Chapter 60: Preparations for the March.

Chapter 60: Preparations for the March.

[And that would be all. We might be asking a lot from you, especially as the rest of the camp has not fully recovered yet, but we believe it would be best if we were to move soon,] Saori explained to the lizardmen.

YESwell, I cant speak for everyone, but I certainly want to get out of this forest as soon as possible! Apsala said, nodding furiously.

"Well, we owe you quite a lot so we have no right to refuse it when you ask us to do so," Caszcur agreed, stroking his arm to stimulate his muscles. I might have re-attached his severed arm back to his body, but it seems like it sometimes goes numb if it isnt active.

Wherever you go, we will follow, fair-scaled one, Aksmias responded, bowing his head slightly.

[Aksmias, you do know my name is Hestia, correct? I dont think youve ever addressed me with my name ever since weve known each other,] I complained, realizing this weird habit of his.

Well, anyway, the reason for their behavior was quite simple: our party has decided to travel with the lizardmen. That meant that we would stay with them and help them get out of the Belzac forest, going north to reach the elven country so they could get help to reach their final destination: the country of the Levianewts.

While it might seem nice of us, we also explained to them that we would only do this on the sole condition that we start moving today as we kinda were in a rush to get out of the swamp. It was my partys plan to get out of here before winter came, and if possible, escape this forest.

The reason for this was cause of the stuff that I learned yesterday. After receiving Aurenas message I knew that keeping this stuff to myself would be bad for our party especially after Saori made it clear that I should share these sorta stuff with them.

At the wake of dawn after the feast, I told Saori and Tasianna everything about the message and the fact that Aurena made the effort to grant Rajah and his family her protection to appeal to me.

Tasianna was naturally excited about the fact, calling me A Goddess champion and that she was proud to be my retainer. She was even more thrilled once I told her about my Fan Overview and the function of both my followers and retainers.

The description of [Hestias Retainer] already proved that it was created due to [The Light], so it surprised nobody that the follower part that everybody heard when they swore fealty to me had to be important, too.

I told them that [The Light] was practically a title that wanted me to start gathering followers to have it grow in strength, granting me even more abilities and skills. Saori theorized that if my title wasnt showing its full strength yet, that I could possibly get rid of my crippling dark weakness if I reached a milestone.

Looking through the [Fan Overview], it wasnt able to tell me if that was possible.

Hestia Atsukos [The Light] [Fan Overview]

Follower Count: 6

Retainer Count: 2

Milestones: 0: Spell [Shine]

1: Spell [Sanctuary]

5: Unlock [The Light]s [Faithful Function] and [System Neutrality]

25: Unique Skill [Venerated Saintess Lv. 1]

Maybe its Aurenas way to keep me wanting for more but it wouldnt tell me about any more milestones until I fulfilled the current one. I mean, it cant possibly stop at 25, right? If the milestones actually stop there then I will probably be very insulted at this fact, believing that Aurena thinks that I can only handle that many people. Ooh, that would make my blood boil.

Still, the current milestone rewards are pretty good. [Shine] and [Sanctuary] have already shown their worth, especially [Shine] being the main reason for why I survived in the beginning as a G rank dragon.

While the [Faithful Function] was already active and it simply gave me an UI to track everything now, [System Neutrality] would certainly become useful. Not only does it act like an [Identity Blocker] but it also cant be messed around with by anyone besides the gods and me.

Now, [Venerated Saintess] is definitely something I wanted just cause it was a skill that enhanced my abilities.

Venerated Saintess

A skill that a saintess would earn after proving her abilities to her championed god. In the presence of her followers and supporters, the user will gain parameter boosts depending on the number. Reduces mana cost by 50% if the user uses a spell or skill that benefits one of her followers. Boosts holy elemental spells depending on skills level

Holy moly, I would finally get a skill that would further boost the offensive power of my holy spells. Until now, my fire spells were a clear cut above them due to my races unique skill, making them just the superior choice to use in combat.Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

The destructive power of my [Inferno Magic] spell and my [Spark Fire Dragon] abilities have shown, time and time again, that they can cause absolute carnage even against things that I shouldnt be able to hurt usually.

Ahh, I love simple passives that just increase your damage. It makes it simple.

Anyways, now that Ive told my two companions about everything that happened to me, Saori and Tasianna both agreed that it would be smart to rush through the forest as fast as possible. Not cause of Aurena but cause of the swamp.

There have been two encounters since I arrived in this swamp that have made me fearful of fighting, fully understanding that I wouldnt have a chance against them. One was that giant crocodile-like head monster on the day that I met the lizardmen, and the other was that white snake after we successfully rescued the lost lizardmen.

I wasnt sure if they were the same monsters, but my instincts told me that a connection was there. The description that I got from the snake also made the idea ever more plausible. Only a massive creature like that crocodile-head could be large enough to support that giant snake.

If such a monster existed here, then we would be in massive danger. Fleeing is the smartest choice. I think Ive had enough of fighting against things that I have no chance of winning againstsigh.

Sothree giants wyverns are looking for us, a giant crocodile with snakes for legs is living right over the corner, and heilige Scheie there were a shit ton of frogs and toads in this place. I mean, I saw a frog just stand still when I woke up this morning. I had to strain my eyes to see it as it wasnt anywhere close to the camp, but it stood therewatching us menacinglyawaiting a chance to steal my food

Im pretty sure I made my point that I dont wanna be here anymore.

While it might be better for us to leave the lizardmen here and just travel in our three-man group, none of us were able to do that. In these past days, weve become well acquainted with the lizardmen, sharing meals and even hunting together, so much that it would feel awkward to just leave now.

Ive already had to say goodbye to a friendso doing it once again before I can actually process that farewell isnt good for me. Company makes traveling feel shorter, and I think thats correct.

There is also the fact that I kinda promised the quintuplets and their friends that I would show them what an idol was, so yeahsomething inside me told me that I shouldnt break this sorta promise

Our party agreed unanimously that we couldnt leave them behind on a good conscience.

Ahh, forget about Aksmias zealousness, little one, Apsala said before walking into the middle of the camp to start explaining about our plan. Caszcur joined and supported her with his louder voice, while Aksmias started gathering the guards and hunters, so they could start gathering their weapons and tools.

As it would be faster if we helped also, our party separated to help the individual groups. Saori and Tasianna joined the lizardwomen as they started packing food, herbs, and building materials like twigs and stone.

I technically dont have to do anything as I was the mule. Two people currently in this camp can use [Storage Magic] and only one of them has a mana capacity large enough that she can put the whole camp into her storage. That person would be me and thats why Im the mule. Im quite proud of it despite the rude moniker.

Its also the reason why our idea is even feasible, to begin with. I healed the rescued lizardmen and also took care of any diseases that they had but nothing in my spell arsenal could fix fatigue or lethargy. That can only go away with time and through filling their stomachs with food.

In their current state, they couldn't carry anything heavy with them and having the healthy lizardmen handle it would just slow us down.

Also, remember when I told Caszcur and the rescued lizardman about my true form, my dragon form? Yeah, that kinda backfired on me, when those festive lizards literally told the whole camp about it, informing everybody about that fact.

Saori chastised me about it, that I was too careless about it; that I shouldve thought up of an excuse using my numerous parallel minds and [Thought Acceleration]; that telling others that Im a monster would endanger me. It certainly wasnt a pleasant morning.

Looking back on it, I maybe should have shown more caution and told Caszcur something like I can switch from full dragonewt and partial dragonewt form. That would have explained it and I wouldnt have had to tell him about being a dragon.

B-But come on, I still had a terrible headache back then. Its not my fault!

Despite telling everybody about my dragon form, Saori decided she didnt want to expose herself. From what we heard from Tasianna, monstrous animals like dragons and garms are considered a threat if they dont show the intellect to be reasoned with.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 2:48:16 AM Germany [Member of Zard Skwad]

Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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