General Beth

Daera and Arcana saw me when I opened the bathhouse door. Surprisingly, they were calm about me walking in on them. It made sense since we were all covering our private parts anyway. I covered mine since I had to wash Titan while I was here.

They motioned me over to the hot spring that they were in, which was a feature of my fortress purchase. As I got in, Titan turned into his 6 ft version to properly fit in the hot spring. They told me to sit in between the two of them while we relaxed. As I sat next to Arcana and Daera, I could feel my worries about reincarnation melting away. Those 2,000 points were definitely well spent. As I put my arms around Daera and Arcana, I spoke my thoughts.

"Man!", I said. "I never would have thought I would be able to experience a luxury hot spring! This is the reward we get for killing a juggernaut So much work!"

"I felt completely useless in that fight. If only it wasn't a rare one...", Daera said.

"True. We could've killed him a lot quicker if he didn't have an absolute defense skill. Only Trirron would be lucky enough to find one like that", Arcana stated.

After I enjoyed my time in the spring, I went over to the bath section of the bathhouse. I began washing myself and Titan when Daera approached me.

"Do you need help washing your back P.B?"

She was smiling so it was hard to say no to her. Arcana walked over and took care of washing Titan for me. At this point, Titan was in his miniature form to make it easier to wash.

"I still can't believe you summoned this lion! He's so cute when he's small!", Daera said.

"Yeah", Arcana said. "He's also terrifying when he's huge..."

Titan seemed to pay it no mind as he was being washed by Arcana. As we were all together, I told them my current plans for this week.

"I think I'll tinker with the "Create" skill this week while farming monster components with Titan. What do you guys want to do?"

"Hunting", Daera said. "I might join you in the forest while I'm hunting some mythical beasts."

"I think I'll join Daera on her hunt. It'll be a good time to become friends and bury the hatchet.", Arcana said.

I couldn't believe my ears. Arcana? Being reasonable? Being nice? Being considerate? Something was obviously wrong here.

"Oi. Are you ok Arcana? You seem unlike yourself. Usually, you would be more...aggressive? Did you finally drop your arrogant ways? It's about time you start acting like a-"

Arcana proceeded to grab my...arm? Usually, she would inflict some sort of violence on me. Her face seemed to be more calm than usual as well.

"Daera told me that I should behave more feminine so I'm giving it a shot...", she said.

I never thought I would say this but it was true: Arcana looked really cute. As I stared at her face, Daera pinched both of my cheeks simultaneously.

"You have a girlfriend washing your back and you're staring at another woman's face? You really are a hopeless paladin", Daera said.

I may be a hopeless paladin but at least I was a rich one!

Once we finished our bath, we dried ourselves off and headed to breakfast. Luckily, we caught Shobe when he was finishing breakfast.

"Oh!", he said. "You guys made it just in time! I was just about to call you!"

As we sat down to eat breakfast, I noticed that my level was 48 thanks to the HUD. I opened the Status screen while eating a baked boar:

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Title: Paladin Lord Of Yggdrasil+, Dragon Slayer+, Goddess' Hunter+, Juggernaut Hunter+

Class: Paladin God+

Subclass: Paladin Mage Of Calamity+

Name: Brice Pridellion

Lvl: 48

Race: Demi-God+

HP: 15068

Mana: 14587

Additional Stats+

Main Skills: Scholar+, Index+, Creator+, Blessing Of The Hunt+, Absolute Defense+

Additional Skills (17)+

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I was going to ask Central why I learned Absolute Defense but he already began to explain.

"Thanks to your scholar skill, you were able to pick up Absolute Defense from the Juggernaut. You were supposed to unlock it at lvl 100 but it seems that the chance encounter proved fruitful."

As I returned to eating my Breakfast, the fortress alerted me of a trespasser at the front gate.

"Occupants! Please visit the front gate to confirm an unidentified guest! No action will result in the termination of the trespasser!"

The hell? Isn't that a bit much?

I told my companions to stay at the table while Titan and I went to the front gate. As we opened the gate, we saw a female knight in front of us. As she took my hand, she began to speak in a light tone.

"You are the Paladin God Of Yggdrasil, correct?"

I nodded.

"The Kingdom Of Amera has been waiting for your arrival! We thought the summoning was a failure until we heard from Arlette that you were in MapleHorn!"

Shit. Arlette sold me out. I guess I can't be surprised about that. She doesn't know my plans.

"My name is Beth and I'm the Gifted Knight General Of Amera! We require your immediate assistance Paladin!"

She began to salute me, which let me get a good look at her D cups. She had blue hair and a beautiful face to go with it. Her armor was also decorated in gold accents representing Amera. It reminded me of the way the dragon knights designed there armor. However, it was clear that her armor was special somehow.

"I would love to help but I'm not interested in fighting the Demon Lor-".

"If you help us defeat the armies, we will pay you a minimum of 150,000 Engis per mission! As per Ameran Law regarding Legendary summons, we are required to pay you handsomely!", she said.

After hearing money like that, I guess a battle or two wouldn't hurt the bottom line...