Explaining to Luna the secret power that I had took most of the ti we had left, but one thing for sure was that Luna was in disblief.
"You got to be kidding? You are saying you've been cheating on life this entire ti? I knew so people had an easier ti, but this is just another level." Luna couldn't really logically see how it was possible, but rationally there was no reason for them all to lie about it.
"It's real and I can give out the system to other people, which leads to my final point. Do you want to grant you a system? The only caveat is that you essentially have to beco my follower to keep it." Making my point, I offered her the system and a prompt appeared right in front of her.
Technically speaking, I did kind of lie about the follower part, but that's because I am unable to edit the fundantal rules of the system grant skill. I can adjust them to a degree, but the rule regarding betrayal is sothing I can't change, even though I've beco an admin over the system.
It was clear, though, by Luna's expression that she did not like the sound of that.
"You don't need to pray to Shaman or anything like that, but unless you're willing to stay a loyal friend or companion, then it's a bad idea." Clara elaborated on it further and it seed that Luna was giving it so serious thought.
It was a tempting offer, as it would allow her to get past any current bottleneck she may be facing.
"This offer extends to you as well Hiko, if you are ready to get your own system. Unless, of course, you changed your mind since last I've offered." Hiko was previously waiting to recover back to her forr Tier 10 self, which was the reason why she initially declined, worried that it might cause so issues with her recovery.
"I was about to say, where is my invite? I will accept the system as I have returned to being Tier 10, but you have to promise to give one to Jane as well." Hiko unexpectedly agreed straight away, but under the condition we give it to her new girlfriend as well… Well, not so new now, although still hard to believe they were together.
"Too easy, but I don't know if accepting the system while in flight is a good idea as it can take so ti to adapt." I'd rather not fall out of the sky, especially since we are just about to enter Freya forest.
"Fair enough, just don't forget it later." Hiko flapped her wings with so new vigor, leaving to wonder whether this was her way of wagging her tail like a dog? Anyway, I moved my attention back to Luna who was still deep in thought.
"If it helps Luna, I'm not the closest to Shaman nor do I agree with everything she does, but nothing bad has happened to . As long as we do not beco enemies and Shaman does not see you as a threat then you will be fine." Elanor gave her 2 cents, as she was both the newest mber, as well as the least connected to out of the gang.
She may be close to Silver… maybe a little too close, but nevertheless, for the rest of us she is just a friend.
"Jeez, you could have worded it better, Mother." Silver looked at with raised eyebrows, like I should have known better.
"I was trying to make it as simple as possible, alright. That's what the system originally required." I just wanted to keep things simple for Luna, yet sohow I was already about to be crucified for my words.
"I got it now. I think I will wait before I agree to sothing like this. I know we have worked together under Elaina, but I'd rather not run that risk at the mont." With all that information, Luna made her decision, which was fair enough.
"So do you at least believe us?" Clara asked. I assud she just wanted to make sure that Luna wasn't taking us as batshit insane people.
"After seeing that weird floating screen in front of , yes I do. It makes feel a little envious, but with such a restriction, I am not quite comfortable taking it."
"That's fine, we understand that completely. The offer still stands if you ever change your mind." If Luna ever ca around, then I wouldn't mind giving it to her. I might even hand it out to so of our ntors. The more people who have the system, the stronger our side becos.
"Alright, enough chatter, we are landing." Hiko announced her descent when suddenly the air pressure just skyrocketed.
My heart rate increased tenfold and, looking around, I was clearly not the only one in distress.
"Let's hope for the best." I held on to Hiko tightly as she dove directly down towards the Freya forest. No doubt at this point Freja would know we had arrived.
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"FINALLY, I FUCKING BROKE IT!!! ALICE GET YOUR ASS IN HERE! WE ARE LEAVING!!" The magic circle that I had been working on for months lit up, and the sound of glass shattering echoed throughout the entire city, finally allowing access back to the outside world.
Alice, hearing scream her na, rushed in, the excitent clear on her face.
"You're serious? No more fucking around and being all grumpy?" Alice's comnt almost made want to smack her, but I can't deny that I've been a bitch to her lately.
"Yes! Although I will need to teleport out of this place before I get you out, I'll set-up a portal anchor and open it up once I'm outside." With the ability to set down blood portals like Freja, I should be able to get Alice out alongside the maids that were trapped here.
I could also summon Alice to my side, but I wanted to use this as a test run to see if I can even set-up such a long distance teleportation.
"Sounds like a plan, so what should I expect once we teleport?" Alice asked a very good question, as I haven't checked the ssages in a while and I knew Shaman was planning to free her parents soon.
'God, I should have responded. I've just left her on read.' I felt bad, as I was so focused on getting out I just ignored pretty much every ssage.
"Shit, we need to hurry." However, what I thought was still a while away was literally just about to happen.
"What happened?" Alice instantly beca curious, as I hadn't told her anything about what's going on.
"Shaman and the gang are about to battle Freja, a Tier 10 beast. It's been almost an hour since they left so they could very well already be in battle." I felt the nerves creep up on , as I had no idea the kind of progress Shaman has made lately.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go! Aren't you a Tier 10 now?" Alice looked at confused, but what she said was right. Why was I wasting ti talking and stressing? I just needed to leave.
"You're right, I'll set-up the anchor now and when a portal opens up, just go right through it." Giving Alice the rundown, I quickly got rid of my months of hard work and drew up a new blood circle.
Luckily, it now only takes a few seconds to finish, no longer needing to figure out all that cryptic crap.
"Understood." Alice saluted and patiently waited, eager to get out of here, as evident by the frantic flapping of her tiny bat wings.
"Okay, done! I'll now teleport to Shaman and see how the situation is. If it doesn't open right away, I'm probably fighting, but I will try to open it as soon as I can." Since it had been a while since Shaman sent the ssage, I expected to enter battle right away.
"Just summon if you have to, but I don't know how useful I'll be since I'm not exactly as strong as you." If things really ca down to the wire, Alice gave her permission to summon her, but I wasn't going to risk her.
She doesn't know how strong Freja is, so I can understand her ignorance.
"Of course you will be useful, but you would be better suited for the smaller battles, not this big one." Looking back at Shaman's ssages, there was one that talked about their strategy. It sounded like Silver, Clara and Elanor would be keeping the weaker people distracted.
"If I'm correct, you will go help my other party mbers once you arrive." Alice was strong enough to take on a Tier 8 so it should be okay.
"That's... Silca, Elayor and Clarack?" Alice made a horrendous attempt at pronouncing their nas, but it was close enough.
"Yes, but enough wasting ti. I'll see you in a bit." Precious seconds were going by, so I activated my lover's call, teleporting myself to Shaman.
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