In a large room there was many men seated at a table, it was a gathering of all of the influential people in the city.
"The Scarlet King has moved near the Blood Desert." An old man said as he stroked his beard.
"Heh, let him come. My sword would love to taste his blood!" The sword expert from before said with confidence.
"Will he now? Did your sword enjoy the barn animals as well Jone?" A man that seemed to be extremely fat said without any care.
This man was Big Jankon, the Karate Master. Jankon and Jone went together as well as oil and water, the city lord was like the flame to it as he would always put them on important missions together even though they were fierce rivals.
"I don't wanna hear it! I was attacked by a demon, you know that!" Jone replied angrily with a blushed face.
The room went silent..
Xen's father was the one to break the silence by clearing his throat.
"Not only is the Scarlet King close to us, it seems Xen has broken off the engagement with the Princess."
The room remained silent once more.
"City lord.. what are we going to do?! The war is going to begin!" Jone shouted out shocked.
"Why? Don't you want your sword to taste some foreign barn animals?" Janko laughed.
"That isn't funny! This is serious!" Jone yelled back.
"Quiet. If war is to begin with the royals we must run!" The old man from before said as steady and immovable as a mountain.
"Yes Grand Mage!" Jone and Janko shouted with worry.
The Great Mage was about five times as strong as both Jone and Janko combined. Mages are usually much stronger than any other profession but there is some who can become stronger.
For an example Jone and Janko would need to team up and have two healers to have a chance against a wyvern. The Great Mage could kill a dragon alone but he would lose an arm or leg.
"Prepare! Begin Plan B! I will speak to my son!" The city lord shouted and everyone quickly left the room.
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Back with Xen
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Xen was currently in a pill store speaking to the owner.
"Here's the list of things that I need." Xen passed the list to the owner.
The man skimmed through it with a smile and nodded.
"These are some rare materials you need. It will be quite expensive is that alright?"
Xen's face didn't change.
'No shit, I didn't come here for an estimate.. Some of those things I don't even need but just put them on the list to so people wouldn't know what I was creating!'
"Okay. It will be 95 gold coins!" The man expected Xen to walk away but he complied and put them on the table.
The man smirked and went to the back to prepare his bag.
'With these resources I'll be able to make the pill I need to restore some of my mana.. Healing it completely on the other hand will still take some time..' Xen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he almost already used up all of his money!