The entrance of Ergos Xenia is a bridge from a cave to the dungeon entrance with a lake below and statues of Xenos arranged on it in their true forms. There's butterflies, waterfalls, flowers, everything making this a mythical place.
After a few hours, Chuck finally regains consciousness. He makes a fist, moves his legs to get a feel of it. Then he jumps back up, "THE CHUCK IS BACK!" the trio resting by his side are startled. Chuck looks at then with a blank look, he makes another pose "GO TEAM!"
Flint chuckles standing up, "It's good to have you back, bozo." He hugs him.
Chuck rubs his nose, "I thought for a second I was going to die without ev-" *BANG*
Aku kicks him over into the lake below the entrance to the dungeon, she folds her arms and smile. "Can't you a day without being yourself?"
Chuck smiles and jumps out of the lake, Aella hugs him with tears of joy.
Flint claps to draw their attention. "Alright guys, our tank is back on his feet and we're as strong as the legendary heroes from somewhere? I've never heard of them." Aella is surprised but Flint keeps speaking, "Let's get on with this mission and become gods! Since it's Chuck's only way at survival."
The trio nod and Chuck speaks, "Don't take my affliction as a chance to....whatever. What next?"
Flint opens a screen for all of them to see, "I'm thinking a flying carriage will be great for building a reputation, especially if we're going to be heroes."
Chuck rubs his hand together, "Not to sound bad but why should we be heroes? I mean we'd have to get under the thumb of some people and we clearly remember miss Twenny not wanting us to belong to a nation."
Flint rubs his chin thinking about it, "You're right…. So what do you suggest?"
Chuck grins, "How about we become mercenaries for hire? We could set out own conditions and find a place to make our base."
Aella looks away while speaking, "We could also consider selling weapons as a way to start a trade."
Aku grins, "Don't we need a lord's permission to start a trade operation? Afterall, the taxes might be too much for lowly villagers to pay."
Aella grins looking at Aku from the corner of her eyes, "Not when you have a Duke with you as the head of such operations." Aella and Aku start to laugh quietly.
Flint and Chuck look at each other, then Flint speaks up. "Did we miss something?"
Aku and Aella replies together, "It's not important." Aella continues, "Let's get a flight carriage. That will made travelling easy with a Duke's permission." Aella grins.
Flint nods not getting what the girls are planning, "Ok~ay. System, show the vehicles, the flight carriage."
A screen opens with a plain flight carriage showing in 3D. It's just a normal carriage without a coach.
[This is the basic carriage. Customizations are possible but it costs Points.]
Flint nods, "Alright, show us the customizations." Catalogs open showing the various choices, from size, colors, special effects, type of mount, sculpting, decals, wheels, seats, window tint, handle type, engine to hydraulics. But the most impressive of all it-
Aella screams holding her head, "THEY'RE SO CHEAP!"
…Indeed they are, the highest cost of any customization is 100P.
Flint stares at Aella as she drools staring at the carriage customization features, Aella is speaking low as she's playing with the customizations. "Having a carriage like this will improve my standing in society, I might even surpass the king."
Flint facepalms, "Ri~ght, she's a noble."
Chuck chuckles, "We keep forgetting that."
Aku stands beside Aella as she messes with the carriage, "Umm Aella, do you even know what you're doing."
Aella turns quickly at Aku sweating and drooling, "I DO NOT!"
Aku gives an exasperated smile and goes to explain everything to her.
Chuck walks beside Flint whispering, "Umm, do you recall when we ever learned about these decals and window tint thingies?" Flint shakes his head and System replies to them.
[Don't sweat the small stuff.]
Flint raises a brow looking at the sky. The quartet get to customizing a carriage and making a second one for Aella to bra- travel in when on Duke duties. The carriage for the party is a sleek carriage with a gold line color around it with a black paint. The wheels are painted red with the fire trail effect, there's no coach since an engine is at the back of the carriage. The size of the carriage is very big with 6 meters in length and 4 meters in width, it has the space effect making the inside bigger than outside. It has glass windows tinted black so no one can see inside, the seats are very soft and white with the carriage having an auto clean effect.
The carriage has runes on it providing a barrier and 4 rods on top of it capable of casting tier 3 runic spells or magic. So the carriage is as capable as a high rank mage, the front of the carriage is pointy capable of drilling through a mountain and 4th tier runes. Flint wondered why Chuck added that. They chose a preset decals of Nightmare in beast mode breathing fire.
All in all, the carriage is by far impressive for combat and transport since the inside is as big as an apartment. Aella's carriage is just gold with sleek designs and impressive defense-offense capabilities, just enough to earn the awe and jealousy of society.
The quartet are watching the carriage admiring their work.
[NOTICE: 100P from administrator 47 for impressive work.]
[NOTICE: 10P from administrator 25 for color choice.]
[NOTICE: 25P from administrator 81 for defensive and offensive features.]
[NOTICE: 15P from administrator 12 for making a carriage to spite nobles.]
.......... A lot of similar messages.
Flint is amazed, "Waaoow, I didn't think System had others watching us. We got all out points back for customizations, I guess that's how our points reached thousands of thousand."
[NOTICE: Flight Carriage ETA 15seconds.]
13. 12. 10. 8. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0.
The carriage arrives before them as the engine revs *VHROOM* their eyes sparkle as they observe. Aella's carriage arrives 10 seconds later and she keeps it in the inventory.
[NOTICE: System requests permission to link INFORMATION MAGIC LEVEL 6 to Flight Carriage for Buddy Figure to control. Do you accept?]
"Definitely" Flint responds admiring the carriage.
Chuck is hugging the carriage, "Hello beautiful, we're going to have a great time. Aella giggles and Aku facepalms. They get in the carriage as it starts and slowly floats into the air, the wheels bend below the carriage producing a wind draft with fire below it. They cheer in the carriage as it takes to the skies at great speed, well not enough to pass 80km/hr but it's fast to people back in the times.
They travel far as our vision moves back until it comes out of a screen.
.................
ON the other side of the screen is Twenny sitting on a throne in a castle with a dark theme and red skies as thread strings are floating in the skies. Twenny is holding a plushie now being a horse with 3 more plushies besides her on the throne, she's eating orange as she observes the screen.
Twenny smiles, "It's a good thing they've grown this much. Letting them have their points also proved fruitful." She takes a bite of the orange as the juice drips down onto her skirt. Below her feet is a primordial demon god serving as a footstool, demon gods, lords, kings and generals bow before her. None daring to make the slightest sound before this silver eyed monster.
Twenny looks up, "Maybe I should give them a little boost with their mission." She looks at the demons before her, "I've taken over a Pantheon of devils, maybe I can use them to start a….holy war." She grins.
Twenny snaps her fingers, "Birthron." A devil/demon god appears beside. "I want you to instigate a war between the Hyathon Pantheon and….What was Anna's pantheon again? I'll ask her later. Birthron, start with the preparations. I'll provide a target later."
Birthron salutes, "Yes your majesty!" and vanishes.
Twenny looks at the devils and demons before her, "As for you, go help Birthron with anything he needs. I don't have to tell you what will happen if your results don't please me," Twenny's eyes glow as her aura and fear falls on all of them, "right?"
All the devils and demons lower their heads sweating, "Yes, your majesty." And they all vanish except the footstool and maids in the room.
Twenny takes up a plushie, she sets it on fire as tears start to fall from its eyes. "Seriously, trying to poison me. At least get a sweet poison." The plushie turns to ash with the soul floating. "Devils have their souls destroyed after death. Hmmmm…." Twenny is in thought as the soul of the plushie is tangled with strings, "Right, I'll let you reincarnate into a monster and serve Balphar until I need you to face Flint."
Twenny waves her hand as the soul vanishes, some of the devils and demons kept spies on Twenny making them fear her even more. Twenny can't sense the spies since they're too weak for her to detect, if she did, she'd cull their numbers again.
Twenny picks a wine glass and takes a sip, "A war will cause demons on earth to be agitated and move. That will be enough to make them hunt them for fame. Well then Flint and party, do put on a show for us." Her eyes glows again as the number of eyes watching the flying carriage increases.