In next morning, I left the girls in their rooms and headed to the guild to accepting our quest officially. Upon reaching the guild, I noticed there were various quests posted the guild's board. Some of them were monster hunting, while others were gathering herbs and even investigating strange places. There were also quests like babysitting or doing chores. Among all those, I also saw a quest that could pique the curiosity of any genetic engineer not just me. It was [Hunting Mega Slimes]. There seem to have the sighting of shape-shifting slimes. I wonder what kind of things are they? I can't help but remember a certain alien Ben 10 fought as child I think they were called Limax. Anyway, I pushed this thought to the back of my mind found the quest I was looking for. [Letter Delivery Request to the capital, with expanses covered and seven silver coins reward]. But I noticed the client who posted the request, Zanac. If memory serves me well, it was the same guy who bought Touya's school uniform in the anime.
Now, let's take the girls and see this man [Fashion King Zanaz]. I can take the quest alone, but I believe the girls would want to take some clothes.
When I entered the inn, I took a seat and sent a message to Natasha through the watch to come for breakfast. I waited for them to appear sitting on an empty table which was the only empty table available and took out one book about magic and started reading, just to pass the time. After a while of waiting, I was approached by a pair of identical little girls, whose age was around 15 years. I guess they were twins, the two of them were so alike that I almost thought I had been seeing double, if not for their hair. Both of them wore black jackets and white blouse along with back skirts. One of them had long hairs while the other was short-haired.
"Excuse me!? Would you mind if we set here, everywhere else is full."
"Sure!" They sat down followed by a 'Thank you'.
I continued my reading. I heard they were discussing a certain quest of some kind they took from a local client.
"Sis, you wouldn't listen to me, but those guys looked plenty suspicious. I think we shouldn't have accepted their request." The one with the short hair said with a lower voice.
"That's nothing of a big deal. It's just a delivery of a Crystal Deer's antler."
I shook my head at their stupidity. If I were in their shoes and had a way to avoid anything that would give me a headache for later, I would definitely avoid that. They are intentionally looking for trouble. Since I can't help but interject.
"Have you taken the quest through adventurer guild?"
"No, we haven't yet."
"Then you should definitely register at the guild first. You should avoid unnecessary trouble. Go and register yourselves as adventurers. Take on some beginner quest and when you make some money then try joining the adventurer training school for better training and experience. That way you can also take quests as your part-time job."
"It's just a funny business. But we'd just beaten a Crystal Deer on our way to the town and gotten one of its antlers when we heard there was someone looking to buy one. So, I thought, after taking lunch, we would hand them the antler and take the money."
"Hmmm, it's clever! Okay, but be careful anyways. These kinds of people does play fair. We are leaving for the capital today, if you needed any help in the future you can find us. I guess it wouldn't be difficult through the guild. Uhh! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Benjamin Tennyson, you can call me Ben and…" I praised their cleverness and when I saw Natasha and Alice coming, I introduced myself and them. "….. meet my companions Natasha and Alice," while waiving in their direction. Then the twins also introduced themselves.
"Oh, thanks for the offer, Ben. I'm Elze Silhoueska and this is my younger twin sister, Linze Silhoueska." After that Natasha and Alice also started talking to them. Natasha used her knowledge of agents and didn't hold back in giving them some tricks and tips about fighting and strategy. Elze and Linze, I actually warned them but the force of the plot is quite powerful, they are not going to give up on the quest. I think it is time for Touya to arrive. I would just hope that he would find his way to the capital sooner since we have taken the quest of delivery. Then we paid farewell to the girls and Inn owner, Micah, and her husband.
While making our way to [Fashion King Zanac], I ordered my thoughts and the magic spells I had learned and managed a few of light magic and dark magic. I managed my learned No Spells that I could need any minute. I managed to learn some useful spells like; [Boost], a fortifying spell that increases defensive status such as protection against attack. That's how Elze uses to boost her defenses and uses the gauntlet to attack using her defenses as an indirect attack; [Apport] spell that could bring distant objects to you; [Search] spell is used to search for any object around the caster; [Paralyze] spell causes paralysis on the target; [Multiple] used to increase the number of chants for a spell; [Enchant] spell used to enchant objects with any spell; [Power Raise] that increases muscle strength; and [Gate] that opens a portal to spaces where I had been before, I also figured this spell is much faster in conjuring portals than my innate magic. And through the body of Anodite I figured, I could use all types of magic spells ever created or used.
I also got a few ideas about the No Spell magic. It is also called personal magic, so the more people there are the more spells existed for me to spare.
While chatting with Natasha and Alice, we reached a shop with a signboard [Fashion King Zanac].
I entered the shop and three females in maid clothes, guess they were sort of sales girls. "Excuse me, there? My name is Ben and these are my friends. Would be kind enough to call Mr. Zanac? We are the adventurers that took his delivery quest."
"Yes, wait for a while please. I will let him know of your arrival." The salesgirl went inside a room then I turned towards another sales girl and asked her if she could show the girls some standard clothes to wear. I waited for a little while, and soon after a man with a little short stature, and moustaches enough to hide his lips and a portion of his chip, he also had fat belly as a typical rich-guy walked out of the room along with the salesgirl from before.
"So, you are the adventurer who took the delivery quest." The fatty guy said with an exceptionally loud voice.
"Y-yes sir, the name's Benjamin Tennyson." Honestly, it's really hard for me to meet new people every time and introduce myself again and again. Sometimes, I think it is unnecessary to do so, but I am trying to be polite. As the Ben Ten of my world, I would become the plumber president of earth, a kind of representative of the earth in the cosmos. And I believe the more friends I have the more backup I would have.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Tennyson, I am called Zanac Zenfield, the Fashion King Zanac. You took my quest so; I assume, you are also going to the capital."
"Yes, we are heading to the capital."
"As for this job, I would like you to deliver a letter to Viscount Swordrick in the capital. If you mention my name, he should know what it's about. I would also like you to return with a response from the viscount." Hmm! That would be a bit problematic but I think the [Gate] spell would be required to bring the letter back and then go back.
"Don't worry we'll take care of that," I said to him. He nodded and continued further.
"I wouldn't call this an urgent matter but if you left it for too long, it'd be problematic."
"Don't worry; if everything goes well, we will definitely attend this matter soon."
Then I went to look for the girls and was shocked to know that they were buying so many clothes. It was difficult for me to convince them not to buy so many clothes, but finally, I convinced them by promising that I will let them shop in the capital. As I made the promise, both of them jumped like little girls and hugged me simultaneously. I don't even remember when these girls bonded so quickly. I placed all the forty-seven packs of clothes in my
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All I could hear was the rattling of our shaking carriages. We were following the road as we rode a wide wagon, drawn by two horses. Alice, Natasha and I were all sitting around the campfire and Natasha was telling stories of our fights with bad guys she even narrated the story of our battle before coming here. I just leaned against a tree log where Natasha and Alice were sitting.
Suddenly, Alice stood up and told us to be silent by putting her index finger on her lips. "People are approaching. I can sense blood, it's more likely humans."
"And they are walking stealthily walking, explains only one thing." She became silent after that so, I completed her sentence.
"Bandits!"
"Just stay still, and let me take care of them." They looked towards me if wanted to know what my plan was. I just clicked the watch on my hand and a map popped out. I could see Alice was clearly surprised. I cast [SEARCH: Bandits.] and just after a short time small red dots appeared on the map, they were about nine in number. I don't know how did Touya managed to learn the spells so easily but for the Null Magic spell to work you would have to memorize the circuitry diagram of the spell. The Null magic spell's diagram was a white-colored large donut-shaped circle labeled with the spell's name all around several times surrounding two triangle shapes in the center which circulated in opposite directions to each other. So, while casting the spell you should keep this diagram in mind along with the effect of the spell otherwise the spell won't work. I then cast [MULTIPLE] and said [select all the red dots on the map, Julie]. Because the watch only accepts voice commands, I asked Julie to select it for me. Guess, I really need to make an enchanted phone to scan maps do magical stuff for me. Then all the red dots are outlined with yellow color. Then I cast another spell [PARALYZE].
"Ugh!"
"Ngh!"
"Gyah!"
"Hhgh!"
"Ahgh!" A vivid array of voices rang out and then came the sounds of collapsing men. Apparently, it worked.
"Wh-What did you do?" Alice asked, in amusement.
"Used a paralysis spell. They should all be immobilized now, I think..."
"What, all of them?!" That came from Natasha, she was also surprised.
"If there aren't more than twenty-eight, then yes." Due to the way my [Search] spell worked, my targets were only people I'd personally judge as "bandits." In other words, if there were normal people who merely looked like bandits to me, they'd be caught by the spell, too. But that was quite unlikely, given where we were. I still decided to use [Paralyze] though, just in case.
"Relax, here. I will tie them." I told them to relax because Alice has been driving the carriage all day. And Natasha was trying to learn from Alice. It was only me who was only reading, sleeping and I only prepared meals and desserts for them.
"This world's magic has turned you into a cheat!" Natasha exclaimed. I just smiled at her out burst and walked towards the places where bandits were lying and tied them up and place all of them under a single tree. Then I placed a board near them which said, [We are bandits.]
"I never saw this sort of thing before. Your logics are really other worlder." Just as I was finished tying the bandits, I heard a voice from behind.
"I told you to take a rest." I just smiled and said. She replied with a standard, "I just wanted to see."
Then Natasha also appeared beside us and said, "So you round them up. Let's go, I am feeling really sleepy."
Natasha dragged me to the carriage wagon while Alice followed behind us. The girls quickly went to sleep inside a small tent we prepared for us, while I sat beside the fire borne on a stone.
Once I confirmed that everyone was asleep, I slowly got out from there and came out of the wagon. I took out a black suit from my inventory which I was working on. It was Natasha's Black Widow suit. I made it exactly look like the old suit.
First, I made chain mail in the shape of a full-body suit from Vibranium and Uru and then covered the entire chain mail with Kevlar and Aramid, both of which are high heat resistant and strong synthetic fibers used in space air crafts. The coating process almost felt as if a human skeleton was being covered by flesh. I checked it and its durability was amazing. If taken in comparison to power, they could withstand Thor's lightning strikes or Tony's energy beam for a while.
After checking, when everything was right, I absorbed Orichalcum and created small caps and shields around vital areas such as; elbows, chest, knee, shoulders, and a chainmail structure for a helmet. Then I used Vibranium in little amount along with Kevlar and Aramid. Then I enchanted it with protection magic-using; [Enchant] and [Protection]. Through the protection magic, the user can will any object to become more resistant in general. With this, the physical design was prepared. Then I enchanted the suit with some overpowered, [Shield], [Refresh], and healing magic of the light element. In case of emergency, Shield will cast a light barrier around the wearer and Refresh will replenish their stamina. Then I went ahead and created dual batons, a pair of Glock 26s, and Black Widow's Bite bracelets that discharge electricity. Since Natasha's magic element was Wind Magic, I enchanted her batons with wind slash so, they would produce a slash of wind if mana has been put through them. Glock 26s pistols were enchanted to shoot bullets without the need to reload. Finally, I made something similar to small launchers using Mythril metal which is very efficient in conducting magical energy. It now only shoots lightning magic constructs along with a poisoning effect.
The enchantment for pistols was very complex but was done via [Program] spell which I didn't find in the books but I just tried because I remembered it from the anime. I didn't expect it to work but it definitely did work. I just followed the methods, I follow for the other spells, and then, the spell worked. The process for invoking the Program Spell is as follows:
1. Program Start: Initiates the spell.
2. Activation: Describes the function/movement of the object in question.
3. Condition: Describes what and when the function/movement should occur
4. Program End: Completes the spell.
While enchanting the pistols, I first enchanted them with [Apport], a spell that summons objects from a distance into the user's desired position and [Telepathy] for mental commands. Before programing the pistols, I Enchanted them with [Apport], then cast the program spell.
[Begin Program]
[Three steps sequence; First, begin whenever user conveys 'Reload' on this condition expel empty cartridges at high speed. Then use [Apport] to take bullets from the user's
[End Program]
As for the storage, I enchanted the watches of the girls with a spell I found in the magic books. It is called the [Storage] whenever you are putting something in it, you should say [Storage in] and when taking something from it then [Storage out]. The watches were already enchanted with [Telepathy] so they can also accept mental commands.
When I was finished with weapons, I enchanted the suits with [Boost], [Power Rise], [Cooling], and [Shield]. Boost will help in increasing the durability of the wearer, Power Rise will increase muscle strength, Cooling will manage temperature, and Shield will provide protection in times of peril. I guess, if I leave Natasha with this super suit to deal with Red-Room, she could do it definitely without any problem.
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