Chapter 671: Visiting a Tattoo Parlor
At night, Randy and I are going to meet the tattoo artist that Randy knows. He said that the tattoo artist is someone that he can trust, so I asked Albert when Randy was taking a nap.
"A tattoo artist that he can trust? Well, Randy used to play around so much when he was a child. And he met some tough-looking people covered with scars and tattoos and play with them. And they used to be the one in charge of raising our agents until they decided to leave and leave it to the one who raises Candy and became our shadow bodyguard. Though thanks to you, he has been captured because of his relation with the cult. I think they can be trusted. I have met them again recently and asked them to teach new recruits again. And they are willing to do it to atone for picking the wrong person as the one inheriting their position," Albert explained.
So, Randy has been playing with the teachers of the agents from way before. And maybe that's where he learn about everything. And that's how he became this way.
When I asked him if they are the reason that he knows many things, he nodded.
"Yeah. My parents didn't like how I always play around with them. Not only because they are rough-looking people, but because they are much older than me who was just a kid. I was just a kid who loves justice and wanted to be a hero. Although they never told me any confidential stories, the stories that they were allowed to tell me make me interested in their former job as agents and make me wants to learn more. Though I didn't know that they were agents back then. I only know when the king at that time, Albert's father and my uncle, told them to teach me anything I want to learn," Randy said.
"I see. Since they are willing to teach again, maybe there will be more agents as good as you are. I really need to find and kill the Evil God before the cult's force becomes bigger and stronger," I said.
"The one we're going to meet today is called Hendrick. An old man who is now living as a tattoo artist. As long as he's still alive, I know where he's at," Randy said.
.....
I followed him and we walked to a district where commoners are living. And it's close to the slum area of the capital. Though the slum here is not as bad as the slum in other cities.
There are several tattoo or piercing shops here. Though I don't need neither. But I'm confident with my piercing ability. Like putting a hole in someone's stomach or even head. I can do that easily.
It's night time now, so it's normal that there are no open shops. And some even have the owner of the shop sleeping already.
And when we got closer to a certain tattoo parlor, the owner who was sleeping suddenly awake and carefully peeking at us from the window of his bedroom.
"Randy, is that the place we're going to?" I asked.
"Yeah. You know already?" Randy asked back.
"Just now. I can see the owner is acting like an agent. He's quite good. How is his magic level?" I asked.
"I don't know. But I don't think he's expert level mage. At most, he's just an advanced level mage," Randy said.
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We're about fifty meters from that place, but even though he's just an advanced level, he can tell that someone is getting closer. He's another super spy. It's amazing.
"Do you think he still remember you? It has been a long time since you last meet him, right? And you even got a lot of scars," I asked Randy.
"Don't worry about it. Even if he's fighting back, he won't be any stronger than either one of us. Until the tournament happened, I was convinced that I'm the strongest person in the whole kingdom. At least just below master level mage. But when I saw your girlfriend defeating Shirley, I know that I'm lacking. But I'm still stronger than most people," Randy said.
"I see. By the way, Angela is not my only girlfriend. You have met Kayla and Candy as well. And there are more. By the way, this here is Airy. An air spirit," I said as I pointed at my left shoulder.
"Hmm? There's nothing there though?" Randy said.
After he said that, Airy showed herself to Randy temporarily before disappearing again. Though I can see her and also feel her because I'm an air mage.
"Oh. I heard that elemental spirits will help mages grow stronger faster. I have never seen one before until now," Randy said.
"There are other monsters I will introduce to you. But we'll do that later," I said.
We're already in front of the tattoo parlor. And Randy knocked on the door.
"...I guess he doesn't remember you anymore. Should I break the door?" I asked.
"No need. I'll just pour some sand inside from the gap of the door. Although I have never trained magic control to fight, I can still use earth magic to manipulate sand and write messages with it," Randy said.
So he never used magic control for fighting, but he has used it for writing message. I guess it won't take long for him to learn everything since he already understands it. I wonder how strong he will be after training?
The sand enter from the gap under the door, and it climbed on the door with a message saying 'I'm Randy. Open the door'. And Hendrick who is already on the first floor read the message. Without hesitation, he opened the door.
After we both enter, he closed the door and locked it.
"Randy? You're Randy? It has been a long time since we last met! You become a lot uglier than before. What the hell happened?"
...the man called Hendrick didn't say that to Randy. But he said that to me.
"I'm not Randy! And who the hell is ugly?! You're ugly!"
"Don't shout! We don't want to wake the neighbor!" Randy said.
"I use air magic to block the noise from leaving! We can scream as much as we want here!" I said.
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Only then, the man noticed that I'm not Randy. And the Randy he knows is the man who is covered with scars next to me.
"Randy! What happened?! Who did this to you?!" Hendrick shouted.
"Himself. He did it himself because of a resolute decision. He said that you can be trusted. He needed tattoo to make it so that no one can recognize him anymore," I said.
"Yeah. Hendrick, please do it. How long will it finish?" Randy asked.
We haven't explained anything to Hendrick, but he seems to understand that we did it because we had to.
"If you want a full body tattoo, it will take long. But if it's to make it so no one recognize you, just your face alone should be enough. And I can finish it in one night," Hendrick said.
"Then just the face alone is good enough. But I might ask for more later. Maybe let some scars be visible as well. Can you do it now? We can talk while you do it," Randy said
"Okay. This seems to be urgent. By the way, who is this rude guy calling me ugly?" Hendrick asked.
"You're the one being rude to me! You're calling me ugly right away!" I shouted.
Oh shit. This former agent seems to be senile already. Can we really trust him?
"At the moment, he's the one that Albert trusts the most. I just met him a few days ago so I don't really now much about him. But Albert has confirmed it that he's someone that Albert can trust with his life," Randy said.
"...Are you Ninja?" Hendrick asked.
"Oh, I never thought that someone still remember my nickname when I want to do some criminal act. That's something we come up with as a disguise for whenever I broke the law. But it's all for a good reason. To kill traitors," I said.
"I see. So, do you want to get some tattoo as well?" Hendrick asked.
"No. I'm just here to see you since Randy said that you can be trusted and since Albert has said that he trusts you as well. I think I have seen enough. Randy, you can use my mansion whenever you're in the capital. I'll be returning to the circus now. I have a show to do," I said.
"You're still going to play in the circus?" Randy asked.
"Obviously. Tomorrow, I'll get Angela to be your sparring partner. That way you can experience how strong the strongest mage really is," I said.
After leaving, I opened portal in the sky when no one can see me and I'm back in the circus. Because of the fight, there are some destruction and the circus members are helping rebuilding the city. Some citizens apologizing for throwing stones at them. Though they still think that they are just members of a circus and not some special agents sent by the kingdom.
This is good. Everyone has started to feel what freedom is. And I bet tomorrow night we will have a full attendance. That's nice.
Chapter 672: Randy's Training
Finally, the show is over. And the circus troupe need to gather supplies before moving to the next city.
During our show, we have more people coming as expected. They are mostly people who have their beloved people returned already after being enslaved and seek entertainment. Some still doesn't have their beloved people returned since they were bought by people from outside the city. And it was difficult to find them and return them back to their family. But the show still went on with full attendance.
Many people complained and said that Randy needs to be publicly executed. But we can't do that. We need him to escape from prison.
There will be more complains if Randy escapes from prison. But I'll just leave it to Albert and Randy on how they want things to go.
While the others are getting supplies for our next destination, which should be a few weeks away, I returned back to my mansion in the capital to see how Randy is doing.
When I return, only Ruby is in the mansion. Ian is secretly meeting Albert while Randy is training quite far from the capital with Angela whom I invited here.
Ian has been secretly meeting with Albert ever since he got married with Ruby. They do it because Albert needed Ian to send secret message to some people who still doesn't have Sonia's soil. Those are people that he can't trust yet.
.....
With his beastform, Ian can travel fast. And no one will expect that a bird flying in the sky is a beastform mage. That's why he's the best messenger that Albert has.
...By the way, we also don't know if birds in the sky are beastform mages or not. But as long as they got too close to us who are already expert level mages, we can tell that they are not any ordinary birds or maybe even some other creatures.
At least now every kingdom within the alliance have expert level mage by the leader's side. Tatrama has Mustache, Consenza has Celestine, Varadis has Julia, and the king of Arturo, Fabio, is already an expert level mage. So they should be able to notice if there are some intruder in animal form. Because even if they turned into an animal, they are originally mages who have mana in their body. Unless they are trained in hiding their mana, they can be found easily.
After greeting Ruby, I open up a portal to where Angela and Randy are training at. And when I get there, I can see something obvious. Angela defeating Randy and Randy can't do anything about it.
"So... how long have you been training?" I asked the two of them.
"Since after breakfast. He said that he learned a lot. Though he still can't defeat me at," Angela replied.
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Randy is too tired now and he's just lying on the ground after healing himself.
Right now, his face is already covered with tattoo. Just the right side of his face. Not the whole face.
There are also some visible scar on his face. I guess that's what he decided. To get both scars and tattoo.
As for his body, there are some area that has been inked. But they are still incomplete. If he wants to, Randy can go and visit Hendrick to complete the tattoo. But it's not important. As long as he can disguise himself, he can finish his tattoo some other time.
...Seeing how he took his time with the tattoo, I guess once everything is over, he will keep the tattoos. Probably the scars as well. Well, he's also a healer. He can just heal himself if he doesn't want them anymore.
"So, how was training?" I asked Randy.
"Huff... I don't really get it asking from Angela. But at least the practical use of my magic is better than before," Randy said.
"That's good. Candy and Kayla will be able to teach you from this afternoon. You can ask them about lightning, earth, or healing magic. And what will you do after learning them all?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Randy asked me back instead of answering.
"I mean do you want to proceed with the plan sooner, or continue your training? I can also bring you to Monsters World so you can gain experience there. What do you want?"
"...I think I'll take that offer of going to Monsters World. Even after knowing everything I needed to know, I still need to gain some experience," Randy said.
"Okay. Then once you learned everything, I'll bring you there and I will introduce you to the monsters I know there. The monsters, especially the werewolves, will be happy if you ask them for a spar. They love fighting," I said.
Though right now, the werewolf I'm in contract with, Shelia, is with Jewel in Monsters World. Jewel is still trying to improve her beastform magic by learning more about other rhino type monsters there.
The last time I met her, she has full control of her steel rhino form and she can use steel rhino's earth magic as well. She can be considered to be at the weaker side of expert level earth mage. Just slightly weaker than the cult's average expert level mage. But that's already more than enough.
"Alright, since you're doing well, I'll leave now. Candy and Kayla will arrive soon. They're traveling on their own instead of using portal so they can gain some experience. I will go to Consenza and see how the rebellion is going. I heard from Sonia that they have taken care of it," I said.
"The rebellion in Consenza? First time I hear about it," Randy said.
"Oh, and after the rebellion, the Albert said that there will be a meeting with other kings. If you want, you can come and meet them as well."
"I'll pass. Even if they can be trusted, the less people know me the better since I'll be moving independently later," Randy said.
I guess he won't meet Lynn and the others then. That's fine. As long as he knows that they are not enemies, it doesn't matter if he meets them or not.
I then open up a portal directly to Lynn's location after getting her permission. I open it somewhere Randy can't see because he said that he doesn't want to meet them. Unless I have to force him obviously.
We're in Lynn's bedroom as usual. And other than Lynn, Claudia and Celestine are there as well.
"So, how's it going?" I asked.
"Even though we keep being defensive the whole time and the one staging the coup couldn't do anything and they still haven't give up. So this morning, we started being offensive. One hour in and they gave up. So stupid," Lynn said.
"...Aren't they just way too stupid? They should have learned the strength difference when they can't even get into the capital. But they only need one hour to get destroyed. So, why did you call me?" I asked.
This morning, before I return to my mansion, Lynn asked me to come here after saying that the rebellion is over. She must have something for me to do.
"The continuation of the living armor. Yesterday, you said that you might not need it because you keep encountering master level mages. But that doesn't mean you will stop pretending to be a living armor, right? We want you to go to the cities that the rebels used as bases. They got tricked to join the rebellion but that doesn't mean there are no enemies there. We want you to get rid of them. Here are the pictures of the people who are heavily connected with the rebels, but there might be more. You have the freedom to decide on what to do with them," Claudia explained to me.
She gave me documents with pictures of the rebels that haven't been captured yet. I guess with me roaming around freely, the aftermath can be taken care of quickly.
"I understand. Victoria, you heard that?" I asked Victoria.
"Clearly. Summon Ray quickly so I can move! I can't wait to let loose already," Victoria said.
My schedule seems to be packed these last few days. But now that Randy will continue his training, the rebellion is over, and the circus will continue traveling, I will have some free time again.
But I can only get free time after I get rid of some remaining rebels. That doesn't seem to be difficult though.
"By the way, do you find any relation of this rebellion with the cult?" I asked Claudia.
"There were some who blew their own head. A few of them got caught without the chance to blow their own head. We're currently interrogating them if the cult has anything to do with the rebellion or not. But for now, it seems like those cult members join the rebellion on their own accord and not because their higher ups asked them for it," Claudia explained.
That mean I need to figure it out as well during the mission. That's annoying.
I'll do it anyway. Even if the cult is destroyed in the future, we can't guarantee that normal thugs won't annoy me when I try to live peacefully. So it's best if we can also get rid of those thugs.
Chapter 673: Capturing the Remaining Rebels
Victoria and I split up to capture the remains of the rebels. And we also need to investigate more if the cult is related with this rebellion or not. But I think this Empire can handle that. So I just need to capture them all.
Unlike the list given by Randy that says I am allowed to kill this person or just capture them, the list given by Claudia didn't give much description. So I need to capture as much as possible from the people in the list.
Maybe each kingdom needs a Randy. That would be great.
Arturo has Toni, but he didn't leave his desk job much. And he's better in politic than espionage. But he's smart enough to find traitors just from the incoming information given to him. Still, he's too weak.
Consenza has Claudia. She's not as capable as Randy but it's because her range is wide. Not just looking for traitors, she also need to handle many things at once. She's not as smart as Toni either, but she has taken a good care of this empire. But she can't be compared with him.
As for Varadis, that is troublesome. They have old man Henry. An old man with a lot of experience and many tricks under his sleeve. But unfortunately, he will step off from his duty soon because of his age. I hope the next king will be good enough.
Oh, right. The next meeting between kings will also introduce old man Henry's successor as well. Yuria and Patricia will be introduced there as well. As for other countries, I don't think there will be any. It's because the circus haven't been to other countries than those five. We're the scout for the four kingdoms after all. To see what other countries have to offer.
.....
Victoria is with Ray and I move alone. Well, I'm not really alone since I have Airy with me. And since she never leaves my side, my air magic became stronger whenever I used it. So it's easier for me to make the targets fall asleep.
"Airy, I feel like my air magic improves regularly every day just by being with you. Even though I'm not cultivating at all, I can feel that my air element is improving little by little. Is this your doing?" I asked Airy.
"Maybe. I just exist. I don't know what effect I have on humans," Airy said.
And then there was a human in the past who plays around with spirits. Capturing them and releasing them before chasing after them again. What the hell is wrong with his mind? That Timmy is sure annoying.
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So, is she a monster or not? That's something we don't know. But even if they are not monsters and can't be tamed by tamers, they have feelings and can interact normally. So it won't be surprising if the cult somehow have enslaved them or blackmail them.
I wear my armor and run toward the former main base of Duke who started the rebellion. Even though this place should have been taken care of by the soldiers, there might be something else here that they miss. And I can see them with my Divine Vision. Though I won't know if the things I find is valuable or not for the investigation until we finish checking them.
I didn't find anyone in the list, but I managed to find one man with explosive device in his mouth. I still wonder why the cult keep making their members have explosive devices in their mouth when they can be easily removed. I don't think they are that useful anymore. And the cult should have known about it.
Maybe just the higher ups of the cult. The rest don't know much. So when they gave the order that there's no need for the explosive devices anymore, those who are far less important weren't told about it. That's why there are still some people with explosive devices in their mouth.
Again, that's just my assumption like usual. But for me, it's good that they have explosion device in their mouth. This way, I can tell easily that they are enemies.
And I followed this man and he enters the restaurant. I make sure that no expert level mages can notice me when I get close and try to eavesdrop on their conversation.
And in their conversation, I heard them talking about a man on the wanted list and they are going to meet him. That's nice. I can just follow them.
They also said some praises to the Evil God before moving. I guess they're members of the cult then. Now, if I capture the man they're going to meet, Claudia might be able to find if the cult is involved with the rebellion or not.
...Unfortunately for me, the man they're going to meet is in another city. And I can't just follow them the whole day until they meet. So I decided to move to that city right away and marked the man. Once they meet, I can find out if the cult is involved or not.
I returned back and look for some more people, but I didn't see any one on the list or other suspicious people. So I left for another city.
In this city, I found many people on the list already. Well, it's time to catch all of them!
There were no master level mages at all. No wonder the rebellion is over so easily. Just Celestine alone must have killed more than half of the rebels.
By the way, is the duke still alive? They must have captured him, right? They need information from him the most because he's the leader.
The next day, I went to see the man that the person with explosive device is going to meet. The people I saw yesterday already arrive. And not just them. some more people also gathering together in the place where the man in the wanted list is waiting.
It seems to be a big meeting of cult members. I can tell because there are more people with explosive device here.
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"What's with those people and explosives in their mouth? Don't they know that those things are dangerous and can explode if not taken care of carefully?" Airy asked naively.
"Well, that's the thing with the cult. To protect their secrets, they chose death," I replied.
"That's just sad. Why was the cult created if they don't care about the people at all? Do they become like this just because they don't like something and want to destroy the world for it?" Airy asked.
"Oh, that's a good question. Let's see... among some people from the cult, I know that some of them lost something important to them, forced to join the cult, or just because of their greed they joined the cult. I don't know at all, but they should know that we are hunting them down with the intent to kill. So, as long as they are still with the cult, we have to assume that they are enemies that we have to kill or capture. They should know that we are going for the kill if they stay with the cult. And they decided to stay. That's all I need to know. The rest is for the others to think," I said. Though I didn't really answer that question.
Of course I also think a lot about that. But it's annoying to ask them if my guess is right or not. So I just lock those thoughts deep in my mind and only do what I needed. To destroy the cult. Even if I'm going to be used like a pawn.
But I'm not a pawn that can be defeated easily. If the king tries to betray this pawn, this pawn won't be silent about it.
"Being a human is difficult," Airy said.
"It's not. It's just that humans are being that loves to complicate things. And that makes it harder for humans to live," I said.
"Well, I don't mind to follow you all the time. But you need to feed me with sweets, alright?" Airy said.
"You don't need food to live though. But I guess I can buy some cakes for the others as well," I said.
I returned to the capital of Consenza and reported about the big meeting with the cult. And when I came back, I'm not alone. Lynn, Claudia, Celestine, and many soldiers from Consenza surrounded the place they are gathering at.
"Since all of you are here, I don't think I need to participate. I'll just be watching you guys for now."
I left them so they will take care of everything. A matter of a country needs to be solved by the country itself. There's no need to use outsider like me. Though I will help if necessary.
A huge battle occurred. But the civilians have been evacuated.
The Empress herself is attending the battle. She didn't help much but her presence is enough to improve the morale of the soldiers.
After watching for a little longer, I can confirm that they don't need my help. So I return my act as the living armor.
I managed to capture everyone before the next circus performance in the next city. I guess this is it for my act as a living armor in Consenza. Where else should I go?
Chapter 674: It's a Triceratops
One week later, when the circus is close to the next city at the border close to Arturo, Randy told me that he has learned enough and it's time to test it in a real battle. So he wants me to send him to Monsters World.
"Sure. I heard from the werewolves that there are also many new unexplored dungeons they found. I told them to not clear the dungeon so we can get people to train there. If you want to, you can ask the werewolves about it," I said.
"That would be good. Thanks to you I have met your friends and also the vampires living in Cassau. But is it really okay to let monsters roam around in human country? What will happen if they decided to hunt other humans for blood?" Randy asked curiously.
"It won't happen. First, it's because there are many enemies. From criminals such as thieves to members of the cult. I told them that the vampires are free to join the guard in any city they want so they can drink the blood of the criminals. Second, they are loyal to their queen, Arin. Some of them were actually following the vampire king before I took them here, but now they have gotten along with Arin and the others and they agreed to let Arin be the representative of the vampires here. Lastly, Arin is addicted to drinking my blood. And she knows that she can't defeat me. So as long as I can give her some of my blood in exchange for her loyalty, it should be fine," I said.
There's also the fact that the vampires have enjoyed human cultures so much. And I taught them that if they kill human, they can't get the dresses they want anymore. Though that ended up with some vampires became tailors to make their own dresses. But many have given up because it was too difficult for the vampires.
"Your blood, huh? I see. And with that blood transfusion that you invented, it's easier for them to get blood since you can store it in the hospital. But what if the vampires decided to steal blood bags from the hospital?" Randy asked again.
"They won't. It has been a while since they came to this world. And they have seen enough to tell that I'm stronger and scarier than them. If they decided to steal some, I will hunt them down to wherever they run to. I have that power. Though it will be bad if they can somehow hide like this Evil God we're fighting against." I said.
.....
"...I guess you really can do that. Then, can I ask you for another favor? Once I'm done training in Monsters World, before I return back to this world, I want to spar with you," Randy requested.
I guess he's interested in seeing me in action. He has never seen me fighting after all. He only heard about me mostly from his sparring partner, which are Angela, Kayla, Candy, and few others, and they all told him that I'm much stronger than him. Even Angela couldn't defeat me. Though if it's her, I think she might be able to do it in the future.
"You can ask me right now though. But let's do it as you say. I also have a promise to spar with my disciple who has just finished her training in Monsters World," I said.
Jewel told me via Sonia that she has finished her training. And she thinks that her beastform right now is the strongest one she could get after traveling around in Monsters World for a while. That's why she wanted to test it against the strongest person she knows. Her master, me.
"Hmm... she's with my familiar, so maybe you can spar with her. She's the strongest werewolf I know. Just ask her," I said.
"Maybe I will. But I'll watch your match first," Randy said.
After he finished getting ready, I opened a portal to Monsters World. To the Monsters Village where monsters of three races are living together. Werewolves, elves, and angels.
"This is Monsters World? They look just like human though," Randy said as he looked at the monsters living there.
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"Yeah. Oh, that's Shelia. My werewolf familiar. She's running over here with... Is that Jewel?"
I can see outside the village that Shelia, who is in her wolf form, is running over here. She said that she was with Jewel, so I looked at the person next to her.
Wait, that's not really a person. And Jewel is not transformed into any type of rhinoceros that I know. She's big, and she has three horn. That's no longer rhinoceros! That's a Triceratops!
"...I guess she transformed so much that she becomes dinosaur. She looks tougher now," I said.
"If a lizard can become a dragon, why can't a rhino be a triceratops?" Victoria asked.
"Shouldn't it be that lizard becomes dinosaur? Oh, she's not stopping. I guess the spar is already begun. Randy, move aside," I said.
To make sure that the village is safe, I run toward the exit to face her there. Randy followed me at a safe distance. And seeing that we're here and didn't greet them, the werewolves, elves, and angels got interested. And they finally get it after seeing a triceratops and a wolf running here.
Shelia over there also moved aside and returns back to her werewolf form. She wants to watch the fight as well.
I stopped and prepare myself to receive her attack. And I just waited for her.
She's charging at me with her horns. Let's see how strong she has become.
There are three horns facing the front side. One on the nose, and two others on the forehead. And when Jewel is right in front of me, I grabbed the horn on her nose and stop it.
But I got pushed back. Even after using Aura of an Aura Master, I still got pushed back for about five meters. She's that strong now.
And it's not just her physical strength as a beastform mage. She has the help of the trait of the monster she transformed into. The ground under her feet is actually helping her to push me. But after I got pushed for five meters, I stopped her.
That's not the end. She used the power of her head and neck to lift me up. As I only use my strength to stop her, I can't do anything when I got lifted and thrown into the air. But that's not a good idea.
"Do you think it's a good idea to throw someone into the air when you know that they can freely move there?"
As soon as I got thrown, I kicked the air so I can go directly to her back trying to hit Jewel there. But she was quick as well.
She didn't dodge me by moving, but she undo her transformation and now she's in her human form. Wait, it's not her human form. It's her hybrid form where she wears armor.
"I KNOW THAT! AND I EXPECT THAT!" Jewel shouted as she throws a punch with her right.
But before her fist could reach me, she used lightning magic on my right side at the same time. She is using feint.
Well, it's not really feint because both attacks are real. She want to hit me with both her fist and her lightning magic.
But that's still easy for me to dodge. And I don't need to move much. I just need to grab the fist she's throwing at me and pull it so she loses her balance.
Because she didn't expect to lose her balance, she is in distress. And her lightning magic misses. And I put my fist on her cheek telling her that the match is over.
"Good strategy. If the opponent is not me. Though your screaming is louder than ever," I said.
"AAAH! I THOUGHT OF THE PLAN TO BEAT MASTER THE WHOLE NIGHT BUT I CAN'T EVEN GIVE HIM A SOLID HIT!" Jewel shouted.
Man, she's getting louder and louder. She's even louder than the audience who are clapping after watching the match.
"Using both fist and lightning at the same time. That might be good for me as well."
I heard what Randy is saying to himself. I guess he can also learn something from Jewel even when her lightning magic is still weaker than Candy's
"Hmm? Master, who is he?" Jewel asked.
"He's Randy. Albert's cousin. He's here because he said that he wants to train here before his mission," I introduced Randy to everyone.
"Hey! Wanna fight?!"
"Fight me instead!"
"No! Me!"
After I introduced Randy saying that he's here to train, the werewolves who loves battle asked him for a spar. He becomes popular right away. And no one here cares about his scars or tattoo. Except the curious Jewel.
"Alright. Randy, I will leave now. Jewel, what about you?" I asked.
"I will leave as well! I have been here testing myself against monsters so much that I got used to fighting them in close range. The cult is mostly mages. I need to return and retrain myself in fighting against mages!" Jewel said. She has returned to her original human form now.
"Good. Then see you guys later! Oh, and here's some food from Lina. Enjoy them," I said as I opened a portal to get the monsters here some food.
And now, the werewolves attention is not at Randy anymore. But to the food that I brought over.
I said good luck to Randy as I return with Jewel to our world. Just the two of us even though Shelia said that she wants to come as well.
I guess she wants to be the first one to fight Randy. I hope she won't kill him accidentally.
Chapter 675: Picking up All the Country Leaders
Two weeks after I sent Randy to Monsters World for him to train and gain experience, and it's time for the meeting between kings. Yuria and Patricia will be introduced there. There's also the issue of whether spirits can be tamed or not, and also about old man Henry's successor.
"I'm so nervous. This is the first time since our country opened up and we will finally meet other kings."
That's what Yuria keep saying to herself ever since I arrive here.
It's obvious that I will be the one in charge of picking everyone and bring them to the meeting spot. And the meeting spot this time is in Varadis since we're talking about old man Henry's successor.
"I think you're fine. There's no need to overthink it. But is it fine for your country? Your title as president is something that anyone can get as long as they receive people's recognition, right? You might be able to meet us now, but in the future, when you are no longer the president, what will happen?" Shirley asked.
"Oh, that's easy. And it's something I also learned from Victoria as well. Thanks to the TV. We will broadcast any information about the country. Not only about the result of our meeting with other countries, but also the situation in other cities so everyone is up-to-date with the recent issues. If someone wants to be the president in the future, watching TV and learning from the news is important. There's also newspaper as well, so it will be fine," Yuria said.
"I see. That way, your country might be more advanced than ours. I think that's something good," Shirley said.
.....
From time to time, Yuria would ask me to lend her Victoria for a bit. I guess this is the reason why.
Still, that's amazing. This way, even if the president is changing, they will know what happened previously. If it's a king, only a few people would know what happen. But this country lets everyone knows about it.
"Yeah. Just last week, the people learned about the truth of the Evil God Cult. Using media such as TV will make it easier for normal people to relate to the situation in their surrounding. And newspaper will help as well, but watching the news from TV is easier since people can do other things while watching," Victoria said proudly.
Why is she so proud? Whatever.
And Victoria said that there's a set time when the TVs will be turned on. And if there are no news, the one inside the screen will just say that everything is okay. There's no need to spread fake news.
But using this method means that it's easier to spread lies and fake news. So for now, the president herself needs to make sure the news to be spread are all have been confirmed to be the truth. And she still need to keep confidential information from the people as well. She will do all that alone until she can get someone to do it.
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"About that, I will bring some people that will help me. they will also follow me to the meeting along with Patricia. Is that okay?" Yuria asked.
"That's okay. The others also will bring some people. Though the meeting is still a secret. So make sure that they can really be trusted and can keep a secret. We can't let the cult know that we have someone who can freely use portal," Shirley said.
Yeah. My portal is... no. Everything about me is a secret weapon to use against the cult.
After Yuria and everyone from Rygis is ready, I opened a portal and brought them to a waiting room in the castle in Varadis. And I opened another portal to greet Albert next.
"You've brought President Yuria already? That means Shirley is there, right?" Albert asked me.
"Yeah. She said that she's going to meet Julia before the meeting start. So, who will you take along with you?" I asked.
"The usual. Marie and Miguel. Shirley is already there. And in this occasion, I'll bring Hector as well. Though once the meeting is over, I want you to get Hector back here right away," Albert said.
Now, who is Hector again? Is this guy the Prime Minister? Maybe.
Hmm... playing with the kings all the time make me forget even the Prime Minister.
Whatever. I just need to interact with Albert for Tatrama.
Next is Arturo. And I need to bring Fabio, Toni, Bernard, and even Luna, Carmen, and Harold. Kron and Breezy are there as well so I will bring them. I also need to introduce the spirit siblings to everyone.
After that, it's Consenza. It's the usual Lynn, Claudia, and Celestine's group.
And after I brought the representative from Consenza to Varadis, I no longer need to open a portal anymore. I just walked inside the castle casually while all the servants and guards there already know who I am. They respected me and some of them were afraid of me. Some even told me that their beloved friends or family were saved from a disease because of my knowledge.
Wait, how did they know that I'm the one spreading those knowledge? Did old man Henry spread them?
But if it's just a rumor of me being a doctor that was spread, I guess that's fine.
Imagine this. I became a famous doctor and surgeon. And I never thought that the Evil God that I'm thinking of killing everyday to be sick. So one of the cult members seek for my help to cure the Evil God. And when I meet him, I will slash Victosword around his neck and kill him.
And that's it. The story is over.
That would be great for me. But life is not as easy as that. Even with my knowledge and skill, if there are any doctors among the cult, they can learn it easily. After all, I'm not even the best doctor in my past life. Anyone can learn about it in a few years if I don't speed things up.
Even more if it's the cult. They won't care about how much sacrifice they need to make even the littlest progress.
If there's a doctor in the cult, they will cruelly use humans as experiment to find a cure if the Evil God is sick. So my wish to kill him easily won't be granted.
I finally enter the king's office where old man Henry is waiting. And beside him is a man older than me. he seems to be in his thirties. He must be the one who will succeed old man Henry as the king.
"I'm here! Old man, everyone has arrive now. They're entering the meeting room right now. You're the last one," I said right away as soon as I enter his office. And I saw old man Henry's normal expression as if it's something that he has experienced many times, and also a shocked expression of his son who never thought that I would be someone like this.
"...This guy is the amazing surgeon father talked about? He's so rude," the man said in disgust. If I'm a monkey I would throw my feces at his face.
...That's just me insulting myself, right?
"Don't be like that. It's good that we're at war with the cult right now. If not, he is just a dangerous person. If we leave him be, who knows what we will do. But now that we know him well, as long as we continue as his friends, he won't cause any problem. Just know that if not for the cult, he is the most dangerous person in the world. Picking a fight against him can only mean losing everything. But we know what he wants. As long as we help him destroy the cult and promise him peaceful life after that, he won't cause any trouble," old man Henry explained.
"Really? If father says so," the man said. But I don't think he believed old man Henry so easily.
"Is this the guy who will succeed you? Don't you think he's so rude?"
This time I asked old man Henry if his attitude is okay for a king.
"You both are rude. Don't worry. There's a reason I picked him. The only thing he needs right now is experience. As long as he has gained experience, I'm sure he could be a decent king. And I won't retire right away. I will just give him most of my job while I supervise him," old man Henry said.
A decent king? Not a good or a great one? I guess I shouldn't expect much from this guy then.
"Sure. If that's what you want. Let's go. And you, future king. This will be your first time experiencing portal. Get used to it since you will see it many times in the future," I said.
All the country leaders are already in the meeting room together with the people they brought. Other than them are my friends. Kayla, Angela, Candy, Jewel, Sophie, and the others.
It's to show to the new king and to the president who has just become our new friend that these people are someone they should never make a mess with if they don't want to fight me.
"Oh, beautiful lady over there! It must be fate that we meet! I'm the soon-to-be king of Varadis. And I claim you to be the queen of Varadis!"
...The next king of Varadis just grabbed Sophie's hand and as he confessed. He just makes me into his enemy. Let's kill him and pick a better person to be the next king.
Chapter 676: Stupid Future King
"Sigh... just after I told him to mind his manner. William, I told you to not make Roy your enemy. But you just straight up hitting on his girlfriend. I'm sorry everyone, he's still lack many things," old man Henry said.
So his name is William. Should I kill him? Right away?
Hearing that Sophie is my girlfriend, he only lets go of her hand and smiled confidently. Just where did that confident came from?
It's good if he's confident because he's smart. But if he's confident because he's an idiot, I will veto old man Henry's decision to make William as his successor.
"Ah, there's a kid as well here. Here, I'll give you some candies. Listen to your mom and don't cause any trouble, okay? We're having a serious meeting."
This time, he thinks that Patricia is a young girl. That's wrong. She's the oldest human here. Older than old man Henry who is the oldest king in this room.
Patricia doesn't like it how someone younger than her granddaughter called her a little kid. But she keeps her manner. Though she doesn't know what to do but just accept the candies offered to her.
.....
The people that Yuria brought with her are obviously angry at how William treats their master level mage like that. But Yuria stopped her. She's new here and she thinks that staying quiet is the best choice in this situation.
As I was about to lash out at him, he quickly move again and this time toward Julia.
"Oh, Julia! My expert level mage sister! The participant in the tournament who voluntarily lost her match to protect my father! The sister that I love the most! I'm glad to be here and meet you! Even though we're family, it's a very rare situation for us to meet! Let's take a seat. Now, let's start the discussion, shall we? What's the topic for everyone to come here?" William then sat at the seat for the people from Varadis.
...He's an idiot. He actually thinks that Julia gave up the tournament to protect old man Henry. But she actually lost fair and square. I can see that Julia is angry at him.
The others here except for those who came from Rygis sighed at his stupidity. I don't even want to kill him anymore. How about humiliate him?
And it's best for other countries if he's the next king. This way, the other kings knows that Varadis' future king is just a pushover. And William can only nod and obey next time they have a meeting once we humiliate him here.
After watching William's rude manner, old man Henry whispered something that only I can hear.
"Sorry about that stupid boy. He didn't even care about the tournament. During the tournament, he just spent his time with women he found. He's actually really smart, but he's too proud and lazy. Especially after knowing that Julia is an expert level mage. We're here so the others can see if he's worthy to be the next king or not. But I guess worthiness no longer matter. William will be used by the other kings for the rest of his life. But that's fine. I already have someone suitable to be the Prime Minister. Just because he's not a member of the royal family, he can't be the king. So I actually feel jealous after hearing Rygis country that have the people decide their leader."
That's a long whisper. But I guess he has prepared for it. And I think the other kings except for Yuria already knows about William seeing how they smiled.
Though it seems like no one is interested in starting the discussion. I guess I'll do it.
"Well, let's start from the new member of the alliance. Patricia, I'd like you to be the spokesperson from Rygis," I said to Patricia.
Although Yuria is the president, I need Patricia to introduce herself so William knows what he did wrong.
Patricia stands up and ready to speak. And I can see that William seems to be laughing seeing how a little girl is the representative of some unknown country. But his smile disappear soon after hearing Patricia's introduction. And his expression turned into fear and despair.
"Nice to meet you all. I'm Patricia. A master level wind mage who is protecting Rygis. And some of you have guessed, and probably have heard of the news as well, becoming master level mage will gain longevity. We're not immortal, but our growth will be slowed down. Although I look like this, I'm the oldest one here and I even have a granddaughter. Pleasure to meet you all."
That's what Patricia said. Everyone already expected that she's the master level mage, but they never expect that Patricia would look that young. They must have thought that Patricia is another person that Yuria brought.
"M-master level mage?! No way! That can't happen! She can't be a master level mage!" William shouted angrily.
"Of course she can. And since I don't think you notice it, most of the people here are expert level mage. Even the king of Arturo is an expert level mage. I know that you're proud of your sister, but you made a lot of mistake just a few steps after entering this room. Including the fact that Yuria actually lost the tournament fair and square. Now that you know, mind your manner. We're not here because Varadis is the top kingdom. So stop act stupid and learn how to be a king. Or you won't know what will kill you."
I put pressure on him. Not with Aura. Just a little bit of killing intent. And he's scared shitless. Except the shitless part might be wrong. But I don't want to make this place dirty so I remove my pressure before anything can come out.
"King Henry, congratulation on deciding your successor. I hope our kingdoms will be able to continue this friendly relationship in the future," Fabio said.
Oh, they like it how the future king of Varadis seems easy. I guess his fate in international relation is decided. I'm sorry about the future of Varadis. I hope he can be a decent king for the people at least.
Now that William is afraid to even speak. I don't think anything we say will be heard. But old man Henry is by his side and keep telling him to listen whenever he hang his head down. Good job, old man.
The topic is as we have said before. Introducing Rygis and the president. Including how the country works since the the other kings don't know how a country without king works. Old man Henry is listening carefully here. But I don't feel bad at William.
After that is the issue with spirits. I introduce Airy and Breezy who is with Kron. And I told them that there might be other spirits. Including other air spirits and other wind spirits.
"If they have just one spirit with them, there's no doubt that there will be more master level mages coming. But if there's only one type of elemental spirit, we can at least prepare countermeasure against that element. Roy, you have faced several master level mage already. What do you think?" Albert asked me.
"They have different element that has reached master level. So I don't think that they only have one type of spirit. But if they can somehow get Magic Stones easily, they can still reach master level faster than ordinary people," I said.
The deeper we got into discussion, the more William realizes the seriousness of the issues we're talking about.
And then we move on to the next topic. Varadis' next king.
"This is William. The one I chose as my successor," old man Henry said.
That's it. There's no more introduction. And William is too afraid to even say anything anymore. His sister just sighed seeing him begging for help.
"You need to learn some manner, future king. Though I'll try my best with all magic, Aura, and medical knowledge to make sure that old man Henry can still reign as the king for a few more decades. You're similar to your father in that you're seeking women. And even the former king of Arturo has a harem. But if you think that you can get away after flirting with my girlfriends, you're wrong. Not only because I will hunt you down. But because most of them are at least as strong as your sister Julia. You understand?"
William nodded his head rapidly after hearing my threat. He's still asking for his father and his sister's help. But they both know that I'm not someone to mess with. There's no way they would pick his side.
After that, we started talking about what more we learned from the cult. Lynn started it by saying that they joined the rebellion, but the rebellion is not instigated by the cult. Some cult members just joined the rebellion for different reason. Like wishing for violence. Or probably to speed things up in destroying the world.
Albert listened everything carefully so he can detect if someone is saying lies. And he also asks the others if they have recently got interact with anyone from the cult. He also asks William and he replied by saying that he never meet anyone from the cult.
Albert didn't see any lies from his word so I guess he can be trusted for now. But Albert didn't leak his ability to detect lies to other. Even to William. Because there's no need for more people to learn about his ability.
For now, the future king of Varadis has been tamed. That's the main goal of this discussion that even old man Henry acknowledge of.
Other thing is that we learned that William also willing to fight the cult. And it's not because of my pressure. At least he's smart enough to know who is the real enemy.
Chapter 677: The Meeting Ends
William has stopped being cocky. And the meeting progressing really well. Each of us received new information, but none of them are about the cult's headquarter. That's suck.
Yuria is no longer nervous. And she's doing well as a representative of her country. She's currently negotiating about exchanging the wind Magic Stones with from other countries.
Also, there are also issues with other smaller kingdom. Although the circus hasn't gone there yet, some countries have contacted those kingdom and ask for alliance. All of them rejected the alliance politely, so there's no need to force them to join. But we still need to investigate if those country has connection with the cult or not. So the circus will still go there.
The discussion of the main topics is over. And we're mostly in questions and answers session.
"Excuse me, but won't it be difficult if we only have one person responsible for transportation? We can't rely all the time with Roy," William asked politely.
I guess he's no longer acting cocky anymore. He started to talk politely to everyone.
"As long as I'm still alive, especially if it's related to the cult, you are free to use me as transportation method. But in case I can't do it for some reason, you can ask that guy up there to take you where you want to go. Using portal is faster, but he's still much faster than any other method of transportation."
.....
I pointed my finger to the ceiling. Everyone is looking above but no one is seeing anything. Until the guy I pointed at showed himself.
"Oh? It's my turn to show myself?"
The new friends we have looked above to see that the empty space above us is actually occupied by one huge flying serpent. All of them are shocked. Except for us who have gotten used to Spot.
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"It's not even my real size but you're already shocked? You need to get used to it quickly. I'm Spot. Half sea serpent, and half sky serpent. Nice to meet some of you for the first time. I'd like to show off my real size, but this place is too small," Spot said.
Seeing Spot above him, William shows his cowardice and start screaming as he looks at Spot and points his finger at the giant serpent.
"AAA! Monster! There's a monster there! Julia! Please kill that thing!"
Haha. He's embarrassing both old man Henry and Julia. Even though I have told him that we can use Spot to help us in transportation, he's still afraid. Though the him who was annoying turned into hilarious William. That's quite funny to me.
The guests from Rygis are also surprised. Including Patricia. Even though she must have somehow sensed Spot's presence because she's a master level mage.
"Hmm... I forgot to ask you to introduce the monsters as well. I never thought of it since all of them are obeying you. But I guess it doesn't matter anymore," Albert said.
"Right. Then I'll say it now. I actually made alliance with monsters as well. There's a whole community of werewolves, elves, angels, vampires, and some other individual monsters. Just know that if they didn't say anything, they are enemies. I have told them all to not attack humans unless they are criminals. Like some thugs or members of the cult. Most of them are in Monsters World. A world that summoners can actually come and go easily. Some are in this world, but they are under supervision. So it's safe for us in the alliance," I said casually.
I don't need to bring Shelia and the others here. I just need them to trust me that what I'm saying is right. If they don't, I don't care. At least I have warned them that even though we have monsters on our side, not all monsters are friends. There are more of them as enemies than friends. So they need to be on guard toward all monsters.
"It's not normal! This is not normal at all! Why is there no normal person at all in this room?!"
I thought that he has stopped being cocky. But William is still annoying to the end.
"A tamer can tame a monster, right? I just found a way to befriend some monster instead of using magic. That's all there is to it. It's actually quite normal to make friend. As long as the monsters can communicate with us through words, it's not impossible," I said.
"But it's still not normal! What cult?! What Aura?! What giant serpent?! What if it's all just in your head?! What if the cult didn't actually want to destroy the world?!" William keeps complaining. He has no dignity at all as the future king of Varadis.
"That means whatever they're going to do, destroying the world is the only way to get what they want. And we have already have evidences that they are dangerous. Even if they are not going to destroy the world, we have more than enough reason to start a war against them," I said.
William doesn't seem to understand the weight of the situation. The cult has attacked all of the countries of the people here. Even in his kingdom. And that's the reason why old man Henry picked him to be the next king. Because the previous candidate wants him to die.
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"William. You're embarrassing us. You remember about how many of your siblings died in a single night, right? I have told you that they are related to the cult and are targeting me. And I won't be the only target since we have seen what they do to Arturo. They made Harold's sons and daughters fighting and killing each other. That can happen to you as well. And we're trying to prevent anything like that from happening ever again. You're still stupid today. That's why I need you to join this meeting in hope you can be a bit brighter," old man Henry said.
About the case where many of his siblings died, it's all Spot who killed them easily. With just a single breath, he destroyed even the mountain near there.
Still, this William is too stupid. I feel like he has nothing for him to protect. And that's the worst trait if he wants to be a king.
And then Albert started to talk.
"William. I'm younger than you but I'm already responsible for my kingdom. And I will tell you why you are here. It's to make us from other kingdoms think that you are just a pushover. And it works well. In the future, when you become the king, we will continue to think of you as a pushover. But even if you're bad in international relationship, a king has to take care of his people and his country. Do you think you have what it takes to be a king? If not, then I suggest you to give up from ascending to the throne. It will be a loss for us since the pushover will be gone, but I don't want the people of Varadis to suffer because of your idiocy."
Albert is being straightforward and says that William is not going to be a good king at this point. It's a shame that we won't have a pushover that we can give order easily if William decided to give up. But I guess this is for the best as well.
If William still persist to be a king and he ended up not doing a good job in it, I might not have a peaceful life that I want.
I already got the kings to promise me a peaceful life after the cult is destroyed. But it won't be for long if William is the king and he's still acting stupid. I guess it's good that Albert reminds him about it.
William just sat there speechless. Old man Henry should have gotten a candidate for the king much earlier than this. But too many things happened and he can only decide the future king recently. So William missed a lot of things that he needs to know.
He can learn from now. But if he's still aiming for my girlfriends, I will kill him.
"Well, it's something that all leader of a country has to go through. Since old man Henry will still continue reigning as the king, we don't have to worry about William currently. He's old man Henry's problem, not ours. He can still learn by watching old man Henry works. Anyway, is there anything else that we can talk about today?"
Fabio swiftly changes the topic. I guess this is more important. And he needs to teach William to take care of the most important thing first rather than thinking about other useless stuffs.
"Oh, the circus has just left that small kingdom near Arturo. That kingdom doesn't seem to have any connection with the cult. Each of you will have a more detailed report from the agents in the circus. Except for Yuria. We can't just accept new recruits for the circus mid-tour. But don't worry. If there's anything important, we will inform you as well via Sonia," I said.
The circus is now in Arturo's territory. And I told the kings that we are going to reach Bernard's territory soon. Luna then can watch the circus there. She looks so happy when I said that. I'll bring the other children as well to watch.
With that, the meeting is over. And I brought everyone back to their home while I will stay in Varadis for a while. There are some doctors who wants to meet me and ask me some questions here.
But it's still troubling. We still haven't found any clues about the cult. When can we ever destroy them?
Chapter 678: Humans in Monsters World
"That was a good show. It's a shame that Fabio is too busy and can't watch the show."
The show in the city Bernard is in charge of is over. It went well without any problem. And I greeted Bernard after the show is over.
He told me how it's a shame that the king is busy. But I can understand that. At least I hope he can make appearance during the show in the capital. He should. He even watched my show in Cassau. And it will be in his city. Though that will be in a few months until we arrive there.
Other than Bernard and his wife, Carmen and Luna were here as well. So I also brought Alan, Lana, Daniel, and the children from the orphanage. Harold who has retired from his position is here as well. Though I can tell that he's focused more on the performance of our female members. But Carmen was there with him to hit him every time he's glancing at the girl lustfully.
Now that I have known him for a while already, I still can't believe that he used to be a king. He must have a lot of stress and can only be relieved now.
It was horrible back when I found him. Getting injured all over his body and he couldn't even stand. It took him a few months until he can walk on his own.
But he should be happy to have Carmen by his side and not looking for other women. Though thanks to Carmen watching him, Harold is not like that stupid William who thinks he can do anything he wants without repercussion. But I don't think he'd dare to do it again.
.....
"We'll be staying in this city for a while to gather supplies for our next journey. Though I will probably roaming around. It's a good time for the living armor to play in Tatrama since the circus has left the kingdom," I said.
"I see. Take care then," Bernard said.
But before he left the circus tent, Sonia appears right in front of us bringing new reports. Something that could be dangerous for us.
"Roy. We found humans in Monsters World. Randy and several werewolves are tracking them for afar, but since they can't get any closer. We don't know what they're planing yet."
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Humans? In Monsters World already? Oh shit. If the cult decided to gather up more power from the Monsters World, that might be dangerous. Even if master level mages are dangerous, some monsters might actually be stronger than master level mages. Like Andro the Kaiser Dragon for example.
If they can force powerful monsters to submit to them, there's no need at all for the cult to recruit more members. Maybe the currently frequent Evil God Cult recruitment that I encountered before was actually a distraction for us to think that they are developing their strength here. But in truth, they are actually in Monsters World.
This is bad. Which mean they have realized that summoner can open a portal to Monsters World. Or maybe, the thing that the Professor invented, the one called Rocket Ship by Victoria, is finished by someone else. And that thing can go back and forth between this planet and the moon. Taking people or even monsters with it.
"What?! In Monsters World?! That's bad, isn't it? Who's there right now?"
Harold who was talking with Carmen heard Sonia and asked me who's in Monsters World right now.
"Other than the monsters, there's only one agent that I know to be in that world for training. He's Randy. Albert's cousin. An amazing guy who is both smart and strong. Though he's currently sharpening his magic in Monsters World. After all, He just learned about magic control recently," I said.
"Oh, I think I have heard about him before from Albert's father. He said that that boy could be a better king than Albert. But he chose to be a lord of a small territory," Harold said.
I guess Harold knows about Randy. Randy is still the nephew of the former king of Tatrama back when he was still in the capital. So it's normal for a king of another country to know about him.
Randy is so good that he learned a bit of magic control by himself, but what he learned is not for fighting. Still, after the others taught him a bit, he learns everything by himself. And that's amazing. Just a little more time, and he might be able to think about using magic control by himself.
...Wait, if that's the case, doesn't it mean that he could be the one who invented about magic control teaching in my past life? But I have never heard about him before though. Well, it's him after all. He might be using some kind of alias.
If he is that strong and smart in my past life, he might be the reason why Tatrama is the longest to fight back against the cult. But in the end, he failed. And both our world and Monsters World are destroyed as a result and bringing me back into the past.
"He said that he won't show himself to the kings after I invited him. It's best if less people know about him. But he said that you and old man Henry might know about him since Albert's father used to boast about him, so I can tell you about him. Anyway, I'll be going there. Sonia, tell the other kings that we found humans in Monsters World," I said before I told Burnes and the others that I'm leaving.
I brought the children back home. Harold, Carmen, and Luna will stay here with Bernard even though I brought them here using portal from the capital.
"Kron is using the capital as his base. There are many location near there that he'd like to go so he said that he will mostly roaming around that area. Since he's there, we can leave Fabio's protection to him," Carmen said.
I guess that's true. Though Fabio himself is an expert level mage, so he might not need protection. He's currently the strongest king in this continent. But since he becomes busy with his duty as the king, he might not be able to improve his level anymore.
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And that's why Harold can stay on vacation for as long as he wants since he's retired. But he's still a former king of a country. He will support Fabio from behind.
Carmen is also important figure in the country since she's an expert level mage. So they said that they're just going to move around in Arturo with just the three of them, including Luna.
Luna's ability in seeing the future is too great and also too dangerous if the enemy knows about it. But it's not like we can force her to stay with Fabio. That's why Carmen and Harold decided to let her see everything and and raise her so she can decide for herself what's the best for her.
I just hope that she won't be my enemy when she becomes an adult. Let's quickly destroy the cult so I will disappear and live in a peaceful place. Far from control of any of the kings. That way I won't have to worry about making Luna as my enemy. Though I don't think she has any reason to think of me as her enemy.
...I know that I have terrible personality, okay. I don't know what I will do in the future even if I want to live in peace.
I used a portal on Randy's location to ask him what he found out about.
"So far, no one seem to notice me. But I can't tell if they have master level mages or not. Maybe they noticed that I'm here, but they won't do anything since they are thinking that there's only monster in this world other than them," Randy explained.
Maybe if they have master level mage, they will think that Randy is a unique monster who can use multiple elements.
"Alright. What should we do then?" I asked.
"I have some ideas. For now, we'll get the werewolves turned into their wolf form so no one will think that they are werewolves. They will probably just think of them as slightly stronger wolves. And they will try to eavesdrop on those people. Can we do that?" Randy asked.
"There were three werewolves who have been trained in sneak mission. One of them is in the village. I'll ask him to get close to them. But for now, I don't think that there are any master level mages among them. None of them noticed that I'm looking. Master level mage should notice. So we are safe for now," I said.
I used portal to go to the village and asked the werewolf who can do sneak mission to track those people. Surprisingly, that werewolf is teaching other weaker werewolves about espionage. So we have a group of Spy Werewolves!
Seems like after I became their king, some of them realizes their shortcoming so they decided to pick something else instead of fighting. Though even the weakest adult werewolf here is already at the level who can defeat a group of advanced level mages on their own. So we have amazing lineups of werewolves.
And there are even some angels and elves mixed in. Though they can't do much about hiding, it's still good that they are trying to learn something.
And so, we decided to follow what those humans are going to do in this world. I don't think they're here for a friendly interaction with the monsters. But for now, let's watch them.
Chapter 679: Who Are They?
"What do you think they're doing in Monsters World?"
While we were watching the group of humans whom we found in Monsters World, Randy asks me that question. I guess I never told him about summoners from the past.
"We summoners can make a contract with monsters in this world like how tamer does. But we can't use the same magic in our world. The biggest difference is portal, I guess. Summoners can summon their familiars wherever they are, but tamers can only call their familiars when they're close. If they are summoners, they should be here to make a contract with a monster. And tamers should be looking for a lot of monsters and get the summoner to return them back to our world.
"There's also Pear-y Fruit. That fruit helps us summoners so we can get more than one familiars. We can get an extra familiars to make a contract with when we advance to the next level. But we can use it only twice. After that, we need to eat another Pear-y Fruit. I already have four familiars and will be able to make a contract with a new monster once I reached master level. But Pear-y Fruits are rare in our world and not in this world. So if they are from our world, and they are summoners, they can only have one familiar," I explained.
"Oh, I see. But there's no young people among the group. I don't think they are here to make a contract," Randy guessed.
There are ten people in the group. And we still don't know if they are members of the cult or maybe they are from this world. Maybe they just look like human but they are actually monsters. Or maybe they are descendant of summoners from our world who left our world and decided to live here. We don't know yet.
We can't tell until we investigate even further.
.....
"Summoners in recent years, until before I introduce them how a summoner should be, at least to our allies only, are cruel toward their monsters. Because it's totally random. If we get something we don't like, we will kill that monster so we can have an open spot for a familiar. We do it until we get a summon that we like. My guess is that if they are summoners, they are looking for powerful monster to make a contract with. And they will kill their own monster first. So it doesn't matter if they are young or old," I explained.
"I see. If they are summoners, you might be right. On that note, did you try to kill your monster?" Randy asked.
"In my past life. Back then, it was just Blobby the Black Slime. Victoria's consciousness wasn't there yet. So I tried to kill it over and over again, but I failed," I said.
"Hearing about you trying to kill me doesn't feel good at all. Let's change the subject. Are we just going to watch over them without doing anything?" Victoria asked.
Not just Randy and I. The werewolves who learned sneaking skills were also trying to get close to that group. And I told them to just watch their moves and listen to what they say if possible.
""Yes.""
Both Randy and I replied at the same time.
Randy then explained, "We have no idea why they are here and how they are here. If they came through portal, we need to be careful if they have monsters that can duplicate themselves like you. But if they use some sort of transportation, that means capturing that Professor alone is not enough to stop them from inventing something new. But if we can damage their transportation those people won't be able to return."
If they are summoners, they can easily go back to our world. And what if they have tamers as well? Those tamers can easily tame as many monsters as they want in this world before returning to our world. That is dangerous.
Why is tamers rarer than summoners? I don't think we have many tamers in our rank. And the tamers we have mostly make a contract with a werewolf, elf, and angels after I introduce them. Though those species are still good because they can still grow. But the tamers still need an even stronger monster.
Maybe not just stronger. Maybe just useful for one trick as well. Like that summoner who have a mole as his familiar. That is good.
But I heard that having too many monsters is too big of a burden for tamers. But I don't know because there are no tamers I know who have tried to tame too many monsters.
"Roy, I need you to check the surrounding to see if there are any transportation device for them to come here. I don't think they have walked too far in this unknown world. If so, they must have left that thing somewhere. I'll stalk them a bit longer," Randy suggested.
"Then I have a suggestion to you. You remember Spot, right? I introduce you to him before. And I think you had a spar with him as well. He can use camouflage along with someone he's touching. With him wrapping your waist or wherever you want, the have less chance of finding you," I said
"Alright. That's good. Please call him right away.
I contacted Sonia to ask Spot if he's free and I got immediate response. So I opened a very small portal where the small-sized Spot enter and quickly wrapped his body around Randy's waist.
"If you want, you can ask him to take you anywhere. He can still use his camouflage skill when he's huge as well," I said.
"I'll do that. Spot, turn big enough so I alone can ride," Randy said.
Spot then turns a bit bigger and just enough for Randy to sit on top of him. And they fly before Spot use camouflage to make them invisible.
"...if Spot is a broomstick that would be great," Victoria suddenly said.
"I think Spot being a living creature is much greater than if he's a broomstick. Why would you think that he'd be great as a broomstick?"
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I still don't get Victoria's reference. Her world is confusing as usual. Can their broomstick shoot breath attack?
I summoned Ray and we move around to see anything in the surrounding. If those people are wind mages, I also need to check further area.
Using Ray's speed, we checked the surrounding in one hour. But we didn't find anything. Our guess is that they are summoners indeed. Or at least one of them.
If there's only one summoner there, and the other nine are tamers, it will be bad. Though if the monsters they encountered prove to be too much for them, that would be great. They die, and they can't get any report back to where they from. If they're from the cult.
But what if they are inhabitant of this world? Like my other guess, summoners in the past move to this world and these people are their descendant. Will it be easy to get them to join us?
Though I don't think they would like to join us fighting the cult even if we explain things to them. Why would they enter danger when they are living peacefuly? But they can only call it living peacefully here if they are strong enough to face monsters here. The monsters in this world are far stronger than the same monsters in our world after all.
"There's nothing at all. But maybe there are some further away from here. And we can't tell yet if their summoner have eaten Pear-y Fruit or not. So maybe they have more than one familiar already. What should we do?" I asked Randy after reporting him that I found nothing.
"It's better if we can get close to them. But seeing that this is Monsters World, those people should be on guard at all time. We can't get too close easily and try listening to them. And if they found another human can come to this world, their summoner might return back to our world right away to give report if they are part of the cult. We can't show ourselves to them yet," Randy said.
So, we can only see from afar. Until suddenly, a werewolf running in the air to where we are flying. He keeps kicking the air near us so he can stay in the air, so I told Spot to get bigger for him to stand.
"My King! Please let me approach them and see what they will do. I will act as a wild wolf and see if they are going to make a contract with me or not. If you find a chance, you can capture them all easily," the werewolf said.
"You mean testing them if they can make you their familiar? Are you sure?" I asked.
"I'm sure. After all, even if I ended up becoming their pet, you will kill the summoner and free me right away. I have nothing to be afraid of," he said.
I looked at Randy and he nodded in agreement. We both think that what this werewolf said is the best plan we can think of. And maybe I should try to remember every single werewolf that I lead.
"Alright. If you're sure about it, then let's do your plan. If there's a fight, think of surviving first before killing them. I won't help you right away. I'll watch first before making action," I said.
"I will do as you say. Wish me luck, my King," he jumped from Spot's back.
He's smart that he didn't run toward those people right away. He landed a bit far from them before transforming into his wolf form and approach those humans.
Chapter 680: Forcing Them to Retreat
"Let's get closer. You have fought and sneak attacked on many expert level mages, right?" Randy asked me after I sent that werewolf as a decoy.
"Yeah. What about it?" I asked back.
"According to Kayla, I'm already good enough in hiding my magic from other expert level mages' magic detection. But I have never tried it in a real situation. I want you to judge how close we should get before they can notice me. We will watch them from there," Randy suggested.
"Alright. Since we're in the air, I hope none of them will fly toward our location. If they do, they might detect us. I'll go with you on Spot's back. Ray, you watch on the werewolves. Make sure that none of them start a fight without thinking," I ordered Ray.
"I'll go with Ray. In case you have new order, you can tell me telepathically. Ray can't speak after all," Victoria said.
I jump from Ray's back and land on Spot's back. While Ray and Victoria will look after the other werewolves, we will watch the werewolf who is trying to get closer to those humans. If they are weak, that werewolf can kill them all alone. But that's not what we want. We need to know what they're after. We need them to live. At least until we know what they're here for.
"You can speak to your monster telepathically? First time I've heard of that skill," Randy asked curiously.
.....
"Hmm? Oh, that's normal. Do you even know any summoners or tamers who have made a contract with monsters that can speak our language? They will never know if they can communicate telepathically because their familiars can't respond well. Also, it's something I can do well after my summoner level increased. At advanced level, I can slightly feel that I can communicate telepathically. But when I reached expert level, it was much clearer," I explained.
"That means it will be a huge problem if the cult have smart monsters with them," Randy said.
"That might be true. I don't know the reason why, but the cult has experimented on those smart monsters to the point that their mind is breaking and can't talk anymore. My familiar, the archangel Graham, had his sister modified heavily and she even think of her own brother as her enemy. My guess is that they don't know yet how to utilize telepathy communication yet since their level is too weak."
That's what I think. Though if it's not for Randy right now, I won't ever think about it. But if my guess is correct, that would be great. I don't want them to have any way of long-distance communication like we do.
"I hope you're right. Because if they know about it, they can easily contact someone from afar and we would have many loses already," Randy said.
Now that I think about it, he's right. We achieved so many victories against the cult so far because we have Sonia. If the cult has any type of long distance communication device, either they made it or they use monster, our victories won't be this smooth.
And with us investigating these people, we can find out about it. It's something important that I just realized thanks to Randy.
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Hmm... Maybe if I have Kayla stay with me more, she could think about it as well. But I let her move on her own. I guess that's fine. I'll just talk more with her from now on.
Spot stopped at a safe distance from the humans group. They won't detect us unless they fly toward our direction. And this far is good enough for us to see what the werewolf is doing.
"Hey, there's a wolf here," One of the men said.
"Hmm? It's just a wolf. Even if the monsters in this world are stronger than the same monsters in our world, we don't have to tame them. There are many other stronger monsters than a wolf," another said.
"But this one looks stronger. And we're just taming it anyway. If that thing is too weak, we can just kill it later when we find stronger monster. Since it's just one wolf, I'll do it. It might be good for tracking since wolf has good sense of smell."
Seems like battle is unavoidable. I told him that survival comes first. So he won't just mindlessly enter battle.
...That's only if he can endure his desire for battle. But I'll just trust him. Werewolves after all monsters that follow their king. And as long as I'm their king, they will hold back their desire as long as I told them to.
The man saying that he will tame the werewolf started attacking. And he used advanced level wind magic. I guess they have someone who can fly already.
It was just an advanced level wind magic. And the werewolf, or I guess the wolf since he's in wolf form right now, swayed his front paw and block the Wind Slash. His paw has a small scratch there but that's okay. His regeneration skill will heal him in an instant.
But blocking that magic alerted the others in the group. Now he will be surrounded.
"It's strong! Everyone, surround that wolf!"
Without hesitation, the others followed that order and move to surround the wolf. But the wolf is fast and they can't surround him at all. Especially since I told him to survive. There's no way that he will let those people surround him easily.
The first guy to attack wants to block the wolf from the sky, so I told Spot to get some distance.
They are keep trying to fight the wolf. They know already that he's strong, so they are probably trying to injure him as much as possible and then make a contract with him. But looking at their strength it's impossible for them to do that.
The strongest ones among them are the expert level water mage and expert level fire mage. But they can't attack together or the fire will be extinguished by the water. They shouldn't have been in the same group.
"Hmm... I think we need a change of plan," Randy suddenly said.
"Is there anything wrong with this plan?" I asked.
"No. But it will take too much time. Let's get him pretend to escape. We will fly next to him without anyone noticing and I will tell him a better plan," Randy said.
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A better plan? I guess that's much better than just waiting. Let's do as he says.
The wolf is facing ten people in front of him. And he seems shocked when he saw me suddenly appear. I told Spot to undo his camouflage while we're in his line of sight.
When he notices me, I used hand gesture to told him to escape to an open space nearby. He then quickly go toward the location I told him to.
"Chase after it! If we can get that wolf, our force will be stronger!"
When the wolf is quite far from them, I had Spot fly low next to him. And we didn't move fast so the group can still chase after the wolf later.
"Just fight them. Make sure they get hurt enough to make them retreat. We will then follow where they're retreating. That place should be where they make their base at," Randy said.
The wolf looked at me first for confirmation so I nodded. It's better if we can find where they are staying at.
"But won't it be suspicious if I suddenly fight back and win?" the wolf asked.
"Then get yourself surrounded by them. When that happens, howl so the other werewolves will come and help. I'll tell Victoria to get them understand our plan," I said.
"I understand. I'll pretend that I'm tired from running then."
The wolf slowed down and we fly again at a distance. And I forgot to ask his name again. Whatever.
The other side soon caught up with him and surround him. Just as they started feeling happy, the wolf howled and called the other wolves. Now the wolves are the ones surrounding the humans.
A fight occur. The werewolves are doing well despite the fact that they are not fighting in their werewolf form. And finally, they injured three people. Those three people are bleeding badly but they won't die. If they are from the cult, usually the others will ignore them and retreat. But they didn't do so.
They escaped while supporting the injured men. Are they not from the cult? Or maybe their mission is too important to let someone die because of wolves. We won't know until we found out more about them.
"Good. Spot, please follow them. And Roy, tell the werewolves to chase after them from afar. They know that wolves have good sense of smell so it will be suspicious if they don't chase after them," Randy said.
And so we followed those men. They keep talking to each other to quickly return to the base so they can heal the injured people.
Since it's their base, I guess there are more people over there. And maybe they have master level mage as well. But whatever the case, we can't let those people be since they are in this world.
Even if they are not with the cult, we still need to find out more about them. Because I don't want them to ever find the Monsters Village. As long as I'm their king, I will protect them.