Capítulo 104: 104. New Helper
After introducing themselves to each other, Indra and Ragnar bring Fredrik to Ragnar's personal training room. It's the room that has been reinforced with Indra's Rune Magic to withstand Ragnar's power, just like his underground training room under his Guild building.
"So Fredrik, I assume you didn't learn any spell when you awaken, only the runes." Indra asks in the elevator that goes down to the training room.
"Yes, Sir. I only know the runes and their characteristics."
"Then you also know each rune's functions, right?"
"Yes. But I don't understand what I need to do with them."
"Hmm, that's not strange. That's what happened to me too, so I needed to do a lot of experiments to make useful spells. It's the disadvantage of Rune Magic. We need to work hard to find even 1 usable spell. But the advantage outweighs the trouble because Rune Magic has infinite possibilities. The only limitations are our magic power and creativity. Ah, and understanding of the runes."
After a while, they finally arrive in the training room. Fredrik can feel the power of the Rune Magic in this room immediately. He looks around in awe because the rune spells that Indra places here are still too complicated for him.
"So how is it, Fredrik? Do you want to learn Rune Magic from me?"
"Y-yes, absolutely, sir."
"No need to call me sir. I think you are older than me."
"But you have a higher rank than me, so you are my superior."
"Well, that's not wrong. And if you join my Guild, I will be your boss. But I still don't like such formality. Anyway, do you want to join my Guild?"
"It's not like he has any other choice. You are the only one who can teach him Rune Magic, so he can only join your Guild." Ragnar sighs at the obvious fact, but something seems to trouble Fredrik.
"Is it really okay, Sir Ragnar?"
"Huh? What is okay?" Ragnar is confused, and so is Indra. They don't think there's any problem so far.
"I mean if I join Sir Indra's Guild even though I came to your Guild. It's like I only wanted to be introduced to Sir Indra through you."
Indra and Ragnar are speechless for a bit before they start laughing.
"Hahaha! I thought it was something serious. Fredrik, I already knew why you came to me and I also think you made a correct decision. Indra is the only one in this world who can guide you and make you show your ability. No one else can do it, so going under his wings is the only choice. You coming to me was also the correct decision because I'm the best choice to help you meet him in the whole Europe. If you ask someone else, some unpleasant things might happen before you can even meet Indra. Both me and Indra have also talked about this and we agreed to let him take care of you, so you don't need to feel guilty. Besides, I also get something good from this whole situation. Now Indra owes me a favor."
"This asshole is right. You don't need to worry about a thing. You haven't signed any contract with Valhalla, so you aren't tied to them and can do whatever you want. Our Guilds will handle the matter that worries you. Let's just say Ragnar was just scouting a talent for Moon Rabbit, so we can just pay him with money. But he asks for a favor from me. Still, this is just a normal business between 2 Guilds."
"I-I see." Seems like this is still quite complicated for Fredrik, but he understands the gist of it.
After that, they start talking about more serious matters like upgrading Ragnar's power. Of course, Indra uses his Soul Contract skill to make sure Ragnar will keep this a secret until Indra decides to publisize this ability himself.
Soul contract doesn't just prevent the contracted people from divulging the secret on purpose, it can also prevent them from doing it unconsciously like if their minds are being controlled or hypnotized.
Fredrik has the potential to be an S-Rank, but not a really strong S-Rank, in other words, barely an S-Rank. But it will still make him more powerful and have more mana to use his Rune Magic, so Indra still upgrades his power.
Of course, Fredrik is very surprised to know that there's someone with the ability to upgrade awakeners' power that is known to be the same and will never change since they awaken.
At most, they can only improve their power using magic items, buffs, and get more skills using Runestones that rarely appear after monsters are killed.
Speaking of Skill Runestones, Indra is actually working on creating a Rune Spell that can help Hunters to get Skill Runestones or at least increase the probability of getting them from the monsters they kill.
It's a crazy idea, but it's possible. He already asked Jin Woo and Jin Woo said that it's actually possible because there are abilities that allow their users to take others' skills.
Beru's skill to take the skills of those he eats is an example of it. It won't be easy to create something like that, but Indra always welcomes a difficult challenge like that.
Anyway, Indra plans to give Fredrik the task to assist him in activating the runes of the Magic Weapons, so Indra can have more time to do other things.
Of course, he will also teach Fredrik a lot of things about Rune Magic because as he said, this magic has great potential and Fredrik will have a great role in the future as its user.
"Alright, you can move to Bali whenever you're ready. Ragnar will help you with the formalities here so everything will be smoother."
"Yes, I understand." Fredrik seems hesitant about something when he answers and Indra catches it.
"Something on your mind? Just say it."
"Yeah, man. You seem to be bothered by something." Even Ragnar realizes it.
"Well, that's.... A-actually, I want to ask if I can take some of my salary right away. I have a lot of debt because of my father's and brothers' medical bills. I-I'm sorry. It must be too much to ask."
"Medical bills? What happened to them?"
"My brothers suffer from Eternal Slumber. To pay for their expensive medical bill, me and my parents were working hard to collect enough money. But then, my father also caught that illness, leaving me and my mother on our own to get enough money for 3 people's treatment."
"Is the medical bill that expensive? I thought Ragnar and Valhalla had been donating a lot of money for the treatment of Eternal Slumber."
"It surely has become cheaper now. But it's still a lot for regular people. Also, my brothers have caught that illness since the 1st year, so the accumulated bill is high, that's why we took loans for the treatments and our daily lives."
"Brothers? How many brothers do you have? And they all caught Eternal Slumber?"
"They are twins, and although they are older than me, they have Down Syndrome. So they couldn't really take care of themselves and they never worked, so they didn't have savings."
"I see. What was your job before you awakened, Fredrik?"
"I am a personal trainer, sir. My brothers loved to go to the gym and my parents always asked me to look after them. So I study a lot to help them at first and it leads to this. I didn't have a lot of members though, so I couldn't make much."
Indra glances at Ragnar and the guy nods, confirming that everything is true. Ragnar has investigated Fredrik's background before Indra came here, so he knows whether Fredrik is lying or honest.
"How about this? I will pay your debt and help you move your family to Bali. They will receive the best treatment for Eternal Slumber there. I am the one who found the method to cure Eternal Slumber, so I have the healing device. It's my personal device that was given to me as the founder. So your brothers and father can use it without waiting for too long just like in the hospital. I won't cut your salary either, the Guild will cover it."
"N-no, sir. You don't need to do that much."
"Don't worry, it's the Guild's policy. We always pay all Guild members and their families' medical bills. It's like Health Insurance. We'll still take care of their families' medical bills even if our members have died as long as they didn't breach the contracts."
"Wow, I didn't know that."
"Yeah, because you didn't read the contract before signing it. Always make sure to read contracts thoroughly before signing them. What if there are traps written in the contracts?"
"Hehe, I just trusted that you won't deceive me, and I am desperate to get a high-paying job."
"Sigh, whatever, just be more careful in the future. Now take me to the bank or whatever the place you took the debts from. I'll pay them personally."
Fredrik nods and they immediately go to pay his debts. Indra trusts Ragnar, but he still needs to see everything himself. There's nothing wrong with being careful, after all.
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