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"May I have a seat?" Calth asked the group.
Amelia stood up, and kindly let Calth take her spot.
"Thank you...right then.." Calth sighed and tried to compose himself. "Now...what I'm about to tell you, I want you to engrave it in your minds, because it will probably save your life. Karn is the God of Blood and Chaos...he's simply, the strongest known being in existance...the Lord of Nightmares included. Fortunately, he is not of this dimension, so he cannot be brought into exisistance easily. We know of him because an ancient race called the Mau'Rau once confronted him. The Mau'Rau were the most powerful wizards and sorcerers ever known. Karn nearly made the entire race extinct. The Mau'Rau were forced to combine all of their magic energies into one gigantic blast to send Karn back to his dimension. We still do not know how or why Karn entered our dimension, but we do know that is was somewhere on this world."
"Wait a second..." Gourry said, " 'somewhere on this world'?...does that mean your not from this planet?"
"...yes" came Calth's reply.
The entire group jumped at once, even Xelloss was surprised from that little bit of info.
"I am from the planet Naggarond..its far away from here, and some of our mages teleported me to this world..thats all you need to know.."
"I thought his accent sounded funny..." Amelia said.
Calth sweat-dropped and continued with his story.
"Basically, we cannot allow Karn to be revived. If he is, this planet..and possibly all life...will end.."
"Then I, Amelia
"Simple" Calth said, "We destroy the portal he would come through. Its not that difficult, really. Just find the place where he'll teleport in, destroy the portal when its opening, and it'll destroy him in the process." Calth said matter-of-factly, "The only problem is finding someone who is strong enough to destroy the portal...I believe that you are strong enough....so...are you willing to help?" He asked the group.
"Question..." Lina asked, "How much we gettin paid?"
Everyone face-faulted. Calth composed himself.
"Uh uhm...you will be handsomely rewarded...with an all-you-can-eat buffet on Naggarond...plus I will tell the High Priest of your adventures..he will reward you...once the task is done."
"I dunno..." Lina said.
"Lina!" Gourry said, "This is the fate of the world we're talkin about here!" his eye twitched.
"So?" Lina replied, not caring, "not my problem this Karn guy is all mighty and stuf....but stronger than L-sama?...that is a lie..."
"No" Calth said. "It's not. You can delude yourself into thinking that, but Karn would run circles around 'L-sama' if they fought...you can't even imagine how powerful he is.." he shook his head.
"Whatever." was all that Lina said. She sighed after a moment and finally said, "Oh alright!..I'm in...thanks Gourry.." she frowned.
"Hah! I knew you would do it!" he hugged her and she blushed a little.
At least we're not fighting. Lina thought.
Calth nodded. He looked at Zelgadiss.
"And you?" he asked the chimera.
Zel sighed. "Well..I have my doubts...I think I agree with Lina on the L-sama thing...but if Karn is as powerful as you say...well, I have no choice but to join...plus I'm not one to abandon my friends."
"Good." Calth said
He glanced at Amelia. "I don't even have to ask you, do I?"
"I will fight for jus-!" Amelia was cut off by Zel's hand over her mouth.
"She likes to make speeches.." Zel smiled nervously and blushed.
Calth laughed, "Very well..thats four...what about you, Mazoku?"
"Hum?" Xelloss asked, "What?" he smiled his trickster smile "Did I miss something?"
Everyone, again, facefaulted.
He laughed. "Of course I'm going to join! I can't leave behind my Lina-chan, now can I?"
Lina fumed, "YOUR Lina-chan?!?" she screamed, "I'm no ones Lina-chan!"
Gourry frowned a little, but not noticeably.
While Lina was beating Xelloss into a pulp, Calth talked to the other members of the team.
"Good...this should be enough to destroy the portal..." he said.
Once Lina was done beating Xelloss, Calth asked the group, "Well...are we ready?"
"Sure!" Amelia piped in.
"Alright...lets go." Zel said.
"Lets get this guy!" Gourry chirped in.
"Ugh..all these 'good' emotions..." Xell moaned
"Lets do this quickly..so I can get fed!"
And with that, the rag-tag party was off on the adventure of their lifetimes....but they didn't know how horrifying their experiance would really be...
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Oi! Thats all for this chapter, be sure to review! oi!
