âOOh! Thatâs the place we fought the Blue Ogres right! But wait, why are we going there out of all places now??â
âClimbing across the Barbadd Mountains, they say there is a cave, called [The Cave of Bahamut]. Have you heard of it? There, in that cave sleeps the sword of the first hero, the [Vendettatein], or so I have heard. Thatâs my goal.â
âOoh I remember! Chris-san, You did tell us about this a long time ago in front of the notice board in the guildâŚâŚâŚAnd certainly, except myself who got this staff from the uncle from [Shichifukuya], our equipment certainly feels lacking. If Chris-san or Ralf could use a sword like that, it would greatly increase our power.â
âThe sword of the first heroâŚâŚâŚâŚ[Vendettatein]! Sounds awesome! Back when we came to Edestor, it would have been impossible for us but now, Iâm sure we can conquer even the mighty [Cave of Bahamut] itself!!â
Looks like both of them are overwhelmingly in favour of my idea.
Since I instantly rejected the Dunegon idea, I though Ralf might sulk a bit butâŚâŚ..well, I suppose thatâs just not the kind of personality this guy has huh.
âLooks like both of you agree then. But, as youâd imagine from the notice left abandoned on the board, clearing a place like [Cave of Bahamut] is for Scarletite rank adventurers, normally speaking. Weâll need to extra careful and prepare the best we can before we challenge that place okay?â
âOf course! This has a much more material reward for conquering it as compared to the Dungeonâs 50th floor, and at the same time a great place for us to test our mettle. As expected of Chris-san, you always come up with the best choices for us!â
âIâm getting fired up too! Weâll need to gather some info as well in that case! Though I imagine itâd be a bit easier than finding info for the great forest of Roza was!â
âWhile we do our requests, letâs split and also find out as much info as we can about both the [Barbadd mountains] and the [Cave of Bahamut].â
With all members in agreement, we have settled on our next main objective.
I imagine this will probably be our last main objective in Edestor.
Once we have conquered the [Cave of Bahamut]âŚâŚâŚ.finally itâll be time to return to the capital and challenge Klaus.
âChris, what happened? Youâre suddenly making a really scary face!â
âI was just thinking of how the final duel with Klaus was soon coming closer. Once we have cleared the [Cave of Bahamut], thereâll be nothing else left to do.â
âI try not to think about it too much but, your objective is to get revenge against you younger brother after allâŚâŚâŚâŚfrankly, it gives me a lot of complex feelings.â
âSame here. Unlike before, weâre leading such satisfying and happy lives now after all! Iâd end up wishing that these days could go on forever.â
âSorry. For making you go along with my own selfishness.â
âyou donât need to apologise Chris-san. We made a party with you knowing full well what it entails, and having such a lofty goal is precisely why we have been able to become so strong.â
âExactly! And not to mention, once we beat the shit out of that Klaus, we can once again return back to this lifestyle, and this time for good!âŚâŚ..So letâs beat that guy at all costs!â
âYeah, Iâll be counting on you two till the very end.â
Both of them gave a strong nod when I said that.
You wouldnât think we were talking about something dark like getting revenge on someone, thatâs how bright the atmosphere was in this room.
Now it was about time we all should go and get some rest to prepare for tomorrow butâŚâŚ.
There was still something very important that I hadnât talked about yet so I restarted the conversation.
ââââspeaking of, I forgot to talk about something very important.â
âImportant? Whatâs more important than what we already talked about?â
âitâs about my new skills. I wanted to explain my new skills to you guys as well.â
âOh right, we hadnât talked about that yet had we. So, are they really some incredible skills?â
âYeah, all the new skills I got from the fruits are unique skills.â
âAll unique skills!? Man, that fruit really is some crazy item huh!!â
âYes, although the side effects did almost kill me, even though I had [Null Poison]. But for the time being, let me give a light explanation or a live showcase if possible of what they all do.â
Now thereâs only so much I could actually show in a room like this. And I donât know if Iâll ever get the right opportunity to show [Suicidal Strike] but, I still need to give them proper explanations of the skills.
Who knows, they might even think of some other way of using those skills as well, especially for [Effect Spread] that I still didnât know anything about.
âThe first one is the [Hardening] skill. It allows me to harden anything I touch.â
ââŚâŚâŚâŚEh? What kinda skill is that? Is it even that useful of a skill?â
âIâm quite confident of its applicability. Hey Ralf, give me your hand.â
Taking Ralfâs hand who was still tilting his head in confusion, I used [hardening] on it.
Instantly, his hand became hardened as steel and while he was surprised at first but then began touching his hand looking amused.
âAmazing, this is crazy! How has it become this hard!?â
âItâs good for defence, and if I throw something after using [Hardening] itâll hit much stronger. I can even use it to make swords and shields stronger as well.â
âHey, wouldnât this skill make me even stronger as well!? We need to try this stuff out later!â
âWell, itâs not that almighty of a skill. Like I said, I need to touch it to activate it.â
âSo while itâs usability is a bit limited, itâs still a very powerful skill regardless, right?â
âYeah, thatâs the right way to think about it.â
The first skill alone got quite the reaction.
Since I didnât really have much skills that could affect others this clearly, Ralf found it quite fresh as well.
But, I donât plan on using [Hardening] too much on Ralf or Esta, and the ones I want them to remember about and learn are the other two skills, barring [Suicidal Strike] of course.
As far as showcasing these skills go, these next ones are the main ones in my honest opinion.