The Extra's Return

Some time had passed in the blink of an eye.

After hastily traveling, we finally arrived at our destination.

With slightly heavy breathing, Anas and I stopped at the foot of Fier Mountain.

Before we enter Fierce Mountain, we need to be in the best state possible. That's why I decided to take a break.

Especially for myself. Not only to restore my stamina and relieve the fatigue that had accumulated in my body, but also so that the mental fatigue I had experienced could be fully recovered.

'Looks like the sun is about to set.'

When it was already nighttime, the two of us made a bonfire to warm our bodies and also to dispel the darkness of the night.

That way, we can rest in peace. Of course, we have to take turns standing guard, so that we're ready when monsters or beasts suddenly attack.

"You can sleep first."

Anas nodded and did what I asked. He immediately cut a leaf wide enough to serve as a base. It was clear that he was quite used to sleeping outdoors like this.

After seeing him roll himself into a ball shape, I prepared to meditate.

I closed my eyes and began to channel the Mana contained in the Stigma of Darkness throughout my body. Origin Cultivation, that's the name of the cultivation skill I'm currently using.

'I didn't expect that the speed of recovering depleted Mana could be so fast.'

Along with replenishing the Mana in the Stigma of Darkness, I also felt that the upper limit of the Mana capacity in the Stigma of Darkness was also gradually increasing.

[Your Mana increases periodically.]

[The Mana Capacity in the Stigma of Darkness has increased.]

[....]

And so on.

Even though it looks very easy, it turns out that doing meditation like this also drains mental energy. Forced, I had to stop meditating.

Who said that meditating is just enough to close your eyes like someone who is sleeping and time suddenly flows, if you think meditation is an activity like that, then you are wrong.

Meditating requires you to focus on flowing Mana through the magic circuits throughout your body. That way, the results of your meditation can experience a significant increase.

At least, that's what I learned from Cornelia. Even if using the same technique, if the way of using it is different, the results will also be different.

I don't know how other people in this world do it because the book Demon Lord and the Hero of Light doesn't mention trivial things like how people do their meditation techniques.

Somehow I started thinking about the novel Demon Lord and the Hero of Light. What you need to underline is, the novel only amounts to one book. Whereas it only focuses on stories about Jullian Arkie.

If it's only in one book, of course, the story content in it won't be much. Indeed, the novel Demon Lord and the Hero of Light has very thick pages. However, not everything in this world is written in the novel.

Like all the experiences I had gone through for 11 years in my previous life. Which led to me finally being killed by Jullian's sword. There were many things I saw in my previous life that were not recorded in the novel.

The point is, I can't blindly use the information in the Demon Lord and the Hero of Light novel. Instead, I have to use the information from my previous life as well. By combining the two of them, I'll be more confident when planning things.

Especially considering I had met Jullian earlier. Until I believe there will be big changes in the future.

But I'm happy because now I'm free from the clutches of Baron Warwick and the Black Box Organization.

Next, I just have to do…. I failed to express my thoughts when there was a notification window in front of me.

[Congratulations! You have managed to avoid the unfortunate fate that previously haunted your mind.]

[Rewards will be given to you for all the things you have done.]

[Strength has increased from D to C.]

[Speed ​​has increased from D to C.]

[Endurance has increased from D to C.]

[The stat increase reward is based on what you've done.]

[Your achievement record has been added to your life story bio.]

[Congratulations! You have opened a new path in your life. Face the dangerous future with courage if you want to achieve your wish.]

What a surprise. I didn't expect to receive a notification bomb from the World System.

I was happy, but I was a little worried that the last notification wasn't what I was used to. Even so, there was nothing I could do about it.

To convince myself of the sudden stat increase, I checked my status window.

"Open status."

[Status Window:

Name: Mesties Warwick

Title: Poor Noble, Regressor, Transmigrator, ??

Stats:

(Strength: B) (Speed: C) (Endurance: C) (Agility: D) (Reflex: F) (Mana Core: -) (Active Mana: -)

Skills:

Strengthening, Hear of Everything, Poison Resistance, Swordsmanship, Memorize, Inventory, Amplification, Origin Cultivation, Mind's Puppet.

Stigma:

The Stigma of Darkness.]

Some have changed, but not much.

Now that I finished opening my eyes and stopped meditating, I saw that the moon in the sky was right above my head.

It's Anas' turn to stand guard.

***

I remember that I was asleep earlier.

Before I fell asleep, I woke Anas and told him to be on guard.

And after that, Anas, rubbing his eyes, woke up. The two of us took turns watching the night. At least that's the last memory I remember.

But what is this? Because my eyelids still felt heavy, I still closed my eyes. But I felt something gripping my body firmly.

I also feel a strange scent through my subconsciously active sense of smell. The scent wafted through my nose.

With a bit of struggle, I opened my eyes and gathered my consciousness only to see something shocking.

Anas's face was right in front of mine. So, as soon as I opened my eyes, I was immediately surprised by his sleeping face.

He sleeps curled up against me. I felt like a doll one used to cuddle with when someone was sleeping.

Our faces were so close that I could kiss his regular breaths without difficulty.

Not that I'm a weirdo who likes to inhale other men's breath, but I didn't do it on purpose, ok. I even felt uncomfortable when I realized he was hugging me tightly while sleeping.

If possible, I want to vomit too.

So when I realized that Anas was hugging me, I immediately rebelled to free myself. But when I did, I could feel a soft bulge hitting my arm.

The soft bulge was coming from his chest area.

'What's this? Do men really have this?'

I subconsciously started to feel curious. To that end, my other hand started exploring the mysterious area I sensed.

When my hands started to press against the mysterious bulge, I started to realize a reality that I should have realized from the start.

'So, she is a girl.'

I started to believe that after feeling the thick, taut fabric binding the soft bulge against her chest.

"Erm."

A small voice appeared and woke me up. My hands stopped exploring the area she was hiding. It didn't take long for her to wake up and open her beautiful eyes.

"Are you awake? I hope you release me."

At first, she was confused, but it wasn't long before she finally realized that she had hugged me in her sleep.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Isn't that my question?"

She asked without a guilty face as if I was the one who had done something indecent to her.

"A-A..."

"Why are you sleeping when you should be on guard? What if a wild Magical Beast attacks?"

"D-Don't change the subject!"

"Isn't what I said true? Ok, regardless, why are you so hysterical like that?"

"How could I not be hysterical? Even though you hugged me when we fell asleep together like that? What have you done to me?"

"Firstly, it wasn't me, but you, who hugged me. Second, I did feel disgusted when I was hugged by a man while I was asleep, but there's no need to be hysterical like you, right."

"H-How..."

Finally, she could only stutter without being able to refute my words. But I don't think this is the right time to argue with her.

While my consciousness had quickly gathered, Anas was still panicking without being able to pay attention to what was happening around her.

So I decided to move straight away without speaking again.

[Skill Inventory - Active.]

I took out a sword from the inventory.

In an instant, I pushed Anas away.

Because she was shocked and didn't expect that I would push her away, she didn't have the chance to fight back.

As a result, she was pushed all the way to the ground.

I'm just sorry inside, but if I don't, she'll be in danger.

"Wh-why so sudden?"

Even though she would get angry over what I did to her, she immediately fell silent when she understood why I was pushing her away.

Bang!

Above the place where she had previously stood, something slammed into the place causing billows of smoke.

If I don't push her, she will get hit by that attack.