Chapter 194 City Teleporter
After getting out of the taxi, Leo approached the black-haired young lady waiting outside the Adventurers' Guild.
"Sorry I'm a little late. Did you wait long?" Leo asked her after showing up 10 minutes late.
"No, I just got here myself. Edwin was keeping an eye on me after I disappeared yesterday." Lia said.
"Is that so? Then let's hurry up and get our mission and leave the city as soon as possible before they track you down." Leo said as he approached the door to the Adventurers' Guild.
Lia silently followed him inside.
Once they were inside, Leo went straight to the computers to look at the available quests.
"What mission do you think we should do, Lia?" Leo asked her.
"You're trying to get a promotion as soon as possible, correct? If that's the case, then I suggest doing territory control. You will easily receive a lot of recognition from these missions, especially if you stand out amongst the crowd." Lia suggested.
"How long do they usually take?" He then asked.
"They usually take a few weeks, but they can last for months depending on the objective."
"Months? I don't have that much time…"
"That's fine. We can leave whenever we want, anyway. Territory control is quite flexible when it comes to time management, because you can leave or go on breaks whenever you want. Though, if you're going to participate, it most likely won't take that long, since you can spam your Fire Blast and kill everything with ease."
"Fire Blast? Now that I can use dark magic again, I'm not going to use fire magic! And nobody knows Leon can use fire magic." He said.
"I see…"
Leo returned to looking at the computer, and he asked a moment later, "It appears that none of these territory control missions are near our city. What should we do about this?"
"We can just teleport there using the City Teleporter."
"City Teleporter? There is something like that here?" This was Leo's first time hearing about such a convenient tool.
"All major cities have one, and they allow you to teleport to other cities almost instantaneously, but you have to pay for it."
"Alright, then it's decided. We're going to do territory control and use the City Teleporter to get there."
Leo picked the mission that gave him the best reward.
After accepting it, he left the computer room with Lia.
However, right as they reached the reception desk, a familiar voice resounded that instantly halted Leo's movements.
"Leon! You're still alive!" Guildmaster Borus approached them with a relieved smile on his face.
"I haven't heard from you in weeks and you weren't on any mission, so I was worried that you might have kicked the bucket!"
"I was just taking a break…" He said.
"Where are you heading to now? And who is this young lady beside you?" Borus asked him.
"Oh, this is—"
"Hello, I am called Lena, Leon's partner." Lia spoke in a totally different manner than usual, which caught even Leo off guard, as it was as though she had turned into a different individual.
"Leon's partner, huh? Are you two going on a mission?" Borus didn't suspect anything and continued to ask.
"Yes, we're going to do a territory control mission at the City of Tethoris. I'm trying to become a B-Rank Adventurer within a few weeks so that I can participate in an A-Rank monster nest raid." Leo explained.
"A-Rank monster nest raid?" Borus began pondering for a moment before speaking again, "Do you mean the Skeleton Graveyard raid that will be happening in a month?"
"Skeleton Graveyard?" Leo raised his eyebrows in a questioning manner.
"You don't even know the raid you're trying to participate in?" Borus was speechless.
"No… I actually heard it from Khrome, but he didn't tell me any details."
"Sword King Khrome? Then it's definitely the Skeleton Graveyard." Borus nodded.
"Anyways, good luck, and it's good to see you back. I can't wait to see what you'll achieve this time."
"Thank you. I'll see you later, Guildmaster."
Leo left the place with Lia shortly after.
They proceeded to take a taxi to the City Teleporter.
The City Teleporter was located within a large building that had all sorts of purposes. There were restaurants, shops, and other businesses within it, almost like a mall. However, the main purpose there was obviously the City Teleporter that operated on a schedule, almost like how airplanes work, but there is only one teleporter.
Once Lia and Leo entered the building, Leo followed Lia since he was new to this kind of thing.
Lia brought him to look at the schedule.
"The City Teleporter will teleport to a new city every 15 minutes. There's still two hours until it's Tethoris' turn." Lia said to him.
"Two hours, huh? What is there to do until then?" Leo asked her.
And without hesitation, she spoke, "We can rent rooms in this place. I want you to use Mana Drain on me while we wait."
"Alright…" Leo said with a bittersweet smile on his face.
Once they rented a room, Lia immediately laid on the bed and closed her eyes.
Leo sat beside her and began absorbing her mana.
A blissful expression appeared on Lia's face, and she began moaning softly a few moments later.
'This feeling… I have been waiting for this…' Lia thought to herself as she fell into a trance of bliss.
Sometime later, Leo stopped, and he said, "There's only half an hour left until it's our turn, but we still haven't purchased our ticket yet."
Lia opened her eyes with a satisfied look on her face, and she sat up and said, "Let go."
When she got off the bed and started walking, her movements were wobbly and unstable, almost as though she got ants in her legs.
After making it to the ticket booth with much difficulty, Lia said, "Two tickets to Tethoris."
"That would be 10 million dollars." The ticket seller said in a calm voice.
"T-Ten million dollars?!" Leo exclaimed when he heard this absurd price, which was akin to daylight robbery.
The worker looked at him with an unfazed expression and asked, "Is this your first time using the City Teleporter?"
"Yes…"
"The City Teleporter requires a tremendous amount of mana every time it functions, hence its price tag. If the tickets were cheap, we won't be able to make any profit, much less keep it running." The worker explained to him.
"I will pay for it." Lia said as she casually retrieved a black credit card and placed it before the worker.
The worker's eyes widened with shock when he saw the black card.
'O-Obsidian Card!' He cried inwardly.
His reaction was normal considering the importance behind the card. After all, only the richest people in the city could possibly possess such a card.
"Sorry for making you pay for my ticket as well. I have mana cores, but I don't have money." Leo said to her afterward.
"Don't mind it. It's only 10 million." Lia calmly said.
'As expected of the wealthy Scarlet Family… They treat 10 million as though it's loose coins.' Leo sighed inwardly.
"Why do you look down? You're actually quite rich yourself, Leo. The mana cores you have are worth hundreds of millions." Lilith suddenly said to him.
"I know, but I need most of it for the Magic System. Though, I will sell some of it later for some money." He said.
After getting their ticket, Leo and Lia went to the City Teleporter and waited for their turn.
Once the destination was set to Tethoris, they showed their tickets to the worker and entered the room.
"Hey, Lilith, I should've asked you this sooner, but will you be able to use the teleporter? You're a spirit, after all." Leo asked her.
"I will be fine, since the teleporter uses mana, and I am still affected by mana."
"Hm? Does that mean you're not invincible while in that state?" He realized this and asked.
"Of course not. I can also be damaged if one uses the correct magic spell and aims it directly at me."
"Is that so… This is news to me. I always thought you were invincible since nobody can see or touch you."
"If only that's the case." She shrugged.
Sometime later, the worker there announced.
"Last call! The destination is the City of Tethoris! If that is not your destination, please leave this room and check the schedule again!"
When nobody moved or said anything, the worker activated the teleporter, and everyone in the room disappeared the following moment.
Leo felt a warm feeling enveloping his body, and before he realized, the scenery flickered for a split second.
"Welcome to Tethoris!" The worker there announced.
Everything from the room to the people there remained the same, but the worker there had suddenly changed.
However, he didn't get much time to think about anything, as he suddenly started feeling nauseous.
He quickly covered his mouth to prevent himself from puking.
"That feeling of nausea is a side effect of long-distance teleportation. You'll get used to it. The first time is always the worst. If you cannot hold it in, you can just let it out. It's a common occurrence, anyway." Lia said to him, seemingly completely fine.
Just as she finished her sentence, several people within the room couldn't resist their nausea and puked all over the floor.
Leo, on the other hand, barely managed to hold it in.
As for the others, nobody seemed to care about those that had puked and simply walked out of the room. Once everyone was out of the room, the workers there proceeded to clean up the mess with magic.
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