Chapter 9: Beauty and the Beast (1/2)

Whoosh!

Jake was floating in a dark space.

He saw a light shining at the end of his path. Screaming, he said, ”Perfection!!”

Even though he couldn't move, he was excited by the thought of the light. How many years has he longed for the light of perfection? Now, it is within his sight.

”As expected from M, he didn't want me to struggle. He sent me straight to a place of perfection. What a nice master?!”

Jake's thoughts shifted from idiotic thoughts, he began to grasp his situation, ”Come to think of it, where am I?”

As he got closer to the light, Jake wondered where he actually was.

”It doesn't matter. As long as the light is with me, I don't care about my location.”

If his master was here, he would beat his disciple thoroughly.

When Jake was an inch away from the light, his genius intellect started operating normally, ”It is dark here and there is a light at the end of my path. That should mean that this is the space between the two ends of the spatial portal. It is like a spatial tunnel. It is amazing I can experience it, as the travel path between the two portals is too fast for one's brain to process.”

Theoretically speaking, Jake shouldn't be able to think in a spatial tunnel, as he is now a weak mortal. The only thing that could allow him to think should be the portal technique, as there are different techniques just for that.

The technique M used should be a slower one, hence the reason for Jake's experiences.

”I'm guessing he picked a cost-efficient method, but I don't know why. He should be a billion times more than able to teleport him to his location. The only reason for him picking a slower method should be that he has not yet decided on my destination. He picked a random destination, no, rather, the space portal is picking a random destination. That's why it's not as fast as the others.”

Within a minute, Jake deduced his master's reasons. Though he was frustrated, Jake understood why M did that, 'M couldn't pick my destination. He couldn't decide what was best for me, so he left it all to my luck. Fuck!!'

Luck was a mysterious concept. It could make even the most ordinary of mortals become supreme beings.

Sadly, Jake had bad luck. He was one of those people who would escape a burning building but still get hit by a firetruck.

Once in his foster parent's kingdom, Jake had once taken a school test with a hundred percent (100%) pass probability, and he failed it with a mark of zero over a hundred questions. To top it off, the reason for his bad result was because his teacher's daughter didn't like his face and marked his test down when her father was sleeping. Jake only found out a year after he took his test, by then his test result was irrelevant…..

...

Jake passed the white light, in order words he passed the portal. He was glad that his bad luck didn't affect him this time. Well, that was until he realized he was floating in the air.

”Shouldn't I be on firm ground? Why am I in the air? I can't fly!!!”

A mortal couldn't fly even if they wanted to, and Jake found himself really wanting to.

”Eehhhh!!!! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die! It is all M's fault. Fuck him and his cat ancestors!!” Amidst his tragic situation, Jake still managed to curse his master.

And like that, our MC was gliding in the air, rushing to his death.

His fate was unknown.

...…..

Puchi!!

A young teenager thrust his wooden spear into a creature's body.

The creature was humanoid. Its skin was decayed with a putrid smell coming off it. Its eyes were night black, indicating its affiliation to terror. Sharp claws and fangs, able to snap off an average human head in an instant.

Even though it was stabbed, life didn't drain out of the creature. It struggled to remove the wooden spear.

”Lola, now!!”, the young teenager shouted.

He was talking to a girl beside him, who then threw a stone at the zombie. The stone was thrown with a fierce intensity and accurate precision. It pierced through the zombie's head, spilling out its rancid insides.

”Whew, the zombie wasn't easy to kill at all and it was a weak one. This forest is really dangerous,” the young teenager said.

Wiping off her sweats, his female friend replied, ”Nico, didn't I warn you about the forest? I told you we needed to leave as I had a bad feeling.”

”Lola, how did you expect that the warning signs we saw meant zombies? I thought they meant spirit beasts,” the young boy retorted.

Nico looked at his sister, Lola. He was about to quarrel with her when a third voice was heard.

”The two of you should shut up. I hear a sound,” the feminine voice scolded the two siblings. Her voice was young indicating that she was also a teenager.

Seeing that two siblings were not surprised, it could be deduced that the three teenagers knew each other.

”What is it, Jaya?”

”Can't you hear it? A sound. It is coming from up,” whispered Jaya. She sounded like she was not sure of herself as they couldn't see anything above them.

Nico looked high above him, ”Are you sure? I can't see anything--wait, I see something!”