A/N – Welcome to the second story of Vex Hunter! This will be based upon the light novel of Arifureta: From commonplace to worlds strongest. Now, lets begin.
When you die, what is the one thing you don't expect? Waking up of course. My mind was going in circles as I wondered why I was alive. But before I could continue my train of thought, a sharp pain in my abdomen brought me into reality. As I looked to where the pain originated from, I noticed the problem. I had a cauterised hole where Vader impaled me.
"Well. I guess my 'retirement' will have to wait." I speak my thoughts aloud. When I tried to use the force to heal the wound, it wouldn't work. It was as though I couldn't use the Force like I used to. As I looked around, I noticed a hole through the wall, and, while I couldn't use the force entirely, I could feel someone's life-force. Unable to stand, I crawl my way to the person, and prop myself besides them. Unluckily for me, I was unable to get a good look at the person before darkness claimed me.
The next time I awoke, it was due to movement besides me. As I looked towards the point of my disturbance, I notice the person next to me was the culprit. At a closer look, I notice that he was missing his left arm, which looked to have been ripped off. I began to speak.
"Easy, kid. I don't mean any harm." When I speak, it is in Japanese, which for some reason, I could understand.
"Who are you?" He asks hoarsely.
"Vex, you?" I ask in return.
"Hajime." He answers simply. It was then that I notice the hole in my abdomen being almost completely healed.
"Huh, that's interesting." I mutter.
"What's interesting?" Hajime asks.
"My wound. Yours too. They are completely healed." I answer in awe.
"God's Crystal. It is supposed to be a myth, but if it was, we'd both be dead." He explains.
"Where am I anyway?" I ask Hajime.
"A parallel world. My whole class was brought here." He answers.
"Huh. My entrance was unexpected, even for me. I died." I say intrigued.
"That makes no sense." Hajime says.
"That makes the two of us." I agree. As I try to move, I collapse onto the floor. "Damn, I need something to eat."
"It seems that the crystal doesn't help with hunger or thirst, just keeps you alive. It didn't regenerate my arm, so I expect you have a hole sized smaller stomach now." Hajime explains while transmuting some containers and placing them under the crystal, allowing the water to drip into them.
"Well, that's gonna give me problems in the future if I can't use my abilities any time soon." I remark. Hajime stops and looks at me with curiosity.
"What abilities?" He asks.
"I don't think you would understand the irony of them, so it would be better if I just wait and show you when they return." I elaborate. The next few hours, we chat about what our home was like before things changed. With neither of us able to do much other than sit around, we waited for either death or salvation.
Several days passed before Hajime snapped. I was about to try and stop him before I noticed what he was looking at. Wolves. Or, rather, demonic wolves. Hajime had told me about this world and what to expect. Using what strength I could muster, I stood up and followed him. Out of nowhere, Hajime somehow transmuted himself a drill like weapon and began to drill the wolves to death. After he killed the first one, he suddenly handed me my own drill, which I used to kill a wolf of my own, while Hajime killed the remaining two. We then collected the wolf meat and prepared ourselves to eat it.
"Same time?" I ask Hajime.
"Why not?" He shrugs with a grin. We both took a bit simultaneously and swallowed.
"Well, its not the worst thing I've tasted." I say. But before either of us could continue, blinding pain assaulted us.
"Arghh, grab a vial and down it." Hajime said through clenched teeth. As we both downed the water collected form the God's Crystal, the pain subsided. And then it returned.
"Shit, this is worse than most of my previous injuries." I grit. As we endured the pain, our bodies rebuilt themselves. Muscles and Bones thickened, Hajime had crimson lines appear along his body, while my right arm earned vibrant electric blue markings along it. Hajime's hair became white, while mine turned silver with blue highlights throughout.
"It seems that in my hunger, I forgot that demon meat was poisonous to humans." Hajime said awkwardly.
"Not an issue. Besides, now we have a better chance of escaping this hell-hole." I say determined, and unconsciously, lightning danced along my fingertips, gaining my attention. "Huh, looks like I might be receiving my powers after all." I unleashed a torrent of lightning at the nearby wall.
"That is interesting." Hajime says.
"Either way, looks like we will be eating demon meat more often." I say. "But first, lets get some weapons."
"Agreed." He says, and we get to work.
Ten days pass before our project is complete. (A/N – Link to the chapter of the story will be down at the end. The description of the weapon and how it works are included near the end of the chapter) Two large revolvers that had the power of a rail gun were complete. To test, we both used our lightning powers to fire our weapons. The remainder of the wall we shot at was shattered.
"This will help a lot." I say, admiring Hajime's handiwork.
"For now, leave the bear to me. It took my arm, so I'm going to kill it." Hajime says resolutely.
"It's all yours mate." I say, clapping his shoulder in understanding. As we head off, we prepare for the demons ahead.
A/N – And that is around three chapters of Arifureta. The link as promised: /chapter/arifureta_shokugyou_de_sekai_saikyou_ln/chapter_69
And hopefully the next chapter will be uploaded later today. Nut Out.