Project Pegasus

V 1.1 Chapter 11: The Forbidden Spell.

Author's note: Hi guys sorry for not uploading last week. I was out of town. But don't worry. to make up for it, this week will be a double chapter :)

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I hate liars, hypocrites, and people who take advantage of people who care about them. But more than these, I hate murderers more. I'm not really a fan of gore movies and I think they are disgusting, I do love horror though. I just don't understand how people get pleasure by killing someone. Life is a precious thing, even though people act like shits. But there's still one more thing I hate the most, ever since that time with Haruka. That is... endangering other people's lives because of me.

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"E 50 Ausf. M." These words were written at the bottom of the portrait.

"Hiiro," Satrillo spoke. "Are you curious about that picture?"

"Y-yes."

He then narrated about events of the previous war.

Decades ago, Razzia found a new source of power, called curses. Unlike magic which uses mana, curses utilized the energy that came from the negative emotions of living beings. Lucie's usage of lust energy is an example. Unlike magic, curses have superior attack power and doesn't require incantations and runes. Also in special cases, some curses have special abilities that are normally impossible to do. Like Aria's Cursed Lightning for example.

With this newfound power, the Demon King decided to conquer all of Eteria starting from the Khina. After years of fighting, the Demons almost won the war, their enemy left with only a few cities standing. In their desperate moments, the humans sacrificed a large number of powerful mages, including the prince next to the throne, to create a spell that would call for 'heroes' from another world; five were summoned. These heroes were blessed with great power which they used to win their many battles, and soon the humans regained hope. However, it was not enough to defeat Razzia; it could only buy them time. The humans knew that magic alone was not enough to defeat the demons, so they developed a new source of power...

...Satrillo called it "nuclear energy".

"Sat...rillo?" My eyes stared at him; my body trembled. "What... do you mean... by nuclear energy?"

He then explained the process of nuclear fission.

This... This can't be. No... This is impossible.

"Written reports from the Razzia's spies said that the idea came from the summoned heroes."

"Satrillo, you said that this happened 70 years ago, right?"

"Yes," he replied. "To be exact, the first nuclear power plant was built in 1951. The tanks appeared a few years before that time."

Did he just say 1951? Wait, a minute. Calendars already existed?

"Satrillo?" Instantly, I asked him "What is the date today?"

"Hiiro? You seem a little bit off right now," he responded. "Anyway, today is May 20, 2019."

When the plane crashed into me, the date was August 11, 2018.

No. This can't be. Does this mean I've been dead for nine months?

"Hiiro?" Satrillo asked; "Is there something wrong? You're acting weird."

"N-nothing. I'm sorry, I'm just a bit shocked from what I just heard."

"Shocked?" he whispered. "By the way, Hiiro, may I ask you something? How did you meet Emily-ojousama?" he asked. "This has been bothering me for quite a while since I met you. Actually, when I saw you fight in the arena, I thought you were a Lich."