章節 141: Pick a box
Michael lets out a breath as he finishes examining the list, deep in thought over what to pick. All of these heroes were useful in one way or another, though, some with severe drawbacks. He was currently leaning towards, Anti-Mage, Legion Commander, Lina, and Winter Wyvern. Each had powerful abilities and an abundance of knowledge to learn from.
Anti-Mage with martial skills and arts based solely around defeating mages and magic users.
Legion Commander with war tactics, leadership, and other useful skills that would be used when leading an army, such as logistics, not to mention her skills with a glaive.
Lina, who possesses mastery over fire magic and likely many other types of magic.
And Winter Wyvern, a powerful ice mage with a vast collection of knowledge under her.
It must be mentioned, that while Michael needed to tailor his picks to his current world, eventually he'd be able to sit back and just learn from his spirits... But for now, it was better to be a warrior on a farm, than a farmer at war.
He gnaws on his thumbs fingernail as he finally comes to a decision... His recent failure to kill Baron Jargkon due to Prince Wales had annoyed him more than he'd like to admit, so, magic resistance was far too tempting to resist.
Finally, he presses Anti-Mage and watches as the book flashes with light and rapidly flips over to Anti-Mage's new page. On it was a picture depicting the man, Anti-Mage. He was bald aside from the short purple mohawk atop his head, his face held many dark tattoo-like markings and his eyes certainly weren't human. Their sclera was a dull purple, and his pupil was a brightly glowing purple orb. He was tall, thin yet muscular with tanned skin, wearing purple robes that looked suited for combat. lastly, in his hands he held two strange curved blades that glowed blue, Michael knew he wouldn't be able to use them without his Gandaflr runes, as they weren't anything like any weapon he'd used before.
Strangely though, Anti-Mage wasn't alone in this picture. He appeared to be standing over a girl with crossed arms as she tried in vain to meditate. She was garbed similarly to him, but with lighter-looking robes and sandals instead of his boots. She had long purple hair that was cut short at the sides of her head, similar facial tattoos to Anti-Mage. All in all, a sexier female version of the regular Anti-Mage...
The scene itself depicted the two atop some kind of mountain temple, with a vast, rather beautiful scenery being visible from the nearby door.
Michael wasn't really sure why both were included as the hero, nor was he sure who this girl was. But regardless, he wouldn't be complaining about having a pretty face to teach him... Regardless, he focuses on the abilities the hero grants him.
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Spirit : Anti-Mage
Level : 2
Abilities :
Mental Fortitude (Rank 1) : Grants resistance to mental attacks that gets stronger when against magic.
Mana Break (Rank 0) : Burns the mana of any target struck, dealing damage to them based on how much mana is burned.
Blink (Rank 0) : Short Range but fast teleportation. Less range when unable to see location.
Counter Spell (Rank 1) : Provides passive magic resistance, can be activated to form a shield for a short time that blocks and reflects any single target spells cast towards user.
Mana Void (Rank 0) : Attacks an enemy and deals damage to them and their surroundings based on how much mana they are missing.
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Michael grins and instantly puts points into Mental Fortitude and Counter Spell, not willing to risk Sheffield using the Ring of Andvari on him again. With both combined, he should be able to resist whatever effects it might have.
He was pretty happy with the abilities to be honest, and even Blink, which he thought would be redundant with Riki's Blink Strike seemed useful. Blink Strike, from what he could observe, had a longer range but couldn't be used without a visible target, unlike Blink.
He wondered if he'd be deemed an 'enemy of god' if he used Mana Break on someone to drain their 'oh-so-precious magic'.
Once he was done smirking at the hero in his book, he turns and looks at his own status that he hadn't gotten the chance to properly check yet.
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Name : Michael Hunt
Rank : Hero
Stats :
Strength : 15 > 16
Agility : 30.6 > 35.1
Intelligence : 16 > 18
Abilities :
[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.
[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.
[Basic Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.
[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.
Affinities :
[Lesser Water Affinity], [Lesser Fire Affinity], [Lesser Lightning Afffinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity]
Spirits :
Commoner Tier :
Shadow Shaman : Lvl MAX
Slark : Lvl MAX
Riki : Lvl 18 > MAX
Hero Tier :
Anti-Mage : Lvl 2
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Flashback end :
Unfortunately, despite gaining these new abilities, hadn't yet had the chance to actually use them. Mental Fortitude wasn't really something he could use, and neither was Counter Spell. He had wanted to ask Ralf and Tiffania to cast spells at him of course, until he realised that any spell would be deflected right back at them.
He did have Tiffania cast a low powered Erase spell on him though, and whether it was because of his magic resistance, Mental Fortitude, or because the spell was too weak, he wasn't affected by it at all. Tiffania wasn't willing to up the strength of her spell however, leaving them at an impasse on what they could test.
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章節 142: Royal Work-Horse
Elsewhere :
Henrietta pinches the bridge of her nose as she frowns down at the desk covered in paperwork, reports, and other things requiring her immediate attention. While this would usually be the job of her mother of the Steward, she'd been forced to do it after her earlier acts of disrespect towards her 'fiance'.
Most of these were requests to mobilise some forces to go collect taxes from unwilling or unable villages, of which she sees little to no point in doing. The rise in taxes had been to try and full the treasury before whatever conflict was coming, that plus the sudden drafting of many young boys and men to the army had left many places completely unable to pay... And now these Nobles wished to forcefully extract whatever worth is left from these places? Even an idiot could see that such actions would only lead to the destruction of not only these settlements, but Tristain as a whole. Everyone needed to eat, even Nobles.
She easily rejects these while explaining her reasons, listing them out as if she were mailing a five-year-old and not minding that some would be offended by it, as being rejected would anger them enough already.
She continues through the pile, a request for someone from the palace to officiate a duel here, a dispute between two Nobles on some inane artifact there, even a report of a Noble butchering his servant when she got pregnant to remove the chance of siring a bastard...
Her quill continues scratching ink into the parchment until she reaches a compilation of reports for their 'spys'. Or at least, what should have been a compilation. Tristain had a few spymasters who worked tirelessly to ferret out information from the other countries, where they would send the compilation of relevant knowledge to the throne, and now recently the council.
She frowns as she flips through the pages, all of them having strange reports which have large notes written at the bottom of them, "Fraudulent and compromised.", which basically meant that someone had infiltrated their spy network and started producing false information.
The fact that most of these were coming from Gallia instantly made her wary, knowing that the country had begun broaching into their borders with scouting parties. One group was captured, but claimed that they were just hunting for monsters, which would usually be a good reason as managing the borders was a job both countries took seriously...
But she knew better than to take Gallia at their word. With Albion now in ruins after an incredibly damaging Civil War, Tristain was without one of its greatest allies, and was on the border of civil war as it is.
There were more merchants, hunters, and patrols from Gallia along the border, and while most would just ignore this, she knew the timing was too coincidental. She didn't think they'd invade anytime soon obviously, winter was coming and would benefit Tristain in any war with Gallia as they'd have the home advantage.
But after the snows melted away? She was sure Gallia would attempt something, they likely wouldn't invade without a proper 'excuse'. Whether it was to call into the royal families legitimacy to rule, or somehow convince Romalia to back them...
She lets out a sigh and looks over to the next parchment requiring her attention, only then realising that this wasn't a report, but a message sent directly to her by one of her new vassals. Chevalier Loutiel Outous, Saviour of Antomiers, Hero to Commoners, and unbeknownst to many, Exile of Gallia.
Henrietta had not thought much of the man when the raising of his name was brought to her attention. Such things, while not common, weren't exactly rare either. Men and women who do extraordinary tasks for the kingdom usually receive such a title along with a litany of other rewards for their service.
But, this man was different. He wasn't like the others who immediately started pining for the attention of other richer houses. Instead, he'd started making contact with Henrietta herself, instead of her mother or the council. In particular, his interest in Louise' magic progress, while somewhat strange, revealed that he might know more than he lets on.
At first, his letters to Henrietta were inane useless chatter. Asking if she had any tasks for him to complete, requesting permission to take down gangs or other terrorist groups around the capital, etc. But after a couple weeks, he'd begun to... Educate her? After all, it was primarily Loutiel who helped her rationalise the strange behaviours of Gallia recently.
Then, she'd met in permission after requesting his presence in the palace, the man finally revealing much about himself. His former relation to Gallia as an exiled Noble was a big shock to her, especially when she heard that his exile was merely a front to attempt to assassinate him of course, as it was a surprisingly common tactic used by King Joseph de Gallia. Who to most outside of Gallia saw him as a handsome man with none of the qualities you'd want from a King... This was just a front to hide his true personality however.
It was in this meeting that he revealed that Joseph de Gallia had murdered his brother for the throne, and attempted to murder his niece who would be in the line of succession, only to fail and instead poison the girl's mother. The girl herself was quietly sent away from the country, and many assumed that she was already dead. Loutiel thought so too, and his attempts to investigate it had him exiled as well, his title stripped, his lands given to another rival house, and his betrothal nullified. Luckily, he hadn't had any family left to use as blackmail, so there was that at least.
She'd ended up blurting out, "So, was this your plan all along? Gain a new title and try to get revenge", which caused the man to start laughing. He'd gone on to explain to her that King Joseph's mindset wouldn't allow him to stay stagnant. The country was wary of him, some even quietly starting talks of rebellion, his pride and arrogance wouldn't let anything threaten his position.
Loutiel explains that Gallia will likely begin trying to take territory from Tristain. It might have also done so against Romalia, if the country wasn't seen as the center of the Brimiric faith. From the reports she'd seen, Henrietta believed Loutiel, but there wasn't anything she could do about it.
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