My Servant System

Before I could even attempt to grab Leone and guide her away to somewhere that was a bit more private and somewhere that could accommodate the kind of ’sparring’ I wanted to do with her, the Vampire took a step back and swatted my hand down as she shook her head.

It wasn’t a terrible rejection since she was blushing just as hard as she always was, and a part of me was really wanting to push forwards and make it clear to her that we were going to do what I wanted to do, that she was going to be mine for a time so that I could let loose, but when she said "Not now, Anput... we still have some work to do..." I reluctantly nodded and backed away.

"Yeah... you’re right. All those various cells of cultists that we have to track down inside this city... it’s a bit irritating with how plentiful they are, almost like ants; just constantly streaming in and trying to take this place over as their own."

Making sure that I was going to maintain my distance from her, Leone was looking at me from the side of her eyes as she turned slightly to gesture at the various corpses in the alleyway, saying "And just like ants we can begin fumigating this city of this plague without much issue, but these are just the drones, not the soldiers we were hoping for."

"Drones indeed... all of them seem pretty complacent and barely having the right amount of gear on them, right? That’s a bit odd for an infiltration force, even one that was maintaining their cover for a prolonged period of time. I mean, it’s not like we have a restriction on carrying weapons around, so... why do they only have small blades?"

"That is definitely a question... My guess is all the good stuff is hidden at their hideouts and bases, and they just rely on the daggers and short swords for general day to day activities since they’re less cumbersome. Though still..."

Approaching one of the shattered hookahs, Leone bent over and reached for it, only to yelp when I couldn’t resist the urge to remind her not to flaunt herself to me as I gave her a clean smack on the rear, earning myself a ’hateful’ glare from the Vampire as she pointed my own wand at me.

"Don’t..! I told you to not..!"

That made me chuckle as I raised my hands and backed away again, and after a few seconds she scooped up that hookah as quickly as she could before turning to face me again, not presenting herself as an easy target as she showed me the glassware.

Still glaring at me, she asked "It’s not common to smoke on the streets though, is it? Let alone something that isn’t tobacco or sparkweed?", which earned a shrug from me as I replied "Dunno, never took to smoking. Even with magic it messes with the lungs too much, and I need the air capacity for my fighting style."

"Which only makes it all the more weird to have one of your primary fighting forces hooked to something as detrimental as this... I mean, they’re thugs and all, so I’m not surprised, but still... why would you be content smoking and getting high in the middle of an infiltration of a mercantile city?"

I shrugged again as I said "No clue, but my guess would be they just don’t give a damn; they’re thugs after all, and of course they’re hooked to their own supply. All I do know is that these weren’t actual fighters; if what we theorized earlier about the Fiends is right, these are just bodies and reservoirs for the Fingers. C’mon, we should go to the next hotspot." "Are we just going to leave the bodies strewn about without even taking a look?"

"I think all you’ll find are drugs, some spare coins, hidden blades, and maybe a few contraceptives if they were feeling particularly safe today; otherwise, these dumbasses won’t have much. If you want to though, we can take a look at what they have, sure. Maybe pile them up too for the guard..."

Leone ignored the sarcasm that dripped from my voice as she began to do just that, so I let out a long sigh and joined the stubborn Vampire as we pilfered the various corpses and took what we could from them, mainly the things that actually were worth a damn.

Coins primarily, and Leone had gathered a pile of the drugs they had much to my surprise, the Vampire studying the various pills, herbs and other concoctions they had before stuffing them into a bag to take with her, not providing me much of an explanation as she remained within her own mind for now.

I took a few of the higher quality and heavier blades with me to be smelted down or just enchanted, either or being an acceptable option at this point since I was hoping to get some more funds together for my next project, which would need a lot of outsourced materials I couldn’t find myself.

To that end though, I really needed to know just how well all of my newly crafted gear had been doing, and the main two I was actually focused on were the two that weren’t conventional weapons; the shield I had made for Jahi, and the wand that I had made for Leone.

I knew that the blades I had made were probably going to be really good at being... well, blades, and that the enchantments on them were pretty good too, but what I didn’t know was how durable the shield was, if it really did have a mana absorption ability, and if the wand was actually amplifying Leone’s magic whenever she cast a spell.

When we finished up in the alleyway and rushed out to the next area that we had been notified of, I glanced at the Vampire beside me and decided to ask for her initial experience with the wand, wanting to get her first impressions and see if it really was living up to expectations. "It’s a bit hard to actually know how well the Fiend bone works compared to other materials, Anput, since we hadn’t really invested in using wands just yet anyways, but I will say that this is a really potent way to focus my mana into a spell and give it just a little more oomph for even less mana."

"That is true... we haven’t made use of the rudimentary wands I made back in the Grottos, but... still, surely you remember how much they improved your spell casting, right? How does it compare? Does your mana flow smoother inside of the wand than it does through your fingers? How about the boosting it does to the quantity AND the quality; would you say that it’s worth the materials invested and the work we had to do to get said materials?"

Each question came out faster than the last, making Leone laugh softly as she glanced at me with a grin, the Vampire’s eyes sparkling with familiarity as she replied "It’s really good, Anput. Just initial, hands on feeling that it provides is a silky smooth experience in casting any spells at all, from something basic to something a bit more complex. It is an amplifier too which is nice, but... I need more time to give you a satisfactory report."

That made me pout at her as she laughed again, the Vampire unable to help herself as she added "You tease me about my attitude whenever I talk about magic or alchemy, and yet you get so- passionate and excitable about your forging~!"

"Oh hush! If you want to be teased just say so! I can do that very well, just so you know..."

Making my lover go quiet as she looked away was always a pleasant experience, since it meant she was embarrassed and wearing that adorable blushing expression that made her so damn sexy, though right now I wasn’t able to do anything about that wonderful expression since we were descending onto the marked hideout that we had gotten from one of the unlucky Fingers before arriving.

The amused voices coming from the simple house seemed normal enough, but a quick sniff of the air made it abundantly clear we were in the right place since the scent of the same drugs as before was present here, and besides that...

Jumping up to the windows of the third floor, we peeked inside and found a few chests and boxes of gear arranged haphazardly inside of the room, containing various pieces of armor, weaponry, arrows and bolts as well as a fine collection of random valuables likely stolen from whomever these cultists had robbed or killed during their stay.

Monster parts and coins were scattered around in each chest as well, so it was clear this was their stash, which made it all the better for me as I began finicking with the latch of the window, using my Metal Mana to pick the lock open and allow us to enter from the top, where we could begin surprising everyone inside with swift deaths as we further tested my gear.

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