Title name: Spoiler

Chapter 14: Reunited, Leveled up, stronger and faster.

Robin’s POV

Before we move onto the capital, let’s examine the ‘spoils of war’

This is the sword, huh? now that I look at this closely, it’s so pretty… A gray hilt ornamented with a white pair of wings at the guard. the blade is similar to the one I’ve been using so far in length, about 75cm and with a dazzling azure color covering its double edge.

Let’s look at the stats—

Skycutter (Unique)

A saber constructed by the convergence of pure celestial light. Allows the user to cast ‘Ricochet of light’ at the cost of the user’s 10% mana pool

Properties:

Physical Attack: 285-331

Ricochet of Light (10% of Max mana)

Level Requirement: 25

...Fuck. I can’t use it!

Ugh, it’s so good, though. So this is a unique weapon? I wonder how strong ‘Ricochet of light’ is. I bet I’d be unstoppable against enemies of a similar level…

Whatever, there has to be at least something I can use among these items, right!?

Ahh, the armor, I bet people would think I come from the heavens just by looking at me wearing this—

In my hands, there’s a pearly white scaled armor, which feels as smooth as a piece of jade or a piece of silk, while at the same time giving off the impression of being untainted by the secular world. It exudes a soothing aura which makes my heart rate go down just by looking at it and holding it in my hands

Hmm? When I turn the armor around I notice that on the place where the shoulder blades are, there are two vertical openings, I wonder if Lightbringers had wings like that of a bird?

I examine its properties while at the same time I figuratively cross my fingers in my mind—

Uriel's Embrace (Unique)

An armor blessed by the strongest Lightbringer from the first generation. Allows the user to cast ‘Light barrier’ at the cost of the user’s 15% mana pool

Properties:

Physical Defense +84

Magical Defense +47

Light Barrier (15% of Max mana)

Level Requirement: 25

After screaming internally for a few minutes I create a mantra for myself—

“Calm down, Robin; you will be able to use it, eventually”

Yes, let’s think positively— A set of unique equipment of such a level will surely last me for a longer time than something I can use right from level 1, right?

Yes, let’s continue— maybe there is something I can utilize right now to carry me upwards without too much hassle.

Ah, the shield. an amber colored piece of artwork in the shape of a typical kite shield. It has lines beginning from top to bottom and left to right which intersects in the middle so that the lines form a cross.

Hallowed Protection (Unique)

A shield made by purifying and pushing dark energy from all fronts until it is condensed, and then casting purification over and over. makes the user impervious to the darkness attribute below level 50

Properties:

Block Chance: 53%

Physical Defense: 76-92

Impervious to Darkness (Lv50 or less)

Level Requirement: 20

FFF—

“Calm down, Robin; you will be able to use it, eventually”

The helmet is one that covers all of the head and has a T shape to allow the eyes to see, the nose to breath and the mouth to speak. Shiny silver in color and as decoration has the streaks of black lines vertically aligned on the sides, parallel to each other, starting at the cheekbone and ending where the helmet itself ends. Inside it seems to be padded with something—

Oh, fluffy!

Celestial Visage (Unique)

A helmet created by the first Lightbringer, the Lightbringer who allowed its race to reset. Allows the user cast ‘Wings of light’ at the cost of the user’s 1% mana pool per minute

Properties:

Physical Defense +34

Wings of Light (1% of Max mana per second)

Level Requirement: 15

“Calm down, Robin; you will be able t— YES! OH FUCK! YES! ALMIGHTY CUNT! SHIT! YEEEEEEES!”

Celestial Visage has been equipped

I hurriedly put the helmet on and cast inside of my mind—

‘Wings of light’

My back, it feels so warm—

Uh?

Uh!?

Ah!

Ugh!

I feel like I've grown a pair of legs on my back, let’s see

Wow—

on my back, there are now two white wings, with many small feathers as fluffy as I imagine a cloud to be. each wing is as long as I am tall. This— this is amazing!

I’ll try moving them—

“Mfff”

After standing up and spitting out all the sand that had filled my mouth after trying to fly into the ground, I try moving the wings again—

This time, I’ll try imitating birds…

Let’s see, if I remember correctly, at the academy they taught us that birds require airflow to create lift—

Okay, I’ll jump up as I spread open my wings, then for the double jump part, a kick to the air behind me so I make myself dash forward as I quickly bend the wings downwards to utilize the airflow.

Let’s try it—

One—

Two—

“I’m flying!”

After having done the take off, the whole process becomes a lot easier, since now I only have to focus on moving the wings up and down fast enough, making sure to move them quickly in the direction opposite of where I want to go when it’s the turn to move them ‘down’ (Towards my body)

I then proceed to spend the next 50 minutes flying around the zone, enjoying the amazing view that surrounds me: an uncountable amount of beautiful dunes which look vivid in color, while at the same time they look lifeless, being in such a dry state. In the distance, I can spot the forest in which I, Doraig, and Rize split up, and further off I can spot a mountain range.

To the north, I can see a small village, with 14 houses of about equal size, as well as a well at the entrance. In the middle of it all is a bigger house with a chimney that has smoke coming off of it.

This feels so different compared to what it is like when I am sitting on Doraig’s back—

Flying is so amazing. Forget double jumping making things feel tri-dimensional, this is what it feels like to truly break free of the shackles that are called ‘gravity’.

Finally, I land back on the ground safely, with a massive grin on my face. I wonder if Rize can find himself a way to fly, too? who knows, just thinking about an aerial skirmish against powerful enemies sends shivers down my spine.

Well then, let’s take a look at the necklace Gemril gave me after I conned him out of it. I don’t expect it to be something other than trash, but let’s look at it anyways…

Visually unimpressive, it depicts a dull and boring silver cross with a halo on top of it, not very interesting.

Oh well, let’s look at the stats it has.

Holy Conflagration (Legendary)

A necklace created by condensing the energy from two hundred Lightbringers who willingly sacrificed a quarter of their lifeforce. Allows the user to cast ‘Holy fire’ once every 24 hours

Properties:

Hit Points +750

Mana Points +750

Physical Defense +99

Magical Defense +99

Holy Fire (Cooldown: 1d 0h 0m 0s)

Level Requirement: 30

What.

Hands shaking, I examine the necklace in my hands once more

...

“What!?”

No… my eyes must have something wrong with them, right?

Holy Conflagration (Legendary)

A necklace created by condensing the energy from two hundred Lightbringers who willingly sacrificed a quarter of their lifeforce. Allows the user to cast ‘Holy Fire’ once every 24 hours

Properties:

Hit Points +750

Mana Points +750

Physical Defense +99

Magical Defense +99

Holy Fire (Cooldown: 1d 0h 0m 0s)

Level Requirement: 30

NO.FUCKING. WAY.

“HOLY SHITBALLS!”

Meanwhile, Doraig’s POV

Glug Glug Glug

“Ah— what a nice bath, don’t you agree, Kelsi?” (Doraig)

“You were right about this! This is very relaxing” (Kelsi)

“FaThEr” (Blob #1)

“Yes, my child?” (Doraig)

“dO yOu LiKe tHiS, fAtHeR?” (Blob #1)

“I do! move a bit to the left, Blobby” (Doraig)

“OkAy FaThEr” (Blobby)

Ah~ this is heaven.

You guessed it right, me and Kelsi are currently having an amazing bath time surrounded by all the little ones.

Ah~ this truly is heaven.

I somewhat hope Rize and Rob take a few more weeks to get here…

4 hours later.

“That’s right, now apply a bit of pressure to the left of that wing— Ah~ that’s the spot Kelsi” (Doraig)

“Do you like it?” (Kelsi)

“Yes, you’re amazing my sweetie” (Doraig)

This is my newfound Slime-hobby, the Slime-massage. it turns out, slimes can apply strong pressure evenly on the spots that truly matter.

I swear, trying to get the Slimes to safety on that day was really a great idea.

30 minutes later

I am currently laying belly down outside the cave, enjoying the sun that hits my body with all of its grace. Kelsi is sitting on top of my head with me. This is what I call a good life.

“Sweetheart?” (Kelsi)

“Yes?”

“Can you help me level up a bit? I remember you mentioned I had to be level 15 or so to help you” (Kelsi)

“Hmm, Okay!” (Doraig)

“Children, I’ll leave with your mother for a bit of time. we will be back in a few hours to a day at the most. If any stranger comes and knocks on the door, remember not to open, Okay? don’t believe them if they say they are mine or your mother’s friends” (Doraig)

“oKaY FaThEr. EnJoY YoUr dAtE WiTh MoThEr” (Blobs #1, #2, …, #n)

“We’ll try to come back quickly, don’t stay up until too late into the night, okay?” (Kelsi)

“oKaY, hAvE a SaFe TrIp” (Blobs #1, #2, …, #n)

An hour later

Let’s see—

Ah, there we go!

“Those guys should be fine, I think” (Doraig)

“Okies, Do you need me to do anything?” (Kelsi)

“Nope, just let me quickly kill them so you can absorb experience” (Doraig)

“Thanks, sweetheart” (Kelsi)

Hmm, that should be a trash monster, let’s confirm it beforehand, though—

‘Basic Red Inspect’

Adult Gray Deer, a beast which uses its antlers as a method of self-preservation. weak to all magic and Armor piercing shots

Sounds good, let’s go!

‘Minor Destruction Breath’

Cannot Receive Experience, Maximum Level Difference

Ah, figures.

“Did you receive any experience?” (Doraig)

“Yes, I am level 3 now” (Kelsi)

“Okay, let’s keep going in this manner” (Doraig)

“Okay!” (Kelsi)

17 hours later

“Okay, I finally hit level 15. Thanks a lot for your help, sweetheart” (Kelsi)

“Of course, no problem sweetie” (Doraig)

“What do you want me to get? A heal, buffs… what else?” (Kelsi)

“Hmm… let’s see” (Doraig)

“First for your stat points: put them into vitality, intelligence, and dexterity in a 4:4:2 proportion” (Doraig)

“Okay— done” (Kelsi)

“And now for your skill points— You have 42 skill points, Hmm…” (Doraig)

“How much does it cost you to get a ‘Basic heal’?” (Doraig)

“Eh— 4 points” (Kelsi)

“What about a ‘Minor Close wound’?” (Kelsi)

“Uh— 10 skill points” (Kelsi)

“Can you see if you have something that can regrow a limb that doesn’t cost too much?” (Doraig)

“Umm, One second” (Kelsi)

“Uhn— Okay~ I found these…” (Kelsi)

Let’s see, so these are the options we have in case someone gets a leg or an arm bit off:

- Slime Limb (10 points)

- Time rewind (150 points)

- Grant life, Mechanical (300 points)

- Reconstruction (30 points)

- Miracle (100 points)

- Slime Branch (20 points) + Grant slime control (60 points)

“Okay, I think we should just go for Slime Limb. Although Reconstruct is affordable I think Slime Limb will suffice. I personally wouldn’t mind having a part of me being made out of Slime, I’m sure the others will think the same” (Doraig)

“Okie, I’ll get that, then” (Kelsi)

20 minutes later.

In the end, the skills that I chose for Kelsi are the following:

-Basic Heal (6 points)

-Slime Limb (10 points)

-Aura of calmness (12 points)

-Slime Barrier (10 points)

-Minor Cauterize (4 points)

Basic Heal is the one Rize used on me when we were fighting Against the skellies, I think it’s a good idea to have two people that can heal, in case one gets incapacitated.

Slime limb, as explained earlier, can get us out of a pinch in case Rob loses an arm or a leg. Let’s just hope he doesn’t lose something ‘more’ important, anytime soon.

Aura of calmness, as its name implies, can buff the members of the party so they have a steadier heart and a more focused mind, which could be critical in a future engage.

Slime barrier can help protect me and Kelsi together, since she stays on top of my head when we fight, in any case.

Finally, ‘Minor Cauterize’ is the cheaper version of 'Minor close wound' since it takes a lot longer to evolve, as its roof is [999] instead of [99], and it makes the wound hurt more for the patient while it’s being used to close a wound.

This list of skills should be enough for the healer, with it having a dash of supportive skills to make things even better. I can’t wait for those two to praise me for my amazing foresight, Muahaha.

“Are you okay sweetheart? you have been kind of… staring at empty space for a while now” (Kelsi)

“Uh? Ah, yeah I’m okay. Let’s go back to the blobbies” (Doraig)

“Okies” (Kelsi)

Robin’s POV - 23 hours and 35 minutes ago.

Okay, okay. I’ve calmed down. It is still a Legendary, it is still in my inventory.

Good? good.

God, a legendary item just like that, and it’s so good! This is an item two steps above a Unique? Goodness gracious. with this thing and the sword, I could just run around naked running amok. I bet I wouldn’t have lost so miserably if I had had this back then, even if there were 500 people instead of 5—

Okay, maybe I’d still have lost to 500 but still, It’s so good!

Level 30 though… damn it! I can’t wait to test all this stuff out…

Well, I guess it’s time for me to go and wait for Rize and Doraig in Weierstrass, hopefully, they didn’t get eaten by the slime queen…

‘Wings of light’

God, I love you so much, Celestial Visage.

One—

Two—

“I can’t wait to see their expression once they see all of this stuff”

Rize’s POV, present time.

“How did you hear about this?” (Rize)

“A human male came two days ago. It was pretty hard not to notice his presence, Mostly because of his race. But that aside, his attire and attitude were… extravagant, to say the least” (Bartender)

“He looked like a beggar, but at the same time, he looked like he came straight from one of those novels that depict the royalty members as the best-looking princes in existence. He had red hair and purple eyes, and although his ‘clothes’ looked more like a bunch of rags sewn together, he himself looked really tidy. very clean face and hair, and no signs of having starved.

But the thing that most surprised me, was his sword. Mind you, the guy itself had a body composition similar to yours, athletic body but in no way one of those bulky knights you see in the human’s royal army. But that sword—

It was a bastard sword, one of those big ones that are close to two meters long. I honestly would have thought it was nothing but a replica, If not—

If not for the fact that the moment he put his sword next to him, the whole bar trembled at its weight. See there? that’s where he put the sword down; I had to swap three of the planks are they had broken with nothing but that sword’s weight” (Bartender)

“Once he asked for a drink, I didn’t even have the mental strength to dare resist, but once he began to drink, his demeanor ‘changed’. you see, when he first came I thought the human kingdom had been rampaged and he had run away with nothing but a replica to sell. When he put his sword down all I felt was fear, but—

But the moment he began to drink, He spoke. I went from feeling frightened to no end, to feeling the most reverence I’ve felt for a human before. He made me want to be his follower, his retainer, even being a slave would have been fine.

I— I can’t explain properly ‘why’ I wanted that to be the case, but it just… happened. I Began to serve him the best drinks I could find, and I spoke to him in the most respectful tone I could muster. Eventually, He was done drinking. and that’s when he told me this—

‘You, you are not bad. I’ll tell you this much, as a means of thanking you for these drinks. Go, become strong. This place will soon become a living hell, and if you don’t want to see those close to you wither like the grass after the wind passes over it, start the fight early. So that you won’t regret it. So that the blood in your hands won’t be that of your family and friends’. Those were his exact words, which seem to be now stuck inside my head” (Bartender)

“I see. If I may ask, why did you decide to continue working here, instead of leaving to ‘prepare yourself’?” (Rize)

“I— I’m very old already, Even if I were outside to try and gain even a little strength, to what end? My life is almost over, and I’ll be honest with you, If the world is going to become hell soon, I’d much rather spend the time before it all begins enjoying what I do, and then leave with together with my family. I don’t desire to start a hell for myself before it’s due, just to fall into the pits of damnation right after nightmare truly starts” (Bartender)

So that’s his choice.

“I see. Thanks for telling me this, I really appreciate it” (Rize)

“Of course. Elves are not common in this place, but you guys are a lot more amiable than most other races. Now have a drink, I won’t let you go with just the mere Orange juice you’ve had so far” (Bartender)

“Alright, let me try some regional Lizardman Liquor” (Rize)

“One ‘Breathless’ Coming out!” (Bartender)

I wonder how long Robin is going to take to get here, we might have to go grind a little sooner and at a harder pace than expected.

Just as I am thinking about that, the door to the bar opens up.

“God damn it, I knew you’d be here”

“Oh” (Rize)

“You really have drinking problems, you know that right, Rize?” (Rob)

“Shut up, I haven’t had a drink today, yet” (Rize)

“‘Yet’. Anyways, look, do you notice anything different?” (Rob)

“Well, yes. It has come to my attention the fact that you’re wearing a full face helmet when outside it’s about as sunny as it will ever be around here, to the point where you can fry an egg out there. Seriously, what is that?” (Rize)

“Hehehe— here, look at this” (Rob)

He says while at the same time he hands me the helmet for me to look at.

…

Woah, nice.

“That’s a cool helmet, congratulations. Did you find anything the moron can use?” (Rize)

“Uh… shit, I knew I had forgotten about that. I should have asked Gemril to give me some of his stuff too” (Rob)

Gemril?

“...Fine, whatever. you’ll tell me the story when we meet up with Doraig. Let’s drink for today” (Rize)

“Wait, there’s more, though” (Rob)

“More?” (Rize)

“Here, take a look” (Rob)

He hands me a sword, a shield, and an armor. isn’t this basically tailored equipment for him? let’s see what they do…

...

Oh wow—

These are some fine items. I bet many people would get greedy over this stuff, even I would be tempted if it had some items I enjoy using.

“Dude, what did you do to get all this? what the hell was that Sorcerer doing before he died” (Rize)

“Hehehe, I’ll tell you guys about my hardships when we’re all together. Come, let’s have a few drinks. Also, tell me all about what happened on your side of things— before you pass out” (Rob)

“Here’s your ‘Breathless’, what will you fine sir drink?” (Bartender)

“Give me one of those, too” (Rob)

“Alright, one more ‘Breathless’ Coming out!” (Bartender)

Chapter 14: Reunited, Leveled up, stronger and faster.