Chapter 353 - Return (2/2)
Passive skills [Cursebreaker, lv--] [Pain resistance, lv04 UP]
Mercury scuffed, all he had to show for 3 years of training was a new skill as well as an increase in his passive pain resistance skill, though he had received a whole lot of essence points as a reward from helping out Mars with various things... around 500.000 points in total which was nice
'Also this new skill [Instant movement] sure is handy, it was worth it spending all those hours in the suit of crying…'
Mercury stretched before he got out of bed and got dressed, he had not slept with the girls tonight so he didn't know what they were doing at the moment after he got dressed Mercury decided to go find Max and spend some time with him, problem was that he needed to find him first, Mercury closed his eyes and listened for a few seconds before he nodded and muttered
”Over there huh…'
After walking through the hallways of the castle he was closing in on Max's location when someone called out to him
”You there”
Mercury stopped walking and turned to the voice and saw a handsome man dressed in a uniform, he had some similarities to Julia and had short red hair and blue eyes, Mercury showed a slight smile before he greeted him
”Frist prince”
The man showed a smile and walked over
”You don't have the feel of a servant nor a guard… Are you perhaps my sister's man?”
Mercury showed a smile and nodded
”Yeah I am Julia's boyfriend, Mercury”
The prince showed a smile and reached his hand out, Mercury shook hands with him before the prince gestured for Mercury to walk with him as he asked
”Do you have some time?”
”Not really, though I'll make some time for you”
The prince showed a smile before he nodded
”I'll be brief then, perhaps you've heard from queen mother, but I will be made king soon… to that end I would like to officially employ you, Mercury as Golem craftsman of Juliantia”
Mercury nodded before he stated a condition
”As long as it doesn't restrict my freedom”
”Of course, it's more of an honorary position, though I will need you to make a few golems for the country though”
”Like the Sparrow?”
”Yeah, though I would like some of the bigger models too… I won't take any more of your time brother in law, we'll discuss this another day?”
”Sure”
Mercury said his goodbyes to the first prince before he made his way towards a courtyard where he found Max doing his morning training, he stood with a heavy sword and was doing practice swings, Mercury showed a smile as he walked over and picked up a training sword before he asked Max
”Do you want to go a few rounds, Max?”
Max showed a smile when he saw Mercury, though it quickly widened when he saw how Mercury was holding the sword before he asked
”What level is your swordsmanship skill again?”
”3, what about you?”
Max laughed before he spoke proudly
”I hit level 5 last spring, this won't even be a fight”
”No it won't, I'll beat your ass, if I lose I'll fulfill one of your requests, the other way around if you lose, deal?”
Max laughed before he spoke
”Deal!”
Then a pair of phantom red horns appeared on his forehead before he disappeared from view as the stone floor under where he had been standing cracked, Mercury sighed before he spoke
”Too much wasted energy, it has to be more like… this”
As soon as Mercury finish speaking his figure seemed to melt into the surrounding area, then a couple of clangs sounded out before Max suddenly was visible again, shock was visible in his eyes as the question flew out of his mouth
”How are you so fast!?”
Mercury's laughter sounded out from behind Max that hurriedly turned around and came face to face with the tip of Mercury's sword, Max sighed before he admitted defeat
”I lost…”
”What did I tell you? Don't underestimate your old man”
Max sighed again before he quickly asked
”How did you get so fast?”
Mercury showed a smile
”By training for the past 3 years under the guidance of the most spartan teacher you could think of”
”Ah… That guy…”
Max seemed to be burning with fighting spirit so Mercury showed a smile and spoke
”Now for my request, tell me, do you like that demon girl?”
Max looked blankly at Mercury for a moment before his face flushed completely red
”W-W-W-What are you t-t-talking about!?”
Mercury's smile widened slightly as he considered whether to pour it on thick or not