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" It's noon. did I sleep so much ?"
I had just woken up, and looking at the bright sunlight outside the window, and at the time told me it was already past 12 00 pm.
Finishing my morning routine, I wore a Grey T-shirt and black pants and had a plate of omurice, since it already afternoon.
I also packed put all the magic stones which I had gotten from the first floor into a bag pack and slung it over my shoulders.
I had farmed a few while on my way back to the entrance yesterday as I needed to show some earning after going into the dungeon for an entire day!
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Going through the streets of Orario, I brought a pair of meat skewers for 25 valis each and made my was to the guild which was on the Northwest main.
Making my way through the guild's entrance, I looked around and found Rose behind one of the counters.
Her counter had the fewest adventurers, courtesy to her ever present grumpy face.
I lined up on her queue and it only took a few minutes for my turn.
" Hey, Ms. Rose, Good Day! I need to exchange my magic stones and get some advice from you."
"Mr. Light. hello. I also have some information to share with you, follow me" after replying to my question, Rose asked another guild member who was nearby to man the counter.
Indicating me to follow her, we went to a meeting box (consultation room).
I took out the bag of magic stones from my bag pack and handed it over to her.
Rose asked me to wait as she got up and took the magic stones with her. There were at least a handful of them.
While waiting for Rose to come back, I opened the system screen and added the two stat points which I had gotten on my Level 10 to Constitution.
I had definitely felt the effect of the constitution stat, I was almost two times stronger than before I had gotten the system, hence adding it to that stat.
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---Status-----------------
Level: 10 (1600/2000)
HP: 3500/3500
MP: 3500/3500
Constitution: 35
Spirit: 35
Status points: 0
---Skills--------------
• Acceleration [/Accel]
• Trait Maker
• Anomaly [True]
• Miracle Maker
• Mimicry
• Appraisal
• Fault Perception
---Magic-------------------
• Float Magic
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'Now both my constitution and spirit stat are at 35. Cool, Next my skills- '
*creek*
The sound of the door opening brought me back.
I closed the virtual screen in front of me with a thought and turned to look at Rose who had come back, holding a tray in both hands.
" Here, the total came up to 60,000 Valis " saying that, she set the on the table and pushed it towards me, there were six big coins on the tray.
" Can I get any information about the upcoming expedition, the upcoming joint one, with many Familia's taking part in it ?" Picking up and pocketing the coins, I asked her about the real reason for me coming here.
" Sorry, Mr. Light, the details are not finalized yet, if you want I'll let you know once the details are announced. "
I wanted to know about the expedition details to see if I could join in as a porter for any of the Familia's as part of the expedition.
'Now that I have gotten the mimicry skill, if I can join this expedition, maybe I can copy some good skills from those high level adventurers and use it as my trump cards. We done me- '
I was interrupted from my thoughts by Roses' voice,
" -ight, Mr. Light, I wanted to let you know that your request is done"
" Ms. Rose, sorry can you repeat that once more" I gave her an apologetic smile with one my hand scratching my head.
" Mr. Light, I was saying that there is a Familia which you can join." A bolt of good news came out of the blue.
" Actually, that goddess has recently descended from Tenkai and wanted to leave Orario and go travelling around. She is currently in Orario or a few week or so and will leave after that."
"You can try your luck with her and see if you can make her agree."
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Instead of asking Rose the details about the goddess immediately, I thought about a crucial question, that is, if my system would bring up any difficulties and if I could still accept Falna from a divine being.
Usually in these cases, they both may collide with each other and if not, will the Falna also detect my system, if yes, will the system show up as a skill ?
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" Ahem, thank you for your help Ms. Rose. Also when can I meet the goddess ?"
"Is she free today?"
I wanted to meet this goddess and see if I could join her Familia.
" I'm not sure whether she's free today, she's currently staying in one of the guild's VIP rooms on the Tower of Babel for the time being, having recently descended from Tenkai. How about this, I can help you inform her and let you know her response ? "
" Whether she accepts you or not is up to you. But best of luck."
Rose was still looking grumpy, but this time her voice was a little mellow.
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" Thank you Rose, and sure, I'll be at to the guild at 9 00 am sharp."
I was thanking Rose who let me know when to come to the guild tomorrow for the news and let me know whether I can meet the goddess and where to meet her, if yes.
Informing Rose that I would be here at the guild 9 am sharp to get an update from her about the Goddess, I said my goodbye and left the guild.
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'I don't feel like going to the dungeon today'
As it was already afternoon and I had to go to the guild early tomorrow, I did not feel like going to the dungeon.
Instead I decided that I would wander around the streets of Orario, and pass time.
'My first destination for this trip, The Fabled Bridge of Heroes'
Sadly even after staying in Orario for a full 15 years, I had only heard of it, never having seen it with my eyes.
Asking around the people standing nearby and wandering along the southwest main, I made my may to the market area.
The market area was filled with a fairly large number of town folk, who were going about buying things, also here you can see a people from a variety of races and nationalities, all busy going about here and there.
Be it the the cow lady selling milk at the corner shop or the dwarfs looking at the shields and hammer's hung outside the blacksmiths shop, or the elves going into a potion shop.
I definitely didn't miss a pallum on the corner of the street successfully stealing the purse from a human who was busy talking with his companions.
And neither did I miss the scene where a few seconds later, the very same pallum getting his own purse snatched by a Chienthrope, who bumped into the pallum and while the pallum was busy hiding the human's purse, his own purse got stolen.
There was also a god sitting on the pavement outside a store, which from the outside seemed to be a Casino.
The god seemed to be lamenting his fate. His dull eyes almost speaking out, 'How come I did not win this time too???'
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I passed the market area and made my way through an intersecting road, connecting the southwest main to the south main.
*woosh*
I could hear the sound of water flowing along the river even before the bridge entered my sight.
It seems that the river had strong currents today.
Finally reaching the bridge, I could see the statues of many heroes, made of stone, full of an ancient aura, hoisted on podiums, lined across the entire bridge facing each other.
But conspicuously, at the center most part of the bridge, there was only one hero, with the opposite podium left empty.
There were not many people on the bridge, only a few adults, an old man standing facing the status at the center and a few children surrounding him, listening to him speaking with full attention.
Making my way over to the center of the bridge interested in knowing the hero's name and as well as listen to what the old man was saying, so as to make the children pay such attention to him.
At the bottom of the statue, on the podium, the name of the hero was clearly imprinted.
THE GREAT HERO, ALBERT!!
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" -the great hero Albert was the one to make the Black Dragon which waged terror, to be known as the One- Eyed Black Dragon, and giving it the scar on its eyes." the old man spoke, with an aged voice as if he carried a heavy past, while scratching his white beard.
'Interesting, it seems that old man is talking about the One-Eyed Black Dragon, and how it got its name.' The words of the old man caught my attention.
After all, defeating the One-Eyed Black Dragon was one of my end game quests, and getting any or more information about it would be useful.
Hence I too stood behind the children, ready to listen to the old man's stories.
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" Grandpa, enough about that big bad black dragon, tell us about something else."
' It seems my bad luck has finally caught up, just when I was about to some information on the OBED, I was blocked'
Just as I was cursing my bad luck and turned to leave, hearing the old man's words made me stop once more.
" Hahaha, such energy you youngling's have, in that case let me tell you the story about the history of Orario, the very essence of Orario and how it came to be."
Those words once again caught my attention, stopping me in my tracks and once again turn and listen to the old man's story.
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" Ahem, ahem "
The old man clearing his throat once began his story,
" This tale begins a thousand years ago when the god king of the sky cast his gaze on the pitiful condition of the Gekai, and made a deal with the god king of lighting- "
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A / N : Hey Guys! Those who were asking about the background, I'll try my best to explain the background and the lore of Danmachi in the next few chaps!
I want to keep the goddess's name as a suspense!
Also, is there any mention of how people in Danmachi know time in the novel, do they have clocks or watches or anything of the like ?