Hell Difficulty Tuto Chapter 214: Five energies

Chapter 214: Five energies

Obelia enters the house, and in the room, only Tess and I remain. Everyone else who is currently in the house is shooed away.

I enter the living room and, after gesturing to her, she sits on the couch. Both Tess and I sit opposite her.

Obelia looks around curiously, and sohow, she doesn't seem to fit in here. She's the guild master of one of the biggest 5, now 4, and maybe 5 again when I think about it.

“I could help you find a better place now that you will beco one of the five big…”

“Nope,” I interrupt her, “I like it here.”

The house isn't too big, so most of the rooms are occupied, and it feels full most of the ti. But in a good way. It feels alive and cozy, and when I need privacy, I can just lock my room.

“I apologize for that. I also apologize for recomnding you as one of the 5 guilds to Miss Myrra. I thought it would be sothing you would want,” Obelia says, and as I observe her, I don't think she is lying.

“Well, I didn't back then. I also got really mad at you, you know. So that's sothing you should work on,” I tell her, and I notice that even Tess is sowhat surprised by my shalessness.

Yet Obelia seems to have been expecting that and puts a box on the table.

Without much hesitation, I take it and open it. Inside, there are multiple high-quality mana stones, a few pieces of tal that seem to be extrely rare and mana-conductive, and a few other materials.

“I'm not angry anymore,” I tell her, and Obelia nods as if also expecting that.

She seems to understand

well. If you don't cross the line, a lot of things can be fixed with

by giving

good stuff or so other helpful services.

“There will be an auction in a few months, the biggest one in the past ten years, and I can help you get so items or assist you in getting in,” she offers.

“Sounds good,” I don't even have to think about it. The timing is also good. I should be able to finish working on coordinates and probably before or after the second trial of Beyond.

“Storm Brigade would also like to establish a cooperative relationship with Angry Kittens,” she says the guild na in a much different way from Elydor, and that's what I like.

No matter how silly it is, I don't want other people to disrespect our guild na. Other people, other than , obviously. Those three little twerps that picked it are still going to suffer a bit longer for that.

Damn, we could have had so amazing guild nas like Biscuit and Friends or Nathaniel's Underlings. And they stole it from !

Anyway, I gesture at Obelia to continue.

“There isn't much I would expect from you for now. We could cooperate once in a while. Trade. et once every few weeks or months. There would be no attacking between us or other similar actions. I'm asking also because there's an expedition I have in mind.”

Obelia pauses for a while, and then after giving

a long examining look, she continues, “It's sothing I would need Elydor for, but hesitated to have him join. He wasn't exactly the right person to work with. You, on the other hand, I prefer much more and seem to have a similar skill set to Elydor, and that's what I need.”

This is also sothing that sounds interesting and could be fun to do.

“Okay, I have sothing else to do right now, but in a few weeks or months, we could talk about it more?” I look at her, “Is it ti-limited?” When she shakes her head, I continue, “Good then, for now, you can give so information here to Tess or Hadwin, and we will check it out.”

They will check it out; I will be locked in my room experinting.

“Will do so. Then there is another thing,” she turns and looks at Tess, “This young woman, you called her Tess, I would like to take her in as one of my apprentices.”

Oh? Isn't that interesting? Did she like Tess's lightning? Obelia's class na is Stormshaper, so maybe.

The silence stretches, and only then do I realize that she is waiting for my answer.

“What? Just ask Tess, it's not sothing up to

to decide.” For that answer, I get a curious look from Obelia and a small smile from Tess.

“I'm not saying no, but I would like to know first what it includes and why,” Tess says. She also seems to be curious.

“It's quite simple. I already have two disciples, and you would be the third. The main reason for that is mostly to help you in hopes you will beco stronger, and that way I will create a strong relationship with soone like that,” Obelia is honest as heck. I don't know if that's how she is or if she judges this to be what will be appreciated more.

“Sure, there are so things I would ask from you. Maybe we can work together to improve both of our skills. Light sparring. Observing your skills. In exchange, I would share information with you, so that you have no chance of learning anywhere else. Information about classes, requirents for stronger classes, training thods.” She is calm and doesn't force anything.

“As for why, I saw you using lightning, and if I'm right, it could be lightning that is, or is close to being, one of the Primordial energies. I want to observe it, and I think it will help

a lot to do so.”

“These Primordial energies, I heard about them from Nat, but can you tell

how many there are and what they are?” Tess asks.

Back then, I was offered the Energy Conductor class, and there were Primordial energies ntioned: Thermal and Kinetic. To be honest, it still sounds strong as hell, and sotis I think about what it would do to my class, but I still like my current one more.

“I'm not the right person to talk about it. There have been hundreds of people discussing them over hundreds of years. Theorizing and testing them. We just know for sure that they are called Primordial energies by the system. We don't know how many there are. So say that they are energies that create and influence the universe, others say they are just a categorization for energies you can control within the system, others say each energy has a being that rules over that energy.”

I notice that Tess is paying as much attention as I am. That's good; it's nice to have soone else that will try to find out more about them.

“There are five energies we know about, and there are most likely more, just rarer and not available for soone as low-level as us. We know about the lightning you probably possess, then there are thermal and kinetic,” she looks at . Such an annoyingly perceptive and smart woman, “then there is gravitational and void energy.”

“What's the difference between Primordial thermal energy and normal fire created by a skill?” I decide to interrupt Tess, who is about to ask sothing. But I'm just that curious.

“That's hard to say with certainty. They are mostly more pure, and using them requires a deeper understanding of the energy than the skill offered by the system.”

“So maybe the Primordial energy is original, and the skill created by the system is a copy?” Tess asks.

“That's a good way to put it, yes. But we don't know for sure,” Obelia answers.

Silence ensues, and Tess offers to make tea for Obelia, to which she agrees. We spend so ti waiting in silence while Tess makes the tea in the kitchen.

I continue to observe Obelia. She looks young, maybe around thirty. Her hair is pale brown, and her eyes are of a silver color with visible circuits that I bet have mana flowing through them. Her eyes are sowhat similar to Ruby's. Most likely a trait of so sort.

Should I just ask her? Would it be considered very rude? I know if soone asked

that, I would tell him to fuck off and probably add a bit more.

“Was Elydor strong?” I ask instead, to her surprise.

“Elydor was strong, but probably the weakest of the five guild masters when it cos to combat. His specialty was creating items and inscribing. In that, he was probably the best in the city, and that skill made him one of the richest people in the city.”

That can an only one thing.

I should have looted his mansion.

Damn it.

It also ans that I can probably beco similarly rich.

“Who is Myrra?” I ask another question.

“If she didn't tell you, I will take it as it was her intention and will not tell you as well. I hope you understand.”

“I see.” Hmm, so soone high up there.

“Who is Lorven?”

“He is the guild master of Voidwalkers. He has a terrifying stealth skill, so be careful if you ever et him. Thanks to that skill, he beca strong at a really young age, and his guild is a smaller one but an elite force. There are rumors he often works with lynthari.”

Hmm, so it's like Myrra said. Damn, isn't my [Perception] quite amazing to see through it on the second try? I should look into that skill a bit more!

When Tess sits back on the couch after placing the tea in front of Obelia, I ask again, “How does lynthari leadership work?”

Obelia takes a sip of the tea and then looks at

for a while. For the first ti, she seems genuinely curious.

“That's sothing everyone sowhat powerful in the city knows,” she says carefully.

I just give her a blank stare, not falling into the trap and trying to co up with reasons why I don't.

“There is a matriarch that has led the lynthari for hundreds or thousands of years already. She is the strongest being in the city by far. But she is quite hands-off and only acts if needed. Otherwise, there are so basic rules lynthari follow and rarely break. If they do, there is a special group of them that deals with it.”

“What are their rules?” I ask.

“We human don't know all of them. But there is most likely one for not killing humans without a strong reason, not forcing humans to do things, or not touching them if it seems like it's against their wishes. There are more but nothing special. Older lynthari rarely deal with humans, so it's mostly younger ones that we interact with.”

“What happens if you hurt or kill lynthari?” Tess asks Obelia.

“You die. There is an elite force of lynthari that deals with it. They investigate, they gather proof, and then they logically and thodically deal with you instead of being driven by anger. Lynthari can be really cruel if pushed there,” from the way she says it, sothing tells

it's a notion that terrifies her.

We talk a bit more, and then I leave the room so she can converse more with Tess. Damn, lightning energy surely sounds cool. But I'm not jealous at all. I have two of them!

Surely having two Primordial energies is better than one, whatever the energies actually are. They are strong, and that's enough for now.

I open the community.

Nona (Hell, group 4) -anyone with Primordial energy?

Lootenant (Hell, WhiteWing) -huh, what is that?

FoodFood (Hell, group 4) -Food!

Biscuit?!

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) - What, it sounds cool. I want one!

Nona (Hell, group 4) -Amateurs.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) -Oh co on! Did you just want to show off?

Nona (Hell, group 4) -Nope.

I totally wanted to. It always makes one feel better to flex on so people. I should totally try to get lightning.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) - Oh, btw, fuck ants. Dude, I might hate them more than Cinderbear. The sound their legs make as they walk is creepy as fuck.

Hadwin (Hell, group 4) -Did you guys run away?

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) - You bet, Hadwin! I probably won't be able to say more because of censorship, but fuck 'em!

I let the poor people without Primordial energy talk, close the window, and quickly locate Biscuit.

The doggo sohow unlocked my door and is currently on my bed, burrowed in my blankets. He is staring into the air as if reading the Community, but as always, there's the question of how. How does he type or read what others say?

I enter my room and stop in front of him.

But most importantly, “Biscuit? Do you have Primordial energy?”

(Food!) he shouts at .

Oh boy.

“Which one is it? Thermal? Kinetic? Lightning? Void? Gravitational?” I continue to ask him, but he doesn't react to any of them. Either he's hiding which one he has, or... or he has a different one.

I get on the bed and lean my head closer to him, my nose almost touching his, “You have to tell , Biscuit. I need to know!” My curiosity will kill

if he doesn't!

(Food!) he just shouts happily and boops my nose with his, then he burrows himself under my blankets with only his head poking out.