Chapitre 50: Chapter 49: Saving damsels in distress
'Ehh how come it is like this? Isn't it too far from the conversion ratio of knowledge points and kill points?' Front the name, Kiel could understand that the Kill points were what you gained after killing something.
And Knowledge points were a higher version of the same currency! But even if he got that the conversion still sucked.
[Host you must remember that my income system works on the principle of equivalent exchange! You need to give something if you want something. And these equivalent currencies are Knowledge and Kill points. But you can still use the barter function after you upgrade the system.
But the minimum amount of Knowledge points Host can spend is 1. Even if a job requires fewer points, you still have to spend the minimum 1 point. There are no fractional points. Same for the Kill points
So would Host like to confirm the purchase?]
"Ok. 10 Kill points it is." Kiel always found that whenever he wanted to spend some points the system seemed very eager. But whatever. It must be his delusion.
[ Acknowledged! Beep… Deducting 10 kill points. Loosening the ropes around Host!]
As soon as the system announced, Kiel could feel the ropes loosening around him. Enough for him to move out of them without any problems.
Untying the rope around him, Kiel stood up and slowly walked to where the little girl was wailing her heart, caressing the head of the crying lady.
Although she was a bit dazzled, the warmth and comfort of the sudden pat, bought her genuine happiness. For a moment she felt that she was in the presence of her parents. So she sought closer to the source of warmth and hugged it unwilling to let it go. She had lost herself in there. Now slowly sniffing in place of wailing loudly.
A few moments passed away as the warmth within her blossomed.
"There there! Poor child! No need to fret. I am here"
When an unfamiliar but warm voice sounded, Tia suddenly realised the situation she was in. The warm hand was also unfamiliar to her. When her blurry eyes cleared from the tears, she saw the face of the little kid that she had just tied up.
"Ahhh!"
Tia brushed off Kiel and dashed off after seeing who it was. However, she was still weak and dirty and could not help but slip on a nearby rock.
*thud* Hitting her head again in the process, she could not help but sob again. 'It really hurts!'
She recalled that she was hugging the kid. Although he had saved her and was her saviour, she still doubted how did a kid younger than she killed the beast?
And how did he even appear here now when she tied him up? But then again realising the conditions of her friends and her eyes became blurry once likewise.
Kiel was also surprised by the sudden outburst of the little girl. And when he again saw she was going to sob again, Kiel was also heartbroken.
He had already regarded her as his general. But when we wanted to walk closer to comfort her again, she actually turned over alerted like a little kitten.
"St-Stay away from me! How di-did you open the ropes by yourself?"
"There there no need to cry! I am Kiel Dmitriev! I mean no harm! No need to cry, little lady! Big brother is only here to help!" Kiel could only halt and lower her guard first before talking to her.
"Who… who is little? I am older than you! Don't act to be a big brother! And why are you here? I am warning you! I am Tia Wavedusk, from the Wavedusk Duke family! If you have any ill intention, then… then we will definitely let you off!"
Although Tia knew that she might be no match for someone who defeated the beast, she could not back away! So she tried to put her bravest front in place of him.
But she still could not be cold to the little fella. Looking at the simple and adoring facial features, blue eyes deep as the oceans and the cute innocent smile, she could not come to blame him.
He was just a little kid after all. And who can win over the cuteness!
Seeing the little kitten baring her fangs towards him, Kiel was mildly surprised.
But he recalled that he was younger than her! 'Sigh! My seniority is messed up!'
"Relax! I was travelling in the same caravan group as you were! When I was night viewing here, I heard the sounds of battle from here.
So I came to check here. Who would know that such a thing happened! And as for your earlier question, i think in your panic you didn't tie the rope tightly. When I stretched a little it was already loose."
Kiel could only answer like that. He could not reveal his system now, could he?
Tia also thought maybe he was right! She was so scared that even now her legs could not help but tremble. And she was already not in the state to think properly now.
"But Miss Tia, are you alright?"
Kiel also didn't give her time to question further and tried to change the topic as he realised that he was tied quite tightly.
He could not help but praise the little girl as she was quite meticulous even when she was trembling like she saw a ghost.
So he slowly stretched out his hands to the weak and fragile girl in front of her this time to show his sincerity.
Seeing the hand in front of her, Tia could not help but stretch out her hand unconsciously. And the moment she touched the hand, although it was cold, it filled within her a sense of security.
For a moment she felt so good that she thought how good it would be if she just held this hand forever and it would be like this.
But then she realised that it was not up to her to decide that and became sad again.
"Hmm. I am fine. But my friends! They… They… "
Seeing that the little girl was about to cry again, Kiel gently comforted her. He needed information now. So he could only do this slowly.
"Miss Tia! Do you remember what happened after the fight? This is not the place where you all actually fought! And where is the beast?"
After coming to his senses, Kiel looked around for a bit but found that there were only the three wounded maids lying on the ground beside Tia. A little distance away Kiel could even see the little cat lying down. But they were all unconscious with grievous wounds all around them.
'The three top quality beauties were now blemished by blood. What a pity.' Kiel for a moment felt that he had the qualities of becoming a poet.
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Listening to the questions answered, Tia was confused for a bit. What she experienced a bit back came to her. And with that some questions.
After the beast fell down, she noticed a yell. Not far from where the beast fell she found the cute little boy unconscious.
She was a lot scared then. Although the boy didn't look harmful, she still could only think of tying the boy and asking for questions later.
But now that she saw the little boy in front of her she could not bring herself to question him.
But she still had doubts. Why would the boy in front of her save her? What are his reasons?
Although she felt grateful for the boy's help, she knew she had nothing to offer to the boy.
In fear that the bloody corpse of the beast would attract other predators, she had dragged all her friends and this boy here. It was the least she could do.
"The beast died! I saw something shiny pierce its injured eye and it fell down. In fear that the blood around would attract other beasts, I cleaned up the girls a little and dragged you all here. I don't know what happened afterwards! I didn't even have the courage to even take its beast core."
Tia sounded a bit sad at the end. But it was reasonable. If you work hard for something but just have to stop it at the right moment it is frustrating. And it a more if you have bet everything on it.
"Hmm, you did good! Good girl!"
Kiel looked around the three unconscious maids lying on the ground. He looked closely at the wounds and how serious they were. He also looked at the little kitty, but it was at a more critical condition than them. Deep bite marks ran through its tiny body some of which even reached its bones.
Kiel wondered if this world has the germs of tetanus and if they were left for so long, would they run the chance of infection?
'Maybe this world is filled with mana had mana filled microorganisms like fireball Ebola or Darkness Malaria. Won't that be really cool?'
For a moment he even had the urge to laugh. Luckily, the little miss Tia didn't notice him. Or he would have lost the trust that he built after so much effort and she would think that he was a little weirdo.
'Ahem… past habits die hard…'
Although he couldn't scan them and know their status details now, he could at least use his elemental sight and magnetic vision to observe them for more details.
Kiel knew although he had saved the little princess Tia, she was now just like a scared little cat. One more attack and she may fall apart. The best way to win her heart was to save the companions of his future beauty.
Only then can he have her follow him wholeheartedly. He may also have the three combat maids too.
Kiel didn't care if they were talented in magic or not. If he could just build one or machines from his previous worlds, unless the immortals arrive, this little backward world would be his own little playground.
He is just bidding for time to grow up and have a precise understanding of this world before going what he should.
And although he didn't get any instant cheats or power-ups, not like he wanted any, he was satisfied with his Chakra. It was a whole new level of the mysterious field which Kiel had never explored previously.
'Well, obviously systems don't count in cheats.'
None of the novels he read previously had any details about this type of practising. So he had to build everything from scratch.
While pondering about the various life problems, Kiel activated his elemental sight. A little strenuous but still manageable.
There was a little of the grey fog lingering around the bodies of everyone even including the little miss Tia, which Kiel had previously noticed on the beast.
'This should be the shadow element. According to Tia, the beast uses a form of shadow attack which was aimed to erode away their vitality. Although it was not a potent as the curse element or dark element, it was still enough to deal damage to unconscious girls.'
Kiel knew about the curse and dark elements. However, both of them were unique-grade elements and only those most those who are blessed with destiny were said to have them.
The curse element relied on curses or voodoo magic to cause long term defects, while dark element focused on erosion and other stuff.
However, not much was known about them because of their rarity. Only some rudimentary knowledge was available. So, the shadow element which had a better chance of appearing among people was the best choice for this stuff.
However, Kiel believed that every element had its own advantages. So he didn't delve into this matter without further research.
Activating the magnetic vision again bought him to explore into other magical worlds. Looking at the girls beside him, he could feel their life fields greying out.
There was also a lot fewer lines emitting from their cores. The outside field was almost non-existent.
'So this is what it looks like when people die. Much like a magnet losing its magnetism I guess…'
In other words, they were not in a very good condition. Although they were still living, Kiel knew that the condition they were in, they would not live for long.
"So don't you have any healing potions?"
"Umm yes! But healing potions can only heal the flesh wounds. They can't expel the invasion of other elements in the body! And what I have are only three inferior healing potions. They are not helpful at all."
Tia handed a small bottle filled with a light green liquid to him which was said to be a low-grade healing potion with a sad and helpless look on her face.
Although she was careful, it didn't miss his eyes that she was clutching her left hands very tightly like holding a small little hope in her tiny hands.
"So how do these weird stuff are generally treated?"
Taking the little glass bottle in his hand, Kiel was really intrigued. Though he saw the little girl's nervousness, he would help her with his efforts, not words. That was him. Action before words.
But he could not help but wonder if even the almighty potions also were not helpful in these situations, how did people usually deal with these otherworldly wounds?
Although his mind was thinking of various things, Kiel was still gazing at the potions with much excitement. The inside had a light green colour liquid with a one-star on its cap.
If he didn't know better than opening a potion decreases its efficiency, he would have already taken a sip out of it.
As Kiel recalled that mana potions were divided into four types mainly: low-grade potion, medium grade potion, high-grade potion, superior grade potion and peak grade.
Each type of potion was made from a different combination of mana rich herb. Their qualities were differentiated into grades and viewed with the number of stars they are presented with.
Also, each type of mana potion had a different shade of colour with which they could be identified. And the higher the grade of the potion, the darker the shade of the potion.
Like the healing potion. The low-grade healing potion can only cure flesh wounds.
The medium grade healing potion can cure heavy battle wounds, while the high-grade potions can even generate lost limbs to some degree.
The superior grade potions were so rare that many knew how they were capable of, while the peak grades were only myths.
And there were elixirs which were said to be above the potions, said to be able to even able to bring back the dead.
"Tia maybe I can help!"
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