A journey into an infinite dimension

Holding the Aoshagong wrapped in both fire and cold energy, Shiye gently swung the sword towards the DEM Society's fighters. At the same time, under the cover of the mask, his amber eyes, which were sparkling with flames, also lit up with purple, red and blue colors at the same time.

call out---

In an instant, like a taut silk thread, a silver thread quietly crossed the heavy space, passed through the armor of the mecha, passed through the magician's body, and passed through the entire night sky.

The next moment, without any screams or wails, amidst the quietly exploding flames and the suddenly solidified ice, the 'swarm of bees' that seemed to be able to cover the sky suddenly decreased by more than half in number, just like dispersing dark clouds. The stars and the bright moon in the night sky became clearly visible again, and the resistance of the 'meteorite' also disappeared for the most part.

The sudden change made it impossible for people to react, and when the people who were observing this scene inside the underground facility came to their senses, fireworks bloomed.

boom---

Unprecedented strong light filled the retina and camera. After a brief silence, the long-awaited loud noise finally arrived. However, in the blink of an eye, the world returned to silence again.

It is both death and silence.

It was not until half an hour later that the strong light faded away, and the sweeping impact and flames also slowly subsided.

Standing on Nilir Island, which had been swept and plowed thoroughly by the impact of the fall and had been reduced to ruins, with no objects higher than the ground, the barriers that blocked all impacts and aftermath were dispersed. Shiye and Shizhi looked at the bottomless pit in front of them that seemed to lead to the bottom of hell, without any change in their expressions.

———Although, Shiye is calm, while Shizhi is dull.

After all, one had seen scenes even more magnificent than this, while the other was seeing this kind of scenery for the first time. In addition, their concepts were different, so it was inevitable that their expressions would be different.

【Shiori, we are ready to leave. 】

He gently called Shi Zhi back to his senses, then spread his icy wings and jumped straight into the deep pit in front of him, flying towards the depths at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.

[...Jiaye, is this what it feels like to kill someone?]

Amidst the ever-decreasing scenery, after a long silence, Shiori spoke slowly.

【Surprisingly, there's no sense of reality.】

Although saying this may make her seem cold-blooded, this is Shizhi's true feeling at the moment.

She knew clearly that countless lives would be lost in Shiye's attack, and countless people would feel sad and hate it, but she didn't feel anything, not even a hint of reality.

It is clearly the passing of life, but because the way it is done is too easy, we don't realize what is really happening.

It’s like you originally thought that it would take a lot of hard work to start a company, but the reality is that as soon as you open your mouth, you get a top company, and you don’t feel anything at all.

【After all, I didn’t see any cruel scenes. 】

While maintaining the speed of falling, Shi Ye whispered in his heart.

"Besides, we are the same person. My cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness will also affect you to some extent, so it's not surprising that you don't feel anything."

After all, personality is shaped and developed by external influences during the process of growing up. If she did not exist, what kind of personality would Shizhi have? Shiye did not know, but he could roughly guess. However, when she existed in Shizhi's life, it was difficult to reconnect with the original trajectory, which led to him deviating from the original path and having a new and unknown possibility.

[...Don't say that about yourself. You're not cold-blooded at all.]

"That's right. After all, I didn't have any blood before I took over the body."

[...I never realized, Jiaye, you have a talent for telling dry jokes.]

【Yeah? 】

Chapter 166: I also want to carry rice

My name is Nia Honjo, and I'm a manga artist and elf.

First of all, this "elf" does not refer to the beautiful existence in fairy tales, but a special disaster-specific life form that can cause huge disasters.

Whenever an elf comes to this real world from another world adjacent to the real world, if it cannot control its own power, the collision between the worlds will cause a violent shock and explosion in space similar to an earthquake, destroying everything in the surrounding area.

Even if it is not out of their own will, if they cannot control the power, then this situation cannot be avoided. And after coming to this world, they will be hunted and attacked by the humans living in this world because of the disasters they cause. Elves are such an unfortunate and tragic life.

Perhaps one might say that since coming into this world will cause such a disaster, it would be better not to come.

Although this is true, since elves are mostly in a dormant state when they are in another world, unless they have particularly strong wishes and will, they will only come to this world when called by a certain voice.

In other words, for the vast majority of elves, they simply woke up and found themselves in ruins and were attacked by humans.

Therefore, elves are not as beautiful as in fairy tales. On the contrary, in the eyes of most people in the know, elves are no different from demons and natural disasters.

The origin of all elves comes from the space earthquake that first appeared in this world thirty years ago, which caused 150 million deaths and injuries and was called the "Eurasian Air Disaster".

In that disaster, the first elves were born—in the hands of humans who were also humans, but were considered aliens in the eyes of most humans.

And I, Honjo Nia, am the second elf born into this world.

No, it would be more appropriate to say that he was the first elf to be successfully transformed from a human.

Originally I was just an ordinary cartoonist—a famous and best-selling cartoonist, pretty ordinary, right?

Back to the topic, I was originally just an ordinary cartoonist. Even after becoming an elf, I still created various two-dimensional comics, and successfully gained huge fame in Japan, the origin of the two-dimensional world.

Although after becoming an elf, because of my ability, no one's secrets can be hidden from me, so I know how dark human nature is. This also caused me to choose to invest all my emotions in the beautiful two-dimensional world, and then spit on this filthy three-dimensional world.

Because the second dimension is so pure and beautiful, all the intrigues will be resolved in the end, the disgusting villains will definitely be punished, and the kind-hearted protagonist will have a happy ending. How great, isn’t it?

Compared to that, what is this three-dimensional world?

The wicked live happily, while the good live in pain.

This world has no meaning at all, doesn't it?

But I'm not a cynical person, so the most I can do is use my angelic powers to change things that I don't like.

Then DEM came to me.

After that, I spent five consecutive years experiencing research life that included but was not limited to having holes drilled in my skull, having my abdomen cut open while I was still alive, and having my hands and legs cut off bit by bit.

The pain was indeed very painful, the kind that was worse than death, but except for the initial period, I gradually got used to it as time went by.

Because that bastard's goal was to make me turn the tables, but how could I possibly let him do that? I'd rather continue to suffer than give him a chance. If we're not happy, we can just hurt each other!

Oops, sorry, I got so emotional without realizing it.

Well, after all, I'm confined to my bed every day, either being experimented on or waiting to be experimented on. If there wasn't some entertainment, I would have gone crazy long ago.

So talking to myself in my mind, recalling various memories from the past, and occasionally explaining some experiments have become a daily routine.

But isn't it even noisier today than usual? All sorts of noises are mixed together, making it incredibly noisy. How am I supposed to absorb any information from the outside world?!

boom! !

Huh? An explosion?

Huh? No sound?

My ears hurt a little...Oh, I see, I'm temporarily deaf.

Because there is a tiny structure called the 'cochlear membrane' in the human ear, which stores calcium ions in the ear. When the ear hears a volume exceeding a certain decibel, the cochlear membrane will release the stored calcium ions, thereby affecting the normal physiological functions of the nearby receptor cells, thereby causing a loss of sensitivity to sound.

This is how temporary hearing loss works.

So, why did such a huge explosion happen suddenly? Could it be that DEM had offended someone and was being attacked?

That would be truly satisfying, but I wonder if I'll be rescued along the way. Probably not, right? After all, my existence is probably top secret, and I'm 35 floors underground, so the possibility of being discovered is non-existent.

By the way, this experimental base is probably going to be destroyed, so where will I be transferred to next?

I hope the bed in the next place will be more comfortable. The bed here is so hard that I’ve been lying on it for five years straight and my body is so stiff.

Oh, it started moving. Are they trying to transfer me?

...Huh? The restraints are off? Are you so confident?

Oh, so that woman with a fighting power as strong as a monster is also here, right? No wonder.

Wait, judging from the touch and current posture, I seem to be being carried like a princess?

The most common, dreamy and gentle princess hug in the two-dimensional world?

No, I don’t want my virginity to be taken away by someone I don’t know what he looks like, but who I definitely want to kill!

Oh, your ears are back to normal. Let me hear what's going on first... Eh? Why is everything brighter?

The eyepatch has been removed too? What the heck is DEM up to?

———Wait, wait, I haven’t seen the light in a long time, don’t take off the blindfold just like that!

Oh my eyes!

Woo, you are such a jerk who doesn’t know how to be gentle with women. But since you were the one who took off the blindfold, let me write you down in my little notebook.

Don't give me a chance, you bastard...

Huh? Fox?

......

......

[Jia Ye, why is she always looking at you? ]

Floating beside Shiye, Shizhi looked curiously at the girl with gray hair and blue eyes who was held in Shiye's arms, and asked with some confusion.

[Maybe it's because I haven't seen anything outside for a long time, so my brain can't react.]

Glancing at Honjo Nia in his arms, Shiye responded while nimbly moving through the dense barrage of bullets.

[However, if we find the person, we can retreat.]

He then held Honjo Niya in his arms by the waist with one hand, and Shiye stretched out his hand to summon Aoshagong in the void. Then, with a flap of his icy wings, his figure quickly turned into a shadow and disappeared on the spot.

Then, as cold and scorching sword energy swept across, the surrounding humanoid mechas and magicians equipped with CR-UNITs silently turned into ashes and ice sculptures and disappeared. In the blink of an eye, the already small combat power of the DEM Society became even more impoverished.

Ding---

He swung his sword again to cut a mecha in half that was blocking his way, and then quietly froze it into an ice sculpture. Shi Ye suddenly looked back at a corner as if thinking about something, then turned around and flew over a floor that had fortunately survived the impact of the meteorite, and then rushed upwards again.

"Um, what is this?"

Finally, he came back to his senses and realized that the other party was here to save him. Although he didn't know the reason, Erya chose to accept it very happily. He looked at the thing that Shiye threw into his arms, raised his head cautiously and asked.

"A component that stores some kind of core data."

Shiye said calmly.

"Hold it for me first, I have no hands."

"Good, good."

It's not surprising that Shiye's voice is female, because this can be seen from his figure.

Erya was just a little surprised that Shiye's voice was so young, he sounded like he might not even be an adult yet.

It's really scary that he has such fighting power at such a young age.

But considering that she seems to be using psychic powers and angels, it makes sense if she is an elf.

After all, after becoming an elf, your body's age will stop increasing.

But what exactly is her ability? It's both fire and ice, and the spiritual power she uses seems to be three completely different spiritual powers.

How strange, could it be that she had devoured the spirit crystals of other elves?

So this is why she saved herself?

But that doesn't make sense. There's clearly no spirit crystal aura in her body. And if she really wants her own spirit crystal, couldn't she just dig it out on the spot? Why would she take herself away?

....Oh no, he started running away from me all of a sudden.

Forget it. No matter what the truth is, I have no ability to resist now, so it doesn’t matter.

Erya, who has completely become a salted fish, thought so.

"By the way, you have to be careful of a silver-haired woman. Her fighting ability is very strong and is not inferior to that of an elf with a combat angel."

Suddenly remembering something, Erya reminded.

"This place is very far from London. By the time Elaine Mira Mathers arrived, we had already left."

Shi Ye was a little surprised that Yu Erya would remind him of this. Then he shook his head and said softly.

According to the records of DEM, Ellen Mira Mathers is the most powerful magician in the world today. Her combat power is comparable to that of elves. She is also the one who successfully captured Erya.

If she remained restrained, she might be an enemy worth fighting, but Shiye hated surprises, so even if Ellen Mira Mathers had the ability to rush over immediately after receiving the news, she couldn't come for the time being.

"So you know that woman... By the way, can I ask who you are and why you saved me?"

It seemed that he had finally mustered up the courage and did not completely become a salted fish, but was only in a half-salty state, Erya asked Shiye.

I never believe that there is a free lunch in the world, let alone free help. In fact, I have never seen such a situation, so Erya hates this three-dimensional world.