bookpub Chapter 760: You Thought It Couldn't Get Even More Weird?
Chapter 760: You Thought It Couldn't Get Even More Weird?
For him to be at two very different places at different times is still possible because of his teleportation ability.
But to be at two different places at the same time? That's something that is not possible unless there's more than one of them.
The first Mercenary raised his hand, "Hold on... I think I know what's going on... You said he used Umbramancy didn't you?"
I nodded, "Yes he did. Oh! Could he be using a Shadow Summon to attack different places at the same time?"
I mean, that's possible since I literally saw him kind of switch places with one so there's a chance that he could be teleporting his summons to different places while he's somewhere else.
The others seem to be warming up to my suggestion as well.
"He could also teleport around couldn't he? That's possible."
"But that would mean he's a really proficient mage too, why would he be a bandit?"
"Who knows?"
Hmm... Wait a minute...
The last time I used [Screened] on him... I remember Umbramancy in his magic skill list... But was there an Astromancy in there? Because I don't think I recalled seeing an Astromancy in there...
"Perhaps... He has enchanted artefacts?" I suggested.
"A bandit with expensive artefacts that go around beating other people up and barely taking anything after beating them up... Why would someone even do this?" The Dungeoneer party leader wondered aloud.
I could theorise a few reasons why he was doing this such as the fact that he was an Off-Worlder who was just trying to cause as much trouble as he could for one.
But I could not tell them that, obviously.
Perhaps I should just go and see what Linette's contact has for me? They might be able to point out potential suspects for me to investigate.
Just as I thought of that, a portal opened up in the air and someone fell through it.
I immediately rushed towards the person, thinking it might be the Off-Worlder and wanted to subdue him before he could do anything.
Just as I was about to grab whoever fell through the portal, I realised that it wasn't the Off-Worlder.
The only reason I recognised that it wasn't the Off-Worlder was because the person that fell through the portal was a female Mahun with... Well... Very sizable assets. And that she wasn't wearing a cloak nor a mask of course.
She looked around, as though trying to figure out where she was until she saw me standing in front of her.
"Umm... May I know where this is?"
"The Guild branch in Sands Border Town," I answered her.
Her eyes widened, "You need to help us! There's some weird person who suddenly teleported to us and attacked us!"
I blinked at her, "Is he wearing a mask and cloak?"
"Yes! Wait... How did you know?"
He's speaking normally.
I frowned at him, "Who are you?"
He furrowed his brow, "No, who are you?! Why are you on top of me? Are you trying to rape me?!"
"You were attacking a group of travellers."
"Ha? What are you talking about? I'm just minding my own business making my dinner here! How did you even get into my house?!"
Huh? Wait...
I stood up, "Does this place look like your house to you?"
He sat up, "What are you talking about? Of course this is my... Wait... Where am I?"
The guy scanned his surroundings and his confusion was evident on his face.
A few of the people he had been attacking came over to me, their weapons still drawn.
"Thank you for the help, miss. We will take it from here."
I raised my hand, "Hold on. I have some questions I need to ask him."
The cloaked guy was looking more and more distressed at the moment so I tried to distract him by asking, "Where are you from?"
He turned to me, "What... What's going on? Are you kidnapping me?"
"Answer the question. I'm trying to help you right now."
"I... I'm from Sands Border Town."
"What was the last thing you remembered? Before you saw me on top of you."
He blinked for a moment, "I... I believe I was cooking some stew... In my house... I heard a noise from behind and when I turned back to see what it was, I was here."
"What noise did you hear?"
"I'm not sure... Like something was being torn I guess? I don't know how to describe it."
"And you don't remember anything else after that?"
"No... It's like I blinked and the next thing I see was you trying to strangle me."
I checked him with [Screened] and I realised that the stats being displayed were completely different now. It wasn't that Razzle Dazzle idiot but some other guy's name being reflected on it instead.
My gaze quickly switched to the mask which was undoubtedly the cause of this but even as I did so, I saw the remnants of the mask disintegrating away and leaving nothing behind.
I tried to grab it but almost as if it was an illusion, my fingers slipped through them like they weren't even there.
It then disappeared into nothingness right before my eyes.
Well fuck... Things just got even more complicated now...