Carla

The ball of light turned into a little girl. Of course, she is see-through, but still a little girl. She looks kinda like the woman who disappeared with the spirit bound man kinda like a little sister or daughter. As she opens her eyes, I see that they are green rather than blue as such, not the same person she floats, so our eyes are level with each other and says. "Hello master to complete the bonding ritual. Please give me a name." As I was feeling sentimental, I gave her my mother's name." You are Carla." After I said that, a massive white light encompassed everything, and then everything disappeared. All that was left was green grass, and what looks like a single room I head towards it to see what's there it really is a single room with nothing in it looks like I need to do everything oh and before I forget.

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Soul Castle

Lv: 1

Xp: 0%

Spirit: Carla

Castle rooms: 1

Castle buff: xp gain 5%

Castle skill: [Fortification (allows the owner to use the castle as armor) use unlimited]

Defense: 10

M.Defense: 10

Strength: 5

Agility: 5

Endurance: 5

Intelligence: 5

Spirit: 5

Castle Fortification: None

Castle Equipment: None

Note: Both Castle and Castle Spirit have the same level and status.

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So yay, I now have a soul sword that levels with me and now a castle that does the same and a +5% extra xp thia is awesome. This can become armor, so you know what that means. I won't need anything from the labyrinth well except rings and necklaces and such, but I'll hold off until the castle is stronger should also mention that it will get harder to aquire skills and such because most skills at the bronze rank and up are on named items and they don't drop all that often and don't look at my good luck so far the only bronze rank item I have with a name is Archmage Argento's Favorite Cap and that's it. Well, since this is over and done with, I'll just head back into the labyrinth. Wait, what I said I'd tell you what im currently using as gear. I don't know. You may get bored. The bulk of them are bronze rank. Those that aren't are at least orange type as I'm contemplating what to do. I got a pm.

"Hay, are you busy?"

Now the question is not the problem it is the sender, that is. Cotton Cloud iv never even talked to her in my last life, and I don't remember getting in touch with her here ither So, did she miss spell the person's name she was trying to get ahold of? I typed back "Umm I think you have the wrong person." But I got back "Nope you are the right person, so if you're not busy, can we talk?" OK, she says I'm the right person, and she wants to talk."But isn't that what we are doing right now?"

"Yes well no I mean face to face. I want to talk to you face to face." Oh, is that all I thought she wanted an autograph. "OK, where do you wanna meet?" She seems excited cause she keeps on answering 2 seconds after I'm finished typing. What is she a mind reader? "Come to Commercial Avenue. There is a cafe called the forgotten pond I'm in there." So the forgotten pond is it it was a popular spot in my last life."Ok, I'll be there in a few minutes." As I'm about to say goodbye to Carla, she instead entered my body, and I heard her say,"I'm coming with you." As such, I now have a passenger. How nice.

Ok, so commercial avenue and the forgotten, ah here we are. As I entered the establishment, I saw 2 people sitting at a window seat, and when I came in, they looked my way, and one of them stood up and waved me over that was Cotton Cloud and the person sitting with her was her 2nd in command Flash Phoenix yes I know it's a gaudy name but you tell her she is famous for a hair trigger temper so it's your funeral. Cotton Cloud invited me into her private chat room, and Flash Phoenix was there, obviously."So this is the famous Nightmare. I keep hearing about you. You have decent gear, so you get a pass." Oh, thank you, oh goddess of sarcasm. I think I'm not going to say that out loud. At least not where she can see it. I turn to Cotton Cloud and ask."You needed something from me?" Cotton Cloud seems to figgit a bit before saying,"I'd like to thank you for your help earlier, and I wanted to return these."

She pulls out 2 daggers and passes them over. Weren't these the daggers I gave to Maria, then it clicked Maria was Cotton Cloud. I could just smack myself, and I was a second from actually doing that before I remembered I'm in front of a powerhouse or a soon to be powerhouse. I try to think of what to say or at least think of a way to get her on my friends list when I read."Umm, you wana trade friend requests." When she said that, I didn't think for a second and added her to my friends list. With that over with Flash Phoenix excused both of them, and after they left, I gave a cheer. Yes, I am the friend of a potential powerhouse. I am so going to milk this for as much as I can.

After coming back down to earth, I left commercial Avenue and headed towards the 11th floor in the labyrinth. I got my gear and a lot of potions. Also, there will now start to be monsters that use magic, so I gotta be careful on floor 11 it was the undead again, but it's in a forested area say goodbye to long and winding passages and hello to a massive forested area now one does have to be careful as it is easy to get jumped but the tradeoff is that you can climb trees and even travel on the treetops but I'm here for xp so I'm going in. Oh, and before I forgot, there are now skeleton mages and archers and it is a good idea to kill them first or at least make it so they can't attack as both are a pain in the but to deal with. And just like that, I ran into a patrol with both types in the back yay.