Chapter 160 (1/2)

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Drakon Ball Staff

Caddie's room had the same structure as the rest, but her's was neat and in order. Her belongings sat in one corner. Nothing seemed to be scattered around.

「I knew it.」

A girl was sleeping on the bed, mana exuding from her. Hikaru drew closer and checked her Soul Board.

【Soul Board】Caddie Fullblood

Age:15 Rank: 50

37

【Magical Power】

..【Mana】15

【Willpower】

..【Faith】

….【Evil】5

……【Accursed Magic】5

Incredible mana capacity and she has Accursed Magic. If I recall correctly…

Accursed magic applied status effects on the target, like sleep and confusion. Unlike healing magic that belonged to the holy attribute, accursed magic was considered black magic, and as such, not a lot of users existed. If made public, its users were persecuted, so many went into hiding.

Hence, it was unknown what kind of power a high-level accursed magic user held.

But this is not it either…

From a normal adventurer's perspective, Caddie's mana was in a whole different league. But even Selica, a rank B adventurer, had 19 points and Lavia had 15. Since Lavia also had two points on Magic Principle, she used less mana, so she could probably even use more spells than Caddie.

Now this girl can't make it public that she can use accursed magic, and she can't even use spirit magic. She has 15 points on mana, but is that enough to get her to rank A? Does she have some sort of powerful job cla.s.s?

No. And he was sure of it. Because the ma.s.sive overflowing mana didn't come from her specifically.

The stick… No, the staff she held in her arms was the mana's source. About a meter long, an orb attached to its tip released so much mana that Hikaru couldn't look at it directly with his Mana Detection.

Caddie used magic or perhaps sorcery with this staff, powerful enough to “destroy the walls”. She could probably kill most monsters with ease, even the subspecies of Earth Dragon that Hikaru fought.

So there are some ridiculous weapons in this world, huh…

The same could be said of Hikaru's Soul Board, however. If the staff was Rising Falls' secret weapon, their strength should be greatly reduced if he stole it. After that, he just had to tell Princess Kudyastoria to stay holed up inside the castle. Perhaps then, Pond wouldn't turn into h.e.l.l, and her forces would have the advantage in the war. Austrin, however, might be wary of Sweet Pleasure's trap and stay away from Pond.

It's not my place to meddle into their affairs after that.

If he wanted to, Hikaru could a.s.sa.s.sinate Austrin in an hour. Einbeast would most likely retreat, effectively stopping the war. But he didn't want to get involved. It wasn't as if he owed the princess. His goal was to simply prevent Pond from being dragged into chaos.

I'll return the staff once the heat dies down.

Hikaru inched closer to Caddie's bed.

「…meet…Big Brother…then Leather Elka……Einbeast to the dungeon……You'll pay……for ogling those…girls…」

She was muttering something rapidly. Hikaru froze on the spot. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing regularly. It looked like she was just fast asleep.

Is she awake? Nah. Sleep-talking, then?

During the day, she wore a robe with a hood that covered her eyes, so Hikaru couldn't see her face clearly. She took it off when sleeping, of course. Just like her brother, she had curly, blonde hair. Long, it looked like seaweeds that drifted ash.o.r.e. Her skin was white, and freckles dotted her face around the eyes.

Hikaru stood motionless for a few minutes. The interval between Caddie's mumblings grew longer until finally, only her lips moved, no sound coming out of her mouth. This went on for five more minutes.