CH.201 They trust us even less
[Brian POV]Just for those that binge this series as the POV did swap between chapters.
“Rain of rcy.” I activated the card without hesitation as soon as I got down from Big Core, and had it move a bit so it wouldn’t block the rain.
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They just copied what was on the B.E.S. monitors down to paper Paulina had brought along, so it didn’t take them too long.
In total, the map had over 100 monster locations, but most of them were D-rank and under. And most were far enough away from the road where we didn’t have to worry about them, just report on them.
We ‘landed’ outside the city and I summoned Overdrive. At so point, I will just have Big Core pick us up and drop us off at the guild’s front door, but that will just cause even more problems. Unless we get permission, and considering what happened in the morning, no chance we will get that kind of special privilege.
We got to the guild and walked up to a receptionist. The sa one we t this morning. I wonder, how long is their shift? From sunrise to sundown? Or do they run a morning and evening shift? Or is the guild staffed 24/7? I could see any of those. I just hope it isn’t the sunrise to sunset.
“You are back. Did you complete the check already?” Leila asked.
“Yes, we did. Here is the report.” I answered as I handed her the guild’s copy.
She took a long while looking over the map.
“... I’ve heard, but I really didn’t expect this. How could you make sothing this detailed in just a few hours?”
“Magic, duh.” I said as a joke.
“What kind of magic does sothing like this?”
“Summoning magic.”
“... I see. Well, this is clearly extrely detailed, much more than we would usually expect, so of course we will accept this.” Leila said, before adding. “Did you hunt down any of the monsters?”
“No, nothing that is on the map.” I answered. “But we did take down a two-headed hydra. It was right about here.” I said, pointing to the area on the map where we found the hydra. “There are also so burnt trees in the area, as the hydra liked to breathe fire. We did put the fire out, so don’t worry about that.”
My Rain of rcy might have healed the ground, the grasses and other small plants, but the trees, bushes, etc. did still burn away almost completely.
“... excuse , but could you repeat that? Did you just say you took down a hydra?”
“Yes. We did. Well, technically it was Alice and Ria, but still.”
“... and where would this hydra be? Did you leave the corpse in the forest? We can arrange a pickup if you did.”
“No, I have it with .”
“Does it fit in your magic bag? That must be one large bag if a hydra fits in it.”
“No. I have it in my Inventory.”
“... inventory? I see.” The receptionist seed ready to just give up. I’m actually pleasantly surprised that she never yelled out at all. I was honestly expecting that. She must be a professional, or she just doesn’t believe anything I’m saying. “... would you follow , please. We will need to confirm the hydra carcass. We will also purchase it, if you are willing to sell it.”
“Sure. Depending on the price.” I answered, as I began to follow her into the bag rooms of the guild.
“So the cheater has returned. Did you cheat to complete your quest again?” The assistant guild master spotted us, and ca to bully us again.
“Of course. That is all I can do, right?”
“Another admission.”
“... wow. You really do trust everything you hear. Well anyway, we have so business, so please don’t bother us.”
“Business, you say? What kind of business would a cheater have with the guild?”
“Sir, he is here to show and sell us a hydra they hunted during the quest.”
“A hydra, you say? How would a cheater like him take down a hydra? I’ll be coming as well.” The AGM said. “And if you are lying, I’ll revoke your guild card.”
“Oh? Want to bet on it? If I don’t have a hydra, you can revoke my card, but if I do have one, you will rank up to rank B.”
“Fine. I’ll take that bet. No way you have a hydra.”
“Here? Sure.” I said and took the hydra out of my storage.
But instead of the complete hydra that I had placed in there, a huge pile of dismantled hydra parts ca out. Hide, at, three monster cores, claws, fangs, all of it. Even so parts that I’m decently sure weren’t there when I put it in were here, like the eyes, which had been smashed by Ria and Elent Valkyrie.
“Brian? What happened to the hydra?” Alice asked. “Why is it dismantled?”
“... yeah. I don’t know either.” I answered, but I got my answer as a ssage on the storage screen.
[I’m sorry, Father. I was testing out so of the things I can do now that I’m a unique skill. One of them is Monster Disassembly, so I did that to the hydra. I also used Material Quality Increase on the parts, to repair so of the damage.]
… so storage can do things like that? … I see. Good to know. It doesn’t seem to be all powerful, as the hole opened by Alice’s final attack was still there with the chunk missing because of Mana’s Dark Burning, but the other holes caused by the spear spells were gone. But the hydra might have healed them when it was still alive. I did regenerate quite quickly.
“... okay. I know now. It's just my skill doing things. I would say bla Laura, but this one is actually Tahlia’s fault.”
“Tahlia? Who is she?”
“... I’ll introduce you later.”
“So, you bought a hydra corpse and are trying to sell it to the guild. I knew it. You were lying, you cheater!” The AGM said, as he saw the corpse.
“No! We really did hunt it!” Alice exclaid.
“Doesn’t look like it to . And how would a D-rank and two C-ranks take down a hydra?”Reminder that Paulina is in fact a C-rank adventurer
“... if you want to see, I’ll show you. But you will take the responsibility for the aftermath.” I said, honestly getting massively annoyed by his attitude.
“Wa-wait a second. Please sell us this hydra first, please.” Leila spoke up.
“That’s fine.” I turned back to her. I like her. She is able to keep her mind on the business at hand, instead of getting caught up on the little things. She should be the assistant guild master. “So, how much will it be?”
“Pl-please give a mont. We will have to appraise the condition.”
In total, the hydra was worth 121 gold coins. It was, other than a few holes in the hide, in perfect condition, thanks to the quality improvent thing, probably. I need to ask Tahlia more about it. But still, 121 gold. Is that a lot? Or not so much? My armor, which is still in the making, was 400 gold, so three and a half hydras. I guess it is made of mithril, so maybe it has to be that expensive. My sense of value is just nowhere. But I guess that is what happens when you have over 7000 gold coins, I guess.
We split the money equally between Alice and I, because Ria was insisting she is my slave. And as paynt for her armor coming. I think I paid 70 or so gold for it, well half up front, so this isn’t quite there, but I’m trying to be a good master here.
After that, we headed to the guilds courtyard with the assistant GM. If he wants proof, I’ll give it to him.
“Let just confirm, no matter what happens, you will take responsibility?” I asked the AGM.
“Yes. Show how you took down the hydra.” He answered.
“Oh, you are going to regret that.” I heard Paulina say quietly.
“And Paulina, you are a witness to prove that he is the one currently responsible, right?”
“Of course. Just try not to cause too big of a ss. The guild doesn’t have unlimited funds, so if you do too much damage, Father will have to cover for them.” Paulina said.
“Oh, I won’t cause any damage. Probably.” I said as I pulled open my collection.
“Don’t ‘probably’. Just don’t do any.”
“Don’t worry. At most there will be a slight panic.” I said, probably grinning like a madman.
I know exactly what I’m going to summon. Normally I might not go this far, but if he doesn’t believe , I’ll make him believe . And I just want to summon this guy. Or girl. Well, this dragon. I took out the four cards necessary for the summoning.
“I activate Polyrization. I’ll fuse together Red-Eyes Black Dragon and teor Dragon. I fusion summon teor Black Dragon!”
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My two dragons rged together and beca one. And it was … quite large. The largest dragon I’ve summoned thus far, even outdoing my Blue-Eyes. asuring to the shoulder level, where I usually asured my dragons, teor Black Dragon stood at about 22 or maybe 23 ters. So let’s just say 22.5 ters.
And it radiated heat everywhere. Not massive amounts, probably because it was controlling the heat, but the temperature had risen by 40°C. The relatively cool spring day was now scorching hot. Well, at least it shouldn’t be enough to set any buildings on fire or anything.
“Brian! I think he gets it! Unsummon that dragon now!” Paulina yelled.
I did as instructed and said “See you later.” to my new dragon.
We may or may not have gotten a visit from the knights a little later, but between being able to bla the AGM and both (with my dal) and Paulina being here, we quickly got over that little problem. As I said, I didn’t break anything. There aren’t even footprints left by my dragon. But I’m sure plenty of people felt the heat from it, even if they didn’t see it, so I did apologize for any potential fire calls that caused. Maybe I should have summoned Black Skull Dragon instead. But as both Summoned Skull and the dragon itself are ‘always treated as an "Archfiend"’, I didn’t want to take the chance. I’ll summon it later when I’m far enough away from any prying eyes.
But still, I would call this side quest a success. The AGM no longer had any issues with us taking on a hydra, as he had plenty of other issues. Like the knights grilling him about how he could give permission to summon a dragon in the middle of the city. All he could do is apologize and say he didn’t know, but that didn’t really help the situation.
Eventually even Sir Garner, or is it Lord Garner? Mateo Garner? I think I should call him Lord Garner. He is a viscount. Anyway, the knight commander even ca and once he got a chance to hear what happened, he said he would take care of the rest and let us go. Well, we would still have to explain it to the Earl, but that was going to be the dinner talk anyway.
As soon as we got back to the manor, Paulina went to deliver the report, well two reports. Both about my teor Black Dragon and the safety check.
anwhile, Alice, Ria and I returned to our rooms for bathti.
Dinner went, well, I’m sure you can imagine it. I got so … feedback about what I did, but I didn’t get into any real trouble. Basically just a slap on the wrist, as the Earl acknowledged that the AGM was the one that pushed to do it. But hearing that I would be willing to cook a dragon for his birthday party might have also helped.
After that, back to our rooms and level up ti. And then to sleep. I was actually sitting out today, because of inventory to storage, but I did use two level ups on Ria. Ria asked for Defense Boost, and I agreed.
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Na: Rhianna
Race: Dhampir
Level: 58
HP: 1670
Mana: 1880
Strength: 900
Defense: 690
Magic: 890
Skills:
True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)
Vampiric Body Modification LV.2 (Racial)
Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)
Fire Magic LV.3
Mana Control LV.4
Fast Mana Recovery LV.4
Internal Magic Technique LV.5
Unard Combat Technique LV.4
Flickering Step LV.2
Power Boost LV.4
Defense Boost LV.3
Blood Sucker (Racial)
Slave. Master: Brian Wood
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Ria is getting stronger. Of course. I did get closer to her status because of the skill evolution though. But still, only my HP, MP and defense are actually higher than hers.
Well, not like that really matters. I’ll still have my summons, so I’m stronger. Not that I’m competitive.
“So, Tahlia. What happened with that hydra?”
“I’m sorry, Father. I was just … fooling around.” She answered ekly.
“I’m not mad. Honestly. I just want to know what you can do now that you are a storage.”
“... alright. But I don’t know it all myself yet, so I’ll tell you as I learn how to use it. But as of now, there is Ti Control, Material Quality Increase, Monster Disassembly and Item Maintenance.” She said. “Ti Control is the simplest one, so I’ll explain that first. I can control the ti of items in the storage. Either stopping ti for them, or fast forwarding ti. I don’t know why you would need to fast forward, but I can do it.”
I just nodded, as she explained. I could think of a few uses for the fast forward, like fernting foods and drinks. I could start a brewery. But other than that, I’m not sure.
“Material Quality Increase allows to increase the quality of items stored, to so extent, but it only works with raw materials. Like what I did with the hydra. I can take things that are sowhat broken, and repair them. But there are limits. For example, I tried to improve the vampiric steel ingot, but I was only able to improve it from low- quality to low .”
“Alright. And you can also apparently appraise the quality of things, right?”
“Yes. But even as just Inventory, I could identify objects. But yes, the quality part is new. Then Monster Disassembly. You saw that already. I can take apart any monsters you store in the storage.”
“Simple enough, but seems super powerful.” I comnted.
“Yes. For the last thing, Item Maintenance. It is designed to keep ready weapons in perfect condition. That is all there is to it.”
“So, clothes washing, weapon sharpening, etc. right?”
“Exactly. And don’t forget armor shining, ironing clothes, I can even repair them, as long as they aren’t too badly damaged.”
“... do the scraps of my old clothes?”
“They are too far gone. I can’t fix them. I’m sorry.”
“... it’s fine. It’s not your fault. But still, please don’t play around with items like that in the future. At least ask first.”
“Yes, Father.”
“But still, I’m proud of you. You are amazing.” I said, and took my daughter into a hug. She might have evolved, but her avatar had stayed the sa. And I’m fine with that. She doesn’t have to change her avatar, ever.
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