Kiyotaka's POV
As I closed my my eyes and dozed off, I found myself in front of a white empty hallway. I assumed I was having having a lucid dream since I had multiple in white room. I started walking down the hallway, and I also noticed some peculiar changes. My right arm's mark had disappeared, and clothes changed from the white Gi to the patient gown that I usually wear. After walking for a couple of minutes, I reached the end of the hallway only to greated a magnified version of the white room library.
The gallery hall is assumed to be more than 30-story space, square-shaped and surrounded by a shell of books. The interior circulation is arranged in a spiral among the reading gallery areas,the stairs were cube like, making its way to each floor.
Reaching out on one of the books, I found that some of them are the same books that used to be present in the white room. What was more surprising that It contained more books I had never seen before. While looking around, I saw a small shrine with a statue of the right arm or, as it calls himself Mimihagi. I didn't approach it since I didn't have enough information about it.
After reviewing a few other floors, I realized that every single record of information on earth till the last day was recorded, I was a bit pleased since reading books was one of my hobby and I won't miss our on knowledge that white room never taught.
As I reached the other hallway, I found another library, but it was empty. Only a single book was present, and it showed information about the boar life animal that Shiro killed. It was called 'boarbatusk'. New terms such as 'Grimm' and 'Creature of darkness' caught my eyes. I skipped a few pages, and the next animal was the prehistoric bird we first saw. It's called a 'Nevermore', and its description was written, but unlike the previous one, this data was incomplete.
I could only assume that either we have to kill it or absorb it like Shiro did. I kept the book it it's original place and returned to the first library, and started reading an interesting find.
*7 hours later *
Reading books about shadow manipulation made me think about some interesting applications. I should wake up within a few seconds. I wonder how I will exit his place. As I was thinking suddenly, I began to dozed off and my eyes closed and everything went dark.
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Opening my eyes, I saw a familiar wooden ceiling and surroundings as I began to identify the ungrounded bunker.
Coming up to the surface, I begin my daily routine similar to one one I did in white room. Shiro also started the same. Seeing that the exercise became much easier, I increased my reps from 300 to 350, which was still easy. I finally stopped at 450 reps.
After the warm-up, we finally decided to explore the forest. I extended my shadows horizontally on the ground, enveloping the food and water. Now we can explore without worrying about. A nice trick I learned from yesterday books.
We started sprinting towards east. On the way we encountered another group of new animals or Grimm as they were called.
The Grimms had bone-like mask with red markings characteristic of most Grimm, as well as the bone-like spikes protruding from their arms, back, and knees. Their hands and feet are also tipped with long, sharp, white claws. They we're 10 of them.
We hid our presence and watched their movements. I masked our sense using Mimihagi so they won't smell or hear us. Shiro took out two half meters spears and aimed at the furthest Grimm.
I reinforced the spears, making them borh indestructible for 5 seconds. Shiro shoots them aiming at the chest. The spear completely impaled the two wolves, making a loud, sharp, piercing cry
*loud and painful screams*
The pack startled, breaking their usual formation. I switched to umbrakinesis, summoning the black hands, their number increased to 3, and used them to grab the three wolves by their neck and started choking them. They were struggling to get out. The shadow hand enveloped the three Grimm and started tearing them from inside.
I extended my right arm towards the Grimm corpses, understanding my intentions, Mimihagi absorbed the unknown residual energy and the corpses disappeared.
Shiro's POV
As kiyotaka was attacking the wolves or Grimm as my imported knowledge says, I proceeded to jump two of them and tear their limps, incapacitating them. While the other three started jumping at me, I finally got a chance to use another ability I gained before.
[Blut Vene]
Blue marks started to form around my veins, guarding my skin. The wolf's claw got blocked, and the recoil startled the beast. I used this moment to punch the beast in the chest.
A normal punch should not be effective even if it is reinforced with Blut, but with Pernida's ability to progress anything, including time, I accelerated my speed by 3× increasing my attack power.
As a result, the punch went straight through his body, killing it instantly.
Pernida also absorbed the corpse and I learned the name of the Grimm.
'Beowolf '
The last 2 Grimm finally started to run away, I sprinting towards them and caught them instantly. The imaginary nerves entered their body halting their movements and after struggling for a while they stopped,killing them.
After absorbing the corpses I killed the remaining 2 beowolf I incapacitated before and absorbed them.
A interesting observation is my eyes react every time I came close to these Grimm wonder what's this about .
Kiyotaka also returned absorbing the corpse of the first 2 I killed.
We both continue our journey
Kiyotaka's POV
After the massacre we continued moving towards east, around 20 minutes later we came across a village
Which looks similar villages of medieval times of earth. I confirmed that it is a human settlement as the guard was human and few other were entering the village.
We walk towards the village, the guard finally noticed us. With a curious but cautious tone he asked
"Welcome to Eien village children, how can I help you?"
(AN:It is the unnamed village from vol:4 where team RNJR defeated a the ghost grimm and the jaune fellow got his new armor )
Shiro answered " we were traveling between the forests, suddenly monsters attacked us, we managed to fend ourselves but lost our supplies,so we are searching for shelter"
The guard furrowed and asked "where are your parents ?"
"We don't have them" I replied
He grimaced and asked " and you guardians?"
"They left us " I answered
He looks guilty and changed the topic "Are you martial arts practitioners?"
He guessed by observing our Gi .
"Yes" we both replied
He smiled kindly and said
"Then welcome to Eien village you can stay as much as you like."
"Thank you" we both replied.
The guard asked the last question "what are your names ?"
"Kuro" Shiro replied
"Toji" I replied
We both see no reason to reveal our true names. In this word of supernatural there is a possibility of getting harmed just by reveal of names and we both are new to supernatural so we won't take any risks. It also decrease changes of getting tracked .
With the guard acting as our guide we finally entered Eien village.
End Note: somehow i made kiyotaka an archbishop (re zero) and Shiro into a quincy.
