The hero becomes the villainess or not chapter 8- the outside world.
This chapter will have the group make their first strides outside the world of the school.
I will cover episodes 15-18
I will cover the group going out into the wider world and finding shocking things along the way.
There will be a lime scene mentioned as well as expanded world building.
Shun pov
We arrived in town and began to have time to talk and think. The first person to talk was Katerina who explained that she in fact was a reincarnation but not part of the batch of twenty-two that came from my classroom and doesn't have the n% I = W skill. It turned out she both carried skills and magical ability from her old world and that was likely a different world from my old world. She then said her friend group for the most part came from different worlds. She even said that the current Katerina was a made from two beings that merged, the normal girl Mashiro and the Campione Shirou. It was then she explained what that Campiones could kill gods or administrators along with having many other skills that could be considered cheats to the system.
She kept most of those secret from us due to the Lust skill that Hugo had and how she couldn't reveal too much due to the fact most of my group couldn't avoid being brainwashed. But she did reveal that she was currently pregnant with the prince's child. She then let me scan her to reveal both it was true, and that appraisal could detect that much at higher levels. she then got into the passionate night with the prince as the other girls in the party, including my dragon blushes and seemed to stare at me. Her final explanation was to assure us her child would be very much safe no matter what happened to her but didn't go into major details.
It was after that; we took in that we had a walking cheat within our party. We began to talk about what to do next. Katia also assured us that my sister should be safe for now. But Katerina looked like maybe not but didn't want to speak up. Our former teacher pointed us towards the elf village as our main goal to reach to stop Hugo before he could do much more damage. It was then she pointed out our route would require us to go through the great labyrinth and that seemed to make Katerina perk up as she said "I have other business to attend to once we reach this great labyrinth. So, once we enter, I may have to break off at some point." I then began to wonder what goals were and how they differed from my own as she said "we may have different reasons but I want to save this world the same as you do."
Katerina pov
We then headed into town to find a guide through the underground maze, while the dragon had to be left outside the town due to her size. It was as we met the guide, we had to then try to get a helper, but the first man turned us down. but his father did decide to help us. before we could go Fei wanted to have a conversation with Oka and then we talked about the labyrinth. But the former teacher now elf ended up asking the girls to come with her for a task.
Said task ended up being to get cloths for the now humanized dragon to wear. The other girls noticed her new form was much like her former incarnation but with much whiter and a set of small wings. She told us some monsters had the ability to change into humanoid states. When Shun wondered about her state of dress in the town, I said "I had to use divine tread weaving to create a makeshift cloak to cover her. but I wasn't confident to create and entire outfit for her." During the same trip, we brought swimsuits to enter the underwater way into the cave system and I made sure to craft myself a curve hugging wetsuit while.
Shun pov
It was om the way to the underwater entrance, Oka revealed she at least knew the fates of all the former students in the class but wouldn't say much else. Then on making it to the place to enter, our guide said the entrance was right under a cliff in water dragon territory. But before heading in we had to get changed into swimwear and the other girls weren't happy about the god slayer's armored wetsuit. On getting in Fei revealed she couldn't swim and there happened to be a water dragon. But thanks to Katerina and a strange sword she formed the dragon went down in no time and on making it into the cave she said "wow, I leveled up a whole bunch from that thing. It had massive experience to give." On getting to the cave, I discovered I was hugging Fei to help her.
On getting our bearings and getting redressed, our party explored the caves and battled through monsters, but Katerina stayed with us while seeming to look for something or someone that she wouldn't tell us what. But the weapon the girl used throughout the caves was a strange red spear. It was as we carried on the guide that made us take breaks to avoid a condition called labyrinth sickness due to lack of light and the constant danger. But most of the monsters seemed more scared on Katerina than anything else.
It was on our break that the guild brought up the nightmare of the labyrinth and that made Katerina perk up like she wanted to find the monster herself. When the guild looked at her, she said, "I am more that any human on this planet." It was then he told us the nightmare was stranger than anything else and then Katerina brought up "I am pretty sure this nightmare is a reincarnation and might be even from your class. it started to show its power when all of us should've been toddlers." It was then I bought up being a hero and quickly Katerina slapped me and said "save a world will require more than just outdated ideals. You can't be able to sacrifice yourself anytime soon and if you do another person will be given the title of hero and have taken up your path. I know who might be forced on that path and I don't want her to do that. So, think about your actions." It was then we all slept.
It was after another day of traveling; the guide offered us three paths with a short course and a long course and a medium course with some dangers. But in the end, we went for the shortest path and would face whatever dangers came. It was then our guide told us about the nightmare and its vestiges and how they are the most dangerous spiders you could ever meet. The first thing we had to face on said path was an earth dragon but after a weapon switch and with our help Katerina was able to help kill it with ease. Then on getting the kill, we each leveled up and gained the title dragon slayer.
Katerina pov
As soon as the dragon died, out of the shadows came multiple eyes of spiders that said in our minds "ruler can't appraise" then on seeing me that said "danger Campione." Shun then tried to talk to them only to get stuff about the world ending and with that I knew their master had the same information my friend Sophia had and that I needed to follow them to learn more." I then said to the group, "I need to leave and talk to these things, I will meet you all at the exit." Then Shun tried to chase after us, the guide said "if she had a death wish leave her. I wont risk the party to chase."
Shun pov
It was another few days and we made it to the exit and needed Fei to return to dragon form and battle a strange bunch of wasps that the guide warned us not to be stung by. But on making to out we saw Katerina there with a large table and full tea set and a butler pouring tea for her. she looked at us and said, "what took so long?" But we just stared on and all wondering how she got here so fast and who was this butler but when we looked at the butler, we noticed he had insect wings. But the girl everybody knew as a villainess said, "this is the fairy king Oberon, and he is my servant forced to obey my every command."
She then explained "after I found the vestiges again, I made a deal with them and part of said deal involved getting a monster that was causing problems for them. Oberon was that monster; he is a reincarnation that went down an evolution path that led to him gaining a form much like his former life. This Oberon was a being that took on the traits of the character from the famous Shakespear plays. He was trying take over the world but trying to start by turning the labyrinth into fairy kingdom to start with. but vestiges and his forces were stuck in a stalemate, I broke said stalemate by killing all his fairy soldiers and forcing him into a binding contract to serve me."
she then explained "Oberon revealed a good deal about the world that D didn't have to reveal about the storm zones. They are worlds that developed from six points of earth's history that led to dead ends and ended up being removed. But somehow D brought them from another earth to this world and has some kind of plan with them. After we save the elf village, we will need to figure out a way to enter each place and stop them before D can use them. At least that is all Oberon knew. Now let's eat, I killed lots of animals and made a feast for us."
I wondered how she defeated what had to be a large horde of monsters and how she bargained with the spider monsters and what all terms came from the deal, but it was better to not dig too deep into things and keep such a powerhouse on our side. I also wondered what points in the history of earth the six worlds came from and what it meant for worlds to reach dead ends. But I was sure all the skills and levels we gain in the cave system would help give us the edge in the battle against Hugo and Sophia to come.
Katerina pov
It was after our meal; we left the guide with a meal and all the monster parts and flew off toward the elf village. But the stop before that was to the country that worshipped the goddess to get Fei a much better cloak to cover her wings. It was then Apollo returned to us and asked about the two religions and why nobody worshipped the other gods themselves. They would gain more power than that, that Oberon said, "I am sure D is preventing, she likely wants to keep divine blessings out of the power system."
It was while wondering around, we talked about Dustin the pope of the world of God and I said, "he is likely playing along with Hugo and not under Hugo's control directly." I can say for sure neither religion nor D, are to be trusted. We would be better off trusting whatever gods D brought under control. It was after that we talked about how the Nightmare saved a bunch of people in a county of this country.
It was a few days after that, we finally made it to the elf village and had to prepare for the coming attack. We then made it into the village to learn most of the other reincarnations from the class taught by Oka were being kept in this village. Also, they fact it was protected by a very strong barrier. But I was sure there had to be another way around it besides the gate we took in.
Chapter end
I had to compress things due to lack of time.
Next chapter will continue with the events at the elf village as everybody had to provide their defense and two powerhouses will meet.
But first Ichigo and Rukia will have to learn to control their new powers and grow even closer
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