"That's what happens to those who stand in my way" the young man sneered as he stared at his handiwork. "Now to get my fortune" he thought and turned to search for the collection vehicle and it dawned on him that it was long gone. " WHAT!!!HOW!!!MY FORTUNE!!" he roared angrily as he dropped to his knees and began to sob like a little kid who got his candy stolen. The thought of losing his two fortunes - the silver tier dark metal bullets made him almost puke blood. It wasn't easy for him to obtain them especially due to the city he came from." How unlucky am I " he cried with anger.
" Ace Blade. The so called legendary figure. Who would have thought a person of your caliber would be playing cat and dog games with thieves and even crying over ' common ' black tier gate spawns. You have really hit rock bottom. Well you were just an inch above rock bottom so I guess it doesn't count. " a feminine voice spoke with disdain as a young girl about 20 years emerged. She was blonde with pretty blue eyes and and definitely possessed a five star body despite her young age. She wore a dark silver tier gear which was dazzling with the effect from sunlight. It made her look like a goddess from the myths coupled with her beauty. (Gears are forms of armours ).One could instantly tell she was from an extremely affluent background. Pieces of silver tier dark metal were very expensive much less gear made from dark silver tier. Ace felt like she was rubbing it all over his face ' This is what it feels like to be rich ' He envied her with every inch of his body. Ace stared at her expressionlessly but was screaming curses at her inwardly. " First of all, I wasn't crying. Secondly, scram. I'm tired of your irritating behavior. What do you want this time?" Ace spoke coldly as he stared at the charming girl before him who suddenly switched her attitude from disdain to gentle.
" It's the same offer" she spoke in a meek tone in attempt to win him over with her charm.
" Aaaah" Ace sighed. " You know what happened the last time you tried that." he spoke with a weird smile as the girl's face suddenly turned red and she nearly burst from anger. She had being putting up with him for far too long. " If you have nothing better to do I'll be taking my leave" Ace turned around and was about to leave. " WAIT!!!" the girl screamed as she saw he was really planning on leaving. " What???" Ace blurted out sounding irritated. He had made a huge loss this time. He wasn't in the mood for any kind of nonsense. " We have agreed to your demands" she spoke with a weird tone as if both happy and unpleased with what she was saying at all. " Oh why didn't you say so immediately." he spoke with a laugh. His attitude immediately took a 180 degrees turn. ' Finally. I'll be friggin rich. Goodbye sad forest life. Goodbye life of crime. I'll be living the dream now . This is really my lucky day' he thought inwardly with a weird look on his face which sent shivers down the girl's spine. He had forgotten about screaming that today was the unluckiest day in his life.
" How may address you?" he spoke with a slight bow as he looked at the girl with an expectant look on his face. She stared at him completely disgusted by him. She had been trying to get him on board for the past month. He never even tried to learn her name once. Now that he had what he wanted he was now trying to do that. The demands he made were enough to make an ordinary small poor city go bankrupt. Since it was her mission specifically to recruit him, she couldn't leave and had to stay in nearby city and made several attempts to recruit him. Though she had nothing against the city, it was truly trash when compared to where she came from. She was truly pissed beyond measure to have lived such a life. If she had a way with things, she would have strangled him right here and made things easier for herself. She just didn't understand what was so important about him. All she heard was that he was a legendary figure." ' Legendary figure ' my ass " she screamed inwardly. She knew of all the legendary figures around the world but she had never heard of this dude. He even looked too young to gain such a title.
What pissed her the most was when he tried to make moves on her whenever she appeared. She had beaten him to a pulp once in anger ' accidentally ' but apparently this dude was something else. He hadn't even been hurt in the slightest afterwards and only groaned slightly. She knew of her strength and that he should have been injured for sure but nothing like that happened. Only gold tier defense based spawn essence could achieve something like that but she couldn't imagine scum like him being able to afford that. She knew something was up with him but she didn't know exactly what.
" I'm Tora. Tora Sovereign" she spoke through gritted teeth. Since he was following her she had to treat him ' well ' so that he doesn't change his mind and let her suffer some more in that city. She shivered at the thought of that. " Are you ready to leave. We will be leaving to the city. Our ride awaits us there. " She spoke calmly. One could clearly see she was trying her best to restrain herself.
"The city??. I'm not so sure about that right now." Ace spoke as he shook his head with a forced smile.
" I know about your criminal records which led to you living in this forest to avoid us. Don't worry. No one would lay a hand on you with me by your side" she assured him with a confident look on her face.
" It had taken her some time to find Ace as he had to escape from the city due to all the crimes he had committed. He was currently the most wanted man in the region apparently and that was saying a lot. The region had over twenty cities with half of them being mid level societies. Criminals could hardly have their way there. But some way some how, Ace had managed to be a very annoying figure to apprehend even with them stepping in.
" I'll go to my place and get my stuff. So what will it be. Will you go with me to my home or wait for me here??" he said in a sly tone which deeply irritated Tora. She didn't want him suddenly leaving for some reason and making her work difficult so she had to follow unwillingly. " Fine". she muttered in a pissed tone.