Chương 303: Chapter 286. A Dream Of A Calamity

Sarah Ericsson's Point Of View Cold... Sink... It's cold... Where am I? I'm drifting down... What's this feeling... My chest, it feels... Empty? And so cold? I look at my chest after that strange feeling became too strong... A hole? How? Wait... I was fighting... I ran on top of that giant's head and was about to kill it and then... That God... He attacked me with some kind of plant." Sarah!"" Hm? JOHN!?" I heard My Love's voice, but he's not around me...

I'm in a black void and I'm just drifting in it, it's comfortable, but I want to go back." Anna... Heal... Break through..." His words, they're like whispers, am I hearing him while he heals me? That must be the case. / Woosh. / warm... Ah, my chest, the cold empty feeling is giving way. On the edges of it, I feel warmth again... John?... No, this is Anna's mana. Why can't John just heal me?" That would be because of me, Fool."" What!?"

Just as my chest began to feel better, a sickening voice spoke to me, I sat up to see the God Of The Blackwood standing in the void along with me." What's the matter? Confused? Of course you are. I mean, here I am, a God, in your dreams. I wonder how this happened? Couldn't have been my attack that had a small amount of my mana imbued in it, right?"" What do you want!?" / step... step... step... / I yell at him. He just laughs at me. He tries to walk towards me as I float aimlessly.

He got closer and closer, until something strange happened. /WHOOM! / Warmth! A bright light surrounded me like I was under the bright lights of my Wedding Reception again. Not just that, but I felt it, this was John's mana. /SHING! / Just as I came to the realization that John had begun to heal me, a beam of light shot out from the source that was healing me, it splintered and broke into 10s of small bullets that rammed into the God Of The Blackwoods. / Thoop! Thoop! Thoop! Thoop! Thoop! /" HARHH!"

The light harmed the God and it seemed to be effective at it. I haven't heard such a genuine reaction of pain from our enemy since we started this fight, at least until now. Green and black blood began to drip and fall from the body of the God, the light was obviously winning against him. Just as it seemed that the fight was finished... /Swoosh. / The light had disappeared. Both from around me and the bullets hitting the God. What happened to John!?" Hahahaha! You think I'd just let him do something like that!? No!

I have a reason why I did all of this! Do you think I took you down because of how much I need those guardian troops!? Of course not, you fool!" A large grin formed on the bloodied face of the God Of The Blackwood as he began to gloat." Now then, for what I'm truly here for!" / Step. Step. Step. sizzle... / He began to walk towards me. He came closer and closer to me. As he walked, his injuries healed, though they sounded like they were burning for some reason?

But the worst of it was his smile, it continued to grow wider and wider as he began to speak." You see, it's so simple! I don't even know why I didn't think of doing this while he was asleep. While he and the other one are protected by those traitorous heathens, you're unprotected! I can bend you to my will without any issue! Curse your destiny, girl, for that is the reason the last thing you'll see before your death is your hands holding the heart of that Paladin!"" What!? No!"

I pictured a scene of My Love drenched in blood. I couldn't have that happen. The fear in my heart was palpable. And then my heart was filled with rage at the thought that this fool would attempt to make me do something like that! I could feel my mana begin to swell. Stolen novel; please report. /WOOSH! / Black and purple mana came pouring out of the hole that was still in my chest." You think a sudden burst of such pitiful mana is enough to actually cause me trouble, girl?" His hands continued to reach for me.

I tried to back away, but I was unable to move in this nightmare." You're mine now!" His hand was so close I could feel his body heat. I can't let this happen! I need to stop him before it's too late! / Crack! Grip! /" What!?"" Huh?" Right before the God Of The Blackwood touched me, a black hand came from the hole in my chest that the black and purple mana had come from. We were both surprised by it. Even more so when another surprise came our way." Really? One of the Gods that the Ancients used to Worship?

You never truly know what the future holds, do you, Young Calamity?" A warm voice surrounded me as the hand brought itself out from my chest and separated from me, it then grew into an arm, then a body formed after. Finally, a head was made. It was a Demon who came from my mana, the male Demon had formed with a head bearing a crown with a horn pointing out of the side of this mystery figure's head... No there are two horns... No, one horn is gone, it's a stump on his left side while his right still had a horn.

The crown glowed a regal golden color as the black and purple mana had dissipated around him. He was tall, taller than Crest or my Father, he was built with limbs as thick as old forest tree stumps with muscles just as dense. His skin was a light-red, bordering on orange. His eyes were a shade of black so dark that I could almost see a reflection of myself in them. Yet with how intimidating he seemed, how regal he seemed with that crown, he was in a simple white shirt and brown trousers.

And he wore a smile on his face that reminded me of when my Father would try to comfort me in the past, when I was little and upset about something." Tell me who you are!?" The God seethed with anger as he demanded the name of the Demon who just saved me. In all honesty I wanted to know the same thing. Even more so considering that the man's body was connected to the hole in my chest via a chain of mana that was dyed equal parts black, red and purple." Hm?

Ah, don't worry, child, I won't harm you, quite the opposite actually, you're capable of sending me back, I was summoned due to your desires. Speaking of which!" /CRACK! /" HUAHH!"" Now that's interesting!" The stranger squeezed his hand and crushed the God's hand to the point it made a sickening cracking sound. What is going on here!?" Hm? Like I said, girl, I'm.... No, I suppose I should say "We" are here to help, I'm just the one who was at the front of the line. More than that though, do you feel that?

The power? You need to stop holding back, let it run through you. It's best to do that moving forward. Don't worry, that lad will save you, no doubt about it." The man smiled at me as he pointed towards my forehead... Ah! This is..." You think taking some of my mana is enough to harm me!?"" No, but transmuting it into a burst of mana so she can keep fighting? That's beyond important, wouldn't you say, little Angry God?"

He was right, my mana, I was down to around 30% but now, I've easily doubled my reserves to around 60... No! 65% of my mana is back! That's amazing! John's able to do it with his Paladin Skills and Anna could even borrow some of her Goddesses mana in a pinch, but I was stuck waiting for my mana to naturally recover, but now... I can fight without reservation when I wake up!" Don't feel so happy, fools! Even with that small amount, you're still nowhere near being able to stop me!"

The Demon stranger smiled at the God's words." Oh, of course you're correct, Little God, but you see, my goal wasn't to defeat you here, this isn't my place to do something like that, I'm just here to hold you off."" Hold me off from what, you inferior!?" /SHING! /" The light of the one that loves our Young Calamity... Interesting, a Paladin and a Demon. Married even! I wonder how this came about!? Hahahaha!" John's light had returned to me. /BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

/ And his light also returned to assaulting the enemy." AHHH!"" Well, that should be fine for now! Now then, Young Calamity, allow me to introduce myself! I'm Lance. I'm the First Calamity Spear Demon."" What?"" Huh? Wait! I'm using your language, aren't I?"" Huh? Uhm... Yes, you are, but what do you mean by "First Calamity Spear Demon"? I find that hard to believe?"" What? How is it hard to believe? Don't you know about the Calamity Job's Special Abilities?"" You mean the Berserker Rage?

I'm familiar with it, but I wouldn't call it an ability I like." My answer didn't seem to please Lance. Instead, he seems even more confused than me." Wait, wait, wait! Nobody knows about our Jobs in the present!? I mean..."" Uhmm... Yes?"" How could the people forget about Our Sacrifices? I'm getting depressed now... I mean... 12th did say they were going to go into hiding... Did they talk to the other Calamities as well?" He's gotten... sad from my answer?

I'd almost feel bad if not for the fact that I really don't know what I did wrong? That and his mumbling at the end of his words, made it hard to make out what he was saying." It's not you, Young One, it's Our People. Long story short, the Calamity Jobs were created by the Blood Sacrifices of Our People."" Why don't we know about this then?" He stood there for a second and looked lost in space for a moment, then he turned back to me and delivered an answer to me."

It seems the Calamity Jobs, and how they were created, were sealed away for some reason? Well, I say "sealed", but it's more likely that Our People stopped telling the stories for one reason or another. I existed before Our People started writing Our History down after all. Maybe the others would know more... I'm pretty sure 10th talked about writing Our History down?" If that's the case..." Yes, the reason why you've yet to really learn any Job-related Skills is probably due to this fact.

That and it seems that you've yet to be put into a situation where some of these Skills are unlocked. Meh, I'm sure you'll understand in a bit." Did he just..." Yes, I can read your thoughts... Well, it's more correct to say that you don't know how to stop sharing your thoughts with us."" Us?"" Yes, maybe it'll be easier to show you, than tell you. You see, the Calamity Jobs were made to be an answer to the other Races' Special Jobs. Like the Heroes of the Humans or the High Elf Mage Jobs of the Elf Tribes.

Come on everyone, we're in her dream, we can show her who we are! Let's make this as uncomplicated as we can!" With Lance's words, 11 other Demons began to appear from the dark void around me, John's light showing me their faces, there were 5 women and 6 other men all around us. I was lost for a moment before question after question began to fill my mind.