Chapter 90: Rose-tinted glasses

Chapter 90: Rose-tinted glasses

After a good night of sleep in a random inn and a luxurious meal to celebrate, the Hero and the Saintess parted ways. They had convened on ways to communicate and reunite if need be, and if they hadnt met by then they would at least go to the second trial together. Alith didnt take much of their money, insisting that five hundred gold was more than enough. Which left Sofia with a total fortune of five thousand nine hundred and fifty-four gold along with some change.

And thats only accounting for the coins and the ingots,if I manage to sell some of the castles antiquities Or some more blood

With her pockets full of money, Sofia started wandering the city. It felt quite good to be alone again, she understood why Alith wanted some time away too. They had been stuck together with nothing much to do for quite a while. And they were two people that liked their alone time. In a way, it was liberating to be alone again. Well, Sofia was still with Pareth but he wasn't the same.

Besides, they would still get shared experience for whatever they killed even if they were separated, so it wasnt like theyd lose efficiency.

Sofia meandered through the streets, observing the storefronts and buying all kinds of strange local street-food. Her bone wings drew some attention but the high-level card she wore around her neck was enough to shut up anyone who might have a problem with it. Besides, she was wearing the fancy green robe she won from the trial. She pretty much never took it off anymore, with that no one would expect she was anything but a noble or a rich adventurer.

Sofia had a very long list of things she wanted to do before going back to getting levels. Although the level 120 was so close it was taunting her, it was probably passive keywords next, and she wouldnt use them yet. Her next passive would be at least a triple word one she had decided. Saving spots was too important, especially considering she didnt want to lose any of the passives she had right now.

When she felt she had had her fill of the street food and lively ambiance, Sofia made a beeline for the gates separating the first and second part of the city. While Zangdar only had an outer and an inner ring, Hooasow had five such sections. The outermost and largest one being the commoners, then it was the commercial section. The second ring was already intended for the nobles, or largely anyone with money. The third ring was where most official buildings were, such as the adventurers guild, the Vasperian embassy, the local magic academy

Fourth ring was where the nobles lived, and the fifth was the royal palace. There was nothing of real interest in these last two.

Looks like I found my first stop. Shed already asked around for directions, and people were very helpful when they saw the card she wore around her neck. When she asked about a place where she could find space magic experts, a few people pointed her toward the same shop.

Evans spatial baubles

It was a rather inconspicuous shop tucked away in a corner, it was clean but looked quite old. Maybe because its so old is why people knew about it.

Sofia pushed the door. Not paying much attention to the few items and rings encased in glass along the walls, she walked directly to the unattended counter and rang the bell. Without warning, a man looking to be in his late twenties and wearing regular brown overalls appeared behind the counter.

[Supporter - Lv.190]

A nice casual reminder that Im still weaker than some shopkeepers... Really cant let myself be blinded by what meager power I have right now.

Sofia could tell he had looked at the wings sticking out from her back. The man had a disgusted expression for a second, then he looked surprised and lost. Didnt think I would [Identify] as a Saint, would you? I wonder what actual necromancers show up as.

Welcome to my boutique, Im Evan, what can I do for you?The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

Nice to meet you, Im Sofia. I came searching for something to protect against forceful teleportation, would you happen to have that?

That isnt something most people would care about, but I might still have something from my old days of experimenting, give me a minute, please. He disappeared again and reappeared a minute later holding a rather chunky bright pink bracelet covered in ritual circles inside and out, That would be it, Orichalcum spatial anchoring bracelet. To explain what it does exactly, it keeps track of your coordinates in space at all times. If theres a sudden shift, it will teleport you back by riding the mana trails in reverse. You need to recharge it with about a thousand mana every day to keep it running, and every teleportation will need to source the mana directly from you which can be quite expensive. If you want to turn it off you need to take it off, you can also mess around with the sensitivity of activation a bit.

How expensive is teleporting back exactly?

Is this really happening?

And a nice ring, the other continued.

Seriously?

One of those that were behind also gave his piece, Ill take the robe, and whats under!

He laughed.

His laughter stopped in a gargle. Next came two wet thuds of heavy things hitting the floor. The only other sounds were the muffled clinking of bones.

You have murdered [Adrien - Butcher lv. 53]

You have murdered [Marie - Illusionist lv. 87]

The two thugs in front of her reeled back in shock. They wanted to run, but the skeleton that had appeared out of nowhere behind the girl disappeared as quietly as it had come.

They heard the soft clinking of bones colliding behind them. And with a swipe of a holy light claymore, their heads flew.

You have murdered [Blaize - Swordsman lv. 99]

You have murdered [Pascal - Thief lv. 82]

The four bodies and their heads disappeared into Sofias storage ring, while Pareth returned to his place in the storage of [Armor of bones].

There was a bit of blood left on the pavement. Whatever. Dont think anyone saw me.

I feel like I should feel terrible about killing four people. It's the Magisterium moral dilemma all over again.

But once more, I dont really. Its just displeasing. Well. Dont care if the system blasts me with its murderer prompts. This was self-defense. I dont have the patience to deal with this any other way.

Wont be missed. Good work, Pareth.

She hadnt expected that her new teleportation technique for Pareth would be useful so soon. All she did was change the place he appeared out of the storage to be a bit further. From her testing the maximum range was about twenty meters if nothing solid blocked the way, and she could pick him up from just as far.

I cant believe they would be dumb enough to attack me. Did none of them have [Identify]? Or did they believe they could kill a level 100? Well, I wont say no to four free skeletons.

She didnt even want to search the bodies. Leaving only a few splashes of blood behind, Sofia resumed her stroll.