studiobondurri Chapter 23: The Laboratory [2]
Chapter 23: The Laboratory [2]
Chapter 23: The Laboratory [2]
While we were about to enter the gate all of us voted to take a nap, but most of us noticed that we weren't in our best condition. Like it wasn't obvious after all the things we did before we reached this place. Without anyone complaining, we headed to get some shut-eye while I had another dream concerning my past
The story started inside a school to be more precise in the afternoon at the cafeteria. The memory started to move by the time a black-haired kid (Morris) was kicked in his abdomen. Not a single person would reach out to help him, and the bully seeing this went for a punch aiming at his face. Unfortunately, his actions were stopped midway by a kid who threw his tray at the right time. This knocked down the kid while he walks closer to Morris
"Are you ok?" The kid said while Morris stand up with a smile on his face
"Thank you, stranger. If you hadn't interfered I probably wouldn't skip a minute's worth of getting my ass kicked. Now if you'll excuse me I need to continue my notebook~ where is it!!? Don't tell me I misplaced it?" Morris shakes the child's hands while the bully's friend focuses on getting him to the nurse's office. They thought about getting back at the red-haired kid, but a single glare made them scared and ran away
'What the hell is wrong with him he's laughing as if nothing ever happened. Huh?? That's the book he mentioned, isn't it? Looks like he hasn't noticed, World of trials? Is that a title for a story, more importantly, it has a cool-looking design for a cover? Let's take a peek at this story shall we?'
After he grab ahold of his notebook, Morris swiftly snatched it with his quick and slippery hands. He thought that nothing could go wrong only for him to fall onto the floor when he slipped into his spilled soup. Before he could recover from the fall, it gave the kid the time he needed to open his book. His expression suddenly shifted from happy to bleak when he saw a ton of typos on every page he looked at. It was so horrible that it made most of the written words look like a foreign language to him
"If it wasn't for the prologue I would've thought that you're an exchange student. Your handwriting sucks!! Can't you see that you made a ton of typos in a single paragraph?" The kid said while he helped Morris stand back to his feet
"I've heard that!!! You only said 'typos' does that mean you liked it?" Morris said while his eyes glowed when he hears the kid's opinion
"The concept of the book is good, but you'll have to rewrite your mistakes... By the way, I'm Jin Kurenai. I just transferred here. Well... See you later I guess," Jin said returning Morris's book while he leaves to grab the tray that he threw at his bully
"Wait, up I have to hear what you have to say next!!! By the way, I'm Morris. Nice to meet you Jin. Also, your name sounds pretty awesome, to me, it sounds like you're the main character of this school. Also is that red hair natural or did you dye it?" He said while Jin accepted his handshake
"It's natural, my hair I mean, and the thing about my name sounding like a main character? I don't know much about my name since I'm an orphan. And it looks like I don't have a choice but to be your friend, is that guy a big shot here? I didn't think he'd be so weak, I wasn't even trying to throw it that hard," Morris's dream was cut after that last scene. He woke up hearing Yoona's nagging voice. He doesn't have a clue how long they have slept, but her voice was making him and the others annoyed by her repeated sentence
"Come on, wake up it's been 6 hours, 6 hours wake up I can't be the only one who's awake, Morris!!!" Yoona shouted when she gets startled by Morris that appeared in front of her back
'Lately, I've noticed that she's following my plans without ever questioning my motives even after Blake's confession. I agreed with our vote for him to join our team, she didn't even oppose the idea. Does she know something about me, well it's not important she'll eventually ask me about something. The way she's currently behaving is out of curiosity. She's wondering why her group is not suffering any casualties... Let's play along and act like a clueless side character. I think I'm doing a good job with that role of mine, I hope so,'
"Yoona what's wrong you look a little pale, I can ask Blake to procure a potion if you are ill," Morris switched back to his kind and caring personality
"If I ask you something would you answer it? There's something that I'm curious about," Yoona whispered in his ear making Morris understand that it was a personal question
"It depends on the question whether I can answer or not... But I'll only answer your question in an area far away from where we currently are. Since you've gone so far to whisper your suspicion of me," Morris led Yoona into an area far away from their camp and they stopped until he was sure no one could hear their conversation
"Why are you helping us? I've heard your conversations with your deity... Y-your some kind of prophet or something like that?" Yoona said while she sees Morris walks back to their camp after he realizes it was a simple question
A grotesque figure with four heads, two gigantic arms, and legs that was filled with eyes and mouths in every part of its body. It made a disturbing scream that resembled the cries of the human subjects, the elderly, children, and teenagers. They were not spared their fate of becoming a test subjects of the alchemist
[System: You've encountered the named homunculus Quadrex]
[Quadrex LVL 20
Hp: 500
Atk: 100
Spd: 35
Def: 60
Mp: 30
Stm: 50
Skills: Acid spit, Poisonous breath, Self-destruction, Regeneration, Aura]
The monster leaped onto the ground causing it to crack, jumping at the exact time it landed they used the corners of the room as their stepping stone while Blake accompanied Yoona to a safe place, while he joins the three of them in attacking the monster, landing on its head, and they began to slashed their way through its thick flesh only for it to regenerate
Outside of the warehouse
"Kyo, are you sure that Morris is inside that place?" Esther knocked out the other players that were following them
"I'm sure I can smell Boss's scent and he's with a bunch of people. I don't know who they are," Kyo said while he threw a rock into his blindspot revealing an unknown person hiding without the two of them noticing
Esther quickly engages in a one-on-one battle with the person while Kyo was restoring his energy. Even after she uses her skill, Esther wasn't a match for the person in strengths and talent. This made her use her blessing along with a ton of dirty tricks that she learned through Morris. With her newly gained strength, she overpowered the stranger and points her sword at his neck
"Wait, a minute I'm not here to fight you, your friend just said your ally was with a bunch of people? I think one of them is my teammate, my name is Hugo Miller I don't mean any harm," Hugo said while he catcher Esther's blade with nothing but his bare hands
While Morris was busy keeping his characters alive an encounter that he would have never believed would happen. It was the encounter of his main character with a bunch of powerhouses that was never mentioned in his book