time for us learn how the world have changed.”
“Aye Aye, Master,” Evelyn replied with a blissful smile. Evelyn became invisible and phased through the walls to go outside. She saw a man in a tight blue shirt and ripped pants waiting outside with a tray of food. Using her powers, she rushed into the man’s body and tried to possess him. It only took a moment for her to take over his body. After taking over the man’s body, she opened the door and pushed the tray of food inside. She went outside and closed the door before leaving the man’s body.
After she left, the man regained control of himself. The man scratched his head in confusion before leaving. He did not remember anything. How did the food disappear? Did the sir do something to me?
“Master! You can’t believe how long we’ve been gone for. So much have changed. And master you are going to love this news. One of our goals have already been achieved!”
Nora took the tray of food and started dining. After taking a bite, she asked “start from the beginning and tell me everything.”
“Ah master, that’s unlady like of you, don’t chew and speak at the same time.”
“Don’t give me that lady crap, i don’t give a shit about that right now. Hurry up and speak.”
“Okay okay, oh right, let's start with the year. Today is the 5th of june 518 AWC.”
“Huh? AWC What’s that?”
“Master, AWC means after world crisis. The world crisis was the event where the world underwent a calamity. That’s right, it is the calamity that we caused. This means that 518 AWC is 518 years after the end or the world crisis. Master, we’ve been gone for 518 years.”
“518 years!” Nora was shocked.“More than half a millennium has passed.”
Seeing how shocked her master was, Evelyn kept quiet and waited for her master to compose herself. It only took a few minutes for Nora to pull herself back together.
“Continue, tell me the world’s history. What has changed in the past 500 years.”
After reading through the man’s mind for the world’s timeline, Evelyn already knew everything. Although, the man was uneducated about the history of the world, he was up to date with some of the current events and knew most of the major things that happened in the world. Drawing a map of the world so that it was easier of her master to visualize, Evelyn started narrating.
While narrating, Nora continued with her meal, patiently listening. From shock to delight, Nora’s face flashed with many emotions during Evelyn narration.
Nora learnt many things about the new world from Evelyn. Nora found out that the world geography stayed mostly the same. In the middle of the world was the main continent. On the south west of the main continent was the Wetha continent ruled by the kingdom of Zarthus. On the south east of the main continent was the Entha continent ruled by the the kingdom of Boran. And to the south was the Ice Cap Arctic continent, a desolate land of ice.
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The main continent was divided between 4 kingdoms. They were the Ameana kingdom which was located at the south side, Dunman kingdom which was located at the north west side, Sunwin kingdom which was located in the middle and the Elven kingdom which resided in the Elven forest by the east side.
(Check the previous chapter to see the map)
As Evelyn continued, Nora learnt a lot of things. She learnt who her enemies were. She learnt about all the major events that happened in the world. She learnt about the major wars and natural disasters. And when Evelyn got to the current era, Nora was blown away.
Nora found out that due to her actions of almost destroying the world, she had unintentionally ended the racial war. This was because, Nora as a death lord was too strong. Since she was too strong, the rest of the world had no choice but to put their differences aside and work together. And to do that, the humans had to suck it up and concede to the other races wishes. They were smart enough to understand that they would all die if they did not work together. Thus they formed a treaty with many rules and regulations, two of which banned the slavery and racism.
Nora felt conflicted hearing the news. She had inevitably achieved her dreams of ending slavery and racism by almost destroying the world. However, her internal conflict soon ended when she heard about the torrens.
“Master, the torrens are extinct.”
“What! How’s is that possible?”
“Master, i have no idea, but from the guy’s memories, he had no memories of the torren race. Even the widely known tale of how the heroes defeated the death lord did not include them. The tale states that 4 heroes from the 3 races banded together to defeat the death lord. It did not mention the torrens at all.”
“How is that possible! I personally fought the torren!”
“Master, i think there is a conspiracy going on. All records of the torrens are wiped from history. Even their homeland is gone.”
“We need to investigate that when we get to the main continent. I doubt anyone here know anything about the torrens if they are wiped from history. Continue with what you know.”
“Hmm, master, there are now things called dungeons popping up in the world.”
“Dungeons?”
“Yeah, it’s the new hot thing in this world. In year 72 AWC, dungeons started popping up from the ground and from there, a new race called orcs came from those dungeons.”
“How is this...no it can’t be... dungeons and orcs shouldn’t exist in this world.”
“Master? You know what dungeons and orcs are?”
“When you mean dungeons, is it a dungeon with a dungeon core and when you destroy it, the dungeon will be destroyed? Are the dungeons you speak of a special dimension where people can enter to kill or mine for resources? And after a period of time, the monsters and resources will respawn? And are the Orcs you speak of the war like race with green skin and big fangs or are the Orcs the rapeish kind with a pig’s head?”
“Master! What you said is 100% true, the orcs have a pig’s head! Master, how do you know all of this?”
“Eve, you should know that i’m not from this world right? In my world, i know what dungeons and orcs are and i know for a fact that they do not belong in this world. Something is going on and i think the abyss has something to do with it.”
“The abyss?”
“Eve, go out and read everyone's memories. Try to investigate more about out the abyss and the dungeons.”
“Yes master,” Evelyn replied before fading through the walls. She knew better than to ask about her master’s past life. She knew that her master didn’t like to talk about it. Thus she accepted it as so and quickly moved on.
Nora sat down and began to take it all in. A massive bomb of information had exploded right in front of her. She needed to digest it and plan her next step.
So the world has gotten a lot more complicated. My enemies are big and there are a lot things i need to investigate. Those i need to get revenge on are those in the Valen family and the Hillia group. But there are a bit too strong for me to handle right now. My father is a S rank adventurer and since he is the royal guard of the Ameana royal family, there’s no way i can kill him easily. Moreover the Hillia group who is running this underground slavery ring is one of the 4 big underground gang. They aren't that weak either. I need to get stronger.
Moreover, i still need to investigate the dungeons and the abyss as well. Lastly, i need to find a way to revive all my fallen comrades. And dammit, now i can’t even use any death magic when there are others around. The calamity church really thought of everything. They outlawed all necromancers.
Sigh.
Thinking about all the problems she had, Nora laid down on the bed, staring at the wooden ceiling. Nora felt overwhelmed by all the problems she had to deal with. She couldn’t deal with all of them alone, she needed her generals. However, unlike Evelyn, the rest of the generals were hard to summon.
Greed required a full skeleton of an adult dragon. Lust required the blood and soul of a noble vampire. Pride required the souls of an army of knights. Gluttony required the core of a king slime. Sloth required the soul of a lich. Lastly, Wrath required the soul of a mountain giant.
There was no way she could summon any of them now. It was way too difficult. She was too weak. The only easy one was pride, all she had to do was find a battlefield and collect the souls of the recently dead. However, due to the fact that none of kingdoms are at war and the last war that happened was over hundred years ago, it was impossible for Nora to find battlefield full of recently dead knights.
Taking a deep breath, Nora sighed again. Nora left the room with ‘stealth’ and went to the explore the ship. She wanted to take a break from the stressful thinking and go out to relax. Since it was her first time on a ship, she wanted to look around.
However, as soon as she got out, she realised a problem. Although, she had not been at sea before, she knew that the situation wasn’t normal.
The cloud that had gathered since dawn, dark and unyielding, smothered the sun. The wind that had pushed against the ship, not playfully but with gathering strength, saw no reason to dwindle. The air became thick with salt, carried by a gale. The waves grew so large that the ship she was on was dwarfed. The ship ride up and down the mighty swelling sea like a child's toy.
Nora knew that there was no grace in the waves, only wrath and tempest. Nora realised that a storm was coming.
“Boom!” A thundering roar echoed through the waves. The pouring rain began and the clouds roared. Arcs of lightning zipped across the sky, signaling the their impending doom.
Looking across the horizon, there was a large beast thrashing through the waves, speeding towards them like a torpedo.
“Ahhh! We’re doom! A sea leviathan! How we are so unlucky to meet them!”