Chapter 405: Unfortunate Intruders (1/2)
Before Aiden could step into the portal, and be whisked away from this plane, the trio of servants behind him called out for him, almost simultaneously.
”[Orc] Young Master! When will you come back?”
”[Goblin] Young Master! Will you visit us again?”
With one leg already in the portal, Aiden stopped for a moment. Without turning his head around, he nodded to their question, giving only a curt response, before he stepped over the gate and his figure vanished from this hidden plane.
In the next instant, as the trio broke out from their stun, the portal closed after their master, leaving nothing but a residue of sparkling essences behind. Even those faded out an instant later, returning the world to its serene tranquility.
Still, there was a change from before. Each of the servants could feel their own connection to the Young Master, the silence and feeling of emptiness was no longer there.
They looked at the place where he left for a while longer with reverent gazes before they finally snapped out of their self-induced trances and the stern, commanding outlook once again dominated their expressions. With paced, steady steps they turned towards the village of Gupta. Their mindset shifting, each of them returned to their own roles, first focusing on calming down the masses and spreading the glory of their Master.
After all, he was the one true God of this plane, the ultimate existence that each and every one of them should be thankful for!
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Deep orange and golden pillars of light peaked through the window frame, providing the only source of illumination in the small wooden room.
Suddenly, at the center of the room, as if breaking the previously dominant silence, space seemingly teared up, as an eerie-looking crack began to spread, swiftly interacting with the surrounding particles. The air began to buzz with visible excitement, as the tear rapidly spread and transformed into an arched doorway.
Haven's Gate, the name of the system's portal, appeared in the middle of Aiden's rented room. The clear viscous fluid-natured energy that spread from around suddenly rippled, as a left foot, followed by the ankle shot out from its mysterious depths.
A moment later the figure of Aiden, still with his drenched, wet clothes appeared in the room once again.
”Argh… I need to wash up and change…” He muttered with discontent, feeling uncomfortable bathed in his own sweat and tears. The strain he felt as that strange but vaguely familiar light engulfed him, was nothing short of brutal. He could feel each of his individual muscle mass contorting and stretching to its maximum capacity under the unbearable pressure, his body working in absolute overdrive just to try to contain this supposedly godly… no, this DIVINE energy.
Albeit vastly unprepared for it, ultimately, in the end, he was successful in withstanding it, containing it inside, and managed to complete the request the residents of Gupta wished to resolve.
Now, he could finally sigh in relief. What he did was nothing short of incredible. He did what normally would be impossible, and changed the landscape itself! As if it was simply a game from his days from the 'Modern World', he felt like he played a game, raising mountains, and creating a pond.
The memory caused a small smirk to spread over his lips, he chuckled at his own silly thoughts.
However, before he had the chance to even process everything and settle down, the familiar bell-like sound of the system suddenly rang in his mind. Shortly after a notification window came up, not just reminding him that he had yet to check the last of the 4 Main Tabs in the interface, but also that the system was most likely not just a lifeless tool but something… more.
*Ding!*
[Optional Quest Completed: The Young Lord of Haven: Woes of the Eternal Summer!]
Seeing the title, Aiden almost burst out in laughter. The title of this previously unknown quest was way too weird. Definitely not something that a machine would spit out normally.