Overchaos Chapter 6: Promotion (Patreon)

A/N: Hey guys, Bronz here. Sorry, but I am not really feeling in the One Piece mood at the moment and not confident in my ability to write fun chapters for it. And I started getting frequent arm aches, so I decided to take a small rest from writing for the rest of the week and let my arms get some rest. In the meantime, I will be releasing Snippets I have already written every day, so guys are not lacking in things to read.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for understanding.

~Ludo Wright~

This has been... quite the fruitful expedition so far, the forest west of E-Rantel had a decent population of monsters inside of it and finding the brooch did not take me more than an hour, the rest of the time I spent killing monsters and getting more acquainted with using Samson.

Quite simply, with him, I simply shredded every monster in my path, even Ogres, bundles of muscles and fat standing at 3 - 4 meters tall had their throats ripped out by Samson. I could even handle some myself while using his assistance.

Without Samson's assistance, I could kill about 3 goblins at once before starting to get into trouble. But with Samson, I could kill even a horde thanks to him being able to attack omnidirectionally without losing focus or spending all that much stamina.

In terms of sheer mob-killing potential, Samson was comparable to Gazef himself. Throughout the hours, our coordination and my ability to use Samson effectively rose up. And we killed A LOT of monsters.

Here is the thing: other adventurers have to worry about having a group, or fear for their lives, or a lack of a sense of urgency. Simply, they feel no need to hunt monsters at the pace I did and with Samson by my side I did not fear anyone below level 30s.

But not only did I have Samson by my side, I also had a cheat. When I have the blood of a monster splashed on my body, that is enough for me to use Prophetic Compass to find the nearest goblin or whatever monster splashed blood on me.

So I engaged in a 4-hour monster slaughter session, killing over 80 monsters with plenty of breaks in between. With Samson by my side, I didn't even have to dissect the monsters to get the valuable parts when my familiar was willing to do the legwork.

"You know I'm asking for a triple patty burger for this, right? This is borderline slavery!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll even make two for you."

"Fuck yeah!"

Of course, I knew that despite his grumbles, Samson would never refuse a request. From what I could tell, Familiars had an absolute sense of loyalty and obedience despite their own likes and dislikes.

By the time we were done, 3 two bags were full, one full of wolf hide, and the others filled with monster identifications like Goblin Ears, Wolf Ears, etc.

If this many monster drops are not enough to get me to Iron rank, I don't know what is. I just wanted better quests to complete to get better feats man!

I need to gamble more.

My pace was not good enough, 3 days and I'm barely stronger than when I started, I don't know when Nazarick will arrive, but considering how many familiar faces I see, it can't be all that far away.

As I left the forest and returned to the carriage I had paid to wait for me, I sorted through my notifications now that I was safe and smiled.

Feat Achieved! Slay 5 Ogres

+1x Silver Ability Gacha Ticket

Feat Achieved! Slay 50 F-Class Monsters

+1x Bronze Advantage Skill Ticket

Quite fruitful, I suppose the Gacha does not consider me killing F-rank monsters like Goblins or Wolves impressive with Samson by my side after I already displayed I could kill a camp of goblins. I lay down at the back of the carriage after changing out of my blood-soaked clothes before rolling the bronze ticket.

Rolling Bronz Skill Gacha with advantage...

[Novice Math]

|Rarity: Common|

You are good at calculating things in your head and doing calculations on the spot. You can solve most math problems you would be able to solve, rather easily in your head instead of writing things down like a human calculator.

or

[Intermediate Hand-to-Hand Combat]

|Rarity: Uncommon|

You are a seasoned fighter, you know how to move your body to hurt people and can pick up most martial arts far faster than other people. You would completely thrash the average man in a fight.

It should come as no surprise as to which option I went with.

Samson counted enough as hand-to-hand, or more unarmed. But that was not the only reason, it said 'pick up most martial arts far faster than other people', and I remember martial arts being pretty damn useful in this world. I just need to find an unarmed martial arts master to learn from; unfortunately, the only one I remember was Zero. And I plan on making Samson give him the ole' Reverse Iron Maiden so he was out of the picture.

Oh well. I waited a few seconds for the wave of information to settle and feel the new muscle memory before I decided to roll the Silver Ability.

Rolling Silver Ability Gacha...

A Common Ability!

[Shadow Dart]

|Rarity: Common|

Allows you to conjure and launch shadow darts made from energy that make little sound. The more energy you expend, the stronger darts you create. The darts shortly vanish after being launched if not supplied with energy.

I am a bit miffed, it's a common, but I did get what I wished for, an offensive ability. Curious, I slotted in and conjured a dart and quickly understood what they were.

It was roughly equal to a magic arrow; in fact, it wouldn't be wrong to say that there were silenced dark attribute magic arrows. But of course, since they were an ability, they were much more flexible than the spell. And their stealth will definitely help.

Above all, now I actually had a means of ranged combat, Samson excelled at close and medium range, but could do little in long range.

I'll have to figure out what I could fully do with them later on. For now, I laid back and let the carriage take me back to E-Rantel.

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~Ludo - Adventurer's Guild~

"I'd like to turn in this brooch for the quest, please. And I'm here to turn in proof that I killed a bunch of monsters."

At the adventurer's guild, I slid the brooch onto the counter and showed them the numerous disembodied ears in my bag.

"I'll take the brooch and report the completion of the quest, but sir... are you sure these ears are earned by your own merit?"

I frowned at her accusatory tone. It was understandable to an extent, but it was annoying to be doubted at every step of the way.

"What? You think I'm hiring other people to do the quests for me? Or do you think I have a mysterious party with me that helps me? Those are some bold accusations."

Some adventurers neared the small commotion as the Guild girl frowned.

"It does not make sense for a new and unequipped adventurer like yourself to gather this many exterminations in less than two days. In addition, you have been completing an inhumane number of quests. It is reasonable to assume foul play."

"Or maybe I'm that much better than the average adventurer and just hadn't registered until now, and have to do several copper quests a day to prove myself?"

Now that certainly got a reaction out of the crowd as I felt a hand land on my shoulder. Making me come face to face with an angry warrior wearing leather armour with a scruffy beard.

"Hey buddy, you wanna repeat that!? She told you already, you can't buy your way into being an adventurer, you snot-nosed brat. Now, if you don't want to embarrass yourself further, you'd better apologise to everyone here."

I'll say, his grip was quite tight on my shoulders, he was probably physically stronger than me, but literally nothing compared to a troll.

Let me tell you something, over the past few days, I have been quite stressed at the prospect of Nazarick coming and being unprepared for it. And I was in no mood to entertain these guys. Especially with their condescending tones.

"And I'd recommend you get your stinky fucking paw off of my shoulder before you embarrass yourself."

I felt his grip on my shoulder tighten as I saw a vein pop up as he got very angry, his ego was probably more fragile than even his life. But as he raised his fist.

"Wanna repeat that punk-!?"

Fsh!

He stopped in place, and so did the jeering crowd as his cheek was sliced open. And then a spike made of shadows fading in and out of existence, hovering 3 inches from between his eyes revealed itself.

"1st Tier Magic Shadow Dart, cast silently. I could have sent that through your forehead, but I doubt I'd hit anything inside."

The man trembled like a leaf as I sighed internally. I did not like acting like a tough guy, but I was at the edge of my patience. If this provoked the entire guild? So what? Fine, I'll just have Samson slaughter them all and change my identity with Shape Altering at the drop of a hat. Sure, I really don't want to kill them, but I would if the push came to shove.

I was not flush with options.

"So pull off that hand before I start taking any real offense 'kay? We are civilised people after all. At least I am anyway."

I took his hand off my shoulder as he stepped away while cradling his cheek, and the crowd made some space.

"You bastar-"

"That's quite enough, everyone. I think Mr. Ludo made his point quite clear, has he not?"

The room quieted down as a man came down the stairs. he had well-groomed gray hair and a handlebar moustache. With Sensor, I could discern an aura of vigour and strength around him, despite his age, stronger than anyone in this guild for sure. He was someone I'm pretty sure was the guild master.

"Guild Master! Sorry for the disturbance."

"It is fine. I should have intervened earlier, but I wanted to see your capabilities with my own eyes, Mr. Ludo. Being able to silently cast magic at your age is nothing short of prodigious. Please excuse the doubt of my workers, but age can sometimes call ability into question you see."

I was... very glad for his intervention. I couldn't help but scold myself. What the hell was I thinking, jumping to straight murder talk? Was the stress really getting to me that much?

Damn, I really need to relieve some stress, preferably by killing monsters.

"Don't I know..."

In actuality, I really didn't. I was going along with the mysterious prodigy act he put on for me. But he simply chuckled at my irritated looks and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I think being able to cast silent 1st-tier magic and hunting so many monsters in a short amount of time qualifies him to be an Iron Rank adventurer, right?"

"Yes sir, could I please receive your plate?"

Although taken aback by the rapid shift in events, I took off my band and handed it over to the guild lady, who quickly replaced it with a new, iron one. I took it from her hands and quickly wore it around my neck.

I thought about saying a line like 'about time' but decided it's best to just stay as quiet as possible.

"Alright then, I best get back to work, and so should you, everyone. And Mr. Ludo, I look forward to seeing your adventuring career."

With that, everyone went back to what they were doing, albeit with an aura of unease in the air as I scratched my head.

Lese Majeste for the win?

At least that's why he was so favourable with me I think.

Doesn't matter. All's well that ends well.

A/N: Ludo is really in that grindset. He has been doing nothing but grinding and grinding since coming to this world. But while it IS fun to write grinding, I don't think that's what you guys are here for. At least I hope I made the process enjoyable. The "fun adventuring" is not going to last that long.

The guild scene came to my mind and I just had to write it. To show how Ludo interacts with the world some more and how odd he is by their logic. Both in actions and power. What did you guys think about the Guild Scene?