Cheat Awakening

Chapter 249: Chapter 249. The Weird Fog

"So you're awake? I thought you were a heavy sleeper since you didn't stir even when we were talking so loudly."

As Myne entered the carriage, he spotted Tailar sitting on his bed, engaged in a lively conversation with Velvet.

"Brother Myne, it's not what you think. It's just that this is my first time traveling for such a long duration with Grandpa, so I'm not very used to it. I don't even remember when I fell asleep; it seems like I'm not ready for such a long journey. By the way, where are the carriage seats? And when did they put this bed inside?" Tailar asked with a curious face.

"Don't worry about those trivial things. When we reach our destination, I'll restore everything to how it was before. So, rest assured. Now, go and help Grandpa Kane set up camp. We'll join you shortly after," Myne said with a smile, dismissing Tailar before he could clear his doubts.

"Now, you can tell me what's going on. You're behaving weirdly. I've never seen you this worried before. And why didn't we enter the town? I didn't sense anything wrong with it."

After Tailer left the carriage, Velvet dropped her smile and quickly voiced her concerns to Myne with a worried expression.

Myne sat down on the bed, pulled Velvet into his embrace, and spoke softly, "To tell the truth, I also didn't notice anything wrong with that town. Everything about it seemed perfect. But today, before starting this journey, my best friend warned me to be careful along the way, especially at night.

Because of this, when I woke up and found that it was already night, and suddenly we arrived at an unknown town, my mind immediately started thinking about the warning I received. Somehow, I just felt that we shouldn't enter that town."

"And you decide to believe in your inner feelings, right?" Velvet, who was sitting on Myne's lap, gently said without any hint of mocking or disdain in her voice. She continued, "You know, my Mother once told me that if one day you encounter a hard choice and don't know what to do, you should believe in your inner feelings. Because our senses can deceive us, but our inner feelings never will.

So, since your inner feeling strongly suggests not going to that town, it must be for our own good. Camping in the woods with you is also a nice experience. I haven't had fun in the woods with you; let's do it tonight as well."

Hearing Velvet's carefree laugh, Myne's gloomy mood also lifted. He laughed a bit and gave her a deep, passionate kiss for believing in him.

"Knock-knock, Brother Myne, come out quickly; Grandpa is calling you."

Just when Myne and Velvet were passionately kissing each other, and their clothes were about to leave their bodies, a sudden, quick knock on the carriage door, along with Tailar's urgent voice, ruined their entire mood.

Myne, who already had a bad feeling from the start, immediately let his imagination run wild, thanks to various horror books he had read for time pass.

He gave Velvet a nervous look before grabbing her hand tightly and walking out with her.

"Tell me what's wrong?" Myne opened the carriage door and asked with a frown.

"I don't know. Grandpa went to grab wood in the forest for the campfire, but then he ordered me from afar to bring you to him. It seems like he wants to show you something," Tailar said hurriedly, worried for his grandpa. Without waiting for Myne's instruction, he started running toward Kane's location.

"Don't let go of my hand, and if you find anything wrong, tell me immediately," Myne instructed Velvet in a low voice while following Tailar nervously. His precious feeling of doubt was slowly transforming into fear.

"Grandpa, I brought Brother Myne. Where are you?" Tailar yelled loudly.

"Over here, look up. I am on the tree."

Everyone followed the voice and saw Kane sitting on the top of the tallest tree near their campsite, continuously looking around with a face paler than paper.

"Grandpa, what are you doing up there?"

"Grandpa Kane, you shouldn't climb a tree at such an old age, especially at night. Injuries in old age won't recover easily," Myne commented in doubt. He didn't understand what Kane wanted to do, climbing such a tall tree at night. After all, it's not like he can see in the dark, nor does he have any skills like him to enhance his vision.

"You two, stop your nonsense for a moment. And Boy Myne, I think you're right; there is definitely something wrong with this area. Quickly, climb the tree and look from here. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have never believed that there would also be such a weird thing in the world."

Kane's horror-filled voice gave everyone a very bad feeling, especially Myne. He quickly nodded at Velvet before using the double jump skill in which he is very proficient now. In two jumps, he came behind Kane, leaving him dumbfounded.

"F*ck, what the hell is that?" Myne exclaimed, shocked by the view in front of him. They were completely surrounded by a dense cloud of darkness in which he could see nothing. Only the road toward the previous town remained clear, but everything else was covered in a dark cloud. And those dark clouds were slowly devouring the rest of the empty area.

If Myne's estimate was correct, their temporary campsite would also be covered by the dark cloud in 10 or so hours.

"Those clouds look as if they are alive. I don't think it's a good idea to be covered by them," Velvet, who had effortlessly climbed the tree like a nimble cat, said with a frown. She had never seen this kind of dark fog in her entire life.

After cursing for the first time in shock, Myne didn't speak again. He first used his various skills like Night Vision, Presence Detect, and Sight Enhancement to see inside the fog, but nothing happened. He could only see the surface of the dark fog, which was moving like it was alive, slowly eating away at the rest of the area inch by inch.

He then cast his gaze at the unknown town, which was like a candle in the darkness, shining brightly. People were still enjoying their festival, happily eating and shining. No one cared about this weird dark fog covering everything around the town. Even the guards supposed to be watching over from the watchtower or town wall had gone inside to enjoy the festival.

Only those two weird entrance guards from before were still standing at their post, as if they had fallen asleep. Literally, no one cared about this weird dark fog, as if it could do nothing to the town.

"Let's go. We're going back to Lucus Town. We'll come back tomorrow morning. I don't want to stay here a minute longer."

Myne decided to go back immediately. His little heart was not ready to deal with this kind of horror-filled situation. Although at first, he was not ready to reveal his teleportation skill to outsiders like Kane and his grandson, that's why he hurriedly wanted to settle them down before going back.

But now things were getting out of hand, and unless he left them here to die, he had no option but to reveal his skill. Then, if an understanding man like Kane were to die in vain, where would he go to find such a good driver who understands him so well and is very obedient and honest? People like him are very rare nowadays; it's a waste to let him die here for nothing.

"Huh? But I don't think I can drive a carriage in such dense darkness of fog, and the horses are also tried, and they couldn't run all the way back to Lucus Town without proper rest."

Kane, upon hearing Myne's order, frowned deeply and spoke. Although he doesn't mind doing whatever his client orders to him, as long as their pockets are very generous, and it doesn't cross his moral line, but it doesn't mean that he can ignore the overall situation for money. He still has to take care of his and my horse's health.

"Don't worry, I am going to use my skill to take us back. I won't trouble your horses anymore. I'm not blind; I can see they are tired. Even an idiot knows that driving in that kind of unknown fog without any protection is no different than inviting your own death. And I had promised two dangerously crazy ladies that I will never do anything that brings danger to my life.

Believe me, breaking promises with them never ends well."

Saying this, Myne came beside Velvet, lifted her feather-light body in a princess carry style, and jumped down from the tree.

"Hey, what about me? You should also help an old man. Sigh, today's children only care about their girlfriends, and have no respect for the elderly." Kane sighed helplessly and carefully started climbing down.

"Grandpa Kane, you are too slow. It took you 5 minutes to climb down. Can't you see the situation? We are in a hurry," Myne said jokingly to calm down his rapidly beating heart, which he felt might come out of his chest if a jumpscare appeared in front of him.

"Pu*** Lick**."

"What did you say?" Myne surprised that Kane cursed him under his breath suddenly, asked back with a playful smile. Both he and Velvet, due to their enhanced senses, heard it very clearly.

"Huh? I didn't say anything. Maybe your ears are ringing. Anyway, how are we going to go back?" Kane hurriedly changed the topic and asked seriously.

"Like this," Myne said with a smile and used his Unique Magic: Space-Time skill.

...

"Hmm... Like this, what?" Kane, seeing that nothing had changed and Myne had done nothing but wave his hand, couldn't help but ask while raising his eyebrow.

But Myne, seemingly hit by lightning, blankly stared at the space in front of him where a portal to Lucus town was supposed to open.

"This can't be possible. How can my skill fail?" Myne muttered with disbelief and a look of terror appeared all over his face. He continued trying to use his Unique Magic: Space-Time skill, but no matter how many times he tried, nothing happened.

"Myne, calm down. Everything will be alright," Velvet, who knew about Myne's teleportation skill, said, seeing his frightened expression. She put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down, which seemed to have some effect as Myne took deep breaths.

Without caring about anyone knowing his secret, he cast various other skills like Fireball, Wind Blade, Rock Slash, Stamina Recovery, Rock Skin, Strong Arm, Magic Eye of Shock, Realize, etc. They all worked normally without any errors. Only, no matter how much he tried, his Unique Magic: Space-Time skill gave him no response.

"OMG, how can you have more than three skills? This shouldn't be possible. OMG, Tailar, pinch me. I think I am dreaming... Shit, not so hard. I can feel pain, which means it is real, but then how..."

Myne, still deep in thought, completely ignored Kane's mumbling. Shocked, his own mind filled with hundreds of questions, how could he have time to answer someone else's doubts?

Velvet, although very shocked by Myne's display of dozens of skills, still recognized the seriousness of the situation. She buried her curiosity in her heart temporarily. After they got out of this damn situation, she could slowly ask him about it. But for now, they had to think about how they were going to deal with this trouble.

As for Tailar, the little one, only had admiration in his eyes. Until now, he had only heard that a person could have three skills, but Myne, by breaking this fact, directly became the legendary hero of stories. Who is always different from the rest of the people and can do things that are impossible in the eyes of normal people.