With Anya keeping the monk busy, I faced the one using daggers.
And the second round commences.
She was very skillful with the daggers, her one attack connecting with the other. Despite being a level lower than her, I was able to match her strength and speed, since my summed up stats and my high human physic already put me a level higher, and along with my magic, make me capable of going toe to toe against an opponent 2 levels higher than me.
I dodged another strike, bending backwards. I could see her dagger glimmering in the lamplight, just inches away from my face, my body rotated, and I kicked at her face, which she blocked by folding her hands.
I backed off and once more kicked another table in her direction, and with surprising agility, she stepped on the table flying her way, and jumped towards me, her hand holding the dagger, aiming at my chest,
But before she could stab me, I grabbed that very hand and threw her over my shoulder on the counter behind me.
"NYAAAAA!!" The table shattered under the force as she let out a scream.
Nya? I thought she is a cat person? That revelation brought another with it.
Wait, if she is a cat person and the other is a monk, then… I thought as my eyes widened in realisation, they are Chole and Lunoire?!
"You are a monster nya…" Chloe got up, rubbing her back. "No wonder they put such a huge bounty on you, nya."
Bounty?
"What bounty?" I asked her, but she just readied her weapons again.
"The bounty, that I will get nya!" She said, lunging at me again.
"You mean the bounty we will get right?!" said Lunoire, still fighting with Anya.
I parried Chloe's blade and glanced at the other two. Anya and Lunoire seem equally matched; they fought all over the place, destroying things in the process.
I turn my attention back on Chloe; her skills with daggers were undoubtedly superior to mine. But I was able to compensate for that with my superior strength and speed.
"So annoying nya. Why can't I hit you, nya?!"
"Because I am faster? I mean, what other reason can there be?" I said, thrusting the knife towards her stomach, which she dodged to the side.
"Don't get smart with me, nya!" She yelled, bringing her dagger down on my stretched hand. I swiftly moved my knife horizontally, with the intent to cut open her stomach, which forced her to defend herself using both of her daggers, instead of attacking. The force behind my attack pushed her back; she skidded across the floor until she came to a halt.
"You were just about to gut me, Nya?!" She put her hands on her stomach, her voice horrified, though I doubted if she truly was scarred or not.
I kick at a broken leg of the table, lying on the floor, which hurled towards her at high speed. And she simply cut the wood in two pieces with her dagger, and the two pieces got embedded in the wall behind her.
"Playing coy didn't work on you, nya?" She said, her head tilted.
"I mean, I can't even see your face, maybe that's why?" I replied.
"Nyahaha! That's too bad for you, nya. If you were a little younger, maybe I could have kept you with—"
"Oye! Idiot cat! Just hurry up and take care of him and help me out!" Chloe's words got interpreted by Lunoire.
"Tsk! I got it, nya!" Chloe got ready to attack, but…
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
All four of us felt the ground beneath us shake.
"Wha-What is happening?!" Cried Lunoire.
"Earthquake nya?" Question, Chloe.
While Anya was just sweating bricks. Before I could ask her what was wrong with her. I heard a loud voice from behind us.
"What are you doing, you idiots?!!" I turned to see Mia standing there with an expression like an ashura.
"He-Hey, isn't that Level 6 adventurer from Freya familia?" Lunoire's voice cracked.
"Y-Yes, nya, former captain of Freya familia, Demi Ymir, nya!" continued Chloe, shaking in her boots
All of them gulped as Mia continued. "Do you have any idea what you have done?! And Anya, I told you to take care of the pub, don't I?!"
Chloe shivered and replied in a shaky voice. "B-But, Mama Mia, the-these two are the ones who started it nya!" she pointed towards the two figures standing, still wearing their cloaks.
"Yes, these two suddenly attacked me. Anya and I were just defending ourselves." I tried to explain. But it seems my argument didn't hold any weight for her.
"I don't care who started it, all I care about is who is going to pay for the damage?!" She replied.
Fu*k! I am already drowning in debt! I can't take on more of it!
Think Arin! Think!
I tried to use all my brain power to get out of this situation, my eyes trying to find the solution along with my brain, and the solution came when those eyes landed on the two cloaked figures, who were trying to find an escape route. Before they could do that, I spoke up.
"Those two will pay for it," I told Mia, pointing at Chloe and Lunoire. "You can make them work for you and let them pay back the debt." As I finished, Chloe and Lunoire started to run towards the window.
"I am bailing out!" said Lunoire.
"No way I will work here, nya!" Cried Chloe.
But before they could reach the window, I saw a blue-ish blur pass by me, stopping in front of them. Mia thrusted her punch straight at their faces, stopping just before it connected, but the force behind it was enough to push the two of them back, their hoods falling back, revealing their faces.
"Where do you think you are going, huh!" Said Mia, looking down at them. "You will be working your a*s off until you pay back all the debt!"
"No way!"
"No way, nya!"
Seeing that as a chance, I gave Anya the money for the order we put in. And hurried out of the pub.
Just as I exited the pub, I saw Xan–no, he is Mob A from now on, and Raul standing at some distance. I walked towards them. Mob A was sweating like a pig, trying to shield himself behind Raul.
"So? Mob A, you said you were from a knight family, right? Does your knight family teach you how to abandon your ally behind, along with swordmanship?" I question him.
"Umm…I-I mean, I was disowned by my family because I ran away from the battlefield once, so… Rather, you are still calling me Mob A?"
This guy!
"You are right, I should be calling you a pathetic coward from now on. Does that work for you?!" I asked harshly.
"Hiiii!!! I am sorry, Lord Arin!!" He literally got down on his knees as he apologized.
"Haa… whatever. At least you took Raul with you; things were getting dangerous there," I said and looked at Raul, even though he became a level 3. Both Chloe and Luniore are among the strongest Level 4, so there were high chances of them getting injured.
"Sorry, Arin, I should have been there fighting with you…" Raul apologized as well.
"Don't worry about it, it was better that way, besides, He practically carried you on his shoulder, you didn't even get the chance to say anything," I told him. "By the way, was that about my bounty that you wanted to talk about?"
"Yes, it was announced today itself. I wanted to tell you, but didn't get the chance."
"I see… and do you know how much that is?" I asked him, as I was also curious to learn how much my head was worth.
"It's 200 million Valis." He said, I could see Mob A grasp as well. But my reaction was rather lukewarm.
"Just 200? That didn't even cover half the cost of my sword." However, I suppose those merchants were also hit pretty hard, and the one who put the bounty must be among those merchants that I was not able to find any concrete information on..
"Anyway, let's go home now. I just want this day to be over already." After that we Mob A went his separate way while Raul and I made our way back to the Twilight Manor.
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After we got home, I made my way to Loki's room. It's been some days since I got my last status update. Or rather, the last time was when I had gone rogue.
*Knock Knock*
I knocked on the door but received no reply. I already guessed the reason for it, so without waiting any more, I just entered the room and sure enough, the moment I entered, a nauseating scent of alcohol hit me like a tsunami, my nose scrunched up, I lifted my gaze from the bottles rolling on the floor to see Loki sprawled out on the sofa, her mouth slightly opened, drolling pooling on the floor.
For a moment, I had the urge to just leave, but I wanted to get my status updated as well.
"Loki, Wake up." So with no other choice, I walked towards her, trying to wake her up, but she didn't even budge.
"Hmm… muuyaa… Mama Riviera boobies… so soft…Ais-tan… hug me…GUHAAA!!"
I kicked at her butt, and Loki fell from the sofa, finally waking up. Moving her head frantically, until her eyes landed on me.
"Arin-kun, aren't you getting too violent lately? And kicking a beautiful lady on the butt is not exactly gentlemanly, you know, maybe I will complain about it to the girls, hehe." She said, rubbing the place I had kicked.
"Sorry, but I don't see any beautiful lady here. Anyway, get up and update my status." I said and started to remove my shirt.
"You ungrateful, brute, did you forget how I saved your a*s, even after you committed the heaviest sin. I worked my a*s off to get Artemis and others to announce you free of any sins." She said, straddling my back.
"Really? Because from what I found out, it was Astraea who persuaded Artemis, and Hermes kind of owed me for saving Lydia, while Hephasteus and I have a good relationship in general. And Ganseha also owed me for saving his familia members on several occasions." I listed down all of this, though I know Loki really did work hard to save my a*s as well. I won't tell her that, though I already thanked her once; if I thanked her more, she would start to sit on high horses.
"Gaaahh!!" She made a weird noise, "Arin-kun, you are so heartless," she said, and started to update my status. After a short while, she handed me my status sheet.
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STATUS
Lv. 3
STRENGTH SS1078
DEFENSE S998
DEXTERITY S946
AGILITY SS1088
MAGIC SS1090
ABNORMAL RESISTANCE E
LUCK F
MYSTERY E
MAGIC
MAGIC
MAKES THE USER CAPABLE OF WIELDING MAGIC
ASTRUM CORDIS
STRENGTH-ENHANCEMENT MAGIC
STAR ELEMENT
SKILL
EXTREME ADAPTABILITY
RAPIDLY IMPROVES ADAPTABILITY IN ANY ENGAGED FIELD
SLIGHTLY BOOSTS AGILITY AND DEXTERITY DURING SUSTAINED FIGHTS
EXTREME GROWTH
ENHANCED COMPREHENSION AND PROGRESSION IN FOCUSED FIELDS
AMORIS PULSE
STRENGTHENS THOSE BOUND THROUGH EMOTIONAL TIESGROWTH RATE DOUBLES FOR TARGETS LOVED BY USERIF FEELING IS MUTUAL, EFFECT QUADRUPLES AND GRANT HIGH HUMAN CHARACTERISTICSEFFECT VARIES BY EMOTIONAL INTENSITY AND BOND TYPESTRONGER BONDS YIELD FASTER GROWTHWORK IN TENDEM WITH DEIDICE AND GRANT PROTECTION AGAINST DIVINE POWERS
DEICIDE
INCREASE ALL STATS WHEN FIGHTING A BEING OF DIVINE NATUREGRANT RESISTANCE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AGAINST THEIR POWER
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"Haa, as always, your status is all over the place. I don't even understand how you get those developmental abilities, not to mention your magic system is so different as well. You, High Human, really are not made for this world, or rather, I find it hard to believe even a world that is
capable of housing your race, exists or not."
"I got a new skill," I said, reading the description.
"Obviously, you killed gods; it would have been weird if you hadn't gotten any skills because of that."
It increases my strength and grants resistance as well. It most likely means the girls and I won't be affected by things like Freya's charm.
Pretty useful.
"Okay, then I will get going, try not to drink too much, or you will be crying again because of a hangover."
Although I doubt she will do that.
"Yes…." Said Loki, throwing herself back on the sofa, while I made my way back to my room.
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I was sitting on my bed, looking at the round object I found in one of the bases of Evilius that I attacked. I remember something about this round object from the anime. If my memories are not failing me, then it's related to the dungeon, or more accurately, it's a key to one of the hidden gates in Daedalus Street, which opens up ways to go into the dungeon.
Though I am not one hundred percent sure. But what I am sure of is that this round object is a key.
I completely forgot about it because of all the crazy things that happened.
I will show it to others. Maybe they will have a better idea about it. I thought and put the 'key' back into one of the drawers. And lie down on my bed to sleep.
Finally, I will be able to meet the girls tomorrow. Hehehe.
Because of excitement, I had trouble sleeping, and it was almost past midnight when I finally fell asleep.