A/N: I'm currently locked out my laptop, damn thing won't turn on. I'm borrowing my brother's old one, sadly it is very slow for certain things, like typing, but I am thankful he offered it. Unfortunately I can't access a lot of my important files, including four novels I'm working on, so when I next get some money in, I'll order one of those things that let you read the interior memory card or whatever and transfer it to this one, though I'll have to pull apart my old one first. Otherwise I'll probably go on a murder spree if I can't get them back. But on the plus side for my fanfiction, I have potentially up to a week where I can focus some time of my non-profit stories.
Also is there's anyone who hasn't okayed my using their OC in the light novel adaptation, please inform me, and if you're not okay with me using it, let me know as well and I'll make the needed changes.
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DINGIR AVATAR STATS
Character class: Grey Mage
Rank: Pluto Knight X (Private)
Level: 16, 4827xp until next level up.
HP: 1116 / 1116
MP: 999 / 999 (maxed)
Strength: 49 (67)
Speed: 31 (26)
Spirit: 46 (49)
Magic Defence/Defence: 32 (53)
Magic: 75
Magic Evasion/Evasion: 16 (28)
Primary Weapon: Iron Sword
Secondary Weapon: Mythril Dagger
Headwear: Iron helm
Armour: Iron Armour
Accessory: Steel Gauntlet with buckler
Skills: Minus Strike
Abilities: Bright Eyes, Level Up, Man Eater, Bug Killer, Grey Magic, Antibody, Bandit
Magic: Poison, Regen, Sleep, Panacea, Osmose, Protect, Cure, Bio, Shell
Magic Stacking: Asag's Toxin - level 1 (40MP) Adel's Healing – level 1 (30MP) Hypnos Field – level 1 (50MP) Physical Barrier – level 1 (30MP) Magical Barrier – level 1 (30MP) Magic Gluttony – level 1 (20MP)
Trance: Balmung strike
Items: 20 D-Potions, 6 Phoenix Down, 10 P-Potion, 10 R-Potions, 30 Potions, 10 Eye Drops, 10 Echo Screen, 10 Soft, 13 Goblin Steak, Goblin dagger, Traveller's cloak, Isekai ring, silk shirt, lots of regular clothes.
Gil: 24,966
A nerfed Dingir in Final Fantasy 9, seriously?
CHAPTER 15
Journey to Cid (1)
'This would be a much easier journey if we had an airship too,' thought Mark sourly, ignoring the swirling and writhing of his stomach, that far exceeded that of the stormy waves surrounding the ship. They were currently on route the sibling nation of Lindblum, ruled by Cid, and uncle of Princess Garnet, though Mark didn't know whether it was the fat queen or her deceased husband that was siblings with Cid. He shuddered at the thought of being sold off to a political marriage when it was Brahne that was waiting for you.
Though that was a mean thing to say, but given his knowledge of this world's future events via the game version of this world made by the bastard who had sent him here, it could hardly be helped. Fortunately Mark seldom had to even see her, he had spoken to her once, very briefly, and that was essentially an acknowledgement that he was in the room when she was briefing his Captain, Steiner, for this trip, roughly four months after the events with the rouge Black Mage. Mark had been looking forward to flying the Rose, or whatever it was called from the game, but apparently the Queen hadn't had it made as yet, but as the war grew closer, it probably would, though doubtlessly too late for him to enjoy.
Unfortunately the lack of an airship, meant that they had to take the Queen's royal ship around the coast, and then they would have to march for several days, while the Queen got to laze around in the royal carriage, being pulled by several of her pure blood champion steeds, while a mix of horse riding and marching soldiers would be accompanying them. He was stuck walking, which he didn't want to do, but then his arse wouldn't survive the pounding of having to ride a horse for any length of time, the fat Queen and Garnet would have it easy.
"Ugh!" Mark threw up over the side of the ship, the unpleasant contents immediately mixing and vanishing beneath the waves.
"Wow, you've got it bad," commented Laudo, his fellow Knight of Pluto. All of them were being brought on the trip, along with Beatrix and twenty of her non-commanding elites, all of them being at least level 30, and much stronger than any of them, though with his new powers as a Grey Mage combined with his stacking, Mark was confident that he stood a chance if he played the fight smart. He had created several new spells and items with his grey magic and magic stacking.
"I don't like going on the sea, especially when it's rough like this," Mark groaned, wiping his mouth and spitting away leftover sick and bile.
Laudo offered him, a mug of water, which he gratefully took.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"So have you ever been on the sea before? It's a first for me, but I seem to be okay," Laudo replied.
"Once or twice when I was much younger," Mark replied, thinking back on a few ferry trips as a kid, he used the last of the water to wash away any residue around his mouth and chin. "Thanks again," he added, gesturing with the mug.
"Well it was hard to ignore you puking up, it was funny to see the looks on those girl's faces, I think you've missed out on some potential action with that," Laudo grinned.
"Like we would have space to do anything like that here," Mark snorted, except for the Queen's royal chambers, all the other rooms were tiny, with dozens of hammocks crammed in, three high in some cases. Well certainly in the Pluto Knights case. Steiner and Mark being so large, that they broke their hammocks and had slept on the floor, each with a back against the wall.
"That's true, still I do get jealous sometimes," Laudo surprisingly admitted, which surprised Mark. True, he knew most of them were continually rejected by the ladies, with many of them having to visit brothels to relieve themselves, well when their finances allowed for it, while Mark never needed to, at least not yet.
"Then tone down on the creepiness when you try to woo a woman," Mark suggested, having seen Laudo in action. He was too focused on the end goal of getting the sex, and came across a bit rape-y. Being able to communicate and have fun with a woman was more important, if you couldn't manage that - then forget convincing her to sleep with you.
Back in his original world, Mark had made that discovery after a 'long' dry spell. He had gone clubbing, starved for company, but not expecting to get laid, so he just focused on chatting, dancing, and having fun. He had been so not pursuing the sex goal, that he had been genuinely surprised when one of the ladies he had spent time with that night had given him her number, and something very enjoyable soon after.
"What do you mean creepy?" Laudo demanded angrily, though it was more that he had heard similar and worse things when being rejected.
"You're too focused on getting them to come with you immediately for sex, and it puts pressure on them, so their way more likely to say no, try just chatting with them, have a laugh, you'd be surprised," Mark answered. "At how well you do when you remove 'sex now' attitude out of the occasion."
"Huh? Guess I can try that," Laudo conceded, as he considered it. "Can't really be doing any worse than I am now, I suppose."
Mark kindly and wisely chose not to comment on that.
(Scene change: Beneath the waves)
Hundreds of feet beneath the ship, a pair of dinner plate sized eyes regarded the bottom of the ship; the creature had smelt waste material and mistaken the ship for a large, potentially sick and therefore weakened prey. Normally it hunted at far greater depths than any human could survive in, but its kind had targeted ships in the past, pulling down smaller ships, or grabbing the humans off the decking to eat.
This one had never done so, but its usual prey was in decline, and using air sacks, it rose to much higher waters, while its six long tentacles reached up, wrapping around the ship. Its beak mouth, hidden beneath its almost phallic shaped body, tasted wood and tar as it bit into the ship, it didn't make a hole, as the tar put it off taking a deeper bite.
Its eyes narrowed in disappointment. Still curious, it began to climb up the ship, though with its air sacks, it could essentially fly, and spotted to creatures on the top of the floating object, little more than a mouthful, but it could smell more of them, there was prey here, and with a shrill croon of delight, its tentacles lashed out at the soon-to-be food.
"Holy shit!" one yelled.
"Physical Barrier!" The other yelled, casting a spell, the enormous hunter collided against the feeble magic, its tentacles reaching around the invisible barrier.
The Gigan Octopus was on the hunt.
(Insert FF9 battle start music.)
"It's coming!"
"Draw your sword!"
"I left it inside!"
"Bloody Hell!"
"Lend me your dagger, damn it!"
(A/N: Stop running around and fight already!)
CHAPTER END
Next Chapter: Journey to Cid (2)
A/N: Well folks, it looks like we have a cliff-hanger. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry for the delays, but I needed to focus on my professional novels, though given my laptop died, I don't know if that's a mistake or not. Once I get one of those things to transfer data from a dead laptop, I'll hopefully get them back; otherwise I've wasted about half a year, if not more, and trust me, a nearly thirty year old giant bearded man can still have a tantrum.
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