AN: 1 Lex credit = 1 Euro.
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Carrying both the unconscious bodies, Viggo proceeded to move ignored by anyone who could notice him, as not only was he basically just an afterthought they would forget immediately because of the Nameless Ruler ring, but It was also nighttime and hard to perceive anything properly.
After a while, Viggo found the address that was on Maverick's ID card, then he approached the house that could very well be called a mansion with two people on his shoulders, before making himself noticeable by reducing the effects of the Nameless Ruler ring with his Qi.
The guards wearing dark blue uniform at the front gate immediately grabbed their weapons and pointed them at Viggo, then one of them said.
"Who are you and what are your intentions?! Whatever the case, however, we suggest you peacefully surrender young master Maverick." One of the men said while both held their guns ready to act accordingly if the situation ask for it.
"I found this young man being chased by two women, one is the one on my shoulder, and the other one is dead. He's not in the best of conditions and asked me to bring him here; if I were you, I would let me pass before his condition worsened. In the end, even if you are punished, nothing will be worse than him becoming a cripple or even dying, because you wasted time interrogating me here." Viggo responded calmly.
"If you truly intend to help or act in alliance with the Juartiny family, you could easily prove that by handing over the young master and letting us deal with the rest." The man replied not backing down in the slightest.
"Understandable, and in normal circumstances, I would happily oblige, but at this very moment, both the bodies on my shoulders are being supplied with my Chi to stay stable. Though if you truly wish to leave them to luck and your own speed. I'll gladly hand them over this instant." Viggo made it clear as he too did not back down.
"That... You're a body cultivator?!... Please excuse my demeanor, as I was simply acting in accordance to my job. Now, if you will follow us, I'll show you the way. We must be quick as I can imagine that maintaining two people in such a state must be tiring." The man said after considering things for a bit and signaled his companion to put the gun down.
From then on, as Viggo was guided in, he saw that on the other side of the gate there were 8 more armed guards, two of them even having leashed dogs. Deeper inside, they reached the front door after passing by a big garden and a fountain
Opening the door was a dark-haired mature woman with a snowy complexion, wearing a black and white maid outfit; and before she could say anything her attention was immediately drawn to the unconscious Maverick laying on Viggo's shoulder, and rushed passed the guards without a second thought to check on him.
"Oh thank God! He's breathing, just what happened?!... You know, I can ask about that later. CHIMENA! GO GET THE LIFE ELIXIR AND A BATCH OF RENE HERBS!... It's going to be ok, we'll take care of you." Once she was close enough the woman checked his pulse and sighed in relief as soon as she confirmed his state, before turning around and giving someone inside the mansion instructions, only to then turn to Maverick again; giving him words of comfort despite him being unconscious.
"Ok, now who's this person, and why is Mavy in this state?!" She asked the guards.
"We... Don't have this expert's name, we let him in because he's using Chi to keep the young master stable. As for why he's like that, according to the expert who was the one bringing him here, the young master was being chased by two women, one who is now dead and the other being the one on his shoulder right now." The guard gave the explanation in accordance with what he knew.
"Fine! You're dismissed! Sir, follow me. We have to take Mavy to the medical room. Oh and we should also keep this woman alive... CHIMENA! BRING ANOTHER LIFE ELIXIR! AND BE QUICK WITH IT!" As the maid began guiding Viggo, she once again ordered Chimena to get more stuff.
Entering right after the woman, Viggo was met with a wide space decorated with various paintings, flowers, and even some vases, as they had to walk through a corridor for a bit, before reaching a room.
In this room, there were a few beds and a bunch of equipment, one would expect to see at a hospital.
"If what Joel said is true, you're supplying them with Chi, which I imagine must be taxing, but I would like to request you hold on for just a while longer, Juartiny family will be sure to greatly compensate you for your troubles. Now, I have to go get Chimena... Even after I told her to be quick with it!" The woman bowed to Viggo once, before storming out of the room.
(Great, that's precisely why I came here, though if possible I believe that keeping a connection to these people will be very beneficial to me.) Viggo smiled as he had accomplished at least the basics of what he wanted from this.
(Since I have time now, Una Show me my status.) Viggo ordered.
Immediately the fairy showed her presence and a purple floating screen followed.
[Status screen]
[Name: Viggo Der Malick
Species: Human | Sub-Species: Earth Human
19 years old
Sex: Male
Physique: None
Bloodline: None
Affinity: Yin-Yang, Fire, Water, Earth, wind, nature, light, darkness, energy
Class: Cultivator
Sub-Class: Hunter,
Titles: The Omni-Ruler(Sealed),
Position: Only male child of the Malick family
Phase: 0
Tier:0
Ascension:0
Soul Rank: Omni-existent(Sealed)
Body Cultivation technique: Monstrous Omni-Devourer's Body art
Mind Cultivation technique: Totality Omni-Absorption Mind Technique
Soul Cultivation technique: Yin-Yang Unification Soul Scripture
Talent: Higher Edritchty(Above The Plane's Limit)
Physical Cultivation Level: 10th layer of the Body Initiation Realm
Mind Cultivation Level: 10th layer of the Qi application realm
Soul Cultivation Level: Mortal
Lv: 20
Exp: 0/500
Attributes:
Hp: 165/165 | Ep: 210/460
Stats:
Strength: 3 -> 33
Dexterity: 3 -> 33
Vitality: 3 -> 33
Stamina: 3 -> 33
Agility: 3 -> 33
Charisma: 5 -> 6
Luck: 4
Energy: 0 -> 46
Sense: 3 -> 26
Stat points: 200
•Abilities:
Active: Truth Observation(Basic),
>Weapon arts:
-Mental Blade Style: Flying Blade Formation
-The Reaper style: Living Pain
-World-Wrecker style: Brutality Dance
-Monkey King style: Force Domination
Passive:
>Weapon mastery: Chains, Dagger, Pole, Scythe
•Resistances: None
•Extras: Favored by the Martial Dao Multi-verse(Blessing)
•Inventory: Empty
•Equipment: Regular clothes, Nameless Ruler ring]
(This is decent. I'll allocate the unused stat points while I'm at it.) Viggo decided and used all his 200 stat points distributing them in a balanced manner, as he put 20 points into each stat.
Just Viggo had finished the allocation of his stat points, the maid came back with another maid this one with orange hair and a more brownish complexion to her skin.
"It looks worse than what you said, look at the poor boy, if I didn't know I would think he's already gone... We have to catch whoever did this!" The other maid, which Viggo assumed to be Chimena, not bothering to look at their status had a frown on as soon as she saw Maverick's state.
"We will worry about that later! Now, you start smashing the rene herbs into a paste." The first maid came close to Viggo before focusing on Maverick's face, " Sir, now you can put him down on this bed." She pointed to one of the beds in the room.
Viggo carefully put Maverick down with the woman's help as he only had one hand available. Following that, the maid quickly put her hand on Maverick's chest and send a small wave of Qi, forcibly waking him up and making him cough up blood. As soon as he stopped coughing blood, she started feeding him a pinkish liquid she had in a flask.
Once Maverick had consumed enough of it his face began relaxing before his wounds started disappearing to a barely noticeable state, where they looked more like scars than actual injuries. Then Chimena came close holding a bowl of a light greenish mashed substance, which she gave to the other maid, who used more of her Qi to destroy Maverick's clothes before beginning to apply said substance all over his body. In a few instants, the scars that were left on his body started disappearing completely.
The same was done for Fillania, who was only given the pinkish liquid but not treated with the green substance.
"Sir, your help has been of the utmost importance, and as such master Henford, wishes to meet you. Please follow me once again." The first maid said while Chimena stayed behind taking care of the patients.
Like before, Viggo followed her until they were in a big room, inside there was a coffee table and two big sofas in front of a desk at the end of the room. Sitting on one of the sofas was a man who looked to be in his early thirties, with medium brown hair, wearing a full-on black suit with a blue shirt, all that and a snowy complexion. He had a serious expression as Viggo came in, and sat on the sofa in front of him before the maid came to stand behind Henford.
"So, you are the man who helped my son? I must give you my thanks if so. It would have been a great loss for the Juartiny and especially for me, and his mother. That said, if there is anything I can do for you, within the capabilities of this family, as long as it doesn't go beyond reason, will be accomplished for you." Henford stated while emanating a powerful but soft aura that could easily be read as 'be careful with what you ask', which made Viggo internally chuckle.
"If that's the case, I would like the Juartiny family to own me a favor. As simple as that." With the ethereal voice of the ring masking his real one, it was hard for anyone to read Viggo in the slightest.
"A favor... That is doable, but that aside, I would like to propose you work for us, no need to have any actual affiliation with the Juartiny family if you don't wish to, all I need is for you to work as a bodyguard for my son until we have things figured out. Of course, you'll be well paid, how about 5,000 Lex credits per month... No, 10,000 Lex credits per month?" Henford moved the conversation to his proposal offering a decent amount of money for the job.
"Isn't it a bit rushed to just offer me a job without knowing my qualifications?" Viggo asked as he was interested in knowing how he decided that.
"The simple fact that I cannot see through you, plus how you completely ignored my Qi pressure even if light, it would have put most out by now. I trust my judgment and believe it would be the best choice." Henford answered.
"A good judgment indeed, unfortunately, I won't personally be able to do it myself, but my disciple a very capable young man could do it. If you're skeptical you can lower the pay back to 5,000 Lex credits." Viggo responded.
"No, that will not be necessary. I will trust you. If it turns out bad, I can only be blamed for having poor judgment skills." Henford insisted.
"So be it then, he will be here tomorrow. Feel free to test him if you feel the need to." Viggo added.
"I must thank you for that. But I would like to ask for your name, if possible." Henford inquired.
"May call me Xeno; I have no affiliations." Viggo replied.
"As Henford Ven Juartiny, the head of the Juartiny family, it is my honor to meet an expert like master Xeno." Henford announced.
"There is no need for that. Now going back to the situation in question, I have managed to discover that the assassins in question work for The Cova." Viggo said.
Henford's eyes widened before he recomposed himself and asked. "Are you sure about that?", to which Viggo nodded.
"If that really is the case, it changes a lot..." Henford had an awkward grin on his face before it turned into a somewhat demonic smile.
"Well, master Xeno, it was a pleasure to meet you, and if you have nothing else to say, I believe we could end this meeting here." Henford proposed.
"Yes, I believe we have talked about enough. Then I will be leaving." Viggo got up and was then accompanied by the maid outside.
As soon as he left, Henford called. "Ena! Come out."
A figure appeared directly from the shadows and kneeled behind him.
"What do you think of master Xeno?" Henford questioned.
"It's hard to say much, he seemed like a walking blur and even right now I find it hard to picture him in my mind. So I assume he either has a technique or an artifact that allows him to conceal himself in such a way." Ena expressed.
"Hum, while I agree with that notion, I don't think Xeno himself is just a charlatan since even if he had a treasure or technique helping him, those without any skill would leave many openings, but he was very stable." Henford retorted.
"Truly, it was as if he didn't even have Qi, much less Chi, but as you commanded I observed him throughout his time in the mansion and it was only for a second but I felt a weird fluctuation as if he his Qi pressure was growing, though I couldn't tell much more." Ena explained.
"Interesting, find as much as you can about Xeno and anything related to him, and sent your best team to trail my Maverick at all times. Dismissed." Henford ordered.
"I have to confirm if The Cova are really involved... Cause if that's true... This might be the beginning of the war that will destroy Lipva City and many others nearby... Heck, the entirety of Lexius might be at risk... What is that fool thinking by starting something like this?... Xeno better be wrong..." Henford rubbed his forehead before heading back to work.
While that was going on, Viggo was on his way home, thinking of what he was going to do, to raise his Soul cultivation.