Chapter 3,
"The Capital Of The Knight"
I looked around trying to feel the things in game that became reality.
Even it this is a game it felt really good. The feeling is real. I checked the stalls trying to food when I realized that I don't have money!
I again tried to open my Status to find if I got any money or gold or something. The only thing that I saw was a bow and arrows along with loots from wild rabbits and poisons.
I wandered around asking every people where is the Adventurer Guild is located. None of them told me the answer, they just said that they don't know.
"Seriously?" I muttered to myself over and over. And it's like I've said it for the hundred time already.
I was surprised when I accidentally bumped on a familiar guy, "s-sorry" I carefully payed attention to him and tried to follow him and looked at his status.
Status: Lvl. 315
"Goro"
"Capital Of The Swords"
Strength: 300,000,000
Amount of power: 220,000,000,00
Loot box capacity: 32 items/loots
Speed: 155
Maximum speed: 700,000,000
Charms, Spells, techniques:
Heal: 7
Strengthening: 5
Levitation: 4
Mana Regeneration(One-by-one): 3
Elemental Magic:
Fire: 5
Wind: 3
Water: 6
Earth: 9
Light: 4
Darkness: 2
Special Skills:
Speed Amplifier: 10
Mana Transfer: 5
Charming: 10
Master of Disguise: 8
Waah! His skills are incredibly high. I want o be like him.
I sighed "Uhmm..." I was shoked when someone talked to me.
"Y-Ye-Yes?" my voice is shaking.
Did he knew I was following him? This is bad!
"Uhmm... I saw you staring at me so I got curious" He said while giving off a embarrassed face.
"Uhh... I'm a bit lost though," I stroked the hair in the back of my head "I just thought of opening your sta--" I stopped at the end.
His eyes looked shocked "What are you're abilities?" he asks while holding me at my shoulder.
"Uhm... Your hand" I smiled forcedly.
He let go of the hold on my shoulder then cleared his throat "you won't mind us talking in a private place, right?" I faintly nodded.
I was shocked when he pulled me and took me to a unfamiliar place. Well, everything in this world are not much familiar even I'm the 'game freak' the whole school knew about. I feel his strong grip in my hands as he pulls me until we get inside of the place of our destination. We sat down a table of the cafe where we could see the transparent outside being blocked by the window.
"This is my favorite spot at this cafe," he said after ordering a meal for us.
"Ohh..." I awkwardly replied on our awkward conversation.
Shit! How do I react to this awkward conversation. Is this how the world goes? We're like on a date. Now that you look at it he's handsome indeed. Wait! What am I thinking?! Huh?! Now that you put it I saw a charming skill in his status! How the hell do I prevent myself from being charmed by this guy?!
"Can you deactivate your charming skill?" I asked out of my mind while looking away. I didn't know it can even charm men.
He stared at me with a look of "how did you know?" and it made me cover my mouth.
"Uh- uhm- uh" I felt really anxious and don't know what to say.
"Status reveal skill?" he whispered through my ear. It was hot.
"Uhm. . . How?!" He startled me.
Huh? How the hell did he knew? This guy is no joke. He looks strong.
"What's your name?" he asks after he cleared his throat for the second time.
"Koshiro," I looked back in embarrassment because of the people looking at us then looked at him again "It's Koshiro."
My face turned crimson red. It's my first time telling my name to a stranger. It's not like I approached my friends, they approached me themselves.
I striked my head on the table because of anger and frustration and it caused for the table to break.
***
I sighed. I'm a man yet I let him pay for what I broke. Damn.
After we got out of the cafe I suddenly let a sentence out of my mind "What's your name, anyway?"
"Goro" my eyes widened when I heard what he said. For real? Are all characters in this world has the name I know of? Arhgggg! Who are they anyway? Now that I mentioned it, I didn't payed attention in his name when I opened his status.
"So Goro, where are we going next?" I asked like we're on a relationship. He's face turned bright red because of embarrassment.
"W-Wh-Where do you want to go next?" his face is still red. He looked away but his ears are seen red.
"Is it okay if it's the Adventurer's Guild? " mahinang pagkabanggit ko.
"Y-Yes? What place? Hahahahah" he laughed awkwardly.
"Adventurer's Guid. You know the location? I was planning to sell materials," I sighed.
"I-If you insist. " he said with hesitation visible in his face.
"Well then, let's go." the face that was bright red last time disappeared but it came back because of what I said.
The trip was long and I fell like we've been walking in circles. I see in his face that he regretted bringing me here.
"Here we are." I saw big building like it's already a half of a mansion. He started at my face that says 'wow, so enormous!' then it made him happy for some reason.
"What's wrong?" I curiously asked. Then, he gave me a 'nothing' look.
He took me inside then we saw a guy holding a sword in his side trying to verify the peoples coming inside.
When we're going inside the guy suddenly stopped me with his arm "Sir--".
Goro cut off the guy on mid-sentence "He's a friend of mine" the guy let go of my hand and nodded his head.
After we got inside everyone greets him 'hello' or 'hey'.
"Uhmm… where are we going?" I asked him while we are still walking.
"We'll be meeting the Guild Master here, " he said opening the door.
***
We reached a staircase leading to another room, "are we supposed to go here?" I said pointing mg finger there. He nodded his head and it caused me to sigh very deep.
When we reached the top, he opened the door and we saw a tall guy standing facing the window on the back of his desk filled with paper, quill and ink, and a bottle filled with wine. His body is slender and his expression is hard to read from the back but he looks kind in that angle.
"Sorry to disturb you, Mr. De Claro" he politely said.
The guy turned around "It's ok…" he waved his hand that is telling us: 'go sit at the mini couch' "so, what's for your report today?" he added.
Goro sat down first and I followed him and sat on his right side.
Mr. De Claro came closer to me "Oh, we got some unusual visitor, huh?" he arrogantly said while holding my chin up to take a closer look "what's your name kid?" he again added.
"It's Koshiro, S-Sir" I looked into his eyes trying to find a reason why he have to hold my chin up for better view.
"E-Ehem…" Goro cleared his throat and made us look at him. His face is also red.
He batted Mr. De Claro's hand away from my chin and looked away embarassedly.
"Hahahahahaha!" he laughed like he's going to die. His voice is as high as a old man but he looked like he's in his 20s.
After he laughed a few times, he talked seriously that it made me gulp "I'm Jolifer De Claro, nice to meet you" he reached his hand to me and I politely shake hands with him.
Note: Heroes and Knights don't have last names. Only NIC/NIP or what Koshiro and his friends called "Not so Important Character or Not so Important Person, it means the extra characters.
Jolifer De Claro, my Science and MAPEH teacher. Well… it's just a coincidence right...?
I nodded my head after I let go of his hand.
"You're a hero, right?" Goro and I got surprised because of what he asked.
"Well…" Silence covered the whole place.
"He's just here to sell you something" Goro forcedly changed our topic.
"Y-Yeah, that's right" I nodded my head and after he knew my intentions he also nodded.
"So, what is your product, sir?" he suddenly became polite.
"Well… I can sell you poisons though".
"Hmm…hmm…" he hummed while nodding his head.
"It's from a Gigantic Acid Slime, it already turned into magic acid" they're mouth left open because of what they heard.
Well… I'm the 'Game Freak' After all though.
"Y-You can sell it to us at 25 gold coins for a bottle" Mr. De Claro said while giving a 'Amazing!' look in his eyes.
"How many magic acid you have?" Goro suddenly said.
"I have 643 Stocks but I'll only sell 600 bottles" they once again gave off a shocked look on their faces.
I suddenly calculated on mind. If you have 600 then you'll get 15,000!
"Is it ok go sell in such a high prize?" I feel my hairs on the back of my neck suddenly stood up.
"What are you saying? Magic poisons are sold in a high price!" I was shocked in the inside.
"Your right,but. . ." Goro patted my shoulder.
After his hands let go, he said, "Sir De Claro is right," and I nodded as a sign of saying 'I understand'.
After the deal Mr. De Claro suddenly asked out of the blue "Uhm… Koshiro was it?" I nodded "How did you killed the King Acid Slime?" he got back to our main topic.
My mind got blank and can't help but tell the truth "Well I encountered it and tried to let it go to the water because acid slimes explodes when they get contact with the water so I led it on the Lake of Beasts, since I can swim I jumped into the lake but the slime knew my plan and after A few minutes on the lake I was attacked by a giant crocodile and I activated water magic: 'whirlpool' to escape and after I got to the shore of the lake the slime came to the other side and I attacked it with fire Magic and it exploded leaving loots" The two were shocked because of my story.
"Koshiro," Mr. De Claro held my hand both both of his "would you please come with me for a moment?" he added.
"What?!" I was shocked when Goro shouted. Mr. De Claro just replied a wink.
The three of us walked into a underground passage full of oil lamps.
"Uhm…Mr. De Claro where are we going?" I asked looking around and not paying attention on him.
"Sir Joli or Sir Jolifer is fine" I nodded.
"Sir Jolifer, where are we going?" I once again asked.
"You'll know," he gave off a assuring smile.
After we got to our destination, I saw nothing but something very familiar. Yes! This is the magical plate that are used to determine a hero or Knight or just a NIC in the game.
I touched the plate as they told me to and it gave off a gradient color, light green and red.
The two looked at each other and nodded "You're a Knight".
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