Versatile: Alternate World

Chapter 204 - Nagoya Trip Of Madness (I)

The encounter with the elf folk was over. Due to certain events, Hoshi, the Priestess of the Stars in my past timeline received a blessing from the Goddess of Death. It was a different blessing compared to in the past and now I have no idea what her ability is due to how the abilities of the priestess reflect depending on which god or goddess blessed them.

The main quest ended but it seems that it was not the real end as the main quest was labeled as pending in the quest tab. It is a natural thing to happen especially if the quest needs time to progress. Since Hoshi is still a baby, I am quite sure it was connected to that which is why the pending status. I am fine with that, that way, I can prepare a much better way to do things in quest in the future.

I also inquire the elder about the repairing of the Ballista and he admitted that he did ask to have someone fix them. However, due to the wreck of the village, he will have to postpone the quest for now and will issue it again once the village is back to its usual look. Due to the incident, he will have the remaining elf folk in the village remain in the current area so that the demons will have no clue where they relocated at the moment. They will return once it is a bit more peaceful.

Since the quest was done, we returned to the mansion riding Leona. On the way, we talked about my experiences during the battle in the village and the experiences of the group during the time I was on the solo quest. For them, it was a boss battle with an errand quest. Honestly, it was much easier for them compared to mine.

I checked Goro's level after the boss battle since they accompany them during the battle. I still remember him in level 64 when I left for the village. When I checked again, I was surprised to see him at level 73 already. That was a lot of experience gain he got there. But it was not surprising, with the buff from my title that receives twice the experience received, it is natural for Goro to get a lot of experience compared to others. All of my followers can level this fast as long as they are my follower or familiar or even a pet.

It wouldn't take long for every follower of mine to reach level 100 and perhaps, even outlevel me in the process. Speaking of level, I didn't know what level Lucia was. Back when we meet Lucia, she was too weak and insignificant that even if she was the demon princess, Atlas can't feel the usual pressure he feels when facing demons who have a domineering aura.

"Oh? Are you going to check my stats?" Lucia asked.

"I was also curious about her stats. For a demon princess, she felt a bit... weak?"

"Huh? Are you insulting me? Do you know who you are talking to? I am Lucia, the demon princess. I have defeated multiple enemies in the past with my father. Hunted several dragons and slay different kinds of monsters. Do you still think I am weak? I am not a pushover!"

From the looks of it, she is not lying, however, she lacks the presence of a demon princess that is usually having dark energy or an overwhelming aura. If she kills dragons and big enemies, is she just hiding her true power?

Opening the stat panel for Lucia, I was surprised by what I just saw. Even Lucia was surprised since she can also see her stats while in the summons' area. It was not something she expected as far as she wanted to see it.

"Why am I in level 0?! What is going on?!"

"Level 0 is usually to those who have no experience in the world or just born. Usually, a person or a creature will gain a level in their lifetime. Even noncombatants will have a level though not as high as the adventurers and monsters, it is still not on level 0. I might have understood if you are on level 1 but level 0? Isn't that starting from scratch?"

"Why... what is going on?!"

I checked her stats further and I can say that she is indeed back from scratch. Her stats were all for a level 0 Magician. I checked her skills and saw that all of them are empty. Not a single skill. She has a skill tree and she has a free 1 Skill point enough to unlock a 1 SP cost skill but that was it.

"Not only my level but my stats and my skills too?!"

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Atlas voice was surprised.

"It's obvious! I need to cast my skills! I don't believe they just disappear like that! [HELLFIRE]! [CATASTHROPHE STORM]! [SPIRE OF DARKNESS]!"

Although I can't see anything, I can hear anything that is happening inside the summons' area. The fact that Lucia already shouted the skills and nothing occurred means her character has been under the reset mode.

"This is not possible! What happened to me!"

...

The summons' area became chaotic as Lucia complains about how she became a level 0. As for my companions, they logged out of the game as they wanted to go to sleep already especially due to how tired they were after the quests. I also decided to log out. Since Lucia was still throwing a tantrum on what happened to her, I let Atlas deal with her for the time being.

Once I log out of the game, I pull a small traveling bag out of my closet and pack some clothes inside. Due to my increasing worries about my parents in Nagoya, I am now ready to go to Nagoya, visit my parents, and at the same time, set up a teleport portal for me to use as a way to jump across Nagoya to Tokyo as fast as I can.

To prepare for this, I started making a teleport waypoint inside my room. It was easy to make since it only needs a bit of blood, an object that would be inconspicuous and easy to hide, and also a good source of mana that will be undisturbed.

I already have a good place to make that stuff. It was a small wardrobe where I can enter inside and hide. It has some of my jackets hanging but other than that, it was bare and good to use as a medium for teleportation. It was the most inconspicuous thing inside my room that will not be disturbed at all by any means.

As for the mana source, I don't need to look for that. Since the mansion was built in an area where the mana was naturally occurring and existing, creating a teleport waypoint is not even a problem.

Now that it was set up perfectly, all I needed to do is to reach Nagoya, find a safe place to create another waypoint and I am set. But first, I need to buy a car.

....

The next morning, I immediately went to buy a car. I didn't bother to buy the most expensive car but just bought a simple, black sedan. I have a driver's license already due to a part-time job I took before I played the game. I took it so that I am qualified for the part-time job. As expected, I was right to take an early test and get an early driver's license.

After a few test drives, I was satisfied with the result so the black sedan became officially my car. Why buy an expensive car if they serve the same purpose as the less extravagant car? I do not like to boast and I don't use the car often so this is just a good purchase. I also can't believe I already have a car at this age. It took me a few years before I can even afford a second-hand car. To think in this timeline, I don't own a second-hand car anymore but a brand new sedan that I owned? It is indeed great to taste the fruit of your own labor.

Nagoya is not that far from Tokyo however, it will take at least around 4 hours before I will reach Nagoya from Tokyo using the car. If I use a train, it will take me at most half a day if there are some problems. I already visited Nagoya before in the past timeline since my parents were buried in Nagoya so whenever I wanted to visit my parents, I have to drive from Tokyo to Nagoya just to visit them.

This time though is not a simple visitation. I will prevent them from prematurely dying. I am not just going to wait until the worse comes to worst. It would be already too late if I do so.

"Wait for me, Mom, Dad. Whoever bastards are trying to cause problems for the two of you, they will have to pay."