Chapter 166
“The System” Part 2
¿¿¿¿???? From ¿¿? Level 70/131.
“What the heck happened here?” She frowned. “I’m sure it said its level was 40/125 before... What was it that changed?” She tried to remember, but no memory came to her mind. However, she did notice that the only other skill she had at level 70 was ‘Mental Defense’. “Is there any relation between them?” But after several minutes in which she didn’t get any answer or a way to check it, she decided to let it go for the moment, for now, there were much more important things that required her attention.” I will wait for the skill to go up a level. Only then will I be able to check if it is true that they are related, or if it is an unfounded suspicion on my part.”
Then she looked at her status window again.
[Status window]
Name: Kalysto Luna
Age: 21 years old
Race: ---
Level: 65
Fatigue: 27
Class: Saintess (Heroic)
Professions: Enchantments
Title: Champion of the fairies (avatar of ?????) (?????? of the ??????)
Affiliation: Kingdom of Bahram
HP: 4520/4520
MP: 95/3806
DMP: 2600
Strength: 149+55
Vitality: 158+80
Agility: 178
Stamina: 161+110
Intelligence: 157 +100
Charisma: 10
Luck: 20
???: 50
Status: spectator, curious.
Available points: 102 ]
“102 points available. That’s a lot of points that I was not aware of assigning. The blue system gives me one free point every time I level up but the violet, having the heroic class gives me two... However during the tower they weren’t really necessary and now, even though the liches were difficult opponents they weren’t invincible once I leveled up. “She frowned. “The defense of the monsters that invaded Earth was very high, unlike the rabbits, slimes and other monsters that Elinor had not gone out or through a portal.” She realized. “However, the monsters in the tower were much stronger and more resistant, just like the monsters summoned by the orc’s portal... the defense of some of them was a little high although not as high as the orc’s... why that difference?... Is it because they are from another world... Or because they were not created by the goddess Mhiralla?” Again, however, her mind went blank, unable to give her an exact answer. So she remained silent for a couple of seconds while observing her statistics. “...I still have no idea what charisma is for... however, since I increased my luck, I’ve gotten a lot more monster cores than before,” she noted. And although she wasn’t entirely sure if this was true or not, she decided to allocate twenty of her free points to the luck statistic. “As long as I can continue absorbing mana crystals, raising my intelligence is not a priority, agility, however, has proven to be too useful, especially if it turns out to be true that as I raise my agility, it affects the speed with which I can cast a spell... Besides, almost all my stats are around two hundred points, except for charisma, agility, luck and the one that is still an unknown” then she tried to assign points to raise it from fifty, but nothing happened. “Why won’t it let me assign points to this stat?” She tried again, but got exactly the same result.
After several unsuccessful attempts, she stopped and let out a long, resigned exhalation.
“So this is the second stat that doesn’t grow when I level up and I can’t assign points to it either,” she murmured with annoyance as she compared it to the dark mana stat. But unlike the latter, the stat whose name was just a bunch of question marks had been there all along, at least according to the violet system. And when I clicked on it, only more question marks appeared. “...I definitely need to upgrade the level to ‘inspect’.“
A long sigh escaped from his lips as the gentle breeze caressed his face and the distant murmurs of the monsters as they left the mansion that had been burned and abandoned a few days ago, and then spread out through the different streets of the capital.
“If in truth the orc is the one who invoked that portal, I will need to raise my strength and stamina... but if it is the same person who attacked the elves... which one would be more convenient to raise? Stamina also helps my body to resist so much absorption and excessive mana expenditure, so it’s safe... but the higher my vitality is, the more chances I have to survive if I am suddenly attacked by someone powerful and I can’t evade the blow...”
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After some more thought, Kalysto assigned 32 points to agility, 10 points to strength and intelligence, and 15 to stamina and vitality.
[Status window]
Name: Kalysto Luna
Age: 21 years old
Race: ---
Level: 65
Fatigue: 27
Class: Saintess (Heroic)
Professions: Enchantments
Title: Champion of the fairies (avatar of ?????) (?????? of the ??????)
Affiliation: Kingdom of Bahram
HP: 4520/4520
MP: 95/3806
DMP: 2600
Strength: 159+55
Vitality: 173+80
Agility: 210
Resistance: 176+110
Intelligence: 167 +100
Charisma: 10
Luck: 40
???: 50
State: expectant, curious.
Available points: 0 ]
“Are you done assigning points?” Hanna’s soft voice took her by surprise. Kalysto immediately turned to her, her body suddenly alert to the sudden invasion of privacy.
Where did she come from? Why didn’t I feel her approach?...No, even more important, can she see my window? She became concerned.
“How do you know I was assigning points?” She asked, distrust shining in her eyes.
“It’s obvious that anyone would start assigning points after having gone up so many levels, especially since there’s a muscular orc guarding the portal,” Hanna commented matter-of-factly, as if it were the most normal thing in the world. You shouldn’t be so surprised. “It’s the most obvious step.”
“... Can you see the window of my system?” she asked, distrust in her voice.
“No, but I guess my aunt told you to hide it since you tend to spend too much time in other kingdoms, especially human kingdoms. It’s not very safe for you to do that, you know? You should be more careful. Humans in this world are quite treacherous,” she warned her. And Kalysto opened her mouth, ready to refute, only to close it again.
“Are you the queen’s niece?”
“Yes, on my late mother’s side,” seeing the shock in her eyes, this time it was Hanna’s turn to get defensive. I thought you already knew.
“No, no one told me.”
“...I hope this won’t damage the deals we have or could make in the future.” at hearing her words Kalysto immediately controlled her expression, relaxing the muscles of her face, not wanting the kind fairy to have a bad impression of her.
“As long as you don’t go around telling my secrets, I have no problem helping you to increase your collection of holy water and that you keep helping me to increase my collection of mana crystals.”
“Oh, you won’t have to worry about that! I assure you I’m very interested in increasing my collection! Did I tell you I have others? When you have some free time, you can come and visit me. I’d love to show you my other collections!”
“I’d love to,” she replied, with a sincere smile on her lips, as she got up from the branch she had been sitting on and closed all the windows she had opened.
“So...since we’re on good terms again...can I ask you something personal?” Kalysto’s body immediately tensed up.
“It depends on what it is, I can’t be sure I’ll give you an answer.”
“That’s fair,” said the fairy, standing next to her as a gentle breeze from her body enveloped her. “So... you like my cousin?”
“What?” Confusion shone on the face of the saintess, who turned to look into her eyes. “Cousin? Which cousin? The only male fairies I’ve ever met were the ones I cured of the plague, and most of them were old,” Hanna’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Oh, of course!” Then she opened her mouth and closed it again after frowning. “I believe your people know him as the demon king.”
“The queen’s nephew?”
“More like the son of a second cousin my aunt grew up with as if they were sisters, but yeah, that one.”
“I don’t even know him...No, wait! Let me rephrase that. I barely met him once, and it only lasted a few seconds... Besides, I’m not interested in getting a date right now or anything like that. Why are you asking me about that?”
“Oh well, I just thought it was strange that he postponed the destruction of that human kingdom for a few hours, plus he asked me to help him look for your friends.”
“Wait a minute! It was you who found Alice?” She was surprised. “Are you telling me that all this time, all I had to do was ask you to find her?” She asked in shock, and this time it was Hanna’s turn to look confused.
“...Uh... yes?” she then readjusted her expression. “But obviously you would have had to offer me a lot more than just a couple of liters of low-quality holy water to get me to agree to help you three people,” despite Hanna’s self-possessed expression, Kalysto’s shoulders slumped.
I can’t believe I could have found them long before and it hadn’t even occurred to me that she might be an option!.... She was upset. And I can’t believe I made such a disadvantageous deal again!...Then she remembered that he had agreed to teach her magic and help her improve her mana circle. He better be good and not turn out to be like Caranthir!
“This time it’s my turn to ask a question: Is he really a good magician? Is he powerful?”
“Since it’s a personal question about someone else, I’ll answer you if you answer me one in return.”
“It depends on which one...” she answered, looking with narrowed eyes at the huge smirk on the fairy’s face.
“Your friend, the pretty blonde I met a few days ago, does she have a boyfriend? Do you know if she’s only interested in boys or is she open to other possibilities?” From the expression on her face, Kalysto could tell that she was really interested in her answer.
“Alice doesn’t have a boyfriend, and about her sexual preferences you’ll have to find out for yourself,” she replied, crossing her arms, giving her to understand that she wasn’t willing to give any more information about it.
“Aegir is powerful. Just like my aunt, he is one of the most powerful wizards on the whole continent. So I assure you that you can learn a lot from him... He is also handsome” she added at the end, breaking with the solemn tone of voice she had had at the beginning of the sentence, while she raised and lowered her eyebrows with complicity.
“Drop the subject,” Kalysto hissed as she rolled her eyes, unable to believe that a fairy was trying to play matchmaker with her. ”We have work to do.”
It only took Hanan a couple of seconds to put her hands under the saintess’s shoulders and fly to the top of the burned and half-destroyed mansion.
On a rooftop hovered the red portal. And next to it was the orc whose eye she had damaged with an arrow on her arrival in this world. Seeing him again, a surge of rage overwhelmed her as the desire for revenge against the guy who had almost killed her heated her blood.
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“Let the party begin!”