Just a few hours after defeating Cú Chulainn, I finally found the exit to this cave. As expected, the cave was buried deep within a forest. And based on how [Danger Sense] is ringing almost every nanosecond, this forest is dangerous.
"Haah… Since I have the ability to do so…" I might regret this, because I just know that using this skill will be hell. Clue, it's like a kid trying to fly a plane without any prior experience. Here it goes…
//Skill [Flight] has been created.//
Immediately using the skill, I began to float slowly.
"Good star-"
Everything went bullshit after that. I keep zooming all over the place, hitting trees and boulders alike. Luckily, [Armament] prevented anything from doing any damage to me. I still feel the shocks from getting hit though.
*Splash*
Luckily, all of that was stopped as I crash landed on a lake. The lake was deep, so I quickly swam up. Catching my breath a bit, I looked around me and noticed a small camp beside the lake. There was a group looking towards me from said camp. From the looks of it, they were human. Or at least, I hope they were.
…Oh wait, no need to hope. I can just use [Analyze].
//Name: Leia
Race: Half Elf
Gender: Female
Level: 45
Skills: [Spearmanship], [Child of the Forest], [Boost], [Cure]//
//Name: Ivan Einjhar
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Level: 47
Skills: [Swordsmanship], [Hero's Grace], [Great Heal]//
//Aaron Leonhart
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Level: 44
Skills: [Advanced Magic Proficiency], [Analyze], [Search], [Mental Stability]//
Huh, the other dude has two skills that I have as well. Not to mention, this Ivan guy. [Hero's Grace]? Doesn't that sound like one of those skills that main characters of those isekai novels have?
And then, there's Leia. Just from that second skill she has…I don't know how to feel about that to be completely honest. For now though, I'm sure that they're human and based on their skills, they can be relied on.
Floating carefully out of the water, I slowly approached them. Luckily, all that zooming around earlier made my body a bit used to flying. I'm still not good at it of course, but I'm getting there. Landing in front of them, I put on a friendly smile.
"Hello, can you help me to the city?"
Almost immediately, the man named Aaron told them to attack me, and so they did. Due to the passive effects of [Evasion], I was able to dodge all of their attacks without much effort. Pulling Gáe Bolg from my back, I got into a battle stance.
//Unlocked Skill [God of Spears.//
'Unlocked again… Does that mean I already had this skill before? Does it connect with the me Cú Chulainn was talking about?'
Spinning my spear to my side, I redirected Leia's thrust to the ground. Then, with my free hand that has [Armament], I pushed Ivan's blade as he tried to hit me when he saw an opening. Then, my [Danger Sense] rang as the ground beneath me glowed a bright orange.
"Flame Pillar!" Yelled Aaron.
Floating up as quick as I can, dodged to the side as the flame pillar almost hit me. That thing has quite the vertical range.
"Leia! Are you okay!?" I heard Ivan yell below me.
I don't get why he's so worried, I just redirected her hit to the ground after all. However, I soon discovered why as I looked at her. More specifically, her hands that held the spear. There was a dark aura emanating from the spear that spread to her hands, slowly creeping to her forearms. I analyzed the spear further and saw a nick on the pole.
'Is that from my spear?'
Looking at Gáe Bolg, I began to wonder if it's part of the skillset of this spear, that I can't even see.
"I'm fine, I can just use [Cure]." And that she did, as I saw a brilliant green glow surround her as the darkness disappeared. "One thing's for sure, we can't defeat him."
"And who said I even intended to fight you all?" I asked as I lowered to the ground. "Let's do this again, shall we? I'm Hisui Tohno, and I want you to help me enter the city. I used to live in the mountains with my grandpa and went outside for the first time, so I don't know much." I lied as naturally as I breathed.
//Skill [Deception] has been created.//
You little shi-
"Wait- Huh?" My internal swearing was cut off with a confused Leia. "You aren't here to kill us?"
"Uh… no? What made you think that?"
"Well, with a man wielding a red spiky spear crashing on a lake in a forest full of dangerous magical beasts, everyone would think that." Ivan said as he sheathed his blade with a sigh.
"...Fair enough."
Here I thought that Aaron dude used [Analyze] on me and found something weird. Maybe he did, but he just didn't tell them and they attacked me using the reason that Ivan said. That could be possible, but who knows.
"I'm Ivan, she's my friend Leia. The wizard there is Aaron."
Aaron seemed to be wary of me, so I walked towards him and offered him a handshake. He was still wary, but took my hand nonetheless.
"Nice to meet you, Aaron." I was tempted to ask him if he did in fact use [Analyze] on me, but decided to just do it later.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Hisui."
"Just Hisui is fine by me."
We chatted a bit more after that. This was a good thing for me, I was able to learn more about this world in the guise that I was not knowledgeable about these things due to me living in the mountains for almost all of my life. All hail the [Deception] skill.
"Where did you get that spear?" Leia asked as she pointed at Gáe Bolg. For some reason, Leia was sitting way too close to me. I swear I heard Ivan say "Oh, she finally developed a crush" earlier.
"Oh this? I got it after defeating Cú Chulainn."
"..."
Silence. That was what followed after I said those words.
"The fallen hero…? YOU DEFEATED HIM!?" Ivan leaned to me, making me lean back a bit.
"INCREDIBLE!" Aaron looked to the sky, as if he was yelling a war cry.
"Cool…" Leia looked like she was in a trance.
Ah, I forgot that Cú Chulainn was a legendary hero of this world. Why didn't they recognize his spear though? If I remember correctly, Cú was already an Undead when I came to this world. It might be possible that he's been gone for years now so no one recognizes him nor his weapon. When I saw Leia about to touch the spear, I immediately disappeared from my seat and appeared on her other side.
"Don't touch it, you might die."
//Unlocked Skill [Intimidation].//
'Eh? Why did I-'
My internal question was cut off as I looked at their faces. They were sweating bullets and I also noticed the air around me was distorting a bit. They all looked like they were about to faint any second now. Taking a deep breath, I tried to deactivate [Intimidation]. Luckily for us, mostly them, it worked.
I quickly apologized for my actions, and they accepted my apology. I genuinely didn't expect me to already have something like [Intimidation]. Just who was past me? Was I a badass? I really hope I was a badass.
"Do you have any identification cards on you?" Aaron asked.
"Like I said, I lived in the mountains. I don't have any of those at all."
"This might be problematic… Ivan, can you call Alexia? She works for the Argen Government, right?"
What Aaron said caught my attention. Call? Is there any form of communication magic here? Or better, are there phones?
"Sure, just let me get my phone."
HELL YEAH!