10 Chapter 10
Pov from Mysterious man from Sathir world/ Duke of Dalphia
"Let's wrap this up, since we are done with all of them." I said as I threw a body to the side and took a handkerchief to clean the blood on my hands.
"So Liam, are you going to go to Laimyra now, seeing as you have finished everything that requires your presence? I heard that you actually have a fiancee wiating for you there. I can't wait to meet the unlucky lady, don't you go around scaring her, maybe you should thank that emperor or whoever set you up, otherwise you wouldn't even get close to a chance of getting married." one of my friends said laughting while teasing me.
I glared at my friend shutting him up as I started talking.
"No, I still need to go to Kriton first, to put an end to that stupid war of theirs. Unfortunately, I can't just sit still and wait for those subordinates of that geezer to destroy that world, since that world is going to be part of my resources now. And for the last time, I have no fiancee, plus, you wouldn't be saying that if you knew what kind of girl they have arranged for me." I said to him.
"Whatever you say. So, why are you going to Laimyra then? You aren't going to annul that agreement, neither to kill that emperor or anything of the sort, hell, you aren't even going to that kingdom. How can you say you don't acknowledge the decree if you are going because of that lady?" my friend said questioning me.
"I am just going to confirm some things, because there are quite a lot of inconsistencies with the story I received of what happened there, according to the information I have about that girl. I am sensing that something really interesting and intriguing will happen if I follow with this investigation of mine. Are you interested in coming as well? It has been a long time since the last time you left Sathir." I said.
"No thanks. Your definition of interesting things is a long way from my definition. Have fun in Kriton with that war. Seeing as you will go to Laimyra directly from Kriton I take it will be some time before you come back to Sathir, until then, I will take care of things here for you, so you can enjoy your time with your fiancee." William said smiling right before taking off running.
"...Suit yourself then." I said looking at his back sprinting off.
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Meanwhile in the Wingtar region (Laimyra world)
Scarlet's Pov
Since I am going to Azgal world I won't need to save points to buy food for the customers, so I can spend that portion all on unlocking mecical and cooking books.
I will put away enough for two meals for me, Ragnar and Nifret, after all, those two are technically my walking points earning machines every time they eat. And, anyway, if something goes wrongs they can just hunt some food for us.
Though I am excited in seeing Ragnar's human form for the first time, seeing as he will have to transform to draw less attention while in town.
Ding!
[Congratulations to the Host for unlocking 10 books from the Medicine/ Herbs category! Beginners achieved.]
[Congratulations to the Host for unlocking 10 books from the Cooking category! Beginners level achieved.]
I guess it was good to give the same priority for those two as I was able to achieve these at the same time.
"Since you congratulated me, there has to be something to gain from this achievement, right System?" I asked the System for confirmation.
[The Host can now use the System for a simple body scan, helping the Host to determine what is wrong with the patient. But, Host needs to be warned that since it's information qualification is still lacking, the System complex complications.]
[The Host can now also use the System for providing possibilities of different types of recipes through the merge of existing recipes that the Host has. The Host will have to chosse what recipes it wishes to merge for the System to process the possibilities.]
[The host will also now be able to acess a movable library for these two categories, but will need to unlock the books by paying a higer price than compared with unlocking books in the Knowledge Hall.]
"...I guess that for a beginner that is a lot, but, anyway, you said that my information qualification is still lacking, can I know what you will be able to do after I have unlocked a lot of more books?" I asked full of expectation.
[After the Host has unlocked a certain number of books of the Medicine/ Herbs category the System will be able to offer different choices of treatment for the same ailment with the chance of sucess for each one, as well as possible side effects, for example. Whilst for the unlocking books from the Cooking category the System will be able to form a space for the Host to enter and cultivate it's own food, for example.]
"You said these things that I desire to have much more than what you have made available just now, but you won't tell me how much books I need to unlock to achieve them. Admit it that you did this just to show off." I said angrily at the System.
[...The System just complied with the Host's wish to know possible rewards for future achievements.]
After I put everything I would need in the spatial function of the System (that works like an interspatial ring), such as cooking tools, the herbs I have... The three of us left the Heaven courtyard after we said goodbye to Azula and Ifer.
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The three of them reached a higher ground in the second layer of the Wingtar region where they would be able to observe a good part of the land.
"The portal that will lead us to Azgal world is the blue portals. They stay open for a little more than 30 seconds, so if the portal appears far from us I will carry you so we can make it in time." Ragnar said to me as he started laying on a stone.
"So now we just wait here?" I asked.
"Be my guest if you have a way to make a portal show up, otherwise just rest while keeping a lookout for the one we want." Ragnar said.
While waiting, Scarlet began to think if there was Color Blindness/ Daltonism in this world (it often happens when someone cannot distinguish between certain colors, usually with greens, reds and occasionally blue colors). Because if there was, how would the cultivators that have it and are alone, be able to know which portal is which. They could end up in a high tier world and probably die because of that.
An hour and a half later
We saw a blue portal showing up, Ragnar took Scar and sprinted in it's direction with Nifret following right behind.
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Azgal world
Scarlet's Pov
As soon as we crossed over Ragnar released me and I fell down directly on the floor, but I couldn't even take my time getting up since it was freaking hot.
"OUCH!! It burns!" I said involuntarily getting up to my feet as fast as I could.
When I looked around there was volcanoes and lava everywhere.
"How could you actually release me in a place like this? What if the portal had appeared above a volcano?" I turned around questioning Ragnar, but when I looked behind me I saw Ragnar's and Nifret's human forms, it was quite handsome.
They looked like a copy of one another, except that Nifret was like a mini version. Their hair looked just like their fur, it was an extremely silky red with black long hair, before I could continue to ogle their forms with my eyes I heard Ragnar answering me.
"Then I guess me and my son would be having a roasted human meat for dinner." Ragnar said.
Since my ogling was just interrupted and after hearing something like that, I was not able to regain my composure in time to answer, so I had remained speechless.
"...I was just kidding. It was a joke. I did it because humans seem to love to joke around, no need to stay with that dumbfounded face...Anyway, I had already seen where we would land when we crossed over, that is why I released you. And seems like you don't know, so I will tell you, this place is the one that connects the Azgal world to the other worlds, it is called the Holcan region, you can say that it is the equivalent to the Wingtar region in Laimyra. However, instead of forests, rivers and deserts where magical beasts live, it is formed by volcanoes, magma, lava, igneous rocks and of course vapor heat everywhere." Ragnar said, it seemed like he wanted the new information to count as an apoligy for thinking he scared me with that joke of his.
"Can't you guys hurry up, this place is too hot." Ragna's human mini version, Nifret, said.
"Yes, if I stay here any longer I don't doubt that I will melt off. Ragnar, since you are the only one that has been here before you should lead the way. Which is the closest town to here? And why did you two change into your human forms already, weren't you only going to transform to enter town?" I asked.
"Someone could see us when we are on our way, it is better to nip the trouble before it even starts. And Elfcia is the closest town to here, after you look around for some herbs you want there, I will take you to some places that magical beasts live as well as places that cultivators frequent. You may be able to get quite a lot of unique herbs and spiritual plants if you can get a deal with some eccentric cultivators. We will leave the capital of the Kingdoms for last if we still have time, after all, you want to return before those devil cultivators reach pass through Wingtar." Ragnar said.
I could almost see him as a tourist guide I though laughing.
"I think that is a good plan, I will leave it to you. And while we are in this journey maybe I can experience what it would be like to live a wandering life, as both a doctor and a chef. It will be good being able to earn more spirit stones here, so I can buy more herbs as well as divulge the Heaven Courtyard." I said excited.
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Wingtar region (Laimyra world)
A few hours after Scarlet's group left for Azgal world
"I know that it makes sense to check if Veronica is actually in Wingtar region, since we weren't able to find any information about her anywhere else, but do you really think, that what we heard about that girl with a description similar to Veronica's ia actually her? It is located in the fourth layer of Wingtar region, for god's sake, there is no way she could be there." Henry said to Ian.
"Maybe she was able to get under the wings of an expert, and that senior after taking a liking to her took her there. There are quite a lot of seniors with questionable preferences, and since she can't cultivate she will have to rely on him and won't be able to leave without him if she still wants her life. Anyway, it doesn't hurt to look, after we are sure she isn't here, we can discard this place and focus on other places we might have overlooked something. Let's get this over with soon, we need get a lead at least, otherwise we are screwed." Ian said
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Obs: This is a spoiler, maybe it can be considered a big spoiler since it will only happen later on in the story. I thought of saying it, because maybe there are people that won't like the story if they think that the female lead will always have to be protected by someone.
Remember that on chapter 5 I mentioned that Scarlet still hasn't unlocked all the System's functions: after she unlocks it she will be able to protect herself and fend off cultivators without being able to cultivate (not going to say how though '-' ).
