33 Risen#re

Lirian got up and walked between the two girls in a staring contest, he reached out and snatched the watch without them even realising and went back to the couch.

By the time they realised the watch was missing, he pressed a button on the watch and turned on the audio function allowing it to read out everything for him.

"Thank you for the concern girls but I can take it from here," he said pointedly, earning him glum looks from the two of them as he scrolled through the list.

The device, quickly began listing all the details aloud for him,

<Balance: 50 000c>

<Items>

- Short Sword – 4c

- Long Sword – 6c

- Hand Sheild – 2c

- Full Body Sheild – 9c

- Spear – 7c

- Pikes – 5c

- ...

- 1000-men Tent – 800c

- 1000-men Thermal Tent – 1600c

- 500-men Tent – 450c

- 500-men Thermal Tent – 900c

- Sleeping Bag – 2c

- Luxury Sleeping bag – 10c

- …

- 1-men Tent Luxury– 38c

- 1-men Tent Thermal Luxury– 76c

- Dimensional storage(s) - 5000c

- Dimensional storage(m) - 15 000c

- Dimensional storage(l) -35 000c

- Bundle of Paper low-quality– 1c

- Bundle of Paper high-quality – 5c

- Writing Pens – 1c box of 10

- Writing Pencils – 1c box of 10

- ...

<Essentials>

- Basic Rations 3000 men daily - 60c

- Standard Rations 3000 men daily – 80c

- High-Quality Rations 3000 men daily - 200c

- Food utensils – 12c per a set of 100

- Water Barrels 200lt – 2c each

- Alcohol 500lt – 10c

- Salt 1-ton – 6c

<Optional>

- Horse Carraige – 450c

- Horse Cart – 120c

- Mountain Horse – 600c

- Racing Horse – 380c

- Normal Horse – 300c

- Horse Saddle - 80c

- Soaps – 10c per bundle of 12

- Fire Torches – 1c per bundle of 12

- Electric Torches – 5c per bundle of 12, p.s power cell are sold separately

- Power Cells low-quality – 5c per pack of 100

- Power Cells high-quality – 10c per pack of 100

- Spices 200kg – 50c

- Portable Toilet – 150c

- Luxury Bed – 500c

- Luxury Bed Sheets – 200c

- Pillows – 50c

- Diving Gear – 500c

- Climbing Gear - 500c

- …

The list seemed to go forever and Lirian felt his veins throbbing as he heard the extensive list being read out.

'There are at least 2000 items on this damned list,' Lirian wanted to scream, as he came to regret choosing to do this part.

'What the hell is up with all that high-quality and low-quality nonsense,' he wanted to scream.

The number of different sizes of tents and the options between, normal, thermal or luxurious, was enough to drive any person nuts, but then there were all those options for beds, and sheets, and pillows, that were insanely priced.

He didn't even want to get started on the absorbent prices of spice, and the different qualities of paper, from normal to high-quality, to low-quality water-resistant paper, and high-quality water-resistant paper, 'Who the hell needs so many options for paper?!'

He wanted to find who ever made this stupid list of things and pour out every item on this list on top of their heads, he was certain that they'd never be able to climb out of it.

As his face changed colour, he could hear the stifled giggles of everyone, especially Tobias whose deep voice could be heard across an entire room even when he whispers.

It took the watch over an hour to list out every item, from its extensive list of over 2000 items, he fought the urge to scream as he sorted out everything that they would need for the expedition.

He was lucky to have his great memory and the system to record everything otherwise he would have had to beg someone to help him.

After cooling his head, he came to the conclusion that all the unnecessary crap had to be added to the list for a reason, and with that in mind he put the list together.

<Purchases>

1* Commanders' Tent – 200c .200

60* 50-men Thermal Tents – 140c .8400

20* 1-men Luxury Thermal Tent – 78c .1560

500* Short Swords – 4c .2000

500* Long Swords – 6c .2400

300* Spear – 7c .2100

300* Pick – 5c .1500

100* Hand Sheild – 2c .200

100* Bows – 4c .400

20* Bundle of Arrows – 30c, bundles of 500 .600

300* Shovel – 2c .600

3000* Sleeping Bag – 2c .6000

200* Luxury Sleeping Bag – 10c .2000

2* Dimensional Storage(s) - 5000c .10000

5* Bundle high-quality water-resistant paper – 30c .150

<26 210>

…

18* Basic Rations – 60c .1080

10* Standard Rations - 80c .800

2* High-quality Ration – 200c .400

30* Food Utensils – 12c per set of 100 .360

30* Water Barrels 200lt – 2c each .60

1* Salt 1-ton – 6c . 6 <2506>

…

8* Mountain Horse – 600c .4800

6* Normal Horse – 300c .1800

14* Horse Saddle – 80c .1120

300* Fire Torches – 1c per bundle of 12 .300

30* Electric Torches – 5c per bundle of 12, .150 p.s power cells are sold separately

2* Power Cells high-quality – 10c per pack of 100 .20

1* Spices 200kg – 50c .50

6*Diving Gear – 500c .3000

6*Climbing Gear - 500c .3000

10* Portable Toilet – 150c .1500 <15740>

<Total: 44 456>

<Balance: 5 544>

Listening to the balance Lirian was happy to hear that there was so much extra, it allowed him to go on a shopping spree now that all the main things had been bought.

He was mildly annoyed when he realised the list was just another big test, at first, he thought it was just to tempt him into buying unnecessary things, but as he thought it through, he found that there was a possibility that the things he thought unnecessary had a purpose.

Like the 1-men thermal luxury tent, he thought it was stupid to be on there at first but he realised that it could be used as an incentive, with the addition money left over he bought himself a sword forged out of a tungsten alloy, it was the strongest ordinary metal in existence and with the alloy they used to make it, it was not brittle like an ordinary tungsten metal.

After that he bought several other things that would be useful and help with the expedition as well as a few things he had missed earlier like the pens and pencils it was pointless to have so much paper but nothing to write on them with.

By the time they had finished almost the entire night had passed, they only had an hour or two to sleep before heading out for the expedition and they needed to make every second of it count.

They said their good nights to each other and ran through the corridors to the barracks, but just as they got close Lirian slipped his hand into Ediths and pulled her away from her destination.

Edith was taken aback, she could feel the smooth and warm hand of Lirian's holding onto her tightly and before she knew it, she found herself pressed up against one of the shiny steel walls of the base.

She looked down at Lirian hoping to meet his eyes but that stupid blind fold got in the way, the annoyance managed to give her some clarity allowing to escape the trance she felt herself falling into when she felt his touch.

She put her free hand against his chest and gently pushed him back, giving herself, some very desperately required room to breathe and calm herself.

"Just because of what happened between us, it doesn't mean that you can run around doing whatever you want with me!" she yelled with indignation, while clenched her fists at her side.

Lirian took a quick step back and looked at with an amused grin, "You've been acting like some jealous girlfriend that wants my attention all night, so I thought that I ought to give some of my... attention."

He closed the distance between them once more, pressing his hands against the wall behind her while coming closer to her lips.

Just as he was about to lock his lips with hers she pulled her head up causing his lips to miss, but instead of stopping Lirian went forward bringing his mouth to her neck.

Edith felt her whole-body quiver as her breathing suddenly went rampant, she could feel his lips lock onto her neck and his tongue slowly brushed against her skin causing every hair on her body to stand on end.

She had purposely lifted her head, knowing his inferiority complex about his height, she expected him to become disheartened as he was forced to remember that he was shorter than her, but by the gods she didn't realise how badly her plan could backfire on her.

After a few seconds she felt her resistance melt, she slowly lowered herself allowing his lips to climb up her soft and fair neck coming closer and closer to her lips.

Just as their lips were about to touch, she wrapped her arms around his neck, gripping the hair on the back of his head and pulling him in to her face, their kiss jumped from 0-11 in an instant as their tongues did a fierce battle for dominance.

Lirian lowered his hands to grab onto her soft thighs, and slowly worked his way up bringing his hands under her school skirt and massaging her ass, he had half a mind to take her then and there.

Edith could feel his hands climbing closer and closer to her special places, and she longed to relive that feeling he had given her that day, but she was suddenly reminded of his words from a few seconds ago, calling her a jealous girlfriend.

As Lirian was about to slide his fingers under her panties, Edith pulled her tongue out of his mouth and pushed him away once more.