Chapter 1: 1
Chapter 44: Someone say fight?
With almost all of my finished chapters Beta'd, and me being closer to finishing the Danmachi Saga, I felt like giving you guys another one. So here it is.
There's a LN spoiler at the end, so if you don't know about it, oh well.
Beta'd by NiteNight.
We spent maybe an hour at the orphanage before something came up. Hestia had been freed from Shizuka's tickle attack a few minutes in, and was currently reading a book to the children, who all had a pup on their laps.
It was an adorable sight... And also hilarious considering SHE was in Shizuka's lap. She was beyond embarrassed when Shizuka first put her there, and seeing the little goddess squirm in her lap was something I wished I could record. Unfortunately, I left my scroll at the church, since I didn't think I was going to use it.
Anyway, thing that came up.
Saya sent over another aura wolf, and said she and Athena were going to the hostess to celebrate. As soon as I read that, I got up, stretched, and signaled Shizuka. She understood immediately, and got the kids' attention. "Sorry little ones, but we're going to be leaving soon." That announcement made all the kids sad, but she just smiled at them. "It's ok! We'll come back soon!" That placated them, and she stood up, carrying Hestia like a doll, and came over to me.
Bell noticed the commotion, and came over to us. "Where are we going?"
"Yeah, where are we going again?" I raised a brow at Hestia, and Bell. He knew about the meeting, and I KNOW he saw the aura wolf, so I didn't get how he didn't put two and two together.
"We're heading to the hostess. Saya should be there with Athena by the time we get there... That or we will meet her on the way, I dunno where the damn place is." Bell and Hestia blinked, and then turned to me.
"I know where it is. But... Who's paying?" Ah. Money... I was really starting to miss HOTD and its fallen economy. Sure we needed money in RWBY, but Weiss gave us cards to buy whatever we needed.
I looked at Shizuka, and she had the same idea I did. "Let's just put it on Athena's tab." Bell and Hestia shared another look, and Hestia nodded.
"Fine with me!" She broke out of Shizuka's hug, she was let go but I'll let her think she got out, and started marching out. Though before she reached the door, she turned back, and started waving at Takemikazuchi. "Bye TAKE! See ya later!" Said god waved back, and went back to paying attention to the orphans.
I was about to start walking with her, but stopped, and turned back to him. "I'll let the pups stay for the night. They should disappear while the kids are sleeping." Take nodded at me, said a quick 'thank you' and I turned back to the front of the group.
With the rest of us ready, we started walking out of the orphanage, got thanked by Take's kids for spending time with the orphans, and agreeing to come back. Despite not doing much, I could tell Bell wanted to come back some more, and that was nice. Hestia seemed to enjoy the visit, despite the start where she was teased and the rest of it where she was either being dog piled, tickled, or in Shizuka's lap. And Shizuka herself liked it probably as much as the other two did.
I wasn't sure how I felt about it though. I was fine with being around them, having one or two of them trying to climb on me, which made Shizuka and Hestia smirk at me, but I didn't really know how to deal with them. (Children are complicated creatures.) I nodded like that was some kind of fortune cookie wisdom, and kept walking with the rest of them.
After we made it out, Hestia looked around, and started humming. "It should be... That way? Yeah. That way." Then started walking.
And immediately recognized she was missing a shoe. She looked down at her foot, blinked, then turned back to me. "Hey Maccillian?" I needed no more. I walked over, picked her up again, and put her back on my shoulder. "Perfect. Now, off in THAT direction my children!" I snorted as she pointed, and started walking. "By the way, I was serious about claiming your shoulders. This is now Hestia property." I shot her a grin for that.
"Really? And what about the rest of me?" She was about to say something to that, but stopped, and just started blinking. I saw the blush start to creep up her face, and watched on in amusement as she shook her head like crazy. "Hm? And just what were you thinking Tiny? Surely not something inappropriate." Hestia looked at me, and then immediately turned to look at Shizuka.
Said woman was looking far too amused, so she turned to Bell. The kid was just happily looking at us and didn't seem to get that particular comment. And if he did, then he somehow went from stuttering mess, to being completely fine with it in the span of an hour.
Seeing that she had no support, Hestia looked back to me, and started grumbling. "Why am I being teased?! Hephaestus never said anything about this." I chuckled at that.
"That's because you're easy to embarrass." Hestia started grumbling even more at that, and started to swing her legs. "You realize people will see if you do that right?" She froze, looked down at herself, and realized that I was right. The way she just kept staring at herself, or my chest if I wanted to think of it like that, was amusing. Seeing her blush even more was also amusing. "See. There you go again."
She zoned back it, and stared at me. "ARGH, SCREW IT!" She bopped me on the head, then went back to swinging her feet. "I'll enjoy it now and let myself be embarrassed before I go to sleep." I felt that.
We kept on going, just talking as we did, and it was nice. Bell hadn't turned into too much of a mess in a bit, mostly because I kept the teasing of the little goddess on my shoulder to a minimum at the moment. Shizuka almost hugged Bell at one point, but I saved him from another bout with unconsciousness via Shizuka's breasts. All in all, it was a good bonding experience.
We had been walking for a bit when we finally made it to the hostess. And it looked just like it did in the anime. Hestia 'unfortunately' was put back on the ground, and looked at the doors. "Alright. Let's gooo!" And then she went in. I followed, trailed by Bell and Shizuka, and I saw the inside of the place. The hostess pretty much looked the same as it did in the anime, and reminded me of a good bar I used to go to before the bus reamed me.
It was sometime in the afternoon, so there weren't THAT many people inside, but it still looked nice.
Looking around, I eventually spotted Saya, who also spotted me. I grabbed Hestia, ignoring her squawk of protests, to turn her in the direction of Saya and Athena. Once she spotted Athena, she instantly forgot about me turning her. "ATHY!" Hestia ran on over to their table, and Athena smiled at her as soon as she heard and saw her.
"Hestia!" She got up, and opened her arms for a hug. The little goddess mirrored her, and they had their moment. Shizuka, Bell and I shared a look, then just went over to their table. Bell looked around the bar, probably the first one he'd been to now that I thought about it, and Shizuka didn't pay any mind to whatever was going on.
When we got to their table, Bell sat by Hestia, who sat by Saya, while Shizuka was by my side. Athena and I gave the other a once over, and I hummed. "Kinda disappointed there's no owl." She just blinked at me, and I shrugged. "What?"
She shook her head, then took a sip of her... It looked and smelled like water, so I was guessing that's what it was. "Nothing. You just look far too similar to Loki's child." Ah. I knew about Bete, and being a gray haired Werewolf was bound to lead into something.
I was mildly interested in seeing how that encounter would go. "Eh, I'm better." Saya rolled her eyes, and Shizuka nodded.
Hestia's cheer, and nodding a storm was also nice. "Damn right! Psh, Loki and Bete who? They got nothing on my child!" I appreciated her enthusiasm. That, and the awkward look on Bell's face as he looked between me, Shizuka and Saya. I was pretty sure the four of us, I included Athena because she was also doing it, noticed.
Saya was the first to address it though. "Are you going to keep looking? Or just ask? None of us care if you ask." That got him, and he looked redder than before.
"Um... How... How does that work?" I couldn't tell if he was asking for reference, or just interested, but I decided to go for both.
"The relationship?" He nodded.
Saya looked to me, clearly asking if I wanted to answer this, and I could tell both Hestia and Artemis were interested in the topic. I hummed, then nodded. I didn't mind. I looked at Bell, and decided to keep working on step 1. "The trick is..." He looked at me, and I could tell he was listening real close. "To let it happen." He lost his hope. "BUT!" It reignited. "If you end up in a situation where you either see someone you're interested in, or you're pretty sure someone's interested in you, you go for it. You can't have a relationship fall in your lap and expect it to work out. You gotta work for it, you get me Bell?" He nodded like I spoke the gospel, and I grinned. "Good. There might be hope for you yet."
Saya just gave me a raised brow at that, while Shizuka was just nodding along. The goddesses at our table just shared a look between themselves, then shook their heads. "Relationship advice aside, I believe we should still introduce ourselves, despite missing the chance at the start." Point. Athena nodded to herself, and went first. "As you know, I am Athena. It's a pleasure to meet the first children that Hestia has claimed." Hestia preened, like she was complimented, and I just shook my head.
From there, we did the whole introductions thing, which was basically us just saying our names.
Eventually, we finished on Saya. Heh. "Saya Takagi. Now that that's done, what're you getting?" I rolled my eyes at that, and was about to say something, but I was cut off.
"Did I hear someone prepare to order?" We all looked at the intruder, and I blinked. I knew who she was, but something about her felt off. I didn't know what, but I didn't like it. I thought she was supposed to be a normal human and give Bell the token vanilla race for his harem.
(So why does Syr feel so weird?) I didn't know why, it might've been a manga or LN thing, which I didn't read either versions of, but I knew I was going to keep my eye on her just in case. My senses said something was wrong with her, so I'd trust them as I always have.
"Ah, hello Syr. And not yet, Hestia hasn't chosen anything, have you Hestia?" Said goddess just shook her head, then paused.
"You're paying, right Athy?" Now it was Athena's turn to blink.
"For me and Saya, yes. For you and your children? Should I?" Hestia's eyes went wide, and she almost panicked. Athena saw this, and just shook her head with a small smile on her lips. "Don't flail around like that Hestia. Fine, I'll pay, but ONLY for today. You'll owe me, am I understood?" Hestia sighed in relief, then nodded as she re-opened the menu.
"Um, I'm ready to order." Didn't notice when Bell had gotten a menu, (Probably from Syr actually.) though he ordered his food first, and then Shizuka ordered hers. I decided to just get water, and nothing else.
When Athena noticed that, she looked curious, and asked me about it. "Is that all? I don't mind if you order more." I shrugged.
"I'll either go hunt outside Orario, or chow down on some dungeon monster. Either or really." Athena just looked at me after I said that.
Though Hestia shot me a queasy look. "Can you not talk about that while I'm eating? I don't want to picture you eating a goblin arm or... Ugh, why'd I say it? Now it won't get out of my head... Ughhh." Saya and I rolled our eyes at her for that.
"To be fair, you gave YOURSELF that image, Tiny." Hestia squawked again, after I commented with a smirk.
After a few minutes where we waited for the orders, and some small talk, the topic of the dungeon came up. "Hey Zaka." We all looked at her. "When are we going in? I want to get my hands on some of those magic stones." That was a good question.
"Depends. If it's just us? Then we could probably head into the dungeon in a few hours, then come back up before it gets TOO late. I'd rather buy my own stuff after all." Saya and Shizuka hummed, and the other three at the table looked at me with a variety of expressions.
Hestia looked a little worried and I understood why. Sure she knew I was different, but she didn't know exactly how strong I was. All she knew was that I was confident in my strength, and was something entirely different from a regular adventurer.
Athena looked intrigued, but also a bit skeptical. But again, I got why. With the restrictions I had on me, I seemed weaker than Saya. I wasn't, but she didn't know that.
Then there was Bell. He looked both excited, and a little down. "What's wrong kid?" Bell blinked when I called him out, and suddenly we were all focused on him.
"Uh, I just... Isn't it too early? We were just given our falna today... And we don't have any weapons or armor." Point. A good one for normal people.
Though none of us were normal, including him. When he gets his cheat skill, I had an idea about changing how he gets it, he'll be shooting up the ranks "True. Though even as I am right now, I could beat the shit out of anyone in this bar. As for weapons and armor, I'm a weapon myself, and I don't need armor." Bell, Hestia and Athena blinked at that, then I watched them look behind me. I heard someone coming towards me, and turned.
Ah. "That right big boy?" Hello Aisha. And...
"Heyo Silver! Meet my new sister." Seeing Aisha and Rika standing next to each other was making my mind finish the conclusion I had earlier.
(Aisha and Rika are far too alike...Seeing them together is giving me a headache. It's no fucking wonder I liked Rika as much as I did at the start. Now that she's here, I'm remembering that crush I had on Aisha the first time I watched Danmachi.) That revelation aside, I just looked at the Amazon, and smirked. "Damn right it is. And hello to you too sealgair. Where's Sae...- The fuck happened to her?" What was I seeing?
Well Saeko's battle skirt was still in tatters, despite actively stitching itself back together. Her sword was cracked in a few places, and she was now barefoot. Though she looked as content as she did right after we had sex. So I had SOME idea, but just wanted to be sure.
Rika looked at Saeko, then to Aisha. I got the picture. "Crazy decided to fuck with Amazons, not knowing how badass we are." We? "She came out on top though, for once." Saeko and Aisha snorted, and I just gave Saeko a raised brow.
She returned my look with that satisfied smile of hers, and started going to get a chair. When she had one, after giving some guy a death glare for getting too close, she came back and set it down next to me. "Amazons are now my second favorite race." Aisha and Rika laughed, got chairs of their own, and joined us at the table. "However to be fair, they may have reached first if I wasn't already a Werewolf."
"Right!? It's like I've discovered a long lost family that's full of the favorite cousin. Aisha's THE favorite cousin though." She just called her 'sister' earlier though...
That aside, I just gave my girls a raised brow. "Uh huh... You realize you'd go back to aging and lose all the cool shit that makes us Werewolves if you suddenly became an Amazon, right? Say goodbye to infinite ammo, and hello to eventual sagging." That got Rika and Saeko, and I saw the uncertain look they shared.
Aisha though? She just gasped at them. "The hell girls? You don't age? What kind of shit is that!?" Rika looked at Aisha, and she just looked conflicted.
"Alright. To be fair, he's got a point. Sorry soul sister, but it looks like I'm gonna need to stay an Amazon in soul only." Saya snorted, and I heard a few more chuckles from around the table.
Aisha put a hand on Rika's shoulder, and just nodded at her with the most serious face I think she had. "Nah, I get it. Not aging and keeping the girls perky is the dream sister, keep on living it." Rika sniffed, and just hugged Aisha.
"I knew you'd get it sis!"
"Damn fucking right I would."
The two of them just had their own moment, and I had no idea what the fuck was going on anymore. I turned to Saya, and she didn't know. So I turned to Saeko, and she just looked too amused to comment on the situation. I wasn't going to get an answer from her though then, so I just decided to do the smart thing when I realized the only other people I could ask were Shizuka, and the rest of the Danmachi crew.
Ignore it. "Huh, wonder when those orders will get here?" Everyone at this table knew what I was doing, but they didn't say anything. Aisha and Rika held the other for a bit, then broke off when Aisha remembered I existed.
"Anyway, what was that thing you said earlier big boy?" She had a challenging grin on her face, one that reminded me of Saeko's, and I returned it.
"I could beat the shit out of anyone in this bar. That includes you belly dancer." Aisha's smirk turned downright predatory at that.
"Those are fighting words kid." I felt my eye twitch for some reason. "Can you back em up, or are you blowing hot air out of your ass?"
I breathed out, and leveled a look at Aisha. "First off, outside of the literal goddesses, I'm the oldest fucking person in this bar. Second, let's go right now, I don't mind putting you in your place." I followed that by letting my claws grow, and daring Aisha to try it.
And she looked real tempted to try it. Aisha grinned again, and stood up. I responded in kind, and the two of us stared the other down. I heard Bell and Hestia panicking, Saeko was grinning just like Aisha was, Rika was cheering, Athena and Saya were just watching with interest, and the rest of the bar had noticed the tension.
Though before we could do anything else, we were interrupted. "TAKE IT OUTSIDE OR GET THROWN OUT!" Mama mi...
(I need to flatten Yang sometime later.) That aside, Aisha and I turned to Mama Mia, who looked ready to knock us on our asses, and then shared a look with the other. "Outside. I'll make sure you respect your elders... Fuck if that doesn't make me feel old." Rika snorted, and Aisha just grinned.
"Alright kid let's go." My eye twitched again. I followed Aisha out of the bar, ignored that most of the bar ALSO followed us out, and just paid attention to the fact my girls and the rest of our group came with us.
With us out, the street cleared, and we had a bunch of spectators. Surprisingly, that included Ryuu. "Any damage to the Hostess shall be paid for by the offending party. Are we understood." Aisha and I gave her a nod, then turned back to the other.
We were doing this cowboy style, some feet away, and staring the other down. (Stage 0, then go from there.) When I trained with the girls, and the RWBY crew, I did it in stages.
My aura being off was stage 0.
Having it on to defend was stage 1.
Stage 2 was using simple slashes.
Stage 3 was using it for constructs and things like that.
My gravity abilities were the new stage 4.
Then Werewolf form was stage 5. Not that the girls got there that often, it was mostly to train them against overwhelming power. I could also use Wrath, but that was overkill, and I wanted to train them, not murder them.
Aisha and I were ready, but we didn't have a signal. I was about to say something about that, but Rika did it for me. "On the count of 3!"
The tension was rising, and we all waited for Rika to start us off. "3!" We moved. Neither of us minded that she just skipped stages and went straight to three. It was a very Rika like thing to do.
Aisha led off with a right, but that was easy. My body might've been restricted, but as long as I could see it coming, I could respond. I struck out with my own arm, used the moment my bones broke out, which caught her off guard, to land a knee to her gut. Aisha skidded back a bit, and I ran in as my arm healed. I heard some gasps from the crowd as it did, and even heard Hestia, Athena and the rest of the group start talking. But I didn't need to pay that mind yet.
As soon as I got to her, she was ready for me. She dropped and swept my legs, then while I was in the air, she landed an uppercut that broke a bunch of things. Though even still, I used that. I coughed up my blood, aimed at her eyes, unfortunately missed, and flipped back to land. Aisha growled as my blood landed on her cheeks, and she glared at me when she saw I was practically good as new. "Tch, you're gonna be a bitch to fight." I smirked, wiped away the blood from my mouth, and got ready to go again.
"If you think this is good, you haven't seen anything yet." She smirked again, and we rushed the other. I decided to strike first, and led with a punch aimed for her gut. She blocked it, but that gave me the chance to grab her arm, and headbutt her. She stumbled a bit, but moved when I was about to follow it up with a kick to her side. I ended up missing and overextending from that, and Aisha noticed it. She grabbed me by the leg, spun, then THREW me into some building.
After I landed, I shook off the bricks and wood, then heard her as she started to rush me.
"Let's see you heal from this!" I looked up, saw Aisha had jumped, and that she was coming down to me with an axe kick. Now normally, when someone sees an annoyed Amazon coming down from above, they might think 'oh shit, gotta dodge.' Me though?
"Challenge accepted bitch!" I put my guard up, and braced for impact.
And impact she did. Aisha crashed into me like a little comet, making a crater, and the SNAP that came from my arms was probably heard by everyone here. Though neither of us cared. Aisha was open from me not only taking the hit, but using one of my still broken arms to grab her leg. Her eyes widened the second she realized I wasn't letting go. "Oh shit." I grinned, and SLAMMED her into the ground like Hulk did Loki. Though I only got one good slam in before she wrapped her legs around the arm I was using to hold her, and twisted.
My arm came off from the strength she used, and I clicked my tongue as I was forced to let her go. Watching Aisha flip back like a power ranger was mildly amusing, but could be focused on later. I bent down, grabbed my arm, and got ready to throw it at her. Free ammunition and all that.
Aisha got a good distance away, and just gave me a smug grin. A grin that froze when she saw my dismembered arm in hand, and the other heal itself back in moments. I smirked, and threw my dismembered arm at her. "OH COME ON!" She dodged it, unfortunately, then turned to Rika. That's when I saw a close to passing out Hestia, a very surprised looking Bell, and a calculating Athena. "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!? NONE OF YOU DID THAT!" Me and the rest of the girls snorted, and I used the moment she wasn't looking at me to my advantage.
I was on Aisha in moments, and caught her off guard. She spun and tried to hit me with a kick to the head, but I shifted and ducked under it. Aisha clearly wasn't expecting for me to turn into a wolf, but even being surprised, she raised her guard, and defended against the punch I aimed at her as I shifted back. There was a small crater that came from it though, and the grunt that came from Aisha let me know she at least felt that. I knew I wasn't doing that much damage, she was Level 4, but I still enjoyed knowing she was getting hurt.
Aisha forced me back with a kick to my gut, but I dug my heels into the ground to keep myself from going too far, and moved back in the second I stopped. Aisha and I charged at each other, and we both cocked our fists back. But right before we made contact, I spun, and smashed my leg into the side of her head. She crashed into a building of her own, and I moved in.
Though when I got there, Aisha had already recovered, and she looked real annoyed at me. She charged at me, and full body tackled me like a linebacker. That pushed me back, and I landed close to where I started.
Aisha shook her arms, getting rid of whatever was on them from the building, and looked at me. I could tell she was starting to get excited, somehow forgetting her earlier annoyance, in that way only Saeko and Amazons could, and I grinned. "Not talking so tough now are you?" Aisha smirked at that.
"Not sure what you're so smug about, kid. You were WAY worse for wear then I am." My eye twitch again, and I decided to get a little more serious. I let my aura flash, to signify it was on, and heard Saya go 'huh.'
"Zaka's got an age tic. How the fuck did we never figure this out?" I ignored that.
"Skipping to stage 2 it is then." Aisha's eyes narrowed, and she got into a stance when my aura flashed to life.
I was about to charge at her again, but we were stopped. "HALT! Criminal scum! In the name of the Ganesha familia, you are ordered to stop!" Aisha and I looked at each other, then at the incoming group of Ganesha familia members, and we both clicked our tongues. (Yes, that's a reference.)
"What the fuck? Right when it was getting good." It really was, and that annoyed me almost as much as being called a kid.
Aisha agreed with me, and came over to stand next to me as we watched them come closer. "You're telling me. I was just about to beat your face in." I snorted at that.
"You wish bitch. Besides, I'd just heal from it." Her eye twitched.
"And THAT bullshit. Let's bring THAT up for a second. What the hell kid?!" That was it.
"For the fucking love of gods! I'm older than every non goddess on this god's forsaken street put together!" That made Aisha, and the rest of the crowd quiet down.
Then I heard someone I didn't expect to talk, ask me something. "Mr. Maccillian, just how old ARE you exactly?" Athena. Though it was a viable question.
Too bad I didn't get to answer it. "Zaka's what... 2,821? Or did we miss a birthday?" That made even the Ganesha guards coming towards us pause. Everyone just stared at me, including Hestia for some reason, she should've seen my age when she gave me the falna, and the street was filled with silence.
And then it was suddenly broken. "DA FUQ?" I blinked, and turned to the source... And found Loki? She was followed by Finn, Bete, the amazon twins, Ais, Riveria, Gareth, and Leyfia. The whole team was there. And they were all just staring at me.
So I did the best thing in that situation. "When the fuck did you get here?" Questioned them.
Loki just kept looking at me, as did Bete, in confusion. The amazon twins were giving me Saeko looks, and the rest of the party was just staring at me. Though I think Ais was subtly assessing me. That, or just not caring. (Almost like Shizuka.) I blinked at that thought, then shrugged.
I think Loki was about to say something, but then the Ganesha guards caught up to us. And I knew I was going to have a repeat of Ironwood. (Should've just gone to the dungeon.)
After that, Aisha and I were led off by the Ganesha familia, and slapped with a fine.
But that was all good, Aisha paid it off, and we were out and free after a half hour. Though now I owed her like, 100k in Valis. (Well then, looks like we're going diving later.) I didn't like owing people, so I decided to go rush down a few floors, and stock up on cash. That'd work just fine.
[Omake - Must be mine. Freya's POV during the fight]
(This is it. This is the most marvelous treasure in Orario.) Despite the obvious difference between them, a known Level 4 against a fresh Level 1, there was no one sided beat down. It could also be said the reason for that was because neither were truly trying to kill the other, but that point didn't matter.
Just the fact that my treasure was able to withstand blows from an Amazon of Aisha's stature was a point that deserved to be mentioned.
Another was the way he healed. I had witnessed Bete fight before he had landed in Loki's hands, and from what I had observed, Werewolves did not heal that quickly. They healed just the same as any other races. Unless it was on the full moon, but it wasn't. It was hardly past noon.
However there was more to it than that. His earring. I had many treasures, of the item variety, so I could recognize an accessory of power. But that? (I can't determine what it is.) And I truly could not. There was something mystical about it, but that was all I knew. And a mystery added onto him was far too interesting to pass up... But it was a mystery I would need to approach with caution. I could NOT make a mistake with this treasure.
Then came the way he fought. Now I didn't like it, but that was fine. I could refine his style, and make him more elegant after I make him mine.
(And he has provided me with many ways to do this.) I subtly looked over towards the other souls I had seen, and mentally grinned. The four women he had claimed were all treasures in their own right. I may have even gone for them outright if my main treasure hadn't appeared with them. They all had so much potential.
And it would be mine. If that meant stamping out two upstart goddesses, then so be it.
I went back to watching the fight, and grinned when he had said 'skipping to stage 2.' He hadn't even fought with his full strength, and he was matching a level 4 Amazon blow for blow.
Unfortunately, the show had to stop. Ganesha familia guards had caught wind of the altercation, and so it came to a close. But that was fine. (If there's more to my treasure, then I may just need to expedite my recruitment process. I'll bring this up with Ottar later.) I grinned and licked my lips at the thought of there being more to unravel about my new treasure, but quickly went back to my prior expression.
"Syr! Get in here!" I blinked, and got back into character.
"Coming Mama!" Going back into the hostess, I smiled and thought of my plans.
Unaware the swordswoman, blonde, and pinkett had been watching me as I went.
I've realized I've never actually written Maccillian fighting people. That, or his fighting style. So here's that.
Maccillian knows he can pretty much heal from anything, and he abuses the hell out of it.
'Oh no, I have internal bleeding, let me get some in your eye.' Or 'Oh no, my arms been torn off. Welp, guess I'll yeet it at you.' It's fighting dirty, and not something people are prepared to just suddenly deal with. Could you just imagine ripping someones arm off, and then they just THROW it at you? How the fuck would you respond to that?
Anyway, Syr being Freya and vice versa. Yeah, that's a thing.
But it looks like she's not as sly as she thinks she is. Like Saya noticed before, she could tell Athena was a goddess because her instincts/senses were confused. Gods are powerful, but in the lower world, they're restricted. Just like Maccillian is. And since 'Syr' is Freya, even if her transformation fools the majority of the cast, the girls have gotten used to sensing Maccillian and his restrained state. It only makes sense that they'd pick up on Syr being similar, and pay attention to her. Aside from Rika, she was paying more attention to the fight.
So for once, using Syr to scout out potential for her familia will come back to bite her. Though her cover isn't FULLY blown. They know SOMETHING is up with her, just not exactly what.
And considering Freya practically jizzed her pants when she watched Bell, I think it would make sense for her to slip up by seeing Maccillian in person. But slipping up around Saya, Saeko and Shizuka? Well that'll be something they pay attention to.
[Status]
Name - Maccillian Silver Zaka
Title - The Silver King of Wolves
Level - 1
Age - 20(2,821)
Strength : I - 0(200 Restricted) -] Strength : I - 20
Endurance : I - 0 -] Endurance I - 50
Vitality : 150,000
Dexterity/Agility : I - 0(150 Restricted) -] Dexterity/Agility : I - 30
Intelligence/Magic : I - 0(280)
Wisdom : 500
Charisma : 1,250
Luck : 150