Chapter Two – First Steps
After entering the portal, the young rogue ended up in a bridge near the guild, he started walking towards his so called home. The rogue went on his way and arrived at his destination. He entered a dark staircase leading downward, for a trained rogue, the darkness and the shadows is an invaluable ally. He entered a room and at the end of it a female rogue sat before him.
"The target is dead." said the rogue
"And?" the guild master said in a very intriguing tone
"The target, Sig Portferio, is a Lord Knight who was assigned by the Royal Castle to investigate on the whereabouts of our guild. It seems he does it by randomly kidnapping, interrogating and torturing Morrocan people. However, on his day of death, he tried to bribe a million zennies to the person who can tell them the location of this place" the rogue replied in a low tone
"Is he successful?"
"I am very certain that he is the one whom I have killed, however, I am afraid that the Royal Castle would have already been informed about this case."
"Very well." the guild master commended and stood up his chair. "This will be your last mission as a rogue, you now have my blessings to become a Stalker." she said with glee.
This surprised the young rogue a lot. "I…I am very thankful to be of service, master." the rogue replied
"Koemgein Sceaduwe, go forth and preach the word of death to those who deserve it, from now on, you will have to act on your own and decide on your own. Just don't forget the words and other things that you learned from this place." the guild master said while walking away from him.
The rogue smiled and walked away, he left his dagger on the master's table, since this was a custom for rogues who are still willing to be in service for the guild whenever needed. For Koemgein, who has such high regard for the guild, he knows it will always be an honor to fight for the place where he once belonged.
Before leaving the place, he went to his quarters in the guild, he took with him a thin book entitled "Medical Toxicology" and a sword, he unsheathed it and swung it gracefully, taking the hilt and handle into consideration, the blade's length reaches more than two feet and a half and is tinted black. He put the blade back in the sheath and tucked it on his left hip. He wrapped himself in a Thief's Clothing and covered the lower half of his face with a maroon cloth.
He was walking in the hallway and was surprised to be greeted by an old comrade.
"Hey, uhm, Koemgein." said a female rogue.
"Theresa." he said in a dead voice
"I heard you are already received the blessing from her."
"True enough…"
"Oh…that's so bad, a good detoxifier like you would be a great loss for the guild." Theresa commended him unconsciously
"I'll be back when the duty calls" Koemgein said and started to walk away
"Ahm, I'll be looking forward on seeing you again."
"Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing those biggies of yours again!"
"Bye pervert!"
Koemgein simply raised his right hand as an answer. As he reached the surface, he looked back for the last time before leaving the place, the Rogue's Guild. From there, he sped up his pace; Juno is far at hand, at least without the Kafra's aid.
It took him just two moons and a sun to reach Morroc, however, this exhausted him a lot. He took out a small bottle from his pocket, flipped off the cork cap and inhaled the vapor that the liquid substance emitted, soothing his lungs. He walked towards the kafra lady stationed near the marketplace.
"Izlude please" he said
"Uhm, I deeply apologize but our services are headed only to Prontera, Payon, Albe…"
"Alberta" he interrupted menacingly
"Y-Yes at once" the kafra said her voice trembling
The kafra lady cast a warp spell, light coiled and wrapped around him as he vanished into thin air.
"Weird as ever, and what was he inhaling?" the kafra lady asked to herself.
Koemgein arrived at Alberta, from there he saw a band of Lord Knights patrolling. He walked casually away from the Knights and towards the port.
"Damn, that was unexpected." he cursed as he sneaked away from harm and safely reaching the port. Only to find out more Lord Knights guarding the place.
"Shit! This is really not good, it seems they have converted the town into a mass checkpoint." he, again, cursed. He checked his belongings, his blade, a small dagger, anti-venom, some poison, his little book and a measly amount of fifty six zennies, not even enough for a ride to Izlude.
"There is no other way, I'll have to sneak in.", he said to himself.
He walked towards the port while hiding and sneaking through the guards. He entered the boat in no time and went behind the boat's cabin, hiding from the eyes of people. He sat down comfortable and took out the small bottle and inhaled the drug.
"Whew, that was really….something." he sighed
The boat started to sail, heading to Izlude, Protera's Satellite Town. From here, Koemgein prepared for more guards, and as expected it was a sight to behold. He leaped out of the boat, landing quietly on the ground. He sneaked away from the guard's checkpoint and entered the marketplace at the middle, from there, his senses as a thief took over. He pick pocketed anyone who is foolish enough to put their money bags around their belt and not inside their tunic. He stopped right after getting five money bags, and went in a dark alley, where he started to count his "salary".
"A total of more than ten thousand zennies, not bad." he said while putting them in his money bag. He took out the small bottle and inhaled from it, again. He stood up, ventured through the crowd and reached the kafra lady.
"Al De Baran, quickly" he said in an intimidating tone
"Ye-Yeses!" the young woman stuttered, probably not used to someone like him
The young woman cast the warp spell and sent him to Al De Baran.
Upon reaching the majestic town of Al De Baran, Koemgein sighed with relief as there were no more knights patrolling the place. He went to the kafra station and asked for a warp to Juno.
"Thank you for your patronage!" the kafra said happily and smiled at him.
Koemgein smiled faintly in reply. The kafra lady noticed this, "That was a first." she mumbled.
It was nightfall when he arrived at Juno.