The Eastern Chaos (Part 2)
Plague had turned the eastern region into chaos. That meant the Palos's Bird that had been operating there was in chaos as well.
"And this time, I want to reduce Crow's forces and take what he has."
"....."
Montblanc smiled at me with a beautiful yet ruthless expression.
"M-Montblanc-nim."
"Yes, speak."
I kept my tone cautious as I addressed her.
"I understand your meaning, Montblanc-nim. But can I even go there?"
Four-star eighty levels, or soon to be five-star, but still weak. Of course, compared to an ordinary five-star master or fairy, I was stronger, but in terms of the continent, I was still the weak one.
Even in a secret organization, not every member was as strong as Montblanc. Those at the same level as her were executives, and below them were the likes of me, the weak ones scattered everywhere.
So, if I went to the east, I would fight with those at my level, and I could steal the materials and resources they possessed.
But Montblanc was just as greedy as I was. Such a woman would not want information of little importance or pocket change.
Exactly.
Even if I went to the east, I would not be able to satisfy Montblanc's greed. It was obvious I would not make a big contribution, so there was no reason for me to go to the east in the first place.
'I don't want to go to the east either.'
They said the plague, which even the priests couldn't stop, had spread there. I had no desire to go there at all.
"Heh heh. So... are you refusing?"
Her lips smiled, but her eyes were as cold as the snow of the north. I hurriedly added, "No, that's not it. Since Montblanc-nim has given the order, I will naturally go to the eastern region. But as I am still weak, there are few things I can do. So I was worried that I might disappoint Montblanc-nim."
'Fuck.'
I knew going there would be of no help, and Montblanc knew it too. Yet she still wanted me to go to the eastern region. She was truly a fucking bitch.
"It's not just you going. Don't worry. I will send my fairies as well. You go and do what you can."
Her cool gaze softened as she looked at me like a cute animal.
'Hah... fuck, I don't know either.'
"I understand, Montblanc-nim. Then, as soon as preparations are complete, I will head straight to the eastern region. Should I go immediately like last time?"
"No. This time I have to prepare quite a bit as well. I'll call you when preparations are done. My business is finished, so you may go."
"Yes. Rest well."
I bowed my head to Montblanc and left the room.
'Fuck. What the hell is Montblanc thinking?'
I scratched my head irritably as I came outside.
Yeah, I understood why Montblanc wanted to take away Crow's forces, who were active in the currently chaotic eastern region.
But there was something I must not forget here...
'After all, they're on the same side? But would the leader just let it go?'
Exactly. Montblanc and Crow, the responsible party in the eastern region, were rivals yet on the same side.
The leader of Palos's Bird's goal was to overthrow the only nation on the continent, the Ferdium Empire, and rule this world.
Using the noble cause of the people's freedom, but in the end, it was for his own greed.
Even if the Ferdium Empire's status had fallen to the bottom due to the independence of local warlords, it was still an empire and a 'nation' with powerful strength.
Of course, to overthrow a nation, you needed a force of comparable strength, and that force was Palos's Bird.
Montblanc's action of striking Crow was the same as cutting off her own flesh from the leader's perspective.
Would the leader just watch this? What about the managers of the west and north?
If Montblanc absorbed Crow's forces, the rivals in the competitor's position would not stay silent.
'Did she get shot in the head? Why the sudden nonsense?'
No matter how I thought about it, I couldn't understand why Montblanc had made this choice.
The Montblanc I had figured out was a cautious and careful woman.
Would such a woman suddenly move so radically?
It didn't make logical sense.
She said it was to take away Crow's forces, but that couldn't be the real purpose.
There was clearly another real purpose.
'Aah, fuck, I'm going crazy!'
The problem was that there was no way to find out Montblanc's real information.
'Hah... good. Anyway, I can't avoid going to the eastern region. No matter what Montblanc's purpose is, I'll focus on getting stronger.'
I would have to move as Montblanc's tool. The reason was that everything she used was as weak as I was. If I were strong, there would be no need for Montblanc to watch me. Instead, she would become my plaything.
'Crisis is soon an opportunity. I'll use this crisis as a stepping stone to become strong.'
I lit up.
I would take everything I could eat, and then become strong.
*****
It had been a week since preparations were supposed to be done, yet Montblanc still hadn't called me.
Well, thinking about it, it was only natural.
Even if Crow's forces had weakened due to the plague, the core power would remain intact.
To face such guys, Montblanc would need more than ordinary preparation. Moreover, she was the one attacking.
To preserve her forces as much as possible while taking away Crow's forces, she would have to prepare thoroughly.
Thanks to Montblanc not calling me, I spent time with my party members enjoying myself while also strengthening them.
I spent all the gold I had on equipping my party members.
Weapons, helmets, armor, saddles, boots, shields, accessories, and so on...
I reinforced everything I could.
Also, I got skill stones for Sonic, who had no skills. I got the skills she had possessed in her previous life.
As a result, I spent a staggering two billion gold.
Of course, I still had over four billion gold left, but since I would have to turn it into gems and use it later to grow the party members, it wasn't that much.
'I have to receive donations as well.'
Since I had received billions of gold in donations since I was much weaker, the gold I earned from selling monster byproducts didn't even register.
Since I was going to the east anyway, I might as well rob Crow's lackeys and, as a bonus, take the wealth of a weak king or queen, or rather, receive donations.
Until Montblanc called, we would raid dungeons.
It was to adapt to the new equipment and skills. As a bonus, we would level up the skills.
Since I didn't know when Montblanc would call, I had to raid the low-level dungeons near Littleberry. Of course, the levels wouldn't rise and I wouldn't get growth stones.
Since the purpose was adaptation, I didn't worry too much about it.
But there was one thing that worried me.
'Why isn't Aquaril doing her second job change?'
The path to promote to the upper class of the knight class, the Spirit Swordsman, had been opened.
She possessed the essential skills for promotion to Spirit Swordsman, [Spirit Summon (Lv.14/Rare)] and the rare trait [Spirit Affinity].
Yet Aquaril still hadn't promoted to Spirit Swordsman and remained at master level (30) swordsman.
Since Aquaril herself would be more frustrated than me, I didn't say anything about it, but I was slightly anxious.
Soon I would have to go to the dangerous eastern region. Before that, I wanted Aquaril to do her second job change and become a little stronger, but she wasn't doing it, so I was frustrated.
I discussed this with Sonic...
"Um... the past and present are similar but have many differences... Also, since I'm not [Centriel], I don't know much about that part either. I'm sorry I can't help, Master."
Sonic was the same.
By the way, the [Centriel] Sonic mentioned was the fairy of the Spirit Swordsman class I had raised in my previous life.
"Tsk. Nothing I can do about it."
I clicked my tongue and decided to talk to Aquaril about this issue.
*****
'If it's now... is she in the swimming pool?'
I checked the time and headed to the place where Aquaril would be. At this time, she would be in the swimming pool in the basement of the mansion.
Aquaril's attribute was water, and naturally, the spirit she summoned was also a water spirit.
To get close to the spirit, one had to interact with the spirit in an environment close to one's own attribute.
If Aquaril had been fire attribute, she would have been in the blacksmith with fire or near where fire was burning.
'Thinking about it this way, it's fortunate that Aquaril is water attribute.'
If Aquaril had been another attribute, it would have been quite troublesome. Light or dark attributes could only interact with spirits during the day and night, and zero attribute, honestly, I didn't know.
But how convenient was water attribute?
Just submerge the body in water and interact with the spirit.
Bloop~ Bloop~
"Hehe. Is it good, Undine?"
Bloop~
Anyway, when I went down to the basement, as I had expected, Aquaril was interacting with the water spirit in the swimming pool filled with water.
The water spirit, feeling good with so much water, flew around Aquaril making cute sounds.
'But how does she make sounds without a vocal cord?'
A spirit without a vocal cord making sounds. It was a mystery that couldn't be helped.
If the scientists of the previous life had seen this, they would have pulled their hair out and said 'Unbelievable! This is not science! Mad scientists!!!' and probably ended their own lives.
"Aquaril."
"Ah, you're here, Master."
When I called Aquaril, who was interacting with the spirit, she smiled brightly as if flowers were blooming. Floating in the middle of the swimming pool, she swam towards me.
Bloop...
Undine, who had been playing happily with Aquaril, hid behind Aquaril's head when I appeared. A few water droplets splashed out, looked at me, and hid again.
"This is just my feeling, but Undine seems to hate me. Right?"
"Ah, that's... um..."
With a sullen face, I glared at Undine, and Aquaril answered in embarrassment. That alone was enough to answer.
"Why does she hate me like that?"
"That's, um... ah..."
Undine had hated me since the moment I summoned Aquaril. Ah, exactly, I should say she was on guard?
When I approached, she would hide behind Aquaril or run away far away.
At first, I thought Undine was cute, but after it happened more than once, a bad disposition rose up.
Why is there no saying like that?
If someone says you're shitty for no reason, act shitty and create a shitty reason.
"Undine, you gave me a humiliation."
"Huh? Master, what does that mean...?"
"Aquaril. Suck."
I pulled down my pants and underwear at the same time and sat on the swimming pool and said. Of course, Aquaril, who thought I was more important than anything, didn't refuse my command to suck my dick.
"Slurp... Haa~ Chururup~!"
While stroking Aquaril's head, who was enthusiastically sucking my dick in the swimming pool, I looked at Undine.
"Your mom is sucking my dick."
Bloop... Bloop!!!!
Undine screamed "Pee-yak-!"