Chapter 52: Rewards

I opened my eyes to see that I'm staring directly at the ceiling. "Is... Is it over?"

"Yes." I heard Precia's voice. It seems I was resting on her lap.

I stood up and stretched a little bit. "Good. Sorry for letting you see me in that state." I looked at my inventory to see all the items are destroyed. Devoratrix, the swords, the shield. Everything was irreparable. "Ah damn it. I didn't get anything off of the arachne except this leg. What a wasted trip. Oh... Nevermind. It seems I leveled up quite a bit." I looked at my level and it said level 53. I jumped up above so many levels.

[Do you want to get level 42, 45, 48, 51 rewards?]

"I'll get it."

[Level 42 reward, pouch of gold. Contains 1000 gold.]

This is a big help. 3205 gold left.

[Level 45 reward, Skill Scroll. Language used is Dragonea. Contents are unknown. Needs a specific skill to read the contents.]

[Level 48 reward, Skill Scroll. Language is used is English. Contents are for the skill Light's Embrace. Warning, this is the same as passing the skill with telepathy. Consuming too much skill scrolls can damage the brain.]

[Level 51 reward, Flesh Eater ring. If worn, it will be bonded with the user. Cannot be traded nor sold nor be given to anyone. Wear to know the effects.]

I first opened the level 48 reward. "Woah..." I could feel the information being passed to me. After a couple of seconds, I felt like I could do it with no problem. "Light's Embrace!" A bright light spawned in my hand and began flying. My wounds were slowly healing with this skill combined with the Karmic Pain passive.

I then opened the unknown skill scroll.

[Skill Scroll opened. Contents analyzed due to the skill Universal Language. Translating Dragonea language to English...]

[Translation successful.]

[Gained skill Draconic Arms. Shroud both of your arms with dragon armor. Intensely boosts strength. Offers a high defense]

And finally, I wore the flesh eater ring. "ARGH!"

"Zieglind!" Yefa and Precia both shouted in worry. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah... Ugh. I guess."

[Flesh Eater ring, devours flesh. Feed this ring any meat and its effect will always be turned on. Effect, sucks blood in a large area. Stored in this ring. If not fed, all the stored blood will flow into the user's body.]

[3 out of 10 items worn in the same set. This passive skill will continue to be in effect as long as these three items are worn. Blood attacks will now deal 100% more damage.]

"Okay let's go."

"Y- yes." It seems they were still hesitating about something.

"Is something wrong?"

They both clenched their fists as if they wanted to say something. They both mustered up their courage to speak. Yefa was first.

"We're just feeling guilty that... We didn't do anything this time..."

"Y- yeah!" Precia joined in. "We were scared on your new form... It was too intense for us."

"Ah. I don't really mind it. For a second there I was scared of myself too. I'll definitely learn how to control my powers next time. Anyway, how did you find me?"

"We felt your aura." Precia said.

"You too Yefa? It reached until Cagyer?"

"Yeah. Cagyer is in a state of panic. I knew it was yours because its the same as you emitted that night back in the inn."

"Haaa... Damn. Its going to be annoying to walk around Cagyer now. Anyway, let's go."

As we all walked outside of the dungeon, I paid my respects to the arachnes that I unjustly killed. "I'm sorry." As I muttered those words to myself. It seems my personality is slowly changing when I entered this world.

Back in my previous life, I'd puke or feel unease when I see blood or anything. But it seems killing anything doesn't faze me anymore.

That might be a problem in the future.

I let all my thoughts to be set aside for now. We went back to Cagyer at what Yefa said to be true.

The whole kingdom is in panic. Several guards were scattered everywhere. I could even hear the people saying, "The end is nigh!"

Seeing as how people react, I better keep this under control. I don't want to be berserk like that again.

We went back to the inn and discussed what we have done.

Yefa seems to have completed checking all the shops. I guess that's done. There's about 212 shops in Cagyer. It really is a large kingdom.

Precia is also done with her search for normal dungeons. It was only pretty few. She also said she scouted the villages around. It seems she knew everything about them.

I praised her about this. That's about 6 quests done in a single day. That's a great progress.

The night came where we finally finished discussing what we're going to do tomorrow.

We all went back to our respective rooms.

I sat down and called Afal about the current situation. He was pretty worried but I told him I'll just tell him everything after this is done. He didn't want to push the details farther.

I contacted the women and the children and asked what they're doing. It seems they've been blending in the village. They've warmed up quite a bit with the goblins but not enough to be with them for a while.

The kids are doing great too. It seems they're all talented in their own ways. The women were pretty surprised whenever they do something unique and genius.

Rize, Greta and Zeta seems to be keeping them in company while we're gone.

It wasn't a waste to save them all. I'm actually glad I did it.

I just need something to earn my prestige and I'll have my own kingdom. A better place for them and for everyone.

I'll be taking this Battle Royale head on. I'll win in the end. For myself and for them.