No buts, we need him for our next plan!, he's very crucial.
Tsktsktsk!
The sound of a clicking of a tongue could be heard across the room.
Suddenly the curtains in the corner parted as a tall and slender silhouette slipped soundlessly out from the gap between the window and the bookshelf startling everyone in the room except Larne of course
"Tsktsktsk, you guys you are slow witted and unsensitive but definitely have a resolve of steel. It's not like there's a rule that says that you can't deal with 'that' guy... You guys are such a disappointment, and I thought I would get to enjoy a nice show later tonight... Sigh..."
The silhouette shook his head as if he thought that Wrath had just lost a once in a lifetime chance, walked a few steps forward before stopping and slapping his forehead as he said, "Wait, you gyys couldn't have known that I was there right or Larne you did that to scare me right Maybe you wouldn't have discovered me if I had stayed put..."
"Hehe," laughed Larne lightly. Before, Larne indeed wouldn't have noticed his presence. But ever since he broke into the Fourth stage, his senses have become so sharpened that he could easily detect the presence of any living being that was even as small as a rat, not to say much about a human, within a radius of one or tw meters. The silhouette who had stood still and quieted his breaths was totally unaware that his beating heart and the circulation of his blood was like a bright light shining in the dark night that easily caught Lorist's attention.
"I noticed you slipping inside the moment Wrath, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Hatred and Sloth entered the room and Envy knelt down on the floor. You later sneaked around in the shadows before hiding behind the curtains. Was I right, Darkshadow Sade?" Larne described each and every action the silhouette took when he slipped into the room.
"Huh? That can't be... Weren't you looking at your little lover and discussing about your father just now? I even tried to avoid your line of sight," said the shadow as he went towards the table and looked at the reports 'Envy' placed there, and continued, "Not bad, these reports look like very detailed too. The special paper used in the reports were only used by Larne and his secret force. This little subordinate of yours really tried hard for your sake... She must have spent a lot of time and resources on this reports."
This silhouette in the room was Larne's good friend and one of his closest and earliest friends, Sade Darkraven , or as most of his friends called him, Sad. Having the prowess of a Rank Three Grandmaster Swordsman, he was someone Larne trained to do stuffs he couldn't do.
The circumstances in which Larne got to know Sade was a comical one, the prey became the predator and Sade had to start working for him because Larne needed someone to do his dirty jobs.
Sade Darkraven was also who introduced the 'Pride' of the group to Larne making him the closest to and also most fearful of 'Pride'
Larne, then brought Sade back to his boss or rather the person who sent Sade to kill him, when Larne got to the Underground base of 'this' person in a secret location in an alley between the business sector and academic sector.
The moment he entered the base, he saw a young dark-haired woman who was the bustiest and most curvaceous woman Larne had ever saw in his life breathing ragged breaths. Upon seeing Larne manhandling Sade, the woman let out a large sigh before she had regain her composure in a cold and indifferent manner. Larne was shocked as to how a woman could remain calm even in a situation like this and made a mental note "this woman is dangerous".
Awkward, Lorist closed his mouth and also regained composure because he noticed that he was about to become dazed and went straight to the topic because he noticed a woman like this doesn't joke around.
"Erm....Erm...
'Stop stuttering and tell me what you came here for, the dark-haired yelped in a cold tone
Having just come here because he wanted to ask the person who sent Sade to kill him why? but now he was being yelled on. Larne then let a long sigh and ask the woman why did she send Sade to kill because as he could remember, he hasn't ever offended her but she was about to kill him, so he came to ask why she sent Sade to kill him because he was sure he hadn't even met her before.
The reply she gave to him was "I made a bet with someone and as a person who upholds her pride and honour, I would do anything to uphold my honour".
Larne was taken aback and he arched his eyebrows upward and said "that's why"?!
Yes!
Hmm!, how about this I If I beat you and make you bend will you serve me as your Lord, Larne thought about something and decided to try it out because at this point he was still building he only had Scarlet, Greed and Wrath whose name was Mariah and he still needed more people.
Unexpectedly!, the young dark-haired lady said yes.
Clang! Clang!
In a matter of minutes!, blades and sabers were clashing, the dark-haired lady was a saber lady who could even handle Twin Sabers and Larne at first was shocked because he noticed the busty woman was a 'Sword Lord' a Rank one at that, but he was still at the peak of Grandmaster level, were it not for assertive vision, sharp mind and agile body movements he would have lost!
And the dark-haired woman was even more shocked because the young man she was sparring with was just at Grandmaster level while she was at Lord level even if he was at the peak, he shouldn't have lasted up to this moment, they clashed for an hour but still no winner, the woman thought when his CoreEnergy exhausts I would win but then she noticed that at her level, she should be to predict his moves since he was in her range but she couldn't.
Hmm!!!
The most bewildered of all was Sade Darkraven because he knew his boss streng6 and also Larne's but never knew he was this strong, hmm....no wonder....he was able to catch me.
Clang!,
The young woman's sabers flung off her hands, shocked at first but later, Thud!, she knelt and pledged I, Briella Emine, take Larne Ruslan as my Lord and I shall serve him through thick and thin until my dying breath.
"Stand up"
The woman refused to stand up. According to her, Larne was meant to be point his sword at her and tap her two shoulders.
Thereby becoming the Fourth member of the group and later became the most Feared of all of the seven serving under Larne.
This was Lorist's first meeting with 'pride'
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