Chapter 59 Another two weeks have passed since we found the remains of the members of the church of Agatha inside of that frozen cave and it's also been two weeks since my father called for a meeting due to the discovery of the remains and the existence of corrupted creatures. And since then, the entire Florentine city was put on the highest alert, and strict curfew rules were also implemented every night, just to make sure that everyone within the city is safe and properly following the security protocol, especially now that we're facing an unknown enemy. We don't even know if this changes happen because of the mysterious fog or if they just have the same source. Once the curfew started you can see a platoon of soldiers patrolling every nook and corner of the city, to ensure that no corrupted creatures have slipped through and entered the city that can post harm to our people. In addition to that it's been three weeks since the fog have appeared and trapped us all inside the wall of our city, and due to the growing danger outside. I was forced to educate them on how to do an emergency drill, to keep them all safe in case of an attack from the corrupted creatures, and the results are gratifying. The drills that I taught them are composed of lessons on what to do during an attack, where to go, How to keep themselves safe, and what are the things that they need to bring during the evacuation. I conducted this drill in the city for an entire week and make sure that every citizen and soldier have already memorized everything before dismissing them. I also dedicated several public buildings in different parts of our city to be converted into an evacuation area, and to do that in the fastest way was to force most of our powerful knights to become a temporary construction workers to dig a huge underground place that could hold a lot of people in case of an attack. We are short on time, okay. If I would use normal soldiers to dig up this massive underground shelter, then it might take us months to finish it, but if I used the knights and utilizes their aura in digging the ground then our speed would be groundbreaking. And at the same time, although it might sound absurd to prepare all of this things, for something that didn't happen. It's still much better to be ready than not. I have already learned my lessons the hard way when I was still living on earth, especially for surprise quizzes that our professor loves to do from time to time. To be honest, I just don't want to die again at a very young age of 11, besides I still haven't seen enough of this world and I know that there's still a lot of things that I haven't discovered out there. So, dying is not an option especially, now that I have a bright future waiting for me. Aside from that, there are still a ton of things that I want to do in this world. I can't just be contented on this place, even though our territory is big, it's still nothing if you compare it to an entire world. At the same time, I still want to see the things that I only heard from the stories of people in the tavern and I also want to explore a lot of interesting place. I also want to build an empire of my own. Well, maybe in the future I'm not even sure if I want to do this as I know that I need to do a lot of things to accomplish this so for now I'll put this agenda into the back of my mind. I guess that's just one of my dreams that I want to do in the future, and I think everyone who transmigrated into a new world would also do the same thing that I did. I mean, I also want to quickly modernize this medieval world and bring a lot of technological innovations into this place. But I'm not an all-knowing genius that knows a lot. I might have some basic knowledge regarding chemistry and physics but that is very far from constructing a computer or any modern gadgets to speak off. I'm not even sure if I could find the same material on this planet to build them as I only know a few ores and even if there's a miracle and I managed to make a computer what am I gonna used it for? I'm thinking all of this not just because I miss the comfort of my modern life but also because I wanted all of this people to experience the convenient life of a modern world. Although I can't build those high-tech stuff at least I know some things that I could make an improvement that would surely have a huge impact to their lives. But before all of that, I know for a fact, that we are now our own. And it would not be easy for us to defend the entire city against the siege of corrupted creatures, especially now that our connection with the Turox kingdom is cut off. It's impossible to expect for any reinforcement coming in. As long as we remain trapped inside of this fog, none of us can relax as we please. In addition, during the past few weeks, a lot of unusual things were reported to us by our patrolling soldiers inside the fog. That includes the report about some parts of the forest that suddenly died down for unknown reasons but immediately came back to life in just a matter of days. At first, we thought that our soldiers were just suffering from hallucinations brought by the fog. Since every time we inspected the place that they have reported, we didn't find the dead forest that they claim but as more and more reports come in, the official knights of the territory finally get involved. And at last, after a few days of waiting, we finally confirmed that all the reports of our soldiers are true. Somehow, there seems to be something that's sucking out all the life and vitality of the forest. Corrupting everything within its reach, but somehow there's also a strange power that's stopping the corruption from spreading further as it always restores the forestry around the territory to its former glory. Aside from this unusual phenomenon my father also allows Sandra to further investigate the magic rune hidden underneath the city. At first, Sandra was really happy because of this. However, just after 3 days of investigation she finally give up and reported to my father that it was impossible for her to uncover anything useful from the ancient ruin. Because she can only make assumptions about what are those runes are for, but she can't really test it out, since she is only a scholar, not a magician. Sandra said that in order for her to have a progress in the research of the ancient runes we must first, find a magician who can test out all the rune inscriptions that she have concluded, that can describe the capability and power of each rune. It's also been two weeks since I started to practice and create my own skills using the technique of the Stratnan family. They can easily construct a barrier anywhere around them without having any physical contact which I can use on my own advantage. Well, at first, I thought it would be easy but It took me two weeks to succeed in creating my very own long-range attack. To be honest it's just an idea I don't even know if I can really make it. But I'm thinking of a sword made up of pure aura covered in the power of lightning element since it is the main element of my family's cultivation technique. I didn't even realize that it took me this long to create this skill of mine. I was so engrossed in learning that I lost track of time. Mainly because there's a huge difference between our techniques, and it took me this long to find a way to include it into our own technique. But that's not what important right now, although I successfully created an original skill, It's still hypothetical and I can't still use it as I like. I can only use it as a hidden trump card since it would definitely take a great toll on my body if I used it. Based on my estimates a massive amount of mental strength is needed just to condense one lightning blade, and with my current strength I can only condense one lightning blade before I run out of mental energy but that is already enough to ensure my safety if I used it wisely, as the damages that it can do surpassed any skill of the same rank. I named this skill of mine as the blade of destruction. I know it sounds grand but this is what my skill really do. It destroys everything around it as its hits it's target. I still remember the first time that I tried to use this skill outside of the city as I want to test out the power of this attack and what happen on that day is not what I expect. *Flashback 3 days ago* "Master Lucas, are you sure about this?" Michael asks apprehensively as he follows me outside the wall of the city. "How many times do I have to tell you that this time, I am sure that I can finally show you this awesome skill that I created." "But have you already forgotten what happen to you last time when you tried to do this?" He said worriedly as he put both of his hands on his head. Michael is pertaining to the things that happen to me last week when I tried to use this skill. Since I still haven't completed my skill sword of destruction at that time, I always suffer from some kind of minor backlash due to the failure of casting my skill. Every time I failed on casting it I would always suffer from some kind of mana backlash that affected my body. Like a mana blockage on my veins or a small mana explosion inside my body, though it sounds simple, but trust me it's very painful and the pain I felt every time it happens is unexplainable. I even need to force Michael to hide this secret from my father as I know that once he found out about it he would immediately stop me from experimenting on creating my own skill. "Don't worry Michael I already learn my lessons and this time I'm sure that I would definitely succeed." I said with determination as we decided to go a little further from the wall, enough to be face to face with the sickening fog. "But this is also the 4th time you told me about this Master Lucas, we can even consider ourselves lucky that we were able to hide this from your father, since Ethan still managed to heal you despite the terrible situation you were in during those times." Michael said worriedly as he also take a defensive stance to guard me against possible danger. "I know what you are worried about Michael, but as long as Ethan is with us then I'll be fine." I said in a calm manner as I started to focus my mind on releasing my skill. "You are fine because Ethan uses those precious potions to your body, and didn't he also warn you about the danger of creating your own skill?" Michael said in frustration as he goes into my back.