𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟔: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 (1)
When Oswald regained consciousness, he was already on a ship bound for Abas City.
“Ugh. . . . . . Where is this?”
“You’re on a ship to Abas City.”
“Abigail?”
“Yes, it’s good to see you’re awake.”
“How long has it been?”
“You’ve been asleep for about ten days.”
“Hmm. . . . . .”
Checking his body, he found that it was creaking and groaning all over. Even the troll king’s heart seemed to be overloaded. . . not working properly.
“You wiped out an entire legion. . . I guess that’s pretty good.”
“Ugh. . . . . .”
“Congratulations. Thanks to you, the Defense Bureau has upgraded Sir Oswald’s rank.”
“Rank?”
“Yes, you’ve been promoted to Platinum Rank for now, and it will be reflected when you graduate from the academy. Until then, you’ll remain Gold, so don’t be too disappointed.”
“It’s easier for me to operate incognito anyway.”
“Oh, and here.”
Abigail handed him a magic pouch.
“This is. . . . . .?”
“Lady Evelyn asked me to give this to you when you wake up. It probably contains essence that only demon hunters can identify.”
“I see you opened it.”
“I was curious, to be honest.”
“. . . . . .”
Checking the inside of the magic pouch, he found a whopping twenty chaos essences. After all, he had wiped out a legion, so there had to be at least one chaos demon among them, right?
‘𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦? 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩. 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸.’
Oswald took out the statue of Chronos from his own magic pouch and placed it on the table.
“What’s that for?”
“To pray.”
“Ah. . . . . . Come to think of it, Sir Oswald was also a paladin.”
“. . . . . .”
“Well, I’ll be going now.”
She left. . . Oswald took out one of the essences and placed it in front of the statue and prayed.
About an hour or two passed, as the essence was filled with light, the level of ‘Chronos’s Basic Prayer’ increased by 1. Thanks to this, the prayer, which is now level 5, will allow Oswald to shorten the time it takes for sanctify.
‘𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵. . . . . . 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥. . . . . .’
Oswald immediately checked his message window.
[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞.]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐏 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬.]
Ting!
[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧. . . 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫.]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐏 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬.]
‘𝘜𝘨𝘩. . . . . .’
The last message was a bit annoying. . . but still. . . he had earned over 200,000 Fate Points. This means that he can now further increase his current stats and skills.
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A few days later. . . Oswald, who had returned to Abas City, was resting in a large mansion where all the academy students could stay, thanks to the mayor’s consideration.
The students, who were eating and chatting noisily in the large hall inside the mansion, were all busy telling their adventures, as if they had been through a lot.
“Oswald, what was it like for you guys?”
“It was amazing.”
When Alicia asked what had happened, Oswald simply said that it had been tough.
On the way back from the field training that lasted about a month. . . . . .
“By the way, the league tournament is about to start soon.”
“League. . . . . .”
Oswald, who was with Natasha, Elsa, and Alicia like last time, suddenly heard Alicia talking about the league.
“So, Oswald. How about we decide on the league lineup in advance?”
At that, Oswald quickly glanced at his teammates and then said to Alicia.
“I think it’s safe to say that three of us already have our lanes set.”
As a swordswoman, Elsa was a balance of tank and dealer, so she had to stand alone on the top lane, and Natasha had to go to the bottom lane because she was a support class.
“That leaves the ranged dealer and the mid laner. Alicia, which one will you choose?”
Alicia couldn’t help but think about it. At first glance, Oswald seemed to be the ranged dealer type. But Oswald was the only one who could look down on the entire battlefield and make judgments when appropriate to lead the fight to victory.
And the type that suits that type is the mid lane. The mid laner had a lot to do, such as moving to the top or bottom to cooperate in an attack or entering the jungle to catch buff monsters.
In addition, if the mid lane stands alone, he can monopolize the points earned when he catches the battle golem, and use those points to purchase magic scrolls or artifacts to deal greater damage to the enemy.
After thinking it over, Alicia immediately told him her position.
“I’ll go as a ranged dealer.”
“What?”
Then, a reaction came from an unexpected place.
“No, in terms of firepower alone, wouldn’t it be better for Alicia to stand on the mid lane?”
“To put it bluntly, I’m focused on firepower, so I can’t look at the battlefield as a whole. Moreover, Oswald is much better than me in terms of mobility.”
Natasha nodded as if Alicia’s words made sense.
However, Elsa didn’t like it. No matter how much Oswald was a leader, he was still a criminal to her, a half-fiend with no magic power.
She was just cooperating with him for the sake of her grades for now, and her pride would not allow her to follow Oswald’s orders completely.
Natasha saw Elsa like that and thought about it, and soon agreed with Alicia.
“I agree with Alicia too. Moreover, my buff magic has better synergy with Alicia, doesn’t it?”
“If you all say so. . . . . .”
Oswald was decided to be the mid laner.
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In the middle of a vast desert, a wizard in golden armor was meeting and talking with Minos.
“Oh? Long time no see, senior.”
“Valerian?”
“It’s refreshing to see you still alive and well.”
“Rather than that, what are you doing here?”
“Oh, I got a request for cooperation from the CID. . . . . . But I guess I wasn’t really needed?”
“Well, I had a junior who volunteered for the job, and he solved it.”
“Oh. . . . . . Are you interested?”
“Even if I am, he’s a junior of the Order, so I’ll let it go.”
“I heard he’ll be a free man in 10 years? With that much skill and determination, he’ll survive 10 years.”
“Tsk. . . . . . I’m against it.”
“That’s for him to decide. . . . . . Anyway, senior, stay safe.”
“You don’t have to worry about me, even if you don’t say that.”
Minos left, leaving the golden wizard alone.
“Hmm. . . . . . So what should I do now? Should I go find the chief and strangle him?”
He hated hot places, so he tried to send someone else, but everyone was busy, so he ended up moving himself. But when he arrived in the desert, he was told that it had already been resolved. It was ridiculous for the golden-armored wizard who had come all the way to the desert.
“Well, I’ve come this far, I might as well check out a few places.”
Anyway, there were some desert tribes who had made a pact with Chaos and were plundering the surrounding tribes. It wasn’t just plundering, but since they had made a pact with Chaos, it was enough justification for intervention.
“I’ve checked everything.”
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Oswald, who had arrived at the academy, continued to recuperate by drinking holy water for the time being. Of course, he didn’t neglect to sanctify the essence by praying from time to time.
As a result, the level of ‘Chronos’ Prayer Basics’ exceeded 10 and evolved into ‘Chronos’ Prayer Basics’. Previously, he could sanctify one essence every two hours, but now he could sanctify one essence every 30 minutes.
In addition, as he prayed, his holy power level also increased, and he had now reached level 25. Before he knew it, he had sanctified all twenty-one essences.
“Phew. . . . . . It’s almost like it raises my strength level by 1 for each one.”
Thanks to absorbing all the essences, Oswald’s strength level had increased by 18 levels from the previous 41 to 59. Agility had also increased from level 41 to level 56 by 15 levels, and endurance had increased from level 40 to level 52 by 12 levels.
When reaching level 50, it cost 100,000P to level up by paying Fate Points in the shop window.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺.’
For now, out of the remaining 232,000P, 30,000P each was used to raise Regeneration Lv.30 and Recovery Lv.30, and Sense Lv.30 to level 40.
The remaining Fate Points were now 202,000P, and Oswald decided to invest them one by one in the 30 levels to make them 40 levels.
He invested a total of 80,000 Fate Points in Sight Lv.30, Aim Lv.30, Shooting Lv.30, Spirit Lv.30, Calm Lv.30, Patience Lv.30, Adaptation Lv.30, and Judgment Lv.30, bringing them all to level 40.
‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘥’𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. . . . . .’
If you tame a familiar, the higher the affinity level, the more skills you can create using the familiar, so he had been raising the affinity level so far.
As it happened, the affinity level was 20, and out of the remaining 122,000P, 2,000P was left behind, so he invested 1,000P to make the affinity level 30. Additionally, Stealth was also level 20, so he invested 1,000P to make it 30, which dropped exactly 120,000P.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. . . 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵.’
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Weekend. . . Oswald went to the most famous familiar shop in the capital with Hecaton’s help.
Arkhini had a complaint that the question he asked after a long time was just about the familiar shop, but Oswald didn’t really care.
“Welcome~”
Seeing Oswald in his academy uniform, the clerk at the shop greeted him politely and escorted him in.
“Do you have any familiars in mind?”
“I’ll take a look around for now.”
The shop had a wide variety of creatures, from beasts to common animals, monsters, and hybrids.
‘𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯? 𝘕𝘰, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪-𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯.’
It resembled a griffin, but it was smaller than a griffin and had no wings. That was the demi-griffin. However, it was fierce and brave, had strong loyalty, good stamina, and good mobility, so it was often used as a mount.
Griffins were currently monopolized by the Empire’s Sky Knights, so there were none available on the market. Therefore, to tame a griffin as a familiar, one would have to catch a wild griffin and tame it. . . . . .
Wild griffins were not easily tamed. Rather, they would often commit suicide if they were tamed, so it was difficult unless they were raised from a young age.
‘𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳.’
After looking around for a while, Oswald stopped in front of a peregrine falcon.
‘𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘯. . . . . .’
Among the familiar skills, there was a skill that allowed the master and the familiar to share their vision.
‘𝘐𝘧 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘌𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦.’
“Do you happen to have a Great Eagle?”
“Oh. . . Unfortunately, we don’t have any Great Eagles, sir.”
“Ugh. . . . . .”
Oswald went outside, disappointed. But he wasn’t discouraged. There was also a black market that handled beasts like the Great Eagle.
“I’ll have to visit the sewers again after a long time.”
Of course, he would have to ask Hecaton for directions. . . But that was no problem.
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