003 [Video]

[brat_from_hell]

[Phibrizzo has a magical tome in his lap when he looks into his journal for this video broadcast. It's interesting, the things one can find in the library. He's learned a bit about magic in other worlds.]

Just curious, but how many people here practice magic, or come from a world where people use magic?

[This inquiring mind wants to know. Specifically, he wants to know who poses the most potential threat, but from an academic standpoint, he is sincerely interested as well. In that vein, he shares a little bit of information about his own world.]

There are more people who can't use it than those who can in my world, but it's still common enough for there to be a Sorcerer's Guild where magic is formally taught. A lot of people who can't use magic directly can still use magic objects made by a sorcerer.

[Including brass rackets. He'd like to get some of those here in Luceti and introduce the sport. The chaos and hilarity would be well worth it. But that's not the point of today's broadcast.]

I've also noticed there are a lot of people with powers here. If you have them, are there a lot of people who have them in your world? And if you don't have them, are there people in your world who do have them? I'm kind of curious if there's some kind of thing that makes people more likely to wind up here.

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[that_is_asecret]

Precisely. Most mortals are rather short sighted when it comes down to it.

[He'd been amongst them long enough to have seen that]

Shall I make the arrangements to have something forged, or just a retrieve a weapon from the forge?

[brat_from_hell]

Just retrieve something from the forge. It wouldn't be that hard to enhance its appearance a little with magic and make it look like a different weapon.

[A master craftsman might recognize the blade, but most won't look that carefully. If it's forged, people will pay more attention to it.]

[that_is_asecret]

Very well, I'll get something suitable and we can have some fun changing its appearance around a bit.

[Might as well make it look somewhat ridiculous]

[brat_from_hell]

Some fake jewels of magical empowerment embedded into the hilt might be a nice touch.

[Ah, fake enhancements. He has to give humans credit for coming up with clever scams.]

[that_is_asecret]

Simple enough to do. Alter its appearance to look a little more sinister might be worthwhile as well.

[Having something look cool and scary often was a high enough selling point, even if there were far simpler more effective weapons.

He pauses for a second to resume the basic summary of his report]

Within the village there are a few potential threats, but most can be mitigated with simple diplomacy. Focusing on common enemies and allying for the sake of survival will prevent most potential dangers from occurring. I am working to continue analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of individuals within the village.

[He pauses]

Unfortunately I was not able to gather too much about the Malnosso and Third Party during the draft, but I will sign up for some missions in the future to hopefully gather a bit more.

[brat_from_hell]

Who would you identify as the top three threats, so far?

[He wants to know who all potential threats are, but he wants to know their names in particular.]

I'll join you on a few of those missions. The power cap seems to be lifted on drafts and missions and I want to do a few experiments.

[Specifically in matters concerning death. It's broken here and he doesn't like it.]

[that_is_asecret]

In terms of raw power, a member of a warrior known as Vegeta. He and those related to him should all be considered potentially dangerous, as they have high levels of chi power, able to cause enough damage to destroy a mountainside even while under the barrier's influence. The other one who was fighting and caused this incident has since left the village, another warrior of similar caliber known as Goku. In terms of scheming and manipulation, I would say Loki has a high likelihood of being able to figure out plans, and likely has a few schemes going. Saori is quite a talented individual, and she is similarly dangerous to Vegeta and others, and she is also a spirit and able to identify what we are.

Thankfully she seems quite content to keep that under wraps for the time being.

[brat_from_hell]

Mm...I'll have to be careful about hiding my power around Saori, then.

[If he can mask his presence from Gaav and Xellos in relatively close proximity to them, he's fairly confident he can hide that from a spirit from another world.]

[that_is_asecret]

Well, I told her there was no other like me here. A lord is quite different from a servant after all.

[He inclines his head]

[brat_from_hell]

That's true. Even the nature of your power and mine is fairly different.

[Destructive, yes, but the power that could be bestowed by Beastmaster was different than what could be bestowed by Hellmaster.]

When did you meet her?

[that_is_asecret]

I happened upon Miss Saori after she was attempting to work through some of her sore feelings. I believe she had just lost someone close to her or something to that effect.

[He gives a bit of a shrug at that. The technical aspect of losing someone he understood, but the emotions it evoked seemed a bit foreign to him]

Of course, it was all too apparent that despite her attempts she was not handling things particularly well at the time. So I was a bit drawn to her, and we had a little chat.

[brat_from_hell]

[Phibrizzo can understand it a little more, from a possessive perspective. He doesn't understand love, but he does understand what it feels like to lose someone important that was his. He lost his general and priest in the Kouma war, after all.]

I see.

[He's not at all surprised Xellos was drawn to her.]

What did you talk about?