[Michael's POV]
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[Save the kids from the military!]
[Description: The military has been conducting experiments for a long time on orphans and immigrants from other nations, without considering human rights. They have been exploiting this since time immemorial. Every year, millions of people, children, die because of their inhumane experimentation, only to produce a handful of super-soldiers that are brainwashed by the military.
Requirements:
(1) Save the kids from the experiments.
(2) Kill/Destroy the military base.
(3) Find the head scientist of the experiment and make him pay for what he has done.
Time Limit: None
Rewards: +1 Skill Evolution Point, +15 Skill Points, +15 Stat Points, +Title:Protector]
[Quest save the kids from the military(Completed)!]
[You have received +1 Skill Evolution Points!]
[You have received +15 Skill Points!]
[You have received +15 Stat Points!]
[You have received +Title: Protector!]
[New Title: Protector: Allows the user to share half of his health and defense with allies within a radius of 25 meters!]
Well, it's all good and all, but… How should I deal with this?
[An unknown entity is requesting to connect with you. Intentions: Neutral]
[Would you like to connect with that entity?]
The System message popped as soon as I unalived those guys and completed the quest. Though something tells me that this has nothing to do with the quest.
I saw the kids moving far away with Irene and Everi. I already confirmed that none of them would die, so I was a bit relieved with that.
"Now then… let's see who exactly is trying to connect with me," I spoke as I stretched a little. Depending upon the situation, it could very well turn, anyway. But since the entity was 'requesting' rather than 'forcing', I guess it wasn't all bad news?
[Yes!]
Pressing the [Yes] button, I waited as my heartbeat rose a little. I couldn't fathom exactly who wanted to contact me. Was it another God or some-
-Thud!!!
'Who is it- huh?' I looked at the being who fell out of thin air here.
"A.. girl?"
She fell on her back. Looking at her body size, she seemed to be around 16 years old… or a little less. She had black hair that ended with a slight bluish hue. Her clothes looked more of a fantasy type, wearing leather made clothes that adventurers in fantasy games wear.
"This is the worst!" she rubbed her head as she turned around in annoyance.
"???!!!!" My eyes widened as I gulped a little. Her face… It was too beautiful! Was she a Goddess or something? Miya… no Rhea… or maybe more beautiful than her.
[Inspect!]
[Name: Aisha ????
Race: Human
Description: ???
Status: ????
Stats:???]
My eyes widened again as I saw that beautiful girl, Aisha's, status which showed almost nothing. The only thing visible was that… she was a human?
"Can you not use your identification skill, please? It doesn't feel good when someone tries to peek in private lives… not that I think you can do it anyway," her eyes seemed to pierce through me as she continued,"Michael Aroa, right? Didn't think I would meet an Ethereal here. Though it makes all the more sense if I think about it."
She stood back up as she looked at me from top to bottom. Her eyes confused still as she walked towards me,
"Odd… I can't see your complete status… who are you?"
I was baffled as I observed her. She… had an [Inspect] Skill, or something similar, too, didn't she?
"Ummm… miss Aisha? Wouldn't it be better to introduce yourself first?" I spoke politely, not trying to be disrespectful. I don't know what this might lead on to, but at least it shouldn't lead to anything bad.
"True. I guess. Well. Since you already know my name, let's start things from the main point… do you know anything about the changed reality?" She spoke, shocking me a little more than before. Does she know about it?
"Your expression says yes. Ah! I am someone who is not bound by time and space, just like you are. So if anything changes from what is supposed to happen, I will be thrown out of the loop as well. As for why am I contacting you is because I have a skill that allows me to connect and reach to anyone as long as I fulfill certain conditions… which I used to reach the 'center of this reality bending' ," she spoke adding to her words.
'Center of this reality bending,' huh? Well, I cannot deny that I could really be the one. But I thought it would be more related to Belial or something? Was it not the case?
"So. Will it be okay if I ask a couple of questions, Mr Michael?" she looked at me with her eyes looking deep into mine. Her behavior changed a little as she analyzed my whole being… seemed like I was standing naked in front of those eyes of hers. Just who was she?
She wasn't requesting this time either… It was a command.
"Give me a reason to answer you," I said, not backing out. Despite who she was, I was not going to back out either. Not to a little girl like her.
"Ho! So you have some guts. Though looking at your behavior pattern, it seemed to match your personality as well. Sure then. I will answer your curiosity. I am someone you may call a reality balancer. While I can bend reality to a certain extent, I can only do so to correct it back to where it was. And my work here is to fix this reality. As for my purpose, it is to rebuild this reality where I don't exist or else… hehe… papa will destroy this timeline sooner or later," she spoke slightly scared as she looked at me.
"Papa?" I was a bit intrigued.
"Well. It's a long story, but my father is a being that is destined to destroy entire universes in all realities except the original one. So, if I don't do anything, maybe this reality might be stable for another century or so… but then it will go poof. Which creates a few more complications… kind of…" she spoke before sighing a little.
"Anyway. It might be too complicated for you to understand, but is there anything else you wanna ask? I do have a lot of questions of my own… but I would like to end the business here as well," she added before looking at me with curious eyes.
"Well… can you reverse reality?" I asked my first question. She nodded as she spoke,"as long as I have the main components."
"It won't affect the original reality?" I asked, and she pondered a little,
"Well. Not really unless you have messed up a little too much… Though looking at your skill set, we can solve that as well. Time and reality go hand in hand, so we won't just turn reality back to normal, but also time. That will solve all the problems. Simple!" Her eyes were brightening up as she looked at me more and more.
She was thoroughly analyzing me, wasn't she?
"Well. How am I exactly related to all this?" I asked as I observed her. While I had a theoretical answer, I wanted a definite one. One that she seemed to carry.
"Ah! About that…" she spoke with a deep thought.
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