Chapter 2:

First Day of Adventuring!

Prophet of A Destroyer!


(As Reika and Aoki began to live in the new realm, the relationship between the two was slowly becoming friend-like as Reika and Aoki took a walk around to notice different types of gods living together with different kinds of friendly monsters such as bunny girls, cyclopes, giants, dragonkin's and more. Aoki could not believe what he sees as if he felt like he was Isekai'd to a new world without any magical abilities.)

"Aoki: This is still freaking me out a bit..."
"Reika: Relax human, there are still some of your kind here. They actually decided to live in this realm after some time has passed."
"Aoki: What even is this place?"
"Reika: The realm of the city we're in?"
"Aoki: Uhh.. The city maybe..?"
"Reika: We're in a neutral city to five different regions. This is Khotgow City, mainly known in this world as the "Starter City."
"Aoki: Starter city? WAIT, ARE WE IN A GAME OR AN ISEKAI OR SOMETHING?!"
"Reika: ... Isekai?"
"Aoki: ..Y-You don't know what anime is right..?"
"Reika: ..... An.. i.. mee..?"
(Aoki stood there dumbfounded as Reika had no idea what anime was.)

"Aoki: Okay um.. Anime is.. hard to explain but its more or less like.. cartoons but made in Japan...? But uh-"
"Reika: If its a cartoon, why is it called "an-i-me?"
"Aoki: W-WELL UH...! I DON'T KNOW OKAY?! YOU'LL HAVE TO RESEARCH TO FIND OUT!"
"Reika: Hmm... I'll think about it human. For now, we need to find a place to live and a job."
"Aoki: Well we could always do what most protagonists do and just go to an Adventurers Guild."
"Reika: I find myself... too "overqualified" for guilds."
"Aoki: Why- Oh.. because you're a destroyer..."
"Reika: Yes. You finally use your brain for once, that's a pass."
"Aoki: That was a bit mean.."
"Reika: Deal with it human."

(As they both walked to the adventurers guild, Aoki and Reika noticed a kidnapping right in front of them as Reika tried to stop it but Aoki suddenly bursts towards the kidnappers with a summoned retractable chain from his palm and was propelled into taking down one of the three kidnappers until the chain then wrapped itself around their necks and choked them out as Aoki then caught the kidnapped individual who was crying tears of fear. The bystanders then was relieved and applauded for Aoki's actions as he did not understand what happened.)

"???: Um.. excuse me s-sir... Could you put me down now please..?"
"Aoki: OH! S-Sorry..!"
"Reika: Way to rush in and save the day "unlucky" one."
"Aoki: Uhh.. what...?"
"Roselyn: Oh! Please forgive me for not knowing my manners! Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Roselyn Ulafiel."
"Aoki: Well.. I'm uh.. Aoki Toshiharu and this is Reika."
"Roselyn: Its a pleasure to meet you both, I thank you for saving me from those kidnappers.."
"Aoki: A-Ahh hahaha... Its.. n-no problem, m-miss.."
(As Roselyn and Aoki talked for a bit more, Reika's suspicions of Aoki began to increase as she was trying to puzzle together what Aoki could really be.)
"Reika (Thinking): Retractable chains out of his palm? He's most definitely not human, nor should he even be able to have that kind of ability..."
"Roselyn: Oh, dear me..! I actually have to go a very urgent meeting, I do thank you again for saving me, Sir Toshiharu!"

(As Roselyn quickly ran off, Aoki sighed out of relief that he didn't take up anymore of her time and sees the three kidnappers arrested by Khotgow's guardians and taken away. Aoki and Reika then goes inside the adventurers guild to see experienced adventurers all sitting down and having drinks as most adventurers then was hardly staring at Reika as her silver flowing hair caught their attention. Aoki then began to sign up to become an adventurer as Reika sighed and signed up with Aoki. As they both finished their applications and turned them in, they both was then was being examined, physically and medically tested by the guild's professionals. After all the evaluations was complete, Aoki was a Negative D ranked adventurer despite his humanly limits was already tapped out as Reika was revealed to be a Plus S rated adventurer thanks to her destroyer power and physical abilities in peak condition.)

"Aoki: Well.. this should be expected yet I'm somehow surprised..."
"Reika: Another fail."
"Aoki: THIS SHOULDN'T COUNT!"
"Reika: Its not my fault you suck with almost everything else. (Thinking): Everything else is a disappointment but his magic abilities... they're off the charts.. Screw it. (Aloud): Human."
"Aoki: Hm?"
"Reika: Tell me. What was your mother and father back then?"

"Aoki: To tell the truth, my mother wasn't really around much. She'd always mention she has to go for an urgent meeting out of town once a month. I was really around my father during those times. But one day, they both went missing for years, when they gave up the search, I moved on just like they wanted me to. That was until I was found by an orphanage and they took me in. I wasn't really... the popular kid back then. I didn't feel welcome so I escaped, had a major change of appearance and hid out for years. Once I got into my early twenties, I started to get life back on track until... Something happened that day that changed everything for me entirely, its as if.. My bad luck has aura and it affects the surrounding areas no matter where I go. Knowing that, I've been having the worst luck half my life and now I'm sitting here with a destroyer in the Adventures Guild tavern while in a new realm, my life must suck."

"Reika: I appreciate you wanting to tell me your backstory... But I did not ask for you to tell me about your life and what happened. So that's a fail and a pass."
"Aoki: OH COME ON!!!"
"Reika: You failed to listen, but you succeeded in having the guts to tell me a backstory like that."
"Aoki: At least its fair... So what quest is up there that we can go and get some money?"
"Adventurer: Yo! Silver chick, why you hanging around with a Negative D-bag like him? Come party with us, we're Plus A!"
"Reika: I kindly reject your offer but I do thank you for the opportunity."
"Adventurer: You kindly reject?! You think you're better than us?"
"Reika: On the contrary, I am. Plus S rated, gentlemen."
"Adventurer: So you're S rated huh..? Fine by me, I'll just have to BASH YOU!"
(Reika then stopped the adventurer's axe with her powerful bicep which is not twitching nor is it moving and created a tiny gust of wind and surprised Aoki quickly into backing into a corner to avoid any further conflict.)

"Adventurer: Let my axe go you b**tch!"
"Reika: Say please next time, ugh."
(Reika then plucked the axe back at the adventurer which blasted him towards the wall and ducks in time to avoid the axe's blade coming close to slashing his head off.)
"Aoki: Oh goodness...!"
"Reika: Human, return to your seat and let us talk more."
(As Reika was about to be attacked again, everything around her forcefully floated in midair after a loud shockwave forced all gravity to be suspended. Reika then turns around and forces the party to stare into her golden and black eyes as she heeded them a final warning.)
"Heed this warning: If you are to attempt and harm this human or me again, I will have you erased from this world by my own hands. Do I make myself clear men?"
"All: Y-Yes M-Ma-Ma'am...!"
(Reika then returned gravity to its normal state.)
"Reika: Now get the hell out of here."
(As they ran off, Reika sat down out of exhaustion for Aoki whom was still silent after witnessing the amount of Reika's power that was just released.)
"Aoki: Reika..? Do you ever lose your cool like that?"
"Reika: Rarely. Only if living species tend to piss me off that much, I will lose my cool, yes."
"Aoki: Okay, listen... Lets get one big paying quest done then we'll call it a night..!"
(She then sighed as she agreed with him for the money.)

"Reika: Okay... Allow me to pick it."
(Reika then picked a high-paying commission which was of her caliber to complete within an instant but would be a perfect commission to evaluate Aoki's magical abilities in a day too.)
"How's this one?"
"Aoki: This commission involves hunting down a hydra with six elemental properties, I can't win against that with my stats like this!"
"Reika: But if this quest is completed, we'll be offered eighty nine thousand empire coins!"
"Aoki: Well... Its a very hefty amount of money for such a very hard quest.... Nnngh.... fine..! We can do the quest but can you at least back me up before I die?"
"Reika: No promise but I'll do whatever I can. (Thinking): The more I see how he does in this fight, clarifies if his mother or father was a god or not."

(As Aoki and Reika accepted the commission, they both followed the map and wandered from Khotgow City and made it to the hydra's cave after a long walk and sees the awakened hydra whom was awaiting Reika and Aoki's arrival. The hydra then roars with all six heads and blasts elemental combinations of fire and lightning to create an overloading yet deadly affect which Reika quickly carried Aoki out of harm's way and sighed.)

"You okay?"
"Aoki: Yeah.. Just didn't expect that..."
"Reika: Here's what we'll do, I'll cover you and-"
(Reika suddenly vanished from thin air as Aoki was then dropped and landed on his feet, terrified of the fact he had to fight the hydra alone.)
"Aoki: I'm dead..."
(As Aoki ran around the cave, avoiding countless elemental waves from the six hydra heads, he suddenly notices the palm of his right hand releasing the steel chain from earlier then uses it to swing around the cave then was slowly gaining more confidence to battle the Hydra.)
"I'm gonna die but I have to try...!"
(As Aoki began to fight, Reika was watching in the distance without being spotted.)
"Reika: If he somehow beats this hydra, then this will rest my case."

(Aoki then times the attack and jumps onto a hydra's head after it collides with the cave wall and swings his chain towards the stream of fire roaring towards Aoki which the chain absorbed and forced itself to wrap around the second neck of the hydra. As the chain continued to extend, Aoki continued to swing around the cave as two of the six hydra heads was trapped in movement. The four remaining heads then charges their remaining elemental attacks together which Aoki realized the opportunity and quickly swings himself around all four necks of the remaining heads and tightens the grip as the hydra struggled to be let go, jumping up and down inside the cave as Aoki continued to hang on but suddenly, his chain snapped as all six heads was freed and caused Aoki to collide against a wall and watch the hydra combine all six elements into one massive attack which Aoki then tried to force himself back to his feet.)

"Aoki: I... need.. to win..!!"
(Aoki then stared down the blast as he tries to focus on unlocking his magic potential. As a ray of colors was shining all over the cave, Aoki realized the charging was almost complete as he was up to his feet and watches the Hydra fire its massive attack.)
"???: Element Barrier."

(As a mysterious voice protected Aoki without thinking, Aoki opened his eyes which revealed a dark cosmic-like color along with his hair being changed to a silvery color. As the appearance change was finished, Aoki's body was switched with someone else while the current person inside Aoki's body is radiating an outrageous amount of several different magical categories.)
"Sixteen hundred thousand years of slumbering... and I see a fat elemental hydra in my face. Sigh... I suppose I'll get rid of this disgusting nuisance."

(The mysterious individual then snapped its fingers which stopped time inside the cave. The individual then floated towards the Hydra's head and places two fingers on one of its heads then returned to the exact same spot where the barrier was activated and resumed time. As time then resumed, the Hydra began to shrink as its entire lifespan was reversed to the point the hydra was now an unborn hatchling then without a second thought, the egg was stomped by the individual as the hydra egg then dropped rare and valuable artifacts from defeating the hydra.)

"For any other reasonable action you've done, I would've let you go. But wake me up again for something you can handle yourself, I'll beat you senseless."
(Aoki then is given back control of his body as footsteps was heard from the cave's entrance as Reika returned with a dark shade over her eyes.)
"Aoki: What the hell- Reika..! You disappeared..! What even happened?!"
"Reika: ...."
"Aoki: Reika...?"
"Reika: ....T-Toshiharu..?"
(Aoki was surprised that for the first time that Reika didn't call her human.)
"Aoki: Are you okay Reika..?"
(He then notices Reika's entire left arm generate a dangerous amount of destructive negative energy which made Aoki feel quickly uneasy but she then calmed down as she took a deep breath to tell Aoki the truth of what he really is.)
"Reika: Toshiharu. At the same time, you are and aren't a human being. You're half of a human half...- Never mind."
"Aoki: Half what-"
"Reika: Lets just go... We're done here."

(As Reika quickly left the cave, she was hiding in her emotions of worry for she knows that Aoki was actually a cursed human. As they returned to the Adventurer's Guild, the guild's co-leader congratulated the two on their quest completion and paid them the eighty nine thousand empire coins. After a debate between homes to buy, they both agreed on a two bedroomed home and spends the remaining empire coins on furniture best suited to their likings. After taking all night to finish furnishing their home, both Reika and Aoki went inside their rooms for the night to sleep for the next day. Meanwhile in Reika's room, Reika locked the door for no disturbance as she contacted the realm of deities for an urgent matter.)

"???: Don't you know what time it is Reika...?"
"Reika: Its urgent. Is it possible for an urban curse to transfer into a human?"
"???: ....Why are you asking me a question like that?"
"Reika: Because, I'm living with that human as we speak."
"???: WHAT?! What did he look like? Tell me his appearance when the curse started."
"Reika: His hair almost turned silver and his eyes revealed a cosmic-color, starry purple."
"???: This is no ordinary urban curse."
"Reika: What do you mean? This is a known curse?"

"???: The human your living with is cursed by the Magician of Darkness. I know it sounds like a trash name but it says here: "This urban legend states: Banri The Cosmic Magician was killed in a horrific fighting incident which resulted in over sixteen deaths of highly combat experienced demi-gods in the Realm of Deities."

"Reika: I would have to kill him, correct?"
"???: Not yet... I'll swing by and keep an eye on him as well. Just don't do anything yet..."
"Reika: Okay, I trust you. See you tomorrow."
(Reika then ended the transmission as she was then nervous still.)
"I could be overreacting.."
(Aoki was then clenching his stomach badly as if he was going to throw up then rushes to the bathroom across from his room and vomits in the sink violently and hyperventilates as he felt his throat closing. As he strained he then looked in the mirror to see a mysterious shadow.)
"???: You're my prey."
(He quickly turned around out of pure fear and noticed nothing was there then looked back at the mirror only to see half of his eye and hair change into the exact color it was in the Hydra's cave which he then covered his mouth to not scream in terror.)