...Urgh... did soone catch the license plate on that teorite just now? I think it was sothing like that.
Or rather, if that was what I think it was, which is a Darkness/Heretic magic spell, then we have a problem.
It completely ignored all my resistances AND it was so fast that even [Thought Acceleration] could prepare for the impact. What the heck?
Also, where am I? A tent? I was laying on a portable bed that’s standing on a sandbank, so it must be the sa shore I was blasted on.
"Good morning. Or rather, good evening. It seems that you are fine now." - ???
Who’s that!? A... human? A nicely dressed one with glasses that screams: "I’m the smart one" is sitting by a folding table inside the big tent, but still a human... right?
I’m not sure, for despite him looking like a human from any possible angle, he emits so sort of... aura? I couldn’t even sense his presence. Maybe he’s an evolved human?
Oh, gotta answer him......
"..." - Human (?)
......*Sweat*...
"...?" - Human (?)
......I can’t!! Co on, don’t chicken out like that, ! It’s just a four-eyes in a suit! Just calm down, deep breathes, huff, huff,... not helping!! Wait, just imagine him being Gust! ...Not possible. I can’t imagine this guy being on a level of soone that’s on a level of a vegetable.
"...I understand that you do not want to talk after the treatnt Filyn gave you, but at least, allow to apologize." - Human (?)
1, 3, 5, 7, 9... the last one’s not pri! Huh, Filyn? Did this four-eye think I was quiet because I was angry?
Let’s go with that! I urged him to continue with a nod.
"Allow to introduce myself: my na is Blot Berlock, vice leader of the Beliar Private Army and servant of Filyn Belial. The person that you killed earlier today was one of my subordinates who had rebelled due to various circumstances. Oh, and thank you for saving our personnel at that ti." - Blot
Personnel? Oh, those black-clothes! So, that was getting rid of a rebel faction? No, it didn’t feel like that. The amateur dark mage’s personality is giving the impression of him being in the wrong.
"Our n were sent out to detain, or at worst, slay Reinhard Everwand, the person you killed. Reinhard has the power above a D-rank adventurer, maybe even a C-rank in the right conditions, so the plan was for to co and assist them alongside lady Filyn, who has enough power to support, as you have noticed." - Blot
"Noticed" is just the half of it!!
"We were unfortunately hindered to arrive the mont our troops gave us the signal, due to we having a problem related to freeing so enslaved Growth Chiras." - Blot
Chiras? Like, was they used as lions in so colosseum?
"Therefore, our gratitude for your help is reaching a point where we cannot express it, but anyway: Thank you so much for saving our n." - Blot
Gosh, don’t complint ~.
"Our lady herself wanted to thank you in person, but unfortunately, her titable is fully packed to the point that she could not wait for you to recover." - Blot
Fine by ~. I think I’m gonna be too scared to et soone that can one-hit . *Shiver, shiver, shiver*
"I am currently the only one left, with your feathery friend outside watching the undead-repelling barrier for us." - Blot
So good news. Or, I think that I can’t take on this guy even if things went south. His authority notwithstanding, I’m getting the feeling that he’s good in a fight to boot. [Magic Sight] tells he’s a practitioner of sothing wacky, but I don’t know exactly what.
[Identification]? After the incident with Glavras’ body? NO WAY! I’m more careful of what I’m Identifying from now on.
And soone that’s the assistant of so lady? They’ve got to have tons of skills related to [Identification]!
"We have already had a little talk with your bird friend regarding your situation." - Blot
Ah, they did that? Glad we talked about a situation like this, as in when soone asks or Gust where we ca from and why we’re in this place, during the ti I needed to grind [Sunlight Resistance]-levels.
The story we cooked up is that Gust had been kidnapped by so strange guy once, and I, who had lived most of my life in the wild, agreed to help him back to civilization, but when the two of us entered the region, we were trapped on a small island due to the sudden tsunami, but we managed to get this far thanks to the necromancy I had learned as a child and the corpses of so Tunas that had been washed ashore.
It’s not a lie. We’re just not ntioning any Dungeons or false gods here.
To complent the story, I had used the Ring of John Due to disguise my stats to make look weaker, but still being Rogue/Spectermancer classed. The ring’s practically a high-leveled [Fake Identity] item. As an afterthought, the ring’s effect counts as proficiency for the two new status-concealnt skills of mine. And with the effects of the ring being so high, so is the proficiency.
"Therefore, I have a suggestion: how about the two of you joining our Army? We have always room for soone with enough guts to withstand lady Filyn’s original magic, not to ntion a forr student of the Grand Library Tower." - Blot
It ca down to this then. The fact that I withstood the spell withstanding, they wouldn’t let Gust, soone with connections with that Library-place, go without trying to milk so favors.
Thinking about it, my fake status screen shouldn’t ntion anything that would let survive that magic-teorite. Don’t tell that my cover’s busted!? But that’s not my fault, you know! No one could foresee that a magical, interstellar phenonon would just teleport straight into one’s face!
"Of course, we are not planning to place the two of you in harm’s way. Personally, I want Gust as a temporarily assistant regarding paperwork, while your job will be to teach-" - Blot
"No." - Garami
"-the troops... wait, what did you just say?" - Blot
Oops, I said that out loud! The four-eyes looked disturbed by my first spoken words being a refusal, but I can’t stop now. Trying to change the situation will require even more talking, and I’m on my limits here!!
"I said... no." - Garami
I an, simply teaching stuff wouldn’t be too bad... but the students won’t be obedient Sahuagins, but demons! I think so, going after the lady’s last na. And I swore never to do sothing like that again after the Sahuagins! Teaching, or rather, interacting with any non-animals, especially strangers, is impossible for !
Also, teaching would lead to being a Champion being busted. Like, having to work in parties as a result of teaching will bust the mont one of the students gets a level up. And even if I refused so, they’re gonna catch on sooner or later.
Besides, they’re an army, an army! It’s important, so I said it twice. Think about it: would an army give up the chance to obtain soone that can double the Skill Points they obtain? Rather, would they even treat as a human being as long as they could exploit the Champion-cheat?
Those black uniforms of those soldiers from before also give bad vibes. They looked like combatants from so sentai ranger show. Definitely not the type you wanna hang out with.
"...May I ask why?" - Blot
And here cos the question I can’t answer truthfully about!! Wait, or can I?
"...Bad with... strangers. Also... don’t like... obligations." - Garami
"...I see. But what about mister Gust?" - Blot
Pfft, mister...
"...I’m gonna... fix that." - Garami
"But his ho lies on a Celestial continent. You need quite the amount of money to buy an airship ticket to reach it." - Blot
Celestial continents. Bigass rocks on the size of, you guessed it, continents, which is practically an enlarged version of Lap*ta. They float over the oceans while avoiding the continents on the ground, but they all close in on one of the land-based versions at certain tis. But as they’re in the sky, you need an airplane or sothing similar to get up there.
"...Have a plan... No problem." - Garami
Blot doesn’t look convinced, but I have a plan. Really. Or, it’s just that I was thinking about becoming an adventurer and earn tons of gold with my skills... at worst, I can sell the Hydra poisons or the better dicines I have left on the black market.
"...If that is your wish, then I will not pressure you. This was supposed to be a reward after all." - Blot
Yay! Hip hurrah for the sensible guy! You’ve earned your right to wear those glasses!
"In that case, allow to pay you monetarily. Is 10,000 Sol enough?" asked Blot, producing a big sack filled with coins.
...Is that much, or is it not? Damn, I forgot to ask Gust about the value of money in this world.
"...You can... decide." - Garami
"Then we have a deal. Also, take this as well," said Blot, handing over so sort of... dal? Looks demonic.
"This is the emblem of the Belial house. Show this to a smith nad Armveil in town. It will give you so discount on rchandise from his shop." - Blot
"...Why?" - Garami
"He used to serve my lady’s house before going independent. Just tell him you got this from , then he will gladly help you out. Ah, and so of the soldiers have stationed themselves in the city as well, so just ask them for help if you get into trouble." - Blot
"...Not that." - Garami
"Yes?" - Blot
"...Why so... giving?" - Garami
"...Is it not important to have a good relationship with future VIPs?" - Blot
...This guy, did he notice? Wasn’t the Ring of John Due supposed to be Ex-tier?
"Guess I should go. Cannot let lady Filyn unsupervised all the ti. And you can keep the tent and the barrier outside. Think of it as a bonus" - Blot
I wanna ask him what he ant right before, but it’s also not a good idea to do so.
"Well then, may we et again." - Blot
And with that, he opened up a hole in... wait, is that a teleport spell!?
Before I could snatch him to ask more about that spell, he had already entered the crack in the air and disappeared.
...Wonder if he could teach that trick if I joined?
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"They wanted to scout us, huh..." - Gust
I t up with Gust outside the tent and we left the haunted island with the HMS Bonefish after taking with us the stuff that Blot had left behind. He gave it to us, so it would be rude not to take it with us.
"Sounds like a good idea not to accept. From what I’ve learned back at the Library Tower, the Belial clan’s not a good catch." - Gust
"They’re rotten?" - Garami
"More like saplings that cannot grow. Their clan used to be a duke in Solomar, sowhere south of this lake, they have declined so much that they’re barely barons by now. Even if we joined them, it’s not sure if we could reach Industria." - Gust
No biggie then. But that teleport... no Garami, no! Focus on the important stuff!
"But are you sure about leaving this island? I thought you wanted to hunt down so undeads for your necromancy?" - Gust
"Can do that anyti, but I want so new equipnt first." - Garami
"True. That robe of yours is on its last legs..." - Gust
Right? And I want to get a dagger that’s more worthy of . I wanna save the ammo of the Thaumaturgy Revolver after figuring out that I can produce bullets with that Extra Skill! It takes 30 days for a single bullet, but it’s worth it. Besides, I’m not gonna go after more of those kaiju-monsters like the bosses from the Dungeon, so I’ll not be so dependent on the Revolver anymore.
The other skills I can produce bullets with are the two Bullet-skills, Glow and Gloom, so magic skills, including Healing, the Aura of course, and for so reason, [Chaotic Concurrence].
The two first one takes 10 and 1 minute each, the spells require anything ranging from 1-to-10 hours, Aura is as usual just 10 mins, but Chaotic needs 21 days.
It’s the strangest in both effect and production ti, so I’m having the ring produce it now since I’ve got quite the amount of Aura Bullets, as I call them, during the Sunlight training period. Still not gonna fall back on them unless it’s an ergency.
Getting to town doubles as wasting ti until I get the really powerful bullets, which will be my ace-in-the-hole in case I et sothing of a Floor Boss level.
I looked back at the island that kept on growing smaller by the second...
What was that just now? I thought I could see sothing peeking up from the castle walls. You know, those ten ter high walls? And it looked kinda draconic too boot...
"What’s up? Did you forget sothing on the island?" - Gust
Nothing except my courage, you damn, natural night vison bird!! Get the skill already! Why do only I have to be looked back at by the abyss? It’s unfair!
Alright, that’s it! I’m gonna get the biggest and baddest of anti-undead equipnt that can be bought with money. Who would want sothing like that living so close to their own ho!!
...Of course, I need a ho first. Let’s focus on that. One with its own cook, soft beds... maybe with a pervy maid to boot?
If you’re gonna dream, dream big! Now, how to get money in this world? Hmm...
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