Chapter 1: Into the New World: Part 1

Prologue

Chapter 2: Into The New World: Part 2

Chapter 3: Into The New World: Part 3

Chapter 4: Getting Stronger: Part 1

&lt;p&gt;    Sounds of birds chirping and water splashing caused me to wake up and get a hold of myself. &lt;i&gt;Wait a minute, I just realized why are there chirping birds and splashing water inside the library.
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;     I opened up my eyes and what I saw was something extraordinary. The scenery was different from what was supposed to be the library; A grove of trees scattered around the area, river flowing with various animals drinking on it, and a flock of birds chirping and perching on the tree branches. There’s no doubt about it. I’m in the middle of the forest. &lt;i&gt;So I’m literally in the middle of nowhere right now? How did that even happen in the first place?! Well this sucks. 
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Hmm? As I thought that, I noticed something strange. I’ve never seen these species of animals before. There’s an animal that resembles a deer. It’s skin was caramel brown, with white freckles on its hide. The only thing that’s different from what I know about deer is that their antlers are emitting rainbow colors. What I also noticed is that it’s eyes didn’t even have pupils. Its eyes were bright yellow, as if it had flashlights for eyes. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; I looked above and found a crimson red bird flying with a long tail on its back. Its feathers were spread wide like a peacock, and its bill was shaped like a waxing crescent moon. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I lowered my head and there, I discovered a white fox with more than one tail on it. Its eyes were light blue, with its pupils pure white. I wonder if it liked to live in cold areas.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Rawwwrrrrrrrr!”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A roar suddenly interrupted my thoughts. &lt;i&gt;What in the heck was that?!&lt;/i&gt; The loud shriek came from behind me, and I instinctively turned around.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Behind me was a large beast. baring its fangs and locking its eyes on me while running. The beast resembles to a lion, but its fangs were more of a saber-tooth tiger. Its mane was--&lt;i&gt;Wait, why am I even standing around in fear and analyzing the beast when it already recognized me as its prey?! 
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I immediately ran away from the beast, with adrenaline rushing through my veins. The beast continued to give chase, with the gap between us shortening as time passes. &lt;i&gt;I don’t think I’ll be able to escape from this situation!
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I noticed the beast ready to pounce on my back, I suddenly heard a pained grunt behind me. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Gghwaaaahhhh!”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I immediately checked what was happening behind me, and I noticed the beast wasn’t chasing me anymore. What’s more surprising is that the beast is lying on its side, with its right eye bleeding due to the object that pierced it. I took a closer look at it to see what pierced its eye; a thin wooden stick with feathers attached to its tail. No doubt about it, this is an arrow. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wait, where did this even come from in the first place, and what’s more astonishing is that it only took an arrow for a beast &lt;i&gt;this&lt;/i&gt; big to get killed. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While in the middle of my thoughts, I heard rustling of bushes behind me. I hope it’s not a large beast again, because I can feel the adrenaline in my body starting to disappear. What I noticed behind me is a girl with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a dark green hood with her bow and bag of arrows behind her. She’s also wearing white skinny jeans, topped off with a leather strap near her waist. Her skin is silky white, and the irises of her eyes are colored cyan. I reckon she must be the one who shot the large beast who was chasing me. She suddenly decided to shout at me for some reason, and she had a serious frown on her face.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“!Wnok ouy ecalp efas a t’nsi siht !?Ereh gniod uoy era thaw”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hmm? Is it me, or did she just speak gibberish? None of what she said did I understand one thing. I tilted my head on the side in confusion. &lt;i&gt;Did I hit my head somewhere when I was running?
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “!?Em ot gninetsil neve ouy era, yeh”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just shook my head, without even understanding anything what she was complaining to me.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “.’Esoth’ fo eno er’ouy os, ees i’
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really have no idea what she’s talking about for a while now. I hope I didn’t insult her by not responding to any of what she said. Perhaps, she might even kill me with her bow on her back, and I doubt I’d be able to endure it if she shot me with only one arrow. Heck, even the large beast didn’t survive.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; She suddenly reached for her leather strap, and I flinched by her sudden movements. &lt;i&gt;She’s not gonna reach for her knife in there, right?
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; She took something from her strap, and I calmed down a bit after seeing that she wasn’t reaching for a knife. What in her hands is a small bottle, and inside it is a deep blue-like fluid, covered with a cork. She reached for the cork and popped it off from the bottle. She then gave it to me and gestured to me to drink it all. &lt;i&gt;This isn’t poison, right? I doubt I can even ask her if it is or not when I can’t even understand what she’s saying.
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; I consumed the fluid inside the bottle, and my body suddenly reacted after drinking it all.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;What is this?!&lt;/i&gt; I suddenly felt pain in my stomach, and it’s spreading through my body, and it reached every part of my body in a short period. There’s also a weird aftertaste and my throat started to become warm. &lt;i&gt;What the heck did I just drink?!&lt;/i&gt; After a few seconds, the pain started to dissipate.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; I stood up after the pain subsided, and she suddenly spoke up.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Do you understand me now?”, she asked me.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Y-yes…”, I stuttered a bit because when I tried to speak, my throat became warmer every time. &lt;i&gt;What was that in the flask I drank?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Back to my first question, what were you doing here?” She had an angry frown on her face, almost like she’d blow up at me.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “W-what do you mean by that? I was staying somewhere and when I woke up, I’m suddenly here.” I don’t have any clue on what she was talking about, even with finally understanding her.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Second question, where did you come from?”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Huh?&quot; I'm getting confused with her questions that my brain can't keep up with it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Never mind that, what are &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; doing here, in this forest?”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Like I said before, I was staying somewhere and-”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “That’s not what I meant. I mean, what are you doing here, ‘Descent’?
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “&lt;i&gt;‘Descent?'&lt;/i&gt;” &lt;i&gt;What does she mean by that?&lt;/i&gt; I can’t process anything what she’s implying. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “So you really don’t know, huh?”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “I don’t know anything what you’ve been talking about since earlier. Can you please explain?” I’m practically begging to her and tell me what’s going on. &lt;i&gt;Of course I didn’t kneel down and beg.
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “&lt;i&gt;Descents&lt;/i&gt; are people that weren’t born or didn’t come from this &lt;i&gt;world&lt;/i&gt;. They only get summoned by a ritual, using magic circles created by mages. They fill up the whole drawn circle with their magic to summon them, and it must be filled to the brim or else the ritual will fail. When they’re summoned, they usually have something in their possession from their respective worlds to be used as weapons or &lt;i&gt;‘arsenals’&lt;/i&gt; in this world to survive and fight. Their personal weapons evolve over time or if they have reached their requirements in order to proceed with the evolution. Some descents usually throw away or break their ‘arsenals’ if what they’ve got were useless and go fully equip themselves with swords, spellbooks, and armors.”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Another world?!&lt;/i&gt; This has got to be a joke, right? Thinking about it, I don’t think it’s a joke anymore, given that I’ve already experienced fear from the large beast who was chasing me earlier and the pain I felt when I drank from that weird flask. But still, another world, huh? I’ve never thought once that different worlds exist, and I’ve only read them in fantasy books, novels, or mangas. To think I’d get the chance to experience a different world, but with magic and various monsters. &lt;i&gt;Obviously, I’m not optimistic enough to fight monsters carelessly. I value my life, after all.&lt;/i&gt; Not only that, but I’ve learned a new language I’ve never heard of before, even in other countries in my world. &lt;i&gt;Wait, how did I even learn or comprehend this new language before in the first place?
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “Wait, then how was I able to understand and communicate with you? What was in that flask?” I decided to ask her about it.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “They are mana flasks. They replenish our lost mana, and they are often used my mages. They are also given to &lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;‘descents’&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in order for them to communicate with us, and they create MP for them to be able to create magic as well. The pain you experienced earlier was a side effect to your body when you drank the mana flask, in order for your body to be able to adapt with magic.” She explained.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Oh, I thought it was a weird fluid enchanted with translation magic for me to be able to understand and communicate. Then what was that aftertaste when I drank from the flask?” I just wanted to know what was that.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Oh, &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt;. Mana flasks are made up of purified magic as its base, and fermented banshee vocal cords to amplify the mana restoration. They are also for &lt;i&gt;‘descents’&lt;/i&gt; to be able to speak and understand our language.”
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fermented banshee….what?&lt;/i&gt; As I finally found out the source of the aftertaste, I suddenly became nauseous and wanted to vomit, but nothing came out.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “H-hey, are you okay?” she asked.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yeah, this is DEFINITELY another world&lt;/i&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    Tanaka Haruki is a 17-year old boy who experienced a lot of misfortunes during his high-school life. He was mostly bullied, his childhood girlfriend dumped him, and his parents abandoned him. While preparing for his college entrance exams in the public library and was about to leave, he discovers a pen underneath the table. After picking up the pen from the ground, mysterious writings surrounded him in a circle, transporting him into a new world, filled with magic, humans, and monsters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;    With only his pen in his possession, will he be able to survive?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;