After lunch, I said I would head over to the guild for a little bit. Alice was against it (as always), but I told her that we can’t train anyway so she might as well rest. And she won’t need me for that.
The guild wasn’t that busy yet. I think I arrived a little before the adventurers returned from outside.
“Brian, can I help you?” Zayaan’s girlfriend asked me. Girlfriend? Or perhaps they are already engaged? I don’t see a ring on her. Actually, wouldn’t it be a bracelet with a magic stone? Well don’t see one of those either.
“I’m looking for Lucia.” I told her. “Do you know where she is?”
“I believe she has already gone home for the day. She told us she had a project she is doing there.”
“Are you going to head over to their house?”
“Yes. Lua said she wants to travel with me now that Prime Rib is breaking up. She is making us a travel plan and I want to discuss it with her.”
“I see. It will be a shame to lose her. Zay will have to work hard to find someone as skilled as her.”
“That he will.” I agreed.
“Also, some of the adventurers have told me to ask you to help them train again. Would that be possible?” The receptionist asked.
“Probably not. I have plans today. And I’ll be going to the dungeon for the next few days.” I responded.
“That’s a shame.” She said to me.
I guess I could give Zay a card that summons something like a sword master before I leave and he could use that. If I give it to him in a toploader, he could use it up to 3 or 4 times a day. Probably just 3.
Perhaps I could also give something like Ultimate Obedient Fiend to either Zay or Brandon to act as a defense against the lesser behemoth. It's not like I really need it anymore as I got the Master of Oz. Even if Ultimate Obedient Fiend can’t solo something like a lesser behemoth, it should be able to hold it off for a little while. And the adventurers can use that opportunity to pound it with attacks.
I made it to the Prime Rib team house. Thanks to Laura, I knew the way.
I knocked on the door.
“Oh, Brian. Hi.” Alex said as he opened the door.
“Hi Alex. Is Lua here?” I asked.
“Yes. We are working on the travel plan. Please, come in.” Alex welcomed me inside.
I followed Alex inside the house. I saw Lua sitting at the table.
“Hi Brian. So you came here.” Lua greeted me.
“Yeah. I went to the guild and asked where you were. I was told you had headed home already so I came over.” I told her.
“I see. Well, we really haven’t gotten far. We thought our first stop should be Sawyer city. My mum lives there and she has a better idea about the dhampir safe towns. I only know the large ones.” She told me.
“Well we can always make up a plan on the fly.” I reminded her. “Isn’t freedom one of the biggest advantages of adventuring?”
“We’ll still need money for everything.” She reminded me.
“Well I can pay for most things. I got a decent sum of money when I sold some things from the dungeon.” I told her.
“No amount of money will last forever.” Alex commented.
“Perhaps not, but at least we can get started without having to worry about running out.” I said. “Actually, I still haven’t received the money for the wyvern sales from the guild. And Lex said they would reward me for the rescue operation as well.”
“Well that will be quite the sum.” Alex said.
“Well at least we can get somewhere before we need to look at guild jobs. But how will we travel? Should we hire a carriage?” Lua asked. Latest content published on novel·fire.net
“If it was just the two of us, we could use Gradius.” I told Lua. “But we could use Overdrive.”
“What were those again?” Lua confirmed.
“You’ve never seen Gradius, but it’s basically a flying golem. And Overdrive is that mechanical carriage that I used back when we dealt with the wyverns.” I told her.
“Can’t we just travel with that carriage thing then?” Alex asked.
“Well I can only keep it summoned for so long and it’s not super comfortable.” I answered. “We could always use my dragons, but that will cause panic.”
“The dragons are no good.” Lua commented. “We should only use them in an emergency.”
“While I don’t really like it, I have to agree. They just cause too much panic.” I responded. “I also have some other things like The Trojan Horse.”
“NO!” Lua yelled. “I never want to ride that thing again.”
“I have to agree. It was terrible.” Alex added.
… was it really that bad? Well, I could always try to get a second and perhaps even third Overdrive and put them all in toploaders. That way I can just alternate them on cooldown. Then just get some decent pillows or something to make the seats just a bit better. Or perhaps Machine Conversion Factory could improve its suspension. But I think I’ve been sacrificing them for sleeves. Well, I’ll end up opening more LoBY at some point anyway. Unless my luck with getting the commons I need follows me to that set as well.
“Because of that, I’ll be out of town for the next few days.” I told the two of them about my trip to the dungeon with Christina.
“And then we will leave after that, right?” Alex confirmed.
“We’ll get everything prepared on our end at that time then.” Lua told me.
After a bit more discussion about our preparations, I left their house.
The rest of the day was … basic. I talked a bit with Christina about when we were going to leave and who would come with us. She decided to take two maids with us, so there were going to be four of us going to the dungeon. I told her that I would take care of the transport with Overdrive. I’ll just pull for a second one tomorrow, just in case.
With the plan made, dinner eaten and Alice …. well dealt with, so she wouldn’t be coming with us, I was off to bed.