Volume 2 Chapter 35 Enhancing The Familiar, Aiming For The Strongest Wraith
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
His confusing thoughts, which seemed pointless for a while, was completely gone by the time he finished dinner and went to the back courtyard of ‘The Boar’s Trot Inn’.
These glasses are really handy.
They quickly get rid of unnecessary doubts.
He can move on to what he should do without wasting time on meaningless thoughts.
Specifically, it is the sheath of the Windsong Blade.
The work that started 2 nights ago finally finished around the time the date changed that day.
He quickly cleaned the courtyard full of wood chips so he wouldn’t wake up the sleeping Pigfoot family.
The whole thing was over 30 minutes later.
”Well then”
Kian stood up, adjusting the Windsong Blade on his back.
A white crescent moon floated in the sky.
The courtyard, surrounded by the tavern ‘The Boar’s Trot Inn’ and the Pigfoot family’s house, was quiet.
If he shouts “Ah,” it seems like the sound will echo for about 5 seconds.
’Are you going to do it?’
”Yeah.”
Kian pushed up the bridge of his ‘glasses’.
”It’s time to strengthen the ghost. ――Come. My underlings, my monsters.”
He murmured, his voice low but commanding.
There was no sound.
Instead, a green glow appeared from the dark alley of the tavern, and black rags began swirling like snakes around Kian.
Kian stood with his arms wide and a smile at the corner of his mouth.
It felt nice, as if he had become the boss of the ghosts.
’Looking at it objectively, that weird glasses blond guy just looks creepy and grins.’
”I think I made 7 servants, right? I need to find a Noon Wraith that can move in the daytime from somewhere… I wonder if I could meet one at Izerland Fortress.”
Night Wraiths are weak to sunlight.
They also don’t like fire and silver.
This is because their magic power is scattered.
On the other hand, Noon Wraiths can move around during the day without any problem.
It’s a unique species, and may sound stronger than the Night Wraith, but the Night Wraith has more magic power and stronger output.
By the way, Noon Wraith’s weaknesses are silver and running water.
Fire and sunlight hardly radiate evil spirits or magic power from the body.
’Well, in any case, the wraith species disperses when the cores of magic power that makes up their bodies──gems like ruby, emerald, and amethyst──is shattered.’
If there were no dust or other debris in the air, your breath would not turn white at all when you exhale in the cold winter.
”Okay, all 7 of them are here”
Kian muttered as he walked in front of the Night Wraiths lined up in a row in the courtyard.
The 7 Night Wraiths each have a green phosphorescent lantern, a jagged ghost blade, and a black rag.
Since the lantern is not hot when he holds his hand near it, the green color probably doesn’t mean something is really burning.
By the way, they are wearing things that he can’t touch at all.
It seems like they won’t become real unless they try to touch him first.
When they become real and touch him, it is probably like Kian’s ‘Shot’ or the special move of Windsong Blade, which goes beyond the normal rules of physics ── it’s like a ‘chunk of magic power.’
According to a book called ‘Methods to Strengthen Subjugated Ghosts’ that he got at the Western-style house, the stronger ghosts are the ones that can create a lot of these touchable ‘chunks of magic power.’
Well, that makes sense.
No matter how scary they look, if they can’t hurt the people in this world, they are just like illusions.
Ghosts are a threat because they can affect the real world.
”…It says a lot of things in a roundabout way, but what it means is that to make ghosts stronger, I need to connect them to this world and let them have a big influence in the real world. So, what exactly do I need to do?”
Sitting cross-legged in front of the lined-up ghosts, Kian murmured this.
The letters of the book are lit by the ghosts’ lanterns.
It’s bright enough for him to see at night.
’The direct way is to give them magic power. You can either share it with them or have them attack civilians for a meal. It has to be one of those 2.’
”Even if they attack, they will be wild beasts or monsters. If they attack citizens, they’ll get wanted like those assassins.”
’An indirect way would be to give the ghost a face, clothes, and shoes. In other words, to acknowledge its existence as a human being just like you.’
”What are you talking about?”
’A ghost that is treated as a human and has a human consciousness is no longer a ghost. A ghost that is strongly connected to this world and stopped will turn into a different monster.’
”What about the Leanan sídhe?”
’That’s right. When one become a Leanan sídhe, they throw away the jewel that are their body and get a new fresh body. Along with the body, they also get a name at the end, and then they start living in this world as a living being, automatically creating magic power.’
”In other words, they become completely independent from the one who gives them food.”
’While being under your control, of course.’
Kian rested his elbow on his thigh and looked up at the ghosts.
”If they can evolve to that point, that’s the goal. There is a chance they could be a stronger companion than Serena. But if they look terrible, I would prefer not to have s*x.”
’Even when there is no s*x, as long as the they don’t refuse, your extra magic power will be supplied. And if you had made them your servant beforehand, the familiar should feel terrible pain when refusing to give the magic power.’
”So it’s a stable supply. That’s the best. With this, I’ll have less of my biggest weakness to worry about—running out of magic power at a critical moment.”
’Of course, it’s usually better to drain energy from that silver wolf girl or that high elf old lady. The amount of magic power that comes in and the time until it’s refilled are more efficient with draining.’
”I see. So the most efficient familiar is a female monster that can automatically generate magic power and can also have s*x.”
’I’m glad you understand why I said to make the Leanan sídhe a servant.’
”The system is well made. According to legend, I understand why vampires could create an era.”
’So? Should you just use this guy as is for now? They can act as a messenger, deliver luggage, and provide simple combat assistance, with the same performance as a Night Wraith.’
”Since I have the book, why not try strengthening it?”
’That’s fine, but acknowledging their existence means they may rebel against you. It’s better to strengthen one or 2 at most, and no more than 3. If you can’t handle them and end up being killed by the strengthened ghost, that’s no laughing matter.’
”I was going to do some more selection anyway.”
The weak Night Wraith with little magic power is being controlled there.
These 7 bodies are the chosen ones, but Kian will narrow it down further.
Kian clapped his knees and stood up.
The Night Wraiths lined up next to each other all wear the same gear, but the way they looked before they died seems to be different for each one.
It’s hard to tell apart because their faces are skulls and they don’t have much flesh on their bodies, but still, he can feel which ones have bigger bones and stronger magic power.
From the 7, Kian chose 2.
One has a strong skeleton, and its bones are big and look tough.
The other has a weak body but has a very high amount of magic power.
He actually planned to pick just one, but since these two had their good points in different ways, he decided to use both for strengthening.
’Is it okay to use Night Wraith as the base for the strengthened wraith? You will change them during the process, so you can cover up weaknesses, but still, the better the original one, the stronger the upgrade can be.’
”In the end, I plan to replace the magic power core from a gem to the cells of some monster, so it won’t make much difference if the base is a Night Wraith or a Noon Wraith. Noon Wraith has fewer weaknesses, but compared to Night Wraith, it has less evil energy──the bad magic power that surrounds it.”
Kian replied like that, then snapped his fingers to send the other 5 away.
They wait in the underground or above East End during normal times, each earning their own life force.
This town has sewers, and there are many monsters living in the sewers that can be their food, so they should be able to get enough magic power to keep their bodies going.
If there is a shortage, Kian will replenish it.
If his magic power is running low, reduce their number.
”Now”
The ones left in the courtyard were a big one who looked to be about 3 meters tall and a small guy who was about 160 cm tall.
The big one looks like they have orc or something in their blood.
The smaller one was probably a Beastman and had a tail.
Maybe the big one is a guy.
The smaller one is a girl.
For now, it’s good to strengthen these two.
”If I give them things, it’s fine, right? But, if I give them shoes, can they still go through walls and move low like before?”
’If you give them shoes, maybe they try to use them?’
”I see. So if I give the big male wraith a sword, he will use the sword, and if I give the female wraith a staff, she will start using the staff?”
’Both have good bodies and magic power. They were likely strong warriors and magicians when they were alive. Maybe if you give them weapons, they might show their old skills.’
”Hmm… Okay, then let’s go buy weapons for the two of them tomorrow. And clothes too. They can’t work in town looking like that.”
’They look like skeletons already. Give them fresh bodies soon.’
”That’s it, ‘glasses’. I have decided what to give them first.”
Kian said this and took out a piece of wood that he had just cleaned up.
It was leftover wood from making the sheath for the Windsong Blade.
Even though it’s leftover, there’s about enough to cover 5 of Kian’s faces.
”I will make their masks with this.”
’Oh, you are going to hide their faces with masks. I see, and if you also give them some suitable clothes, they can look like humans.’
”That’s the idea.”
Kian nodded and pulled out a tree stump to sit on.
”I have some dye. I’ll take it with me on the Quest, but I might as well use it. It might become their face, so I’ll make it properly.”
’Why do you make them detailed?’
”I just don’t want to be rebelled against for a stupid reason like the mask being poorly made.”
Kian replied, taking out a knife and pressing the blade against a piece of wood.
About 4 hours later.
By the time the night began to turn white, Kian had already finished coloring the two masks.
It may not look as good as a master craftsman’s work, but it was still pretty good.
One has a red face and a long nose.
The other is a white mask with a fox’s face painted on it.
’Who’s the red one?’
”It seems to be a monster from the East called Tengu. A long time ago, when I lived in Azrael, a merchant named Shin showed me a similar mask. As you can see, this one is a fox. It looks like it belongs to a fox Beastman, so this should be good.”
Kian said this and put a mask on the two still Unmoving wraiths.
The big one has a Tengu mask.
The small one has a fox mask.
’Isn’t there a more normal mask? It’s too unique.’
”You’ve said it again. You keep criticizing my artistic sense. It seems we don’t agree on art.”
’I was imagining something fancy to wear at a masquerade ball…’
”Then how about you make one instead of me?”
’That comeback is unfair.’
The ‘glasses’ sighed and whispered, ‘Something’s different, something… Your sense is terribly bad.’ It was almost an insult.
Kian ignored that and turned back to the two wraiths.
”From now on, I will slowly make them stronger and raise them. The big one will train as a soldier like me. The small one will be a magician. I don’t know anything about magic, so I’ll give her a staff and a magic book, and she can learn by herself.”
’……’
’……’
The two wraiths did not move like statues while wearing the masks.
Not saying a word might be because they don’t have vocal cords to speak at all.
Still, a white light shone in from the alley of ‘The Boar’s Trot Inn.’
Along with that, a black mist rises from the bodies of the two Night Wraiths.
Kian snapped his fingers and commanded the two motionless Wraiths.
”Hide underground”
Without a nod, the two of them disappeared without a sound, along with their masks.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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