Calling for help in a Universe with no Dream or Hope (1)
A world where there is no magic or martial arts. It’s like having pasta with no sauce. Hunters are supposed to learn magic and martial arts from different worlds, but what are you supposed to do in a world where there is nothing like that at all?
No, there is still hope. If he’ll just go to Estelle, everything will be okay. Hunters always go back and forth between Earth and another world, so Titania should be able to send him to Estelle.
Yoo-sung deeply believed that she could.
“Couldn’t you just send me to Estelle?”
“I can’t. You can’t change the dimension once it’s decided. There is only one dimension path.”
Titania’s response was without hesitation and poured water on the last hope of fire.
“So, does that mean that I can only go back and forth between Earth and this parallel universe?”
“Yes, that is correct,” Titania nodded her head.
“Haah. Hunter, my ass. Yeah, I guess I can only bite what I can chew.”
One has to only bite what one can chew. If not, one’s stomach will get upset. He felt that living an ordinary life was for him than to become a Hunter.
Yoo-sung felt disappointment and sorrow, but he completely hid his feelings. He still has a job, so he just could live his life without becoming a Hunter.
‘I’ll just go back and sleep.’
He thought to go back and sleep, then prepare to go to the nursery school tomorrow.
“Haah… I guess I have to give up becoming a Hunter. Now, I just want to rest. Can you send me back to my house?”
“I can’t do that as well.”
“Huh?”
I can’t do that. That seems to be the only thing Titania can say. Every time he asked her something, the only answer coming back was ‘I can’t do that’.
“Hunters can go back and forth whenever they wish. Why can’t I do that? The parallel universe is a different world. Why are you saying I can’t?” Yoo-sung said it to Titania with annoyance in his voice.
“This world is not in our jurisdiction, so we can’t interfere here. It means you can’t go back and forth as you wish. If you want to get out of interference, open a portal, and connect to the dimension path, it will take time… I’m sorry…”
It’s not their jurisdiction. Are they government officials? What kind of dog barking is this? It sucks not being able to learn anything new even after becoming a Hunter. Now he can’t even go home as he wishes. He was pissed.
“Arghhhhh!”
Yoo-sung started to scream after what Titania said.
[Goddess of Mischief: Kekw. He is pissed! Pissed!]
[King of Angels: I’m sorry.]
“Why me?! Why only me?!” Yoo-sung cried out loud.
Why does this only happen to him?!
“You dumbass angel! You’re not a support angel! You’re a troll angel!”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
After screaming in confusion, Yoo-sung snapped back to consciousness.
‘This isn’t going to be solved just by screaming.’
“So, when can you open the portal?”
Yoo-sung stopped talking politely. This wasn’t the situation for it. It was lucky that he didn’t start cursing.
“After a month.”
A month is a long time. If he disappears without saying anything, the boss will worry and his friends will worry. That was what Yoo-sung was worried about.
“Mr. Yoo-sung, are you worrying about time differences?”
“Yeah. If I’m gone for a month, people will get worried.”
“Don’t you worry about that. Time flows differently here. If you spend a month here and go back to Earth, only two? three? days will have passed.
“Does that mean if I stay on Earth for three days and then come back here, one month will have passed already?”
“No, it won’t. If you stay on your Earth for three days or even a month, there won’t be much difference. If not, only a day or three days at most will have passed.”
“What? You said the time flow is different. Doesn’t that mean three days on Earth should equal to one month here?”
“It’s because of the Dimensional Interference. Uhmm… It’s a bit hard to explain. It’s a power that I can’t point out and explain easily. There isn’t a set point, so the time flow goes back and forth, but it’s normally like this. And isn’t this better anyway? If you go back and forth between worlds, and ten hundred* years have already passed in one world, it will be uncomfortable.”
PR/N: Another way of saying one thousand.
‘Hmm… That does sound uncomfortable. I can’t logically refute it.’
After hearing Titania, it’s indeed better than one world passing so much time for him.
“But, the ageing will still progress. So after you gather some points, go to the shop, buy an ‘anti-ageing medicine’, and eat it. If you control mana or chi, the ageing will also slow. But in this world where there is no mana or chi, the ageing process is the same.”
“Points?”
“Points can be earned by capturing monsters or other creatures. The points earned will be similar to the value of the monster.”
“Then, does killing other people give me points?”
“Yes, you can still earn points by killing people. However, you can’t earn points by killing normal people. Killing people with high status, strong power, or those who did a lot of good or bad deeds, can earn you points. And if a Hunter kills a Hunter, you can get all of the Hunter’s points.”
[Goddess of Mischief: He is a psycho. There wasn’t anyone who asked that to their angel as one of their first questions.]
[666: Psycho?]
[Goddess of Mischief: Look at him coming out after hearing the word ‘psycho’.]
It wasn’t that Yoo-sung was a psycho that he asked that question about killing people. It was that he often saw the news about Hunters committing murder or killing other Hunters and getting blacklisted. That’s why he asked that question.
“Killing people to get points… What kind of system is this?”
“The Gods have decided on that, so we can’t do anything about it.”
“Those Gods have done something stupid.”
[Goddess of Mischief: I think this guy is talking bad about us.]
[666: Wow. The most foolish creature on earth, a human, is talking like that.]
[King of Angels: I didn’t hear anything.]
Goddess of Mischief and 666 were typing fast about Yoo-sung talking bad about them, but Yoo-sung just ignored the chat.
“What am I supposed to do now?”
“If you normally went to Estelle, you can go to the training center, get tested on your aptitude, and learn basic mana control. Then, you’ll go around learning skills that fit you. Through adventure and training, you will gain the strength to beat the monsters back on Earth. But here, there is nothing like that. The parallel universe is a world that has no God.”
“Then, what should I do? You have to tell me some kind of way.”
“How about you act just like the Yoo-sung of this parallel universe?”
“What kind of person am I in this universe? How am I supposed to know about that?”
“I don’t know how I can help you. There is no information about this in any of my training.”
“Haah… Then, there is no more information I can get out from you.”
“I’m sorry.”
Titania made a sad face and lowered her head. She must have been sorry since all of this happened because of her mistake. And she couldn’t even help him even though she wanted to.
“Okay, okay. It will work out somehow. There are no monsters in this parallel universe, so I won’t even die. By the way, I think the name of the earth in this universe is cool.”
‘I thought the parallel universe’s earth would have the same planet name as the Earth I know, but I guess it’s a little bit different. Caden, it sounded like a planet from a fantasy game.’
“In this universe, there is a planet named Earth.”
“What? Then, where is this place? Isn’t this place like Earth?”
“Caden is a planet on the edge of the parallel universe. Unlike Earth, Caden’s technology is far more developed.”
It felt like becoming the main character in a Sci-Fi movie. Just how much did the technology advance that they reached all the way to space? It’s not like ‘manifest destiny*, explore space’. How bizarre.
PR/N: Manifest Destiny: A 19th-century belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
“Mr. Yoo-sung, I’m sorry but the interference in this universe is too much. It will be hard to have long conversations. The connection will be disconnected.”
“What?”
She said that she was a support angel, but she only caused damage and now said what? The connection will be disconnected? Yoo-sung felt like flipping out.
“Don’t look at me like that. It’s because the Dimension God’s power doesn’t usually reach this dimension. It’s not my fault,” Titania said to Yoo-sung with trembling eyes.
“It’s just that I can’t keep the connection for a long time. But I will contact you often. If you get stronger, my power will get stronger as well, so I will be able to give you more help.”
“There is no magic or martial arts here. How am I supposed to get strong?”
“We have a point shop! You gather points to buy magic books, martial arts books, inner energy training books, skill books, scrolls, potions, and all kinds of items.”
Titania said that as if there were no worries, but there were a lot of worries. If he were to return to Earth and hunt the monsters, he had to be strong enough to hunt them. But without anything, how was he supposed to get stronger?
Goblin, the monster that the weakest Hunter goes for, can be a serious danger for ordinary humans. If he gathers points so dangerously like that, he would rather just work as a janitor.
‘I’ll just live like this world’s me for a month then.’
“Mr. Yoo-sung, I’ll apply translation magic on you since this universe uses different languages. This is permanent magic, so unless you get dispelled, you won’t have to worry about it. Good luck!”
Then, Titania got blurry and finally disappeared.
[Goddess of Mischief: She ran away.]
[King of Angels: I have something to do, so peace.]
[Goddess of Mischief: Take care of your underlings well.]
[King of Angels: Yessir.]
After Titania disappeared, King of Angels also left the chat. It seemed like 666 was gone as well. In the chat, there was only Goddess of Mischief left.
[Goddess of Mischief: Since you looked so pitiful, I’ll donate a gift.]
[Goddess of Mischief donated ‘Rock of Salvation’.]
“Rock of Salvation?”
It seemed like Goddess of Mischief had donated something to me.
“How am I supposed to check it?”
[Goddess of Mischief: So frustrating. Take it out of the inventory and use it. It’s a one-time use, so use it wisely. I’ll be going as well.]
With that as the last chat, Goddess of Mischief was gone. Yoo-sung was now really alone.
“Take it out of the inventory and use it?”
In Yoo-sung’s inventory, there was a single small rock. Yoo-sung reached out and grabbed the Rock of Salvation.
Once used, you’ll get ‘Salvation’.
The description of the Rock of Salvation was very simple. It was that you can get a savior once used. That was it.
“That’s it?”
It wasn’t a joke. The description was just one line.
Nothing was going well.