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Chapter 338 Sparky
🕑 Added 2019-10-26 11:27:47 +0000 UTCAuthor's note October 26th: Hey guys and gals, hope you're doing alright. New chapters up and more hopefully coming on Tuesday :).
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Chapter 338 Sparky
Christopher, before you leave. Claire spoke up again, the man looking at her as if it tortured him to stay for even a second. She let go of Ileas cheeks, a little embarrassed as she realized what she had done, Sorry. She said offhandedly, Ilea shrugging in response, We need something to contact Ilea no matter how far away she is. Would that be possible with your new findings?
He looked uncertain, Perhaps I will research the possibility.
Even if it takes you a week to come back, I think it would be worth it. Claire said, We know youre not even the only level three hundred person in the Hand. If an enemy sends their elites our way, we might need you. As well as the elders. If we manage to make something, could you contact Lucas again?
I dont need a week to come back. Ilea thought, Im not sure if Lucas wants to be involved. He well, he has chosen a more peaceful way of life. She had left out the whole attack on Lisburg and his separation of violence and war. As well as his apparent failure.
Well the others might agree still. Claire said, Christopher, Ill come with you in a moment. We dont want anybody knowing about that thing, nor anyone to take it. He held the key out to her, the thing quickly vanishing into her ring.
The tech will officially be mine and Christophers. I suppose we could sell it to allies or simply provide it and request a fee for using it. Three percent to you, seven to Ravenhall and the rest split between me and Christopher. Ilea said.
The man immediately spoke up, No, that is way too much. At most five percent for me you provided everything.
Except the brain, thirty for you. Ilea retorted.
Christopher wouldnt have any of it, Ten percent and thats it.
She growled but accepted, his resolve apparent, Alright, ten for you which means eighty for me.
Claire rolled her eyes, I dont even know why me and the city are involved at all.
To give an incentive for you to spread it, at least a gold incentive. Ilea suggested.
The sheer possibility of long distance travel between human cities is so overwhelmingly revolutionary there doesnt need to be an incentive beyond. Still, I accept of course and will plan the rest. Claire said, You do like to dump a lot of work on my desk.
Ilea smiled, Theres more where that came from but I suppose it can wait.
Well Im around. Come on Christopher, lets shake up the very foundations of human economics and warfare. Claire said, patting the man on the back.
He grinned, turning before he bowed to Ilea, As you wish. His manic giggle at the end made her worry a little but she had met plenty of workaholics by now to categorize it as him simply being excited. Very excited.
Trian got up when they left, summoning the golden lighter she had given him upon her departure. He flicked it on and stared at the flame, I think your stories could fill more than a couple of my notebooks pages by now. He said, Though now I suppose you gave me another task to fill my time.
Ilea looked at him, sitting down in Claires chair. The woman had left her office unguarded, her domain unchallenged. Trian raised an eyebrow at her action but didnt comment, Trian, I dont give you tasks to fulfill. If you really want to do this, then I want us to work together.
He nodded and paused, I suppose task was the wrong word purpose perhaps? I think you have a way to look at the world that I cant ever comprehend.
Im not entirely sure I know what you mean. She replied, leaning back in the chair.
The man smirked, Me neither. Maybe Ill figure it out someday. He mused, looking at the ceiling before he shook his head, We should establish some groundwork before you leave again. If Im supposed to look for volunteers, I at least want to tell them what this new order is about.
Again, not order. Organization maybe. Whats not clear? We train healers that can also fight, because its a powerful and useful combination for both the users as well as any party they fight in.
He sat back on the couch putting away the lighter and summoning his notebook, Your classes are powerful, theirs might not necessarily be on quite that level. Its not that easy to sell.
True. Hey, you said you wanted a bout? Plus , She checked her stats, My lightning resistance is at level six in the second tier.
He beamed, Id love to. To see a level three hundred warrior in action. Might get me motivated to train again.
You didnt train at all? She asked, more surprised than anything else. Standing up, she cracked her neck, We can rent an arena, if thats still a thing.
He waved his hand sideways, I trained with Claire from time to time as well as the squad you handed off to William. Just, not as much as before and certainly not as dangerous.
Hey, he wanted to train them. Ilea laughed, blinking out of the office and landing on the square, sludge like snow covering the cobblestone.
A bunch of heads turned her way but most continued their business again immediately upon realizing she wasnt some invading monster.
Trian appeared next to her, Oh, I know he probably feels that way. He said.
The two walked to the underground arena facility she had used to train her resistances before traveling north. It didnt take them long but Ilea couldnt help but smile at the stores and people, the atmosphere reminding her of Christmas. Yes, go and buy all the goods, give me your money so I can have more food, all the food.
Are you ok? Trian asked, looking at the woman with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
Yes, very much so.
One arena wait youre are you not that ash tank of the Hand who sold magic training to strangers? The woman asked, completely uncaring for the two powerful mages in front of her. She looked pretty done.
Ilea spread her wings, Yea, why? Does Lilith ring a bell? She asked with a dawning possibility in her mind.
Oh good, at least the owner isnt a fucking shithead. The woman said, nodding her head lightly, You can use whatever you want, Lilith. For free of course. Let me know if you need anything.
[Warrior lvl 130]
Ilea identified her and smirked, I wouldnt want to annoy you, with that wonderful attitude. If you want things changed, please complain to the Head Administrator. She liked the woman, it fit with the business, she thought.
Oh please, you would squash me like an ant. The attitude is needed with the average moron of an adventurer. I think you should take the lowest arena, its the biggest too and wed appreciate accidental excavation efforts from your side. Its one of the few facilities below the previous underground part of the city. The woman said, quickly filling something into the book lying next to her and handing her a runic key, Not that you need it, costs money to fix the locks though. And yes, I have to say that every fucking time. Cant complain of course, the job is well paid, easy as all hell and I can read on a slow day.
Are you a realm traveler? Ilea asked.
The woman raised her eyebrows, No. I just dont care much anymore about peoples opinions. Hey! She suddenly shouted at the two mages leaving behind Ilea and Trian. One of them twitched while the other just outright vanished, If I find the arena full of fucking crystals again, Ill hound Lilith after you!
Yea, yea, Liza. We cleaned up. The mage sounded tired of her but there was a tiny hint of fear in his voice.
Good, good. Liza replied, turning the page in her book back and marking something, The cheap shit arenas dont have rune keys. She said, I hope its ok if I use your holy name to strike fear into the unworthy.
I wouldnt have it any other way, disciple. Ilea said, rating her sarcasm a ten out of ten.
The two teleported down the elevator shaft to avoid the long drive, opening the gate to the lowest arena, basically just a cave with a circle of sand lazily thrown into its center. The walls were rugged but obviously worked by a mage. Craters, burns as well as corrosion made it apparent that the place was at least in use. Looks good to me. Ilea commented and blinked to the center, Oh fuck, I forgot to steal leather armor.
Trian laughed and walked towards her, a set of Hand leather armor appearing in his hands, one of the bracers falling down with a thud. A gift, to my new, superior?
Partner. Ilea said, Or even just affiliate, considering Ill probably be gone most of the time. She chuckled, Blast me cowboy.
I dont know what cows have to do with me but then again, you have said weirder things. He said, red lightning crackling around him.
Ilea took the armor and switched her clothes out with it, Focus on my stomach.
The man nodded, a pulse of lightning burning into and through the armor before it stopped dead on her skin, his brows rising before the pulse turned more violent and powerful, her skin taking light damage that instantly healed. So, the healing organization? What will we offer?
She counter healed the damage, seeing her mana restored near instantly as a part of his spell was absorbed by her new sentinel cores third tier, Well, we provide gear, training and lodging as well as a good class. I know you want to be less strict but if we manage to find one good class at least, it would help establish the whole thing too.
Trian paused his lightning and noted something down before continuing, he held onto his notebook with one hand while attacking her with the other, True. So gear, training and lodging. At least one good class, if we find something. Do you plan to pay for everything yourself? I know youre insanely rich at this point but if you want to grow it to even just the size of an ordinary healing order, its going to cost you.
She pondered for a moment, We could make deals with the adventurer guild and the hand. They could pay a reasonable fee for us to provide healers to their teams. Less than what a conventional order would request. The healers in the end would just be another member of the party, getting gold according to whatever they agreed on. We just train them initially, I suppose the guild as well as the Hand would have an interest in more healers, especially if they dont answer to a healing order.
They will answer to us though. Trian said, his notebook vanishing before he intensified the attack.
Ilea was skidding backwards a little but he didnt manage to burn farther than a couple millimeters into her skin, her healing too powerful, Yes, but were independent, our goal only to provide healers that help fight monsters. If we have to get politically involved and rally our members, itd have to be something pretty fucking big. Like a demon summoning or a Feynor attack on all of humanity. Along those lines. What goals do other healing orders have?
He shook his head, Profits mostly, influence for their various religions or the higher ranking members. His beam suddenly slipped past her, ramming into the distant wall and destroying one of the magical lamps. Oh, sorry.
She shrugged before she spread her arms, See, perfect. Were already much simpler to deal with, cheaper and our healers will just be normal adventurers. We can even encourage them recruiting new members, teaching first aid and things like that to whoever is interested. Free of charge of course.
I see. I think I have a clearer picture of your ideas now. Were going for quality healers and not profit. Free training, lodging and gear. What about food? He asked, recasting his spell.
I own plenty of restaurants, members could eat there for free. Or they deliver food to wherever the organization will be placed at, otherwise members will abuse it and just go to Keyla all the time. She laughed.
Trian chuckled, It seems with your influence and properties in the city, it should be simple to set up. After the demon invasion, the elves in the west and the war, there will be plenty of capable trainers who would look for a job like this as well. He murmured, barely audible over the lightning, Healers should join adventurer teams or the Hand, if their level is high enough I suppose. We can make deals with each guild to get some benefits for the members. Any rules you want to have? I dont think youd like them to join warring countries for example.
Yea, joining anyone that fights sentients is forbidden, if its known beforehand. Self defense of course is fine, as well as situations where it turns out that the monsters are actually just rogue adventurers or something. She said.
Sentients? Trian asked, looking at her, Of any race? His magic stopped. I should recharge some mana.
She nodded, Of any race. Requests can be made and you or me decide on fringe cases, I suppose. Ilea replied.
The man raised his eyebrows and wrote it down, Seems good. I agree that we should try and focus on monsters and dungeons. What about city defense or the respective guard? They need healers as well and most get them from orders or train them themselves as far as Im informed.
I think we should focus mostly on offense, to clear out dangerous areas and help adventurers level, also to make the profession more desirable. The goal is to advance society as a whole and for that we need people to be able to face monsters. Ilea said. Then again, many would not want to fight and healers in cities are helpful and needed too. She grumbled, unsure.
We could offer training in a less combat oriented healing class too, same organization but more for settlements. He suggested.
Long term maybe but right now we havent even started. There will be plenty of people capable and willing to face dangers. I can invest gold into what you suggest as well, maybe you can discuss the idea with Claire but I think it should be a separate thing entirely. For now at least. She wanted her healers to be capable fighters, willing to jump between a monster and an adventurer.
He tapped his notebook but nodded, I suppose thats alright. Ill find a place then, hopefully with training arenas and plenty of room going down into the underground. He looked around, Like this place.
Good. Ilea said, You deal with Claire in regards to the restaurant deal, the guild deals as well as the contract new members would need to sign. They can join for free after someone evaluates them, you for now. Ill talk to Dagon in regards to information on medicine, first aid and the like. There must be some authors that wrote about those topics. You already mentioned trainers, well need teachers too. Alchemists and the like might be interested as well.
He grinned, Ill get it done. Soon, Ileas healer club will be the most renowned organization in all of Elos.
Keep working on the name. She said, a serious expression on her face, Dont include my name, no, also not Lilith.
The healer friends. He suggested, his notebook vanishing as he prepared another spell, Your friendly neighborly healers. His eyes sparkled with joy at her reaction, Just healing. Its what we do.
He was already working on horrible slogans when she decided to start the actual bout. He can be the manager but well need a separate head of marketing. She shook her head, The possibilities are endless with all this gold. Her ashen limbs appeared and spread behind her, her bone armor appearing before it was covered with ash, wisps of the nearly black element moving as if touched by wind.
Trian took a step back, his armor appearing too, Im not so sure about this anymore. He joked, Fighting the elder of the Curing Sisters, just doesnt seem like a good idea.
She smirked and rushed at him, her limbs spreading out as they slashed with hardened spear like tips at the man. His lightning was ramming into her ashen armor, near completely ignored by her. Heart of Cinder was activated, Ilea teleporting where she felt him appear, her senses and speed enhanced enough to catch him on his first teleport. My poor vampyr. A fist slammed into his stomach, not mana intrusion spells used as he was sent stumbling.
He caught himself, coughing up blood as she slowly landed a couple meters away from him. Your punch sure has improved. That was strength alone? He asked.
Ilea nodded, The evolutions were pretty nuts.
Trian smiled and crouched down, red lightning flaring up around him, reaching even his eyes. His health and mana drain reached her before he vanished, appearing above her before a lightning strike slammed down onto her face, clearing away a part of her ash that quickly reformed. He flew around her, slamming lightning attacks into her time and time again while he dodged her ashen limbs that lashed out at him.
She started to add lances of ash into the mix, forcing him to teleport as well. When her Heart of Cinder started to damage her, she lifted her hand his way before cocking her head to the side. Maybe thats a bit much. Her aim switched to the wall around twenty meters to her right before she released the spell.
Trians eyes opened wide as he watched the cone of fire and embers slam into the stone wall, burning into it with incredible power. The spell lasted for a little over a second before all the heat had been pushed out. His lightning vanished, the man laughing out loud as he watched the smoke clear. A deep circular crater had formed in the wall, Good thing you own the place. He commented, not appreciating her aggressive excavation project.
Comments
Tunyx Gut
How about "Tis but a scratch"
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
I think Ilea is going to hold off on killing praetorians until she solo them at ~340. Both as a personal goal and a huge chunk of EXP.
Jonathan
Order motto: "That would have left a mark."
Bob
hmmm The Ameliorate Order. An order to make things better.
Bulwark
Nice chapter :D Love the whole empire building side of things. Think about it, in the future Ilea will be the head of a likely very influential healer/warrior organisation, own 80% of the only long distance teleportation network in existence and also be a huge business woman, owning 40% of the businesses in what will be essentially a new nations capital as well as whatever else Claire invest the gold into when they expand. All this without even looking at her personal strength. Madness.
I think she's relying on picking something up based on her medical knowledge from our world "medicine, first aid and the like".
Todd Kloos
The Shadow's Hand probably knows the locations of a bunch of triple mark monsters and monsters that are too strong for an ordinary shadow team to handle. It would be nice if Ilea hunts a few such monsters while she is here rather than just talking to people then going back north. It might also be a good opportunity to finally deal with the Forkspears and kill the 2 praetorians she fought before.
Todd Kloos
It seems like the most important thing that every healing order needs is information on healing classes and how to obtain them. The classes that they are able to obtain would have a huge impact on the organization and on what it can achieve. So it is a bit strange that they are doing all this planning without including anyone like Dagon or a healer(except Ilea) who might have such information. If they can't find a good healer class that can be produced in large numbers then all of their plans are useless.
L Pedersen
soo @ G. Harthane, AMA when? :P
I have to say I was a bit bummed to see her leaving the north for ravenhall, since I think the pace slows a lot when she’s not grinding, but I actually love the world building, and am super excited about ilea starting her own faction essentially. Keep up the good work!
Yaksher
I like the sarcastic receptionist.
sharkattack
Heals On Meals
Rip Woodham
Nice chapters, nice direction, good to see the old players again.
Straven
Loving her bouts/discussions and simple time with old friends, sorry I've not commented on the very large number of post before this, not very good connection inside the plant I'm currently working at so I can only really read and try to 'love' mark it. Thanks for another great read!
whatbm
Violent Healers, Healers not squealers, Will Heal for Food, Warriors now with more Heals, Healers now with more Violence.....
Emma Carlin
Dang, she at the point where others can't even fully understand her strength
Master of Bunnies
"She suddenly shouted at the two mages leaving behind Ilea and Maro. " That "Maro" is not supposed to be that, no?
Chopper
Syndicate of Solace; is my name idea despite sounding like a failed 80's hair band.
Chopper
You made a slip, few paragraphs after the [Warrior – lvl 130] It says Ilea and Maro, not Ilea and Trian.
L Pedersen
We don't know how much the blue moon grass has recovered. I don't think the primary healer class for the healing mercs will be Azarinth healers but maybe in the future there will be some members of the healing order who've gotten an azarinth class from Ilea
I feel like a time skip or an extreme dungeon diving montage might be upon us.
evilperson41
Was hoping she would recreate the Azarinth order or at least show how to get the Azarinth class for the new healing order she was creating. Would be kind of cool to see how she recreates the embers of the Azarinth order. But anyways great chapter.
sharkattack
The Shadow's Foot
Jonathan
A fist slammed into his stomach, >>>not<<< mana intrusion spells used as he was sent stumbling. >no Also, I think he *would* be appreciating her excavation project.
Robert Mullins
Mercs of Mercy is my name suggestion
Robert Mullins
Agreed
Alexander Dupree
Not like she has anyone else
Baba Vader
Thanks for the chapters!
Tsaimath
Make Liza a recurring character please!
Grond (James)
It sounds like his separate organization for healers that stay in a city is basically wanting to train doctors and nurses
Cperkenling
That actually makes a lot of sense. Healing, when thinking about it more philosophically is the struggle to stave of the scythe of death. Ash being connected to entropy, death would be probably a reasonably easy element to attune for people who try to reverse entropy and get people from the brink of death out of danger.
Robert Mullins
I suppose you could call him a healer on a technicality, since he can heal himself, but I'm not sure it makes sense to have a non-healer class individual heading a healing organization.
Garend
She should definately use her Fire based evolution as the starting point and have them advance along the ashen path. If she can find a healing class that uses Body Enhancement, she can ensure that they get the complimentary class buffs.
PloofDoodle
Cackled at the names given for the orders, so good.
Davvy chappie
Can never state enough how much I like this story
Aapjuh
She suddenly shouted at the two mages leaving behind Ilea and >>>Maro<<<. > Trian
Han Pol
I like the direction this is going so far.
