Odyssey of the Blind God

The dagger Nial was holding in his right hand was one of the weapons he had picked up from the two-element dungeons.

A few Ratmen had attempted to wield the weapons of the Originals they killed, which played into his hands.

Unfortunately, this was not the case for the Ratmen because it was the incident in which his Odyssey seed had released the eerie darkness that had shattered their dreams to wield a proper weapon, killing them even before they could use it.

However, Nial was able to make use of the dagger, ending the spar with Melvin in a draw, and dealt the final blow with the dagger, instead of the Viper spear Melvin had been fixated on.

Minutes had passed since the spar had ended, but both youths were still sitting on the ground, catching up their breaths as if they had just run a long, tiring marathon.

Nonetheless, both of them were smiling, and the tension that had accumulated within their body during the last few days had been fully released, helping them free their minds of any ill thoughts.

This didn't mean that they had forgotten the abduction of Nial's family or the fact that Nial had no certain way of reaching them.

After emptying themselves of all the pent-up aggression, they were able to think straight ahead, and it was finally time for the two of them to make up their minds while being unaffected by emotions such as anger, guilt or frustration.

Despite that, Melvin was unable to think about how he could help Nial to reunite with his family because he was still looking at his friend, in utter dumbfounding.

"How...did you become so much stronger in only a few days?" He couldn't help but ask, dragging Nial out of his thoughts.

"I became stronger?..Hmm…maybe I gained a little bit of combat experience, and I tried to replicate Master Junades' movements, but they're too difficult because my body feels like it's tearing apart while performing the entire sequence.

But I managed to perform parts of the whole sequence…a little bit at least.

If you mean that by becoming stronger, maybe I did get a little bit stronger...I guess."

Shrugging his shoulders, Nial pointed out that he had no idea what his friend meant, and even Serl Tyr and the butler of the Tyr family couldn't help but look at the profusely sweating boy in doubt.

It was almost as if they were not looking at a blind and crippled boy anymore but a ferocious little monster, but they refrained from making a comment because they were not sure what to say, to begin with.

In the end, there was too much to say, but too little time and words…or so it looked like.

As such, an awkward silence filled the arena which confused Nial as he thought that he had said something wrong.

Yet, what puzzled him was the fact that nobody mentioned the darkness the Odyssey seed had released.

As if on cue, Melvin pointed out what Nial had been thinking about, just without mentioning the darkness as if it didn't exist.

"By the way, how did you create the double impact hit at the start of the spar? Did you use your mana to accomplish that?"

It was confusing that Melvin seemed to have been unable to see the darkness that created the second impact, and when he turned his attention to Serl Tyr and the butler, he noticed that they were looking at him with curiosity too.

They were interested in figuring out the answer to Melvin's question, and without knowing why, Nial nodded his head before he replied,

"Probably? To be honest, I just followed my instincts and released everything from the inside!"

Even though his entire being screamed that he had to keep the darkness the Odyssey seed released his secret, Nail didn't like lying.

As such, he tried to tweak his answer and play around with words so that he wouldn't have to lie.

Nevertheless, Nial was still feeling guilty, but that didn't matter right now.

After all, his sister had been just taken away without his knowledge for having a unique disease!

He didn't want to imagine what would happen to him if others were to find out that he had the Odyssey seed inside his body. The fact that it was similar to an Innate ability holder, just more unique, but also ominous made him want to keep it as his personal secret for now.

Nial was unable to describe it properly, but he felt both comfortable and uncomfortable with the Odyssey seed around him.

Not wanting to add more worries to his mind, as well as wanting to be a little bit more comfortable with it, he chose to hide it even from his best friend. 𝐟𝘳𝑒𝗲𝘸e𝒃𝘯𝒐𝐯e𝚕.c𝒐𝒎

As such, after he gave his uncertain answer, Nial tended to his wound on the arm and bandaged it before taking a healing serum.

His mind came up with numerous things to say to Melvin, but Nial felt incapable of saying anything.

Melvin appeared to be in a similar state, but it was clear that he had overcome his depression, which caused him to hug his friend, before he muttered, "I'm sorry!"

Returning the hug, Nial reassured his friend that it was fine and that it might have been for the best for Sabrina whose disease might have been cured already.

In the end, the only discomforting factor for Nial was the fact that he couldn't be certain about his family's well-being.

This was annoying, but also not something he could change right now. It made his heart ache, so painfully that he could barely breathe.

Yet, Nial also knew that he would reunite with his family, that was something he was certain off and the only requirement was for him to become stronger, stronger than anyone else!

As such, he bid farewell to his friend before he turned to Serl Tyr, and the butler, to whom he bid farewell too.

Nial had received Serl Tyr's contact information in his Originals card, and he already knew that he would have to use it soon because he had one particular item which he wanted to barter- the [Earth affinity(comprehension)] crystal!

Instead of selling the elemental affinity crystal, Nial planned to barter it with an ability crystal which he wanted to bind to as his mana core's first ability.

Unfortunately, he had yet to figure out what kind of ability he wanted to bind to his mana core.

It had to be suitable to his body and constitution, the fact that he couldn't see, and if possible, it would be the best if it could interlock with his [Mana Perception(Poorest)] ability.

This meant that he wanted them to overlap and enhance each other even if only one of the two was utilized.

Doing such a thing was tricky, and Nial knew that the most important factor was to outweigh the disadvantage of being blind.

Though it was difficult and complex, he was confident in achieving it...somehow.

It would only take some time, which was something he had more than enough of.

Other than that, he could be considered to be rich because he had a Pseudo-Myth weapon aka the Viper spear, a large spatial ring, a leather armor, numerous potions, and other miscellaneous items, a permanent dungeon, and…an empty house.

As for his utility expenses, there was nothing he would have to pay for except water and electricity bills, and the rest was for his personal needs.

With that in mind, Nial couldn't help but feel a sudden emptiness spread through his entire being as he left the mansion of the Tyr family.

While dragging himself towards his now empty house, he walked past a middle-aged woman, who was staring daggers at him, followed by a young woman who looked at him, with a mixture of sadness and worry.

She had heard about what had happened, and even more so, she knew what her brother, Melvin had done.

As such, she felt as if it was her obligation to say something to comfort him, but before she could do so, her mother forcibly dragged her ahead, not giving her a chance to do anything.

Left on his own, Nial was walking through the streets with empty hands as everything was stored inside his spatial ring.

Hours passed in which he seemed to wander through the streets, and oddly enough, he somehow found himself in the backyard of his house.

Having no idea how he had arrived at home, Nial sat on the wooden bench as his mana perception focused on the permanent slime dungeon.

He had to try hard not to use his mana perception to sense his family's presence in the house because he wanted to deny the sad truth.

However, after a few minutes passed, Nial gave up this futile effort as he entered the house where he took a deep breath.

Walking through the entire house, he found out that everything was as he was told- his parents and sister were not there anymore.

From the looks of it the living room was a mess too, which was exactly what Serl had told him.

As such, the first thing Nial did was to clean the entire house before he prepared himself some dinner while trying to suppress his emotions.

Yet, when he tried to force himself to eat, Nial felt incapable of holding back his tears.

Despite the bitter tears of anguish and hurt flowing down his eye, he kept forcing himself to finish the food, and as if it was on command, the tears ceased the moment he was done eating.

After washing the dishes, he went outside and stared at the permanent slime dungeon knowing that it wouldn't take long before it would break out, and slimes would rampage his backyard.

A wry chuckle escaped his lips because he felt that the slimes dungeon had lost its value.

'Do I even need the constant supply of money the dungeon provides?' He asked himself, believing that the permanent slime dungeon had turned into a nuisance more than anything else.

It was at this moment that he received an email on his phone that looked more like a piece of junk.

In fact, it was nearly destroyed owing to the events that had happened during the last few weeks.

Though it was in tatters and had cracks on the screen, he could still read the mail he received, using the application that read the content of the message out loud, if only barely.

Most of the message was cut off because his phone didn't work properly anymore, but Nial caught the most important part, causing him to freeze on the spot.

[All properties of the family 'Orin' have been transferred to Nial Orin!]

On one hand, this was shocking and something that made him shiver despite a warm breeze of air that brushed past him.

But, on the other hand, he realized that the property transfer had a hidden meaning, which caused him to smile faintly.

'They're doing fine, right?'

He couldn't be sure if he understood the meaning of the property transfer correctly, but considering that he had inherited their property, meaning that the government indirectly acknowledged that they had taken away his parents and Sabrina.

Other than that, he couldn't explain the given situation that was more messed up than he initially wanted to acknowledge.

Yet, when Nial was able to move once again, the Viper spear manifested in his hand as he prepared himself to fight against a few slimes.

After entering the dungeon, he cleared his mind by killing the slimes, and the slime boss, which was easy after having fought much stronger beasts, and he finished all of them in less than half an hour.

When he was done, he picked up the origin crystals before he stored them away as he mumbled to himself.

"Should I just sell everything?"

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