165. Companion Construction
We left Huthwaite a day after, gold filling our pocket, new titles to our na, and property to own. I didnt see the point of any of this. I much preferred the cheers of people, chanting my na. Id have stayed in the city for longer just because of that.
But we had to leave. We had things to do, places to go. Edithe had to return to her company, while I had to speak with Lily. Daniel also finally decided on what he wanted to do.
Wait, are you serious?
I stared at him, in shock. Edithe blinked.
Im with Salvos on this one, are you really sure you want to do this?
Daniel nodded.
I made my decision. Im stronger now. Smarter. I have two Classes and a rare Title. Im more experienced and I know about their manipulative tactics. I will return to the Elutra Kingdom.
After all they did to you, youre going back to help them?
It wasnt that I disagreed with his decision. I was just surprised by the suddenness of it. He shook his head.
Im not going to help them. No Faith told that the Inoria Empire was planning on a mass summoning ritual. One that would sacrifice all the citizens of the Elutra Kingdom. If this is true, then soone has to stop it. Soone has to step in. But only if its true.
So, youre going to investigate first?
I snapped my fingers, and Daniel drew his lips into a thin line.
Ill try. I cant just stand idly by knowing that millions of lives are in danger and I can do sothing to stop it.
I grinned.
Im impressed. Youre actually sounding like a [Hero] now.
He scoffed, walking forward.
I have always been a [Hero]. But a hero? Thats sothing Im trying out for the first ti.
Then his shoulders sagged.
I just hope I dont die in so dumb heroic sacrifice mont.
Edithe patted him on the back.
Well just have to buy all the equipnt you need to ensure that doesnt happen. We have the platinum, after all.
The Human man brightened. He greedily pulled open a pouch full of a hundred platinum. That wasnt all we had. Each of us had a bag of 100 platinum coins on our person. In our bag, we had another 300 gold. That still wasnt it. The rest was too much to carry or collect all at once. So, we stored the remaining 2,700 platinum, 573 gold, and 1045 silver pieces with the rchants Guild.
Apparently, there were a lot of rewards to be collected for killing the Lich. Daniel said that it should have amounted to over 10,000 platinum coins total, but not everyone wanted to pay up the money. So companies or countries or organizations had placed the bounty hundreds of years ago, so they said it was not valid.
Edithe suggested that we tried to press for it, but Daniel thought it wasnt worth it. We were still getting thousands of platinum coins from this.
We have more money than a small country even has!
He sighed wistfully as we sat on a carriage, on the way out of the Vaun Qieur Empire.
Im going to buy all the best equipnt. Since that damn Lich broke my longsword, Ive felt practically naked.
But youre wearing clothes?
I cocked my head.
Its a taphor. Im just so used to having a weapon on at all tis, I dont feel complete without it.
I have to admit, Im the sa way.
Edithe chuckled. She gestured at the air, pretending as if she was holding sothing.
Ever since my staff was destroyed by the Lich, Ive felt oddly vulnerable. Im glad you flew us back as quickly as you did, Salvos. We avoided a lot of possible mishaps that way.
I am pretty amazing, arent I?
I bead, leaning back. Then I peered at my companions.
But can you guys not fight without your weapons?
We can, Salvos. My staff, however, was enchanted to boost my spellcasting. I do have the Cane of Retribution, but it has more of an active effect than the passive effect of my previous staff.
And my longsword was made out of mithril. Its supposed to be one of the toughest materials out there. Its said to be equivalent to the eldergreen wood used by the Elves or orichalcum used by the Dwarfs.
Huh.
I glanced between the pair. They had basic equipnt, bought from the local smith in Huthwaite. But they didnt really have anything extravagant. Daniels Draconic Scalemail armor was also destroyed by the Lich. Really, despite being Diamond Rank, the three of us had basically no gear.
We did have so gear when we set out for the Plaguelands the second ti, after Ghostlight was destroyed. But after all the battles we had, we now had nothing.
Edithe and Daniel excitedly exchanged ideas on things that they could buy. All the scrolls and potions and equipnt they could afford with all the money they had.
If we find a high enough leveled [Alchemist], we could even get a Potion of Regeneration for you, Salvos.
The red-haired woman turned to , smiling.
A what?
Its a potent potion, far superior to even the highest grade of healing potion. It can help you regrow lost limbs, remove all your scars from your body, and return you pretty much to your physical pri.
My jaw dropped.
Woah. Yes please! Give that!
Well, well have to find an [Alchemist] capable of brewing one. They require a lot of rare ingredients, so theyre pretty hard to find even amongst the highest leveled [Alchemists]. I know Gabriel has never bothered making one due to how difficult it is.
I was starting to get excited, just like my companions. Thankfully, our money wasnt ripped away from us like the past few tis it happened. Daniel especially was happy. But I didnt really understand why they fussed over the different types of weapons they could buy. I never used them.
I could always make my own weapons. Or, actually, why didnt I just make so weapons for them?
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We stopped in a few cities on the way out of the Vaun Qieur Empire. Edithe wanted to drop by our given properties in the Capital city, but unfortunately it was close to the northeastern end of the empire. We were headed in the opposite direction, to the west.
So, we would only claim our lands later. Edithe was simply happy that she now had a last na. I didnt get what it ant, and she explained.
It ans a lot, for a commoner like . I grew up without a father, Salvos. Only my mother looked after . And she was a prostitute. A naless whore in the slums of Viechester.
Isnt that rude?
Not really. Thats how she used to refer to herself. Then she died. But now I am not just given land to call my own, but I can take on the title of a noble too? I, a commoner, beca part of the nobility in the biggest empire in the world?
She laughed, shaking her head.
Its like a dream co true for any girl!
Speaking of dreams, since I leveled up in [Partial Mortality], I didnt feel the overwhelming urge to fall asleep whenever I changed to a mortal. I still had the need to sleep. There was no change to the amount of ti I needed to sleep as a Human. But I wouldnt just flop over whenever I transford.
Now it took an hour for the exhaustion to seep in and for my eyes to begin failing . I wondered if I leveled the General Skill enough, would I be able to delay sleep for up to a day? Maybe even more?
But Id have to sleep eventually. Because that was how you blended in with mortals.
And I tried my best to blend in. I ate their food, even if it was stale, but only when others were around. When I was on my own and hungry? I had a bag full of worms, flies, and other bugs saved up for so munching.
Daniel was disgusted by it. Edithe, not so much. Although she wouldnt try a cockroach even when I offered her one.
Not a lot of things were happening in this journey. We were just going back to Viechester. There, wed split ways. Each of us on our own separate journeys. It was uneventful. But we were spending ti together kind of like a family.
But I had a surprise for them. I wasnt idle, even if there wasnt much to do on our trip. Whenever they werent paying attention to , Id practice my creation magic. So far, I have been using [Nebular Construct] to create Nebular Weapons. Each one, on their own, were dium Grade. They lasted far longer than any weapon I created previously, the arrows I kept were still usable even after days passed.
Yet, the magic was waning. I knew it would dissipate eventually. I needed sothing that could last forever. The Nebular Weapons were like the Spear of Flas. They could maybe keep form for a few months. But it would disappear eventually. No I wanted sothing better than that.
If that Demon with the crooked horn was capable of creating sothing as powerful of the Spear of Flas as only an Archdemon. Or, I assud he was an Archdemon. Then I should be able to make sothing even better, right? Because I was Salvos.
I didnt just use [Nebular Construct]. I experinted. [The Primordial Spark] was an amalgamation Skill of various other Skills including [Advanced Fire Creation]. It had to have retained so aspect of that Skill.
So, I used both Skills: [Nebular Construct] and [The Primordial Spark]. I used them together. First, I created a blueprint of what I wanted with [Nebular Construct], then I built over it with [The Primordial Spark]. The process of this weapon creation was not done in a day. Even if I excluded all the failed attempts which took up weeks of my ti, the final product took a long ti to finish and perfect.
It was like I was a smith, using the flas to heat the sword so it could be tempered. But instead of simply making it stronger, I wanted to make sothing that would never erode. Sothing that would last for as long as I lived.
General Skill [Advanced Mana Manipulation] Level Up!
[Advanced Mana Manipulation - Lvl. 7] -> [Advanced Mana Manipulation - Lvl. 8]
Experience is awarded for the leveling of a General Skill!
General Skill [Lesser Enhanced Wisdom] Level Up!
[Lesser Enhanced Wisdom - Lvl. 2] -> [Lesser Enhanced Wisdom - Lvl. 3]
Experience is awarded for the leveling of a General Skill!
General Skill [Lesser Enhanced Wisdom] Level Up!
[Lesser Enhanced Wisdom - Lvl. 3] -> [Lesser Enhanced Wisdom - Lvl. 4]
Experience is awarded for the leveling of a General Skill!
Class [Adept of the Fae] Level Up!
[Adept of the Fae - Lvl. 26] -> [Adept of the Fae - Lvl. 27]
Gained 2 Secondary Skill Points!
Huh. So, General Skill experience is added to my Class.
Did you say sothing, Salvos?
Nope!
We were far beyond the borders of the Vaun Qieur Empire now. We switched carriages a few tis, no single carriage able to carry us all the way to the Sunre Republic. We had just crossed through Nixa, entering the borders of the Sunre Republic, when I decided to finally unveil my gifts to them.
I have sothing to show the both of you.
I spun around as we entered the fancy bedroom of the inn. They exchanged a glance, slightly wary of what I was hiding behind my back.
Salvos
I ignored Daniel, instead revealing the weapons I had spent the past half a month creating.
Ta-da!
[Primordial Longsword: dium Grade Weapon - A weapon created by Salvos, gifted to her companions. It can be enchanted, upgraded, and tempered just as any other weapon. Inflicts minor fire damage.]
They stared at it with wide eyes. Daniel picked up the longsword. It was made of tal throughout, down to the handles. The crossguard jutted out from the hilt like horns, twisted up into the air. The blade was lined with a gray, and the rest of it was a pure white.
This is
He swung it once, and what almost seed like a trail of black smoke followed behind it.
Youre giving this to us?
I am!
I nodded eagerly. I glanced over at Edithe who was inspecting the staff I had given her. It was very much like her old staff, except with a gray and white shape that seed to coil into each other to the very tip of the staff.
[Primordial Staff: dium Grade Weapon - A weapon created by Salvos, gifted to her companions. It can be enchanted, upgraded, and tempered just as any other weapon. Minor enhancent to fire magic.]
You made this, Salvos?
Edithe was baffled. I could see her eyes glazing over the intricate network of mana threads used to design the staff.
Yep!
The amount of refinent behind it its made out of magic, but its real. It would take decades for it to even begin to lose form. And its not even difficult to repair you can bring it to an [Enchanter] to restore it whenever it starts to degrade.
She glanced over at , her mouth hanging open.
You could sell this for hundreds of gold.
Its for you.
I shook my head, vehently forcing it into her hands. She accepted it, still in shock.
I
I hugged her. I tightly clung onto the red-haired woman my companion and spoke softly.
Thank you, Edithe.
Looking over at Daniel, I grabbed him and pulled him into the hug as well.
You too. The both of you are my companions. You accept for who I am, more than anyone else in the Mortal Realm. Thank you.
They were surprised at first. They didnt know how to react. But slowly, they accepted the hug as I continued.
A part of will be with the both of you, even when we separate, alright? When youre fighting those jerks in the Iron Champions Company, Ill be there with you, Edithe. When youre killing those jerk [Cultists], Ill be fighting by your side, Daniel. Dont forget it.
I paused, taking a deep breath. Then I exclaid.
And especially dont die!
They chuckled. Daniel shook his head as Edithe smiled. She lightly tapped on the forehead.
We should be the ones saying that to you!
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