Ed made his way to the teleport area where he came from last time. In there, he found out a dozen other students who were thinking about heading to the capital as well. Ed had asked his acquaintances if they would be heading to the capital today, however, most of them decided to stay at school. Some would head the next day.
After waiting for a couple of minutes, Ed finally had his turn and used the teleport circle. Suddenly the scenery in front of him changed and he was in front of the royal castle. The guard reminded Ed that they wouldn't be working after sunset. He didn't know that Ed didn't plan on heading back for the day.
Ed activated his Map while exiting the castle grounds and checked up on the capital. He saw some red dots on the map which caused him to worry. However, he remembered that Norris considers him as an enemy now so it should be him and his followers since he was heading to the capital today as well. Ed forgot about him and checked the map for his friends. Soon enough, he found that a couple of green dots were together near the slums and Ed knew that was his destination.
It didn't take Ed a long time to reach his destination. When he got there someone noticed him and turned their heads in worry. However, after confirming his person, their face showed a bright smile.
"Mister Ed!!" It was Eri and the other orphans that Ed had met up with when he came to the capital. He had given them quite the generous sum of money last time but still decided to check up on them once more.
"How have you been doing?" Ed was also smiling as the children all surrounded him. Suika also got down and started jumping up and down.
"We've been doing well! All thanks to you Mister Ed!" All the children seemed like they had enough to eat since last time they saw him.
"Did anybody try to steal your money?" Ed was concerned about their well being since most people would consider 100 gold coins a good sum of money in the slums.
"There were some people who noticed we had money and tried to hurt us. However, the old ladies and old men of the slums helped us out and chased them away. They didn't accept money from us when we tried to give them" Eri seemed to know that helping people was a good thing so she tried to give back to the old people who saved her, yet they didn't accept. Ed made a mental note to check up on them afterward.
"Why don't we play for a bit and get lunch after? Suika you can transform to play with them if you want" Ed asked Suika to transform into her human form since playing would be much better that way. Suika also seemed to think about that and transformed. She and the other children spent time playing catch with each other. Suika knew that she needed to hold back since the children were a lot weaker, so she slowed down quite a bit.
"You know Mister Ed, ever since we were young we never knew our families. However, after meeting you we can feel how it's like to have a caring brother!" Eri who wasn't playing with the children sat next to Ed and told him these words as she was smiling. They seemed to be what she was truly feeling.
"I see. Well since we're like family, don't call me Mister. You can call me Ed or just big brother if you want" Ed felt warm inside his heart. Other than his family and acquaintances, he didn't have a good relationship with anyone in this world. His time with the children was quite valuable for him too since he didn't have to worry about anything.
"Well let's go and meet the people who helped you. I want to thank them as your big brother" Ed didn't have a lot of time in the capital so he decided to finish some stuff today. Eri showed him the way and he visited all the people she took him to.
Ed thanked them sincerely and gave them some gold coins to help them. Every one of them didn't want to accept and said that the children reminded them of themselves when they were young. They all knew the struggle of living in the slums.
Ed still persisted and made them accept. They were all very thankful and promised him they would protect the children whenever they could. Afterward, Ed took Eri and registered her at the guild in the capital. This allowed her to have an identity.
He then took the children to an inn and booked them a room for 10 days. He didn't want them to get hurt while he was absent this time. The children were all happy except Eri who told him it was too much. However, Ed told her it was his duty as a big brother.
"Next time I go back to Avalon kingdom I'll take you guys with me to join the sect there. So I want you to train until then so you could join" Ed had planned to make them join Glory sect. That way they would at least have a stable future and not stay in the slums forever.
When the children heard him, they were all ecstatic. They knew the importance of sects even though they were just children.
After finishing with the inn, Ed took the children to eat lunch and they all went shopping for clothes. Ed had left them 200 gold coins this time and told them to spend it however they want. He could easily make money now so it wasn't a big deal.
After he left, the children kept waving goodbye to him until they could no longer see him.
Ed left the capital and opened his Map to check on monsters that he needed to hunt. He noticed a great number of red dots that seemed to be colony monsters and decided to attack them. He needed to do a lot of hunting and he needed to do it fast.
Hello everyone! Eri is as old as Bella in case you were wondering. The rest of the children are 4-6 years old.
I didn't really proof read this chapter since I didn't have enough time so forgive me :x.
In case of any mistakes please point them out.
When Ed reached the group of monsters' location, he found a bunch of black ants. He had read about these ants in the library. They were separated into worker ants, soldier ants, and the queen ant. Most worker ants had Knight Establishment while soldiers were all King establishment. The queen was troublesome as she would even be Earth establishment level 5. If Ed were to fight these monsters he would have to kill them as fast as possible so he wouldn't get ganged up by them.
The monsters were near their nest so he was sure that they would respond in case they were attacked. Ed decided to kill the ones he could see from a distance first. Thanks to his KI control and his great reserve of KI, Ed conjured up 20 fire arrows and sent them all flying towards the ants. There were 10 ants, and they were all worker ants. Two arrows each were more than enough to kill them instantly. Ed had barely gotten 3000 exp from these worker ants.
As soon as the ants died, even more, got out from the nest to see what had happened only to find fire arrows being sent at them. Soon, Ed had killed more than 100 worker ants the same way. His KI wasn't going to last forever so midway he asked Raikou to switch with him.
After so many ants had died, soldier ants finally came out. The difference between the former and the latter was beyond words. The soldier ants' shell was hard and couldn't be hurt by the fire arrows. Ed noticed this and finally decided to come out and fight them directly.
"Raikou I have some stuff I want to test. Stay here with Suika" Ed left and withdrew two of his swords. Ame-No-Murakumo and Shusui. He used Wind Blade on both swords and started fighting the soldier ants one by one. Ame-No-Murakumo had the wind attribute so it further enhanced the wind blade, while Shusui enhanced all skills it was used with.
"Seventy-two-pound cannon!" Ed didn't hold anything back and attacked the first ant from a distance. The wind kept injuring the ant until its shell couldn't hold anymore and was destroyed. After killing the first ant, he moved to kill the other ones.
As soon as he finished one, another would come out of the nest. Ed was now surrounded by ants so he activated his Seikūken. His swords looked as if they were flowing around and with each swing of his swords; a leg would fall off an ant if not a head. Soon enough he had killed about twenty soldier ants and none came out.
The nest seemed to be a small size one as it didn't have a lot of monsters. Ed activated his Map and noticed that a red dot was coming towards him from a small distance to the left. He guessed it was the queen ant and decided to get serious.
"Raikou, Suika! It's time to hunt!" Fighting the queen ant alone would be suicide for Ed currently so he had no choice but to use his companions' help.
The two of them came forward to Ed's side and started getting ready. The queen ant finally appeared and Ed scanned it immediately. It was at Earth Establishment level 3. Ed sighed in relief since he could hunt such a monster with his companions.
Immediately after it appeared, Raikou used his fire magic on it. It was surrounded by fire but seemed like it wasn't harmed at all. Its shell was even tougher than the soldiers. Its size was also bigger, standing even taller than the bear Ed fought last time.
After noticing this, Ed and Raikou moved to opposite spots and started attacking it. In this case, it would have to focus on one opponent while the other does damage to it. However, they didn't expect that the queen would just use earth magic and blow both of them away. Ed and Raikou jumped backward in the air and restored their balance.
"Suika!" Ed was worried about Suika so he looked for her, only to find her above the queen's head.
"Suu!!" Suika used her poison right above the queen's eyes, which led her to let out a scream like a beast's.
"Good job Suika!" Blinding the queen was more than enough to kill it. Suika had helped them immensely this time. However, their opponent was still at a higher level than them. It went berserk after losing its eyesight and randomly used earth magic making unpredictable. Raikou used his lightning magic multiple times on the same spot, making the shell break down bit by bit.
Ed also used a miniature version of the destructo disk on his swords. They had a saw like an effect making them sharper than he could have imagined. The shell felt as if it was a piece of paper after this and Ed could slice it easily. He cut one of the queen's legs every time he swung his swords.
"It's time to end this!" Ed withdrew his Muramasa and used the Three-sword style. "Oni Giri!" Ed crossed his two swords across his chest and placed the blade in his mouth horizontally behind them. He approached the queen in a speed so fast it couldn't even react to him until after it was slashed. Two diagonal and a horizontal deep slash could be seen on the body of the queen. It dies instantly after this attack and Ed heard some notifications.
*Ding*
Obtained 3000 exp.
Acquired Gacha ticket.
"Huh? System didn't the wyvern from before give me more exp. This queen has a higher level than him" Ed questioned the exp he had gotten. He noticed it first when he was killing the soldier ants.
[The wyverns are naturally at a higher rarity than these ants. Obviously, the exp you get from killing them would be higher. Plus these ants are colony ants and they would always be in a group so you could also get more exp that way]. 'That's true I got more exp than I thought in total' Hearing the system's explanation Ed couldn't help but nod his head in approval.
"Suika, I'm going to be training the other monsters so I'll recall you for now" Ed's second objective in this hunt was to give his new monsters some battle experience. He summoned all three of them and checked his Map to choose his next target.
Hello everyone! Worker ants give 300 exp and Soldier ants give 1000 exp in case you were wondering. As for Ed's level ups i'll include his stats after he finishes his hunting trip. Enjoy!
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