Note: I changed my dialogue style in the middle of this chapter because its a very heavy conversation chapter. Dont be a novel elitist, this is my style and I just want to have fun telling my story for everyone to enjoy.
Chapter 8: Unknown Magic
“Hey are you okay??! You suddenly lagged out like 3 seconds there”, Winston rushed to me.
Im... Back at the gamers club?
I looked at Yukie's reaction and she looked confused as well.
“What....?? Why am I here??”, she said softly.
“Marad! Are you okay?!”
“I... I dont know what happened, why are we here”, I said.
Other members of the club looking at us, they looked confused.
“Hey, hey, are you two a thing??”, Sam joked.
“NO! Thats not what happened!”, Yukie protested.
“What was the last thing you remembered, Yukie”, I asked her.
“I got slammed by Durandal onto the pillar and I vaguely remembered you got stabbed in the stomach”, she said.
“My body still a little bit hurt”.
“Huh wait, if this is the past, then it shouldnt be hurt at all, my body still in perfect condition during this time”, she wondered.
“Wait, wait, Durandal? Stabbed?”, Winston asked.
“I think we need to explain to them from the beginning”, I suggested.
I also got a sharp pain in my stomach, the place where Durandal stabbed me, but I brushed it off like a man.
Then we explained what happened to the rest of the members.
-***-
“I KNEW IT! MY THEORY WAS CORRECT”, Winston shouted.
“Which theory? You changed theory faster than I changed clothes”, Amanda said.
“The Video Game T-H-E-O-R-Y! So did I die? Or just unconscious?”, Winston asked.
“We are not sure, I think you were just unconscious, so you guys believe us?”, Yukie asked.
Winston: “I believe you”.
Amanda: “Me too”.
Sam: “You never lie Yukie, so I believe you as well”
Winston: “So, whats the trigger? Tell us what happened at the end before you came back here”.
Marad: “I remembered I was lying flat on the floor, bloodied, almost dead”.
Winston: “What was the very last thing you said”.
Marad: “My last word I think, I wish this is a video game, where we can respawn.... or......”.
Yukie: “Dont Say it! It was Load”.
Winston's eyes glimmering with tears.
Winston: “This is a video game after all”, he is crying happily.
Amanda: “Or maybe Marad unknown magic is a time magic, maybe he just familiar with video games and somehow the 'load' word triggered his ability”.
Winston: “Stop being a skeptic, there is nothing real in this world”.
Marad: “It is real, I felt pain, students died, Yukie felt pain as well”.
Yukie: “Marad, is your body still feeling pain now? Because I do”.
Marad: “I still felt pain on my stomach where Durandal stabbed me”.
Sam: “Allright, if this is all real, lets test it?”.
Winston: “Let me recap, so when you say load, you both came back to the time when you were in this room”
Yukie, Marad: “Correct”.
Winston: “What triggered that only you and Yukie remembered all these things?”.
Marad: “I think we were holding hands”.
Yukie: “THAT DIDNT HAPPEN! I just thought that was the end. I just didnt want to die alone so I touched Marad's hand”.
Winston: “Okay, maybe if you touch someone when you say 'load', they retained the memories and a little bit of the pain as well maybe?”.
Yukie: “I think thats the case, because you didnt remember at all Winston and you are in the vicinity”.
Winston: “Okay, lets try holding hand together and lets try it, now the time is 16:20”.
We held hands together.
“Load!”, I shouted
Then the room becomes pitch black and its spinning and we were back at the room, not holding hands.
Winston: “Time, what time is now!”.
Then we all rushed to the clock on the table and it reads “14:30”.
Sam: “Dude, it worked! We went back in time and everyone still remembered?”.
Winston: “Yes it worked!”.
Amanda: “I cannot believe it, I...”, shes speechless.
Yukie: “Listen guys, this cannot go out beyond this room, do you understand me?”.
All nodded.
Yukie: “When we were attacked by Durandal, Marad was the target, I think there some higher power who wants to harm Marad”.
Yukie: “This city is almost 500 years old and there was never a demon breach into the city before”.
Marad: “We should be prepared, the attack was a little bit before seven o'clock”.
Winston: “Before that, I want to test something else, what if this time you guys load without me”.
“I want to check if my memory intact or restored to before knowing any of this”.
Everyone paused and gather their thoughts.
Sam: “Thats actually a great idea, Winston, okay lets do it”.
So we held hands together without Winston this time.
Marad: “Load”.
Like usual, The room became dark and its spinning.
-***-
Winston: “Time, what time is now!”.
He rushed to the table to see the time.
Winston: “Yes! Its working guys! Guys...”.
Sam: “Hehe, he doesnt remember”.
Amanda: “Tee hee hee this is too funny”.
Winston: “What did I miss....”.
Then we explained to Winston that it was his idea to load without him.
Winston: “So, only the one touching Marad retain their last memory before the loading point”.
Marad: “Okay so what do we do about Durandal?”.
Amanda: “Can you contact your teacher? Yukie”.
Yukie: “He said he went to Nibelungen for a few days to prepare for the tournament”.
Sam: “How about the teachers here, there is professor Dreyfus who is a S-Rank Earth mage”.
Yukie: “He can deal with Durandal but I think he is on excursion with the earth mage seniors and with the headmaster as well”.
Winston: “This perpetrator, he knows the schedule....”
Sam: “Are you suggesting that....”
Winston: “Yes, the perpetrator knows that this is the most vulnerable time, my theory is he or she works here or a student in this academy”.
Amanda: “So what we should do now?”.
There was a lot of questions popping in my head. Who gave me this power? For what purpose? Why are there someone targeting me? No, now is not the time, we have to prepare for the attack, whatever happened, I need to get stronger.
Marad: “We Practice”.
Yukie: “.... thats right! We take it down ourselves”.
Sam: “Okay.... anything happen we could load, but... it still hurts right?”
Amanda: “Dont be such a coward, Sam”.
Marad: “Okay! Its decided, lets practice our magic and physical combat”.
TO BE CONTINUED
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