Developing the New World

The blue-haired girl stared in shock.

"You..."

Vier stepped forward half a pace.

"Awooo~~"

The Calamity Beasts immediately let out frightened cries and fled in a puff of dust.

"Not bad."

Vier lowered her hand and let out a sigh of relief.

Before making her move, she had not been sure whether she could defeat monsters that large, but it seemed fairly easy now.

And the rewards provided by these Calamity Beasts were quite generous.

Life Energy—more than thirty points from each one.

That meant she had stored over sixty points of Life Energy from this battle alone.

"Wouldn't this be a great place to grind levels?"

As she pondered this, the pretty blue-haired girl finally looked at Vier with shock in her eyes.

She seemed to have come to her senses and hurriedly asked, "You... who exactly are you?"

Vier: "..."

"Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen anyone with white hair on this land. And why are you so strong? You actually defeated a Calamity Beast with nothing but your fists."

Vier thought about it and realized she had no idea how best to answer in the short term.

After all, she had only just arrived in this world.

So she could only make something up. "I... got lost."

"Lost?"

Looking at the timid white-haired girl before her, the blue-haired girl fell into a strange silence.

"This is the Demon Domain Forest, the most dangerous forest on the continent. It's crawling with monsters, Calamity Beasts, and magical creatures. If it weren't for the Core of Heart Realm, I wouldn't have risked coming to a place like this. And even then, I brought a whole bunch of magical items with me. How could an ordinary girl like you possibly dare to... No, you don't seem ordinary either. How could an ordinary person punch a Calamity Beast flat on the ground?"

She seemed unable to make sense of it.

Vier looked at her, unsure how to explain herself.

"Detect!"

At that moment, the other girl suddenly raised her staff.

A beam of light descended...

"How is this possible? Why can't I find any information on you?" The blue-haired girl's expression turned strange.

Vier fell into thought.

Judging by its name, it was probably magic similar to checking someone's attributes and status. Maybe it could not inspect her because she was an outsider, and this world had no record of her information.

The exact reason was unknown, but she would get used to it.

Still, the girl in front of her was really beautiful. Had she arrived in a world with absurdly high beauty standards?

Vier looked at her curiously.

Faced with the white-haired girl's puzzled expression, the blue-haired girl seemed to fall into another strange mood.

"Wait, wasn't the place where I found you a little suspicious?"

She seemed to have recalled where they had met—the abandoned temple.

Vier had a question mark on her face.

"Forget it, never mind. I'm leaving this forest. No matter what, thank you. If you hadn't stepped in earlier, I might already be dead."

The blue-haired girl finally relaxed and expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Vier.

"Do you want to leave with me?"

"Mm." Vier nodded.

She was unfamiliar with everything here anyway, so perhaps she could learn more from this girl.

Come to think of it, Chen Ning had mentioned that the Second Era of the real world was the Magic Era. But by the current Fifth Era, most magical inheritances had already been lost.

The world she had come into contact with now was undoubtedly one of magic. At the very least, the girl carried a staff and had cast a dazzling magical skill.

There might be some secret buried within it.

She began walking alongside the other girl.

They did not encounter any Calamity Beasts along the way for the time being, but there were plenty of attacks from wild animals.

Every time, before the other girl even had to use magic, Vier reacted first. The instant a monster appeared, she would throw a stone and knock it unconscious or kill it.

The more they fought, the more shocked the blue-haired girl became.

"Is this girl a monster?"

She looked no different from an ordinary young girl, yet her body was like a fortress. She had even punched through a tree with one blow.

By nightfall, a light rain had begun to fall from the sky.

After being rained on for a while, the two quickly took shelter in a cave.

"Ah-choo!"

Vier sneezed.

She had caught a cold.

The blue-haired girl lit a campfire, took off her blue magical coat, dried it by the fire, and draped it over Vier's back.

"I've never seen clothes like yours. Forgive my rudeness, but isn't that kind of outfit a little... dangerous?"

"Dangerous?"

Vier looked down. Everything was covered, really; it was just that she was dressed entirely in white.

Still, white stockings really were exceptionally alluring.

Just then, Vier took the chance to raise her level.

She consumed 320 units of Life Energy and advanced to LV9.

The blue-haired girl took a cup of water from some item resembling a spatial ring and handed it to Vier. Vier accepted it, found that it was unpolluted, and drank it.

"Um, could you be someone from another world? I've heard rumors about this forest. Ancient civilizations supposedly left behind an interdimensional summoning array here, one that can call living beings from other worlds. Your hair and appearance are clearly different from the people of our continent."

Vier froze slightly, remembering the magic array she had stood on when she arrived.

But the next second, the girl gave a bitter smile and shook her head. "Forget it, I must be overthinking it. How could legends like that possibly be real?"

Building a New World

Because of the difference in the flow of time, after spending a day in the cave, only two hours had passed in the real world.

The morning sky was a brilliant blue, and golden sunlight fell upon Vier's snow-white hair.

"You really aren't from another world, are you?"

Looking at Vier's fair skin, crystal-clear and lustrous like jade beneath the sunlight, the blue-haired girl was momentarily dazed.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Vier."

"My name is Kalu. I'm a Mage."

I could tell.

Vier looked into the distance and only then noticed that a pale blue arc covered the earth at the far end of the sky.

"That is..."

"You mean that barrier? I heard it's something like the edge of the world." The girl's tone was uncertain. "They say that if you head toward it, you'll never reach the barrier."

"..."

Vier had entered through the Colored Bubble in her dream.

In fact, when she was outside, she had not seen the bubble at all.

"It seems that seeing the world in a dream is completely different from actually being inside it."

With that thought in mind, the two continued on their way.

This time, Kalu followed behind, watching the white-haired girl take small steps forward the entire time.

Vier turned around, and Kalu immediately looked away awkwardly.

"Um... you're really kind of pretty. I got a little distracted."

Vier: "..."

As long as she didn't drool at her like Lan Xinyu, it was fine.

"By the way, we'll be leaving the forest soon. I still need to take the Core of Heart Realm back to participate in a competition. Have you thought about where you want to go?"

Vier put on a thoughtful expression.

"Wait, don't tell me you really have amnesia? Yesterday, whenever I asked you anything, you said you couldn't remember. And you even ran into such a dangerous forest alone."

Vier quickly nodded. "I think I don't remember."

So in the end, she still had to pretend to have amnesia.

She had also been quite lost over the past day. There was a lot of what Kalu said that she could not respond to.

However, Kalu said that she was a student at a Magic Academy. She seemed to have come out in search of an item to help herself win a major competition.

The Core of Heart Realm could allow her to display greater strength in magical combat. If she placed in the top three, she could receive money from the academy to treat her mother's illness.

"You really don't know anything? Then... how about you come to the academy with me? My school is very prestigious. The dormitories are single rooms, so you can stay there."

"Mm."

Vier nodded.

Before long, a town came into view.

Calling it a town, though, it was closer to a village.

There were people wandering around in uniforms and leather armor, but Kalu did not linger there.

Honestly, setting Vier aside, Kalu's outfit alone made her look exactly like a protagonist or important NPC from an RPG. Everyone around them looked like generic passersby, while she wore a gorgeous Mage's robe and had flowing blue hair. They did not even seem to belong to the same art style.

"Damn, this girl is so pretty. If I got transported to a world like this and met her, I'd fall for her so hard." Vier was glad her standards were higher now. With so many cute and beautiful clones, she would not become unable to look away whenever she saw an adorable girl.

After walking for a while, they arrived somewhere that resembled the countryside.

After traveling several kilometers, they saw a lonely, shabby little castle beside a wheat field.

"This is..."

"My home. I'm from a fallen noble family, sorry about that." She sighed helplessly. "Only my mother remains in the family now. Although I inherited the title, I'm powerless to restore the family's glory."

After telling Vier to wait, Kalu hurried into the castle.

Before long, she ran back out with reddened eyes.

"I need to spend money to hire two guards. A band of thieves has been active nearby again lately, and they even came to rob the family's property."

"Um..."

Watching her retreating figure, Vier had no idea what to say.

"A fallen noble family?"

The surrounding terrain was clearly open plains, with golden wheat stretching far into the distance.

Judging from the fences around them, a vast stretch of land likely belonged to her family, but that was all.

"I'll try communicating with my main body... Hah, this difference in time really is troublesome."

She discovered that it was actually easier to contact the little dragon girl.