Annette's shoulders fell languidly. A long sigh escaped her mouth. But Annette knew that in the end she really couldn't do anything now.
If Erend wanted to get out of here, then she couldn't stop him.
"Who he really is?" Jan muttered with eyes still looking at the place where the Portal had appeared. Now the Portal had disappeared along with Erend.
"He wears clothes that are all white. I have never seen such clothes in this area of the kingdom of Qomore," Hund replied.
"That means he's not from around here," Esther said. "Based on what I know, it's possible that that guy named Erend lives in the Elf kingdom's territory."
Her three friends immediately turned to Esther.
"Elf kingdom territory?" Annette looked surprised.
"At least that's what I've read in a book," Esther said, shrugging.
"The Elf Kingdom is in a different part of the world from this kingdom's territory. How would he know that a Dark Mage is threatening this region?" Jan mumbled a question.
No one answered the question because they didn't know the answer.
Jan waved his hand in the air and then said. "There's no point in wondering about the man now. Because we'll never find out anything for now."
Esther nodded. "Jan's right. We even found out now that the Dragon are humans."
"We'd better take the Dark Mage's corpse to the adventurer's guild." Jan smiled widely. "You must know how much we will get."
Hearing the word about the reward, Esther and Hund smiled too.
It was a very exciting day for them. Because they can get extraordinary rewards and a huge achievement as an adventurer party at once.
But there was one person among them who didn't look as happy as the others. Annette was still gloomy like a girl who had been abandoned by her lover.
Annette sat on the ground and leaned against the tree trunk and lost in thought.
Jan, Esther, and Hund had left her like that because no matter how much they cheered her on, Annette would still be.
But they weren't worried because she'd be back happy in a few hours.
The three of them were busy tying up the Dark Mage's body to be carried as easily as possible.
There were fatal wounds to his neck and chest. Most likely because of that wound the Dark Mage finally met his end.
Hund wrapped the Dark Mage's body with gray cloth. After that, they tied him tightly with rope.
Then Hund, the man with the largest build among them, carried the Dark Mage's corpse on his shoulder.
"Let's go to the adventurer's guild," Jan said.
Erend returned to his room. When he returned, Lt. Boartusk and Billy were no longer in the room.
Erend went straight to the bathroom to wash his body. Cleaning up the remnants of a long battle that had been quite tiring.
Before, the potion given by Annette made him a little more refreshed. Even so, Erend knew that the potion didn't restore his MP.
That meant he still had to stay rested to recover his MP.
After taking a shower, Erend sat on his bed and opened his Status Window.
[ Name: Erend Drake ]
[ Race: Dragonborn(Fire Dragon) ]
[ 6 Status Points Available. ]
[ Dragon Transformation (Lv.1) ]
[ Dragon Scale (Lv.1) ]
[ Fire Breath (Lv.1) ]
[ Dragon Claw (Lv.1) ]
[ Dragon Eyes (Lv.1) ]
[ Dragon Wings (Lv.1) ]
>>[Fire Dragon Skill Set]<<
[ Fire Dragon Physiology (Lv.1) ]
5 Unused skill points.
Erend stared at the Status Window in front of him with a thoughtful expression.
"I have enough Skill Points to get that new Skill." Erend nodded.
Then without thinking any further, Erend opened the Fire Dragon Skill List Window.
>>[Fire Dragon Skill List]<<
[ All-Fire based Power ]
[ Skill Description: The user can use all powers with the element of fire even though he is in his human form. ]
The description of this skill is quite simple. But that simplicity meant that there was no significant limit to the use of the Skill.
Erend smirked because he thought this Skill he had was quite overpowering. This skill makes him practically a wizard. A human who can use the power of the fire element quite freely.
Without thinking, Erend immediately used the 5 Skill Points he had to get this Skill.
[ New Skill obtained: All fire-based power (Lv. 1) ]
Erend didn't feel any sign when he got a new skill. Whereas basically, he got a new power that entered his body.
But that's not a problem. What important was, he had obtained the Skill now.
Unfortunately, his MP is just a little bit left. But because Erend wanted to try using the Skill he just got, he ended up using up his remaining MP.
[ Skill activated: All fire-based power (Lv.1) ]
Erend stretched his right hand forward with a palm-up position. Then a flame appeared in his palm.
"Whoa." Erend stared in awe at the blazing fire. He can actually create fire by himself.
"This power is too strong. Hahaha!" Erend laughed to himself in the empty room.
Even though he just had a pretty tiring fight, it was all worth it with what he got.
Aerchon suddenly entered the room without knocking on the door. Surprising Erend who was admiring his new power. Erend immediately stopped laughing and put out the fire before he realize it.
Aerchon's brows furrowed in surprise seeing Erend laughing alone.
"You've been driven into madness, huh?" Aerchon said. Staring at Erend as if he was someone who had completely gone mad.
Erend sighed trying to suppress his anger.
"Follow me now," Aerchon cut Erend off before he could finish.
Erend's jaw hardened. But once again he calmed himself not to get carried away with anger and throw his punch at Aerchon like before.
Erend stood up and followed Aerchon out of the room.
Erend doesn't know where Aerchon will take him. He hadn't even had the chance to use Status Points to strengthen his stats yet.
Erend couldn't help but sigh and followed Aerchon with a feeling of annoyance in his heart.