“Sis, guide the kid to the blacksmith. I will be there shortly”- Petra exited the room again, her face unchanged
I got up from the chair. Mitsude guided me to a blacksmith where I can buy some light armor. The guild gave me money for a week. Petra arrived in 15 minutes, guiding me through the shop
“Here is the blacksmith”- Petra had opened the door to the blacksmith shop
It was all decorated with shields and swords all over. In the middle there was a rack with all the items that are on sale. On the walls Spears, battle-axes, Daggers, Knife, Bows, and Swords. I could see 1 real shield in the whole shop
“Excuse us sir. We are interested in buying something for a level 1 shielder class. And some light armor to go on with this.”
“Hello miss. I only have 1 shield, but it needs some sort of ability. You need an Empathic skill here to use the shield”- The shopkeeper is a demi-human, a fox man
“That’s perfect. How much for the shield, Ikeda?”- Petra took a look at the shield. The shield was shaped normally with green and black patterns
“Well, kid, this shield is a unique weapon. It grows with you, if you level up the shield also levels up with you. No one bought the shield due to them not having the ability, and almost no one to this day has empathy skills. And you won’t really need to use the shield as much, the defense as if it’s weaker than light armor, it’s more of a decoration to keep around that will give you bonus it’s not much use, you can have it for free”- Ikeda handed me the shield
“Well, Ikeda do you know something about Crimson Daggers that look like they’re made of Crystals?”
“I never saw one”
“Here”- I grabbed the knife and put it on the table. Ikeda examined it. He also had a device shaped like a monocle
“I can’t read the level. This machine can read up to level 1000. This weapon is above 1000, maybe even 2000, to give me this big of an error.”- Ikeda inspected the dagger with curiosity
“How can he use something about 999 levels above him?”
“Kid, slash the dummies there. Until you reach metal. I want to see how good it cuts”- Ikeda handed my knife back
I got in the front of the straw dummy. I grabbed the knife in the left hand and slashed the first dummy. It was a clean slice. I slashed the wooden dummy, another clean slash, the same for the stone block, the last 2 were of an unknown metal. The 3rd was a steel armor, it slashed right through.
“Wow, much more than I expected from a crystal knife. Well, the last 2 are adamantine and orichalcum. The last one is the strongest metal.”- Ikeda got closer to me. I took a step towards the metals. Another clean cut through adamantine. I tried to slash the orichalcum, as my knife touched the metal it went smooth, no, this is what happened to every metal. It made a clean cut, but the knife shattered moments after the cut
“It’s so strong. It shattered?”- Ikeda grabbed the knife in his hands, the shattered blade began regenerating
“Great Sage, what exactly is that knife?”
“Yeah, that knife is made out of my blood, I used 1 drop, since that knife it’s connected to me, I can use more blood to regenerate it, 10 drops of blood, and it cuts through everything and everyone and won’t shatter”
“I have never seen a knife that could do that. I mean I never saw a weapon repair itself in this way, this fast, it’s almost like it’s a blessed weapon of some sort, maybe a powerful god created it”- Ikeda handed my knife back
“Well, the kid came from another world, he had 2 gods battling for him in the afterlife, one of them one, the god that won is surprisingly a demi-human fox, he let Daisuke keep his previous class and gave him this knife”
“Let’s just see how you look like first. Look in the mirror for a bit”
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“I say you look good kid”
“Well, what a lucky kid. Good luck in your adventures”
“We will come here again, Ikeda. I need to get him started”
“Kid, come again, I will have useful things for your class”- Ikeda waves us goodbye
“Now where?”- I looked at Petra her face returned to a straight expression
“To a consumable shop than a monster loot shop. The one in the guild isn’t working anymore. Come this way the shops are next to each other”- I followed Petra somewhere around the city center, there was a big market, people selling all sort of stuff there, near the fruit sellers I could see cages. There was a person, looks like a noble from his clothes, he bought what looked like a demi-human cat-girl
“Scums”- Petra looked at him in disgust
“Great Sage, any suggestions?”
“Yes, slaves here have a slave stone to them. If you can break it, the slave contract is broken. The stone is embedded in his chest-plate. But most slaves here don’t use that, a slave stone is used for high level slaves such as beast people, lower-level slaves don’t need that as they can be easily subdued.”
“Thanks Great Sage”
“I suggest you do something about it. If you ever want to battle, I can offer you an autopilot mode, you can use it for many things including battle, you might have side effects from this. Be careful as I am only able to use your abilities and skills, if you aren’t that fast on your feet or strong I won’t be able to do much”
“Got it”
“I wish one day demi-humans can be free. Daisuke, as of now I don’t recommend you going into this problem, or ever propose you to do that. King Luxor, the king of Wiefra and its surrounding villages made it legal to own them, you will get your head cut off if you are not careful”
“Just who the hell is that guy?”
“That is one of the king’s with his goons. I hate when things like this happen, and I am so powerless to do anything. The king, is the source of our discrimination in this kingdom, he made it illegal to even treat demi-humans as humans now. We have 4 heroes, but they don’t seem to do anything about this situation, anyway, forget it. Tomorrow I will hand you your first guild mission, so you can pay the nights you stayed here”- Petra tried to control her anger, she was almost ready to cast a spell at the man
“Look, Petra, I have a plan. Promise you won’t tell anyone?”- Petra eyes light up
“What plan? To get us killed faster? Your plan is to be an idiot and get the guild killed?”- Petra leaned closer to me
“Great Sage, speak for me please”
“She is right, kid, you will get them killed if you try this. Don’t try to be captain, save a Joe if just arrived.”
“Great Sage, I want to help them”
“I understand you want to help them but, remember, you may be in an isekai, but you are not a broken power fantasy isekai protagonist to anything now, you're just a human that reincarnated here. With your current level of skill, I don’t doubt that if you go out from Wiefra to another country, you will die on the road”
“Sorry”
“Keep that crap to yourself next time”
“Yes, sorry”
“Hurry up, I don’t have all day”
“Hello there dear? What can I do?”- The shopkeeper looked strangely at Petra
“Hello. 2 mana and 2 health potions, please.”
I got in front of the counter, the woman reluctantly gave us the potions
“4 silvers sir, and please keep your dog away from my merchandise”- Grabbing the bottle from the table to see if I wasn’t ripped out, well she gave me a fair price
“Please respect my friend over there, she is a great help, please respect her”
“Why should I kid? Don’t know to tame your dog?”
“She isn’t a dog. She is a human”
“You are likely blind kid. Anyway, tell her to her filthy hand off my produce”
“Apologize!”
“Kid, you aren’t doing something good. Control yourself”
“She insulted Petra”
“You shouldn’t care, what does an insult do? It isn’t worth to lose your head because of this”
“Yes, thanks for nothing, we are going out”- Petra dragged me out by the collar of the armor. Outside she further dragged me in an alleyway where she pinned me against a wall
“Look, I told you something”
“I hate to see people treated like this, I hate it very much. You don’t deserve to be treated like this just because of how you look”
“I don’t care what you think. I told you something before. Shut your mouth, kid, I don’t need you defending me like you are a knight in shining armor.”
“I am sorry!”- Petra put me down
“Just mind your own kid. Until you grow up a little, don’t bring this up again.”
“Sorry, Petra”
“Stop it, apologizing won’t do anything. Come on, let’s get you a room at the tavern, the next day you are doing your first mission, better get some rest today”