CH.273 Back to being ‘Regular’

CH.273 Back to being ‘Regular’

“Good morning, Alice, Lua.” I greeted the girls.

“Am I not important enough for a greeting?” Ria asked.

“Good morning, Ria.” I added.

It has been two days since the world treant incident. The five of us had met up in front of the adventurer’s guild in Sawyer city. We were here with two objectives. One, register both Ria and Agunan as members and two, accept an escort request from Mariina. ... yeah. We are abusing connections again. What else is new?

“I brought your duel disks.” I told the girls. “And don’t worry Ria, I have one of these for you as well.”

Everyone got a full bracer to duel disk, with all eleven standard zones available. Five monster, five spell/trap and one field spell zone.

Lua’s took on the form of a silvery ... well, bracer, with one card slot on it. It wasn’t actually silver or anything, but vampiric steel. The duel disk form of her duel disk was styled after Camula’s duel disk from the GX anime, except that it kept the silvery color it got from being made of vampiric steel.

Spoiler

[collapse]

Alice’s was mithril, giving it a turquoise color. In duel disk form, it took on the shape of the Battle City duel disk, because Alice preferred that one.

Spoiler

[collapse]

Ria’s was similar metallic color as Lua’s, also from vampiric steel. But unlike Lua’s, her duel disk looked like the standard GX Duel Academy duel disk, like mine does. Well, hers is actually closer to the original, considering that mine is still made from orichalcum, which makes it look golden. Ria’s was a much more standard looking, and with the red highlights I added, it looked like the Slifer red duel disk.

Spoiler[collapse]

I had everyone put their new bracers on, just to confirm that they fit well. Then I asked them to swap them into duel disk mode, and they all worked just fine. Finally, I quickly explained how each card slot should be used, or more like what cards can be placed into what slots.

Sadly, there was one small issue. Well, kind of an issue. Unlike my terminal, and I suppose the same goes for Christina’s, these duel disks could be used by anyone. Well, almost anyone. I was able to limit the use of Ria and Lua’s duel disks to only those who have the Blood Sucker (racial) title by using vampiric steel, but Alice’s mithril duel disk could be used by anyone. This does leave the possibility that they will get stolen, but let’s just hope no one tries to do that before I get the set with Owner’s Seal unlocked, so I’ll be able to prevent that little problem. And it's not like these things are useful to anyone without Card Summoner, so I don't think there is a big threat of theft.

“I’d like to have these two registered.” I asked a receptionist at the adventurer’s guild, of course referring to Agunan and Ria. “She is a dhampir, so here are her papers for being stable. She is also my slave, and has my permission to join.” I informed her of Ria’s situation, as I handed her the papers Ria had for being stable. “... also, he is a dragon in humanoid form. Is that a problem?” I asked a bit more quietly.

It wasn’t actually difficult to tell that Agunan is a dragon. I mean, who else has scales covering like 95% of their body, has wings and a tail and so forth? Well, some evolved lizard folk can have all of that apparently, but lizard scales are different from dragon scales.

“I... I ... I think I can... write the papers for the lady, but ... I’d have to ask the guild master about the dragon. Is... is that alright?” The girl at the counter asked, stuttering a bit.

“That’s fine.” I agreed. “Will they be able to be D-rank from the start? They do have the strength for it.”

“I’ll ... Please let me get the guild master.” The girl said, before she rushed off.

She was on the younger side for a guild receptionist, likely not any more than 16 years of age, so I guess being nervous could be warranted. Not everyday a dragon just walks in, even if Agunan is in his humanoid form.

A little later, the girl returns with both the guild master and the assistant guild master.

“Ah. Lord Wood. Welcome back. We heard you have been out of town.” The guild master, Gordon, greeted me.

Not that the attack ever hit Ria. Ria moved out of the way just enough that the hammer whooshed past her, before hitting the guild master with a powerful Counter Strike powered punch.

It hit the GM in the side of his torso, and with it, came a sound of breaking bones. I think at least a rib or two had just been busted by that punch. Ria quickly stepped back with her own Flickering Step, seemingly giving the GM an opportunity to give up if he wanted to.

“Sir? Are you fine?” Ria asked, seemingly worried that she hit him too hard. I did ask her to hold back, so she must have.

Gordon lowered his hand to the side of his torso, seemingly feeling the hit, before he answered. “If this put me down, I wouldn’t be the guild master. Let’s keep going.” He then took a good grip of his warhammer, and prepared to attack again.

But this time, Ria moved first. She got close with Flickering Step and threw a quick punch. Gordon couldn’t really block the hit, because he had his hammer up, ready to strike, so instead, he began swinging it down. Ria backed off to dodge, but the GM moved with him, his hammer closing in. Instead of taking the hit, Ria struck back, hitting the face of the hammer with her gauntlet and causing a massive boom in the surroundings.

Interestingly, it almost seemed like Ria came out on top. Even with her just using her fist, she beat back the warhammer. That is some strength.

Ria got ready to punch again, but instead, the guild master dropped his hammer.

“Alright. This is enough.” He announced. “You win. You are definitely worthy of being C-rank.”

“Thank you, Sir.” Ria said, and bowed to the guild master.

Since the battle was clearly over, I turned to Lua and asked: “Could you heal him? I think a few of his ribs might have broken.”

“Yes. I will.”

After a quick healing session, luckily only one of Gordon’s ribs had snapped, we returned to the guild, and he upgraded both Ria and Agunan to C-rank.

We then accepted the escort mission to escort Mariina, and left to meet up with her.

“You feel... different? What happened?” Mariina questioned me as we rendezvoused, so we could talk about our escort mission.

Mariina was heading north, towards the Burch Dukedom. Which was also where Lua wanted to go, so why not agree? ... still, I feel like this is a setup by someone. Why would Mariina be heading the same way as us? I wonder if Alice spoke about Lua wanting to head north and then Mariina decided to also go that way? I know she did stay at her grandfather’s place, so it is possible.

“What do you mean different?” I asked. “And I did evolve, so maybe that is it?”

“Your mana just feels strange. Almost like ... you aren’t human?” Mariina said.

Well, I am a Dragon Hearted at the moment, so maybe I have more draconic mana or something? Not that I’ll be telling her that. “Probably just my evolution, or something.” I again answered. “So, we are leaving tomorrow?” I confirmed.

“Yes, we are. I believe you have no issues with that?”

“Nope. We are set to go.” I confirmed.

So starting tomorrow, we are heading north. That will be good.

SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: One without a Race - Dragon Hearted ✯Level: 110HP: 5120 (+19,400)Mana: 6180 (+17,700)Strength: 1890Defense: 2220Magic: 2080 Skills: One of Every Race LV.1 (unique-racial) Pack Opener LV.7 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.4 (unique)Storage LV.10 (unique) Limit Break LV.1 (extra)Space Magic LV.2 (extra)Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.10 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health Conscious (extra) Sword Technique LV.3Mana Control LV.11Defense Boost LV.2 Dragon Life Dedication (Greater True Fire Dragon)Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)Honorary Baron of Ruiso KingdomLanguage Comprehension (humanoid) (draconic)Slave MasterSlaves: Rhianna[collapse]SpoilerName: LuciaRace: Dhampir Monarch !Level: 99HP: 2480Mana: 4820Strength: 916Defense: 1194Magic: 3226 Skills: Dhampir Princess LV.2 (Unique) True Blood Magic LV.8 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra) Water Magic LV.8Light Magic LV.3Mana Healing LV.3Mana Control LV.10Magic Boost LV.8Quick Cast LV.8Fast Mana Recovery LV.10Knife Technique LV.2Staff Technique LV.6 SaintWater Spirits Blessing (Greater)Blood Sucker (Racial)LifesaverStorage Access (Brian Wood)[collapse]SpoilerName: Alice Mana WatchmanRace: Magical Girl ?Level: 91HP: 1700Mana: 4210Strength: 970Defense: 1340Magic: 3130 Skills: Magical Girl (unique-racial) LV.1 Card Summoner LV.3 (extra)Magician’s Power LV.5 (extra)Multicasting LV.4 (extra)Mana Flight LV.5 (extra)Telekinesis LV.3 (extra)Giant Slayer LV.2 (extra) Dark Magic LV.10Mana Control LV.10 Magic Boost LV.7 Quick Cast LV.8Instant Cast LV.2Fast Mana Recovery LV.10 Magic resistance LV.5Staff Technique LV.4 One with two SoulsOne who defeated the ImpossibleStorage Access (Brian Wood)[collapse]SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: Dhampir BrawlerLevel: 92HP: 3055Mana: 2660Strength: 2005Defense: 1468Magic: 1215 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)Vampiric Body Modification LV.5 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Fire Magic LV.5Mana Control LV.5Fast Mana Recovery LV.5Internal Magic Technique LV.6Unarmed Combat Technique LV.7Counter Strike LV.2 Flickering Step LV.5Power Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.5 Blood Sucker (Racial)Slave. Master: Brian Wood[collapse]