Read The Dreamer Returns Again (Dream Returner) :: Chapter 8- Some Guy's Strength

Some time, in the blistering past in a certain world

--MC's POV--

"Ha...Ha..."

"HAHA!! I GOT HERE FIRST!! THOSE TURTLES!!"

"..."

"So I'm also a turtle huh?! Hmph!.."

What?! How did Eyoulia get behind me so suddenly?! Without me even noticing her?!! So fast?!!

"Uhhh... Euhhh... Uhmm-...."

Out of fear from her lecturing... I have then accidentally opened the gates of Yves' Castle. And suddenly...

"..."

"Igrid, be careful."

(Dug!-dug!), says my beating heart...

Ahhh...

My heartbeat will only go crazy because of her... And Eyoulia saying that to me right now with such a troubled face and caring eyes... I don't rea-

"LAHHHHHH!!!!" (Another suddenly)

"FUUUUUUUK!!! WHY ARE MY SENSES OVERLOADIIIIIIIINGGGGG?!!!" Says my pitiful life that's now currently falling for around 2 seconds without hitting the ground's surface yet.

Not knowing what kind of shit it was, Meteor then explained it to me... or so.

"YOU FUCKER!!! I JUST SAID EARLIER TO BE CAREFUL OF SOME TRAPS!! ESPECIALLY ON THE GROUND!!! YOU JUST RUINED MY PRECIOUS SLUMBER!!!! YOU SH-"

Zhelan's World.

"..."

By this, I should not be able to hear any of this annoying cry-baby's screams and his resentment.

"..."

; I wonder... Why am I now calm even if falling...? I then realized that it's because I have him... The one who I had happened to mute...

Anyways, now that I have remembered it again even on this such shitty situation, earlier... after accepting the quest to kill some high-ranked skeleton guards residing in the newly discovered Yves' Castle and obtain an unnamed artifact with unknown uses... Ms. Hazelynn said to us that...

(Conversation earlier on this day)

"If only the six of you adve-"

"We are actually seven people, someone's sleeping... You see that blondie sitting unusually on the chair, holding a beer and leaning her head on that messy table there?" Heredica then pointed her finger towards Elecs.

"O...oh... T-that... Drunk woman...?"

"Ow may owh mai... Aym nowt Dru-bsabasflsdbugh"

"..."

"Don't mind her... Anyways, her Adventurer name is registered as Elecs Lavendre, that shitty blondie drunkard is our friend as well as part of our party. She can handle herself later. So no need to think that she will just let herself be killed by some skeletons, she's pretty strong as well..."

"O-okay then..."

"Anyways, if only you seven adventurers go and clear this A-ranked special quest that needs to be cleared today... your party's risk will be exceptionally hi-"

"Why does it need to be cleared today then, ho-?"

"SHUT THE HELL UP ROBESHIT(Robe Jin)!! DON'T YOU HAVE ANY RESPECT OF AN ELDER?"

"Ehh...? Looks young though...? What's your age then? Hone-"

"POW!!~" Ooooh... That punch... Robe's chin doesn't look good now...

"..."

"Wa-wait don't fight...! Heredica, Robe..."

Ahhh... My beloved princess, the queen of my heart, my dear Eyoulia... Even her weak and cracking voice... is still too much for my heart to handle...

"..."

"Please continue Ms...?" Ginou then saying this like he's hitting on her, too much pride... Is it because her cups measure too much? I thought Ginou's interested in Heredica... Maybe, I'm just crazy? He, Heredica, and Robe always fight though...

Anyways, looking at her cups now... It really is...

NO!! (Sways head)

Even if Eyoulia's measurement is just normal... IT. IS. STILL. THE BEST!!

Ahhh... Now that I'm seeing Ginou showing pride in his looks, I also now want to look strong too!! I don't care about the challenge now, I just need to look strong because Eyoulia's here... How about...

As what I had planned, I would use Ms. Hazelynn by having a conversation about how strong and good-looking I am too... So that I might get Eyoulia's heart again...

"..."

But looking at Eyoulia now, why's she also looking at me like I'm some kind of a monster that needs to be killed?

"..."

Wait. Don't tell me she saw me looki-

"A-anyways... Dear adventurers, will you really accept this? If you got back and the quest paper that we have and your copy of it will not burn together after texture contact... It means that you failed as you have not met the requirements to complete the quest... Or if the quest paper that we have will burn even without contact with the copy given to you... It means that the leader with the blood stamp on the copy... was brought to unconsciousness or simply, with all of the members of the party, if haven't returned for 3 days, might even be recorded on the Guild as..."

"Dead."

"Dear adventurers, your party being the first queue, why not team up with the other parties then? You have the right to choo-"

"Yeah...? Us being the first queue of this quest, am I also the first queue in your heart? Ho-"

"CAN YOU FUCKING STOP ROBESHI-"

"Actually, the name of the first on her queue is Gi-"

"HAHHh?!! You lookin' a fight 'gain ah?!! You shitty drago-"

"Let's go guys... As what the Guild Information has said to us, the enemies are just skeletons with magical gems as their hearts, they have no mind as well, and will just keep attacking even if they have no chance to win at all... This is easy."

"..."

It's like God suddenly happened to came by... Bringing this place a tranquil ambiance.

"That suddenly happened..." They then felt like brats who were just lectured by their mama... Even if the mama's face doesn't even look annoyed at all...

Anyways, he really did it... The person with such muscles while also having wits... One of the persons that I had looked up to. The leader of the party. One of my dear friends...

"HAHA!! I WON THE CHALLENGE!! HEVANDER!! YOU TALKED FIRST!!

"..."

"You're still into that nonsense...? Haha, oh well. You won Igrid, let's grab your favorite luxurious meat later after completing this quest then."

"WAHAHAHA!!"

(Back to when the MC's falling)

"WAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!"

"WAT DA FAAAAAAAAA!!!"

I'm just falling for like 5 seconds now but it already feels like a decade past by!!!

Reminiscing that certain part of time earlier... Ms. Hazelynn, I might be the one to die first!!

"AAAHH-"

"Igriiiiiid!! We'll find a way there where we won't fall like some stupid shit whose not being careful on his first dungeon huuuunt!!."

"..."

Even while falling, even while Ginou's up above me, I can still understand the words that came out from his mouth... And wait what does he mean dungeon hunt?! I thought we were just exploring a castle for the quest?!

"AHHHH-"

And suddenly.

"GRAAHHH!!!~~" He's ba-

"SHUT THE HELL UP STUPID SHIT!! I ALSO GOT INTO THIS DISGUSTING TRAP BECAUSE OF YOUR FUCKING STUPIDITY!! IT'S TOO MUCH!! YOUR IDIOCY IS TOO MUCH!! WHY DOES EYOULIA EVEN LOVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU HUH!!??"

"..."

You broke out from Zhelan's World that easily again huh...? "Rather than crying, why not just... Fly away with your puny little shitty wi-"

"OF COURSE I CAN'T YOU FUCKING SHIT!! WE HAVE A BIND!! WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ALWAYS FORGETTING THAT WHEREVER YOU GO, I'M ALWAYS THERE!! WHY DID GOD CHOOSE SOMEONE LIKE YOU STUPID SHIT FOR A SERIOUS, CALM, AND DETERMINED PERSON LIKE ME?!!"

"..."

"OHHH... DON'T TELL ME YOUR GONNA DO IT AGAIN?"

You can literally read my mind... So...? What does my mind say? Hehe.

"..."

"YOU FU-"

Supposedly that I'll put him into a world somehow made for his tears to drop and flood, we never have realized that we were already one step away from death's door, and...

Out of the desperation to survive...

"METEOR, STAFF!!"

I called for him.

"Hmmm...? Is someone saying the word 'Staff?'"

"JUST TURN INTO A STAFF OR WE'LL FUCKING DIE!!"

; Because in the first place, I was never afraid because of him... My power, Meteor. A being in a form of a little blue dragon that says he can't be back of his original form because of me. But now that I felt that he hates me...

"Oh well. You're not wrong about the other one dying too if one of the two dies first though..."

But then, I guess... I was just being a bit... emotional...?

(Meteor: POWER)

From a little dragon to a weapon used by humans to make their conjured magic even stronger and more accurate...

Meteor then transforms into an unbreakable staff... Him being a staff, I can then finally use Zeyphre Magic to its fullest. While I'm unable to produce my elemental magics to their fullest because of some kind of unknown seal that is yet to have an answer... No staffs are able to make my conjured magic to its current limit if we match it to my high Elemental Magic Affinities...

But Meteor is an exception...

Maybe...

"ZEYPHRE MAGIC"

I have a problem linking to my real power?

Intense, strong winds which I had cast then formed under me, saving me from meeting the hell's ground, having the force to let me at least stay afloat for 2 seconds...

"Ha... Ha..."

Now that I have the time to observe the surrounding, it seems... That this is... a path leading to the artifact...? Looking at its darken details and vault-like atmosphere, this is much very likely to lead to the artifact the information from the Guild said.

"You are clever enough to realize that huh fucker...?"

Anyways.

"Thanks, Meteor."

"..."

"What do you mean thanks? That was obviously nothing at all."

"Anyways, fucker, if you want us to be able to continue on living, then at least USE YOUR MIND."

"..."

Rather than using my mind now, how about I'll use my feet and walk onwards?

(Minutes later...)

"AHHH!! METEOR!! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!!!"

I'm being grabbed by a Golden Golem with a gem as its heart... And...

"Fucker I'm sleepy... Destroy it already..."

"..."

Wha-

"BANG!!!~~" Slammed me into the ground with so much force, a step behind breaking my bones at least...

"Ug- Ughmm" Then vomited some blood. I haven't even regained my full consciousness... Yet at least I can still say that...

"U-ugh... You shitty dragon, I thought that you're my fucking power as well as my brain... At least when I needed you..."

"I may be your power, but I'm not your brain... We need to consider things, If in times where I'm unconscious like being sealed or so, what will happen to you then...? You are clever, I had realized that since the beginning of our contract... Also, you have magic too, why not just turn me into your sword, staff, or weapon as part of your overall power then....?"

"So this may well be your first actual dead or alive experience being alone. Even if our lives are at stake now, what about on the future...? I'm a complete separate being from you even being bonded by a contract given as your power. So if you'll not improve by your own self now, then when...?"

Ughh save me... There's a teacher here helping a dying student with words... Well, at least it's you and not Eyoulia...

"So, answer me."

H-huh?

"Am I your power...?"

H-huh? Of course you are... You're the one who accepted that...

"..."

"Am I your only power?"

Wha-what do you mean? Are you underestimating me...? Of course no, I have magic in me als-"ughghhh..." What do you fucking want ughh...? I'll literally gonna die first with your nonsense rather than the hands of that Golem...

"..."

"Then, am I only one of your powers...?"

"..."

Me-meteor...? What are you talking about...? I'm literally dying in here... And the Golden Golem's coming in me closer and closer...

"Answer me first you shitty fucker."

I... I guess... Yeah...?

"No, you're wrong..."

What are you even talking about now... "Ughhhhh...." I'm vomiting blood here and you're freely talking too much...

"Igrid. Have you forgot...?"

H-huh...? He then grinned at me.

"..."

And until now and then... I have always hoped that I won't forget what he told me...