Bab 22: Gathering a crew (sort of), and a large commotion
'I'm gonna guess that she can't have come here alone. So her helpers should be waiting outside I think.'
'The front exit is the most likely to be blocked.'
Sneaking towards the back exit of the auction house, Mizuki silently opened the door to the outside and peeked out.
What she saw was about 20~ish people, all around the starting point of tier 3 just sitting around. Waiting.
'Just.. *sigh* god dammit.'
Being too tired to yell a curse in her mind, Mizuki carefully closed the door and started listening in on the conversations.
She settled on mostly listening to the small chat that was happening between a mature looking wizard lady that she swears she has seen before and a katana wielding black haired dude that didn't interest her in the slightest.
...
"Do you feel any changes Maryse?" asked the black haired and cyan eyed guy with a katana.
"No. After that large vibration through the building and terrifying magic circle that appeared there hasn't been any large mana movements." replied the mature woman with light brown hair and obsidian eyes.
"Listen. Tomi. I- I don't think that even with everyone here we could defeat that monster without the help of Margherita." she continued.
"Those mana fluctuations can't be in the realm of tier 3, and that magic circle was tier 4. I'm sure even you realized that."
"Couldn't the magic circle just be one that Margherita made?"
"No, it could not. She doesn't really focus on her magic skills at all and besides.. that element. It was so... strange."
"What do you mean?"
"When I tried to inspect it. It was like it was inspecting me as well and even better and faster than me."
"Could it be the soul element?"
"Impossible. Inspecting a magic circle from the soul element wouldn't give you such a sense of, well death."
"I don't get it. The soul element is literarlly the bridge between life and death. Your explenation is strange to me."
"Well you aren't the one researching all the existing elements, neither are you an elemental wizard."
"Well duh."
"Oi! Wizard lady! Can we go in yet? I'm sure the captain has already defeated and captured the bloke."
"She has not. Both of their auras are still in full swing and pretty near to eachother. I think they are having a conversation or something while preparing to go all out."
"And why do you say that? Huh?"
"Because I feel the intruders aura has grown."
...
'Nope.'
And with that quick thought, Mizuki left the scene.
'If the back way is blocked then up is the next best option.'
Using the space element to reach the roof, Mizuki carefully looked around.
Seeing that almost every exit of this building is blocked exept for the roof and front exit, she decides to make a run for it.
'Why is the front the only place that is not protected? What a failure of a plan.'
Using the sound, wind and gravity elements, Mizuki started silently hopping from roof to roof.
Taking a glance back she saw a slight reaction from one of the side entrances as the guards there started moving to the back of the building.
'Not my problem, I'm already gone and they have no idea where to. Yep. Not my problem.'
Reaching her inn, she climbed into her room through the window and saw a random guy sleeping in her bed and clenching her sheets.
Taking the liberty of throwing him out of the window and closing it along with locking every enterance and exit with multiple spells that were made to be lethal, Mizuki took her pillow that was still untouched and made an antigravity field that would hold her in the air, she went to sleep.
...
In the morning she was greeted with the same guy looking through her window on the opposite side of the street, on a roof.
Being glad that she wore her clothes as she slept in the air last night, Mizuki blocked the window by using a light magic spell that reflects all light, making her window akin to a mirror.
Leaving her inn she walked towards the exit to town.
While walking there were multiple pairs of eyes that were following her. She of course just ignored them and kept walking while stuck in her own thoughts.
'So. It is tomorrow sort of soo. Should I eat the apple?'
'Honestly I feel like that is going to go wrong in some shape or form.' she thinks with a soft sigh.
She takes in a deep breath of the morning air and continues.
"----!"
'I feel like I'm Eve and I'm gonna get f*cked over by satan or some sh*t if I do indeed take the apple. I mean it's literarlly an apple of death.'
'In comparison the pear of life sounds nice. Might just get immortality and all. But on the other side I don't relly want to become some loli baba. Actually I don't really like pears either.'
"-----!?"
'Their too hard and their taste and texture aren't really appetizing. I remember having heard that back on earth, people have died from getting pears thrown at them.'
"-i!"
'Really makes you feel home sick for such a simple place. A place that doesn't have all these weird things like system and real life errors.'
"Oi! Can you hear me or not!?"
"*sigh* Yes what seems to be the problem?"
A little ticked off becaise her train of thought was interupted, Mizuki responded with a soft sigh still not stopping her quick walk and only taking a glance at the man who talked to her.
"Hmph. You can't just walk in and out of the city as you feel like. What is your purpose of departure?"
"I'm going to the forest."
"Reason?"
"None."
"Hunting? Gathering? Traveling? Really nothing?"
"Traveling. Forest. Bye."
And just like that. Escape.
'The actual readon why I am heading to the forest is to hunt. Not that anyone exept me and some stalkers care.'
'I really want to know if I still need to eat those monster crystals or not.'
Until recently Mizuki has only been surviving off of water and food. Those things are for the weak.
The only thing she knows she needs to survive is some water every now and then.
Food is only for the taste. Naturally.
Besides the need for water, she does not know how frequently she needs it. Until now she has just taken 3 glasses of water per day.
Since all livi-. Scratch that. Since Most living things need something to survive. Mizuki intends to find out if she needs crystals to keep living.
Entering the forest she sneaks around by jumping from tree to tree and using the same spell she used to escape the auction house.
Spotting a regular grey wolf in her peripherals, she swiftly grabs the branch that she was about to jump off of and inspects the wolf.
As she does so, her hat nearly halls off of her head. Her hat... her...
'My... hat.....'
'God. F*cking. Dammit. I forgot to change my clothes after I got back home.'
Mizuki realized, sadly.
'Must be why the guard guy was so persistent, he thought I was an adventurer on a quest. At least I hope that is what he thought.'
'*Sigh* back to why I'm here for now.'
[Grey Wolf - Predator - Lv 44 -
HP 28,000/28,000 - MP 7,000/7,000]
'HP and MP are pretty low. Within the bounds of tier 2.'
'Easy prey.'
Said mizuki as she collected the crystal dropped from the wolf.
Just as she was thinking of the monster infront of her having low HP, she had thrown a bolt of lightning right through it's heart.
Throwing the crystal into her mouth and swallowing, all she felt was how her mana got refilled.
'So nothing of importance for now. I don't feel any more 'full' than before.'
'I might as well gather a few more. It might be a possibility that I need to seal another person who I can't beat in the future.'
Jumping around the forest for about half an hour, the monsters in the area only went up to Lv 50.
Jumping out of the forest and walking towards the town, or city as the locals call it, Mizuki noticed a large commotion happening and remembered to remove her hat, coat and bandana before approaching.
It has seems that the defeat of the knight captain Margherita has been made public.
'Shiiiiiiiiiii-'
Before Mizuki could finish her swear, the guard that was watching the gate saw her return in different clothing.
Not bothering to ask about her change of attire, all he did was ask for an ID and let her through.
'Thank god the 'suspects' looks haven't been made public. If they even know the looks.'
Walking to the guild, Mizuki put out a request.
[Looking for a good tier 3+ crew to join me.
Specifics: I am looking for a good crew of 9+. No ship needed, I have my own. If you plan to join and then take the role of captain, forget it.
A meeting for the crew is held tomorrow at the dock.
Requester: Mizuki
Rewards: 10 to 25 gold every month, fame.
Time: Until exile from crew or voluntary leave.]
'This should be tempting enough. From what I've heard, most top adventurers get around 2~5 gold a year while the guild master position gets about 30.'
'The promise of 10 gold per month is already huge. And the possibility to get 2.5x that amount is impossible for the average adventurer.'
Handing the request to the counter and walking away, leaving the receptionist in shock due to the money you can make from a single job, causing another huge ruckus in town.
Meanwhile Mizuki was leaving to sleep at the inn and wait for tomorrow.
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