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SMACK!
Yue held the back of his head as Sir Xeno sat down as if nothing happened. All of the captains were once again gathered at the guardian protected guild main room. Lord Shinryu was sent back to Red Wing about a month ago along with a troop of knights and Oscar being their temporarily captain. Clef fiddled with the string of his guitar as the stalker beside him twirled a knife between his fingers playfully. Kai being an absolute statue as usual sitting next to Kamyu who coughed weakly from time to time.
"…are you sure this is the only way?" A certain assassin cut the pressure as he too did not look happy with this situation.
"Yes, Julian has been unconscious for over 2 month. She's in a coma and the only way to heal it…"
"Is to use the Yggdrasil leaf."
Keiki finished as the group went into silence again. The Yggdrasil leaf is one of the most rarest and prized medicine of all Rune Midgard. There are even some rumors that it can revive the dead. The problem is, the path into obtaining the leaf is almost suicide.
When the city of the dead, Niflheim, was right in front of them.
The leaf grows in the deepest area of the tree, which is also the entrance to Niflheim. Although some sacred power kept the monsters from coming in the tree, rumor has it that no one the adventurers who tried to obtain the leaf came back. EVER
"……I'm not worried about getting the leaf but the fact that we have to take Julian with us is something that I'm worried."
Yue said quietly, recovering from the heavy blow Sir Xeno had gave him. The lord knight sighed.
"Believe me; I'm as displeased with this as you are. However, the leaf will wither the second is leaves the tree. We're going to have to bring her with us."
Griever gave displeased sigh as the rest of the captains said nothing. After several minutes of unbearable silence Sir Xeno stood up.
"Now we'll bring only the minimum amount of people. Sending all the captains on this mission will provide an opening for the enemies to raid this place. The following people shall be in this mission."
"Xeonhart"
The high wizard merely nodded in response.
"Yue"
There was a yippe before one of them smack the idiot down onto the floor.
"……Griever"
The assassin cross also gave a curt nod and saying nothing more.
"Clef"
"Fine by me." The bard responded, tightening the strings on his guitar.
"Kamyu and Kai."
No one knows why Sir Xeno decided to announce them in pairs, but both of them had no objection. Kamyu seemed eager to help and Kai seemed relieved that he was able to accompany him.
"And I will go as well. Any objections?"
There was none.
After debriefing the plan the double door opened. The captains filed out of the door, most of them silent, wondering if the mission will succeed or not. Sir Xeno was the last one to come out of the room, only to be stopped by his worst nightmare.
"A pretty daring mission, don't you think dear brother?" Night said leaning on the wall.
"What do you want?" The lord knight asked venomously, hating each second he was with the stalker. The stalker just simply shrugged before looking at the knight with a serious expression.
"……I'm here to warn you. If you ever end up in any part of Niflheim, you'll never be able to come back. Teleports and warps do not work in the town of dead."
"I am well aware of that Night. We aren't that stupid to just walk right into Niflheim. We'll simply take the way back to Umbala."
"…it isn't gonna be that easy…"
"…what are you implying?"
Now it was Sir Xeno who was giving a daggering glare to the stalker. Night stood up straight, looked around once to see if there were any nearby presence before whispering in a low voice.
"Let's just say there is a certain guild that will do anything from curing Julian. And I'll give you one chance to guess which guild it is."
The Lord Knight's eyes widened in shock. "You mean!" Upon realizing the volume of his voice he cut himself off. Looking around before talking in a low voice.
"Are you talking about the guild with the white blade?"
Night just gave a sly smile. "Just remember this. If by any chance, you land in Niflheim, find the piano keys and you'll be able to go back."
"……you are going to start making sense right-"
Sir Xeno started to make a grab for him, only to have the stalker leap lightly onto the window sill. Night gave a wave before opening the window and disappearing thin air.
"……now………"
"………I don't like this…at all."
"Keep saying that. I don't like as much as you don't."
A pair of unlikely duo was sitting down staring up at the clear blue sky above them. One would be wondering what those two were doing, if anyone saw them of course. They were in the roof of possibly the highest tower in the guild castle. Anyone would think twice before even attempting to go up such dangerous places. Everyone except for a sly assassin and a half vampire high wizard of course.
"All because of that explosion……the people responsible for that incident will pay…" Xeonhart growled as Griever said nothing
"However…I don't think the guild with the white sword emblem was responsible for that."
That opinion made the assassin look at the high wizard with a surprised expression. Everyone in the guild and even the whole damn city was thinking that the "mysterious" guild was responsible for the terror attack. It had been pretty hard for him, taking the huge blame for something he or his guild mates had not done.
"Why do you think that Xeonhart? Unusual for you to have a different opinion that everyone else."
"Their actions do not add up. If they were only to assassinate King Tristen, why set off an explosion? That will only make matters worse. Even more, summoning monsters from dead branches risks the breakers life itself. It seems that one or more guild was involved for a different motive, maybe by a coincidence."
Both of them fell silent. Griever, considering the new option that arised, thinking of what possible motives one guild to have into attacking Prontera. Xeonhart silently stared at the assassin pondering at his comment.
"Knowing you, I know you wouldn't take such actions. Especially when it involves Julian definitely being injured. I am correct? Knight of One?"
The navy haired guild mate's eyes widened, giving an incredulous look to Xeonhart.
He knew.
"Hey Sir Xeno"
"Not now Yue. I'm busy." An irritated response came from the Lord Knight as he began to file the last of the paperwork he had for today.
"…it's about King Tristen."
His hand stopped.
"…I'm listening."
The High Priest came up to him, with several packets of paper in his hand. The papers landed on his desk with a loud thump. On the cover was an elegant writing written in ink written "The Morroc Demon." There were several other papers inside which were all names of prisoners who were suppose to be sent to execution.
"…explain…"
"This was hidden inside the private room of King Tristen. Don't ask how I did it, that's not important right not." Yue said for once, looking extremely grave and serious. "I looked up at this 'Morroc demon' and its ancient monster that had been sealed several thousand years ago. Its power is beyond destruction and it's been said it even over powers the Dark Lord."
It was dead silent in the room, only the sound of Sir Xeno looking through the paper was heard. His expression turned serious within each passing second he read of the packet.
"You know of the ancient ruin that's not too far from Morroc right?" The blonde healer asked as his senior nodded.
"The ancient city that was destroyed by some force several thousand of years ago. It was basic history for all people. It was said it was to be big as the Morroc in the present day."
"That some force isn't something natural like a hurricane or an earthquake. I'll give you 3 guesses on what could have caused the great city to crumble like that."
There was a small pause from the Lord Knight, before answering with his most dreaded answer.
"The Morroc Satan."
"Bingo, now in order to summon that. There are two requirements to break the seal. First blood of at least 300 hundred people and second the person summoning it also must give his/her blood. There are 143 people that are already executed on that list and when it reaches 300…"
"Until Morroc is nothing but stones and sand…"
"Remember that weird court advisor that was killed the other day?"
Now Yue wouldn't be in the right place to call people weird, however that wasn't important right now. The court advisor that was killed several days after King Tristen's death was said to be one of the closest court advisor of the King.
"He was the guy that was in charge of all these execution."
This only led to one thing.
King Tristen was trying to obtain this power and use it to take over Morroc. Possibly all of Rune Midgard. That means the "mysterious" guild's actions were actually saving Rune Midgard.
"But if they only needed to assassinate those two, why set up a bomb? And send monsters into the city?"
"I wondered that too and I think I found an answer. Look at the very last page."
The Lord Knight hastily flipped the pages until he came upon the last page. There in blood red ink was an emblem and a name, written small under the emblem. The emblem was a picture of a single feather and if one looks closely enough they can see blood dripping from it. And the name beneath it simply said. "JUDGMENT"
"Someone told the King about this Demon and if my theory is on the spot. This guild used to King to do its dirty work. They were probably going to get rid of King Tristen and the advisor once all the requirements were finished." Yue stated as the packet fell once more onto the desk with a loud thump.
"I'm guessing that this guild." He pointed at the eerie emblem, "Set off the bomb and monsters in order to help break the seal. Since only the blood is required, not the actual body."
"…however, that still doesn't change the fact that the white blade guild murdered the King and the advisor. It is against the law."
"But…they were actually saving people! I mean who knows how many more people would have been killed if they hadn't done that…"
"It is a sin to take a life of another. Even if that person is good or evil it still does not change the fact. That is why we have something called the court Yue."
"But but but!!" The high priest complained. "You know the king or the advisor will just use their power to make their sins incredibly lighter!"
"Yue, Eternal is a guild that serves Prontera and justice. We'll track down the Judgment guild and give a proper punishment. However, that also goes for the white blade guild. It is the truth that they have committed a high crime. One person or a guild does not have the right to judge others and take their life."
"………………"
"I thank you Yue, for this significant information. I'll take it up to the higher ups and decided what to do. You are dismissed."
"…how did you figure it out?"
"Did you honestly think this guild's defense system was that weak? The communication radar I invented picked up every one of your conversation on your transmitter. Saving grace that I am the only one who could operate it."
There are a pause of silence as only the sound of leaves rustling against the wind was heard. Griever slowly and quietly put a hand near one of his venom throwing knives. How could he have been so careless? Then again most of Xeonhart's invention was kept to him and never revealed to the public. Not even to Sir Xeno, who constantly pestered him on getting his permission before inventing anything. (Xeonhart chose to ignore that too)
"……why didn't you tell Sir Xeno?" The navy haired assassin said quietly, the high wizard took a moment before answering his question.
"It was my choice to whether tell him or not. I just simply chose not to tell him. Is there a problem with that?"
"………"
Griever gave him a daggering stare, demanding to know the true reason why the high wizard prick didn't tell the leader. Xeonhart, noticing Griever's desperate stare, sighed.
"……I looked at the paper works that Yue brought before he showed it to Sir Xeno. I read various surprising information. The prisoner execution, the Judgment guild and the Morroc Satan. I pretty much know what you are doing."
Yep, leaving it to the high priest to accidentally leave such important files on top of his desk before giving it to his brother. Not to mention idiot came back the next day, when he finished reading the whole thing, suddenly remembering the important files he had to give to the leader.
"……I'm going to do everything I can to stop them Xeonhart."
"Even risking your own life? The Judgment guild has tremendous power Griever. Your guild alone will not be able to stop them."
"…I know but Eternal can't stop them. Since Judgment is on the same side of the King. It's up to a guild that isn't bound with the King or Prontera."
"…Do what you want…I heard nothing of this conversation."
Attic-Window: Yeah he looks much younger and innocent than he looks. I'll promise to put a chapter dedicated to Camus soon!
By-stander: We'll find out if he's cool or not later :3
RandomPerson: Because he was the one who pulled the short end of the stick in my drawing XD. Nah you'll understand later on.
JenEvan: Yeah, he isn't doing it for evil but rather for good. Glad someone understands that
Filir: Now you know the reason why I didn't put the king killing scene before
Yumi Sakura: No that is an evil twin of Griever trying to take over the world!...it's a joke.
Kaori Kuni: I'm glad you like my story. And you're probably the first not to like Camus. OMG THE WORLD IS GONNA END!!