The commotion outside became louder and it wasn't long before the curtains blocking the main tent's entrance parted and revealed three figures, two of which were familiar to almost everyone.
"Good day, everyone. I'm sorry for interrupting your meeting." The one in the center led the other two. With graceful steps that were almost divine and silky smooth shiny long purple hair flowing behind her, Medusa entered the tent wearing her revealing black and purple combat attire and purple blindfold. Despite her cold countenance, she was so bright that it was as if she lightened the room.
Everyone, male or female was taken aback by her appearance and seemed to question her identity, including those from the Freya Familia. With a wry smile, Finn muttered, "I see now... No wonder it was noisy outside. I hope a fight doesn't start over this."
"That is none of my concern." Medusa wasn't unaware of what her appearance and aura could do. In fact, she was painfully aware of it and it was technically the reason for her tragedy from long ago. If the men started killing each other because of her, she wouldn't bat an eye at it and just leave the ghastly scene hoping that some of them wouldn't be able to bother her and her sisters in the future.
It was because of this apathy that she failed to recognize Bell, the current Captain of the Miach Familia, who was looking at her in a trance. But even if she had noticed, the most she could give him is a cold glance. Thanks to this apathy, however, Bell's unique skill didn't deactivate and was only further strengthened while hoping for her recognition, never realizing that it was already doomed from the start.
But amidst this admiration, Medusa noticed something different and turned in Riveria's direction. Although she couldn't see the expression she was making, she was giving off a familiar feeling. It was a feeling that she always exuded when in front of her sisters. The feeling of inferiority without any hint of jealousy.
Riveria was shocked when Medusa suddenly turned her head in her direction and was even more surprised when she smiled and said, "Outward appearances are the least of his concerns."
"W-what are you talking about?" Riveria immediately feigned ignorance and minutely controlled her expression as she thought that her feelings were showing on her face. It was then she remembered that Medusa was currently blindfolded and wondered how she figured her out. Still, it was a good way to dodge her words and asked, "What happened to your eyes? Were you injured?"
'Wait... Why did I assume that she's talking about Kisuke? Why did I act like I knew what she was talking about? And is she even talking to me in the first place?'
As various thoughts swirled inside of Riveria's head, Medusa chuckled at her reaction which was the stark contrast to the demeanor she was showing just previously, and put half of those in the room into an immediate trance, "I'm not injured. Let's just say that it's a form of training so that even without my sight, I'd still be able to accurately tell what's going on in my surroundings using just my other senses."
All of sudden, a dagger connected to a set of chains materialized on Medusa's hand and she threw it towards Ottar, who was about to grab his sword. It was so fast that even though they recognized her actions, no one was able to do anything, "I don't have anything to prove to you, but please curb your curiosity with this. I don't have any spare time to waste on you."
Ottar smiled as he looked back to the dagger that'd punched straight through the hand that was about to grab his weapon, "How wonderful. You're the same type of monster as the both of them." he muttered as fighting spirit filled his whole body. While everyone else was speechless, they all immediately recovered, except for Bell who was technically a newbie and quietly panicking at the sight of gushing blood.
Medusa ignored his comment and finally proceeded to introduce those behind her, "Everyone already knows her, but allow me to present you Line Arshe. In response to your lack of healing items and personnel, Yoruichi has asked me to bring her here."
Line stepped forward and bowed down, "Please take care of me!"
Those who knew of her could still see her low self-esteem. However, only those with sharp eyes could see beyond it, 'That movement and demeanor... Only experienced Adventurers could have those. It looks like she wasn't just studying Magic from him.' Finn thought while his doubts regarding her loyalty to the Loki Familia began to surface.
"I'm sorry to say this, but what can a single person do?" Tsubaki suddenly asked.
In response, Medusa answered, "Conveniently, there's a wounded man here. Line-san, please show them what you can do."
"Yes!"
"Conveniently you say..." The corner of Tsubaki's mouth twitched as she stopped herself from retorting, so did the others.
The conveniently wounded man was curious about what Line could do, so he stretched out his hand when she approached. But it didn't take more than a few seconds before multiple Magic Circles were deployed around the hand and it was to everyone's view how Ottar's flesh started mending itself before his hand was repaired to perfection, "I opted to use your own cell's regeneration capacity to heal you since you have a lot of stamina. It should be just like waiting for it to heal over time, but I just guided and accelerated the process.", Line explained to the stunned Ottar who was healed faster than even an Elixir could.
"How was it?" asked Finn.
"...Incredible.", murmured Ottar, "Not even the lingering pain that Potions always leave behind."
Finn then turned to Line and asked, "How many times can you do this?"
Without any hesitation, Line answered with a smile, "If it's how I just healed Ottar-san, I can do it as many times as time allows and without rest for about... hmmm... three days, I guess?"
"Nonstop for three days!?" Shakti stood up and slammed the table.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Line, instead, became embarrassed and replied while scratching her cheek, "I'm sorry, but that's only as far as my mental capacity can go. But I'll be fine and could go again after a good night's rest and a portion of hearty food!"
"I'm not discounting your ability, though!? And you'll be fine after a night's rest!? Not even a short-lasting fatigue or physical pain!?"
"But a healer needs to be able to heal their allies without compromising one's abilities, though? There's no point if the healer is the first to go down after healing a few times."
"That's not what I'm talk-"
Before Shakti could finish talking, Line interrupted her because she thought she finally got what she meant, "Please let me explain. The treatment I gave Ottar-san can only be applied to minor wounds like that and to stronger individuals since it would be consuming their stamina greatly."
"For fatal wounds or those who are weakened, I would need to use my Magic Power reserves to do the treatment. In regards to that, I can only do it about 300-400 times before needing a break for a whole day. I can't just do something about my reserves. And while I can use Magic Stones as a substitute, I'm not proficient enough to purify the Magic Power within, so using it for treatment might have adverse effects on the patient, so I'm only doing that if it's an emergency."
"..." There were so many points of retort that Shakti and everyone remained speechless.
The second person who came with Medusa nodded in understanding and thought, 'As expected of a member of that group. Over the top as usual.'
Editors:
28th00: It’s been so long since Bell appeared that I somehow forgot he got his skill off of Medusa this time around, which sucks for him, to be fair. Medusa is so heavy into her maid/servant fetish(like Grayfia) towards Kisuke who is her literal hero and savior for both her and her sisters, that he would never even register to her awareness. At least in the OTL with Aiz, he at least had a chance, since she was single. Also, Riveria’s crush has been called out and her ears might’ve even waggled!
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Relative to other Adventurers of the Loki Familia, Line could be considered as a new member. And since this was also the first Familia she joined, she only ever knew about them before being pulled to the Hestia Familia's side. In addition to the rarity of healers themselves and her mindset of not settling for being average, the only healer she had ever known is the one considered as the greatest, Airmid Teasanare, the Captain of the Dian Cecht Familia despite only being a Level 2.
Because of Airmid's existence, Line made her the goal that she wanted to surpass. So when she saw that everyone was so surprised that she was able to heal Ottar faster than an Elixir could, Line became confused, 'Airmid-san could also do the same thing and I could and even concoct the highest level potions with ease that I can't do. What are they so surprised about?'
She too, from the start, was a little bit disconnected from reality, making her a good match for the Hestia Familia.
Everyone was surprised, not just because of her healing ability, but also the sheer number of times she could do it. For the record, Airmid could only heal faster than Elixirs a few times before Mind Down took over.
Finn waved his hand down and interrupted them, "This is neither the time nor place to discuss that. What's important is that she can definitely resolve our biggest problem now. With this, we only have to depend on the Dian Cecht Familia for anti-curse potions."
Though not very often, Curse Magic still existed for some monsters. And even if it's easy to avoid with the right tactics and knowledge, mistakes and accidents still happen. But if the group could ease their reliance on Elixirs, it would reduce their need for a resupply and they wouldn't have to send out a group of elites as many times as they would've before.
"Uhmm..." Line raised her hand, "If it's Curse Magic, as long as it's the basic ones, I can also take care of it, the basic and intermediate levels at least."
"Y-you can?", even Finn was almost rendered speechless, "Did you develop a skill for it?"
For the record, the number of people who could actually cure curses could be counted on one hand in the entirety of Orario, and only Airmid could apply such effect to the potions with her 'Mystery' ability, making it highly sought after as there were a lot of criminals and evil oriented Familias that could use Curse Magic.
To his question that everyone thought would get a positive answer however, instead received a shaking head, "Skill? No. I haven't received anything along those lines."
"Then how?" Riveria asked with great curiosity. Out of all the Magic-related studies she'd gone through, Curse Magic was one of those she hasn't touched yet because of the lack of knowledge and information surrounding it.
Line, in response, became excited because it was also an interesting topic for her, "Fundamentally,Curse Magic is just a bundle of tangled Magic Power that was sent to the target to disrupt the flow of various energies in the affected area. Because of that, the most common effect of Curse Magic is an 'unhealable' wound. But with enough Magic control, you can actually untangle and safely expel this foreign Magic Power safely, effectively resolving the Curse. However, this is only true for the basic and intermediate levels of such Magic. For advanced and beyond, Serafall-san said that the Magic itself would form a will and would actively avoid any attempts to dispel it."
"...What about the Curse Magic of Barca Perdix's weapons that Evilus used last time? What's their level?" asked Finn with a serious expression. After all, those were the worst Curse Magic that they'd encountered, 'There hasn't been any proposed standard for Curse Magic and if those are advanced level, then Airmid's value would skyrocket in the coming months.'
"Those? They were of the basic level... Maybe a tiny bit better. With my current abilities, I can erase their effects within 3 seconds. And if the same Curse is applied across multiple people, I can also remove it in groups by just adding a few more seconds."
The room became quiet and it was only Finn's sigh that could be heard along with him rubbing his forehead. So as to not allow her further time to say something even more ridiculous, Finn decided to put an end to it, "We would be thankful for your assistance to the expedition. If there's something you need, you can ask Riveria for anything specific." After all, Line is still their member and they didn't want her to spill too much of the precious information she had to other rival Familias.
Turning to the last person who entered, Finn asked, after sizing up the strange Amazoness, "And this is?"
Medusa was disappointed that Finn still thought about their own gain instead of working with the others. Nevertheless, she also understood where he was coming from and didn't think much about it, "This is Tenestra, from the Dizara Region. She's studying Magic along with Line."
The Amazoness that everyone thought was strange because she was wearing an attire that could be compared to that of Elves stepped up and eagerly introduced herself, "It's very nice to meet everyone~! I'm Tenestra of the Astarte Familia. The leader of the Magic Research Corps... Though there's only me and the other two people in it. Anyway, I hope you don't mind me hopping onto the wave you're all riding~"
Finn nodded, "As long as you follow our lead, we greatly appreciate a helping hand."
"Then that settles it. Since I don't have anything else to add, I'll be taking my leave." Medusa promptly expressed her decision to leave and no one was able to stop her from leaving.
Finn wanted to ask her a few more things, but it was plain for all to see that she didn't exactly want to deal with them so he held back, "Meeting adjourned. Any issues that will come up, don't hesitate to bring them up."
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On the 65th floor, Yoruichi and Serafall overlooked a jungle several times larger than Orario and the source of this jungle was five Demi-Spirits being fed by an almost uncountable number of caterpillar monsters.
"There's no way for them to tackle this, is there?" Serafall asked while trying to gauge the abilities of these Demi-Spirits.
"If they put their minds and body to it, along with the appropriate tactics, they should be able to. The problem is the subsequent floors. If they're here with these numbers, chances are that the Monster Rex on the 67th floor was also taken over. I'm afraid that thing would be the equivalent to a High-Class Devil and bordering Ultimate-Class. They'll be wiped out within a few moves." replied Yoruichi.
"If such a thing really exists here, but that Black Dragon in the records is most probably of Ultimate Class... How the hell did the inhabitants of this world fend that off if they were this weak?"
"With numbers, obviously. The ones who led them, from my estimation, were also a Level 9, bordering the highest at Level 10."
"Just what are these levels? From Levels 1-7, it's almost nothing special, but once someone steps into Level 8, it becomes a totally different thing."
Yoruichi shook her head, "I don't really know, but it's a topic that Kisuke was already investigating. We'll probably hear from him about it in these coming days, if not weeks. Though, if I were to guess, it's probably some sort of evolution. This is probably the reason why Ottar has been a peak Level 7 for the longest time without any signs of Leveling up. Just Exelia isn't enough anymore."
"Sounds really useful. Then why did you stop Sona-chan and the rest from going beyond Level 3?"
"Aside from not knowing what sort of effect it'd have for aliens like us, it's pretty useful for Magic practice. They are probably struggling right now, but once they've returned or the restrictions of this world are disabled, they'll probably have the same output as an Ultimate-Class, if not stronger, and control of a veteran, if not better."
At that moment, Medusa landed behind them, "I'm sorry for being late. It took me more time to test my abilities out inside the Dungeon than I'd thought."
Editors:
28th00: Oh yeah, forgot that the world itself was heavily nerfing the girls…
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