Calamity Upon This World

'It's cold,' William thought as he opened his eyes.

He wasn't sure what was happening. The last thing he remembered was Sung pointing his finger at him and him falling unconscious after experiencing agonising pain.

He couldn't feel the connection to Mana like he usually could.

"Wait, my mana!" William exclaimed in panic, thinking he had lost his precious mana again.

'Zephyr,Wiz, Agni, Sera, and Gionne, anyone still here? '

Williams unease only grew upon noticing the absence of the usual presences that were supposed to be inside his head.

but this unease was quickly replaced with another thought.

'It's really cold.' William wrapped his arms around his body, trying to warm up his body at least a bit.

'Wait, I don't remember my arms looking like this' he thought as he stared at his trunk like hairy giant arms.

Out of curiosity, he moved towards a nearby body of water.

It wasn't much, just a small puddle of water that looked dirty and would probably make someone uncomfortable upon consumption, but it was enough for William to see a reflection of himself, and what he saw shocked him.

As William looked at himself in the reflection of the water, a middle-aged man with a thick, bushy brown beard stared at him.

The man was really tall and muscular and was also dirty and wearing clothes that looked prehistoric.

It was a simple yellow cloth made up of animal hide that was wrapped around his groynes.

"Who is this guy?" William muttered as he touched his face, trying to feel it, and despite what he wanted, he could tell that it was indeed him.

'Why do I look like this?' William thought.

William's mind was currently running wild with all kinds of wild possibilities; he even imagined a scenario where he had been commatosed for more than hundred years, like in a certain movie he watched.

But he quickly recovered from his shock as he instead took a look around his surroundings.

William was in a dark cave, but it wasn't like the one in the dungeon but just a normal cave.

Due to the lack of his mana, William could no longer see in the dark, but despite this, instead of being completely blind like one would expect in darkness,.

He could make out his surroundings, almost like his eyes had adapted to the darkness over the years.

'Just what is going on?' William wondered; he was beyond confused right now.

But he put his question in the back of his mind for now as he walked further deep in the cabe.

For some reason, he felt that if he walked further inside, his questions would be answered.

After a bit of walking, he heard a feminine voice.

"Dear, you're back."

The woman spoke in a language that was unknown to William, but despite this, he could somehow understand her.

The woman was very pretty, with fair skin and long brown hair.

And just like William himself, she wore a yellow cloth made up of animal hide, which covered only her breasts and groins

William was beyond embarrassed to see an unknown woman in such revealing clothes, but he didn't let it show on his face.

It didn't take a genius to get a basic understanding of what was happening.

William was currently transmigrated inside the body of a caveman, and the woman was probably supposed to be this body's wife, judging by her words.

"Yeah, I'm back," William replied, his words being automatically translated to the same language as the women.

"Did you find anything to eat?" the woman asked excitedly.

'so that's what this is about,' William thought.

"Sadly, I didn't find anything." William sighed, remembering how there wasn't anything edible near him when he regained consciousness.

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"Ahh," the woman became sad upon hearing her husband's answer, but she quickly changed her tone as she said.

"Well, I'm glad you're at least still safe. I was worried about you," she said as she hugged William, expressing her relief at seeing him back alive.

'Well, this is awkward,' William thought as he awkwardly received the woman's hug.

He felt bad for tricking her, but he didn't think he could explain to her what was happening even if he wanted, and also blowing his cover when he still wasn't sure about what was happening would be beyond stupid, so he decided to just play along as he also hugged her back.

After a few seconds, the woman finally broke free, as she said.

"Come, let's go inside; the others are waiting."

After that, the woman, whose name William still didn't know, led her inside.

The woman didn't say anything as they walked; she probably found walking in silence, accompanied by her husband, comforting, but for William, it was nothing but awkward.

After a while, William and the woman he hypothesised to be the wife of his current body reached an agreement.

It was a single circle of clean land protected by mountains on all sides, with the sunlight coming from above serving as light.

"Gabura, Miyari, you're back," said a black-bearded man as he ran towards William and Miyari.

The man, just like William and Miyari, wore a yellow cloth made up of animal hide, which covered his groin.

'Now who's this guy?' William thought as he stared at the man.

William had hoped for this place to only be the home of this body and the woman who was supposed to be his wife.

But now that his worst fears had come true, this place was filled with people he had no clue about.

Now the only thing he could hope for was that they didn't think of him as a demon possessing this body due to his odd behavior and tried to kill him.

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