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"Uh…" I groaned, palming my forehead.
I should be hyped, I should be gleeful.
…Well I am, but at the same time, I can't help but feel…not unworthy, but a bit unsatisfied.
It doesn't really feel fair that I have such a bullshit ability and few others do, like I need it to keep up or surpass them. Only Bell and that Zald guy ever had skills as bullshit as mine.
And I'm kind of annoyed that such a luck of the draw thing, is the only reason I'm as successful as I am right now and will make sure I stand at the top.
"Mmmm…Caelan?" a sleepy voice mumbled behind me.
I looked over my shoulder to see Hestia sleepily rubbing her eyes before yawning, "Are you heading out already?" she asked, pushing herself up a bit, uncaring of her nude body being utterly displayed to my eyes.
"Yeah, in a minute was just thinking a bit before I get ready." I replied, forcing a smile on my face.
"What's wrong?" Hestia asked, seeing straight through me.
The intuition of a goddess is a scary thing, huh?
I shrugged and sat down with a sigh, "Nothing important," I shrugged looking away and down to the pile of crystal equipment on the floor, "Just wondering if I actually deserve this skill of mine or not, it's kind of not fair to others, right?"
To be honest, at the core, I don't really care if it's fair to others or not. The issue I really have, is if I actually have what it takes to surpass the power the real monsters of this city have without such a cheat.
"Is that all?" Hestia voiced from behind me and there was clear amusement in her voice, a second later her arms wrapped around my neck from behind and I felt her large, warm breasts press against my back, "Don't think for a moment you don't deserve it. Skills can be earned through a variety of ways, but one like Typhon isn't so simple. It's an innate trait born from your very soul. It's completely natural, and if you didn't deserve it, then neither would elves deserve their innate talent with magic, or any other person that has some kind of talent."
"So it's not just luck I got it?" I asked on reflex.
And hated that I was needy enough to do so. Totally not manly.
"Nope," Hestia assured me instantly and I could feel her smile against my shoulder as she pressed her face against my back, "Typhon isn't something you were given or stumbled across. It's a reflection of your soul and who you are. So you don't need to be ashamed of having it, or think lesser of your efforts for it."
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By time I left the church behind, a near skip in my step, but not quite because skipping isn't manly and a grin on my face, the sun had already risen pretty high in the sky.
Which meant I was running a little bit late.
Thankfully, I have a nice and handy dandy new speed enhancement ability thanks to my good friend the Jack Bird.
Whirlwind Sprint it was called on my falna.
And boy did it fit.
Wind swirled around my feet and suddenly I was moving nearly twice as fast as I was able to before.
It was amazing for moving in straight lines, but made it a bit rough on turns and I gave some unlucky morning workers a bit of a fright when I almost trampled them.
I'll definitely need a bit more practice with it.
Honestly, I need to take some time to train with all my abilities. I know how to use them thanks to the memories and instincts of monsters I inherited, but my body is a lot different from theirs and I fight a lot different from them as well.
Either way, thanks to it, I made good time on making it to the Pantheon guild building where I promptly traded in my crystal equipment.
I totally ignored the odd looks and questions I got for their shape and minutes later, made my way out of the building with another big ol' bag of valis and seven magic crystals.
Four from infant dragons, one from a mermaid, one from a light quartz and I decided to just grab one for a bad bat from the tenth floor as well since they were known for their sound wave based abilities.
It meant I lost two hundred thousand of the three hundred thousand valis I made from the crystal equipment.
But totally worth it!
After ducking out of the way so nobody could see me, I took the time to fill my stomach with my tasty new magic crystals, before continuing on my way.
When I arrived at Babel tower, adventurers were already beginning to pour in. Hundreds of them. It was like the busy morning rush of people heading to work…which I suppose is true.
In such a huge crowd, it would be incredibly hard to find Lili with how short she was, if not for the fact that she carried a massive backpack on her back that was pretty much twice her size.
So picking her out wasn't all that hard.
I found her waiting at the large, expertly crafted fountain outside the tower.
"Yo, Lili." I greeted her with a wave as I approached.
She turned at my voice calling her name and immediately stood up from where she was sitting and rushed over to me, "Good morning Mr. Caelan." she replied, bowing deeply despite the huge bag on her back.
Artel Assist was such a good skill man, I could think of so many ways to abuse it.
"You don't need to bow or be that respectful we're partners now," I waved her off, though I doubted she'd comply with that right away, "You ready to head in?"
"I can't do that Mr. Caelan, Lili is just a leech of a supporter, not a strong and powerful adventurer like you," Lili shook her head, "And yes, I'm ready and I'll be sure to work hard to not disappoint you!"
"Well, suit yourself I guess," I shrugged, there's no use pushing it for now, "Then let's go then, we're heading to the seventh floor today."
"Right!" Lili nodded in understand quickly.
I'm thinking I'll see how many of them I can mass spawn at once and use the pantry to make sure I don't get overwhelmed by numbers and force them into a choke point, just like yesterday.