Oh hi guys. Well im making a quick update for this story today because I have to be at school by 12:30. Anyways, im attempting to shorten post lengths so that I actually have time to do other things like make a second post for another story I have going on. Generally I never post another story in the same category if I have another one going on in there. So I have like 3 stories going on and 2 others on my blogger. I want to thank Lunar Blaze for helping find Noel's magic. I decided to add a twist to it. Anyways, I have 2 competitions BACK TO BACK so I will be getting home at 1 hahaha…. Anyways, the other OCs will be appearing in this chapter. They might not join the team right away though. Also in this post there will be a post that will possibly connect to a future story. So, here we go.
Westcliff
"What? The nobles? My father would never do something like that!" protested Raigeki.
Goldfinger just glanced at him. The elevator had almost reached the ground.
"Calm yourself. I never said that it was your father who started this plague. It could be anyone. It is just my guess. Now, when we reach the city, let me finish them." Goldfinger said.
The wooden elevator reached the ground and it was almost instantly swarmed with bandits. Vector stepped forward and raised his hand at the bandits.
"Purge!" he shouted as a chain of light went through the bandits and killed them instantly.
Noel and Raigeki stared at Vector with their mouths open. Did a 13 year old boy just finish off those bandits? He was truly the guild ace! Raigeki turned and dodged a strike from a bandit.
"Light dragon's fist!" he shouted as he smashed his fist into the bandit's stomach and sent him flying back into a house.
Noel saw Raigeki finish off the bandit and started thinking. Light dragon? He inherited his powers? Suddenly a savage scream brought Noel back into reality. He looked up in time to see a bandit chopping a civilian into pieces. Noel paled a bit but ran forward to help anyways.
"Gravity fold!" shouted Noel as the bandit suddenly seized up and screamed as his limbs were folded in unnatural angles.
Suddenly a huge column of fire erupted from the ground and blasted away a group of bandits. Noel and Raigeki looked over to see a man about 5'9", spikey white hair, blackish brown eyes, a purple long sleeved shirt with a circle, an x, a t, and two lightning bolts intersecting on the back of it, baggy orange sweat pants and green boots. He wore a single pendant around his neck in the shape of a turtle shell. He also wore a flame pattern jacket, most of the time keeping it unzipped, walking towards them. He had a grin on his face.
"Mind if I join you guys?" he said in a friendly tone.
Goldfinger and Vector POV
Goldfinger and Vector had arrived at the middle of the town, were most of the bandits were busy looting. There, the bandit leader stood admiring the chaos. He wore a full chest plate and held 2 axes. His long beard went down to the armor and he was balding. He noticed the 2 monks and he immediately called his bandits forward. There were hundreds of them. They all crowded into the town square with their weapons and filthy bodies. The bandit leader grinned.
"How foolish of you to send a monk and a child to fight our horde." He said confidently.
"A child? Vector is our guild's ace. And I will cleanse this town of your evil!" Goldfinger shouted as he raised one finger at the bandits.
"Attack! Chop them to bits!" shouted the bandit leader as the bandits let out a wild yell and charged forward.
Goldfinger smiled a bit as he saw the bandits rushing to their doom.
"Bells of the cleansing sound…"
~Ding~
A single sound was heard by the bandits, the tolling of a bell, as they suddenly the bandit's body parts began to rip out of their bodies and their ribs collapsed in on themselves. The entire bandit horde was eliminated in seconds. The leader had died with a horrified look on his face, most of his body parts missing. Goldfinger and Vector turned away and walked back to the wooden elevators.
Group POV
Noel, Raigeki and Hitsgui ran through the streets of the ruined town and dodged falling debris and flames jetting out of the gas lines. Finally, Noel found his house. The entire street looked fine besides the fact that most of the doors were busted down. Noel felt a bit sick in his stomach. He rushed into the house to find 3 dead bandits and his little sister holding a bloody sword.
"Noel? These bad people came and started stealing stuff. So I took daddy's sword and killed them." She said innocently as she looked at Noel.
"Is m-mom safe?" asked Noel.
"Yep. I protected her!" said his sister happily.
Noel knelt in front of his sister and took the sword from her hands. He looked her in the eyes and saw that her eyes were wide.
"Im going to be going away for a long time. I need to find out if mom is actually sick. I might be saving a lot of people's lives too. But if mom dies, then you need to join Illuminati right away ok? Goldfinger will take care of you." Noel said as he stood up.
"But! But I don't know magic like you!" his sister protested.
Noel was about to leave but he glanced back at his sister.
"You don't need to be a mage to be great, Sara. You will be a great swordswoman. I know it." Noel said as he left the house.
Later, on Mount Kaine
The group stood in Goldfinger's office after a long day of fighting bandits. Goldfinger looked worried.
"Noel. As a member of Illuminati, you have a sworn duty to protect the citizens of this town. I am calling upon that duty now. You must go to Lord Tusbasa's and ask for his help in combating this plague. He is friends with someone known as Gregory Burnholt, another lord. Gregory has obtained a massive amount of information about the plague that could be useful to stopping this terrible disease." Goldfinger said.
"I will do it. But, I have a favor to ask of you." Noel said.
Goldfinger nodded.
"When I am gone, should my mother die or need help, you will give her your full attention and let my sister join the guild. She already shows promising skill in fighting." Noel said.
"It is a deal. I also have a duty to the people." Goldfinger said as he reached into a shelf in the desk and pulled out a letter and handed it to Raigeki.
"Take this to Lord Tusbasa. He will know what to do with it." Goldfinger said.
"I will."
Goldfinger stood up and paused for a moment.
"Be careful. The world may seem safe now compared to the time of Julius Silence but there are still dangers. Especially the dark guilds. Be alert at ALL times. The fastest way you can get to Lord Tsubasa is through the Wizard Council. Arcana. Beware though. I believe the nobles have the answer but they may not be willing to share it." Goldfinger warned.
Noel nodded darkly and left the room with Hitsugi and Raigeki.
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4 figures stood in the shadow cast by the glow of a street lamp. They met in secret and nobody knew their identities. They were speaking to each other in urgent voices.
"So the hero has come…"
"Yesss, it seems that way."
"But what if he truly knows what he is doing?"
"Enough."
The group instantly quieted down. The 4th person who spoke was obviously in charge.
"They do not know what they are doing. However, even if they did know, we would have to continue on."
"But they could be very close! They have contacts with nobles!"
"Quiet Apophis. Our leader knows everything."
"You think she knows everything Jalginfer."
"Of course, just ask H-"
"Quiet!"
The entire group stopped talking.
"Do not speak anymore. I will take care of everything…"
The group retreated from the lamp post and disappeared into the night.
Yeah the new post! Thanks to cartoonfanatic1 and Windraider for sending me OCs. They didn't appear this chapter because I split this chapter in half so I could actually work on other stuff like my DC story. Anyways, the enemies were shown this chapter but not in full detail. Next chapter will be on Monday or something. Possibly Sunday. Thanks, FF
