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I can only say double release. Chapter 3/4

 

It has been some time since Crete started drawing a magical circle on the ground.

Do I trust Crete? Hell no, but what other possibilities do I have to help my family. If it later turns out that she is a friend of my parents, then it doesn't hurt to have a good relationship.

After all, she has to be very strong when she has the magical energy to create such a wide barrier that maintains for a year.

The contract that Crete wants to close with me had some fantastic effects

The agreement was similar to a party in MMORPGs. One member's abilities can't harm the other members. When the members are near each other, their attributes will be raised.

A condition to be able to conclude this contract, each contracting party must make a condition. After the completion of both requirements, the pact will be dissolved by itself, and we can each go our way again.

Early termination is also possible when both parties agree to cancel the contract.

My condition was to rescue all the kidnapped horned rabbits, hers... she mentioned that she was looking for something, but she also hinted that she intended to dissolve the contract prematurely.

"I finished the magic circle, are you ready?"

"Qeek."

"Good. Please, enter the magic circle just like me."

I faced her, and we both looked at each other.

"Let's start."

Her hands began to light up, and soon after that, the magic circle among us.

"I, Crete, eighth of the eight Hesperides, I will name you Eris. Thus, our pact is completed!"

The magic circles light stopped. I felt no difference from before.

That was all...

--You should check your status.--

Huh? This voice?

--Yes, it's me, Crete.--

How is that possible?

--Through the pact, we can use (telepathy) to communicate wordlessly with each other. And our thoughts are translated understandably for the other one. I mentioned that we would open all cards to each other.--

So my status?

--Yeah, look.--

I opened the status.

 

<Status>

 

Name:    Eris

Title:       Cretes partner

race:       Horned rabbit

Sex:       ♀️

Age:       5 months

Rank:      F

 

HP:   15/15

MP:   10/10

 

Level:    5/10

EP:       5/10

 

ATK:    6   (+4)

DEF:       5   (+4)

MAG:       5   (+4)

AGI:       9   (+4)

INT:       7   (+4)

 

<=====>

 

Why do I have a (+4) bonus on all attributes? !?

--That’s the contact partners bonus when we are close to each other, both receive a small premium. Think of the new ability, through the partnership, as well as the newly acquired name.--

Ok, I'll take a look.

--Moment! Can I look with (Appraisal) aswell?--

Sure...

I was a bit overwhelmed by her curiosity and opened my ability list.

 

<Ability list>

 

ATK:

(Tackle Lv.2)

(Paw strike Lv.1)

 

DEF:

(Dodge jump Lv.1)

(Counter kick Lv.1)(NEW)

 

MAG:

(Body enhancement(light) Lv.1)

(Fire Affinity)( NEW)

(Darkness affinity)(NEW)

 

AGI:

n / A.

 

Without Attribute:

(Snoop Lv.1)

(Appraisal Lv.1)(NEW)

 

Title Skills:

(Partnership - Telepathy)(NEW)

 

Unique:

(Overdevelopment)

 

<==========>

 

Five New Skills! Among them are fire and darkness affinity. And Appraisal!

--Unbelievable!--

Is that not great?

--How... Why... do you have a unique ability!?--

Huh?

I was confused, I thought she found my new abilities interesting, but I was probably wrong.

--This unique ability... Incredible... I never expected to see a horned rabbit with one.--

Is a unique skill that rare?

--Rare!? They are literally unique. There is no second living individual with this ability. The only exceptions are inherited abilities. They can be original unique, but as the children of the Unique wearer also received their skills, the classification of "Unique Ability" changed to "inherited Abilities." This Unique's abilities are truly unique, and the chance to get a Unique ability is 1: 6.371.000.--

And how can you get unique skills?

--Hmm? So most commonly would be at birth, but also in the course of training or development, someone may learn a unique ability. There are a few mystical artifacts that can grant you one.--

Can I own more than one?

--Theoretically, yes, but there is only one documented case so far.--

Crete looked at the sun.

--Let's go. Let's free the horned rabbits. Everything else will come later.--

OK! But... may I use it on you (Appraisal)?

--If you want, as long as I have a higher Lv. in (Appraisal), you can only see question marks without my consent.--

I used (Appraisal) on Crete.

 

<Appraisal>

 

Name:    Crete

Title:    Eris Partner; Hesperide; Forest Guardian; Forgotten Seeker; Wandering Soul

Race:    Dryad (Hesperide)

Sex:       ♀️

Age:       748

Rank:     S-

 

HP:   8,041/8,041

MP:   12,537/12,537

 

<=====>

 

T… That's a joke, right? Rank S- with an MP of 12,537 !? Why did you enter into a contract with someone like me?

--Hmm. I do not know what you mean by "like me," but your determination to put the other horned rabbit's life over your safety is something I find admirable. And please! Forgot that you ever saw my age, ok?--

In the last part, she scowled at me.

As you wish.

--Thanks.--

I changed the subject back to our goals.

Do we have anything to find others?

--I try asking the older rabbits. They may know which direction Kyoku and Kuro were going with the other rabbits. What about siblings, since I don’t know them. I can’t specifically look for them, do you think they are with them?--

Hmm... I believe that my big sister and my older brother are together somewhere. And when it comes to my eldest brother, I'm sure he is by mother and father...

--Alright then, let's collect clues to Kuro and Kyoku’s whereabouts. And if the hints are valid enough, we travel of immediately.--

Ok. What should I do now, as long as you questioned the elders?

--What you want. You came back today, right? Relax a bit. After all, I've heard you screaming the whole time.--

Okay, see you later.

--Then later.--

I laid down on the lawn next to the entrance of our burrow and opened my ability list again.

 

<Ability list>

 

ATK:

(Tackle Lv.2)

(Paw strike Lv.1)

 

DEF:

(Dodge jump Lv.1)

(Counter kick Lv.1)

 

MAG:

(Enhance Body(light) Lv.1)

(Fire Affinity)

(Darkness affinity)

 

AGI:

n / A.

 

Without Attribute:

(Snoop Lv.1)

(Appraisal Lv.1)

 

Title Skills:

(Partnership - Telepathy)

 

Unique:

(Overdevelopment)

 

<==========>

 

Then I should first find out what my new abilities can. What can counter kick, fire affinity, and darkness affinity?

(Appraisal) and (telepathy) is unnecessary to explain.

(The ability (counter kick) is a hybrid ability with the primary attribute DEF and the secondary attribute ATK. The damage caused by the (counter kick) equals 50% of the DEF value and 33% of the ATK value. Enemy damage is reduced by 50% of the DEF.)

((Fire Affinity) is often referred to as the fire attribute, and anyone who has an affinity for fire has the right to learn fire magic, but (Fire Affinity) is not magic in itself, it’s just the qualification to learn fire magic.)

((Darkness affinity) has the same function as (fire affinity), which allows the owner to learn dark magic. WARNING darkness magic is often called black magic and has a bad reputation in some countries. (Darkness affinity) is the rarest magic and is commonly referred to as the strongest magic attribute.)

Meaning, I can use fire and darkness magic, but darkness is considered as evil, should I not learn it? My answer, who cares !? Why should I give up something that makes me stronger!

As prey, I have no choice but to access everything that keeps me alive.

I should ask Crete afterward how I can learn skills from the affinities.

It was just early afternoon, but the nightmare, running and searching, the contract with Crete, that had pretty drained me. Without realizing it, I fell asleep after some train of thought.

 

===

 

"Wake up, sleepyhead."

Huh? What?

--I have information for you.--

Information?

--Yes, about Kyoku and Kuro, your parents.--

My parents... Ah, yes! What is it?

I opened my eyes and immediately jumped on my feet. It was already late afternoon towards evening.

My parents, where are they?

--All right. First, there are three known Orc settlements nearby, which one is the right one is unknown. Yesterday, they rushed to persecute the attackers, so those who stayed here don’t know which settlement the orcs belong to.--

What are we going to do now? Do you know where the orc settlements are?

--I know some nearby settlements, but I am not sure if one of the colonies I know is the settlements we are looking for. If necessary, we should visit them all once! If your parents and the others get into an open fight against the orcs, I can’t think about what bad things could happen. Adult orcs are all at least rank D-.--

Then don’t let us waste any more time. I don’t know if I am fast enough to follow you, but I will do my best.

--Well then, let's go! We take the route to a nearby settlement first. Maybe they have information for us.--

With a tiny gesture, Crete symbolized the direction of our destination. At a relatively fast pace, we both ran through the forest.

How far is the first settlement?

--Good question... At this rate I would say we are there at sunset.--

That's pretty close.

--If you want to see it that way, when I am running with full speed I would make it in less than half an hour.--

WHAT! Wouldn’t it be more comfortable for us if you carry me and run at your full speed? After all, it's about the life of my parents and siblings!

--Ups! I never had a partner who was small enough to be carried by me... so I didn’t think about it at all.--

Crete slowed down and stretched out her arm.

--Come jump into my arms.--

She kneeled to make it easier for me. I climbed into her arms, and she raised me.

I am ready.

--That's good! Let's go!--

I immediately felt a strong air resistance. Everything around me moved past me and disappeared from my eyes in seconds. We were traveling so fast that my eyes could not perceive anything correctly. I decided to close my eyes so I could prevent nausea and dizziness.

I don’t know for how long I had closed my eyes, but Crete tore me out of my thoughts.

"Eris, we reached the orc settlement."

I slowly opened my eyes and in front of me was a village in the middle of the forest. If Crete had not said that this was an orc settlement, I would have thought it was a village built by humans.

Is not this settlement almost a real city? They even have a wooden wall.

--That's true. I'm also a bit surprised. The last time I was here, it was still a small settlement of 100 orcs. Now it is probably several hundred or thousand.--

We approached the guards at the gate.

"Oink oooiiink?"

One of the two orc guards guarding the gate held his sword in our direction and grunted something at us.

--I will translate for you. "What do you want?"--

"We are looking for a few orcs who had attacked and kidnapped horned rabbits. The orcs had ash wolves with them, do you know something about it? "

" Oink oi oiunk ouuiink! " --We, horned rabbits, never!--

I looked at the orcs more closely. They both had gray-green skin. Their faces resembled those of pigs, and they are not called "pig's snouts" for no reason. Their stature was slightly smaller than that of Crete, which was around 1.70 m tall. What surprised me most, where the orcs eyes, which are often described with "evil" eyes, but that was not the case here, they had an irritated look instead on their faces.

"Yes, but someone has it!"

Crete kicked the orc's sword to the ground and grabbed the orc's neck.

"Oink Oink oink ouink" --The cave… west… from here.--

"Why a cave?"

"Ouink oink Oink." --Tame wolves there! -

"A group of orcs is taming wolves there?"

"Oi! " --Yes!--

"Then, I say thank you for your cooperation."

She threw the orc to the ground and turned around.

--So, next to this cave?--

Yes... He was accommodating.

--He was just terrified of me.--

Were they scared of you?

--To attack horned rabbits is a taboo in this country. If I had accused them of conspiracy, he was sure that I or the elves would have wiped out the settlement.--

Hui?

--Warning, I start running now.--

A-ah! Ok.

 

Pls, tell me if anything is wrong.

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