Epic of Caterpillar

Chapter 2422: A New Mission

"Woah, no matter how many times I come here, Shibuya\'s always surprising me," Frank thought, smiling as he glanced at the city and then the blue, almost cloudless sky and the bright sun.

It was currently 3 PM, his classes ended rather early today luckily, so Frank got enough time to come here and do this mission with Matsuo and the unexpected new ally, Harumi.

"Did Harumi ever join us in my dreams? I don\'t think so... Hm, I guess this furthers cements that not everything in the dreams could be true..." he thought. "I should check my status to make sure what I can use. I sometimes think I can use abilities or powers I don\'t have because of those weird dreams."

Frank glanced at his phone, which showed him a holographic window, his special System ability infused into the phone itself.

[Name]: [Frank James]

[Race]: [Human (???)]

[Titles]: [World Traveler] [Legendary Farmer]

[Gender]: [Male]

[App Points]: [1130]

[Clan Contribution Points (Monk Clan of Tokyo)]: [1.200]

[Mana Core Cultivation]: [Rank 1 (Initial Stage)]

[World\'s Source Energy (Terra)]: [18/100]

[Job]: [Gray Magician]

[Job History]: [Farmer]

[Level]: [11/20]

[Health Points]: [110/110] (+10)

[Mana Points]: [107/107] (+25)

[Strength]: [71] (+13)

[Defense]: [61] (+5)

[Magic]: [102] (+23)

[Resistance]: [68] (+25)

[Agility]: [58] (+26)

[Passive Skills]: [World\'s Traveler Body: Level -] [Gift of Life: Level 5] [Curse Resistance: Level 4] [Hypnosis Resistance: Level 4] [Divine Brand of the Monk Family of Tokyo: Level -] [Mana Control: Level 5] [Fire and Burn Resistance: Level 5] [Abraddon\'s Divine Protection: Level -] [Abraddon\'s Champion Divine Crest: Level -] [Mana Core (Gray): Level 1] [Thought Acceleration: Level 5] [Prediction: Level 4] [Arithmetic Processing: Level 4] [Parallel Thinking: Level 4] [Poison and Toxin Resistance: Level 4] [Concentration: Level 3]

[Active Skills]: [Farming Technique: Level 4] [Spear Technique: Level 4] [Gray Magic (Innate): Level 3] [Dirt: Level 5] [Sewing: Level 2] [Body Aura: Level 4] [Bronze Skin: Level 4] [Instant Domain Creation: Level 3] [Detection: Level 4] [Inspect: Level 3] [Gust: Level 4] [Sonar Wave: Level 3] [Tutoring: Level 3] [Botany: Level 2] [Druid: Level 2]

[Relationships]: [Matsuo Family (Tokyo Shrine Clan)]

[Tamed Monsters]: [Rank 1]: [Lesser Flame Salamander: Ruby: Level 8/10]

[Worlds Visited]: [Earth (Home World)] [Terra (Farm Town App)]

[APP Special Functions]: [Inventory] [World\'s Gate (Currently Unavailable)] [Quest Board] [Monster Pet Nursery] [Job Change Sanctuary] [APP Gacha (Locked)] [APP Shop (Locked)] [Gray Magic Spells (Innate)]: [Mana Bullet] [Spinning Mana Bullet] [Mana Thread] [Bind] [Flying Mana Spear] [Mana Aura] [Mana Transfer] [Mana Barrier]

"Compared to what I could do in those crazy dreams, this is not too bad I guess? I just managed to Rank up to Gray Magician after I discovered the power to wield Mana and got myself a Mana Heart from Terra," nodded Frank. "My Gray Magic is pretty okay right now, and my other Skills are... Eh, fine. I should rack up Contribution Points and spend them buying Spell and Technique Books which I can instantly learn as Skills through my System."

One of the ways for Frank to grow stronger quickly was by learning Skills from Spell and Technique Books he could buy in the Tokyo Shrine Clan of Amaterasu, which he had been invited by Matsuo.

Although he had learned new magic from the World of Terra, a world similar to Medieval Fantasy Isekai Worlds, but populated entirely by beast people, dwarves, and elves instead of humans, which didn\'t exist, he had to combine every source of power he could gain from every place.

"Before I did it very sloppily and ended slowing down my growth instead," he thought. "I need to concentrate mostly on my Mana and my Internal Energy. I should also begin combining the effects of Skills directly with my Spells to create larger attacks and techniques. Something I didn\'t began doing until much later in those dreams..."

One skill in specific which he had ignored a lot back then brought him attention, [Dirt]. A skill he thought was utter garbage as it simply created some dirt out of his hand. However, later on within these dreams he was able to turn the dirt he created with his hand into hardened blocks of dirt or even stone.

But even then, that wouldn\'t be enough either...

"If I can combine its effects with Farming Technique, Spear Technique, Botany, and Druid... And then use Gray Magic to hold everything together..." Frank thought, rubbing his chin. "I could probably attain a much higher level of power! However, I need Mana for that."

He looked at his Inventory, thankfully he had stocked on Mana Crystals from Terra and also he had dozens of Mana Potions he had purchased, so he was well prepared.

"Alright! Nice, everything is on place..."

"Frank! Hey Frank!"

As Frank was walking through Shibuya\'s famous shopping district, he quickly heard Matsuo\'s voice behind him, he thought they had agreed to meet up there, but Matsuo just had arrived!

"Hey, Matsuo, did you get here late?" Frank wondered, smiling amicably.

"Yeah! How did you get here so quickly?! The Metro was so full, I could barely fit inside!" Matsuo gasped for air, sighing, he was carrying with him a big backpack full of things.

"I just came by foot..." said Frank, looking unconcerned.

"By foot?!" Matsuo wondered.

"Yeah I leaped over the buildings and concealed my presence with the Domain Creation Ability which I made into a cloak," explained Frank.

"What?! You can do that?!" asked Matsuo.

Domain Creation was an absolutely necessary Spell and Magic Technique that was used by all people belonging to the Supernatural Realm of Earth to conceal themselves and their magical abilities from the normal world.

It was an ability granted to all supernatural people that reached a certain level of magic power

by the world itself, as some sort of contingency so the majority of the population can be kept safe from their disputes, and also as a way to keep monsters and corruption from spreading

around by holding them back within these Domains.

"It\'s easy."

Frank, however, thanks to his dreams, even figured out a way to shape this power, something unheard of by Matsuo, and turn it into an invisibility cloak... only for normal people, as any supernatural would be able to easily spot him though.

"Easy?! I don\'t think I know anybody that could do that except my gramps..." said Matsuo. "And maybe? I have never heard him talk about such a thing... Bro, you\'re amazing."

"I can teach you later if you want, haha," Frank laughed. "Anyways, where\'s Harumi?"Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

"She just sent me a message... Ah, she\'s already in the Corrupted Domain?! She\'s even faster than us!" Matsuo said. "Okay let\'s hurry! Follow me!"

"Sure!" Frank nodded.

The two ran through Shibuya, reaching deeper areas, smaller suburbs with houses, and then reaching a slightly abandoned-looking street with old houses that were on sale.

At the end of this street, there it was, an old, abandoned house overflowing with a dark aura...