#4- The Drunken Phoenix!
At the nearby Bar...
"Adrien Did WHAT?" Rored a young girl wearing a blue helmet and yellow shirt with blue jeans.
Marinette, nodded while talking to the Bartender, a human named Sora Takanouchi, she owned the bar, "The Drunken Phoenix"
She and Sabrina had decided to form a new party, and were looking for a third member.
Many of the bars patrons knew Marinette when she was a little girl, so they were like family to her.
Amongst them was the B- Rank party "The Vandals" consisting of Takuya Kanba, a Human Berserker, Tomoki "Tommy" Himi, a Elven Rouge, and Yamato "Matt" Ishida, a Half-Elf Warrior.
"Fuck him, Agreste didn't know how good he had it!" spat Matt, "Does he even know how hard it is to get a healer these days, ever since the Reaper Plauge epidemic, Healers are in high demand."
"Not to mention, Mari has two unique skills, i'd give up my favorite sword to have a seccond skill!" said Tommy.
"It's good you got away from those assholes, they were holding you back anyway." Sora said.
"Oh that reminds me, Mari, let me see your stats for a sec, you said you took back the EXP you gave them, i wanna see how much you've gotten." Sabrina asked.
Marinette smiled as she pulled up her stats:
Marinette
Species: Half-Beastman
Class: Fighter
LV: 90
Skills: Weapon Master/EXP Giver
Everybody's jaw Dropped, Marinette however expected this, after all, she had been with the party for a long time.
"Heh..heheheehehe!" Matt fell to the ground laughing!
"Mari, how long were you with the Fangs of Heaven?" Sora asked.
"4 years." asked Marinette.
"And only Adrien, Alya and Nino have been given EXP?" asked Sora, Mari nodded, Sabrina didn't need the extra EXP due to her training.
"Mari, Just how much did you contribute to the team?" asked the bartender.
Mari explained that she was the one who made the stratagies, bought the recovery items, budgeted the money, cooked the meals, took armor and weapons to be repaired, etc.
"AND THEY JUST DECIDED YOU WEREN'T NEEDED ANY MORE?" roared Sora.
"they felt that she was holding them back..." Sabrina said, "i left because i couldn't let Mari walk away one her own.
Everyone was angry when they heard this, some wanted to rip Adrien's head off!
Marinette looked at her pocketwatch, then turned to Sabrina, who nodded, "We've gotta go, we need to find a 3rd person, so we're going to the Adventurer's Guild tomorrow.+" Marinette said.
Everyone waved good-bye as Marinette and Sabrina took their leave...
"She deserves better..." said Sora.
Later that night...
Adrien, Alya, Nino, and a new recruit made their way to The Drunken Phoenix, the girl looked at their new boss with a nervous glance
Alix Kublei
Race: Beastman
Class: Fighter
Level: 75
Skill: Moonlit Surge- ATK increses during a Full Moon.
"Man, this sucks, why did Sabrina have to leave the team? she knows Healers are difficult to find due to the fucking Reaper Plauge!" growled Alya.
"Maybe if you didn't insult Marinette's race in her face, that wouldn't have happened..." thought Nino.
Alix simply growled, she and Marinette were also close, Half-Beastman or not, Marinette was her kin, she only joined the party because it's what she would have wanted, Adrien told her that Marinette left on her own, but Nino told her otherwise.
Once the group entered the tavern, all of the patrons looked the the party with daggers in their eyes.
"You got some nerve comming here Agreste!" growled Takuya.
"Me! what did i do?" asked the blonde.
"You know what you fucking did, you backstabbing jerk!" growled Tommy.
Nino explained to Adrien that the patrons of the bar had known Marinette since she was a child, and thus treated her like family.
"Come on guys, i know you're upset, but i did what i thought was right, besides, Mari was level 25, she would have only got in the way." Adrien explained, Sora simply giggled, "If only he knew..." she thought.
Alix simply walked passed the comotion, took her seat, and asked Sora for the usual, Sora simply nodded and gave Alix her drink, she and Sora were very good friends.
"you bastard! what about her folks? did you forgot why Mari joined your party in the first place, what about her folks?" growled Matt.
"I'm sure she'll find work!" said Adrien.
"That's no excuse, after all she's done for you, this is the thanks she gets?" snarled Sora.
"Wow, you guys have a lot of repsect for a half-breed..." snark Alya.
That...was a big mistake, Takuya rose from his seat and made his way toards Alya, Nino, sensing this, got between him and Alya, sheild at the ready, "Easy buddy, we don't want trouble..."
Takuya redied his hammer, Nino braced himself and used his Iron Skin skill, but was still sent flying!
"Nino!" Cried Alya, she growled at Takuya, she then readied her whip and launched her "Hell's Flame" attack, but Takuya just blew it out like a candle.
"The hell?" cried Alya, that was her strongest spell!
Alix, satisfied, got up from her seat and told the others that it was time to go.
Reluctanly the others nodded and took their leave, "Alix, you're welcome here anytime, but leave your asshole friends at home!" said Sora.
Chapter 4- End
MC: welp, it seems the Adrien and the others are feeling the affects of Marinette's absence, what kind of hell awaits them?
Tune in and find out!
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