Chapter 122: The Search
There were far fewer students around the parking lot, so Jason leaned against his bike and pulled Gina close so she was standing between his legs before asking how the artifact performed.
Gina pulled up the long black cloth and opened it to reveal that she had crafted the artifact into a staff. The staff was made from a gleaming white wooden material that had high mana-conducting properties. It was pre-made and sold at the SDM building, so all Gina had to do was buy it and then pay a craftsman to attach the artefact to the staff.
Gina spoke with a smile.
"It was really good. I couldn’t even make more than seven arrows two days ago, but today I made more than fifteen at once! I shot at one of the Boss’ subordinates and completely obliterated it! The guild captain was there too and he gave me a C Rank artefact that allowed me to see clearly for about five hundred meters around me so I could help everyone with sniping monsters from a distance. I think I’m really getting that vice-captain role!"
Jason grinned proudly as he heard about her exploits in the gate. He was glad that she was able to use it so well immediately. Jason pulled her down for a kiss and Gina happily kissed him while resting her hand on his shoulder. There weren’t that many people here, so Gina wasn’t as embarrassed as she had been before.
"Ah-hem."
A voice from the side alerted them to someone’s presence and Gina pulled back like she had been burned! She turned to her left and her eyes narrowed slightly when she saw a girl standing there. Jason also turned to the newcomer and he raised a brow at her.
"Griselda. What up?"
Griselda gave a strained smile as she tried to comport herself, but Jason could see the small dust of red on her cheek that showed she was uncomfortable with how close he and Gina were. Gina gave Griselda a small frown for interrupting them, and Griselda first nodded to Gina in greeting before she spoke to Jason.
"I just wanted to remind you one more time to think about my proposal. I know you aren’t interested in joining any guilds for now, but I’m sure you will benefit a lot from joining my guild once I establish it."
Gina’s brow rose in surprise once she heard this, and she focused on Griselda intensely to try and see if she would feel any power coming off her body. There was nothing at all and Gina realized that Griselda wasn’t a superhuman! Why the hell was a human talking about starting a guild?
Jason sighed softly but just nodded at Griselda. The girl was just too fucking persistent.
"I’ll think about it."
That seemed to be enough for Griselda as she smiled happily and began walking to her car with a small skip in her steps. Once she was gone, Gina asked Jason what the hell that was all about and Jason just gave her a short explanation of how Griselda wanted him to join her guild no matter what! It was silly and Jason was sure that Griselda wouldn’t even pass the screening required to start a guild, but he was humoring her for now.
Gina hummed in understanding and she couldn’t help but feel a bit of respect for Griselda. It took a lot of grit to keep pushing forward for a dream even when the odds were so obviously stacked against you.
"Come on, let’s get back home."
Jason stood and gave Gina another small kiss before the both of them got on his bike. Gina leaned forward and hugged Jason from behind and Jason smiled when he felt her breasts pressing against him. Her breath tickled his ear as she spoke softly.
"Seems you’ve gotten pretty popular, eh?"
Gina’s tone was playful, but Jason could hear a small undertone of jealousy in there. It was obvious that Gina didn’t like the way Griselda spoke to him so casually. Jason couldn’t help but chuckle at her cute reaction as he put the bike in gear and took off.
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[The World of Givani]
[One Dimensional Leap Away from Earth]
Sniff~ Sniff~ Sniff~
A large dog-type Magical Beast with six legs and blackened eye-less sockets sniffed along the ground as it moved through an empty wasteland slowly! It had black skin and a large build that made it look like a large wolf rather than a dog! The dog was known as a Magic Hounds and they were a special breed of Magical Beast that were known for their extraordinary sensory abilities. This sensory ability allowed them to track down any trace of mana that they had locked on to even across Dimensions!
Behind the dog, a small group of masked men followed along at a sedate pace while keeping an eye out for any signs of a Dimensional Tear that they could move through. This small group of masked men were members of the Phantoms and they had already begun their search for the missing Radagan Princess. Before starting the search, the leader of the Phantoms, Alpha, had gone to Radagan and spoken to the current King of the Dragonborn in order to ask him for a piece of cloth or an artefact that had once belonged to the princess. Materials that once belonged to magic-wielders would always have traces of that person’s mana on them.
The Magic Hounds were capable of tracking magical signatures, but before they could do that they needed to have something that had been drenched in the mana of the person being tracked! Once they had that scent, there was nothing that would stop them from finding you! Even if they had to move across more than five Dimensions just to reach you, they would be able to do it!
The king had given the Phantoms three of the princess’s underwear and some other pieces of clothing to use, and even the Phantom leader, Alpha, couldn’t help but laugh in slight amusement when she saw the large Magic Hounds sniffing the princess’s panties to lock on her mana! It was such a perverted sight that it became unbearably hilarious!
Once the Hounds all had her mana, the Phantoms split into ten groups with each group using their own Magic Hound and they moved through various Dimensional Tears that were located in the region where the Princess had disappeared from. Any group that found the princess first would send a Magical Signal to the others and tell them where they were so that they would regroup and capture her.
This group of five men had appeared in this world after they passed through a random Dimensional Tear, and now they were already making their way to the next Dimensional tear they would need to go through. As they walked, the silence in the region was only disturbed at random intervals by their footsteps. The area they were walking through had once been a dense jungle, but erosion and war her torn it down and reduced it to a wilderness with barely any trees. It was completely devoid of other beings and the only sign that showed there was life there was the random cry of beasts from far away. The large Magic Hound continued sniffing the floor as it walked through the wilderness, but the Phantoms suddenly stopped in their tracks when they heard the sound of a Magical Beast coming from in front of them.
ROARRR!
The ground shook and rumbled as the beast approached and it wasn’t long before it was visible from a distance. The Magical Beast was known as a Fidar. It was a large bear-like creature with four arms and multiple rows of jagged teeth that gleamed in the blue moonlight as it roared loudly!