Spending My Retirement In A Game

Chapter 916 True Intentions

"Wh-What just happened?" the player let out, completely letting go of their act, "Did you just burn off my curse?!"

Eisen used his pinky's nail on his teeth, trying to make sure he got out any parts of the maggots-turned-charcoal that could be stuck in there, "Yes, that is exactly what I did. You children, do none of you know not to pick on guys that are way stronger than you?" clicking his tongue and shaking his head disappointedly, Eisen took a few steps forward, "You know, back in my day, when someone was acting out and pissing everyone off, do you know what we'd do?"

"Y-You'd punch them..?" the player asked, visibly growing more and more nervous.

The old man smiled softly, staring down at the players in front of him. With a single swift motion, as fast as he breathed in, Eisen made sure to increase his size to the max, squatting down in front of them, "Yup."

With a single swift motion, Eisen struck down at the ground. At this point, there was really no need to hide his identity anymore, as he had basically revealed it to them in hopes of getting them to leave. Though, only now did that seem to work. The old man's fist had created a massive crater in the ground. These players could tell immediately that they would never be able to do something against Eisen like this. And sure, to them, it felt unfair, but one after another, they vacated the area.

"This isn't over! We're just here holding down the fort, but when the advance party comes back, you're-" the roleplayer yelled out as he left, but Eisen just rolled his eyes and blew a gust of flames toward him to force him and the other players away.

Once he made sure that there was nobody from their side left in the area anymore, Eisen shrunk back down and looked over at Sal, "Set up some detection magic around the area to make sure we're alerted when anyone with cursed energy comes here."

Sal immediately nodded his head, "You got it."

"Perfect, thanks. Caria, could you create some myconid drones to watch the area and act as the first line of defense in case something happens while we're not here? They just need to be able to persist for a few days at most."

"Hm... that should be doable. Sally, come on, I'll need to link up your magic with my babies~!" Caria exclaimed, quickly holding onto the boy's arm before dragging him away, leaving Eisen with Melissa. Picking her up to be able to move around a bit faster than she was able to on her own, the two of them made their way back to Sky and Bree.

The village chief looked up at Eisen, confused and stunned, as if he didn't know what to do now that the 'script' was interrupted.

"I, uh... But then... why would you...?"

"Because I felt like it, and it was the right thing to do."

Even more confused than before, the village chief stepped back hesitantly, "But... are you not searching for the black dragon to take its trial?"

Eisen hesitated. While it was true that he was going to try and take the trial, that was just because he wanted to steal some power from the black dragon, and not because he agreed with its actions. If he ended up feeling like he had the power to, then he would try and take the dragon down once he got the cursed power, anyway.

"What's it to you?"

"Just... the sort that come to look for the black dragon do not usually act out of pure kindness. If there is anything that you would like from us, then please, do not hide your intentions," the village chief practically pleaded, and Eisen let out a loud, frustrated sigh.

"Listen, as I just said, this place doesn't have anything I want, beside the black dragon. The only reason I kicked those guys out was because it's a pain to see cocky bastards like that act like they're above others just because they're a little strong," Eisen said in a blunt tone, waving the chief away, "Now go, I will be leaving soon anyway. By the time I'm back, you better have put on some weight, you hear?"

The old man turned around and started to walk away, though he could not ignore the chief's sniffling. Just how horrible were these people treated? That player from before was speaking of some kind of quest... did the black dragon give out a quest that made players act like this? Apparently, black dragons were supposed to be battle maniacs. Though, more specifically, they enjoyed war. Seeing powerful people face off against each other, and joining in on the battle to be a catastrophic, demolishing force. Maybe the black dragon was hoping to cause some kind of large-scale battle using those that passed its trial, so that it could do just that.

Whichever was the case, Eisen was not going to just leave it be.