Chapter 127 - Deal

Looking at the ridiculous sight happening in front of her, Angelica was flabbergasted.  That much firepower... is it really from a single mage?  The monster who she thought she couldn't possibly beat even if she went all out was reduced to ashes by a single spell from a mage, that was the most unimaginable scene she had ever seen in her entire life. 

The mage that she knew was something kin to cannon, they need preparation to fire and if someone gets to them first before that, that would be their end. Of course, there are mages out there that also prepared for such a situation but they are not omnipotent as no matter how prepared they are, once they make a single mistake and let their guard down, they would just be like a domestic chicken waiting to be slaughter by the butcher. 

That was why, in every type of game, so long as there are mage and warrior as a class in one, the mage would be on the losing end if they give the warrior the chance to get close to them. Though it would be a different story if one gives the mage the time to prepare as when such a situation occurred, the only way to stay alive is to escape aka run away at any cost cause by then, the mage won't let you go.

This was one of the reasons why Angelica was not afraid of the modern mage and their magecraft. With the handgun in hands, she could fire at them from a distance even faster than the mage as before they could conjure their magecraft, her bullet would be piercing through their thick skull. The mage community didn't know about the existence of her handgun as if they had known about it, they wouldn't be let alive and spread the news around. Her mother had once told her that if someone from the mage community came to know about her handgun, she was required to 'end' them or the one will be on the receiving end would be her and her family along the way.

That was just how precise and dangerous her handgun is yet, Angelica didn't think that her handgun was enough to fight against the monster that ended up reduced to ashes. Her current ability and power are not enough to use the full capabilities of it, in a way, she was 'restraining' her own power. Angelica had trained hard, much harder after knowing about this particular cruel truth from her mother but, at the end of it, no matter how much effort she puts into it, it was all a fruitless effort on her end. If she was given a chance to become even stronger, she would gladly take upon it without any hesitation as only then would her dream could be achieved.

"Man, where did that Ogre came from? Even that portal-like thingy disappeared afterward without my acknowledge. My common sense had been wreck to dust by all this kind of thing happening lately..."

Sheila couldn't help but mutter before heaved a sigh. Though Sheila had spent most of her time lately on power leveling 'Kuu' and gaining experience for her skill, she had also browse through the internet while she was relaxing and found quite a few news that attracted her attention, such as,  'finding a strange-like creature in my yard! It's true!', 'gxdzilla exist?! I swear I saw it!', etc, etc. The people living on the internet reacted just like she had expected, thinking the poster are drunk, crazy or the likes and completely ignore it even after the poster showing all kinds of proofs. And without them knowing about it, the original poster eventually disappeared from the internet as if never exist in the first place.

Let's be realistic here for a second, who would believe a monster like in the fiction suddenly appeared right in front of you and yet you are still alive and could spread the news about it on the internet? If the 'leveling system' didn't suddenly appear on my phone and after experiencing all the shxt I had, even I would have not believed it.  But that was the truth, it seemed that the monster keeps on appearing worldwide at random spot and time. The government must have known about this and hide it from the public's eyes for the reason of not causing mass panic, stuff that what one would expect from the government. It's not exactly their fault too as they were only doing their job, and that is to protect the citizen from harm.

Do all these monsters pops out of the portal-like thing? That was what I have seen happening right in front of my eyes but, there might also be another way. In the first place, what is it like inside the portal? Is it within the Floor of the Trial Tower? But if that was the case, the ogre I had killed is definitely far stronger than the one in Trial Tower, from the aura it emitted alone was enough of a proof to remove the idea. Although I can also kill the Ogre in the Trial Tower with my curernt stats, it is not comparable to the one I had just defeated. Either way, one thing is for sure that it seemed that the government didn't simply hide the matter, they must also have a way to kill the monster some way or another. that must be why there's no mass panic happening,  or so Sheila thought. 

"What even is that portal?"

Sheila softly muttered to herself as no matter how hard she tried thinking about it, nothing comes up in her mind. It just suddenly appeared like a crack in the sky, she wonders what caused it to happen. While Sheila was pondering about the portal, a voice suddenly interrupted and brought her back to reality, it was a voice from a person she didn't expect to hear from regarding this. Sheila turned her head to the side, towards Angelica who suddenly spoke to her.

"Do you want to know about it?"

"Hmm? I assume you do know something about it then?"

Just from her tone alone, Sheila can tell that the red-haired girl in front of her do in fact, knew more about this than herself.

"A little bit, yes. But I can't tell you just like that~"

With a tease in her tone, Angelica replied which was as expected as there is no way she would let out such secret easily just like that. Sheila can simply 'force' it out or investigate it herself but both sounds like quite the hassle as she would rather do one favor for Angelica than choosing the two options available for her. Plus, she would also like to know more about Angelica's background if possible so Sheila doesn't want to be on her bad side without having any knowledge on such matters. Before making an enemy out of someone, Sheila would like to get more information about them which can put her quite on the advantage side if the situation called for. 

"What do you want?"

Sheila asked with a stoic expression on her face, she doesn't want to appear desperate as that would only put her in a disadvantaged position. But it seemed that Angelica didn't care about taking advantage of her as she didn't ask for much, only a simple favor from her. She didn't say what kind of favor it is and Sheila only agreed to it so long as it didn't go over her bottom line. With the deal done, Angelica promised to give her a visit later after she had taken care of her own business and bid farewell to the two girls before departed on her way. 

Looking at the departing figure, Sheila thought for a moment before crouching on her knees and put the fainted Ria on her back. After the ogre had been slain by her, Ria had fainted on the spot like a puppet with its string cut. She must have been enduring the pressure from the Ogre from the beginning and when it suddenly disappeared, the toil must had gotten over her all at once. That was probably the case, or so Sheila thought while piggybacking Ria on her way home.