ALL NOVEL Chapter 14 “Bad news “
Chapter 14
“Bad news “
All her senses were immediately put on alert. In the distance, she could see the small group of hooded men shooting fireballs at the dragon, which again flew over the forest on the other side of the road. And Kalysto questioned the intelligence of the small group of mages.
Are they seriously attacking a dragon with fireballs? She wanted to scoff. At least use ice to disable its wings, or something... But fire? Really? Instead, she took off her bow, holding it in her left hand and slung a quiver full of arrows over her back and stuffed the rest into her inventory. Then she ran to the edge of the forest behind her.
But before she could get there and get to safety, almost halfway there, an arrow buried itself in her thigh, causing her to lose her balance as she ran. The pain spread up her leg and she almost fell to the ground as she leaned on her injured leg to continue moving forward in search of the protection that the thick forest could provide. She immediately looked back and searched for her assailant. Two archers in blue uniforms were stationed at the top of the wall, their arrows ready to be fired and aimed at her.
“Damn it!” She exclaimed and a second arrow buried itself in her thigh ten centimeters above the previous arrow, just before she could hide behind the thick trunk of an old tree.
The dragon’s roar echoed throughout the forest and the guards who had been shooting at her changed targets, giving her a little breathing room.
Kalysto watched silently as the dragon ignored the guards and after flying for a few seconds over the forest above her head, flew over the street full of bodies and after releasing a mouthful of fire against the wall and the naive guards who continued to shoot their flimsy arrows at him in an absurd attempt to reach him. Then, the dragon flew towards the forest on the other side of the road.
A great sigh of relief escaped her lips as she saw that she was no longer in danger, at least not right away. And she took the mace she stole from the second goblin out of her inventory and used it as a crutch as she walked deeper into the forest, trying to put as much distance as possible between her and the guards of that walled city.
Barely a few minutes had passed when the huge gate between the city walls opened and an army of armored knights and men dressed in long robes with staffs in hand rode out of the city on horseback. And despite the distance, she crouched down. Hiding behind a bush and between the middle of two thick, leafy trees, Kalysto watched them depart in the same direction in which the black Dragon had disappeared.
She tried to get back up, but the pain in her leg made her lose her balance again. She gritted her teeth, forcing herself to endure the pain and remain silent, fearing that this army had some unknown way of discovering her location.
Focus, Kalysto, stay focused! She scolded herself as the pain spread from her upper thigh to her hip, stealing her breath. Focus! We’ve survived worse before and we didn’t go through all that just to die out here in the middle of nowhere!
Immediately, a familiar feeling of coldness covered her body from head to toe. And four windows, two blue and two purple, appeared before her.
[The passive skill Mental Defense has been activated.]
[The passive skill Pain Resistance has been activated.]
“What?... How the hell is that possible?... So my whole life I’ve been... But I’m sure I didn’t have any mana!” She muttered, unable to understand why this was happening.
But Kalysto did not have much time to think about her new discovery. In front of her, about four meters away, two goblins appeared in the trees.
I’ll have to investigate later. She thought.
The green faces of those goblins looked as surprised as hers by the unexpected encounter. As a small trail of violet-colored blood descended on the bruised cheek of one of them. And in their hands rested a knife that was exactly like the one she had stolen earlier and was now safely stored inside her backpack.
Wait a minute, are those the same goblins that were with the orc that almost killed me?
As soon as she realized that, she immediately drew her bow and shot an arrow in the neck of one of them. The creature’s body fell to its knees on the ground as it gurgled, struggling uselessly for some air, which never reached his lungs.
Seeing this, the other goblin let out an annoying shriek that Kalysto feared would serve to alert the other monsters of their location. Immediately, she drew another arrow and just as the second goblin ran towards her with his knife raised. She shot him in the left eye.
[You have gained 30 experience points. ]
[You have leveled up.]
The shrill shriek of the second goblin echoed through the trees as soon as he discovered his companion was dead and again lashed out at her despite his wounded eye. Kalysto ran to his right, avoiding its attack as she pulled one of the annoying arrows the guards had shot at her thigh, positioned her bow, and fired at the creature’s other eye, blinding it.
The goblin screamed again and charged at her. But Kalysto stepped aside again, evading his attack and careful not to alert her new position after taking another two steps back, she used the second arrow that was buried against her thigh and buried it against the goblin’s ear hole as soon as it passed her, after another failed attack.
The goblin’s body fell lifeless a couple of seconds later against the cold earth.
Then, two windows, one blue and one violet, opened again before her.
[You have gained 30 experience points. ]
And she closed them, along with all the other windows that had appeared before. And she looked at the bodies of the two fallen Goblins with a frown. The blood on both of them was the same shade as the first goblin she had killed earlier.
Were they really the same? Because if so, that posed an even bigger problem. Isn’t it always said in all fantasy stories that when someone is summoned to another world, they win a system? She had done it herself, and even the blue system had alerted her that another version of it already existed in this world. If that’s so, which one did they win, the violet or the blue? Not that it made any difference to her. Just the fact that a group of monsters now had the same magic that allowed humans to defend themselves against them was already dangerous. Wait, a minute!... Does that mean that huge black dragon also acquired a system? She limped over to a nearby log and leaned against it.
If so, we’re screwed. She was worried. Did I escape certain death just to buy myself a little time before those monsters or the dangers of this new world kill me? Again, she was annoyed with herself for not thinking things through better. Now she not only had to worry about putting a roof over her head and not starving to death while fulfilling her contract obligations to her new boss. But also about the monsters that were summoned along with her.
Kalysto looked again in the direction where the dragon had disappeared.
I need to get stronger... And not only that, I also need to get everything I can to back me up.
Kalysto leaned her head against the old tree trunk and let out a long sigh.
Thanks to the mental defense skill, the pain had become background noise. But that didn’t change the fact that she was losing blood thanks to the two wounds on her thigh or that the smell of her blood might attract other monsters and who knows what other kind of creatures native to this new world.
“It’s time to try out my new class,” she whispered. “Skills!” she exclaimed, and two windows opened. Since she had already explored her new blue system skills, she closed this window quickly and concentrated on the violet one.
[Skills]
Active skills:
Inspect: level 1
Mana detection: level 1
Dispel: level 1
Sleep well: level 1
Purification: level 1
Blessing: level 1
Jhil: level 1
Passive skills:
¿¿¿¿???? From ¿¿? Level 40/125
Languages: : legendary level (the user can understand, read, speak and write any language that has been used or is still used in the world of Elinor. This is a bonus given by the administrator.)
Innate skills:
Focus: level 5
Empathy: level 3
Mental defense: level 40
Pain resistance: level 30
?????????: level 3
Kalysto’s curiosity was piqued, but she decided to focus only on what was a priority at the moment and pressed a finger on the ability with a bunch of question marks, but to her annoyance, instead of getting an explanation like she wanted, she got instead:
[User does not possess the necessary level or permissions to access this information.]
“What the hell? It’s my own skills. If even I don’t have permission to access that information, then who does?” she got annoyed. But knowing that getting upset would get her nowhere. She took a deep breath and pressed on the other skill she was curious about. Hoping that at least this time she did find something that would help heal her wounds.
[Jhil: healing magic. Transforms the user’s mana into Holy energy, allowing it to heal wounds and regenerate a target’s tissues. The quality and quantity of the repaired damage will increase as you level up (currently, this skill is restricted by the admin and the user is only allowed to heal others, but not herself). It will consume 10 MP each time it is used].
“What?”