The shouting's of the crowd turned to low mummers as a group of cloaked people moved through the streets. At the head was a figure draped in a glowing silver cape that hid their face. Behind her were three rows of people each row having four people in it, all of them wearing blood red capes.

Whispers darted among the people, exchanging rumors.

I think that's Demons Hour

Look at their cloaks, all stained red from the blood of their victims.

What about the one in the front?

I hear their leader is so powerful that he hasn't got a single drop of blood on him.

They say that they're more powerful than the Ten Wizard Saints.

What are they doing in our town?

The people parted a path in fear that the wizards were going to kill them. Then the figure in the front spoke, "Where is the town hall? I need to see the mayor."

All the citizens in the crowd protested.

"We won't let you kill the mayor!"

"Yeah, go away!"

"We'll call the wizards to drive you away."

The leader did not move. "I will not repeat myself," the leader said icily, "Where is the town hall? I need to see the mayor."

No one spoke up, not wanting to betray the safety of the town.

The leader laughed. "I guess I have to do this the hard way then." A gloved hand rose from beneath the folds of the clock and the people could hear a scream of terror. Everyone looked around and saw a child floating in the air, grabbing their throat, choking.

"Stop it! You'll kill her!" Someone yelled out.

The leader of the group tilted her head, "Is this child worth the information or not? If she is, tell me. If not, she dies."

A silence was held in the square.

"Please," a voice whimpered. A woman walked through the thong of people and bowed in front of the leader, "Release my child. Please."

A voice coldly replied, "Not until you have told me the location of the town hall."

The mother of the child bowed her head, "Very well, it is at the center of the city. Please may you-"

She was harshly cut off, "Lies," the group leader snarled, "That's not the real one. Where is the real town hall? Tell me now. You have thirty seconds or the entire town blows up. TELL ME NOW."

The woman flinched at the loud voice, "I am sorry no one knows. We only have heard rumors."

The hidden face of the leader twisted into an evil smile, "Very well." The child fell out of the air and crumpled onto the stone street. "I guess this is good-bye." The leader waved their hand. Nothing happened at first but then, a rumbling started. People looked at the ground to see the ground splitting open.

"You have chosen your fate. I hope we meet again in hell." The leader said. The leader jumped up and spread out black wings. The rest of the group disappeared in a shimmering mirage. The leader watched as the town fell into a black abyss.

The group members reappeared next to their leader. The leader removed the hood of the cloak to reveal silver hair and brilliant purple eyes.

"I think you overdid it Zeyla," a voice came from behind her.

Zeyla laughed, "I guess, but we needed the info. They wouldn't give it to us so I had to do something. Let's go back to camp."


A glowing light flickered in the forest and thirteen people stumbled out of it.

"Thanks Neo." Zeyla said. A boy with orange eyes and messy white hair nodded.

Zeyla raised her voice and waved her arms, telling everyone to come over here, "We know almost all the locations of the gems. We have one small problem. Neo over here," She said pointing to the boy, "Has found new information on the Ultimate Power."

Zeyla stepped aside and indicated for Neo to talk, "We know that there are supposed to have four gems to unlock the gate: water, earth, air, and fire. However, because the gate of Ultimate Power is supposed to represent life, we also need light and dark. It just so happens that all of these gems but the water one is going to be located in one place in a few months time."

Eyebrows were raised at this point. Throughout the time that they were in Demons Hour, their goal had been to find the gems and unlock the gate. The gems were extremely powerful; having one would already mean you could potentially be S-class.

"We already know who posses what gem," Neo said continuing, "Almost all of them are going to be at the Grand Magic Games, which means-"

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We are going to participate." Zeyla finished.

All the members of Demons Hour looked extremely confused and in shock. Finally, one member spoke up, "Sorry to be a party pooper Zeyla, but how are we going to sign up. We are a dark guild. A dark guild. They aren't going to let us participate."

Zeyla smiled, "Do not doubt me Hisame," she said to the blonde hair, blue-eyed mage, "Neo already has taken care of that. We hacked into the system. We are now a guild that has been operating for twelve years under the name of Vipers Fang. The Master's name is Mamushi Kiba. This is our third year participating. Last year we got thirtieth place. Understood?"

The guild nodded. A high pitched voice whined from the back, "Can we eat now, I'm hungry."

Zeyla genuinely grinned, "Kay! Let's celebrate tonight's full moon!"

She held out her hands to a pile of wood and white flames burst out of her palms. The wood crackled to life and cast a holy light onto the guild. A girl with long, black hair pulled water out from the nearby river and began shaping it into animals.

A young girl with flowy green hair twirled her hands and white flowers blossomed onto the surrounding trees, releasing a sweet fragrance. While she was doing that, a teenage boy with light brown hair and ice blue eyes waved his arms around, causing a light cool breeze.

A girl came into the opening with a deer slung across her shoulder, "I got dinner." She exclaimed, "Not to mention I found a new patch of raspberries."

The guild surrounded the girl and helped her bring the deer over to the crackling flame. Zeyla pulled out a slim knife and chopped the deer into chunks. "Take whatever you want and roast it. It's the full moon."

The guild members greedily hounded the deer meat and ate if they were starved which was partially true.

They could rarely buy from stores as no one would allow dark guilds to do so, so they had to resort to hunting. Thank god they had a hunter. Although she was younger than most, her archery and sword skills were beast, not surprising because her magic was reequip.

"Hey Zeyla," a voice whispered from behind her. She turned around to see Hikumu.

"Oh hey. What do you need?" She asked.

Hikumu lightly smirked, "I don't need anything. I just noticed you haven't eaten anything. I brought over some food if you need some."

Zeyla shook her head, "Nah, I'm tired. I'm going to my tent and sleeping. See you tomorrow and make sure they don't get to crazy, kay?"

Zeyla thought she saw some disappointment in Hikumu's eyes but she brushed it off.

He could deal with it.