Book 3. Chapter 6
“Leveling up Tsuki, Katia, and the girls” Part 2.
“Kalysto, watch out!” Natasha shouted from one of the open windows of the black van in which Natasha’s bodyguard, the tall and muscular Mr. Chen, was driving.
Kalysto looked up immediately and Tsuki, who was lying next to Katia, also stood up in alarm. But the van, instead of parking near the entrance of the park, went straight ahead. Followed a couple of meters behind by a two-meter-tall bird with red feathers.
“Perfect aim! Multiple targets! Ice stakes! Ice spear!” She conjured, launching the first attack at its eye and the second at its torso, piercing it through and through, causing the critter to fall onto the second lane of the road, staining it with blood. “Tsuki!” The puppy as well as his mistress ran to the side of the fallen monster who half tried to get up again, but its body trembled without responding completely to its wishes. “Finish him off!” She ordered and Tsuki did so, throwing several electric shocks to the monster until it finally stopped moving.
[You have gained 3 experience points!]
“Master! I leveled up!” Tsuki shouted in her head while he pushed his chest out, proud of finally being able to help her.
“Congratulations! Good job!” She congratulated him as she could hear the screeching of the van’s brakes almost a block away. “What the hell was that thing? Inspect!2
[Name: N/A
Race: Aevo
Level: 13
HP: 0/2,000
MP: 0/30]
“I hope this one escaped the control of the military and the other hunters is just an exception and there aren’t more out there wreaking havoc in the city," she murmured as the van turned around and parked next to her and Katia ran to meet her.
“Mrs. Kalysto, are you okay? What is that thing?”
“I’m fine and so is Tsuki. That’s a level thirteen, Aevo. Nothing worth worrying about," she answered, “And for future reference, attack the eyes first. They are a vulnerable point for any monster, okay?” The little girl looked at her with a mixture of fear, concern, and admiration at the same time, while nodding her head.
“Kalysto! Are you okay? That thing started chasing us when we passed near one of the closed roads!” Natasha shouted as she got out of the van and ran to where they were, hugging her as soon as she was near, making Tsuki alarmed at her sudden proximity and started to growl at her. “I can’t believe you could kill that thing so easily! Is it really dead?” But without giving her time to answer, the teenager continued talking, as it was usual for her. “Where did you go before? Oh, you changed your clothes! I didn’t know them. Are they new? Have you eaten something? Whose is this cute little dog?”
“Yes, the monster is dead and you don’t have to worry about him anymore,” commented the saintess, hugging her back. “I went to Sakura’s older brother’s apartment to have my handcuffs removed, then I took a bath and ate something. And yes, the clothes are new,” she added while she got rid of the hug and gave a reprimanding look to Tsuki, to stop growling at the other brunette and took out a duplicate black jacket from her inventory. ”This is for you," she said, handing the jacket to Natasha along with one of the swords she had duplicated from the one she had enchanted for Sakura.
“Thank you!” The teenager got excited and put it on immediately. “...Are we going to go all uniformed? Like in a rock band or something?” She asked when she saw that all four women were wearing the same black jacket.
“Yes, we’re going into the park, to where the nature reserve is. I noticed something strange there this morning and I want to investigate. Katia, for now, you can stop creating arrows and take this sword.”
“Is it normal that I feel stronger? The sword feels light to me!” Natasha was amazed as she swung it from side to side, even pointing it at the bird’s corpse. “Ha! Take this, you monster! That’s what you get for scaring me!” She got excited while beating one of its wings.
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“It’s normal," smiled Kalysto. “Natasha, this is Katia. She will be under my care for a few days while we find her father.”
“Hi! I’m Natasha Tanner. Nice to meet you!” She greeted, approaching them again. “How did you meet Kalysto?” The saintess, seeing that Natasha’s cheerful personality could serve to make Katia feel better after the horrible experience she had gone through, let them talk and approached Sakura, who had already gotten out of the van.
“I hope your bodyguard is not thinking of entering with us in the forest, because I won’t even let him go in there with the girls” she indicated in a low voice, trying not to look with distrust at the tall and muscular man whose dark eyes were hidden behind a pair of black glasses.
Sakura blinked, too surprised to see the ease with which Kalysto and the cute puppy had gotten rid of the monster that had frightened her so much a few seconds before.
“...Yes, of course," she turned around, still a bit stunned by everything that had happened, and ordered, “You may go now, Mr. Chen.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Lee, but your brother ordered me to protect you,” refused the man with two swords strapped to his back, crossing his arms.
After Natasha buried the new sword in the bird’s corpse a couple more times and tried to get Katia to imitate her without any result, and after Sakura finally convinced her bodyguard to wait for them in a safe place while they returned, the group of girls followed by Tsuki went into the park.
“Tsuki,” Kalysto whispered after picking him up while the girls followed them as silently as they could in the middle of the leafy trees. “Do you remember the group of goblins and hobgoblins that attacked your family?” The cub growled.
“I could never forget them, master!” he assured her.
“I think they're traveling companions are here. Do you think you can track them by scent? They should smell similar to the ones that attacked you before," encouraged with the idea of avenging his family, even though his killers were all dead, Tsuki began to sniff the forest until almost twenty minutes later they found a group of five goblins gathering dry branches behind some bushes. “Good job!” Whispered the saintess. Then she turned around and gestured to the girls. “Each of you approaches one of them after I launch the first attack. Ready?” But despite their good intentions, their surprise attack was ruined when Tsuki ran out of the bush they were hiding in and attacked the nearest goblin, biting its neck.
“Tsuki, no! Water blades, ice blades!” she quickly conjured, attacking the eyes of two of the four remaining goblins. “Multiple targets! Ice arrows! Duplication! Telekinesis!” she added, piercing the thighs of the four monsters while the fifth one tried to shake Tsuki off without any success. “Girls cut their necks!”
“What? You want us to attack those things by ourselves?” Natasha and Sakura got scared.
“You want to get a system? Then you’ll have to kill several of them!” Kalysto assured them, making the other two look at each other. “I had to kill three of them before I got mine!”
“I call for one of the blind ones!” Sakura stepped forward and ran towards her target with her sword held high. The goblin hobbled while trying to pick up one of the few branches it had held in its arms before but dropped due to the surprise of the attack, to use it as a weapon and attack them. But the attractive teacher didn’t give it time to defend itself and attacked it, cutting its skull several times until it was able to give it an accurate blow in the neck, cutting it with a single slash.
[You’ve gained 1 experience point!]
And before she could go for a second goblin, Natasha snapped out of it.
“Wait a minute, the other blind is mine! You can’t take both of them!” She got annoyed and ran towards the other goblin trying to get to it before the teacher, who was already almost on top of it.
“Katia, it’s your turn,” said Kalysto, but the young girl’s hands trembled at the sight of the monster. “It’s okay, he won’t do anything to you while I’m here with you. Besides, you better get as strong as you can while I’m still here, so you can protect your father, remember?” Katia nodded, still with fear reflected in her eyes as she hugged the sword as if it were a teddy bear.
The young blonde nodded her head several times in encouragement as the other two goblins, whose thighs were completely pierced by Kalysto’s arrows, groaned on the ground, as they tried to limp to their feet and run away.
Katia approached one of them with doubt still shining in her eyes and the goblin snarled at her, baring its sharp teeth and causing the slender blonde to take a step back in fright.
Kalysto immediately pulled the axe from her inventory and chopped off the arms of both goblins mercilessly.
“Now it will be more difficult for them to escape, but if you don’t hurry one of the girls will get ahead of you or they will bleed to death," hearing her words and seeing that indeed the Japanese teacher approached the other fallen goblin and cut its neck, Katia took two steps forward and positioned the sword, and after inhaling hard she dropped it, hitting the monster’s back instead of its neck.
[You have gained 1 experience point!] x2
But the little girl had to try two more times until she was finally able to pull it off.
[You’ve gained 1 experience point!]
Katia’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked to the front, watching the notification window.
I’m going to have to teach her how to lock her system so only she can see it, and how to set the battle mode. It’s dangerous that those notifications keep popping up right in front of her face. Kalysto thought.
“Mrs. Kalysto, I leveled up! I’m already level six!” Katia shouted, excited.