The week before i took my first world jump was full of fun and excitement, as promised Serafall spent her time with me going on dates but she did make an abrupt decision which surprise me.
Serafall decided to take the entire week off just so she can spend it with me before i left to a new world, I did ask her why and she told me "well as my boyfriend i want you to sent you off on your trip with fond memories of me, so asked my queen Behe-Chan to cover for me while i spent time with you!" after that she practically moved into my room, but me and my Pokemon didn't mind we actually like spending time with her since she was always fun to be around.
The entire week during mornings we spent it in the Dungeons grinding for money and items, got to say that having Serafall with me in the Dungeons made things more fun and exciting, plus she seemed to have a lot of fun being able to let loose after so long.
My Pokemon loved fighting along side of her and even listened to her commands, this was the first time i ever seen a glimpse of the Serafall who fought in the Civil war against the Old Satan faction and that made me and my Pokemon respect her, it's sad that in the show, she's not taken very seriously even by her sister, her job as the maou in charge of foreign affairs shows how smart and powerful she really is, how else would she be able to deal with other factions?.
But we didn't spend all of our time in the Dungeons, we also went on a lot of dates and we enjoyed each one, from the one where we went to an amusement park, to the picnic deep in the forest where the small pond i found is located.
My Pokemon went with us to that picnic and we all had fun playing in the water or in the forest, we even took a nap on top of my Snorlax which i summoned with a Pokemon Token as a Munchlax.
I found that Token on one of our Dungeon dives during the last few months of grinding but i got to say that Snorlax's belly is indeed very comfy.
Serafall loved playing in the water with my water Pokemon, especially with Lapras who got very attached to her.
Vaporeon and Milotic also seem to like her a lot, it did made me wonder if her being a member of the Sitri clan made her more compatible with water and ice type Pokemon? because even my Frosslass and Alolan Ninetales followed her around all the time.
Serafall also gave me the idea to plant a few of the berries i have around the lake, that way this place can be a sanctuary to me and my Pokemon, she even helped by buying that whole area around the lake which was all forest and warding it to keep anything or anyone away from this place that had become very special to us and my Pokemon.
During this week of grinding i also got two new Pokemon Tokens and the Pokemon i chose were a male Nidoran and a female Igglybuff, now I'll be honest and say that Serafall chose the small pink balloon Pokemon and once i summoned it she never let go of it, i kinda feel bad for the small pink Pokemon.
Eventually Saturday arrived and me and Serafall spent the entire day in my room just being close to each other, i cooked for us the entire day and we wawatched ime together by the time we noticed, night had already arrived and Serafall had to leave.
I smiled when Serafall hugged me tightly and began to fuzz over me "Rean make sure you eat healthy! and don't just spent your entire time training! have some fun too! meet more people and travel around, experience all kinds of new things!".
I chuckled and nuzzled Serafall's neck " okay, I'll make sure to do all of that, i promise".
Serafall nodded and then let go of me "text me as soon as you came back! even if time doesn't move here i still want to hear about you're adventures right away okay?!".
I nodded and smiled, Serafall then gave me a kiss and then she let me go, suddenly she twirled stopping on a cool pose and disappeared in a flash of pink light and her magic circle while waving good bye to me.
I chuckled and shook my head amusingly *got to admit, that looked cool* i then decided to go ahead and go to another world "Astraea, I'm ready!".
[Okay! initiating World jump!.
Randomly selecting world!...
World chosen!...
Preparing for World jump in 1... 2... 3!.
Let's gooo!.]
With that the world around me cracked like glass and suddenly broke apart, i found my self floating in the void i spent my time before i became a Gamer.
But i didn't spent to much time there as a bright light suddenly engulfed my entired body causing me to close my eyes and then i felt myself being pull to a unknown direction, i couldn't help but to grin in excitement as a new world and new adventures awaited me, I couldn't wait to see which world i would get to explore.
The next thing i knew felt my feet touch ground and the wind softly blowing on my skin, i opened my eyes and saw myself on a enormous open field, i took a look around and noticed a town a far distance away "hmm it seems that i was teleported far away from the town, well it's for the best, i rather not have to explain how i suddenly appeared out of nowhere, Astraea do you know where we are?".
[Yes! the world's name is known as Konosuba! and that town in the distance is named Axel! the town of beginnings.]
"... shit.."
[Rean! what's wrong? are you okay?.]
I couldn't help but to rub my eyes in annoyance "I'm fine Astraea, it's just... i know what world we are in and the amount of nonsense and stupidity here is overwhelming...".
[... But it is a good beginner world to get stronger right?.]
I let go of my eyes and sighed "don't get me wrong, this world is perfect for getting stronger, it's the protagonists in this world that bother me but I'll just have to stay away from their nonsense while I'm here... hopefully".
[They can't be that bad right?.]
I stood there lost in thought, while i mentally go through everything i know about this world "... you'll see eventually but anyways let's go to Axel! i have to register in the guild before i can take quest!".
[Okay! let's go! this is all very exciting!.]
I chuckled and spread my wings, with one mighty flap from both of them i took off flying towards Axel.
It didn't take me long to arrive and i chose to land on a rooftop and then jump down to the streets, no one payed me any mind when i landed on the ground but i guess that everyone in this town is used to adventurers doing weird things like this all the time.
After asking a couple of people where the guild is i was able to find it, immediately i went in and came up to a very familiar scene.
The goddess Aqua had gotten up from her seat and confidently approached an old priest enjoying some tea "you there, Priest! state your denomination!".
I visibly cringed knowing what was about to happen *looks like i arrived at the beginning of the main plot...*.
The old priest stopped drinking his tea and looked up towards Aqua who just kept on talking " my name is Aqua!, that's right the object of worship for the religious order of Axis!, the goddess Aqua! if thou are one of my followers...".
I just sighed, I didn't really like both Aqua or Kazuma for that matter, both them were a mess and not very good people to begin with plus both of them are idiots.
Suddenly Aqua bowed and said "it'd be a huge help if you would lend me some money!".
The old priest looked a little surprised but still responded " I'm in the Eris sect actually...".
I tried not to, i really did but I couldn't help but to chuckle at the shocked faces of these two idiots when they heard the old priest say that he belonged to a different religious group.
Aqua awkwardly began to apologize and walk away in shame "oh? you are?... I'm sorry..".
But the old priest spoke and called out to Aqua "young lady? are you a member of the sect of Axis? the relationship between goddesses Eris and Aqua is one of superior and subordinate, this must be fate, i saw early that you couldn't afford the entry fee correct?".
Aqua looked surprised but then the old priest lifted his hand and revealed four golden coins of some kind and then spoke "here, please consider this a blessing from Lady Eris but still no matter how devout you are, you mustn't call yourself a goddess".
*Damn... i can feel the shame from all the way over here* i watched a gloomy Aqua walk back to the table and pick up the coins "uh... yes, I'm sorry..".
I shook my head and walked inside, i took a seat at the other side from these two idiots and a maid approached me to take my order, since i was curious about what this world can offer food wise i told her to get me her recommendation and she took off skipping to get my order ready.
From here i could hear Aqua speak to Kazuma "he didn't believed that I'm a goddess... by the way Eris is ranked beneath me... a believer of my subordinate took pity on me and lent me money ha..ha...ha...".
She looks like she's about to cry and all Kazuma could say is "y-yeah...".
I just ignored them after that not wanting to catch their attention, there's no way I'm going to be dragged to their nonsense, so when they got up and went to Luna to get their registration, everyone in the guild was trying to ignored them too.
But eventually Luna got everything ready for their registration while i began to enjoy my food which the maid brought to me while Luna was getting ready, though i was paying attention to what was going to happen next.
Luna smiled and turned to speak to Aqua and Kazuma "allow me to formally explain, Adventures each have an occupation, this is your registration card" she pointed at the two cards on her hand " it keeps track of how many monsters you vanquish, as you level up you'll gain points that you can use to learn new skills, please do work hard to raise your level".
As I continue to eat i nodded * hmm pretty standard...Astraea how would that work with me?*.
[The system will synchronize with your adventurer's card allowing you the ability to learn the skills of whichever occupation you choose]
*I see, that will be very useful to me, thanks Astraea* i return my attention to Luna while i continue to eat.
What happened next was Kazuma and Aqua each taking turns to place their hand on the weird blue crystal, nothing new or different happened here, Kazuma stats were average except his intelligence which was a bit higher and his high luck and Luna recommended a few non battle occupations like Merchant and such * this dude sure is a mess...*.
Aqua's stats were the same as depicted in the anime, all of them were high except her lower than average intelligence and luck stat *so technically she's both stupid and unlucky which makes sense now that I think about it*.
She ended up choosing the Arch Priest occupation too and i have to admit that this occupation interested me a lot, i need more healing skills and if i remember correctly this occupation has revival skills too which wouldbe extremely good to have.
Everyone in the guild cheered like it was a big accomplishment and Aqua enjoyed all that attention too bad that the idiot will end up wasting all her points on useless magic tricks *what a waste...*.
I just ignored everything going on around me and ate in peace while i waited for the two stooges to leave and for everything to calm down.
*If I remember correctly, these two will be wasting around two weeks doing hard labor, well at least until Kazuma remembers that they're adventurers, so i have some time before all of their nonsense begins, I'll spend that time doing Kill quests and using Mimicry to copy some skills, plus i already decided on picking the Arch Priest occupation, so I can have more healing spells this way i can support my Pokemon and future allies better*.
After a while Both Kazuma and Aqua left and the tavern finally calmed down so I got up, payed for what i ate and drank and approached Luna who was once a again behind her counter.
She smiled at me the moment she noticed me approach "hello! are you registering to this guild?".
I nodded and handed her two gold coins from my inventory "yes and if possible i would like this to be done in private, I'm not much for attention".
Luna smiled and nodded "of course if you would follow me to my office outback we can proceed once we're there".
I nodded, she then walked around her counter and opened a door for me to step through, i nodded in thanks and walked inside, i saw a small office inside while Luna came in after me and placed the odd blue crystal i saw a while ago when Aqua and Kazuma were getting their adventurer's card.
Luna then place the crystal on the desk and then a blank card below it "okay, if you would please place your hand on top of the i don't think i have to explain right? i did see you out there when those two other people registered with the guild".
I nodded to let her know that she didn't need to explain again and i walked forward, once I got close to the crystal I place my hand on top of it and it then began to glow.
I watched the whole process out of curiosity, but i got to admit, it looked kinda cool to see all of my information being written on the card like that.
After a few more seconds the crystal finished with it's job and Luna took a look at what my card had written on it "what!? your stats are way off the charts!".
I glared at her for making such a loud fuzz about my stats causing her to blush and look sheepish *this is exactly why I wanted this done in private, i don't need anyone to everyone and their mother to know about my stats...* Luna soon after apologized "sorry... it's just very surprising after all.. do you know what occupation you want to take?".
I nodded "yes, I'll take Arch Priest for now, i need some good healing skills, I'll changed it to something else later".
[Ding! due to the Gamer's actions, you have obtain the Perk Healer, this perk will allow you to learn new spells from the healer branch of magic as you level up and grind the spells!.
Note: Thanks to the players preference, the perk Healer will contain spells and skills from the Tales of Games series, enjoy!.]
[Ding! Ding!.
You have learned the Spells: Heal!, Pow Hammer and Photon!]
I couldn't help but to smile, the Tales of Games series have been an all time favorite of mine and i know how useful the techniques are but I'll leave that for later, right now i have to pay attention to Luna.
Luna nodded and handed my card "then thank you and welcome to the guild".
I smiled "do keep this a secret, like i said before, i don't want any attention right now and can you tell me if you have any quest to do right now?".
Luna nodded but i could tell she was confused at the fact that i don't want any attention to myself "yes... I'll make sure to keep all of this information a secret from anyone except for the guild and yes we have a couple of kill quests, are you going to start right now?".
"yes, might as well get things done plus i want to get a feel of this adventurer work".
Luna nodded and went behind the desk in the office and took out a couple of papers "lets see we have a mine that has been taken over by Goblins and Trolls so we need it cleared up, a band of bandits have taken over a forest nearby and had been attacking and stealing from the town and lastly we also have a pack of giant wolves attacking the cattle in the farms around the town, so which one do you want to take?".
I grinned "I'll take all of them, they all seem kinda urgent so i might as well take care of them".
Luna gaped at me "a-are you sure? you seem to be all alone... are you sure you can handle it by yourself?".
I chuckled a bit, me alone? no that's never going to be a problem with me "yes I'm sure, is the pay good at least?".
Luna nodded as she began to sign the quests sheet and then handed it to me "yes the rewards offered upon completion of this quests are quite generous so it is worthwhile the effort"
I took the quests sheets and read through them really fast, suddenly a notification alert appeared in front of me but i push it a side until i was out of town "okay then I'll be leaving right, I'll see you when i get back Luna".
She nodded but still seemed worried about me but i just give her a smile and waved at her while i walk out of the office.
Once i was outside the guild building i checked my mini map and saw that it was added as an important location, i decided to walk around a bit to see what this town how to offered while i ask Astraea some questions.
"Astraea, will the system allow me to change occupation whenever i want? once I learn all the skills from the Healer perk all i need to do is grind them so they can become stronger and what will happen when I leave this world?".
[Yes, you can change occupation anytime you want and you can keep doing so even if you leave this world, the system already absorbed the ability to do so from the world itself so don't worry!.
The occupation just grants you their perk which once you have it it will alway be active regardless of what occupation you equip and a stat boost depending on the occupation you have currently equipped, for example with the Healer occupation you have and extra 25 points to your Int, Vit and Luck stat while it's equipped.
I also decided to do this since you can just just copy any spell or skill from this world so it would be wasteful to have a class with the same skills you can just copy so i gave you a completely different set of skills to learn!.]
"Hmm that's a very neat class system and very versatile too, thank you Astraea!".
I could literally feel the happiness radiating from Astraea while I walk around town, It took me a while but i was able to located a few important locations, like Wiz's shop and the cemetery where she helps the undead pass on later in the anime.
But right now i had a few quest to complete so i left the town and once outside i checked my notifications.
[Ding! Ding!.
Quest received.
The Goblin nest cleanse!.
In a Mine north of Axel, a hoard of Goblins and Trolls have made their nest, soon their numbers will increase to so many that Axel could cease to exist if they decide to attack.
Stop that before it could happen and clean out the mine of all monsters.
Objective 1: kill all Goblins and Troll within the mine.
Objective 2: Kill the monster boss within the mine.
Reward 1: Skill orb - Spell Drain (Shin Megami Tensei, Devil Survivor Series).
Reward 2: Cancel Abnormal Condition.]
*this quest seems very suspicious my Gamer instincts were telling that the boss in this mine is goingto extra difficult... I think I'll leave it for last*.
I then looked at the next one which was the one about the bandits taking over a nearby forest.
[Ding! Ding!.
Quest received.
The bandit camp assault!.
A band of bandits and thiefs have taken over one of the forests near Axel and have been attacking approaching caravans and nearby homes.
Take them down so the people of Axel can sleep in peace at night!.
Objective: Kill all bandits!.
Reward: Skill Orb - Sonido.]
*This one seems more easier, i might choose to do this one first but I got the check that last quest notification before i decide what to do first*.
[Ding! Ding!.
Quest received.
A howl under the moonlight!.
A pack of giant wolves lead by black lighting Wolf have been attacking the local farms and eating their cattle, if this keeps going there will be a shortage of food in Axel.
Kill all the wolves to secure the food supply in Axel.
Objective: Kill all the wolves including the pack leader.
Reward: Perk orb: Shadow Striker.]
*Hmm this one seem suspicious too and the reward suggest that the pack leader is going to be very strong... this is might be a bit difficult*.
I thought about it for a while but in the end i decided to do the bandit quest first since it seems the easier of them all and leave the other two for later.
However the moment i decided to do the bandit quest first a small arrow appeared in my mini map "hmm? Astraea is that arrow pointing me to the location of the quest?".