Chapter 59: Chapter 59

[Name: Gunner

Race: Half-Human, Half-Giant (Royal Blood)

Class: Vanguard (Auto-generated)

Subclass: Open

HP: 180/180

MP: 13/13

Level: 1

Exp: 0/100

Strength: 12

Agility: 6

Endurance: 15

Intellect: 13

Charisma: 16

Luck: 9

Physical Status: Healthy

Mental Status: Calm

Affection: Friendly lvl max

AP: 0

SP: 0

Skills: Engage - Lv.1

Spells: None.]

Darius was surprised to see that Gunner had better starting stats than he did. Well, it should be a given since Darius was an average 13-year-old who hadn't exercised much compared to Gunner who was half-giant.

Darius had started out with poor physical stats while Gunner happened to be above average in all categories except for Agility and Luck.

The real shocker though, was that Gunner had the same level of Intellect as Portia!

And his Charisma was even higher than Darius'. Not to mention his intense gaze, that thing would intimidate foes and enthrall maidens, so Darius was willing to concede on this matter.

This made the fellow nod as he observed his handsome Branded Servant who was currently familiarising himself with his Character menu.

A very interesting thing to note was that Gunner's subclass was set to 'open', indicating that he could acquire one later on. Since his Intellect was impressive, Darius was contemplating whether he should set him up with a spell-casting subclass.

There were 4.5 Conversion Points left for the day, so the question now was what to do with them. Should Darius get his Branded Servant another Vanguard skill, something which might able to grant him a subclass or should he proceed in making preparations for his own plans?

Darius then realized that there was no rush. Foldo would need about a week to execute his plan in getting the bandits together and ready, so all he had to do was wait until then.

"Let us return, Gunner." Darius commanded as he took out a House Portal scroll. Since Gunner did not have a map function, he obviously could not set a homebase for himself, so Darius was betting that his own would work for Gunner as well.

However, as a failsafe, he handed Gunner a Short Warp scroll and told him where to teleport to in case the first one failed. Making sure Gunner understood what he was saying, Darius then activated the teleport.

Upon appearing in his room in Poleria's Homestead, Darius was pleased to see that Gunner had appeared right along with him, meaning that his House Portal Scrolls would be able to take his Branded Servants along with him.

The only thing left to test would be whether those scrolls required them to be in close proximity to each other or if it could occur at any range. If it was the former, it would be hard to get his Branded Servants to work away from his person.

Gunner marveled at the well-decorated noble's bedroom. Darius chuckled at his actions and then realized that the boy before him was still half-naked, with only a pair of shorts keeping him from trundling about in his birthday suit.

Seeing the issue, Darius decided that he needed to get something tailor-made for him at his current size.

Suddenly, Darius had a great idea. Since his Branded Servant would need to have some protection to fulfill his role as a tank, he planned to create the perfect armor for him.

He went over to the wardrobe and pulled out a random piece of cloth. Making sure its quantity was enough, he then concentrated.

[Would you like to change the yard of cloth into a skin-tight polymer suit? This will cost 4 Conversion Points.]

Darius was pleased to see that such a thing actually did exist, so he accepted the change which ate up most of the remaining Conversation Points for the day. To Gunner's shock, he saw his master change a piece of cloth into a dark-black attire that was made up of strange patterns.

Darius threw it over to Gunner and commanded the fellow to wear it. Turning around, he heard the Vanguard grunting as he struggled to wear the suit, eventually managing to do so competently after about 3 minutes.

Darius turned around to inspect Gunner and was impressed yet displeased. Impressed because the suit perfectly fit Gunner without constricting him, but simultaneously displeased because it showed far too much of his body.

Darius took another roll of cloth and measured it carefully. Then, he threw it over to Gunner after cutting it up a bit and told him to wrap it around his waist.

The cloth went perfectly around the half-giant and covered his privates more suitably. Darius had to admit, like this, Gunner looked really extraordinary.

The black skin-tight polymer's design and his well-built body came together to give him the aura of a powerful fighter, while the grey cloth that wrapped around his waist gave him the look of an emerging deity.

Darius chuckled, thinking that his nephews would have described Gunner's current looks as 'the last boss'. Gunner continued to stretch his body to see how he would manage with this attire, but found that it was actually perfect and felt like a second skin.

Darius inspected the polymer suit to see what it offered compared to the ones he remembered from his own company's R&D labs on Earth.

[Synthetic Polymer Suit Version 3.0 - Armor

Durability: 1000/1000

Quality: Perfect

Defense: 30

Resistance: 30

Description: A suit made of a unique sequence of molecules that are greatly resistant to all forms of damage, magical or physical. Created through pure Transmutation.]

Darius was flabbergasted. It turned out that the elitist ability had once again outdone itself as it took the average polymer suit and perfected it.

Darius assumed Resistance was in regards to magical defense since he guessed that Defense must stand for physical defense. It wouldn't make much sense otherwise.

High durability, perfect elasticity, and good defense as well as resistance. All for 4 CP, making Darius understand that he truly needed to widen his horizons.

He had only guessed such an item might exist because Gravitas was truly a technological continent that even had androids and the like, so it seemed reasonable to assume they would definitely have synthetic polymer suits.

Before today, he would have never attempted such a Transmutation because he would not have known it was even possible for a world like this!

Knowledge is power! The more he knew, the more he could create! This was how he might be able to beat the first rule of his Transmutation ability!

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Chapter 60: Chapter 60

Darius moved to sit down on the couch while he told Gunner to relax. The large lad appeared to be restless in his new environment and proceeded to explore the huge chamber and all its decorations.

Darius left him to it while he removed the Digital Tablet from his Inventory and turned it on. Once the tab came on, Darius quickly understood that it had to have been pre-owned, and likely by a little girl at that.

The reason for this conclusion was the over-saturation of the color pink within the tablet's software. Pink theme, pink-ish wallpaper, and pink buttons.

Fortunately for Darius, they hadn't bothered to password lock their device, probably due to being too young to know any better.

Whatever the case, Darius easily navigated the menus and factory reset the entire device. If this item had belonged to an adult, he would have carefully perused all pictures, documents, and music to ascertain the culture and style of Gravitas more intimately.

However, since it belonged to a child or teenager, he was not interested in finding out. This was not a pragmatic choice at all, but one fueled by his own emotions and personal beliefs.

Well, the beauty of being his own man was the fact that Darius did not need to justify or explain his actions to anyone but himself, especially since he hardly surrounded himself with equals who would slow him down.

After waiting for the tablet to clean itself out, Darius went through the initial set-up and registered it under his name. Darius then checked the about page in the settings to see the specs of this tablet and was surprised to find that it had 400 TB of space despite its small size.

He chuckled over the default apps and basic themes. The style of this Gravitas tablet was similar to Earth back in the early 2000s. Darius, who was born in the 2060s, only knew of those things from history books and pop culture.

After playing around with a few features, he switched off the tablet and rummaged in his Inventory once more. He pulled out the steel spear he had upgraded from the iron one a few days ago.

[Steel Spear - Weapon

Durability: 100/100

Quality: Perfect

Damage: 12-17

Description: A sharp and balanced spear made of high-grade steel and the best possible craftsmanship. Created through pure Transmutation.]

Seeing that there was still a lot of daylight left, Darius decided to bring Gunner with him as they refined their teamwork in battle, but not before Darius also inspected what Gunner's only skill was.

[Engage - Level 1 Skill

Cost: None

Description: As a Vanguard, you must be able to stand at the forefront of battle and pave the way for your allies. This skill aggroes all enemies within 5 meters of the user.]

Darius nodded, this was exactly what he wanted. A Branded Servant who could attract enemy attention away while he dished out the necessary damage.

Making sure everything was set, Darius exited his room with Gunner in tow. On his way out, he saw Shanks talking to Derek while patting his son on the shoulder.

Both father and son were smiling about something, yet were shocked when they saw Darius appear, especially since he was accompanied by a stranger. Seeing them, Darius approached the duo and greeted them.

"Good day, Sir Shanks and Friend Derek. How are you today?"

Shanks replied for the duo. "Good day, Master Darius. All's well on the farm and we thank the Gods for that."

Shanks' eyes fell on Gunner as it seemed like he wanted to say something, but wasn't sure how to put it. Darius chuckled and introduced his servant.

"This here is Gunner. He is a powerful half-giant warrior working for my house and my personal guard. He only arrived recently thanks to my family's tracking and refuses to leave my side." Darius introduced him while making sure to complain with a sigh.

Once they heard this, the duo relaxed and even shared a knowing look. Shanks was very familiar with the methods of the noble houses while Derek was intuitive. The duo instantly understood more of Darius' supposed background and why he was here.

In their minds, Darius had to be a runaway scion who had set out to explore the world and play around with his magic under the guise of 'experiments'. Otherwise, why the hell would a noble lad like him be all the way out here?!

Now that he had been 'found', it was likely he wouldn't be staying much longer with them. This relieved Shanks and Derek because, unlike Portia, they were wary of the troubles that could come with housing a noble scion for long.

For one, if something happened to Darius and his noble family found out that they had been housing him, it would be extremely troublesome to resolve that issue.

If they couldn't find the actual culprits, it was practically guaranteed that the homestead would have to become a scapegoat, yet they couldn't outright sack Darius either.

Him leaving on his own was the best possible outcome!

Shanks grinned. "No worries, Lord Darius. Friend Gunner can stay for as long as you will be with us, no problem."

Darius nodded gratefully, but grumbled under his breath. "Not like that will be much longer anyway."

His grumble was done in a murmur, but he purposefully said it loud enough that both Shanks and Derek would be able to hear it. Both male members of the Torniam family practically lit up as they bid farewell to Darius, their shoulders visibly much lighter.

Darius watched them leave with their smiles. His eyes flashed into serpentine slits for a split-second but returned to normal in the very next instant.

Gunner, who had been looking at Darius the whole time, flinched slightly but did not comment on it, instead his intense gaze returned as his eyes narrowed.

Gunner had never seen such a phenomenon in his life, but his intuition told him that in the split-second Darius' eyes had morphed, he had been looking at a source of evil and malevolence that should rival even the demons of Armadon.

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