INK START FANTASY: Dream
CHAPTER 164: I AM NOT YOUR HERO
Doing actions or activities that have a big impact, especially regarding the beliefs and culture of people in large numbers, is not possible without the hope of any reward.
INK START FANTASY world is a world where the setting of the place has a difficult time. In addition to having to fight even to live, war can break out at any time, because the place is still in the form of a kingdom.
Especially in a situation of great war like this. Therefore, what Dreams do, which act without hope of getting a reply, is very rare.
Not only is the setting of the Dream place already in peacetime, his daily life is even quite comfortable when compared to the lives of the inhabitants of this world, the world of INK START FANTASI. After all, his life as an Indonesian citizen, has become accustomed to helping the commonwealth without the hope of any reward.
That was what caused, be it the elves of the Borneo Twig knights and the three dark elves souls in front of Dream were astonished by the sincere act of Dream.
His actions were very large, where the lives of the elves, both the elves themselves and the dark elves, to be able to return to nature after their death. Helping the summoned dark elf souls to return to earth that is not even for one or two people, it is already a very great deed.
Therefore, the three dark elf souls before the Dream, willingly gave themselves up without being able to return to earth like the others just to repay the good of their own Dreams. After all, the attitude of any player who wanted strength, did not radiate from the current Dream attitude.
The soul absorbed by the Dream, will turn into a stat improvement upon itself, however, the Dream rejects it outright and it does not reflect the behavior upon a player.
That attitude, made both the three dark elf souls and the Borneo Branch knights dumbfounded.
Meanwhile, several red and blue colored orbs came and surrounded the Dream. These different colored orbs, were souls that belonged to beastman warriors and humans who died in battle.
Because those who seem to want to communicate with Dreams, Dreams wave their hands to change them to have a spirit form like darl elves.
"greetings to the knight lord, I am the Fluted, I will represent my beastman friends to speak"
"greetings to the knights of the Dream, I am Turhaya of Vestia, I will represent the people of Vestia to speak"
Yes, these two people were beastman warriors and Vestia warriors who had been killed. They introduced themselves to each of their representatives.
"sir Turhaya, please give us a chance to speak first"
"please"
Flal spoke afterwards, then got his approval.
"mr Dream, we heard your conversation with the dark elves. At first we did not understand the soul problems that even exist in your body. But we finally understood that. As a beastman race, a race that upholds the value of fighting, we pride ourselves on an honorable death in battle. After listening to your talk, give us a chance to be your strength. You are the knight who made the war this time possible for us by gathering us all here. You have proven yourself and become worthy of it. We plead, make us your strength, an honor for us to even fight and be useful after our death"
"sama here. We are different from the elves who have the ultimate goal of returning to earth. You who are fighting those beings who are carrying that damage, It would be better for us, if we can still be beneficial, even in our deaths. At least we still feel we can protect our families and descendants. Accept our souls, lord of knights"
Dreams were silent hearing the words of the two of them. Getting additional power is indeed very tempting, especially with the approval of the opposite party.
But those souls, those who ask the Dream, are the souls of a humanoid, 'human souls', which are different from the souls of monsters. Absorbing their souls, even though it was their own request, made Dreams dwell in thought.
This is indeed a game world, it has nothing to do with real life, but their behavior is similar to that of humans in general, making Dreams think hard. It is the soul of man, the taboo activity of action concerned with the soul.
Not only that, the damning thing of Dreams, is the matter of their next words-
"i'm not the hero you asked me to be. Fight or not me, not you guys who decide. Expecting, even asking me to crush your enemies? that's none of my business. I will fight if they harm those closest to me, even if it's your own acquaintances. Don't expect, let alone ask me to be your hero"
They were silent to the words of Dreams. The hope of becoming a hero is what they say, at least according to Dreams.
The dream of playing INK START FANTASI is not because it has a purpose, let alone being like the hero they expect, he just wants to fulfill his ego. Life in the family sphere surrounded by talented people in martial arts, made Dreams frustrating with his own body.
The world of gaming is his chance to be able to move freely. He also does not have big ambitions even to the point of wanting to be the strongest.
The quest for power is based solely on the instincts of a player. The game will always look for an addition in the abilities that can be sought by the player and Dreams that take the fighter roll, will feel happy if you get the strength that is there, but not with additions overshadowed by responsibilities.
The request of those who expected the Dream to use it against an enemy that was considered bad by their world, was felt heavy by him. That is why Dreams resolutely reject the expectations they impose on Dreams.
"BUAHAHAHAHAHA"
The momentary silence broke out, as a loose laugh that was barreling out from the mouth of Fluted.
"ah, I'm sorry Mr. Dream, it seems that you are quite misunderstood by my words. I, especially us beastmen, do not expect big things from you. We only see for ourselves with our eyes that you do not use your powers at will and crush the innocent. From there, we believe that you will not use your power in a way that is not good for us. With that, we feel confident in you. That's what we meant before. We become believers, at least, our souls can still fight not for just anything. Please accept our soul. The beastmen will be even more proud, even still able to fight after our deaths"
Flocked, the beastman who said those words, knelt down afterwards. Then one by one other beastman souls who were in their humanoid form due to Dreams, knelt down before Dreams.
Seeing that the beastmen were kneeling down, Turhaya and every single soldier of the Vestia kingdom also knelt down before Dream-head
"i apologize in advance, we, no, I, did expect the Dream Master to be the hero who crushed those otherworldly evil beings, but as Mr. Bergal said, so to speak, you showed me what you did. I will not force you to act like our hero, at least we believe that you will not use your power for things that are not right and harm the world. Please accept our soul, as a knight, we are proud to be the strength of the person we believe is right"
""we beg!""
They all shouted in their kneeling poses in unison. The scream is actually very large and can even shake the entire area and can be heard to every ear of the people present here.
Unfortunately, they, the soldiers who were still alive and were carrying out and looking at the handover event that the elves were doing, could not hear the loud screams, either, even what was happening before the current Dream was not seen in the slightest by them. There were only nine people from all over who were there who saw and heard what was going on.
Four of them are the knights of the Borneo Branch near the Dream, because their sensitivity to the soul is higher and when the soul orbs are transformed in their original body shape by the Dream, they see and hear what is happening. The other two were elf elders, including one of them was Elder Feanor who did possess high-level spirit abilities.
They goosebumps and shudders at the scene unfolding before the Dream. The thunderous events and voices of the souls asking for Dreams are unusual.
"heh~ that guy..."
"what's up Ki?"
"don't you see it?"
"miscarriage of flowers from elves' trees and regrowth of vegetation? yeah, it's beautiful.."
Jackfruit who answers questions from IKILUA that he misinterpreted.
"can't you see Michel, too?"
"if what you mean is different to what this person means, then it's not"
The direct disciple of the teacher who had a level even god-level, the sensitivity to spirits became higher, so that he was able to see what was going on in the presence of Dreams.
"...I accept your request. Will you help me and be my strength?"
Back to the Dream. Initially the long silence of the Dream after seeing what they said and what happened.
Their request has been unanimous and there is no complete imposition of the expectations of the charged hero. Eventually Dreams decide and accept their souls which will form an additional force for the Dream.
""I'm Accepting it""
Their near-transparent forms as the momentary changes of the orb-shaped soul slowly disappeared. It turns into a grain of light that flies towards the body of the Dream.
[Beastman Souls Got]
[Soul Absorbed By Its Own Will]
[Soul Is the Existence of the Elite]
[Soul Will Be Your Strength And Protector]
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[Human Souls Are Gained]
[Soul Absorbed By Its Own Will]
[Soul Is the Existence of the Elite]
[Soul Will Be Your Strength And Protector]
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All the souls of both the beastman and the soldier of Vestia were absorbed into the Dream Body. When the soul of the soldier Vestia began to be absorbed and the notification was obtained, Dream had vibrated, because the notification mentioned about the soul of 'human', something that is still considered wrong by Dream with things that smell human soul.
Although this is just a game and has nothing to do with real life, the values that Dreams already hold are contrary to the current situation.
"is the notification different from before?"
"of course! the souls you take are not souls you take by force, but their complete surrender. Look at yourself, boy!"
The notification of the system was different when Dream absorbed the monster soul and she wondered about it. The origin answers the Dream question and gets an explanation from it.
As Dream looked at herself, a thin aura formed throughout her body. The absorbed souls formed like a thin white robe and enveloped the Dream.
"oh, what is this?"
The souls are still in the process of absorption in the Dream body. The number of souls that fell from the beastman and the Vestia warrior side was not one-two, that was why the absorption process took time, but slowly, slowly, the absorbed souls formed a whole white robe on his body.
[New Capabilities Added]
[Soul Robes]
[The Current Soul Cloak Has Recorded the First Stage]
Similarly, with system notifications, appear in front of Dreams.
So this is included in the ability yes.we check later, at this time..
"you have gathered. All right, I'll help you"
The group of brown-colored orbs that were the souls of the dark elves had gathered. It seemed like they had gathered the souls of their relatives had been killed all over the battlefield.
However, as soon as Dreams raised their hands to help their souls fuse into the earth, the dark elves orb-orbs moved away from Dreams.
"what else?"
Dreams were completely clueless with the attitude of the souls of the dark elves. At first they look happy and excited when the Dream wants to help them, but once the Dream wants to do its initial process, they step away and look unwilling to do so.
"can I speak sir?"
One of the dark elves of the three dark elves who were still in full form of his body spoke.
"say"
"what they feel is the same as what I feel. Even after seeing the souls of the beastmen and humans before, we have decided. It is true that you do not want to return the favor and intend to expose it, in my heart even today, the thought of return still comes to mind, but we, after seeing what happens, have seen what happens, that desire is greater than simply returning to nature. Let us also be a part of your strength!"
The dark elf said and knelt down in front of Dream, as well as the other two dark elves who were beside him. As soon as the dark elf did that after finishing his sentence, the entire orb that was the soul of the dark elves came closer.
"..."
"if what the knight lord thinks becomes a burden or a hero-like request, please get rid of it. Relatives, even our races on this land have been completely toyed with by those people. The knight lord was not a part of them and was on the opposite side of them. In our death that saw combat while still in soul form, we see you not only saving some of our brothers, but also being the one who was most instrumental in fighting the group. Our sense of revenge is greater to return in peace to nature after our death. In the future, if you still become like you are today, you will clash again with them resulting in our family being like this. Even if it's just a small act, at least we feel that if it becomes your strength, we play a role in our revenge. Please, take us!"