Walking down a suprisingly clean road, Mizuki was humming a tune while making a few customized magic circles and saving them in her memory.
"There isn't really anything to do other than hunt here is there?" she sighed as she sent an icicle to a bush by the side of the road.
"Koark!"
A hobgoblin fell down on his face with a semi frozen hole in his torso. The ice spread to the entire body and crumbled to dust.
Mizuki had taken her leave after activating her spell. She had seen the outcome numerous times as her new ice spell was certainly helpful.
Using the shadow, ice and gravity elements, the ice would spread across the entire body while corrupting the inner organs with shadow. When the entire body is covered and all the organs corrupted the gravity element would kick in and turn it all into fine dust.
Ofcourse the spell always left the magic crystal intact. Not because it was programmed to do so but because it could not.
No matter what element was used the magic crystal would not break to a magic circle of the same tier or lower.
"I'm using gravity magic for most of my spells now. I wonder if I should focus on it."
"I do have my Moon element that will always stay one tier above my current one but I have not used it yet."
"Taking the properties of the moon into account the element will most likely synergize well with the shadow and ice elements maybe space and gravity too. Besides synergizes the element itself wont be very useful with neither attack or defence, most probably it will be used for support."
"So buffing, debuffing and the like. If I use it with my normal spells it will boost them to tier 4 if I am not incorrect. The problem here is that I can only use the element at night. Either that or I can try to make my own artificial 'night' in a designated area."
"..."
Thinking about it for a few more moments Mizuki let out a sigh and started walking with an elevated pace.
"Bahh. I can try it out later, I'm heading out to become a pirate for a while anyway so why would a pirate contemplate like this."
Mizuki took a sip of water, wiped her mouth and continued walking to the port city of New Seelnd.
...
"Christ when am I gonna arive? It's been like 3 days! Did the maker of this map just make it to scam people?"
Mizuki has been walking for 3 days and 14 hours, only taking a 2 hour rest every day and a half.
"God this is annoying. The map says that it should only take about 2 and a half days to reach it and here I am. Walking for more than three and not a single sign of civilization."
What Mizuki did not realize was that the road she was following along with the total time written on the map was meant for carriages not for walking.
"You know what. At first I wanted to walk in order to not harm the ecosystem but screw it. F*ck it even."
Mizuki got into a sprinting position and muttered.
"I got places to be."
A sudden gust of wind spread out from a crater in the middle of the road.
If anyone was nearby they would only see a streak of silver and white before a large gust of wind would blow them off their feet.
"Still not fast enough."
Using one of her previously made magic circles, it glowed under her feet as her speed skyrocketed.
Gravity, wind, lightning, ice and light. All of these elements were used in a single tier 3 magic circle. Gravity so she could run with larger steps, wind to get rid of air resistance, lightning to increase the speed and strength of muscle movements and reaction speed, ice for her to skate so she would not trip and light to protect her eyes. She could have added sound as well but that would be over the top.
Mizuki could only describe this spell as 'handy'. She did not realize that some after effects might linger due to her spell.
...
I was walking my usual route to the port city to get some food and other supplies for my parents and I.
Like normal I had just reached the road and started walking. Before I could take even a single step I noticed something weird.
The pebbles and rocks were moving. The weirder part was that they were floating. Looking around I didn't see anything out of the ordinary so I tried to ignore it and inform the guild later. Maybe it was a mutated monster or something, I could only hope that the guild would provide a solution for this.
Not that it really mattered if it was not a monster I would keep the rocks floating. It would be pretty interesting after all.
After taking my first step and going to take my second I could only see a flash of silver go by past me.
Trying to use [Identify] on the moving streak that was heading towards the city I only got one thing.
[Error]
Before I could question it and before I could do anything a frightening gust blew me off my feet.
I landed on a tree near the road and fell off a moment later because I could not balance myself on the branches.
"What the hell was that?" was the only thing I could say in this situation as I gazed towards the city. I could only hope that nothing would go wrong.
...
"Oop. Almost ran someone over." said Mizuki as she stopped a few hundred meters before the entrance to the city.
"Well. At last. Or should I say something like finally~."
Using the space element to teleport inside the walls of the city, Mizuki started walking towards the ocean while looking around for information involving pirates and the like.
"Yo ho ho or whatever pirates say. Time to get myself a ship."
Walking up to the beach and crounching down to touch the water, Mizuki scooped it up with her hand but then frowned.
The water was draining her mana at a scary pace. At most it would take 2 minutes for her entire reserves to deplete.
'This might be troublesome.'
"Oi! Young lady there by the water!"
Standing up and looking behind her, Mizuki saw a middle aged man with black hair green eyes and a slightly worried look on his face.
Theman was walking towards her with a quick step but stopped for a second on account of Mizukis face before resuming.
"Ey little lass I would recommend not trying to go for a swim if I were you."
"Why is is that?"
"The oceans near this continent are notorious for sucking out mana out of all living beings below tier 5 in a matter of moments and seeing as you look relatively young I had guessed that you are in fact not a tier 5."
"Thank you for your worry and no I am not besides that may I ask a question?"
Mizuki was acting relatively timid. The reason for this is that..
'This man.'
'He is unbelievably dangerous.'
"Ask away lass."
"If the water sucks out mana then how can people cross the continents? Flight does not seem to be an option because water can evaporate and the particular reason for sucking up mana should be present in the sky too, no? Also, if mana can't be used around here then how can you fend off against pirates?"
Hearing all of this the man raised his brows in slight suprise.
'We got a suprisingly smart one here.'
"To your first question. We use ships, most ships used are old school ships with not an ounce of mana on them but there are some pirate crews with either blessed or cursed ships that roam the waters with a few benefits. Second, yes. The clouds around this continent do indeed suck away mana aswell. Third, we use regular old cannons, guns and swords."
"Hmm~. Thank you for the information kind sir." said Mizuki with a smile before walking away before turning around, giving a small wave and leaving.
Waving back to the girl the man thought.
'An interesting lass indeed. Could make a good addition to the crew. But too young.'
Unknown to Mizuki the man she had talked to was infact known as Jackson the Sharpened Emerald the captain of the ship Jaded Blade and a pirate lord of the southern seas who had come to this town to look for promising lasses and lads to add onto a new ship in his division.
...
Heading towards the guild to pick up some information on local pirate crews, Mizuki bought an apple and was eating it on her way.
'I haven't really gotten 'full' from normal food or water. Maybe I do need mana crystals to not starve.'
Reaching the guild she entered and walked to the nearest receptionist.
"Hello there. I need info on some of the local ongoings due to being new around here."
"Ah! Hello. Sure, what do you need? Are you perhaps here to sign up to be a marine or to join a division?"
"No. I just told you what I wanted."
The receptionist blushed and looked down. She had not listened to what Mizuki had said because she was busy admiring the cute lady infront of her.
".. may you repeat what you wished for?"
"Fine." Mizuki let out a sigh and repeated what she was here for.
"Ah! Yes, ofcourse. Currently a few military divisions are going around and recruiting promising young people to join the war against the 9 pirate lords. Besides that there are some sightings of pirates around but nothing to be concerned about. It's not like a pirate lords crew will show up."
"Thanks. That will be all for now, bye."
"Goodbye. Oh, and be vary of slave traders, they have a nak for trying to capture beast kin."
Finding an inn Mizuki bought a room for five days and went to rest.
...
In the morning when she woke up she started thinking.
'The weapons used on the seas are your ships main weapons the cannons and the weapons you carry on you so mostly a sword and a handgun to be efficient. I have a sword but not a gun. The cannons should come with the ship, if the ship is actually good that is. I might just make my own.. Nevermind. I don't know almost anything about making ships... but I can modify them.'
Mizuki was sitting on her bed with a wide grin.
'Let's start with a gun. I at least know some stuff about guns. 2 days should be enough to make a good prototype. A semi automatic would be best. Bullets can't be made from mana so.. can't I make items out of mana? I indeed can but do they get destroyed in water? Hmm~. '
'I'm gonna try that. But first I need a referance to make it along with a good referance for a ship if I plan to modify it.'
'But I probably need a f*ck ton of money for that and how am I supposed to earn.. that much...' Mizuki facepalmed.
'I'm gonne be a f*cking pirate. Why the hell am I supposed to earn it the 'legal' way? God, sometimes I leave even myself stupefied.'
Making a bandana like mask to cover the surroundings of her eyes, a black face mask a cap and a jacket with shadow magic while using mana to retract her horns she was ready to commit some crime.
...
'It has been a day since I found that interesting sheepkin girl. Besides her there really isn't any talented individuals here.'
'The girl reminded me of one of the eastern lords. Tana the Sheep of Theft. I wonder how she is doing.'
While walking around the streets I suddenly hear a loud explosion and multiple shouts.
I quickly start heading towards the location.
Just as I am about to enter the main street I see a short lass with clothes made of some shadow-like substance jump overhead, blocking out the sun. In the air I saw she had a few golden necklaces around her neck, a bag of what seemed to be platinum coins and other valuable small trinkets in her left hand while her right hand was holding the most top tier of military handguns and two bejeweled crowns acting as sleeves on both hands. A sort of mask that was tied around her ears was pulled down to her lower chin as she had an apple made of pure obsidian in her mouth.
As she landed I heard the sound of the bag full of stolen goods ring snapping me out of my daze. I looked towards the retreating figure that had multiple tier 3 guards running after her along with a tier 4.
As I was looking towards the ever more distant figure I thought to myself.
'Heh. Really does remind one of Tana, I should get in touch with her along with warning the others that a new lord might soon come to the seas.'
I head back towards my ship and crew to prepare for departure.
'Surely she won't be able to steal my ship as well.' I thought with a laugh before stopping for a second, furrowing my brows slightly and continuing to head towards my ship with trace amounts of worry on my face and a faster step.
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