191: Beastman (1)
Having suddenly found myself lost in the middle of the eastern region, I wasn't panicked at all. With my party members by my side, and most importantly, the mission envelope we needed to complete tucked away in the cabin bag.
"Don't walk, run! RunX-man!"
"Huh? What?"
"You mean run?"
"Me! I'm really good at running, Oralisa!"
"Ah, no, no need to run. Come back, Oralisa! That's not it!"
Quickly calling out to Oralisa who was blindly starting to run. The mention of the mission envelope made me think of some reality show from my previous life, and I said it without thinking.
"Let me see... our mission is..."
I took out the mission envelope from the bag and checked the target.
Remove Beast King Pygris Toneo
Beast King Pygris Toneo.
Ruler of Pista Castle, a city in the eastern region close to the central region, and direct subordinate of [Mae], the eastern manager of Palos's Birds.
Rank: 6-star, Level 114. A master who recently ascended to 6-star, and it had only been about two years since he started to gain fame.
"Hmm... Beast King, huh."
The Beast King was a well-known master even in Fairy Masters. Not only Pygris himself, but also the fairies he possessed, all held the upper warrior class of Beastman.
This Beastman class fights in a half-human half-beast state and boasts combat power far superior to other classes of the same level.
While it has powerful combat power and a unique concept of Beastman, it's a class loved by many players of Fairy Masters, but in PVP, it almost never appears.
Why? Because Beastman class has a major weakness: extreme vulnerability to CC skills.
High combat power but twice the chance of being hit by CC, so in PVP where CC is king, they couldn't use it even if they wanted to.
Once PVP started, they'd get CC'd and die without waking up, making them completely useless.
'Tch. If they were going to throw a guy like this at me, they should have told me in advance. Then I would have prepared.'
If I knew my opponent was the Beast King with the Beastman class, I would have immediately obtained a skill to cast CC. The outcome of the fight against the Beastman would be completely different depending on whether I had CC or not.
'By the way, a king... I might get some tribute (?) for once in a long time?'
Our party members had all ascended to 5-star this time, consuming a lot of gold, so this opportunity to replenish it seemed good.
"For now, let's go down."
"Where's the destination?"
"Pista Castle. The ruler there, the Beast King, is our target."
With the party, we descended the mountain and headed towards Pista Castle where the Beast King was.
*****
"It really is good."
As expected from a castle in the eastern region known for abundant resources, Pista Castle was quite refined and about 1.5 times larger than the general castles in the south. The buildings were elegant and the population was large.
For now, we set up in a hotel near the inner castle so we could observe the Beast King.
"What now?"
"For now, we need to observe for a few days. The best way is to tail him when the Beast King is conquering the dungeon."
Previously, the Blood Axe King, Kanisia's friend and the king of Chinnimoni, died in this way.
Thinking about it, what happened to Chinnimoni? I need to go there once.
"But would the Beast King personally go to conquer the dungeon? He's a king, after all?"
Most kings and queens don't personally conquer dungeons.
Most send fairies or subordinate masters to conquer dungeons. Or, if not, they rent out dungeons to the masters they rule by paying them money.
'It's strange.'
In this world, when masters become kings or queens, they strangely don't go to conquer dungeons themselves but only send fairies. They even treat kings and queens who personally conquer dungeons as strange people.
Perhaps, having obtained the desired status and power, they became complacent, intoxicated with the sweetness of power they hold.
Especially since subordinate masters wouldn't betray, and even the closest fairies wouldn't either.
There are dungeons, but this world could be called a peaceful world.
War or crime? Those things happen even in a world without dungeons, monsters, and status windows.
Yet, we live thinking we're peaceful in such a world?
"Still, just in case, let's keep watching. We need to gauge the atmosphere here too."
Assassinating the Beast King in his inner castle would be quite troublesome. Soldiers, subordinate masters, fairies, the Beast King himself, and his fairies.
For us who are still 5-star, it wouldn't be a stage that's not quite burdensome.
So, I decided to leave assassinating the Beast King in the inner castle as a last resort to be used only if necessary, and for now, to just watch for an opportunity.
*****
Day 2 of inner castle observation.
Many people had come and gone from the inner castle yesterday and today, but among them, neither the Beast King himself nor his fairies appeared.
'Aah, my eyes are hurting.'
Because I had been looking at so many people's status windows, my eyes felt dry like a desert. Observing status windows was part of the job.
'I'm so bored I want to die.'
After two days of constant monitoring, it was too boring. I alternated with the party members to monitor, but being bored is being bored. At this time, I wanted to kill more monsters or have sticky sex with the fairies.
Since sex relieves tension, I hadn't had sex for the past two days. This mission was that important.
"Alan."
"Huh? What's up, Kanisia?"
While I was sipping coffee and continuing to monitor, Kanisia who had taken over from me came back. What? Her expression is bright?
"Come on, praise me, Alan. Who am I? Kanisia Lora!"
"What are you saying all of a sudden? Why?"
She suddenly came and started saying weird things, asking me to praise her. Kanisia, who was bashfully smiling and making a V sign with her fingers.
"I found out the Beast King's dungeon conquest schedule."
"What? Really? How?"
At that, I was startled. She found out the Beast King's dungeon conquest schedule? That was the most needed information for me.
"I bribed someone working in the inner castle."
"... Ah."
At Kanisia's answer, my head went blank! Thinking about it, there was such a method?
'What was I doing?'
There was an easy way, but I was sitting dead in front of the inner castle monitoring! This is why it's said that if your head is bad, your body suffers.
"Good job, Kanisia. How much did the bribe cost? I'll give you that."
"No. It was necessary information for me too, what."
"No, this has to be done thoroughly. So I can prepare a lot for when I marry you later."
"M-marriage...?"
When I said to save money for the wedding, Kanisia's face turned red. Her hair is pink, her face is pink, as expected from my pink princess.
"W-who said I'd marry you? Why are you making such a fuss already!"
Kanisia bounced, but the twitching corners of her mouth showed that her mood had reached the sky and beyond the universe. What kind of woman is as cute as the fairies.
"I don't know. I'm going to marry you. You take responsibility for my life. If not, I'll live as a lifelong bachelor, so remember that."
"Really... I can't stop it."
With the words just now, Kanisia's expression control became difficult, and she ended up smiling.
"The money I used for the bribe will be handled as party funds, so tell me exactly how much you spent. Anyway, when is the Beast King supposed to conquer the dungeon?"
"Ah, exactly, the Beast King himself isn't going to the dungeon conquest. He said his fairies will conquer the dungeon tomorrow."
"Fairies... not bad. Fairies are good bait for masters."
They sent fairies to conquer the dungeon, but there's no master who would just sit there if they die. They would be furious and try to find out who killed their fairies.
"The list?"
"Here."
Kanisia handed over the paper she was holding. The beautiful handwriting was definitely Kanisia's style. It seemed she bought the information from the bribed person and recorded it herself so I could recognize it at a glance.
"5-star Rodica, 4-star Amulie, 4-star Frevi, 3-star Jericho Toneo, 3-star Telmuer."
"The first three are the Beast King's fairies. The last two seem to be subordinate masters. Wait a minute, Toneo?"
Checking the list, I confirmed that a master using the name Toneo was included. Toneo is Pygris's castle.
"There's also one family member... This is too tempting, so the Beast King won't sit still?"
The first three are the Beast King's fairies, and Jericho Toneo is the Beast King's blood relative. Then, the fairy named Telmuer is very likely Jericho's fairy.
With this number of people, it seems they were trying to give a good beating to 3-star masters and fairies to conquer a C-rank dungeon with low appropriate conquest level.
In addition, there was a list of subordinate masters and fairies of the Beast King participating in the dungeon conquest. These would set up a base camp at the dungeon entrance and prevent anyone from arbitrarily entering the dungeon.
"Good job, Kanisia. Really, you're the best."
"What, this much?"
"I thought of a fitting title for you."
"Title? What?"
"[Queen of My Heart]. You are definitely the queen of my heart."
"... Crazy, what is Queen of My Heart!"
Kanisia shouted loudly, thinking I expected a cool title. Laughing, I comforted her and got up from my seat.
"Rather than that, let's go somewhere with me."
"Where? No more monitoring?"
"Since you brought such good information, there's no need to monitor anymore. We're going to target these guys."
Kanisia said while tapping the paper she gave. Naturally turning our bodies, we headed to the street full of shops.
"What are you buying?"
"CC... no, scrolls with magic recorded in the mind series."
The Beastman class has superior combat power compared to the same level class, but is very vulnerable to CC skills. If there are scrolls that can cast CC like sleep, hypnosis, confusion, etc., the matter would be easier.
I spent 8 million gold on purchasing five scrolls, and with Kanisia, I enjoyed a short date.
