Paniotipa Battle (1)

Days flew by like arrows leaving the bow.

Over the past five days, I had been adjusting my condition by having sex with Kanisia and my fairies. I also planned to meet Avalon and fuck his fairies to backstab other masters.

'Avalon, you bastard... You're too serious about NTR.'

Avalon was a man with a strong sex drive and a serious NTR fetish. To the point that even during normal meetings, he would make his fairies serve me.

I briefly considered refusing, but since the damage was already done, I decided not to refuse now and let my desires run wild with Avalon's fairies.

In addition, I roamed Merligan checking for items, growth stones, skill stones, and so on. If it could strengthen our party in any way, I bought it without worrying about the price.

This mission was going to be the most grueling one I've ever undertaken so far.

Since I can revive, it didn't matter, but for the safety of the party members, I didn't care about the cost.

Before going out, I checked my status window for the first time in a long time.

Killing the beast king leveled me up by 5 levels and I gained 10 potential points. I invested all 10 points into the mana stat. A higher mana stat allows more skill usage and increases power.

And I filled the sixth skill slot that had been empty with the Sword Qi (Lv.1/High Grade) skill.

'It's a shame, but there's nothing I can do about it.'

My physical stats are quite high. But there was no powerful physical skill to support these high physical stats.

If possible, I wanted a physical skill from a rare grade or higher warrior class, but such skill stones were too rare to obtain easily even in Merligan.

Since I couldn't leave any skill slots unused anymore, I bought and consumed a high-grade sword qi skill stone.

I'll switch it out immediately when I get a higher-grade physical skill stone later.

'Then now, let's go see...'

[Are you going to perform that mission?]

Just as I was about to erase the status window and stand up, a voice with a clear but unapproachable charisma echoed in my head.

'Huh? Nemea?'

The one who spoke to me was Nemea.

'What are you?'

[What do you mean?]

'Why haven't you said anything until now? You didn't answer even when I called you.'

Nemea had been silent since I arrived in Merligan, as if asleep, since the time I had sex with Kanisia. She didn't respond even when I called.

When she started talking again, I was happy, but I worried if something was wrong.

[There is no problem with me, so no need to worry.]

Nemea answered without asking the unspoken question, reading my thoughts.

'Then it's good. Anyway, why didn't you speak until now?'

[... Because of you.]

'You? Because of me? What did I do?'

I couldn't hide my surprise at Nemea's next words.

I hadn't done anything to Nemea after arriving in Merligan. I hadn't summoned her or had sex with her.

Yet she said she had been silent because of me, which was baffling.

'What? You're blaming me for this? Are you rolling or something?'

[I don't know what rolling is, but it's because of you.]

'Then what did I do?'

[You were in heat all day, weren't you?]

'... Huh?'

I was taken aback by the unexpected answer. What heat?

[From this incident, I learned that I can not only read your thoughts but also share emotions. Since you were in heat all this time, I was also in heat and couldn't answer.]

'.....'

I was speechless.

If I could truly share emotions with her, Nemea, who wasn't yet familiar with pleasure, would have been unable to endure it.

'What? Wait, but did I get that horny? No, that makes sense? I'm not some 24-hour hot pot or 24-hour horny state?'

If you get horny 24 hours a day, are you even a person? A beast.

No, even beasts don't stay horny 24 hours.

Of course, with those sexy girls walking around with lewd scents in front of me, I couldn't help but be unable to resist. How was I supposed to resist?

Especially since the women who would willingly nestle into my arms if I just reached out!

If I could resist that, I wouldn't be a man. And I'm a super perverted man.

'What? Wait?'

I realized there was a flaw in Nemea's words.

'You weren't like that before, were you?'

When I obtained the [Nemea Summon] trait and first summoned her, she didn't share my emotions. If she had, Nemea would have been dripping with lewd fluids at that time.

[At that time, I didn't share emotions with you. Perhaps as the time with you lengthened, I started sharing emotions.]

'.....'

What could I do about that? Just let it go.

And honestly, it wasn't worth dwelling on.

[More importantly, I have something to say to you.]

'What?'

[Do you really think that the 'dirty rat bastard' is in this eastern region?]

Nemea's 'dirty rat bastard' refers to the raid boss monster in Fairy Masters and one of the Twelve Sinful Beasts who betrayed the Creator God in this world, [Pestilence the Pestilence].

'... It's not confirmed yet. It's just a speculation that there's a high probability. I won't be certain until I see the body of the rat bastard with my own eyes.'

[You are cautious. Then I'll ask differently. If your speculation is correct and the dirty rat bastard has nested in the eastern region, what do you plan to do?]

'What do you mean what? Of course, I have to run away.'

I answered firmly in case Nemea was trying to force me to kill Pestilence right now.

At my current level, I couldn't even scratch Pestilence, let alone kill it. Rather, I couldn't approach it and would die from the plague.

[As expected. I understand your intention.]

But unlike my worries, Nemea didn't get angry at my decision to run away. Instead, she answered in a calm voice.

'What? Why are you ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠so readily agreeing? It's making me uneasy.'

Without getting angry, being nonchalant made me even more uneasy. Then Nemea answered as if to tell me not to worry.

[I don't know why you're uneasy. Are you thinking that I would claim that I must seek revenge on Pestilence right now?]

'No?'

[I have no intention of forgiving the traitors who betrayed my father. I will definitely take revenge on them. But that doesn't mean I'm a crazy fool for revenge. You and I are a shared fate, and if you die, I die too. I know you're weak now. I don't want to urge revenge on you, a weak person, and waste the opportunity of a genius. So, rest assured.]

'... Then it's good.'

Nemea spoke the longest sentence among what she had said so far. And I could feel sincerity in her words.

[There is one more thing I want to ask you.]

'What?'

[It's about the woman named Montblanc. There's something familiar about that woman... Is she...]

At that moment.

"Master, it's time to go out."

"Ah, yeah? Okay."

It was time to start the mission, and Aquaril came to pick me up.

'Nemea. Let's continue the conversation after the mission is over.'

[Hum... Okay, got it. Take care, you.]

After talking with Nemea, I stood up and followed Aquaril outside. My fully armed fairies, Kanisia, and Abraham who had already prepared everything were waiting for me.

"Everyone, although I know you won't forget what I said, just to be safe, I'll say it one more time. If it looks dangerous, don't look back and run away. If something happens, I'll handle it. Got it?"

"Sigh... How many times have you said it already. It'll give you earplugs, Alan."

"Yes, Master."

"Trust only me, Master! Oralisa is the running king!"

"Hu-hut. Yes, Master."

"Leave the rear to me, Alan. I'll hold this shield for Alan."

Even though they had heard the same words many times, the party members didn't get tired of it. Kanisia grumbled, but it was just teasing. She had a mischievous smile.

"Then let's go."

"Yeah."

"Yes."

We wrapped ourselves in the prepared cloaks to hide our weapons. We left Merligan and headed to the forest near the Paniotipa Granary where we had gathered five days ago.

"Everyone, be careful and follow well."

The operation was to be carried out at night. Because if we attacked during the day, we would have to face too many enemies.

Burning the golden land of Paniotipa Granary at night would make the day as bright as if the sun had fallen to the ground, but the chaos that would ensue here would be immeasurable.

In case there were enemies following us, we walked carefully through the forest without turning on flashlights, relying only on moonlight.

Upon arriving at the gathering point, I saw the core of this operation and Montblanc's three fairies: Zoldik, Falcones, and Aman.

'Did they live here?'

Even though we came relatively quickly, since these three arrived first, they must have been very diligent or had been living in this forest for the past five days.

After greeting the three, the other masters including Avalon appeared one by one.

"Then move to your respective positions."

After everyone gathered, Zoldik, who had been meditating on a rock, stood up and said.

To completely burn the Paniotipa Granary, none of the participants could be missing.

So, instead of moving to their assigned places, they gathered at the gathering point.

"....."

"....."

I also led my party members to the designated location. In the middle, I met eyes with Avalon, and we nodded at the same time and exchanged signals. He and I were torn apart to different places.

Upon arriving at the target location, my party members hid behind trees.

And we waited for the signal to start the operation.

'Herm... How many are there in total?'

While waiting for the signal, I looked at the Paniotipa Granary. There were outposts set up around the granary, and many people were patrolling even at this late hour.

After waiting for the signal for about five minutes.

Whoosh-!

"Huh?"

A very ominous sound came from somewhere. The sound came from the sky.

"... Oh shit."

I ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠looked up at the sky in shock.

A meteor ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠was falling from the sky.