Chapter 601: Testing Aura Weapon Against the Rhinos
"So, who else will be coming?" I asked Jewel before we left to face the herd of rhinos. Though I will probably be the one facing most of them.
"Master can decide who will come. Since Master is strong, even you can handle a lot of rhinos alone, right?" Jewel suggested for me to decide who will come.
"Then Shelia will come. She can have her revenge," I said.
"I did not lose! That was strategic retreat!" Shelia complained.
Well, that was also surprising for her to decide to retreat in an instant without my order. She was supposed to be a battle freak.
"Okay, okay. I'm just taking you so you can test your strength against them for real this time. I won't do much unless either of you need help," I said.
"I can defeat dozens of them by myself. I don't think I will need your help," Shelia said confidently.
.....
If that's what she wants.
Right now, we are in Monsters World where we tested our loots. The magic weapons and items that haven't been tested yet. There are still many of them that we don't know what the effects are.
"So, I'll stay here and test the weapons?" Victoria asked me.
"Yes. Though I'll take some weapons for the real test. I want to test them in a real battle," I said.
"Huh? Master, the number of the Lightning Needles reduced. Do you know anything?" Jewel asked with a handful of needles in her hand.
Lightning Needles are what she called those needles that can be used as lightning rod to improve her lightning magic. And instead of ten of them, which was supposed to be all we had after looting everything in Timmy's treasure vaults, she only has seven of them.
"I gave three of them to Marie hoping that she can make more. They are consumable items after all. One of them can handle being shot by lightning magic only for a few times. So, I think getting Marie to make more of them will be helpful. They don't need to be as powerful as the ones in your hand, but if we can make more of them, all the lightning mages in our side will be stronger. Those seven are for you to use. While Candy decided that her accuracy is not good enough to use them now. Though she will still be practicing them. But I think seven of them for one rhino is too much. Be wise on when and how you use them," I advised Jewel.
After hearing that there are some magic items that I want her to duplicate, Marie became so interested in making them that Albert kept sending me messages about it last night. Sonia was so busy informing me how angry he was at me. And since he's busy, Alan and Lana were told to come and be taken care of by Sophie and the others in Cassau. Though the children happily obliged. Which makes Albert even sadder.
"So, do you have the confidence to stab those needles to the thick rhino's skin?" I asked Jewel.
"I have practiced a lot. I think I can do well. Just watch me, Master. I can do it," Jewel said confidently.
Although she returned with injuries back then, she has the confidence to face the boss rhino right now. Well, it's most likely because I will be there to protect her from the rest of the rhinos. But it's good to have confidence.
After everything is ready, we left to the field where the Steel Rhinos are. And the boss rhino noticed us quickly.
"Alright, let's move!"
The three of us dodged the boss rhino's charge attack, and while Jewel stayed there, Shelia and I split up to take care of the rest of the rhinos.
I have discussed it with Victoria and the others on what to do with them. Should I kill them or not. And we decide to only kill them if it's necessary. Though Shelia can do whatever she wants. Whether she wants to kill them or not is her decision.
Shelia quickly attracted a lot of rhinos by attacking them. Making them pay attention to her instead of Jewel.
As for me, thanks to becoming Aura Master, I can just show a bit of my power to taunt them. Making them pay attention to me when I'm just standing still.
I brought several weapons with me, but I don't think I will use most of them. I just picked a walking cane for me to use.
It's not an ordinary cane. There's actually a hidden sword inside the cane. Though that sword is normal. It's the cane itself which is the amazing one. Or should I say the hidden sword's sheath.
With the sword, I can kill my enemies like usual. But the sheath is more amazing. Since it's something that needed Aura to use, let's call it Aura weapon.
This walking cane, when I use Aura with it, it became an amazing tool to capture enemies. Though it will take some time until it can work.
I need to draw something on the ground first. Either it's a circle, square, triangle, or any other shape as long as it connects. And barrier will rise from the drawing. And anything inside the drawing will be trapped inside by the barrier. The power of the barrier depend on how much I pour my Aura into it.
The drawing part is quite difficult since the enemy won't stay still. But I can do something about them with the hidden sword inside the cane while I was drawing.
I dragged the cane on the ground with my left hand as I fought the rhinos with the sword in my right hand. And I finally drew a circle with just one rhino in it.
A barrier then raised form the ground and trapped the rhino in it. I also put enough Aura so the rhino won't be able to break it. Good thing I tested the rhino's power yesterday. That's why I can figure out how much Aura needed to trap one rhino in a barrier.
As for how long the barrier will last, it's just one hour. No matter how much mana or Aura I infuse into the cane, the barrier won't last longer than that. But it can still be destroyed when it receive enough damage. Either from the inside of the barrier or from the outside. Using physical attack or magic.
But one hour should be enough for Jewel. And I don't think I will need to test other weapons.
This cane is truly amazing. Though to be able to protect myself from powerful magic, I need to use Super Aura. But when we face weaker enemies, this should be good enough.
And it might not show, but the barrier also exist under the ground as well. So no one can escape from underground. And the height is also limited as well. That depends on the thing inside the barrier.
The height of the barrier is about two meters higher than whatever inside the drawing. If it's a five meter tree, the barrier should be around seven meters. And it will also cover two meters under the root of the tree as well.
It was truly amazing. Whether it's something discovered in a dungeon or created by someone, this cane is amazing. Though I don't think I can use it against master level mages, or any flying enemies. I need to draw the shape on the ground after all. And master level mages should be quick enough to cast their magic before I finish my drawing. Even if I finish the drawing, they should be strong enough to destroy the barrier unless I put my everything into it.
But this is still good enough for expert level mages or lower. I can draw a huge circle around a city and protect everyone inside for an hour. Though I will end up consuming all my Aura to do it. But I have Ray so I can recover it quickly.
The trapped rhino is panicking because it can't do anything. And I also keep moving to trap the other rhinos.
I made various drawing on the ground. A circle, a square, a triangle, flower shape, star shape, and some random shape. I easily captured a lot of them.
I also tested if I can use it for a trap. Like drawing a huge circle, but the line got cut off for a meter or so. I just need to draw the finishing touch and the barrier will be erected. Trapping everything inside.
"As expected. Practicing it in the real thing is better thanjust training alone. Though it will be difficult to do it while facing human enemies," I said to myself.
Let's see how Shelia is doing. She's facing several rhinos at once. A rhino is charging at her, but she stopped it. Though she got pushed back quite far.
Well, seeing her smiling, I guess I don't need to help her. Let's see how Jewel is doing.
Thanks to her training with me, she can dodge the boss rhino's attack well. Though it's difficult for her to penetrate its skin or stab the Lightning Needles into the boss rhino. She has thrown two needles, but one of them missed, while the other one couldn't even pierce the rhino's eyelid and fell.
Seems like it will be hard for her to win. Though it's still possible. I'll just trust her and watch her from the side.
Chapter 602: Jewel Versus Boss Rhino
Hmm... using this cane is surprisingly easy against monster. Though my enemies won't just be monsters so I need to think of a way to use it. Just like how I drew a huge circle with a small gap for an opening. Just a single line and I can finish the circle and trap everything inside the circle.
I also need to think of a way to fight enemies who might notice what I'm planning to do. Well, there are other weapons I haven't tried yet. Maybe some of them have even better abilities than this one.
Anyway, today's main character is Jewel. I need to check on her if shes okay fighting the boss rhino on her own.
She only has two elements. A lightning element and beastform. And since her lightning doesn't have any effect of the boss rhino, she can't use it unless she managed to stab the boss rhino with her Lightning Needles. Without them, there's no way she could even hurt the boss rhino.
Her other element is beastform. She can transform into a rhinoceros or half-rhino half-human form. But it's just a normal rhinoceros so it's impossible for her to be stronger than the boss rhino. I wonder what she will do to the boss rhino.
There are some rhinos that I haven't put inside a barrier yet. But I have no problem with them. I can easily play with them while watching Jewel.
And so, while I stopped a rhino charging at me with one hand, I paid my attention toward Jewel and prepare myself to help her if she needs it.
.....
Jewel is in her hybrid form with armor covering her body. But they were only becoming hindrances for her. But she doesn't realize it yet.
Becoming a half-rhino and wore that armor only make her movement slower. Although rhino is faster, that's only when they are running forward. But to face the boss rhino, Jewel needs to dodge it to the side. Using that form only make her slower.
I won't tell her that. She needs to figure it out by herself so she can get stronger.
Although she can still dodge the boss rhino's charge, it won't take long before she becomes tired and unable to dodge properly.
But there's one advantage she has from using that form. She is stronger than when she's in her human form. And she should be able to pierce her needles easier than when she's in her human form. Though that boss rhino doesn't seem like he will let Jewel do it.
朝食に卵とバナナを一週間食べたら,こうなります.Raine Work
The only way I can think of for her to win, is to be able to transform quickly. After dodging the boss rhino's charge, she needs to transform quickly and stab a needle into the boss rhino. At least that's the only thing I can think of if I was her.
Well, let's see what she will do next. Oh, another rhino is charging at me. I wonder if a Steel Rhino's horn can pierce another Steel Rhino's skin. Let's try it.
I lifted the rhino I stopped before, and place it in front of the charging rhino before I let it go. And the horn of the charging rhino hit the rhino I used to block the way.
The result was surprising. The horn didn't receive any damage. It's still as sharp as before. But the rhino that was hit is shouting in pain even though the horn didn't pierce its skin.
I see. So that's what happened.
No matter how strong their skin is, they are still one of the largest organ of living beings. It is still a skin in the end.
My guess is that rhino's sense of pain is lessened a lot because it's difficult for them to sense any pain because of their thick skin. But once they received enough damage, without even having to pierce their skin, they would get hurt just like any other living beings. Unlike tortoises who have strong defense because of their shell which is their exoskeleton with the purpose to protect themselves, rhino's skin is still a skin.
Still, this knowledge is unnecessary for Jewel. I hope she can do well with the boss rhino she's facing.
Well, she's smart. She should be able to figure out what to do if her original plan failed.
I keep watching her for a few more minutes when she finally realized it herself. She is too slow to dodge with her hybrid form so she stopped using that form to dodge and use her human form. And after dodging, she tried to transform quick enough for her so she can give a counter. Though her transformation is still slow.
Well, she needs another plan then unless she can transform quicker. And I know what her other plan is.
Other than the Lightning Needles, she brought another magic weapon with her. It's the magic kunai which can be used to throw, and when infused with mana, they can pierce even steel. Though the Steel Rhino should be stronger than a steel, so I don't know what will happen.
Jewel gained some distance from the boss rhino, and prepare the kunai to throw and a Lightning Needle in her other hand.
When the boss rhino is charging at her, Jewel threw the kunai infused with her mana toward its eye. The boss rhino thought that just by closing its eye, it should be able to protect its eye. But that's wrong because the kunai is too strong.
The kunai pierced the boss rhino's right eye. But it can't go deeper than that. I guess even its eyelid is stronger than we expected. I thought the boss rhino would die with just that one kunai. But it seems that I was wrong.
Though Jewel prepared for that. When the boss rhino slipped because it was in pain while running, Jewel grabbed the kunai from its eye and pierced the Lightning Needle into the opening gap.
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After retreating a few step back, she casted her most powerful lightning magic. Because of the Lightning Needle's effect, Jewel's lightning magic become even stronger than master level lightning magic. And the boss rhino died in an instant.
"Wow, that's smart. Will you keep that kunai? I think unlike the needles, kunai is not consumable and can be used again and again," I asked Jewel if she wants to keep the kunai for herself while I dodged another rhino's attack.
"Maybe just two of them. Master, I need to cultivate here right now after defeating the boss rhino. Please protect me," Jewel said as she sat down on the ground next to the corpse of the Steel Rhino she defeated.
"Wait! You didn't tell me that you need to cultivate right away! Aaah, you stupid disciple! You should have told me everything beforehand!" I shouted to Jewel who doesn't react.
Since she doesn't respond, I have no choice but to protect her here. The rhinos are fine. But if there are other stronger monsters approaching, it might be hard. I hope that won't be the case.
I quickly distanced myself from the other rhinos, and quickly draw a circle around Jewel and the boss rhino's corpse with the Aura cane. One hour should be more than enough to get the surrounding monsters away from here.
If only she had told me about it beforehand, I would have make these rhinos disappear from the start. She was too focused in defeating the boss rhino that she forgot to inform me that she needs to cultivate next ot the corpse.
I see. So, for beastform mages to increase their level, they need to use the corpse of the monster similar to the animal they transformed into to cultivate. Just like how mages use magic stones to cultivate.
Though I don't like how she keep the important info until later. I'll give her some punishment later.
For now, let's herd all the rhinos here into a portal to another location. It's faster than killing them one by one.
I destroyed the other barriers except for the one that is protecting Jewel, and use taunt to get all the rhinos pay their attention to me.
After I get al the rhinos to chase me, I opened a portal directly when they are in front of me. All of them quickly entered the portal. And those who somehow stopped were forced to move forward because of Shelia.
...it's like I'm a shepherd. And Shelia is a dog that helped me in herding the sheeps, which are the rhinos. Maybe I'll open a ranch after I destroy the cult in the future.
I didn't kill more than necessary because maybe in the future, there will be another beastform mage who wants to be a rhino and needs Steel Rhino to evolve just like Jewel. As they are monsters that took Jewel and Shelia a while to be found, I don't know if there are other places with more of them or not. If there are not, I might end up making their species extinct if I decided to kill them. That's why I will let some of them live.
I also want to do the same to other species if possible. Now that I'm much stronger than before, I should be able to do more. Though that will only be my option unless the monsters are too difficult to handle. These rhinos are still considered simple.
After transporting all the rhinos, there are other monsters appearing. Shelia and I either kill them or transport them away to protect Jewel. And finally, after ten hours staying here, Jewel has succeeded in her evolution.
Chapter 603: Jewel's Hybrid Transformation is Taller than Me
"That's your hybrid form? You actually become taller than me. How's that possible?"
After finishing her cultivation and her rhinoceros form evolved, I asked her to transform.
Her Steel Rhino transformation is not different at all with the Steel Rhino she defeated. Including the size.
But when she transformed from her original form into her hybrid form, not only she wears the armor just like her normal transformation. Her height also grow. From the previous Jewel who was a head shorter than me, she became someone who is a head taller than me.
My height right now is around 190 cm. But Jewel is taller than me after transforming into her hybrid form. Even though I'm already slightly taller than average height of humans, she's already much taller than that. Though it's good that she doesn't become fatter as she's still keeping her body shape like when she was shorter.
"Yeah. I'm lucky that I didn't become fatter. Though I need to get used to this height if I want to fight. Master, let's go home right away. I want to see if there are other weapons I can use while I'm in this form. Some magic weapon that could enhance my lightning magic if possible," Jewel said.
"Good. Though you need to ask Candy since she's also a lightning mage as well. You two can figure out what each other needed. Are you going home in that form?" I asked.
.....
"...No. Master, can you give me a change of clothes? Transforming into a different form destroyed my clothes. Though I'm curious why such thing never happened when I transformed into a rhino, but only happens when I transform into this form," Jewel said.
Oh, right. When she transformed into this form, the clothes she was wearing got ripped. She is practically naked. Though thanks to the armor in her hybrid form covering her body, she didn't show her skin to the world. Though that is useless for my Divine Vision.
And no. I'm using Divine Vision to see if there's anything changing inside her body as well. Not to see her naked. Although she's beautiful, I only see her as my disciple. I won't lust over her.
...it will be different if she wants to be a member of my harem. Though she has never shows me that she has any interest to become one.
Well, that doesn't matter. Let's grab some clothes and return after she get herself dressed.
"Maybe I'll give you some more Blobbies to be your clothes. What do you think?" I suggested after turning around while Jewel is getting dressed.
At least it should be enough for her to transform without minding her surrounding. I don't want her to be distracted by shyness in the middle of a fight.
朝食に卵とバナナを一週間食べたら,こうなります.Raine Work
"That's good. But I want to check on the other magic clothes we have. I heard that some of them were for beastform mages so they won't get ripped during transformation," Jewel said.
"We have some like that? That's good. Although I'm already an expert level summoner and able to get Victoria made tons of clones, it's best to save them. So, you will join us in the magic items testing from tomorrow onward?" I asked.
"Yes. I also need some time to adjust to my new transformation. And if I'm lucky, I could find other type of rhinoceros monsters and I can transform into them in the future. Maybe I can still fly in the future," Jewel said.
So, right now, she should have powerful defense, and powerful charging attack. And she has magic and physical resistance. She should be able to use earth magic now. And if she can have more abilities in the future, she would be much stronger than most people. Beastform mage is such a cheat. I hope there won't be any beastform mage in the cult who have knowledge of the past. It will be dangerous if that's the case.
"So, after you have adjusted to your new transformation, you will seek more rhinos?" I asked Jewel.
"Yes. As long as the cult hasn't started their move, I want to improve myself more. If I find more of them, I will ask your help again, Master," Jewel said.
There's no way I can refuse my disciple's request. Though I can just sent someone to protect her instead of going by myself.
After getting herself dressed, we return to where everyone is. The place where they are still testing the magic items we looted.
It's already dark, so everyone is just chatting and no one is testing the magic items anymore.
"So, how was it?" Kayla asked.
"I succeeded!" Jewel replied.
Jewel then told the others who are interested about what happened. And they keep talking for another hour before we can finally return home.
The next day, our schedule is still the same. Testing more items. Though Jewel also asked for training with the others. We want to see if she has magic resistance ability or not.
I asked Shelia to test Jewel's defense before we test her magical resistance while I will continue testing the magic weapons or Aura weapons. Though I can still watch her.
The first thing to test was Jewel's rhinoceros form. It's a huge rhino probably around three times the size of a normal rhino.
"Alright! Shelia, attack me!"
Jewel confidently stand there on all four preparing to receive attack from Shelia.
Shelia then didn't swing her claw like how she usually fight. She's throwing a punch instead. Which was weird for a werewolf. But this is a test after all.
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The punch hit the left side of Jewel's body. But Jewel didn't react at all.
"Oh, I felt that. But It doesn't hurt at all. Just like a tap," Jewel said.
Hearing that remark, Shelia slightly got angry and threw consecutive punches at Jewel. But Jewel still didn't feel anything.
"Shelia! Don't use your fist! Use your palm! And instead of attacking Jewel's body, think of it as a slap that will attack Jewel's skin instead!" I advised Shelia to slap instead of punching.
Shelia listened to me and swing her hand to slap Jewel's skin as strong as she can.
"Ow! That hurts!" Jewel screamed in pain. Though the pain shouldn't be much, but she can still feel it.
"Jewel, rhinoceros' skin is still a skin. It's the largest and the most unprotected organ in your body. If the attack is targeted to your skin you will still feel pain if the damage received to your skin is more than what they can handle. You need to think of a way to cover that weakness. Though if your enemy is just an average human, you shouldn't be able to feel any pain. But because it was Shelia who slapped you, you will of course feel pain," I said as I grabbed the next weapon to be tested.
That is the weakness of the rhino that I found while stopping a group of Steel Rhinos yesterday. But it will still be difficult for her to feel pain from ordinary enemies.
"Oh, right. I guess I will think about that. Thank you, Master! You are the best in finding weakness as expected!" Jewel said that as if it was a huge praise.
As she said, I'm good at finding weakness. It's because I was weak in my past life and try to exploit any kind of weakness other people showed me. Though at first it was not in battle, now I tried to see other people's weaknesses as well even in battle.
As the weak who haven't manifested my Aura back then, I still end up getting involved in a fight whether I wanted to or not. And so, I keep looking for everyone's weaknesses. I guess that makes me able to perceive other people's and my own weaknesses easily. Though I couldn't see everything, I can still find a lot.
But that's the best I can do. About how I can exploit those weaknesses, I'm bad at it. But this time, I have other people who will help me think how to do it with me. I hope I won't die a stupid death like in my past life.
Jewel then continued asking Shelia to attack her in any way, and after a while, it's time to test her magic resistance.
"Since I'm a lightning mage, I'm already capable to resist lightning magic to some degree even before I evolved. So, I can just ask Angela to attack me with each of her element," Jewel said.
Angela then stepped forward and attacked Jewel with a Fireball. The level she used was not her strongest, but she's still a powerful mage. That Fireball is enough to defeat advanced level mages easily. But Jewel didn't receive much damage from Angela's Fireball.
After that, they tested with ice magic, wind magic, and finally earth magic. For ice and wind magic, they are the same with fire magic. Only a really powerful magic can damage Jewel. But for earth magic, Jewel didn't feel anything at all.
"Probably Steel Rhino has aptitude for earth magic. Next, how about we see if you can use earth magic in that form. After that, let's see if your hybrid form has improved as well or not," Kayla suggested.
Seems like they will continue testing Jewel's capabilities for a bit longer. I guess it will take a while until we can finish testing all the magic and Aura items here.
Chapter 604: Spot Asking for a Race
Finally, we have done checking all the magic items from Timmy's treasure vaults. I didn't just receive some amazing weapons. There are also a few armor that Aura users can use. They are much better than Victoriarmor and have special abilities as well. Though I only grabbed one.
It's a jet black armor that covers my entire body. This should be enough for not only my protection, but also for my disguise as the living armor. Though I don't know if the rumor about the powerful living armor is still known by the cult or not. But it's still good at least.
And the effect it has is amazing. Though I won't use it unless it's necessary. And that time should be when we finally enter an all-out war against the cult.
This time will be much different than my past life. I feel good about it. Though I don't know if it will end up with happy ending or not. At least we have put a lot of effort in reaching the happy ending we want. The destruction of the cult.
First, I have more allies. And they receive knowledge of the future from me, and knowledge of the past from the ghosts. Even the strongest members of our force in my previous life are incomparable to a few of us even if I'm not included.
As for me, I'm already much more powerful than the me in my past life. There's no need to compare.
Although Angela was powerful in my past life and gained a reputation for being the strongest force that we have, the Angela in the present is much stronger than that. This is something to be happy about. Though she is not wearing the sexy dress. That is something to be sad about.
.....
Many things that happen in my previous life, especially the tragedy, were managed to be prevented. Sometimes I would get involved in them, and other time, I would get other people to be involved in them. After all, the four kings in this continent are now working together to fight the cult. Unlike in my past life when some of them have been taken by the cult, or even killed.
And the four kings have also prepared a troop of powerful mages to eradicate the cult. Though we still haven't found a sign of where the Evil God is located.
But the Flamboyant Mustache Troop has been created. With Mustache as the leader. At least that's what Albert said. Though most of the members of the troop doesn't have mustache. But at least they should be much stronger than the Flamboyant Mustache Troop in my past life. Even Mustache has reached expert level. And he reached it while still doing his job as Albert's guard. What a guy he is.
Still, back then, I didn't even know that the cult has so many expert level mages. And they even have artificial master level mages as well. If they had sent them out in my past life, after I returned back in time, I don't think I would have the desire to destroy the cult. I would have picked escaping instead of destoying the cult.
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But now, we have found out that they have so many expert level mages and also artificial master level mages. But We have become much stronger. We have defeated a lot of expert level mages, and I think all of the artificial master level mages have been defeated, killed, or captured so their brainwashing could be erased.
I think most of the children who were brainwashed have their brainwashing erased already. But they still have their strength, so someone in Varadis will help them to adjust with their strength so they can have a normal life.
Some of the children have said that they wanted to help us detstroying the cult because the cult has destroyed their lives. Albert has gone there and said that they spoke the truth. But still, we only allow those who are fifteen years old or older to participate. Younger than that, and they will be refused.
It's funny that most kingdoms here trained their agents from young age how to kill, but the kings rejected their ideas to help us fight the cult.
...Turns out, it's all my fault. Knowing how I much I hate to involve children in the war, the kings decided to not make enemy out of me first before increasing their power. Though they said that they will at least put those children who are still too young to protect the kingdom. The kings have asked the people they trust to guide those children well.
Okay, let's stop talking about the children. I don't like it, but it's not like I can do anything about it. I'll leave it to the others to take care of those children who were forced to be experimented and became artificial master level mages.
Well, there's nothing we can do now except to grow stronger and make more preparation. Is what I thought at least. But at the moment, we are doing something that is completely unrelated to that.
"...Spot, are you sure?" I asked Spot who made a suggestion to me.
"Yes. I will ask you to let me race against Abyss Horse and see who is the fastest one between us," Spot said.
What she asked me to do is to let him race against Ray. The Abyss Horse that I recently made a contract with to be my familiar.
Is Spot by chance jealous because someone else is taking his spot as our ride? Though Ray is unable to hold too many people. So, Spot is still better in that.
"I thought that if I continue as I am and act as your friend, I will be able to become the steed of an Aura user like I wanted to do in the past. I really wanted to grow into an adult so much in the past and became my master's ride. Unfortunately, my master died too soon before I reached adulthood. And when I met you, an Aura user, I thought it would be fine to let you ride me anytime without having to make a contract with you. But in the end, you made a contract with a better ride. At least I want to race him so I can give up on becoming your steed," Spot said.
What? Making a contract with Ray hit his confidence? I'm sorry about that.
"I don't mind you racing though. But no matter what, we need you to continue helping us. Well, you are not a contracted monster, so you are free to leave if you want. But for me, I want you to stay with us until the end even without a contract," I said.
"Understood. After staying with you, I also have started to feel hatred toward the cult. I will do my best to help you destroy them. But for now, I will focus on my race," Spot said as he looked at Ray. Ray noticed that Spot is talking about him, and he looked back.
...Why do I feel that Ray wanted to race as well? After that time he took me into his world, I shouldn't be able to communicate with him anymore other than giving him some order.
I guess Ray is also very competitive. I like that.
And so, I prepared the venue for the race. In fact, everyone also helped because they want to see who is the fastest among the two. They seem to enjoy it so much that they even started making a bet.
Although I like Spot and has been with him for much longer, I put my bet on Ray because he's my familiar. When I said that to Spot, he clicked his tongue. But I know he understands.
Though in the end, I'm the one responsible to find the track for the race. One that will be fair for these two.
One is a hybrid of sea and sky serpent, and another is Abyss Horse. The terrain doesn't matter since they can fly. But a race in the sky alone would be boring.
Ray can fly just like how I do it. By running in the air. And spot can fly and swim.
Ray can also run underwater. He is a good swimmer. I took him to a treasure hunt under the sea with me a few times, and even without using air magic on him, he can still breathe. And I don't need to use Aura on him to move faster. Though using it will get him to move faster.
As for Spot...
"I can move on land as well. Just like a snake. Though I will be fastest on land if I slither with my real size. So, if you made a track on land, I want you to make it to be a place where I can transform in my full size," Spot said.
Basically, the two creatures are capable of moving on land, air, and sea. We truly have amazing monsters with us. I like it.
After a whole day of moving around with portal, I finally prepared the track. I asked for someone's help in this.
The race will start tomorrow morning. And the distance was really long considered that these two creatures have amazing stamina. It will probably be over at night.
Finally, we will see which one is the best steed. Though each have their own advantages, so I will be happy if either of them win.
...I lied. I want Ray to win because I place my bet on him. I hope he will win.
Chapter 605: The Race Begun
Finally, today is the day when Spot and Ray will race. It will take a long time since the route is so long. Despite their speed, I can tell that it will take them a while until they can reach the finish line.
Although the others are interested, they won't be able to watch the race because these two are the fastest creatures we know. Even if Angela is following them while carrying a camera to broadcast the race, she might not be able to keep up with them. So, we will only set the cameras on Andro's back for everyone to see who will reach the finish line first.
"Alright. You two, come here. I will explain the race. I tried to make things as fair as possible and this is what I can do. We have three courses. Land, water, and sky," I explained.
I made three courses because these two creatures capable of moving in those three places. Though I'm curious how Ray can breathe underwater. But if he's confident, I guess it's fine to make the course go underwater.
The start of the race is from the Monsters Village. The other monsters also interested to see who is the fastest. I think some of them, mostly the werewolves, were thinking of running as well at the start of the race. Just to compare how fast they are against these two fast monsters.
From this Monsters Village, Spot and Ray will move on land all the way to the east until they reached the beach. The first checkpoint. After that, they will go into the water and dive to the deepest part of the sea. After reaching the checkpoint in the deep sea, they will swim to the surface and fly to the sky. To the finish line in the sky. Andro's back.
I have introduced Ray to Andro while I asked for his permission to use his back as the finishing line. He said he's fine with it.
.....
"Unlike the other two checkpoints, the finishing line, Andro, is a living creature. And it's difficult for him to stay still in one spot in the sky. So, he will keep moving. I asked him to keep moving in one direction. To the east. So, the longer you reached the first two checkpoints, the further the finishing line will be," I said.
"I see. So, land first, then the sea, and finally the sky. And if we take too long, the finishing line will go even further. Am I right so far?" Spot asked after repeating what I told him.
"Yes. There might be monsters in the way. I don't care if you avoid them or fight them. But you two are not allowed to fight each other. Also, in the checkpoints, you will see two flags raised. You need to destroy one flag in every checkpoint before progressing with the race. Whichever flag it is, you just need to destroy one before continuing the race. If the flag is not destroyed, even if you win the race, it will be counted that you lose," I said.
The flags are obviously Blobbyflags. I'm worried about the flags being destroyed by a monster for some reason, so I used my intimidation around the area where I raise the flags so monsters won't come. Or at least they won't if my intimidation works.
Well, I will use portal anyway to reach the checkpoints first before these two monsters. If the flag is not standing before these two monsters arrive, I will fix them.
The first course of the race is simple. Just run straight to the beach. But the second one is difficult because I put the flags in the deepest part of the oceanic trench. The water pressure under there is not a joke. And the monsters under the sea, especially in the deepest sea, are much bigger and stronger.
I once dived into the sea in Monsters World before. Swimming is good to build muscles all around my body after all. And what I saw back then, was a huge sea monster. Around the size of Andro's head.
That's right. Andro is just that big. But I don't know if Andro is the biggest creature or not. Maybe there's a monster that disguise itself as an island. Or maybe even a continent!
So, this is a difficult race for these two. But I think they will be fine.
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Lastly, they will leave the sea and fly toward Andro's location. So, after they destroyed the flags in the sea, I will use portal to the surface and wait until they appear to tell them where they need to go.
Though I need to go into the sea as well for their second checkpoints. Not only I need to go there first before Spot and Ray arrive, I need to endure the water pressure there. Maybe I will be the one who got tired the most.
"Hmm... using flags as checkpoints. Easy. I understand. But it seems like the one who will get tired the most is you. Not us who will race against each other," Spot said.
"Don't worry about me. Just race until you reach the finish," I said.
After testing the magic weapons and Aura weapons all the time, I felt like it has been so long since I last train myself. This race is a good chance for me to do it. And like I said before, swimming is good to increase the muscle in my whole body. And while enduring the pressure in the deep water, I can increase my endurance as well.
Actually, I made this three course race with the help of Victoria obviously. It's based on a sport competition in her world, triathlon. A competition where the participants would compete in three different types of race. Swimming, cycling, and running.
Riding bicycle is fun and enjoyable for me. What a wonderful invention from Victoria's world.
But since the serpent and the horse are obviously unable to cycle, I made the race changed into three different venue. Cycling turned into flying. Though it's not like there's a bicycle in this world. Only I have the experience of riding a bicycle. Or should I say Victoricycle.
"Alright, Spot, are you ready!?" I asked Spot.
"I'm ready anytime," Spot replied.
"Ray, are you ready!?" this time, I asked Ray.
"NEIGH!"
I guess he's also ready.
"Then, we will start when I give the signal to go."
Other than these two, I see the werewolves turned into wolves and prepared to join the race as well. Including Shelia and Jack. Some angels also interested, but not Graham. He's still trying to talk some senses into his sister.
And unsurprisingly, Angela is here as well. Though she's only fast when she's flying. Her Groundwalking, the ability to enter the ground and move into another location, is not developed enough. It's the ability Timmy uses to move far away with his earth magic. Maybe Angela will be able to use it well after reaching master level.
Other than the two main participants, the others seem to just want to race until the beach. Well, that's fine.
"Ready, GO!" I gave the signal to start the race.
Spot and Ray quickly dashed ahead the others. With Ray in the lead.
As for the others, it's Angela in the behind those two, and Shelia behind her.
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"You're not going?" Victoria asked.
"Well, I'm going now," I replied.
Of course I will follow them as well. But once Spot and Ray is outside my Divine Vision range, I will use portal. So, it's not a race for me.
But now that I'm an Aura Master, with just a little bit of Aura used, I quickly passed the others and run side by side with Angela who is flying in low altitude.
"Angela! If you are interested in seeing the winner of the race, I'll open up a portal later after those two reached the second checkpoint," I said to Angela before passing her.
Although I'm fast, I can't keep up with the two monsters. But I can still see them.
Ray is in the lead, while Spot is quite lagging far behind Ray. Land is not where Spot can use his best speed at after all.
But still, Spot's speed is much faster than in the past. I guess he has been training for a while. Must be because Ray becomes my familiar.
With his huge size, Spot can still slither forward avoiding trees or anything in the way.
"Roy! How long is the distance from the start to the beach!?"
While I'm still not far from Angela, she asked me the distance to the beach.
"With your speed, I guess you can reach there by noon," I replied.
The race is not normal as the distance between checkpoint is quite far. Even using a normal horse carriage would take a few days at least to reach the beach. Though there are no one normal among those who are running right now.
Thanks to becoming Aura Master, My Divine Vision can see even further than before. So, even though Ray is far in front of me, I can see him. And there's a group of monsters on the way, but Ray dodged them with just a single leap.
And then, while trying to chase after Ray, they realized that they can't reach him. And then Spot appears and became their next target.
Spot easily dodged them and continue moving forward. He ignored them and only focus on the race.
Again, the monsters are chasing after Spot. But after a while, they can't reach him anymore and then I appeared in front of them.
With just a swing of my hand, and Aura covering my hand like a blade, I sliced the monsters in pieces before continuing moving forward without reducing my speed at all.
Well, so far, the land is Ray's dominion. Although they are still quite far from the checkpoint, Ray have been increasing the gap between the two. But the race is still far from over.
Soon, Ray will be out of my sight. I guess I'll open a portal soon.
Chapter 606: First Checkpoint Reached
Ah... this is nice.
Sometimes, it's nice to just run and feel the wind without caring about other things. I can just enjoy the scenery around me. Though the scenery is moving so fast. Oh, wait. It was me who run so fast.
For now, thanks to becoming Aura Master, I can still see Ray far ahead in front of me. But it won't be long before he reached outside the range of my Divine Vision.
Spot is also behind him moving very fast. He can easily dodge the obstacles in front of him. But sometimes, he doesn't even need to dodge. Even without Divine Vision, I can still tell where he is by looking at the remains of the destruction from the path he took. Even now, I can see a tree is falling down after he hit it.
But doing it will only make him slow down. The gap between the two is getting wider. But maybe that's what Spot wants. Because the next two courses, the sea and the sky, is his dominion.
Spot should be able to pass Ray in the sea. But for the sky, I don't know. I think the result will be very close. With Ray in the lead. I hope.
Finally, Ray is out of my sight. But the distance from here to the beach is still quite far, so I'll use portal later and enjoy my run.
.....
Seeing that Ray is no more, I slowed down my pace and now I can see the scenery normally. I slowed down so Angela and the others can catch up.
It's kind of funny to see her suddenly entered the ground and then moved ahead quickly again and again. But there's something different than before.
The range where she can go with her Groundwalking magic is getting longer and faster each time she entered the ground. That's what a talent is. Maybe before she reached master level, she can cover at least the whole city with her Groundwalking.
"Good job getting this far, Angela! It will take a few more hours until you get to the beach. And Shelia is getting closer behind you. Be careful!" I said to Angela.
She didn't look back at all. Probably because she knows that someone is behind her by using her detection magic. She didn't even greet me when she passed me by. Well, that's fine.
Next, Shelia is coming.
"Nice, Shelia! But be careful, Angela is getting faster and faster!" I said to Shelia.
If it's her, she should know the distance between her and Angela by the smell. Especially when she's in her wolf form. She said that her smelling sense is much better in that form than when she's in her normal human form.
Again, Shelia passed me by without saying anything. But I don't care.
After enjoying the scenery quite a bit, I opened a portal. Not to where the beach is, but to where Ray is. I placed a Blobby on the side of his body, and on Spot's back as well so I won't distract them. Because if I opened a portal in front of them, they might end up entering the portal and go back to where they were before. They will hate me for that.
I increase my pace as I entered the portal. And when I entered it, Ray is quickly ahead of me once again. So fast!
"Good luck, Ray! Make a huge gap so Spot won't be able to pass you in the next course!" I said to Ray who ignored me and just keep running.
I'm at my full speed again. Running forward without caring about anything for a few minutes before Spot is about to pass me.
"Spot! Don't let Ray make the gap too big! You can still pass him in the sea!" I said.
"Roy, which one do you support? Ray or Spot?" Victoria asked me all of a sudden.
"The one I put my money on. Though it's interesting to see the race getting intense," I said.
Maybe Spot heard that because when he passed me, his tail suddenly swung toward me trying to hit me. But because he put all his strength on moving forward, there's no strength behind that tail swung and I can block it with one hand.
"Spot, don't bother with other things! Your pace is slowed down a bit because of that!" I said.
"It's all because of you though. Are you going to keep using portal like that until you get closer to the beach?" Victoria asked.
"Yes. It's fun to see the two of them so motivated to win. Spot has never had any rival before. Even Andro was a bit too much for him. But now, because Ray is with us, Spot has become extremely motivated. Just look at how fast he is now compared to before. I'm glad I made a contract with Ray," I said.
Before this, even though Spot has been growing steadily, his growth wasn't as much as it is now. It's all thanks to having a rival that he wants to surpass and he refuses to lose against.
Just like Angela who wants to keep getting stronger than me. Or Kron who refuses to be weaker than any of us and keep training on his own somewhere. Or Kayla who keeps learning more and finds something she's better at than the others. They all have goals and most likely, all those goals are related to having someone to compete with or want to surpass.
Though that's not the case for me. I'm just less competitive than other people Maybe because I'm actually older than them combined with my previous life so I'm wiser. Or that there are no Aura user I can compare with since they have all gone. Though at least I have become much stronger than them before they disappeared for real after becoming ghosts.
As for Timmy... I'm still weaker than him unless I am riding Ray. Well, that's how I fight. I won't fight alone, so it's fine. But I still need to get stronger.
After two hours of running, and using portal repeatedly, the two finally got closer to the first checkpoint. A beach.
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And so, I opened a portal to the beach instead of Ray's location. And I see some monsters wandering around. Though they are not powerful monsters. I think it must be because I used my intimidation here so most of them have disappeared. But these monsters must be curious about what's happening here.
I can see the flag is taken of by some fishman. I remember that monster. I was weak back then and it gave me some trouble. Though it is no match for me now.
Even if the fishman is from this world, which most monsters are stronger and smarter than monsters born in humans world, I can kill them easily.
"Don't you disturb the race!"
I easily killed the monsters near the two flags. After that, I fixed the flags back to where they were before and wait for Ray and Spot to pass.
It was around thirty minutes later when I can finally see Ray. It's just around one hour before high noon. He's really fast on land.
Ray is running without stopping and broke a flag in front of him before reaching the shore.
"If you keep going straight, you should reach the deepest trench. It's around a hundred kilometers from here. And the depth of that trench was about twenty kilometers deep. No normal creature able to endure the water pressure in that depth. And maybe you need to fight. Good luck!" I said to Ray who jumped on the shore and dive into the water. He's very fast as well underwater. But the sea is Spot's dominion. I hope the gap won't be too large between the two if Spot passed him.
About half an hour later, Spot finally arrives. He broke the only Blobbyflag standing and entered the sea. I also gave him the instruction of where the next checkpoint is. Just like I did to Ray.
They should be able to reach it. Even if they somehow got pushed by the current underwater, as long as they can reach the trench, they should be able ot reach the flag.
Well, it should take a while until they reached there. But this time, I will go there first. I won't wait for Angela and the others. They can do anything they want in the beach and I will pick them up later.
For now, I need to use portal to go there. But the pressure at the checkpoint is too strong and it will destroy everything here. So, I opened a portal in a small island near the trench. I will dive from there with full speed.
After I move to the island, I got Victoria to cover me with Victoriarmor and increase her weight into maximum so I can reach the checkpoint faster.
With Aura covering my body, I can endure the water pressure. But that's not the only problem.
"I guess I'll kill some monsters on the way there as well. There shouldn't be anything stronger than Spot or Ray, but I don't want their race to be disturbed," I said as I kill a shark monster on the way.
I'd like to see how much gap can Spot cover in the sea. Maybe he has already passed Ray. But that will be difficult.
I can just open a portal to the checkpoint. But it's difficult even for me to enter when the water pressure can destroy human's body. That's why I can't follow the two like I did before. Although I am confident I can endure it, there's no reason for me to waste my stamina like that at the moment.
Well, but the race doesn't seem to be less interesting anyway. Let's see who will reach this checkpoint first.
Chapter 607: The Second Checkpoint
The depth of the second checkpoint is 20km. If it's just swimming or running, 20km is not that difficult to reach. It won't take long for me to arrive.
But if it's depth, it's difficult. Even if I try to just continue diving, there will be monsters blocking the way. And even if Victoria is changing her weight into the maximum weight she can handle, reaching the deepest part is still difficult.
And even though I have been there before to place the Blobbyflags to use as checkpoints, I still don't know what kind of danger exist here. Even with my Divine Vision combined with Mind's Eye, I still can't see everything.
It was just yesterday when I put the Blobbyflags. When I reached the deepest area and stabbed the Blobbyflags, I thought that the place I stabbed was just some rocks. But it turns out to be a giant crag with shell as hard and similar to rocks. And even the internal organ of the crabs were as hard as rock. I didn't notice it even with my Divine Vision.
Fun fact. When cooked, that crab's meat were still as hard as rock. But they are extremely delicious. Though in the end, only those with srong jaw and teeth like the werewolves, and I who can infuse Aura to my teeth, can eat them. It's a delicacy only us can taste.
If I can find it again, that would be great. Even though that crab was huge, the werewolves were able to eat everything in an instant. Next time, I will make sure that I got the most portion.
It was not hard defeating the crab. Though its camouflage was difficult to see even with my Divine Vision and Mind's Eye. I can only tell its whereabouts when it's moving after I stabbed the Blobbyflags on it.
.....
Well, I might be able to find them if I look somewhere. Maybe further into the ocean, there's a trench deeper than this one. And there will be more monsters like the crab. More delicious monster.
Anyway, I keep defeating monster after monster while I continue diving into the trench. I think Ray or Spot can handle them. But I don't want to stay here longer than necessary. That's why I will clean up more enemies so the two monsters can get there faster.
Halfway to the checkpoint, I encounter a pod of whales. They are much bigger than most monsters I encountered! Though they are still smaller than Andro. That guy is on his own level.
Fortunately, those whales don't seem to have interest in me. I guess it must be because they are not hungry or because I'm not a food for them. I heard that despite their size, they only eat much smaller creatures than themselves. Though they still ate tons of them every day.
Seeing that they didn't attack me, I think they are safe and won't cause trouble to Spot and Ray. So, I let them live as I continue going deeper and fight more monsters.
I thought that I have defeated most of them yesterday. Turns out, I was wrong. There are still many more of them. And even if I defeat them again, by tomorrow, there will be more of them.
Compared to this, the sea near Cassau where I often dive for treasure hunting is much safer. And there's no trench as deep as this. At least there's none of them anywhere near the place I dived.
And if I defeat a lot of monsters, it will take some time until they appear again. More than that, there are lots of sunken ships with a lot of treasures. Unlike this place. Though the reason is obvious because there's no humans in this world. Why else would there be treasures under the sea?
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The exceptions are pearls and treasure chests from the dungeon under the sea. Other than them, there is no other way for treasure to exist here.
Finally, I reached the bottom-most part of the trench. I see two Blobbyflags still standing on a reef I stabbed them at. It's not a crab shell anymore so it's fine.
I thought that the water pressure would have destroy the Blobbyflags. So, I infused a bit of my Aura into the flags when I raise them. I guess it works.
But there's a monster staying here this time. And it's not a crab.
"That's a mantis shrimp! The animal with the fastest and strongest punch. And that's just when they are small. Since this one is about as big as a human, its punch must be stronger," Victoria said.
Mantis shrimp? First time I heard of that animal. Though it'a monster in front of me.
The length of the mantis shrimp is actually longer than human's height. But the front part which is standing is about the same height as me.
"Watch out, Roy! The shrimp's punch is so fast it generates heat even underwater!" Victoria said.
It's always good to hear some warning from Victoria. Although there's no monsters in her world, there are some animals that is close to monster I guess.
A punch underwater which is so fast it could generate heat, huh? If I can do that as well, won't that make me the strongest?
"I guess it's time for another training. Let's defeat it before Ray and Spot reach here," I said.
And so, I started a boxing match against the mantis shrimp monster. A punch underwater that can generate heat because it's too fast? I'm interested in seeing... WHOAH!
"Whoa, what!? If I don't have Mind's Eye, I would have die already! And it's hot!"
I managed to dodge the surprise attack of the mantis shrimp. In just one punch, bubbles appear and I can feel the heat even though this is the deep sea and there shouldn't be any underwater volcano here.
"What a punch! Can I win this?"
Even if I dodge, I would still get hit by the heat. So, I need to cover my whole body with Aura at all time.
I keep dodging the fastest punches, and return it with several punches of my own. My punches were slower, but the mantis shrimp didn't dodge. It's because it has hard shell. Even harder than the rock crab.
Still, I'm an Aura Master. And after a lot of exchanges, I finally broke through its hard shell and killed the mantis shrimp.
"Huff... that was hard!" I complained.
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"And close as well. There were many times that you were so close to get hit. Being underwater also slowed down your move," Victoria said.
She's right. But at least I have witnessed that punch. Until Ray and Spot reach here, let's try to throw some punches. Though I don't think I want to copy the same punch power and speed as the mantis shrimp.
Because unlike the shrimp, if I actually throw a punch like that, I will end up losing my arm instead. That's just how scary that punch was. The speed of that punch was beyond what a human body can do even if they are Aura users.
The only reason I can dodge its punches was because of Divine Vision and Mind's Eye. I can still tell when the mantis shrimp was about to throw its punch and dodged it beforehand. But even so, I still only managed to dodge them by a hairbreadth.
Even if I can't copy that punch, I can at least throw improve my punch to the limit of what my body can handle.
And to be able to do that, I will practice my punch while being underwater. It's also good way to spend my time while waiting for Spot and Ray.
Thirty minutes after I started shadow boxing, I can finally see Spot. As expected, he has passed Ray in the sea.
Spot saw me pointing at where the flag is with my left hand while pointing at where Andro is with my right hand. Even though it should be a straight track, there's a chance that Spot and Ray could forget which direction they should take.
"I'm going up!"
As soon as he reached the bottom, Spot destroyed a flag and raise to the surface following the direction where I'm pointing.
And while Spot changes his direction to upward, I can see Ray is coming. The gap is not as much as the gap in the land when Ray and Spot reached the first checkpoint. But once they are out of the sea, Ray will be faster than he is now. We still can't tell who will win.
As soon as Ray destroyed the flag and changes his direction, I swim away from there so I can open a portal. If I open a portal while they are still close, they will end up getting sucked into the portal after all.
After seeing that they are far enough, I returned to the previous island before I dive,and opened another portal to the beach where Angela, Shelia, and some werewolves are waiting.
"Are you done with the race?" I asked.
"There are still some werewolves coming. Don't worry, we can go back on our own," Jack said.
"Okay. For those who wants to wait for the result of the race between Ray and Spot, you can enter the portal and wait for them on Andro's back," I said.
Though in the end, only Angela and Shelia come. Well, that's fine.
Finally, the race is reaching its climax. Who will finally win the race?
...My heart says it will be Ray.
...I lied. It's not my heart. It's my wallet.
Chapter 608: And the Fastest Monster is...
After getting Angela and the others who are also interested to see the winner of the race to Andro's back, including the kings who wanted to take a break for a while, I jumped off of Andro's back to see where Spot and Ray is currently. Has Ray passed Spot? Or maybe Spot has gained more distance from Ray? Making the gap bigger.
I told the others that they can see the end of the race from the screen that was already installed beforehand. I have built a stage on Andro's back. He said that it's fine as long as we don't hurt him. He doesn't want to feel itchy all the time like before anymore.
Now that I have seen Andro's back again, all the wound on his back has been recovered. I guess he's still a dragon that has powerful regeneration skill. I couldn't see any remains of his old wounds at all.
The screens that the others are watching are from several cameras installed all over Andro's back. Since Andro is flying away from the beach, Ray and Spot would reach Andro's tail first. And I have installed cameras there, and some other places on his back where we can see everything. It's quite far from Andro's tail to the finishing line. Even tens of Spots lying straight are not enough to cover the distance.
That's why from Andro's tail, until the finishing line, it will be the most intense place for the race. And everyone want to see that.
And now, I jumped off from Andro's back trying to see where they are. Though I changed my mind and used portal right away to the previous empty island, and run toward where Spot and Ray will possibly coming out from the water.
"Victoria, can you sense the Blobbies you placed on Spot and the one placed on Ray?" I asked Victoria about the monsters' whereabouts.
.....
"Yes. I can feel them. Spot is deeper than Ray right now, while he's already much further ahead than Ray. While Ray is swimming upward trying to get out of the sea as soon as possible," Victoria said.
I see. So that's their plans.
Spot realizes that he's much faster than Ray in the sea. And his speed is not much different when he's flying or swimming. So it's fine for him to delay getting out of the sea as long as he can gain more distance. So, from the second checkpoint, Spot has been swimming diagonally upward.
As for Ray, he knows that he will be faster when he's outside. He runs faster in the sky than he is underwater. So, he's swimming vertically upward so he can get out of the sea sooner and reach Andro faster.
So, for now, Spot is further ahead. But Ray will get out of the sea sooner.
"Since Ray will come out first, let's go greet him and direct him to Andro's location," I said.
Using Victoria to detect the Blobby on Ray's body, we move to where he is supposedly come out from the water.
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I stand on the water while waiting for him, and soon enough, I can see Ray is about to come out. When he get closer, he can finally see me pointing to the sky. To where Andro is.
"Go, Ray! Spot is ahead of you, but he's still underwater! Pass him and be the winner!" I shouted.
After coming out of the water, I can feel a little bit of magic used by Ray. I don't know if it's wind element or other element, but he becomes faster for a moment. Or maybe it's just Abyss Horse's magic which accelerate his speed momentarily.
From what Ray told me back when he grabbed me into his world, Ray can only use elemental magic when someone is riding or touching his body. Since no one is riding him, I guess it's Abyss Horse's skill or magic. Just like vampires' using blood to fight or werewolves' regeneration skill.
Because when I rode him I use Aura, all his speed and power improved by Aura and he doesn't need to use that skill. But since he's on his own, he used that skill to boost his speed.
The winner is still unknown. Next, let's wait for Spot to come out of the water.
I used all my speed and Aura to get there before Spot comes out, but it's difficult to do so. I can only reach there because there are some other islands nearby where I have installed some Blobbies beforehand.
When I get there, Spot was about to come out as well. So, unlike that time with Ray, I keep running this time so I can direct Spot to where he needs to go because he won't slow down.
"Spot, you're going the right way! Andro is big so you can adjust the direction later when he's in sight! Ray chooses to fly higher first before moving forward. There's a chance that he will pass you by later, but for now, you are still gaining more distance!" I shouted.
Ray was running up the sky first before going to the direction of where Andro is. That's also why I can reach Spot before Ray pass me by.
Now, the race is reaching its climax. Will Spot who keeps flying diagonally after coming out of the water reach Andro first, or Ray will get there first after flying high?
Let's check on Ray again.
I opened a portal to where he is right in time for him to change direction. He's running forward without ascending or descending from the current altitude.
Maybe it's because he's a horse. He's the best when he's running on flat land without having to go up or down. Well, I don't know. I didn't ask Ray about this back then.
Although Ray can just move diagonally up just like Spot is doing, he didn't do so. I don't know why, but I'll just assume my thinking is correct that he can run faster when he's not ascending or descending.
But now that he's running forward, he is extremely fast. I guess I'll just wait on Andro's tail to see who will come first.
I opened a portal to where the others are waiting for who will be the winner, and told them about the situation. Spot is still in the lead, but Ray still has a chance to pass him.
After that, I run toward Andro's tail and wait for the two there.
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"Oh, Andro didn't move his tail at all when he's flying. Though just like his other limbs, his tail is much shorter in comparison with his body. Andro is a short-limbed dragon," I said.
"He's a Kaiser Dragon. Not short-limbed dragon. That's a lame name," Victoria said.
I passed the time by chatting with Victoria. And around three hours later, I can finally see Spot and Ray. Spot is still ahead, but Ray is just slightly behind Spot's tail. Well, Spot is very long, so the gap is actually quite long. But with Ray's speed, he can close the gap quickly. Still Spot didn't let him do that.
In the air, Spot, while moving forward, is shaking his tail to obstruct Ray. I told them to not fight, so I guess this is still within the rule. It's just obstructing Ray from passing him. Not attacking Ray at all.
Then, Spot quickly passed me. He's still flying toward the finishing line.
As for Ray, he landed on Andro's tail and continue running. But he didn't step on the air this time. And that makes him faster.
I just told them that the finishing line is on Andro's back. I didn't say that he's not allowed to run on his back and he has to fly. This is also still within the rule.
I then opened a portal to the finishing line, and wait for the two there with the others.
While the others are looking at the two on the screen, I can see them with my Divine Vision when they got closer. And they are currently next to each other. They are using their full speed.
Finally, Ray is slightly ahead of Spot And he boosted his speed once again so he gain more distance from Spot.
And in the end, it was Ray who finished the race first. He crossed the line just a tenth of a second before Spot did as Spot also somehow accelerated. But he is just a tad bit later when he boosted his speed than Ray. So, he lost.
"The winner is Ray! The difference is so thin that if it was not me who is the judge, no one can tell who is the winner," I said confidently.
"Hey, you're the judge but why are you the one being proud?" Albert asked.
"Because I have the chance to be proud!"
I looked at the two monsters. I thought that Spot will be depressed after his lost. But it seems that Spot is getting along with Ray instead as he chatted with him about how exciting the race was. Though it was just Spot talking and Ray neighing.
In any case, the two accepted who is the faster one. Ray is the winner, but we all know how stable Spot is in all terrain. Except the land, but he can just fly on low altitude next time.
And Spot is better in that he can transport many people at once. Well, Ray will just continue being my ride. Though I will let other people ride on him depend on the situation.
At least I'm glad that it ended in such friendly manner between the two. Though I heard that Spot is going to challenge Ray again, but next time, they will just race without asking for my permission. They don't want to make it such a huge event like this one.
Well, that's fine. As I said before, rivalry is good for Spot. Maybe for Ray as well. I hope these two can grow stronger together.
Chapter 609: What To Do Next
"So, does anyone knows what happened with the cult? Is there any place that have been attacked or is still under suspicions? Any new reports?"
"Not yet. But there are still many places we are currently investigating."
"Same with Consenza. The cult hasn't make any movement so far."
"Varadis is also still at peace at the moment. Though I have finally prepared three candidates who will succeed my throne."
"Three? Well, at least that's better than nothing. I hope you can find a good successor for the future of Varadis Kingdom."
At the moment, the four kings are having a meeting and talk about anything suspicious around them. But there are none and the world is seem to be at peace at the moment.
But we know that it's just momentary peace because the cult is still exist. Until we can destroy everything related to the cult, peace will never come.
.....
All the kingdoms in this continent has been attacked by the cult. Though in this discussion, I was a bit confused since these four are talking about other kingdoms that actually exist in this continent other than Tatrama, Consenza, Varadis, and Arturo.
They are smaller kingdom in comparison to any of the big four. I'm curious why none of these four kings wanted to conquer any of those small kingdoms. But I guess that's fine. They know politics more than I do. If they think that it's better for those smaller kingdoms to be independent, there must be some difficult things that they are considering.
If I ask, they will probably answer it honestly. But I will end up getting too tired from listening to politics. If only it was something about getting stronger, making allies, foods, or anything related to medical knowledge, I won't get bored.
Still, it was very annoying to have a meeting. Or more like it was annoying how I have no choice but to participate in a meeting. I have to stay here listening to everyone's report and not doing anything.
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They won't serve a meal during meeting, and won't let me do some training while waiting because they can distract the kings from the meeting. At least until it's over.
And it was weird seeing how they were shouting Spot or Ray's name last night to watch who will be the winner. Then they suddenly changed into serious mood for today's meeting.
Of course they are supporting the one they placed their bet on. And the result was Albert and Lynn's happiness because Ray won, and Fabio and old man Henry's depression because they bet quite a lot of money on Spot. At least those money come from their own pocket and not the money for the kingdom.
And after their momentary happiness or sadness, they return quickly to serious mood as they talk about everything they find out about the cult. Though we didn't find anything at all, they are still serious talking about it.
"Roy, what do you think? Where do you think the cult will attack next?" Albert asked me.
"Well, somewhere we expected the least. It could even happen in the capital. And next time, they should be really send their strongest members. Maybe even some master level mages if they have some to spare. I don't know how much they know about the existence of an Aura user. But they must have prepared a lot to fight against me in some way," I said.
"Yeah. It will be bad if the enemy prepares their strongest members to fight you alone," Lynn said.
"No. It could be our advantage as well. If the cult is preparing their most to fight against me, you can just take care of everything else. They will be much weaker in other areas since they will be focused on me. Even if they bring several master level mages at once, I can handle them on my own. And even if I can't, I can just summon Shelia, Graham, or Ray, or even ask Angela, Kayla, or the others in my clan to help me. You just need to focus on your own troop," I suggested.
"I see! While you're fighting the main force of the cult, we can clear the rest. That's a good plan!" Lynn said excitedly. But the others are still acting normal and just smile seeing her reaction. It means that among the four kings, only Lynn doesn't think of that plan.
Though I was rather surprised that Fabio expected it. I guess that's to be expected when he has someone amazing as his assistant. Or rather, I hope his assistant, Toni, won't overwork himself.
When I asked Fabio about that, he replied by saying that Toni had a lot of vacation actually. After Arturo has been recovered by Fabio and Harold, and they have taken care of the most important matter in their kingdom, Toni took a long vacation while I was training with the ancient Aura users. And he just finished his vacation recently, returning with a lot of ideas. And one of his ideas is actually what I proposed. Making the enemy main force focus on me while the others will fight the rest.
Well, I think it's fine if it's Lynn. Because she has Claudia with her. Although compared to Toni her achievement is not that big, she is smart and still a big help for Consenza.
"The only thing we can do now is just wait and see it seems. We have no choice but to keep on being defensive because we don't know when and where the cult will attack," old man Henry said.
"About that. I'm thinking of traveling around the continent and see if I can find something. And while I'm traveling, I will once in a while show myself wearing full armor to solve simple cases like bandits or monsters subjugation without taking quests from the guild. If the rumor about a living armor saving people is spread all over the place, the cult will make a move if they know about Aura user. They will think that the living armor is an Aura user and they will make their move soon," I said.
Actually, instead of traveling to look for the cult, I just wanted to travel around the continent and have some relaxing trip. I'll just open a portal somewhere and bring everyone with me for the vacation. That's my real goal.
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"So you want to make the cult more aware of you, huh? I think that's a good plan. And while you're traveling, you can also investigate the cult by yourself. We just need to keep exchanging reports until we find clues of where the Evil God is located. Once we do, we will use everything we have to kill him and then destroy all the remaining members of the cult so the cult will cease to exist," Albert said.
"Okay. But how will you travel all over the continent? Are you going to pretend that you're a hunter?" Fabio asked.
"Huh? Did you forget already? I am a circus clown. I can travel with Thomas' circus troupe. During my training with the ancient Aura users, the circus troupe took a break at the same time, right? And it's about time that the circus to perform again. And why not a tour around the continent? I'll talk to Thomas about this. You just need to give permission for the circus to perform in your kingdom," I said.
I haven't forgotten that I'm a circus clown. The legendary Clarence the Clown.
It has been a while since I last performed. But now, I have grown stronger and faster. There are more tricks I can do.
"...Being a circus clown is fine. As long as you won't forget about your goal to destroy the cult," Albert said.
"I won't forget. I will travel as a clown with destroying the cult as my main objective, so I can fully become a clown in the future," I said.
"A clown? Not a doctor?" old man Henry asked.
"Doctor Clown! I have given all my medical knowledge to Sophie and other doctors. Not just knowledge from the future, but also knowledge from the past that I learned from the ancient Aura users. I don't need to be a doctor anymore. But if there's a surgery that no other doctors can do because of the difficulty, I will do it," I said.
As an Aura Master, the movement of my finger has become much faster and much more precise. Even the surgery that I couldn't perform in the past because I'm just a single doctor in a village without any help from other doctors, I can do it now alone. And the surviving chance of the patient is also much higher if I'm the one performing the surgery. But I don't want to continue being a doctor. I have enjoyed being a clown much more than being a doctor.
...Well, it's mainly because of some annoying patients who would complain and deny the result of my diagnosis. I have experienced a lot of that in my past life even though I'm just a doctor in a small clinic in a countryside.
I feel like if I have to experience that again now that I have become stronger, I will end up killing the patients instead of healing them. That's a big no for a doctor.
That's why being a clown is the best. Though if there's a difficult surgery that only I can perform, I will probably do it depend on the situation.
Soon after, the meeting is over and I return the kings back to their own country. And I talked to Thomas about a tour. He was happy that I will join the tour and he will prepare everything for the tour.
Well, I don't need it though. Even if I forgot to bring something, I can just open a portal and "POOF!" I have it.
This time, I will join the tour from start to finish. Hopefully.
Chapter 610: The Circus Tour Plan is Finalized
"So, you're going to travel with the circus?"
As soon as I get home, Candy asked me about the meeting. And I told her and everyone at home that I will be joining on the tour with Thomas and the other circus performers.
"I am. Although I'm still trying to grow stronger, I also can't wait for Albert or the others to find the Evil God. I can still continue my training since I can just use portal to Thomas' location when he stopped by somewhere. With the four kings' permission, we can go to almost anywhere in this continent. Though there are still other small kingdoms in this continent and Thomas is seeking for permission to enter there," I said.
"Oh, there are more than four kingdoms here?" Angela asked.
Well, that's to be expected. I guess she never listen to anything at school. Though it has been so long since we finished school.
There are only smaller kingdoms around the continent. Only the four kingdoms are the kingdoms we know. Three kingdoms and one empire I mean. These four are the biggest in this continent.
Albert and the others are also trying their best to convince the leader of those small kingdoms for cooperation. After all, if the cult is hiding from the big countries, there's a high chance that they will hide in those small kingdoms.
.....
I also asked Veronica and Celestine about the small kingdoms. Celestine said that she went to a small kingdom when she was just become the leader of a faction back when she was with the cult. And Veronica went to another small kingdom as well. Which mean the cult also has some influence with those small kingdoms.
Though whether they have taken over those small kingdoms or not is something we don't know yet. The kings' agents were trying to investigate, but it's difficult for them to find out about it.
After all, the easiest way to know if they are with the cult or not is by the explosive devices in the mouth of the weaker members of the cult. Other than that, it's difficult to tell.
Still, the only one who can easily do that is me because I have Divine Vision. No one else can do that. Which makes things harder for everyone to find where the cult is hiding.
That's why I decided to do a tour with the circus. Traveling all over the continent and find where the leader of the cult is hiding. And this is also a good chance to spread more Blobbies to other location.
This way, even if the cult knows that we can communicate long-distance, they won't expect us to stop them early because we have a way to travel long distance in an instant. Using my portal.
If it's a location where there's no Blobbies I can transport to, we can ride on Spot's back. Or maybe just me and Ray on our own, and open up a portal for the others to come.
"When will you go?" Kayla asked me.
"Thomas will inform me when he and the other performers are ready. Since the other performers are mostly agents from the four kingdoms, they will probably receive some instructions by their king beforehand. That's why Sonia is too busy at the moment," I said.
A circus where all the performers are agents from four different kingdoms. At first, I didn't have any expectation on them since they are agents and not trained performers. But I guess their acting skills are so high that they became so good in their performance just after training a few months.
And it's good that most of them now wanted to stay as circus performers instead of being agents. Though I think even if the cult has been destroyed in the future, the kings will still ask them to do something even if they focused their career on performing in the circus.
Well, whatever the kingdoms want to do with them is not my problem. But since they will be my comrade in circus, if the kings wanted to force them to do something they don't want to do, the kings will end up making me their enemy. They know that and they don't want that.
...I feel like I will be a tool for peace once the fight against the cult is over. Once I'm gone, I don't know what will happen with the four kingdoms. But I don't think there will be anything bad happening while these four people still the leaders of their own country. Though old man Henry will retire soon.
After I finished talking with the others, I returned to my room and get ready for the tour. Though I don't know what else to prepare. I can grab anything with my portal.
Though the things I carried on my body increased. They are magic items or Aura items that have been tested and have good effects like the kunai and the walking cane.
And there's also one item which is different than the others. It's a consumable item so we can't test it since we only have one. And if the effect is as Jeremy said after being appraised, this could be my secret weapon against the Evil God. Though I hope I will never use it.
And so, I waited until everything is ready. I just trained normally, and do everything as usual.
Finally, two weeks later, everything is ready. And the circus will start a long tour around the continent.
Since the circus will travel normally, it will take a long time to go around the continent. So we have no real schedule to when we will start performing in which city or which country. Just when we're there, we will perform for a week in that city before moving again.
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The duration of the tour is expected to be at least one year. Probably even two years or longer. But since we don't have anything to do other than looking for the cult, it's fine to waste time doing some shows.
At least one year of travel, and about one week of performing in the city. It could be less than one week as well depend on whether we can get permission to perform by the lord of the city as well. So, I need a lot of tricks to perform. Whatever that can make the audience laugh.
And tonight is the start of our tour. Obviously, we start from Cassau.
It's the first night of our show in Cassau, and we have a week to let the people enjoy the show. But after discussing it a bit more with Thomas, we reduced it to just three nights at most in every city for the shows. The other four days is for preparation, rest, and investigation. Though we don't need to investigate things in Cassau, we will still only hold the show at most three days a week.
And this first night, there are no civilians here. The audiences are the kings of the four kingdoms, their family members, and other agents!
"...Turns out we have powerful people just on the first night. I'm feeling nervous," Thomas said.
Not just Thomas. The other performers were nervous as well knowing that their kings are watching them. And I also bring the family members of the performers as well to watch. Most of them are civilians so they are frozen to see that they will watch the performance together with the kings.
"...But why is the kings of the four kingdoms are sitting on the back?" One of the performers asked. He is someone from Arturo. Someone new since Arturo has just been recovered from the cult. And since there were no agents from Arturo in the circus, Toni sent this man to join. He's the only one from Arturo and he's already getting along with the others members of the circus.
Since he has gained Toni's approval, I think we can trust him.
"Obviously because my guests are more important than the kings," I replied to the man.
"...I heard about you from Prime Minister Toni and King Fabio. But I only realized it now that they are saying the truth when they said that you have no respect to the kings," the man said.
"I have respect to them. If not, I won't let them come here," I said.
"...At least the kings are not unhappy. Is it true that you are too strong that the kings are afraid of you?" he asked.
"Did someone tell you that? Well, that's true. Anyway, it's time for the show to start. Just focus on not making mistakes. Though since I'm the greatest clown in the world, even if you did some mistakes, I can clean it up easily in a way that makes the audience laugh. Break a leg. If you can't do it, I can do it for you. Literally," I said to give the man confidence.
"I don't want you to break my leg for real so I will do my best to not disappoint you. Wish me luck, Clarence!"
The man said that before he gets ready for his performance.
Now, let's entertain my friends and the kings. Though I don't care if the kings are not entertained.