Necklace

Second day in this city, today I'll go on a mission as soon as I finish those two missions.

"On the left." I throw my dagger that hits the head of a goblin. "What was that?"

Alicia approaches.

"The tenth, the mission is finished," he says smiling.

We only took what we needed for the missions today, ten goblins and two boars. The reward was seven medium bronze coins, but my real achievement was the two thousand and one hundred xp points. Now it was a little over 3,000 to pass the level. Besides, he still had a big find.

"Three hundred and fifty without killing any monsters." Alicia says in astonishment as she looks at their status.

That was the big discovery. Normally no combatants earn ten percent of the xp, with this not being taken away from the others, only too much, but they need to help in the combat. We found that somehow Alicia was earning twenty-five percent, we do not know for sure whether because of my abilities or her condition.

We spent the rest of the day training magic, from tomorrow we will start to prepare to continue our journey, even Alicia was showing herself bothered by the looks we received in the city. Today I'm teaching fire magic, it will be to improve her attack, after all, she already has her earth magic for defense.

"The magic depends almost on your imagination," I explain. "You must imagine the magical power taking a form that reminds you of fire."

"Actually, Alicia didn't understand," she says.

Each person has their own way of giving image to their magic, this is the biggest complication when it comes to teaching.

"Hmm..." I can't think of a better way, I use a lot of the knowledge I have of the old world for this part. "What do you normally imagine using your earth magic?"

"Alicia thinks only of a wall, so she can protect," she replies.

"Really?" I ask a little surprised.

She shakes her head in affirmation. That's strange, it was for humans to use magic just like we vampires, I was taught that the image of the element was something essential, I wonder...

"Can you imagine a stone spear using magic?" I ask the girl.

"Yep."

A spear comes out of the ground in the same second. That's hack! She conjures magic twice as fast because of it.

"You can do the magic just by thinking of the end result..." I speak. "Try to imagine an arrow of fire, aim the magic at that tree."

If what I'm thinking is really right...

Nothing happened.

"Alicia can't" says sad.

"Don't worry, it'll work out in time." I'll answer it.

After that she was able to make flames after a while, but she could not cast the magic, just like me with water. Compatibility with the element makes a big difference.

"Well, I guess that's enough for today" I say after looking at the sky starting to get dark. "Shall we go back?"

"Okay."

We were on our way back to the inn when we came across that group of adventurers from yesterday. Passing by the person in the hood I feel a strange feeling, something was not right, his smell was different from other humans. I look back when we were at a considerable distance, the hooded person also turned and looked at me. I can't see her whole face from that distance, but I could see her mouth, she smiled and went on her way.

"Ioan knows this person?" Alicia asks a curious question.

"I don't think so."

The feeling that something was wrong does not go away, but there is nothing that can be done about it. I try to force myself to put those thoughts aside.

"Maybe we should start getting ready to move on." Yep. "Alicia agrees."

So ended our second day in this city, with a terrible feeling of omen.

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It's been four days since we got to Porteau City. It may sound strange, but this city doesn't have a formal name, it's just commonly called Porto by almost everyone. Our current money is three thousand eight hundred and ninety-five yons.

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Name: Ioan Ilie | Rank: E

Breed: Vampire | Class: Bronze

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My rank went up from F to E, but as I had seen before the first rank is very easy, to go up from F to E you need 10 Rank F missions. However, to go up from E to D you need 20 Rank-E missions, these are the easiest Ranks to go up, after these you need a guild exam.

"File Ball" Alicia speaks.

A fireball swallows five goblins.

"Alicia made it" screams as she jumps animated.

"Good work..." I start talking, but I get run over by the girl who jumps on me with joy.

In these days Alicia was able to learn |LV 1 fire magic and the basics of water, although she has not yet gained the skill in her status. I am controlling the water better, but still unsuccessful in using some magic completely, I am also injured in the process. While Alicia was practicing her fire magic I tried to focus on hunting those days.

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Name: Ioan Ilie

Breed: Vampire

Title: |Newbie Adventurer|

LV 7 (prox level 330/14000)

HP: 1200/1200 (+300)

MP: 850/850 (+250)

Magic attack: 215 (+65)

Physical attack: 270 (+70)

Agility: 410 (+110)

Magic defense: 200 (+75)

Physical defense: 195 (+55)

Luck: 30 (+5)

Skills:

|Mental control (Small)|

| Blood Pact lv 2|

| Berserk Mode|

|Regeneration (Small)|

|Lunar Death|

| Blood thirst|

| Hunter focus lv 2|

|Magia Fire lv 1|

|Magia wind lv 1|

|Magia Terra lv 1|

Resistance:

|Resistance to the Sun MAX|

| Magical resistance (Small)|

|Resistance to Mental Attack (Small)|

Blessing:

| Loved by the gods|

|Boost XP 50%|

All titles purchased:

| Goblin Enemy|

|Hunter|

|Wizard Hunter|

|Rookie Adventurer|

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My status has grown a lot, I'm stronger mainly magically speaking, I've used a lot of magic, so it reflects when I level up. Although I hunted so much these days I did not go up from Rank in the guild, they did not have many hunting missions, so I only sold for the market price, I earned in these two days seven large bronze coins, two medium and seven small, 727 ¥.

"Now Alicia can also fight," she says animatedly.

"Yes, just try to hold on to the next one a little bit" I speak as I laugh.

There's almost nothing left of the goblins, their magical power is an absurd thing.

"So it looks like we're ready to move on."

Yesterday I was called by the leader of the guild to talk about some things.

~A day ago~

I knock on your office door.

"You can come in" I hear your voice coming from inside.

When I come in I see the leader and a woman. She was tall and her hair was long, greenish yellow, her skin was white, but not like vampires, she wore a white dress with golden details and held a bag. Looking closely one could see its pointed ears, which showed that it was not human, an elf.

"Sit down" says the guild leader.

We sat on the couch in front of them, there was a coffee table in front of us, there was some candy on it. Alicia was already eating.

"You're gonna have a tummy ache like that" I speak.

"But Alicia likes it," she says, making a cute face.

"Let her eat." The leader talks while laughing.

You're spoiling her!

"Well, let's get to the point," he says, getting a little more serious now. "This is Mira, a merchant I've known for a long time."

"Pleased to meet you" speaks by reaching out.

"I am Ioan, pleasure." I get up and greet.

"Hearing from Joseph that he needs it," he says, stirring inside his bag.

Then take off a necklace. Small and very simple looking, silver with a pendant, similar to those that open and put a picture. I can't think why I need this necklace.

"Remember when I told you that Alicia needs something for her aura?" The leader starts talking, probably after seeing my expression. "This jewel does exactly that."

"I understand" I respond animatedly, but when I think about it, I get discouraged soon after. But I don't think I'll have enough money for now, I've just arrived in the Kingdom.

When I went to a magic shop I heard that it would cost something around a small gold coin, that is, a million yon, at the moment I have just over four thousand.

"This is where the guild comes in," says the leader. "We will pay that amount."

"How?" I speak in amazement.

"That's something we do sometimes, a loan, so you can pay it back in time for the guild."

"But it's a million, I'm sure the guild won't lend that much to anyone," I answer.

"I have high expectations of you, it's not every day that we have a vampire who walks normally in the sun."

"Shit sigh.

I didn't try to hide much to tell the truth, it was explained to me by Lucio that vampires with a medium resistance can walk around for two or three hours in the sun, so I assumed they thought this was my case.

"Plus with your skills you could be a Rank C or B adventurer easily."

"I've been well analyzed," I laugh when I hear it.

"I'm well informed" answers.

"So, let's get back to business?" Mira seemed a little rushed.

"It's true" The leader says standing up and going to his table.

He picks up a piece of paper, then hands it to me.

In it it was written that the guild would make the loan for the purchase of the necklace, it also talked about how the payment would be, half of the money from each mission made, I can also pay on the outside (with my own money), but in the end it was that I can not leave the guild until a year after the end of the debt.

"That's very tempting" I smile again, they're very smart. "You'll use that to keep me in the guild."

"Exactly, people who enter the guild and are strong from the start usually leave before they hit high ranks, so we'll probably keep you with that contract, but remember that breaking a contract is a crime, you could be arrested here in the kingdom."

That is, they will be able to keep me in the guild long enough for me to get a high rank, so after the end of the contract I will probably already be in a high rank and will not leave the guild because of the high rewards.

'I kind of meant to stay in the guild, but not so actively, just doing missions when it suits me...'

I look at Alicia eating the candy.

"I accept" I answer.

"So let's sign the contract," says Mira.

I will do this so that Alicia does not get involved in future problems, at the moment I am not strong enough to protect her without this necklace. Me, Mira and the Leader signed the contract, after that he shone and soon returned to normal, a magical contract, was enchanted to remain unchanged.

"Here it is." She hands me the necklace and I put it in Alicia.

"Is it all right for Alicia to have this necklace? It's not too expensive?v She asks.

"You said yourself you would protect me, right? In return, I'll protect you too."

"Yep."