MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 1361: An Interesting Proposal

Whoosh!

”…Alright.” Closing his eyes for a bit to give himself a bit of time to adjust to his other self once more, Valyr took in a deep breath as he brought up a screen in front of him.

Ding!

”About two days and a half.” Double checking to see how much time he could spend as Valyr Zeihardt this time around, the young man softly let out a sigh of relief before making his way back to where Mystia was.

At the same time, the words she said to him earlier began to linger in his mind.

”What did she mean when she said she had something Iʼd need for the future?”

Knowing that heʼd obtain the answer to his question sooner or later, Valyr faintly shook his head as he decided to set the question aside for the meantime.

…

”Iʼm glad you could make it.”

Once he arrived at the spot he previously waited at, Valyr went ahead and knocked on the door, which prompted Mystia on the other side to open the door and greet him with a kind smile.

”What can I say? Youʼve gotten me curious,” replied the young man with a slight chuckle, making sure that his actions and words made it seem like he hadnʼt just talked with her a few moments earlier.

”Donʼt worry.” Mystia let out a slight chuckle of her own, asking him to sit on the chair opposite hers. ”I wonʼt withhold any information from you. After all, Iʼm the one who asked you to come here.”

Nodding in response to her words, Valyr allowed the gears in his mind to turn for a brief moment before asking her a question. ”You told Ataraxia that you might have something I might need for the future?”

Hearing those words, Mystia looked around for a bit with a bitter smile. ”Well… yes and no.”

”Hmm?” Valyr raised his eyebrow at those words, beginning to get the feeling that there was something off with her response.

”Well…” At first, Mystia continued to give the young man a smile as her mind worked on overdrive coming up with an explanation that would satisfy the latter.

However, as she gradually felt more and more pressure from Valyrʼs gaze, she eventually let out a low sigh and confessed. ”The truth is… I donʼt actually have anything like that.”

”…Figured as much,” said the young man in response, briefly showing a hint of disappointment in his expression.

Though he did get the feeling from their conversation earlier that Mystia told his player self those words just for the sake of having him meet her, the young man decided to give her the benefit of the doubt.

After all, she was not just the Imperial Alchemist of the Meltierre Empire, but also the Saintess of the Mystic Plane. With how much power she wielded and knowledge she had, it wouldnʼt be surprising if she really did have something that he might need for the future.

ʼIt would definitely be a pleasant surprise if she gave me something that improved my Intents… or perhaps a special skill that I might need for the upcoming war,ʼ thought Valyr to himself, only to then quickly brush the thought aside.

Softly shaking his head in a bid to discard the errant thoughts filling his mind, the young man took in a deep breath as he looked at Mystia with a calm expression. ”So, whatʼs your actual reason for asking me to come here, Miss Mystia?”

”Well…” Seeing as Valyr was giving her an opportunity to move on from their current topic, Mystia briefly gave him a look of gratitude as she took in a deep breath to compose herself.

”I donʼt know if Ataraxia sent you information about the upcoming Myriad Prodigies Tournament.”

”He mentioned a few things to me about it,” said the young man with a slight nod. ”He said it had something to do with a spy infiltrating the tournament?”

”To be more specific, a spy infiltrating the tournament as its host,” Mystia clarified.

”Although the empire still doesnʼt have fully concrete evidence that the person is indeed a double agent for the other races, our reconnaissance teams have already collected a few key pieces of information to confirm that theyʼre a spy with about 80% certainty.”

”And Iʼm guessing the empire is only lacking that remaining 20% to arrest that person once and for all?” asked Valyr, to which she nodded in response.

”Which is why I asked your student if he wanted to cooperate with me in the upcoming Myriad Prodigies Tournament,” said Mystia, prompting Valyr to nod in understanding.

Though, just as he thought that the topic would end there, the woman in front of him soon continued to say a couple of things that caused him to raise his eyebrow.

”However, even though it wouldnʼt be a problem if he were to be the only insider for the empire in the upcoming tournament, the plan would only have a greater chance of success if there was someone else who could do the same task as him.”

”Wait…” Of course, with a bit of mental gymnastics, it did not take long for Valyr to understand what Mystia was trying to tell him. ”Is this the reason why you wanted me to come here?”

”Yes.” Mystia faintly nodded, her expression showing a bit of guilt. ”I wanted to ask you personally if you could work alongside your student to collect more information on the alleged spy during the tournament.”

”Well…” Unsurprisingly, Valyr began to frown the moment those words left Mystiaʼs mouth. ”Let me first clarify that Iʼm not rejecting the idea outright. I do think itʼs a good idea to have a back-up plan just in case. However…”

”However…?”

Valyr scratched the back of his head after that as he gave her a slightly bitter smile. ”Letʼs just say that it would be difficult for me to work alongside Ataraxia during the tournament.”

Although he did have a way to make sure that both he and his player self would be able to participate at the same time, the fact that [Soul Split] had a limited duration still existed.

Though its duration was definitely far longer than before compared to when he first got the skill, the young man had a feeling that the duration the skill gave him wasnʼt long enough for him to maintain the illusion that the two of them were two different people.

Of course, that was under the condition that the difference in their levels remained the same up to the date of the tournament itself.

If Valyr were to focus on leveling up Ataraxia to around the peak of Rank 3 or to even the same level as him before the tournament began, then he was certain he could pull it off with no worries.

However, another problem still plagued him if he were to do that during the tournament.

ʼEven though itʼs already been a while since I got it, I still havenʼt tried using [Soul Split] yet,ʼ thought Valyr to himself, inwardly finding the problem quite absurd. ʼAside from that, I think I wonʼt be able to have both bodies do different things at the same time.ʼ

While Valyr was looking at the problem from the perspective of having to juggle two different things at the same time, Mystia interpreted his response to her request from a different perspective.

”You wonʼt go unrewarded, thatʼs for sure,” said Mystia, inwardly hoping that those words would be enough to rope Valyr into agreeing.

”Just so you know, Iʼve given your student a few sets of elixirs in exchange for his cooperation. Naturally, Iʼll do the same thing for you.”

”Heck, I wouldnʼt even mind if you requested anything else than an elixir if it meant you would agree,” added Mystia at the end, thinking of it as a hail Mary of sorts.

”…Anything, you say?” Though he already talked himself into accepting Mystiaʼs request and try his best after hearing he could obtain more elixirs from her, Valyr immediately changed his mind the moment he heard the last sentence that left her mouth.

”Well… not exactly anything,” Mystia clarified. ”However, if itʼs something I can achieve with the authority and power that I have, then Iʼll try my best to fulfill it.”

”Is that so?” With her words acting as confirmation, a faint smile began to appear on Valyrʼs lips as a certain train of thought popped up in his mind.

”Would it be possible for you to get your hands on the parts of an Ancient Wyvern, then?”

”An Ancient Wyvern…” Not expecting Valyr to make such a request, it was no surprise that Mystia looked at him with widened eyes as the gears in her mind continued to turn.

Feeling like heʼd gone a bit too far with his request, the young man was just about to change his request, only for her to give him a firm nod. ”I think… I can fulfill that request.”

”…Really?” asked the young man, being the one in disbelief this time. ”I was about to change my request to other rare materials instead, you know? Isnʼt an Ancient Wyvern really hard to find?”

”It is.” Mystia nodded in agreement. ”But itʼs not like I donʼt have my own means of getting those items.”

”Then again, the question still remains.” She looked at him directly in the eyes. ”Will you cooperate with me and your student during the upcoming Myriad Prodigies Tournament?”

Knowing that it would be far more difficult for him to get his hands on the parts of an Ancient Wyvern than train how to use [Soul Split] effectively, the young man eventually let out a sigh as he gave Mystia a firm nod.

”Alright, Iʼll see what I can do.”

”Great.” With Valyr finally accepting her proposition, Mystia felt as if a great part of the burden weighing down on her shoulders were removed.

”Oh, right.” With that, she showed no hesitation with her next request, which caused Valyr to look back at her with a blank expression.

”Since you and your student are going to be working together from now on…”

”Could you have him come here?”