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Chapter 1"A visit from the Outsider"

My name is Naofumi Iwatani. My current position is quite difficult, but I'll try to explain. After I was duped by my former companion and robbed of my dignity I decided to fight the disastrous "Waves of Calamity" by myself. After grinding experienced for whole evening I decided to go to sleep. I looked around and saw a nice spot under the tree. 'This will be a good spot to sleep the night.' I thought as I layed down on the grass. After starting into night sky for a couple of minutes, I dozed off.

I woke up suddenly. When I looked around, I saw nothing but light blue colour enveloping everything. Many chunks of soil were floating around and I was lucky to woke up on one. After I got up I decided to poke around a bit. After all, I could've died by a stray monster... That's not possible, due to my resistance and defence. Suddenly, a partial brick road appeared before. Intrigued, I decided to walk on it. After what it seemed 3 minute walk I found myself on yet another flying platform.

"Great. Now where to go?" I muttered to myself. Then a black-eyed male wearing brown jacket atop white shirt, blue jeans and knee high black boots appeared. His hands were decorated with rings.

"Hello, Naofumi. Your life has taken a turn, has it not? First summoned for help but immediately betrayed by those he has to protect. I watched you appear in this world with curiosity, I saw you leash back against that false charges. And with that, you piqued my interest." He then stopped and looked at me. I decided to ask him something.

"Who are you?" I asked in a indifferent, yet curious tone.

"Oh yes, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am the Outsider but more importantly, this is my Mark." As he said that he pointed at my left hand which immediately began to burn me.

"There are forces in the world and beyond the world, great forces that men and sorcerers call magic, and now these forces will serve your will. However, this type of magic was long lost to the Humans. Use this newfound power, my gift to you." He continued to speak when I shrieked in pain when receiving the Mark. The design of the Mark is quite complex. It has a dot right in the middle that is surrounded by partial circle. To the upper right of it there's a full circle. The circle itself is a part of a straight line. That straight line cuts circle in half, with additional part of the circle hovering above left half.

Received new blessing: Blessing of the Outsider

Ability: Redirective Blink learned!

Ability: Void Gaze learned!

Ability: Windblast - Greater Windblast - ? can now be learned!

Ability: Summon Rat Swarm - Summon Larger Rat Swarm - ? can now be learned!

Ability: Bend Time - Stop Time can now be learned!

Ability: Possession can now be learned!

"Now Naofumi, I don't play favourites but there's only one more person bearing my Mark in this world besides you. You should contact him. But since it'll be impossible now I'll give you his name: Daud."

"Why are you giving this to me?" Still shocked, I asked him.

"You have the possibility of changing this world's fate. Know it." He answered puzzlingly.

"Well, it's time for you to go. And remember, I'll be watching you. I expect a good show." As he said that I immediately slipped into unconsciousness.

I woke up to a sunlight heating my cheeks. I rubbed my forehead with my left hand 'That had to be a dream. There's no way it was real.' As I thought that, the very same hand caught my interest. 'No way...' The Mark was still there. Not thinking about that, I quickly covered it by a piece of clothing, a scarf to be precise.

Now let's find that so-called 'Daud' person... But first I need to eat up.