The Alter World Odyssey

The New Companion Part 2

"Before you judge, understand why" --

The Emerald City is characterized by its bright and luxurious architecture, as well as its wealth and vast population.

The city itself is not an exact representation of any modern city, but it likely draws inspiration from places such as ancient Rome. It is a large and bustling metropolis, filled with thousands of inhabitants from all walks of life. The cityscape is probably the most recognizable visual element of Emerald City and it features a number of tall towers, intricately decorated buildings, statues, along with its famous green walls. The city center contains a great plaza, a large clock tower, and a grand palace.

In this world, magic is a major element. Magic is used for a variety of purposes ranging from simple, everyday tasks, to political power struggles, to magicians' duels. The citizens of Emerald City are similarly varied and are a combination of immigrants, traders, and people with unique magical abilities. This mixture of people creates a vibrant and diverse culture that flourishes in the city.

"Wow! What a city this is!? Shia with a sparkling eyes.

While Lothar keeps his poker face always after a few minutes they found a pub and here their conversation continued. Lothar's experiences and life is being shared to Shia, it is said that he wants to stop being a mercenary in dark organization and apply to the adventurers guild because he wants to shelter someone, a twin children. He also said that this is his last mission in the Dark Organization(The Grim Order) because it is dangerous if he stays here while keeping the twins, plus he has a sister inside and used it as a bait to make Lothar obey. The Grim Order takes a person from your loved one blindly to make you say yes at their orders, this is how the dark organization works.

"So, before you joined there, what did they take from you to make you say yes to their orders?" Shia said.

"My younger sister" Lothar replied.

Lothar's sister is seriously ill, a curse that can only be cured by S-Class magicians so he was forced to join the Grim Order for his sister. Lothar is a mere human but a monster-like strength, with a long red hair, wearing a barbarian armor and a bandana on his forehead. When he was young, Lothar is already used to fighting and the axe is actually his main weapon. There was an attack on their village before and this was the Grim Order's attack.

They take Lothar because they saw he had potential. The organization told him that they will take care of his sister's condition but he has to work as a Mercenary of the Grim Order, all their orders must be followed by Lothar for his sister. They have promised several times that the Grim Order will release them when Lothar's mission is over, but until now he is still doing the last mission like it's forever. All that he wanted was to see his sister so he thought of storming the base of the Grim Order and take his sister by force.

"Thank you Shia but I have to go" Lothar said.

"Oops! Wait, we're still talking. Actually after hearing your story I have a proposal for you" Shia replied.

Lothar was stopped by what Shia said.

"What do you mean?" Lothar asked

"Help me find my master, then we'll help you save your sister" Shia responded. *smirks*

Lothar seemed to hesitate but Shia teased him, Lothar couldn't resist and agreed.

"Kekk-ke-ke-kek"

They asked every people here if they saw a boy who was quite tall, wearing a black hoodie jacket and black pants with a sword on his back but, not one of them saw Geo, they asked every corner until night overtook them.

"Hey Shia, did your master really exist? You're his butler right? Why did he disappear from your sight? Lothar asked Shia.

"Long story Lothar" *sigh*

In their search, they reached the outside of the gate at dawn and Lothar thought that maybe they could go straight to the twins. Shia followed too, maybe because he will see his master there. Lothar gets nervous as they walk, wondering how the twins are doing now because they are outside the city barrier. Time has passed, on their journey they ate what they bought in the city and Lothar also bought food for the twins.

They are getting close to the location while Shia being a naughty creature to borrowed Lothar's axe and Lothar didn't sense a bad intention towards Shia so he lent it. They were still far away when Lothar saw the house, he immediately ran quickly towards it.

"I'm almost here Julie, Julius!" Lothar said with excitement on his face.

"Hey, your axeeee!!" Shia shouted.

When Lothar got closer and closer he saw a man attacking Julius, this made him mad and he went straight with a bursting speed towards them --