Chapter 207: Carnelian
" You... cannot convince me, Umbra... Crimson was like a father to me, and you want to kill him? "
" With every fiber in my body. "
"... W-why... he was nothing but good to you... "
" He is a threat. If I want control of Origin, he must be eliminated. "
" He hates Origin-! Don't you get it? He doesn't care about the guild anymore, he despises us-! He despises Ruby, He despises the council, every time he looks at one of us he gets furious-! "
" And because of that, he despises me. I cannot leave a loose end. "
" You are... insane. Remember the council's decision? We aren't supposed to interfere with him anymore-! He eliminated the entirety of the reserve soldiers by himself-! "
" And who's fault is that? Ruby's. That girl cost us millions of lives and gold, and that war? She basically screwed our entire foundry, she destroyed our economical intakes, she even lost our mutualists. "
" ... I ... still advise you this, do not anger him. Those assassins you send, they make him stronger. If you lose, we could never beat him. "
" I won't lose. "
Arrogant asshole. This FUCKING UAAHHGGG.
I FUCKING HATE THIS GUY-!
... Ha.. alright.
What do I do... Umbra certainly will lose against Cobalt and... if they find out... I am screwed... do I tell the council? No... Umbra would kill me first... I couldn't possibly run away and hide, they would find me... and deserters are killed...
Maybe Crimson will take me back...
He calls himself Cobalt now right? Maybe I could... no, he would likely just interrogate me and then kill me if I just showed up...
There is also no way in hell I am going to save him from anything, he outclasses me in every aspect except... no, that wouldn't work. Gah, maybe I should just stalk him until a good time but... Origin would find me first... maybe I go to Arch?
No, Melody would kill me first... and worse, she would torture me.
...
Oh. I should... introduce myself, right?
Or... is the first time I've talked to you?
Hmmm... well, my name is... ugh. What does it matter?
Anyways...
What I can do, now that Cobalt has void... I could send him messages through it... maybe give him some advise, then introduce myself as the person giving him advise. Hopefully he would of forgotten about me by now, it's been like 40 years since we last talked so... perfect.
Unfortunately, void messages have a tendency to either come out in wingdings or corrupted and messed with. I'll just have to pray I guess.
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Cobalt
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So, it's night time.
Scarab turned into... like, an actual scarab... the beetle... yeah, so she is sleeping in a drawer at my desk... lined with fabric and whatever else, Syn and his are fused to her... so, that sleeping situation is solved. These fuckers made me think.
Sigh... alright so, we are going to be arrived at some place called Vlad Rook cove soon... hopefully it has a cheap inn or something, because there is no way I am paying for something like that.
I am... not exactly inspired to create anything right now, I could probably make a gun for Jotun right now but... I just am not feeling it right now. I am in the sort of mood to make a Chimera or a machine of some sort but... it's kinda hard to without sight. Luckily, I am already getting proficient in Mana Sight but to be honest it only really helps when it comes to making small items, otherwise they shape kinda melds together.
Which... that's actually probably consistent with Chimeramancy's theory of Demon Making, with Mana cores and stuff, though I doubt the same principles apply to inanimate objects.
Though, it could probably would with corpses... the material is organic after all... is that necromancy? That might actually work... Eh, Undead are kinda... dumb.
... ugh, I am rambling again...
Well, I could maybe look at a few messages... or, you know have the system read them to me... but... ugh, alright whatever. System, read messages from the forum chats to me... filter out Origin members... filter out invites to anything... filter out spam and anything sexually related... oh, filter out negative stuff, I know people don't exactly like me anymore.
| Confirmed |
| 7,406,918 Results. |
Fuck off... that many? Ugh...
Filter out NPCs.
| Confirmed |
| 390,371Results |
Alright. Read top results.
| I am a representative of Black Jade Tower, we are currently going to be at war with a division of Origin. I have heard you are proficient in creating items that would be able to shift the balance in this fight, if you can provide something like that to us we will be willing to send out our cultivation techniques. All of them.|
Book mark that one, when was it?
| Four days ago. |
Fuck it. Send a Calamity to them with a message. ' I have received your prayer. And with it, I shall being you my blessing. This weapon will be temporarily given to you, it doesn't do much at a glance... but any form of healing would detonate hidden charges laid in an opponent, killing them instantly. Use it wisely, and I will be awaiting the techniques. If this is deemed too little to sway the balance, then I will be willing to send more. Let me know. '
| Sent. I will let you know when I have received a reply, the item has been transported. |
Alright, continue on.
| Hey. I am friends with Edo, uh, she wanted me to ask you for... the summon sticks? We are kinda running out... |
Send this as a reply ' Tell Edo to just make them, they are easy enough. '
| Confirmed. Continuing on. |
| So, you were the one who made Jotun. After I rescue her, you will taste the bite of my blade. |
Who sent that?
| Someone named ' Akira ' |
Is it possible to nuke someone remotely with Void?
| Well. He is a part of the ' Masked Hero - Jotun ' scenario that is currently ongoing... so, I probably will have to have you avoid that. |
What scenario?
| I'll give you a brief description when he arrives... eventually he should be able to find you, then you can deal with him. |
I ain't your fuckin puppet system, but... eh, if it's Jotun's thing I won't mess with it. Continue on.
| Hi... uh, Carnelian here... I was wondering, can I sign up as an apprentice again? See... during the last 3 or so years you were Crimson I was supposed to be under your apprenticeship and... it was nice. I am going to be running away from Origin anyways, so I just wanted to ask if I could... you know... ahem, please consider this... I would greatly appreciate it! |
Carnelian... who was that again?
I remember Umbra as my apprentice... who was Carnelian? Huh, I cant seen to remember... eh, I don't really care... maybe Arch will take em in.
Send a message to Arch.
' Yo, some kid named Carnelian messaged me... something about an apprenticeship, I don't really remember them and frankly cant be bothered to have more people in my crew, Syn turned into like 6 people... don't ask, anywho... scout em' out or something if you can... '
And then send this to Carnelian.
' I frankly don't remember you. But, if you are going up against Origin then you are an ally to me, find Arch. He'll probably take you in. I am a little busy at the moment. '
| Confirmed. Continue on? |
I guess. I'll do... maybe 3 more?
| Confirmed. |
| ArchWizard Tower - Hey-! Alexander here, how is it going teacher? It's been... well, a while-! I sent your girlfriend Anise a few magic techniques, they should arrive in [ 3 days ]... unfortunately they can't exactly be transported through the System but... you should find them useful-! Think of it as repayment, even though I technically paid for the magic theory... ahem, anyways... remember what you said about the College of Sorceresses? Well, turns out they kinda lied. They were demon refugees... though, we still took them in. Explains their spellcasting ability, luckily we didn't have any problems regarding the previous incidents or anything like that. I honestly don't know why I was so scared, hehheh-! Hope you get the package quickly, sincerely - Alexander . |
I hate that guy... but, I guess I could use the magic techniques. When did he say they would arrive? 3 days? Huh, is that actively tracking how long it would take to arrive?
Whatever... anyways, System... remind me to hit Anise on the head for claiming to be my girlfriend.
| What, are you trying to stay single? |
Well, eventually no. Right now that sort of stuff doesn't matter to me.
| Then why are you actively attempting to detach yourself from them? Are you scared to lose them? Maybe scared they will get harmed in a relationship with you? Trauma from Ruby? I know you like them, in fact you actively go out of your way to make sure they are happy at all times... why don't you just accept it? |
... I... don't know, maybe it's a little bit of all of that but... I don't really get relationships...
| Maybe... it's time to learn? |
I don't think so... why now, of all times, would I do that?
| I can maybe...prepare something, I have always been pushing your relationships but... I could be a little more direct? |
Why would you care System? Why do you seem to favour me in this aspect?
| You are a V.I.P. user. It's my job. |
What did I do to deserve this? All I did was sit in some goo. . .
| I get it. I really do, but sometimes... you just have to take what is given to you. Even now, when you craft, there is some being out there giving you boons. You accept that, so... now you just have to accept my help. |
Alright... I'll think about it.
I wish Crimson was still here, he knows about romance...
| He really doesn't though. |
Eh. He seemed to know about it to me... oh, frick... before I forget. Continue on with the messages, I think I'll do 5 more after this... I need to stay up a little longer anyhow-!
| Confirmed. Relaying messages... |
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