Yeah I think I saved myself for the moment, but I'm pretty sure I just painted a bigger target on myself.
Mostly because I agreed to the insane King's request. I was granted the Noble rank of Baron which yeah sounds good on paper, but in reality it's not. Oh and also not only could the King, Queen, Crown Prince, and I'm pretty sure an average citizen if they were lucky could kill not only me but also the other Otherworlders.
[Bastion, why do I feel like we, still lost? Because even though we are currently alive I still think we lost somehow.] Rose asked with slight confusion in her voice. [I mean even though I said you should have agreed to the King's request. I still think that the crosshairs just moved up?]
'Because we did lose. We lost a battle because I am weak.' I spoke internally with a deep and long sigh. 'The King even said so himself, "I just happen to be a lot stronger than all of you". And not to mention we just walked out of the volcano into a forest fire.'
[Forest fire? Are you talking about the other Barons? What could they possibly do? Talk our ears off, or worse invite us to a boring ass dinner party.] Rose started to laugh as she started making fun of the noble class.
That was until we both heard that infamous and dickish noise.
{Bing, Bong.}
{System Notification - Title Earned.}
Title - Baron. (Primary.)
Description: Lowest rank of Nobility in the Kingdom of Otihame the City of Light. Rank only useful in the Kingdom of Otihame the City of Light, rank will lower to that of Ambassador when outside of the Kingdom.
Title Perks.
- Granted a manor in the Street of Barons.
- Allows you to purchase one small business property on the Street of Flowing Light.
- Won't need to pay property tax. But will still have to pay a royal tax at a lower cost.
- Allows access to the Royal Library. (First floor only.)
- Guards will not bother you in the instance of a small crime.
Note: Since you have reached the Rank of Baron you are allowed to have two Primary Titles.
Special: Hey, did you miss me? I know you did. But that's beside the point. I'm just finally responding to what should have happened earlier when you were granted the Baron Rank. But since I decided to be nice and respectful to the King I decided to wait.
X2 Special: You do know that I can hear what you are saying right? Good, just making sure.
X3 Special: Also that Queen is insane right. Did you see what she did? You didn't, oh well, sucks to be you cause I did and it was terrifyingly awesome.
I just stood still with shock, anger, and wonder.
A small business property, no property tax but still have to pay a lower royal tax, access to the Royal Library, Guards will not bother me for a small crime, and I can have two Primary Titles all because I was granted the Baron title.
[Did you see the part where the system said that it can hear what you're saying right? What did it mean by that?] Rose asked with confusion in her voice.
'No I didn't miss that part. And I have no idea what the system is talking about.' I answered with confusion on my face as I had no idea what the system was talking about.
{You definitely know what I was talking about Bastion.}
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Huh must have just been the wind? Moving on.
I was about to leave the Temple of Summons when I heard the sound of footsteps from behind me. I started to move to the side as I thought that it was a soldier until I looked to see who it really was.
And when I turned around I was a little surprised as it was a small group of Otherworlders who were running in my direction.
There were five of them in total. Three females and two males.
The one in the lead, leading the group was a tall fierce looking female with long silky black hair that went down to her waist tied in a long ponytail. She was wearing semi loose martial attire with a black belt wrapped around her waist that seemed to have multiple other markings on it as well.
I was a little shocked and confused as I noticed a fierce and challenging look in her blood red eyes as it felt like I was a target.
The two males were behind her as it looked like they seemed to be trying to get her attention.
The one on her left side was a very refined looking man that had medium wavy blond hair with a matching beard, and bright green eyes of a hunter. He was even shorter than the leading female by about a head. But his outfit kinda drew my attention as it was a complete set of what looked like high quality armor, a shortsword, and bow with a quiver half full of arrows.
But what caught my attention the most was a blond hairy looking belt wrapped around his waist as well as what looked like whiskers on his face. Oh and the cat ears on his head.
The one on the right side had thick black wild hair with bronze skin, a pair of black eyes with very well refined muscles that seemed to hold an insane amount of power. Tribal looking tattoos that covered his upper chest and seemed to wrap around to his back. Wearing what seemed to be an unknown skin of an animal wrapped around his waist and a tooth necklace.
It seemed like he kept trying to challenge the leading female but never got an answer as she seemed to be focused on something else.
The one behind the ranger was a jaw dropping angelic looking beauty that had the potential to cause a Kingdom to go to war.
An angelic face with a beauty mark on the right side of her face. Long flowing rainbow like hair that fell to the floor. She wore an elegant looking dress that perfectly showed off her voluptuous body. She kept her eyes closed and showed off her very long and beautiful lashes.
The one behind the Tribal looking man was the same as she was another jaw dropping devilish looking beauty that also had the potential to cause a Kingdom to go to war.
She also had an angelic face with a beauty mark on the same side, but wore a confidante and devilish looking smile on her face. Short fire red hair with a pair of short horns. She also wore a loose dress that seemed to show off her dangerously devilish body.
I was even able to notice that she had also zeroed in on me just as the one in the lead, but the look in her eyes held something else.
'Uh, Rose.'
[Yeah.]
'Is there something on my face or is there a dirt stain on my coat?' I asked with confusion.
[No, why?] Rose also answered with confusion.
'I only ask because there is a group of people that are approaching me and two of them have locked onto me. I just got here and the only reason I can think of as to why they are is because I have the rank of Baron.' I answered as I shook my head as I started to head back out of the temple.
[True but I doubt that's the reason for the one in martial attire and the one with horns. As it looks like the one in martial attire wants to challenge you to a fight as for the reason why, you'd have to ask her. And the one with the horns looks like she just wants to use you because of your current status. That or she wants what's in your pants.] Rose said with confidence in her voice.
'I'm pretty sure you are accurate with your judgment with the one in martial attire. But the one with horns you might be right about her using me with my current status. As for the other thing, no. I mean come on look at me.' I agreed with Rose for her first judgment as I thought her first guess for the devilish looking one seemed to be the most accurate in my opinion.
If anything, they are trying to use me and my current status, so talking in the temple probably won't be the best. As there would be multiple spies in the temple that would then report back to the King and I don't want that.
I was almost out of the temple when I saw someone wearing a very refined looking suit smoking a pipe waiting next to a noble looking carriage.
"Ah, finally." The man wearing the refined suit took another puff out of his pipe. "I apologize for His Majesty's behavior as it seemed he was still in genuine surprise, that he forgot to give you your starting gold. And since you were able to surprise him, His Majesty has decided to give you double your original amount of five thousand gold to ten thousand." The suit wearing person tossed a plain looking bag as he started to leave as his body started to disappear in a puff of smoke.
I caught the plain looking bag and was a little surprised that there wasn't any weight to it but when I looked inside it was full of gold.
"Well, the King is generous." I said aloud as the group of Otherworlders finally caught up behind me.
"Hey! Grave Digger!"