The Castle of the Dead Ladies, the imposing ruins of what was once called the Tower of Babylon, displayed its terrible decay on its exterior. However, inside it retained the luxury and elegance of it best days.
It stood like an idol, in the middle of what is now known as the Latrine of the Cats. It was a crazy thing to think that, in just a few years, the most luxurious neighborhood on the continent, would become a sewer inhabited only by villains, the homeless and outcasts. A harsh reality.
This disgusting place was home to at least two hundred thousand souls, but among all those people, one reigned.
A man who, just by his presence, was synonymous with deity, because in that place there was no religion beyond power. And if they were talking about power, this man was the "god" above all.
Walking through his kingdom, like a true monarch, he walked with his usual firm step through the luxurious corridors. Behind him, he was kept at a safe distance by those whom he himself had considered the most suitable to be his comrades.
This man is known as Sir. Fauto Osler, the owner of Osler Pharmaceutical, but in the other world, he was Faust, the White Wizard, the legendary.
This man fell into the box of the most powerful beings of both worlds, not only because of his physical or magical power, but because his wealth and political reach make him a whole personality. He walked in a relaxed way, but in all that day he had not said a single word, to those who followed him. It was an unmistakable sign of his anger. However, his face showed a cheerful smile.
It had not been easy, but he managed to reach 150 years in the other world. A record only surpassed by the Great Devas: the human above all humans.
His function in the other world was that of a white wizard. While not characterized by his attacking power, this man managed not only to survive, but to defeat hundreds of creatures, demons, and people who were apparently far more powerful than him.
So many were his merits that he came to hold the position of one of the three main members, among the thirteen legendary heroes, who served the Great Devas. In addition, also thanks to those merits, today he was at the head of the guild "Mortuus Dominarum" honor granted by the Great Devas.
Now, he was known as a Daishou or leader of one of the five guilds of this world.
Of course in the other world he was also the leader of his own guild or at least he had been, until after dying fighting against that error of the system, that monster appeared out of nowhere, self-proclaimed Demon King, had returned to this boring reality of new.
It took him a couple of days, but he had already resigned himself to waiting patiently to be summoned back to the other world. In addition, the wait was becoming much more bearable thanks to recent events.
He laughed to himself, he didn't understand clearly what was going on, but he thanked from the bottom of his heart. Otherwise, the wait would be eternal. He remembered that one of the first things they told him when he woke up was that a homeless man had murdered some thugs, one of whom was a disciple of Danddy, one of his close men, and that he had also stolen one of those watches that he gave as award to his good vassals.
And he ordered:
- Search and kill! to anyone who dares to rob one of my men. And bring that watch back to me. I am not going to decomplete my collection "
That was his order, but the next day he was informed that a group of Danddy's disciples had been defeated. And now they were being held in prison, he wanted to die laughing. He then remembered that this could be a problem and requested a meeting to discuss the issue. And a few hours later they tell him that the mayor's office was frozen.
Although he appreciated all these things that happened, as it kept him busy, it was as if he had no other things to do. Right now, he had a problem to solve as soon as possible, he had been killed in the other world, by that Demons king.
It was one thing to send your soul to that place and return with it intact, as he had done in the past, guaranteeing that you would bring all your abilities and characteristics intact, but being killed in that world was equal to losing everything.
If you return to this world with the acquired skills, parameters, statistics and spells, in the other, but all at level 1, And although it is very easy to recover them, it requires training and time.
As he got down to business and trained, he had all of his powers reduced. He was an ordinary human. Even the Great Devas had suffered such a fate. Of course, man above all men, even with his reset features. he was still imposing.
He needed to regain power from him as soon as possible, and without delay, or so he thought, until the day the mayor's office froze.
But why was it so important that the mayor's office had been frozen?
Presumably all of Tessert's active warriors, with hero level power or higher, had gone to fight against the Demon King and that everyone has died in the war. So how did someone have that power right now? The answer is clear: he was not a Tessert´s man. Which would make him suppose that there was another group that was not only aware of the existence of the other world, but had already obtained power from it. And more importantly, what message were they trying to convey with that irresponsible display of power?
Well that would have to find out, if he did not know that the other Daishous (guild leaders) had died in the war against the Demon King and were as weakened as him, he would be suspicious of them.
The other men who had gone to the other world, and who did not reach the hero level, would not be able to do something like that. Not to mention the apprentices who hadn't even stepped in the other world. In other words, he could only think of less than twenty people who might have the ability to freeze a building like that, and some didn't use ice magic.
No matter who or what it was, Sir Faust, the legendary White Wizard, had a curious mind and wanted to uncover the mystery. The only possibility that there really was another organization, apart from the Tessert group, capable of visiting the other world, was fascinating to him.
He was still restless and meditating, because it was highly unlikely, since nothing that happened in the other world was getting out of his hands. Any group of reincarnates, that was not part of them, would attract attention and with certainty, would have ended up being destroyed in both worlds.
With great propriety, Fausto entered a meeting room, where a huge table stood out, and went to take his place, at the head of everyone. Those who followed him took their respective places. The Daishou wore comfortable yoga pants, sneakers and a white T-shirt, over it a doctor's gown, after all, that was his profession in this world.
His long blond hair was tied in a ponytail, his beard although it looked disheveled, gave him a wild touch that did not leave the girls around him indifferent. Despite the unkempt appearance of him, everyone there looked at him with respect and, in a pedantic and haughty gesture, he crossed his legs and spoke slowly but gracefully.
- So we have no clue who or why someone froze the mayor's office?
They all looked at the guard, who fell on the ground, asking for mercy.
- I'm sorry my lord, really whoever did it was sure not to make any mistakes. You can tell that it was a premeditated act with months in advance and an impeccable execution.
A very glamorous young looking woman intervened:
- It's incredible, your only remarkable talent is your vision and yet you are so useless that at the moment of truth you disappoint us.
Fausto, looked at the woman and calmly said:
- Who gave you permission to speak Adelfa.
The woman shuddered in her place. The gazes of her leader were so sinister that she was tempted to flee, as well as excited by her presence, Almost immediately she sank into her chair, without emitting any noise, nor would she dare to make it angry.
Fauto spoke to a man dressed in white:
- Danddy, almost a dozen of your men were arrested, could you tell me how the hell it happened.
- My lord I'm sorry, it's my fault for training them badly. I entrusted them that they will look for the thief of the watch and they ended up picking on with someone who was not the thief and they also losing, I will assume all responsibility.
Those who had stepped on the other world, were able to teach skills already learned to other people who had not stepped on that place, as long as the person was physically capable of executing it.
Simple things like physical enhancement abilities were easily teachable, but magical abilities were another story, as very few people, in this world, developed their magical power and not to mention special abilities.
However, the experiments proved that if these skills were taught to children the results were amazing, especially if those children were later taken to the other world. Danddy had experimented a lot with his boys to make them learn various skills, not that Danddy cared about those young people by saying that it was his responsibility, his intentions were obvious, so Fausto, out loud, told him:
- Your fault, you say? don't be paternal, what you want is not to lose your guinea pigs.
- No one can deceive his excellence, I think these young people are promising
- Even if they lost against a simple human.
- About that human, would you allow me to use it for my experiments?
To whom they called the Vigiase, he stood up and taking Danddy by the neck he shouted:
- No way, that man is mine!
Danddy did not seem concerned, but with a mischievous smile, he said:
-Oh, do you know who he is? How is it possible to know the identity of the one who defeated my boys and not the one who froze the mayor's office?
He had fallen into Danddy's trap, until now he had lied about what he was doing just that day, but thanks to his carelessness he was in trouble.
Fausto applauded with a smile and standing up he approached the two men, in a friendly way he made the lookout let go of Danddy and adjusted the collar of his shirt while he said:
- Well played Danddy, now there is no doubt, the lookout disobeyed my orders.
The lookout was sweating cold, he tried to speak, but his leader's hand silenced him, before he could get a word out.
- Find out who froze the mayor's office. Your Danddy discreetly releases the men they arrested. And as for the lookout, the "old slime" is still looking for eyes, right?
The lookout fell to his knees pleading desperately.
- No my lord! My eyes are all I have, please don't.
His Daishou's gaze was disturbing and he said:
- Do you want me to show you that I can make you lose worse things than your eyes?
- No my lord ... I will give my eyes with pleasure, in punishment for my actions.
- Well, then introduce yourself, today, to the "old slime" and give him your eyes.
- Yes my lord.
The lookout clenched his fists angrily. Damn Giorno, he had distracted his attention, prompted him to leave his lookout post, now because of him he was going to lose his eyes. He would look for that bastard, silently, and kill him himself.