After staring a Tyrhrung for awhile I get up and start dismantling all the remaining goblins. surprisingly they had more material then I thought. The red berserker goblin skin that was left after eating all the meat on him had more mana in it then it should. I'm starting to think this is bad. Well, I'll practice this new status and skills.
50 minutes later
These skills are a bit too powerful especially my -
Sorcery is similar to magic but different as anyone can learn magic but sorcery isn't like that as it is all talent. Sorcery uses the same energy as magic but it is freer in its functions and uses. It takes much more knowledge takes more time and magical talent. Sorcery has two types of free sorcery that let you freely control an element, object, or thought or even concept within your domain. It is extremely dangerous to those around you and yourself if not used correctly with a lot of focus. A professional sorcerer has the power to erase a city in a day.
There is also flow sorcery that uses magic circles made of magic power bending the forces of nature and the logic that rules them. Flow sorcery isn't limited to one element or concept in a single spell or technique it can uses as many as the owner can put in and still keep it stable. It is this reason that sorcerers magic circles are all different. To make it harder to take over it is made with a lot of filler so it can't be turned against the owner. Sorcerers' study it to try to find immortality cures for all diseases so they tend to look at other fields as well such as alchemy and magic to gain even more knowledge and power.
Sorcerers aren't part of the adventurer guild but part of the Sorcery guild or the Magus guild. Where they share findings and experiments to spread knowledge to advance their goals. The leader of the mages guild is a female dwarf named Leaf she is a free sorcerer who has studied flow sorcery and alchemy. Her free sorcery controls the concept of time making it one of the strongest ones and she has lived almost 400 years already due to stopping the time in her body. She is also friends with three of the largest countries rulers.
I learned that in human form Tyrhrung's status is the same as mine. Also, she is really deft with anything with a blade from a knife to a great sword. When I asked how the knew how to use these weapons and all she did was look at me with three question marks above her tilted head. It was honestly really cute, Even though it didn't answer my question.
After the two of us finished dismantling I stood up and stuck all the materials in storage and ask Tyrhrung if she is ready to leave.
"Do you even know where we are?" she innocently asked which made it harder to respond.
"No, but if I find a road or river I should manage." I smiled confidently.
"how are you going to get in?"
"If it is a frontier or border town I'll just enter by paying the extra fees. If it isn't I'll have you go into the city claiming I am you familiar or tamed beat."
"Wow, you actually thought it through!" She covered her mouth as if she was surprised.
"You what do you think of me?"
She showed a smile full of mischief "A beast who attacks, kills and eats his enemy's corpses without showing any mercy."
"ugh" With how I cleaned up goblins I couldn't respond that she was wrong.
After finishing the preparations I walk out the dungeon.
What was there was...a party of adventurers. It wasn't a small party, it is definitely a dungeon capture party.
Parties have loose qualifications but it is mainly based on number 3-5 is a hunter party, 10-15 is a dungeon capture party and, 20-30 are mercenary bands there are also clans within the guild that can be helpful to those within the guild but they tend to be completive with other clans.
But the fact they are here is bad. ah, they are pulling out their weapons I should say something and make sure not to put down my guard.
"Yo, sorry but you're a little late I have already captured it!" I made sure to make it loud enough that they could hear me.
They looked a bit confused and started whispering to each other. So while they were doing it I looked over their equipment. They have a good party balance with two people with shields, two with swords three with spears as the vanguard. the mid-guard seems to be an archer and two mages. and rearguard has a shield bearer and two spearmen with crossbows. They have two scouts.
After finishing their meeting the vanguard spearman walks over and waves. He looks like a tall, blonde ikemen wearing silver colored armor.
"Hey sorry for not responding right away, we had to discuss what to do considering we have never seen anything like you before. The biggest problem is that the magic tool that detects monsters is going nuts yet you don't fit into a category that belongs around you. Oh Yeah, we are called flaming hawks, and my name is Micheal Leonheart."
"I'm Yuuki. I am a unique type of slime so I'm not surprised you can't identify me. So you are a noble?"
I change the shape of my nondominant hand into a couple of different shapes.
"HaHa, you could say that. But really you're a slime and a unique monster, Wow. So what are you doing around here?"
"I came over to eat the dungeon core, but I was thinking of going to a nearby town soon."
As I said that his eyes went sharp trying to find my intentions.
"And why would you do that?"
"I overheard there are delicious dishes in human society. I'm curious, and I thought I would look at the weapons and magic."
I made sure I didn't tell a lie because lie detection tools aren't very rare most upper-class nobles have transportable ones that are the same sizes as pocket watches that have a 90% accuracy. I did overhear human society has good food from other adventurers while I was human I even ate some rarely. I also would like to see how long it has been since I have died and the best way to know is to check the advancement of technology and magic.
His eyes lost their edge and he seemed to relax his guard.
"This was a temporary party to capture the dungeon as it housed a large number of goblins. you can join us on the way back, that way I'll be able to guarantee your identity so you can enter the town."
He turned around to the entire party and called over the two people that seem to be scouts. they run over they're about the same height one is a girl with bright red hair and the other is a girl with white hair.
"I'm sorry Yuuki but I can't trust you yet so I have these two checks out the dungeon. The one red hair is Mile and the other one is Gail I'll leave the checking to you two."
About twenty minutes later they return with visibly confused expressions on their faces.
"There is no dungeon core lots of blood and nobodies"
Before anyone could interject "Of course I ate them but I stripped some of the material"
An even more confused expression appeared on everyone's faces
"I said it earlier I am a slime I have a storage skill."
"Can I see the red goblin's skin," Micheal asked.
"Sure." I pulled it out and showed it.
"This is quite the dismantling, wait this is a red goblin berserker. did you kill it on your on?"
"No, I had help from Tyrhrung." I lift her up by the sheath.
After staring at me all the people laughed at me.
"Well let set up camp for lunch. We might as well relax until tomorrow as it will take to long to return to town today. Yuuki you might as well stay with us."
A couple of hours later we are all sitting by the fire just drinking and talking how they're going to spend the money they got from this request.
"I'm bored they seem trustworthy you let me out." I heard Tyrhrung complaining
"Are you sure? There is no taking it back." I tilt my head as I respond.
"Uuu, I guess I can wait." she seems upset but she doesn't seem impatient.
"sorry" I whispered.
I hear a pair of footsteps make their way over and I see Mile and Gail.
"Sorry, are we interrupting?" Mile asked but for some reason, Gail quickly nodded.
"She doesn't speak much." Gail also nodded here.
"So what are you doing here?" I tilted my head curiously.
"We wanted to look at your short sword since we use short swords and daggers."
I used gist to ask Tyrhrung if she was okay with it and she responded positively.
"Sure. You can also swing it a bit."
I hand them Tyrhrung with a bit of a bitter smile as I could see they stopped listening after 'sure'.
"Oh its quite high quality"
"Un...un"
"it has great balance"
"Un...un"
"The handle seems to change shape to make it feel like I have wielded it for years."
"Oh."
After watching them just look, and complement it I raise my voice to get their attention.
"You can swing it there are only trees around us!"
"Can we? What if we chip it? It seems really expensive." Mile has a bit of worry in her voice.
"Trust me it won't chip so easily."
"Okay!" The amount of excitement in her voice makes it seem like the worry never existed.
As she turned around I notice that both Mile and Gail have long cattails and under the hoods, they were wearing earlier they had small cat ears. The color of said appendages is the same as their hair.
As they make their way to the edge of camp to test out Tyrhrung Micheal called out.
"If you are going over their can you get some firewood?"
Everything he said seemed to vanish into thin air to those two so I responded in their stead.
"Ahh, They're too excited to hear you so I'll make sure we get some."
"We have some time with the firewood we put in there yet, so you can take your time. Just make sure you bring some back with you."
"Okay."
I jog over to catch up, and what I see is a horror show.
"What happened," I exclaimed my face had my mouth hanging wide and my eyes wide open.
What I saw was awful almost twenty trees in a pile and two tails sticking out the pile. The trees looked like they were thrown at chainsaw attached to a ceiling fan. I didn't even lag behind a full minute.
"What the hell happened here?"
That's is when the tails went completely straight as if they were caught doing something they weren't supposed too. After a few seconds, the tails sunk into the pile as if to pretend they weren't caught.
I walk over to put both hands into the pile and pull out the two cats. They look at each other for a moment than me and instantly exclaimed.
"Ah, We are sorry!"
"It's okay so mile please explain what happened."
"Well, first as we walked over I used the Laido draw style slash into a tree and nothing happened so I tried a few more times and then I let Gail try and after a few more swings we messed up on edge alignment and bumped a tree and then they hit each other a became a giant set of dominos as they were falling I took Tyrhrung and slashed the trees some more before we got squished then I heard footsteps an pushed us into the pile and then we were pulled out and that's why we're here."
Wow, she said that in one breath. I carefully take Tyrhrung as I do their ears and tails drop.
"Take a breath and it's okay I'll let you grab some of it and take it for the camp. I'll store the rest."
"Okay. ah, Once we get back too town will you join our party its always been the two us but we occasionally make temporary parties like this one for dungeon dives. We're both silver class adventurers."
"I'll think about it."
I let them pick up some wood then stored the rest and joked with them on the way back with how they ended up like this.
The next morning I hear rustling from the opening tent which I borrow from Micheal. So I slightly squint and I see is a red and white pair of ears and tips of the tails at the end of my bed.
"HELP they're fondling me, rubbing me all over. I won't be able to become Your bride at this rate!" Tyrhrung screams through -
I bring the upper half of my body up look directly at the two kittens who are playing my equipment.
Seeming to notice my gaze they freeze up. Their tails which were moving and their ears that were twitching slowly fell. they fold my equipment back up set Tyrhrung right where it was when they came in and attempted to crawl right out of the tent.
But I won't let them escape so easily.
I get out of bed and faster then they can react appear behind them and grab them by the back their shirts.
They slowly turn their heads and look at me and the dread slowly appearing on their faces tickles my sadistic side. I can feel shivers go down their spines as they see the huge smile on my face.
I pull out two of the spare sheets of the material my armor is made of and some long strips that look like really long belts with one hole at each end that has a metal ring increasing the durability. Quickly wrapping them up to look like burritos with an over the full center.
After leaving them on the side of my tent I get up put on my equipment.
"Why didn't you save me quicker!" Tyrhrung shouts at me.
Ignoring her complaining I pick up the two burritos throw them onto a wind attribute magic iron rack which makes them lighter walk outside set them down and take down the tent.
"What Is this?" Micheal walks over and asks seeing the rack.
"Punishment," I responded nonchalantly.
He seemed to recoil a bit.
"How long will it last?"
"Until I forgive them."
"But we need them to scout"
"I'll free them at breakfast then. I'll think of something else."
[Onii-chan I forgave them already. you don't need to punish them after breakfast.]
[If you say so I'll let them think that I'll punish them and stress them out for the day.]
[You're quite evil Onii-chan. huhuhu]
I decide to leave it at that since breakfast is finished. I untie the burritos finding two sleeping cats which I use the mats to wake them by pulling them right out from under them. This causes them to fall after rotating in the air for a moment.
"Come on it is time for breakfast!"
"Ugh"
"Why did you do this to us?"
"You fell asleep during your punishment also hurry up breakfast."
I leave them and go to the fire to eat breakfast leaving those two to catch up.
After breakfast, Micheal Stands up and walks to where everyone can see him and raised his voice so everyone can hear him.
"I know we came out here to clean up a dungeon but we were too late so we may not get the quest reward but I'll do my damned best to get your guy's your reward. You took an emergency request from the guild meaning you go half the reward at the beginning so even in case of failure You'll still get something.
Though Margrave Faress tends to be more kind to adventurers so we have a 50-50 of getting paid anyway for unforeseen situations."
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He looked at me when he said 'unforeseen situations' with a bit of irritation but I splendidly ignored it
"But I'll go and ask because I have to introduce him" laughing evilly looking directly at me" to the Margrave and set up the paperwork. Anyway, let's get going as we are finished eating."
Everyone stands up picks up their bags and starts jogging back to town I go over to Mile to talk about town before we get there.
~a couple of hours later~
We hear a battle occurring further on the road so I ask Micheal.
"Can I help them?"
"Yeah Go!"
Instead of responding I just dash forward activating 'acceleration' from wind magic.
I ran for about five minutes until I see a carriage I dashed forward seeing the defense is failing due to being attacked by a demi-ogre an upper silver class monster sometimes a gold class.
I jump over a carriage and shout!
"I'm here to help"
I bring down a single basic slash right in the blind spot of the demi-ogre but due to it being the most practiced move I have ever done it looked more like a flash of light instantly decapitating the demi-ogre.
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Ding
leveled up!
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Walking to the carriage I see it is pretty well decorated.
"Others will be over soon. I can use healing magic"
Well, I can't but I can create potions with
"Stay back monster !"
It was right after this shout that Micheal made it here.
"Don't worry he isn't evil"
As if the carriage was waiting for that voice the door opened and Micheal froze.
Who came out was a 10-13-year-old little girl who looked similar to Micheal but had two gold-red colored lion ears and a long golden lion tail. Her golden blond hair seeming to glow where the deep fiery red is at the tips. She was wearing white baggy sweat pants and a light blue tube top both using a ball of wool from a Damascus steel sheep which is a rare evolution of the iron sheep a gold class monster on its own making the material extremely rare. Though there are a group of demons that manage to farm the iron sheep. They are highly secretive living in the Crater of Limbo.
Over top such clothes a scientist lab coat that was made using the mythril spider web. The lab coat featuring a design with a dragon chasing a star said the design was made using the wool from the cotton fly that had been dyed various colors. The dye is also special using things from crushed monster scales to rare plant oils giving it many natural resistances and buffs to the user albeit small. Also on the points where there are vital, there are extra layers of mithril spider web that have some other alloy weaved in that seems to have a magical effect of some sort. Throughout the whole lab coat seems to have a special light attribute magic iron and spirit stone alloy string weaved in to make many more magic circles then just a normal enchanting skill allows.
"Cecily what are you doing here!?" Micheal shouted from surprise pulling me away from the amazing craftsmanship of the lab coat that seemed to be a masterwork project that had been made using many advanced techniques only masters of their field could accomplish by working together and through a lot of trial and error.
I have only just looked for a moment but I wish I could examine it in more intricate detail to find out even more of its secrets. The price of such an item could no doubt buy a small country. But it already gave me an idea to increase my own equipment's power.
"Micheal-Nii-san Father told me to deliver this letter and to inspect Citer to make sure the influential nobles of the Royal faction aren't causing problems." she paused then started looking at me" Also he said he had a gut feeling I'll meet someone who will help me with my future plans for my next research project."
"And what are those?" He said apparently calming down.
"That is a secret, for now, Nii-san" Cecily giggled with a mischievous smile on her face.
"Really, Well lit is a bit late but this is the 'man?' who saved you, Yuuki. I met him during an emergency request where he completed it before I had the chance to make an attempt."
This is where I interject after letting him finish.
"I am a man even though I look androgynous, and looking at what she is wearing it doesn't look like she needed saving. How come she is your sister yet can get such equipment and you're just using wind attribute magic iron alloy?"
"It's because she is a genius magic researcher and happens to be really lucky with her connections. Also, no one can say no to a little girl about to cry right in front of a group of grandpas and grandmas when she also gives a good idea."
"Wow, she really manipulated that many master craftsmen."
"Yeah, I still don't know if she did it on purpose or because she was actually about to cry."
"STOP talking about me while I'm right here." She yelled with teary eyes.
"I'm sorry." I immediately suppressed the desire to pet her head to make sure not to be rude.
"I'm sorry." Micheal petted her head to soothe her in my place but somehow she seemed to be dissatisfied but she stopped caring after seeing Tyrhrung.
"Ooh, It is the first time for me to see an intelligent Living weapon that also has a full soul, not just a pseudo-soul."
My eyes sharpen looking for any reaction.
"How could you tell, and what will you do knowing it?"
"Nothing it goes against my code of ethics to experiment on anything that has the intelligence to understand and make a decision depending on what I say. If she allowed me to examine her it'd be different." She answered as if it was nothing special.
"What about my other question?" I visibly relaxed as I was asking.
"Girls are more beautiful with a few secrets." Once again giggling "You might as well get into the carriage "
I could tell continuing to question her would get me nowhere so I decided to drop it and join her in the carriage with Micheal dealing with all the other adventurers.
[What do you think Tyrhrung wants to come out I realize you have been patient, as payment I could look at her lab coat and use it for some ideas to make us stronger.]
[Un... she seems trust worthy]
Tyrhrung activates humanization coming out of the sword and bows to Cecily.
For the first time, she seems surprised seeing a fox maid appearing from the sword.
"Well, I wasn't expecting that." She realized that her mouth was hanging open, she blushed and closed her mouth.
"I don't mind examining me but you can't do anything that" She walked over and whispered into Cecily's ears" would involve you touching anything meant for Onii-chan, but it is just the sword it is fine."
Cecily thinks the pressure she releases is scary, but before Tyrhrung moves back Cecily whispers back "Don't worry I'm more into him then you fufufu"
As they whisper Yuuki can somehow understand that he shouldn't interfere
Tyrhrung backs up says "We can share but I'm first!"
"First for what ?" Yuuki couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing!"
I decided it was best not to ask
"So can I examine your lab coat once we get to town?"
"Sure, by the way, where did you get Tyrhrung?"
"I made her"
Her mouth dropped unable to understand.
"I can't make another that's the same however I can make living weapons and use pseudo-souls to make intelligent weapons."
We continued to talk about research and equipment until we get to town.
We were almost in town and I ask about where we can meet at a later date and do a few experiments for various things.
"Ahh, I forgot I'll be staying in the adventurers guild masters mansion. You can come over later he is a friend of my father during his time as an adventurer, and he has a massive underground lab. Sorry, you will be getting off here, so I'll return to you to Nii-san, See you later."
"Got it"
Tyrhrung turned back into a sword, then I got out of the carriage and walk over to Micheal.
"Yo I've been freed."
"Yeah and I've been forced to walk outside in armor in the middle of summer while you were in the carriage that had a changing internal temperature where it was like a nice fridge. But I'll stop complaining as we're approaching the town and I need to explain why it is a good idea to let a monster in town while it's not a summoned monster or a tamed one to the commander in charge. So wait here." he then sighed and jogged to a commander gathering adventurers, soldiers and knights as quickly as possible.
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-Micheals point of view-
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I should have gone ahead instead of walking with the carriage considering all towns in this kingdom have a magic tool that detects if a gold class monster comes within a 5-kilometer radius minimum and 100 maximum. considering his strength to kill a top grade silver class monster in a single slash it should have been clear that the said magic tool will react to him. I should have thought this through, he IS a monster even though he acts and seems human. Or a type of Kijin or Deamon.
I ran to the 'army' that is being built and set up right in front of the town and shout to get their attention.
"I'm Micheal Leonheart and I'd like to see who is in charge to discuss the reason that your gathering at the moment."
The unit commander runs up and checks my adventurer card. He is an old man and is wearing a set of armor made of a magic silver alloy of some sort looking like a knights armor with more metal instead of being a 'one piece per part' with it fitted better than normal knights.
"Got it, follow me, I'll take you to the Margrave. Follow me"
He had me follow as he ran over to the place you'd normally check into the city.
"The Margrave is in here give me your spear and come in."
I give him my spear and enter and bow.
"Sorry for interrupting, I'm Micheal Leonheart, but I have a report on the gold class monster that just approached town."
"You don't have to speak respectfully, it is just bothersome just make your report."
"Yes, like I said I have a report on the gold class monster. The report is the gold class monster is it is not an enemy... and it's my fault that he made to the town. Well as I said earlier it isn't an enemy it is a class 1 intelligent monster meaning it can be reasoned with. It couldn't be appraised by the -
On the way over I have learned about his personality, he is slightly wary of people, building a wall for most people, but he isn't a threat. He actually may be a benefit considering he without hesitation ran to help a carriage upon noticing it and he is really accurate in finding how to handle people.
The biggest thing that tells me he is a benefit and not a threat is he has no 'threat' nothing that causes people to automatically repulse people. Beastmen and elves are much more attuned to 'threat' so they normally are repulsed by just by being near it yet instead of being repulsed they seem to be attracted not by any emitted skill or spell, but by the natural untainted mana."
Seeing my thoughts he seemed to think of something but he seemed hesitant. The Margrave here is named Jake Faress and the reason he was placed on the edge of humanity on a frontier was his hyper rare unique skill of -
"I see." the Margrave leaned back in the chair and took a breath in. "I can't just let in a monster that is Gold Class without any reason to just enter the town. So tell me how you can bring in a monster and convince the populace."
"Ahh, Simple have him sign up for the Adventurer guild and the Mage guild."
Pausing for a minute Margrave Faress nodded.
"Sure" Taking a breath in "but warn him he'll be under watch the whole time he is in the city."
I smiled and bowed " Thank you"
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-Yuuki's point of view-
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I see all the soldiers line up like a wall in front of me while I'm sitting in the middle of the road with a fire in front of me with large sections of the demi-ogre on a skewer over top a fire with Cecily sitting on a chair right beside me. The demi-ogre has a demi-glace sauce and some mushrooms with fruit juice dripped on then eaten.
Then I hear a shout then all the people relax and I see them all bow, but seeing Cecily not moving and just continue to eat I do the same.
After about a minute Micheal and a ~35 with a sharp military look. The way the people here have no hostility at all says he is a good fair leader but the knights seem to have almost double the mass of the soldiers who are already considerably trained.
By the time he made it to where I was sitting he had a surprised look on his face watching me fighting over a demi-ogre skewer against Cecily. With Micheal on his side with a bitter smile expecting this to happen if lunch happened and there was no mediator. All the other adventurers were cowering in fear with these two intimidating, overpowering, and clashing mana fighting over the last skewer.
It was at this time as he coughed and received the blood lust of the two beasts completely freezing him as if he was frozen by [Frozen Sun]. but I took advantage of my high status and transformation abilities to take advantage of this gap in conciseness and take the opening to steal the skewer. she looks down at her hand in disbelief and the skewer in my hand and mouth. Then she gained an aura of depression with an expression of defeat and dread on her face. Unable to take it I give the remaining half of the skewer to and she immediately switches to an expression of happiness and satisfaction.
I wonder if she manipulates those around her on purpose giving her a bad personality, or it's all natural and she is just a devil.
Once again we both hear a cough and both look at where it came from seeing a tall proud military man looking at us and an entire army we look at each other than face completely opposite directions blushing.
"Now that this extremely funny comedy skit is over let us talk about the conditions of letting you into town. I'm the lord of this city, Citer, Margrave Jake Faress."
"I'm a unique slime my name is Yuuki. So what are the conditions? before I accept of course."
"Actually you have to sign with the adventurer guild and the mages guild and stay with the mages guild master while you're in town."
"That's more than acceptable since I've heard about the guild master from Cecily."
Apparently, Cecily has only heard stories about her and have talked through letters never meeting face to face before. But we do know that she is a magus and alchemist and she is loaded.
"Well then welcome to Citer and enjoy your stay." He then turned around and shouted into a sound stone" Return to town we avoided battle!"
"Micheal sees you at a later date I will jump onto Cecily's carriage since we have the same places to go."
I smiled and jumped into the carriage. watching all sorts of interesting expressions go across his face.
Then I get into town.