Not many of those watching noticed the cracked glass phenomenon that the projection captured and showed to them, but those who did almost had their eyes popping out of their sockets.This reaction was seen on the faces of the more important people sitting above the crowd on the ground. Their reactions grew even more exaggerated when they saw Princess Eleanor and the group of noble scions standing in front of the barrier.Looks were exchanged and Emperor Ivrea called out to one of the three dressed in robes, that came with him on the floating platform."Find me Ajax?", he said.The man also had a look of urgency on his face and nodded when he heard the order. He vanished from the spot, leaving lightning in his tracks… It was hardly five seconds later when he appeared again with small arcs of lightning slowly fading from his body.Beside him, the old and familiar Lord Ajax appeared out of a small ripple, as if he faded into existence; the exact opposite of what it would like to fade out
A day and night passed and the participants were left to explore what they could of the city. Many also came back to the central city, breaking through the inner city's barrier when they heard what had happened.The drive to fall on a pile of gold while wandering drew them to the city, and soon everything to be seen in the city was reported found.From the restaurants that had an automated process to get food paid for with points to the price of most of the apartments available to stay in, to the shops and everything they sold. Of course, they were all automated.By Andrew's suggestion, they had disguised themselves as best as they could and blended in with the crowd running into the inner city's lodge. His thoughts were that people had seen them enter the inner city first, it would be bad news to be hunted again… This he said with a reference to the hunt they escaped with Raven's Boss and his crew.They picked up bits and pieces of information as they moved and soon, they left to find
"Flank it… Attack now… Dodge… It lost its balance, attack it now…"This was the conversation between Gadiel and Zakari as they tried to kill a third-order briwyn. They ran circles around it and attacked when they saw openings… They covered for each other whenever the briwyn hyper-focused on one of them specifically.Although it took some time to kill the briwyn using this method, they were able to do it. They clapped each other's hands in celebration of the kill and watched the briwyn slowly disintegrate into hundreds of light particles that soon faded away."With this kill, we should have enough for the third-order potions we need", Gadiel said amidst laughter."Just stay quiet, we have to leave this place, we can't have someone taking a 30% cut us", Zakari cautioned him. Unfortunately, his warnings came too late and they heard an unfamiliar voice say words those exact words they dreaded."Oh, come now, you can't expect to leave like this without paying your dues"Gadiel and Zakari f
"Miss Raven, I get the feeling that you have broken through, am I correct?", Andrew said as they walked out of the city and back to the city."Yes, I have… It is quite a pain to do something like this all over again but I believe I am doing quite well"A few more topics just like this one was raised to keep the conversations going, but they soon ran out of things to talk about and instead, focused on walking back to the city.They were indeed walking but it would be more apt to describe their movement through the forest as glitching… A pace Gadiel and Zakari had to be carried along for them to keep up.Soon, they burst through the forest into open grounds, and directly in front of them was a gate that stood tall and closed…People were going into the city, and they even formed a line to do it… This city had a moat and people looking after its doors… No one was allowed into the city without payment of points.This was without doubt in no way, the central city—A discovery that was made
"Reinhardt… Who is Reinhardt?!"The questioning look from Princess Diane lasted only a moment before it was replaced by a look of remembrance and recognition."Reinhardt...", Diane called."Your Highness, it is so nice to see you. We stayed and looked all over for you and him, but we did not find a trace of you", Reinhardt said as he pulled off his disguise.The moment he took the disguise off, he vanished from where he was standing and the next moment he appeared, he had two people punching at him.Their attacks were just as sudden as his dash, and this drove him to a halt before he retreated."He might need a beating", Raven said with her usual wicked smile wiped off her face."Indeed", Andrew echoed a response.Both their expressions showed that they meant business at that moment, but so did Reinhardt's. His gaze was locked onto Aiden and it looked like he was ready to tear Aiden apart piece by piece."Okay, everyone, please try to calm down", Aiden said. "Raven, Andrew... Put away
"Miss Deirdre, I told them that the third-order shadow elemental potion had been bought... They seemed disappointed when I told them that"Deirdre who was sitting in a lounge chair just as Aoife would, gave a nod and dismissed the girl.As soon as the girl left the room, she said randomly, "you know what to do".It appeared like she was just speaking to the room until the sound of the door closing was heard.Over at the inn, a whole different situation was underway. Lively and loud inside while everything remained as quiet as can be outside.Gadiel screamed many times, in bouts of sharp screams that pierced into every ear around him because breaking and reassembling so many of his bones was hardly an enjoyable experience.This sight pricked at Zakari but he steeled his heart, knowing that if he did not go through this, he would stay in the same rank forever.Of course, Diane isolated Gadiel in a space warp to keep his screams from tearing through the blocks that held up the building.
"Behind you…"A swift turn and the briwyn was punched straight into the ground before it exploded into a million pieces and faded away.She looked at him, picked up a stone, and threw it. He bent his head to the side and what followed was the shriek of a beast as it got hit by the stone… It was in the air when the stone hit and that momentum continued to carry it until it passed by the guy, who grabbed its neck with one hand and used his other hand to pull the briwyn's insides out.This move killed the briwyn, and the millions of glowing pieces it exploded into faded away before they touched the ground.There were three more briwyns there and seeing as their mates were just killed so leisurely, an escape was the move because they turned and ran before, they turned to look at them.From the sidelines, Diane said a comment, "seems like you are getting used to your new strength… That's good but we need to hurry""Yes, Miss Diane", Gadiel responded."Come on… Don't be a buzzkill", Raven c
["You mean to dilute the fourth order potion into a third order potion… That is very dangerous…"]"It is just an idea and while I don’t know if it will work just yet but if it does it will solve a lot of our problems", Aiden answered without raising his head from the book he had his head buried in.["Be careful, that is all I am saying, and make no mistakes, they could be disastrous"], Zarek warned.Aiden raised his head when he heard this and said to Zarek, "You know that Darwyn was the spirit of the chronicle of time?"; to which Zarek nodded with a bit of confusion shown on his face."Well, he forced me to take a crash course in alchemy… I had to learn about more than a thousand plants and their uses… How they would react in a potion versus another…"Zarek understood what Aiden and nodded… ["I hope you find what you need because your friends seem to have returned, and I sense they are coming straight for you"]This warning sent Aiden spiraling out of his mind and he opened his eyes