Within SC Pier City, the elf shaman looking Navi was now sitting in a restaurant situated before the guild building for Sanming's Alchemist Guild. She didn't enter immediately as there were a few things she had to keep in mind.
First was that she was currently in the form of an elf instead of the dark elf that everyone in the guild knows her to be, along with a completely different class. Considering the lengths she had to go through to unlock this trait, as well as the sacrifices she's made along the way, she couldn't allow anyone she didn't trust to find out. And even then, she wouldn't show to just anyone she trusts either. As Navi thought of this, the image of a certain man with tribal tattoos and a certain elf archer flashed through her mind before she shook her head clear. That was a thought for another time and place.
The second was the fact that she was sure there are a few spies in the alchemist guild that had their eyes on her loca
Around the same time that Kirou was busy, having a man to a minotaur boxing match with Tank, both Reya and Navi were currently walking towards the guild building for Sanming's Alchemist Guild while quietly laughing with each other. The two were without disguise so they were easily recognizable. Upon seeing their approach, the group of players standing before the guild building's entrance became alert and started eyeing the duo.As soon as the duo got close to the building, they were stopped by a group of players. Following this, the warrior with dashing looks approached the duo and spoke, "Well well well. If it isn't the illustrious guild master of the Alchemist Branch. How are you doing on this fine day, Guild Master Navi?"Both Navi and Reya stared at the man before them. Reya even went as far as to have contempt for the man blatantly showing in her eyes as she did so but she kept quiet as Navi spoke up, "I'm doing just fine Guild Master B
After both he and Tank recovered all of their health, along with testing out his new recipe for the <Natural Health Recover Potion>, Kirou was now back in the forge section of the village armory. Before Kirou laid a pile of weapons and armor that he had 'recovered' from the set of players that have antagonized him since he started playing the game. Granted, Kirou had a lot more within his inventory and personal bank storage but right now he had his eyes focusing on the items before him.Kirou spent a few minutes looking them over before he took up a piece from the small pile, examined it for a bit before using some specialized tools to break the item down into its base materials. For weapons, he would remove or break the handles before tossing the blades into one of five cauldrons within the forge based on the metal type. As for the armor, those made of metal, he hammered into submission on his anvil and tossed the broken pieces into the cauldrons and for
SC Pier City, Sanming Alchemist Guild's Guild Building.Two elves, a normal and a dark elf, were currently on the guild build's third floor. They were both in one of the many private rooms available for crafting within the building. While it is normal for only one person to be within each private room so that they can completely devote all of their focus on their respective crafting, both elves were sharing the room at the moment.Naturally, these two elves are Reya and Navi. One was in the center of the room, operating a cauldron. At times, she would throw different plants into the cauldron while at other times she would be making hand signs while pointing at the cauldron. This process is usually kept up until she would finally remove a few pills from the cauldron, which she would then put away in peculiar bottles before starting her process over from scratch.The other was off to the side crushing a bunch of plants whi
While all the players were busy logging out from Immortal Era, an important meeting was taking place within each pier city on each of the four Cardinal Continents. Each continent's meeting was separate from each other but they were about the same thing; movement from the Dark Continent.On the Southern Continent, after Bladesmith had teleported Kirou out of the village, both he and Old Oak themselves were teleported to SC Pier City's city lord's mansion. Along with these two were two people from the other respective villages for the Southern Continent, like Old Oak and Redwood from Thousand Wood Village and Old Copper and Hammerton from Stone Mount Village. They represented the three main races found on the Southern Continent, giving them the most say in the decisions to be made in any important meeting. That being said, there were eight groups of people that had teleported over so all races on the Southern Continent were accounted for.Afte
Like every other time that Kirou has logged out of Immortal Era, Kirou was now staring at the roof of his bedroom. Taking up his phone and looking at the time, he can see that it is just a few minutes after nine that night. Too early to head to bed but too late to do any form of exercise. He could always spend some time practicing other skills but for once, Kirou felt that it would be a waste to just stay in when he could do something 'normal', for once. It was a weekend after all.After getting out of bed feeling unnaturally refreshed, a side effect of playing the game, Kirou did some basic stretches. Following that he took a quick shower, got dressed, and left his apartment. His destination for the night, even he had no idea.**********Eastside, Imperial City.Kirou was currently walking through the entertainment district of the city.Clubs, bars, karaoke centers, the works. K
While Kirou was busy enjoying his drinks at the bar counter with Jane keeping him company and Carlos taking care of the patrons, on the other side of the club within one of the VIP booths upstairs was a group of people currently enjoying the club in their own private way. A group of good looking men and women were currently lounging around the room, enjoying their drinks while making small talk with each other. While someone like Kirou wouldn't notice it immediately if he saw them, any random fan of the professional gaming leagues would realize that the people currently in this room are all high profile members of various powerhouse guilds currently found in Immortal Era and other such VR games.A meetup like this between the various members of the top guilds in these games isn't that common since each guild would usually be busy building their powers in-game but the recent server shutdown left everyone with nothing to do on a Friday night. It was due to this th
It was the following morning that Kirou awoke in a bed. The strange thing was that he didn't immediately recognize the roof above his head as the one he's used to seeing. As he sat up in the bed, he heard some moans coming from beside him. Looking to his left, he noticed that a woman was sleeping next to him, which prompted him to raise an eyebrow in response.Kirou looked at the woman with a peculiar gaze before surveying the room around him. The room was simple and contained little to no decorations, besides a few family photos on the dresser. He also took note of the clothes messily lying on the floor next to the bed. Kirou then focused his gaze back on the woman sleeping next to him, taking in her naked form currently being covered by the bedsheets. Naturally, Kirou had an idea about what they did last night but he wasn't too sure what led up to it.Due to this, Kirou was in no rush to get up but instead leaned back on the bed head, tryi
Kirou was currently making his way through the busy streets to head home. On his face was a refreshing smile as he thought about the events that took place during the previous night, as well as this morning.'Though it has been a while, that went pretty well. Then again, I never expected Jane to be that enthusiastic during the entire ordeal. I must have flipped a switch in her during the fight.' The smile on Kirou's face grew even wider as he thought this, prompting a few people in the surroundings to be looking at him with peculiar gazes. Kirou ignored their stares as he continued his trip to the subway.It was around 11 when Kirou arrived at the subway station. Instead of taking the subway home right away, he stopped by a cafe nearby for a drink. While within the cafe, Kirou finally allowed the smile on his face to fade away as he enjoyed a cup of Blue Mountain Coffee. While the coffee was a bit strong, Kirou found himself liking the Jamai
It's been a few days since Kirou returned to the with his new residents. During this time, both old and new residents worked hard to turn the shallow and empty area into a proper village. With the initial houses Kirou had built as a base and starting area, the village extended a bit into the forest, with the goal being to recover land for both farming and extending the village even further in the future. Unsurprisingly, all residents decided to keep living above ground, leaving the passage that led to the pier being the only path they trod. In contrast, the remaining floors were left for Kirou's purposes after all the excavation work was complete. Speaking of the excavation work, Kirou was given a surprise earlier that day when he explored the two floors situated above the pier and below the village on the surface. It seems that during the time that he was away from the village and holed up in the pier area after returning, his residents had come together to fully ex
The Garuda player and his squad from the guild have finally returned to the Seaside Village. Unlike the trip to the pirate hideout that took 5 hours, the return trip only needed half that time. The Garuda player mainly returned here instead of continuing his hunt or returning to his guild as he was curious to see the results of that quest he never got the chance to finish. He was also interested in seeing if he would be able to meet that strange Lycan player he had initially pursued. Unfortunately, his second wish would go unanswered for quite a time. Upon entering the location of the Seaside Village, what greeted the Garuda player and his squad was essentially a ghost town. The village lacked any sign of life and it looked like its inhabitants were in quite the rush to leave. At this point, one squad member, a Lycan, spoke up, "Looks like these guys wasted no time in making themselves scarce as if wanting to avoid us like the plague. What say you now, Boss?" The G
Returning to the moment the Garuda player and his squad had entered the Drarven Village turned pirate camp, Kirou and the former captives have now arrived at the shores of the Seaside Village. He had already guessed what had happened when he found the Village Head's son as one of the captives on the pirate ship, but seeing the current state of the Seaside Village forced a deep sigh out of Kirou's mouth. Even then, he still had a job to finish, so he shook his mind free of their random thoughts and focused on what was ahead of him. Seeing the pirate ships coming close, the remainder of the village was once again arming themselves for combat. Sadly, there were a lot fewer able-bodied persons capable of fighting this time, so morale was at its absolute worst for the villagers. Even the Village Head, the fiercest fighter in the village in the previous bout, was now struggling to raise his weapon in the face of the returning pirate crew. From a glance, it was quite apparent to these vill
Kirou was currently making his way back to the Seaside Village via the ships used by the pirates. He needed a secure way to transport all the women and children that were captured back to the village without injury and in a timely manner, and .... it's not like the previous owners had much use for these ships anymore. As for controlling and navigating the ships themselves, Kirou had no part in that as he lacked the necessary experience and skill needed to do so. Instead, this job was taken over by the captured women that were previously held captive in the resting area of the camp by those pirates. Apparently, they were part of a crew of sailors that got captured at sea. Their ship had recently gone through a bad storm and most of the crew got injured in the process. Those that survived the storm thought that things would be fine when another ship passed by in their time of need. Sadly, their hopes were dashed as this ship was filled with pirates. When the pirates found and boarded
While all that was going down back at the Seaside Village, Kirou was already making his moves in the enemy stronghold. It's now been fifteen minutes since Kirou initiated his plan. Stealth and subterfuge were the game's name, and Kirou had to make severe commitments to follow through on his plans. He started out by summoning two clones, which he then sent to specific places to hide until he gave the signal. Following this, he rushed back to the cave where the kids were being kept captive. Unlike his prior visit where most of his was spent searching for their location, this time he would be able to deal with them without as much trouble. That said, he remained hidden in a dark spot while watching the actions of the captors and their captives. As he did this, he silently retrieved an item from his inventory. It was a small canister-like object that almost anyone would recognize if they saw it. Besides the main body in this cave, his clones pulled out similar objects, a few of whic
After leaving the village, Kirou has been heading northwest for roughly two hours. During this trip, he made multiple adjustments to his heading after using his skill to investigate his surroundings. The downside of this was that he had to chug down multiple potions to replenish his quickly spent [MP] after each trip. It was at this time that Kirou slowed and silenced his steps. This is because the stronghold for those human traffickers was within his sights. Having stopped behind a tree, Kirou calmed his breathing and steadied his heart rate. After doing so, he peered from behind the tree, gazing at his targets going about their business in the large base. The base itself was an abandoned seaside village that seemed to have been occupied initially by dwarfs. Along with a few lodging houses, there were a few paths dug into the hill directly behind the houses. The houses themselves were spread out and made in a style similar to inns, but the size of the windows
A few weeks have passed since Kirou had the discussion with both Cain and Jackson by the underground lake. Unlike the empty and somewhat desolate space that it was before, the underground lake was starting to look like a proper workspace for ships and people alike. More buildings had been constructed on the land area, with one side set up to properly reflect a shipyard and the other to reflect an underground harbor for ships. As for the water, multiple ports had been erected for both ship and civilian use. Hell, a few small boats were already making use of the new docking facilities that were recently created. As for how this happened, Kirou could only say that he got extremely lucky with his excursions outside the <Phantom Palace>. *******Flashback******* *Three days after the discussion with Jackson and Cain* Kirou was currently farming mining resources points.
It's been a few hours since Kirou and his group, along with the recent additions, returned to the <Phantom Palace>. Kirou only left some instructions with the girls and Mistaken Fox for the former bandits while he invited both Jackson and Cain to follow him to the underground pier. The trio was currently sitting around a small table, Kirou drinking some tea while both Jackson and Cain stared at him in confusion. This went on for a few minutes before Jackson spoke up. "Young Master, would you mind explaining why you've brought both of us down here?" Cain maintained his silence, but he gave a slight nod in agreement to Jackson's words. Kirou only glanced at the duo for a few moments before turning his eyes to the waters of his underground port. As soon as he finished his tea, Kirou spoke, "I'll be leaving for the <Beast Continent> within the next two weeks." T
Kirou and Jackson took a few minutes to work out the finer details of the <Blood Oath> that they wanted Cain to make. During this time, Cain genuinely contemplated committing suicide multiple times. The reason behind this was that neither Kirou nor Jackson bothered to lower their voices during their discussion, allowing Cain to hear all of their depraved ideas to include in the oath. The thought of escaping entered Cain's mind multiple times, only to be dismissed almost immediately. Not counting the fact that he was injured at the moment, even if he wasn't, he still had to contend with the creatures surrounding him. And even if he could somehow get through those creatures, there was still a large group he had to fight through, not to mention both Kirou and Jackson. With those thoughts in mind, Cain resigned himself to the whims of the two bastards holding him captive. Both Kirou and Jackson could see that Cai