Chapter 37 - Support

"O-okay." Von stuttered and sat beside Lei in a proper posture, more like Petunia was able to obtain his respect that even his parents were having a hard time of getting.

"What is a key member and how would she help our guild to upgrade?" I asked Venedette politely while tilting my head to the side.

Fily was not much of a help now as she was spacing out from the shock of seeing a talking cat.

"This means, with Petunia's standings and capabilities, our guild will be able to advance in the higher rankings." Venedette carried Petunia in her arms and swiped her status to the glass board in front of us.

[Name: Petunia Scholivia [Title: Merlin of the forest

[Race: Superhuman [Blood: Ordinaire

[Class: Student [Rank: None

[Party: Leviathan

[Role: Alchemist.

[Level:17

[Super's Attributes:]

[Sense: 27/30 [Hearing: 9 [Vision: 8 [Smell:10

[Agility: 23/30 [Strength: 4 [Speed: 9 [Resistance: 10

[Skills:]

[Loot hunt Lvl.10]

[Stun Lvl.14]

[Buff Lvl.20]

[Gummy manipulation Lvl. 24]

[Quick cast Lvl.45]

[Inventi Lvl.99]

"As you can see, Petunia is not a cat." she pointed at Petunia's race which was apparently superhuman like ours.

"She's not a cat?" Fily exclaimed in relief but just when I thought that she had finally come back to her senses, she stared at the ceiling once again and her brainstorming got even worse.

"Then how did she turn into a cat?" I heard her murmur beside me.

"She was a world-renowned alchemist for her brilliant talent but one day she just disappeared for no reason. Thankfully I was able to find her and offer her a deal-" Venedette paused for a moment after seeing Petunia trying to stop her from talking so she changed the topic instead.

"With her, our guild will be able to pass through the lower-ranked guilds easily, getting us a headstart on the tournament to be able to close the gap between our guild and Yumeki's guild, the Behemoths."

"Wow." My eyes sparkled after hearing Venedette's declaration.

Von was totally humiliated for underestimating Petunia! She had greater stats than most of us here and even her skill levels were out of this world!

"Gem, what happened to your hair!?" I heard Fily finally putting her attention back at us, or my hair that was full of decorations.

"Venedette fixed it, do you like it?"

"It's so pretty." She spread my hair, even more, delighted by the decorations.

"You're interesting." I was not surprised when Petunia sneaked beside me. I could hear the ring of her silver bell which made me aware of her walking closer to me.

"So are you." I stroked her soft fur and carried her to sit on my lap which she carpeted with her purple cloud.

"What is this?" I asked her and she answered in unison with Mr. Gemini but Mr. Gemini gave me more details.

"Gummy cloud." / [Gummy cloud, it is a mist that is made of jelly, usually this formula is used for food but she derived the formula to create a technique that allowed her to manipulate its form.]

Wow.

"I had never seen such a thing like this before!" Fily exclaimed in awe of the cloud.

Petunia stared at the amazed Fily for a minute and then tilted her head to the side. "You're from Maharlika, aren't you? An Indio."

"Yes! How did you know that?" Fily was still amazed by Petunia, her gaze was like a hungry predator hunting for its prey which is, in Fily's case, was the new information that Petunia has to offer her.

"Your color. And it also says here in the stat-hut… Wait, what are you doing? P-put me down." Suddenly, Fily started examining Petunia's body and threw her away when she moved on to the Gummy cloud.

"What did you do Fily!" Thankfully, Von was able to catch Petunia and fended off Fily from examining Petunia's gummy cloud.

"I just want to learn…"

"I refuse!" Petunia strongly refused.

All of a sudden, I felt like the room had turned upside down. Von had the upper hand just until yesterday but it seems like Petunia the silver cat has the upper hand now.

"I miss my hair." Petunia went back to sit on my lap after saying those words.

"Aren't you scared of her Gem?" Fily said uncomfortably at me while Petunia just tilted her head, almost curious about the same question.

"I have talked with Ice wolves before, there was nothing to be scared about a talking animal. And besides, you're not actually an animal, right?" I asked Petunia as I brushed her thick silver fur with my fingers.

"I used to be a normal superhuman but my parents taught me alchemy and soon enough, I became obsessed with it which led me to my current state." She said in a monotone with a cat's straight face before looking for the most comfortable position in her cloud and decided to take a nap there.

"How old is she?" I heard Von ask Venedette and she showed him numbers on her fingers which read one and nine.

We were careful to not make any harsh noise and harsh movements as Petunia was asleep.

Von and Lei offered to take her to Venedette's room which we all agreed on because we had a lot more to talk about regarding the new findings from the Salamandite guide and the role that I wanted to take in Venedette's guild.

But before they went on their way, Venedette asked them about their decision in joining the guild.

"Give him more time." Lei apologized to Venedette after Von ignored her which only meant that they were still undecided about joining the tournament.

"So, what news do you have for me girls?" Venedette ignored Von's rudeness and just sat playfully on her chair, waiting for our turn to speak.

"Should I go first or you want to go first?" Fily asked me and I decided to go first.

"I want to be a healer, Venedette," I said, pertaining to my role in her guild.

"A healer? But that would be useless. We already have healing potions to cure us-"

"But the salamandite can upgrade healing potions that can cure even the bones faster than any other." I cut her words.

"How?" Venedette and Fily sat down to hear my request.

They were all ears about what Mr. Gemini told me about the abilities of the Salamandite including the infinite inventory.

"That's great!! If we manage to activate my Salamandite then we'll have two infinite inventories and an Energy slime-inducing factory!" Venedette clapped her hands together from the joy of it but I immediately told her the limits of the gemstone's powers and capabilities.

"So you're saying that you cannot use its full potential without feeding it? But what does it eat?" Venedette and I looked at Fily who just shrugged at us.

"I don't know, there was still no mention of what they could've eaten or even how to feed them in the latest chapters that I had unlocked."

"That's very unfortunate. But you can relax and take your time in finding these things. After all the tournament's still far away and physical training comes first." Venedette assured us that it was fine but I was still bothered by how little my progress has been this week.

"Talking about training, the very latest chapters that I had unlocked from the guide stated that the powers of the salamandite also depend on its holder's capabilities. There might be a possibility that you can unlock the keys by improving your skills Gem." Fily shared the good news with us with a smile.

I looked at Venedette asking about my role which she immediately caught up to.

"But I'm afraid a nonexistent role such as a healer would not be able to meet the standards of physical ability and skills that the gemstone is looking for, Gem."

I was disheartened by what Venedette said but she was right.

A nonexistent role such as a healer does not have any important and powerful skill set that I could practice to max out my abilities.

"Sir Grand suggested that I should take the role of a fighter but we already have a fighter which is you, Venedette. Would it be possible to have two fighters in one Guild?" I pouted at her while she thought of the situation deeply.

"That is undeniably the most fitting role for you Gem but when you mentioned the role 'healer', another role came to my mind." She looked at me with an encouraging smile which I could not help but be curious about what she was saying.

"Which is?" I raised a brow at them which they responded with a big smile.

"A support!" Fily and Venedette said in unison but I just looked at them with a huge question mark on my face.

"There was such a role? What do they do? What's their purpose?"

"To heal, to support, to give back up, they basically train everything," Fily said with a teasing smile but I could sense that she was telling the truth.

"What!?"

I will learn everything?

"That's a better choice for you. Support is the most underrated role in the history of this tournament, mainly because the difficulty of their training is insane, and only a few people have the privilege of time and resources to study all the roles and train with all of them." Venedette explained which Fily strongly agreed on based on her aggressive nod.

"Can I max my stats with the skillset of a Support?" That was the only thing I needed to consider since maxing my abilities is currently the best choice I have in accessing more of the Salamandite's powers.

"Yes but Supports have no definite skill set. You can choose a skill from all of the other roles, there's no limit to your skillset." Venedette explained further which sparked my interest.

A role that has no limit to its skillset, a study of everything.

"What do you think, Gem? Are you up for it? It's totally fine if you refuse, there are still other roles which you can pick from such as tank-"

"I'll do it." I cut Venedette's words, announcing my decision.

I joined this guild to help Venedette and the word support really fits the kind of help that I wanted to give her.

"Are you sure?" Venedette and Fily looked at me with wonder.

"Yes." I nodded my head enthusiastically as my imagination ran wild of how I would be able to fight beside Venedette as her support.

I won't let others hurt you Venedette. I'll gladly be your support.