Chapter 74: New Girl?
"Who"s she?"
"She"s Ellen. She said she wants to tag along."
Right now, we"re about to leave the city and go to the dungeon. But I saw a girl waiting next to the gate for someone. I asked Kayla if she knows her and she said someone wants to tag along with us.
"She"s the one from whom I received information about dungeon. When I said we"re going today, she volunteer to be our guide."
"She"s a hunter?"
"She"s an A-rank hunter. But she said a member of her party is an S-rank."
"Why would she bother with us C-rankers? And with my Divine Vision, I can check on the surrounding just fine."
"Well, she"s insistent. And I can"t really refuse her. Since you have no experience as well, I thought having her would be fine."
"I see. But now there"s five of us. You, Angela, Sophie, Lina, and I. And we don"t know if Victoria will come out or not. With this many people, the dungeon will be cramped."
"You"re right. I told her that we have about five members and she"s still insistent."
"Well, how about the rest of you? You fine with another one joining us?"
I asked the rest of the members.
"I"m fine with it. She"s a good girl."
"I like her. Let"s take her with us."
"Whatever master desire."
Angela and Sophie seems to have known about that girl. As for Lina, she will agree to whatever I say.
Lina joining us as she asked me yesterday. She"s still wearing her maid clothes but she"s carrying a vase with soil in it. It was for when she summon her plant monster. Since it was a plant, it can"t walk on its own. That"s why that vase is important. But she said that if her summon got stronger, it can walk by using its own roots as its legs. But it might take a while until then.
Since there"s no one disagree with her coming, then she can join us. It should be temporary since she already has a party.
I was about to greet her but her att.i.tude was…
"What?! You have a man in your party? Why didn"t you tell me?"
Seems like she hates men.
"What"s wrong with having a man in a party? Did you hate men? Then I apologize for not telling you. We can continue without you."
"You entered the guild with just three of you. Everyone is girls. Of course I would think you"re a girl only party. I was even prepared to invite you three to join our party."
"Sorry. That"s impossible. I enjoy teaming up with Roy."
"Are you sure about that? Don"t you know that we have an S-rank hunter in our party?"
"I know. But I prefer Roy over any S-rank hunters. I guess you won"t be joining us then."
"Sorry Ellen. I also like to be here."
"Me too. I"m sorry to refuse your invitation."
Kayla, Angela, and Sophie rejected Ellen"s offer to join her party which has an S-rank hunter. Well, I"m much better than any S-ranker after all.
"You…"
"What? Why is she looking at me as if I just stole her lover?"
"Don"t know. I guess she"s the kind that prefer women."
Ellen is staring dagger at me. As if she had a grudge against me.
"I"ll still join you girls! I"ll show you that I"m better than that man over there. I"m an A-rank hunter after all."
"If you hate me that much, you don"t have to do it. You can just leave now."
"No! I will show you how strong an A-rank hunter is. Even if that rumored Sea Demon come with her maid, I can defeat them on my own!"
Oh s.h.i.t! She just said something about the rumor. Now I have to deal with the girls" reaction!
"What do you think, Roy? Can she defeat that Sea Demon"s maid?"
"Yeah, Rooooy. What do you think, Rooooy?"
"Stop it! Both of you stop it!"
Both Kayla and Angela started to tease me. I heard Sophie"s laughter as well. As for Lina, she doesn"t know the truth. Let it be that way for now.
"You don"t need to ask his opinion! I will defeat that Sea Demon. Even if I can"t at least I know I can defeat her maid!"
"What do you think, Rooooy?"
"Enough of that! I think she can do whatever she wants! Let"s go!"
We leave the city with Ellen. But I felt Blobby leave my arm. Looks like Victoria choose to appear now. She will appear from outside the city as if she"s waiting for us. The worst part about it is that… her teasing will be much worse than Kayla and Angela.
"Hey! I"ve been waiting for a while! Let"s go!"
"Another member of your party? From the look of it, he"s the only man here. He must be holding onto your weaknesses. He"s just another p.r.i.c.k who wants girls all around him! You must leave this party and come with me!"
No! She"s wrong! I don"t have anyone weaknesses! In fact, at the moment, they are holding my weakness!
"Nope. He doesn"t has any of our weaknesses. Let"s just go our way. And while we"re on the way, let"s have a chat about the rumor."
NOOOOOO!
This is h.e.l.l!
All the way to the dungeon, both my hands never left my face. I"m still covering my face even after we arrived.
There were some monsters on the way, but thanks to Ellen who wants to show off her ability, we don"t have to fight.
She"s showing her powerful fire magic against the monsters. They were quite powerful magic, but should be useless in the dungeon.
If she used her magic in the dungeon, the oxygen in the area will be burnt and we won"t have any way to breathe. And it was so powerful that it might hit her allies.
For the oxygen, since I"m here, it will be fine. But just like any other mages, her control over her magic is still weak. She can"t adjust her magic well.
We have arrived at the entrance of the dungeon so I told the girls to control their magic properly.
"Girls. Don"t use big scale magic. Try to control it and make it smaller. We can use this dungeon as your training spot for battle in closed s.p.a.ce since we always fight in the wild before."
"Okay. Understood."
"Using weak magic? There are strong monsters inside and you ordered them to use weak magic? Do you want to die?"
I already gotten used to Ellen"s hostility toward me so I ignored her. Whatever happen to her, as long as she"s alive, I won"t care.
I don"t want her to die because she"s really concerned about the girls" safety. She"s a good person albeit only toward girls.
"Then as for formation, Kayla in the front. Then Sophie and Lina in the middle, and Angela behind us. As for the tagalong, she can be wherever she wants. Victoria and I will be on the ceiling."
"Wait, what? On the ceiling? Are you drunk?"
I ignore Ellen"s remark again. I can stick on the wall because of aura. As for Victoria, even though she can"t use aura, she"s still a slime. And it"s normal for a slime to have the ability to stuck on the wall or ceiling.
We entered the dungeon and as soon as Victoria and I entered, we climbed on the wall and stuck our feet on the ceiling.
"What? You"re really stuck on the ceiling? Are you a c.o.c.kroach?"
Ignore her. Ignore her.
"Lina. You can summon your monster now."
"Alright. Come Sunny."
She had told us about her monster"s ability before we leave.
It"s a plant type monster. And it looks like a sunflower. Except for the vine that can grow from its stem. For it to be able to walk using its own roots, Lina need to grow it first. If I found something that"s helpful for the growth of a plant type monster, I will give it to her.
Then for Sunny"s ability. It can grow its vine and wrap the enemy. Then it can also shoot seeds from its flower. Of course I praised Lina for how cool her summon is after she tells me about it. She was sad that she only has one element. Just like me in the past. But I told her that it means she can just concentrate on growing her summon and become stronger that way. She became happy after that.
"Alright. Lina, there"s a goblin in front of us. Attack it with Sunny"s seeds. I want to see how strong your monster is."
"Okay."
"The goblin will be visible soon. It"s right in front of you. Just wait until it got visible."
I told her to wait. Then when the goblin appear, Lina told Sunny to shoot it.
"Sunny, Seeds Throws!"
Sunny throws the seeds… or is it vomits? Whatever the case, Sunny shoots the goblins with rapid fire. The damage is little but because of how much the seeds attacked, the goblin"s got hurt more and more until it died.
"Good job, Lina. Sunny too."
"Thank you."
Once Sunny grows, it should be able to shoot its seeds more powerful and faster than that. I can"t wait to see that.