Fuse

"Alright, fellas, I am about to leave for another world." I announced to my 2 fellow Americans, Dori and Nahida, who had taken time out of their day to see me leave.

"You're coming back in like, a minute to check the time dilation." Dori pointed out as she fed her golden frog, Dhahab.

"I am about to leave for another world." I repeated.

Nahida giggled, "I hope you'll enjoy your adventure in the new world, Fuse. I'm sure you'll make many good friends there as you did here-"

"Eh, the place I'm going to is more wilderness than anything," I suddenly said, mildly surprising the two here, "I've played the game where I'm going, and to be frankly honest with you, I better be able to come back here because I'm not going to last in the wilderness for an extended period of time, to be perfectly honest with you."

Dori looked worried for just a second, then she smirked, "Oh? Well then may I interest you in a survival kit with an added manual, all suited to help you survive wilderness? It's massively discounted, and I don't think I've ever seen this be so cheap!"

I snorted, "You know what? If you can put that in my hand right now, I'll take it."

Dori deflated, "Nah, I don't keep it around here, I have them in a warehouse closer to the city."

"Shame."

Well, Teyvat's been very nice to me, even if it did feel like all I was doing was staying in 3 locations the entire time. But I'll be sure to remember Sumeru for as long as I live.

But now, it's time to move on.

Opening the portal to Garbanag's World, I said, "Alright, if I'm not back within a minute, just assume I'm in a fight. If I'm not here in 10 minutes, assume I'm not able to come back and move on with your day."

Nahida nodded, "Of course. And we'll be waiting for you here when you are able to come back in that scenario."

"Yep, but that's not going to happen, obviously. Because you'll be able to come back in 10 seconds." Dori confidently stated, getting a grin from me.

"I'm sure." I said as I walked backwards into the portal, "Alright, see ya!"

Falling down the portal, I calm my breathing so I can be ready for anything. I could be attacked literally at any time in this world, so it pays to be prepared.

Then, the world materialized around me as I landed onto…

The desert, it looks like.

Quickly checking my surroundings, there are some wild creatures here and there, but nothing like a pyramid or something. And this desert is pretty massive, I don't see any other biomes within eye distance.

Also, god damn, it was hot. Insufferable, even.

Yep, I'm going back to Teyvat-

[You cannot travel between worlds while in combat.]

…What?

The ground started rumbling, causing me to nearly trip before I had regained my footing.

"Oh, god damn it." I angrily looked at the ground, ready for anything.

I really do live in the worst timeline.

I quickly jumped away from my spot as it was quickly overtaken by a giant worm that would've eaten me if I hadn't jumped.

Alright, who's this ugly bastard?

Desert Scourge

Status: Great, Hungry

Stamina: Fine

Title: Calamity's Weakest

Overall Ranking: D

Power Rank: D [Expand]

Magic Rank: F- [Expand]

Social Rank: F- [Expand]

Quest Obtained:

[Cleaning Up The Desert]

Description: Someone hasn't bothered to check the desert! Now, you can finish their half-done work.

Objective: Kill the Desert Scourge.

Reward: 5 Minor Rank Points, 1 Desert Gacha Token, An Umbrella.

Oh, he's only a D rank? I think I can win that fight. Also, nice to get a quest for the first time in a while.

Also, wasn't this guy from… What the heck was that mod called…

Oh, wait, it literally says "Calamity's Weakest" right there, I'm illiterate.

I guess Garbanag is playing Calamity.

Now, how do I kill this thing without wasting my limited supply of bullets? Wait, I'm actually just a gun nut. I have magic!

I didn't have a lot of souls on me at the moment, so instead I used my geomancy.

As the Desert Scourge was falling back into the desert, I used [Earth Blast] several times, which picked up balls of sand and hardened it before being launched towards the worm.

It, predictably, didn't do much visibly. But that's usually the case with bosses like these.

Though, I don't have any way of measuring HP, so I guess I'll just have to wing it.

The Desert Scourge goes directly for me this time, but I was fast enough to just jump to the side with my agility, and throw several more [Earth Blasts] towards it.

Then, I had the genius idea in my head. I could just make a spell right now that would do several earth blasts, right?

Concentrating on the land around me, I do my best to visualize how the spell works, and…

Spell Created

[Multi-Earth Blasts - Sends balls of Earth towards an opponent. Amount of attacks able to be created is determined by Control Rank. Costs a medium amount of mana.]

Nice, nice. Ridiculous name, but I suppose I can't come up with anything better.

The Desert Scourge tanked the new attack, but it decided to burrow back into the ground before making another attack, so I tested out my other perk, [Monologue Boost], to see if it would work on a mindless creature.

"Well, I suppose the main part of my [Multi-Earth Blasts] is the one where I just take the Earth around me and throw it at you." I loudly said to nobody in particular, hoping the boost would take effect.

It was sort of a shitty explanation, but the simpler a thing is, the harder it is to sort of explain in a meaningful way.

Luckily, it worked.

[Monologue Boost has taken effect on [Multi-Earth Blasts]]

As the Desert Scourge jumped up from the earth, I used my newly boosted spell on it.

It immediately puts holes in the Desert Scourge, causing it to scream in pain.

I grinned, readying up more of those.

Yeah, truly the easiest boss in Calamity.


?

Hm? Why the hell is the Desert Scourge fighting something?

Heck, why even is the Desert Scourge on his radar? He has no beef with the worm. Haven't even met it before.

He twisted his body to dodge the Wall of Flesh's gross intestines from hitting him.

He immediately retaliated by shooting extra arrows into its bottom mouth, which destroyed basically everything in its path.

Yeah, he can figure that out later. He needed to complete pre-hardmode first.


Quest Completed:

[Cleaning Up The Desert]

Objectives: Kill The Desert Scourge [1/1]

Addendum: Who plays the game and doesn't go to the desert?

Reward: 5 Minor Rank Points, 1 Desert Gacha Token, An Umbrella.

You have gained: [Soul of the Desert Scourge], [Desert Scourge Treasure Bag]

Yeah, that is crazy.

Looking over the dead body of the first thing I killed in this world, I feel satisfied.

That was a pretty cool fight.

Well, anyways, I guess I'll open this desert gacha token and treasure bag and see what I get from it.

Common Class Upgrade Perk

[Sand Eater - You can now eat sand safely.]

[Ocean Crest - Allows you to recover your breath while standing still under water, and you are able to move slightly faster when wet.]

[Scourge of The Desert - A javelin made from the skin of the Desert Scourge. Can pierce through enemies, and travel through the ground.]

Wow.

It's all garbage. Totally worthless.

Welp, I guess I'll just go back to Teyvat.

Opening up the world menu and selecting Luciel's World, the portal opens up in front of me.

So, I walked in, fell down, and appeared back at Dori's place.

"Hey guys, how long was that?" I asked as I checked my own time, "Dang, that was a 7 minute fight?"

Dori glanced over to the clock, "Yep, 7 minutes, no time dilation."

Nahida curiously asked, "So, what did you fight?"

I shrugged, "It was a big worm called the Desert Scourge. It was really weak, though."

"You took 7 minutes to kill it." Dori pointed out.

"I was holding back."

"Uh huh." Dori said, clearly not convinced, "Well, you were in the desert, yeah? Do you need desert training? Because the Sumeru desert is massive."

I shook my head, "Nah, I think I'm good, but I'll take it if I need it."

"So, do you guys need anything from me, or am I good to go on my adventure?" I asked for the last time.

Dori shook her head, "Nah, stay safe."

Nahida shook her head as well, "Nope. I would just like to wish you good luck."

I gave them a thumbs up as I opened the portal back to Garbanag's World, "Alrighty, thanks for your support, cause I'm out of here!"

Then, I jumped into the portal again.

I came back to the desert, and I took a second look at my surroundings.

Again, it was pure desert.

Well, I guess I'll just pick a direction and start walking.

After maybe 10 minutes of just walking, I finally saw something other than a desert.

A hallowed desert.

It looks like this Garbanag player is in Hardmode, I don't know when he got to Hardmode, but…

He really didn't kill the Desert Scourge? That's kind of lazy.

Hm, should I go into the hallow? I assume that if I walk on that sand, all of the hallowed monsters will start to spawn…

…Could I get souls of light from them, even up here?

Ooh, I've got to try that.

Lightly jogging over to the hallowed desert, I spinned around a bit and crossed my fingers that monsters would start to spawn, and wouldn't you know it, some pixies and light mummies began to spawn.

"Hey, so you know how there's ground, right? Well what if I told you I can magically throw them at you?"

[Monologue Boost has activated on [Geomancy]]

Ah, so I guess something as broad as that would just buff the entire class. But I'd wager a guess and say that it's less effective than specifically detailing one spell.

Anyways, I kind of felt the urge to throw spears at them, so I tried to create a new spell that would allow me to shape the earth into spears.

And lo-and-behold.

[Earthen Spears - Shapens the earth around you into spears that you can throw at your enemy. Amount of attacks able to be created is determined by Control Rank. Costs a medium amount of mana.]

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

Using my new spell, I immediately score a couple of kills as the spears severed their heads. But nobody died from just body hits, so I'd wager critical hits are a thing.

But at least the pixies are all dead!

And also, I did get souls of light from them, so that's good.

Since these guys are also only C tier enemies, I got the urge to pull out California to test out its strength.

So I did.

Pulling out California's Pokeball and tossing it, California comes out swinging as he immediately uses some electric moves on my enemies, which fried them and killed most of them who got hit, leaving only a few extra tough stragglers.

I didn't tell him to do that, but hey, I respect a Regieleki who has free will.

Also, California was downright SADISTIC while chasing down the remaining guys, because he was beeping and jumping up and down so happily that you would've thought he was at a birthday party or something.

Not literally executing mummies and pixies with millions of volts of electricity.

As he finished up, I noted that I got all of the rewards for California's victory, so if I really wanted to, I could just tell California to go to town and I wouldn't have to do anything.

But on the other hand, if I do that, I'll fall behind on my skill, so I'll be weaker in future confrontations.

So unfortunately, I'll have to relegate California to only come out during dire circumstances.

California hopped up to me and beeped sadly, as if he had heard my thoughts.

And that's a good question, can he hear my thoughts?

California chirped.

Yeah, he can definitely hear my thoughts.

I patted him on the head, "Yeah, you goofball, sorry I'm going to have to bench you for a lot of things, but I promise you can fight more often so you can level up too."

California seemed to accept my proposal, as he simply let himself enter his own Pokeball.

What a funny little guy.

Alright, how's my mana looking… I'm working on about a quarter? I guess I'll use my swords, then.

And I guess I'll just keep going in a direction until I find something of interest.


After what must've been an hour of straight walking, I FINALLY got out of the desert.

And straight into a jungle!

World generation in Terraria is just so much fun.

Anyways, I remember the jungle being very deadly, so I'm just going to stay on the cautious side and stay ready for any fight.

Which is exactly the moment I found just some dude wandering about with no care in the world.

So, who is that guy?

Romeo

Status: Fine

Title: Traveling Merchant

Overall Ranking: C+

Oh, it's the traveling merchant.

Hm, I wonder if I could just murder him to get all of his loot? Some of those items were ridiculously priced anyways…

Walking up to him, he didn't notice me until I was right behind him and said, "Hey, nice to see someone around here."

Romeo jumped in shock as he turned around and saw me, and he exclaimed, "Oh dear lord! You gave me quite a scare there!"

…Genuinely, who talks like that?

"Yeah, sorry," I apologized half-heartedly, "My name is Fuse. I'm just wandering around, and I was hoping you knew of any landmarks around here? Like a village or something?"

Romeo's eyes gleamed as he said, "Oh? Well, my name is Romeo and I specialize in knowing things. If you pay me money, I suppose I could afford to tell you some information…"

"Alternatively, I could kill you." I deadpanned.

"There's a village somewhere east of here," Romeo immediately bent the knee, and he also had the courtesy to point where the east was.

I thanked him, and then I asked, "By the way, are you selling anything in particular?"

Romeo smiled, "Now you get me! Here are my wares."

He suddenly manifested a stall out of nowhere as he showed some various items with some outrageous pricing.

Quite frankly, nothing he had was good.

But maybe I could just kill him, he was only a C+ rank, right?

Hold on, let me double check that.

Romeo

Status: Great

Title: Traveling Merchant

Overall Ranking: A+

…Okay nevermind, he gets immunity while selling stuff.

"Hm, I don't think I have the money to buy anything here." I said, lying.

The enemies from earlier dropped some silver and copper coins. And also the copper magically transmuted themselves into silver in my inventory when I got 100 of them.

That being said, I actually don't have enough money to buy anything worthwhile here, I can only buy some dynasty wood, pho, and some other bits and pieces.

Romeo frowned, "Really? That's a shame."

I shrugged, "Well, I just did arrive here, after all."

Romeo's frown suddenly turned curious, "Oh? Did you come from another world like the Terrarian did?"

Oh, wow, I guess people from different worlds are common around here? Or maybe Garbanag is loose with his lips, who knows.

I didn't have anything to hide, really, so I answered, "Yeah, actually. How did you know?"

Romeo's face then turned to something similar to what Dori's face turns into when she sees money to be made, "Aha, why don't you travel with me for a while, and I can tell you all that I know?"

…It looks like I'll be talking to another merchant for my time in this world. No doubt Dori would like this guy.

I nodded, "Sure, why not. Where are we going?"

Romeo started walking and talking, and then of course I followed him as he spoke, "Well, I'm currently collecting goods across the continent at the moment. After I'm finished with that, I'll be heading to Dumpster to sell my wares to the Terrarian."

…Dumpster?

"Is Dumpster the name of a town?" I asked.

Romeo nodded, "Of course! It's the biggest town on this continent, and it's built and owned by the Terrarian, Garbanag!"

That name is…

Truly American.

I'd like to meet this Garbanag fellow and give him a pat on the shoulder for coming up with a name like that, and making all of his citizens unironically call their village "Dumpster."

"That's cool, that's cool," I tried to keep my voice as neutral as possible, trying to avoid laughing my ass off.

Romeo, fortunately, continued on with his monologue, "Garbanag is a one of a kind man! Or, well, bird. You see, Garbanag is a birdman, and so he has the head of a bird, claws, and feathers all over his body! I asked about taking a few of his feathers, but he said no."

Oh, a birdman? That's interesting to know. I guess I can just mentally check off anyone that doesn't have feathers.

Romeo continued, "Anyhow, Dumpster is a wonderful place, filled with a diverse amount of people. And for me, that's a diverse way of making money!"

This guy…

Yeah, that sense of greed really is the American spirit.

I tested out the waters a bit, asking, "Why do you want to make money, anyways?"

Because to be fair, this is a wild world they're in. I don't see many uses for money.

Romeo smiled, "Well, obviously, the one with the most money is the most free! And I wish to be the freest of them all!"

Yeah, Romeo is a great guy. Definitely an American who doesn't realize he's American.

I smiled, "That's a very good reason, it reminds me of my own country."

Romeo's curiosity tingled, as he asked, "Oh? Do tell me more about your country. Garbanag's country was very interesting to learn about!"

Wait, seriously? Does Garbanag just tell anyone about anything?

"Wait, I just want to ask, what country is Garbanag from?"

"Oh, I believe the name was… The United Kingdom?"

THE FUCKING BRITIIIIISSSSHHHHH!

OF COURSE THOSE DIRT EATING SHIT MAKING PIECES OF ABSOLUTE VERMIN DROPPINGS AND UPTIGHT SHIT STAINS WOULD FUCKING DARE TRY TO COLONOZE ANOTHER ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD BECAUSE THEY JUST CANT STAND THEIR OWN ISLAND! THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THE BRITISH SINCE THEIR INCEPTION BECAUSE THE BRITISH ARE ALL A BUNCH OF RETARDED RETARDS TRYING TO PUT THEIR TINY LITTLE RAT HANDS INTO EVERYONE'S ASS! I HATE THE FUCKING BRITISH AND I SHOULD FUCKING KILL GARBANAG AND SHOW HIM HOW IT FELT TO BE A FUCKING REDCOAT IN 1776!

Romeo tilted his head and asked, "Uh, Fuse, why do you look so upset? I can see it through your mask!"

"Excuse me, I need to go kill something." I said, gritting my teeth as I separated from Romeo to go to a nearby mountain, which I saw had some sort of cave entrance.

I need to enter my training arc so I can kill this British bastard.


AN:

This chapter is 3k words long, but considering I dropped 8k 2 days ago on the 23rd, I think it's just okay.

This is being written on the 20th, by the way.

You might be thinking to yourself "How are you going to make an open world like Terraria work for your story?" and to that I answer "uhhh. I can, probably."

Not gonna lie, making that paragraph about Fuse just hating on the British was really funny. He got that 1776 attitude.

(I've taken a look at my motivation to make long chapters for Manifest Destiny, and I've decided to just cut down on my expectations to get 5k~ish chapters every time. I'll lower it to like, 2~3k every chapter every 2 weeks & American holiday. I was gonna be all apologetic about it, but then I kind of saw my FFN favorites and follows go down by 1 and all I said to myself was 'oh somebody just realized they favorited this by accident lol.'

Unlike Time Capsule where I keep the comments and review tabs open at all times so I can see what people are saying about it, I have 0 care in the world for what people think about Manifest Destiny, I am in control of my own cringe American SI-OC destiny or whatever.

Pretty content with my decision as I'm writing this, so hopefully I'll be able to write this to the end without dying out just as my other 7 attempts did.)