Chapter 10
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Episode 3 - Anomalous [1] ─────────────────────────────────
The golden Fragment the size of a thumb went down my throat, reaching my stomach.
Then I felt as if the Fragment evaporated inside my stomach, disappearing without leaving a trace.
Although it was only a sensation and I imagined the process, I knew that the entire process did occur exactly as I imagined it.
"..."
"Ugh!!!."
Suddenly, my head started spinning.
From my position to the double glass door, I could see my reflection.
In the reflection, just above my head, an illusory golden crown with five thorns had appeared.
My eyes changed into something similar to a dragon's inverted pupils, taking on a golden color.
At the same time, my face twisted and protrusions emerged, the skin of my entire body writhed as if it were being torn apart.
'I-it hurts!… it hurts so much!'
Falling to the ground on my knees, I felt immense pain as a kind of metamorphosis turned my body into the image of a governor or a king atop a throne.
The pain continued to increase, and just after a few seconds, my vision began to see distorted and bizarre colors.
At the same time, I began to see things I could not see before, such as colored auroras representing Supernatural Power.
Ghosts and spirits, shadows and paranormal things.
Suddenly, my vision began to darken.
'I-I'm losing consciousness… That means there was a failure in the digestion of the Fragment…'
Alarmed and with my heart clenched, about to burst out of my throat.
I became weak, trembling, convulsing from the pain and powerless before an unexpected development.
Fearing that I would die, my vision soon darkened.
However, out of nowhere I felt as if I were falling into an infinite void, downward, upward, right and left, without any sense.
Soon, I opened my eyes.
At that moment, the first thing I looked at was a sun covered by a thick cloud, as well as a dark gray mist covering the entire white sky along with the sun.
As I fell and barely looked at my surroundings, I noticed that the ground was a field full of green grass and was mostly covered with red and golden flowers.
At the same time, I saw a pavilion in the center of a lake covered by a thick black cloud.
As I fell, my vision fixed itself on the distance.
"..."
Beyond the mist and the clouds, with the barely visible light of the sun.
I saw a colossal throne that surpassed the height of the clouds.
Seated on the throne was a figure wearing a blue-white robe, the barely visible skin of the entity seated on the throne was a pale bluish color.
Looking higher, there was a faceless head, and above its head, a crown with twelve tall and twisted thorns.
When my eyes focused on that colossal entity, I felt as if my head were about to explode.
Suddenly, my body convulsed terribly as a thick black mist began to deform my body.
Quickly, I withdrew my gaze and closed my eyes, turning my sight away from the entity seated on the throne.
A single word emerged in my barely lucid mind.
'The true God, the creator of everything.'
Soon, I felt that I reached the ground when I opened my eyes; my body simply passed through the ground, and an infinite darkness covered all my senses.
Just after a few seconds, I opened my eyes and found myself back in my apartment.
The floor was soaked with sweat, my entire body was trembling, and large drops of sweat kept falling to the floor.
My heart was beating terribly, while my head felt as if it would explode at any moment.
At that moment, illusory voices echoed loudly, saying…
'Don't look at it… don't look at it… don't look at it…'
Repeatedly, without stopping, this caused blood to pour from all the orifices in my head.
Falling to the floor soaked in sweat, I fainted, finding myself once again in an infinite darkness.
***
What seemed like a long time had passed; when my body trembled from the cold, I slowly opened my eyes.
The light of dawn was barely visible through the double glass door.
The thick gray fog that covered the polluted sky barely let the sunlight through.
At that moment, I fully woke up.
"W-what happened?… what was all that…."
Finding myself confused, I looked around, noticing that the room was a mess.
The furniture was scattered everywhere; the floor was wet.
My entire body was frozen, as if I had been exposed to the cold winter of Antarctica.
Looking at my body, fortunately, there were no changes.
The illusory crown from before had disappeared, and the changes in my eyes and my body were gone as well; they remained the same.
However, I couldn't help but sweat profusely.
'I directly saw God, yet I didn't die, I didn't get lost, nor was I erased; I simply began to erode before looking away… Could this be a benefit of the Babylonian Path…'
Aside from seeing God, there was that strange field and that pavilion in the middle of one side, which were close to the throne of the true God.
I don't remember anything else, or perhaps I saw everything I could see there.
But a question arose in my mind.
'Why did I appear in that place.'
Answering my own question, it was most likely that the Babylonian Path was the reason I entered that strange place where even God was present.
'Could that be the realm of the true God? Then what was that pavilion? I couldn't see what was inside it, so it's very confusing.'
Perhaps it represents something, but in the same way, I had no way of knowing.
In any case, if that mysterious space is related to my Path,
it's very likely that I can enter it again.
But without knowledge about it, I didn't know what to do.
'Ugh… I thought I was going to die… Digesting a divine Fragment is so dangerous… Even a fusable Supernatural Fragment isn't that dangerous....'
Just as I was focused on my thoughts, suddenly an extreme pain struck my head.
Out of nowhere, information appeared in my mind.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
I screamed due to the extreme pain that invaded my head.
The amount of information that came in was absurd.
Most of it focused on a strange language that I didn't even know existed.
In addition to information regarding abilities and Supernatural powers, as well as the emergence of Supernatural Power.
After some time, the headache stopped, at the same time drops of blood fell to the floor from my nose.
'J-just now… My Path has given me the corresponding information about my abilities as an Anomalous one.'
Unexpectedly, the abilities were actually only one, which at the same time was more supportive in nature.
At the same time, I extended my hand, and an illusory feather appeared above my palm.
Which made it come to mind that this was a very strange ability.
'This feather allows me to "write" in the air, where only I will be able to see what I wrote. Additionally, what it allows me to do is change probabilities, fate, grant power to my words and thoughts, and alter plausibility and causality just by writing. However, to make such changes, the ability is tied to probability percentages, which means it's possible for certain things not to become reality or be changed.'
Once I write what I want to change, for example, if I see that a companion is about to die and their enemy is aiming something sharp at their neck.
I can simply write, "The knife deviated slightly, only grazing the neck," and thus change what was supposed to happen, avoiding my companion's death.
'Basically, this ability gives power to words, which allows me to change and give logic to what I write. In addition, all of this must be written in that strange language called "Sumerian," also known as "The Lost Language of God."'
Aside from this single ability, I also received the common ability to see what cannot be seen, as well as the capacity to see Supernatural Power.
This ability is called
There was also the manipulation of Supernatural Power and the supernatural sense, which is used to feel supernatural power.
'So this is everything that Path 9: Babylonian of the Babylonian Path can do…'
In reality, it is not surprising that it has almost no abilities.
This is because the Paths have a nickname, and Path 9 is called
Of course, a single ability, although disappointing for a divine Path, what this single ability could do was unheard of.
'Because I must give meaning to the words so that there is a higher probability of making them real, this ability is not very optimal in combat, but it is in support… this is the opposite of the Eternal Path; its Path 9 is one of the best in combat…'
Just then, I realized that I did not know how to tell the leader of Dawne School that I had consumed another supernatural fragment.
'This is bad. I can't say that I had a Divine Fragment that brings me closer to God, so until I advance to a Path 8 that might have combat abilities, I will have to pretend that I have the combat abilities of an Eternal. However, what about the abilities of an Eternal…'
First, the Eternal Path had combat abilities that used Supernatural Power. Second, the Babylonian Path, although it also uses Supernatural Power, does so through the illusory pen and my movements of writing in the air.
It would be easily noticed by others.
'I need a way to disguise myself to conceal the abilities of an Eternal… obtaining a Supernatural Object made with the Fragment of an Eternal or from the materials of the Anomaly corresponding to the Eternal Path… yes, that would be the best option to hide my Babylonian Path.'
With a sigh, I relaxed a little, but not enough.
This was because it would be difficult to find and purchase a Supernatural Object with the powers of an Eternal.
However, it was the best solution.
Looking toward the balcony, I realized that the sun was rising.
It was almost time to start working at the Black School.
However, before starting, it was most likely that I would be sent to the upper floors instead of the underground ones.
This was because the Supernatural Registry Department is hidden as a Real Estate Agency.
I would have to pretend to be an ordinary worker and run errands for the Agency so as not to arouse suspicion.
'In theory, the Supernatural Registry Department only has criminal members who came with the purpose of hiding until they became stronger.'
At the same time, those responsible for providing protection would use these criminals to clear Passages, assign missions, etc. all to obtain profits and research for Anomalous Paths that do not have many Paths discovered.
"I passed out for at least nine hours, and officially I am an Anomalous, a human with powers from Anomalies."