Some New Friends II

I must have been visibly confused, since they both looked at me and then Merlin said. "He must not know the layout of our world yet, Lancelot; we should teach him before moving on." Lancelot groaned at that, looking like he really didn't want to. "The world is made of 2 different hemispheres because there are 2 different kingdoms, the Arthurian Kingdom, where we are now, and the Plassian Empire."

"The other half of the world is ocean, so the other kingdom is 25% the size of the planet. If you said that Count Demixen was there, you must've been in Plassian territory originally; you must've run into Arthurian territory after a while."

"How about a map? I can read one of those and pinpoint where I was that way." Merlin looked disappointed but agreed. After he took out the map, the system asked me a question. [Would you like to know where you spawned into this world? Y/N] Yes, I would. I could see a highlighted point on the map.

"I guess this is where I spawned." I placed my finger on the place where I was; it was a large coliseum-like building. Merlin looked at me stunned. "That's 750 miles away from where we found you. How long were you running?"

"I ran from about noon to sunset." Merlin's look changed from intrigued to concerned. "That's 10 hours of running! Did you take a break at all?" "No, why would I take a break and let them catch me?"

Alice barged in behind me and tackled me to the ground. "How could you leave a lady all alone like that?" Lancelot got her off of me. "Now is not the time to bicker. If the Plassian Empire plans on weaponizing God Candidates against us, we have to retaliate." "Why are you so worried? Both of you are Aces."

Merlin and Lancelot looked at me, and after they processed what I had said, I was grabbed and taken to another room. Alice looked sad to see us leave her again. "How did you find out we are Both Aces?" I shrugged. "Why wouldn't you two be Aces?"

They looked at each other and then back at me. "They have 2 Aces as well, and to be frank, they are stronger than us." "Is it their King and Archmage as well?" Lancelot replied, "We don't know who their Aces are, but they have more than just Aces. They have Berserker Bladers."

"What the fuck is a Berserker Blader?" "It's a person that has an olden Deity as a sword, in which they can harness the power of the olden Deities. There are currently only 5, though, so it's manageable to a point. The weakest one was able to destroy a meteor the size of the entire Plassian Territory at roughly 20% of their power. They are locked from the greater uses until they become a certain strength."

I looked him directly in the eye. I couldn't tell if he was actually afraid or just didn't go to war, and it was irritating me that he wouldn't be honest. [System Gifted you a Skill] [Mind Reading Level 1 unlocked] [Mind Reading Level 1 activated]

{Me and Merlin could easily get rid of the Berserker Bladers, but the problem is that we would have to fight the Aces, and we don't have men capable enough to beat a Berserker Blader. An Ace is capable enough to fight against a Deity, so they would be the real threat.} [Mind Reading Ended]

"You both can train me." They looked shocked at the suggestion. "Could you even handle casting stronger-tier magic? You have Haste, Speed Burst, and Like the Wind, but 2 of those are F-Grade and the other is D-Grade." [Flare] Lancelot sliced through the flare without an issue. "Why did you cast fireball at us?" 

Did I really hear them right? They thought I cast a fireball? "Fireball is another D-Grade spell, Good to know you have offensive capa-" "That was a flare, not a fireball." I cut off Merlin, but what he heard made him instantly look confused. "Flares are about the size of something like a baseball; that was much larger than that."

I pulled up my spell list to show to Merlin. [Flare: F Grade] [Haste: F Grade] [Speed Burst: F Grade] [Like The Wind: D Rank] He looked stunned; it was actually just a flare. "Could you show me your stats, Damon?" I pulled up my Status Window to show him my stats. [System rejects others viewing your Stats]

"This is amazing; I can't look at your stats. I haven't met someone with a status window I couldn't read." "You can't break past it with your Magic Merlin?" "I can't, Lancelot; this is truly fascinating." They went and whispered to each other back and forth until finally saying, "We will be training you; you start tomorrow."

[Status Window]

[Mortal, Name: Merlin]

[Title: Founder of Magic]

[Level: ?]

[Grade: Ace]

[Divinity: 0]

[Strength: 5,000]

[Agility: ∞]

[Defense: 25 Mil]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Magic Aptitude: ∞%]

[Mana: ∞]

[Status Window]

[Mortal, Name: Lancelot]

[Title: King of Heroes]

[Level: ?]

[Grade: Ace]

[Divinity: 0]

[Strength: ∞]

[Agility: ∞]

[Defense: ∞]

[Stamina: ∞]

[Magic Aptitude: 20%]

[Mana: 500,000]