It has been a week now and unlike what Kevin had predicted, no dungeon break happened.
Michael had been eagerly waiting for it too, it was the perfect chance to see how much stronger he had gotten ever since he came back.
No chance to do that though, he also failed to make a pure healing spell, he just couldn’t figure out how to heal someone instead of harming them.
He kept trying to envision a heal while focusing on the wounds he inflicted on himself, yet even then, it did not work.
However, today was the day, it was finally time to head to the realm Amanda mentioned.
All he had to do was wait for the call and he would go.
The academy was as boring as before, Lena had been given a rundown by the others of what happened.
And because of that, now even assignments are being postponed, just like the dungeons last time.
‘What a shitty academy..’ Michael couldn’t help but express, every single time he has been out so far, an incident happened, of course, the temple one was mostly his fault.
He also realized that his club had been disbanded and Claire was nowhere to be seen, she most likely graduated while he was stuck in the temple.
But besides that, he awaited patiently in his new dorm room which was unsurprisingly small, for such a big school, one would assume it would have big dorms too.
Alas, he was wrong, at least it had all the necessities he would need.
Just as he was starting to grow impatient, his phone rang and he immediately picked it up.
“Get over to the headquarters, I have to do a little debrief before you go” Amanda said and hung up, not giving him any time to respond.
‘Sure..’ He got up and headed out, he didn’t really want to go to class today so he skipped and was waiting for the call.
But now that it’s here, he could finally move forward, Kevin and the others are still fairly weak, he could not take them with him.
If only Fafnir could do to others what he did to him, it would give him some reassurance in a tough fight.
But he was nowhere to be seen, Michael thought maybe he went to explore the world, after all, being immobile for that long would cause one to get bored.
As Michael was walking while lost in his thoughts, he finally arrived at the headquarters and stepped into the elevator.
It closed and he waited to be brought to the very top, however, the darkness persisted for a longer time than usual.
And suddenly, he found himself on a grassy plain with Amanda standing in front of him with her back turned, overlooking the sight below them.
He walked up to her and looked down, being left breathless upon the sight.
When he first saw this world back in the elevator, he thought it was just a simple medieval world much like his dream.
Then he found out that it housed strong people, it made him a bit excited at the prospect of a medieval world with strong opponents he could practice against.
However, the view in front of him did not align with any of his previous thoughts, it just simply felt unreal.
There were islands in the sky that each varied in size but due to the sheer number of them, they were hard to ignore.
He also saw mountains that reached incredibly high, looking as if only a small quarter of their true size was visible before they pierced the clouds.
This world was bigger and certainly more unique, his world looked incredibly simple in comparison.
After coming out of his stupor, he noticed that they were currently standing on one of those floating islands.
Amanda turned to him with a small smirk “Surprised?”
“What do you think?” He rolled his eyes at her words and continued to look around, it definitely did not look like the same world.
He could even see houses a few on the floating islands.
“Stop dawdling around, come” She pointed behind him and upon turning around, he saw quite a few buildings, almost as if they were in a city or a town of sorts.
Amanda started leading him through the streets while explaining what he couldn’t do.
“Don’t stray too far off into the mountains, and by no means, tell the natives of this land about you being from another world, they are a curious bunch..” She said in a slightly sour tone that seemed to indicate a past grievance.
“Is that all?” Michael asked impatiently, it seemed like this talk could have been finished a lot faster.
Amanda noticed his impatience and stopped in place, sending a small glare in his direction “Yes, don’t get into too much trouble and try not to kill too many people, some are from our world.”
“Okay.”
‘I’ll try not to..’
She gave him a little map depicting the surrounding land, it had some areas marked off with a red cross.
He assumed those areas were the dangerous parts she had talked about, it was in his best interest not to go there.
‘Anyways.. I forgot to ask how strong the people here actually are’ Michael looked around and took note of the people in this town, they appeared to be from his world.
‘Not the natives’ He glanced at the map and saw a town not too far away, an hour’s walk at most.
And that’s what he did, heading for the nearby town to gauge the strength of its residents.
Amanda had mentioned that he was only allowed to be here for 2 weeks at a time, that was because apparently, the mana in this place could negatively affect him if he stayed too long.
But from what Michael felt, it was many times denser than his world, he felt like his spells could contain more power.
‘System, what Tier could I reach in this world?’
I don’t know, Fafnir seemed very high tier while Amanda was not so low herself, so I can’t give you an estimate.
Michael nodded before another thought popped into his head ‘I see… Can people break through their worlds’ limits and Tier up many more times than they should be able to?’
There are rare occasions of that happening yes, however, I highly doubt that was the case for Fafnir and Amanda, their tiers are way too high for this realm.
‘So are you saying she lied to me when she said she was from here?’
I won’t imply anything, but yes, that is probably what happened.
‘Is that so..’ Michael grumbled and began heading for the next town,
There were small pathways that connected the floating islands, they were pretty narrow but rather safe to walk on.
He would have run to the next town, however, he wanted to take in the sight, the sun shining through the clouds looked incredibly calming.
Why do you keep acting like an old man?
‘Well, I was quite old before I died, wasn’t I?’ He walked onto the next island, seeing a few houses and walking past them, the town was much further away.
He still wondered why there were no towns in his world, there were only villages and cities, the people refused to acknowledge them as towns, even if they were much bigger than them.
‘What a bunch of weirdos..’ Michael sighed and kept crossing the pathways between the islands before finally arriving in front of a town.
And immediately, he could feel the mana from the outside, making his eyes widen slightly ‘None of them are weak..’
He felt that no one was below Level 50, even the children running around were at the very least that level.
There were also those who had Mana Cores, quite a lot of them to be exact.
Furthermore, he felt like a lot of them were stronger than him, at least mana wise.
‘System, can I raise my progress towards the next Tier faster here somehow?’
Yes, but first make sure to find a place where no one would bother you, the abilities I unlocked would take up a bit of your time, possibly all 2 of your allowed weeks here.
‘Would it be worth it?’
Certainly.
Michael made up his mind and nodded, he visited this town just to gauge their levels after all, he had no reason to stay here.
‘It’s time to go sightseeing.’
