Arrhole gestured to his men to bring in a box while he retrieved a scroll in his left back pocket. With a gentleman smile, he forwarded the letter to the lady.
The sealing mark of the scroll had a three swords and an orb inside a shield. Marrietta already recognized the mark immediately.
"Excuse me, this is addressed to you Young Lord." (Marrietta)
Arrhole showed a look of embarrassment and retrieved another scroll on his right back pocket.
"Apologies, my lady. I was hurrying up my way here because of the instructions." (Arrhole)
"It's fine, Young Lord. If that is all, have a safe journey back, Young Lord." (Marrietta)
Arrhole did not leave yet even though Marrietta already already closed the door. He stood near the door as if he was smelling the odor inside. He did this for a few more seconds until he gave a satisfied face. Finally, after tidying up his clothes, he left the premises with his men.
INSIDE THE ROOM, Marrietta delivered the scroll to a beautiful lady sitting comfortably facing the window.
"Lady Orion, it's the Institute." (Marrietta)
There was another lady inside and once she heard the statement, her face was filled with excitement.
The Lady opened the scroll without emotion and checked the contents.
"As expected, our entrance exam is the new dungeon outside the town. Some young masters already guessed this as well so they are itching to go inside as quickly as possible. Let them have a few days before we go in." (Lady Orion)
"The Young Lord Arrhole also received a scroll as well. I guess the Institute gave them a favor since the dungeon is close to Town. He delivered the scroll himself." (Marrietta)
"I know. He is just here to mock me." (Lady Orion)
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HOUSE OF FORD
Grey Ford is still shock because of her two daughters' love life but he has set it aside since he was visited by a war time friend, the famous Commander Axel "Basher" Polkins.
Although he was already a retired commander and now a trainer on one of the best Magic Centers in the Kingdom, his signature grumpy face still remained. From young, all he did was bash the heads of the monsters he faced, leaving him the nickname.
"You are more suited teaching younglings how it's done. Just say the word and I'll arrange everything for you." (Axel)
"I can't, at least not until I sort things out here. Tell me, what are you really doing here?" (Grey)
"They are opening the Institute again." (Axel)
Deathly silence began to envelope the room.
Grey can only describe the Institute in one word - inhumane. It's not like any magic centers where they teach you teamwork and basic stuff about magic. This is where legendary figures are trained and molded to weapons of mass destruction. Only people who have monstrous talent get there.
"It's even worse than that as I have confirmed Prince Harvey will become the Warden this time. All of the invitations are already distributed. I'm not totally sure but a weird information pop up two days ago. They even invited demon offsprings to collaborate. Three Demon Lords actually agreed." (Axel)
"What the hell are they doing? Did all of them gone crazy?" (Grey)
"I am also hoping that they have gone crazy at least I can still push my weight around to stop this. The council actually handed down a gag order regarding this however some information leaked from high up.
The battle of Lockhor is just the beginning." (Axel)
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TITAN POV
I woke up from the sound of thunder and rain. The first thing I checked is my status.
Name: Titan
Gender: Male
Race: Half-demon/Half-Human
Level: Tier 2- Low Class 22%
State: Demon Form
Abilities: None
Element: Human>None
Demon>Void
Equipment:
1) Emerald Necklace
Scan/Bandit/Battle Mode
Title: None
I know now that hunting more humans will be my primary goal now because I can level faster.
Apparently, I was out for seven days. I was trying to guess why no monsters went near and observed that I was cloaked with this heavy black aura which probably scared them away.
Either that or this huge black egg standing in front of me when I woke up. Strange enough, I seem to have a connection with the egg.
I asked Max what it is and it increased in size and turned the pages.
*Demon Egg
=>A manifestation of Demonic Mana gathered during the break through to a higher tier. Need blood if the Master to finalized the summoning and to connect a bond with the Master.
So in other words, this is my newborn future general. I just hope that an awesome summoned being will come out of it.
I wasted no time to hatch the egg and tried pouring blood into it by creating a wound in my left hand.
I have poured almost a liter of my blood but nothing is happening however I will not give up and continue.
Half a liter more and I can see signs of the egg already cracking. It gave me the chills when a bright light came out of the egg finally hatching it.
My summoned being let out a prideful cry.
"I AM HANDSOME."
My heart totally skipped a beat with what I saw. It was not what I expected it to be. I can't help but facepalm myself with this epic event.
"You are a chicken." (Titan)
"Yes, half black chicken to be exact and I am handsome."
My summoned being have a black chicken head, a human torso, chicken legs and feet and human arms.
There must be some kind of mistake somewhere. Handsome did not care about my worried face and slowly knelt down presenting me with a ring.
"Master, please accept this soul ring of mine. You can just whisper my name and I shall appear to vanquish your foes. Also I am handsome so that makes you handsome as well. Good luck to us."
I received the ring and put it on.
I think I need more than luck to continue on.