Fenrir's Journey : I Shall Devour The Heavens!

Without any hesitation in her steps, Fenrir approached the massive Heavenly Moon City gate. There were hundreds of soldiers present, each wearing similarly designed armors and holding spears. The few that looked different, generally having red armor, or the robes of a Cultivator, watched over everything from their posts, high atop the city walls. Fenrir noticed that the strongest person present seemed to be a middle-aged man with sleek black hair tied up into a long ponytail. He was greying at the sides, but his face still had a semblance of youth, even with his cold countenance that caused all the other guards to avert their eyes and lower their heads when he was near.To avoid any problems, Fenrir had waited until the middle-aged man had left his post before she made her entrance. Even so, the reaction of the guards, and those waiting for entry, was different than she expected. Everyone turned their heads to observe her as she walked up to a chubby man that was in charge of allowing people access to the city. Ignoring the gazes of others, even though they made her skin feel itchy, Fenrir turned her gaze to match the man's and said, "I want to enter the city." in an icy tone.Breaking from his stupor, the fat man wiped his palms against his trousers and produced a crooked smile as he asked, "Where did this fairy come from? You don't seem to be from around here...are you a Mercenary from another region? What is your reason for coming to Heavenly Moon City?" As he was speaking, the fat man let his eyes wander all over her body and, seeing that she only looked at him with a cold glare in return, he began to feel a little emboldened. From his perspective, Fenrir, while looking intimidating, couldn't be very strong because her cultivation seemed transient and unstable.Fenrir squinted her scarlet eyes, feeling the desire to pluck out the fat man's for looking at her in such a way. Flexing her fingers a little, a habit she had developed when her hands were still paws, Fenrir said plainly, "My origins are not your concern. My purpose is my own. This city has no restrictions about who can enter, nor are there any requirements to discuss my affairs with a simple guard. Get out of my way, or the next time you decide to eye my body, I will feed them to you..."Because of her [Absolute Obscurance], given to her by the strange voice when she entered the world, it was impossible for other people to read her Cultivation. However, even gods would feel intimidated under her gaze in the previous world, much less this fat man before her. The moment Fenrir focused her gaze upon him, he began to sweat and tremble while the people who had previously been staring at her turned away, some even going so far as to talk to people they've never met before to avoid drawing attention to themselves.Snorting through her nose, Fenrir tossed two golden coins at the man before walking through the gate without anyone obstructing her path. She had obtained the money by looting the corpses of people she had found within the forests, knowing it would be necessary to gain access to the city and procure a place to rest. As for the amount, that was something she had learned by observing those entering and exiting, which required civilians to pay 5 silver while Mercenaries had to pay 2 gold. In this world, money had denominations of copper, silver, gold, black-gold, purple-gold, and star platinum. It took 100 of the previous denomination to make up a single piece of the higher grade currency, meaning 1 star platinum would be worth ten billion copper...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'Disgusting, filthy, fat pig! How dare other people look at Fenrir's body!?')

After entering the City, Fenrir knew that the first thing she needed to do was find a place to stay. Though she didn't require sleep, it would make her stand out even more if she was seen wandering around during the middle of the night. She also needed to avoid areas that were frequented by the various Clans and Sects, especially after seeing how people had been reacting to her presence upon arrival.Fenrir knew from her Master's constant praise that she was very cute and, after her practicing [Mind of Still Water, Heart of Eternal Ice], her physical appearance had improved. This was the reason why she had chosen to wear clothing that covered her figure and made her look like a Mercenary, even though they were very uncomfortable to wear. However, given how people were already staring at her, Fenrir knew it would be even worse if she wore dresses, skirts, and shorts.Since she wanted to avoid meeting some disgusting people that thought she needed to pander to them, Fenrir planned to stick to the districts where civilians congregated. After familiarizing herself with the city a bit, she would then go to the Mercenaries Guild and try to gather information. If would also be beneficial for obtaining an identity for herself, even though it didn't really matter to her if people knew who she was. However, she knew from training with Eva for those four years that being 'famous' or 'infamous' were ways to prevent some trouble from coming your way. Though you would likely be pestered by those wanting to make a name for themselves by trying to attack you, the majority of people would avoid trying to offend you. After that, the only thing you needed was personal strength and most troubles could be dealt with easily.It took a little while, as she had been trying to familiarize herself with the city and avoid crowded streets, but Fenrir found a small inn that only costs 10 silver per night. Most of the coins she had were gold, so Fenrir gave the lady running reception a gold coin before being led to a small room that was around 5x5m with a screen door leading to a wooden bath. This world didn't seem to have the concept of using magic cores to generate electricity and, Fenrir was disgusted to find out that they didn't even have running water. The only way to get clean water was to draw it from a well and the only way to have a light in your room was to a glass lamp with a candle inside.Though she had never experienced the advanced technology that Eva had talked about, Fenrir believed that it wasn't difficult to increase the standard of living so that everyone had clean water to drink. The fact that the toilet just had a long pipe leading downwards, without even any water to clean the basin, made Fenrir's dislike of this world much greater. Yes, she didn't need to rely on such things, as she had never used the bathroom in her entire life. However, the fact that so many Cultivators lived lavish lifestyles, while the people that 'served' them lived in such poverty, made Fenrir disgusted...(Fenrir's Commentary: 'There are millions of people in this city, and they don't even have running water...')(A/N: I know Fenrir might seem a little pretentious, but you have to remember that she is suffering from separation anxiety and had been raised in an environment where people always tried to help each other out. Even places like Maria's Orphanage, in the slums of Daedalus Street, had running water and proper waste disposal systems o_o...)

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...')

Chapter 32: Entry