Ch.20 I Was Bullied So Hard I Was Isekai'ed Into A World of Sword And Magic And Emerged As The Lightning Samurai God To Hatefuck My Former Bully Until She Got Heart Eyes

— Law Greyrat —

“Ughh, my head, where am I?” I wearily blink my eyes open after finding myself waking up on rocky ground. I rubbed my head before widening my eyes at the sight in front of me.

Rocky mountains that stretched as far as I could see! I rubbed my eyes and refocused and noticed that there were plains of grass a little to the south.

“Shit high up on a mountain side… If I recall correctly, that's Dragon territory!” I frantically look around to see if anyone else is here spotting Eris sleeping on the ground. I quickly move over and start shaking her. “Eris, you need to wake up quickly!”

The red-haired girl began to blink her eyes as she awoke. She sat up and stretched her body while letting out a yawn at the same time. As her eyes gained some focus, she looked around and began noticing the strangeness of our location, and when her eyes met mine, I could see that panic had filled her, and she was moments away from screaming.

I quickly put my hand over her mouth and narrowed my eyes at her. “This is seriously not a good time for screaming or shouting. Nod your head if you agree to keep it down.”

The panic in her red eyes began to lessen as her fearful gaze morphed into a glaring stare. Now wasn’t the time for her to be angry with me, but it was better than her panicking. After a half a minute of glaring at me she finally nodded her head. I released her mouth but was fully prepared to clamp it back down if she started shouting again.

“What’s going on Law?” She asked in a whisper. Good, she could follow directions.

“I don’t know how… but we appear to have been teleported high up into a mountain range which means we are in Dragon Territory and need to quickly and quietly descend before a swarm of Dragons notices us.” I spoke as calmly as I could. Inside I was shaking.

How the fuck did we end up in a mountain range?!

I closed my eyes and shook my head. Now wasn’t the time to figure out how. What was important was getting Eris down this mountain as quickly and safely as possible. I was still her bodyguard, and even if I wasn’t I’d ensure her safety over anything else.

Eris’ eyes widened at my words and I could see fear return to her eyes.

“D-Dragons…?” She breathed out and I nodded grimly.

The threat level of dragons differed greatly, but even still I didn’t want to come across or fight a single dragon.

The reason was simple, even if I could hypothetically beat a lone dragon, that likely wouldn’t be the end of the battle.

Dragons gather in hordes within mountain ranges like this, so even if we come across one and defeat it, we’re almost guaranteed to face reinforcements.

“Eris, now more than ever, I need you to stand up and follow me. Beyond that, you don’t talk, you don’t break away from me for anything unless I tell you to, okay?” I ordered slowly. I needed to make sure my words were heard clearly and understood by the stubborn girl.

Eris nodded frantically and I took that as the best sign I could get. I rose to my feet and she did the same.

I walked over to the edge of the mountain we were standing on and looked down. It was a long way down. My eyes scanned over the way the mountain descended down to the base and I quickly came up with a path we could take.

I also couldn’t see any dragons, not even a stray, which was pretty much our best cue to leave now.

“Let’s go.” I whispered and took her hand. She put up no fight as we moved down the mountain through the trail I scoped out.

It would take a long ass time to get down, probably six or so hours. It would be faster if I was alone because I could sprint down with Battle Aura and run past any dragons that showed themselves, but with Eris, I couldn’t do that.

While Eris has made good enough progress in North God Style, managing to attain Advanced Rank, she was still underpowered for this endeavour.

I glanced back at Eris to see the girl huddled close to me as we sped up from a careful stepped walk to a light jog. This mountain was pretty steep, and while I wanted to do our best to get out of here as fast as possible, safety was also an issue that I needed to keep an eye on.

*FLAP*

*FWOOOSH*

My body stilled for a fraction of a second before I grabbed Eris in my arms and jumped to the ground while keeping our backs to the mountain. I raised my hand and used it to make a small mound of stone cover us as the sound of flapping wings grew closer.

“Law-” Eris started but I put my hand over her mouth again as I laid behind her. Because the rock cover I put up covered our entire bodies, the inside was dark, but even still we could still hear the dangerous predator lurking above.

“A dragon.” I whispered into Eris’ ear and I felt her body grow still.

I closed my eyes and listened for the dragon. It was definitely scouting out our mountain, if it hadn’t been, the sound of its wings would have reached us and then began to fade as it got further away… but it had only grown louder as the seconds passed.

Why it hadn’t continued with its flight, I have no idea, but I knew how bad things could turn out if the dragon found us.

As I laid behind Eris, I rolled my body a bit so that I was slightly on my back while also removing my hand from Eris’ mouth. I brought my hand down to my waist where my blade was strapped and placed a hand on the exposed hilt.

Worst case scenario, I had to fight and kill the dragon before booking it down the mountain as fast as possible. Risking a fight against many dragons sounded like a stupid way to die, and I had no intentions of checking out of this life early.

I didn’t know how long Eris and I waited, but I felt like at least ten minutes had passed. A short sigh of relief escaped me as I heard the dragon flying further away.

Eris and I stayed a little longer, just to be sure that the dragon was gone for good.

It’s a good thing the dragon didn’t decide to land on the mountain peak or somewhere on this mountain in general… if it had, we’d have to fight. We couldn’t stay here forever after all.

I waved away the quickly made cover of earth and pushed myself to my feet. I offered Eris a hand and she took it with only a moment of hesitation.

“We’ve gotta keep moving.” I whispered to her before turning around and dropping to a knee. “Hop on.”

There was a pause as deafening silence fell over us. I waited for her to hop on my back only for her to never do so.

“I can walk on my own…” She said quietly, not quite a whisper, but not so loud that I feared we could be heard. “I’m strong too!”

I frowned deeply at her. Now wasn’t the time for pride or belief in oneself, it was time for us to survive, and for us to do that, we would need to move as fast and safely as possible.

Which is why I had completely put aside her wants and prioritized getting the fuck off this mountain with my own speed.

“Eris… do you want to see your family again?” I asked as I glanced back at her and I watched as she froze for a moment before going deathly silent. “If you want that, we need to go, now.”

Eris clenched her fists as she looked down at my back. “I don’t… want to always rely on you.” She whispered through gritted teeth.

“Even Ghislaine needs help sometimes, don’t you remember, Eris?” I questioned and didn’t earn an answer. A few moments after the words left my lips, Eris took a step forward and climbed onto my back.

I firmly grabbed the backs of her thighs as I lifted her in a piggy back ride.

“Thank you, Eris.” I offered her. She couldn’t see my face right now, but I was genuinely thankful that she went along with something that upset her for both of our sakes. “Keep your head down, I’m going to be moving fast, so things may get a bit windy.”

Eris didn’t answer verbally, instead she nodded into the back of my neck. I glanced up at the sky and frowned. Time was passing by quickly, judging by the sun at least. We absolutely had to be off of this mountain by nightfall. If we weren’t we’d have to spend the night on it. Traveling at night would be suicide, but it also left us struggling because these mountains at night must be freezing, even moreso than they are now.

I planted my feet firmly into the ground and started to run. I decided not to use my Battle Aura because I didn’t want to risk Eris losing her grip and falling off. The speed increase was no joke, and while Eris wasn’t weak by any means, she still needed to work on accessing her Battle Aura.

If I wanted to go full speed, I’d have to keep her in a princess carry, but if I did that, I wouldn’t be able to fight if shit hit the fan.

Instead of running down the trail that continued downward, I instead started to take larger leaps to small ledges that looked secure enough to hold the weight of our fall.

Descending the mountain became much faster as I continued jumping down. With each jump I hoped that nothing unexpected would happen, like a sudden landslide or a loose rock that causes me to lose my footing. Mainly because something like that would bring attention to our location.

We remained descending at that pace for around an hour before I began to feel safe again. We were low enough to the point that I doubted dragons would be around this altitude, and even if they were, it would only be a single individual at most.

A breath of relief filled me as I put Eris down.

“The worst of it is over, Eris.” I gave her a relieved smile.

“Why? Aren’t there dragons on this mountain?” She tilted her head curiously.

I shook my head. “Had there been, we probably would have seen them. There’s a chance they were just resting in caves, but that’s not really our problem anymore. We’re low enough to the point that dragons shouldn’t be around here.”

“Then we can go home now?!” Eris lit up and I nodded as I looked out at the sights below us. I knew the world map fairly well, which meant I could tell which mountains we were on. The fact that it was pretty cold even on the lower half of the mountain told me that the climate here must be fairly cold so we're in the north part of the world, alot of green ahead combined with the lack of snow or ice in the distance when I stood on the top of the mountain combined with the ocean to my right cued me in that we were on the south side of the Dragons Upper Jaw.

With that in mind, I knew that the only logical thing to do would be to head south upon reaching the base of this mountain. The Upper Jaw was located approximately north of the Fittoa Region, the same region I had spent all my life in.

“Let’s continue.” I said after a moment of thought and Eris grinned excitedly.

We continued our descent down the mountain, and after half an hour, we touched down on the mountain’s base. I let out a breath of relief as I looked up at the towering mountain we had been teleported onto.

“We did it!” Eris placed her hands on her hips as she stared up at the mountain.

“And a damn good job we did.” I smiled proudly as I placed a hand on her shoulder. “Thank you for trusting me.”

Her cheeks grew red as she nodded quietly with a small smile tugging at her lips.

As I removed my hand from her shoulder, I scanned my blue eyes across the rocky ground we were standing on. There were plains in front of us that were several hundred metres away, and while I couldn’t see any roads or signs of civilization immediately in front of us, it was clear that in front of us was the direction we needed to go.

South, that’s where home was. So we started walking.

A horrible feeling passed through me as worry and dread filled my heart.

The light had started in Roa and expanded all the way out to the field we were in… but just how far did that blast of light expand?

Did it swallow up Roa and the surrounding areas, or could it have possibly extended even further than that?

My mind nearly came to a halt as I pictured my family.

Paul, Zenith, Lilia, Aisha, Norn… could they have been swept up in this disaster as well?!

I shook my head. There was no guarantee of that, but I needed to know for sure. The fact that Rudeus and Ghislaine aren’t around us suggests that our teleportation must have been somewhat random, but now I started wondering just how random the teleportation could have been—could we have ended up sent to another continent entirely? Could the people of Roa have been sent there?

I clenched my fists as we managed to reach the grassy plains. The grass was dry, which was unsurprising for the terrain and climate. It crunched softly under our feet as we moved south, hoping to find some sign of civilization that we could return to.

If this incident had reached our family… then heading back to the Fittoa Region would be meaningless.

Everyone we had ever known would be gone, so there wouldn’t be a reason to head back. Instead our main goal would be to locate as many survivors as we can, all while making sure Eris is kept safe, but until I knew for sure, the Fittoa Region was our goal.

“Why are you so quiet now? There aren’t any dragons down here, right?” Eris questioned loudly behind me.

“I was just lost in my head… and no, there shouldn’t be. They are unable to take off on flat ground so we should be safe away from the mountains.” I answered as we walked through the field. I was looking out for anything worthy of note, like a road. If we found a road, then we just needed to follow it to reach a town. Shelter, food, and water is what we needed now, and there was little shelter in these plains.

“Then we can talk again like normal right?” Eris walked a little faster so she was ahead of me and turned around to face me while walking backwards.

“I don’t see why not.” I shrugged.

“Good! Now, where’s Ghislaine? Oh and Rudeus too?” Eris eyed me with a smile as she continued walking backwards.

I blinked at her and raised a brow. Why the fuck does she think I know?

“I don’t know.”

Her smile vanished immediately as she stopped walking backward and grabbed my shoulders.

“What do you mean you “don't know” ?”

“Exactly what I said.” I frowned. “I’m still trying to rationalise what the hell happened, trying to figure out Rudeus and Ghislaine’s location wouldn’t even be possible with the little information we have.” I tried explaining to her, but I could see she was beginning to worry.

To my surprise, instead of screaming and shouting for Ghislaine, she went deathly silent. It was honestly more concerning then if she acted normal and cried for her hero.

“Eris, we’re not too far from home.” I revealed to her which made her worried eyes fill with hope.

“Really?! You know where we are?!”

“I do-”

“Then why didn’t you tell me?!” She growled as she threw a punch at my head, like clockwork I dodged it and she narrowed her red-eyes at me.

“You never asked.” I smiled and shrugged my shoulders. As worrying as this situation is, it didn’t hurt to poke a bit of fun at Eris, in fact it would probably go a long way for both of our minds at this point.

“You’re… fine, wipe that grin off your face and just tell me where we are!” Eris crossed her arms under her bust and tapped her foot impatiently.

“The Red Dragon’s Upper Jaw.” I answered shortly before I continued walking.

I looked back at Eris as she started following me again to see her blink, then she blinked again. A bead of sweat ran down my brow as I smiled wryly.

She had no idea where the fuck that was, did she? Well I was an idiot for thinking she’d spend time listening to Rudeus’ lessons on geography. In Eris’ mind, she would always know where she was by choosing to travel somewhere, and then would know again when she travelled back. Anything else was irrelevant. To be fair to her, I don’t think anyone expected teleportation to take a step in and mess her up ideology either.

“The Upper Jaw is located immediately north of the Fittoa Region.” I explained and her eyes widened.

“Then we’re north of home?!” She asked with lit up eyes filled with even more hope then before.

“Yup.” I nodded and Eris let out a shaky breath as she smiled brightly.

“Then everything is going to be okay!” She whispered to herself.

“Yeah, if it helps you, think of this as a somewhat dangerous adventure. Our goal? To get you back home in one piece.” I chuckled and she joined in with me.

Our journey through the plains was pretty talkative with Eris grinning ear to ear as she talked about all the adventuring stories Ghislaine had told her over the years. I kept her talking because I knew it would keep her spirits high, and I’d be lying if I said some of the stories she told weren’t interesting.

Eventually, my feet came to a stop while Eris continued talking.

“-and then Ghislaine walked back to the inn covered in the blood of all the monsters she had slain! Is that not amazing? Imagine being in that inn and seeing the Sword King Ghislaine return wearing the blood of her foes like a trophy!” Eris smiled widely as she continued walking past me.A few seconds went by before she realised that I had stopped walking and she turned around and looked at me with confused eyes.

“Why did you stop walking?” She asked. My eyes were fixated southwest where there was a particularly large plot of grass missing from the plains. I pointed at it and Eris raised a brow. “I don’t get it…”

I facepalmed. “Eris… it’s a road.” Eris frowned at me, still not completely understanding what I meant. “Follow a road and you’ll reach a village, or maybe even something larger.”

Eris finally understood what I meant. “Then what are we waiting for?!” She dragged my arm and began pulling me along. I followed her as she did, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have my qualms about going down a dirt road that practically bordered the Upper Jaw.

A place like this must be a prime place for bandits to set up. I could see how easy life could be as a bandit in a location like this. People travel, get stopped by bandits and robbed, then left to die in the middle of nowhere. They couldn’t even run because where would they go? The mountain with powerful dragons flying around? Nope, at that point it was better to just be robbed and maybe even killed.

We stepped foot on the road and began walking toward the southeast, with hopes of coming across some civilization before the day's end. Worst case I could produce a shelter with earth magic and water with water magic, though unless we could find something like a rabbit around, we’d go hungry tonight. The climate was also pretty cold, but I knew stopping and making a fire would only bring about bad news like bandits.

We walked down the road for hours, I could tell based on how far the sun had travelled since I confirmed our location and the world around us began to darken. Night was approaching.

I realised by this point that we wouldn’t be reaching any settlement before it got dark, so the best thing for us to do now was to stop and camp out for the night.

“Eris.” I called out to her as I stopped walking. She turned to me and tilted her head. “We’re going to have to stop here for the night, which means we’re going to need something to eat. Do you want to help me find something?” I asked and I watched as the girl’s red eyes lit up in excitement.

“Let’s go!” Eris shouted as she ran forward. I watched her run further and further away with a smile on my face before I ran after her. It was good that she was in high spirits. If she wasn’t, today would have been a disaster.

It didn’t take us long to find a few rabbits. They tried to hop away as Eris ran at them recklessly. The girl didn’t have a sword so all she could do was try her best to catch them. The unpredictability of the rabbits movements momentarily caught her off guard, but she adjusted quickly.

Instead of helping her, I pulled back and watched as she decided to let two of the three rabbits run their own way as she locked in on the last of them. She chased it around and was clearly faster than the poor bunny. Try as it might, Eris had learned its movement patterns and jukes fairly quickly, and managed to grab ahold of it by the ears.

“I caught it!” Eris shouted with pure glee as the rabbit kicked around trying to get loose.

I clapped as I walked up to her. “Good job, you were very agile on your feet!” I complimented her and watched as she preened under my praise.

“Now we can eat it right?!” Eris practically vibrated with excitement. I was momentarily surprised by her sheer disregard of the rabbit before I remembered that this was Eris, not some normal young girl. Eris couldn’t care less for a single rabbit's life, even if it was adorable.

“Yeah, we can, give it here.” I held my hand out and she handed the rabbit to me. The rabbit got a good kick into my side but I didn’t even feel it as I grabbed its ears tightly and placed a hand on its upper body. In one quick motion I cracked its neck, making it stop its struggle as it fell limp.

My face cringed at the feeling. I still hadn’t gotten used to killing things, especially not in such brutal ways, but this kill didn’t feel nearly as bad as when I had killed a human.

With the dead rabbit in one hand, I held my free hand out and the earth in front of us began to shift. A relatively large dome of earth grew out of the ground and I tweaked it a bit to add an opening on our side.

“You head in there, I’ll skin and bleed this rabbit.” I offered her a shaky smile. This wasn’t going to be my first time doing this, I had done it before with Lilia one time but never again since I didn’t like the process.

“What?! No!” Eris argued immediately as she stamped her foot on the ground. “Why would I want to miss this?! Ghislaine told me about this part so many times!”

I blinked at her bright smile and let out a sigh. “Alright then, sit there.”

Eris sat down on the grass with watchful eyes as I used my magic to create two poles using earth magic. I then added another pole that went across to connect the two.

My eyes fell down to the deceased rabbit in my hands. I flipped my grip on it around so that I was holding it by the hind legs rather than the ears. I binded the legs to the horizontal bar, allowing the rabbit to hang. I then unsheathed my blade and cut off the rabbits head in one smooth slash and watched as blood poured out.

“So that’s how you bleed it?!” Eris asked as she scooted closer to get a better look.

“Yeah, cutting off its head is the best way to do it.” I answered as I produced some water in my hands to wipe my blade clean of blood.

“Are you going to skin it now?” She asked after a few seconds of silence.

“Not until it’s done bleeding.”

“Oh.”

We waited quietly as the rabbit continued to bleed. I went inside the dome to make some tweaks while Eris stayed sitting. I added some ventilation to the dome so that things wouldn’t get stuffy when I decided to make a fire. I also created some cups with earth magic that should hold together well, then I poured water into it using water magic.

After a few hours the dark had fully set over us. Eris and I were sitting in the dome eating the rabbit as a small campfire separated the two of us.

“Law…”

“Hm?” I looked up at the girl who had been quiet for longer than usual.

“Everything’s going to be okay right?” Eris asked. Her voice was low, but didn’t give way to any real emotions. I waited before answering. I was pretty much certain that everyone in Roa along with Ghislaine and Rudy had been teleported… which means Philip, Hilda, and Sauros were all teleported as well.

If they ended up in a place like this… I didn’t even need to say what would happen, it’s obvious.

Ghislaine and Rudeus would be fine, it would take the might of some truly powerful shit to take down a Sword King and an insanely powerful mage like Rudy.

But Sauros, Philip, and Hilda… they were really just normal people, less so. They probably didn’t even have the basic skills to survive in the wilderness, let alone fight for their lives.

But how could I tell Eris that?

I scooted around the fire until I was beside her and offered her a comforting hand.

“Everything’s going to be okay.” I nodded with a comforting smile. “It’s only a matter of time.”

Eris looked at me with red eyes filled with something I couldn’t place. Her face and mine were inches apart before she gently placed her head in the crook of my neck. We sat there in the quiet night with no sound other than the fire crackling.

I couldn’t help the Boreas Family, but I could make sure Eris got back safely, and I’d do it. Not because of my duty, but because she wasn’t someone I was willing to lose. Not to anyone or anything.

— Rudeus Greyrat —

“God dammit, why did that shady guy have to remind me of my disgusting old body?” Rudeus rubbed his face as he awoke. He sat up slowly and noticed the light of a fire in front of him. Rudeus blinked at it before looking around and spotting Ghislaine sleeping beside him.

His face lit up at the sight of her. Rudeus knew that they weren’t in the plains far outside of Roa anymore, and had somehow been teleported to the Demon Continent, a dangerous place with plenty of nasty things that wouldn’t hesitate to kill them. He was very glad to see he had not only had a familiar face with him, but the strongest person he knew!

Rudy turned and noticed a man sitting beside the fire. The light shined clearly on him, even in the dark of night, enough for Rudeus to make out his features.

Rudeus’ blood ran cold. Green hair, a hardened pale face, and the most terrifying feature—a ruby red gem embedded in the middle of his forehead.

A Superd! The same demon race that Master Roxy had told him about time and time again! The evil demons that had earned their reputation through blood.

This is who that shady guy wanted him to help?! A Superd?!

Just as that thought came to him, the Superd turned to Rudeus. Green eyes locked onto green as they stared at one another. Rudeus couldn’t stop his fear from becoming visible.

The Superd paused at the sight before turning away again. Rudy stared at the Superd in slight surprise as his fear began to dissipate. Rudeus took one more look around to see the campfire in this wasteland they found themselves in. The Superd… had helped them?

“You helped us, right?” Rudeus spoke out in the demon language and he didn’t miss how the Superd looked surprised as he turned back to face Rudeus. “Thank you.”

The Superd stared at Rudeus over a fairly long silence before he turned away again. “You’re a child… I couldn’t leave you to bear the cruel fate of these lands.”

As Rudeus processed the man’s words, a small smile came to his face. To the Superd’s surprise, Rudeus stood up and walked over to him before taking a seat about a metre away.

“Well thank you for that. I’m Rudeus Greyrat… and you are?” Rudeus asked as he waited for the Superd’s answer with a smile still on his face.

“… Ruijerd Superdia.”

“Ruijerd then, it’s nice to meet you.” Rudeus held out his hand. Ruijerd eyed Rudeus’ hand with widened eyes before taking it in his much larger pale hand and Rudeus shook it firmly.

As two hands separated, a silence fell over them. Eventually Ruijerd eyed Rudeus and spoke. “What’s a human child and a beast woman doing on the Demon Continent?”

Rudeus frowned at that. “I don’t actually know. One second we were standing in a field outside of the Citadel of Roa, and the next a bright light consumed us… then I woke up here.”

“How odd.” Ruijerd placed a hand on his chin in thought.

“Mmm.”

Both Ruijerd and Rudeus turned to Ghislaine who was moving around in her sleep. It looked like she was seconds away from waking up. A bright smile came to Rudeus’ face as her hazy eyes locked onto him, then onto Ruijerd. Her eyes widened in surprise and then narrowed in anger.

“Wait, Ghislaine-” Rudeus attempted to shout but was grabbed and thrown away by the angered beast woman. She threw a powerful slash at Ruijerd but he was already on his feet with his spear in hand.

*BANG*

The earth beneath them kicked up as the two engaged in a powerful clash. Ghislaine didn’t stay stagnant as she stared at the Superd with hate filled eyes. She threw slash after slash meanwhile Ruijerd focused on blocking the Sword King’s fierce attacks.

“Ghislaine, he’s not an enemy!” Rudeus shouted as he tried to run over to her and grab ahold of her from behind. He was given a backward kick to his gut for his troubles.

“Stay out of this!” She roared as she continued with her flurry of attacks. Rudeus watched with wide, worried eyes as Ghislaine pushed Ruijerd further and further back. The Superd’s face tensed as he pushed the tip of his spear at her gut, his first attack of the fight. She blocked and attempted to use the opening granted to her to remove his head. He jumped away and was followed immediately by the rabid beast woman.

Rudeus clenched his fists as he saw the two fight. Ruijerd was a nice guy! He had helped them!

“Listen to me!” Rudeus shouted as a ball of fire built in his hands. He launched it between the two, forcing both of them to jump backward. Taking that moment of relief in their fight, Rudeus ran in front of Ruijerd and held his hands out, shielding the Superd.

“Move out of my way, Rudeus!” Ghislaine growled. “Don’t trust him!”

“Ghislaine, he’s not a bad demon, put your sword away!” Rudeus demanded and Ghislaine’s growling only grew louder.

“My instincts have never led me astray, that guy is bad news, move!” Ghislaine said with cold eyes. She was dead set on killing Ruijerd!

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