Seeing that the final boss was cleared, everyone rested up.
Lyrica, who was besides Shiro, fidgeted a bit as she opened her mouth to talk but gave up.
[If you have something to say, say it.]
"Well… I was just wondering what you saw. For you to be that angry, it must have been someone you disliked a lot."
[You thought I was angry? No I wasn't. I wanted to kill, yes, but I wasn't angry. Nope, far from it.] Shiro chuckled. For as long as she could remember, she had hardly ever been angry.
"Eh?! That wasn't you being angry?!" Lyrica cried out in surprise as she looked at the mangled corpse of the queen.
[Nah. She just shifted into someone I really hate don't worry about it.] Shiro shrugged.
They soon found the mana stone as the body dispersed.
Due to her insanely high contribution, most of the loot went to her.
Shiro flicked her wrist as a bunch of items fell out. These items were the ones not useful for her so they could have it.
[This is some of the loot from the boss. Split it amongst yourselves.] Shiro waved her hand as she dismissed them.
She made sure to keep some of the best loot since it was the result of her own efforts.
"HURRAH!!" They cheered as they split the loot amongst themselves.
"Wait!" Someone shouted out as Shiro realised it was the guy she froze during the crystal stage.
Jonas frowned seeing this as they were lucky for Shiro to even want to share her loot.
"She still has most of the money. What about the items she's keeping away from us. These could just be trash she kept to divert our attention." He said as Shiro only raised an eyebrow.
'Is this guy stupid? He just watched me solo the last boss and he thinks the adventurers will stand up against me?'
"Think about it! We still have our supplies to fight the boss. Can we really make ends meet? What's harder to fight? A boss with annoying skills or a weakened girl!" He continued as some of the adventurer's had greed flash in their eyes.
Lyrica felt her anger rise when she heard all of this. The worst part was people actually believing him as well.
Shiro's body flashed forwards as a dagger was taken out of her inventory.
Yin Style Phantom Arts: 2nd Phantom – Speed Phantom.
"Come le-!!!!"
His head was ripped off from his torso as Shiro had a dagger in her hand. Red blood was splattered over her face as her eyes turned towards the other adventurer's who showed greed.
The speed of which Shiro killed the man shocked them as they paled instantly.
[Who else wants to try me?] Shiro typed out as she grinned.
"AHH!!!" Some of the adventurer's screamed in fear as they ran.
Shiro didn't mind them as they couldn't tell the police anyways. Killing in the Dungeon wasn't uncommon, but the police will arrest the assailants. Naturally, with them trying to rob her first, she would be the defendant.
Crouching down, she looted the man's corpse as everything inside of his inventory was transferred over to her.
[Beginner Monster Title Gained – You harvested your first human soul as a monster. How many more are to come?]
+1 Stat growth up
Stat Growth Up = Your attribute points will increase in effectiveness. EG: 1 Vit = 50HP is now 1 Vit = 100HP.
Seeing this, Shiro now understood why her counterparts had much more ridiculous stats compared to her. Since she had the monster physique, she would naturally get the bonuses from monsters.
If she slaughtered an entire city, her stats would go through the roof. However, that's not what she is like. She wouldn't go around slaughtering those who have no conflict with her.
But if they did, you can be assured that she'll wipe out the city from the face of the planet.
After gaining the title, both her HP and MP have doubled due to this.
[Name: Shiro (Weakened 18hrs)
Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)
Title: Shadow Empress, Beginner Monster (0/10 Humans Killed for Title Up)
Level: 29
Class: Snow Girl★, Nanomancer
HP: 5700/5700 (True Value 34,000)
MP: 58,200/58,200
STR: 150 -> 200 (+85) <+50>
VIT: 200 (+70) <+50>
INT: 300 -> 350 (+140) <+87>
AGI: 240 -> 300 (+75) <+75>
DEX: 200 -> 240 (+40) <+60>
DEF: 80 (+135) <+20>
< > = Title Bonus
Unassigned Points: 0
Balance: 903,200 USD
Equipment (Tap to Display)
Skills –
Snow Girl ★:
Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.
Nanomancer:
Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1, Sword Creation, Bow Creation, Heavy Weapon Creation.
Other:
Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment), Mana Barrier.]
Standing back up, Shiro looked around and saw that only Lyrica and Jonas' party were left.
[Only you guys are left huh? Seems about right.] Shiro typed out as she cleaned her face a little.
However, the blood from both the adventurer and the boss stained on her skin a little as it made her look creepy yet cute. A combination Lyrica was surprised that worked somehow.
"Even though I'm a bit annoyed that you killed him without question, I know he deserved it." Jonas sighed. Having trash like that who forgot who killed the boss, wasn't needed in this dangerous world. Everyone only had one life yet he tried to kill someone who kept them all safe.
[Mature thinking. I like.] Shiro grinned.
Jonas only shrugged while the rest of the party was only a little pale.
The most surprising was the fact that Lyrica was completely unaffected.
[Lyrica you're not surprised?] Shiro asked.
"Surprised? No. Just a shame I didn't end him myself." Lyrica pouted a little.
[Aww how cute.] Shiro smiled widely as she patted Lyrica's head.
"…"
"…"
Trace and Paul looked at each other.
'THEY'RE F*CKING CRAZY!'
Walking out of the raid calmly, they decided to trade contact info in case they wanted to party up again.
"Thanks for your help during the raid." Jonas smiled.
[Don't mind it. It was quite rewarding for me as well.] Shiro replied as she wasn't wrong.
Not only did she increase her level, but she also gained the monster title. Something which she didn't know about yet was able to boost up her combat prowess by a wide margin.
[As for miss Silvia. I'm always open if you want to join my party.]
"Thanks for the offer. I'll keep you in mind should I ever need to switch." Silvia smiled.
Shiro nodded as they left for different directions.
[What do you want to do now Lyrica?] Shiro asked.
"I've managed to reach level 17. I'm thinking of challenging a level 10 to 15 Dungeon alone." Lyrica said as Shiro thought and nodded.
[I'll follow you. Make sure you don't get yourself into something above your level.]
"No. I want to make sure I rely on myself. It's dangerous but it'll push me to my limits." Lyrica said with determination.
'Hmm… Babying her all the time would be back. She should be able to take care of herself.' Shiro thought as she supported her decision of soloing the dungeon. The only problem was her safety.
[Fine but you need to stock up on supplies. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you 300 thousand USD.] Shiro smiled.
"No it's fine. I have enough money for some supplies." Lyrica shook her head.
[Then I recommend you challenge the level 10 to 15 Dungeon, Broken Howls. The monsters there are mostly single target ones as they don't join up in a pack often. You should have an easier time there.] Shiro suggested.
"Alright. Thanks Shiro." Lyrica smiled as she walked away.
Watching Lyrica walk to conquer a solo dungeon, Shiro felt like a parent watching their child grow up.
'Hopefully, she'll be safe.' Shiro thought with a smile.
Walking towards the auction house, Shiro wanted to get some mana stone to stock up for both her and Yin.
D ranked mana stones averaged around 30k to 40k in USD. C ranks were unbuyable in this city.
Thinking about this, Shiro decided to hold off from buying mana stones. Since just buying 20 would take more than 600k USD.
Looking through the equipment section, Shiro wanted to find any good equipment to recycle so she can take their skills.
"Che. Just a bunch of unless items." Shiro muttered in disappointment. Most of the skills that were included in the items were single value advantages rather than percentage increases. With single value increases, they would do little to nothing later down in the line Shiro had no used for them.
Shaking her head, Shiro walked out of the auction house and decided to visit Helion. She wanted him to make a set of armour for Lyrica as a present.
This was her first time doing a Dungeon solo after all.
Walking to the blacksmith's area, Shiro found her way to Helion.
"Shiro! What brings you here? Got a commission?" Helion greeted with a smile.
[Yeah. I want to commission a full set of armour for my friend.] Shiro smiled.
"Got any requirements? Like the amount of plating, leather, chain mail and so on."
[I want it to be half armoured half cloth if possible. Nothing that restrains movement or is too heavy so it slows her down.]
"Hmm, sure. The materials are a little harder to obtain thought. Especially since your friend is quite low of a level." Helion said placing his hammer down.
[I want it to be level 20 armour. I have a bunch of materials from the Spider's Whisper raid.]
"Show me. I'll see if it's enough to make the armour." Helion said as Shiro walked over to the bench.
A large pile of miscellaneous items fell out as Shiro made sure to keep them this time as they were gathered from a raid.
Item gathered from a raid are more powerful compared to normal materials. Especially since the bosses have the title of Raid Boss.
"Hmm, plating, mana reinforced webs, claws, thorax, crown armour, queens extremities… Yeah. I think I can work with this. The only problem is the cloth armour. I can't make it since its not my forte." Helion shook his head.
[Do you know anyone who can?] Shiro asked.
"Hmm… I know a woman. She's just a bit… how can I put this? Strange? Her tendencies are a little out of the norm but I can guarantee her craftsmanship is equal or even above mine in aspects." Helion said as Shiro nodded.
[Then can I trouble you to make the chest piece, waist piece, boots, shoulders and gauntlets? The chest piece should only cover the upper torso and not the abdominal area. I'll get your friend to do the cloth armour.] Shiro typed out.
"Keep the mana reinforced webs since they'll make good material for the cloth armour." Helion said passing back the webs.
"Her name is Aarim, she's just 10 minutes away from my shop. The shop name…. well. You'll know when you're there. It's a little out there." Helion coughed awkwardly.
Marking a location on the map, Helion explained the way there before working on the armour Shiro commissioned.
Walking out of Helion's shop, Shiro started to walk towards Aarim's location.
The shop was located in an obscure ally way. Looking at the sign, Shiro had a blank face as she was annoyed.
[Aarim's Sexual Pleasure Item Store.]
"…."
'The f*ck.' Shiro thought.
Double checking on the map, Shiro found that it was indeed the same location.
The name was also the same as well.
Furrowing her brows, Shiro sighed as she entered.
"Welcome~ Ohya? Ohya ohya? A cutie~" A woman said as she walked over.
Shiro frowned as the woman had a devilish figure. Slim waist, large breasts and a revealing outfit.
Her hair was a deep shade of brown, black eyes and a beauty spot just under her right eye.
[Aarim LVL 50 – Mage]
Shiro was about to type when Aarim tried to touch her chin.
Ice formed around Shiro as she frowned at Aarim.
"Oh my~ feisty one." She grinned.
Turning around, she walked rather seductively to the counter.
"So how can I help, little one?" Aarim grinned.
[Helion recommended me here. I want to commission some cloth armour.]
"Che. That muscle freak still doing this. I made him cloth armour once and the piece of crap recommends me to everyone who wants a cloth armour." Aarim stopped smiled after reading the text.
[If you don't want to make it then I'll find someone else.] Shiro frowned as she was about to turn away.
*Bam
The door closed on its own as she turned around to a smiling Aarim.
"Who said I wasn't doing business. But naturally, I need my payment." She said licking her lips.
Shiro frowned hearing what Aarim said.
[What kind of business?] Shiro asked.
"Hehehe… Nothing too bad." She grinned as she walked up to Shiro.
Shiro backed off a little as she made sure she could try to fight her way out if anything bad was to happen.
"Aiya, don't be so on guard. So not cute at all." Aarim shrugged.
[Tell me what you want. No need to get close.] Shiro typed.
"Sure. I just want you to cosplay for me." Aarim said pulling out a few outfits.
[What?]
"Cosplay. You don't know what it is?" Aarim asked.
[No I don't. Care to explain?]
"I just want you to dress up and take photos." Aarim said as she pulled Shiro by her arm into a separate studio.
The studio was quite big as there was a white backdrop, lights around the room and a camera in the centre.
"I want you to model for me while I take pictures of you in poses." Aarim said as she sat Shiro down.
[I have a cast on my arm. Do you honestly think it'll look good?] Shiro asked raising an eyebrow.
"Don't worry about that. Naturally, you can unfreeze your cast. I don't mind. I just want my pictures." Aarim smiled.
Shiro eyed her suspiciously as she eventually nodded.
[What dresses are they? I hope they're not erotic.]
"I like cute girls that are young enough to be my daughter. Not have them nude." Aarim said with disdain.
[That's good. But first, I want to tell you what I want. I want an underlayer of cloth armour for my friend. The dress itself should be strong to try to prevent as much ripping as possible.] Shiro typed out.
"Easy enough. I can do that." Aarim nodded as she walked over to a switch.
Pulling the switch, Shiro's ears perked up as she could hear the inner workings turn and clank.
*CRRR!
A wardrobe dropped out from the roof as Shiro could see an assortment of baby doll dresses and other.
[So you want me to dress up in these outfits?] Shiro asked.
"Yep." Aarim nodded.
[How many do I have to wear before you'll agree to make my commission.]
"Hmm, wear all of them." Aarim replied after a pause.
'All of them?! There's at least 100!' Shiro thought but kept her face blank.
[Too much. Change your price please.]
"Che fine. 100 sets?" Aarim said playing around with one of her fans laying by the side.
[50.]
Aarim narrowed her eyes as she saw Shiro try to bargin.
"75. That's my final offer."
'Helion himself is a really good craftsman. For this Aarim to gain his recommendation must mean she's good. Wearing some clothes for good craftsmanship is a small price to pay.' Shiro thought.
[Fine 75 sets.] Shiro nodded.
"Great! Try this one first." Aarim smiled pulling out a set.
The set was a goth lolita dress. It was black in colour with red frills, a small hat, a bow tie on the waist, white tights and a pair of shoes. The shoes were coloured black and had wedges.
To top it all off, Aarim handed her a small black umbrella.
"Change into this and we'll start the photoshoot." Aarim said as Shiro nodded.
Finding a secluded place to change, Shiro made sure no one could see her change.
'Hmm… this dress is actually quite comfy.' Shiro thought after changing into it. Both the material and the weight of the dress was delicate yet there was a strangeness about them. It was similar to how her white dress was.
Walking out, Shiro typed on her phone and showed it to Aarim.
[What is the dress made from? It's light and won't rip.]
"… nice…" Was all Aarim muttered as she looked at Shiro.
Shiro waved her hand as she snapped Aarim out of it.
"Ah ahem. The material I used for this dress was made from the material dropped by humanoid animals. The female ones actually.
For some odd reason, no matter what one did, their dresses never broke apart. Thankfully of course, since perverts would be aiming for them all the time. So I managed to get my hands on supplies of these materials from the other cities and made these dresses. They won't break in combat so females don't have to worry." Aarim smiled.
'No wonder Helion recommended her. She actually had the materials which made my dress too.' Shiro thought.
"Yet the funny part about them is that when you kill the monsters, the dresses break apart along with the monster's corpse. You get small fragments which then can be combined and sewn together to make more clothes. Naturally, only the maker can change how the clothes look." Aarim shrugged.
She could rip that dress to bits if she wanted to while others can't.
[In that case then, am I able to commission a dress for myself then?] Shiro asked. She did like a few of the dresses. Combined with the fact that they can't break, would make them a must-have for her.
Just having a plain white dress was a little boring after all.
"Sure but we'll so 150 sets of clothes." Aarim said gesturing over to the wardrobe with a grin.
[150? Can we do 120? That's my max. I have things to do later today.] Shiro replied.
She didn't mind trying out the outfits so she could find a combination she really liked later and commission it.
"Sure. 120 is fine. Now get on the stage." Aarim said with an eager grin.
Shiro nodded and walked over. She had decided to thaw her ice cast so she can have a full view on what the dress looked like.
Since she only had a few hours left before her arm fully recovered, she could at least move it a little without it hurting too much.
Opening the umbrella, Shiro stood there and waited for Aarim to take a photo.
*SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!
Several shutters flashed as Shiro kept her bland expression.
"Can you smile for me please~" Aarim said as Shiro nodded.
Shifting her body slightly, Shiro smiled as her pearl white teeth were exposed by the tiny gaps between her lips.
Aarim felt her grin widen seeing such a fantastic model for all of her dresses.
The entire photoshoot continued for a few hours as Shiro was so fatigued by the end of the shoot.
She laid by the chair as she recast her arm back up. She had already changed back to the outfit she entered the shop in as Aarim was sorting out the photos.
[I've done my side of the agreement. Now for the first commission, I want an outfit for an elf. She has blond hair, and just a little taller than I am.] Shiro typed out.
"That will do. The great thing about these materials is that they adjust themselves. I just need to know her general appearance." Aarim smiled.
[I want this to go under a set of armour. The armour consists of a small torso piece, waist guards, boots and gauntlets.]
"Alright. Now what about your set?" Aarim asked.
[Hmm… I want a piece from the 42nd set. The robe. I want the shirt of the 84th set. The pants from the 3rd set, the boots and stocking of the 24th set. Please dye them into one colour scheme please. White, blue and black.] Shiro typed out.
"Sure, that isn't a problem. Nice choices by the way." Aarim smiled.
[So I've got this question. Why is your shop called what it's called?] Shiro asked unsure. If it wasn't for the fact that Helion hard warned, gave her directions and told her Aarim's name, she would have never found this store.
"Why else? Because I sell things sex related." Aarim shrugged her shoulders. It was a fact she wasn't going to hide.
[Why don't you find a better location?]
"Ehh I can't be bothered to put effort into that. I'm fine as it is." Aarim said as she pulled out a few machines for my Shiro's commissions.
Hearing Aarim's response, Shiro only shrugged.
[How long are you going to take to make the outfit?]
"It's gonna take a day or two to make the outfit. But a few hours to dye your outfit. Wanna stay here and wait?" Aarim asked.
[No it's fine. I'll go collected both in a few days. Here's my contact information, just text me when they're done.]
"Alright. Make sure to come often little one." Aarim winked.
[Sure. Your outfits are very well done.]
"Ah no I mean for the main merchandise of my shop."
"…" 'The f*ck.' Shiro thought.
[I'm 13.]
"Age is just a number."
[So is a prison sentence.]
Aarim only shrugged seeing Shiro's reply.
"Fine. But just remember not to be alone. There are perverts who aren't as nice as I am. They'll definitely force themselves." Aarim warned.
[I'll keep that in mind.] Shiro nodded as she exited the shop.
Stretching her body slightly, Shiro walked out of the alleys.
'It's been a few hours. I wonder how far Lyrica is in the Dungeon.' Shiro thought with a frown.
Quickly heading back to the dorm, Shiro sat down on her chair and frowned.
'No she'll be fine.' Shiro shook her head.
Pulling Yin from out of her pocket, she fed it a D ranked mana stone and played around with him.
"When are you going to be useful ah?" Shiro asked as Yin avoided eye contact.
"Fine fine. I'll be patient." Shiro smiled and rubbed Yin's head.
"But if you turn out to be useless, I might turn you into quill soup." She teased.
*Chirp!
Yin chirped in fear as he hid his head.
"Hahaha" Shiro giggled slightly seeing Yin's reaction.
"You're cute. I won't eat you don't worry."
After playing with Yin for a bit longer, Shiro decided to sleep since it was getting late.
…
"Helion!" Aarim screamed out as she stormed Helion's workshop.
"Hey Aarim. Did you like Shiro?" Helion asked looking up.
"Yes I did but you could have just called me over! Why did you have to ask her to come over to my workshop?!" Aarim frowned as she sat down and crossed her legs.
"Hahaha, don't worry about it. Shiro is easy to get along with." Helion grinned.
"Yeah I know that. But now she knows what I do ah."
"Afraid she'll avoid you like the other cute models you found?" Helion smiled.
"I'll hit you." Aarim frowned.
"Hahaha, don't worry about it. She wouldn't be repulsed by things like that." Helion shrugged.
"If she did I'll be coming for you." Aarim narrowed her eyes.
"Ai. Don't be like that hahaha. We knew each other since we were children. Both you and I know you won't hit your childhood friend." Helion grinned.
"And I wish you were wrong." Aarim sighed.
"So you took another interest in a loli? You sure she ain't a married woman this time?" Aarim grinned.
This caused Helion to slip slightly as he coughed.
"She's only 13. I'm not that bad." Helion said.
"Right…" Aarim rolled her eyes.
"I heard you got some materials for your class up."
"Yeah I did. Some C ranked materials. But dang, they're hard to shape." Helion sighed.
"What do you expect? You only have D ranked strength. Who told you to aim to get the class, Hammer Saint? You know not many people have gotten that right? Even if you're a genius, you're wasting your talents."
"What is talent if not to aim for a higher goal? What about you? Aren't you going for Mage Saintess as well." Helion gestured at her.
"That being said, how goes your advancement." He asked.
"It's going well. I've done 4 out of five advancements. BUT, the last one is troubling me." Aarim sighed.
"You haven't done it yet?!"
"No. I can't just grab any random monster. It has to fit the requirements for a perfect match. Hais… I've been stuck on this for so long." Aarim tilted her head back.
Her next advancement was for to reach the class Veteran Source Mage. After constant study, she had finally found the way to get this class. Yet when she got it, she was shocked at the requirements.
[Veteran Source Mage Class Up Requirements.]
10 C Ranked Mana Stone
100 D Ranked Mana Stone
1000 E ranked Mana Stone
Solo a D ranked Dungeon
Earn the trust and companionship of a magic based monster. The monster must have rationality and reach C class in strength.
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