nro_8

  After eating breakfast, I got into Gradius with a single person. … Okay, that made no sense. Gradius only fit two people, so I only have myself, +1. As for who was riding with me, well…

  “This … this really is a carriage of the Goddess…” The older male sitting behind me said.

  Yes, I was, in fact, in Gradius with the Earl. He had asked me to firm where the ing guests were, as most of them should be moving by now. He was especially ied in the group ing from the capital, as that was going to be the rgest, and by extension, has the most people. Including his son and at least two of his daughters. I say at least, as both the sed and fifth daughter should be there, but the fourth might also be there.

  … this man has too many daughters … And the only o firmed to e is the fourth one.

  “Is that them?” I asked the Earl. Not that I knew what else the massive line of carriages, fnked on both sides by a small army of guards could be.

  There were, no joke, at least 5es in the voy. Probably more like 70. Is that normal? Hoeople are ing again?

  “Yes. You see the Marsh family emblem on that carriage.” The Earl said. The Marsh family was an Earl family. Their territory was basically at the other end of the try, and it was the family where the sed daughter, Sylvia, had been married to. “But I didn’t think there would be a representative of the Royal Family ing. And there are even golem carriages from the Sage’s tower.” The Earl added, after he zoomed in on some of the other carriages.

  We were quite high up. Unlike Big Cradius doesn’t have a cloaking device, so we had to stay high up, to not get spotted. But luckily, Gradius does have advaargeting systems, so we could zoom in quite a bit. Don’t worry, I made sure the master switch for the ons is off, so there is no ce of them actally firing.

  And as the earl said, there were at least five carriages which were not like the others. They had no horses at all. They still looked more or less like the others, not like my Overdrive, but they still had some sort of engine io make them move, instead of the more usual horse power. I wonder, how do they stack up against Overdrive? I know Overdrive should be sturdier, as it is a metal stru, whereas those seem to be a wooden cab on a metal frame. And Overdrive is armed with a literal gatling gun. But I meant more so on speed. Whie is faster? Overdrive reach speeds up to 100 km/h160 mph, not that you’d ever want to drive it that fast. Anything above 60 km/h240 mph is too fast for the local roads.

  “The Royal family? Really?” I firmed.

  “Yes. You see the emblem on those carriages.” The Earl firmed.

  “I’m assuming that is not normal, right?”

  “It is ary to send an io the Royal family, however it is extremely rare for one of them to e.”

  “... what if that is just their carriage, without any member of the family in the carriage?”

  “That could be.” The Earl admitted. “But some of the guards also have the Royal Knights insignia, so there is still an ued VIP present.”

  “Oh. Yeah, I guess so.” I responded, even though admittedly, I didn’t know what the Royal Knight insignia was. At least I khe Royal family’s emblem, as that had been shown to me on one of the etiquette lessons the maids gave me.

  We observed the group for a bit longer, just so we could get aimated speed. From that, Laura could quickly calcute their ETA3estimated time of arrival.

  But during that time, I spotted a small group of monsters closing in on the voy. There were only five of them and they were wolf monsters. Four were D-rank custer wolves, but one was a rger species, a k lion wolf. It erfectly ‘normal’ rge wolf, but it had a mane like that of a lion, thus the he hide was also quite tough, proteg the wolf’s most vital areas, making it more difficult to beat. I holy was expeg the wolves to turn back, but they just kept running towards the massive aybe they thought they could scare the voy and catch a straggler or something?

  “My Lord, should I deal with the wolves?” I asked the backseat.

  “You don’t o be that formal, when it is just the two of us.” He said. “And don’t. They take care of a few monsters. Holy, stepping in might be worse than just letting them do it.”

  “... well, if you say so.” I agreed, but decided to keep watch for a bit longer.

  As the voy spotted the wolves, they stopped and the guards got ready to intercept them.

  That was what I was expeg, but instead, from one of the golem carriages, out came a person dressed in a long dark cloak. She, I’m assuming it is a she, had medium length blond hair, and she held a long staff, with a rge beige gem at the end of it.

  Soon after her emergehe grouween the road and the wolves rose up, and formed inte humanoid shape. Ah golem. paring it to the people, the golem robably 7 meters tall. But even with its size, it moved quickly. It quickly crushed the lion wolf, causing the other wolves to try and run away, only to be hit by stone spears, probably ing from the same magi.

  In what couldn’t have taken more than 20 seds, the wolves were dealt with, and the golem turned back to earth, filling in the hole that had formed when it was made.

  “... wow.” I was holy a bit speechless. That was some skill. I know I’m a bit spoiled, because my monsters are overpowered, but that dy might be the most powerful magi I’ve see. … well, maybe. Difficult to say. Paulina is quite impressive as well, and I saw her fight a lot more in the dungeon.

  “I’m so gd she decided to e.” I heard the Earl say behind me.

  “Ynize her?” I asked.

  “Of course. You don’t just fet your daughter, even if it has been years.” He said. “That was the work of Mariina, my little great witch.”

  Wow. So she is the one Paulina wao beat, or something. Yeah. Good luck with that. Her accuracy with the spear spells, and the speed at which she made ah golem. She has to be an amazing magi. She holy might be strohan some of my better spellcaster monsters. I don’t know where she would rank, but I feel like she is at least as strong as Dark Magi Girl, if not stronger.

  After a bit more wordless staring, and making sure the voy got a move on again, we left to che the other two voys.

  “Thank you. That truly was an experience of a lifetime.” Thomas thanked me as we got out of Gradius.

  Over the time of our flight, I had switched calling him from the Earl, to his first name, because he was quite insistent on it. It feels strao do to a person whom I actually respect, but if he prefers it that way, so be it.

  “Well, I’m happy to hear that you e. You look at it as an early birthday present. Not that I don’t have an actual present for you as well.”

  “I’m looking forward to it.” Thomas said.

  “Good. Speaking off, may I take your measurements?” I asked. “I hem for something I want to give you.”

  “Yes, you may.” He answered. “But are you sure you get something made in time?”

  “Yeah. I manage.” I answered.

  We headed inside and I got the measurements I waomorrow, after we take Agatha to the dhampir vilge, I’ll head to TinaWood and make the suit I nning to make.

  After a lunch break, a few of us got into B.E.S. Big Core, and headed towards Alewatch for teatime with Christina. I’d listen to that podcast. 4Fun fact, that is a thing, and I didn’t know until I just googled it.

  roup for the visit was myself, Lua, Alid Angelina. Ria was still on her crash course to being a maid, so she couldn’t e. And Paulina had a to-do list too long, so she had to sit this o as well. She has just spent too much time practig tely, but if she does pn to challenge her sister, the golemancer, she will need all the practice time she get.

  During the tea, we discussed a lot of things. Well, mainly things about their final travel pn, as well as the dungeon.

  The good part about TinaWood was its size. It is on the smaller side, for a dungeon, so you don’t have to look over it stantly. Only times a dungeon master, or founder, would have to really do something, is if there are problems with the drops, or if the dungeon begins to gather huge amounts of miasma, or monsters. And in those problem cases, the dungeon master would have to tact either the adventurer’s guild, or the town’s guard/knight order. Well, that was if the monster situation happened. For the drops, they would just have to do things like adjust the prices at which things be picked up, so certain things beore tempting for adveo take. Or they could do things like request adveo get certain items from the dungeon, but that was more expensive. But we didn’t really have to worry about any of that just yet. The dungeon basically just opened, and the new cloths already have a p the market. Especially the denim. People had quickly figured out that it was great fht, but durable pants, so that was something adventurers were having the local tailors make.

  Cardboard hasn't found its use yet, but I hope it get there as well.

  “... so, what you are saying is that we just bring a carriage on your ship?” Christina firmed.

  “Effectively, yes. Teically the carriage will be in my ste, but whatever. Then we just get a few horses into Big Core and fly over. Then I’ll drop you off like an hour away from the city gates or something, and you make the rest of the way in the carriage.” I recapped.

  That was the idea, anyway. There were some problems with it, like the fact that they would have to travel exceptionally light for nobles, but that ain’t my issue. In total, they would bring three carriages, all with two horses, as well as three guards on horseback. And other than Christina and Brandon, there would be said guards, three en and four maids, for a total of 12 people and nine horses. Nothing too bad, so Big Core easily handle all of that. I had a simir amount when I brought the knights back to Sawyer city from the dhampir vilge.

  I should get a few seats for the back area of Big Core. I think I use the duo make a few. I’m pnning on visiting it tomorrow anyway.

  … but I might need more points. I guess I’ll head to the other dungeon, hunt some more is there, then e back to TinaWood and absorb them all for a bunch of points. I could do all of the fusion summonings while at it. I’ve been pushing it back, as I really didn’t have a good pce for it, but I think that area should work. Yeah. Let’s do that.

  After the teatime, we returned back to the big city. It was getting a bit te, but I still had things I wao do. Mainly, get my practi. I do still o keep up my daily swordsmanship training, or my warrior monsters will make it more difficult for me. I also want to earn their approval for the level ups.

  After that came magic practice. Still no space magic skill. I’m waiting. You e any time.

  And at the end of the evening, our (skills only) level ups. I was still leveling up Summoner’s Unity. I really didn’t have that much time for telekinesis, so Unity is the safe option, as it really shouldn’t have that ‘disect’ the same. Sure the boost I get when I have a monster summoned gets stronger with each level, but Laura to aent limit my power, so that shouldn’t be a big problem.

  Lua leveled up her quick cast, and I gave Ria a level in unarmed bat teique, as it might help her get that brawler skill.

  SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: Human !Level: 88HP: 3180Mana: 421th: 1025Defense: 1145Magic: 1155 Skills: Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.3 (ue LV.10 (unique) Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.8 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health scious (extra) Sword Teique LV.2Mana trol LV.10 Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)Language prehension (humanoid)Sve MasterSves: Rhianna

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  SpoilerName: LuciaRace: Dhampir Monarch !Level: 88HP: 2370Mana: 4375Strength: 839Defense: 1106Magic: 2934 Skills:Dhampir Princess LV.2 (Unique) True Blood Magic LV.8 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra) Water Magic LV.8Light Magic LV.2Mana trol LV.10Magic Boost LV.6Quick Cast LV.7Fast Mana Recovery LV.10Keique LV.2Staff Teique LV.6 Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)Blood Sucker (Racial)Lifesaver

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  SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: Dhampir BrawlerLevel: 80HP: 2675Mana: 237th: 1705Defense: 1272Magic: 1105 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)Vampiriodification LV.3 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Fire Magic LV.4Mana trol LV.5Fast Mana Recovery LV.4Internal Magic Teique LV.6Unarmed bat Teique LV.7Flickering Step LV.4Power Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.5 Blood Sucker (Racial)Sve. Master: Brian Wood

  [colpse]

  SpoilerName: Alice WatRace: HumanLevel: 58HP: 710Mana: 257th: 305Defense: 395Magic: 1815 Skills:Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Magi’s Power LV.5 (extra) Multicasting LV.3 (extra)Mana Flight LV.3 (extra) Dark Magic LV.8Mana trol LV.8Magic Boost LV.6Quick Cast LV.6Fast Mana Recovery LV.7[colpse]Tomorrow, well, it might be my st visit to the dhampir vilge. … okay, not it won’t, but I’ll have to sit the o, as it would be on the day of the party, so I ’t go then. But I’ll go at least one more time before I leave the city, so it won’t be my final visit yet.

  Other than that, I’ll of course make the stuff I wanted with TinaWood dungeon, and yeah, the fusion summoniival, as well as hunting bugs feion points.

  But that must wait for tomorrow. I have more important things to do, like falling asleep with my hand against Lua’s cheek.

  Good night.

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