From Player To Npc

Chapter 126: The month of preparations

The girls looked at each other to see how each reacted and when they noticed that the rest had the same reaction, then they turned towards Shingi.

"Are you certain that this is his name?" [Nice Cookie]

Shingi knew he couldn't keep it a secret for long, so he took the chance to trust these individuals as he thought the possibility of them working for Dark Guild to be pretty small.

"Yes, this is his true identity. He had told me that people might think that he is dead, but it isn't the case. The details of his 'death' or why he is around aren't something that I know, though."[Shingi]

He had enabled his Special Eyes as even if, with Harbin's help, they weren't able to find out the full extension of their power. They found out that it was helping him persuade others, both Players and NPCs.

He remembered a few instances at which people cooperated with him quickly, like the first time he met Fire Whip, and he told him about their Guild Leader and his wolf.

Also, it seemed to help him make it harder to understand if he was lying.

Since he was aware of those now, he could feel that when he was talking and trying to persuade someone, he was using some of the eyes' energy, and he could stop it from being used so that it won't get empty and set his CHA at 0 for a day.

He could also feel that when someone was using some detection skill on him or Spell or Enchantment to affect his mind, he could spend some of the energy, not allowing the effect to activate.

He spent some of the eyes' energy not to allow them to tell if he was telling a lie, even if he doubted their skill would be too high.

"So where is he? Marcy mentioned she came to town with him but haven't seen him since then."[Nice Cookie]

"He is taking care, a few details to help with our explorations. Making it to the Neutral Territory isn't as easy as used to be from what I hear."[Shingi]

The Tower was at the Neutral Territory, and usually, people could use Teleportation Circles to get there. Still, the Dark Guild has taken them over and forbidden access from anyone without permission.

As for going there by other means, like walking or some vehicle, it wasn't easy. There were many dangers outside the tower, throughout the Neutral Territory.

Some were high-level monsters, like Dragons having their lairs there, while others were natural or magical created environments unable to allow life to exist in them for long.

Some said that the dangers outside the Tower were more challenging than the one in, at least on the early levels, but the rewards from Tower's floor were more appealing to Players.

As for getting themselves teleported there in a way similar to what Orsina used to get them to Carda, it was impossible. A Special Field that didn't let anyone get teleported except through its Teleportation Circles surrounded the Neutral territory.

Usually, Shingi wouldn't be afraid of making the trip by foot or another way, but since he could not respawn anymore, and if they reached the Tower, they still had to sneak their way in.

Shingi wasn't planning to fight them head-on, as he understood from what Soryn and the rest told him they had crazy power by their side.

"So you really plan to go to the Tower? Seem like a crazy plan, but if he is the one behind it, it may actually work." [Nice Cookie]

"How do you know Master?" [Shingi]

Shingi had heard of the two of them, but he never met them either in real life or in the game.

"You could say that we are related, although he probably doesn't know it. Not that long ago, Yawning married his brother, and I am her sister. I heard that he never was in touch with his brother."[Nice Cookie]

Shingi knew his brother in the actual world would be around 20 years old, and it surprised him to hear that he got married. The two brothers never spoke with each other, mainly because Shingi wasn't interested in having any relationship with his family.

"Could you tell him next time he is around to meet me? He sounds like an interesting fellow to have around."[Nice Cookie]

Shingi, for a second, could see at the eyes of the expression of the hunter waiting for her prey, but it lasted for a split second. He also noticed the other two roll their eyes when she said her last sentence.

"I see what I can do. But for now, I will have to leave. I will let Price in, who is the person I mentioned, and let me know if you start any of the Quests written on those papers. I want to be of help to those."[Shingi]

They waved goodbye to each other as Shingi exited the building, letting Price getting in.

He went to the back to the shop, and this time he didn't go to the forge room but the other crafting room as he wanted to check some staves and wands and see if they needed any final adjustments.

He also wanted to make blades using Mana Gems similar to what he had made for Hineko.

He had to make as many new projects as he could do so that when Volig officially reach his Grandmaster Rank at his crafting Skills and being considered a Grandmaster CRAFTSMAN, Volig could make them to a different extent than what Shingi could do by himself with his current Skills and would help draw the attention of the noble guy.

Shingi also needed to make his LEATHERWORKING Skill reach Master Rank, as he hadn't worked with leather a lot.

He also needed to improve his ENCHANTER Related Skills and make sure that his students' progress was also to keep moving.

He didn't have any plans except to improve his or other skills and helping with the Guild's progress.

When the shy one was in control, Little Phoenix was working on the designs of the staves, wands, and later even blade weapons, like swords and daggers, to make them work with Mana Gems.

Hineko kept making potions and had some sold through Shingi's shop, some given to the Guild, and saved some for the use of their party only. Hineko's skills got improved by the notes Shingi brought him and some new recipes.

Mizuneko worked on making new scrolls or improving existing ones and learning spells he could inscribe into a scroll by what Shingi had brought him from Delta City.

Ragnarock worked on helping training the Warrior unit of their Guild, and soon enough, Wild Tycoon became a helper of his since their class was pretty similar, although Ragnarock's was stronger.

Price investigated the mansion and the owner of any detail he could learn for both as he also started spreading subtle rumors of Volig's skills.

Marcy and her General had officially finished creating the Guild with the name The Blue Moon Guild since Carda was to be their base, and the town was most famous for the Blue Moon Festival, even if it wasn't happening often.

Shingi helped them by giving tips for some Quests, and sometimes he joined them if he considered them not succeeding even with his tips. These were also an excellent way to test some projects he was working on with Volig, as most of these Quests wanted them to fight some tricky or powerful beings.

As for Winestone, since he couldn't help Ragnarock train the Guild members, he had some free time of his own, which he had soon filled.

He was going out with the female bear, Chubby.

Fire Whip was furious when he learned that someone was dating his bear, but after finding out that she was ok with it, he calmed down a bit. Also, Winestone scared him when he used a Special Ability of his that Shingi learned was another gift of Philemon to him, other than the ability to speak.

That Special Ability was to make himself turn into a Magma Bear.

When he found out about that, Shingi understood why he detected some Fire Element mana in Winestone.

Close to the end of the month, Belly came briefly to the town to deliver the axe whose both blades were blue now.

Its enchantments didn't get affected, but it wasn't a growth-type weapon anymore.

Ragnarock seemed to be a little sad about losing his 'friend' in the axe, but after Shingi told him that at some point, it would start getting fed by his soul, then he was happy to get rid of it.

Orsina and Himon stayed for a couple of days before going back with Karemon.

Himon wasn't happy as Shingi was barely spending some time at home, but the night before they were supposed to leave, he organized a party and invited everyone he knew that was in town.

Himon was excited to meet all these people, some that he had heard about from Shingi's stories.

That night was enough to make her happy for the trip.

As for Volig during that month, other than the orders and helping Shingi with some of his ideas, he spent most of his time creating Aella's blade.

It was a complicated one to suit its owner, and there were many instances that he had to start all over as something didn't work as expected.

But since he was working on something that big, especially since he wanted the blade to function with Storm Element Mana, it put his Skills to their Limit even if they were close to Grandmaster.

Shingi had to help him with the actual design of the Enchantment needed on it and called Little Phoenix to help a few times, mostly to let her Skill improve.

They had to make a sword big compared to the normal scimitars that Aella used, as the Enchantment was so complicated that they couldn't fit it in a blade of that size.

It was a little smaller than a greatsword, but its weight was close to that of a longsword, as they used many Light Mana Gems to embed the mana with the material they used to make it lighter.

They had carved the Enchantment on the blade, but the carving wasn't too deep to weaken the sword, and they used as much as the mana of the scale they could spend each day to embed it at the edges of the carvings, which would strengthen the Enchantment even more since it was based to work on that Special Element.

It took them a few tries and made some notifications, but they finished the blade according to their final blueprint after almost a month.

It was of Grandmaster Rank since that also brought all Volig's crafting skills to Grandmaster Rank. Since he had the CRAFTSMAN profession, he didn't have separate skills for each type of crafting, but they were all considered as one and improved at the same time.

Volig was finally a Grandmaster CRAFTSMAN.