Chapter Eight – Test of Strength and Feelings

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Wow! It has been close two months since I had updated any of my stories, but I am back to put my stories back on the map. I know that everyone wants an explanation for my absence of writing stories for missing for the last two months. First off, my Uncle passed away nearly four weeks ago, and I really miss him a lot and I just did not feel right about writing stories or updating any of my stories because I did not have the passion or strength to publish any more chapters. Second, today on September 12 I got the Coronavirus, so I have to stay at my place for one week. Trust me, I will take any thoughts or prayers for me and my family. So, I'm very sorry for not updating for a while, but I'm here to say Alvin D-Rod is back and he is ready to open the stories for everyone to read them.

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(At Sayda Neen Village)

Everything seemed normal like everyday life is, yet the Dark Elves felt something that surprised them, meaning they felt someone in Orcus Labyrinth. Yet, their minds were wondering who was clearing the Orcus Labyrinth and what the reasons were behind clearing the Orcus Labyrinth. One person was paying their respects to her mother, as was Vannea Tolgren, who is eighteen years old and in her marriage age. However, she has decided not to marry anybody since she wants someone like her father, who has an honest heart and a calm and gentle mind, but they have fierce souls inside their bodies.

She felt a strong connection as Vannea gets up from paying her respects to her late mother with her 36D cup breasts then she begins to rush back to her home. Vannea was racing back to her home trying to figure out what was happening and finally, after getting home see her father.

After hearing the response to the request, Vannea's father, who was the Guild Leader of the Dark Elves, brought more questions than answers since her father was entering his forty years term to be the leader of the Dark Elves.

"What is this task that you have for me, father?" Vannea asks her father with a respectful voice, and she is hoping that includes going to see this mysterious but strong person inside the Orcus Labyrinth. "I can tell that father is honest, but excitement inside him builds him to meet this Irregular Hero." Vannea was telling herself with a soft voice, and she got out of her bowing state to get up onto her feet. She begins to leave for her bedroom and then realizes that her journey will belong to one.

(In Orcus Labyrinth)

Hajime and Yue continue forward to find a different path inside of the labyrinth, which Yue was learning more about Hajime. They walked through the labyrinth when Hajime and Yue first saw a white T-Rex stomping down on the beautiful dark pink flowers with dark yellow liquid dripping from his foot. Hajime notices something is not right since the flowers might be poison or a booby trap for the enemies.

Hajime turned his head and picked Yue inside of his arm again as he was running away from them because other white T-Rexes were coming toward the other white T-Rex that was destroying the flowers.

"Not cool!" Hajime screams top of his lungs in a firm voice, and his expression shows serious anger surrounding how the White Demon T-Rexes were chasing after him, and Yue, with the pink flowers on top of their heads, was swinging right then left of trying to capture them.

"You better hurry, Hajime." Yue was telling him with a thrilling voice, and she did not mind being close to Hajime like this, but she wanted to get closer to him as a partner.

Hajime could feel Yue's 38D cup breasts pressed against his chest, which her furry jacket was blocking the view, and her light pink nipples were touching his chest. He was fighting against the urge to take the furry jacket from Yue's body, yet Hajime focused on the task at hand in front of them.

Yue was going to tease him with her body, yet it seemed like he was focused on saving them from White Demon T-Rexes first. She giggled slightly, which Hajime could only watch as she whispered inside of his ear, "Aren't you enjoying the view or touch of it." She was teasing him with a tender voice, and she would push her breasts onto him again. However, Hajime throws Yue into the air and then points his gun to shots the four White Demon T-Rexes with his 'Donner,' then he catches Yue inside his arm again. She had anger expression on herself.

"Don't ever throw me into the air again." Yue was telling Hajime with a firm voice, and her expression was serious because she dislikes being treated like a ragdoll.

"Oh, okay… I promise not to do that again." Hajime told her gently because he was slightly scared of Yue's fierce expression and voice. After all, she wanted to kick his ass if he did something like that again.

Hajime turns his head to see White Demon T-Rexes with flowers beginning to race. Hajime was carrying Yue inside his right arm as he held her body comfortably, but he was not trying to hurt her. "This is so not fucking cool!" Hajime was screaming top of his lungs as more White Demon T-Rexes were chasing after Hajime and Yue trying to capture them for their 'master.' He slid into the small formation of the hole to hide away from the White Demon T-Rexes with his right-hand summons rocks to seal them to hide their presences away from the enemies.

Hajime and Yue were close to one another as they found themselves inside the tight cave, where they were trying to catch their air. The same feeling again as Hajime looks down to see Yue's round and big breasts were touching him again onto his chest area. He couldn't decide to take the first step with Yue because he did not know if he could trust her once they got out of this labyrinth since he saved her life, yet she returned the favor by saving his life from dangers.

"Why am I feeling like this for?" Hajime begins to question himself with a soft voice and his head towards her as light blue crystals lighten to reveal where a tight cave would only have room for them. Yue looks up to see Hajime, and her expression shows itself as comfortable then, she begins to lean in about to kiss him on the lips for the first time.

"It's okay… You can trust me," Yue said to him with a tender voice, and her eyes were bright red with emotions as Hajime could not help himself but began to lean closer to touch Yue's lips with his own.

The rocks were destroyed by the White Demon T-Rexes' mighty dark blue flame blast. To uncover them, Hajime takes Yue inside of his hand again to jump away from being crushed by the multiple rocks coming crashing down inside of the hole which they were hiding inside the hole.

Hajime and Yue were rushing towards the labyrinth to find a large hole with many flowers surrounding the entrance as Hajime said, "I believe we found the source of the flowers." His voice is firm, and his expression is smooth because it seems that he has found the source of their problems. After getting inside the cave then places his hand on the entrance to stop the White Demon T-Rexes from entering the cave. His head turns to see many light green balls around the area, then begins to walk forward, trying to figure out what they are?

Hajime and Yue see the light green ball glows brightly, then turn into light blue and make the memories of Hajime. The first memory was Hajime being a small kid who went out of his house to go and play with some of the other kids his age, yet some of them did not know who he was. Present Hajime was curious about why he saw these memories in front of him, and his head turned to see Yue was curious about the new world.

"Is where you were born or from?" Asked Yue, her voice and expression were soft and curious about the answer from Hajime.

"Yes, I am, but my parent's job always kept us moving to place to place," Hajime answered back to her with a gentle voice as Hajime and Yue went forward to see more memories of Hajime.

Yue sees Hajime as a young boy again, with her mind brought to how Hajime used to be left alone with no friends or family to speak of. The next moment is the unstoppable but sad moment inside Hajime's life as they go to Hajime's parents' funeral.

It was beginning to rain as Hajime, who was only twelve years old and stood his ground with his parents' coffins, descended into the solid ground. The Present Hajime could feel his eyes were becoming fearful emotions since he was thinking about his parents' death. Same emotions that his past self-had to deal with were racing back to the present Hajime, and Yue turned her head to first notices that Hajime was not the type to talk about his past or why he never told her about his parents' death. The scene continues with Hajime being left alone with nobody to comfort him or show him some compassion about the death of his parents as Yue begins to realize that being sealed by loved ones was nothing to compare to Hajime's darkness inside of his heart.

"Why… Why did not anybody try to help you in your time of need or when you were down in a sad state?" Yue asked him with a firm voice, and her expression was furious towards Hajime's family as he turned his head away from her to figure out the same answer that haunted his mind.

"It was because I was only seen as a liability and nothing more," Hajime told her with an emotionless and honest voice with his expression could not be seen because he was turned around for Yue. He wanted nothing more inside of his other life, and he did not care about how life was cruel to him, yet Hajime kept moving on by telling himself that everything would be alright since he was strong like his father and had kindness like his mother.

"Well, you are more than just liability to me… You are my hero, and I do not care if it is just us against the world. I will stay at your side, and I will always be the one to tell you that everything is going to be good again… If you do not leave me alone," Yue told him with her voice is comfortable for Hajime to hear those words because he wanted someone to tell him those words and turns around to sees Yue was smiling at him with a bright smile.

Hajime went over to Yue, and he hugged her with his right hand. She was blushing brightly because Hajime had never hugged her before until now. She placed her hands around him to stroke his hair comfortably and smooth with her hands as she promised to keep him close to her heart and never allow anybody else to hurt her Hajime again.

Test of Strength and Feelings was not easy to compare for anybody to realize what the other person went through as Hajime and Yue returned to the labyrinth. He sees a Demon Flower Priestess who was the one who sent them through the memory lane, Hajime. Then his right hand points his 'Donner' towards the creature yet dodges the first bullet as Hajime is serious about ending this journey with Yue.

"Nothing is going to stand in our way," Hajime says to the creature with a firm voice, and his expression shows to be fierce about fighting the way towards the end of the labyrinth. Hajime was making a silent promise to make sure Yue has a better place and future here in the lands of Tortus, for Hajime was going to defeat all the creatures of darkness inside of the land to make sure nobody goes through the same thing that he went through.

Demon Flower Priestess made a giant wall of flowers to protect itself from the three bullets that Hajime shot from his 'Donner,' yet it was not ready to see the wall of flowers getting explosions inside it. Hajime sent another bullet to destroy one of its arms as he was going to take a shot, but the creature took Yue hostage, meaning it would use her as a shield or pawn. He was pointing his handgun to get a good angle to destroy the creature, but it was hiding away from Hajime's handgun. His expression shows fierce because it seems that the Demon Flower Priestess will not allow anybody to destroy her kingdom inside the labyrinth.

Yue placed her hands in front of her and shots light blasts toward Hajime as he was sent away from the area. He dragged his boots onto the ground with his right hand and dropped his handgun onto the ground. The creature used Yue to gather energy to put Hajime down for good as the blast of light as Yue became worried that the blast would hit him. However, something happened that surprised herself and the creature as Hajime was showing the light purple aura again surrounding him like before.

(At Sayda Neen Village)

Dark Elves stops on what they were doing because they felt the same energy signature of the first Darkness Elf, meaning he was the founder of the Dark Elves who was

going to help the liberators who were going to do the impossible, but the liberators have disappeared from the world as the Dark Elves were banished from the lands of Tortus.

Vannea felt the same energy signature as her mind told herself to get ready for a long trip since it would take her at least seven to nine days to get to Orcus Labyrinth. Her mind and heart were filled with hopes to meet the person who would help her people find a new agreement or new age for everyone in Tortus.

"That's interesting energy since I have not felt anything like this before," Vannea spoke inside her thoughts with a soft voice hopeful expression. She was putting her clothes into the large black traveling pack, and she was ready for the long journey to take herself to Orcus Labyrinth to find the person she was looking for.

Vannea left her bedroom for the final time because it was time for her to go out into the world and find this person claiming to be the Darkness Elf.

(In Orcus Labyrinth)

Hajime's eyes were glowing with bright crimson, and his aura was bright purple with shrining blue energy showing itself around Hajime. Yue could not believe it because Hajime had the same energy as the Darkness Elf and Demon Lord, but the question was what would do with this unique power. Hajime begins to race towards Demon Flower Priestess as it grows another good arm, then sends a sharp vine of trying to take Hajime down. Still, he dodges the attacks by jumping towards the left side of his position, and then his right foot kicks his 'Donner' into the air. He races towards the Demon Flower Priestess, and the other vine goes for Hajime, but he ducks underneath the attack to dodge it.

"Hajime, take the shot and just do it!" Yue was telling him with a firm voice, and she was going to trust him inside of his abilities to shoot the bullet in the right place.

Hajime's right hand caught his 'Donner' and shot the bullet, which only passed through Yue's right side of her hair. As the bullet only passed, her hair hit the creature's growth arm again, releasing Yue. Then turned around to see the barrel of Hajime's handgun then he fired another bullet to destroy the creature. The same energy of light purple and blue was disappearing from Yue and Hajime as she could not believe the incredible powers surrounding Hajime were gone. Yet, her thoughts brought more questions about what that unique but strange power that Hajime had inside himself.

Hajime was breathing in then out as he felt something incredible with this strange energy, but his head turned to see Yue was helping to stand onto his feet. "Thanks, Yue," Hajime spoke back to Yue with a gentle voice, and his expression was worried about him since she did not want to lose him. Hajime leans in and kisses the right side of her cheek, smooth and comfortable, then he places his right hand on the floor to make a stone tent for them and protects them.

Yue's cheeks turned intense red since this was the first time that Hajime kissed her on the cheek. Yue touched the right side of her cheek with her eyes were blinking because she was trying to figure out what had just happened.

"It… It's no problem." Yue responded to him with a nervous voice, and her expression was the same as her voice, and she was starting to sweat bullets trying to figure out what to say next about Hajime's kiss on her cheek.

Hajime was looking away from Yue as his expression went back to normal, and he was sweating seriously as his cheeks turned deep red, trying to figure out on had to handle the feelings surrounding Yue since he could tell that he trusted her but was okay to trust her with his stone heart. Should he say that his stone heart is starting to break apart thanks to Eri, Noint, and now Yue?

"Damnit! I kissed a girl on her cheek for the first time/ Hajime is the first boy to kiss me on my cheek!" Hajime and Yue were telling themselves with nervous voices as their expressions were soft but becoming more of confusion inside of their hearts and mind.

Hajime built a fire to make a meal for Hajime and Yue to enjoy another meal together. As Hajime was drawing more of the designs of the Demon Flower Priestess, his head turned to see Yue going over to sit next to him.

"Yue, I hate to tell you this, but the vampires are gone… They were eliminated nearly three years ago." Hajime told her the truth, but he felt her arms around his right hand and her arm with her breasts pressed onto his arm. "So this place isn't built by the vampires at all." Hajime continues to speak of trying to get the truth.

"The Mavericks build it," Yue responds to Hajime with her tender voice, and her expression shows a soft. She was becoming sadder about the truth that her kind was gone, but Hajime was there with her so that she would stay with him.

"What the hell is Maverick?" Asked Hajime, his soft voice and expression are smooth.

"Maverick is another word for the Liberators who fought against the Gods or the one person who believes he's a God," Yue responds to Hajime with a tender voice, and Hajime places his right-hand wraps around Yue's body to hold her close to him. His right-hand strokes her hair comfortably to smooth the sadness inside of herself because he didn't want to see her sad or alone about her race being gone.

With her head lying against his shoulder comfortably, her eyes began to close themselves to get some rest. He picks her up inside of his right arm and then places her inside the makeshift bed, yet Yue takes Hajime's right hand with her hands. He went inside the makeshift bed as Hajime began to stroke Yue's golden blonde hair with his hands, and he felt Yue was pushing her breasts onto his chest area.

Hajime began to close his eyes to fall asleep with Yue inside his right arm. He wanted to keep Yue close to him since she was becoming someone important to him and special since he wanted to make sure she always had a smile on her lips. Yue opened her eyes to see Hajime was in front of her, but she would not let him go. Then Yue did not know that her white furry jacket was coming off inside of her sleep, but nobody was going to tell or do anything about it.

(At Heiligh Kingdom)

In the training round, Kouki and the others wondered where Kaori, Shizuka, and Eri were waiting for them to get back in time. Still, there was a rumor that they were training themselves with someone special from the kingdom.

Kaori, Shizuka, and Eri were racing inside the training ground as they were sweating because they had just made it in time for the training. Someone behind them was Noint which Commander Melds and everybody would be careful. Noint was not going to bother them as she wanted to investigate the site or area where Hajime falls into the labyrinth.

Kouki went forward, then took his status plate out from his pocket and "Status open." Kouki shows his status for Commander Melds to see it, but he turns his head to see the same nun is paying attention to something else.

Kouki Amanogawa's status plate reveals to be:

Level: 50

Strength: 620

Virtuality: 620

Defense: 620

Agility: 620

Magic: 620

Magic Defense: 620

Skills: Elemental Affinity, Elemental Resistance, Physical Resistance, Composite Magic, Swordsmanship, Herculean Strength, Quickstep, Foresight, Increased Mana Recovery Speed, Presence Perception, Magic Reception, Limit Break, and Language Comprehension.

"Kouki Amanogawa, Job is Hero, and you seem to level up more." Commander Melds spoke about the level of Kouki has increased, and he showed little impressive about how his level is. "We will continue the training inside of the Orcus Labyrinth." Commander Melds continue to speak with the same voice as he turns to see the nun going to Orcus Labyrinth with them.

Kaori, Shizuka, and Eri open their status plate to find their secret training allowing them to gain up to Level 52 to Level 54, meaning they are getting more powerful than Kouki is. Thanks to Noint or Natalya, who has not spoken about her real name to anybody.

"So, what's up with the nun?" Daisuke was asking about the nun because he was trying to figure out if the nun was a sexy girl or a guy.

"Um… She's just going to come with us, but she's not very talkative." Kaori tells them with a serious voice, and her expression is tender nobody was not going to judge her words.

Kouki kept his eyes on Noint because he didn't trust her, yet she believed in leaving the training ground but wanted to see her Hajime again. Daisuke thought his plan might need to come a little later than sooner since he would have to think of a good way to get the soldiers under his control.

(In Orcus Labyrinth)

Hajime was beginning to wake up with his hand feeling something squishy and smooth. His eyes opened to see Yue at his side with his hand holding her butt tightly. His cheeks turned intense red. As Hajime got up, he heard sleeping creatures, but he placed Yue back into the furry jacket made into a warm blanket. He places the stone tent down to see the same White Demon T-Rexes were sleeping around them. Hajime takes his 'Donner' out of ready to fight through the White Demon T-Rexes as one of them begins to yawn, and it turns his head towards him to see Hajime is ready for anything.

However, Hajime looked at the White Demon T-Rexes, yet they didn't seem threatening or serious about a fight. He gets down onto his feet, places his handgun on solid ground, and shakes Yue to wake her up.

Yue begins to wake up, and she sees Hajime is on guard about something. Then she turns her head to notice the White Demon T-Rexes were in front of him. She was ready to aim at the creatures, but they didn't seem like they wanted to fight them. Then Yue slowly her hands down to attack them.

"Why are you not attacking us?" Asked Yue, her voice is smooth, but her expression shows that she is ready to fight with them.

"I have no idea," Hajime responds to Yue. His voice is smooth, and his expression is fierce. Then he sees White Demon T-Rexes moving out of the way to make room for White Demon T-Rexes with bright silver markings on its body as they go forward to see Hajime and Yue.

They looked at one another, then turned to see the White Demon T-Rexes with bright silver markings. Hajime would pick his handgun back up, and he was ready to shoot at it. Then he guessed it was the leader.

What does the leader of White Demon T-Rexes want from Hajime and Yue?

To Be Continued!