Agatha The Legendary Guild Master

I stood there for a couple of minutes watching everyone doing what I ordered them to. Enly came back with a group of vampires. "My lady, you can go at any moment," she said.

"Better now than late," I said while checking this group of female vampires; all were like Enly yet a bit smaller. "Which one will carry me?" I said as if I was looking for a ride here.

"Me," one of the ladies stepped forward, "my name is Eliza," she said.

"alright, let's go before dark," I said before turning to Enly, "prepare the village for any potential assault."

She understood my meaning and nodded. Dealing with those giants seemed risky and I didn't want anything to be missed if things turned ugly.

"Let's go," I said while I rode Eliza. "Are you comfortable?" she asked while we were already midair.

"It's refreshing; flying I mean," I said while enjoying this rare chance. I missed my balloon yet flying on Eliza back seemed different.

It was like I was the one flying, which gave me a new sense of experience. "I want that."

"Ding Dong! You can…"

"Through the market, I know I know," I interrupted my shameless system intrusion. "Sigh, you are really persistent, aren't you?"

"Ding Dong! It's just for your own sake. The market has many things you might consider worthy."

"Sigh," I only commented and didn't add more. this system was really a great merchant in his past life no doubt!

I was almost enticed by his offers, especially the last one. Yet I knew better, falling into its scheme wasn't nice in the long run.

The air was so refreshing especially in this hour of the day. The sun was heading towards the lands, and the air seemed really clean.

The speed of their flight seemed not that much, yet I was pretty sure we crossed a lot of distance. I glanced over the fields underneath; things looked smaller and easier from this altitude.

"I have to make one of them my own ride," I said to myself while enjoying this unexpected journey.

The journey took approximately six hours, and the night fell upon us during it. Even in the night, stars shone brightly and gave me a sense of belonging to this world.

The clear night sky seemed really beautiful, especially with all these constellations that all looked weird to me. Yet I was mesmerized to look at them.

"We are now getting closer to our village," Eliza shouted and I heard her words hardly from the cool wind. "Should you descend and see it by yourself?" she said.

"No, keep flying, let others go and do their tasks."

I wasn't that much interested in the village of vampires, my aim was the giants and them alone. The entire group left the two of us at some point, heading west while we kept flying forward.

"They are six hours away from us," she shouted and I knew we could reach them at dawn.

Good time to check these giants in the early daylight.

The flight went smoother than I expected; we met nothing at all! During which, I noticed many villages and monster hordes at many places, enticed to get down and claim them for myself. Yet I didn't.

I had a mission to do first, then I would rather ask others to come and help collect these lost souls.

During this journey I discovered the great weapons of these vampires; they could scout from high and far! From such an altitude I could see lands in miniature; easy to spot and inspect.

"I had to make them my own scouts then," I decided, before the early rays of the sun began to fall upon us again.

I took a pearl and intended to give Eliza one once we reached the ground; and we reached it faster than I thought.

"They are just a few miles ahead," she landed on a large mountain peak while saying in a discreet manner.

"Take this," I said as I threw one pearl at her. And she was startled by this at first before she hurried to consume it. "No need to trouble my lady," she said with a stuffed mouth.

"Hahaha, you did great, and I never mistreat those who help me."

I said and didn't add my offer. I wanted her to accompany me everywhere. Yet to be honest, without taking her inside my prison artifact, doing that would seem quite challenging.

Another thing to add to my list to do, and many of them depended entirely on a small condition; the coins!

"Tsk, except for me knowing how greedy and shameless that system is," I said to myself while glancing over the distance. "Where are they?" I asked.

"Over there," she pointed towards a group of mountain peaks and I didn't get her meaning. "Are they on the peaks?" I asked.

"They are the peaks," she replied, and her answer caught me off guard.

"No way, these mountains are giants?"

"Not the entire mountains, only the core of them," she said before explaining further, "they have this strange ability to penetrate the rocks."

"Hmm, that would be hard to conquer then," I muttered while checking the thousand peaks around us, "how can we lure them out? Do they move at day or night? Don't they have the urge to eat?"

"They always stay sleeping except if someone started a ruckus nearby, then they would all wake up."

"All?!!" my shock was beyond belief.

"Yes, that's why dealing with them is quite difficult."

"Indeed," I agreed before adding, "but I can think of a way to lure one of them."

"The pearls?" Eliza said, before shaking her head, "if the pearl has such effect, then they should have sensed the pearl you gave me."

She had a point!

"Ding Dong! I can help."

I glanced around, there was no way for me to take these giants alone, even with my two demons!

This system… tsk!

"Alright, how much will you take?"

"Ding Dong! Ten pearls are deducted. Thanks for your generosity. I will take a thousand pearl to answer."

"What?!!!" I was shocked, this system… sigh! "Forget it, tell me the answer," I had no way around except to accept its offer. And this made me realize my previous stand against it was wise!

"Ding Dong! Thanks, the pearls are deducted. The answer is simple, they have gigantic bodies, so use massive amounts of pearls to lure one out. A word for future, the detection range of these giants are five miles away."

I didn't know what to say! Even when he answered me he tried to make sure my pearls would be consumed! "There is no other way," I said, trying not to ask.

"…"

Silence was all I got! It was hard dealing with such a trickery system!

"Alright, do you know if this mountain has a giant?" I said while checking the terrain around; nothing looked suspicious.

"This peak is safe, the peaks containing giants will have darker color than normal," Eliza replied.

"I can't see any difference," I said, after moments of observation trying to see what she meant.

"Maybe it's a thing of our eyes," she pointed to her red big eyes before adding, "human eyes are quite…" and she paused.

"Rudimentary?"

"I would say small."

"Hehehe, no offense taken dear," I laughed before deciding to depend on her, "can you select a giant that's slightly on the edge? Best to be slightly away from others."

"Give me five," she then flew away before I checked the terrain around. "Five miles are nothing to secure this giant. Sigh, this task will deplete my stores," I felt bitter, yet I didn't back off this.

Gaining those giants wouldn't only solve my vampire issues, it would also give me such a mighty fighter. "I hope they can be reasoned with," I prayed.

I still recalled the words of Enly, those weren't beings to reason with. "If a mind was blind, then a desire would dominate," I said to myself as I knew this wasn't just an opportunity, it was a grave danger.

Such beings might see me as their golden goose, which would put me in a great danger.

"All is down to their first reaction," I reached this conclusion. As without any mind to decide, their desire would settle things here.

And this desire was truly unpredictable!

I waited, patiently thinking over my strategy as Eliza circled the area. I was confident in her judge, after all she was the only one between the two of us able to see these giants.

I had to trust her, and I intended to select a place suited for my trap.

"Five miles range, so I should start from far," I muttered while calculating things in my mind. "If I started the fight in the direction of my village, they might guess my village. I need to be smarter," I said to myself while a plan was starting to take shape finally in my head.

"I have found one that's suited for the task," Eliza said while landing, "it's slightly off to the north west from here," she pointed towards a direction far from me and yet it was at the direction of my village.

"Tsk," I grumbled while thinking over my plan once more. "No choice then," I shook my head before heading towards Eliza, "take me towards that direction," I pointed towards a place in the opposite direction from the giant.

"There?" Elize said to make sure I didn't get her wrong, "the giant is over there."

"I know, just fly," I said without delving deeper into the details of my plan.

For my plan to succeed, I had to find a place suited to trap this giant. I didn't want to kill it; I needed to crush its will and made it my own loyal servant.

"A stick and a carrot then," I decided, finally finalizing my plan.