Twin Empress, would you mind if I asked you some questions?
I am at your service, Master.
First of all, would it be alright to call you Em for short?
Em?! I would be-be-be very happy to be called that by M-master! I am so-so ha-happy!
Calm down, just remain calm Em. You can address me as Vinyl or Vin for short if you want.
Aaah, I don't know if I could call you V-vvv-in, I think it would be difficult for me Master, sorry.
No need for any apology, just call me what is most convenient for you Em. I wanted to ask, how do I evaluate my current condition?
Right, the first step would be for Master to call up your [Status], which can be done just with a thought. That should bring up a display that you alone can view containing all of the necessary information of your current attributes and abilities.
I see, that's very convenient, thank you Em.
[Status]
Status
Level 1
Hit Points
560 (60 + 500)
Mana Points
575 (75 + 500)
Unique Ability**
{Blessing of the Midori}
Titles
{Favored by the Goddess Corona Midori}
{Master of Twin Empress}
{Impeccably Well-Mannered}
Attributes
Stat Points
Strength
112 (12 + 100)
Vitality
112 (12 + 100)
Dexterity
110 (10 + 100)
Intelligence
115 (15 + 100)
Wisdom
110 (10 + 100)
Charisma
113 (13 + 100)
Skills
Level
Appraisal
9
Dimensional Storage
9
Enhanced Growth (passive)
10 (MAX)
All Magic Aptitude*
10 (MAX)
All Mana Aptitude*
10 (MAX)
Wow! I have a really broken status!?
Master's status is broken!?!?!? How is that possible?!?!? Something must be done or else what will I do!
No, it's not a bad thing Em, I'm just saying that I have a very powerful blessing bestowed on me from the Goddess so my stats are much higher than they should be.
Is-is that so Master, I see. I was worried that it was negative to your well-being. Goddess Corona herself gave you her blessing so it's only natural that you possess a higher than normal power Master. If it wasn't because of the rules I believe it would be even higher, however the maximum amount of blessing that one can receive has been determined by the Elder Gods beforehand.
Is that so? I didn't really think about that. I am able to use all attributes of magic and I even have [Enhanced Growth], [Appraisal], and [Dimensional Storage]. With these starting skills I don't have to worry about much.
With that I stood up and began to walk towards what looked like a road. It was more of a path that had been used by carriages to transport their goods from town to town. I figured that as long as I followed this path I would eventually come across a town or village or even a city.
Em, do you know where we are or how far we are from the closest place with other people?
Apologies Master, I don't know where we are or how far we are from others, but I don't sense any powerful monsters around us for at least fifteen hundred meters.
Well that's okay, just wanted to see if I was going in the right direction, I think I am.
We walked for what I thought was an hour when I began to notice what looked like smoke coming from a very long distance away from me.
Em, do you detect the presence of anything or anyone, I think I see smoke far off in the distance straight ahead of us.
Master, one hundred and seven meters in front of us I detect the presence of nineteen Orcs, twenty two humans, eight nightcrawlers and one ogre.
What is a nightcrawler?
A nightcrawler would be a large worm that burrows within the earth and attacks small to medium sized prey that they detect through the vibrations transmitted from the surface of the ground.
Can you tell what's happening over there?
Apologies Master, I am unable to tell what's going on but it's most likely that the humans are being attacked by the monsters.
I guess I should hurry then.
With that I started to run towards the smoke and I was surprised to see I could move very fast, I didn't know exactly how fast I could run but it took no more than thirty seconds until I could make out a large figure holding a big wooden club raise it up and swing it down at what looked like a carriage. Even though it was dark at night, I could make out a dozen people in armor with swords, spears, and axes drawn trying to resist the large figure and dodging its attacks. I tried to use my skill to see if I could get any useful information.
[Appraisal]
{Appraisal activated: Ogre = a species of monster evolved from hobgoblin. Possesses a large build with high strength and vitality. Weaknesses include slow movement and low intelligence. Status available, would you like to view it? Yes/No }
No. Em, could you take down the Ogre with a mid-level water spell? I don't want to endanger the people surrounding it.
Understood Master, I will disable the Ogre with [Ice Beam].
While running towards the battle scene, Em starts to glow in a blue light and then an aqua-blue beam of light shoots out from in front of me and hits the Ogre's right shoulder. Upon contact the beam immediately freezes the Ogre's right side, starting from its shoulder continuing down to its leg, and that immobilizes it. The people in armor surrounding it take the opportunity to strike it and some hit the frozen parts so as to shatter them. The Ogre lets out a loud painful scream and falls down onto the ground. I reach the edge of where the carriages and people are clearly visible, and there are a few bodies lying about the area, both humans and orcs. From the current situation, it seems like the convoy of carriages was attacked by a large group of orcs accompanied by two Ogres and the nightcrawlers must have dug up the road and prevented the carriages from fleeing. I see the partially burnt body of an Ogre lying next to a burning carriage so it must have been killed after taking down the carriage and was hit by some kind of fire attack. There were also about a dozen burnt corpses of orcs scattered about. Looking around there are two carriages left, and the carriage further from me seems to be encircled by over twenty orcs all holding spears and it's being defended by ten armored fighters with two people on the carriage. As soon as I approach, the dozen armor-clad fighters that were fighting the Ogre notice and seem to be wary of me, but I raise my hands and shout to them.
"I am a wandering adventurer that just happened to pass by and saw your situation, I mean no harm. It was me that shot the [Ice Beam] just now that hit the Ogre."
From hearing that, a few of them have slightly relieved expressions, although a few still don't lower their weapons. Two of the fighters step forward to address me while half of the others run towards the defenders that are fighting the orcs.
Armor-clad fighter #1: Thank you for the assistance, my name is Rickard. This is my second-in-command Lyla.
Lyla: Are you an adventurer from Muspelm or maybe Caithen city?
"No I'm not from either of those places, I came from the south. However, shouldn't we deal with the orcs surrounding that carriage over there?"
Rickard: Unfortunately, myself and the five still here are injured and we wouldn't be able to do much to help at the moment.
I then realized that the armor-clad fighters around me all had dents in their armors and some were leaning against their weapons for support since they must have a few broken bones. I began to concentrate and see if I had any sort of healing magic available. At that point a small window popped up with my skill [All Magic Aptitude] displayed on it.
All Magic Aptitude → Healing
Attribute
Level
Effect
High Aqua Heal
water
9
Single target, cures burns and restores from burn scars as well as eliminates burning pain and moderate wounds
Area High Restoration
light
9
Area effect, completely recovers from most negative status effects and ailments, restores half of full stamina
Area High Heal
light
9
Area effect, completely cures most injuries in an area roughly 10 meters around the user
High Regeneration
light
9
Single target, can regenerate lost limbs and organs
"Are there any here who have lost a limb? If not, could you please gather into a group."
The others looked at each other with confusion on their faces, but I moved towards the place where several of them had gathered while motioning for Rickard and Lyla to follow. When all six of the injured ones that remained were around me I used my healing magic.
"[Area High Heal]. [Area High Restoration]."
When I said that a bright green light enveloped all six people around me and after a few seconds of glowing it faded away but I could clearly see the shock on their faces. Most of them began to touch their bodies to confirm that there were no longer any injuries or pain.
Rickard: You were a healer?!
Lyla: That was '[Area High Heal],' one of the highest forms of healing magic that only the elite healers from the Holy Church are able to perform!
Male Fighter #1: No way my ribs are no longer broken!?!?!
Female Fighter #1: My leg isn't smashed up, and I can move my left arm without any pain?!?!
Male Fighter #2: I don't feel as tired as before, I can still fight!?!?!
Once the surprise died down I then headed towards the besieged large carriage with the six dashing ahead of me and into the fray. I was able to confirm there were still about fifteen orcs alive and fighting with the now twenty armor-clad fighters as two had been knocked down and were pulled toward the smaller carriage by what appears to be a butler looking individual. He had dog ears and a fluffy tail, so it was a beastman of the dog or wolf variety. I slowly approached the carriage and waved to the beastman butler.
"Hello, I happened to be traveling along this path and saw the smoke so I went by and saw the predicament everyone was in and lent my assistance. My name is Vinyl, and you are?"
Beastman butler: Good day Sir Vinyl, my name is Rutherford and I am the attendant to Lady Karina Voltesse. My Lady is within this carriage recovering her mana and stamina as she was the one to bring down the first Ogre who attempted to demolish a second carriage, despite already using her mana to burn up the orcs that attacked along with the Ogre.
"I understand, it's unfortunate that you were beset by these orcs and Ogres, nevertheless I believe it will be fine as the fighters I met have been healed by me and seem to be pushing back the orcs, I also plan to participate to end this before others are hurt more."
Rutherford: I cannot thank you enough Sir Vinyl for all that you have done!
Rutherford bowed deeply and I could not help but see that his eyes were wet with tears, I became a little bit embarrassed so I tried to excuse myself.
"No need for that Rutherford, I'm just an adventurer who happened to pass by at the right place and at the right time. Now, let's see if we can end this once and for all."
When I said this I stepped forward away from the carriage and unsheathed Em, pointing the tip of the blade towards the orcs that had been held back by the fighters.
Once again Em, please use a mid-level water magic to subdue the remaining orcs and not affect any of the human fighters. Also, if the nightcrawlers are still around it would be best to subjugate them as well.
Understood Master, I will now use [Frozen Spears] and eliminate the orcs, I do not detect any presence of the nightcrawlers anymore.
The blade emitted a blue light and then fifteen large spears of jagged ice flew at tremendous speed at the remaining orcs and slammed into each one of their chests and instantly ended them. The spears flew in such an accurate and precise manner that the fighters were left dumbfounded at suddenly seeing their fierce enemies being reduced to shish kabobs. All the fighters seemed to turn and look at me, who was still holding Em in my right hand. I sheathed the sword and walked up to Rickard.
"Rutherford explained to me what happened, looks like you've had some major bad luck Commander Rickard."
At that, Rickard held up his longsword while shouting out.
Rickard: We've survived!!
Every other fighter: UOOOAAHH!!!
Once they all finished cheering and calmed down, I asked the ones who hadn't been healed by me to gather around in a circle and used [Area High Heal] and [Area High Restoration] so that they would be almost back to their former fighting condition before the attack. Again, there were shouts of surprise and some had tears in their eyes while shaking my hand and patting me on the back and such. Em for some reason was making growling noises whenever the female knights approached me but I figured it was best to ignore it at the moment. Anyways, Rutherford came by and after seeing the fighters all healed up and roaring to set off he asked me to go and check on Lady Karina. I followed him back to the carriage and then boarded it with him. Inside was a woman sleeping with a strained expression on her face and ragged breathing. I asked for permission to examine her condition and then proceeded to sit beside her and used my skill.