2 Years prior...
Inside the dungeon at the floor I forgotten of. . .
CLANG----! Kiik!
SSK---!
Flesh torn and sliced, screech echoes as I fling my hand to other side made the goblins cried in pain, its teeth flew off somehwere. While the other receive cuts from every edges of its skin, others hammered through wall but all of my attacks is all for naught, all of the damage I inflicts to them its just recovers fast! Not unless I've literally destroys their core.
Kyaaa---!
Another batch of goblins pounced at me, kicking, flailing, throwing my weapons to keep them where they belonged.
Noticing that they recovered, I retreated but keep on moving forward, but instead I arrived on one of many floors where hellhounds are located, ---is what according to my [Myriad Eye (Appraisal Form)]--- a monster gathers in one pack of no less than five.
Unlike goblins, they're agile and can spew flames off of their mouth. Its an elemental monster! Is what I thought. But no matter where I cut them, pounding them using my arm, my leg, or threw them with all my might. They backed up and return with full health!
Irritated, I retreated again and later found this room. A room nothing but only a crystal-clear, diamond-like glitters from one side while marble on the other side. From there, one gigantic creature with fifteen meters of height and has muscular fully naked monster, breaks the crystal until it fully emerged.
It howled and immediately charged towards my direction!
I pulled my sword out, evading its arm then cut off its skin towards the shoulder. But as if I'm only using but a toy sword, I see nothing even a tiny bit of damage.
"Fucking hell! Is this world, a hard mode!?" I don't know. Even with my current level, I can destroy even the last boss from that world, but here? How am I weaker than an ant!?
I wanted to deny the fact but as I am preoccupied with that thought, its elbow arrived from behind mine whilst blood splinter out of my mouth! My body pounded into a ground marble which multi-layered cracks started to form.
I know if I receive a certain amout of damage from the monsters here, I might die for real but being powerless to this extent!? I can't accept such trivial thing! I stand back up but my body flew off for the second time. And this time it hammered thought the wall. The monster kicked me!
BAM BAM BAM BAM----!
Like a punching bag, the monster pounded its hands in four successive hit towards my body, and thereafter grab me whole!
It threw me to the ceiling, using the uppercut and flick its hand. I've been hammered through the wall and through the ground!. . .I'm gonna die goddamnit! I tried to fight back even after that, but noticing that my silver chest plates loitered from below and were destroyed, it made me angry!
Holding my feet as if I'm a hammer itself, it swung its hands violently! with me of course!---in the end, it loosened its grip as I dropped down like a dead corpse.
"[Alter Reality]!"
And as its about to punch me who still engraved unto the ground, I reached out my hands out and created one clone. . .
BAAM----!
"Kuhaaaa--! B-boss you savage! Why make me a shield!"
My [Alter Reality] had spoken. He is bleeding, he received the punch of that monster head-on afterall. For now I don't have any choice but to use it as a shield.
Another hand from the monster is about to pound at us again but I summoned another clone!
"Urgh, Master!" This time, two of them is on my side, covering my worn out body.
Although fully naked, their physique is a carbon copy of mine, thanks to it, I saw how they bleed in the process.
I can't take it anymore after the monster starts to clasps its hand and raised them overhead. It is obvious it wanted to nail us for real.
I then ordered! "You! keep that thing occupy and take my equipments there!" I pointed at the loitered equipment from the ground beneath that giant.
"You! lets get out of here!" And activated---
"[Skill Bestowal], [Stride Step]!"
"[Skill Bestowal], [Shadow Hide]!"
Successively bestowing them one skill each, "Make sure to get that equipment of mine or I'll kill you!"
"Stingy boss, I know, leave it to me!"
So one of them replied as I ordered. You bastard! I can't help but to cursed out. He is my carbon-copy so he know everything about me.
Another one hefted me unto its back as he started to run away with me in tow.
Even though he just got created in this world, he know my previous path before entering this labyrinth. We encountered more monsters in the procces but thanks to [Shadow Hide] skill, adding that we are the same, the skill counts me as its owner as we dive unto the shadow, making monsters not to see us or missed their attacks. . .
Arriving in an alleyway outside the dungeon after, did he finally dropped me down. He immediately dive into the nearest shadow, maybe conscious that he is cloth-less. . .
I sigh seeing him like that so I immediately threw a piece of robe which made him happy.
"Thanks master" he thanked me so, happily.
Its in the middle of the night, so if ever someone sees us, they only think we're just a passerby. But as my [Perception] is always active during that time, I'm sure no one will.
Momentarily atop of the roof, the other person(my clone) arrived as he jumped down towards us. He is profusely bleeding while on his hand is the destroyed silver chest-plate, destroyed silver shoe, and the destroyed pouldron I ask him to take.
Sigh. . .All of them is because of that goddamn monster! pounding me until I can't even walk anymore. Good thing these two helps me. I might die there for sure!
"You're bleeding!" I looked at his(the second clone) face as he dropped all of the item in his hand.
"I know boss, its pretty obvious" This bastard, the way he talked is really different! And seeing that he is nakedly-whole too and that big junior of his is protruding, I threw another piece of robe.
I then ordered: "You two did a good job. . .leave me here now"
"Ehh? but boss, you sure?"
"What I mean to leave is, help me gather some info!"
"Yes master!"
"Ah right! ha ha, alright boss!"
One of them completely dive into the shadow while the other just disappeared and leave nothing but a gusts of wind. . .
Swiping the armors near me, its now gone and enters somewhere. I don't know when to use those again or when to repair them. Maybe, never?
Looking, what remained in my gear is this sword in my waist, the greaves and the arm guard. So I disarmed them too and started walking slowly after backing up.
After then, rain started to fall down. From here on, I don't know what to do anymore. What my goals are. What my desires are.
Or so what I believed. . .
Not until I encounter a human I cannot discern with! But has the vibe of a 'warm' as if a walking torch, heating my cold and bloodied buttered body. . .
Because its too sudden, my eyes changed its colors multiple of times. Even my [Myriad Eye (Appraisal Form)] didn't saw who the hell she is! I'm about to lose my conciousness but I still don't know if this woman is an enemy or not.
With panic, I used all forms within my eye in one effect! [Myriad Eye (All For One)] or so I muttered. its name originally called [Myriad Eye (All Form)] but well. the former looks cooler.
Thereafter, seven different colors started to form, flowing on my pupil, spiraling like a wild tornado! But only hearing her words did I let my guard down. As if comfort finally relieved my body.
"You have a beautiful eye. Like a mesmerizing rainbow after the storm!"
is the only word that enters my vision. . .
She caress my cheek while saying so, doesn't care and is vulnerable. But in the end, she still did so.
And with silent nod, I closed my eyes and fell unconscious.
That is where the day I met my Kami-sama, my Astraea-sama. . .My only goddess.
Ahh by the way, after that, my Appraisal was upgraded. It says, I appraised the 'god' for the first time, so it upgraded.