Cheat Awakening

BOOM!

Myne stared into the inky blackness before him, suddenly, another enormous explosion erupted, bathing the hall in a blinding red light so intense he could barely open his eyes. The light lingered for two full minutes before gradually dimming, revealing a large, gleaming doorway like a portal in its wake.

"Did that disc's energy blast activate this portal by accident?" Myne pondered, gulping down high-grade mana potions one after another. A few seconds of hesitation later, he decided to investigate. After downing twenty mana potion bottles, a sense of confidence buoyed him. He re-entered his ghost form and swiftly glided towards the doorway.

Unseen by his physical eyes, several meters from the wall breach he'd created, a small ball of white light pulsed on the pool of blood. It blinked a few times weakly before dispersing into tiny light particles that vanished into the darkness.

"Just as I thought, it was indeed a portal. But where does it lead? It doesn't seem like any ordinary portal I've used. The energy it released alone would be enough for me to use any skill without worrying about mana for an entire year.

I doubt it just leads to some random location in any kingdom I know," Myne muttered, rubbing his chin as he gazed at the ten fist-sized, multicoloured gems adorning the doorway's peak, which now glowed with a flash of intense brilliance.

After averting his gaze from the luminous gems, Myne circled the doorway before taking a deep breath and deciding to venture inside the portal. In terms of seeking death, he wasn't any less fearless than the fatty.

As Myne's ghostly form entered the portal, a sensation akin to being doused with freezing cold water in the dead of winter overwhelmed him. The discomfort was so intense that his entire body trembled to its core, his teeth chattering uncontrollably. However, the most bizarre sensation was the feeling of a hundred-kilogram boulder crushing his shoulders upon exiting the portal.

His entire body felt incredibly heavy, even while he was in his ghost state and currently flying. It was horrifying to imagine what would happen if he were to return to normal, maybe he directly fall to the ground.

"What the hell is this feeling? Why do I suddenly feel so heavy?" Myne gritted his teeth through the discomfort. He ceased flying and landed on the ground, attempting his best to stabilize the unease coursing through his body.

However, while Myne was trying to compose himself, he abruptly felt an invisible pressure envelop his entire being, it was so powerful it rendered him incapable of even blinking, and a thought that he will instantly explode like a ballon if he dared to show any resistance appear in his mind.

Just when Myne was about to wet his pants in fear of what going to happen to him next, suddenly an extremely hot energy, akin to molten lava, surged through his body. The pain was so excruciating that his entire body convulsed uncontrollably. The invisible pressure prevented him from even moving a finger, let alone screaming.

Thankfully, this torture only lasted for three agonizing seconds before he regained control over his body.

"HAAAa, haaa, haaa, haaa..."

"I thought I was a goner for sure this time. Just what the f*ck was that? What kind of messed-up welcome is that?" Myne panted heavily like a dying dog, muttering fearfully. His entire body still trembled, and he could barely control his limbs, a testament to the terror he had just experienced, even when facing Alban, he never felt like this before.

After a full minute of struggling to catch his breath, Myne finally calmed down. He raised his left arm which for some reason still felt an extremely burning sensation and examined his waist, where out of nowhere a black, 'WW' shaped symbol was now engraved on it.

"And now, what the hell is this crap? I hope it's not another freaking curse! Wait, what's going on? Why is this Ethereal Phase skill suddenly sucking mana like a starving beast? It's consuming three times more mana than before! And why do I seem less transparent?

F*ck, this feeling of weakness… like I haven't eaten in ages… What the f*ck is happening?!"

Myne couldn't comprehend the bizarre sequence of events unfolding around him since crossing the portal. He was desperately tempted to jump back through it and return to his warm home. But then a thought struck him: what if this weakened state persisted even after returning? What if after getting in the portal, there was no way back?

Doesn't then he have to live in this kind of weird state of his entire life? After all those thoughts collided, he forced himself to calm down and began to examine his surroundings. His attention was immediately captured by the sight of six bright, luminous orbs hanging low in the sky, so close that Myne could even see their surfaces.

Myne's jaw dropped like a country bumpkin seeing a skyscraper for the first time. His disbelief stemmed from the sight of the six moons hanging in the sky, each composed of a different type and utterly bizarre.

The first moon was entirely formed from ice, the second from lava. This colossal volcano, the largest Myne had ever seen, spewed forth a fiery rain. The third resembled a barren wasteland strewn with jagged rocks. Though he thought he glimpsed humanoid figures moving on its surface, but because the distance was too far for naked eyes to see small details, he simply ignored it.
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Anyway, it had nothing to do with him.

The fourth moon was shrouded in an impenetrable white fog, revealing only occasional swirling vortexes. The fifth, the largest of the six, appeared as a shimmering crystal ball containing a multitude of twinkling stars, its true nature a mystery to Myne.

Finally, the sixth moon held his attention the most; completely green, with a surface obscured by cloud-like formations and various large rivers moving on it like snakes confirmed to him that the green surface was covered with trees.

"I am definitely caught in another mess; there's no way this is the world I live in," Myne muttered, dumbfounded by the spectacle of the six moons. After staring at them for two more minutes, he shifted his gaze to his surroundings. He found himself standing on a small cliff. Behind him, the portal doorway loomed, seemingly with no intention of closing anytime soon.

The dense, virgin forest stretched out beyond the portal doorway, the smallest trees towering at fifteen meters. Myne felt like an ant compared to these giants. The forest encircled the doorway, creating a small clearing where he stood.

"Huh? Is that a village? But why is there no light at all? And it doesn't look like a ruin or something; most of the houses look quite new. This is weird. It's not another ghost town, right?" Myne muttered, swallowing hard and shaking his head to remove negative thoughts.

He didn't want to get caught by zombies. However, he kept staring at the village below the cliff, pondering seriously.

"If I can meet someone, maybe I can learn more about this world... But what if I go down there and the portal closes behind me? I have no intention of settling in this strange place, no matter how interesting it looks."

Just as Myne was pondering his next move, his ears perked up at the sudden sound of flapping wings. He swiftly looked up, but the sky held nothing but the six moons and countless brilliant stars, a breathtaking vista he wished he could share with his girls, but sadly, it wasn't possible unless he could freely control the way in and out

"ROAR!!!"

Myne was questioning his hearing when a deafening bird cry ripped through the sky. The sheer volume caused his ears to bleed, even though he was a ghost form. Which means it wasn't a simple roar; it was a special attack.

Clutching his ears, Myne looked up again, finally spotting the source of the sound. It was a colossal blackbird, roughly five hundred meters wide. Despite its immense size, it flew with incredible speed, leaving an afterimage in its wake. Judging by its occasional backward glances and bursts of golden lightning from its beak, it appeared to be fleeing from something or someone in panic.

However, even after the bird vanished into the distance, so far as Myne could no longer hear its roar, he didn't see whom it was fleeing from or attacking.

"Now this place is getting more and more dangerous. If even a bird can be so big, then what about creatures that are already big enough to make people pee their pants, like dragons? They wouldn't be hundreds of thousands of meters big, right? Maybe I better get out of this place.

God knows what kind of weird thing might take a liking to me, and I become someone's food without even knowing," Myne thought, shivering. He couldn't fathom how the fatty had gained access to this doorway, a location that seemed beyond his control. In a place like this, if a child beat the fatty to death, he wouldn't be surprised.

"Just what the f*ck do you want, Mr. Fatty?" Myne muttered, clenching his fists tightly. Every time that greasy face flashed in his mind, rage surged through him, so much that he really wanted to kill someone, unfortunately, there wasn't any bad guy around him to fulfil his wish.