[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 105: [Asterisks]

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His previously blurry gaze as it was covered in mist began to become increasingly clear with each second.

The place he was in right now was a dark place and was filled with a white mist that disturbed the view. Amidst all that fog, he could faintly see the existence of anyone other than himself.

As his gaze grew clearer, he saw that everyone there was also looking around them in confusion. Clearly they knew nothing about this situation they had just encountered.

A while later, the fog that covered their sight had completely disappeared and made them able to see everything clearly.

Even so, the fog still did not disappear completely. The fog that had covered their faces was now gathering on the ground and covering the ground where they stood, making their feet invisible.

" … Hey, do you guys know what's going on right now? "

Fed up with the curiosity and silence that continued to reign, Noelle decided to start the conversation first by asking about what happened.

" … No, I was suddenly sent here when the fog swallowed me."

The one who answered the question was a girl who was about his age. The girl was lying on a large pillow that floated in the air. Even though they were all in a state of confusion, the girl's face strangely remained relaxed and looked like it was sleepy.

"Then ... How did you all come here? "

Noelle asked and looked at everyone who was there.

Including her, there were a total of eight people who came to this strange place, with five men including her, and three women. They all had an attractive aura and looked completely different from most humans.

A stern-faced man and cold eyes with armor and a military suit that had white and blue accents, as well as a long sword hanging from his waist suspiciously replied to Noelle's question.

"I was also sent here because of the fog. What about you guys? "

"I am too."

"That fucking fog brought me here."

"Mrs."

"I think we're lucky."

"What's that fog? "

A variety of different answers came in quick succession to answer the man. It started from a young man carrying a spear, then continued by a man without top clothes with a rough-looking appearance, a black-haired young girl carrying a large scythe, and then continued by a man without top clothes, an adult female with eyes covered by a black cloth and wearing a transparent white hood, and ended by a boy wearing a purple tuxedo suit.

Each of them had an appearance that attracted Noelle's interest, but she still couldn't get much action right now.

Silence filled the air around them. Noelle was busy thinking about some things about this situation so much that she did not care about the people around her, and everyone there also seemed to be doing the same thing she was doing.

It was clear that they were all immersed in their own world.

Why are they in this place? For now, this question is the most visual for Noelle.

As long as he could find the answer to this question, he could form some random conclusion in his head, then sort everything out until he found the most appropriate answer.

Based on the answers of everyone there, both himself and them came to this place right after being swallowed by the mysterious fog. So, for now, Noelle must find out about what the fog really is.

It seemed that everyone was also thinking the same thing as him as they were also taking the fog on the ground seriously.

However, no matter what he thought, he was simply unable to find a definite answer regarding the situation he was currently in.

Noelle subconsciously clicked her tongue and caught everyone's attention.

" … What? "

Although he didn't really mind the awkward silence, he wasn't happy to be stared at by so many people like that.

A woman wearing a transparent white blindfold and veil standing a few feet away from him smiled and shook her head.

"No. I just feel like we're all just coincidentally thinking the same thing, huh? "

"really? " ask a man with a spear.

"You're all thinking about how it all got this way, right? Then we're the same."

(No. Not really.)

Noelle wanted to directly refute the woman's words, but she decided to hold him back and keep quiet.

It is natural to think about what has just happened if someone is involved in a shocking situation. That's not a strange thing. Instead, all of them who were thinking the same thing at the same time were very natural things.

"Then ... What did you do before the fog swallowed you? Maybe there's a clue that could lead us here" Noelle said.

They all made a thoughtful gesture for a moment, then answered Noelle in quick succession, starting with the woman with the blindfold.

"I'm reading an ancient religious book I just found in a small church."

"If it were me, I would be enjoying my time with my beloved after conquering the labyrinth" said the man, who did not wear the clothes.

The man in full military uniform thought of a few things before finally answering.

"At that time I was making some plans that I would give to my subordinates."

"If it was me, I'd just enjoy my time alone at the temple."

" … Hunting monsters ... In dungeons," said a girl with a large scythe in her hand.

"If I were .. I was exterminating the 'insects', then resting to read some strange book I just found there," replied a girl lying on her large floating pillow.

He really looked relaxed there.

Noelle then turned to a boy wearing a purple tuxedo suit with a red butterfly ribbon over his white shirt.

The man looked the same age as her. However, the aura that the male emitted was much more childish when compared to Noelle.

"I? I'm on a short break from my job as a bartender in the slums! If I remember, I was also reading a letter that came out of nowhere. And vou? What did you do before the fog swallowed you? " ask the man while looking at Noelle.

Noelle simply shrugged her shoulders lightly and answered her without the slightest sense of objection.

"I'm in the process of investigating the strange ruins that have just been found. I was also reading a few sentences that were on one of the walls of the ruins."

Noelle then showed her notebook to everyone there. He considered that the information he had obtained from the ruins was not a secret that should be closely guarded, so he happily pointed it out.

After all, showing the information he had like this was important to find a mutual conclusion.

"I've never seen anything written in this language, but .. It has the same meaning as the text I read before" said the blindfolded woman.

Noelle who saw that didn't want to ask.

"Hmm? Can you see it? With those blindfolds? "

" … I have clairvoyance … "

He decided to pretend that he did not hear the angry tone of the woman, and turned his eyes to everyone.

"What about you guys? Do you know this language? "

Everyone there without exception immediately shook their heads. It's obvious that it's foreign. Noelle can easily translate it because she has the language comprehension skill that all reincarnators have.

"I don't know about the language, but .. I also just read the same sentence before the fog appeared."

What the man with the spear meant was the translation of the new foreign language Noelle had shown. Noelle nodded her head understandingly while making some schemes in her head.

"In short, can I conclude that you do not understand this language, but you read the translation in some other source before the mist appears.. Right? "

"That's how it is" replied the man in a full military suit.

Noelle noted a few things in her notebook and made some small conclusions. The only thing they had in common before they came to this place was, they read the same sentence before the fog moved them.

Silence once again took control of the situation, before it was finally broken by the intense tremors that had occurred on the ground where they were resting.

Everyone there including Noelle instantly prepared their weapons and anticipated the impending attack. However, the intended attack never appeared.

The ground continued to tremble violently and produce a deafening rumbling sound. The fog that filled the floor where they had stood before slowly shifted as if being blown away by another energy that suddenly appeared.

Moments later, bright rays filled the place, bringing up the figure of a giant faceless female statue with stretched hands, and two winged baby figures that were clinging to both of her hands.

Unmistakably, it was a statue of the same model with the arrangement of stained glass that Noelle had seen just a moment ago.

The purple crystal on the forehead of the statue of the woman emitted a ray that instantly shined right at the eight of them as if it was scanning them.

In just less than ten seconds, the beam that scanned their bodies instantly disappeared, along with the disappearance of the huge tremor that had once ruled the ground where they were resting.

However, it did not take long until finally a stronger vibration appeared and made everyone except the girl lying on the big pillow lose balance.

Noelle fell down in a sitting position while grasping her sword very tightly. It also took out several other swords that floated around it and was on standby for an attack.

The tremors grew stronger and the ground before them all slowly gave rise to countless gigantic stone statues, standing around the statue of the woman as its center.

The statue of the woman was standing right in the middle of the eight statues that appeared simultaneously, then behind the eight statues appeared eight other statues lined up neatly diagonally that will form a circular pattern if connected with the statue behind it. The scene continued to occur until their gaze was filled with a gigantic stone statue.

There were only countless gigantic stone statues as far as their eyes could see. Each row had only eight statues standing horizontally, while the straight line section continued to extend backward, to where they could not see.

The eight statues standing in the front row each had their right hand raised parallel to the waist, and their open palms contained a floating crystal of different colors on each statue.

each crystal has a different color. Noelle digs into her memory and discovers that the crystal is one of the details on the stained glass array she saw in the previous ruins.

" … What happened? "

As the situation had already subsided and the tremors on the ground slowly disappeared, the girl with the huge scythe asked warily while preparing to attack at any time with her scythe.

As if answering his question, a huge holographic screen suddenly appeared before the giant statue of the woman, displaying a sentence that they did not quite understand the meaning of.

『[Asterisk], 47th generation has been collected. Commencing the ritual inheritance of sacred treasure.《Souris》,《Ortis》,《Ructus》,《Tristan》,《Mordred》,《Auger》,《Caver》,《Pauper》』

As if following the instructions on the hologram screen, the eight crystals each in the statue's hands then spun rapidly, then floated closer to Noelle and the others.

One of the dark violet colored crystals with a floating hologram screen that read《Souris》it approached Noelle and spun before her.

Noelle thought that the writing《Souris》 which was on the hologram screen in front of her was the name of the violet crystal itself. As soon as he noticed it, the hologram screen immediately disappeared and the violet crystal instantly moved and floated right above his right palm.

As he turned his head in the other direction, he saw each crystal with colors and inscriptions on the different hologram screen was approaching the people who were there.

The man in a full military suit got a bright green crystal with the inscription《Ructus》on his hologram screen, while the man with the spear got a blood red crystal with the name《Tristan》.

That process happened to everyone there until they all got one crystal each.

Yellow crystal with the name《Ortis》 is obtained by men who use a tuxedo suit, and men who do not use a top and look rough get a brown crystal with the name《Caver》.

The young girl with the big scythe got a dark blue crystal with the name《Mordred》, then the girl who had been lying on her pillow had gotten a pink crystal that had the name《Pauper》, which she had always said, and the last is the woman whose eyes are covered by the cloth. He himself got a gold crystal which has the name《Auger》.

Once they had received all the crystals, the large hologram screen instantly disappeared, and all the crystals in their hands instantly shone with great light.

Noelle felt an extremely painful sensation that attacked her head all of a sudden. Although he had resistance to pain, for some reason he could clearly feel the sensation of pain striking his head blindly.

Not only Noelle, but everyone who had the crystal also experienced the same thing because they made a painful face.

Noelle held onto her head to ease the pain that kept attacking her nonstop. However, instead of easing, the pain was getting worse. It was as if something in the crystal had slipped into his head and ruffled what was inside there.

Instantly, an image of what the eight of them should be doing suddenly appeared in their respective heads.

The various horrifying images of what was happening in the future, those things were too terrifying for them to see at once, making their faces all grow even paler.

It's really terrible. They knew nothing about the reason they were brought to this place, and now, they were instead forced to get a picture of their future that was too terrifying. There's no way they're gonna accept this.

Those various images continued to enter their heads nonstop, flooding their heads with various terrifying information. Despite that, their faces looked so calm. Or rather, they forced him to look like that.

"What is this ... Our job …? "

Noelle's voice asking that really sounded weak and flat as if there was no emotion in it. Not only him, but everyone there was like that.

The man with the spear standing not far from him instantly frowned while showing a face full of obvious hatred.

"Asterisk .. This legacy crystal gives us an idea of the future, and the task we have to do to prevent it."

They all have different expressions. However, what equalized them all was the look of hatred that controlled their aura and voice.

"They .. Their existence cannot be allowed to live. We have to do it."

Although they still did not quite understand about what was happening now, at least they already knew some things from the inheritance crystal they had.

It helps them to stay calm and maintain their sanity while looking at that picture of the future.

The people who are in the picture of the future in their heads, they have to finish off all those people. Those people are the true seeds of disaster for their lives.

The eight of them have something else in common. That is, their indifference to the world and others is actually quite high. But, another case if it is a figure or existence that they consider valuable. They would do anything if it was to protect him.

In fact, if they all had to do an act that could change their lives completely.

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At the same time, Cryll who was investigating the different ruins of Noelle was startled by the sight before her.

What was before him were hundreds of spears that grew from the ground and pierced through the bodies of people who were clearly lifeless.

The bodies of those people were filled with various slash and stab wounds that looked terrifying. The sight of them being stabbed in such a way was too terrifying that any normal person would instantly vomit upon seeing it.

The internal organs dangling out from their bellies that had been hollowed out by the spear had shriveled and decayed, rotting, while the blood around all the bodies had dried up and gave off a very foul and painful smell to the nose.

Based on that, Cryll was able to deduce that they had all been dead since a few days or weeks ago. But, it would produce a contradiction that he could not find the answer to.

If they had indeed been dead for a long time, why did the agent sent by the Earl not give a report on this? Is it because he is the culprit? The chances are pretty small.

"I wonder what Noelle would say if she saw this … "

A wry smile formed on Cryll's lips. Just by thinking about it, he could clearly imagine that Noelle would instantly refuse to come to this place.

After all, Noelle had a sense of smell that was too sharp that this rotten place would be a kind of hell for her.

"But ... Still ... Who caused all this …? "

Cryll had absolutely no guesses for it. At least, he did not know someone by this kind of brutal killing.

Also, who are these victims? Why would they be in an uncharted area of ruins? Too many questions for Cryll to answer on his own.

For the time being, he would clear all the bodies and continue his investigation in the ruins, before finally giving the Earl a report on the thing he had just discovered.

Or at least that was what he thought before he finally sighed resignedly and drew his sword while glancing towards the dozens of people who suddenly appeared with their weapons pointed at him.

"I think this will be a little troublesome … "

Cryll's way of fighting isn't that great to use in a forest full of trees. Because, the lightning strike effect of his weapon would easily burn that forest.

Burning the forest was not in the agreement of the contract he signed with Noelle when they accepted the job the Earl had given them.

He hates to admit it, but …

"In times like these, Noelle is the most useful person … "

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