Chapter 195: CH.194 Hunting Competition

(So, Laura, what do you think happened with Lua’s clothes? Are they still held by that skill? They are, right?) I now really wanted to know. What kind of skill just makes your clothes disappear?

(May I answer that?) I heard Mia’s voice in my head.

(Yes. Maria, please explain it to us.) Laura gave permission.

(The Princess’s Grace, a part of her new skill, transforms her current outfit into something more fitting of a princess, while keeping all of its usual stats. I tried to warn her about it, but she still activated it.) Mia explained.

(... so her adventuring clothing transformed into that dress?) I confirmed.

(Yes.)

(That’s an interesting skill.)

(I’d agree. There are no records of such skills.) Laura added.

(They may be unique skills only, so we can’t access those records.) Mia said.

(Will it do that every time?) I asked.

(No. It only forces that effect on the first time, or if a princess outfit is not available in the skill. But as she now has one, she will be able to change to it at will.)

(But she can make new ones, right?)

(Yes.)

(And she can use anything while she makes them?)

(Anything she can normally wear.)

(Including things like full suits of armor?)

(Yes.)

(And the dress will keep the stats of the equipment used?)

(Yes.)

(... holy. That is OP as anything.)

(I know you might think like that, but it really isn’t.) Laura interrupted. (She will still have to get the initial outfit or armor that she uses as the base. It only changes the appearance of the outfit she wears. Right, Maria?)

(Yes. While it is useful for making her pretty, it really isn’t that powerful all things considered. And as the skill will always make a dress on some level, it won’t even make it that much easier to move in.)

(Yeah, I guess.) I admitted. (But it should be better when fighting humans and other such species, as seeing a princess like that makes us think she is defenseless.)

(Yes. I’ll make sure she knows that trick.) Mia said.

 

(But other than that princess dress, what can her skill do?) 

(Two things. One is the Dhampir Order. It can be used to command other dhampirs. While it isn’t guaranteed, it does make them more likely to follow her orders. And wearing an outfit made by Princess’s Grace increases the effectiveness of that skill.

The second is Thrall Creation. She can turn weak monsters into her thralls and they will follow all of her commands. And like with the Dhampir Order, having Princess’s Grace active increases the power of Thrall Creation.)

(Just monsters? Not humans?)

(At least not as of now. Perhaps she can when the skill levels up some. And as of now, the most she could do is a D-rank monster.)

 

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A little while later, Lua came out of the room dressed in the clothes I made her. I really hope she won’t accidentally transform these into a dress as well, as I can only remake the full set one more time. Well twice if I fly over to the dungeon. I really need to go hunt some monsters just to absorb them into my Dungeon Founder. Or maybe hunt them first, then fly over to the dungeon and then absorb them, so I won’t suffer the penalty for doing things remotely. And we were going to visit Christina tomorrow or the day after that anyway, as she did ask for us to drop by every now and then.

Some of the villagers, especially the males, were a bit disappointed that Lua was no longer in her dress, her hair wasn’t even done up anymore. That quick change skill seems super useful, honestly. I wonder if it also keeps her clothes clean. If it does, it’s even better than I thought. And I wonder how many outfits she can store with it. And can she only store one casual outfit and a few princess outfits?

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Also, would one of my cards give a skill similar to that when installed? Hidden Armory, maybe, but I don’t have access to it yet. Enchanting Fitting Room? Probably not. Tailor of the Fickle? No. That would only switch your clothing/equipment with the equipment of someone else around you. Useful, but not what I’m after.

… Wait. I just had a stupid idea. If Tailor of the Fickle really swaps my clothes with the clothes of someone else around me, could I..?

(There is a chance that would work. I can test it, if you’d like.) Laura offered.

(Thanks. If it does work, I might get some OP equipment for free.)

(It likely won’t work that way. Your clothing will most likely go back to normal after the time limit, unless you can somehow transform the equipment you borrowed from your monster into your own.)

(... like Lua with her new skill? We might be able to get an OP princess dress for Lua. … or we could just make some more blood iron or vampiric steel, make something from it and then have Lua turn that into a princess dress.)

(Or we could use the armor of Vampire Red Baron. It is a mix of both blood iron and vampiric steel.)

(... yeah. I suppose so. Let’s test it out first. If it works, we can offer that for Lua. And Lua has to accept her new status as a princess. Otherwise it won’t help her.)

 

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“Let’s go! I’ll make sure to hunt more than you can.” Ria declared as we entered the forest surrounding the village.

“I don’t think so. You might know this area better, but I’m stronger, so I’ll kill the monsters faster.” Lua responded.

 

After I admitted to Lua that I was a bit low on Generation points because I made her the clothes, she said we will head out to hunt something so I can get some more. It would also double as a test drive for Ria’s new gauntlets.

And Ria just had to go and turn it into a competition. It was going to be her against Lua and the winner would be the one that hunts down monsters worth more points. Simple.

But I still don’t know why. There wasn’t even going to be any kind of reward for the winner.

 

“So, the rules.” I began. “You can do anything, except steal each others pray, attack each other, sabotage each other. You get the point. Any technique is fair game, as long as you don’t attack the other competitor. Is that understood?”

““Yes!”” They both responded.

“I’ll be in the sky in Gradius, so if you get in trouble, I’ll come and help.” I added. “Are you both ready to go?”

““Yes!”” Another positive response from the two.

“Good. Then get ready, set, GO!”

 

As soon as I gave them the go, both of them ran into the woods. I’m honestly interested in which one of them will win. You might think Ria, as she has the homefield advantage and she is a close range fighter, but Lua is stronger.

 

Anyway, I guess I will see. I need to get into position and make sure nothing bad happens to them. 

“Gradius.”

I jumped into my spaceship and took flight.

 

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Both of the two girls seemed to have somewhat similar battle plan, because as I spotted them, both of them had summoned a monster, or monsters. Lua was running through the forest flanked by Vampire Sucker and Vampire Vamp.