[RedHuntressLive]: I searched the CCT, there's nothing about this city, and the sli was very real. Can you tell , are you a magician? Is this the realm of fairies? Do they have cookies in the fairy realm?
I continued walking in a direction close to the city while reading Red's comnts.
[RedHuntressLive]: Seriously, why are there only slis? There have been 8 of them, I'm counting. And why do they have random stuff inside them? A coin? A piece of copper? LOL!
I sighed, putting another sli core in my inventory. As Red said, this was the eighth sli I had killed. This one was red, there were so blue ones, and others green. The strongest and most dangerous must have been the purple one I encountered just after descending from the hill.
"I really don't know, I've told you, Red, I woke up here. There's just as much chance of this being the fairy realm as anything else." I shrugged. I wasn't used to using my arms for strikes; they were already hurting a bit.
"And I'm starting to get stressed out about it too. They even seem friendly until they see and try to lt my face."
I found out the hard way that, contrary to my expectations, the slis were indeed acidic, but only when they wanted to be. I scratched my still reddened left hand.
The biggest sli, the purple one, managed to grab my hand when I was distracted. It wasn't anything serious, like a strong acid; it just felt like I had put my hand in hot water. I quickly pulled it out, so nothing happened; it just turned a bit redder. But I guess with enough ti, it could burn and lt the skin.
[RedHuntressLive]: Yep, they're cute. They'd make good pets if they weren't trying to kill us, but cats are like that, right? Slis are soft cats? But cats are soft, slis are cats?
And there was that too. Red was shy at first, but after talking to him for a bit, he opened up and started talking about various things, becoming more communicative.
[RedHuntressLive]: And you told you weren't a hunter. You hunt slis, unlike Grimm. Are you a SliHunter? Seems more fun than hunting Grimm, and less dangerous.
Another thing he told , it seems like his world, yes, another world, my first viewer is from a different world than Earth. I thought he might be from Earth or even my current world, but no, he's from a world called Remnant, and from what he told , I'm glad I don't live there.
My stomach rumbled. Damn, I'm hungry. I must have been walking for about two hours and haven't eaten anything since morning. I was going to make so coffee, maybe a burger to eat before getting kidnapped.
Anyway, Red's world, from what he told , is a post-apocalyptic world where humanity survives in only four large kingdoms and small random villages and settlents. And the enemies that humanity faces? Grimm, soulless shadow beings that only seek to kill humans. They don't eat, don't kill animals, and, as Red said, there are few reports of Grimm sleeping. So, it's pretty bad for them.
"At least they have cat girls," I murmured softly. "I guess I prefer regular animals."
[RedHuntressLive]: What did you say? That was really quiet. Is it about SliHunters? I knew it, you really are one?
"No, Red, I'm not a SliHunter, I was just thinking out loud. But let ask you sothing. You ntioned that the humanity in your world had another sister species? What were they called again?"
[RedHuntressLive]: Ohhh, yes, the faunus. They're similar to humans but have animal parts, so tails, others eyes, maybe ears! I wonder if there's a faunus sli? That would be COOL.
Faunus, another na from Greek mythology, the sa with the floating kingdom, Atlas, a coincidence? At this point, I really don't know, but seriously, whose dumb idea was it to anchor one city on top of another city? Besides the fact that you lose the advantage of having a mobile floating city, if anything goes wrong with what makes it float, everything goes downhill.
Scratching my head at human stupidity, which seems to be a multiversal constant, I said, "A faunus sli would be weird, imagine just a squishy green person." I shuddered, already thinking about the darker possibilities of a certain number after 30. "I think I prefer regular animals."
[RedHuntressLive]: LOL, true, it would be weird. How would they walk? Would they wear clothes?
I spent the rest of the way to the city gates talking to Red, or at least reading his ssages and talking to the air. As I approached the city, it beca apparent that what seed to be a main road connected to the gate.
As I walked along the road's edge, I could see carriages passing by, people talking and walking towards the gate. It was bustling like a big tropolis.
[RedHuntressLive]: WOW! There are so many people. They wear strange clothes.
Most people wore simple outfits, made of what seed to be linen or cotton. Others had swords or daggers strapped to their waists and wore small leather armors. The only ones who seed to wear full iron or steel armor were the gate guards.
"Yeah, like they stepped out of a fantasy book..." I said more to myself than in response to Red. "It was already obvious, but I'm really not on Earth..." I sighed, feeling lancholic as I walked towards the gate.
As I got closer, so people looked at strangely, probably because of the clothes I was wearing. When I got closer, I could get a better view of the gate and the wall, and I could only say, "Holy crap..."
Seriously, if from afar the city looked magnificent like a giant, up close it was even more so. The city walls seed to be between fifty to seventy ters high, and the gate was enormous, almost twenty ters. I felt insignificant looking at it; the city seed impregnable, like a bastion.
[RedHuntressLive]: You swore! I didn't say anything before, but you owe the swear jar two coins now.
I almost stumbled when I read this ssage. "Nice way to break the ice." You swore? Was he, what, fifteen years old? "If I ever show up there, I'll pay, alright?"
[RedHuntressLive]: Alright, I'll rember that! Now run, I want to see what's in this city. It's huge! It's bigger than the Vale!
"Let's go, then."
Walking towards the gate, the guards glanced at briefly but didn't seem to care much. It seed that the inspection was only for carriages. Passing through the gate, the city was as magnificent inside as it was outside.
Although people wore simple clothes, the city seed different from what you would expect compared to the few people I had seen. The houses were made of what seed to be bricks, most were painted white with light red or brown roofs. It still looked ancient, but was it nobility? If I can say that.
As I walked through the city, I noticed sothing I hadn't thought of before. I could understand the people. I'm glad that whatever the cell phone did gave an understanding of the language of this world.
There was a great diversity of people, vendors in small stalls on the streets, what seed to be adventurers straight out of a fantasy RPG, and, most incredible of all...
[RedHuntressLive]: Ohhhh! a dwarf, is that a faunus? Are there faunus there too?
There were other races, in this short ti of walking, I had passed what could only be described as a dwarf from a fairy tale, and next to him was a larger man with two horns that I thought might belong to a bull.
As I walked, I could see even more, won with cat ears, sheep ears, giant n over eight feet tall carrying large bags, the city was a eting place for many races.
[RedHuntressLive]: HOW COOL! Is it a magical realm? An RPG? WOW!
I could only nod in agreent; it was magical just to look at it up close.
[RedHuntressLive]: By the way, what are you looking for? You seem to be walking back and forth for a while.
"I'm looking for a stylist or a fabric factory, but I think I'll need to ask soone for directions." I noticed what looked like a weapon shop with so armor displayed at the front. "That should work."
Passing by the armor at the store's entrance, the first thing visible was the weapon racks, armor, and ornants. It looked like the store was an arsenal with all kinds of possible war equipnt.
[RedHuntressLive]: WOWWWW! IS THAT A WAR AXE? A TRIDENT? THERE, THERE, THERE, A FIRE WHIP!!!!!!!! THAT'S SO COOL!!
Another thing I discovered about Red, he seems to be a fanatic about weapons, all kinds, from classics like he said about my copper sword to the weapons of his world. He even told he has a hybrid between a scythe, a precision rifle, and a war scythe. Who uses sothing like that?
"Answering your question, I want to try selling the clothes I'm wearing. I stand out too much, and, most importantly, I'm broke, zero, zip, no money at all." This was one of my initial plans, besides the fact that I would blend in better with people, I really needed the money, at least to spend the night sowhere. I didn't want to try sleeping in the forest.
Red didn't respond, probably paying more attention to the weapons than to . Shrugging, I went to the counter. Not seeing anyone, I noticed so sort of bell, sothing to ring and call the attendant, perhaps?
I rang the bell a few tis, and a voice echoed from the back of the store.
"I'm coming, hold on!"
A woman, judging by the voice. After waiting a few seconds, a young girl ran out from the back of the store. She looked sweaty, with her light brown hair sticking to her face. When her eyes saw , they seed to scan from head to toe, pausing a few monts longer on the short sword at my waist.
She walked up to the counter and leaned on it. "So, what will it be? Armor or a weapon?"
Before responding, I quickly examined her. She was young, as I had said, but I could see that her arms were muscular, probably from ti in the forge, and even the leather apron she was wearing did little to hide the two assets she had on her chest.
I cleared my throat and looked away, hoping she hadn't noticed.
"In reality, I'd like to ask sothing first, if possible, or I'd appreciate a recomndation." I pointed to my clothes.
"I'd like to sell my clothes and buy new ones, but I'm new here, so I don't know the place very well."
She nodded without seeming surprised. "Yes, you have the look of people who co here for the first ti, the look of a tourist."
She waved and began walking towards the back of the store. "Follow ; let's see what I can do for you." In the middle of the way, she turned and said, "By the way, my na is Emily, pleasure." Then she continued walking towards the back of the store.
I just followed behind her. "I'm Devas, pleasure, Emily." She just raised her hand in agreent and kept walking.
Passing through the back of the store, I could hear the sound of hamrs hitting tal and what seed to be a forge being used, so she didn't work alone here.
Passing by the forge, she took to a room with so mannequins and clothes, both for won and n. Then she turned and looked at .
"What?"
She shook her head. "Are you waiting for an invitation? Co on, take off your clothes so I can see what they're made of."
I raised an eyebrow at that, confident, wasn't she? I wasn't going to ask sothing like, with you in the room? Or could you leave, please? I'm not a generic Japanese protagonist.
First, I took off my shoes and socks; even though I didn't want to sell them, I might need to. Then my shirt and pants, leaving only my underwear. I had already put everything I had, except the sword, into my inventory, so I didn't have to worry about anything in the pockets.
I ignored her gaze on ; I wasn't ashad of my body. I might not have the best physique, working and going to college didn't leave much ti for the gym, but I still had a reasonably toned body with not too much fat.
"Here, all yours, see what you think." I handed her the clothes along with my shoes and socks. She took her eyes off my body and took the clothes. I sat in a chair and waited for her to finish.
She seed to know what she was doing; she quickly examined the clothes, both the shirt and pants. The only interesting part was that she actually put on my sneakers to test them, the jumps she made did wonders for her assets, blessed be gravity.
Sothing seed to shine in her eyes after she finished testing my shoes, and then she looked at , or more specifically, my underwear.
"Take it off."
"Excuse?"
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