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871 Small Clan in a Small City

So, then, we will stay in this city for a while.

Well, I guess staying is not the right word. We will leave every day in the morning until evening, and return back here to sleep at night. Of course I will escape from the sight of the supposedly dangerous clan in the city before I use a portal.

"Yes. One of our assumptions was that the cult leader belong to a clan somewhere. But there are too many clans in Tatrama alone and too few agents to infiltrate. Even if we put some in some famous clans, that doesn't mean that we will find the cult. Though we have some agents acting as hunters so those clans will approach them. But so far, there's no evidences of the cult's involvement at all in all the clans that the agents infiltrated."

I'm on a phone call with Albert. The king of this country.

The city I'm in while I'm on the way to Arturo to go to the highest peak in the continent is still within Tatrama's territory. And I'm actively playing my part as someone whose rank has been demoted to D, but is trying to raise it back. Though I don't care about rank at all.

In fact, being low-rank hunter will allow me to be made fun of by some thugs. Though I don't think that those thugs belong to the cult, I do think that all cult members are worse than thugs. I hope with this plan, the cult will approach me.

And then I will kill them all.

"Wait, no. Don't kill them all. If someone approach you, just report it to me or the king of the country you're at. We will contact our people nearby to help with the investigation. If you kill them all, we will never find any clues at all about the leader of the cult's whereabouts," Albert said.

"Then I will kill less than everyone," I replied.

.....

"Then you will just not kill one person. That's still not good," Albert said.

"Three people?"

"...I let Victoria decide how many people you can kill and those who you are allowed to kill. She's hearing this conversation, right?" Albert asked.

"I'll do it. Though today, Roy has killed several people from the clan in this city. He asked the guild master if he can kill everyone, but even the guild master refused. So he will only wait for them to attack first and he can kill them in self-defense. He told that to the guild master who can't say anything after that," Victoria said.

Except that the guild master laughed at me thinking that I'm talking big. He knew that I'm a leader of a clan myself. As the guild master, he got that information easily.

But he also knew that most of the requests going to the clan were taken care of by Angela and the others. While the leader, which is me, had almost never done any mission. That's why I got demoted.

Because of that, the guild master must have thought that my achievements were all other clan members' achievements. And the demotion fit my real strength.

But he would never expect that the man he made fun of is an expert level air mage and a master level summoner.

Though as a summoner, I'll just use Victoria as my bullet for air magic. That should convince other people why I'm a master level summoner.

They will think that since I raised my air element, and I killed many monsters by using Victoria as a bullet, it's natural that I became master level mage. Because of how simple it is the way that a summoner can raise their level. Just by letting their familiar kill a lot.

Then the guild master and other guild staffs will think that the reason I didn't do a job was because I'm busy fighting monsters. Though no one will know that it's also because I have other monsters who helped me improve my level.

"Well, just don't cause too much trouble for the people there. We will continue our investigation our ways. If you find anything, contact us," Albert said before he hang up the phone.

For now, I will continue taking requests. Finish them as soon as possible, then move toward Arturo before returning back to this city using portal.

If I see other city on the way there, I'll pay a brief visit and check the city. Using a disguise like wearing Victoria as a wig. Just to make sure that no one will think that I'm at two place at once. Because I'm not a wind mage. So it will be suspicious if I was seen in both places.

The next day, I did as I planned. This time, since I have killed so many goblins, I took the mission to subjugate boars.

"They are too spread apart! And they keep moving!" Breezy informed me of the boars' location. Far beyond what I can see.

"Then guide me to the closest one first. We just need to defeat them one by one. And since no one is following us, I can run at full speed," I said.

I'm still not with Ray. He's still resting at a stable in the city.

Maybe I will take him out today, and when I return back to the city, I'll pretend that he's gone. So if I want to call him when I'm outside, there won't be any problem.

It didn't take long before I killed twice the amount of the requested boars to be subjugated. Even with that much, promotion is still far. Though I won't look for a promotion. I don't care about that. I just act like I care.

I didn't bring them back yet. I store them all somewhere safe and move by myself toward Arturo.

After running in the sky until the sun started to go down, I marked the place with a Blobby and returned to near the city using a portal.

Then I return to the city, renting a cart for me to bring the boars back, and somewhere no one could see, I opened a portal to where the boars are stored. Of course I made sure that the boars weren't spoiled when I return to the city.

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With this much boars, there shouldn't be any problem with meat in the city for a while. Because most of the boars hunted nearby were monopolized by the clan in this city.

When I returned back to the city with a cart full of boars, I see many people were staring at me. Let's ignore them and bring them to the guild.

"So many meat! With this much meat, we won't have any problem for a week!" the receptionist said.

A week? Well, that's normal, I guess. If it's me alone, I can eat them all in a few days. Maybe one day if I'm starving.

"Is it that bad with meat in this city?" I asked.

"Yeah. Most monsters with edible meat nearby were being monopolized by the clan because there's no other hunters going for them. They became so expensive because of it. So it's difficult for the people here to get nutritious meal with how little we can harvest from farming," the receptionist said.

Is it this bad in this city?

"What about the noble in charge of this city? They must be doing something, right?" I asked.

Since Albert is the king, I'm sure that there's no way a noble would ignore his order. There must be something going on.

"Well, he's focusing more in the search of the cult members in this city. So for hunters, he had no time to spare," the receptionist said.

I guess there's a bad thing that could happen if we're focusing too much on the cult. I'll tell Albert about this.

Seems like because of the boars, many people started to look at me. I'm gaining too much attention. Should I just leave?

Hmm... I guess looking for a spirit and the clues of the cult is more important. I guess I'll stop staying here even though it's just two days since I'm here and continue my journey.

And a clan that plays around in this small city? I doubt that they are related to the cult.

I have watched their base using Divine Vision. And I didn't see anything or anyone that seems to be related to the cult. Even the one wearing a lot of jewelries and seem to be the leader is just an advanced level mage at most. There's no expert level mages at all.

If I leave them to some agents, then I won't have to do anything.

Then it's decided. I will leave tomorrow. Forget about destroying a small clan in a small city.

...Was what I thought. But the next day, when I was about to leave, they surrounded me. In the middle of city.

"You're trying to leave? I won't let you leave this city in one piece. You will have to die for messing with my people!"

Oh, he's the clan leader who is acting like a boss of a gang in this city. Should I kill him now?

872 Destroying a Small Clan

Hmm... is this everyone in the clan? If so, then it's best to retreat and leave the city. I can't cause too much ruckus in the middle of a city no matter how small the city is. So it's best to get out of here.

I'm riding on Ray now about to leave the city. I'm sure even without Ray using his full speed, he could outrun them all. But do I want to do that?

I looked around and see that some people I have met in the city, staffs of the guild, were all moving to the guild trying to contact the guild master. That's good.

I want to kill these people surrounding me. This clan that has been terrorizing the city. And I can't do that in the city. Or the people in the city will be terrorized just by my own existence.

But if it's outside, then the citizens won't know And I want it so that the guild master will know that I'm the one who did all that. So I want to wait until the guild master started to follow us as I tried to get out of the city.

The people in the city were keeping their distance from us. They entered their homes or just watched from afar. Which makes it easier for me to leave while riding on Ray.

As I keep ignoring the one who might be the clan leader who kept talking shit, I prepared a route to escape using Divine Vision. And it's a good thing that there's a good place outside where I can fight without a care. I'll bait them all there. Including the guild master of this city.

Oh, the guild master seem to be a wind mage. That makes it simpler then.

As soon as the guild master saw us, Ray started running to the direction I told him using telepathy. There's no need to speak since that will only leak our intention to the enemies.

.....

We're rushing through the opposite side of where the clan leader is. Not using our full speed. And not even at the full speed of a normal horse either. Still slower than normal. But it's still faster than advanced level mage's running speed.

"Catch him!" the clan leader shouted as he also cast an Ice Spike to my direction.

But I easily dodged it. And instead, the Ice Spike pierced his own subordinate. How stupid.

I just continued running as if I'm afraid of them while dodging all their magic. I don't want to fight in the city in front of normal civilians. Because they will think that I'm a cold-blooded murderer. Though that might not be wrong, I don't want to known for that.

Even though he just killed his own subordinate, he ignored the dead subordinate and chased after me. Though he's not a wind mage, so he has to be carried by a wind mage.

Some who can't fly and were not carried, had no choice but to grab a horse and chase after me. And behind them, the guild master is following.

There are two places that is good for battle. A plain by the riverside, and an open space in the forest. And I'm going to the forest. Because if I killed someone by the riverside, the blood will be mixed with the water. The location is upstream, so the people in the city will drink the blood of dead people if I kill someone there.

There, I'm such a good person, right? I'm so considerate to the people in the city that I don't even know about.

Hmm... these thugs are bad at casting magic while riding a horse. I guess it's a good thing that I let the people in the alliance took their horses so they can train doing both.

Finally, after dodging all their magic while pretending to be scared, I reached my destination. In this place, there's no one other than us. So I can kill everyone. And make the guild master keep this as secret.

When I reached the destination, I stopped. And I waited until everyone is here. Including the guild master.

"What's wrong? Can't run anymore?"

What is wrong with him instead? He kept talking without having any conversation partner. I never said anything but he's still trying to make a conversation. Is that the requirement to be a thug?

While catching their breath, I waited for the guild master who arrived soon.

"Stop! I already had enough of you doing what you want! Stop right now or I will make sure that you won't be able to take anymore request!" the guild master shouted.

"Huh? Why should I care? Then I will forcefully grabbed anyone who is trying to submit their requests to our clan. Simple," the clan leader said.

"I'm sure that you can only do this shit in this city because you're afraid of going to other city. They are much stronger than this small group. You just want to be a frog in a well," I said.

"You! You finally spoke and the first thing that came out of your mouth is a cheap provocation?!"

"Oh, you realized that I only speak now? I thought that you have some mental illness and talked to yourself all the time thinking that I talked to you," I said.

"I'll kill you!"

So simple. Now, how should I kill everyone? I guess I'll try testing my strength as a master level summoner against advanced level mages.

"Oh, wow! I'm going to get killed! Scary. Or maybe not. After all, all of you are just weaklings," I said.

"You!"

"Enough! Hunter Roy, do not provoke them any further! They will really kill you!" the guild master said.

"Oh, scary. Then, before the killing started, can you introduce me to everyone here?" I said to the guild master.

"Are you crazy?!"

"Just do it. I'm sure that it's the easiest way to remember me from now on for you," I said.

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"Right. Do it! I want to know who is this bastard that want to die so badly," the clan leader said.

"...Fine. I will introduce you to them. But I won't let anyone kill you," the guild master said.

Hmm... seems like no one is going to pay attention. They are just preparing their magic. But the guild master didn't seem to notice.

"His name is Roy. Demoted to D-rank hunter because of his long inactivity. He's an air element mage and also a summoner who can only summon a Black Slime who can't die. So he can't ever get another familiar ever since his first familiar is a weak monster that can't die," the guild master said.

"The weak part is unnecessary. He's a stupid guild master," Victoria said to me. Angry for being called weak.

Yeah. And hearing my introduction, the thugs laughed. After all, my both elements didn't sound strong. But I'm a clown, so I'm fine with being laughed at.

"Then I will finish my introduction. I'm an expert level air mage, and a master level summoner. And so, the one who will die here is you all!"

As soon as I said that, I moved quickly and grabbed two people's faces and pushed them to the ground. I didn't use Aura. Only my strength as a master level summoner.

Since I introduced myself, even if someone in the cult noticed me, they won't connect me as the Aura user they're looking for. But they will still hunt me because I'm a master level summoner that they don't have. But that's fine with me.

After all, I don't think anyone here, except for the guild master, will still be alive.

Now, the expression of those thugs changed from confidence to fear.

Some tried to escape by flying or riding horses, but I killed them with one shot. Using Victoria as a bullet and air magic to shoot her, I killed those who tried to escape. And after every shot, I can summon Victoria back to my side and shoot another person.

"See? As a summoner, it's easy to raise my level since I just need to use my monster to kill a lot. And as an air mage, I can do this so I can kill a lot of monster using the Black Slime. This is how I reached master level in my summoning element. Though I will not use this method if you stop escaping. I will just use my physical strength gained from reaching master level to defeat you. So don't run away," I said calmly.

Then, I quickly kill more of them before the guild master can say anything. I don't have any problem killing them even if they are not members of the cult. It's because I already considered them as the bad guy.

The guild master was too shocked to stop me from killing everyone. But when only the clan leader left alone, he stopped me.

"Stop! Don't kill him! At least not him! He needs to be punished in the city so everyone will know that the city is safe again!" the guild master said as he blocked me with his body. How brave.

"Well, that's what he said. So you can keep your life for a while. Though maybe they will publicly execute you. I don't know. Anyway, if you are wise, you shouldn't tell anyone about me. After all, there are more master level mages than you can imagine. It's not the time for me to pick a fight against them yet," I said.

Then I told the guild master that I will leave the city and will probably not return. So he will take care of everything on his own.

As for the clan leader, he was too scared when I tried to kill him. I believe he won't dare to do anything to the guild master.

Though it seems that Victoria forgot that she has a mission to not let me kill everyone. But maybe it's fine because I let one man live.

Now, it's time to continue our travel.

873 Reunion with Jewel's Saviors

A few days after I left the city and destroyed an entire clan except their leader, I got a some info from Albert about the result of me causing trouble there.

"One of the agents nearby met up with the guild master. I asked him to tell the guild master that your existence is not something that he could spread. Though it's a good idea that you told the guild master of that city that you were abstain from hunting for so long because you were increasing your level. The guild master is smart enough to stop giving a recommendation for you to rank up as well. This way, you can keep being looked down upon or someone will try to exploit you. You can do whatever you want in case such thing happened."

That's what Albert told me. Basically, using his authority, he made it so that I can not raise up my rank. Not even returning back to my old rank before I got demoted.

"That's an abuse of authority," I said.

"You don't care. You have a lot of money. And all the missions from the guild are way too easy for you to handle. Don't worry, I told other kings to do the same to the Hunter Guilds in their country. Though they will only tell the guild master after your appearance in the city. Even though we never really mind much about hunters, we have made sure that all guild masters are not involved at all with the cult. You can be assured about it," Albert said.

Which mean that if I can't find any agents in any city, I can contact the guild master about something related to the cult. Or the noble in the city. Though meeting a guild master is easier than meeting a noble.

Though for me, either one is fine. I will meet anyone when I want to. Either by meeting them from the front gate, or just enter their office without permission.

"In any case, whatever trouble you cause, we will make sure to take care of the aftermath. If they are just thugs like the one you destroyed yesterday, then we will make sure that you will not gain too much reputation. But if we found out that they are involved with the cult, then we won't do anything. Though if the agents nearby can handle them, there won't be any problem for you. But if not, then you will be known by the cult soon. But we will inform you if it happens."

That's the end of the conversation. I guess we don't have any clues at all about the cult. That's why they let me roam free and do whatever I want in hope that the cult will react to whatever I'm doing. And then the alliance will react after seeing the cult's reaction.

.....

We are not some kind of forces that prevent anything from happening. We are a force that can only react after something happened.

Though if we had the information beforehand, then we can somehow do something to prevent anything big from happening. But that's still reacting to a new information. That's why it's a reaction instead of prevention.

After that, it's time to move again. This time, I won't be riding on Ray. I brought him to Monsters World because I'm going to walk there with my disciple who is currently free, Jewel. Or should I say riding her?

"We're going to pass through the border normally, right?! It's my first time to do that!" Jewel said. With her naturally loud voice.

Right, I forgot. All this time I brought not just her, but everyone else out of Tatrama, it's by using portals. Though there's nothing interesting about crossing the border. There's no one watching. We can go to and from another country without a care.

Though on all the nearest cities near the border, they're all heavily guarded. Including this city we're currently at.

But it's just a normal guard for us. Even Jewel alone can handle them all.

But for now, we will move normally.

"Let's go now. With your speed, we can reach the border before noon and reach Bernard's place later. Though maybe we will stop at every city. What will you do?" I asked Jewel.

"I have nothing better to do, so I will stay with you for a while! Maybe even until we reach your destination. That tallest peak in the continent!" Jewel said.

She's a beastform mage and also a lightning mage. For her beastform, she doesn't even know anything else she can do to improve. As for her lightning element, she's already an expert level mage.

To reach master level in her lightning element, she will need to cultivate for a long time. I guess she got bored of it. That's why she's here with me.

And we hope that on the way to the peak of the continent, we can find a lightning spirit that will help her to increase her magic level. That is also the goal of this journey after all.

We left the inn when no one looking because it will be surprising that I entered alone, but left with someone else.

Then as we walked to the gate, someone greeted us.

"Oh, it's really Jewel and Roy! You two, it's been a while!"

Who is it? There's a group of five people, all women, who seems to know me. While four of them are quite young, the last one is old. I seem to have met them somewhere before.

"Roy, I bet you forget about them. They are that party who got caved in in the first dungeon we entered near Cassau. We rescued them at that time. I think it was soon after you first met with Albert," Victoria said.

Now that Victoria mentioned it, I think I kind of remember them. But I thought they had a huge fight after I rescued them, so they broke up.

Then during a mission at a certain village, two of them got infected by a clone of Black Slime in the past and make them to never feel hungry, pain, and tired. Though they were unable to leave the village because of some type of flowers which made monsters unable to get close to them.

"Oh, it's Gladius! It's been a long time since we last met!" Jewel shouted.

"Your voice is still loud, Jewel. Though it's not as loud as when we first met," one of them said.

Now that I think about it, the first time I met Jewel, she was escaping from bandits. Then she asked for my help. Which I refused.

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But I told her to do other things and ended up meeting this group and her village is saved. But she insisted to be my disciple since then.

What about her family? I think she told me once that they are fine in the village. And Jewel herself asked Albert to send some retired agents to stay in the village. So they should be safe. And Jewel herself would sometime return to the village. It's close to Cassau, so she never asked for me to use portal to get her there.

I'm not that close to these girls. But since they saved Jewel's village, Jewel talked a lot with them.

"So, where are you going? Are you going to Arturo? What about the village?"

I think her name is Jessica. She asked Jewel about our destination.

"It's fine. Everyone in the village is fine. For now, we're going to Arturo to meet our friend over there. And I just want to explore more areas," Jewel said.

She didn't say anything about spirits or going to the peak of the continent. Just saying that we're going to visit a friend's place. Which is not a lie since we're going to Bernard's place.

"By the way, I heard that you broke up in the past. After that dungeon caving in incident. Why are you together again?" Jewel asked.

"Well, we thought that live is too short for a stupid fight. So we're together again," Jessica said.

Too short? Are they still advanced level mages? Well, two of them are expert level mages. The oldest one, and one other girl whose name might be Ellen if I'm not wrong.

Well, they are just below average expert level mages. Right now, Jewel alone is much stronger than all of them combined.

Well, not that I care. Though it's good to see someone I knew in the past to be well now. Though I forgot about them.

"Since we're also going to Arturo, how about we move together? If you're fine with it," Jessica asked.

Hearing the offer, Jewel looked at me for confirmation. I just gestured that she can do whatever she wants. It's not like we're in a hurry anyway.

"Then let's go together! We will grab our stuffs before we go. Please wait for us," Jewel said.

Grab our stuffs? Oh, right. They don't know that I can use portal. So it's best to act like a normal traveler carrying some survival tools since it will take a few days to reach Arturo.

"Then I'll go get a bigger horse carriage while waiting," one of them said.

"No need. The both of us don't need a horse," Jewel said.

I think Jewel never mentioned it to them that she's a beastform mage. I guess she will be my ride to Arturo.

874 A Problem that I Didn't Cause

"So... what do we need to prepare for a long travel again?"

I know that I left home a lot. But I can use portal, so I always left the house almost empty-handed.

But now that we need to act like we're traveling normally, I need to grab something.

I think only what's important are needed. So, a tent, and some rations.

These group of girls knew that I have a Black Slime that can transform into anything I want. So for most things, I just need Victoria to transform. Like into a tent.

Then I guess I need to bring some rations. I guess we won't have to carry much since we can also hunt monsters on the way.

"Master, I think that's enough. You don't bring a cake on a travel. It's normally breads and some simple meal that can last long," Jewel said.

This is the time when a disciple surpass her master. I'm proud of her. Or should I say that I'm ashamed that I don't have common sense and have to rely on my disciple who ended up having more experience than me?

So I only ask Jewel for what else we needed to bring. And when we had enough, we met with Jessica and the others near the gate.

.....

"Are you sure you don't need a horse carriage? Are you going to walk there?" Jessica asked.

"Don't worry. Though I can't show you while we're inside the city. So we need to walk for a while until there's no one near us," Jewel said.

Yeah. It won't be good if everyone sees a rhinoceros suddenly appeared in the middle of a city.

"Jessica, did you forget? She's a participant of that tournament. She can transform herself into a rhino whose speed is not worse than a horse. And it has been a while since then, so she must have improved a lot."

The one who said that is called... Tiffany if I'm not wrong.

She's right. I forgot that Jewel should have gained quite a lot of popularity from the tournament. Though it has been a while and the next tournament has not begun. So many people must have forgotten about Jewel. Unless they know Jewel personally.

And these people are her friends. So of course they would remember it.

"Yeah. Once we're far enough, I will transform and let Master ride on my back. That's how we will travel!" Jewel replied.

That's actually how we will travel from here onward. Because I won't ask Ray's help, I will be riding her. And she's not slow either in her rhino form. Especially after she became so strong after gaining other forms.

Because of her beastform, she's one of the few who didn't pick a horse. She wanted one, but there's not one that she feels good enough. Especially since her transformation allowed her to do many things that even those horses unable to do. So she decided to not pick any because she will only think that they are useless to her.

We left the city and when we're quite a distance from the city, Jewel transformed into a rhino. A normal rhino.

"Wow! It looks much more amazing than when I watched it on that big screen called TV!" Jessica shouted.

The other girls and old lady also admiring Jewel's transformation. While I transformed Victoria into a saddle with an umbrella as an attachment because the sun is bright.

"And that Black Slime is a cheat just like usual," Tiffany said.

Well, a journey with Jewel and five other girls, it will be quite noisy. And I don't think they will try to talk with me since we're not that close. So I will just stay quiet on Jewel's back. While reading a novel I just bought. Not the one written by Victoria. But a novel written by someone I have never heard about.

Before I returned to the past, I would spend my time reading novels. So I have read a lot of them. That's why in this world, I rarely read more because I know about most novel. Especially the best-sellers.

But now, it seems like I saved the lives of some novelists who should have died. That's why when I entered this city and see a bookstore, I saw a book I never read before.

And that's how I will spend my time while the people with me won't stop talking.

They did ask me about things I know, like how is Kayla doing and the others as well. But that's the thing that Jewel already know. So there's nothing for me to say.

Other than the group of bandits in front of us. The others haven't noticed it yet, but I saw them.

"Everyone, bandits in front of us," I said calmly.

"Just bandits? Well, that's not a problem then," the rhinoceros I'm riding said.

"Be careful. Even if they are bandits, that doesn't meant that they are weak," the oldest one called Nana said.

Yeah, that's right. But I'm a master level summoner. So there's no need to worry. Though I didn't say it that I'm a master level summoner.

But just Jewel alone is enough to defeat them all.

"Everyone in Gladius party, just continue moving forward without losing your speed. I will lead the way and you just need to follow me," Jewel said.

Jewel then increased her speed and run in front of the party. And soon after, Jewel detected the bandits' location before any members of the party could.

"No! There are too many of them! Everyone, prepare to fight!" Nana shouted.

"Just sit down and watch. None of them are a problem for the current Jewel," I said calmly.

And soon after, we reached where the bandits were blocking us. They blocked the path using destroyed carriages. Probably from a merchant that they stole.

But that's not a problem for Jewel.

"Stop! Stop... Please stop! Run away!"

That's what the bandits said when they saw that Jewel was not stopping. All the blockage and some of the bandits were blown away by Jewel's sheer strength.

"Attack! Kill them!"

Too late. Before they could even cast their magic, Jewel already cast a strong lightning magic.

"Thunderbolt!" Jewel said.

Not just one magic. But Jewel released a series of magic. Lightnings that are strong enough to kill all of them.

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It was so loud. But I had some Blobbies covering my ears. Though the members of Gladius were covering their ears while screaming.

"So strong..."

I don't know who said that. And I don't care. Because that's natural considering that she's my disciple.

"There's nothing we can loot from them. So it's fine to leave them be and let the next people to pass through this road to take care of them," I said as I continued reading the book. I think the next people to left the city after us were a group of hunters. They will be happy to loot these bandits then.

Lots of words of praises were spoken to Jewel. But I just continued reading.

It will take three more days at this speed to reach Arturo.

We spend the first night by the road. The members of Gladius will sleep on the same tent. And Jewel will be with me sleeping inside Victoritent.

"What about night shift?" Jessica asked.

"My tent is a monster. She will realize when there's someone or something approaching. So there's no need for anyone to watch guard. But if you don't believe me, you can take care of it yourself," I said.

Though it will be me who will realize first when someone is approaching. But there's no need to explain it to them, right?

Even after talking so much during the day, at night, Jewel and those girls continued talking. Just how much do they love talking?

As for me, since I'm not tired at all, I just continue reading in the dark. This is my fifth book for the day. It's surprising that there are many interesting stories from the people who should be dead if it's not for me returning to the past.

The next morning, we continued our travel. And the girls continued talking.

They are mostly talking about some trending topics. Like clothes. Especially from my store.

Maybe I should learn some today's trend. How could someone who is the big boss of the most famous clothing brand know nothing about fashion?

And soon after, I see another group of people. They look neater than bandits. But if they are going to do things that bandits does, then they are no different than bandits.

"Another large group of people in front of us. I don't know if they are bandits or not," I said.

"...Do they have some kind of badges?" Nana asked.

"Yeah. It looks like a yellow dog badges. Someone you know?" I asked.

"I'm surprised by your sight. Yes, we know them. They are a clan full of men. And they are aiming for our party for the obvious reason. Since they are based in the city we're going, it's normal that we would meet. But not like this," Nana said.

Oh, so this is not a problem that I caused. It's someone else problem! And I just got involved with it.

"Since it's for the obvious reason, does it mean that it's fine to kill them all?" I asked.

"I heard that some of them are expert level mages. And the leader is an expert level lightning mage. Same as Jewel. So it might be hard," Nana said.

"Don't worry about it. I just want to know if we can kill them all or not. I guess it's fine, right?" I asked.

"...There's no good rumor at all about them. So yes, it's fine," Nana said.

Good. Jewel can just kill them all then. Or maybe I will let these party to fight them since it's their problem. Though these girls seem to be good girls. So I will help them if they are in trouble.

875 I'll Just Watch Them Fight

"Oh, it's the famous women-only party, Gladius! So glad that we could coincidentally meet up like this in this place!"

As we get closer to where those people are, one of them greeted us. Well, not us. Just the girls. I'm not included it seems.

"Are you famous though? I have never heard of you after you split up back then," I asked the girls.

"We left Cassau and set up our base in another city. Though we can't be compared to your clan, Wolf's Crown. Just saying that you are a member of Wolf's Crown and everyone will greet you with respect," Jessica said.

Are we famous? I even forget that my clan's name was Wolf's Crown.

Back then, I agreed with that name because I am the Werewolf King. But now, I'm also the king of other monsters. So maybe the name Wolf's Crown is no longer suitable.

But to think that we're famous with such stupid weird name. I guess I should pay attention more to my clan.

"Jewel, are we famous?" I asked Jewel.

"So famous in fact that many people were pretending to be our members. But when we found out about them, they no longer dare to fake to be members of our clan. Even other agents were helping with it in another country," Jewel said.

.....

I see. Does it mean that our fame goes beyond just one country? That's actually amazing!

"What? Agents? Your clans have specialized people for some sort of mission?" Nana asked after she heard us talking.

"Well, they are just our helpers. They helped us voluntarily. Though we also helped them in some way," I said.

I didn't lie. Because I helped the agents' bosses, the kings, to destroy the cult. So it's not a lie.

"What are you talking about to yourselves? And who is that man?" the clan leader of the annoying people asked.

Let's ignore him. He's not worth my attention.

"By the way, I thought that some of you wanted to join our clan. Are you still willing to join?" I asked.

I think it was around the time that I helped two of them out of that village after their body were infected by the clones of a Black Slime. They said that they wanted to join us.

"Well, I don't think I can handle that much fame. Just us five is enough. Being in a clan seem to bring troubles as well," Jessica said.

"Not really though. I mean, I'm the leader of that clan. But I'm the most free member in the clan. That's why I got demoted to D-rank now," I said.

"...That's your own fault, I believe. Most clan leaders are the busiest kind of people," Jessica said.

"Unless they have someone they can trust with the management of the clan. I have that someone. And she's so competent that I forgot that I'm the leader," I said.

I wonder if Penny had enough rest? Though whenever I'm home and see the situation at home with my Divine Vision, I have never seen her working or tired.

Maybe because her daughter, Hannah, has grown. So she no longer need to pay too much attention to her anymore. And she has more free time.

I think that back in the brothel, Ruby asked Penny to take care of the management of the brothel. I guess that's why she's so good at her job since she had experience. But I never thought that she would be that good.

"Hey! Stop ignoring me! Who the fuck are you?!"

I guess he's already out of patience. What should I introduce myself as?

"I'm D-rank hunter, Roy. I'm also a doctor. If there's any of you who are sick, don't come to me. Because you're annoying me. It's best to let you die," I said.

"I'm a beastform mage. My name is not for you to hear," Jewel said.

I guess if she said her name, some people will know about her. She's famous after the tournament after all. And maybe she's famous as well because of the clan being so well.

Now that I think about it, once in a while, someone asked me to open up a portal to somewhere far. Even to another country. I thought that they were going for a vacation or visiting someone. But I guess they were working.

And I just spend my time lazying around whenever I'm free. Outside of mission, I would just date someone who is free. I guess I'm the bad one.

Maybe it's best to not be the clan leader again. Once I climbed the highest peak at Arturo, I will gather everyone and ask if they are willing to let Penny be the clan leader.

Though maybe being a clan leader for her is too much. Because maybe some clans are being hostile to us because of our fame. And she will be targeted by them.

I guess I'll stay as the leader. But I will ask for their opinion once I returned.

"D-rank hunter? And that rhino is a beastform mage? So why are you with them?!"

Jealousy is ugly. And I've seen it many times. Especially when I'm on a date with one of the girls. The stare from the men in the surrounding is as if they wanted to kill me.

And it's also the same feeling from these people surrounding me just because I'm here. What a pain.

"All of you, what do you want to do?" I asked the girls.

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"We're one day away from the closest city. And there's no one other than us passing this road for a while, I think. So even if we kill them, no one will find out about it. But they have several expert level mages while we only have three if we include Jewel. It's best if we just kill them since they are acting like thugs wherever they are. But to kill them all, we need Jewel's help," Nana said.

"What do you think, Jewel? Will you help them?" I asked Jewel.

"I will. They helped me before. And I finally have the chance to help them back. So I will fight," Jewel said.

"Then I will wait here," I said as I jumped off from Jewel's back.

Then I just sat down on the ground waiting for the fight to end. Though it hasn't even started.

"Nana! You're old. But we can give you to some of our new members while we play with the other girls. There's no way out for you. We have two expert level wind mages so you can't even escape from the air," their clan leader said.

"Even if we die, we will never be your playthings! It's either do or die! Everyone, fight!" Nana shouted.

Hmm... they must have really good teamwork since even after they split up, they got back together again. And I can see that from how they're fighting.

They are facing different directions since we are being surrounded. As if they are protecting me. While Jewel only helped by charging through some people while she's in her rhino form. Ignoring the attack coming to her.

I guess these girls have better expert level mages than these thugs. They can handle themselves just fine.

The only problem is that there are more enemies than they can handle. So slowly,they got pushed back. Except for Jewel who is running around.

"You girls are idiot. Instead of getting yourself surrounded, you should have escaped to one place so the enemies are not surrounding you. One of you who can fly, get out of the circle by carrying the other four. The fire mage can help by boosting the flying speed. It doesn't have to be a flight for a long time. Just enough to get you all out of here. Then you can attack from there," I said.

"What about you?!" Nana asked.

"I'm the one you should never worry about the most. I don't need your protection. If I want to, I can kill them all by myself. In fact, Jewel can do that as well. You've seen what she did before," I said.

They fought that way because they wanted to protect me? They are good girls.

But I don't need protection.

Now that they left me, they fought better. But I don't think they will win. Because the enemies are too many for just five of them. While Jewel won't use her full strength because it's Gladius party's problem.

Oh, I was wrong. I guess they have been fighting together for so long that they can beat most of the enemies. Though I wonder what make the enemies so obsessed with them?

Because one of the girls is the clan leader's first love? That would be funny.

The enemies started to fluster seeing how they can't win against just six girls. And their expert level mages started to cast magic randomly.

Rather than using magic to attack, it's as if they are showing what magic they can use. Even a normal Fireball will be much stronger if they focused on it. But I guess they're too stupid.

While I still laying on my side being forgotten by the two side. Or at least that's what I wished for.

Because things won't happen the way you wanted. Like how their clan leader is sneaking on me. He's not like Hill, right?

876 Taken as a Hostage

I was lying on my side with my head supported by my hand. Then the clan leader, the one who started all this, was sneaking up on me.

I was looking at the girls fighting while everyone was ignoring me. But it seems like he didn't ignore me at all.

He's trying to sneak on me from my blind spot. Though unfortunately, I don't have any blind spot. So I just let him do whatever he wants. Unless he ended up to be the second Hill. I have to protect my back side no matter what then.

Though he's sneaking so carefully. Not to avoid my sight, but also to avoid the girls' sight. Though I'm sure that Jewel has noticed him already.

To make sure to observe everything in the surrounding. That's what I taught my disciple. So she knows that I'm in danger.

Well, not really. I'm sure that she doesn't care at all because she knows that this clan leader won't be able to do anything to me. I'm just way too strong for any weaker than average expert level mage. Even if they are expert level lightning mage, an element which has the strongest offensive power, I can hold back quite well.

I sparred with Jewel a lot. So I have been shocked many times with her lightning magic. And I can say that any lightning magic that are weaker than Jewel's won't affect me much. Though I will still feel the shock, I can endure it with Aura covering my body.

The only problem after that is my hair which is straight and fabulous will stand up straight for a few hours.

Well, that would be funny. So I will stay here and let the man do whatever he wants except for the things that I don't want.

.....

But I think it will take some time before he can get here. Because he's extremely careful. Or slow.

He should have seen that the girls' magic were not that fast. And he should be an expert level mage. So he must have good enough physical ability to get here fast, right?

I guess the reason why there are many bad rumors about his clan but he could still roam free is because of his carefulness. Though this is annoying to wait.

Many people have fallen. Several have died already. But those who were alive were still fighting. As if they are happy that their friends died.

"If more of them died, then I can play with the girls for a longer time!"

I heard someone said that. Though most of the men were targeting the four girls from Gladius. No one targeting Jewel since she's in her rhino form all the time. And Nana, the oldest lady in the party, even have some fans.

Well, everyone has different tastes. I'll just let them do what they want. Though they ended up died or getting injured from the girls.

While Jewel is still running around, the girls started to get tired. Except for the two expert level mages who have more stamina and mana.

But the men also slowly getting depressed. Some of them have given up. They kept their distance to wait until all the girls were tired. But they got attacked by a rhino instead. They should not forget that there's a rhino running about.

Meanwhile, the clan leader of these thugs have gotten closer to me. And he has two other men with him. I guess it's to restrain me.

I think I remember these two men. Their clan have several expert level mages, and these two are expert level mages. The clan leader as well.

Though they're still no match against me even without Aura. But I still covered my body with Aura to protect myself from the magic that they will use.

Finally, they make their move. The two men grabbed me who was lying around and lifted me up. Now I'm standing again. But with both my arms being restrained. So it seems as if I'm unable to move.

How wrong they are.

"Stop fighting! Or I will kill this doctor!"

Kill the doctor? I guess saying "Kill the D-rank hunter," doesn't sound too threatening.

The girls stopped fighting out of worry. Did they forget that I was the one pulling them out from underground with just my physical strength? They should know that I can defeat these three in an instant. But I guess it has been so long since we last met so they forgot about it.

Meanwhile, there's one rhino who is still running wild. Ignoring the fact that her teacher is being taken as a hostage.

"Stop! I said stop! Or I will really kill this guy!" the clan leader shouted to Jewel.

"Jewel, stop! Roy is in danger!" Nana shouted.

But Jewel continued to ignore us. Even though she could hear us clearly.

Meanwhile, I'm just there acting scared.

"Ah. Help. I'm. In. Danger."

"What kind of person being monotone asking for help while being taken as hostage!" the clan leader said.

"This. Guy."

"You think this is a joke?! Fine, if that's what you want, consider this as the first warning! Lightning Shock!"

What kind of magic is Lightning Shock? I think it's the first time I've heard that.

Though now that I felt it, it seems to be the weakest lightning magic. And it also only affected me even though there are two men grabbing my arms.

Even though I said that it affected me, it only got my hair stand up straight. It's too weak to break through my Aura.

"...Is that it?" I asked.

"How are you still fine?!"

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Because I'm just too amazing.

Still, seeing that the girls other than Jewel are not doing anything, I guess I should get involved. Because if I don't, it will take way too long to handle

"I am fine because it will be too embarrassing if someone like you, only a weak expert level mage, can hurt someone like me who has reached master level in my summoning element," I said.

"M-Master level?!"

After I exposed my real strength, I released myself from the restraints, grabbed the two men's head, and hit them to each other. The brain matter of the two were flying around in pieces with just my strength. Even though I still haven't use my Aura to attack.

"N-no way!" the clan leader fell on his butt on the ground. And without using Divine Vision, I can see his pants is wet.

"What are you looking at? You have a fight to finish!" I said to the members of Gladius.

They realized that it's time to fight back when all the members of the enemy clan are shocked after seeing my strength. And they killed them all.

Though it's bad that they just killed anyone in sight. They should have killed those who can fly first.

I guess I'll take care of them. For those who have retreated early, I don't care about them. But these guys know that I'm a master level summoner. So killing them is the right choice.

Those who tried to escape, I just used Victoria as a bullet and shot her using air magic. And just like that, peace has returned.

"You're a master level?" Jessica asked.

"Oh, right. Don't tell this to anyone. Or just like the Princess, I will be targeted," I said.

"The Princess was targeted?!" Nana asked.

"Yes. There were too many of them, so they asked our clan for help. Or should I say that the Princess herself is already a member of the clan in the first place so we're just helping our own teammate? Well, whatever. Oh, kept the fact that she's a member of the clan as secret as well," I said casually.

"Does that mean even Angela and Kayla have reached master level?" Jessica asked.

"Kayla has reached master level. But Angela hasn't. Though if it's her, she will surely reach that level sooner or later. I think that's too much secret leaked for you. That's enough talking. Let's continue the journey again," I said.

"...Understood. What should we do with these corpses then? There are too many of them in the road. Then monsters will come from the smell. I guess we should move them first before we leave," Nana said.

"I'll take care of them!" Jewel said.

Then, Jewel who was still in her rhino form, transformed to another rhinoceros. And this one is the one that can use earth magic. Then she used earth magic to move them all out of the road, and bury them deep enough so that no one can notice them. And we're done.

We continued our journey in silence. Though that was just for a few minutes before someone asked Jewel about the clan and everyone else in it. Then everyone quickly acting like normal and continued talking after just one sentence from Jewel.

"My master is outside the common sense. So it's natural that everyone around him is the same."

...How could they believe such word so easily and treat me like normal again? They are also weird.

877 Splitting up with Jewel and Gladius

The day after we eradicated the entire clan that aimed for Gladius, we finally reached a city in Arturo. Though I have to say that we eradicated an entire clan because that clan got me involved for some reason. I mean they took me as a hostage!

Well, even if I didn't get myself involved with the fight, with Jewel alone, they can defeat them all. Though Jewel is so kind to her saviors that she let them fight while Jewel herself never used her full power.

On the way there, the party Gladius showed an interest to join my clan. But this time, I clearly refused them.

"I refuse. You have been a party together. And even after breaking up, you got back together again. And you have quite a reputation as well. If I let you in, you will be our weakest members. I'm sure that you don't have the pride to let that happen. So I will refuse right away."

That's what I said when we're talking about their interest in joining. Though in the end, they said that they prefer freedom. So they wanted to go on their own as being a party has much more freedom than being in a clan.

Though I know that I was right. They have too much pride in them that they won't allow to be the weakest members of my clan.

But if I said that we know how to improve their strength, they will happily join us even if they have to throw away their pride. But I didn't say that.

It's still afternoon when we reached the city. And as soon as we entered the city, we entered the guild to give the cards of the hunters we killed. Just to get the slightest wealth that they have.

Though I don't need them, it's still a good idea to tell the guild about what that clan was doing. And how bad they were.

.....

"Really? If it's that clan, then yes. We received a lot of bad rumors regarding them. And to think that they were targeting Gladius, I'm so mad about them. It's great that they were traveling with a member of Wolf's Crown, Jewel," the receptionist said.

Seems like that clan is famous in this city. After all, that clan's base is in this city.

There are few clans who would travel to another city, or even another country, just to do some mission. My clan is one of them. But most clan would only stay in one city and do some missions only around that city.

Sometime, they are also considered as the protector of the city. Though that's only sometime. After all, they are all still hunters. So they prefer to move for their own benefits rather than to protect some strangers.

But for clans with huge reputation, they will move to protect the people because that's what the people were expecting from them. Like that time during the tournament in Consenza, I saw some hunters helping us in the fight. When I heard from Claudia, she said that they were from a famous clan in the capital of Consenza.

Which means that that clan should be safe from the influence of the cult. Because there's no way that they would fight the cult if they are involved with the cult.

Anyway, I'm angry right now. Because the receptionist said that we're safe because Jewel is with us even though I'm her clan leader.

Should I gain some fame as a clan leader?

Well, the others will still be more active than me. So I think what I'm doing is already good enough. I'll just be happy that Jewel and the others gained some reputation.

After sharing the money we got from the clans, I want to know what Jewel will do from now on.

"Jewel, what will you do now?" I asked.

"What do you mean, Master?" Jewel asked back.

"I mean, you reunited with your saviors and friends. If you want, you can stay with them for a while. If so, then I will leave this city right away," I said.

There are people who know me here. Members of Gladius party. So I want to not gain too much attention here. Or someone will think that they are with me and will target them. They are too weak after all.

Though I think it will be me who will be targeted.

I asked Jewel if she wants to stay because they're her friends. She can teach them about how to use magic more efficiently and make them stronger if she stays with them. Then even though they won't join us, we can still get strong friends.

"Hmm... I'll stay. Since we have been separated for a long time, I have a lot to talk with them. Like many things that I have been through and I want to know what they have been through as well. I think I will stay here for a while," Jewel said.

Not only she understood my intention, she also said that she will stay here for a while. Meaning that she will investigate this city. My disciple has grown so smart.

"Then I will leave right away," I said.

"Leaving now? But the next city is a few days away. And you haven't even gathered enough supply for the journey," Jessica said.

"Don't you know his strength already? If he wants to, he could finish the journey in a few hours from Tatrama to Arturo. It's just that he doesn't have a reason to be in a hurry. So he took his time moving," Jewel explained.

"Oh, right. I guess he can do it then."

After that, I split up with Jewel and the other girls. Leaving the city only with Victoria and Breezy. Though after leaving for a while, I summoned Ray and ride him.

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"It's fun traveling with more people. But it's fun to be alone as well since we can go wherever we want!" Breezy said.

"Agreed. Though they are not strangers to us. And Jewel had a lot of fun talking with them. So it's great that we can coincidentally met up," I said.

Moving together is fine if we're not in a hurry. And moving alone is great because we can take our time and go wherever we want before we stop at our destination.

For now, before going to the peak of the mountain, I want to go to Bernard's place first. But before that, we can travel to another city and enjoy our time there.

To get to Bernard's city, I can easily get there using a portal. I already have a Blobby staying there. In a room in Bernard's mansion. Especially for me.

But if I'm riding Ray, I can get there long before the sun set. So I can take my time and look around everywhere.

For now, I will look around at the place that the circus didn't go before during the tour. There should be a small city and a few villages to visit. I guess I check the villages first before staying at the city. It's not like I have to meet Bernard today.

The first few villages, I saw some explosive devices in people's houses. So as a good person, I tried to break into their houses and kill the owners. But the better person, Victoria, stopped me and told me to contact Fabio so he can send agents to the village.

And so, that's what we did. The next time we saw unused explosive devices in someone's houses, that's what we will do. Contacting the king of the land.

Though if they're inside someone's mouth, I will just kill them. That's the simplest thing to do.

"But so far, we haven't find anything close to what we're looking for. Elemental Spirits. Breezy, you sensed any of them nearby?" I asked Breezy once in a while.

"Nope. And I'm started to get bored. Let's stop by a city and take some requests there!" Breezy suggested.

I guess it's time to stop looking around in villages and find a city. So we entered a city. And it's already afternoon, so we grabbed some easy requests from the guild that can be done before the gate to the city is closed.

Surprisingly, the clan in this city was very helpful to foreign hunters and rookie hunters. I think this place is the best for anyone to start their hunting career as the clan that is based here would help everyone in need.

Most of the members of the clans are old. I don't think I saw anyone younger than forty. Maybe they were famous hunters who have already retired. But since they don't know what to do in after retirement, they gathered together and built a clan that is helping everyone in the city. Especially young hunters.

One old man even suggested that he will help us looking for herbs. I tried to refuse, but he insisted because I'm a D-rank hunter. So I let him join us.

Thanks to Breezy, we gathered the herbs quickly. So we returned early as well.

The old man I'm with is a good person. He talked a lot about his experience. But from the sound of it, it seems like I have more experience than him.

Well, making relationship with someone new is not something bad at all. Just tiring.

878 Sara Reached Master Level

"Wow, you're so busy today," I said.

I have continued my journey and yesterday, I reached Bernard's mansion.

And today, he's stuck in his office with a lot of paperwork to do.

"Yes. Do you know that we are already preparing for the next tournament already? And I want to suggest that the tournament to be played here in this city. So I want to fix everything, prepare a big stage for the participants to perform, and many other things. Since there are no other city prepared to host the tournament, I expected my chance to be high. So I want to prepare for the best," Bernard said.

The tournament will start soon? Well, the kings are meeting at least every months. So maybe during that time, they spoke about the tournament. And I skipped it because it's not related to the cult.

If the tournament happened, with how many people has become stronger now, I guess everyone can expect something great. And there will be more participants as well since there are more countries that will participate.

Well, I don't know who will participate in the tournament from my group, but I will wish them the best.

As for me, I have no interest at all with the tournament. Even if the reward for the first place is huge, I don't think there will be anything that will interest me. Other than the cult's destruction obviously.

"Why here? Why not in the capital?" I asked Bernard.

.....

"When the cult almost conquer Arturo and had my father replaced by an impostor, this city was not influenced by the cult at all. And the people have learned of that fact. Even the citizens here took pride in that. So if we hosted the tournament here instead of the capital, the people of Arturo will know that there won't be any influence from the cult at all," Bernard said.

Hmm... maybe he's right. But does that matter?

Well, maybe it does matter. Especially to those who were victims of the cult. They might despise the cult as much as I do. So if the tournament is hosted here instead of the capital which has been controlled by the cult once in the past, the people will be happy.

Though the happiest one would be hunters and other mages. Because it seems that they all have the chance to participate in the tournament.

"So, how will the selection for the participants be conducted? If there are hunters, then they might not have any permanent residence. Which country will they fight for?" I asked.

"With more countries participating, there will be more chances for them to be included. They will belong to the country where they entered the selection from. I think we will have a small tournament like back then to decide who will participate. Like the one where colleges from all over Tatrama fight first. There's a possibility that they will go all over the continent and participate in the selection many times until they could participate. But that won't be a problem," Bernard said.

So, when a hunter like a member of Gladius party wants to participate in the tournament, but they failed to enter because they didn't pass the selection in Arturo, they can go to Tatrama and try it again. That's basically what Bernard said.

With more participants, there will be more fights. That will make everyone happy to have something to watch.

"When do you think that the tournament will happen?" I asked.

"If there's no movement from the cult, then it could happen probably within the next year. But if you find any traces of the cult, it might be delayed," Bernard said.

Back then, it was delayed many times as well. I guess they all love delay.

In many cities now, there are small scale tournament already. Set by the noble in charge of the city usually. Those who won a lot might enter the selection.

But there will be a lot competitors. Like from the army. People who have trained more than hunters especially because of the war. So they have bigger chance to win.

But if Angela is there, then the winner is obvious.

Maybe the tournament is started again because the kings wanted to introduce everyone who has reached master level to the people. Making the cult more afraid of us since we have more master level mages now.

That could be good as well. But I'm not involved at all with the next tournament other than to transport some people probably.

"Well, since you are busy, I will continue my journey. No need to see me off," I said to Bernard as I jumped out of the window of his office.

"It would be best if you stop jumping out of the window like it's normal thing to do. I don't want kids to try and copy you," Bernard said.

It won't be a problem if there are no one watching.

There's no need for me to stay here for a long time since I'm sure Bernard has taken precaution in case there are cult members here. Maybe he has gotten rid of the bad clan here as well.

Whatever. My goal is still to go to the peak of the continent. Though I have gone to a place higher than any peak. To the outer space.

Well, I don't need to go there anymore since we have Airy now. Improving my level with her around is much faster than going to the space. And it's kind of scary going there floating around without direction.

Just like usual, I stopped at the cities on the way and see if there are any clans that I need to watch out for. Though I don't think that there are any.

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And going to every city and finish some requests as soon as possible will just be suspicious. So I just try to find out about any clans without having to enter the guild.

Seems like a clan that has bad reputation is actually rare. It's just that I met them twice in the last few days since I started my journey, so I thought that they are common.

Though when there are more than one clan in one city, both clans usually hostile to each other. But they mostly compete in completing quests rather than fighting among each other. And the citizens put their trust on at least one of the clans. So when two citizens who supported different clans met, it's usually them who caused trouble instead of the clans.

It was quite funny to see. Though it's good that at least none of them are strong enough to cause big trouble. It's just a bar fight at most.

As for the two rival clans, when they met, they would ignore each other unless there's something to talk about. Like if there's a mission that both of them took at the same time.

Though when I watched them, they actually took care of the problem with the help of the guild master. So it's nice to see that people actually get along with each other.

Finally, after a few days of travel from Bernard's place, there's no more city to visit before I can finally climb the mountain.

"...It's so tall. Though if I run up there, I can get there in a few minutes," I said.

"Then I'll take a few seconds!" Breezy said. Trying to compete with me.

"With Ray, it will take even shorter time," I said. Not wanting to lose.

"Or we can just go there after a few days. I got a message from Sara saying that she will attempt to reach master level in her air element soon. Let's help her first before we climb up there. Once we're done with it, we can climb the mountain with Airy," Victoria said.

Why is she the one who received the message? I guess Sara knows that I would be too busy moving around so she contacted Victoria instead.

To think that she would reach master level in her air element so soon. If I didn't go around with Airy all the time, and Airy stayed with Sara, then she would have reached master level even sooner.

No, I'm not jealous at all that she reached master level in her air element.

Well... maybe a little.

Fine, I'll admit that I'm extremely jealous since I don't think that I can reach that level anytime soon. But at least I'm already a master level in my summoning element.

Sara attempted to breakthrough in Monsters World. And since there's no place where air mages can cultivate faster, like how wind mages can cultivate on Andro's back, it took a lot longer for her to reach master level than the others. Though thanks to Airy's help, it's not that long either. Just a month.

And then, Sara can shoot to a distance of more than 10 km without her bullet slowed down at all. I'm so jealous.

But at least we got another master level mage. And Sara is now focused in her earth element. I think she will be the first to reach master level in two of her elements.

Chapter 879 Relaxedly Climbing the Mountain

"Breezy, now that Airy has joined us, don't you want to stay with Kron again?"

Sara has reached master level. And so, Airy doesn't have to stay with Sara anymore. Unless Sara wanted to attempt to reach the stage beyond master level.

But there are too many things that we don't know about that stage. So for now, Sara and also those who have reached master level wanted to adapt to their new power first.

Even Kron is also training. And I guess that he stopped adventuring because he is training again. And that's why Breezy is still reluctant to leave.

"I'll stay with you guys for now. Kron is training hard and I don't want to bother him. At least until he's confident that he can use his new power well, I will stay with you guys. Though I'm sure that he has gotten used to his power. But he's just training so he won't be weaker than other master level mages," Breezy said.

"What about Airy? I won't stop at a city to buy some cakes now. So if you want, you can stay with Sara or other girls," I asked Airy this time.

"I ate a lot already thanks to Sara. I think I will stop eating cakes for now," Airy said.

I guess Sara treated Airy to a lot of cakes and sweets that Airy has gotten tired of them already.

climb that tall mountain and see if we can find any spirits there. Though if we could find any spirits on the way, that would be great Just how much did Airy eat for her to get tired? When will a lot be too much for a spirit who can't get full no matter how much she eats?

"Well, I guess you two will stay with me for a while then. We will climb that tall mountain and see if we can find any spirits there. Though if we could find any spirits on the way, that would be great as well. Tell me if you sensed anything," I said to the two spirits.

For Breezy, he's flying around. Though unlike the time when I took requests from the guild, he didn't fly far this time. I guess with the terrain here, it will be difficult for him to return to me if he flies too far from me.

As for Airy, she's staying at her usual spot, my shoulder. She's not as active as her brother.

With two spirits nearby, I'm sure that they can find other spirits easier. Though other spirits need to be closer to us first for them to notice.

As for my Divine Vision, I don't know if I could ever find them or not even if they are close to me.

Maybe with these two around, instead of finding an elemental spirit, they will be found by them instead? And those elemental spirits will approach us. That would be nice as well.

And so, we're climbing a mountain. Instead of a trail to the top, there's a wall in front of us. But it doesn't matter to us who started climbing the rock wall easily.

"I always wanted to climb a mountain in my past life. I thought that it would be cool if I have the strength to support my whole body with just the power of my grip as I climbed a wall by grabbing even the smallest thing I can hold to the top," Victoria said all of a sudden.

"Good for you that you can get your dream come true," I said.

"Like I said, climbing a wall by grabbing the smallest thing I can hold. This is not climbing like that at all! Who in the right mind climb a vertical wall by riding a horse! And the horse is just casually walking to the top as his hooves stick to the wall! It's not what I had in mind!" Victoria complained.

As she said, we're climbing the vertical rock wall by riding on Ray. While he's sticking his hooves on the wall as he walked up one step at a time.

We can easily go to the peak by flying. But I want to check everything in this mountain first. So we will go on foot. Or hooves. And check everything that I can see.

Then maybe we can find an elemental spirits. Or even if it's another earth spirit, I would be happy to have another one.

If it's another air spirit or wind spirit, I hope they can get along with Airy and Breezy.

"Victoria, if you want, you can climb the wall on your own," I said.

"...No need. Let's just continue climbing the wall like this," she said.

In the end, she won't climb the wall by herself. Why though? If it's her dream, even if it's just for a moment, it should be fine, right?

"Now that I'm here, I realized that I don't really have much interest in climbing the wall like that. Instead, it's best for me if we could reach the top as soon as possible. Rather than the act of climbing, I want to get to the peak right away. If our goal is not to find elemental spirits or finding the cult, I would ask you to reach the top right away," Victoria said.

The peak is still yet to be seen. And the air has already so thin.

Most people would have gotten sick at this height. But for us who can fly, it's not a problem. Though flying this high is actually rare for even wind mages.

But since none of us are normal humans, it's not a problem for us at all.

Soon after, while Ray is still walking up the rock wall, it became colder. So I grabbed my jacket using a portal and put it on.

I can protect myself using Aura, but I don't know what I will encounter on the way up top. Maybe some dangerous monsters? Or maybe even the headquarter of the cult itself? So I want to not use Aura as much as possible even with Ray here.

...Though as we continued climbing, it got even colder. And it's also snowing. So I used Aura to protect myself.

What is wrong with this place? Why is it colder than when I go to the space? Something is wrong.

Or rather, something is right. Very right. Because this could mean that there's an ice elemental spirit in this place.

"Airy, Breezy, do you guys think that there's an ice spirit nearby?" I asked the two spirits.

"It's likely! I feel like we will have more friends! I hope the next spirit we found is an adventurous spirit who likes to move around!" Breezy said.

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"If they like to move around, they won't stay here all the time though," I said.

Breezy already confirmed it. That there's a spirit nearby.

And since it got colder as we slowly reached the top, I'm sure that the source of this phenomenon is there. Somewhere higher.

Not sure if it's at the peak or just somewhere on the way there. But it's up there.

The closer we are to the peak, the colder it is. Much colder than space. So I assumed that there would be more than one ice spirit in this place.

"Airy, Breezy, how many ice spirits do you think there are? It's way too cold up here," I said.

"I feel like there are a lot of them," Airy said.

Maybe because it's way too cold for any ordinary human, even if they are master level mages, unless they are ice mages or fire mages, it will be difficult for them to stay here.

Also, I don't think that anyone would just come all the way here to enjoy themselves. So I don't think any humans are up there.

Though if there's any human up there, that person is extremely suspicious.

Wait, I am extremely suspicious!

Whatever. I just hope that the spirits won't be hostile to me.

But still, no matter how high I climbed, I still can't see the peak. Will it reach outer space? If so, I should be able to see it from afar.

Wait, why did I only able to see how high this place is after I get close? Don't tell me that the whole mountain is actually a dungeon?

This might be dangerous then. Good thing that I split up with Jewel. If not, she might join me all the way here. Though I can just return her back home using a portal.

"Breezy, has Kron ever come here?" I asked Breezy.

"I don't think so. If I ever see a mountain so high like this, I would have asked Kron to climb it right away," Breezy said.

Which means that there's some kind of illusion magic protecting this mountain to be seen from far away. Or maybe only those who climb the mountain can see how high it really is.

Illusion, huh? I didn't sense any magic when I get close. Maybe there are other secrets in this mountain than just elemental spirits.

Whatever it is, I hope that they won't be hostile to us. Unless they are part of the cult. If so, they can be hostile to me as much as they want. Because I will kill them all.