While Istar and Salama were fighting the Adventurers in their Guild, and Tharn was relaxing over a cup of tea with Iris, in the ‘Grand Duchy of Sirion’, the Duke was on his throne, reading a report.
In front of him was his most powerful Mage, a very secretive individual whom few people had ever heard speak. At his side were two of his apprentices, who were Expert Rank Mage Summoners.
The Duke raised his eyes and asked with a frown, “Mage Tharin, is this report accurate?”
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With an awkward smile, Istar said, “You know, you have gotten a little different ever since you are with Tharn. You stopped looking down on others and saying ‘the mighty Iris Thunderclover’ all the time! I guess… you have become friendlier?”“What are you talking about, dumbass? I was always friendly towards people that deserved to be in my presence! I am just tolerating a bit more low lives like you and the others in that weird bunch you call Party of Adventurers!”Istar looked at Tharn and complained with a tired
Kunal Panigrahi shook her head so that her long braid went to her back, and as she fixed her chest armour, she asked, “A Quest? What kind of Quest? And since when do we tag along with other Parties?”“We don’t, but I do. Or better yet, I started when you were both locked inside your room at the Inn. A lot has happened while you were there, but it is better if I tell you everything while you eat, or you are going to be late and we will leave you behind.”Som Panigrahi gulped down in one go the cup that Kishar brought to him, and asked, &l
The owner of the red claw faced Tharn and said, “Hello again, little Humanish! Long time, no see! I thought you died already because I haven’t heard any news about you going after any Dragon!”“Hello, Herensuge. It is better if you stay away, and tell your friends and relatives to keep their distance from my group because today we came to fight Dragons.”“Really? Good luck with that, then! I don’t have any relatives here, nor friends! All these Dragons are my rivals, so I couldn’t care less if any of them die! In fact,
For the following weeks, Tharn and his group did nothing else besides train in the afternoon with fights, hunts, or learning new moves; celebration and breeding at night; celebration and breeding in the morning.Surprisingly, the Fire Dragon Herensuge joined them, acting most of the time as a sparring partner with whoever wanted to fight him.In the first few days, he was holding back while fighting in the Guild’s backyard, but when he realised that if he held back he was going to get hurt, he changed his approach and fought at full force. When he did that, they had to change the training grounds to the open field a few metres
By the end of the afternoon, Tharn returned, riding Herensuge and escorted by four Anubys.They landed in the backyard, and Herensuge put on the ground the claws he was carrying in his paws, while the four Anubys spat pieces of Drake’s meat, teeth, claws, and scales. And a bunch of Balloons’ meat and wings.The Guild Master looked at the piles and asked with a frown, “What the heck is that? You went hunting without us?”“I had to. Herensuge was pissed, so I thought it was better if we went after a few Balloons, but then three Drakes had the bad idea to attack us.”“Yeah, Synesia and Istar told us what happened in the City square. I had no idea the Mayor was keeping the rent money for himself. We never worried about Herensuge stopping protecting this City, because we all thought he was getting his rent money. I guess I should have checked that. Me and all the merchants and shop owners in this City, because part of our taxes goes to the rent money.”“So you knew Herensuge was the owner
One week later, they were all in a clearing in a forest that one of Tharn’s Anubys created. There were no villages around, only forest for kilometres around.He was right in the middle of it, with all the Adventurers and his Party waiting for him.After one slow, deep breath, he said, “Until now, I have been pushing you more and more. Today, I will go up a notch. Grab your weapons and gather your Magic because we are going to do a different exercise. Except you, Iris. I need you to heal anyone that gets hurt. We have here only half of the Adventurers of our Guild because the other half is
One Adventurer moved, Synesia summoned four Drakes in the sky, and the ‘Peacekeeper Mammoth’ aimed at the ground again. But that time, it hit Archa’s shield and stopped. The tingling noise filled the forest, and Archa, together with her parents keeping her in place, was able to stop the massive war hammer, giving time for everyone else to attack.The Drakes landed on the Mammoth’s head and tried to bite him. Kek’s Swamp Nightmares wrapped themselves around his body, trying to bite through his thick armour. There were a bunch of Elementals holding his back legs and trying to make him fall, but the Mammoth didn’t even seem to mind. He kept on swinging his war hammer left and right, up and down, easily sending away every Ele
After dinner, everyone was inside a large cave, with the ‘Peacekeeper Mammoth’ outside standing guard, and Tharn seated at his feet, talking with him.Istar came from the inside of the cave, sat at his side, and asked, “Do you mind if I interrupt you? I want to talk to you about something that is bugging me.” “Not at all. I was just telling him what had happened since I arrived in this World. What is the matter? You look worried.”“Latest Chapter