New World (3)

I was pitch black when I met this strange girl, but she lit a fire with some wood and some of her powers using a flame.

-"Whew, what the hell were you doing here in this place without any lighting?"

I was grateful for her helping me, so I thought it would be better to tell the truth, but not everything that happened.

-"I got lost in this forest, I wanted to become strong and learn to use powers, but a monster attacked me and I was injured... I managed to escape, but the wound was more serious than it looked."

She looked at me like I was a big idiot and said:

-"So you entered a forest full of monsters without any weapons, supplies, or without learning to use nill properly? Do you want your donkey certificate or what?"

-"Nill?! What is this?"

-"Don't you know what Nill is? Are you really of this world?"

-"I...I was transported to this world, I came from a very distant village and they asked me to be a hero or something. As they seemed desperate, I wanted to help them, so they told me to train in this forest, because would be a good place for beginners."

It wasn't worth hiding these details from her, I needed her to trust me, but I don't need to tell all the details.

She seemed to relax a bit, gave a big sigh and said:

-"I didn't want to tell you anything my friend, but... you were tricked. This forest, despite being small, is not suitable for beginners."

-"R-Really?!!"

-"Tsk, as there are bad people in this world... well, don't worry I'll help you!"

-"Really?! Thank you so much!"

-"Well, I would feel really bad about letting a rookie hero die here... Well, I'll explain a few things!"

I hate being helped or having to need someone, but I need to know the basics of this world. Because I can be proud but not stupid.

-"Well, first... Nill is the energy of this world, it's the energy that every living being has, that is, any being that has life has Nill in itself."

-"Oh, right."

-"If you have any doubts about you being able to use Nill, don't worry, any being even transported from another world can use it."

This is very important information.

-"Learning to use Nill is not difficult, especially those who were born in this world can use it without problems by observing their parents using it, or even other close people. But for those who come from another world, it can be a little more complicated since in their worlds there is usually nothing like Nill."

-"Often it depends on your talent with Nill, or if you had a good master, but you can also learn to train Nill yourself."

Of course, learning Nill won't be easy, but playing the "dumb boy who needs help" isn't easy either.

-"Also, what can I say... the world has 5 continents, all with different enemies, slender cities and much more."

-"And... hum... you will need 2 more hero companions, otherwise you won't be able to earn the guild reward money, besides not being able to participate in the great hero championship that will happen in a year. "

-"Is it through guilds that a hero earns money?!"

-"Yes, heroes choose missions by guilds and through them they can earn money to survive. Also, selling objects, artifacts, monster items is a good way to earn money."

-"I thought heroes were banked, or something."

-"The only heroes who need help from royalty are those who work directly for them, that is, the 3 winning groups of the grand championship of heroes."

-"And is it worth it?"

-"But that's obvious! Besides serving our great king, you get all the fame, money and glory you want."

-"Well, if we keep talking about it we'll spend the night talking... let's sleep tomorrow will be a great day!"

-"OK"

We lay on the ground, and rested a little until dawn. And... despite everything I've been through during the day. Seeing that beautiful starry sky made it all worth it.