Insania checked her mana by opening her status.
Manapoints: 710/1050
'Im not in the red yet, they might find it suspicious if I suddenly chugged down Manapots, how many did I have again? ' Insania grabbed the Pendant of Liru activated it and pulled out her bought scabbards, then equipped it to her waist and back and sheathed her swords.
'Ok I'm ready' Insania put her game face on and introduced herself.
"Hello I'm Insania... I'll be accompanying you guys from here on, and all of you are?" Insania's smiling expression was too warm for some of them to reject. Five of them gathered towards Insania and answered with glee, but the rest ignores her and spoke softly with Allan, probably voicing out their concerns with Insania. The five came in and introduced themselves and Insania also scanned them if they were telling the truth.
"Im Mal"
*Ting
Name: Mal
Class: Tamer
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 30
Hitpoints: 200 *
'Level 30?' Mal is a Tamer that uses the bow, sporting the classic Archer equipment. Tamers are what you would call the most versatile class of all the ten available tier1 class, they are a Jack of all trades, Master of None... They can buy the Mastery of all the other classes excluding the Healer. To rank up they need to combine their chosen Weapon Mastery and [Taming Mastery]. Insania could tell he only needs to level it up once to become tier2. 'That could be my chance to get into his good graces'
"Im Oreuq"
*Ting
Name: Oreuq
Class: Tanker
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 32
Hitpoints: 1560 *
Oreuq was a typical Tanker class, cladded in Common Rarity steel armor from head to toe, along with a mace and shield combo.
"Im Russ"
*Ting
Name: Russ
Class: Fencer
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 31
Hitpoints: 550*
Russ was a two-handed Fencer, he wore a Steel Chest-plate, a Longsword on his waist whilst the rest of his equipment were made of leather.
"Im Vtts"
*Ting
Name: Vtts
Class: Rager
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 29
Hitpoints: 1200*
Vtts had a weird name and in no way did author run out of names. Insania didn't mind his imposing attire, which is an entire wolf's pelt and head covered by the upper and lower jaws of a wolf, she knew these types of items are actually much more preferable to beastkin.
"Rez here..."
*Ting
Name: Rez
Class: Fighter
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 29
Hitpoints: 430*
Last that introduce himself was Rez... good ol Rez had no noticable weapons. Only his fists were wrapped by some strange red clothing. While he wore metal bracers that covered his arm up to the elbow, his attire doesnt look like it offers much needed protection either.
'Now that I think about it, wasn't Leonardus a Fighter?' Insania hurriedly checked the global rankings again.
Name: Leonardus
Class: Grappler(Tier2)
Race: Panthera
Level: 46
Hitpoints:
Insania didn't realize it sooner but Leonardus also found himself a Unique class just like Insania. 'A variant of the Fighter class?'
The first 5 that introduced themselves ogled Insania's attire with their lust filled eye sockets, their gaze penetrating through the leather to see her luscious form. She remained calm under their intense gaze, she's already mentally prepared herself for this moment. There's no need to get cold feet now, though she was absolutely holding in the cringe that is about to show in her face. Oh how she wishes she could just scream.
'I'M A DUDE!'
But she had to stick to the plan, she needed to use their lust to her advantage, and then probably sway them and gain their trust. If she wanted to survive this quest and avoid being thrown under the bridge(left behind) or violated(raped). She must do the unthinkable. To flirt with each and everyone of them and gain their support. She then smiled to the remaining five that hasnt introduced themselves.
"Before I introduce myself... what exactly are you?" The rather tall and sleek Ranger asked.
"What do you mean?" Insania gave a wry smile.
"You think you could play dumb? Let me be specific then. What is your class? Level? And Race? You don't look like someone hailing from the Mercenary Kingdom nor Atoru Kingdom." Insania remained silent as she got battered by the mercenary leaders questions.
'Those are fair questions, that I'd also ask myself' insania softly answered lying succinctly. "I'm an Elite Fencer, my level is jaw-dropping and lastly what else could I be except human?"
"Lies" the man said before he turned around and approached Allan. Insania didn't mind him, if he were in his shoes, he wouldn't trust herself even if it kills her. But she still scanned the guy.
*Ting
Name: ???
Class: Elite Archer(Tier2)
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 35
Hitpoints: 400 *
"Don't be like that boss... Guys at the very least introduce yourselves, or would you like me to do it for?"
"NO! don't you dare! Ahem, my names Lainey, and this is my sister" The woman huffed at Mal before bowing to Insania. She wore the classic Caster cloth armor that offered little to no Physical Defense, afterwards the little girl, who was obviously a Healer chirped in.
"And I'm Hetir"
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Name: Lainey
Class: Caster
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 30
Hitpoints: 150*
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Name: Hetir
Class: Healer
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 29
Hitpoints: 200*
"Fine... Im Juli"
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Name: Juli
Class: Tanker
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 33
Hitpoints: 2010*
Juli was a full-cladded steel warrior that carried a big-ass shield on his back. Insania was shocked to see his Hitpoints but usually shields offer a lot of Physique which directly increases HP.
"And Im XERCA!"
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Name: Xerca
Class: Rogue
Race: Human(??? Citizen)
Level: 32
Hitpoints: 200*
The last one that introduced himself was a slim and short guy, that uses daggers. Cladding the classic Rogue attire.
Insania finally assessed the team composition, which is 8 melee classes counting both Allan and her, 2 range, 2 magical classes.
"So are we going or not?" Lainey impatiently asked Allan.
"Do any of you all have things left to do?" Allan inquired.
"Actually before we go I wanted to spar with Insania a bit" Xerca said raising his hand.
"WHAT!? " All of them no exceptions exclaimed.
"Why!? " Insania and Allan both shouted in unison.
"Well it looked like she was holding back a lot so I thought I just wanted to test what she's really made of. But if everyone's going to disapprove of it then I'm fine with challenging her on the road."
"We don't have time for that" Allan said and Insania added "Sure I'll spar with you once we get out of here and possibly somewhere not infested with extremely high leveled monsters."
"Then thats a promise" Xerca nodded and said no more.
"Let's go already! We've been delayed enough I want to get out of this PLACE!" Lainey said with increasing volume.
'Pretty sure a lot of Beastkins are already waiting to ambush us now with how loud you were you dumb bitch' Insania mentally scolded Lainey.
"Relax" Saying so, Allan clapped his hands and a Magic Circle encompassed the entire area. Insania was about to rush out of the circle when she heard Allans booming voice "Nobody move!"
The entire group got enveloped by a bright light and disappeared from the clearing.
...
Somewhere in the outskirts of the Level 300 Grindspot Echoing Woods, The entire group of 12 people materialized in front of a Carriage whilst a man wearing a full cloak sat on the coach.
"Come now Master Allan"
The group slowly followed suit but Lainey was too baffled that she shouted. "THAT WAS HIGH LEVEL TELEPORTATION MAGIC!"
"I thought you already informed them? " Allan asked the leader.
"I didn't cause I could feel a lot of beastkin's both visible and not listening everywhere." The leader replied and he prepared his bow. "Let's go"
Hetir softly caressed Hetir calming her down. Such a powerful spell happened right before her eyes... A Caster! Lainey was absolutely distraught at the thought. She knew that to accomplish what just happened to them, one must have the 1 in a millennia [Elemental Mastery: Space] and have a high enough level and tier to bypass the magic that protects most beastkin cities.
That's because spells are slightly jammed when casted inside a city, even if the Caster was outside they'd need an extremely high mastery of Space and Mana Manipulation to cast such a long distance teleport.
Insania on the other hand pulled out her map and realized they were now 8 kilometers away from the city. "I'd be surprised if the beastkin could tail us, now that were here" Insania muttered, then with growing realization slapped herself "Oh shit I hope I didn't jinx us"
The others looked at Insania as if she was weird but the Leader who had heard her could only mutter in despair... "She fuggin jinxed us"
Allan jumped up the coach of the carriage pulled by magnificent horses and spoke. "Let's go"
The cloacked figure who was responsible for teleporting them nodded.
"HIYA! " he tugged on the horses reins and they slowly moved forward.
Insania and the rest of the mercenary party were all forced to walk because the carriage could only carry two additional people. But as mercenaries they were long accustomed to long treks and month long journeys.