Chapter 189 - Giant Crabs
The seas have too many uncertainties. There are too many unknown monsters here.
It has been two days since the time when I encounter killer dolphins. After that, I encounter some other killer dolphins. Thanks to my experience in fighting against them, I no longer has difficulty when I fought them. But there are more of them than I thought.
Even today, I encounter at least fifteen of them. Maybe this is near their nest.
This time, I swum further from the shore. There should be more treasures I can get other than pearls. I already have a lot of them stocked on the empty island, but I still see some at the bottom of the sea. At least I won't have any trouble of empty stock for a while. But they were all just pearls though.
This time, I swum to the bottom of the sea and swum around there. I saw several giant crabs hiding under the sand. I wanted to have some of them for lunch. Maybe brought home some of them.
I heard from Sam that some sea animals are difficult to obtain, so she hoped that I could capture some of them to breed. Then we can have a crab farm or something. That will make our profit increased again.
But… the crab around here are gigantic. Most of them are over one meter in length. And I think I saw some more bigger than three meters.
Are they difficult to fight? Let's try them. I don't think they are harder to fight than those killer dolphins.
I provoked one of the crabs to come out of hiding, and the whole lot of them come out! Well, seeing how they move, I don't think they are faster than those killer dolphins.
They are approaching me at the same time. Prove that they are not a smart species. I guess I'm right that they are weaker than killer dolphins.
I easily dodged their attack, and with Victoria as a broadsword, I slashed one of the crabs.
It's hard!
Even when I'm using my Aura covering Victoria, these crabs have really hard shells! Not as hard as Giant Salamander that I killed, but it's' still hard enough for my weapon covered with Aura to breakthrough.
I don't think I can use that drill like I did with the Giant Salamander well underwater. I guess my only options is to continue attacking them until they die. This should be good as well for my Aura training.
I attacked the same crab again and again with the broadsword. In the first place, I chose the broadsword as a weapon because of its usefulness in continuous attack underwater by following the current. And this is the first time I use it for that purpose since all the other of my underwater fights are done with just one attack.
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I keep slashing the crab over and over again without ever stopping my arm. There are already scratches on the shell of the crab I fought. Then when the crab about to attack me with its claw/pincer, I transformed Victoria into a shield to block it.
Another thing I did not expect, is that the crab's attack is stronger than I thought. And since I have no proper footing underwater, I got pushed back easily.
Good thing that I still managed to block the attack. Now I know that I have too many weaknesses in underwater fights. It's a good time for me to fix them.
If I have a terrible footing, then let's use the water as footings.
When the crab attacked me again, I put Victoshield in front of me to guard, and also cover my whole body with Aura. With the water pressure while covering my whole body with Aura, it makes it harder for me to move. But it's a good idea only for blocking attacks as I haven't moved back when the crab's pincer smashed my Victoshield.
But there's a delay after I blocked the attack, and when I'm about to attack since my Aura also stopped me from moving. I need to practice more so I can control my Aura even smoother so I could reduce the delay.
Then I repeated my actions. Attacking the crab continuously, then blocking its attack. I feel the control over my Aura is getting better and smoother, but I can't do that for long since there are a lot of crabs here.
When I was about to attack the crab again, I noticed that another crab won't sit still and attacked me from the side. My reaction is fast enough to block it, but I haven't covered my body with Aura. That's why I got pushed away from the first crab that tried to attack me again as it missed its swing.
Maybe it's a good idea to get pushed back some time. I can get away from being surrounded that way.
There's a reason why I wanted to improve so badly. Of course mainly is that I want to get stronger and better in fighting. But other reason is… I saw an underwater dungeon nearby.
Unlike the previous dungeon which only has the underwater part at the entrance, where the eels are delicious, this time, the whole dungeon are completely underwater.
And it doesn't seem like this dungeon was sunken. This dungeon seems to have been there ever since it was created. It's totally an underwater dungeon.
But the monsters that I see with my Divine Vision, might be even stronger and smarter than the killer dolphins. And I haven't seen everything yet.
Since it's a dungeon, there might be traps hidden there. That's why I need to improve my swimming and battling technique. Although I have my Divine Vision helping, there might be some traps I will get caught on.
When I told Victoria about the dungeon, she said to let her in that dungeon so she can scout there first before I enter. It's so great to have an immortal summoned monster.
Fighting underwater is still difficult for me to do. Even after I slashed dozens of times at the same position, the crab's shell is still difficult to penetrate.
Maybe there are other parts which are easier to hit to kill the crab, but this is also for my development as well. I have to find a way to be able to break through their hard shell. Because unlike that time with the Giant Lizard, it's unlikely that I will encounter other monsters that won't move when I drilled through their defense.
This time, I stopped attacking the crab's body and went for its legs. Although they are covered by hard shells as well, that part should be easier to damage.
And after ten hits, I managed to break one of its legs.
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I keep doing that to its other legs, and also to other crabs. After that, I broke their pincers. As for their bodies… I don't think I can destroy them when I'm underwater, so I brought them to the surface, and kill them there… not.
Just killed one of them so I know that it works, and brought the rest home to be cooked. Although they don't have legs or pincers anymore, their bodies should still be delicious.
They are big, so I only brought home two of them, and some seashells in the empty island. As for the rest of the crabs, I think they will be eaten by other sea monsters. I don't think they will still alive by the time I return here tomorrow.
And so, I returned home with big catches.
When I arrived home, I instantly went to the kitchen where Lina is and brought them the giant crabs.
"Sorry. They are too though so I have to destroy their legs and pincers before I can bring them home."
"Don't worry. If They are similar to normal crabs, then their bodies would still be delicious if I cook them right. Please wait for dinner."
I helped Lina carries the two crab's bodies that she will cook for tonight. I can't wait for dinner.
As I was about to take a bath, I see someone knocking on the door. There are no other people here since everyone is doing their own training and cultivating, so I'm the only one here. I don't like greeting guests since I might forget them right away, but I have no choice since I'm the only one there. And I don't think it's right to let a slime do it for me. I don't know what form Victoria will be when she opened the door since she's very unique.
I used my Divine Vision to see who the guest is, and I think she's somewhat familiar. I guess I forgot about her.
I opened the door and see the girl happily smiled at me.
"Master! I have returned and hoped to get your guidance."
"…who are you?"
"HOW COULD YOU FORGET ABOUT ME! YOU'RE SO CRUEL, MASTER!"
"Ah! You're the loud girl!" I said as I finally remember who she is.
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAID THAT I HAVE TO KEEP MY VOICE DOWN! YOU CAN'T JUST FORGET ABOUT ME WHEN I SPEAK NORMALLY!"
"I know, I know. Sorry about that. You can lower your voice again now."
"NOT YET! I HAVE TO ADJUST MY VOICE FOR A FEW MINUTES SO I CAN HAVE MY VOICE LOWERED!"
There's a strange species entered my house. She's so loud and can't adjust the volume of her voice easily. So, I let her in because she will bother the neighbors if she continues talking like that outside.
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Chapter 190 - A Disciple
"You can come in for now. Then, we can talk once you can adjust the volume of your voice."
I allow the girl to enter the house and let her sit on the dining hall. If I'm right, then she is someone who wanted to be my disciple. But in what? In critical thinking? I don't know how to teach that to others. Maybe Kayla will be the perfect teacher for her.
For now, I'll confirm her desire in coming here first.
"Have you… adjusted your voice yet?"
The girl shakes her head. What is it that makes her unable to adjust her voice easily? It's quite normal for other people to do it, but she finds it difficult to do so.
She lets out a voice from time to time to make sure that her voice has lowered. Just like how I practice to copy other people's voice.
While I'm waiting for her to adjust herself, the girls have returned from their training and cultivating. Sophie, Shirley, and Candy just return from their training outside, and Kayla and Angela come down from their room after a day of cultivating.
Ian and Ruby have just returned from grocery shopping, and the kids and Penny are just wake up from their naps. And everyone is waiting for this loud girl to say what she wants.
Too long! If it's this long, then we might end up finishing dinner first!
I guess we have no choice but to let her talk after we finished dinner.
"You can have your chat later. For now, please stay for dinner."
The one who said that is Ruby. She noticed that if we wait any longer, dinner will be cold then.
"THANK YOU, MA'AM!" Loud girl shouted loudly.
We ate the crabs I got today. And they were delicious. Maybe we should really breed some crabs so we can get more of these easily. How about I make a pond in that empty island for the sake of breeding? I'll think about that later.
For now, this loud girl whose name I forgot, her plan coming here should be to ask me to teach her. I can just ask Kayla to do that since I think she's a better role model than me.
Back then when she asked for my help in saving her village, I don't think she has manifested her magic yet. That means she's younger than me. For someone who hasn't manifest her magic yet, the only thing I can teach her is to make decision in any kind of situation. As for teaching her magic control, I can teach her once she has manifested her magic.
Maybe it's a good time to teach Hannah as well? She's eleven years old now. In four more years, she will manifest her magic elements and attend school. And since the cult won't make a move for ten years, and we also planning on building our strength as well, we might need Hannah to fight in the future as well.
That's something I hate. To let children grow and fight our battle. And in ten years, that's when Daniel turns fifteen and manifest his magic elements as well. Maybe I should have gone with Veronica to their headquarter in the first place and kill them all.
Teaching kids so they can fight the war… that's the most disgusting things to do as an adult. I don't want Kayla to bear that burden, so I guess I won't let her teach this loud girl. Then Hannah and Daniel as well. And if the war isn't over yet, even Lana.
I hope Albert can quickly destroy that cult.
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For now, my goal is to be stronger in these two years. And then, I'll be a surgeon and doctor, while teaching other doctors about all kind of healing methods and surgeries that I know from the future. If I spread them now, there will be more people that can be saved from the war.
After the dinner is over, the loud girl finally able to speak in lower volume and no longer shouting. Then she finally says why she's here.
"I want you to be my teacher!"
"Okay. What's your name and how old are you?" I asked.
"I'm Jewel! Fourteen years old!"
"Oh? She's two years younger than us!" Angela said.
"I know, Angela. I can count. I can do math quite well." I said to Angela.
"But you would sometime say that you forgot your age, right?"
"Yeah. But I can just use your age or Kayla's for my age."
Both Angela and Kayla said that they are already sixteen years old now. Since I forgot when my birthday is, why don't I just make my age the same as the girls? And so, I have decided that I'm sixteen now.
"What do you want to learn from me?" I asked Jewel.
"Back then, you taught me how to keep cool in panic so I can make a good decision in any situation. I want to do that as well! Although I haven't manifested my magic yet, I still want to learn another way to survive. Where to run away, how to ask for help, I want to learn those things so I can survive!" Jewel said.
That's a nice way of thinking. I guess that time she asked for my help, and that message I gave her, makes a huge impact on her life.
"Alright. Tomorrow, you can come back here. Wear something easy to move."
"Roy, you're going to train her?" Kayla asked.
"Yes. I'll teach her body first. Before anyone manifest their magic elements, and even after that as well, it's our own body that will help us the most. I'll train her body first tomorrow while giving her some tips to survive. If anyone wants to come as well, feel free to join."
There might be other people who wanted to join the training. Physical training is important no matter how powerful your magic is. Even if you can destroy a mountain with magic, it's useless if you are too slow to dodge enemy's attack.
What I'm planning is just physical improvement by running in the forest with uneven terrain.
Kayla and the girls who are used to go on adventure and on a guild mission outside, might have better stamina. But that doesn't mean they can run in the forest as much as they want. Running in an uneven terrain will drain your stamina faster.
I don't need them to be faster. Of course if that's possible, that would be great. What I want is for them to be more agile. That way, even if they can't outrun their enemy, they can still dodge their attack
"I want to join!"
While I was thinking what kind of training will I give, Daniel shouted that he wanted to join as well.
"You can't."
"Why!? Why do you always leave me out all the time!?"
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Daniel looks like he's about to cry. He must be really lonely all this time I left him behind. I thought it's a good idea to leave him to Ruby and Penny, but I was wrong. I need to be with him more.
"We will play tag tomorrow morning. And the training is in the afternoon. That's when you have your nap, right?"
"What about training?" Daniel asked.
"The tag is the training."
"Alright! Awesome!" Daniel shouted in joy.
"Heh! You said training, but isn't it just playing?" Angela snorted. She must be thinking that I'm tricking Daniel.
But no. For children, they will learn more by playing. Playing tag will help his physical ability to grow.
So I started to explain and everyone is paying attention toward me when they noticed my serious expression.
"Hey, guys. Veronica said that there won't be any big moves in the next ten years. That mean we probably won't have any clues about them for the next ten years."
Some of them noticed what I meant right away, but some others don't.
Then I looked at Daniel who is still being happy knowing that he will play with me tomorrow.
"No! You want him to join!? You can't!" Ruby who knows my intention, rejected that idea.
"I'm sorry, but with all the knowledge I have, it's impossible for me to end everything."
Since Jewel is here, we speak in a way that won't make her finds out what's going on. If she became my disciple, I can tell her what's going on. But not now. So she just listened our conversation while having a confused expression.
"Ten years. In ten years, Daniel will be my age. Hannah will be twenty-one years old. Lana will be ten years old. I'm sorry, but we are too weak. Even back then, it still wasn't over after thirty years. That is why I agree to be Jewel's teacher."
"Umm… what are we talking about?" Jewel can't hold it anymore and asked about what I'm saying.
"I'll tell you tomorrow. So, will you come tomorrow afternoon?"
"Yes!"
"Great. By the way, where do you live now?"
"Hmm? In a nearby inn."
"If you want, you can move here and sleep in an empty room."
"Really? That would be great! I'll go back to the inn now and bring my stuffs here. You can continue with what you're talking about."
Jewel then leaves to grab her stuffs from the inn.
As for us, the mood is really bad at the realization that one day, Hannah, Daniel, and even Lana would have to fight.
Chapter 191 - Planning For Training Camps
Penny and Ruby accompany the kids after dinner and leave the table while the rest of us were not moving. Even the ghost Sonia is just floating next to the table without saying anything.
"Even if there are no war, we should still teach and train kids so in the future, they will be able to get stronger on their own and survive. We can disguise the training into playing so kids can enjoy them. Lina, how was the project to get the properties of the neighbors to build a park?" I asked Lina.
"Well, it's going well. Maybe in a few weeks, all the neighbors will leave. We can start building the park after that."
"Good. Victoria, does your world has something that we can put in the park to help improve their physical abilities?" This time, I asked Victoria.
"Yes. There are several of them. And there are some sports that kids might enjoy. I'll tell you when we started the project." Victoria said.
"Okay. I never thought that we would have a serious discussion just because I accepted a disciple. Any questions?"
Surprisingly, it was Angela who has some question.
"Is physical strength the most important thing?" She asked.
I smiled hearing that question. Of course the answer is obvious.
"The answer is no. The most important thing is survival. Destroying the cult and everything else comes next. Everyone has different type of body. Some needs a long time to gain strength, and some only need a few weeks. Improving your body's strength is just another mean for survival. If you feel like it's less important for your survival, then you are free to not train your body. There are many other ways to survive, like asking for help, let other people do the fighting and run away, and for Angela, I think it's best if you concentrate in your magic. I want to train the kids physical strength so they have another means of survival before they learn magic." I explained.
"Good. Then I won't join you guys tomorrow. I'll just continue what I'm doing. Cultivating, and practice my magic." Angela said.
"Hey! Everyone can decide what they want to do, but how about we did a training camp every few months or so? Then we can see how each other's progresses are. We have two years after all. I don't want to spend two whole years just by training. We can also take the kids for a vacation as well. Maybe finding a huge empty island, or we can ask Albert if he has any private lands somewhere."
Victoria suggested something good. This way, we have something to look forward to. I agree instantly with her idea.
"That's a good idea! We can also invite Albert as well. And he will be the one to pay the expenses!" I proclaimed.
Unfortunately, Albert will return to the capital right away after he finished taking care of his business in Melk. So, he won't return to Cassau.
As for Marie, before we returned to Cassau, she already returns to the capital with Alan. Ruby said that she wanted to stay for a while longer with Lana, but she can't because the royalties can't leave the capital for too long. So, she returned with her trusted guards who already knows that she came here to meet her daughter. If we tell her about our training camp, she will most likely agree so she can meet with Lana. So, I told Sonia to relay the message to Marie.
We're taking care of Lana quite well. And when I say we, I mean Penny and Ruby. I heard that they became closer with Marie during her stays in Cassau. It's good to have royalties as friend, right?
Now the mood has become better. We no longer talk about the future where the kids will fight, but we focused on the training camps. Where should we go, what should we bring, and many other things they wanted to do for the vacation.
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It's good to have Victoria with us. Thanks to her, we have something to look forward to.
After that, Jewel returned carrying some of her belonging with her. Lina then guide her to her room. We have a new member in the family, I guess.
There's one other person. Kron.
He wanted to join the clan when it's built, but he won't stay in this place. He stays in an inn nearby and said that he will go on a training alone. So I taught him about magic control so he can get stronger. Will he join our training tomorrow?
We chatted quite a while until late and we finally returned to our own room. And of course, Sophie wanted to sleep with me like usual. She usually wanted to sleep with me once or twice a week whenever she feels lonely.
Seeing Sophie enters my room, Victoria choose to sleep in her own room. I guess I can't sleep on Blobbybed tonight.
As we were laying on the bed, Sophie asked me something.
"Hey, Roy."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Knowing that children will grow up during war time, don't you want children of your own?" Sophie asked. I know where this is going.
"I want to have children. Lots of them. But not now. There are too many things to do. Maybe in a few years."
"Hmm… I see…"
"Well, I'm fine with doing the deeds though."
I said as I kiss her and hug her.
We only fell asleep late in the night.
Did we do it? We did it! Huehehehe. She took my first time in my second life.
But what about pregnancy?
There's a contraceptive potion that makes women unable to get pregnant after they did the deeds. It only works within 24 hours after drinking it. Sophie already drunk it before she enters my room. I didn't peek on her. She told me about it after we did it.
When morning comes, Sophie who usually woke up later than me already left the room. Since everyone wanted some privacy in this house, I usually refrain to use my Divine Vision to peek on them. Usually doesn't mean always, and this is the unusual time when I used it.
I saw Sophie is in Kayla's room, with Kayla, Victoria, and Candy. What are they discussing about?
Since it's those four, maybe it's about me. Or is it that Sophie is telling the others about what we did?
When the breakfast is done and everyone is in the dining hall, I see those four coming together. Though Kayla's and Candy's face are beet red. I think I know what Sophie told them.
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As for Victoria, she looks pretty normal. Well, she doesn't have internal organ like that of human. She's just transformed into a human body, but her internal organ is still that of a slime. Well, slime doesn't have any internal organs. At least Black Slime doesn't. So I don't know if she's blushing as well or not.
After breakfast, it was Sophie said something.
"Roy. How about we tell Jewel everything?"
"Hmm? Are you sure?"
"Yes. I think it's better if she knows about it early. Since she is your disciple, you should trust her more. I think she can be trusted." Sophie said.
"I agree. You also thought it's better to have more allies and friends, right?" Kayla said.
"Hmm? What is it? What are you talking about?" Jewel asked. It's praiseworthy that she doesn't shout anymore.
So I start telling her everything.
"So, Jewel… the truth is… I came from the future."
The first thing that I told her is the fact that I came from the future. I also told her about the cult, their evil plans, and that everything we have been doing is to prevent that to happen and to destroy them.
After I told her everything, her brain seems to freeze as she seems to be unable to close her mouth.
"EEEH! MASTER CAME FROM THE FUTURE!? AND SHIRLEY IS A PRINCESS!? THAT BABY IS THE KING'S DAUGHTER!? YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD!?"
I guess the shock is really big if she returned to her ways of talking. I mean shouting.
"Don't shout so loud! We wanted it to be a secret, you idiot disciple!" I scolded Jewel.
"I mean, aren't you amazing, Master? You can make the king trust you and even let his own daughter to be raised by you? I don't know about the cult, but I will do anything I can help with the war! The war might still be far away, but by that time, I will be a disciple you can be proud of!" Jewel proclaimed.
"That's good. But don't you think you can easily change the volume of your voice so easily? Didn't you say that it's difficult to adjust it last night?"
"I'm in too much shock and awe after hearing Master's achievement that I speak normally. This happened every time I heard something shocking." Jewel said.
"Aaah… this girl is weird. Well, since you've heard everything, is there any questions you want to ask?"
"Yes! Can I be Aura user as well? There's still another year before I can go to school and manifest my magic, so I wanted to have another power like Master's"
Hmm… I wanted to teach other as well, but to see other people's potential of becoming an Aura user, I have to pour my Aura inside their bodies. Victoria said that my control isn't that good to do that yet and I might kill other people just by doing that, so I don't know if Jewel has potential or not. But I guess I can just train her body harder.
"I don't know if you can do it or not, but if you want, I'll make your training even harder. Don't expect too much though." I said to Jewel.
"It's fine! I'll do my best! Even if I can't become an Aura user, I can just my magic in the future!"
It's great to have a motivated disciple. I wonder how strong she will become in the future. Will she be as strong as Angela in my past life? I hope so.
Chapter 192 - Training Start
Like I promised, in the morning, I played tag with the Daniel and Hannah. Well, Jewel somehow ended up joining as well, so it was the four of us playing tag.
Playing tag is good for children's physical development. That's why I suggested it. And the kids can also enjoy playing.
Though there's one thing I didn't expect. Children have unlimited stamina.
I thought that my stamina is the best since I mainly fight in a melee battle. It was obvious that I have quite a lot of stamina. But when playing with kids, it's like I'm still losing in term of stamina against Daniel. How does kid have infinite stamina?
Though after lunch, Daniel and Hannah directly went to sleep. Their exhaustions were delayed until their stomach is full. And the similar thing happened to Jewel as well. But I force her to stay awake since we're going out to train.
There are several participants in this training. Jewel, Kayla, Shirley, Lina, Ian, and Kron whom we just met as we were about to leave the city.
When he asked me where we're going, I said that I'm going to train these group. Hearing about training, Kron decided to join.
And acting as the teachers are Victoria the slime, Sonia the ghost, and Roy the handsome.
Although the handsome one is still considered rookie compared to the other two, the handsome one still took the job seriously.
We leave the city and enter the forest. And after a few minutes of walk, we stopped.
"Alright. To be honest, I kind of expected this line up when I said anyone is free to come. But I still want to hear your reasons. Let's start from… Jewel." I asked Jewel first about her reason for joining the training. I can expect what everyone's goal in coming here, but I'm still interested to hear it coming from their mouth.
"I WANT TO BE LEARN MANY THINGS FROM MASTER!" Jewel shouted.
"Not so loud!"
Jewel's answer is quite predictable. She hasn't manifested her magic yet, and we don't know if she can gain Aura or not. But at least I will teach her what I can.
But for her to be so spirited after almost exhausting herself from playing with kids… I guess she has a lot of stamina.
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"Then, how about Kayla?" This time I asked Kayla.
"I just want to learn more in what I can do. The more I learned, the more things I can do, and the more options I will have. You're the one who taught me that." Kayla said.
"See that? That's what someone learned from me! You will also learn a lot by watching me, Jewel." I proudly said to Jewel.
"SO COOL! PLEASE TAKE CARE OF ME WELL, SENIOR SISTER!"
Seems like every time she got excited, she will start shouting again.
"Umm… Although he taught me many things, I'm not his disciple. I'm his girlfriend." Kayla clearly stated her status.
"THAT'S EVEN COOLER!"
I see… no wonder that Evil God or whatever he called himself created a cult. I felt great knowing that my disciple worships me this much. And I bet that Evil God feels addicted to this feeling, he decided to built a cult where more people worship him.
"Roy. Before you feel good from having someone worshipping you, we need to continue on what's more important." Victoria said.
"Right. Next is, Shirley!" I continue asking the others their goal in coming here.
"I learned from the last stampede that I'm still lacking in stamina. Although I can fly with my wind element, and have enough mana to fly for a long time, I'm still get tired easily. I don't think I can learn Aura, but I will at least improve my stamina." Shirley replied.
Yeah. When I saw her back then, if I didn't stop her, she would faint. Even Angela and Sophie, although they didn't fly around, they still have a lot of stamina during the battle. It's good to know your own weaknesses.
"Right! That's my reason as well! To improve my stamina!" Kron suddenly spoke.
"That's wrong. Knowing you, you're just interested in the word training."
"…I thought that if I join you guys, I will have similar build to Hill's people he brought from Mellian. You're the one who taught them the training set needed to have such build, right?"
"If you want such build, just go to Mellian and ask Hill and the guards over there. I'm not planning to have these group do the same training. It will mainly be stamina and agility. Not strength and power like those people." I said.
"Hmm… that's fine. I can just join you today, then I will go to Mellian tomorrow. You can call me back when the clan is built."
In the end, Kron decided to continue with us and leaves for Mellian tomorrow. Just how much does he want those muscles? Well, if that what he wants, then it's fine. Having someone big might be helpful as well.
"Then, lastly is Lina. I think you have the same answer as Ian, so you can answer for him."
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"Yes. We needed physical strength as well to be perfect servants, Master."
From how she said 'we' instead of 'I', it seems like they have reached an agreement.
"OH! YOU CALLED MASTER AS MASTER AS WELL! ARE YOU FELLOW DISCIPLE?"
"No. I'm just Master's maid."
Lina answered Jewel's question calmly.
Well, one called me Master because of our master and disciple relationship, while the other called me Master because of our master and servant relationship. But both are calling me Master. As for Ian, he called me Master Roy.
Now everyone has been asked, they should realize their goals in this training. Now it's time for some motivational speech.
"Alright. Since you have recognized your own weaknesses and your goals in joining the training, the image of what you want to be after the training is over should be clearer. Those with clearer image of what they want to be will gain more than those who don't have. That's why I asked you about it." I said.
Then I pointed to a certain spot and everyone's eyes followed my finger.
"If you go over there, you will reach a lake. Your training is to get there before the sun sets. And you are not allowed to use magic unless you have to fight monsters. And… START!" I signaled the start of the training.
As soon as the training start, Jewel and Kron instantly dashed to the area I pointed at. They didn't ask how far the lake is, but just started running as if they are in a race. Shirley also wanted to run as well, but Kayla managed to stop her.
"No, Shirley! Don't run! Although we're here to improve our stamina, we don't have to go to the lake as fast as possible. Our goal is to get to the destination within the time limit, and not to be the first one to go there. We all will go together. Just like Roy said before, physical strength is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to achieve our goals. For now, our goal is to get there. But we don't know how far the lake is, and what kind of monsters are there. We'll go together, and we'll run over there by matching our pace with the slowest one. That way, no one will be left behind"
As expected of Kayla. She already made a plan to go together. This is the safest way to go there. And looking at what she carries on her bag, there are several water bottles and some light snacks as well. She is well prepared for the training even though I didn't tell her everything.
"Oh! What about those two!? Roy, aren't you going to stop them? Kron is fine since he's strong, but Jewel hasn't even manifested her magic yet! You have to go stop her!" Shirley said.
I just smiled at her without saying anything.
Of course it's dangerous for her. That's why without telling anyone, I had Victoria stuck on her clothes and follow her. If there's a danger approaching, Jewel can also call Sonia to inform me.
But I'm not going to tell anyone about it. They are free to do whatever they want to go to the lake. I will watch them from afar and protect them if needed. Making them know the feeling of helplessness is also a way of training. If they know how helpless they are alone, they will need to find a solution to get rid of their helplessness. That's what I'm teaching them now.
"Seems like he won't give us any answer. Let's go! If we stay here any longer, we won't get there before the sun sets. Who knows how far that lake is?"
Then, they unanimously decided that Kayla will be their leader. They are moving into the forest in a diamond formation with Lina in the lead, Kayla and Shirley in the middle, and Ian behind them. Although he's old, he's the most fit among them all. Is that because he's a butler?
Now that everyone has gone, let's watch how they're doing.
Chapter 193 - Go To The Lake
I watched as they all moving to the lake with my Divine Vision. In the first place is Kron. He's still running without slowing down. It has been about half an hour since the training started. I guess he has a lot of stamina. As expected of a veteran hunter. If it goes on like this, he will arrive first.
In the second place is Jewel. She's already tired of running, so she takes a short break. Not only she's tired, she's also thirsty. But I didn't tell her to bring some water, so she can only stop to rest.
If it's like this, then it will be soon when Kayla's group passed her by. Then Jewel will be saved. I have told her to be calm, and I thought that she remembers my advice after hearing how she wanted to be my disciple yesterday. But in the end, she hurriedly run toward the lake and ignored my advice.
This is also a lesson for her. I won't help her unless she's in danger.
As for Kayla's group, they are moving in a steady pace. Whenever they heard the sound of a stream, they will split up. Two people will stay in the same spot, while the other two will get some waters. Although I said no magic, Kayla still told Shirley to create water container from ice so they could carry it. Since it's not a movement magic, it should be okay.
After getting some waters, they will regroup back in the place the other two stayed in. I think it's because they wanted to catch up with Jewel. If they move away from that route, they will not be able to meet Jewel.
Hmm? Jewel started moving again. I guess it will be a while until they meet.
Oh? She's not moving toward the lake, but to the river. I guess she's too thirsty. If it's goes on like that, she won't meet Kayla's group.
But then she stopped before moving. She grabbed a branch from the ground, and marked the path she takes. She wrote water, and an arrow pointed at the river. That must be her message in case Kayla's group passed by.
Jewel went to the river and dives her head into the water. After finished drinking, she returned to her previous spot where she wrote the message, and erase it. And then she continues going to the lake.
Hah! She's quite smart, isn't she? But she's too hotheaded. If she's much calmer, she's about as smart as Kayla. Now that she's tired, her mind is cooled down a bit and she must be thinking it would be great if Kayla's group catching up with her. She must be regretting her rash decision to run alone.
Now she's walking to the lake. She's waiting for Kayla's group to catch up without moving a step outside the route.
I looked around her and see that there are no monsters there. Kayla will catch up to her soon, so I think it's a good idea to watch how Kron is doing.
He has gotten quite far that my Divine Vision can't reach him anymore, so I have to get closer to him. I can leave Jewel to Victoria until she meets Kayla's group.
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When my vision reached Kron, I can see him fighting three goblins. Since they are quite weak, Kron decided he wanted to beat them with his fists. It will take quite a while, but as a veteran hunter, he should be able to beat them. He knows the danger of even weak monsters such as goblin has, so he won't let his guard down. I hope.
Kron finally managed to defeat one of them after fifteen minutes, and goes for the next one. But the goblins decided to escape.
What will you do now, Kron? If they escape, they will call for reinforcement. You should have known about goblins, right?
And I'm right. Kron won't let them escape, but he can't catch up with them. So he has no choice but to use his magic to kill them before they escape. And those two goblins died with Kron's Wind Slash magic.
And now… he's stopped? He's looking around. Then he looked above at the sky, and clicked his tongue. Don't tell me…
I approached Kron quickly knowing what happened.
"Oh, Roy! It's good to see you here!" Kron looked at me as if I'm his savior.
"The lake is over there." I pointed at where the lake is.
"Thank you!" Then Kron run to the lake again.
I can't believe he's lost. Well, knowing how he can fly, he must be thinking that he can fly whenever he wants if he got lost. But I told him to not use magic unless it's an emergency, so he refrains from flying.
It won't be long until he arrives at the lake. I don't have to worry about him since there are no strong monsters in the path. For now, let's go back to see how Jewel is doing.
I retrace my steps back to where Jewel should be. But before I can see her, there are several monsters blocking my way. I have been evading them so I can watch the other, but seems like they followed me from my smell.
Well, I can defeat them easily since they are just wolves. And since it's not a stampede anymore, let's try the usual.
"Hello. I come in peace." I said to the wolves. Thought I doubt none of them understand my words.
And as expected, they ignored my greetings and start attacking me. I guess it will be the first time I tried using my daggers I made from the leftovers of the Giant Salamander's scales.
I made two daggers, and I tried to wield both of them together. Dual wielding is difficult, but this is a practice anyway.
Two daggers. One in my right hand, one in my left hand. To use them well, I need to get used to them. I can practice to use one to attack, and another for defense, or maybe both for attacking, or even using both for defending. I can swap which hand is for attacking, and which is for defending. Quick thinking is important in dual wielding.
But the wolves are too weak that I only needed less than five minutes to take care of them although it's the first time I wielded two daggers in real fight.
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Well, I can train later. For now, the others are more important.
When I see Jewel again, she already grouped up with Kayla's group and they went together to the lake. And I see Victoria is with them chatting. Well, since Jewel is fine in the group, it's fine for her to not protect her, I guess? Maybe she's giving some advices as their mentor.
But they are not safe yet just because they are together. They encountered skeleton soldiers after a few minutes. Skeletons wearing helmet and carrying swords.
I heard that skeleton soldiers are from people who turned into monsters after they died. And they carry equipment they have from the day they died. So skeleton soldiers are humans who used to be soldiers.
Not to forget, that it has been about a thousand years since Aura user disappear. There are no more people who fight using sword in hope they can gain Aura ability. Which means these skeleton soldiers are about a thousand years old. Even the equipment they wear are rusty.
And it's easy for the group to defeat them. Lina and Jewel are not combatants, so they stayed in the middle while the other three are protecting them. Well, two actually. Just Shirley and Kayla.
As for Ian, his fighting method is quite interesting. He can change form into that of a huge falcon. And he used his talons to attack the skeletons in high speed. He would also grab a skeleton and dropped it from the sky to its death.
Now I understand how he is so fit despite his age. He fights like a beast he transformed into instead of using his other magic. Well, he could even carry Albert from Cassau to Melk, so it's obvious how strong he is.
There's only one skeleton soldier left, and it seems Ian asked the others to let him subjugate that skeleton. Then Ian transformed again.
As a Beastform mage, he has three transformation. First is normal human form, then next is their beast form. Lastly is in human beast hybrid form. Half-human, half-beast.
Ian transformed into his hybrid form, and he turned into an old man with wings, and talons as his feet. That's so cool! Not the old man part.
Then he grabbed a sword dropped by one of the skeletons, and fly as fast as he can to the last skeleton and stabbed it with that sword. Is he trying to be a flying warrior? Maybe he wanted to learn more fighting methods.
All the monsters are defeated and they continue going to the lake. There are no more obstacles on the way, and reached the lake right before the sun sets.
As for Kron, he's taking a nap while basking under the sun. He wakes up when the others arrive.
"Congratulations on coming this far! Now, how do we return?"
"Go to hell!" Kron is angry.
Well, since they are tired, I guess I should help them return.
I turned Victoria into a wagon, and have everyone ride the wagon as I pulled them back to the city.
With my speed, we reached just before the gate is closed. At least I won't have to carry them over the wall.
Chapter 194 - A New Monster Appears
It has been one week since Jewel became my disciple. We only went for training about three times a week. Other time, I went to the sea for treasure hunting.
After that day, Kron went to Mellian so he can grow some muscle by training with the guards. I bet Hill is extremely happy. Not just Kron is coming, he's also gaining some muscles. I'm fine as long as he no longer targeting me.
As for the others, they don't take part in the training every time. Other than Jewel who is my disciple, the others only participate about once or twice a week. It's fine. They should learn things moderately. They don't need to force themselves to do it.
But the training does work for them. They told me that they gained a bit of stamina after training. Although it's obviously not much since they only trained for a bit.
Today, we're not training. I will go diving today, and I spent the whole night cultivating my air element.
I don't see much progress in my cultivation. I think I'm not quite talented in magic. But the improvement in any element is important for my growth, so I refuse to give up. And I think once my air element reached intermediate level, I can make other people near me breathe underwater. Then I could have them come with me to the underwater dungeon I've seen.
I haven't entered that dungeon yet. I have discussed with Victoria and Kayla about the underwater dungeon, and that I needed Kayla to go with me so I can have a healer. Then, I will be the only person who can conquer underwater dungeon. Although no one will know about it.
That's why I keep cultivating my air element. And thanks to the Giant Salamander's scales leftovers, I can make more container capable to endure even more air pressure. Then turning those magic stones' elements into air element will be faster.
At this rate, maybe I can reach intermediate level in a few months. Compared to how fast the others are cultivating, my cultivation rate is quite slow. That's just proof of how talented the others are.
As for summoning element, I can tell that I'm about to breakthrough. Maybe today, if I encounter a strong monster, I will be able to reach intermediate level then. And that's why I'm in a hurry to go to the sea as soon as possible.
"Victoria. When I reach intermediate level, what should I do? Should I go to the Monsters World and make a contract with another monster or not? What should I prepare before going there? And what new ability will you gain?" I asked Victoria while on the way to the sea.
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"Well, of course before you're going there, you need preparation first. Probably some food and water supply since we don't know where you can obtain them yet. Once you decided on the schedule, you can unsummon me back to that world first so when you opened up a portal, I will put you in a safe location. Then we can search together for a monster you want to make a contract with. As for my new ability, you can see it later. You'll be surprised. Anyway, what kind of monster do you want to be contracted with?" Victoria asked.
Hmm… there are many options. Maybe there are a summoner among the monsters in that world. If I can make a contract with them, I can summon as many monsters as I want by ordering that monster. Wait, no! I need a safe place first. Maybe I'll start with finding monster who own a territory and the leader of its group. That way, I can build a safe house in that location and I can go there whenever I'm in trouble in this world. That would be perfect.
"A leader of a territory, I guess? I want to build a safe house where I can go whenever I want. When I enter that world, I can return whenever I want, right?" I asked Victoria about that world.
"Yes. But I think it's better if you stay there until you find your target monster. That way, you can encounter more monsters while practicing as well. the monsters in that world are more varies than in this world, and also stronger. So you can improve faster over there. Either in your summoning element, or your Aura, or even both. Then you might also find some Pear-y Fruit in that world for Lina, or any one of the kids who awakened as summoner."
Staying over in an unknown world filled with powerful monsters… That's too difficult. Even before I reached intermediate in my air element, I should learn how to step on air first before I entered that world.
That's why, while I'm going to the sea, I tried to walk on air as practice. So far, I can step three times on air. That's good, but not enough if I encounter any flying monsters.
After a while walking and practicing, I have reached the sea! I can proudly say that I can take four steps on air now! Still not enough, but that's a progress!
When I'm about to enter the usual spot, I see that there's a different type of monster than what I usually see around here. And like me, that monster can walk on water. It doesn't use Aura to do it, but I guess it must be magic.
Don't tell me that thing is the boss around the area here?
Its appearance is that of a… what is it? Its whole body is blue like the sea, walking on two legs and has two arms like human. And it even equipped with weapon! A spear-like weapon, but there are three pointy blades at the end of that spear. It's about the same height as I am. And seeing its gill, and its webbed fingers, I can tell that it's a powerful sea monsters, but still dare to challenge me outside of water.
…wait, we're above water, so that thing is still superior than me. Since it can also use water magic, I'm totally at disadvantage while fighting that monster. Anyway, what is that monster called?
"Victoria, what is that thing?"
"Hmm… what is it again? I don't know. Most of sea creatures are still undiscovered, so we don't have names for most of it. Maybe this one is still undiscovered as well. You can name it however you want then." Victoria said.
"Really? I can name it however I want? How about James?"
"…that's a human name. Not the name of a species. Why don't you see first if that monster has intellect and able to speak or not? If it can, you can just ask that thing what kind of species it is."
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"I guess you're right. For now, let's call it Fishman from Fishmen species. If that thing can talk, we'll ask it."
I then approached the Fishman while also walking on the surface of the water, and raised my hand for greeting.
"Hello! I come in peace. I'm a human being, Roy. What's your name and your species?" I politely introduce myself and ask for the other party's name and species.
"RRRRAAAAAA!!"
The Fishman roared at me with hostility. I guess it can't speak. And I don't think Rra is its name, nor is it it's species. It's just angry at me. Probably since I'm the one killing the monsters in this area.
Then after screaming at me, without any warning, the Fishman attacked me with its water magic.
The Fishman made pillars of water raised from behind it, and it shoot the water pillar at me. I dodged them all easily, and one of the pillars I dodged, hit a reef behind me and made a hole in that reef.
"Damn! If I got hit by that thing, I'll die with a hole in my body!"
"That Fishman is strong! Probably the boss of this area! I'm sure if we defeat it, your summoning level will increase!"
"You think it will be easy? That magic is so powerful that I can only dodge it! I'm considering of running away now." I said.
"You can't! If you do, that Fishman might cause problem to the sea! That Fishman is unable to speak, but it's smart enough to wait for you to come and challenge you. If you escape, who knows what kind of problem it can cause. Seeing those water pillars, I'm sure that Fishman is the one responsible in sinking those boats."
"I see… By the way, you called it Fishman as well. Does that mean the name is official?"
"You're thinking about that now? How about you kill it first? Fishman is a simple name that anyone can come up with, so it won't be strange if someone already named that monster Fishman." Victoria said.
"That mean I have to be more creative. Victoria, let's kill that fish face!"
Seems like running away is not an option. I guess I will have to risk my life to defeat this thing.
Chapter 195 - Defeating The Fishman And Reaching Intermediate Level
Fishman. That's what I decided to call this monster.
It's blue in color, has a face that looks like a deep-sea fish, walking with two legs and have two hands with webbed fingers.
I hate its face. He looks like it is mocking me. Must be that fish lips.
The Fishman is wielding a spear like weapon with three pointy blades instead of just one. What was it again?
"Victoria, what is that weapon?" I asked Victoria who has wide-knowledge about weapons.
"It's called Trident. A weapon I expected humanoid sea monsters would wield. It's the first time I ever see one though." Victoria answered.
"What is the difference between trident and normal spear?"
"…as you can see, trident has three blades instead of just one."
"Oh, wow! Thank you for explaining! I didn't know about that!" I said sarcastically.
While chatting with Victoria, the Fishman stopped its magic and attacked me with its three-headed spear. I mean trident.
Looking for melee fight, eh? That's better than using magic. Come at me!
I transformed Victoria into a spear and clash against the trident wielding Fishman. I didn't bring my own spear since I wanted to gain Experience by using Victoria so I can improve my summoning level.
The shaft of our weapons hit each other. But I'm stronger than the Fishman, so I can push it back. Then I pushed it away and aimed my spear at his chest. I can see where his heart is with my Divine Vision, and that's where I'm aiming at.
But the Fishman is quite fast and it is able to block my attack with the trident. He's parrying my attack so my spear missed its target.
But I haven't done yet.
With the momentum from being pushed, I spin around and raise my spear high to swung it down in vertical slash. But the Fishman stopped my spear by the gap between the two blades on the trident.
That! That is the difference between a spear and a trident! What I want to know is the use, not the visual differences! Why is Victoria answered with something obvious?
Well, this is also obvious as well, and I expected it to block it anyway. I just wanted to see if trident is more useful than a spear.
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From what I can tell, trident's range of attack is wider since it has three blades. Making it easier to hit the target. And it also has another means of defense by stopping an attack in between its blades. Other than that, everything is about the same as spear.
From my perspective, it has more advantage than a spear, but I still prefer spear since I have one. If the one I have is a trident, of course I will choose trident.
I have a lot of disadvantages here. First, although I'm stronger physically, the Fishman has more experience in handling its weapon. That also mean I can learn something from the Fishman.
Then, it can use magic. I don't know if the Fishman can only use water magic or has other element as well, but I have to make sure it won't use magic on me again. That's why during our battle, I don't always push it back and make sure to let it thinks that I am a bit weaker than it. By doing that, the Fishman will be confident in defeating me without using magic. I'm doing it so I can learn to use spear or similar weapon better.
Victoria is better in swordsmanship, and she doesn't know much about using spear other than what she had seen in the past from other Aura users. As for in her previous world, there are no more real weapon fighting in her time. And although they are still existing in her world, they are very rare. She only ever seen from fictions about wielding spear. That's why I have no teacher to teach me how to use a spear.
As for Sonia, she's also a swordswoman. Both Sonia and Victoria learn from the same master after all.
That's why, although the weapons are different, fighting this Fishman makes me learn a lot about wielding long weapon.
I'm not learning technique of just one certain type of weapon. Although Sonia says that it's better to master just one weapon than learning everything, I'm not aiming to be a master of one. Especially since I have a monster that can shapeshift.
Of course I will have a main weapon Victoria or Blobby will transform into, but I will change my weapon according to the situation. For example, using a spear in narrow space is just a stupid thing to do. Using a sword when the opponent can attack me from distance is stupid as well.
And against this Fishman, I'm using a Victospear while pretending to be pushed back while knowing that I'm stronger than this Fishman. I'm lacking in technique, but I'm faster and stronger, which makes it easy for me to dodge and block its attack while learning its technique.
After thinking that I have learned enough, I no longer holding back and try to kill the Fishman right away.
I pulled back my Victospear and prepare to trust its heart. This time, I used my full power so I can kill the Fishman in one shot.
…eh?
When I trusted my Victospear, I know with my Divine Vision that it won't be able to dodge or block my attack. That's why I felt confident. But I miscalculate one thing.
We are standing on the sea surface!
The Fishman used magic to stand on the water, and my Divine Vision is unable to see its magic.
When I trusted my spear, I didn't see any muscles movement telling me that he's trying to dodge, and I can't see that it's actually stopped using magic that let it stand on water and let its body sink into the sea.
…well, I'm doomed.
The sea is its territory. On the sea surface I can still dodge its water magic, but in the sea… water is everywhere. I won't know when he's using his magic.
The only thing left to do is either to kill it before it used magic, or to run away. But as Victoria said, I can't run away knowing that it might come back for revenge. That mean I have to kill it.
Then I also stopped letting myself stand on the water and sink into the sea. I see it getting further and further away from me.
its swimming speed is slightly faster than me. If it's like this, he will be able to escape. I have to improve my swimming speed right away!
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But how do I increase my speed?
Then Victoria moved to my ear as I am still chasing after the Fishman and whisper to me something.
"Roy. Remember that Fishman's hands and feet. His fingers and toes, or whatever they are called, are webbed. Try to use Aura to make similar things on your feet. You should be able to swim faster then."
Making similar things, huh? I haven't been able to materialize Aura, but I should be able to just make sure that there won't be any water slipping through in between my toes. Let's try that.
After I did what Victoria suggested, my swimming speed got faster and I should be able to catch up to that Fishman.
I should have realized it from seeing how fishes can swim fast. They don't have spot where water slipping through on their fins and tails. Well, it just meant that I learned one more thing.
I chased after the Fishman from his blind spot. But it's difficult since that monster is a water mage as well. It can notice me from the movement of the water. And it even tries to crush me with water pressure.
But little by little, I managed to catch up with him. Although it was a bit difficult to escape from the water pressure, once I got out of there, it was quite easy to dodge its next attack since my Divine Vision can see where the water moves.
Knowing that he can no longer escape, the Fishman turns to face me with its trident. But I'm faster than that monster now. And trying to stop me when I'm stronger, faster, and can predict its moves by seeing his muscles movement is futile.
I easily pierced Victospear into his chest. I missed its heart slightly, but that's okay. With a hole in his chest, it's impossible to fight back.
With the monster stuck in my Victospear, I pushed it out of the water. I jumped high to the sky with it and attacked it mid-air while there are several water snakes from its magic that's chasing after me from below.
The Fishman died quickly and at the same time, the water snakes returned into water again.
I can feel magic dwelling inside me. Looks like I'm about to breakthrough my summoning level. I think it's best if I find some place to cultivate.
I go to the empty island where I store my loots and cultivate for a while. I let Victoria down on the ground. She's been quiet for a while.
In just a few minutes, I finally managed to enter Intermediate level! I feel so happy I want to dance.
"Victoria! I finally did it! I'm an intermediate level now!"
But Victoria didn't say anything. Is something wrong with her?
"Victoria?"
I approached Victoria with worry. What if it's the side effect of leveling up for her? I never heard about this though?
Then the black blob suddenly moves again. I think she's okay now.
"Victoria, you made me so worried. What happened?"
Then… a macho voice coming out of my black slime.
"Hola Amigo!"
"…whuh?"
Chapter 196 - Hola Amigos
"Hola amigo!"
The black slime that has always been with me suddenly changed after I breakthrough to intermediate level. The voice is changed from a feminine voice of a woman, to a macho voice of a man.
This is not Victoria. This is someone else. Blobby? Or is it another person?
"Who are you and where is Victoria? And what is that amigo?"
"That's just a greeting my first master used to say to other people. I was a summoned monster long before Victoria died and her soul transferred to my body. I'm the real black slime, or should I say I'm the original personality of who you called Blobby. My name is Javier. That's the name my first master gave to me. But you can call me Blobby like usual."
"My name is Roy, but you can call me The Great One like usual."
"…your personality is the same as ever."
I feel a sense of familiarity from Javier. He's Blobby after all. But what does this mean? How come there are multiple personalities in Blobby? And where's Victoria?
"You don't have to worry about Victoria. I have received permission from her to take control of this body for a while. She's also listening at the moment. Unfortunately, this will be the first time and the last time we meet each other. Once Victoria returns, this body will be in her full control. That's why I want you to listen carefully to what I have to say. With both you and Victoria listening, I think it would be fine even with your terrible memory."
"…we just met and you already make fun of my forgetful trait? How long can you stay in control?"
"Until I changed back to Victoria. After that, I will never be able to come out again. Even when you improved your summoning level to advanced level. Now, where do you want to listen to my story?"
"The king's bedroom. Or wherever Albert decide."
"You still don't trust me and want Albert to detect if I spoke any lies? That's fine."
"No. He's just smarter than I am. If he listened right away, he might be able to make up some plans. What you're going to tell me is something related to what happened, right?"
I just make some wild guess, but I don't feel that I'm wrong.
"Yes. That mean Victoria won't be with you for a while. Is that fine?"
"Yeah. She will agree with me here. If she's inside Blobby with you, you should be able to contact her, right?"
"…she said she'll leave everything to you. And she has many questions to ask me, so I won't be able to speak much with you on the way. I'll tell you everything I know when you're there."
"Okay. But at least you have to greet the others so they know what's going on."
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Then I quickly return to my home and told everyone that I'm going to the capital in a hurry. I contacted Sonia to gather everyone in the house before I left.
Once I returned, everyone is looking at me with worry. Those worries changed into confusion when Javier spoke.
"Hola amigos"
"…what?"
Of course they would be confused. I can guess what Hola means, but what is amigo?
"This is Javier. He appears and took control of Blobby for a while, so Victoria will be unavailable until he's gone. But he has something important to tell me, so I'm planning to go to the capital so Albert and I can listen to what he says." I summarized what happened.
"So you'll be going to the capital? When?" Kayla asked.
"Right away. Ian, if I rode on your back to the capital, how fast will you get there?"
"Probably around midnight."
So fast! Even me, if I run with full speed, I would arrive at the capital tomorrow at noon if I'm leaving right away! Now I'm jealous of those who can fly. I need to learn Air Steps soon.
"Then can I ask you to bring me there? And Sonia, inform Albert that I'm meeting him."
"Okay." Sonia said.
As for Ian, he asked for Ruby's permission first. Seeing how important the situation is, Ruby permitted Ian to leave with one condition.
"Bring Lana with you as well. Since you're going to meet her parents, it will be a shame if she didn't come with you."
We will be flying, but I don't have to worry about Lana's protection if she's with me. I can make Air Shield around her body. It's a weak protection, but if it's useful against normal wind. If it's hit by wind from magic, it will break easily. And Ian can make Wind Shield as well to protect Lana. She will be safe on flight.
"Sure. Jewel, even when I'm not around, don't slack off on training!"
"YES MASTER!" Jewel shouted.
She still can't control the volume of her voice well. But it's getting better. As long as it doesn't involve me, she won't raise her voice. Like when Kayla or the others asking her something, she will answer normally. But only when I told her to do something, she will raise her voice.
Is it because she worships me?
After preparing ourselves, I ride on top of Ian's giant falcon form with Lana in my embrace. Although my Air Shield should be able to protect her from the wind, it's still better if I embrace her.
We flew very fast and within few minutes, even with my Divine Vision, I can no longer see Cassau. Make me envious again with those who can fly.
With this speed Ian flew, I can match him if I run on land. But there are many obstacles, and there aren't any in the skies. That's why I won't reach the capital so fast.
Back in Cassau, Shirley also wanted to return to the capital. But she must have noticed from my reaction that it's something urgent, so she held back from asking.
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She can fly as well with her wind element, but unlike Ian, she needed mana to stay in the air. She won't have enough mana to fly all the way to capital. That's why she can't join us. She will return home in another time.
Then midflight, Sonia appears and informs us on how to meet Albert, while I'm making funny face to entertain Lana.
"Roy… your face might traumatize her so stop it. Albert says that you need to enter the capital from the north. The security in the capital is heavily improved after the stampede. But for tonight, all the guards patrolling the north area are our people. They know we're coming. After you enter the capital, you can directly enter his chamber from the open window." Sonia said.
"Oh! It really is as you said! We will talk in his bedroom!"
Suddenly, the black slime who has been quiet all this time speak.
"How's Victoria?"
During the whole time he's quiet, it means that Victoria is asking him some questions. It took so long so maybe they have something similar. I hope it's not their hobby.
"We're good. My first master and Victoria both came from the same world. I had a lot of fun talking with her. Seems like that greeting I learned from my first master, 'Hola amigo' is from another language in her world. It means hello friend. Victoria and my first master lived in different countries in that world. And their main language also different. Victoria's home country's language is similar to the language we use in this world, which was called English in that world. While my first master's country's language is Spanish." Javier said.
"You've been watching us ever since I summoned you, right?"
"Yes. But I only know now that my first master is also from another world. I thought the way he spoke is just gibberish. Turns out it was another language. I should have learned more about his language."
"Was your master an Aura user?" It was Sonia who asked. I guess she's also curious about Javier's first master.
"No. But he's a genius in magic. He awakened five elements at once. Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Summoning. Other than his summoning element which stays as beginner level since I can't fight, everything else has reached master element." Javier said.
"Then… does that mean you're able to talk with him when he's just a beginner level in summoning element?" I asked. If he could do that, then why did he keep quiet in both this life and in my previous life?
"I know what you want to ask, but I'll tell you everything when Albert is with us. It also involved how Victoria and I share a body."
"Okay. Then… are you really a black slime, or you were also a human in the past like Victoria?"
"Born as black slime. Raised as black slime. Living forever as black slime. I'm immortal after all."
"Are there any other summoners between your first master and me?"
"Yes. Several of them. But only you who has reached intermediate level in summoning element. None of my previous masters are Aura user. I was considered as flop even when I show them how smart I am by talking to them. After my first master died, I became wild monster and returned to Monsters World. Then each time a summoner activated a portal for their first summoning close to where I am, I quickly throw myself into the portal to be their summon."
"Can't you attack like Victoria? Turn yourself into human form and attack with weapon?"
"I couldn't before. Since I always summoned by mages who aren't Aura users, neither I or all my previous masters thought of that."
"Then… are you the one who returned me to the past?" I asked something I always curious about.
"Yes. I'll tell you about it later. We have reached the capital."
Now I will know how I returned to the past and for what reason. I can't calm down knowing that I will find the reason about my return to the past even though I always told others to calm down.
Wait! Does it mean Javier also come from the future since he knows that he's the one who brought me to the past!?
Chapter 197 - Why I Was Returned To The Past
We have reached the capital so quickly. It's all because we're flying. I seriously need to learn Air Steps. It's just a name I made for the technique to run on air. So far, I can only take four steps. But that's not enough. I want to do it infinitely. Or at least until my mana run out.
There are several guards who see us entering, but none of them make commotion. They are all our allies who knows about the stampede and now that we're Albert's important friends. Maybe Albert has gained more allies since then. The stampede at Melk has unite the people. If the news has spread, there should be more people fighting with us.
Since we have permission, we directly go to the palace and enter through the king's chamber's window. Albert is waiting for us. And Marie is also there waiting for Lana, while Alan is sleeping on the bed.
I jumped off Ian's back and enter the window, and Marie quickly grabs Lana from my arms.
"Did you really take a baby with you to fly in the middle of the night?" Marie looked at me angrily.
"Umm… I make sure that she's well protected from the wind."
"Marie, it's okay. Lana seems to be happy." Albert said.
"Of course, she's happy! She's meeting her mother and brother again. The bed now is full with me and the children, so you will sleep on the floor." Marie said.
"Wait, Marie!"
"Don't shout! Look! Alan is waking up!"
Albert no longer dared to speak a word. Marie is the boss at home after all, so it's as expected.
Then Albert took us to an empty room since we can't have serious talk near sleeping babies.
It's just five of us in the room. Not including Javier. Albert, Ian, Mustache, Sonia, and me.
"Hola amigos!"
And like usual, Javier greets the new faces.
"Can't you just greet them normally?" I asked.
"Speaking another language makes me feel superior to you who only speak one language." Javier said.
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"Tch! Let's talk."
"Okay. I'm a black slime, and I'm over two thousand years old. But that doesn't matter. All the things about me, I have talked about it with Victoria. I'll just tell you what's important. One of them is the future you come from, Roy." Javier said.
Now it's time for the serious talk. But are we really doing it with Javier turned into a human head? Just the head?
"Umm… Javier was it? Can you transform your whole body into human form instead of just the head? It will be better if you do that rather than just the head talking."
"Okay."
Then from the black bald human head, grows a body under it. Scary. This is like that horror story I read in my previous life. Don't tell me that was written from true story?
Now Javier has the form of a tall bald man wearing robe. He said that he's a black slime and not a human. Which mean this form is of someone familiar to Javier.
"Is he your first master?" I asked.
"Yes. He was the strongest mage at the time. He's the man I admire."
"More importantly, you just said that you're going to tell us about the future, right? Does that mean after Roy died, you continued living and that's what you're going to tell us?" Albert asked.
"Yes. I will tell you why I returned Roy back to the past, and what happened in the future. Roy has told you everything he remembered until the day he died, now I will tell you about what happened after he died."
The atmosphere changed. If someone come from the future saying that he sent someone to the past after a while since that someone died, that means there's something wrong in that future and they tried to prevent it from happening. It must be related to the cult.
"I'm a rare type of monsters who can use several types of ability. And if I become someone's summon, I need that someone to level up before I can use other abilities. As you may know, my shapeshifting ability, weight-changing, and hardening, are all things I can use when my summoner is just a beginner level. As my summoner leveled up, the ability I can use will increase. And this is the first time ever my summoner leveled up, but I always know about this ever since I first made a contract with my first master. But there is one ability that I can only use when I'm not contracted to anyone. It's to return back to the past. And that's what I used to make Roy returns to the past."
"I see… why me?"
"Because of your Aura ability. Back then, I never talked to you because although I'm interested in human world, I have no expectation from all the time my summoners tried to kill me. And you tried to kill me too!"
"Sorry."
I remembered how I was so disappointed to only have one element and only summoned a black slime. I'm very sorry about that, Javier.
"Then when you went crazy and trained your body instead, and you gained Aura, when you first used me as weapon to kill monster, that's the first time in two thousand years that I felt happy thinking that maybe this time will be different. But you died too soon of overconfident. How stupid of someone who invented Shameless Survival Arts."
I'm really embarrassed by that comment. Even Albert is smirking at me. But it's not the time to make fun of me so he held back his laughter.
I want to ask about Victoria, but I'll do that later.
"In the future, you all lost. I don't know how or why because at the time, I'm just a wild monster without summoner living in the Monsters World. The cult went on rampage and destroy everything. Then they also entered Monsters World and destroy everything as well. At the time, Victoria is already in our consciousness and suggested to return to the past. With my ability, I can transfer the memory of someone to the past. Victoria suggested to return you to the past because not only you are an Aura user, you are also living in the time when everything started to change."
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"I see… but why is Victoria's memory of the future is gone? And how come you don't know that she's from another world? And how is her consciousness entered you after she died?"
"It's another one of my ability which can only be activated when I have no master. I can grab another people's consciousness after they die, and collect them in me. This is something that activated on random. Even I don't know how and why it was activated. I had many other consciousness other than me and Victoria. I don't know about her home world because she's mostly just sleeping and we never talk about it. As for her memory, it was because of my ability to return someone to the past. Other than my target and my own consciousness, I can't really turn other people's memories to the past as well. That's why Victoria not only doesn't remember about the future, she also doesn't remember about me and the other consciousnesses. But she still remembers the time when she was alive, and the life she lived as black slime."
Then Javier continued.
"Then as I have returned to the past, which is one day before you summoned Blobby, we decided to let Victoria took control of our body even though it means that our other consciousness will disappear. Even though she lost her memories when she's with us, she still has the memories of the time she was alive. She could be a good teacher for Roy to learn Aura. I will only appear when you reached intermediate level. Then I will disappear after Victoria takes control. That's why this is the only time I can speak with you. And Victoria is now someone irreplaceable to you. I can't just take control of this body again. It's better if she continues living than us."
"I think that's enough information for now. Let's take a break. Ian, make me something sweet." I asked for a break.
"Understood."
Ian then leaves the room, while I was sitting on the sofa summarizing what Javier told me.
Future, bad. Victoria was there. She returns to the past, but lose memories. I was chosen thanks to Victoria's suggestion. It's because the time is close to when everything went worse, and also because of my Aura ability. What else is there?
I think that's about everything that we learned just now.
"Do you understand everything?" Albert asked.
"I thought you are the smart one."
"But you always make things simpler." Albert said.
"Well, to make it simpler, future is bad. Return to the past to change it. No difference with what we're doing."
"…what about Victoria?"
"She will return and Javier will go. Like he said, Victoria is irreplaceable."
"…you really did make it simpler." Albert said.
"But it's not everything. Javier hasn't told us about the past. He's at least two thousand years old, so he should know about something. And his first master is the strongest mage at the time. We need to learn everything from him. That's why I said to have a break before we continue so we can clear our minds."
"…is that all?"
"Well… I'm also hungry and craving for something sweet."
"As I thought."
Then Ian returned with a cake and we eat it. We continue our talks after we finished the cake.
When did he have the time to bake a cake?
Chapter 198 - The True Identity Of Uneaten Beef
"Is there anything from the future you can tell us?"
Albert asked Javier about any event in the future that can be a key information to use against the cult. The only thing Javier said is that we lost.
"I don't know. After Roy died, I never made any contract with other summoner. I just learned about it when they started to attack Monsters World. Now I'm going to tell you about the past." Javier said.
The past. I think what he's going to say will be important.
"I became a summoned monster and a companion of someone powerful before Victoria died. I think Victoria died during the time I was with that summoner. He was an Aura user, but his Aura is too weak. Even weaker than Roy's during the time he first received Aura ability. That's why I never thought of him as an Aura user."
I see. So, because he's too weak, Javier didn't consider him as Aura user. But his magic is powerful. Javier considered that master of his as powerful mage instead of Aura user since he rarely used his Aura ability.
"Well, his Aura ability is weak, but he still managed to obtain a new ability which makes him a true Aura user."
"You mean like my Divine Vision, Victoria's wings, and Sonia's charm magic?" I asked.
"Yes. And what he got was the ability to detect lies."
"What!?"
"Seriously?"
"No way!"
Albert, Sonia, and I are shocked hearing that revelation. Sonia and I quickly turn our eyes to Albert.
Ian and Mustache also surprised, but they keep quiet.
"Yes. My master at the time was the founder of Tatrama Kingdom, Albert's ancestor, and the man in that storybook, Rama. The one who sealed the Evil Mage's power. And he is also the author of that storybook himself, the Uneaten Beef. He only left two stories which meant to be clues for the future." Javier said.
"Wait! The one that was sealed is the Evil Mage's power and not the Evil Mage himself?" I asked.
"Yes. That Evil Mage didn't get sealed. Only his power. He managed to escape before he was killed. The magic tool Rama used at that time, broke after being used on the Evil Mage. I don't think we can find that magic tool again."
"…does that magic tool make anyone whose power is sealed to live long?"
"…probably. Rama said that there's a side effect on the people whose power got sealed. I don't know if that's what happened to that Evil Mage. But if he can live so long without his power, I'm sure he will gain another mean to reach his goal."
"…building a cult with the Evil Mage as their god." I said in low voice.
"Roy, you sure that he's the one behind that door Veronica told us?" Albert asked me. His voice a slightly shaking from the horror of reality. Although it's just our assumption.
"I can't say for sure, but the possibility is high. Just like I did. If I can't do everything alone, I'll have other people do it for me. That's why I told you about the cult. If I'm the Evil Mage, or this Evil God, I would do the same when I lost my power. Finding allies to do what I want." I said.
This is too much. From what Javier told us, there's a possibility that our enemy is a thousand years old man. Even worse, if that guy still has a little of magic despite having his power sealed. Anyone who has manifested magic, can cultivate and increase their level. Probably, that guy has worse talent in magic than I am at the moment his power was sealed, but a thousand years of cultivation can surpass talent.
But I didn't tell the other about it. It might make them fall into despair. We need hope after all.
"Albert, have you made a group for excavating dungeons and ruins to find ancient magic tool? We might be able to find something useful that can kill him." I asked Albert. This is something necessary for us after all.
"Not yet. We are still lacking in numbers. We need more people to do that. Soon, the news of the cult will spread in the whole kingdom. I'll try to recruit more people then. I'll concentrate in finding people from the area where the stampede happened. The people would be more motivated with revenge in their mind. I have several reports of capable hunters and students who seem to have great potential from the people I send." Albert replied.
"That's good." I said.
"Not good enough. The key player in the war will be you because of your Aura. Why did this Evil God eradicate all Aura users in the past? Most likely because they are obstacles for him to be the strongest. That's why Roy, you, as the only Aura user at the moment, are going to attempt in being the strongest in the world." Albert said.
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…so in the end, I have to be the one to kill the Evil God. I thought of letting Albert do everything for me, but in the end, Albert told me to be the one to finish it. I have thought of this many times but still… can I cry?
"That's also the reason I had you returned to the past. As the only Aura user, with proper guidance, you might be able to be the strongest and defeat the Evil God." Javier said.
"Too heavy. The burden is too heavy for me to bear. Why can't you find someone in the distant past to return to the past and told them everything? Then they can kill the baby Evil God, right? Easy." I asked Javier.
"I also thought of that, but as you can see, I am incapable of speak to my anyone until my master reached intermediate level in summoning element. And as you can see from Victoria's case, she received partial memory loss where she doesn't remember much about us, the other consciousnesses inside the black slime. If I returned someone to the past, they will remember everything he did until the day he died, so what will change will only their own life. And I don't know anyone in the past who is related to the past Evil God and can change the mind of the Evil God, or kill him."
That makes sense. If only Javier doesn't need to increase his master's summoning level before they communicate, it will be far easier.
As for how Victoria able to communicate with me, it must be because of her memory loss. That memory loss is a side effect of returning to the past that let her able to communicate with me as soon as she became someone's summoned monster.
After asking Javier about it, he also thought of that as well. But there's another thing I'm concerned about.
"What about my air element? I didn't have aptitude in air element before, but after I returned to the past, I had it. Was it because of returning to the past as well?"
"Well, maybe. The fact that you manifested air element meant that you actually had the aptitude for it no matter how low your talent is."
"That last part was unnecessary!"
I know it, alright! I know how I'm untalented in magic. But I still feel bad whenever someone point it out.
Then that means not everyone is talented in the elements they awakened in. And that's why many people unable to be a hunter and choose other jobs. They just don't have the ability, and wealth, to cultivate and improve their magic.
"Is that everything you wanted to tell us?" I asked.
Javier told us about the future, how the cult even targeted Monsters World, how I was chosen to change the future, how Victoria lose her memories and how she can communicate with me while other consciousness can't. Javier never knew that Victoria came from another world. Victoria never told that to her other consciousness in the past life. I wonder why?
Even if I asked her now, there's no way she would know the reason.
Then Javier also told us that his master is the founder of this kingdom, Albert's ancestor, Rama. As Rama's partner, although he didn't do much and only watching, he witnessed how Rama sealed The Evil God's power. Should I call him Evil Mage or Evil God? Whatever.
And there are many other things Javier taught us after that. Well, he can't teach me about Aura, but since his previous summoners, two of them are powerful mages, Javier can at least teach us about how to improve our magic. I need to inform the others after I return, so I write down everything Javier taught us.
There's not much I can learn from all of this since Javier didn't know much about air element, but he knows a lot for other elements. It was also thanks to the other consciousness inside the black slime as well. Although they are not as powerful as the powerful mages who summoned Javier, I still learned a lot.