《Harmony: An Assassins Tale》Chapter 22: A New Mentor
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I was simply shot off, instantly. I didn't get any time to think, or assess the situation at all, but Hazen, as if I was a booger, flicked me back to the mansion, where Hazen IX resided. I didn't get any time to mourn for the death of 'Sensei' either, so I thought I would once I reach the dimension Hazen X instructed me to go to. As I was flung, I could feel the pressure and intensity of the fight itself, and I hoped Hazen was doing well, but knowing him, Trinity is probably long dead by now, but I didn't know her true strength, as she wasn't even going normal on me, I was nothing more than fodder to her, and I have to take care of Diablo next, if Hazen can't, which would be like asking a mouse to kill a Lion, but I was determined that in the next 20 years (20 Earth Hours) I would become a giant mutant mouse that can fight the Lion on equal grounds, or so I hoped.
When I reached the mansion, Hazen greeted me kindly. "Welcome, Wellington~Sama, may you please tell me why you have returned to your mansion?" and I told him I need to go back to the warehouse , as his son had sent me. "My,my! It seems like it is rather urgent. I'll tell your pet that you passed by to go to the other side, don't worry, he will be okay with it, but when you do return, please greet him, else he would be a bit sad." After that, I went back to the warehouse at the back, said the same old thing, and place Yagrik, and I was sent to the Hell Resort. Manlops Hell Version thought I was an intruder, again, but than noticed it was me.
"Wellington~Sama , why have you returned? Last time you came you didn't last long, nor does it seem you gained enough strength, so may you tell me why you have returned." and I told him. "Hazen sent me to tell you this, '2231', I don't know what it means." and Manlops Hell Version seemed to peak with interest. "Ahh, so thats what happened. It's okay if you don't understand, but I do. 2231 was the code you gave me which means, 'LesLout died, take Johnny to the slowed-time private dimension,' so I shall take you there. You know the same mansion you went in? you go in it, and go left, and look for the room with a blue colored door, open it and you're there. I suggest you spend atleast a maximum of 2 minutes in the mansion, as that is equivalent to around 2 weeks, in Earth. We don't you to waste alot of time, again. It has already been a minute, you should rush now!" and I ran toward the mansion, ignored the pain , and jumped into the door, spending only 20 seconds, so that itself would be around 1.33 weeks, Earth time. I then setted off into the dimension to train.
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When I went there, I first looked around a bit. The dimension was pretty bland, and not that big, probably because of the intense magic aura around it. I could feel the strength of hundreds of people trying to keep this place in bay. The irregular shape it created was blue all around, kind of like an ice box. In the middle of it was a house. I saw above the house there was ladders going up, towards a small island, and behind the house, was some sort of beach. It's probably built that way to train in the 3 locations of ground,liquid, and air. I went into the house, and all the decor were blue as well. Blue vases with blue flowers, blue couch, blue table, blue carpet, you name it. It was kind of like when Spon**ob painted Squi**rad's entire house blue, furniture and everything, but this blue was a more sky blue color.
When I went into the rooms and such, it seemed pretty deserted. No one lived here, it seemed. I decided to make this my residence, and since I didn't get any time to bring anything, I had to use Yagrik to live on. Since to return Yagrik to its actual size (the biggest I could make) , I had to feed it ME, which in return costed stamina, which needed food. So, the first thing I did was take Yagrik, and make a farm enough to fulfill my needs, with a section for wheat,tomatoes,rice,sugarcane,onions,garlic, and pretty much every other fruit/vegetable. I had used about one eigth of an acre (5445 sq feet) dedicated for each different thing, and started them all freshly grown. Suprisingly, that took more than I expected, and I had very little left, as so, I decided to make some cooking utensils using Yagrik. Since it was all a stone, I had to , after cultivating the plants, plant the seeds again, because Yagrik can't work as well as actual plants, although I will learn how to fully create things, sooner or later. With that my food issue was gone. I then started each day with an apple, and slowly regained Yagrik's size. The next thing I did was make a piping from the beach to the washroom, which had no water supply. Afterwards, I created 2 chickens,cows,pigs, and goats. After they QuoteUnquote mated, I reverted the Yagrik ones.
With that I was pretty much set, and after a while I started power generation. With that I had my basic necessities set. It pays to read survival novels, I found out. Setting all this up took me 4 weeks, and I wasn't able to manage any time for training. For the next year in that place, however, I trained myself, alone. I would either make iron walls,and punch them, or continue sharpening my ME by creating something, destroying it, than re-creating it, over and over. Soon, I wasn't able to see any progress, and since I'm in a secluded area, I couldn't contact anyone, until I trained until my quota was fulfilled, and then everything changed.
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I hadn't went up the ladder yet, so I decided to check on it now. When I went up there, it looked exactly identical to everything below it, but it didn't have the modifications I added. I then went around to look in there. "Hello? Is anyone here?" I had asked, but no one had answered. Then, I decided to head back, and when I was harvesting the crops, I heard a voice. "Well done, Wellington~Sama." I still didn't understand why everyone called me by my last name. I then looked behind me, and it was a female voice. I instantly blushed, and asked, "What are you doing here? Alone?" and she laughed. "Come on Wellington~Sama! I know its been a few centuries, but you forgot about me? Oh.. wait... you are not Wellington~Sama, so who are you?" she said, instantly changing from Tsundere to Yandere (Kinda like nice and happy attitude to a mean and hostile attitude) and then smiled like Yu*o from Mira* Ni**i , after murdering someone, that is.
I then told her that my name was Johnny Wellington, and Hazen sent me here after LesLout died, and she went back to Tsundere. "Oh..oh! I get it now, you.. your him! Well Johnny, Wellington~Sama told me to train you for the next few years, so , are you ready?" and I nodded. "Okay, well, I see you had already established a living here, so tell me, how long have you been here?" and I said for a year. She then asked me a strange question. "Have you tried, jumping over the walls yet? You do know that there is no ceiling. Wait.. you thought there was a ceiling? Hahahahaha! Thats hilarious!" she asked, and I felt a little embarrased. "It just, matches the scenery so much, I thought it was a ceiling." and then she laughed again. "You idiot! How have you been getting air for the past year? If it was sealed you would be dead by now! How was there light , if there wasn't any electricity to begin with? You are so naive, and I thought you were smart. Well, For the next 9 years we will simply be training you on mental strength, and then the 10 years, we will be working on strengthening both you and Yagrik, so, tell me, Johnny, are you ready?" and I nodded. "I want to come back, strong enough to kill those who had hurt my friends, but first, can you do me a favor? Return the memories that LesLout had taken from me, if you are as renowned as you are, Just return me the memories I lost, and after, I would follow everything you told me, even if it was to cut myself, I would do it without hesitation, because I would trust you." and she laughed a bit.
"Alright, alright, but let me warn you, you won't like it." and she returned my memories, and I remembered it all. I knew who I was to kill. "I remember, I remember it all! Diablo, Trinity, Michael, I remember them all! And Tou! I can't believe she died on me! I must kill them! Now, Train me till I am bleeding and sweating all around!" and she gave a killer grin, "Yes, thats the spirit! Now, come on, Johnny! Step 1 of your training, Recreate this entire place from the ground up to where I live above this, and build a ladder under it as well. And NO using Yagrik, else you would have to start again."
And with that I begun my training once again, not knowing how intense it would be nor how dangerous it would have been. I simply prayed for Hazen to be safe, and continued my training, knowing that the future would be extremely intense.
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