So with all that barbecue and lots of wine, I made my way in to the camp. Surprisingly, no one even noticed my tattered clothes. I guess that makes sense since almost half of them, men and women, are almost out of clothes drinking and partying so hard.
Once again, the organizer of the camp is either a powerful entity or just plain crazy stupid. Well, I better be thankful since their stupidity is my gain.
I abandoned my top clothes and placed myself at least at the end of the group. Some ladies were passing wine and meat and I started joining the party.
The wine is not that great and nothing compared to the mana converted wine but it does complement the meat which I guess is a monster meat.
I had three huge cups of wine and I started to have confidence to start my plan. You see, the necklace does not only work with monsters, it also works with humans. That means, it's time to start the hunt.
I surveyed the area and focused myself to the people who are the loners and heavy drinkers. One by one, I started extracting mana essence and for every group of five, I got a bottle of mana converted wine.
I did not drink it yet but gathered them all in a bag I stole from one of them. I even stole some boots and clothes. I really am grateful for these people so I decided not to finish them all.
It's around midnight when I already finished my extraction job and I collected twelve bottles of wine. I decided to leave the party early and return to the find another place to finish levelling up.
I glanced at everybody as if to say goodbye however all of them already have collapsed. Then, I noticed something was out of place. It took me a few seconds to realize what was wrong and the incoming people confirmed it. I grabbed the bag and started running to a nearby tree and climbed it.
There were at least twenty people who arrived late. They were fully batty ready but I just can't seem to see where the weapons are.
One guy who was in front which I assumed is the leader of the group signalled half of his men to encircle the camp. The leader walked towards one of the guys that I extracted mana essence.
First, he slapped the man so hard but still the man did not wake. He was out of mana and heavily drunk, there is no way he would wake up even if you slap him until the sun rise up tomorrow. But still the leader slapped him until he was satisfied.
He took something out of his pocket and it turned to a bow and three green arrows. He aimed the first one to the person's head, then the heart and lastly the person's head down below. It was just overkill.
The person started laughing crazily and then signalled his men to finish the remaining ones. The armored men did not waste a second and started summoning their weapons and killing the opponents by slitting their throat.
"Young Lord, I already counted and there are three people missing." (Soldier 1)
"Oh nothing to worry about that, those three women are inside the town. Nothing to worry, it will be too late before they have any idea what happened here. I will take care of them myself. Get ready to clean this one up and toss the bodies inside the dungeon. Clean the site as well and collect all valuables." (The leader)
"Yes, young lord." (Soldier 1)
I was heartbroken. Not by the fact that they all died, I couldn't care less about that. I was stupid enough not to gather the weapon. In my defense, I totally have no idea what the weapons look like. There is no crying over spilled milk and I am still lucky about my harvest.
There is one thing I am really looking forward to and that is to beat the shit out of that young lord. I mean giving an arrow to the face is understandable. Arrow to the heart still good and one could say a mercy shot. But intentionally targeting the balls, just plain crazy. It maybe the human in me speaking, but I want payback.
I would have punched his face but the necklace already vibrated three times so I got to hold myself back. I just waited for them to finish and went away.
Luckily, I made my way back to my original place and started gulping the wine. I noticed that the wine I got from the monsters is colored silver while mana extracted from humans is a pale colored red wine. Additionally, mana converted wine seems to be stronger or should I say little bit heavy.
I have to drink one bottle of wine to level up to Tier 1 High Class. I can already feel stronger by the way the mana is surrounding my body.
I decided to continue and poured the wine bottle by bottle. I felt excruciating pain as I observed that I am shedding some skin like a snake. I am evolving to a higher level and the feeling of ecstacy drowned the pain. I must have shouted for many hours until I passed out.
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Gutter Town
Pier Hooke Inn
Sounds of knocking can be heard echoing through the hall. Moments later, a door opened up revealing a lady on a night gown with a battle axe on her right hand.
"Milord, this is unacceptable, it's the middle of the night, can you at least wait until morning for this?"
Standing on the door is the same man Titan saw as the leader of the armored men, the young lord of Gutter Town, Arrhole Toff.
"Apologies Lady Marietta, I have a package received earlier addressed to Lady Orion to be delivered as soon as possible. I dare not disobey due to the sender of the package." (Arrhole)