Awaken Hero In The Same World

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

 

There was a knock on the door, which drew him out of his thoughts and he looked to see who it was. The door opened and Jiren walked in. 

The moment Mave saw him, he remembered just how he died the last time and he inwardly became angry, because Jiren betrayed him. But he didn’t reveal it visibly. 

Jiren was wearing a different attire and was looking much different compared to how weak he looked when the monster dog was attacking him. He looked strong, with an air of confidence  around him. He was wearing polished battle armour and Mave could only suspect one thing, he had awakened.

And to confirm it,  Mave focused his gaze on him and immediately Jiren’s stats appeared.

*Jiren Yosuka, B class, level 5.*

‘B rank just like before, meaning his talent will still be the same…’ Mave thought.

“ Mave, finally you’re awake. It’s been three weeks now since you went unconscious. I got so worried.” Jiren said as he sat down beside Mave.

“two what?” immediately, Mave forgot about his anger and replied with great surprise , sitting up immediately to look at Jiren with so much disbelief.

“yeah, three weeks and some days now.  So I can roughly say you’ve been unconscious for close to a month.”Jiren  confirmed, trying to explain to Mave,  but Mave did not still believe him.

Jiren had to take out his phone and show him the date and Mave then believed him.

“shit, that long already. What happened?” Mave said defeated.

“I should be asking you. You passed out after defeating that dog monster and you were badly hurt. But surprisingly your wounds healed very quickly in a few hours. But you still did not wake-up,  so I thought the dog monster had poisoned you or something, but the doctor said you were fine and nothing was wrong with you. So what happened with you?” Jiren said. 

“I really don’t know man. I really don’t know. It all still feels like yesterday to me.” Mave said and then stood up from the bed and went to look outside from the window.

“what else has happened?”

“the strangest things, you will not believe it dude. Like the world has changed so much in just a few weeks.” Jiren said excitedly.

Maverick already knew most of what happened since he had experienced them before in his past life, but he still inquired of more from Jiren because he wanted to know if things had gone differently compared to before. Because from what he could tell, several things were not like before. He was not supposed to have passed out for three weeks,  it was not like that in his past life. 

“What happened?”

“well monsters has been popping up around the world, much stronger monsters than the dog in the school and military can not handle them. The military basically got wiped out. It’s only awakened people who have strange powers called talents that can fight and defeat them.” Jiren said. 

“really? Are you one of these awakened people?” Mave said as he watched from the window.The city was pretty much still the same, but now looking more rundown and having less people. It will take awhile for them to fully recover from the damages the initial monsters did. 

“ Yes I am.” Jiren said with pride as he showcased himself to Mave with confidence before continuing. 

“B class, man. That places me like among the most popular people existing right now, since the government needs me to take down some big bad monsters. Hehehehe”

“I see.” Mave said calmly, not in anyway surprised even thought Jiren thought he’d be surprised. 

‘seems everyone has already awakened, then why have I not awakened and why was I unconscious for three weeks?’ Mave asked himself with a hint of worry.

“I wonder if you’d be among the special people like me Mave. You did some pretty neat stuff back when you took down that monster dog, low level stuff but since you did it before we got awakened, proves to show something..  Anyway, I should leave you to rest. There’s a raid I have to join in the next hour and I have to prepare. Oh and a raid is when special people like me attack and take down a colony of these monsters. There’s a newly discovered colony in the woods,  catch you later.”

Jiren said stood up to leave. 

“wait…” Mave said.  

“where is Talia? “ he asked since he had not seen her since. 

“oh Talia, she’s fine.  She’s an awakened too. She’s in my team and probably getting ready for the raid too. Don’t worth about her, I’ll take good care of her.” Jiren said with a smirk and then left. 

Mave tried as much as he could to control himself, but his anger was boiling inwardly. 

““Control yourself Mave”” the system said in Mave’s head and immediately Mave’s eyes widened in surprise and then he smiled, glad that the system was still there with him. Because he has a lot of questions to ask at the moment. 

‘system?’ Mave said mentally before waiting for a response.

““Yes Maverick . I know you have a lot of questions and you will have answers In due time”” The system assured Mave. But Mave found it hard to believe because even up till now, he was yet to have any good answer. He couldn’t hold back his questions anymore, so he asked .

‘why have I been unconscious for close to a month now,  System?’ 

““That’s all me. I had to work on your body by remodifying it, so it will be able to accommodate all the upgrades you’d be receiving as we proceed.”” The system said. 

‘really? ‘ Mave asked and then began looking at his body. And to confirm that what the system said was true, he could see that his body was different, it was better than before. He had added a few inches in height, his muscles were now more developed and he felt much fit and athletic compared to before. 

‘then why do I have to be unconscious for you to do it and why did it have to take so long? ‘  he still had his misgivings, so he did not just accept it. 

“”That’s because I needed you unconscious to be able to fully work on your body. Your body is much more relaxed and workable when you are unconscious. And it took so long because you had depleted the energy available in your last fight. It had to take a while for me to passively acquire more energy to do what was necessary “” the system replied. 

‘hmm, you really do have an explanation for everything. Why have I not yet been awakened yet like the others have?’  he asked again.

““that’s also my doing. Since your body was unconscious, there is no way you could have awakened in that state. And I did not want disturbances while I worked. Do not worry, since you are up now, the awakening should come to you naturally.””

Mave nodded and then went back to the bed to sit down whilst he thought. 

‘tell me more about this world merge ‘ he asked the system.

“”the little I can tell you I have already told you.  Your world and another world is merging, allowing for monsters, who are the inhabitants of that world to enter into your world and also for you humans to enter their world.””

‘we can enter into the other world? And why is it that the two worlds are merging, what happens when it fully merges and can it be stopped?’ Mave asked more. 

““Yes you can, through the rips and tears in space that you people call portals. Your friends will be entering one in a few minutes for a raid as he called it. For your other questions, I can not say, you’d have to find out all that for yourself.”” The system said and Mave sighed. 

‘you really are so unhelpful sometimes. Yes I know of these portals, I’ve entered some of them in my past life and the moment we killed all the monsters there and destroy the energy core of the place, the portal closes and monster can’t pass through to our world anymore. I still don’t get this though, the logic we had then was that the Energy core is what is opening the portals for monsters to pass through to our world. That’s why we usually destroy them.’ Mave said to the system in deep thought.

 The system did not say anything any further and Mave wanted for a while for answers and then sighed, knowing that it was not going to answer. But even with that he did not give up. 

‘Since the system has refused to give answers, I’d have to find them for myself, but how?’ he reserved his thoughts to himself.  

‘If this portals truly leads to the world merging with ours, then rather than just closing it. I can explore it’ he thought and then laid back in bed.

‘I really can’t do anything for now in this my weak state. I’d need to get reawakened first. If things are the way they are like it was in my last life. High ranked monsters above D rank should be coming out now. I can only manage a low rank D class monster right now.’ He sighed even more. 

““Mave, Portal Anomaly detected. 1km away from here,  in the woods.”” 

The system alerted him immediately and he sat up and listened attentively.

“what? What type of portal anomaly, and how do you know it’s a portal anomaly? Portal anomalies are not supposed to happen this early. What’s happening?” Mave said,  bombarding the system with all his questions. 

““I’m not certain of the type of Anomaly, but I can clearly detect an anomaly in the nearby portal that just opened. And don’t ask me how, you aren’t privy to it yet.”” The system said. 

‘portal anomaly in my past life basically means something strange is happening in the portal and is usually different from the normal type of portals. They are usually more difficult compared to regular portals.’ Mave thought, clearly remembering his first portal anomaly and he almost died at that time. 

“wait, where did you say this portal opened?” Mave asked immediately 

““ In the woods, one kilometer away from here.”” The system said. 

Mave’s eye widened in shock..

‘that’s where Jiren is heading and it seems like it’s the same portal that I entered in my last life. But… ‘

Mave jumped out of bed and immediately discarded the hospital garment he was wearing. He looked around and found a joggers and immediately wore it. There was no shirt so he just stood shirtless thinking of what to do.

‘I shouldn’t be bothered, but things are happening too fast unlike before and I need to understand why. And Jiren and Talia is there, I can’t let them die until I find answers.’ He thought to himself. 

He looked at the open window and the looked at the door, deciding which he’d use for his exit. He considered the door, but didn’t want to have to answer different questions from the nurses and doctors, so he just opted for the window and jumped out of it, heading to the direction of the portal.

“System, show me the way”

*Skill activated: Enhanced action*