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Chapter 97
🕑 Added 2024-05-09 02:00:03 +0000 UTCEveryone enjoyed the food that was prepared by the inn for them, and Anton asked Nemina to ask the inn to prepare a lot of food since he could always keep them in his private stash to keep them always hot and fresh. Lunelle volunteered and said that she would handle it and Anton and Nemina nodded.
“Anton, are you planning to go to the adventurer’s guild tomorrow to look for a mage tutor for Anna?” Anders asked.
“Yes, Father. I’ll probably leave after lunch since I will need to meditate first. I told my guide to come here early but I guess he would just have to wait somewhere,” Anton replied.
“I can ask Fenix to accompany us to watch the performers at the square near here!” Anna said excitedly.
“Sure, just be back here before lunch,” Anton said.
“We’ll probably be too busy to go back here for lunch so you will have to be by yourselves tomorrow,” Anders said to his children and Anton and Anna just nodded.
After dinner, Anton went to the room he shared with his father after telling everyone that he would need to meditate. He planned to start Act II Nightmare Difficulty of his Diablo II system. He shouldn’t dawdle too much and should try his best to go to the Hell Difficulty since It was the best location to hunt for powerful items.
But first, Anton planned to practice his Telekinesis spell like using it to Fly so he went outside the Rogue Encampment and began practicing his Telekinesis. At first, he was a bit hesitant since he was afraid of falling but after around thirty minutes, he got the hang of it. It did consume a huge amount mana of but his mercenary’s Insight runeword weapon was still able to support the consumption. The problem was, he couldn’t fly far away from his mercenary since he would go out of the aura’s range. He still had a huge amount of mana potions in his inventory so it would still not be going to be a problem too much.
Anton was so glad that the aura mechanics outside of the game were different since he could activate it and the skill would come from himself. That meant that he could fly as high as he could without worrying that he would be out of range of the aura. He spent a couple of hours practicing flying using his Telekinesis spell partly because he needed to make sure that he would be able to master it as soon as possible but mostly because he was enjoying himself that the time passed without him noticing.
The freedom of flying hits differently. The cold wind on his face brought forth a sense of letting go of everything that was tying him down and he flew as swiftly as he could. Anton flew so high that he didn’t notice that he flew out of range of his mercenary’s aura. Without any warning, he began to fall which made him panic but drinking a full rejuvenation potion solved that problem immediately then he flew back down immediately. That meant that he couldn’t fly high inside the game, but he could in reality since the Meditation Aura would be able to support his flight. He would need to experiment outside the game as well. He was glad that he kept a lot of full rejuvenation potions for emergencies as well.
Anton wondered if it was going to be dangerous flying high in the sky in the real world like if any dangerous animals were flying like a dragon or a wyvern. He would need to ask their bodyguards once he had the chance.
Since it was getting late, Anton decided to sleep. He felt a bit of regret for not being able to start Act II still, but he enjoyed his flying experiments too much to stop doing it. He decided to start Act II tomorrow since he decided to explore the city in the afternoon.
The next day, Anton joined his family and their retinue in eating breakfast in the inn's common room. While they were eating, he asked Lucas if there were dangerous animals high above the sky.
“Why do you ask?” Anders asked.
“I learned how to fly last night and wondered if I would encounter any dangerous animals in the sky above like a dragon or something like that,” Anton said with a deadpan face while continuing to eat his breakfast.
Everyone gaped at him including Fenix who joined them for breakfast.
Anton noticed that nobody was answering him and when he looked up, everyone was staring at him.
“What? You all know that I usually learn new spells after deep meditation. I could even carry a couple of people with me without any problem. Do you want to try?” Anton asked mischievously.
“I want to try! Let’s go ahead and fly!” Anna asked.
“Is that going to be a problem with the city? Is there like a law or a rule that says we're not allowed to fly inside the city or something?” Anton asked.
Lucas and the other mercenaries turned bodyguard laughed incredulously.
“I’m not sure if the city has a rule like that since it was tremendously rare to see someone who could fly. Only the most powerful wizards could do that, and cities usually accommodate them. I know you're powerful Anton, but I didn’t know that you’re this powerful,” Lucas said softly.
“I’m powerful in an unconventional way since most of my spells are geared towards war. I’m not one of those kinds of wizards who can traverse dimensions or create something from nothing or something like that so that meant that I’m limited in my own way but I’m not going to deny that I’m beginning to become powerful. That meant that your son’s boss is a mighty wizard,” Anton boasted, then he laughed.
“It’s not true that you can’t create something from nothing. The way you repair equipment is almost like that,” Nemina said, and everyone agreed with her.
“I suggest that you hold off on flying in the city and try to fly once we’re outside and traveling,” Anders said, and Anton nodded to indicate his obedience.
After breakfast, Anton’s father and the others went out to continue doing their business bringing a couple of large chests with them that were being carried by porters they hired for the day.
Anton told Fenix that he would need to meditate this morning first and that he would roam the city after lunch. He asked if Fenix was willing to accompany Anton’s sister in watching the performers in the city and the guide said that he would be delighted. Anna smiled when she heard that Fenix agreed to join them.
He went back upstairs to his room that he shared with his father so he could enter the game. The first thing that he wanted to do was practice battling monsters while flying instead of starting Act II of the Nightmare Difficulty, so Anton traversed all the zones leading towards Tamoe Highlands fighting monsters while flying.
Anton enjoyed casting his spells while flying above but not too far so he could remain in his mercenary’s aura range. He felt powerful like a god who was vanquishing ants with his power, and he could not help but laugh and mimic some of the movie villains that he had seen. He also indulged and said some phrases that only those who were suffering the Chunibyo Syndrome would utter and he was glad that nobody was around to hear him.
