Plot of the local lord(Revised) – A New World Arc (8)

2 days after we went to Welcia, seeing the city's state, today, it isn't any better than what it was 2 days ago. We found alive and half-dead monsters along the way, the condition of the villagers didn't change, they were still in the grip of the Goddess's mind control, unfortunate souls.

We were reluctant to go into the guild, both Hana and I looked at the door for a while before opening it.

We waited around the adventurer's guild, if the information Mieko gave us was true, our classmates should arrive here, even those who are not brainwashed. It's a double-edged sword for the academy to do this, on the one hand, they gain experience in fighting but on the other, they are putting their 'Heroes' at risk.

!I suppose I will correct your statement, they bring humans that are of the tank class, and they take the hits for them so the heroes do not lose health. The academy employs this strategy often when they summon heroes!

"Hey, you two, Over here"- Hidaka Masamune, one of the boys that didn't get brainwashed, the same guy who pleaded with the king to spare our lives, he is at the adventurer's guild today, but strangely, there isn't anyone with him, no teacher, no guide, no one. I wonder if the information was true.

I moved my hand signaling him to come to us, on our side of the guild, he was pretty far away when he shouted at us. We want him closer, we don't want anyone to hear us talking.

Masamune moved to our spot, his steps quick and light through the big crowd of adventurers, clearing the distance between us in no time at all.

"Mieko snitched on you two to the king. I know the whole story already, but you two need to be careful, he employed Lord Welcia and Lord Ikrek's persona armies to deal with the two of you, be careful when you walk outside, or you go home, you might have a nasty surprise waiting for you."- He spoke while removing his glasses and, moving his left hand in his pockets, pulling out a piece of cloth and wiping his glasses.

"That harlot! She made our lives harder. Why did she do that? I swear if I find her I am going to tear her a new one"- This is our cue, King Wieka set this up for us, with the little control over his actions that he has now, he wants you to take out the bad apples in the basket. He already told us about Lord Ikrel and Lord Welcia that we need to eliminate them. He wouldn't tell us that if he wasn't sure about this.

"Sia, is there any news about Goddess Ifrit"

!No news currently, but the mind control still has a strong effect, only people who don't believe in the Goddess were not affected. I suspect that the classmate who betrayed the two of you was coarsed into doing this by some of the brainwashed people at the academy. To me, after my analysis, she isn't the type that can hold a secret for long!

"I don't know what will he do but he said that he will patrol the city of Welcia to see if you 2 are here. If you 2 are found out you will have to deal with both his guards and himself, the lord is about level 13 and his guards level 10, they are pretty strong so be careful"- Wait, level 10? Are they joking? I am level 24 and Hana is level 18, I hope they are kidding.

"Wait, just level 10? That won't be a problem then"- We looked at Masamune, somewhat disappointed.

"Wait, what are your guy's real levels? If you don't mind me asking that is"- Masamune looked at us again

!I suggest you tell them your real level. It will be beneficial, despite his scaredy-cat nature, Masamune has enough courage to keep your secret from being found out.!

"I am level 24 and Hana is level 18"- I leaned in to whisper to Masamune.

"That high?"- He almost yelled but he put his hands over his mouth in time for no one to hear.

"It's not a high or difficult level to reach. Look, we only need some time to prepare at home, he didn't come home to us so the lord does not know where we live so it will be better for us to discuss things at my house."- It was a lie, King Wieka knew about our house but he chose to erase his memories of us when we last met him, he didn't have any memories, but I guess some fragments lingered and he almost recognized us, but I doubt it, since we were using the disguise of my Primordial skill.

The door opened to reveal the other students of Welcia Academy, mainly the otherworlders, and some of our classmates that were there.

I used appraisal on the other classmates and their levels were no more than level 10, and their stats are 10 times weaker than ours, what is going on? They are heroes, they are supposed to have higher stats than these

!They didn't get any experience on the field like you and Hana, their stats won't go up unless they have battled on the field with real opponents. If you want to give them a boost you can have them kill wolves with you for quests. This is another reason why the academy wished to take on quests from here to improve their practical experience. As a clarification, exp points are not the only things that count, your battle experience is taken into consideration when calculating your stats.!

"OK, When you have time, come to the same spot if you remember, that same spot close to our house, where we met the first time."

"OK, just wait here for me.

We waited for Masamune at the guild, in the meantime, we took on a few wolf-killing requests, but nothing major happened, aside from us learning that Welcia had a wolf population increase during this time.

Masamune, Hana, and I walked toward our house, Masamune looked reluctant to do anything, and we got jumped by a few wolves.

"Come on Masamune, you deal with them. Raise your level, gain more battle experience"- Masamune steadied his posture and grabbed his staff, he began to recite an incantation for a fireball spell, it's strange that we never need to use an incantation.

!Because of one of my secondary effects and because of the mastery skill that you both possess, with even 1 mastery skill you can cast any spell without an incantation!

"Come on Masamune you can do it!"- I am cheering him on from behind, he took a step back and turned to me. A few more wolves jumped out of the bushes.

"Are you guys crazy, there are 9 wolves in total, can you guys take that much on?"- He looked at us scared out of his mind. His hands shaking on his staff.

"Sure"- I and Hana killed the wolves in an instant using our skills and weapons, Hidaka looked at us again disheartened.

"How am I supposed to do that!?"- He looked at us again.

"You can do it, just take use the most powerful spell you got!"- Masamune began to recite the incantation again, closing his eyes and managed to kill one of the wolves with his spell and then got the courage to kill the rest of the wolves with his spells, he looked happy when he managed to kill every wolf in the way, he levelled up to level 15. Wait a minute, he level up too fast!

!He levels up faster because he is a hero, a hero gains 3 times more exp than a monster, but monsters tend to be 10 times more powerful than heroes are anyway, so you shouldn't worry, he won't be a threat, you can take him down even now and it won't pose much of a challenge for the 2 of you!

Why did had to suggest the dumbest thing ever now?

When we reached our house we could see a strange man standing there looking through our things in the house, well, we keep everything important in my spatial storage but it's still irritating that he had to search through our house.

"That's the lord guys, those short and slender guys dressed in green clothes, and next to him are his guards"- Masamune pointed to a short and slender guy, the same one searching through our house.

"Well, we will just have to wait here I assume, but I have an idea, Hana, go and spy on them, I hope you evolved the skill into Shadow Walk by now"

"Sure, it did evolve"- She whispered and activated her skill, crouching away from us and going near the Lord and his guard to listen to their discussion.

"Wait, you guys have skills that evolved? We don't even have that. I have my special explosion skill and my analyst skill but they haven't evolved yet"- Hidaka looked at me, I think he wanted me to be his teacher or something.

"Go to the skills shop in Welcia and ask for an intelligence skill like Great Sage or Great Wise Man and ask the shopkeeperr for skill combinations and then you will be able to evolve and combine your skills with other skills to form stronger skills.

"Ok, I understand. I will tell the rest of our classmates the information then. Don't worry, I will only tell a few of them".