I couldn’t see a thing however I can hear voices. I hear a lot of voices scrambled in with panicked ones. I tried to open my eyes to see but my eyelids would not budge.
God dammit! They are swarming us with superior numbers!
Get off of me!
Help! Help! I can’t feel my legs!
Back to the Exit!
Go! I’ll be right behind y-…
NO! SENPAI!
Reloading! Fuck. Little buggers got a mage. Shit. MAN DOWN! They got one of us! Going to retrieve. Cover me!
Covering fire! Window is closing fast! Look out! Big Boi got a giant club!
Argh. There’s too many of them. I can’t get to the boy. Retreating!
Cave in. CAVE IN! We gotta shoot our way out!
The voices slowly faded away and I opened my eyes to find myself staring at a white ceiling. I turned my head left and right to see that I was resting on a simple bed. I got up only to be started by Kane who was resting on a chair next to the bed I was resting on.
“How do you feel? You literally passed out right as the Pope started his speech.”[Kane]
I looked over my body and pulled up my [Character Menu]. I triple checked the menu before I turned my attention to Kane.
“I didn’t feel any ailments that caused me to pass out like that. Did I miss anything important?”
“Nah. Not really. He started off asking us to help the Church by aiding the human kingdoms to repel the demon attacks that had plagued this world for a while now.”[Kane]
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Kane paused mid-sentence before letting out a sigh.
“While you were out, the priests checked our status and those who hold special titles are grouped together. One of the Japanese students have the hero title and is receiving special treatment. As for the others…”
I noticed Kane stopped again and he placed his right hand on his forehead.
“To summarize the event, you missed. You and I along with the three World War II soldiers were grouped together since we do not have the titles nor mana that they were looking for.”[Kane]
“Wait. They checked my status while I was out?”
Kane nodded and continued.
“They have this orb which can display a person status when you place your hand on it.”[Kane]
“And Mana?”
“Yes. Mana. All living beings in this world are born with the ability to use magic. Mana is just part of the magic system. The more mana you have, the more spells you can execute. Which is a bunch of bull and the look that was on the Pope and the priests.”[Kane]
I titled my head sideways as Kane changed his attitude.
“It’s disgusting. Just thinking about it makes my body shiver. They really do revere summoned heroes as holy beings to fight their battles. Hell, I got shot down when I tried to ‘Reason’ with the Pope.”[Kane]
“What did you do?”
I asked Kane curiously.
“I gave the Pope my contract which have my fee and expected payout. It is routine for Mercenary tanker to do this. I guess they never expected to pay a summoned OtherWorlder to fight.”[Kane]
“What did your contract entails?”
“Easy. 50 gold bars up front with 900 gold bars payout. That is if the war isn’t dragged out for a long time which will increase the payout. The Pope and the priests were fuming. Hell, they even said those are outrageous. Like excuse me. You are the only faith on this continent with a large following”[Kane]
“Ah. That is a lot to be honest.”
Kane shot back at me
“Those are average in my game world. Like every high-ranking officer kills earn you a couple gold bars. Eliminating bosses earns you 5-10 gold bars. Clearing raid dungeons or Fortress assault earns an average player base 50-100 gold bars depending on the number of mid-level bosses.”[Kane]
I leaked out a simple
“Ah…. So, was I carried here after the speech ended?”
Kane nodded his head.
“I volunteered to carry you to the infirmary when the Pope started to take questions from the other folks that got summoned.”[Kane]
“How long was I out?”
“Exactly two hours and thirty minutes. You were squirming around like you were having a nightmare.” [Kane]
Kane sighed and got up from the chair he was sitting on. He went towards the door leading out from the infirmary. He stopped right as he opened the door.
“I was notified by one of the knights we are dungeon diving soon. I’ll leave this room to yourself while I go make my own preparations. When the time comes, someone will escort you to the meeting point. I’ll see you until then.”[Kane]
When Kane left the room and closed the door, I started making my own preparations.