Chapter 284: CH.281 Surprise visit to the Hero’s Country

The next day, after breakfast and all of that, we headed out of town. This time, with one extra carriage in the lineup, as I used my new carriage to carry some of us. We still borrowed one of the four golem carriages Mariina had, but one was now free for them to use. Our carriage was currently in the golem configuration, and Alice was learning to drive it. I was a bit afraid of her getting reckless with it, but she seemed to be doing fine.

 

“Alright. We will be going now.” I said as I lifted Cailie into Gradius’ cockpit, and set her to the gunner’s seat. I had a bit of difficulty helping her get the seat harness on her, as a five-point harness and mermaids don’t exactly mix.

“Bye. Thank you for your help.” Cailie wished everyone, not that anyone would understand her. Well, Mariina’s attendant does, as she does have Language Comprehension (humanoid). 

“She thanked you for your help.” I told everyone. “I’ll be back this evening, so see you then.” I said, as I took my seat and we took off in Gradius.

 

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After flying a bit slower at first, just so Cailie could get used to Gradius, I blasted off at mach 20 so we would get where we were going in a reasonable time. Cailie actually did very well with Gradius. She said that she rode the guardian dragon of her clan when she turned 15, so she has flown before, and Gradius is fully sealed, so no wind or anything like that. Maybe this Nixie Clan is the one Agunan knew about then. Well, I’ll go visit them with Agunan, before I’ll even consider taking Cailie to them.

 

Our first stop will be HomeBase, just to get some of the stuff I think Cailie could use. Sure it might end up being useless, but I can probably just sell it all if Cailie doesn’t need it. And only one thing costs any ‘other’ stuff, and the mana and miasma cost doesn’t really matter, so why not? … maybe I should rename that ‘other’ energy into something else. Maybe creation energy? If you have mana, miasma and ‘creation’, I think that makes more sense. And for me, the important part about the ‘creation’ energy is just that. It is necessary for creating high level items and materials.

 

Anyway, I stopped Gradius above HomeBase and we got out. Luckily, I was able to include the surface above HomeBase to be part of the dungeon, so I could send a few dungeon monsters to keep it clear from any other monsters, and since they are under my control, they won’t attack us.

The monsters I picked were some C-rank treants. Just because having trees in a forest checks out in my opinion. And they don’t need to be above C-rank to beat whatever monsters this forest has. Thank god for low level areas. 

It actually makes sense when you think about it. That this area only has weak monsters, I mean. The Chaos God Energy, or mana, miasma and ‘creation’ energy flow through the dimensional barrier to this world and break apart into those components, right? So naturally, areas with more people living in them, and thus more mana being used, would need more Chaos God Energy. More Chaos God Energy means more mana, but also more miasma. And more miasma means more monsters. So areas away from population centers would have less need for mana, thus less Chaos God Energy coming into that area, thus less miasma to breed monsters.

 

“... is… is it safe… to go out?” Cailie asked.

“Don’t worry. This entire area is under my control, so the treants are safe. Give us a salute, please.” I requested from the monsters, through Dungeon Founder cause I can’t actually speak the treant language. Yes, they do have one, and it fall under Language Comprehension (beast). I don’t know why tree monsters are (beast) and not (monster), but hey, I don’t make the rules.

The walking trees did as I asked, and quickly formed into two lines, so we would have a clear path to the dungeon entrance. It is quite impressive, seeing the moving trees line-up like that and salute to you. I should use my plant monsters more. I don’t give them enough love.

 

“... they really… do as you say? … are you a tamer?”

“A summoner, actually. This is just a part of my dungeon, and I can use my dungeon to control the monsters that are a part of it.” I told her.

“... I didn’t know you could do that… I never heard… that the leader could do so…”

“Maybe she can’t. I’ve heard it is only with the highest rank dungeons, and mine is an SS-rank. Actually, I also founded an S-rank dungeon, but I’ve left it to my dungeon master to manage.” I told her a mix of both lies and truths. “Let’s just get what we came for, so we can keep going.”

 

As I said that, I executed the order I set in my ‘shopping cart’ and got all of the items made.

Clothes, a few magic items, as well as a wheelchair appeared before us. I even added a waterproof magic fanny pack to the list, just so Cailie could carry her new clothes. That magic fanny pack is the only thing that costs ‘creation’ energy by the way.

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“Here. You can try them on.” I told Cailie.

Her current clothing was something she borrowed from Alice, as they were close in size, but that clothing could not take water very well, so it was time for her to change. Her original rags, which just covered the most critical area, were so far gone that even Tahlia could no longer repair them. They were just clothing scraps.

 

“... can I really… have all of this?”

“I made it for you, so yes. I’d actually have more trouble if you didn’t take it, because then I’d have to figure out how to sell it. And if you feel bad about it, you can pay me back later, when you establish yourself.” I told Cailie.

“... does that mean… that I’ll get to see you again..?”

“Yeah. Why not? I’m going to be traveling around the world anyway, so it won’t be a big deal to come visit.” I told the girl. “I’ll let you change in peace. Just call if you need anything else.”

 

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“That dress looks good on you.” I complimented Cailie. She was in a simple dress, made from waterproof cloth. It was red in color, and it had a nice contrast with her black and dark green hair, as well as her dark green tail.

“t-thank… you…”

“So, are you ready to go?”

“... I picked up… everything you gave me… but the chair…” Cailie muttered her answer. “... are you sure… I can have … this magic bag?”

“Yes, of course. I’ll take the wheelchair into my Storage. You won’t need it, if you find a good place, so I’ll keep it for myself, if that happens.” I kind of knew that was a possibility, but honestly, you never know when you need a wheelchair, so it is good to have one. I should also make a bed with wheels, like the ones there are in ambulances and hospitals. Well, later.

 

I summoned another copy of Gradius and helped Cailie into it. Then I strapped us both in and we took off. Next destination, the Hero’s country. 

… my first visit there. Kind of exciting. Though this is not how I thought my first visit there would be. But hey, you can’t predict the future.

 

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“...wow… I didn’t expect that.” I admitted aloud when I saw the place from the sky.

The Hero’s country was just one massive city, on a large island in the middle of either a huge lake, or maybe an inland sea. The city was full of different waterways and stuff like that, so even someone like Cailie could easily swim though the city.

It had three bridges coming from the island, each going into the direction of the kingdoms around the Hero’s country. And of course, the bridges were guarded, so for me to get in with Cailie, who has no identifying papers, might be difficult. But we are flying, so who really cares? I just have to find a quiet place, then I can get out and jump from Gradius, while I carry Cailie. And I can always summon a spellcaster monster to make us invisible. 

 

The city itself was quite something. The entire layout of the entire city had been built in a way where the streets drew a city sized magic circle on the ground. It had four sub-circles inside of it, each with a major building of the city. The middle sub-circle was a bit smaller than the other three around it, but I still really liked the geometric shape, so well done to whoever designed the city in this way. And bonus points if the magic circle actually does something.