Chapter 9: Mysterious Book 1/2

What are spirits?

Where do they come from?

Why do they exist?

Why can I see spirits?

What is an evolved human?

Am I not one of the evolved humans as Tiwaz Re said?

What is spirit energy?

Levels, is this world like in the game world?

Technique, what is that?

Did I master techniques too?

"Huh," Etzell sighed.

On the way to his own home, with so many questions in his head, Etzell felt that his head would explode at any moment.

Etzell continued to walk slowly and kept thinking about many things. Because this was so new and shocking to him, Etzell felt that he would not be able to understand the situation quickly.

The one thing that bothered Etzell the most right now was about his bad feeling that had not disappeared, even though he had dealt with Tiwaz Re, Melissa, and many spirits that scared him.

Not only that, but Melissa even got hurt protecting him from the spirits. Although Tiwaz Re said that Melissa would be fine, Etzell still felt worried about Melissa.

"I can't keep thinking about her!" muttered Etzell.

Deciding to ignore it for the time being, Etzell accelerated his footsteps towards his own home.

From the narrow alley where he was kidnapped by Melissa earlier, he would reach his house if he walked for about 5 minutes.

Etzell continued to walk with his accelerated footsteps, until he finally arrived at his own home without any interruption. Even so, Etzell felt that he should not feel relieved because his bad feeling had not disappeared.

"I'm home, mom, dad!"

Opening the door of the house and entering it, Etzell asked for a greeting from his father and mother. Although his parents were no longer around, Etzell did so out of habit.

The first thing Etzell did when he came home was to change out of his school uniform into casual clothes. For that, Etzell went to his room first. Then he took off all the school uniform he was wearing and replaced it with casual clothes.

"Well, it's not bad," Etzell said.

Now that Etzell was wearing a black leisure suit without any patterns, he also wore white shorts with a little skull pattern underneath.

The atmosphere at home was very quiet and calming for Etzell. It was because his parents were no longer around, because according to Etzell, if his parents were still around then they would definitely talk about things and laugh together.

Etzell's family is just an ordinary harmonious family, at least that's what Etzell thinks. But who would have thought that behind the cheerful nature of his parents, they were so stressed about something that they decided to commit suicide.

Of course, this made Etzell feel very depressed and guilty, especially since they both committed suicide almost without leaving anything behind.

There was actually one message left by his parents, and that was a piece of paper that read "You have to live, Etzell!". Until now, Etzell still keeps that piece of paper on his study table as a memento. For Etzell, the paper is an outpouring of all the feelings he feels for his parents, which is why he continues to keep and protect it.

"I want to relax and have a cup of coffee," Etzell thought.

Etzell's goal for now was to relax in the living room with a cup of coffee while hoping that the burden of his thoughts would temporarily disappear. To that end, he went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee.

After arriving in the kitchen, Etzell picked up a glass from the shelf and placed it near the pot, then he picked up a packet of coffee to pour into his glass.

The smell of ground coffee now wafted into Etzell's nostrils after he poured the contents of his coffee packet into his glass. For Etzell, just smelling the aroma made him feel calm for a while.

After pouring the coffee powder, Etzell then intended to heat the water in the teapot first.

"Uh, where's the lid on this pot?"

Realizing that the lid was missing, Etzell decided to look for it first before filling it with water and then heating it.

"Where are you, teapot lid?"

Etzell opened the cupboard shelves one by one in search of the missing teapot lid. But just as he was searching for the teapot lid, when he opened the next cabinet, something fell on his head.

"Ouch!"

It turned out that when Etzell opened the top shelf of the cupboard, a book came out of there and fell on his head.

"What is this book?"

Etzell held his head for a moment, then he looked at the book on the floor that had fallen on him. At first Etzell thought that it was a fantasy genre fiction book with a dragon on the cover, but after reading the title, he was surprised to find that it was called "Spirits of Destruction."

"Huh? Spirits of Destruction?!"

Suddenly, it made Etzell feel confused.

Deciding not to bother, Etzell intended to take the book to the living room and intended to read it there while enjoying a cup of coffee.

After finding the lid of the teapot on the next cabinet shelf, Etzell filled the teapot with water and closed it, then he immediately heated the water in the teapot.

Heating the water would take a while, so Etzell decided to read a bit of the book that had happened to him earlier before enjoying a cup of coffee.

Etzell left the kitchen and headed to the living room, where he sat on the green sofa with a wooden table in front of it. Putting the book on the table, Etzell flipped through the book out of curiosity, until finally he opened the book from the front page.

The spirit of destruction or what is called Loke Dionysius, his figure is described as a dragon ruling the 5 element techniques. Fire, water, wind, earth, and electricity, the five element techniques are the strongest weapons for Loke. Not only that, Loke also has 5 subordinates who have their own skills, of course they are all very strong.

Loke has control over all spirits, but he prefers to control pure spirits of which there are 5, while for mixed spirits, Loke lets them do whatever they want because they are considered weak and useless.

Each pure spirit has a leader who was chosen by Loke before he died a horrible death. Loke wanted the five pure spirits he chose to be useful for his resurrection.

The first pure spirit is named Naste, a shadow type, whose power can disguise itself as any living being as long as it has killed its target.

The second pure spirit named Santral, a technique neutralizer type, his power comes from a mask that he can use to neutralize various techniques.

The third pure spirit is named Rulad, an enlarger type, whose power can enlarge any object around him that is used for attack or defense.

The fourth pure spirit is named Qualro, a type of splitting and uniting, its power can split and unite itself, usually used to be a distraction.

For the last pure spirit named Lity, the type of confinement, its power can confine anything with certain conditions.

Those are the names of the five pure spirits that Loke is subordinate to, they have their own skills that can be useful for awakening Loke.

Of the five pure spirits, Lity or the confinement type is the strongest because he can confine anything for a period of time determined by himself.

To carry out his plan, Loke has also ordered the five pure spirits to hunt down humans who use techniques. Of course, humans who cannot use elemental techniques are the top priority.

After his awakening, Loke could easily influence humans who mastered elemental techniques to join him, even 95% would be affected. But not for non elemental technique users, they 100% cannot be influenced. That's why as the leader of the spirits, Loke ordered them to kill all human users of non elemental techniques, with the aim that his plan can run smoothly.

For now it is still unknown about what Loke will plan after his resurrection, but certainly he does not want his plans to be hampered by even a small thing.

This can be proven by him ordering some of his subordinates to hunt down any technique users. If they find an elemental technique user, then that person will be marked and influenced to become Loke's ally when he awakens. But if they find a non elemental technique user, then that person will be killed immediately because they cannot be influenced.

The hunt has started a long time ago, probably around decades ago. But unfortunately no one knows exactly when they started, because they just appeared without any signs.

In this world, techniques are various and unique. By using spirit energy as the main power and also the 5-level system, mastering techniques can be done.

Level 1: Use of basic techniques, with low power and limited ability.

Level 2: Use of intermediate techniques, with medium power and greater ability.

Level 3: Use of advanced techniques, with high power and a wide range of abilities.

Level 4: Use of rare techniques, with extremely high power and unique abilities.

Level 5: Use of legendary techniques, with almost unlimited power.

"Eh, why?!"

After reading dozens of pages seriously, suddenly the pages of the book kept opening even though Etzell didn't do anything, which made him throw the book onto the table. Even when it was thrown onto the table, the pages continued to open.

"Hey, stop!"

It was only after being ordered by Etzell to stop that the book immediately stopped.

"Huh? Cormac Twoo?! Cormac Saken?!"

The page stopped right at an inscription that made Etzell surprised. How could it not be, the book had his parents' names written on it.

"AGH! What is it again this time? Why the glare?!"

Just as he was surprised that his parents' names were written in the book, shortly after, the book closed on its own and a flash of light appeared just like that.