Versatile: Alternate World

The lady of the lake bid goodbye to us as she returned to the upper part of the palace to rest after handing the Carnwennan back to me. Merlin also went to me to give back the Cath Palug to me.

"Oy, you little dipsh*t! I am still not done with you! I will not give up until I will be able to get out from the seal!" Cath Palug throw insults at Merlin though the latter didn't mind the slurs and just smiled.

"Bladeheart, I know you are worried about Cath Palug since he is the embodiment of disaster but don't worry. I made extra care that this guy will not be able to do anything aside from following your orders. Also, in case this guy will try to attack you or anyone else other than the people or enemies you ordered to be attacked with, Cath Palug will suffer severe pain in the body that he will immediately stop the moment it will happen," Merlin explained.

"What the f*ck?! You have given me something like that?! YOU SICK F*CKER! I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU EVER!"

I grab Cath Palug and the latter started to struggle to go away from me.

"Release me human! Don't you dare touch me!"

Since Merlin already made Cath Palug as a pet, I checked the owned pets in the interface whether Cath Palug is already listed and as expected, Cath Palug is indeed in there listed in my list.

"Atlas, Lucia, Tina, take Cath Palug inside the summon's area, you are free on what to do with him, discipline him, tie him up, anything you can do to him is fine. Teach this little guy that he is no longer the same menace before."

Atlas grabbed Cath Palug and nodded to me after. "We will do our best, Master."

Cath Palug tried to escape but Tina immediately used her threads and tied up the guy without letting it give him a chance to escape.

The three then returned to the Summon's Area carrying Cath Palug that is still struggling. As much as he wanted to escape, there is no way I will allow that to happen. Not on my watch.

"So, what is your next plan?" Merlin asked.

"We still have to go and find the other relics that King Arthur left behind in the frozen region. Also, Almira wanted me to kill an immortal so the Carnwennan is going to be a good weapon I can use to perform that."

When Merlin heard that, he chuckled but then proceed to sigh deeply. "So Almira is about to do that huh? As expected of her, she still didn't forget it after all these years."

"Um... can I ask what this is all about and why Almira is so adamant about killing this particular immortal?"

"Hahaha! Unfortunately, that is beyond the scope of what I should be saying. If you really are that curious, you have to ask Almira directly.

Damn, and I thought I would hear the tidbits of things that Almira is hiding but I guess I have no choice but to ask her about the real story. But until then, I have no choice but to fulfill the remaining tasks.

We bid farewell to Merlin and left the Island of Avalon. If the four wanted to visit the place again, they already knew what to do so I don't need to teach them or anything.

"So this is goodbye huh?" Gin looked at his companions then at me.

"Yeah. I still have a quest to do."

"Will we be able to team up again in the future? We learned a lot about combat and what we can do in the game, thanks to you. It would be great if we could fight together again," Shana asked.

"Perhaps, but the future is uncertain so it only depends on you guys."

"I know! Why don't we send him friend requests? That way, we can have contact with him in the future!" Yna suggested.

The other three seem to also agree with the suggestion and started sending me friend requests. I am not against it so I accepted their requests.

Once I accepted their friend requests, the four bid farewell as they logged out of the game. After they left, I turned to look at the remaining outsider and that is the bunny girl.

"So, what are you gonna do now? I can free you now and you are free to go back but I doubt you can go back to where you needed to be without being alerted by the authorities in the cities and towns causing you to avoid it completely. And the journey back to the village would also prove to be long and dire that I can estimate you arriving there 1 month on foot."

The bunny girl sighed and glared at me but she had no choice on the matter. She is the one who chased me this far and I am not so kind enough to bring her back to the village. I am not a good samaritan.

"What choice do I have? I don't want to die and I don't want the monsters in the forest to maul me either. And wandering around cities won't also do me good. I can only comply and follow your command from now on."

"Huh. So you want to follow my command? However, how should I trust you if you tried to kill me at first? I am not just someone who accepts a follower without proving their words and the truth in the words you spout."

"Then I request a duel, if I win, you will allow me to join your group, but if you win, you can ditch me away and you will never see me again."

I didn't expect an assassin that fights like a saboteur will request a duel. However, a duel is already an established battle that will always settle any kind of dispute. I grinned under the mask after knowing what this bunny girl needed to show to prover her worth.

"Alright, I accept your offer. However, I will not be the one who will be fighting against you as that would be quite an overkill and you will be sure that you will not win against me, therefore, I will be pitting you in a fight against one of my best followers and has the closest battle style to you."

"I am ready, I will show you, as the last battle bunny in my tribe, I will defeat whoever they are!"