Lars was currently packing some equipment for them. And he was hiding his injuries with a cloak once again.
"Hah, I look like a suspicious guy once again." Lars didn't like cloaks that much.
"Then stop getting injured like that." Airmid rolled her eyes at him.
"Aww, come on. Give me some slack here." Lars pouted at her. He killed a god.
"Enough of that, are we really going to Melen?" Tiona asked and she wanted to see the sea again.
Telskyura might be a shitty place to live. But it was surrounded by seas.
It was the reason why they have the diving DA in the first place. And it was extremely useful against underwater monsters.
"Yeah, let's have a little vacation yeah?" Lars smiled at them and their eyes glazed over at the word vacation.
'I'll also survey the islands for a possible place to build an island fortress of Monstro.' Lars thought that the sea is nigh impenetrable.
If they manage to make a fortress on an island, then no matter how many adventurers they send, they'll always have the advantage.
The diving DA is actually a rare one. And majority of adventurers in Orario don't have them at all except for some weird people.
And their air superiority would result in a watery grave. How will they protect themselves against an onslaught of attacks in open sea?
Lars could already imagine Gros wielding a minigun with incendiary rounds as he flew in the air.
'Ships would burn and we'll release the krakkens! Muahahaha!' Lars was daydreaming as he chuckled on his lonesome.
"I don't like the expression he's making..." Tiona looked at him suspiciously.
The first time they saw him make that expression, he unleashed d-day on the colosseum.
With majority of the citizens of Monstro wielding guns to unload on the monsters there.
They gained a lot of magic crystals that day.
"But are you sure that we should be going with Alfia?" Airmid whispered to him.
"I heard that." Alfia gave Airmid the iron claw and she screamed in fright, more so than pain.
"You seriously have to stop doing that..." Tione deadpanned at Alfia who had a sadistic grin on her face.
"You know, for someone who doesn't like noise. You're always scaring the shit out of them." Lars rolled his eyes.
"Want me to take off your other arm? Stop being noisy." Alfia huffed at him.
"You must really like the east, because you're always all right." Alfia gave out a corny joke.
The trio were shocked at the extremely out of character behavior and Lars snorted.
"That was bad, as bad as your personality." Lars fired back and Alfia gave him a noogie.
"Ahhh! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! You're the most lovable person in the world, Alfia-sama!" Lars cried out in pain.
"Hmph, and don't forget it." Alfia dropped him and Lars rubbed his head.
"Come on, let's go get dizzy in a shitty carriage." Lars groaned and he took all of their items for the trip.
They then had a three hour journey towards Melen. Because it was actually a port city that was extremely close.
When they arrived at the place, Lars rubbed his butt. But his increased stats didn't really make it hurt.
He just got annoyed by the shaking. Being used to paved roads and all.
"The sea!" Tiona and Tione raised their arms as they cheered.
"Woo, it's the sea." Alfia rolled her eyes at their excitement.
"What crawled up your butt?" Lars thought she was like an underwhelmed teenager.
"The sun is noisy, shining all over the place. The sea breeze is like static, cluttering all over my personal space. Sand's everywhere, this place is a nightmare." Alfia scowled.
"Well... You do have a point." Lars remembered that she was a superhuman that can probably hear people from a mile away clearly.
Coupled with her other acute senses, the beach does seem insanely annoying.
"I'll give you a lot of backrubs later, just deal with it for now." He pointed at the trio and Alfia saw them.
"Tch, fine I guess." Alfia rolled her eyes and they started their vacation by going to their hotel.
"What a cute family." The receptionist smiled at them, thinking that they were a normal family on vacation.
Not really knowing that they are 2nd class to 1st class adventurers.
And Alfia was the one who killed the goddamned leviathan. And its skeleton that plugged up an exit from the dungeon was still emitting ancient power.
"Huh?" Alfia looked at the receptionist coldly, as she thought that she was mistaken as an auntie.
"Y-you must be a great, big sister." The receptionist managed to save her life and the hotel.
"Un, I am." Alfia nodded proudly and Lars rolled his eyes.
"I felt that." Alfia gave him a side eye. "How petty can you be?" Lars was done with her.
"You two are like an old, married couple." Airmid chuckled.
"Huh!? Who are you calling old?" Alfia glared at her and Airmid yelped.
"Calm down, it's a joke." Lars sighed at her. He was wondering how Alfia even managed to function in normal society.
And that was her secret, she didn't. Alfia is a ball of anxiety with legs.
She's also always so stressed that she would start shaking whenever she gets calm.
After they checked in, they then went towards the shores.
"We'll catch some fish, Lars will cook them!" Tiona grabbed Tione and they immediately dived into the water.
"They're very energetic." Airmid chuckled and Lars nodded with a soft smile.
"Hmph, they're noisy is what." Alfia was being a tsundere.
And they know that calling her out on it would only earn themselves punishment.
So they just let her be. After a few minutes, a couple of fish started to fly towards them and Airmid caught them.
Lars then took out a table, skillfully filleting them with just one arm.
"They sure are pumping out fish like nobody's business." Lars whistled.
There was already a pile of fish beside him and he started preparing a charcoal stove.
With his magic, he made the charcoal ignite and he seasoned the fillets.
After he started grilling them, even Alfia couldn't quite resist the smell of fresh fish being grilled.
"Let's eat for now, I'll try to find some islands later." Lars gestured them to come and get some.
"If you insist." Alfia walked up to him and he chuckled.
"Say pretty please, you're being rude right now." Lars took the cooked fish into his inventory and Alfia glared at him.
"Never mind." Alfia was about to turn around, but her stomach betrayed her.
'Curses! Why now?' Alfia blushed in embarrassment.
"Come on, Alfia. Don't be so grumpy, say ahhh~" Lars stood on a stool as he offered her some food.
"I guess it would be less tiring if you fed me." Alfia bit into it and Airmid chuckled on the side.
"So sweet." Airmid commented and Alfia decided to take her portion and went away.
"You scared her off." Lars laughed and Airmid nodded with a smile. "I seem to have done so."
"Oiii! We got a lot didn't we? Time to dig in!" Tiona waved at them as she got out of the water.
"Tiona, don't be so hasty. Leave some for Lars." Tione sighed at her sister's eagerness.
He then looked for any islands that he thought would be nice for a fortification.
'Hmmm... They're all too close to Melen. This one's a dud.' Lars couldn't find any island that fits his criteria.
And if even the island they could get was reasonably large for more defenses.
It will be inevitably conquered due to the Poseidon familia that was operating in Melen.
There are two level 7's in the world. Freya's king; Ottar.
And the other one, the knight of knights. A member of the poseidon familia.
There are also 3 level 6's in the Poseidon familia. Being too close would be far too detrimental.
And them being unaware of the xenos, they would kill them. If Alfia isn't there to protect them, it would be all over.
"Is that a ship?" Airmid pointed at a pretty large ship.
"Yeah, it is!" Tiona watched it sail, but when she saw the logo of it. She went deathly pale.
"Tiona, what's wrong? Ohh..." Tione also saw it and she understood immediately.
"That's... Telskyura's flag isn't it?" Lars concluded and the two amazons went quiet.
"Lars, they're too traumatized to function against them. You know what to do." Alfia said to him and he nodded.
"Airmid, take them back to the hotel. Tiona, Tione, it's alright. Alfia is with us. And I can still use magic in my condition." Lars ordered.
"Wait! We're not scared of them!" Tiona refused to back down.
"Don't be stubborn, Tiona!" Airmid shouted at her.
"N-no, we can definitely interact with them. It won't be a problem." Tione supported Tiona.
"Hah, you two are such trouble makers sometimes. You do know that those four who are staring at us will be a problem?" Lars pointed at the ship.
And there were 4 amazons that were looking at them from the ship.
Meaning, they could see them from miles away. And those amazons were easily going to be higher leveled.
And the crazy amazon of Telskyura proved their insanity as one of them dived out of the ship.
"Is it just me? Or is there a torpedo coming at us?" Lars could see the turbulence of the water.
"I don't know what that means, but you're probably right." Airmid replied.
And when the amazon arrived, she immediately jumped right in front of them.
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"A-Argana..." Tiona and Tione gulped, remembering the brutal training they underwent because of them.
Though when they compared it to Alfia's, it was a walk in the park.
"Tiona, Tione. So this is how you spend your time? Eating at Melen leisurely? I thought you would grow strong." Argana clicked her tongue.
Lars, Airmid, and Alfia didn't understand her though.
Telskyura, being another country altogether, they had another language there.
"Uhh, what did she just say?" Lars noticed that she was a bit hostile, but not enough to warrant drastic measures.
"She said that we're wasting our time. Instead of getting stronger, we're chilling." Tiona informed them.
"And what's this? You hang out with a cripple?" Argana saw Lars didn't have his left arm.
He was also still recuperating most of his organs on his left side as well.
The twins hissed at her and Argana smirked at their reactions.
"You've really marked a cripple as your mate? Pathethic, maybe you'll grow stronger if I kill him?" Argana grinned at them.
The two froze for a quick second and Tiona almost lashed out at her.
Surprisingly, Tione was the one who stopped her from attacking Argana.
"Calm down Tiona! She can't kill Lars! It's simply impossible." Tione calmed her down.
"Hoh? So this lady wants to try and kill me eh?" Lars raised a brow at her.
'Hmm? Why isn't he afraid?' Argana released her killing intent at him, but he was unfazed.
He practiced with Alfia everyday. And her annoyance was more spine chilling than Argana's killing intent.
"Have you ever wondered how it would feel to fly?" Lars asked her as he raised his palm.
Argana just tilted her head and the twins dived to the sides as his lips opened.
"Ravage; Gale." He uttered, and Argana couldn't react as she was hit by a pure block of wind that broke the sound barrier.
Argana spun around the air like a ragdoll and the twins watched in awe.
"Argana's spinning around in the air." Tiona laughed her ass off.
"She can't control herself." Tione tried to hold in her laugh, but Argana's uncontrollable spins in the air was too amusing.
"She'll be back for more too, so let's give her a parting gift." Lars walked up to the shore.
He touched the water and he concentrated. Purple light shone brightly behind him.
A symbol of a goat formed on his back. "Ravage... Ice Age."
Lars kneeled on the ground as he almost hit mind down.
A large part of the lake in front of him got frozen solid and even Alfia was surprised.
"That... That can already be called grand magic." Alfia commented and the trio with them looked at her like she just grew a second head.
"Yeah, after all. A godslayer's got to have some perks." Lars tossed them a piece of paper.
Lars Johansson; Level 2
Superbia: ?
Luxuria: Sacrifice Excelia to strengthen magic. The desire for limitless power gives birth to armageddon.
Gula: Devour life and attributes from anything eaten, stockpiles excelia and life. Infinite hunger gives birth to an unrecognizable monster.
Avaritia: ?
Ira: ?
Invidia: ?
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