Storm I: DanMachi

The next day, Silver and Kan elect early along with the other merchants who tried to hire some men to protect them on the way since humans without Falna can still fight monsters from 1st to 3rd floor with numbers around more than a dozen.

Unfortunately, the men who joined them to earn money saw both Silver and Kane and we're now scared and backed out.

"Wh-what?! I though we have a deal?" One of the merchant asked.

"Yes, we have. But with those two with you, we won't!" said one of the men who seem to be the boss of the group.

"Why? We paid you guys!"

Then, a bag full of golds were thrown back at them.

"Our boss was beaten up because of them! I was surprised as to how they can still walk out of this village even though they committed a murder!"

The merchant looked at Silver and Kane and asked, "Is that true?!"

Kane spoke nonchalantly with a smile as of he was innocent, "About beating up their boss, no. That coward ran away before we could even beat the crap put of him. And about the murder, we didn't do it. It's one of their men who tried to stab this kid here," he pointed at Silver who wore an innocent expression, "but he dodged out of the way and the said man still continued to ȧssault him even after stabbing his own brethren."

One of the things yelled, "You're lying!"

Kane replied, "Nah, I'm not lying." then, he pulled out a device. "This magic item right here can detect lies."

The thug asked, "How can you be sure about that?"

"Let's see... I'm going to say truth and a lie about one thing." Kane said and placed the Lie Detector on the ground.

"Ehem! I never forces my customers to buy my wares."

" . . . " They were all silent and so does the Lie Detector.

Kane spoke again, "I forced them to buy my wares."

*BEEP!*

"See?"

One of the thug was slightly smart, "I won't believe it. For all we know, you can activate that using magic!"

But sadly for them, one of the merchants spoke. "Erm... I may be a merchant, but I am part of a Familia and I am a mage with Mage Development Ability. I can sense if he used magic or not. And in this case, he didn't."

"Then, he might have something to activate it!" the goon didn't gave up.

As if the heavens wants to prove their innocence, there is a fight nearby.

"GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!" yelled the woman who threw clothes outside of her house.

"HEY! WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY THROWING MY CLOTHES OUTSIDE? DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?" the man asked, or in this case, the husband.

"YOU! You are sleeping with other women while I am busy at home!" yelled the wife.

*-_-*

"NO! I AM NOT!" the husband denied.

*BEEP!*

"What the fuċk was that?!" the husband looked at the box on the ground.

"A trash." Kane said.

"I mean, a lie detector magic item."

*-_-*

The wife raised an eyebrow and then thought of something, "If you're not sleeping with other women, then whose panty is this?"

She showed a panty... Which made other men in the vicinity to act like a saint and look away.

"Really?" Silver sighed...

The husband retorted, "IT'S YOURS, OF COURSE!"

*BEEP!*

"See? It works!" Kane said with a smug smile.

The husband looked at him, "What do you mean it works? This trash can only do noises that irritates me much!"

Kane let out a sly smile, "This, sir, is my invention. This is Lie Detector 3000! Say a lie, and it will set off! No, not a bomb, but it will set off."

"L-lie detector?!"

"Yep!" Kane nodded.

The wife chimed in, "Now, husband of mine! Tell me which woman owns this?"

"I-i-it's-" he sighed before saying, "It's from my ex."

*-_-*

*Slience*

Kane spoke first, "Okay... So, is it a man or a woman?" Kane asked with a grin.

And that grin made the husband broke in sweat.

"Come on! I know you're going to say it's a woman! You're a man right? You're not scared, are you?"

The husband yelled, "It's a woman!"

*BEEP!*

*Silence*

*Crickets*

*Gasp!*

After 3 seconds...

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Whoo! It's been years since I laughed."

"What?" the woman was confused, because her husband just confessed that the panty was from his ex.

Kane spoke, "Your man fancies another man before you even met him. That's what it is."

Then, Kane quickly told the merchants, "Let's go now, before the volcano starts erupting."

"Man, that was bizarre..." Silver mumbled while looking back at the village with his stoic face and then closed his eyes.

"It sure is." Kane replied with a smile. "Do you think we'll have adventures like the Joestar family?"

"Maybe. But I don't want to do those poses. Only few that I can do pose that doesn't embarrass me. And own of those was the badass point finger of Jotaro." Silver said in monotone voice.

"I agree. I guess, you should replace that leather jacket of yours into a trench coat." Kane said with a small smile.

"..." Silver opened his right eye and stared at Kane from the corner of his eye, then closed it again.

Silver fell asleep.

'Wake up!'

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'Wake up!'

Silver opened his eyes and saw a platinum dragon, a demonic dragon, and a human.

Silver readied himself and reached out for his knife, only to get shocked that his knife wasn't even there. He turned tense, but his face is as hard as stone and colder than absolute zero temperature.

The human spoke first, "Wait! We're not enemies! We're simply here to tell you that you are between life and death right now."

"Life and death? Limbo, I ȧssume." Silver responded, but didn't let his guard down.

The dragon spoke next, "I see, you are still wary of us. Let me introduce myself." It paused a little before saying, "I am Bahamut."

"Bahamut? Which Bahamut? I'm just asking to confirm my suspicion."

"Well, Bahamut from what that man called as Final Fan-something." The dragon added, "And he said he fused me with other 2 dragons like me. He said: the King, the Primal, and the Astral."

"Hm... Is that so?"

Then, the demon finally spoke, "I am called Laplace, known as Demon God Laplace or Magic Dragon King Laplace."

"And I guess that's the reason why I have huge reserves of Mana and it continues to grow each time I empty my reserves which either results in Mind Zero or Mana Exhaustion."

The human soul spoke again, "Anyway, we're digressing to what we need to discuss, but I'm Od von Arin. As I said, you are between life and death."

"Did something happened while I was sleeping?"

The human replied, "Unfortunately, yes. You and your friend were attacked by an unknown entity. That entity was targeting you, however, we are here to help you to survive this."

"Is there a side-effect if you ever tried to help me?"

"Yes. That side effect would be losing almost all of your emotions, leaving you only a little portion of each emotions. Though, negative emotions such as anger and hatred never disappeared, making them almost your dominant emotion aside from one positive emotion that managed to resist. It's love."

"I won't say no to keep living."

Od smiled and said, "You're a real Adventurer." Then, he added. "We will also watch you from your soulscape, and hoping that you can enter this place without trying to die so we can tell you what you must hear."

Silver nodded and smiled at them.

"See you later. Even if it will take some years."

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"Wake up!"

On a road somewhere northeast of the famous Orario, a man can be seen trying to wake up a child to see if he could survive a lethal attack without the need of a revival spell or a healing spell. This person was none other than Kane.

The kid he was trying to wake up was the body of Silver which has a hole that could fit 3 fingers through his stomach.

The attack was lethal, yes. But the kid was from a race that could survive such attack, and also because the kid has hidden power sealed inside him that he won't be able to use, unless he found a way to access it without Kane's help.

"Wake up!"

Soon, the wound on Silver's stomach visibly healed and can be considered a weaker version regeneration of a demon, but enough to keep one alive.

As the wound closes, the child's eyes opened and tried to refocus due to the light hitting his face.

"What happened?" Silver asked as he tried to sit up, only to feel pain in his stomach that was healing slowly.

"You were attacked by an unknown entity. I think, one of those evil gods plotted on killing you by sending a soul at an earlier time and then gave that person an item which can hide from the gods. Though I am stronger than them, I only noticed it when the attacker appeared using a teleportation magic." Kane said as he finally gave Silver a Pain Killer Potion to drink.

"Is that so? Are we near Orario? Urgh... My eyes hurts."

"We are near now. Just-" Kane looked at Silver was now sleeping, "...sleep..."

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"Mystic Eyes, huh?"

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[Vault of Information]

Silver hates chokers or any kind of accessory that wraps around his neck except scarf and headphones if there are.