“The more we talk, the more I am thinking that it was a mistake to come here.”

  ??? says “Oh, it absolutely was! It is actually rather scary that you have had enough luck to survive this visit.”

  “Actually, this isn’t my first visit, I have been exploring slowly.”

  ??? says “That is even more impossible to believe. Are you related to, or dating, the goddess of luck on your world?”

  “No, not that I know of. The two goddesses I have relations with don’t have the luck domain as far as I know.”

  ??? says “You are what?!? I was just joking! Are you actually dating two goddesses, or are you just making fun of me?”

  “Well, I’m not sure if I would call it dating, but I do have a relationship with them.”

  ??? says “A baby dragon involved with two goddesses?! Just what kind of world are you from?!”

  “That is a long story and unfortunately I don’t have that much time. I need to be back before my mate wakes up.”

  ??? says “Angering the mate is always a bad idea. You are wise to avoid doing so.”

  “Yeah, I’ve learned that lesson the hard way. So, since I need to be going, are you normally in this area? Would it be alright to come and talk with you again? Is there a name I can call you?”

  ??? says “This is my hunting ground so I am always in this area. You can come visit if you must, but I recommend you don’t return to the battlefield. The humans on my world call me The Ending Storm, but you can simply call me Storm.”

  “It is my pleasure to meet you Storm and thank you for answering my questions. My name is Ash. I will try to get stronger before my curiosity drives me to visit here again.”

  Storm says “For what it’s worth, I hope your luck holds and that we meet again.”

  After saying farewell to Storm, I turn north and start making my way back to the door. I talked with Storm for a long time and am worried that Mercy might have already woken up. However, when I spot a group of beasts on my way back I just can’t resist attacking them.

  I throw up a simple shield to block their attacks and once again create a machinegun. They don’t have the intelligence to create defenses and their natural armor is nothing against bullets. One spray of bullets is enough to kill the entire small group of beasts.

  7 Opponents defeated! 70,000 Soul Exp gained!

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  Loot: 70 Soul Coins!

  Well, that was disappointing, both the exp and the loot are lackluster, but it didn’t take much effort. At least it will put me just a little bit closer to my next soul level and to being safer in the battlefield. Although, to be honest, I haven’t really seen much benefit from raising my soul’s level.

  Still, if dragons go through the effort there must be something to it, I just haven’t seen it yet. Then again, it might have to do with the fact that my soul and body are still separate. If I compare them, my body is way ahead of my soul as far as strength goes.

  Maybe if I can get them closer in power level I will see more effects, but that is just a guess. Of course, I think of all these questions as I am heading away from the one who could possibly answer them. Maybe I should pay a visit to Everburn, he may be willing to share more now that I have visited the battlefield.

  Either way, having two dragons tell me that I shouldn’t be here is enough to make me nervous. I think I might just take a break from the battlefield and do some more exploring of the hallway. As annoying as my curiosity will be, I think it is the better idea right now.

  I am not giving up on the battlefield, I am just going to put it off for a while and do some research. While I am doing that, I will explore the hallway a little more and see if I can increase my strength. For now though, I rush back to the door and use it to exit the battlefield before anything else happens.

  I return to my body just in time to thoroughly enjoy Mercy’s attempt to wake me up. I return the favor with some interest and then we have breakfast together before meeting up with the caravan. They aren’t ready to move yet, so we spend some time chatting with Lizzy and Leylisha.

  The caravan itself is ready to go, we are just waiting on all of the rulers to finish breakfast. As soon as they come out of the inn and board the carriages the caravan sets off. It is another long, boring day on the road, but I enjoy spending the time with Mercy.

  This time we are stopping in the city and Mercy doesn’t ask me to set up the cabin. She doesn’t even want to go shopping, it seems she is finally happy with the decorations. We eat dinner with the rulers and Mercy spends some time talking politics with them.

  She is definitely better at that stuff than I am, all I am good at is making crazy plans. It is fairly enlightening to see her work, she has people skills I can’t even dream of. I know that she doesn’t like Gremshow, but you could never tell that from how she talks to him.

  I don’t think I have been anywhere near as good at hiding my dislike of him, but I wasn’t really trying. I doubt that I will ever make a good diplomat, but with Mercy around I won’t need to. She will definitely be my first choice any time diplomacy is needed.

  I don’t think even Lin could handle someone like Gremshow while not showing her dislike. It is a skill that I should probably cultivate, but I doubt it would do any good to even try. The best I can probably hope for is making my face not show my emotions.

  If I could just create skills, I would make myself a poker face skill like I have seen in some manga. Since that isn’t the case, maybe I should reduce the nerves in my face when I shapeshift. That should make my face less responsive to my emotions, at least I think it would.

  Then again, as long as I am powerful enough, I don’t really need to try and hide my emotions. That is a really arrogant way of looking at things, but that doesn’t make it wrong. People respect and fear those that have greater power than they do, it is just natural.

  The fact that I am planning to count on that probably makes me a bad ruler, but I never claimed to be otherwise. Dealing with people is definitely one of my biggest weaknesses and that is going to cause problems. Mercy is going to have to make up for that, but she definitely has the skills to do so.