Chapter 4: Inside the Stone of Destruction


    The stone sucked them in. He could also send his will or thoughts to the stone and could go in and bring anyone but the stone was blocking it awhile ago or more like the voice inside was blocking it.


    They were transported to what looked like a living room. It looked like the interior of a modern wooden house Marcus once saw in a book. The room has an area of about 15 square meters. It has walnut flooring and decoration around the ce. On the middle part of the room was a white couch with a red floormat below it, and a cherry wood coffee table just right in front of it.


    Marcus went to the door at the side going to the bedroom. He ced the unconscious Carmen on the white-sheeted bed. Got a towel from his pocket dimension and used basic water magic and wiped the blood off her face. The bedroom he was currently in has an area of 12 square meters. Beside the bed is a cab made of cherry wood with amp, and a cat on top who was silently watching.


    "How is she?" Marcus turned to the cat.


    The cat yawned, "You''re getting worried over nothing. She just needs a couple of weeks or years of rest, recuperation, and she''ll be as good as new. I''ll get some medicine over the alchemy roomter so you can rest your ass that she''ll be fine. With that settled, let''s get down to business."


    The cat floated up in front of Marcus, who was still caressing his sister''s cheek.


    "You need to assimte with the stonepletely now that you''re all alone with no protection. You know it''s good for you, just take the fucking leap." The cat got closer to Marcus and sat on his shoulder.


    Marcus shrugged the cat off and said with his voice breaking"This wasn''t how it was supposed to go. Are the gods really that cruel? Would it be so hard to give a bit of sunshine and rainbows in my life?"


    Nexus, the cat stayed silent for a while.


    Nexus is a ck cat with yellow marks on his forehead and has a bit of white at the end of its tail.


    After a few minutes of breaking down, Marcus got up, he looked at Carmen and went to the door with Nexus on his shoulder while saying, "How do I start? And get off my shoulder."


    Nexus was a bit insulted when he heard thest part but was still happy since Marcus was finally going to assimte with the stone.


    They went to another room, which was empty. An area of 20 square meters. This was where he makes his breakthroughs. He sat on the center and crossed his legs.


    "That ''stone'' will attach itself to your soul. Just send your will to it and don''t resist once it starts assimting with you." Nexus distanced himself a bit from Marcus.


    "So what will happen to this space inside the stone?"Marcus asked.


    "Well, after assimting, it will be inside your soul, since the stone is there. Were you even listening? And I will also be fine, thanks for asking." Nexus said. "Now hurry up, the faster you finish the faster we can explore the mortal realm. Maybe we evennded on a world with catgirls, hehehe, those furry babes..." Nexus was lost in thought after that.


    Marcus already stopped listening halfway through. He closed his eyes and did what the cat told him.


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    Beads of sweat pouring down his forehead. The stone already disappeared and is currently trying to embed itself in his soul. He felt like his soul was being pounded by a warhammer. Seconds passed like hours and minutes passed like days, and with hours feeling like weeks. He just gritted his teeth and persevered.


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    Marcus opened his eyes. He is currently drenched in sweat. There is a puddle just right below him. Breathing heavily, heid back and started to check the information that was given to him by the stone. He started mumbling.


    " With the Stone of Destruction in my soul, I wouldn''t have to worry about illusion magic, ve seals, poison, curses, aura suppression as long as the disparity isn''t too big, and I won''t get affected by divination magic. I can even mask my mana and appear weaker or stronger than I seem to be. Shouldn''t this be called Stone of Protection instead? I could even heal someone who is poisoned with my blood. My soul is also a lot stronger." Marcus was still lying down, checking for information on the benefits the stone gave him.


    " Holy nuggets, my attacks will be a lot more powerful than normal. Both physical and magical. It will also give me an aura of destruction." Marcus'' eyes went wide when he got to this part. He startedughing maniacally while raising his hand and balling his fist. "What other secrets do you hold little stone?"


    Nexus at the side was staring at him like how you would stare at someone who has gone crazy.


    "Finally! with this, the dawn of their destruction won''t be too far. Mom, wait for me. We''ll get our revenge and I''ll personally kill those assholes!" Marcus shouted while his hands were still balled into a fist.


    After a few seconds, Marcus got up and started walking to the cat near the door. "I''ll go check on Carmen and get myself cleaned, then we could start exploring the mortal realm."


    Nexus nodded with satisfaction, he was excited to go out.


    Before going out he looked at the cat and asked, " how long have I been in here?"


    "Almost 2 hours I guess." Nexus replied.


    Marcus was dumbfounded. He felt like he was tortured for days.


    He sighed and continued to the room where Carmen was sleeping, with Nexus walking beside him.


    He made sure there was nothing wrong with her, then he went to take a shower.


    After a good ass bath, he went to the living room and sat on the couch. He started thinking about things and how they happened so fast.


    ''I really should make backup ns next time'' he thought while opening his pocket dimension to grab some food.


    He was sad about his mentor dying coupled with his mom having no one to lean on in the heavenly realm.


    Seeing the food, Nexus who was in front of him perked his body up. He started meowing and licking his lips.


    Marcus grabbed a piece ofrge roasted meat from his pocket dimension and threw it at the cat.


    After that only chewing could be heard.


    "You know, you should name the stone, Destrucstone. Get it? hahaha, and it''s a lot shorter."


    "No." Marcus curtly replied.


    The cat the said."You should really learn some sense of humor. Did you know that--"


    "You don''t have to fill these silences." Marcus still kept munching the food he''s holding.


    After a few more minutes.


    "Honestly I can really picture us being best bros. Here in the mortal world, you are not a prince. And let''s face it, you''re not that handsome, yes you''ll probably pass as an 8 or an 8 and a half but not a 10. That is why you''re going to need a wingman." Nexus licked his lips after finishing the meat.


    "What in god''s name are you talking about?" Marcus was getting a bit irritated. He wanted pure silence right now.


    "I''m talking aboutdies, Marcus. Hurry and finish up. Eat your depression while you''re at it. You keep wallowing in that and keep being unstable, you''ll go nowhere."Nexus leaped off the coffee table and jumped to the couch.


    A few seconds of silence followed after that.


    "I''m in a new world. My mom is fighting up in the heavenly realm alone. Empires are currently conspiring against us, and I can''t do anything about it! " Marcus yelled.


    "Precisely, you can''t do anything about it. You asuras and your temper. Chill the fuck down. The heavenly realm is currently out of your reach. Focus on what''s in front of you and move one step at a time.


    If you keep thinking about the heavenly realm and the problems there, how are you going to focus on what''s in front of you and on the present? It''s just like fighting with someone, and you see him throw a punch, but then you also see a vehicle speeding right behind him that''s headed towards you. Which one will you deal with first?" Nexus sat on the sofa, licking his paws while lecturing the kid beside him. He hated these kinds of sessions.


    Marcus was in deep thought. From the time he left the empire, he always felt down and he gets irritated easily. What the cat said was right. If he doesn''t learn to take things one step at a time and keep thinking about leaping a thousand steps a time to reach the heavenly realm, he might not even make it halfway there, he''ll either die or lose his humanity.


    He also still has a sister to take care of.


    With a deep sigh, he nodded and said "Your shitty speech was good, but you need to work on the ending. And if we ever pick up chicks in the future, make sure to act cute."


    "That''s better." The cat said.


    "Hop on my shoulder. We''ll let Carmen rest here for the time being and we''ll go explore the world where wended. I seem to remember wended on a body of water."Marcus stood up and got ready to port out.


    "Please be catgirls, please be catgirls, please be catgirls" Nexus prayed.


    With a thought, they were out of the room and back to the mortal realm.