Chapter 46 - Two Heros Party 3 (2/2)
“Oppa, where can we find this magician-nim?”
“Ah······ The place is called Aedia.It is a country that is more advanced in magic research compared to the Diaz kingdom.”
“She’s in a different country!?”
Maetel suddenly expressed her shock.Artpe smirked when he saw this.
This small hero possessed incredible abilities, yet her knowledge, experience and intelligence was lacking compared to her capabilities.Still, he couldn’t have her set her sight only on countryside villages.He also couldn’t keep her tied down in the dark Dungeons.
It was time for her to broaden her horizon.He would be able accomplish that task by the time they meet the magician.
“We have to cross an ocean, so it’ll be a pretty long journey.Of course, I’ve already planned out the route…..”
Artpe took out another map.He had found more than one map of this kingdom on the knights he had killed.
“Well, look here.Do you see the city at the end of the map?This is a key location that links the Diaz kingdom to the other kingdoms.It is a harbor city named Frate.We’ll travel across the ocean to reach Aedia.”
The distance to Frate was around 300 times the distance they had traveled after Artpe and Maetel ran away from their town at the age of 12.
To be fair, the incidents with the Hero’s Dungeon and the Curse of the Demon had prevented them from traveling far.Still, Maetel had lived her whole life in the countryside.She would now be traveling an unfathomable amount of distance.
“Wahh-ahhh.It’s far away.It might take us 3 months to walk there.”
“Of course, we aren’t just going to go straight towards the city.We’ll learn what we have to learn, and we’ll kill the monsters we have to kill.We’ll also buy what we need to buy.There is also the problem of the ocean being uncrossable during the fall and winter.This is why I intentionally plan to go there through a roundabout way.”
The ocean was uncrossable during fall and winter only for normal people, but the two girls didn’t argue the point.Their attention was solely on the fact that they were going to hunt monsters.Their eyes shone fiercely.
They looked as if they were ready to slaughter the monsters at that very moment.It wasn’t an expression that should be seen on a 12 and 13 year old girls……However, when one thought about the path they would have traverse in the future, they had the right attitude.
“We’ll be on the road heading towards Frate.I intentionally didn’t tell Silpennon about the Dungeons we are going to visit.We have to gather funds for our trip, and he have to increase Sienna’s level.”
“You told them about so many Dungeon, yet there are still more Dungeons left?As expected, Artpe is…..”
“Yes.Yes.I’m amazing.”
There were a total of seven Dungeons on the way to Frate.Most of them were similar to the small Dungeons he had pointed out to Silpennon.However, two were large Dungeons, and one needed 3 months to clear each of them.
Of course, it took 3 months for normal people without the Read All Creation ability.
“If we go through these Dungeons, Sienna should be at a level where she would be able to operate with us in Dungeons.Of course, this is all possible, because she has a special property that comes with being a Warrior Priestess.”
“Really?”
“Of course.She isn’t normal.”
Sienna’s talent was almost at a genius level.
Maetel was talented in all things except magic.Artpe was reborn as a hero possessing everything he had when he was one of the Four Heavenly Kings.Artpe’s talent had been reinforced.Sienna was less talented than Artpe, but if the two of them never existed, Sienna probably would have become the hero.This was how great her potential was.
“In other words, we just have to provide a smooth flow of ingredients, and Sienna’s growth speed will become ridiculously fast.”
In the past, the Demon King had used Demons as ingredients to make the hero into a delicious dish….He made her into a warrior.Now Artpe would use his Read All Creation ability alongside his memories of his past life.He would make Sienna into a fantastic member of the hero’s party.When he followed the Demon King’s orders, he had observed and learned what he the Demon King had done.Even if he was half as successful, he could turn Sienna into a monster!
“I’ll follow everything oppa tells me to do!If you want me to do something, I will do anything for you.Anything.”
When he saw Sienna’s blind affection and actions, it was as if he was looking at Maetel.This was why a sigh automatically slipped out of his mouth. When he finished having that thought, Maetel started growling at Sienna.
“Eeeeeee.I don’t like it.”
“I like unni, but I like oppa much more!”
“I don’t like you!”
In Sienna’s case, she had retained her life thanks to Artpe by being turned into a different race.On top of that, he was teaching her about Mana.It wasn’t as if he couldn’t see why she followed him in such an unconditional manner.
In fact, the more he thought about it Maetel’s attitude felt different from Sienna’s attitude.
What the hell happened with his past self to make Maetel like this!
“Both of you are members of this party, and you will have entrust each other’s life to one another in the future.”
“I know I have to hold it back for Artpe, but I can’t get rid of my dislike for her!”
“I’m willing to entrust my life to unni!”
“The fact that you like me makes me not like you more.If you act like that, I can’t hate you without feeling unsettled!”
Ah, maybe everything might turn out ok if it was like this.He looked at the growling Maetel, and the smiling Sienna.In the end, they were innocent children.When they grow older, their feelings would mature, and their behavior would get better too.
It wasn’t as if he hated the flood of honest emotions directed towards him.Still, it would be much better without all this great fuss.
“I like oppa and unni.It would be great if all three of us could get along.”
“I want to live in peace only with Artpe!”
‘By the look of things, it doesn’t seem things will calm down anytime soon…..’
Artpe kept letting out consecutive sighs as he continued to walk.He still had some complaints about his party members, but this was the start of the true hero’s party!
If things went according to the Demon King’s plan, Artpe and Maetel wouldn't have discovered the experiments occuring within the kingdom.Or maybe they would have discovered it too late.It was supposed to be a massive Quest that should have cost them blood, sweat and tears to resolve.
Unfortunately for the Demon king’s army, Artpe had resolved everything at super speed.Artpe had messed up a long term plan that the Demon king’s army planned on exploiting for about 3 years!He had ended it in just one day!
The Archduke hadn’t even been able to progress much in the experiment that was supposed toturn humans into Demons, yet he had lost most of his troops.His influence had rapidly decreased, and of course, he was unable to receive support from the Demon.Artpe had basically ruined the plan of the Demon King’s army in one fell swoop.
The Archduke had already used an unjust reason to take over the throne, so the nobles that had hated him rebelled against him. In the end, the Archduke was overthrown, and he had been chased out of the country.
The new king was the cousin of the previous king.Count Hadein was placed on the throne, but he was merely a puppet of the nobles.Still, the chaos within the Diaz Kingdom calmed down, so it was still a fortunate outcome.
It took them exactly one year.
“Hoo-ooh.It seems trade has been completely restored.Shit.This is why I wanted to get here earlier.”
“There are so many people here, Artpe!There are more people here than the people I’ve seen in my entire life!”
“Oppa, are we going to ride that ship?”
After a year, the hero’s party arrived at the harbor city of Frate.