Endless vast other world

Chapter 2

"Hey, hey. Wake up."

Sora woke up with a start.

Opening her eyes, she saw Ke Ni standing in front of her with an arrogant face.

"Now I can be sure, you should not be someone sent by the palace. How can the spies sent by the palace be so lazy. What time is it, why don't you get up?"

"I'm sorry," Kongma quickly got up from the sofa.

"I was really tired yesterday. And I didn't go to bed until late last night..."

"I'm not in the mood to listen to your nonsense! Come over and have breakfast. After you're done eating, hurry up and study your pile of scrap metal."

"Also," she turned her head and glanced at Sora. "Didn't I tell you, is there a quilt in the closet? Remember to cover the quilt when you sleep in the future. You haven't recovered yet. If you catch a cold, you will trouble me again. You guy..."

Kerney told Souma to sit at the table and wait.He walked into the kitchen by himself.

Sora waited by the dining table for a long time, but Ke Ni did not come out.He was puzzled, and quietly took a closer look.

God.There was chaos in the kitchen.

Ingredients and semi-finished products are scattered all over the table.The soup in the pot was gurgling and pouring out.Even the bucket was overturned, and the water was scattered all over the floor.

Kerney was in a hurry.She kept chanting spells, trying to solve all this with magic.

Sora walked in, wanting to help.

Kerney was startled when she saw Sora coming in.

"Get out! I didn't let you in."

"Ah, I'm sorry. However, it seems to me that you need help..."

"Nonsense! What a joke! I can't figure it out. I'm..."

"It's a magician. I know." Sora couldn't help interrupting.

"However, everyone has things they are good at and things they are not good at. Please let me help."

Kerney was silent for a moment.

"Okay. Come on. You are so confident, I want to see what you are capable of."

After getting permission, Sorama started cooking.

To Ke Ni's surprise, Sora is actually very good.Clean, cook, tidy up... step by step, stay organized.

Seeing Ke Ni's surprised eyes, Sora explained: "I usually live alone. I am a poor student, and I can't afford to hire people. I was not good at housework at the beginning. Fortunately, I gradually got used to it, and I also It gets better and better.”

Sora brought the food to the table.He is a little strange.

"Ms. Kerney, do you cook like this every day?"

"No. I usually eat some bread casually. Today I have a guest anyway, so I thought about making it richer."

"Then why did you refuse my help in the first place?"

"You bastard... Really, did you ask the question knowingly..." Ke Ni suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"It's all your fault. I said some strange things before. Say something like 'worship me'. I just feel that I can't let you see what I'm not good at..."

"Oh, Ms. Kerney, you don't have to do this. No matter what happens, my admiration for you will not change!"

"Yes, is it..."

Kerney felt a little proud.

"Also, don't treat me as a guest and prepare anything specially for me. I usually eat casually. If you don't mind, during this time, let me cook."

"You guy, really... well..."

The two had breakfast.

While eating, Sora asked worriedly: "Won't the devil find this place?"

Ke Ni thought for a moment: "Probably not. The devil is fighting everywhere, mainly for land and resources. Why would she bother to attack a forest with nothing?"

"However, the small town where I live is also a remote and desolate place. Why did the devil lead his army to capture it?"

"Well... there is indeed a problem. It seems that things are not as simple as we thought. However, you don't have to worry too much. After all, I am also a magician. Although I am no match for the Demon King, but in case of any situation, I can use magic Let's escape together."

Sora suddenly thought of something.

"Speaking of it, I'm a little strange. As a magician, why do you live in seclusion in such a place?"

Kerney was busy eating and was about to answer unconsciously.However, she suddenly reacted, and her tone suddenly became fierce.

"Why do you have so many questions? What does this have to do with you?"

Sora was so frightened that the tableware in his hand almost dropped.He dared not make a sound.

The atmosphere was a little awkward all of a sudden.

It took a long time for Kenny to speak first.

"What happened to your battle suit?"

Sora was really afraid of saying something that would make her angry, so he replied cautiously:

"There should be no problem in the design, but the performance needs to be improved. The current problem is mainly in the material. I use some low-end materials, so the performance is naturally not very good."

"Oh?" Ke Ni became interested.

"Are you so confident in yourself? As one of the best magicians in the kingdom, I have never heard of this kind of thinking. Building a battle suit to strengthen your own magic? Interesting. Aren't you short of materials? I have some in my warehouse There are a lot of materials, you can use them."

"Really?" Sora was overjoyed.

After eating, Ke Ni led Sora to the warehouse.

In the warehouse, all kinds of high-grade materials make Sora dizzying.The high-level materials that were only read in books before are now truly displayed in front of Kong Zhen.

"Great……"

Sora was so excited.

"and also……"

When Ke Ni left, she suddenly turned her head.She smiled at Sora.

"From now on, don't call me 'Ms. Kerney'. Just call me Kerney."

Before Sora could respond, she walked out of the warehouse.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Another morning.

Sora got up early, made breakfast, and brought it to the dining table.

After a while, Kerney yawned and lazily came out of the room.

"Oh, today's breakfast is so rich again."

"It's really embarrassing to eat and live here for nothing every day. If you don't work hard, how can you do it?"

"Heh, you guy. It's really interesting. By the way, it's been a month. How is your battle suit?"

"Basically done. Would you like to see it?"

Sora took Kerney to the warehouse.

For the past month, Sora has simply lived in the warehouse, studying his battle uniform day and night.Originally, during this period of time, Kenney wanted to have a good chat with Sora.However, seeing him working so hard, Ke Ni was too embarrassed to mention it.

When she came to the warehouse, Kerney was taken aback.

It was very different from the scrap iron that I saw in the pothole.A pair of majestic battle clothes stood in front of her.

Seeing her surprised look, Sora couldn't help being a little proud.

Kerney came back to herself.

"It's really beautiful. But, can it really be used in actual combat?"

"At least better than before. After all, good raw materials are used this time."

"Then, are you going to compete with me?"

"Ok?"

Sora never thought that Kenney would make such a request.

"What's the matter? Isn't your battle suit capable of injuring the devil? Try it with me, what's wrong?"

Sora reluctantly agreed.He puts on his battle suit.

The two walked out of the warehouse and came to a clearing in the forest.

"Don't you need to hold a wand?" Sora looked at Kenney who was empty-handed.

"Ha! You fellow. I might hurt you if I used my wand."

"Ready? I'm going to start," Kerney said.

A beam of magic light came over.

As expected of a magician.Even a casual blow without a wand is so menacing.

Sora didn't dodge.He intends to test the defensive ability of the battle suit.

"call out."

The light hit the suit.

Unscathed.

Not only Kenney, but even Sora himself was surprised.

"Really, really? Actually... I'll try again."

Kerney's desire to fight was aroused.

She summoned a magic circle and released another magic light.

Sora felt that the power was even greater than last time.

"boom."

Still unscathed.

"Interesting." Ke Ni praised

"Hey, it's your turn. Let's do it."

Kong Zhen hesitated to speak.In front of him is a woman.And she is also her own idol, her own savior.He didn't want to do anything to Kerney.

"Hurry up, you bastard!"

Kerney knew he was in trouble.

"It looks like a child at first glance. On the battlefield, no one cares whether you are a woman or not. Besides, I am a magician. Can your battle clothes really hurt me? Don't hesitate, do it quickly."

There is really no way.

"Then be careful, don't get hurt."

"You look more like a woman than me, mother-in-law. Hurry up."

Sora gathers energy and emits it.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang.

Obviously he has controlled it, but he didn't expect to be able to produce such a powerful energy wave.

Magic went straight for Kerney.The huge impact lifted the fallen leaves on the ground.The leaves on the tree fell like butterflies.For a while, I couldn't see anything clearly.

"Kennie!"

Sora shouted her name and rushed over.

Shouldn't...

"What are you talking about!"

The dust settled.A figure appeared in front.

At the critical moment when the magic light was about to fly, Ke Ni pulled out a protective shield in time, but fortunately she was not hurt.

Sora breathed a sigh of relief.

"This ability still can't hurt me. But it's really powerful. Are you trying your best?"

"No, no. It's just a light blow..."

"how can that be!"

Kerney didn't believe it.

"Really. If you don't believe me, look."

Sora moved towards the empty space where there was no one, increased his energy, and struck a blow.

"Boom!"

The strong explosion shook the two of them unsteadily.The light is so strong that it is dazzling, and the place it reaches is chaos.

When everything returned to calm, the two looked in that direction.

gosh.Only ruins and dust remained.

"This, this, is this true..."

Kerney had to believe it.

Ke Ni looked at Sora, and was silent for a moment.

"Go home," she said.

The two returned to the cabin.

Kong Ma continued to go back to the warehouse to study.

Ke Ni returned to the room, unable to calm down for a long time.

Although young, as a magician, she always thought she knew magic well.

But today's situation is something she never imagined.

She didn't tell Sora.In fact, Kongzhen almost hurt himself when he attacked for the first time.

Before Kong Zhen attacked, she originally thought that no matter how Kong Zhen attacked, she would choose to avoid it.Because before, Sora didn't dodge his attack.This made her a little unconvinced.

But I didn't expect that the blow would be so swift and violent.She didn't even have time to dodge, so she had to summon a protective shield.

What's even more incredible is that the first attack was just a light blow.Even, even the powerful second attack seemed to be just his normal attack.

This is interesting.Judging from the two attacks just now, the power of this suit is already unimaginable.Combat power, defensive power... What's more, so far, that suit has not been completed yet.The raw materials given to Kongzhen by myself, although they are all high-level materials, are not the most advanced.

When using the highest grade materials, with perfect construction.So this suit...

Kenney didn't dare to continue imagining.

The scariest thing is not, it is not a kind of power, but a kind of thinking.People have long been accustomed to regard those rigid and useless things as the truth, and hold them on the altar for worship.But now, this little-known fool has found a new path and found another path.

This is a challenge to the world.

Waiting for Kongzhen will be a long and bumpy road.

Can he hold it?

Sora doesn't have time to think about these things right now.He is still in the warehouse, obsessed with his work.

What he didn't know was that a storm had quietly approached.

Everyone in the world will be swept up by this storm.

night.In the dead of night.

Ke Ni was tossing and turning on the bed with her thoughts on her mind.

Kouma is still in the warehouse.

Something is wrong!
The peculiar vigilance made Ke Ni vigilant.

It seems like something is going to happen.

She stood up immediately and took her wand.

Before she could leave the room.

"collapse!"

The whole house was hit hard.

The whole house wobbled.All the bottles and dishes in the house fell to the ground and shattered.

At this time, Kong Ma was taking an extremely critical step.

When he was carefully trying to integrate the ice element into his battle suit, he suddenly received a shock.

"Bang, bang..."

Everything fell to the ground.

He quickly put down the things in his hand and ran out of the warehouse.

not good!Could it be that the devil came here?
He hurried outside.

The dark sky was illuminated by magic circles and light beams.Two people fought fiercely in mid-air.

He vaguely saw that one of them was Ke Ni.

He secretly screamed that something was wrong.Hurry back to the warehouse and put on your combat uniform.

When he came out, the two stopped their hands temporarily and landed on the ground.

Only then did Sora see clearly.The other person is a girl who is about the same age as me...

etc!Behind her, a pair of wings were faintly revealed.

She is an elf?

But luckily it wasn't the Demon Lord.Sora breathed a sigh of relief.

Kerney pointed her wand at the girl and asked in shock:
"who are you?"

"You still have the nerve to ask me?"

The girl was very angry.

"A few years ago, when you lived in the Yinqi Forest, I thought you were a woman, so I didn't say anything. But I didn't know that you were going too far! A month ago, I got a meteorite out of nowhere. , hit the forest. Today, during the day, a magic bullet was fired towards my residence! What on earth are you trying to do?"

"Huh? Are you an elf here?" Ke Ni was surprised.

"Of course! Such an ancient forest, can there be no one guarding it?"

At this time, the elf caught a glimpse of Kongzhen beside him.

"Okay, I'm still living with this man! What do you think of my place?"

Kerney blushed.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"You men and women are really shameless! Look at the trick!"

The elf flies into the air and attacks.

Kenney fired back immediately.The magic of the two entangled together.

It was the first time Sora had seen such a fierce battle in real life.

After standing there for a few seconds, Sora realized that he should help.

"Well, you guys, calm down first..."

Neither of them paid any attention to Kongzhen.Probably didn't hear his voice.

Then, we have to...

Sora took a deep breath and activated the suit.

He also flew into the air.

The two of them were fully engaged in the fight, and neither of them noticed Sora.

Of course, it is impossible for Sora to use offensive magic.He used binding magic.

"Whoosh."

Kenney and the elves never expected that a bundle of binding magic could be so fast.

Caught off guard, both were tied up.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah..."

They lost the ability to fly and fell rapidly to the ground.

In a very short time.Souma flew up to them and grabbed them both in the air.Then land firmly and place them on the ground.

They were dumbfounded for a moment.

"who are you?"

The elf asked first.

"Hey, hey, you bastard! Why did you even tie me up?"

Kerney yelled from the other side.

In order to prevent them from fighting again, Sora did not remove the magic for the time being.

He explained the ins and outs to the elves in detail.

The elf didn't believe it at all.

"Do you think I'm a fool? How is it possible? Survive under the hands of the devil? You? How is it possible?"

The elf was puffed up.She is bitter about Souma breaking down her house.

"Okay, okay. Believe it or not, you all calm down first. Have a cup of tea in the house, okay?"

While talking, the three of them looked at Ke Ni's cabin together.

The wooden house was dilapidated and crumbling.

"Ah! My house!"

Regardless of being tied up, Kenny rushed towards the elf with all her strength.

"Why are you demolishing my house? Do you know how much effort I have spent on this house?"

"It's so noisy! The old woman! It was built indiscriminately without my permission. It should have been demolished long ago."

"You, what do you call me? 'Old woman'? You call me old woman?"

"Humph. I see you are almost 20 years old. Compared with me, isn't it an old woman? Haha..."

Kerney was furious.She was about to wrestle with the elf.

"Okay, okay, you guys calm down first. I'll see if I can restore the house with repair magic..." Kong Zhen persuaded.

"How is this possible! Do you think that magic is omnipotent? The ability to repair magic is at best to restore a broken bottle to its original state. Repairing a whole house, how..."

Ke Ni was still talking, and Sora had already activated the magic.

"call."

Wherever the light of magic reaches, everything is restored.

The wooden house reappeared in front of the three of them.

Kernie and Elf stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what they saw.

Sora removed the binding magic for the two of them.

As soon as the two stood up, they ran into the house at the same time.

real.Everything is restored.The portraits on the wall, the vases in the living room... are exactly the same as the original ones.

Sora followed closely and walked into the house.

"It's amazing!" The elf exclaimed.

"More than that..."

Kenny looked at the undamaged furnishings in the house and murmured.

"The repairing magic is so strong, your healing magic must not be weak. If someone dies unfortunately, you might be able to..."

Sora is really a little proud.

"By the way, I haven't settled with you yet! During the day, you destroyed my house, right?"

The elf questioned.

Sora blushed.

"I'm so sorry. Let me fix it for you."

"Hmph! Hurry up!"

"Wait." Ke Ni caught up.

"I'll go with you too. For two or three years, I didn't even know there were other people in this forest."

"Okay, you can join me too, so that you can increase your knowledge."

The three of them walked deep into the forest together.

"Ms. Elf, you..."

As soon as Sora opened his mouth, he was interrupted by the elf.

"'Elf lady'? What kind of strange name is this? I have a name. My name is Ouya."

"That name doesn't sound like a good person."

Kenny still has a grudge against Ouya.

"I'm too lazy to talk to you. Let me tell you, I am the elf who guards this forest. Because of me, this forest has always been so peaceful..."

"Wait, I remembered. The lifespan of elves is very long. You look like you are only a teenager, but in fact, you should be very old..."

Kenny had a smirk on her face.

Ouya was poked in the sore spot.

"What do you know! How can the age of elves be compared with the age of humans? Humans can only live for about a hundred years at most. The lifespan of elves, that's..."

"I don't listen, I don't listen! You actually called me an old woman just now? Haha! Let me guess. Hmm, I'm afraid you will be... five or six hundred years old?"

"Nonsense! How can I be so old..."

Kerney had the upper hand and was thrilled.

"You must be at least two or three hundred years old! Old woman! Old woman..."

Ou Ya wants to beat Ke Ni.

Sora stood between the two of them and kept trying to persuade them to fight.

Ouya and Kenny circled Kongzhen like an eagle catching a chick.

What "old woman", you two are just children.Kong really can't laugh or cry.

The two quarreled for a while before stopping to continue walking.

"That's right! I remembered..."

Ouya suddenly stopped in her tracks, with a serious expression on her face.

"You said before that you injured the Demon King and escaped from her hands?"

"Yes."

"That's not surprising. Half a month ago, there were demon king's subordinates who came here..."

"what!"

Kerney and Sora were taken aback.

"Yes. I was a little scared at the time. Fortunately, it was just some young people who came."

"They must have come to get me."

"Well... Now that I think about it, it should be like this..."

"What did you do?"

"Don't worry. I'll drive them away with a little magic."

"That doesn't mean it's safe."

Kerney was worried.

"Kongma, you hurt her, she will never let you go."

"It's all your fault!"

Ouya really loses her temper with Kong.

"If it weren't for you, how could the devil come here? Originally, this is such a pure land, the devil can't get in at all..."

"Don't lie to yourself." Ke Ni said with some sadness.

"What is the situation now, don't you know? Under the nest, humans, elves, dwarves... which one can survive alone? If the devil conquers the whole world, can you still protect this forest?"

Ouya didn't speak.

"One thing is clear now," Kerney said.

"It's not safe here anymore. The Demon King will probably search this forest again. What if she comes in person instead of the young man next time?"

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault!" Ouya was so angry that she punched Kong Zhen with her small fist.

Sora was silent for a few seconds.

"I'll leave by myself when I get your house fixed."

"Leave?" Ouya was surprised.

"Yes. I'm sorry to trouble you so much. My injury is healed and I should go."

"Where can you go?" Kerney wanted to stop him.

"If you stay in the forest, there will be me and Ouya anyway. Even if the devil comes, you should be able to escape. You are the safest here."

"That's right. I didn't mean that just now. You don't have to leave." Ouya thought that Kong Zhen misunderstood that she was driving him away, so she hurriedly explained.

"I can't bring danger to you for my own safety." Kong Zhen said.

"My ideal is to become a magician. I built the battle suit for this purpose. I think that a person who is proficient in magic cannot be called a magician. A real magician should know how to shoulder responsibility."

"If I live for myself, I will put you in danger. Then, no matter how powerful my battle suit is, no matter how proficient in magic I am, I will never be a magician."

"A true magician should fight against evil and uphold morality and justice. For his own sake, he would bring danger to innocent people. A true magician would never do such a thing."

Maybe it's because I haven't heard such a word in a long time.Kenny and Ouya were shocked for a moment.

The three of them didn't speak again, and walked into the depths of the forest silently.

After walking for a long time along the traces destroyed by magic bullets, Ouya stopped in a ruin.

"It's here."

"Has there ever been a house here? Why haven't I seen it?" Kerney looked around.

"We elves don't live in houses. Instead of man-made constructions, Mother Nature will selflessly give us food and shelter."

"What, don't you just live in a cave or something..." Kenny muttered.

Seeing that the two were about to fight again, Sora quickly changed the subject.

"Let me try it, Ms. Ouya."

Sora activated the restoration magic.

no response.

Huh?
Sora tried a few more times, but it still didn't work.

"Oh, I knew it." Ouya sighed.

"Restoration magic can only repair what is built by man. It is simply impossible to restore what Mother Nature has made."

"Then...how can I do this..."

Sora stood awkwardly aside like a child who did something wrong.

Ouya looked at the ruins in a daze.

"Actually... this way, it's not entirely a bad thing."

"Huh?" Sora couldn't understand.

"Leave it alone. Let it be. Just treat it as if you owe me a favor."

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense, this matter is over. Go back. It's almost dawn."

Sora thanked Ouya repeatedly, and went home with Ke Ni.

Back in the wooden house, Kenny wanted to complain to Sora, but saw Sora packing his luggage.

"What are you doing?"

"Didn't I just say that?" Sora replied,
"I'm going to get out of here."

"But..." Ke Ni looked at the resolute Kong Zhen.She didn't know what to say.

She stood by, stared blankly for a while, then turned and went back to her room.

at night.Kongzhen lay on the haystack in the warehouse.

He looked at the bright moon in the sky.

He had a premonition that the road ahead of him would be tortuous and long.

Of course I can stay here and not leave.With an elf, a mage, and this battle suit, he can survive for the time being.

But such a day was not what he wanted.It is better to die than to live like this.

He knows it well.I am the kind of person who is destined to wander.

What he couldn't figure out was the Demon King.What is she trying to do?
If she wants to be empty, she will die.So at that time, why didn't she do it directly while the battle suit was not finished?

If she took a fancy to Sora's battle suit, wouldn't it be better to just snatch it away?Sora is just a poor student.The Demon King will definitely be able to find a skilled craftsman, follow the ideas that Sora found, and build the most perfect battle suit.

But the Demon King didn't do that.

So, she's just playing with Sora as a toy?
No.I'm afraid it's not that simple.

The horror of the Demon King is far beyond Sora's imagination.

He had a vague premonition.In the future, he and the devil will meet again.

early morning.

Kong Zhen packed his few belongings and prepared to leave.

He really took a lot of effort on how to pack the suit.

You can't carry this bulky thing around.But it would be too suspicious if he just put on this battle suit and walked out.What's more, he is still in the state of being hunted by the devil.

Finally thought of a way.After putting on the battle suit, he put on a robe that covered his whole body.This finally covered the battle suit.

He cleaned the cabin.He made breakfast for Kernie.

When he came out of the cabin, he found Ke Ni and Ou Ya standing at the door.

He doesn't like the goodbye scene.I was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Are you going?" Kerney asked.

"Ah."

"Then come with me."

"Okay... um? What did you say?"

It was only then that Sora realized that there was also a box of luggage behind Ke Ni.

"why?"

Sora really doesn't understand.

"Don't be narcissistic, I'm not going to go with you...Didn't I say that this place is no longer safe. I just want to leave here and find a new place to live..."

Sora felt a headache.

"Then why are you walking with me..."

"Stupid! You bastard! Your suspicions have not been completely ruled out. What if you are sent by the palace and report my news to the king after you go out... I have to keep an eye on you. That's why I want to go with you... don't get me wrong..."

Ouya said from the side: "It's good for you two to go together, and you can take care of each other. However, the devil king doesn't know the news that Kongma has left here. She may still attack here. As the guardian here Elf, must stay. And..."

Ouya glanced at Ke Ni.

"After this old woman leaves, my place will be much cleaner..."

"What are you talking about! I don't want to live here yet. Look at you wild..."

The two quarreled again.

Kong really helpless.

So far, it's useless for him to object.

Accompanied by the morning sun, Sora and Keni waved goodbye to Ouya.

Ouya watched them leave, praying silently in her heart: "I wish you good luck."

(End of this chapter)