Fenrir's Journey : I Shall Devour The Heavens!

After observing other people for a long period of time, Fenrir was confident she would be able to properly disguise herself. She actually realized there wouldn't have been much of a difference between entering the City now, or entering it without any prior knowledge. Depending on a person's occupation, they all had unique quirks and, Cultivators especially, all behaved drastically different from each other. Ultimately, it depended on a person's status, wealth, and if they had any affiliation with a certain group or Sect. Fenrir had decided to disguise herself as a lone Mercenary since, after watching all the Cultivators putting on airs, she didn't really want to be associated with them.Since the only reason she dressed in cute clothes had been to appeal to her Master, who was now heartbreakingly far away, Fenrir decided to wear relatively plain clothing. She didn't want anyone eyeing her in the possessive manner that some of the men looked at women, so Fenrir chose to try and avoid such things by covering her body and dressing like a warrior.Fenrir used her magic to create a midnight blue tunic and, since shorts didn't seem to be a thing in this world, she covered her legs in loose-fitting black trousers. Around her waist, she wore a red cincher with a white fur lining and, as it seemed popular amongst Mercenaries, Fenrir wore an overcoat with a cowl, similarly lined with white fur. As she wasn't used to it, Fenrir decided not to wear shoes and, as many people seemed to walk around barefoot, or wrapped their feet in cloth, Fenrir didn't think it would be an issue.To complete her outfit, Fenrir wore similarly red guard on her forearms and calves, giving her the appearance of a warrior who relied on her hands and feet to fight. Though her appearance was very uncommon, as females typically wore thinner fabrics, Fenrir didn't care since she wasn't trying to appeal to anyone. The only reason she wanted to enter the City was to gain information, observe how people lived within the Cities of this world, and try to obtain a proper Cultivation technique.Fenrir knew that each technique was a closely guarded secret and, seeing the number of small groups, Clans, and Sects, Fenrir knew there are 'a lot' of different techniques. There even seemed to be things called Martial Skills, Spiritual Skills, and Qi Manifestation Techniques. Fenrir had seen people throwing flames, swinging around swords with their minds, and stepping on both the air and water as if it were the ground. However, though these feats impressed many of the people that witnessed them, Fenrir found they were crude and lazily done.Even at a glance, Fenrir could see that these people put more effort into showing off, making their skills flashy and overbearing, than actually being useful. It wouldn't be difficult to emulate most of their 'skills' just using her magic power alone, even without relying on any spells. Fenrir didn't know why these people thought that performing such 'basic' feats were deserving of praise, and it just made them seem childish and ignorant in her eyes. The fact that they 'forced' weaker people to revere them for such pathetic skills made her feel nothing but contempt for each and every one of them...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'This world is just full of people who bully other people just to feel better about their own pathetic skills...disgusting...')

Donning her disguise, which gave her the look of a fierce female Mercenary, Fenrir made her way towards the entrance of the City. From her observation, she knew it was called Heavenly Moon City, affiliated with the most powerful Sect in the province, the Heavenly Moon Sect. They were located atop the massive mountain nearby, which was larger than any mountain Fenrir had ever seen in her previous world. From a glance, it seemed to have a height of more than 300km and, as there were strange forces that made flight very difficult in this world, most people had to scale it on foot.Other than the Heavenly Moon Sect, the City itself had several 'powerful' Sects, Clans, and Mercenary Groups. At the top of them all was the Outer-Branch of the Heavenly Moon Sect, with the Flowing River Sect and Flame Jade Sect constantly competing for the second strongest position. However, the group Fenrir knew to be the most cautious of was the Heavenly Moon Mercenary Guild, as they were a branch of the larger Continental Mercenary Association.The Continental Mercenary Association was part of the three strongest powers on this continent, which Fenrir had learned was called the Oyone, or 'The Western Badlands'. In this world, it was the weakest of the four continents, which were Vestaia, 'The Northern Heaven', Melkio, 'The Eastern Prairie', and Hai-Son, 'The Southern Kiln'. Vestaia and Hai-Son were supposed to be equal in strength, but Melkio and Oyone were inarguably weaker than the other two. As for the other powers within the Oyone Continent, they were the Searing Sword Palace and the Demon Beast Mountain respectively.Though the Searing Sword Palace was supposed to be the strongest force in the Oyone, it was well-known that they rarely sought trouble with the Demon Beast Mountain. The reason behind this, which had interested Fenrir, was because it was a region made up of various 'Demonic Beasts' that had managed to obtain human forms. This was the reason why so many people had called her a Demon in the past. As for why this was a 'bad' thing, it was due to the fact that many Cultivators hunted Demonic Beasts for their cores, materials, or even their souls. This practice made it impossible for Humans and Demonic Beasts to coexist together, to the point that any humanoid Demonic Beast outside of the Demon Beast Mountain would be hunted down relentlessly.Fenrir believed this was extremely stupid, even though she had also killed her fair share of Demonic Beasts by now. The ones she fought, however, also hunted each other and fought for territorial dominance. They also lacked any significant intelligence and, if they had, she would have let them be since it was 'wrong' to fight against each other for no reason. If the only reason you had was that the other 'person' was different, you were more of a monster than them. Intelligence was something that made it possible to rationalize, empathize, and work alongside each other. This allowed Fenrir to deduce that the main reason why Humans seemed to hate Demonic Beasts was because 'it was harder to steal their resources'...they just disguised their greed behind false righteousness, just like how many of their practitioners wore their pride and pettiness on their chests, putting on pretenses instead of being genuine...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'This place, these people, it's all so disingenuous...everyone just wants what other people have...')

Now that she had assumed a human form, Fenrir moved on to the next step of the plan she had formed. She wanted to be able to obtain information from one of the human Cities but, learning her lesson previously, Fenrir wanted to first observe how other people acted. Even if she looked human, people might think she is strange if her behavior didn't meet their expectations. Thus, in order to complete her disguise, Fenrir began skulking around the outskirts of the City she had located and began secretly following those that wandered outside its tall walls.Since she needed to know how to act like a girl, most of the people Fenrir followed were groups of women that would often head off into the forest to hunt monsters. Fenrir had noticed that there were very different types of people in the world, though it was the same in her previous one. Just as there had been Adventurers, Merchants, Business Owners, and Civilians in her previous world, Fenrir noticed this one had Cultivators, Mercenaries, Merchants, and Civilians. There were various other businesses as well, but Fenrir noticed they were generally owned and operated by Cultivators and Merchants, many wearing the same kind of clothing.That was another thing Fenrir had noticed through her observation, that people generally wore clothing that designated their profession. Male Cultivators generally wore neat and stylish robes that made them look something feminine and girly, at least in Fenrir's opinion. Some of them even wore makeup on their faces to give themselves the appearance of fair skin, even though they tried to act prideful and arrogant. As for the females, Fenrir noticed that there were only a few ways in which the girls styled their hair, even if they were Cultivators. The way they dressed was also very similar, though the differences between Civilians and Cultivators were very easily seen.Civilian women would often wear linen robes, somewhat similar to the clothing from the Far East, but with a slightly different aesthetic. Their hairstyles were usually neatly arranged into a bun, with trimmed bangs and long fringe locks framing their faces. Very few women ever wore their hair down, unless they were from one of the various 'Sects' Fenrir had come to learn about. These women usually let their hair grow freely down their backs and, though they would style it into ornate patterns as well, there was almost always a long length flowing down the ornamental gowns they wore.Fenrir didn't really understand why everyone was so 'similar' to each other but, after recalling the studies she had done in the past, Fenrir believed it was just a cultural thing. She didn't think it was so important to clearly define your status to others, but status itself seemed to be 'very' important in this world. Not only the girly men, but most of the doll-like girls would generally have a large number of people escorting them everywhere they went. Fenrir's frows would furrow every time she saw so many 'servants' waiting on these young men and women, many of which seemed severely lacking in character...After observing such people for a long period of time, Fenrir realized how fortunate she had been to have a kind and caring Master. In this world, there were people that would draw the long swords at their waist and simply cut off the heads of people who offended them. Since the offense was usually something 'fabricated' by the arrogant people, Fenrir had grown to dislike this world even more, especially after witnessing one of the girly men 'taking' a girl that had been on a date with another man. When she resisted, the girly man ended up stabbing the girl's boyfriend, laughing all the while the man bled out on the ground. That day, Fenrir added several more kills to the number she would have to apologize to her Master for...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'This world is full of hypocrites and cruel people. I'm sorry, Master, but I can't just watch people wronged for things they didn't do...')

Chapter 30: Disguise