Vance opens his eyes after seeing around him knows he back to the Dranait Kingdom. Vance felt he become stronger after seeing hell and fighting battle with demon-like filths.
He just sits on his bed few more hours to organize his experience and feel the softness of the bed. Then Vance notices Whitey surrounded by goo like a thing.
When he touches it he sees a message saying 'evolution on progress'. He tries to move but worried to hurt Whitey he moves things in the room to conceal Whitey.
Then Vance summons flak armor and laspistol with a few energy cell. After wearing flak armor Vance puts laspistol left the side of his belt and sword on the right side.
Then he walks exits hotel to the mercenary guild because of the only guild that not associated with any Empire he can enter without any worries. Depends on money Guild will work for that kingdom and sent another one to opposing kingdom.
In mid of his walk, Vance bought stall food and starts to eat as if he eating rare fruit. In mid of battle, he only ate tasteless ration after tasting the normal food he felt he is in heaven.
"Oh isn't that rank one trash summoner?" Vance heard someone saying that but his mind on tasting on this delicious food.
"Look that commoner only one day after he already crying on junk food" When Vance hears someone mocking this good food he quickly finishes the food and looks back to the source of the voice.
He sees a body that same age as him wearing red mage robe standing front of him with five lightly armored men.
Boy name was Oswin he is a son of a low ranked noble family.
'From the color of the robe he wearing he got a fire element mage from awakening ceremony'. Vance thought.
Also, Oswin observing what is Vance wearing. Vance wearing chest armor on light green clothes with leg guard suddenly he notices there is a gun-shaped thing on Vance's belt.
"Look he using the gun as expected trash still a trash. You mocking empire for counting on the gun. Look like you got your equipment by selling you familiar." Said Oswin with mockingly
When people around them hears the word starts see Vance as if they seeing trash. In Arcania empire everyone looks down on any guns. If they see someone carrying that gun they will be mocking him for weak and coward.
"Let's see with this weapon how long will you go" Said Oswin walks away with his people seeing Vance as trash.
But Vance knows he chose right choice. He remembers without this guns he would be eaten alive by cultists. Doesn't mean Vance just ignoring Oswin especially saying he sold Whitey for a weapon.
After a bloody battle, only Whitey with there was no one. That why Vance never sell Whitey. He already wrote Oswin's name in his grudge book.
A few moments later Vance enters Mercenary guild and went to create a new mercenary band. The first thing he needs is money for Whitey.
He doesn't require anything to increase his power because his connected world got a better.
"Three gold coins for registering," said reception
Vance gives his gold coin with little bit manly tear in his eyes.
"What are you mercenary band name ?" asks reception
"Imperium," said Vance
"Okay, your mercenary band member limit is 36 if you want to increase the number you need to increase your band's rank and pay three big gold coins" When Vance hears that he nearly spat blood three big cold coin was huge money. One big gold was the same equivalent as 100 gold coin.
Then Vance quickly went to check contract board. In mid of contracts, Vance takes contract stating clean 'goblin nest' and low-rank bandit den.
But before he approved contract on reception he hears
"That man took reserved contract" When Vance notices one man that was Oswin coming to his way with his men.
"Sorry sir but there is no reserved contract," said reception
"What if it is fake ?" Oswin said with smug smile
"What are you saying ?" said Vance
"I am saying you can't complete the contract on a date so just give to me heh can commoner can have 36 men working on him ?" Oswan laughs along with his men.
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When other mercenaries hear that also starts to laugh "haha can you clean goblin nest with that puny gun ?"
"Then how about a gamble so I can clean goblin nest? how about you take clean bandit den I take goblin nest and race?" said Vance with a friendly smile.
"Haha then what are we gambling?" said Oswan
"2 of your family's treasured ingots," said Vance
Everyone knows Oswan's family have few high-quality rare metal ingot. Head of their family always boast treasured ingot and sells at a very high price on auction.
"Oh! so what will you do if you lose?" Oswan said with little bit anger.
"I will become your slave if you say die then I die, live then I live," said Vance with confidence.
Oswan agrees to gamble and wrote a proof then gives mercenary guild's reception. Becuase he thought there is no way Vance can have that many people and can kill that many goblins before he the fire mage.
At the hotel
When Vance enters the room he hears tender childlike voice greets him: Welcome Msster!
Vance looks there is a cute small girl about five or six years age wearing white one-piece dress walking towards him with a smile. The girl has very unusual appearance she had shoulder-length white hair, white eyebrows, as well as fluttering white eyelashes. Even her pupils were a weird pink with a hint of red.
"Whitey?" said Vance
"Yes master I evolved," said little girl happily.
"Wow you evolved," said Vance lifts little girl and gives iron ingot he bought.
When Whitey notices ingot her eyes starts to spark. "Haha, here you go" Vance gives her ingot after seeing an eye that almost shining.
"Thanks, Mastr" said Whitey then puts ingot in her mouth.
Vance quickly tried to stop Whitey but he stops when he notices Whitey eating iron ingot like candy.
Vance opens Whitey's screen.
Familiar: Mother of Machines's Avatar
Name: Whitey
World: 26277/Destroyed/
Rank:3
Grade:-Unknown-
Age: Child
Mind: Child
Gender: Female/XX/
Diet: High-Quality metal materials, Ceramite
Core: Core of Maulerfiend/Chaos/
Abilities: Repair, Create arm minion, Chaos berserk
Create armed minion
Combination of absorb weapon and create minion. After absorbing small or medium-sized arms Whitey can create and control minion uses absorbed weapon exchange for part of her absorbed material mass.
Minion limit: 0/2
Weapon limit that minion can hold: 1
Chaos Berserk
By consuming Daemon Engine for limited time Whitey can turn into one consumed but completely uncontrollable It attacks anything except master
Forms can transform: Maulerfiend
Cold sweat runs down Vance's back after reading Whitey's new ability. Then he slowly turn his head to little girl happily eating iron ingot.
"naah there is no way Whitey is chaos like them." while saying that Vance prepares to go into his bed after preparing Whitey's bed.
When he about to go his bed Whitey arrives beside of Vance pleads while showing her big eye "Can't I slep wth Mater ?"
"Heh look like you only say one word correctly here come on" Said Vance with a smile.
Before he sleeps Vance said to Whitey" Sleep well Whitey we have the fight tomorrow"
At that moment Vance didn't notice when Whitey's pink eye completely turns bloody red color heard word 'fight'.