Versatile: Alternate World

It's the same dream again. I keep on forgetting this dream whenever I wake up but whenever I see it, I remember it again for some unknown reason. It was like it is purposely done for me so that I can only access this dream whenever I pass out. I don't recall this dream occurring whenever I sleep normally so the conclusion I got is that this dream only visits me during the time I pass out for any reason possible.

But still, even if I keep on dreaming this dream, I still have no means to find the real meaning of this since I will just forget it once I wake up. The girl would look at me and lightly smile before I will wake up from the dream. What a strange dream that was.

...

My eyes slowly open as I feel my surroundings moving. If I remember correctly, I definitely collapsed due to me forcefully awakening my ability of healing magic. Who would have thought it would be a really terrible way to learn it forcefully. I wander my eyes around the area around me and notice a few unknown people sitting side by side on both my side where I was lying down, male and female who were covered in white blanket. Among them is my father. When he noticed me waking up, he stood up from where he was sitting and immediately went to my side.

"Manato! You are awake! Are you alright? Do you feel anything bad on your body?"

"Father? Where are we?" I rub my eyes as my eyesight is still not that clear since I just woke up.

"We are inside an ambulance. The police have rescued us and we are going to the hospital for some checkups."

I rose up from where I was lying and looked around. We are inside an ambulance. The people currently in here are those who were inside the cages when I met them. I just took a glance at them before I collapsed but I remember some of their faces so I can't be wrong.

"Did the police say anything? Regarding this incident?" I asked.

"Not yet. They are going to ask us some questions once the check-up is done."

"Father, this is a big mess you have gotten into. You need to explain things to me after this on why you are involved in these troublesome things."

"Yes, yes. I know. Don't worry, Manato."

...

We were sent to the hospital like what my father said to me and all of us undergo a full body check-up. Since I didn't suffer any serious damage, I managed to go out immediately. And since I am the one who is not originally a victim but "a trespasser who managed to witness a crime, the police immediately questioned me. And yes, they also questioned me about the real situation on what happened to the "guests" and why all of them are dead and has been brutally killed.

From the looks of it, they didn't suspect me as the murderer of them. Not only that, they cannot pinpoint me as the murderer of them all since they don't have any pieces of evidence and they don't have any physical form of what the weapon used. There are two kinds of wounds inflicted on the people in that theater and that is the katana and the gun.

Since my alibi is that I managed to explore this place in an accident, I managed to dodge away all of the situations and they also thanked me for passing through the place and finding out the victims. If not for me exploring the place, the missing people will be forever missing without any closure on where they are.

At the end of the day, the only ones who will be left to the hospital after the checkups are all of the victims so that counseling and rehabilitation to their mind since all the happenings that occurred in the laboratory might induce severe trauma to victims. I am not qualified since I am not a victim but I am welcome to join if I feel something weird too.

The victims will not be allowed to leave the hospital for two days and visitation will be unavailable for the day for them. They will be allowed to be visited by other people after a day to ensure that they are now stable.

I went straight home. Although I learned the healing magic, I think I have to put the healing session with my mother on hold for a day. Since I forcefully awaken my healing abilities, I don't want it to go wrong once I perform the healing. To ensure that it is now safe to be used, I will have to slowly digest all of the things needed to do to fully stabilize it. If I do it outside of the game, stabilization will take a few days or more. I cannot wait for that, so I will have to stabilize it by playing the game. This will allow me to comprehend the healing magic and fully master it and also bring out its full potential since the game is the only one capable of doing that.

...

With my father still not out, and my mother still in a coma, I can only go home this time. When I arrived again inside the mansion, the teddy bear ghost is still inside the room and is currently doing some exercise. Since it doesn't need food and sleep, the teddy bear ghost seems to be using this opportunity to grow stronger. I doubt I can disturb this guy and I don't have any reason to disturb him so I went to the kitchen and eat some grub that I prepared in the afternoon.

After eating, I went to my bedroom and closed my eyes before diving into the game world.

...

[Welcome Back, Bladeheart.]

I have plenty of unfinished business in the game. But I am going to finish one quest that I put on hold back when I was still under level 60. The quest that I received from the Lich King. It was a unique quest and I can't just abandon it. Why did I put it on hold? Well, the Marshlands of the damned, the place where the skeletons and various undead lifeforms are formed is one of the troublesome places to enter.

It might be labeled as a level 50 area, but in reality, you need to be more than that level to fully survive the place without getting killed from time to time. Not only does the place crawling with skeletons, but they are also crawling with zombies and necromancers. There is also a small chance to see a Level 150 boss here and it is one of the main reasons why this place is being avoided by newbies. Also, players who will just blindly waltz into the Marshlands of the Damned will suffer -50 HP reduction per second and 10% corroding defense debuff just by exploring the place. 

The 10% corroding defense debuff can be handled a bit easier, but the -50 Hp reduction per second is harsh. In just a few minutes in the Marshlands, a player with 20,000 HP can easily reach a 1 HP state while in this Marshlands if they march in there without prior knowledge of the place.

"Master, are you going somewhere today?" Atlas asked.

"Is something the matter?"

"You see, Lucia is too intent on fighting today. When you returned, she was now preparing to gear up for a fight."

"Yes, we will be heading somewhere. Keep Lucia prepared, you also prepare too. In case there is an emergency, we can fight them."

After that, I went to Goro and Lina to accompany me in this battle. I need all the help I can get. I also need someone to help me, for example, a DPS. Although I can hit a lot of damage and my companions can also deal lots of damage, I am just making sure that I won't have trouble in the Marshlands of the Damned. An additional DPS would help plenty with this.

Opening the friend lists, only one is currently online and that is Dolly. I hit the voice call for her and she didn't hesitate to pick it up.

...

Bladeheart: Dolly, are you free for today?

Dolly: Yeah, I am. I am just practicing my cooking ex job right now and currently accepting some quests related to getting recipes. Why do you ask? Are we going to fight something? Where? If it was on point, bring me along!

Bladeheart: Uh... yeah. We are most likely going to fight an enemy. Since you agreed, then I will be...

Dolly: Don't bother. I am already in the vicinity of your mansion!

Bladeheart: Huh? So fast?!

I terminated the call when I heard a knock. I don't want my door to come flying too in the game world so I quickly opened the door.

"When are we going to depart?" she asked while smiling.

"Bruh...." I facepalmed myself. Are you that bloodthirsty for battle?