90 Mister Porky (1/2)
Ryuu was suddenly struck by a query as such he could not help but ask his sisters, ”Big Sis the 'White Horned Basilisk', that you hunted why did it not use its petrifying powers?”
Antariskh gave a mildly amused smirk as she spoke, ”So you did notice that, I was thinking how long will it take for you to notice that small detail.”
Ryuu pouted at that.
Sylvana who caught up with them answered Ryuu, ”Well that is because the beast was a variant.”
Ryuu looked confused as he spoke, ”What do you mean variant? Shouldn't variant be stronger than its normal counterpart?”
Sylvana shook her head in disagreement as she replied, ”It is a common misconception that variants are better, as reverse can also be possible like this fellow did not have the ability to petrify.”
Ryuu nodded at that before he asked Sylvana something, ”Big sis what was the golden thing you collected from the corpse of the 'White Horned Basilisk'?”
Sylvana answered seriously, ”That was the essence of the beast which it inherited from the ancestor, anyone who consumes the essence and is able to fuse it themselves have a chance of gaining as well as performing the inherent skills of the beast. There are many precautions and various rules and regulations one needs to follow before they can utilize the essence, which you do not need to worry about for now you will learn about them as you make more progress in Alchemy, on top of that this sells well in the market.”
Ryuu nodded at that.
They spend their vacation teaching Ryuu mostly about hunting and stealth, as they moved down the coast, before the suddenly changed their direction as the stated moving towards the mainland.
Ryuu was sulking the entire way as they moved further and further away from the coast.
Shamiran, ”Little brother, do not be sad, you will surely visit the sea sometime in the future, but there are many things in the mainland as interesting as the sea.”
Ryuu nodded at that although he knew in his heart there is nothing he could do change their mind.
After a couple of days of travel they arrived near an arid mountainous area.
The group was dressed like simple travelers as they neared a small town.
Ryuu, ”Big sister where are we currently?”
Antariskh replied with a smile, ”Well we are at the outer fringes of the Tianyu Dynasty, the Dynasty spans around a few hundred million square miles in area, containing many prefectures of various sizes and importance, this is one of the small town present in a small prefecture, it is a mining town but the ores are of low quality the only other saving grace for this place is it near a major trade route, but it also means it attracts bandits and thugs.”
Ryuu: ”What about the security, I mean the local police and the local militia.”
Shamiran snorted at that, ”The Prefecture Govern is the sworn brother of the biggest bandit around this region, the police and local militia work to route any potential competition for the bandit, as well a scout out any decent target, as such we are dressed as normal travelers it will be to annoying as well as horrifyingly boring dealing with this flies.”
Ryuu sweat dropped at that, before he spoke again, ”Why don't the people then complain to the Emperor or someone who is higher up than the 'Governor'?”
Sylvana laughed at that, ”The entire is corrupted dear, complaining will only cause one to be killed nothing more nothing else, on top of that the Emperor himself is at Golden Immortal level and he does not have time to deal with the problem of mere mortals.”
Ryuu just frowned, ”That is just an excuse for him.”
Shamiran just shrugged as she replied, ”Well but it is not our problem, we will be restocking some necessary supplies before we move on. Oh and Ryuu an unexpected emergency has occurred so we will move on to the nearest village I do not trust this strangers and this towns are breeding grounds for thugs, so we will move you to more a remote area, so that some unwanted person does not catch sight of you.”