Free Web NovelChapter 264: Chapter 264 – Outside.
<<I.... Honestly wasn’t sure what I was thinking at the time.>>
<<My mind was racing with countless thoughts... Questions....>>
<<What will it be?>>
<<Will I feel any difference?>>
<<I’ve seen the outside world already with the help of my golems.>>
<<I’ve heard the stories from the prisoners and from those close to me.>>
<<But.... This will be the first time ever that I will try to set the foot outside.>>
<<In the past, I could barely walk away from the core.... But now my core reached the point where I should been able to at least step one foot outside the dungeon... In theory that is.>>
<<But still... I was scared.>>
<<Normally... By now I would be working.>>
<<But this?>>
<<Break?>>
<<Did I ever had one ever since I was born?>>
<<Was I even allowed to "not work"?>>
<<Countless questions, countless worries all surged in at once.>>
<<...>>
<<But... No matter what I’ve asked myself.>>
<<I had "time".>>
<<This was.... New.>>
<<...>>
<<I was scared... But I still walked through the dungeon alongside Porai and Ariava.>>
<<And then.... I’ve reached the entrance.>>
"..."
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"Why you stopped?" – asked Porai as Thauma suddenly stopped in place.
"..."
"Nervous? Or are you more like scared?" – asked Ariava.
"Common."
"You earned it."
"..."
The golem walked forward, slowly as the natural light of the sun was brightening up the area the in front him more and more.
Sometimes the golem slowed down, sometimes it sped up.
Sometimes it hesitated, sometimes it was too eager.
But no matter what.
It never stopped moving, even when the blinding sunlight came in.
And then it finally did it.
It put it foot down outside the dungeon.
"..."
"..."
(Is that....Sun?) – thought Thauma as it looked up, and for the very first time in its live, it looked at the sun itself.
The golem for the first time in its live, had finally stepped outside of the dungeon.
(It is.... Different.) – thought the golem as it stared at the sun.... Almost like it was in trance.
(It.... What is this?) – thought Thauma who didn’t knew what to say or how to react.
It could FEEL the difference.
It was same, yet completely different compare to when it was using its golems to see the outside world.
It could straight up not understand not only what it was seeing, even though it completely knew what it was.
It could not understand even less why it was acting this way right now.
"!" – the only thing that snapped the golem out of it was the sound of the wind, which ended up causing the golem to look around.
The unfinished construction.
The forest.
The grass.
It was just... Looking around... Like a child.
Ariava and Porai just stood by the dungeon entrance, not even thinking about doing anything.
They just watched as Thauma was just... Walking around... Looking around... Touching ground or just grabbing random tree branch that was laying on the ground.
It was acting.... Well?
Childish.
That was the best explanation what Thauma was doing right now.
It was acting childish.
It was acting like aa curios child, seeing something new brand new.
But those were not brand-new things.
No.
In Thauma eyes it already seen them.
And yet... This is the first time as well when the "sees" them.
Confusion.
...
Yet excitement was also present alongside it.
"..."
"So, does it feel?" – asked Ariava.
"..."
{"I don’t know."}
{"Weird. Really."}
{"Don’t know what to say."}
"..."
"Well then, I think both of us will give you a moment of peace." – said Ariava.
"It is for the best if you just be by yourself, trust me."
"Common Porai." – said Ariava as she alongside Porai walked away from the dungeon entrance, leaving Thauma completely alone.
The two women walked somewhat far away from the golem, but not too far away to see the golem from the far away.
However, far enough for the two woman to have a private conversation.
"..."
"What do you want to ask?" – asked Ariava.
"..."
"Well... This is just a what if scenario." – said Porai.
"I know how you met Thauma."
"I know how you saved him and taught him."
"How you adopted him."
"But... A real question now."
"What would happened if you never took interested in Thauma?"
"..."
"Well... The results would be simple." – said Ariava.
"A animal."
"Before I’ve encountered Thauma and he was still just nameless golem, he was already beyond dangerous."
"He was still extremely young back there, yet he quickly learned how to deceive a whole city and create an army right underneath their noses?"
"Dungeon masters are not some beings that are born ready to work."
"They are living beings."
"They learn."
"They adapt."
"They grow."
"When he was still a nobody, he was already showing... A monster like level of growth."
"However, this growth was being held by the dungeon itself and him being inexperienced."
"Probably he would end up being enslaved for countless years."
"However.... He would scheme."
"And one day, he would break out."
"And the moment he would?"
"The monster that would want only slaughter will emerge."
"This is probably the most logical what if scenario."
"And what would happened after he would emerge? Who knows?"
"..."
"But I think he would just die."
"He would end up getting hunted down and killed."
"Or he would end up being enslaved for the eternity."
"He is too dangerous, but at the same time, he is too valuable."
"You get what I’m talking about, right?"
"..."
(So no matter what, Thauma would end up somewhat "fucked", even if you didn’t raised him?) – thought Porai.
(Damn... His life really sucks.)
"..."
(Still... She is right.)
(I straight up don’t see any possible hope for that bastard.)
(If it wasn’t for Ariava intervening right now, that "what if" scenario would had happened by now.) – thought Porai as she looked at Thauma from the distance and noticed the golem just picking up random tree branches and using them touch the ground, stabbing it or just writing on it.
"..."
"Then next question." – asked Porai.
"What do you think will become of him in the future?"
"Honestly? No clue!" – replied Ariava as she shrug her shoulders.
"I’m going to say this instead."
"He is a monster."
"But at the same time he is still a child."
"He is a murder.’
"But he is also somewhat innocent."
"He is curios."
"Yet terrified."
"Right now he is nothing more than a chaotic mess.... But even so."
"He still walks."
"And you already seen his monster like potential, didn’t you?"
"It honestly even scared me a bit when I’ve learned about the existence of the Forget Skills."
"He is special."
"..."
"But at the same time, being special, doesn’t really means everything will be easy."
"Nah."
"Sometimes it can be nothing more than a curse."
"And you had already seen how cursed he is."
"Probably he will keep finding himself in random ass bullshit situation."
"..."
"That is why I had left him originally." – said Ariava.
"I forced him to adapt."
"I didn’t cared if he died or not."
"I didn’t cared if he got enslaved or not."
"He needed this more than anything."
"A test."
"Where the price was his own life."
(Wait... She didn’t cared if he died.... Fuck me. She is far more crueler that I’ve thought.) – thought Porai.
(It doesn’t look like she is lying either... She is dead serious about this.)
(She was willing to let Thauma die and the dungeon get exterminated... She wouldn’t lift her finger.)
(....And I guess the only REAL reason why she did anything... Was because we "cheated".... Fuck me.)
"..."
(But at the same time.)
(The empire "cheating" may had saved their asses.)
(But still... There is no way she is going let Thauma die now after he had shown his current value.)
(Even that bitch got excited upon seeing her "child".)
"..."
"Anyway, I think we gave him enough space now... I think he now needs us to ’show him around’." – said Ariava as she started walking back towards Thauma.
<<The.... The outside world felt... Way different that I could had ever imagined.>>
<<I still don’t have a "fleshy" body, so my senses are way different compare to humans.... But still... I could FEEL IT!>>
<<It was.... Interesting.>>
<<I don’t know.... I don’t know myself what I truly felt back then.>>
<<Was it joy?>>
<<Sadness?>>
<<Anger?>>
<<Fear?>>
<<Accomplishment?>>
<<Pride?>>
<<Greed?>>
<<I truly don’t know myself.>>
<<I’ve just.... Stared for hours.>>
<<I could leave the dungeon main grounds and I could somewhat move outside, since the ground outside the entrance was claimed as MY territory.... Maybe because of that, even if it wasn’t the entire conquered space, I could somewhat move, since it was my "territory".>>
<<But still, there was a restriction regaining how far I could move away from the dungeon....>>
<<But still...>>
<<It was worth it.>>
<<...>>
<<What if I will be able to leave this forest completely? Just walk away from it?>>
<<What if I would gain ability to explore the outside world?>>
<<...>>
<<I want it.>>
<<I want to understand and see the outside world.>> frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
<<...>>
<<But... It is not over yet.>>
<<This.... Yes. I did enjoyed my time outside the dungeon... But I’m also fully aware of the reality.>>
<<And the reality is simple.>>
<<Move forward.>>
<<Power.>>
<<And research.>>
<<My first ever visit to the outside world gave me more reasons.... Made me.... Far more curious.>>
<<I want to see.>>
<<I want to experience it.>>
<<But, if I truly want to obtain what I want, I will need to continue what I’ve been doing so far.>>
<<Evolving.>>
<<...>>
<<But at the same time, things are different.>>
<<No.... They are not just different, they will be completely new era for me.>>
<<And who knows how will it be?>>
<<Only time will tell.>> freёwebnoѵel.com
<<But for now, the days went by.>>
<<And the empire had finished their preparations.>>
<<And with it, the time has finally came.>>
<<The time for the contract officially signing has come.>>
<<It is time to finally obtain the "Peace".>>
