The Demon Lord Reborn
Chapter 02: Vanaheim II

“Once, yes.” Peace said while pressing the Exit button, after which, he took out his sword which was grasped using his left hand to guard against the obstacles that would appear in front of him.

“Emerald! Lead me out of the bottom of this boring cave. It is possible that my subordinates who were also sent to the world of Vanaheim have been waiting for me somewhere.” Peace said as he waited for Emerald's reply.

[Alright, I understand, Mr. Peace. Right behind you there is a long hallway, You just need to walk straight to the end of the hall, when you get to the end, at the end, there will be a large room in which there is a ladder that can lead you out of the cave.]

“Ladders? Why is there a ladder at the bottom of this boring cave? Who made it?” Peace asked in surprise while turning his head back.

[The ladder was made by another player while mining at the bottom of the Zor cave, after all the blue crystals he was after had run out, he climbed up and out of the cave, leaving the stairs feeling elated.]

“So, yes. Does God know about this?” Peace asked as he turned his entire body backwards.

[Of course, God knows everything, the future, the present and the past, besides, God is everywhere, the future, the present and the past. With infinite power, He can do anything at will and is the end of all life. His existence has conceptually transcended the dimensions of space and time, and has transcended even the dimension of infinity. He had also transcended the causality system, leaving him untouched at all. Moreover, all of his creations were only considered meaningless entertainment.]

“Hmm... God, Creator of All... Sometime I will kill him and take over the position as Lord.” Speak Peace while walking into that hallway.

[Killing? What do you mean, Mr Peace? You underestimate him too much, He has transcended the system of duality, including life and death. No matter how hard you try, you still won't be able to kill him]

“Hink, in the previous world such a joke invited a lot of laughter, but here it is not, yes.” Peace said disappointedly as he continued to step forward.

On the way, he was overrun by a herd of ants that appeared in fear from the end of the passageway, as soon as Peace was confused as to what was going on, hundreds of ants passed through his leather shoes which upset Peace.

“Fucking ants! Why are you walking past my best shoes?” Peace said while shaking his legs so that the ants fell from his shoes, after they fell, with annoyance, Peace did not hesitate to step on the ants without stopping.

After the ants coming from the end of the passage began to diminish, he stopped trampling and rushed back to his original destination, heading towards the end of the passageway and exiting the cave through the stairs. In the middle of his journey, an emergency alarm coming from Emerald appeared.

[Warning! Tortuga, a turtle-shaped monster approached, ensured the ants ran away from it. Although his level was only 1, he had an A Level Skill, Blue, which allowed him to extract and manipulate water.]

“Already expected, the ants could not possibly run towards me for no reason, there must be a strong figure chasing after them. Although his level was only 1, still he could not be underestimated, he had a powerful sounding Skill, Blue.” Peace said calmly, as if he was ready to fight.

“True, I have a great plan. When he appears, I will directly invade him quickly from the darkness.” Peace said as he prepared to storm Tortuga.

[Unfortunately, Tortuga can see in the dark, but the plan to raid Tortuga quickly is quite ingenious, you take advantage of the slow Agility Tortuga, as expected, Mr. Peace.]

From the end of the passageway, the shadow of a normal-sized turtle appeared towards Peace casually.

“Tortuga...? I thought his body would be big, disappointing once.” Peace said as he continued to pay attention to the movements of Tortuga who was very close to him.

When walking with a gaze that only focused towards the front, suddenly, Tortuga felt a terrible aura right to his left, instantly the panicked Tortuga immediately turned to the left, looking back, but at the same time, the head of Tortuga has been split into 2 by Peace.

“Sweetie, I have to use this sword to kill keroco like.” Peace said as he licked the blood of Tortuga stuck to his blade.

[Congratulations! Level increased to 2. Congrats! Fragment increased to 1. Congrats! A-level skill, Blue, was successfully obtained.]

“Blue? Isn't that Tortuga's Skill? Why did I get it?” Peace asked in surprise, clad in curiosity.

[After defeating a monster, a player who defeats it will gain the monster Skill. The Skill Collect that you have also has a similar function, Skill Collect is useful for stealing the Skills of other players that you defeat.]

“So, yes... By the way, I have 1 Fragment, right? Means I can use it to increase my strength, huh?” Peace said as he stopped licking his sword blade that was covered in Tortuga blood.

[Yes, that's right. By the way, you want to bring up Status, right? Say Status.]

“You can know my wish, yes. As expected of you, Emerald. Status!” Peace said with admiration towards Emerald. After saying that, a status hologram appeared.

...[.Status]...

...Name : Siyah Peace...

...Age: 17 years...

...Skill : Collect, Blue...

...Weapon : Sword...

...Level :2...

...‹ ›...

...Inventory Statistics...

...[.Exit]...

Without thinking much, he immediately pressed the Statistics button. Afterwards, he decided to increase his Agility.

...[.Statistic]...

...Fragment :0...

...STR :1 [+]...

...AGI :2 [+]...

...VIT : 1 [+]...

...MP :100 [+]...

...HP 100...

...« ‹...

...Status Inventory...

...[.Exit]...

“Yosh, done. Since my fight with Tortuga that is not even worth calling a fight, I just realized that I was slow, Tortuga who is known to be slow still had time to realize my aura, even though I had issued a maximum speed limit.” Peace said with a sour face.

After pressing the Exit button, Peace resumed his journey towards the end of the passage. Fortunately, he did not get any interference so it was easy for him to get to the destination, the place was very spacious and dark, giving a terrible impression.

When Peace was looking around, he was startled by the sound of rocks falling from the front, feeling that something was wrong, he rushed to go there. Arriving at the location, a light appeared dazzling his eyes from above, reflexes he instantly closed his eyes using his left hand.

After getting used to it, he slowly lowered his hand, it turned out that the light was coming from the sun that had just risen, the light entering through a large hole that was right above him.

“Sun in the world of Vanaheim is not much different from the previous world, yes.” Peace said as he lowered his gaze down, without realizing it, it turned out that the stairs in question Emerald was already in front of him, the sturdy wooden ladder was towering upwards. Sighing, he extended his left leg up the stairs, followed by his right leg.

With a sense of relief, he walked up the very long stairs, it took as much as 6 minutes to get to the end of the stairs. Amidst the many chirping birds, he put his sword back on his back and stretched it over the green grass. A strong wind blew on his face, followed by leaves flying everywhere.

Amidst the peaceful atmosphere, smoke was smelled by Peace, as soon as he stopped stretching and saw the source of the smoke. Upon seeing it, the smoke came from the middle of the forest.

“Fire? No, fire?! Why can?” Ask Peace after looking at it carefully.

[The fire was caused by a monster, sooner or later, all the trees in the forest will be destroyed by it.]

“What does that stupid monster think?” Speak Peace with wonder.

Seriate...