Siegfried smirked seeing my all-knowing smile…
“Come on, what are you thinking?” -Siegfried-
He seems very eager as I gesture to him to come closer so I can whisper to him.
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His smile widened after I told him my pn to increase the food bar for those vilges.
“Let’s go!” -Siegfried-
The berserker spoke eagerly as he crouched so I could hop onto his back. He’s by far faster than me walking anyway!
-Change POV to 3rd Person-
-Frontera, Beginner’s Field, Inside of a castle-
“Hm? What’s the sudden rush for meeting?” -Madam Burns-
The Archmage of Fire swoops elegantly with her hair sways to the side as she sits down and touches the teacup with her index finger.
With a flick, the tea inside the teacup boils and exudes steam as the smell of tea permeates the room.
“Don’t know…” -Zephyr-
Shrugging while answering her question, the silver-haired elven woman rested her right hand on her cheek still leaning on the table.
All of a sudden shadows in the corner of this room wiggle as if coming alive…
Forming a figure of an aged elf, with long silver hair tied into a ponytail and his face littered with scars. So close to Zephyr as she noticed it far too te.
“Hi.” -Shadow Elf-
She stumbles a bit as her chair almost falls backwards…
“BA-JEEZUS, Don’t startle me!” -Zephr-
The spirit archer was already in her combat stance and the aged elf simply cackling like a madman.
“Koff… Koff… it seems everyone’s here, let’s start the meeting.” -Pochi-
Hearing those words, the pyers here sat down on a circur table although more like a coffee table instead of one people use for discussion board.
This is Pochi Mochi, the Beast-man with dog breed Shiba traits. After seeing Madam Burns, Zephyr, and Umbra sit respectively he nods to the shadow elf signalling him to start.
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Squish Mochi or in short Mochi, the name of the guild managed to obtain a Land permit from Frontera’s ruling family from a unique quest that Pochi’s completed.
Located a distance away from the main city in the beginner’s field, they built a castle creating a comfort zone and of course hired some NPC mercenaries to defend it.
“The reason why we’re having a meeting is because Umbra here told me we have potential recruits! For ‘Captain’ role in the guild.” -Pochi-
His tail wags ever so often as his presence makes everyone in the room melt while smiling.
‘Captain’ is a role underneath Vice Guild Masters responsible for managing ‘Recruits’, Umbra is one of them…
With the ever-growing Mochi’s guild, it’s getting harder and harder to manage the recruits. Plus financial needs for the expanding organization.
“*ehem* well… uh I am sure you have heard of pyers named Magie Magia, Siegfried Calenus, and Booba?” -Umbra-
Hearing Magie Magia’s name… Pochi, Madam Burns, and Zephyr raised their eyebrows.
Making a connection between the ‘Brand’ M&M potions, poisons, and explosives that they regurly bought.
Seeing the expression on their face, Umbra gives a smug grin as he continues. After all, Umbra is the designated intelligence officer. Gathering information on pyers that caught the guild’s interest.
“First thing first, we have Siegfried Calenus. Body type 1 (Masculine) and a Beast Warrior Css strange thing though! he does not have any Beast-man traits and still gets that css. He’s often seen with Magie doing daily grinds and adventurer’s requests. He’s a good vanguard and knows how to tank & maintain aggro.” -Umbra-
The members nodded one after another, they do need a tanker since Pochi’s more of a DPS role. Especially for Raids…
He drags and drops something in mid-air before reading it out loud. Like an observation note that he compiled in his pyers' journals.
“Second is Booba, a recent addition to the aforementioned duo pyer. Body type 2 (Feminine), she’s a cardinal but of a Fiend race most likely succubus sub-race. Her supporting capabilities are top-notch with clutch heals and prepare for what comes to worst.” -Umbra-
That also intrigued them a lot after all… majority of members of Mochi are DPS. Sure they have Cardinal recruits here & there but it is not up to par with Umbra standards.
If Umbra said that Booba’s good then the members can believe him.
“Last but not least, Magie Magia… Body Type 01 (Masculine), as you thought already it’s been confirmed that he’s the producer of M&M and an Astromancer.” -Umbra-
Pochi eyes glint in interest or more like he’s smelling money flowing into the guild pockets.
“Woof! If we recruit him that will make our grind items easier.” -Pochi Mochi-
“True… But I have another thing to tell you. On why we must try hard to recruit Magie Magia beside his css.” -Umbra-
“?” -Pochi Mochi-
The way that the beast-kin tilts his head is simir to how a dog does. Which earned a soft endearing smile coming from Zephyr and Madam Burns.
It's already common knowledge of the inner members of Mochi’s guild, Pochi’s Body Type 1 (Masculine) the one who pys his avatar is a girl in real life.
Since Pochi is much younger than Madam Burns and Zephyr, they treat Pochi like their own sister.
Hearing Umbra mention this about Magie, Madam Burns & Zephyr grew curious as he continued.
“He possesses (Legendary) {Skill} that bypasses magic immunity and another that allows him to learn other csses {Spell}.” -Umbra-
“!!!!” -Pochi, Madam Burns, Zephyr-
Their eyes go wide upon hearing the information from Umbra but quickly compose themselves signifying they’re a bit sceptical.
Without further ado, to alleviate that Umbra shows them a video.
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“We must recruit him!” -Madam Burns-
Her eyes glint in interest seeing the scene where Magie cast [Chrono Stasis] into Umbra who’s donned his [Mantle of Evernight (Artifact)].
Based on Magie’s forehead where’s adorned by glimmering stars like a crown. Indicates that he’s indeed an Astromancer, the fact that he cast [Chrono Stasis] further proves he held that (Legendary) {Skill}.
It affected Umbra but in her mind, she noticed a detail that the [Chrono Stasis] de-buff is far shorter in duration than a normal Chronomancer.
Her mind quickly deduces that Magie Magia's capabilities to cast other csses {Spell} don’t carry over their own unique Css {Skill} or abilities.
(“It true that Astromancer
Sipping the warm tea, she continues her train of thought.
(“He’s a Jack of all trades and that has fws. But…”) -Madam Burns-
The Archmage of Fire / Pyromancer concluded, setting her teacup down.
“He can be a wild card of the guild.” -Madam Burns-
She smiles interested in Magie’s capabilities since she came from Mage Css too.
“But that’s a different point of they all reject the offer right?” -Zephyr-
“Yeah, that’s true.” -Umbra-
“The way I see it. Siegfried, Magie, and Booba will make a guild on their own.” -Zephyr-
The silver-haired elven woman pokes and prods a stray leaf growing from her bow like a cat.
“That is what I thought as well.” -Umbra-
“U-uhm, then what should we do?” -Pochi-
The dog beast-man's ears went down and his tail dropped. To immediately remedy that, Umbra quickly mention…
“We can always ‘Ally’ with their Guild! Right?” -Umbra-
He stares at the two other members who quickly agree with his proposal.
Hearing that from others, the soft ears of Pochi rise and his tail begins to wag ever so quickly accompanied by a silent sigh of relief from him and the other two dies in the room.
“Though it will be different if devs decided to have GvG (Guild versus Guild) event somewhere in the future.” -Madam Burns-
Umbra’s aged face scrunches, deep in thought before speaking.
“If that happens, I guess we better prepare to fight against them.” -Umbra-
Pochi and Zephyr nod to their conversation...
“Now then! We still need to talk about finance.” -Umbra-
“Haaaaaaaaaaa…” -Madam Burns, Zephyr, -Pochi-
-Change Perspective 1st Person POV-
“BLEERRRGGG SIEG!!!!! WE… MISSED A SPOT”
I shouted since the wind on my face was so intense that I squinted my eyes so small, that I could only see the map albeit vaguely.
But I am sure we missed a vilge!
“OH!! SORRY, SORRY… haha” -Siegfried-
Gripping my legs even tighter he curved, to be honest, it felt like I was in a racecar with his enhanced movement speed.
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“We’re here!” -Siegfried-
“Fiuf… haa… haa…”
I rested for a second, it’s been several vilges and I haven’t gotten used to this ‘Public Transport’.
Nevertheless, I push on and greet the wary-looking NPCs. Their eyes stared a bit cautiously at us, understandable since they saw a cloud of dust and suddenly two figures appeared at the end.
(“Okay… stick to the usual shticks.”)
I brandished my customer service smile and asked…
“May I speak with the leader of this vilge?”
Without further ado, every one of the people here looked at each other before finally, one stepped forward.
“I am Atos, the mayor of this humble vilge. What’s the reason for your visit travellers?” -Atos;
Gncing at Siegfried, he tilts his head as a signal to ‘go tell him’ as I continue…
“We’re here to perform a ritual to help with the harvest.”
Hearing the word ‘Harvest’ seems to spark interest in Atos though he still looks at us skeptically until one of the people says.
“Oh!!! It is them, the one that helps depose the tyrant king!!!” -Random NPCs-
Many ‘Oohs’ and ‘Aahs’ came from the group of vilgers as their behaviour towards us became friendlier. Even Atos allowed us to perform the ritual, guiding me towards an open space.
It is always like this in other vilges so it’s normal for us anyway.
“[Widen: Pnt Growth]”
Two methods open when casting this Archdruid specific {Spell}, the quicker version makes a terrain that slows and damages enemies caught inside.
While the slower version, I say super slow since I stay casting for 10 minutes plus.
It made pnts around the AoE always produce the maximum yield and grow unperturbed by the environment. I noticed upon using this {Spell} that it only affects food-producing pnts, not alchemy ones.
Uttering the {Spell} keyword, soft warm green energy swirls around me. It radiates vitality as visual effects set in.
Small weeds and wildflowers began to bloom where I stood. Slowly spreading around alongside the greenish energy.
Looking around, I already see Siegfried hurling seeds that he has and what I gave him.
(“Hahaha… he and I have the same behaviour. We hoard stuff, so when we talked about how many food-producing seeds, we have stacks and stacks of them.”)
Bear in mind, 1 stack is 999…
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(“Oh! He’s perfected the ‘seed hurling’ technique.”)
With a satisfied grin or maybe being smug about it, Siegfried threw a fistful of seeds accompanied by his enhanced strength as they spread far & wide.
To designated spots of course! We don’t want to make the entire area green and becomes a hassle for the NPCs.
-After 10 minutes-
*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH*
The wind cries as the green energy swirling around me disperses…
Grass began to grow in desote ground turning the nd green. Seeds that Siegfried pnted have taken root and began growing up to the point of being ready to be harvested.
“All right! Our work here is done.” -Siegfried-
He grabbed me like a sack of potatoes and quickly dashed away while swaying his free hand to say goodbyes to the vilgers.
I too waved at the NPCs while being carried. The adults are crying the children happily take some fruits like berries.
The ‘Food’ bar increases again as we do this routine vilges to vilges. Thankfully, when we raised the ‘Food’ bar the ‘Water’ bar also increased so it made things easier.
Until we finally maxed it out…
As soon as it maxed out, the quest panel vanished and was repced by a ‘Quest Completed’ notification urging us to return to Lucius for rewards.
I can see from his smile, that Siegfried is extremely excited about the rewards which spreads to me as well since I’m grinning ear to ear.
“Lets fucking go!!!” -Siegfried-
He taps in mid-air simir to me since we decided to just use a teleport system. With a final tap, my vision instantly changes…