nro_8

  [Brian POV]

  “So, what to do now?” I asked no oer Lua and Agatha had left me alone in Overdrive.

  I looked as the two of them were greeted by two children. I was a bit surprised when one of the kids shoved their head into an item bag, but she seemed just fierwards.

  I wonder how safe that is? And I don’t mean just putting your head into an item bag, but putting aire person.

  (Magic bags ot take aire living being ihem.) Laura said.

  (But she just put her head in there?)

  (I said ‘entire’. You put your arm into magic bags every day. Head is not that different.) Laura said.

  (Okay. Then what is the limiting factor?)

  (Heart.) Laura answered. (A beati ot enter a magic bag.)

  (Ah. I see. But wouldn’t that mean that you ot transport living animals in magic bags? Or live fish?)

  (Exactly. You ot. Not that I know of a reason to do so.) Laura said.

  (Well fresh fish is better. At least as far as I know.) I informed her.

  (If you want that, you’ll just have to transport the fish in barrels on carriages, not in magic bags.) Laura said.

  (... oh yeah. I guess the cssic way exists. I’m too used to magic bags.) I admitted.

  As I didn’t see Lua atha ing for me, I spent the time going through the colle. I wao see what Laura had opened during the night.

  She had said that she was only opening four sets. Legend of Blue-Eyes, Metal Raiders, Fmiernity and Dark Beginning 1. And based on the numbers, probably 75% of it was LOB.

  3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons, 5 Dark Magis, 9 Gaia The Fieright, 6 Red-Eyes Bck Dragon and 5 Monster Reborns. And they are the ones she got st night. Couple of Tri-Horned Dragons and plenty of Exodia pieces as well. But somehow, I was still missi Arm of the Forbidden One. How in the heck did Laura not get it?

  I also now have 12 copies eki, just in case I want to cause a super deadly thuorm. Show the little thunder sprites what real lightning is. And 3 more copies of Swords of Revealing Light for, you know, lighting up a party. While also freezing the party.

  … that sounds like I’ll kill everyo a party. That is not my iion.

  From Metal Raiders, I had gotten the Mirror Force that was now set on Alice, Bck Skull Dragon and Time Wizard. As well as some lesser rarity cards, but those aren’t worth mentioning. Well, I did have a stupid idea involving Co of Evolution. I was thinking, if I use DNA Surgery to turn someoo an iype, then fuse them with Petit Moth and equip Co of Evolution onto them, what would happen? Probably something bad, but I do find theories like this iing. But that would mean human experimentation and I’d rather not do that. Well, maybe to a victed murderer or something. But I wouldn’t want to actally turn a criminal into a Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth.

  From Fmiernity, I was g a lot. Probably because Laura didn’t have time to open as many of those packs. She said she ening them to get more copies of Good Goblin Housekeeping, so she could traokens to the reprints. I did get Gearfried the Swordmaster and King Dragun. Also, Ultimate I LV5 is iing. I know it has a level 7 version, but the LV7 is not avaible in a I have unlocked at the moment. I wonder if the effect of LV5 still activate and evolve it to LV7, even though I ’t get LV7 from any of the packs. Based on how things went with Horus, I think it should, but I’m not sure. I should probably test that out.

  Spoiler

  [colpse]And even though I was missing plenty of the more rare cards, I had a good amount of the ons. Including more copies of Threatening Roar. As the one I had set on myself previously was still on cooldown, I took one of the new copies a on myself.

  From DB1, Laura hadn’t gotten anything that amazing. Mostly, because I woke up while she ening it. She did get Makyura the Destructor (not that I really , as I already activate traps from hand), another copy of Mystical Space Typhoon and some other stuff that I don’t really need, as they are repeats. Well, the repeats are good for an idea I have.

  (Laura, I think we should start aion of making a perfect colle.) I said.

  (Perfect? How would Master define a ‘perfect colle’?) Laura asked.

  (I want three toploader copies of everything.) I said.

  (Everything? Even the useless cards?) Laura asked.

  (Yes. Everything. Every Pot of Generosity, Cold Feet and The Humble Sentry.) I said.

  (I don’t know any of those, Master.) Laura admitted.

  (They were just examples of useless cards.) I told Laura. (All you o know is that I want three of everything.) I said.

  … I must not have unlocked them yet. I guess they were made ter. I know they are joke cards made to poke fun at the inal designer of some of the cssic op spells, so perhaps they were only made after the inal version had spent some time on the ban list.

  (Even of the same card from differes?) Laura asked.

  (... I’ll think about that part. I think as long as I have three of a certain card, it is fine. But I want at least one copy of each card in every set as well. You know, just to plete the sets.) I told her.

  (As you wish, Master.) Laura responded.

  Overdrive’s time came up, so I got out and unsummo. I was hoping Lua and Agatha would e get me before it happened, but no do. Perhaps they just have too much to do.

  I hadn’t been outside Overdrive for long, when a female dhampir, probably a dhampir, came up to me.

  She seemed to be in her mid twenties, but then again, I have no idea if dhampirs age like humans. Well, she looks simir io Lua. Her eyes were dark green and her hair silver. Quite geous, I’d say.

  (Master, please stop staring at every woman you see. You stare at me all you want.) Laura said in my head.

  (And I do, don’t I?) I said back to her.

  “You are quite cute. Are you someone whht us blood this time?” The girl asked.

  “Yeah. I am a part of the escort.” I answered. “But the blood was already carried into the big building, so you should go there.”

  “Oh. Then perhaps you would like to give me a snack before I go there?” She said as she approached me.

  Wait a sed. Did her eyes just begin to glow? I’m detly sure they were deep green previously, but now they are a brighter green and look like they are shining.

  (Master, she went into a blood frenzy!) Laura told me. (She is going to attack!)

  Eh? Attack? Just like that?

  I was getting ready for it and raised my arms up so I could defend myself.

  But as she lu me, Threatening Roar activated and stunned her.

  … eh? Well, I guess she really did try to harm me as the card activated.

  (Master, not the time for that.) Laura said. (Use this.) She added as she opened Pack Opener for me and opened my colle to a certain card.

  I didn’t hesitate, pulled it out and activated it. “Spellbinding Circle.”

  I looked as a magic circle formed around her midse, like it once had for the sword-horn bull.

  (Lua. Could you e back here? There is a small problem.) I called Lua with our system link.

  (Brian. What was that roar?) She asked.

  (Lua. That was me. There was a small i and the roar from yesterday activated. Could you e over?) I responded. I don’t know what to do with the dhampir that is now in my Spellbinding Circle.

  It took about 45 seds from the activation of Threatening Roar for the dhampir to get her senses back. But, of course, she was now held by Spellbinding Circle, so all she could do was wiggle around harmlessly.

  I was a little worried that she could attack with magic, but Laura reminded me that the sword-horn bull hadn’t and a monster of that rank should be able to use magid Spellbinding Circle does say: “it ot attack”, so any sort of offensive magic should be turned off.

  So… what do I do with her? Just keep her there? Summon Vampire Lord to cure her? I guess I should wait for Lua and ask her.

  I was looking around and spotted Lua running towards me.

  “Oh, hi Lua.” I greeted her.

  “Hi. What’s going on? Why are you out of that carriage?” She asked.

  “Oh that. I had to unsummon Overdrive as its time limit came up.” I answered. “Then this dhampir girl came to talk to me. I told her that you already took the blood into the big building and she kind of went mad and tried to attack me. But I had Threatening Roar proteg me and after it activated, I used Spellbinding Circle to keep her in pd tacted you.” I quickly expined how I’d gotten to the situation at hand.

  “So, what do we do with her?” I asked as Lua eechless.

  “I calm her down with blood magic, but there is a ce that she will just frenzy again.” She said. “We should take her into the town hall and have her drink some blood before I use blood magi her. you move that magic circle?”

  Move the Spellbinding Circle? I have no idea.

  “Not sure. Let me try.” I said as I raised my left arm and tried to use it to trol the Spellbinding Circle. As I moved my hand to the left, Spellbinding Circle followed. The same went for up, down and right. “Yes, I .” I told Lua.

  “The’s go to the town hall.” She said ahe way.

  “Lua! What was that roar? Is there a motag?” Agatha rushed out of the big building and asked us. She was holding ahat definitely didn’t look like it should be held with one hand, with one hand. Is that her on from her adventuring days? Didn’t think she would be someone using an axe. I would have said rapier or perhaps a bow, but what do I know.

  “No. Everything is fine. Ria was just causing trouble and Brian had to use Intimidating Roar oo keep her still.” Lua said to her mother.

  Intimidating Roar? Wonder what that is?

  (It is a skill with an effect simir but lesser to your Threatening Roar. It stuns monsters around you when used.) Laura expined. (If you were to install Threatening Roar, you would likely gain that skill.) She added.

  Ah. I see. Simple enough.

  “Are you sure? Everyone heard it and they are preparing for battle.” Agatha asked.

  “Yes. It’s fine. Please go tell them that.” Lua said.

  “... is Ria alright?” She then asked.

  “She is just in a frenzy. I’ll calm her down after she gets some blood.” Lua answered. “Now go inside already. You o tell everyohat there is no motack.”

  “Yes, yes. And here I thought I was your mother.” Agatha said and turned back to the big building.

  As she was making her way back to the rge building, I saw multiple people rushing out of it with ons on hand. Well, some were actual ons, but a few seemed more like gardening tools, like a scythe and a hoe.

  What do you mean scythe isn’t a on? Well, it isn’t. It is literally a farming tool for cutting down grass and crops. Even the Grim Reaper uses a scythe as a tool to harvest souls, not a on. Well, I guess it does double as a on, just like an axe. Even an axe was inally a tool for cutting down trees, not a on to be used in bat.

  In total, ten people had e out from the big building. They seemed to be looking around to find something. Probably the mohat let out a roar. Well, it was me. Situation over. You go baside.

  They looked between me and the dhampir struggling in Spellbinding Circle. Agatha had walked up to them and was expining how things ended as they did.

  Hmm? Some of their eyes are flickering in color? Like someourning them on and off. Okay, that analogy makes no sense. Eyes aren’t LEDs. You ’t just turn them on and off.

  I took a look at Lua, but she seemed calm so it should probably be fine. Perhaps it isn’t a frenzy, but instead a blood magic spell of some kind. Or appraisal. Let’s hope it isn’t appraisal. I don’t mind showing my status to people, but please don’t look at it without my permission.

  One of the dhampirs did seem to go into a full on frenzy, but the others around him caught him and held him down to the ground.

  “Brian, I know this isn’t the best time, but would you cure them all now?” Agatha asked me.

  “I mean I , but right away? I guess it would be for the best to get it over with.” I answered.

  Spoilernro_8

  In total, ten people had e out from the big building. They seemed to be looking around to find something. Probably the mohat let out a roar. Well, it was me. Situation over. You go baside.

  Eh? Why are they all staring at me? What did I do? Well, I caused the roar, but they don’t know that.

  I looked as their eyes began to shine one by one.

  (Master, they went into a blood frenzy. Be careful.) Laura warned me.

  Yeah, I guessed as much, but why?

  I looked back to the dhampir girl that struggled in the Spellbinding Circle. Is she the reason? Do dhampirs have a unal blood frenzy thing? If one goes into a frenzy, they all do?

  (Focus!) Laura yelled.

  I moved my eyes back to the dhampirs, just as they rushed at me. I don’t really have the time to open my colle a out a card right now, but I still have a few avaible.

  I moved my hand over to the bottom left side of my stomach where I had set a card and said its o activate it. The set cards might activate on their own if their ditions are met, but nothing keeps me from activating them in other situations by holding a hand on them and saying their name.

  “Draining Shield.”

  A semi-transparent shield appeared between us and the charging dhampirs. They didn’t stop their charge and the first of them ran right into it, like crashing into a wall. As they did, I felt some sort of energy ing into my body. It isn’t mana, so I assume this is HP. I was thinking of opening my status, but I have no idea how many seds that shield will stay up, so I need something else.

  I opened my colle and Laura instantly offered the card I needed. I pulled it out and activated it.

  “Swords of Revealing Light!” I called to activate the spell.

  Large sword-like things made of light appeared in the air around us, before falling into the ground and making a circle, surrounding the dhampirs.

  The dhampirs that were ihe Swords of Revealing Light were now frozen in pce.

  —

  “Phew. Well, that was only a minor heart attack.” I said as I calmed myself.

  “... Brian? Are you alright?” Lua asked.

  “Yeah. I’m fine. But that could have been bad.” I told Lua. “What came over them?”

  “I think they haven’t been drinking enough blood.” Lua answered. “They only had goblin blood for a few days and no one wants to drink it, so I think they have been going with the bare minimum.”

  “... Well, better make sure they have somethier iure.” I said.

  I looked around to gain the necessary information. The dhampir that tried to attack me earlier was still safely held in Spellbinding Circle and all of the others were held in pce by Swords of Revealing Light.

  Agatha was also ihe area of Swords of Revealing Light and just as frozen as the dhampirs. Why is that? Is she just frozen by shock? Or does the spell see her as an enemy? It should only affeemies.

  I walked into the swords and Lua followed. As soon as the Spellbinding Circle with the dhampir girl ehe girl froze in pce like everything else ihe swords.

  But the more surprising part was that Lua also froze after she had fully ehe swords. I holy didn’t expect that. I know I didn’t test that part out yesterday, but as Fire Sorcerer and I were both able to move just fine, I thought that any member of my party could move freely.

  Does Swords of Revealing Light freeze everyohat isn’t my summon?

  I walked back to Lua.

  “Lua, you hear me?” I asked her.

  I didn’t hear a response, but I saw her eyes move. So she still move her eyes. I looked around and realized that all the dhampirs held by the swords were keeping their eyes on me.

  (Lua, try to speak to me through the system.) I sent a message to Lua.

  (Brian. Help. I ’t move!) She sent a message bae. So even if she is frozen, she still use that.

  (Lua. I don’t really know how. Sorry.) I said to her as I pced my hand on her shoulder.

  As I did, Lua zapped back to life, like I had pressed py on just her. As she was in the middle of a step as she froze, she almost fell over, but I caught her.

  “Lua. Are you ok?” I asked her.

  “...” She didn’t respond, instead cheg herself. “I think so. But that felt super strange. I’d rather not do it again.”

  “Sorry that you got caught up in it as well.” I apologized.

  “This spell is quite amazing. I thought it was great when I saw it yesterday, but it is even strohan I thought.” Lua said. “But also terrifying. I couldn’t move but I could still see and hear. It felt like I had no trol of my body.”

  “Agreed. That would be quite terrifying.” I said. “Here. Take my hand. It seems that as long as I touch you, you move.”

  Lua took my left hand intht.

  “Let’s get your mother and go outside of the swords first.” I told her.

  “Yes.” She agreed.

  —

  “So, what do we do with them?” I asked Lua and Agatha after we had gotten outside the area of Swords of Revealing Light.

  “Mother, did they drink any blood yet?” Lua asked her mother.

  “Not all of them. They were waiting for you and Ria.” Agatha answered.

  “Then it won’t really help if I calm them down. They might just frenzy again.” Lua said.

  “Should I just cure them now?” I asked.

  “That might be for the best.” Lua said.

  “ you really do it?” Agatha asked.

  “Well, only one way to find out.” I answered. “But I did do it to Lua, so it should be fine.”

  Now, just summon Vampire Lord and cure them while Swords of Revealing Light holds them in pce.

  Actually, isn’t this exactly what I didn’t want to do?

  [colpse]