Using up 2000 units of Flux Energy almost drained my reserves that for the first time, I feel like I will pass out from having drained energy.
I was notified by my system that my Incarnation successfully arrived at the World of Barbarians and through a small system window on the corner of my eyes, it shows its status and how much time is left for its duration.
Earlier, Yumiko was fixated on that Interdimensional Communication. I know, she's thinking about Jayna as well, just like how Yuko thought of Zerina for me to contact her.
"I'll call Jayna next after the cooldown ended."
I moved in front of Yumiko and raised her head to have her look at me.
"Thank you, Daisuke. Jayna is like a little sister to me so…"
She tried to make an excuse but I stopped her by putting a finger on her lips.
"You don't need to say anything. You're both my companions, it might look like I'm favoring one over the other, but all of you are equally important to me."
"I know. You showed it to us during this one month with you."
Yumiko nodded and embraced me even with Kazeyoshi looking at us dumbfounded, I returned her affection by doing the same.
I will be leaving tomorrow so...
"Kazeyoshi, can we postpone the meeting with the other two until later at night?"
"Eh? Ah sure. Go ahead. I'll inform them."
He was startled at first but upon realizing the scene in front of him, he nodded continuously before answering and turning his back from us as if he wanted to get away from this place as soon as possible to not disturb us.
"Thanks, man."
Seeing his leaving figure as if he's about to trip and fall, I smilingly shook my head.
Afterwards, I also beckoned towards Yuko who was watching us. She smiled at me and like Yumiko, she embraced me with all of her affection.
"There's still a few hours before the sun sets, where do you girls want to go?"
Hearing my question, the two looked at each first before blurting out their answer at the same time.
Just like that, hours passed after spending time with the two girls and I was back at the Principal's Office to meet the three Heroes that I will accompany to their Otherworld, come first light.
"Is he the 4th hero?"
A somewhat playful voice of a girl sounded first when I entered. Although a little stiff because it's probably not her first language, it's understandable.
At this point, learning a new language became easy for us, almost instantly, even. Given time she will speak it fluently and we will soon be talking in the same common language without any barrier in communication. It's like a pre-added skill after being exposed to Psyche Energy.
How else can we understand those from the Otherworlds if not for this? Those Ogres though, they do have their language but maybe most of it didn't have any meaning.
"He looks… plain."
Another voice sounded and this time it's a bit thick.
Is he really the same age as us? Looking at his silhouette from where I am, he's a bit like Raiden if I tried comparing our body build but he's surely taller than any of us here. Are all westerners at the same age, like him?
"Daisuke, you're finally here."
Kazeyoshi waved at me and tapped the seat next to him. I postponed the meeting because of a selfish reason, I'm sure these two didn't have that much good impression of me.
The Principal was at his seat, silently watching us while reading from a paper. Probably a report coming from someone. With the emergence of the Dark Cult, he became a bit busy going around the world to supervise and spread knowledge to the country leaders to increase awareness.
"I'm sorry for making you wait. Let me introduce myself. Kuramoto Daisuke."
I bowed in front of them as an apology before sitting next to Kazeyoshi. He's an easy-going and likable guy who unlike Raiden, isn't hiding that much. He's very open, to be honest. Maybe because of his hobby of cosplaying as his ancestor. Though for sure, that's not the real image of Date Masamune.
"Amry Joy Decano, nice to meet you."
The girl spoke first as she fixed her sitting posture. She's wearing our uniform since they're treated as an exchange student. She has a fiery-red hair that at one glance you will mistake it as a real blazing fire. There's a layer of red yellow and orange in it. Her light-brown skin somehow compliments that fiery-red hair of hers. She came from an island country like Japan, the Philippines. As a former rogue Hero, she did well to survive the Otherworld without receiving any guidance.
When the Principal notified the government about her and the other Heroes like her in their country, they gathered them and had the Principal impart knowledge to them. Knowing that her world is the same as Kazeyoshi, he invited her to come here.
There's not just 30 Mortal Worlds overall as for why the Dark World is attacking and trying to assimilate them all at the same time instead of focusing on one, I don't know. There must be some other variables at play there.
We haven't really seen the real heads of the Dark World, all of those we faced were just mere grunts in their command chain. Their real elites were probably those Rank 1 Transcendents and above. Or maybe there's not only the Dark World eyeing the Mortal Worlds and Earth? It's hard to guess.
"Matthew Miller. It's a pleasure."
The westerner tall guy spoke and introduced himself as well. Though his first words earlier could be taken as offensive, it's probably just him being frank. And I didn't mind it at all. I had my experience with Raiden. Even if he's someone like that, there's a reason why they are the Hero. Most likely, not just because of their Unique Abilities.
He came from the United States and someone like Amry who was a rogue Hero before the Principal located him through his Clairvoyance and now they were being managed by their country's higher-ups.
They were probably taught by the Principal that every Hero isn't a competitor but unlikely allies. I still don't know the state of their Otherworld but they're probably not at the same place or else Kazeyoshi would've already informed the Principal way before.
"I don't need to introduce myself again, right? So we're here to…"
Kazeyoshi laughed before he looked at the Principal from behind us for him to continue his sentence. He forgot what he's about to say, huh?
"Tell Kuramoto-kun about your Otherworld and your abilities. It's fine if you don't want to expose everything and just the basics for him to know."
The Principal answered and right after that, he went back to what he's reading.
"Can you refresh my memory? He is a new hero that will be summoned to our world, right? Is he a complete newbie?"
Amry asked as she looked at me with that reddish-brown eyes of hers as if trying to see if I'm just an empty shell who hadn't seen another world yet.
"No. I'm a Hero of another world but my job there is already over. We successfully drove back the Invading Forces and closed the portals they were using."
Telling them the cooked up story of the Principal with confidence, the two pondered for a bit before nodding. As to whether they believe my story or not, that's on them. For now, I need to hide my true role as the only Support who can travel to different worlds. In time, I will also reveal it to them. It's easier for them to trust me this time if I am the same as them. Less hassle to answer questions as well.
"Since we'll be revealing our identities and abilities, I will start. We've met earlier but we never really talked about it, right?"
Kazeyoshi started. To set the mood and to let the other loosen up, he started his introduction. If they're already strong enough, shouldn't they already know each other by now?
"My Ability is Aerokinesis. It lets me freely control air and of course, there are limitations to it. In that world, I'm working under the Moonlight Confederacy as a Gold-rank Tier 1 Pilot also known as The Crescent Hurricane."
"Huh? What the hell? So that's you! The Crescent Windrunner!"
Amry exclaimed upon hearing his introduction.
So they really don't know each other, eh? But Aerokinesis? I think I could already guess the others' ability by now.
"Oi. What do you know?! And don't change my title like that! What about you? Tell me who you are in that world."
Kazeyoshi was pretty easy going but when she changed one word from his title, he became this agitated.
"Heh. Tremble in fear then. My Ability is Pyrokinesis, the same description as him and the name is already descriptive enough, right? I am also a Gold-rank Tier 1 Pilot but not of the Confederacy, I'm working under the Principality of Eldur. I'm also known as The Crimson Valkyrie."
Amry smirked and stood up before introducing herself and her ability while smugly looking at Kazeyoshi. Her fiery-red hair fluttered that gave a mesmerising sight to everyone in the room.
"Crimson Valkyrie… that little runt who always chased after me!"
Upon dawning a realization. Kazeyoshi stood up and almost jumped at her but I held him in check.
"What are you doing Daisuke? I have to avenge my grievances!"
What grievances? This guy. The girl was probably stronger than him or she's just more skilled and they always met on the battlefield.
But for them to not know each other despite knowing their titles... Also, their countries are fighting? Is it like the World of Barbarians there?
Gold-rank Tier 1 Pilot. I remembered Kazeyoshi talking about their pathway being simple. But he still managed to reach Rank 5 Mortal despite it being simple or so he says.
"It's my turn. My ability is Terrakinesis. It's also self-explanatory so I will go straight to my affiliation. Gold-rank Tier 1 Pilot of New Haven Empire also known as The Silent Behemoth."
Matthew introduced himself, not minding what the other two were bickering about.
"Ah! So you're him. The one who's always on the ground, throwing boulders to airborne Metagens."
Upon hearing Matthew's introduction, Kazeyoshi stopped bickering with Amry and the latter did the same.
"Right. That's me. We're from different affiliations no wonder we didn't know that we all came from the same world."
Matthew nodded and after that, he turned to me.
Though there are some terms that I don't know, it will surely be explained later after this. Though Kazeyoshi already has an idea about it, they're all eager to hear about my Ability.
Let's see... I couldn't actually say Adaptability. However, since their abilities are all about controlling something...
"Ah. My ability is Ergokinesis, it's also self-explanatory. I can freely control any type of energies as well as it's a higher control than anyone can hope to achieve"
I produced a ball of Flux Energy and covered my whole arm with it to show them, however, it's a known knowledge that everyone can control their own energy and the Source Energy of the world to an extent, so I added the sentence that explains it even if I already told them that it's self-explanatory to make it appear special.
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