Phelorna P.O.V.
My daughter was really happy. Why wouldn't she? She got what she wanted. But this was good for Reme Serine also. Now we had someone like him on our side.
This also gave me a peace of mind. Plus, my daughter was also motivated to succeed me. Seemed like they had same mindset.
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Firuza P.O.V.
Usman....he had been engaged with Raejiisa Selakiir. I felt her emotions before but I didn't think they would come close that soon.
On the other hand, I should be happy. Instead of hiding it, he had come clean with me. Which meant, he wanted to accept my sister too.
Plus, now she will be able to become his wife. That's a relief, I didn't want her to become a mistress. Thanks to Raejiisa being a future Countess, she can be a wife now.
But why I am feeling empty and regretful. Why....
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Usman P.O.V.
Next day, we were moving towards the gate. It was time to depart. When we reached there, I saw Raejiisa and her mother with Calarel. There were some horses Too.
Luminous' Next city is at the distance of 3 days on horseback. '
Usman ' But can't we ride arcanine.'
Luminous' Alright, he will be of that size. Just say the word in your mind and he will evolve.'
When we reached near them. Raejiisa came and hugged me. I hugged her too.
Raejiisa " You are ready."
Usman " Yes..."
Phelorna " So, you really didn't travel in the south side. Next city is on the distance of 3 days on horseback. That's why I prepared these horses. I hope you don't mind, son-in-law."
Usman" Of course not and it's true that I hadn't traveled in the south side. But I already have a way of travel."
I looked towards Growlithe.
Usman ' Go and stand on the route.'
He went out and stood on the clear ground a little further than us.
Firuza " Growlithe! Where are you going?"
She was about to go after him. I stopped her by raising my left hand.
Usman " He is about to gain his adult form?"
Firuza " Huh?"
Usman ' Evolve!'
Growlithe figure shone in bright white light.
Firuza/ Raejiisa/Phelorna " WHAT?!"
Growlithe figure became bigger and stronger. After few minutes, the light dissipated and Arcanine was standing on the ground.
Arcane " Woof" ( Thank you, partner.)
Luminous' Only you can hear him reply like this now or the women you consummate with can communicate with him.'
Usman ' Hmm.'
Usman " This is adult form of Growlithe, Arcanine. He is stronger, faster and more powerful than his juvenile form."
Firuza/ Raejiisa/ Phelorna" Amazing 😍!"
Their eyes had literally hearts.
Firuza/ Raejiisa/ Phelorna" Can I touch him?"
Usman " Do you mind, buddy?"
Arcanine ' No.'
He shook his head.
Usman" Go ahead."
They went and started caressing his fur with their hands. After 2 minutes, they came back.
Firuza " Dear Lord! I can't believe it. He was so small before."
Raejiisa" Can you ride him?"
Usman" Yes."
Phelorna " So, that's why you didn't get horses. You knew that he would be more useful."
Firuza" Wait?! We are going to ride him together?"
Usman" He can carry 3 people or 2 adults and 2 children."
Raejiisa" Amazing."
Phelorna" What about his reigns?"
Firuza" I will fall without it."
Usman" No, I will hold you."
Firuza" I will be riding on the front!"
Her eyes widened.
Usman" I am an archer."
Phelorna " He's right."
Firuza" Haah! Dear lord. Okay."
After that we straddled him.
Raejiisa" Usman, I love you and I will miss you.
Usman " I will miss you too."
Phelorna " Try to visit as soon as possible."
Usman " I will. Arcanine let's go."
We rode off.
....
During lunch.
Firuza" Where are...munch...we going now?"
Usman " We are going to the Wilwedor. A city ruled by Marquee Raeranthur Bellas, 400 years old elf."
Ding!
Quest: Wizard Alert!
Mages of enemy forces is spread around. If you are seen by them, will end badly for your destination.
Rewards:???
Penalty: Destruction of Wilwedor!
My eyes widened and I used the map to scan the area. And damn! There are 5 teams of cr 6 mages around us. To get to the city, we have to move really carefully.
I looked towards Firuza, who was watching me with her bowl and spoon.
Firuza " Is there something coming towards us?"
Usman" There are 5 teams of mages around us in the area. Each mage is Cr 6."
Gulp!
Firuza" Dear lord!.."
Usman" Ssshhh! We have to move forward really stealthy."
Firuza" ... how?"
I looked towards Arcanine.
Usman " He will take us. He is good with stealth plus. They can sense my magic if I move. We don't know what kind of situation is in the city. So, we have to be careful."
Firuza" Got it."
After lunch and taking care of our stuff, we rode Arcanine.
...
After 2 hours after sunset, we finally crossed area. During our ride, we stopped many times. We also heard them, they were looking for the people responsible for killing undeads.
I jumped on the ground.
Firuza " Is it safe now?"
She was looking anxious.
Usman" Yes."
She sighed. After that I started setting our camp while she went for nature call.
Usman ' Luminous.'
Ding!
Quest: completed
180 SPS
Balance:
132 pcs
5950GP
2 Citrine 50 gp
1 Calcedony 50 gp
9 Amethyst - transparent deep purple 100 gp gems
12980 sp
1285 cp
10 Azurites ( opaque mottled deep blue) each gem worth 10 gp each
6 White jade worth 100 gp each
6 translucent light green Jade worth 100 gps
Dwarven plate
Usman " Well, looks like we have to be more careful now.
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Next evening
When we were about to prepare for our dinner.
Ding!
Quest: Demolition!
Destroy the demonic statues left by mages to summon demons.
Reward:???
Penalty: Attack on Reme Serine!
Usman " DAMN them!"
I stood up and scan the area. There were 11 such statues.
Firuza " What happened?! Are there mages again?"
Usman" No a trap set by them."
I shot 3 arrows towards them.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
But those were deflected. I shot 3 arrows enchanted with hell blaze.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Hmm, these were working. After 8 more shots, statues were gone.
Ding!
Quest: completed
1600 cps!
Haah!
Firuza " Is it over?"
Usman " Yes, for now."
I nodded.
....
Next evening
We were near the city.
Ding!
Quest: Infiltration!
Wilwedor is under control of the enemies! Infiltrate it without being noticed!
Rewards:???
Penalty: People lives in danger!
I used the map to scan the area around city and inside it. There were total 17 mages inside the city. Except noble district, each area had 4 mages.
They were even guarding the slums. All the 4 gates were guarded by 4 mages. One on the wall, second on the ground. Scanning again, I found a familiar position unguarded.
Haah.
Usman " Arcanine, stop."
He stopped soon. Firuza turned towards me.
Firuza" What's wrong?"
Usman " Wilwedor is under control of the mages, we passed earlier."
Firuza" WHAT?!"
I nodded. Then, I gave her a briefing on the situation. We were now standing on the ground.
Firuza" This is bad."
She was looking towards the City.
Firuza" So, how are we going to infiltrate the city especially with Arcanine?"
She was caressing his fur. I took out the Pokeball from the inventory.
Firuza " What is this?"
She was looking at it curiously.
Usman" It is an item which can store Arcanine in a subspace of a room."
Firuza" Dear Lord! That's amazing!"
Usman" Arcanine. The passage of our infiltration is too narrow for you. Don't worry, I will call you out soon."
Arcanine ' Okay, master.'
I tapped on the Pokeball Red half facing it to him. A beam of red light came out and surrounded him. He merged with light and entered the Pokeball. I put it inside inventory and turned to Firuza.
Firuza " So, where is this narrow path for our infiltration?"
Usman" Follow me."
I brought her to south side of city by walking around the wall. We stopped near the sewer connecting to the city slums.
Firuza " Wait... Dear Lord! No!"
She turned to me shaking her head furiously in denial.
Usman " Sorry this is the only safe route."
Firuza " B-but..."
She was stammering.
Usman " If you don't want to go, I can go alone."
Firuza" NO! I..I will come with you."
Usman" Thanks."
I projected two biohazard suits. We wear them and went to the sewer pipe.
Usman ' DAMN! It's worst than last time.'
Firuza " Mmmhmmm!"
I could understand what she was feeling walking through a goopy pile of shits and... stuff. As we went out...
Firuza " Usman... please!"
I stored our suits and unprotected them. She was still shivering. I Pat her shoulder.
Usman " Let's go."
First, I took out Pokeball and called out Arcanine. He was watching around.
Usman " Good boy. Now, Firuza. You mount him."
Firuza" What about you?"
She was patting his ear.
Usman" I am going to strike the 2 mages guarding the gate to slums. When that happens, you will be responsible for attacking the one on ground. "
Usman" This way, we will finish them off quickly."
Firuza" Okay " She said mounting him. Then, I brought them near the mage on ground. Then, I walked to the mage on the wall. When I was on the distance of 2 houses.
I took my bow and knocked the arrows enchanted with hell blaze.
Usman ' Hmm. He can't sense magic.'
Luminous' Only you can do it.'
I smiled and released the arrows.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Puchi!
Boof!
The mage on the wall was engulfed in the black flames. He fell struggling on the ground. The other mage, who saw that was coming but was swept by Arcanine's flamethrower.
It was much bigger and stronger than before. He barely stood up and was about to do something....
Swish!
Slash!
I decapitated his head. I turned towards Firuza, who was coming on Arcanine.
Firuza " That ends... well."
Usman " We still have 2 more."
Firuza" Where are they?"
Usman" 1 is near the merchant district. He must be the leader. He is in the west." I said watching on map.
Firuza" How?"
Usman " Because the other one is raping a woman in the east side." I said getting serious.
Firuza" Gasp!"
She covered her mouth with hands.
Usman" You go towards the leader. I will be back after.... silencing him... quickly." I said gripping my swords.
She nodded. Then, she left and I went to the bastard's location.
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Usman P.O.V.
I was moving to his location. He was in a small house and was raping a woman. She had already lost consciousness due to his beating.
I used the closed demon mark and went more faster. When I reached there, he was moving out of the the house. I came down upon him, with my swords on fire.
Swish!
Slash!
I landed silently. Before he said something....
Thud!
His head fell.
Boof!
I immolated his body. I turned towards the house, the woman was dead.
Luminous' You can't save everyone.'
Usman ' Yeah. I finally realise what archer feels in the future.'
I sighed and went to Firuza's location.
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Firuza P.O.V.
Even though, I was more experienced. I never liked conflict. But it was a reality. As I was moving towards the leader of slums' mages group.
I was thinking about Usman. He had faced and experienced things. I haven't in my days. I feared that he might broken up.
But we, the south needs him. And I...yes. I needs him. I couldn't believe that I of all people, fell in love with him. But he is a good boy.... wait... wouldn't person would be right...
Haaah. I don't know. I was never good at these things. Besides I never thought, I would love someone again after.... him. But as my friends said, these things happened.
Same way, I fell in love with him. Which I realised after his engagement with Raejiisa Selakiir. I was sad. But these past days when I was riding with him.
With my back to his chest, I finally realised. That's why I didn't want him to come here alone. I might be weak alone but with Arcanine.... to think, I am finding an excuse.
Who was given to me by him. But I want to help him and...be with him. But I can't... not before Peppi. I will talk to her when I will meet her.
As we were waiting for him...
Swish!
He landed besides us.
Usman " Sorry, It took time."
Firuza " It wasn't that much."
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