Chapter 420: Marquis Ashtner’s Conspiracy

Chapter 420: Marquis Ashtner's Conspiracy

10 minutes after I absorbed the magic stones.

『Aah…I'm sorry』

「Why apologizing? Master didn't do anything wrong」

「Woof」

『Then why are you looking at me like that!』

I got a lot of magic stones points and skills in exchange for my dignity as a guardian.

I got 1420 magic stones value in total. 11 new skills and even 2 unique skills.

But there's no skill that can help me manage Fran's eyes.

However, there were a number of skills that looks interesting. And with our new Life magic, it completes the 6 types of combined attributes, it is: Thunder Magic, Life Magic, Dust Magic, Tree Magic, Molten Iron Magic, and Ice & Snow magic.

I was expecting to get few, but I was only able to get one new title. The name is 『Attribute Master』.

Magician had the ability to control magical power and increase the processing power during casting. It doesn't work for me, but it will help Fran to use magic in the future.

In addition, it seems that she now can choose Magic Expert job. From the name, you can tell that it is a high-ranking magician.

Other skills that are unlikely to be useful are singing, dancing, woodworking, and carpentry. It was all basic skill.

Skill that seems to be useful are normal skills such as corruption nullification, overweight, ghost dispel, and animal knowledge. Unique skills we had obtained were predatory absorption and cannibalism.

Corruption nullification, as the name implies, is a resistance skill that nullifies corruption attack. Corruption is an attribute that rots flesh if it is a living thing, or corrodes it if it is an inorganic substance. It's a resistance skill that can be used for both me and Fran.

It seems that overweight is an upward compatibility skill for weight increase that we already have. It is a skill that increase the weight of yourself and your equipment. If you use it at the right time when attacking, you will be able to increase your power.

Ghost dispel is a skill similar to purification magic that can defeat a weak undead or scare strong opponents. And animal knowledge is as its name isn't it. Well, it wouldn't hurt to have it.

As for the unique skills I'm interested in, Predatory Absorption is a skill that increases the experience and other values gained from eating. Some of the skills that Urushi possesses seem to have been gained through the effects of this skill, so I'm sure it will be useful in a humble way.

And cannibalism. Hmmm. This is the only one that's subtle. It's a skill that allows you to kill your own kind and absorb some of their power. It's also a skill that Zelos Reed possesses. The reason why he became so strong so rapidly is probably because he used this skill to absorb the power of evil people.

But what about me? Is my kind a divine sword or an intelligence weapon? And besides, even if i was told to kill them. The opponent is a weapon, so does destroying it mean I've killed it? To be honest, it was a skill that seemed extremely unlikely to be used.

Well, let's just equip it and consider ourselves lucky if it activates. Oh, and by the way, the magic tool and the magic sword were not recognized as being of the same family. I bought a magic weapon at the Armor shop near the inn and have already experimented with it.

As a result, the expensive magic weapon was only destroyed in vain.

I absorbed a large number of other skills, but most of them have apparently been integrated into higher-level skills. No, it's better considering my processing power. I've been trying so hard to increase the number of skills I have. I'm not used to it yet.

After that, I was testing the effects of my new skills in the courtyard of the inn, and night was quickly approaching. Count Bailleys said he would find out where Gallus was in a day, but now I wondered what had happened.

「Master」

『Yeah, looks like he's here』

There was a familiar presence near the entrance of the inn. It seems that he dared to give a big presence to let us know that he had visited here.

The owners of the presence leave the inn and come to the courtyard where we are.

There is no doubt that it was them. Fran told Velmeria to sit on the bench after soundproofing the area with wind magic.

Velmeria is looking at Fran's magic as impressed.

「The flow of your magic invocation, I’m impressed with it. What's more is that, you are staying at this inn where you can't stay without a letter of introduction」

「Nn. When showed Eliante's letter of introduction. They let me stay here normally」

「From a guild master? Are you on good terms?」

「So so」

「Hmm, so so huh…」

Rather than being wary of Fran, Velmeria seemed to be uncomfortable with Fran's type. She didn't know how to handle Fran, who had no expression and spoke in an unpredictable way.

「We-well that's fine. But more importantly, I have a few things to report.」

「Nn」

「First of all, about the magic sword you saw. I've looked into a lot of things」

It was the one who had manipulated his friends to death. Velmeria and the others must have a great deal of interest in that magic sword. When we parted, I asked them about its characteristics in detail and left. Apparently, they had been searching for it earlier today.

「First of all, there was an eyewitness testimony. People who Fran healed, naturally saw it, but of course, they couldn't trace it afterwards. It seems that it suddenly disappeared into a residential area. Its current whereabouts are still unknown…」

It is a mysterious flying object that moves through the night sky while spewing out magic power. I think it stands out like a sore thumb. Well, it's not that big, and once it hides itself, it's will be hard to find.

「There is a high possibility that it is an undead sword, so we have mobilized adventurers who can use the undead search skill, but we have yet to find it.」

「It's regrettable」

「We also collected information on the magic sword, hoping to get some information from its shape. However, this too has ended as a wasted effort. There was information that Marquis Ashtner has been collecting magic swords for several years, so we thought that they might be included in the sales records…… Apparently, that's not the line either.」

Well, we have no clue after all.

「Next, I have information about the man who came into contact with you today. His name is Baron Beckert Huth. He was a subordinate of Marquis Ashtner.」

「Marquis Ashtner? What is his purpose?」

He is related to Marquis Ashtner too? Well, his name comes up everywhere.

「It seems that the Marquis himself had ordered him to obtain your magic sword by any means necessary. But the way he gave the order was to obtain a magic sword with a wolf design, which is in the possession of a strong black cat tribe girl swordsman…」

It was a messed up and ambiguous way of giving orders. For example, if they knew about Gallus's scabbard and wanted to reduce his strength and harass him, the order should have been to take the adventurer Fran's magic sword.

「I can't tell if the Marquis really knows Fran. Maybe he just half-heard a rumour about you and wanted the magic sword you possess」

In other words, the order had nothing to do with Gallus-related matters, but was aimed at the holder of the magic sword? I've heard that the Marquis house is collecting magic swords around the world.

「We're tightening things up even more at the moment, so I'll let you know if we find out any new information」

「Okay」

It seems like all the bad things are the conspiracy Marquis Ashtner. What's more, there are still reports about that Marquis house to come after this.

「Then, finally, i would like to tell you the information about Master Gallus.」

「Nn」

「The information you provided to us has been confirmed. It seems that Master Gallus was indeed confined at Count Olmes's residence.」