CH.96 Horse Riding
<span style="font-weight:400">Our ride… is this a ride? I think it is. It is called horse <b>riding</b><span style="font-weight:400">. Well our ride was going… I can’t say fine as this is not what I would callfortable.
<span style="font-weight:400">I was thinking of having The Trojan Horse move at top speed, but that was stupidly bad. I think I would have killed someone if I kept up that speed. So instead we were moving at a decent trot.
<span style="font-weight:400">I had Laura calcte the speed we would need to make it to Alewatch in the two hours we had, and set the speed a little above it. It was ufortable, but we would make it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian, can’t we slow down?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Not really. We won’t make it in time if we do.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“But this thing shakes more than the worst carriage.” Sheined.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry, I don’t have anything that flies and can carry this many people.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">I don’t have a spaceship after all.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Actually, you do have Gradius. It is a spaceship.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Gradius? When did I get that?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(After getting Blue-Eyes.) Laura said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... I totally didn’t overlook it. I would never do that. I just … ignored it.) I muttered in my mind.
<span style="font-weight:400">(I know you didn’t. Of course you were just waiting for the perfect time to use it. Weren’t you?) Laura teased.
<span style="font-weight:400">(You know I was. And Gradius wouldn’t fit all of us, would it?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(No it would not. This was a good choice.) Laura confirmed.
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<span style="font-weight:400">The trot was going… well about as fine as you could expect it to go. My passengers used anything they had with them to protect their behinds from the damage, and even had to keep a horse calm. That’s not on me. If you want out, just say it. I’m not going to force you to stay.
<span style="font-weight:400">When we ran into the on ground search party, we had to stop for a second. I think everyone was relieved by it and some were even asking for healing magic. It’s not that bad. Stop exaggerating.
<span style="font-weight:400">(It doesn’t feel as bad to you, Master. You have higher than average defense and the Summoner’s protection skill.) Laura reminded me.
<span style="font-weight:400">… oh yeah. I guess it might be painful then. My bad.
<span style="font-weight:400">The ground squad was a little jealous about us in our rain cover, but there is no way we would fit three people and three horses in here. We were almost at max capacity already. Two people, or even three, maybe. But with the horses. No way.
<span style="font-weight:400">After the quick information exchange, more like an info dump, we were back on the move.
<span style="font-weight:400">I had to speed up The Trojan Horse just a bit more so we would make it in time. Sadly, this also increased the shaking a bit, but we have to just deal with it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">We made it just in time to the gate. We did have to hurry a bit to get everyone off the horse before the time was up. I even felt a strange mana surging from the card as we were getting off. It was a stronger version of the mana signal that normallyes when the time limit is approaching. Perhaps something like a critical warning. I need to experiment on extending the summoning time. Alice can do it with Mana, so perhaps there is a way I can do it. Unless it’s tied to magic attributes or something. In that case I might not be able to do it, as I don’t have one.
<span style="font-weight:400">… unless I got one when I got the water spirit’s blessing.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura. Did the blessing affect my attributes?) I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Sadly no. Master still has no attribute.) Laura told me. (That is why the blessing only gave you the ‘Summon water spirit’ skill. It adjusted to your body. For someone like Lucia, who has the water magic skill, it would boost her water magic on top of gaining the summoning skill.)
<span style="font-weight:400">Really? So Lua gained even more power than I did.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes she did.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">Lua is too powerful. How is she C-rank again? I feel like she should be at least B-rank.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian. Thank you for bringing everyone back.” The guild master.. the ex-master thanked me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I didn’t exactly bring everyone back.” I said back to him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Even if they didn’t make it, you brought them back. It’s still better to get back home, instead of rotting on the side of the road.” He told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Being alive is even better.” I argued.
<span style="font-weight:400">“There is nothing more you could have done. Don’t look at this as you let four people die. Look at this as you saved sixteen people.” The guild master argued.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll try. Thanks.”
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mission: Save the Baron’s group</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Goal: Bring the group to town.</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mission Completed</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Reward: Open sets Rise of Destiny and ming Eternity.</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Open Reprint set Dark Revtion Volume 1.</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Daily ‘Pack tokens’ increase by 2.</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">And I gained my reward for it.
<span style="font-weight:400">… wait a second. 2 pack tokens. That means two more chances at Monster Reborn.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian. We are heading inside. Are you noting?” Lua called to me as they were all moving inside the walled part of town.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... yeah.” I snapped out of my trance. “I’ming.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">We made it back to the adventurer’s guild. Christina was there waiting for us and she was thankful I brought her husband back in one piece. I distracted her by saying it was the other adventures that kept him safe while they were under attack, and got Christina off my back with that.
<span style="font-weight:400">I sat down at one of the tables in the guild and Lua brought some ale for me. I didn’t even ask for it, but I got it anyway.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Are you not going to have any?” I asked her. With her curse now gone, she could have some.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I did try it, but I''m not really a fan.” She told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Understandable. Not everyone likes it.” I said as I took a gulp.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What were you thinking about at the gate?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... nothing much. It’s something to do with the system mission.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Is something bad happening again?” She asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thankfully not. It’s all good news this time.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then we will take this opportunity to unwind. Even for adventurers, peace is the best.” Lua said as she pulled out her blood sk and took a sip.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes it is.” I responded as I pulled open my pack opener.
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Daily Pack tokens: 14</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Current Pack tokens: 2</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Avable packs :</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Metal Raiders</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic Ruler</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pharaoh’s Servant</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Labyrinth of Nightmare</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Legacy of Darkness</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pharaonic Guardian</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magician’s Force</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Dark Crisis</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Invasion of Chaos</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Ancient Sanctuary</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Soul of the Duelist</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Rise of Destiny<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">ming Eternity<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Daily Reprint Tokens: 2</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Current Reprint Tokens: 0</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Avable Reprint sets:</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Dark Beginning 1</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Dark Revtion Volume 1</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">Mind as well try it immediately.
<span style="font-weight:400">(There isn’t a monster reborn in the new sets, right?) I confirmed with Laura.
<span style="font-weight:400">(No. There is Monster Reincarnation, but that won’t work.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Why not?) I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(It would move the soul of the dead to a new vessel, not resurrect them in their old one.)
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, I guess it is called reincarnation. Not resurrection.
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‘Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon’</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">[Yes] [No]</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">Yes.
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<span style="font-weight:400">No monster reborn for me. Not that I was expecting one at this point. Getting one was lucky enough. Sorry Rico. But I might still make it if I get one tomorrow morning.
<span style="font-weight:400">With those thoughts, I took another gulp of ale.