Completed chapter 10 just deleted the previous one.
Please see if there is any mistake and ill correct it.
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1.Long or short chapters?(btw this one is medium size, long would be chapter 2)
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Chapter 10
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An awry silence reigned between the three of us, interrupted momentarily by Alatea’s Whining and barking intended to attract our attention.
What is going on?
....
*Looks like your common sense classes have not advanced and your memory is deteriorating in an alarming rate, that or you are more dense than appear to be*.
What are you talking about, my memory is just fine!. And I’m certainly not dense.
*Have you not realized it yet?*.
What did I not realize?, the only thing I said was to get some food… Ahh! So thats the problem, now i certainly can understand this awkward mood.
“I mean lets go explore the south market district!”
I try to fix the situation, and they seem receptive, so we head to the market in a fast fashion without further problems.
Although I would certainly want to know a way to see their facial expressions without the need of the windows, as the only thing I see are the mask in their faces.
We head for the stalls and see a wide variety of objects and foods they sell, I take a silver coin from my pouch and head to a stall placed in front of a shop which sells cooked meals using the raw materials sell inside the shop, I guess is a way to advertise their products, which I assume are meat and fish.
Of course theres a basis as why I assume those are the ingredients they sell, because there is a huge wooden signboard atop the store that state it name as Butch, Fish and Chick, did the owners pick that name because of what they sell, or are those their true names?.
It doesn't matter because what attracted me to this stall is the sweet aroma coming from the brochettes which are currently being cooked in front of some customers.
I go through the crowd that are waiting in line for their turn at buying its product, of course it's polite to wait for my turn.. but i'm too hungry to wait that long.
I got to three spots behind the first in line as to not alert the owner of my delictive action.
The smell of the meat being cooked is even stronger here and I distingue the light aroma of herbs mixed with the meat.
Damn I'm drooling here, hurry up!.
Finally my turn.
I place the silver coin in front of a burly man with a scar in his check and he eyes me.
“What would it be?” He asks me.
“Two brochettes please, and do you have one exclusively from wolf meat? If that wouldn't be a problem of course”. I say in a courteous manner remembering Alatea as well as the charisma and chivalry stats.
Charisma +1
Looks like I can't gain chivalry from talking like this to him, maybe there is some kind of restriction , like the person i'm trying to impress or the action i'm interpreting.
He smiles at me and pats my head.
“Here you go young’n, but i'm afraid you'll have to content for raw wolf meat, by the way why do you need it for”. He ask while handing two brochettes and the change from the silver coin.
I point at Alatea thats lurking in my feets.
“Mmm its weird to find a white one in this territory, and it actually eats its own brethren?” He rubs lightly his grown beard while looking at her.
“Are you perhaps a tamer?”.
“A tamer?”
“Yes, the ones that make monster their companions and strengthen them as their master, with the advantage to actually be able to see their state just like… He pauses for a moment but doesn't continue.
Perhaps I should investigate this, because when previously I tried to look at Alateas stats I got a message about not having the necessary skills.
“No, But Im indeed interested in learning” I say to hi pretty excitedly.
He smiles at me.
“Are you perhaps in the goddess lessons?”.
Strange, is the second person to ask me and when I answer that I am, the second to smile at the answer, of course this man smile is not creepy like the human mask guy’s. Still it concerns me how people are interested in that course.
“Ok i'll teach you about that if you first come and learn from me”
Learn?... Exactly what would I be learning?.. I have six months Im sure Ill be capable of successfully completing his teachings.
“I accept” I say while giving a slight bow and crossing my arm along my chest.
Charisma+2
Quest
Meat!
A butchery owner has proposed to teach you how to handle yourself around the meat.
Reward: Butcher job
Unknown
He looks at me strangely.
"Lad, are you a noble?".
Am I, I don't really know.
“Why is that?”
"Well, is the way you are acting, of course without the demerit which causes us common folk to hate you".
“Demerit?”
“You know, that superiority complex they have, of course some of them are lower than trash and that we can in no way retaliate against them.. At least inside the city”.
He whispers the last bit, but i manage to hear him.
“What are you going to teach me?”. I ask him with some intrigue which clearly shows in my face and provokes a loud unrestrained laugh from him.
“I'm going to teach you about meat!”.
“Meat?”
“Yes, don't worry it will result pretty useful in the future… When are you finishing class tomorrow?”.
I fathom the time it'll take me to reach this place and of course some unfathomable accident it may happen and answer him
"Not until after midday"
"OK, then come to grab a bite, and of course you can bring your parents" He says while looking at my companions waiting for me at a near distance.
I stuff the bronze coins he gave me in my money pouch and proceed to enter the store.
I find myself inside a room with a large counter made of glass as to be capable to see the wears; the place looks pristine with not even a grain of dust, accentuating the white floor, It even reflects my image which makes me quite embarrassed as it show a dirt covered face, which makes me remind I have not cleaned myself since I got out of the tomb.
Behind the counter I see two people, one is a scraggy looking man, clearly his body has seen better times as he is badly malnourished, besides him there is girl around my age with long ears like the rest of the elves in the city but her hair and eyes red as blood, apart from the showy eyes and hair she is wearing a big chunky collar.
Without looking me in the eyes, she tries to catch my attention,
"Is there anything you needed, sir?" She finished saying after continuously trying to avert her eyes from mine as I try to make eye contact with her.
As I'm about to ask for wolf meat, a group of ten people enter, nine of them behind a fat man with a creepy smile plastered in his face.
"Hello" He says while ignoring all existences apart from the red haired girl behind the counter, and now not only his mouth but his eyes as well show creepiness, I guess that how I'm going to call him, Mr creepiness.
"I come here to buy a slave" says Mr creepiness.
Slave!!? I don't like that word, I don't know what it means but when I heard it a knot appears in my throat and causes me and uncomfortable feeling.
*I can't agree more, slavery is not something one should be proud to mention in broad daylight like this so well called Mr creepiness is doing, slavery is what makes an individual own the right of another one, not like a person paying to perform a job, but a person paying a third to own the right of freedom form another being, the right to eat, the right to live, and to die, its a despicable act and its plausible for you to get that kind of feeling*
Its the first time he talked that long, but I can't agree with him more.
"We sell meat, nothing else"
A dry voice answers him.
When I turn around to the voice direction, I see the scraggy man standing in front of the girl, while she is laying on the floor, clearly scared of Mr creepiness.
He smacks his lips repeatadly.
"A fine meat is what I want to buy" He says without averting his eyes from the girl, which provokes a slight cry from her.
"We sell meat" the scraggy man repeats.
Suddenly Mr creepiness eyesight turns to the scraggy man, he mouth still in a creepy smile, but his eyes no longer smile.
"I think is the third time I come to this filthy commoner place, with the prospect to buy her" He says while looking around at the immaculate clean place, only lacking the lascivious decoration the mansions in the nobles district have.
"I've been patient, this time, I'll take her" He says while gesturing to his guards to step forward and makes themselves useful.
An elf dressed in slightly better equipment than the rest steps forward. Unlike the previous guards I've seen this one's personality can be defined at one glance, and is one similar to Mr creepiness , one that stipulates his superiority .
He unsheathes his sword, mutters "Veteran pressure" and instantly the air in the room becomes heavier, not to the point of wanting to leave, but a slightly uncomfortable hot air travels from him to the rest of the room.
At least that's what happens for me and his group, but the scraggy man and the girl are postdated on the floor making noticeable pain noises.
A clamor outside is made and I clearly see a group of city patrols impeding the owner to enter the store, now I see why he said one can't freely confront the nobles, and of course that some of them are lower than trash, although offending the trash.
The two behind the counter are suffering I can hear them, while Mr creepiness is has a sadistic smile which reaches his eyes.
Even the guards are smiling, have they fallen with him, has the city fallen with them, can no one confront them... I will.
*Are you sure?, there's is no comeback once you do*
I'm sure, I'll save them, I'll save her, I can't allow this, I don't need to kill them, but I want to make him think twice before doing this again.
*Fine, I'll help you, just follow my directions*
"Majestic oppression"
The lead guard pressure fades, and he is astonished as well as all the guards, except Mr creepiness, who is still gloating in the two suffering.
"Against defenseless people, you dare to oppress them" my voice is larger and oppressing, even I who notice it. "You are scum serving scum" I say while sending a sharp glance to Mr creepiness, to which he continues gloating.
Some rustle and punches can be heard from outside a black fog which formed in the entrance impeding the light to come in and making the ambience darker.
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At this point the guards are on the floor. While the girl and the scraggy man have long lost consciousness.
"And you" I say while pointing a finger to Mr creepiness and slowly walking to him "Slavery? How can you do that, you are trash, no, you are lower than trash" Mr creepiness for the first time take notice of my existence, and that, that sealed his fate.
He looks around to his fallen comrades, they try to get up as Mr creepiness sends a cold stare at them and of course some well placed kicks, but my pressure keeps luring on them making their struggle uneventful.
Noticing his kicks won't help them, he sends a cold glance at me.
"You commoner, how dare you confront me, don't you notice? I'm the law, no one can go against me!".
"Hahaha, you are no one" with every word I say I see him caving even more, his face distorting in a cowl of despise and his ever present creepy smile fading.
"A noble represent the pinnacle of chivalry, making the rest honour them through splendor, not through fear!"
"Chivalry is long dead, and however has it is a poor fool, that begging to be trampled on"
I notice his words too have effect on my majestic oppression.
"Slavery?, slavery is a vile act if not the vilest, how can an ugly existence such as yourself be capable of becoming a noble, that's what makes me wonder if this kingdom is as corrupt as is nobles or you are an isolated case".
I won quite a bit advantage with those words, making him fall to the ground.
"You are just saying that because you have not still tasted tender meat, one you do, hours of torture won't be enough". He says in a desperate attempt to win over me.
What did he just say?, tttaste tender meat?, ho-o-o-ours of torture?, I look at his eyes and see no such hint of lying, I look at the girl behind the counter, she has my age, an age where one should be playing, I imagine dozens of kids just like her.
"How many" I say to him in an incredible cold voice.
"Hundreds, I promise I can lend you some of them you just need t"
But I don't let him finish the despicable phrase, I approach at a steady walking speed, making the ambient tremble with my rage, tarnishing the pristine floor with dark marks wherever I walk, the guards screaming in agony, but Mr creepiness is nailed to the floor, he doesn't feel pain but can't stand, the only thing avoiding me killing him is the hope of somehow saving the children.
I grab his hair and yank him, meeting his eyes with mine.
"Where are the children"
He looks at me with unbelief.
Sensing that is the last thing he will ever say, he finishes with the most devastating sentence.
"Of course they are dead, the five thousand forty three of them"
He showed a smile that reach his eyes, and is the last thing I see of him because the next moment screams of anguish can be heard from everyone in the room except the two behind the corner, everyone of them burned by a black fire.
Majestic Opresión updated!
Majestic Opresión
You generate majestic aura that oppresses your enemies and awe the rest.
This skills depends greatly on nobleness stat.
Creatures in higher level require more level and nobleness.
Additional skills can be triggered.
Level can be bypassed depending on development of situations.
Chivalry +10
Charisma +10
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
I do not care about the messages, I just can't seem to take of my mind Mr creepiness last words, and I'm sure he did it on purpose.
All those children, killed, and not just killed, I'm certain, by the way he looked at the girl, he did unbelievable things to them, acts of utmost depravity.
But what can I do, I already killed him in my momentary rage.
*There may be others*
Others?, other children? or living trashes?
*Both, and you should do something about them*
But what can I do?
*You can kill them, every single one of them*
I can?.
*Yes, you can*
But what about the children?
*... you can save them too, and get revenge for the deceased ones*
Quest acquired!
Cleansing of the corrupted
This kingdom is corrupted by its slavery antics, no matter who you are no mather what you are, you can be a slave and once you become one, there is no longer a future for you.
Go forth and cleanse this kingdom of this depraved act, get revenge for those victims that can no longer speak, but beware if you are found out, your freedom will be lost.
Difficulty : C
Reward: Unknown.
Requirements for failure: If being found out.
I immediately accept this job, first I have to find out who they are, then kill them, all of them, without leaving a single clue of their existence, that means to kill all that who catch the slaves as well.
“Now, what to do about them” I say while looking at the two behind the counter, one a slave and the other one her owner.
I promised I would do something about the slaves, their catchers and finally, their owners.
I raise my twin daggers aiming at his neck and let them fall.
*Wait*
But immediately halt as the voice is speaking to me.
*She is not her owner, she is her mother*
… This is clearly a man, an ugly malnourished one, but without thinking twice a man.
*This is a woman, just drop a couple of blood drops and see what happens*
I'm quite acceptable but I heed his words and cut a little into my finger, letting the drops fall into his, or her mouth.
Over time her once ugly mans face becomes a little plumper, and I sure distinguish her womanly face becoming healthier and healthier, as to not letting her heal completely I remove my finger from atop her mouth.
“What is she?”
*A vampire, a pretty ancient one as it can walk freely on the sunlight, and her daughter that can do the same because of her mixed heritage* He says while hinting at the girl with a slave collar and the man outside as her father.
The mangled pieces of churned bodies remain in the floor, should I do something creative?, I will keke, to show them i'm coming for them all.
After finishing my deeds I head out using a side door that leads to an empty alley aside from the piles of trash that emit a foul odor.
Walking leisurely after finishing a fine job but still hungry after the meat I bought burned down with the rest of, lets call meat around me.
After looking for a moment through the crowd forming outside the shop I find my two skeletal companions waiting for me.
The once colorfull world ive seen when reaching the city is now dyed black by the innumerable looks of emptiness in the slaves I see all over the concurred street.
In the moment I approach them, behind me in the directions of the shop, screams of horror are heard, when I look the the black fog has disappeared and I'm sure they have found my gift.
*You sure are evil, hahaha*
I smirk, but it quickly fades as my stomach rumbles from hunger, luckily there are various stands to buy food, still it took me quite a while to find wolf meat for Alatea, which I found from a strange looking guy with a wide variety monster parts and some rare items like accessories and weapons which I assume he got from high Primal mana condensed monsters.
After relieving my and Alatea’s hunger we browse a little on the market and I get a couple of sheaths for my dual daggers, a large one for Baltz Giant sword, and since Eos doesn't need one we got her some accessories from the man I bought the meat, earrings are out of questions, because you know, she doesn't have ears, so I bought a nice necklace with a nice looking blue gem inserted in it.
After that we keep browsing the stalls for something nice, which we can't, and there is no way of knowing the difference between one objects and another without the fear of being scammed, so I guess I got something to look forward in the merchant lessons day.
When the night comes upon us, which I can't seem to distinguish because of my shadow eye and only find out because I timely used the watch command, we head out towards the inn.
Today the inn seems quite different, the tables are directed to a small scenario mounted made of wood, and seems it can be removed at will, a bard is standing on it singing ballads about heroes and history, I enjoyed quite a bit, because this way I learn a little about the world.
I'm quite intrigued about the weapons of the heroes which the Bard clearly depicts as weapons made by gods.
Later on while we were eating, or at least me and Alatea, some dancers and musician come on stage, showing a grandiose show, matching their movements to the music, I should really learn to play some instrument.
After the third presentations it is already more than twelve in the night and I feel quite sleepy so I head out with Alatea to the room, Balt and Eos tried to come with us but I say to watch the rest of the shows as I already know they are going to get mighty boring through the night.
I open the windows and look into the view expecting something like before, and it sure does not disappoint, today three moon show up in the sky, one red, one light blue, and the silverish one from yesterday, the cicadas are singing noisily, but it is quite an expectable with the different bugs shining intermittently in different colors matching the moons, which if I remember were created by, according to a legend sang by the bard, three sisters who were infatuated from a man, promising to correspond to them after a gruesome war, when the war ended he found their bodies killed by their enemies, Gaia feeling pity on them, made them the moons and him the sun, promising to make them reunite once every five years.
Remembering the stories the bard sang to me and the audience I fall asleep with Alatea sleeping atop of the pillow next to me.