After about an hour of begging, I let the girls come with me. I had been prepared to bring them along in the first place, but they looked so cute when they were pouting.
We all had magic, so it felt like a waste to use money on weapons. Although I do still have my dagger, and Myria still had her pair. Little did I know, but... Yumi and Nera had their own weapons already.
Nera swung a massive, two-handed scimitar around, almost as if it was nothing, as well as deftly stringing a beautiful ornamental looking great bow. They fluidly shifted between these two forms.
Yumi, on the other hand, made a few soft sparks appear as she clashed her pair of claws together. Each had roughly four, fifteen centimeter long blades. It could also shift into a massive scythe, much to large for her body, but she still moved it with ease.
"Okay... can I get an explanation here?"
Yumi and Nera both looked up. They had been heavily distracted by playing with their weapons.
"Ah. sorry Massster. Hehe. We found out that we could sssummon these when we got ssstronger, thanksss to your blood. They are our Sssoul Weaponsss. Ssspecial weaponsss we carry within ourselvesss."
"Nera calm down. Your hissing is getting out of control, and it's incredibly adorable."
In an instant a puff of steam blasted from her ears. Yumi giggled softly and patted her snakey companions shoulder.
"We are much too cute for our own good."
"Yes you are, but don't let it go to your head. Otherwise, no more late night fun."
Both girls blushed and went quiet, smiling to themselves. My compliments already went to their heads.
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We had traveled for a while, when a sudden arrow was deflected by my flames. It simply burst into ash as my fire faded away.
"Looks alive girls."
Yumi, Nera and Myria all brandished their weapons. They... really don't look scary at all. I'll reward them for adorableness later.
My flames spread across my body, slowly covering my hands as I pulled my dagger from my inventory.
'Simple Iron Dagger
Atk +2
Dex+1'
Stats I don't even see in my window appeared as my system scanned the dagger in my hand. It's honestly... weak. Incredibly weak.
Looking around, my system scanned the area.
"Fifteen goons, three higher tiers, and one above them all. That must be the Dark Lord. The higher tiers are probably mages."
The girls nodded as we began to make our way towards them.
KBOOM
A sudden blast pushed us back slightly.
'Level Up'
I'm level two now? Or well, fifty-two? But how?
"Syrus, Dark Lords give you their levels when they die. Something only you can do. That Dark Lord... they died. You need greater experience to level now, but he was a able to level you at least once."
"What the hell just happened?"
Yumi and Nera were bewildered, while Myria just floated overhead, casually.
In the dust cloud, a thin figure was standing over the bodies of the many bandits. A single person that could wipe them all out.
DDING
'Danger Task-
-Befriend or Subdue the Hero!'