Chapter 10 - Leaving My Home Again
Yesterday I met Yoichi and his men after I saved them from 10 Grand Armored Bears.
A little bit after the barrier that the Ward Crystal usually puts up disappeared, we saw a huge fire pillar and ran towards it.
When we got there, Blaze was fighting a strange looking wyvern and lost.
It really surprised me because I never would’ve thought something could’ve beaten Blaze in a fight.
I finally found out when Yoichi Identified Blaze and said that he had been affected by the corrupted mana and his stats were lowered.
I never Identified Blaze before but I should have done so the moment I noticed him getting sick.
Well, as it turns out, you can’t identify a person more than 30 levels above you.
When Blaze turned back to human form, Yoichi’s men that were under level 69 couldn’t identify him either.
While Blaze was in Phoenix form they could identify him though.
Anyways after they rested, they are now preparing to leave.
I’m also going with them because even though Yoichi had removed the corrupted mana out of Blaze’s system, he couldn’t get rid of the [Tainted] status, and they need a Holy Priest to fully purify it.
“I’m sorry Haliel, at my current level I don’t have the [Holy Purification] spell yet, I’ve only learned [Purify] which doesn’t work on powerful curses.” [Yoichi]
“It’s fine. And before we go can I go and say goodbye to my dad?”
“Wait. Your dad was buried here?” [Yoichi]
“Uh. Yeah. Me and Blaze buried him here after he died protecting me…”
“Umm… you mind if I come along?” [Yoichi]
“Eh!? Uh… Ok I guess?”
We started walking towards my dad’s grave.
When we got there I placed down the flowers that I collected.
“Dad, I’ll be going for a while. I promise I’ll never forget to bring you flowers.”
‘So this is where she buried her dad huh. She said her dad died protecting her right? Is that why she trained so much that her level is higher than most of my soldiers? If so she probably went through a lot.’
‘Still it amazes me how she has two stats stronger than me, a Hero, at her age.’ [Yoichi]
“Are you ready to go now?” [Yoichi]
“Yeah, let’s go. I don’t want to make Blaze wait for me.”
We started to walk back to the group after I was done saying goodbye.
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When we got back to the group, Lilith came up to me.
“Where did you go? I thought you got lost or something.” [Lilith]
“Now why would I get lost… I just went with Haliel to her father’s grave.” [Yoichi]
“What? So he was buried around here? What about her mom?” [Lilith]
“Hmm. I wonder about that. Well, we didn’t see anyone else beside her and Blaze.” [Yoichi]
“Do you really think it’s fine with us bringing her back? I mean Elves really hate Half Elves and Humans, and the only reason we are even allowed to enter their capital is because you are a Hero and the alliance.” [Lilith]
“Well, I couldn’t just leave a 10 year old girl out here in the wild alone now can I? Even if she is a Half Elf.” [Yoichi]
“Well… if you say so. I do agree with you a little bit.” [Lilith]
‘I do wonder who her mother really is. Hmm, what kind of Elf would not care about discrimination against a Human.’ [Yoichi]
“Oh yeah, Yoichi? Where are we going?”
“Oh yeah. I didn’t tell you huh. Well, first we’ll go to Fort Nass to get resupplied for our journey back to the Elven Empire of Glaswen. Before we leave the Fort though, we will get their Holy Priest to heal Blaze.” [Yoichi]
“Why are you going to the Elven Empire? I thought Humans and Elves weren’t on good terms with each other.”
“Haha, well that may have been true and probably still is, but a few years ago they signed an alliance. The alliance was to help each other fight the Shades who are trying to invade both the Humans and Elves. The Shades are also usually the ones behind the corruption of mana and they are really strong.” [Yoichi]
“So was that why you came here, the corruption and to stop the Shades. Does that mean they are the reason why Blaze is like this?”
“Yeah, and that wyvern was probably also the Shades’ mount.” [Yoichi]
‘S...she doesn’t look happy, let’s change the subject.’ [Yoichi]
“S...so do you have any other relatives that you know of?” [Yoichi]
“Other than dad and Blaze, there is only mom that I know of but she was kidnapped before I turned one so…”
‘Cr...crap. I messed up…’ [Yoichi]
“I… I see.” [Yoichi]
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Three days later, after having a talk with Yoichi, I found out more about what’s going on in the world.
The most intriguing is that the Darkening is caused by Shades, which meant they were responsible for the monsters with abnormal stats and what happened to Blaze.
Well, there is one new target to take down…
ARWOOOOOO!
While I was thinking, a pack of Shadow Wolves ran towards us.
“Everyone in position! A pack of Shadow Wolf is coming this way!” [Yoichi]
{{{{{“Yes Sir!”}}}}} [Everyone]
“It’s fine. I can handle this myself, they’re just a normal pack anyways.”
Saying so I started walking to the front of the formation.
“Frozen Terrain! Icicle Spear!”
With the activation of my spells, the ground underneath the wolves froze and turned to ice, making them slip.
Following that, the wolves got pierced by spears of ice made from the now frozen ground.
After all the wolves died, the ice shattered and disappeared.
The soldiers just stood there without saying anything after seeing what had happened to the pack.
After a little bit they started murmuring to one another.
“Holy shit dude, that little girl just completely wiped out the wolves.” [???]
“Yeah, didn’t she also killed the bears in an instant.” [???]
Ooopps. Maybe I over did it a bit… well, what's done is done.
“Haliel you really do amaze me. But please we were also here to train the new recruits. If you do this they won’t get any better.” [Yoichi]
“Oh… well oops. I won’t do it again, unless you guys need me.”
“It’s fine. Ok, everyone listen up we will set up camp here since it’s getting dark. We made it pretty far compared to yesterday so we should arrive to the Fort by tomorrow afternoon. Archers go keep lookout.” [Yoichi]
Everyone followed exactly what he told them to.
It really amazes me since in my previous life, I was not so good at making people listen to me.
Hmm, which reminds me, Yoichi Kono, sounds like a Japanese name.
Is he perhaps a world traveler like those light novels?
I mean it could be possible since something similar happened to me. Should I ask him?
Na, maybe not, not yet.
And so, once everything was prepared, everyone ate around the camp fires.
Since I didn’t know anyone else I looked for Blaze but found him with Lilith and Yoichi.
“Hey Blaze, are you feeling better?”
“Yeah I am. I’m perfectly fine, you don’t have to worry so much about me Haliel. Who raised you all this time?” [Blaze]
“Hehe. You did. I’m glad you’re better now.”
“You are one weird monster you know Blaze. You act just like a human father.” [Lilith]
“Is that so? Well it seems natural to me after doing this for a couple of years.” [Blaze]
“So what were you guys talking about?”
“I was just telling them about ourselves.” [Blaze]
“Haliel, you’re a brave girl aren’t you, starting to hunt on your own already. Most children your age would still be training.” [Lilith]
“Of course, how else am I supposed to protect myself and Blaze if I wasn’t strong.”
“Well I suppose, but don’t forget to rest sometimes, you are still just a child.” [Lilith]
“Okay, why don’t we all go eat now? I’m getting hungry and I’m sure you guys are too.” [Yoichi]
“Sure, let’s go.”
So we went to grab some food and went to a camp fire nearby.
“Captain! Finally you came to eat. Oh, and the little Miss too.” [Fernand]
“Hey Fernand. Let me introduce you to Haliel since you were busy with the collection of the gears. And Haliel this is Fernand, don’t worry he’s a nice person.” [Yoichi]
“Hello, my name is Haliel.”
“And my name is Fernand. You really do look adorable.” [Fernand]
“...”
“Anyways we should hurry before the food gets cold.” [Yoichi]
After me and Blaze finished eating, we went to our tent and slept.
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“She’s pretty shy for someone so strong isn’t she?” [Fernand]
“Well not talking to anyone but Blaze and her dad, while he was still alive, probably didn’t help her develop any social skill. Not to mention most Humans would’ve wanted her as a slave.” [Yoichi]
“Heh, you’re right about that.Though her stats are scary as heck for someone that age. Seriously no wonder everyone is scared of her.” [Fernand]
“Yeah, I’ll go talk to the men before I go to sleep.” [Yoichi]