Chapter 232 - Chapter 232 The First Eternal Flame Recruit

As Thomas, Lily, Mary, and Mira walked around shopping while others stared at the sword he had by his waste he mumbled "Sarah owes new big time for doing this." Mira glanced at Thomas and said "I'm sure the whole sword thing will blow over soon." Thomas stared at her and said "I'm sure your right, in the mean time I think I'm gonna get a sheath on my back so it's easier to move." Thomas glanced at a store with a paper on the glass that read "Top tier adventurer gear for sale with low and affordable prices." Thomas pointed around the paper and said "I'm gonna get something from here, so give me a minute." As Thomas walked towards the door a man walked up to him and said "Tell me, how did you lift that sword?" Thomas grabbed the sword and said "Like this." The man stared at the sword and said "It must be an illusion magic of some sorts." The man pointed at Thomas and said "Your just a fake, just like that sword." Thomas handed the man the sword and said "You can have it if you want." The man grabbed the sword and said"If this was the real thing you wouldn't hand it over to easily." As Thomas took his hand away and walked into the store the man fell to the ground with the sword and shouted "What, but how?" Lily stared at the man's hand and seen that it was stuck under the sword and said "He should've just kept his mouth shut." Mary stared at him and said "I kinda feel bad for him, he can't move." As Thomas walked back out with the sheath he glanced at the man and asked "What you don't want the sword?" The man stared at Thomas and said "Just get this sword off of me." Thomas grabbed the sword and mumbled "His mana is a lot weaker then mine, but it's still enough to increase the weight of this sword." Once the sword was off of his hand it became much lighter once again. Thomas put the sword in the sheath on his back and said "Well if we're done here I'm gonna go." The man stood up and bowed as he said "It's clear that you aren't bluffing, so please allow me to do battle with you." Thomas scratched the back of his head and glanced at the others as he said "Your call." Lily stared at Thomas and said "You told us that you'd go shopping with us." Thomas glanced at the man and said "There's your answer." As they walked away the man stared at Thomas and said "Then I'll wait by the fountain near the center of the city, just show up if you have time." As Thomas and the others walked away he mumbled "The amount of mana he has isn't bad, maybe he'll join the guild and Sarah can have someone decently powerful with her." Once they finished shopping Lily glanced at Thomas and asked "So what are you gonna do next?" Thomas began to walk away as he said "Well that guys probably still waiting near the fountain so I figured I might as well humor him." Mary stared at Thomas and asked "Can I come and watch?" Thomas nodded and said "Sure, but it probably won't be too interesting." Lily glanced at Mira and said "We should go back to the inn and drop this stuff off." As Thomas and Mary arrived at the fountain the guy stared at Thomas and said "You actually came!" Thomas nodded and said "I figured I'd show up and humor you a little." Thomas stood there with a book as he said "I'll make this quick, if you can land a hit on me I'll personally give you an invite to The Eternal Flame Guild, sound good?" The man stared at Thomas and asked "What's so great about some second rate guild no ones ever heard of?" Thomas shrugged and said "The only reason it wasn't heard of is because I just founded it today." The man stared at Thomas and said "Did I say second rate, I meant it would be an honor to join your guild." Thomas opened the book and began to read it as he said "Alright then, you have ten minutes to land a hit on me, you may use whatever means necessary." The man stared at Thomas and said "Alright, then we can start once you put your book down right?" Thomas walked Mary off to the side and back over to the fountain as he continued to read he said "No you can start whenever you'd like now." The man dashed towards Thomas with a sword and shouted "Get ready!" Thomas grabbed the sword from his back with his left hand and blocked his strike. Thomas glanced at the man and said "This is actually good practice for me to." As Thomas continued to read the man swung his sword rapidly in hopes of striking Thomas. Thomas however effortlessly blocked each and everyone of his attacks as he said "Remember I said any means necessary, that includes magic." The man took a step back and asked "How do you know I can use magic?" Thomas held the sword up and said "The amount of mana you possess was much more then the typical person, the sword made that much obvious." Thomas pointed the sword at him and said "I can also smell mana but I don't normally rely on that." The man knocked the sword into the sky and said "Well you knowing doesn't change anything." As the sword landed beside them the man swung the sword at Thomas's head and said "Got you!" As the sword passed Thomas ducked under it and said "Not bad." The man smiled and said "You haven't seen anything yet." The man held his free hand towards Thomas and said "Let's see what happens when you can't move." Thomas stood there as ice formed over his feet. Thomas glanced at the man and said "You've immobilized me, now all that's left is to land one blow." The man walked over to Thomas and said "Nah, I won't finish it yet because now I can finish it whenever I please." Thomas closed the book and took a step forward breaking through the ice as he said "Yeah that's great and all but you've already proven to me that you got what it takes." The man stared at Thomas and asked "Did you purposely let me freeze you in place?" Thomas glanced at the man and said "No, that just happened." Thomas handed him a guild recruitment paper and said "Sarah wanted me to hold onto these and pass them along to any worthy prospects." The man smiled and said "This could be my one chance at joining a super awesome guild." As Thomas walked away towards Mary he grabbed his sword and put it in the sheath as he said "My names at the bottom of the paper already, all you have to do is sign it and turn it into Sarah." The man followed Thomas and said "Wait, please show me the guild building." Thomas glanced at him and said "Oh that, I suppose we can stop by but it won't be done until tomorrow." The man smiled and said "I bet it's super huge!" Thomas stared at him and said "It's just a bar." The man stared at Thomas and said "Wait seriously that's all it is?" Thomas nodded and said "Until I get there and do a little expanding of my own." The man stared at Thomas and asked "What kind of expansions?" Thomas shrugged and said "To be entirely honest I'm just create a dimensional door that leads to a dimension without time." The man stared at Thomas and asked "Are you serious?" Thomas shrugged and said "Well I'm actually just linking it to my subconscious, I've decided that the best way to operate the time there is to simply not have it." The man stared at Thomas confused and said "You can't just not have time." Thomas shook his head and said "That's What you'd think, however all you actually need is space because without time you can't age." Thomas smiled and said "To make this simpler you have a space where you can't age but can spend years in." The man smiled and asked "Are you serious?" Thomas nodded and said "Yeah and when you walk in time is gonna be speed up and make one day here basically an eternity there." The man stared at Thomas in shock and asked "Can something like that actually be done?" Thomas nodded and said "Well I did have Poppy work on it for the past day, it might take way longer then that but she is giving it her best." Thomas glanced at Mary and said "That reminds me, is there anything you wanna do or do you wanna head back?" Mary nodded and said "I'm hungry." Thomas glanced at the man and said "Well there you have it, I gotta go." The man stuck his hand out and said "My name is Jules it's a pleasure to work under you." Thomas shook his hand and said "The place should be listed on the paper."