After calming down, Calvin ordered Learner to break the stone around the metal.
Complying, she got closer to the Pillar, and put a hand on it "Break."
And with a word, the entire pillar crumbled, leaving only the metal behind.
Tsubaki widened her eyes at the sight "What kind of magic was that?"
Learner turned to her While making two pebbles swirl on the palm of her hand. "Earth Magic"
Calvin, on the other hand, closed his eyes and extended his hand 'This Is simple enough'
The crude Damascus shone for a split second before separating into small cubes, and after it was done, all that was left was a big stack of identical light blue cubes.
Grabbing one of the cubes, Tsubaki stared at it with gawking eyes "Wh- what kind of magic is this?"
Waiting for a response from Calvin, all she got was more questions, as the cube she had on her hand started floating into a small pouch on Learner's hand "How the…?"
She couldn't believe her eyes, even as a blacksmith, she had seen her fair share of magic but never something even remotely close to this.
Once all the cubes were on the pouch, Learner pulled on the leather loop and strapped it to the other side of her hip, having a pouch on each side now.
Calvin chuckled at Tsubaki's reaction "Heh, Let's just say that it is Space magic, alright?" with a finger over his mouth.
Tsubaki nodded mindlessly, thinking about all the utility that such magic could bring her.
Calvin then snapped his fingers, making Drake appear behind a wall that it slowly came out of.
Tsubaki woke out of her stupor and readied for battle, putting a hand on her sheathed katana.
Calvin stopped her by raising a hand "Calm down, he's a friend" walking over to the beast and touching its scales.
Tsubaki relaxed, walking over to the beast and touching it too as a low growl came from Drake's maw "Another Xenos…?"
Wiene flew on top of Drake, and extended her hand to Tsubaki "Yes, He doesn't talk but he's kind and strong!"
Calvin raised an eyebrow at her statement 'How could it develop a personality?' As far as he knew, it was just a machine that he'd give orders to 'Specially since it shouldn't remember anything past a few seconds seeing as I don't have [Continuity] in [Chained Spirit]'
But he let it be and hopped onto Drake's back.
Learner followed right behind, but when she put a foot on Drake, its legs gave out. Pinning the beast to the ground.
Calvin turned to her and said: "You should lose some weight" earning a blank look from her and giggles from the other two.
Learner rolled her eyes and thought about how to make the bags lighter.
Bending gravity was beyond her at the moment, but she could just make them float a little, enough for them to not weigh as much.
When she did that, Drake managed to stand up and began moving.
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Reaching the Spiraling stair that led to the surface, he made Drake go away and dispelled it as soon as it was out of sight, giving Tsubaki the excuse of it being tired and wanting to go home.
In reality, he didn't want to bring it to the surface as some adventurers might recognize it from its appearance in Rivira.
And after a few minutes of going upstairs, they were finally on the surface.
With the Sun beginning to set, they went straight to the guild.
Tsubaki decided to accompany them, as Learner was the only one capable of lifting the Space pouch containing the precious metal.
Reaching the Guild's door, Calvin was amazed at the sight.
The guild had been remodeled while he was stuck at the mansion, it was no longer a 2-story building a bit bigger than a normal house.
It was now a half-block 3-story building. The doors were almost 3 meters in height and 2 meters wide. Probably to accommodate the different shapes and sizes of Xenos.
Inside, the view got even more amazing. The first floor was split into multiple sections.
In of the corners was what seemed to be a giant bulletin board with countless quests and announcements. On top of that were some wooden letters that spelled "Quests"
On the other corner were a bunch of tables and seats, which Tsubaki decided to wait in.
And past the middle was a counter that ran from wall to wall, taking the entire middle section of the hall.
Multiple lines of people waiting for their turn to speak with the various guild staff at the other side of the counter.
On the left-most side of the counter was a stair going up to the second floor which went from the counter back. Essentially being a partial second floor.
Various people leaning on the railings, and chatting on the couches and tables. The second floor seemed to be a place for adventurer parties to gather.
All being lit by yellow stones attached to the ceiling, and a big fancy chandelier in the middle.
Being done admiring the place, Calvin went to the counter, on the side which had some letters spelling "Magic Stone Exchange", seeing a familiar face.
"Welcome to the new and improved adventurer's guild" Greeted the Half-Elf at the other side of the counter.
Calvin recognized her, as the one whom he first met when he came to the guild "Hello, we come to exchange some Magic stones"
The girl pressed a button on what seemed to be some sort of typewriter-Esque contraption on the counter "Alright, please put them here"
As soon as she said that a Drawer opened on the customer side of the counter, which Calvin looked at with a troubled face "Don't you have a bigger drawer or something to put more stones in?"
The girl looked at him strangely "No… but… how many stones do you have?"
He thought about it a little 'Let's see we had around 13 sacks full of stones, and each sack had like 50 to 60 stones… 13 times 50…'
He looked at the girl, still thoughtful "A couple hundred?"
The receptionist's eyes widened as she slammed her hands on the counter and leaned forward "What!?"
Her scream made the guild deadly quiet, while everyone's eyes turned to see the source of the scream.
This lasted a second but to her, it felt like an eternity, with a light blush on her face, she cleared her throat and fixed her glasses. "Ahem, that is quite a substantial amount indeed. Luckily, we do have a solution for this kind of situation"
She then walked to the side and opened a latch below the counter, lifting one segment of the counter "Please come in and follow me"
Calvin along with Learner and Wiene followed the Half-Elf, looking around the other side of the hall, full of libraries and archives.
Reaching a door in the back of the hall that led to a long corridor with various doors. The receptionist went through one of them and the group followed behind.
The room had a table in the middle with a thin crystal slab on top of it, and some sort of slightly elevated metal platform that covered half of the room's floor. And on the wall, was counter counting up to 10 digits.
The girl sat on one of the chairs, inviting him to sit on the other in front of her.
The girl then pointed, at the metal platform "Please put all of your stones there, seeing as you don't carry any bags, I suppose that you have some sort of storage type Artefact?"
Calvin's eyebrows rose slightly 'This girl sure is perceptive' he snapped his fingers making Learner empty the Space Pouch on the platform.
The girl took out a silver pen and copied the numbers of the wall counter onto the crystal slab, after which she pushed it o Calvin "Alright here comes the final part, just put your hand on it"
Calvin complied and placed his hand on the thin slab, making a hologram appear above it. Just like those that appeared when Hestia updated his level.
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Calvin Gadsint (17)
Hestia Familia
Level 3
V= 13.500.000
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The hologram receded onto the crystal slab, making it glow for a second until it suddenly shattered.
Calvin looked at the girl, a bit worried that he might've broken the device.
The girl simply pushed the shards to the side revealing that one part of the slab was undamaged "Don't worry it's part of the process" lifting the rectangular part and handing it to him.
Taking the crystal shard, he looked at it and saw the same words that were in the hologram just a few moments earlier "Oh…"
Getting up, the girl explained "That is the new adventurer card, you can now put and withdraw valis from it as well as transfer it from card to card, almost every shop owner has one of these, meaning that you can use it anywhere in Orario"
Calvin got up and pocketed the new card giving the Girl a handshake "Thank you"
The girl blushed a little but kept her composure "Now if you follow me…" She then led them to the counter once again and waving her hand she saw them off "Please come again!"
Saying their goodbyes, they reunited with Tsubaki and left the guild.