Author's Reincarnation in a Fantasy Setting Chapter 138 Rebirth [1]

[8 Days Ago]

A few minutes after Anya, Leon, and Ellyn left the warehouse.

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"Pffff! Phew~ Man, breathing was hard down there!" I let out a breath of relief as I broke the ground above my head and got out of a 12ft deep hole.

After that I dragged Challes out too; he was unconscious because of mana outage but was still alive.

I threw Challes on the floor and then looked around the area; no one was there but the condition of the room, or well, the whole warehouse was in ruins.

Searching for a wall that was still intact I went there and sat on the floor leaning against the wall. Then I used my elental magic and created a bubble of water and drank it.

"Sigh, now shall we get to work."

My biggest fear was now gone; I'd survived through my death. Now, this might sound a bit confusing so let explain it to you—about how I survived.

First of all, all the things which happened to , whether it is Challes kidnapping or blowing up this room via magic circuits, I already knew all that beforehand thanks to the knowledge I had of loli_pop's novel.

Just that was a big advantage for . After that I went along with things and let them unfold as they did in the novel—this involves letting Challes kidnap and bring here, Anya, Leon, and Ellyn coming here to save , and then this whole room getting blown up by Anya's mistake.

But to do all of this I first had to defeat Enen so that Challes can get the motivation to kidnap , that's why I started experinting on finding a way or technique which can rival magiken.

Then I discovered the technique to heat up the sword thing. I then defeated Enen in the most humiliating way possible—yeah doing that did bring a lot of attention and spotlight in the training session which I didn't want but being alive was the top priority, of course.

After all, if I'm not alive in the first place then what'll I do with a peaceful life? And judging by the direction things are going in and what had to co in the future, I don't think my dream of a quiet and peaceful life will ever be realized.

Anyway, when the match was over I knew that Challes would be waiting to kidnap , which he was and I let him kidnap . Though I had bought the anti-dote with to prevent myself from losing consciousness.

However a slight problem occurred, it was Ryfin. He was stopping Challes from taking and he would've been successful if I hadn't given him the hint that I'm fine.

That seriously is a pain. He didn't exist in the novel so predicting his moves was a huge problem. But for that mont I got rid of him.

Then all I had to do was wait until Anya ca here with Leon and Ellyn and then die in front of her. This was important because I wanted myself to be declared dead at least in the academy.

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I first used the earth elent to remove the soil and make the stone walls, after that I used the ice elent to make the second covering of the walls to absorb the heat, then made one more layer of the wall again with earth magic.

I'd keep the ceiling or rather the entrance blocked so that I will be up on the floor until the last mont but I had reduced the thickness of the floor.

I also created a small pipeline that went out of the warehouse and opened in the air so that I can keep breathing even when the chamber is closed from all sides and won't suffocate.

Challes ca afterward and sat behind , and then at the sa ti when Anya stepped inside I removed the floor below and the chair and along with Challes fell in the chamber I'd created.

I quickly closed the entrance with three layers just like the wall and hence I was protected from the explosion. In the anti when Anya was crying and all, using fire elent I burned the ropes that had been tying from the chair and freed myself.

Since then what I did was wait until Anya and the others were out of the warehouse, and when they were, I opened the entrance of the chamber again creating a staircase with the earth elent, I got out.

And here we are right now.

I could've avoided doing all this if I hadn't let myself get kidnapped by Challes but there was a reason I went through all this trouble.

It was so that I can get out of the academy and do what I wanted to. There is an item I want; one that could make stronger.

And to acquire that item I'd have to co out of the academy since it is located outside the city. I need that item specifically because without it I don't think I'll be able to survive through 'The Calamity' and what cos after that.

It won't even change the plot much since Leon discovered that item, used it for a few chapters, and then forgot about it. Hence I chose this one.

Now that I was dead in the eyes of the world, I can operate freely—which I wanted to do for a while now.

I got up to my feet and walked toward the door of this room, there in a corner where the explosion hadn't reached, a card was lying on the ground. I picked it up and took a good look at it.

'It was a wise choice to get Ellyn on my side,' I thought.

This card, of course, was my transaction card.