Legacy of Thieves

A/N: A special thank you for everyone who reviewed~! Sorry for not updating for so long, schoolwork got in the way. :P (*Cough cough* If you know that the following message was directed to you, then follow it: DON'T COMMENT LOLZORZ at what I told you before the end of term 2. :P)

Chapter 2- Swift Justice

-Location: Kerning City-

Two guards. Two low-levelled warriors, to be precise. Josh sighed before creeping up to the two warriors. His finger darted around, forming a small symbol in the air before whispering,"Boomerang step!" ever so quietly. He wanted to make the kill as fast and painless as possible. Fortunately, he managed to wipe them both out at once. Josh cringed at the sight of the sickly crimson blood. Shaking the blood off his dagger, he glanced at the two corpses sadly and walked away, his shadow melding back into the darkness once more.

-Location: Ellinia-

Celeste yawned quietly as she woke up. Thank the goddess that she hadn't been disturbed by anyone during the night. Not that she was worried about herself, rather the unfortunate person who had found her. She could be very short tempered at times, especially if she is being deprived of her sleep.

She shot an arrow at the little shelter she had made, causing it to collapse. Then she continued to leap through the trees after she had re-casted dark sight. She quickly ran through her options as she travelled. Since it was only the 1st and 2nd jobbers that had rebelled, it would be easy to take them out. Unfortunately, the majority of the population within Victoria Island were 1st and 2nd jobbers. The adventurers that actually seen through the false declaration had joined the theive's side, along with the four wise leaders* of Victoria Island. But the leader of the rebellion was a 4th Jobber by the nick-name of EvilDrago892**, but many referred to him as the Leader.

Two weeks. That's how long the crazy war had lasted. She had recieved a message to go to the Land of Wild Boar 2, where someone would be waiting to take her to the secret entrance of the guild building. The guild leader was none other than the famous FangBlade, the first adventurer to reach level 200. FangBlade himself had lost a close friend to the war; Tiger. Tiger, the person who was on top of the listings for a long time, he was destined to reach level 200, until his life abruptly ended. It was his death that caused this madness; someone had leaked out a false trail, pinning the blame on the theives.

After a long train of thought, she finally reached the Perion-Ellinia Border. She passed easily, since hardly anyone would stay in the heat. She slipped easily past the wandering stump, occasionally wiping out one that was irritating her.

With a loud sigh of exhaustion, Celeste sat down on one of the wooden benches in the Potion shop. A few moments later, a girl wearing a white apron over a blue dress rushed over.

"Hi!" she said, extending her hand. "What do you need today?"

"Hi," Celeste replied, shaking her hand. "I'd like 50 Power elixirs please."

The girl nodded. "Okay. I'll be right back." she rushed into the store room, her brown hair trailing behind. Celeste wiped the sweat off her brow; Perion was steeper than she remembered it... She looked at her surroundings. The walls were covered by bookshelves that were filled with books, objects, scrolls and potions. A cauldron bubbled away in a corner of the shop under a fire, beside numerous herbs and empty glass bottles.

Soon after, the girl came back. "Okay, here you go~!" she said cheerfully. "That'd be-"

Celeste tossed a small bag of gold coins on the table. "That should be enough, keep the change."

"Thank you!" the girl took the bag of coins. "I'm Sophia by the way."

"Celeste." She smiled.

Celeste stood up to leave, but then the flap of the tent opened, causing a gust of hot wind to blow into the tent, ruffling both girls' hair.

"Excuse me, but I'd like t-" the boy who had ran in stopped when he saw Celeste. "Celeste!" he exclaimed.

"Keith!" Celeste exclaimed too. "What are you doing here?"

-Location: Ereve-

A change. Is that too much to ask! Ruitada thought irritably as he lay in one of the hammocks near the small town. Two weeks. Two weeks he had been stuck here, doing nothing. The monsters were by far too weak for him, and after messing around in the drill halls for twelve days and training his miniama for one day, he finally had nothing to do.

"Yes Rui, I think you could leave," The Empress said quietly behind him. Ruitada fell out of the hammock.

"Ms Empress!" Ruitada said quickly, slipping off his knucklers and bowing as he spoke.

"Rui, we're both the same age," she said impatiently. "I think we should be able to talk to each other without me seeing the back of your head all the time."

He nodded abruptly. "Of course E- I mean, of course Astra." He looked up and saw his childhood friend once again.

"I only called every knight back to ereve because I was worried that they would be caught in between the war and perish," she said quietly. "I think you will know what's right and what's wrong. The thieves did not kill Tiger of Bera. The Black Magician did." she sighed.

"Are you sure Astra?" Ruitada asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes," she said, taking a blonde lock of hair and tucking it behind her ear. "I'm sure. Now take this, and go to the pier. Show the note to them, they'll understand." She said, pushing a small rolled up scroll tied with a blue ribbon into his palm. She leaned forward and her lips grazed his cheeks ever so slightly. "Good luck, may the Goddess bless you." she whispered into his ear before walking away quickly, appearing quite flustered. Though Ruitada looked even more flustered.

Eventually he regained self control and headed towards the pier.

*- Lol didn't want to say 'men', since Athena is a female~

**- It's an actual character, but he isn't a fourth jobber. He's a maple buddy of mine but we don't keep in touch that much anymore. :(

A/N: YAY I finished writing the freaking chapter . I know it's rather short, but oh well. Enjoy anyway!