Chapter 178: Student Discussion.

Chapter 178: Student Discussion.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has risen from [Level 3] to [Level 4]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Acquired 650 skill points

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Job [Crimson-Scaled Dreadgiver] has risen from [Level 6] to [Level 10]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Lightning Magic Lv. 3] [Storm Magic Lv. 3] [Long-Range Enhancement Lv. 4] [Mental Warfare Lv. 5] [Lava Resistance Lv. 3] [Inferno Resistance Lv. 4] gained

Magic gained: [Levin Core] [Tailwind]

Levin Core, I murmured. A purple magic circle materialized in the middle of slazzanbals, invoking a giant ball of contained electricity. At first, the ball only floated above those salamanders, doing nothing, but after a small delay, electricity began to arc from it, attacking anything close to the core as lightning chained from one monster unto the other.

The damage wasnt the highest, but it attacked automatically like a tower defense game, so it had its use. Although this did give the salamanders a chance to shoot their magma spit at my current party and me, I sent them back at the salamanders with a few accurate [Wind Blast]s.

U-Unbelievable, how fast can you cast? That was seven simultaneous casts all at once, accurate and powerful enough to shoot those magma balls back and it didnt even look like you had any troubles with the casting lag, one of Saoris students, Nishio the bespectacled mage, watched me with bafflement, commenting on how I dispatched the group of slazzanbals. He then attached my ID on his party bracelet, inspecting my whole profile in the process. Honestly, I cant help but feel a bit envious. In one year, youve made far more progress than we did. Even Sensei is at a far higher level. You said you two were only D ranks? How are your Quest points?

Yeah, uhm, our total was something like four D points, one E, 24 Fs, and three Gs, I recounted the number of Quests points our party accumulated. Now that I think about it, maybe we should have taken a few Quests during our training week. Aurora really is lazy about doing Quests since our main financial sources were the herbs from Tasiannas garden and the restaurant. That should a be a total of-

Ten Ds, one E, and three Gs, if we convert the F points into Ds at a rate of four-to-one. To get to C rank, you need 40 D points, so if we look at how to get to that goal in the most efficient way, then gaining 30 Es and 58 F points would be for the best since F and E rank Quests are far more common. Es can be converted into Ds at a two-to-one ratio, so cut down at the total F rank Quests you need to do by supplementing it with Es. With your strength, I think you should be able to farm that up quickly enough, Nishio concluded, informing me of, in his opinion, the most optimal ranking strategy.

Aside from getting Ellaine up to E rank as fast as possible, we havent actually dabbled too much into Questing. We said we would rank up to C as fast as possible, but I guess we kinda slacked on the homework.

Would that be the best way? I questioned at first, but then I wondered how fast he made those calculations. Actually, do you have a calculator with you, or how did you come to that conclusion that fast, Nishio-san? On the spot, even.

Instead of the person on hand, Tamae-chan, the leader of The Magical Biscuits, answered for him as she clapped his back. Do you remember the second party we mentioned? Well, Nishio-kun and a girl called Haruka-chan control our finances as well as our Quest progression. The two top scorers in our last midterms math section made sure we wouldnt have any issues with our numbers game.

Instead of smiling, Nishio simply shrugged his shoulders at Tamaes praises. That was when I needed to learn complicated equations and formulas to enter the university my parents chose for me. This is just simple math and then assessing the time investment and risk factors, nothing special. Even our two game addicts came to the same conclusions.

Nishio then pointed at the blue screen projected from his party bracelets, pointing at my stats and skills to Tamae. If you want to be a merchant in this world, then math is important, but our job is to do whatever the church wants us to do. What we instead need is this profile Hestia-san was able to accumulate in a single year. Just look at how fast she handled those C rank slazzanbals. We needed the five of us to deal with one, while she handled all of them by herself. The last group, too. And the one before. She has been destroying anything in our path since we broke camp.

That was the shortest summary of what weve been doing for, oh, I dont know how many hours. When we woke up this morning, I noticed Saori, Tasianna, and Grimnir losing Health over the party screen. I panicked a bit when Grimnir began losing a good amount of his Health, telling everybody we needed to move. I especially panicked when I saw Grimnirs health at 10% with [Burned (Moderate)].

In my rush to find them, I was just killing anything that came into our path as quickly as possible while Ellaine led Talon and Saoris students in the rear with Quatre. That was how I managed to finally level up after two weeks of grinding. I eventually slowed down when Tamae noticed Saoris, Tasiannas, and Grimnirs levels going up, meaning they made it through whatever they were fighting. I couldnt describe how relieved we all were.

Speaking of levels, Saoris students hadn't been idle during their time on Peolynca

Name: Tamae Tsuji Level: 45 Job: Holy Priestess

Health: 1390/1390 Mana: 3095/3095 Stamina: 970/970

Name: Nishio Kudo Level: 53 Job: Six-Elemental Sorcerer

Health: 1556/1556 Mana: 4512/4512 Stamina: 1140/1140

Name: Misaki Kawano Level: 52 Job: Sniper

Health: 1705/1705 Mana: 1564/1564 Stamina: 2021/2021

Name: Kazumi Hoshino Level: 47 Job: Dagger Rogue

Health: 2091/2091 Mana: 1109/1109 Stamina: 1911/1911

Name: Kohaku Kobayashi Level: 50 Job: Water-Elemental Runeslayer

Health: 2447/2447 Mana: 1989/1989 Stamina: 2355/2355

In general, all of them were around Ellaines level, but their stats were higher since they cheated, like Saori and I did, by buying the stat growth and enforcement skills ever since they were level one. Thats right, since they were all otherworldly visitors, they were able to not only get access to the SP system but also an auto-translator from their [Otherworldly Visitor] title. That meant they didnt need to learn Common outside of writing.

Last night, Ellaine, the students, and I pretty much talked about everything we experienced, blocking Talon from hearing anything with a [Air Shield]. While they were fascinated and horrified by my [Dragon Hatchling] and [Young Dragon] life in the Belzac forest and Ellaine was interested in Earthen culture, I was more curious about what happened to them in the Holy Capital of the Church of Aurena, Aureolis.

They practically imprisoned us, Nishio stated bluntly after I asked him to go into more detail about what they told me yesterday. You said you read manga and light novels, right, Hestia-san? While Im not a fiction reader, Kohaku-san, who has a mangaka as a father, explained to me everything I needed to know. The tropes, at least. Well, we were supposedly summoned here by the church under the authority of the Goddess of Light, Aurena, and trained specifically to defeat the lord or king of the demonkins.

And I told you guys that Aurena told me she had nothing to do with that. Thats why Im not only curious but also a bit wary of what the church is hiding from you guys. Not only did I tell the heroes about my experiences in this world, I also informed them of how I got to Peolynca in the first place and why I became a dragon. We had a few laughs until I mentioned my previous talks about Aurena, and how she was only responsible for my summoning, not theirs. As I expected when I told them this, they were not thrilled.

I continued, This Yorshka, shes a knight of the church, right? I remember seeing her and well, I guess she seemed okay on first impressions? Do you trust her?

Speaking about Yorshka, I do remember a white-haired woman among them when I first saw the students. I even detected some sweet smell coming from their way, and since none of the students nor Talon had that smell on them, I could only conclude it was that woman. The only times where this smell had appeared before were with the dragonewt Priscilla and the drake Cernust. No other time. Not even Farron who supposedly is married to a dragonkin of some sort had that smell on him.

Well, its just a guess. Two examples is a pretty small sample size so Id rather not spread wrong information to Tamae or Nishio when I myself am not sure about them. Besides, if she was a dragonkin, then it was for the best that I keep quiet. Cernust didnt mention if it was a rule or not, but he did make it sound like a custom. And I get it. If a dragonkin wishes to hide themselves among other races using a transformation skill, then I should respect it, like I expect people to do the same for me.

Although, there was another reason. According to the students description and the couple of seconds of memory I had of her, she did remind me of Priscilla. Not to generalize since they both had the same hair color, but Im pretty sure their chins and noses looked the same. There was also the case that she was supposedly an A rank adventurer and a dragoon like Farron. If this Yorshka is Farrons wife and Priscillas mom, then I need to keep my mouth shut since I promised them Id keep quiet about them.

Well, when Lady Yorshka hired Talon-san, she did describe you in detail and that she was looking for you. In fact, I am even starting to wonder why she brought us to Cedaraille in the first place. But I find it hard to believe that she would be involved in this churchs conspiracy with how she acted around us. Shes been practically training us by herself, pushing us to survive so we can go back home. Shes even been learning our interest, asking about Earth, Tamae said sweetly.

Home, huh

While I was thinking about this possibility, Specs spoke his suspicions out, If Aurena didnt summon us, then who did? We should worry about this fact now, Tamae-san. We five are the only ones from our class who know this critical information. While I understand Yorshka has been good to us and Im grateful for her guidance we need to look out more for our own interests, and that means being wary of our benefactors. If she is involved, then I cant imagine what she will do about it. Hestia-san, are you sure that Aurena said what you told us?

Making sure Talon wasnt around us, that he was still scouting around with his illusion magic, I replied, Aurena admitted to summoning me to Peolynca so I could fix and rebuild her church. Meaning, something is wrong enough that it makes Aurena not like the people leading Aureolis, such as the pope. There are two possibilities. Either Aurena doesnt have her followers best interests in mind and is having me do something morally wrong, or the church is corrupt to the point that their goddess resorts to summoning a poor dead girls soul to do her bidding.

Honestly, both options sound terrible Tamae looked at me with pity. Not only was she taller but also older, making me feel a bit embarrassed I said that. At this point in time, she was 19, only three years older if we counted my current dragonewt age, which was 16.

While I currently believed Aurena meant well, I couldnt fully trust her. Its just natural; I dont know anything about Aurena except for the persona shes been using during our talks.

Well, its not that bad if you look at it positively. I got the chance for a second life, I got to meet Saori, and Im also the first and only idol of Peolynca. Always look on the bright side of life, wheuh, wheuh, wheeuh, wheeuh Gotta stay positive. Looking at the negatives only would just make you depressed.

First idol? Hestia-chan, were you a-oh wait! I think I heard your voice before, wait, where was it, oh! When we first arrived in Cedaraille, I think I heard somebody singing with your voice at a street food vendor. Let the music play, let it enter your soul That song is still stuck in my head, ehehe, Tamae suddenly mentioned, singing a part of my newest song.

Raising a frown, I couldnt help but feel baffled at how close she was to meeting us about a week ago. Are you kidding me? Ahem,

Let the music play, let it enter your soul

Rest your weary body here

To a tune or melody

Listen now, to a soothing remedy

Listen now, let your stress disappear

Let my song reach you, fill your heart with wonder and more

Gaze up to the blue sky

To smile to the light

Listen now, you know what is right

Listen now, dont need to look so wry

Oh, yes, thats the song I remember! W-Wow, we were that close to meeting Sensei, Ellaine, and you, Hestia-chan.

Actually, Hestia-san, didn't you say that you were in Firwood and did some odd Quests there? When we visited the temple there, the High Bishop mentioned a priestess dealing with major issues concerning two nearby villages. Could that priestess have been you? Nishio raised that point.

The only high bishop I knew was Theodore, which meant our party missed each other about twice until now. You know, I knew our party had bad luck, but could it please stop doing something like this, worrying Saori to death. Fighting giant monsters and then making her miss her students twice, thats just dumb.

Well, after I confirmed his question, the girls responsible for dismantling the slazzanbals were done. Ellaine, Misaki, Kazumi, and Kohaku came back with the materials. From what I could see, each of the students was able to use [Storage Magic] to store small objects, but their total mana kept them from storing the amounts that I could. After we packed everything together, we continued walking the path Talon pointed out for us.

Ellaine is getting along with them quite well.

To my surprise, Ellaine was getting along with those three aforementioned girls pretty well, almost as if they became friends after a single camping night. Although I was here, Ellaine was constantly asking them about Earth and how they got so strong in their one year being in Peolynca.

Honestly, I felt a bit envious with how casually Ellaine was speaking with them. Like, not about skills or SP, not that stuff. She was talking with them about fashion, technology, customs, even drinks. Didnt they just meet with each other? How can she talk so casually with them?

Looking more calm after I stared at him, with the help of [Benevolent Aura], he gave me a confused but suspicious look. What are you planning?

Just trust me on this, alright? Youre the adult here, so try to control your emotions a bit until Im done, okay? I winked before letting his arm go, walking towards Keith.

I cant believe Ill be using this for the first time.

Shiterno and his followers have been a thorn in my side for a long time now, and I hate it when people think Im a Danterno worshipper just because of a fire mage. It hasnt happened as often as it could thanks to my white robe, but from my conversations with Peolyncians like Ellaine, Tasianna, and Farron, people could make that assumption if I didnt have it on. Talon, for example, thought me a Shiterno worshipper when we first met.

So, it goes without saying that what Im about to do is going to be incredibly painful.

Divine Inferno

A title granted to a mortal recognized by the God of Fire, whose control has been usurped by the owner. Boosts proficiency gain of magics based on Fire Element, while also boosting their power. Decreases Water Element proficiency. The possessor of this title will also gain immunity to any fire spell that he/she cast

Taking off my white robe and Aurena necklace to put them inside my storage, I used [Pyrokinesis] to replace them with a fiery robe using my scale-dust, imitating the one Keith is wearing. The [Divine Inferno]. That is the title God Danterno gave me. Speak, what happened to him?

W-What?!

Ahhhh, the Crimson Saintess!!!

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