Chapter 4 - Section 4: Sitrep

Having come down the stairs and being greeted Hercacles was now sitting at a bar table across from Satou and Kurama.

He didn't say anything yet but the moistness of his eyes was fairly evident, that he was beyond pleased his Master had safely returned.

"So from what I've gathered in the few hours since we arrived, things are not going well?"

"No not really, the priests from the goddess faith fear any change or harmony between the pantheons and began a religious war as soon as Hellenism began to spread from our humble temple on the outskirts. Our believers are arrested tortured to give up their brothers, and then killed in horrific ways before being buried without blessing"

"And the guards and king are behind the church?"

"Well not really the guards are in the pocket of the church as the church has offered up a reward for the capture and extermination of our faith, the king doesn't care as he thinks conflict will breed better fighters which he can challenge."

[Muscle brain country led by a muscle brain king...]

"We as bad as things are it's good to see you're doing well considering how long we got trapped for"

"Yes indeed, we waited for quite a while hoping you'd return before Lady Raisa's temper got the better of her and we left for the capital in an attempt to see if we could find news of you being transported somewhere else"

"Yeah sorry, we got stuck in an instance dungeon so we technically didn't ever leave the last place we were at"

"Hmm that makes sense since we weren't a party at the time only you would be able to see the entrance and if it were the type you mentioned that would've made it even more difficult to return"

"That's right but I'm back now and I'll do what I can to assist you and your followers in being able to survive this unjust treatment"

"Thank you, milord!"

The trio continued to talk, drink and eat until the sun's rays had once more shifted into the colours of night when a group of citizens entered the bar.

""Greetings Magistrate Heracles, who are these two?""

"May the blessings be with you. This is my master Seer Satou the leader of our order, who has come to deliver us from the unjust church"

[Seer?]

Not saying a word the group of new arrivals all prostrated themselves before Satou and started doing some form of chanting under their breath.

"Please raise no offence taken, be as you would normally"

The new group joined a separate table and the tactical discussions began.

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The conclusion of these discussions provided Satou with a much better understanding of the situation in the capital.

To put it lightly, the situation was untenable.

The church centred in the capital had already been circulating propaganda for months about the evil of the Hellenics and the faithful were hunted down one by one until only a few cells remained undetected but were still ruthlessly hunted by the clergy and the knights.

Out of the capital containing hundreds of thousands of residents less than a thousand Hellenics remained and even of those most were not in a position to fight back but had yet to abandon their new faith even when confronted with this new adversity.

As he mulled the new information over while sitting on his bed in the room provided above the bar, petting Kurama's head who'd fallen asleep in his lap.

[How best to save those who are being persecuted just because of my and Herc's involvement in this world?]

[Well we could wage war against the church but with our merger numbers even if I used my skill to arm them all we still wouldn't stand a chance, and the option of staying here isn't advised as guerrilla tactics would only prolong the situation and most likely result in even harsher treatment for those captured during the war.

The best plan really would be an exodus to evacuate the faithful to somewhere they can live in peace but so long as they stay in this country they'll be hunted, so it'd be better if they could leave to another country but 1000 citizens will take weeks to migrate all the while being targeted by the knights and kingdoms armies under the influence of the church]

Mulling the options over he pulled up his menu and began searching for a solution that would help when he noticed a series of changes within the menu.

First off he noticed that his available magic had been increased since he levelled up and ranked up

[Havok lvl 1] [ Chaos lvl 1] [Demonic Charisma Lvl 1] [Toll of the Dead Lvl 1] [Unseen Servant Lvl 1] [Flock of Familiars lvl 1] [Depilate] [Implant Urge]

New spells had been added since he ranked up to being a Warlock but since magic aside from summoning wasn't a big part of his combat strategy until now he rarely if ever checked the magic tab, but with it came a new series of plans that would allow the removal of threats to the Hellenics.

The second thing he noticed was a new skill [Auto-Loot lvl 1] which upon checking allowed him to collect the loot dropped when harvesting and killing monsters automatically without needing to pick everything up himself, as it was only lvl 1 the radius where it was effective was only 1ft around him but as it levelled up he'd be able to collect even distant target he killed with ranged attacks.

With this new knowledge and the skills he'd trialed out before Satou finally had a gameplan on how to deal with the church and should those fools press him further he had a final trump card to bring the capital to its knee's regardless of how powerful the king might be.

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Satou (Kokei) Ekiken Age: 27

Race: Human Level: 43/45 +1 (Lvl: 103) +1 Class: Warlock summons 84 max +1

Title: From Another World, Dungeon Conqueror (54-Pale Grotto), Dungeon Master (54)

Health C Mana B

Strength D Dexterity D +1

Vitality D Intelligence B

Agility C

Unique Skill: Gamer [Yggdrasill] - DLC:

 Minion Control (2) +1

 Auto-Loot (1)

 Skills:

 Deception (2), Mana Sense (4), Mana Manipulation (6), Mana Vision (5), Demonic Charisma (1), Flock of Familiars (1)

 Magic

 Magic Hand (2), Fire Magic (1), Lightning Magic (1), Dark Magic (3), Light Magic (4) Havok (1), Chaos (1), Toll of the Dead (1), Unseen Servant (1), Depilate, Implant Urge

 Summon (4)

 Beast DEFG

 Insect DEFG

 Bird DEF

 Grass DE

Stone D

 Professions:

 Alchemy (6), Blacksmithing (2), Cooking, (2), First Aid (5), Herbalism (2), Leatherworking (2), Mining (1), Scavenging (7), Skinning (4), Tailoring (2), Treasure Hunting (2)