CH.203 Knightse to check things out
<span style="font-weight:400">“Great Summoner, I’m sorry to …” One of the male dhampirs came and talked to me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just Brian, please. I told you all that already.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... yes, Great Brian.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just Brian.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Brian?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Better, so what do you need?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. There is a group of knights at the vige entrance and they are asking for you. Would you go there?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Knights? Why would? Well, whatever. I’ll just go and ask.” I decided and got up. “Make sure someone keeps an eye on Lua.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, of Gre… Brian.” The dhampir changed what he was about to call me, as I took a sharp nce at him.
<span style="font-weight:400">It was the afternoon already. We had been in the vige since basically sunrise, so we have been here for about 7-ish hours. Lua was still out and my monsters were taking care of her on their 2 hour shifts. The current duo looking over her were Water Omotics and Dancing Fairy.
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<span style="font-weight:400">I made sure one of thedy dhampirs stayed with Lua before I followed the male towards the vige entrance.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Mr. Brian. Are you alright? Is everything here fine?” A knight, or should I call him a noble, whom I was acquainted with asked as soon as he saw me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Lord Garner, why would youe all the way out here?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yes, the leader of the group of 10 knights was none other than the … is it knight captain? Commander? Whatever. Mateo Garner, a viscount, Angelina’s husband, Jonathan’s dad and knight captain.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Answer my question first. Is everything alright? It seems fine, but I heard that you took off in a rush, so.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Eh? Is that why you are here? Well then you don’t have to worry. Everything regarding that is as fine as it can be. There are no monsters, or any other problems that I know about.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alright. That is good news.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t tell me you came all the way here just for that?” I asked. Sure I can sip here and back with Big Core in a matter of minutes, but having to ride a horse here would take … well depending on the horse probably about two hours or so.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, no. Of course not. I’ve been meaning toe visit ever since you told us about … the curing I think I should call it. We’ve just not been able to make time for that.” Mateo said. “And then my wife basically forced me toe, after she heard that there might be some kind of an emergency here. But it appears that was something simple for you.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Did she even tell you what the emergency was?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. Just that you left for this vige because of an emergency.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... alright. Well, I guess I can exin. Also, tell your knights to calm down a bit. They look like they will pass out if they stay that tense.” I told him, after noticing how all of the knights looked like they were basically ready for battle at any second. Their hands on their hilts of their swords, and their shields in their off-hand, instead of hanging on the horse like Mateo had his.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I tried, but they aren’t exactly excited to be here with no protection from a vampire’s bane pendant.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... well, whatever. But they don’t need one. Ever since the curing, none of them have even attempted to … do things to me, and I’ve not worn that pendant once since then.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll be sure to tell them that, but I’m not sure that will help at all.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“... I don’t know if I should be surprised, or terrified by the fact that you summon monsters for something like that. And that your ‘monsters’ are so human looking.” Lord Garnermented, after I showed Lua to him and exined why I was here. Well, I might have cut out the evolution part, just iming major level up sickness instead. It is up to Lua if she wants to tell people about her evolution.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Maybe both. But I think most summoners with monsters like mine would do it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Perhaps. But what about the mana? Won’t you run out, if you keep multiple monsters summoned for a long time?”
<span style="font-weight:400">… does summoning cost mana? I guess it does. It is called summoning Magic. And magic costs mana. Well, Pack Opener doesn’t so…
<span style="font-weight:400">“Luckily I have plenty, so I can manage.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I suppose when you can… do the things you do, something like mana issues won’t be issues.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“And what would you be referring to?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I think she said you call it … level up?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, that. Yeah. Oops. Almost forgot that Angelina heard about that. Yeah. It does help.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Did that also cause this case of level up sickness?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. It did.” I admitted, even if that isn’t entirely true.
<span style="font-weight:400">“How many times can you use it, if you don’t mind me asking?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I generally use two a day, to avoid any symptoms of level up sickness. But sometimes it still causes the symptoms, like with her and the dhampir girl I’m looking after.” I said, referring to both the currently sick Lua, and Ria who was sick a few days ago.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I meant as a whole. For example, if you had 20 different people to use it on, could you do it?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Or ten knights, right? … yes. I can.” I admitted. In total, I have 151 copies of Level Up! in my collection at the moment. But not all of them have toploaders, only 10 do. But I do have a few spare toploaders, as Laura has been in the habit of leaving at least ten of them unused, in case I need some for new cards I want to use.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Would you..?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, not happening.” I answered, before even hearing the question.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, no. That’s not it. I didn’t want you to do anything on that level. I just wondered if you would be willing to use one on my son Jonathan. I won’t force you to do something like using them on the knights.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“One, or one per day? Well, either works with me, as long as it is just on him.” I said. I don’t mind leveling up that kid. He is quite the hard worker based on everything I’ve seen.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you. How much will it cost?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... good question. I don’t really have a price, as this is the first time I’ve sold this service, so … offer something.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Would five gold coins per … level up suffice?”
<span style="font-weight:400">5 huh? One copy of Upstart can get me up to five gold, so yeah. That does sound about right. And with a level up service like that, I might be able to exin where I’m getting all of my Upstart money.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. I think that will work.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you. We will be in your debt.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Come on, it’s not that bad. By the way, will you and your knights need a ride home?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“A ride? We have horses for that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I meant something a bit faster, but whatever.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh? You meant on your airship.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Spaceship.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I don’t know what the difference is. But can it really fit all ten of us? And what about the horses?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think it should, but at the same time, that might be a bad idea. It is kind of a secret still, so.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“So is the situation in this vige, right? I only took some of the more trusted individuals with me. And after your show yesterday, I don’t think much will surprise our knights.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Is that a challenge?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, definitely not. Don’t summon dragons because someone gives you slight sass.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But it''s funny. Did you see the look on the assistant GM’s face?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, I didn’t. And in all honesty, I don’t want to.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh? Well, that’s boring. But sure, I get it. No more dragons within the city.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good. Thankfully you understand our point of view at least a little.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Was the damage that bad?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. I think because of how little time that dragon was out. Most just ended up thinking it was just an illusion or some other magic trick. You know, some aspiring mage trying to show off in front of the guild.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, that’s kind of true though.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“At least you will be paying us back with the ride home, right?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. Just do what you’ll need to do here ande find me. I’ll go to make sure my monsters stay summoned while I’m gone.” I said before the two of us headed our separate ways.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“So yeah. I’ll be gone for a bit, so I’ll have you summon the next two monsters to take care of Lua.” I told Ria.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Of course. Just take care ande back soon.” Ria answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">I was leaving a White Magician Pikeru and Neo Aqua Madoor with her.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll be back soon.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“So, did youplete everything?” I asked Lord Garner.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, I did talk a bit with everyone and they all seem extremely calm and under control, so I suppose what you informed us about is actually correct. Please don’t take that the wrong way. It’s just...”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry. I understand. You can’t trust things that everyone says should be impossible without checking it first.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Exactly. I’m actually somewhat d that you picked up that dhampir girl as your ve. And decided to help her get through the process. In all honesty, she got a bit … infamous after her first two failed attempts, as the second time, we had to have a group of knights take her back here.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... was she really that bad?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“She is strong. That in itself is not a bad thing. But that does make her more difficult to control. And she also picked a bad time to … frenzy, as it happened to involve a noble. Luckily no people got hurt, just a horse was sucked dry, so she was able to keep her head, but she gained a reputation from that. At least among the knights.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“wow. I didn’t know that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Perhaps you should talk with her more. But back on topic, if she is proved to be stable, I think a lot more people will ept that something really happened here. Most still won’t believe that you did what you did, but it might still help the general opinion.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“And what is the general opinion about dhampirs?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... we, well most, tolerate them. We still need the flowers they grow, so we almost have to. We can’t really afford to not have them around. But still, most will keep their distance.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, as long as there is no major hate. But hey, I could always walk around the town … city, with a vampire escort squad. Some exposure therapy right there.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“So you really can summon a vampire?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Do you want to see?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... is it bad? Orrge? Will it cause a problem for the vigers?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Of course not. Lua summons vampires here basically every day.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“The sick girl? She has that skill as well?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Depending on what you refer to. She has Card Summoner, a lesser version of my unique skill. It allows her to fully use my cards, but she can’t make new ones.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see. I hadn’t heard about that part. Do you know everyone with that skill?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“At the moment, I think so. And that skill is kind of useless, unless they get a card from me, so it shouldn’t matter. I do know everyone that has gotten a card.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Could I have a list of them?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I’d prefer not. If it really is that important, I will, but you do realize that most of the things I give away are not quite as strong as the monsters I operate with. Because of reasons you would be worried about. Do you know every summoner living in Sawyer and what they can summon?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... alright. I understand. But most? Does that mean you’ve given away something you consider strong?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... yeah. Two of them.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“And might I ask?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Christina and Brandon Watchman. I gave them both decently strong monsters so they could protect Alewatch in case of an emergency.” I guess there is also the Wingweaver which I gave to Zay, but is it that strong? Yeah, I know it is, but as it doesn’t break 3000 attack, I don’t think I have to mention it. What do you mean neither does Buster der? It does as long as there is at least one dragon present.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh. I see. Then there should be no issue. Also, I don’t think I need to see these vampires. If you say you can summon them, I might as well believe that. That isn’t the most unbelievable part about you.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">I summoned Big Core and we fitted everyone inside. I did get a bit cramped, because horses arerge and we did have to take people up one, well one person and one horse, at a time.
<span style="font-weight:400">And I don’t think I have to mention how they reacted. They, well, it definitely added to the chaos. Surprisingly, the horses didn’t react much at all. I guess animals are better at the ‘that just happened’ thing.
<span style="font-weight:400">Animals? Are horses animals? Or are they monsters? Do they have a monster core? And if they don’t, do they have the system? What keeps them safe from miasma?
<span style="font-weight:400">They are probably monsters, right? The boars around Alewatch are, I think. Even though they are basically free grazing farm animals.
<span style="font-weight:400">Anyway. I only let Lord Garner into the control room but the rest of the knights, just for safety reasons, were either with the horses in the cargo hold, or loitering on the passage ways, if they didn’t feel like hugging their horse.
<span style="font-weight:400">I dropped them off little ways away from the city walls, Lord Garner thanked me for it and I drove my ship back to the dhampir town.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Still nothing?” I asked Ria.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. She has been sleeping for the entire time you’ve been away.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I guess an evolution takes its time.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, I’ll just have to spend the night here. That won’t be a problem, as I did consider that a possibility. And with Mystik Wok, I have food.
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<span style="font-weight:400">I leveled both myself and Ria up in the evening. I did consider leveling up the vigers, but maybe I shouldn’t. We don’t want another person sick.
<span style="font-weight:400">For myself, I leveled up Telekinesis. It was either that or Mana Control, but I think one more level in Telekinesis will be better at this moment. For Ria, Power Boost. Just for extra strong punches.
<span style="font-weight:400">Ria also reached LV.60. I really hope she won’t evolve or something. I don’t want another sick dhampir on my hands.
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human !</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 68</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 2370</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 3010</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pack Opener LV.4 (unique)</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">What I did for the night was simple. I would just have Laura wake me up every two hours, so I could trade the two monsters who were watching Lua. I might not have slept that well, but it wasn’t so bad. Part of that is because the monsters were more than happy to help me get back to sleep.
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, let’s hope Lua wakes up tomorrow.
<span style="font-weight:400">