Chapter 347 Landing (1/2)
”Raziel, huh?” Eisen muttered to himself with a light smile, and the woman in front of him tilted her head to the side. ”What, you don't like my name?” She asked, obviously faking to be insulted, and Eisen shook his head and chuckled.
”No, no, that's not it. Don't worry about it. Well, for now, just think about what exactly you'd like to know from me, and then once the town is established, come see me and I'll tell you whatever you want.” Eisen told her, and was just about to turn around and leave when a certain red-haired young man approached him.
”Hey, just wanted to give you the numbers about our provisions and materials and stuff. You said you wanted to know about how much was used during the trip, right?” Komer asked as he looked down at his notebook while writing something inside of it. ”Ah, thank you, Komer. Could you try and go ahead and figure out how many provisions every group would need over the course of the next few days as well? I know it's not directly within your area of expertise, but you know the numbers of what we have the best of all of us.” The old man replied, and Komer then lifted his head slowly.
”Alright, will do. Then I think I'd just need specific numbers on who is in what group, and things like their endurance stats. That seems to change how much we need to eat and drink as well.” Komer pointed out, before then suddenly noticing Raziel all of a sudden, which he somehow didn't before.
”Oh, eh, I mean… F-From a perspective of an Artificial, I mean…” The young merchant said seemingly pretty panicky, before Eisen raised his eyebrow and leaned in toward him, whispering something into his ear.
”Eh… Sure, but why?” Komer asked in response, and Eisen just chuckled and crossed his arms curiously. ”Just do it, I'd like to find out what you see.”
”Sure…” The young merchant said before scratching the back of his neck, while his irises and his pupils suddenly disappeared. But in response to what Komer was seeing with his 'Fate Perception' surprised him quite a bit.
”Holy- Wait, weren't you human? Are you a half-monster or something? But according to Jyuuk, Half-Monsters shouldn't show such sudden growth… Then maybe, do you have a Skill that lets you grow wings at the next rank?” Komer asked excitedly as he leaned in a little bit, while Raziel just moved her sight over toward Eisen confused, before the old man chuckled.
”Komer can see people's Fate, you know? And I guess there's no hiding your fate to anyone.” The old man explained with a smirk, before Raziel replied while smiling wrily, ”Right… Erm, Kid, listen-”
”Kid? I'm 20, you can't be that much older than me!” Komer protested, but Eisen chuckled lowly while Raziel began to grind her teeth annoyedly.
”For the love of- You attract an annoying bunch, you know? Are all of you like that?” Raziel asked, but Eisen just moved his fingers through his beard with a light smile and then looked at Komer again. ”Long story short, this is Raziel. She's got a peculiar ability, and will work for me as a freelance informant.”
”Oh, an Informant!” Komer exclaimed and deactivated his Fate Perception, before taking a better look at Raziel again. ”Ah, you're that woman with the 'Whisper' Element, right? It does seem pretty useful… Well, more than my element at the very least… But anyway, if you're an informant, do you think you co-”
”Nope.” Raziel answered without hesitation, ”I only work for this guy because it's benefitial for my main employer anyway, so sorry to disappoint you.” She said relatively annoyedly, and Komer scratched the back of his neck again before smiling wrily.
”Damn, would have been useful to have someone with wings that can help me out around some towns in the future…” He said with a sigh, before looking back at Eisen.
”Well, anyway, just get me that list of the different groups or tell me who I should talk to for that, and I'll figure everything out.” Komer said and then handed some sheets of paper to Eisen before turning around and leaving, and Raziel looked at Eisen with a wry smile again.
”You serious? This guy got a Fate Occupation? What kind is it?” Raziel asked, and Eisen smiled at her lightly, ”He's a Fate Merchant. Although… Maybe…” Eisen muttered quietly, before moving his fingers through his beard. ”You said you can speak to people in the distance with your element as well? Can you call Komer back for a moment?” The old man asked Raziel, who raised her eyebrows in confusion, but swiftly did as asked.
Eisen could see Komer shudder on the other side of the ship and then turn around in surprise and confusion, while Eisen waved him over again.
”Urgh… That's also part of your ability? Hearing that feels so weird…” Komer protested slightly, and Eisen crossed his arms and moved on before Raziel could complain.
”Well, no matter how weird it is, I'd like to make a suggestion. Come with me and my group to conquer part of the central island. I want to level you up to a point where you can get one or two new occupation skills.” Eisen suggested, and Komer looked at him confused.
”Erm… You know that the only combat capabilities I have are the few attack enchantments I put on my coins? And most of them will damage me half the time…” Komer pointed out, and Eisen simply smirked but shook his head.
”Don't worry about that. I'm sure we'll be able to figure something out. The first thing we're doing is bring everyone to level 100 before doing anything else. If the gap between levels is too big, only the person that killed the enemy gets experience, and those that did other type of damage don't. Then, as long as you can do a little damage to a bunch of monsters, it should be fine. And who knows, maybe your Level 100 occupational skill lets you fight pretty well.” Eisen suggested, and Sky scratched the back of his neck with a wry smile.