BXBX NOVEL Chapter 641: Self-Proclaimed Hero
I guess it made sense for someone like her to have used such a mode of transport while Crystal would have probably only heard about it but never got to experience it.
"What… This is my first time seeing a Plane like this…"
"As expected of the Nilm Family\'s Grey Walker."
"The last time we did this… Our entire group got separated…"
Er… Hold up a bit... Seems like I was mistaken to think that this was their first time seeing a Grey Walker… My bad.
But looks like Felicia is pretty awesome too eh?
I suppose it\'s only natural that Mother would employ the best people to work for us.
Looking around, it seems like we were transported to that featureless flat plain again so we just needed to walk in a single direction as Felicia directed like the last time.
I turned to the Fox girl and she concentrated for a moment before pointing in a certain direction, prompting everyone to start walking in that direction.
We didn\'t even walk that far before Felicia suddenly stopped and swivelled her head to look in another direction.
And unexpectedly, a portal opened up a short distance away and several people stepped through.
I guess I shouldn\'t be surprised that there\'s other people making use of Grey Walkers too.
Felicia retreated to the back while the other senior maids immediately formed a defensive wall in front of us with their weapons out, which kind of surprised the other party.
There was a male Mahun at their lead while the rest of the party was a mix of other races though all of them were distinctly female.
The guy leading the party raised his hands in a placating gesture, "Woah, woah there ladies. We\'re not anyone suspicious. We\'re merely passing through the In-Between Planes to get to our destination. Which I suspect is the same case with all of you as well?"
Mary stepped out from the defensive wall, "How are you able to come to this particular Plane? This should be somewhere that is completely out of the way for any Grey Walkers to even attempt to reach."
Hmm… I don\'t know how Grey Walkers work so I\'m not sure what\'s going on… But I think Felicia was intentionally using the Waystone to send us to a particular Plane to get to the training camp? So for someone to come here as well, there might be a possibility they were following us?
The Mahun hesitated and turned towards one of his party members, specifically the female Infrid wielding a spear.
Her eyes narrowed slightly at Mary, "I\'ve used this Plane as a road for all my travels so far. I\'ve never seen you here before. It\'s one of the few guaranteed safe zones and also a crossroad as well, there\'s no reason for me to avoid using this. Who are you?"
Mary looked to the side at Felica who nodded back at her before she turned back to the Infrid.
"We are from the Nilm Family. I trust that answers your question?"
Evidently it did not since all of them were giving us a weird look.
"What\'s the Nilm Family?" The only male of the party asked.
Mary frowned at him, "Are you not from the Lehcarouc Kingdom?"
"Yes? What about it?"
"Which part of the Kingdom are you from?"
He huffed, "I don\'t see why I should tell you now?"
"Because if you hail from the capital city, then it would be easier for us to explain to you who we are. But if you don\'t and aren\'t aware of the prominent families, then it would be pointless for us to attempt to do so."
"Hmm… In that case, I\'m not from the capital city so yeah, I have no idea about noble families and stuff. I\'m just the chosen hero alongside my party here."
Yeah… In case you were wondering… This guy\'s an Off-Worlder… I checked him using [Screened] already…
[Name: Saito Kiri
Title: Off-Worlder Transmigrator, Self-Proclaimed Hero, False Prophet, Self-Proclaimed Chosen One, Definitely Not The Chosen One
Race: Mahun
Stats:
200 Strength
250 Dexterity
280 Endurance
50 Magic
Skills:
Martial Skill-(Sword Proficiency (Tier 2), Unarmed Proficiency (Tier 1)), Hunting (Tier 2), Alchemy (Tier 1), Leadership (Tier 1)
Magic Skills:
Mana Management (Tier 1), Lumenmancy (Tier 1), Electromancy (Tier 1)]
He\'s even weaker than that self proclaimed harem king that I met in the Dungeons back at Frostiminir Kingdom who I cucked with Lisa.
And who the heck did he even piss off to get the titles "False Prophet" and "Definitely Not The Chosen One"?
If I had to guess… It\'s probably one of the gods or something… Since those titles look like it had something to do with them.
The senior maids and Mary barely even reacted to his claims of being a hero while Crystal\'s family seemed to look at each other uneasily.
Mary tilted her chin slightly at him, "Hero, you say? May I know which organisation has named you a hero?"
"Ha! Not organisation but the Gods themselves have named me their champion! I\'m here to grow my strength and await the coming of the demon lord and slay him before he plunges the entire world into chaos!"
"Demon lord? What demon lord?"
He waved his hand at her nonchalantly, "Oh, this is something that the gods have revealed to me, you see! They have told me that in the future, a demon lord will rise up and try to take over the world so it is up to me to get stronger and defeat him before that happens! Thus, I\'m currently on a journey!"
Umm… I think if there really was a demon lord… Mary could just solo him by herself without needing any hero\'s help…
In fact, I can imagine Mother just appearing in front of the demon lord and smacking him away with just a hand.
Putting the people around me aside… I\'m pretty sure there are also really strong individuals around the world that could also come together to fight off the demon lord as well and I\'m including the other Off-Worlders too.
So I don\'t really think that a god would specifically point him out to be the chosen one to defeat them, would they? Drebann also told me nothing about this when I met him.
Which I guess would explain why he has those titles in his stats…
Maybe he went to Drebann\'s church and tried to tell the priests and priestesses there that he was Drebann\'s chosen one or something and ended up getting kicked out from there.
"And, pray tell, which God has chosen you as their champion?" Mary asked.
He thumped his chest proudly, "Of course it\'s God Drebann!"
For some reason, I heard a sound akin to someone groaning beside me.
I spun around to see who had made that noise, only to see that there was no one there.
Odd…
Mary nodded at him, "I see… In that case, good luck on your quest but we shall be going now. I would have to request you to maintain your distance and not get any closer than you already have."
The self-proclaimed hero frowned, "Why are you treating me like I\'m some monster? I just told you God Drebann himself chose me as his champion you know? That should mean I\'m the most trustworthy guy around, right?"
Oh geez… The kind of people who can say that without even flinching are the people you shouldn\'t trust the most…
Mary waved her hand at him, "We require you to stay away for a different reason and I would ask for your cooperation in this case. Otherwise, we will have to treat you as an enemy."
"Tch… Fine, fine. We\'ll wait here while you girls go."
One of the girls in his party was scowling at us, "What a rude bunch of people…"
The self-proclaimed hero patted her head, "It\'s alright. I bet they have some rule that they can\'t get close to outsiders or something. They\'re probably a cult."
A cult?! You ignorant little… Whatever, fuck you.
I turned to follow the rest of the maids towards where Felicia was leading us when I realised that Lisa was acting a little odd.
"Lisa? What\'s wrong?"
She shuddered before turning to look at me, revealing that her eyes looked a little glazed over before suddenly snapping back into focus.
"I… I saw the future… Just a little."
"What future was it?"
She hesitated for a moment, as though deciding if it would be a good idea for her to tell me before laying her hand on mine.
All of a sudden, the scene in front of me changed and I saw something big and dark looming over me, its fiery red eyes staring straight down at me.
Around me were the remains of some ruins and there were corpses strewn all around the place as well.
Right as I was trying to understand what was going on, it crashed down on me and the scene disappeared and I was looking at Lisa again.
What the heck was that?