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It has been almost a week since Manationia started her quest to learn new Spells, earn money, and progressively get herself new equipment.
Since this week that she had not gotten attacked anymore, for some reason.
But she knew that they were probably planning or plotting something against her…
She had learned a lot of spells, she already got the knack for body-enhancement spells, and now she had also learned all the basic ones from most of the elements, and then a few "ultimate" spells that use a lot more mana, are big, and do a lot more of damage.
There are also a lot of utility ones such as one that could allow her to float in midair and fly quite fast…
Her race had once been flying creatures, but their wings are atrophied, and are only there to work as hands, although they use the tentacles near their beaks to grab things for the most part.
However, it did made her happy to see herself flying across the skies when she tried to spell, although the fear of falling to the ground was lingering inside of her and was honestly quite terrifying.
Manationia had already become quite popular around the town due to the amount of beasts she hunts every day and sells for money…
She had begun to wear a mask over her body so they wouldn't remember her face.
Of course, many times, because she's a little girl, she would get attacked by thieves or even other fellow adventurers and hunters.
Even after seeing her carrying such giant beasts they can't even beat, they really thought they could somehow win against her…
And she always beat them down…
Although at some point, she started to just kill them because they came back to her if she let them alive.
It was a pity, but Manationia had begun to "stop caring" even if a little bit.
Scum was scum at the end of the day, she wasn't hurting anyone by killing them… well, other than them.
After accumulating a lot of money, she brought herself some nice magical equipment and slowly upgraded her previous one, her magic power and the precision of her mana usage had been enhanced greatly after that!
Although it felt like a long time has passed, it was only a week.
Nonetheless, Manationia accumulated a lot of new Undead soldiers inside of her shadows, and was readying herself for what Octo called "the raid".
Using the information she extracted from the souls of the ones that tried to kill her back then, she learned where their hideout was, and she was preparing to move there eventually, soon, perhaps in a few more days.
"Ugh… I am beat…" she sighed, as she rested over the comfortable bed and didn't wanted to move anymore.
"You did a good work there, partner! You're going to make the population of wild beast go extinct! Also those wild Goblins fetched a good price with that magic crystal inside of them!" said Octo.
"Yeah… I think this is the fourth time we encounter Goblins… those are monsters that I think only appear in the dungeon below… Uweh, they're so weird… and disgusting." Sighed Manationia.
"If they only appear there why are they up here?" wondered Octo.
"I think its because they had been able to get out through hidden routes underground… this is how the surrounding jungles have… monsters… sometimes…" sighed Manationia. She was beginning to fall asleep.
"I see you're tired, you've worked hard, Manationia. I am really growing fond of you, you know? Now that you're more mature and you don't cry every time, I think I like you more- Eh? Ah, you already fell asleep…" sighed Octo.
Manationia fell asleep quickly, as she was engulfed in dreams.
While dreaming, she would often dream about a happy life without worrying about getting killed each time she went out.
She would go to the Singers Academy like she wanted, slowly learn spells, and become a talented student.
She would gain recognition and make many friends and good memories…
And she would go back home with her parents and tell them about everything.
And use her talents to earn money and bring them to the big city, giving them everything they deserved…
However, amidst her peaceful dreams, darkness began to leak inside as it tried to consume her completely.
"W-What's going on?"
Manationia felt fearful out of the sudden, this darkness began to consume her dreams, fragmenting them apart as her consciousness taking the shape of her current self, began to run away from this darkness following her from behind relentlessly…
"Get away from me!" she cried, as the darkness only continued to get stronger and stronger, as if trying to consume her…
"…"
The darkness stopped around her, as it manifested into a massive entity of endless size.
It had two gigantic crimson-red eyes, glaring down at her menacingly.
"Huh?"
Manationia fearfully looked upwards, this monstrous being looked down on her.
"You… Child of this world…"
"Who are you?!"
"I am the one that they call the Dark Lord of the Depths."
"What?!"
"You have two choices."
"Two… choices?"
"You either become my pawn, and accept my dark power as your own… or you perish."
"That doesn't seem much of a choice…"
"You dare tell me that my offer is not worth it for you?"
"So you're the evil guy behind all of this?! How did you got into my dreams! Get out!"
Manationia bravely tried to send this entity away, but the monstrous darkness grew angered.
"You dare send me off?! I will rip your soul into pieces!"
The entity began to try to attack Manationia's soul directly through her dream!
The monstrous being extended its darkness as deadly tentacles, targeting her body!
CLASH!
A powerful blow hit her as she cried in agony, the pain reverberated across her soul, making her suffer terribly.
"Aaaggghh…! S-Stop!" she cried.
"Weakling! Disgusting weakling… I will devour you… assimilate you- Ugh?!"
However, the entity was suddenly stopped.
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