章 18: 18. Gathering The Named Cards II
"Are you done with your training for today?" Mirai asked while passing me a water pouch.
"Yeah, I think that's enough for today. I need some rest." (Jin)
"10 hours straight of training, you sure have a steel like will, Gin. Anyway, util when are you going to wear that mask? I mean it was much better than the previous helmet that covered all over your face." (Mirai)
"Oh come on, I already told you that I cannot show my face at all cost as that was one of the training rule." (Jin)
"Oh come on Gin... No one will know if I kept silent about it, we have stayed together for a month and we already shared many stories to each other. Don't you think keeping your face a secret after all we have been through together a bit to cruel for me?" (Mirai)
"What do you mean by that, we only stayed together for most of the time and that's also because that rule from earth to help each other earthlings. You also choose to stay together with me because it will become more dangerous later on."(Jin)
"*Hiks* Now that you have tasted my body, you no longer hold me important, how cruel of you." (Mirai)
"Don't say misleading things like that! And I only saw you masturbated without touching any of your body parts, come on, the mistake was on your side for doing something like that openly in the wild" (Jin)
"Don't talk to me like you are any better than me! You even had sex outdoor at night many times already, don't you know those moans made me harder to sleep? Also the fact that you already saw me naked is inevitable. I can't get married now, so take responsibility for me!" (Mirai)
"Oh come on, what kind of age are we living on? The medieval age? You are practically wearing only your underwear when you perform live in stages anyway with how skimpy your outfits were. Getting seen naked is not that different." (Jin)
"They are proper costumes, and don't call them skimpy outfits!"(Mirai)
So another 2 weeks has passed still without no result. I have spent almost a month to search this damned temple.
Surprisingly I really got close to this silly girl within a month time. I don't know how our relation become this close to even talk comfortably with each other but isn't that a good thing? Or is it a bad thing? Well, I don't give a damn about it.
Anyway, now I only have around 45 days left before the match end and I really need to speed up the search.
Within those 2 weeks, I surprisingly manage to get 120 more soldier card drops from hunting around 10.000 wild beasts.
With more soldiers, the number of beasts I could hunt a day also increased. Each of the team I sent to search the temple hunting average was around 20 beasts a day, multiplied it by the 25 teams that I spread out, then add the beast that Sil and Kirika hunted alone, the number of wild beasts my group had hunted could reached around 700 wild beasts a day.
My GP has already reached 20.000 by this time and it still increasing at this moment, but I cannot be lax and conceited for it.
Since I already reached this far, I no longer desire for only my own survival, instead I'm going for the first spot of this match now.
Currently I have around 370 soldiers and divided 320 of them into 32 teams of ten men but since I still didn't manage to find it after 3 weeks, I change my plan and divide them again into 64 teams of 5 men.
I know it's quite the risky move but I had learned how to use anything in my disposal properly.
So even though I have use this risky move that could cost many life of my soldiers, I could get the result that I want faster.
I could get those iron grade soldiers card very easily after all so it's not a big deal at all.
In the end that risky plan worked out perfectly as I got the report I wanted the next day.
Although I lose more than 50 soldiers because of the wild beasts attack that keep getting stronger as more time passed, it still worth it.
The funny thing here is that the lake was actually hidden inside a big mountain with it center hollowed.
My soldiers that found it was lucky as he find it only by accident. While doing his job, he unexpectedly stepped on a hollow ground an fell deep inside a cave which later on brought him out ear the lake location.
After he find the lake, the soldier which actually an archer apprentice shoot out his arrow outside the hole above with the lake location message.
When we came to that place, even Kirika out a surprised expression as she didn't expect that the temple she remembered location has changed drastically.
When I asked her about it, she answered that the lake location was actually formed by the frequent rain on top on this mountain with a big crater on top of it.
The temple then was build at the center of this lake with magic in purpose to get closer to the sky as the previous residents of this world believe that the closer their temple toward the sky, their prayer will reach their god more.
And now the temple that was called the highest temple of the world has fell even lower than the ground level, ironic isn't it?
Since I already found this place by my own effort, the system didn't find anything wrong with Kirika answering some of my question regarding this historic place.
Of course our conversation did not include the existence of the last silver card in this world that located within the temple.
Anyway, from Kirika story, she said that there should be a bridge that connect the land with the small island where the temple stood tall but maybe it also gone from the passage of time.
I ordered a soldier to check the water and unsurprisingly a beast came out and attack him so I told him to retreat right away.
The lake is also quite deep so it was impossible to walk over it. I decided to circle the lake and try to search for some area with shallow water.
After walking for 3 hours, I manage to found a path or perhaps the missing bridge that Kirika told me before.
The bridge actually got submerged inside the lake but fortunately it was not that deep.
When I ordered a soldier to check it's dept, surprisingly the water only covered up to the knee.
In the end we decided to use the submerged bridge to cross to the temple. Though I don't have any problem if I go along along with my group, unfortunately Mirai persistently asked to come with together with me this time.
I tried to make her stay with all kind of reasons but in the end I gave up and decided to just get on with it.
I already prepared for this since she joined me after all. So what if she followed me, I could just give her some false information about how strong I am, and there also a chance to win without fighting like what happen with Kirika before so I don't need to show anything to her.
Even now she still don't know that Sil, Kirika, and Gotia were named cards and she will never know in the future as I still don't trust her completely.
We may got closer this past month but it's only limited as a friend, no more than that.
There also a chance that all she had shown me was an act, it's a plausible scenario as she is a Konoe, just like how those so called family has been acting in front of me.
It was quite the challenge to cross that submerged bridge as the water based beasts there had the area advantage but in the end we still did it.
Different from the abandoned shrine where I met Kirika nor the crimson tower where I met Gotia, the temple entrance lead us directly to a very big and spacious hall.
Unfortunately almost all the furniture inside this hall were already broken but from a glance, those broken furniture previously were most likely to be row of chairs that were use by this world former residents to pray.
At the end of the hall were a broken statue and a small altar in front of it with a silver colored chest resting on top of it.
And sitting in front of that altar is a long green haired person wearing a white robe. From the outline of that person, she looks like a girl.
If I was here alone with only my own group then there would be nothing to fear as we are strong enough to beat this temple guardian.
Unfortunately since Mirai is tagging together with me, we cannot do that and instead play it more carefully.
We walked toward the guardian with slow steps which is part of the act and a few minutes later we already standing only 5 meters away from where the guardian is sitting.
The guardian then stood up and turned around to face my group. Her gaze first drop at where Kirika stood and next her gaze moved toward where Gotia stood with a very surprised expression.
She then give a glance toward Mirai and then lastly her gaze moved toward me so I look at her back right in her eyes.
"Fascinating." (???)
"What is?" I asked her back while walking closer to her. If I can I want to hold a close conversation with her so that no one can hear what we were talking about.
"You are... fascinating." (???)
I stopped my steps when I already got close enough with her, close enough that if I reached out my arm, I could touch her.
"Let's get this over quick, what will be your test?" I asked in a small voice.
"*Giggle* Why so impatient... And there truly is no test as you already pass them with flying color." She replied while getting closer to me with a whisper like tone.
Since this is not a fight between man like what I had with Gotia before, I already prepared to use my armor skill that can make a barrier and together with my current high defense, I doubt she can hurt me critically.
Though there still a chance for her to do a sneaky attack while we get so close to the point that we could feel each other breath, I still took the risk.
Maybe having sex with Sil and Kirika a lot makes my confidence toward woman increased by a lot and spending my time sparring and talking with Gotia affect me to be as bold as him.
"Hmm? What do you mean?" (Jin)
"I see another player in your group, is this the true definition of keeping your ally close and your enemy even closer?" (???)
"Well, something like that and don't dodge my question, what do you mean by before? Is it related to how you stare at Kirika and Gotia before?" (Jin)
"*Chuckle* You are very attentive, I like that. Honestly my test is only to bring one of the other 2 hidden named silver cards or my previous comrades from this world and you brought both of them here." (???)
"What a strange test you posted for yourself."(Jin)
"Well after what I have been through, I just don't want to be lonely and if I have to serve a master in the future, it would be ideal if I can serve him or her together with my former comrades. You can understand how I feel right? I can feel it, that the both of us is the same lonely people that desire for other acknowledgement and affection." (???)
When she said that we were the same lonely people, I could only laugh dryly as a reply as she wasn't wrong.
"You got me there, but I'm not really feel lonely anymore now." I said while giving a glance toward Sil and Kirika.
"And maybe you can also shoo away this loneliness of mine as well, just like what they for you." (???)
"You know how cringe our current conversation sound right?" (Jin)
"*giggle* We are the only one that can hear it so what's the problem."(???)
"So what now? are you gonna submit to me just like that ?" (Jin)
"You don't want an easy victory? That's strange, I never thought that the man that would be my master would turn out to be that kind of person." (???)
"You really area a very playful person, even Kirika playfulness is not this severe." (Jin)
"Well of course, she took that playfulness of hers from me after all. fu fu fu~" (???)
"I think we had enough talking for now. How about introducing yourself to me for the last part?" (Jin)
"Hmm... Okay then, let's talk more later. Now let me introduce myself, I am Penelope, former cardinal of this fallen temple and now I am your personal slave that you can order to do anything to your heart desire." (Penelope)
"You really..." (jin)
[Lonely Priestess Penelope, a named silver grade card has submitted to you, do you want to retract it back as a card?]
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