The man pulled out his phone and hurriedly made a call. As we all walked in, Hailey dragging the Asian behind her, the dark skinned man was talking with someone on the other end of the phone.
We went into the kitchen where I began to make dinner for Hailey and myself. After about an hour a man in a suit wearing sunglasses came into the kitchen. He took a glance at the two other men, then towards Hailey and me eating at a table. He walked over and pulled out a chair.
"May I sit?" He asked, his voice sounded young.
"Of course. I'm Theodore Holton. This is my partner. We wanted to exchange information, and see if we can work together or not."
The man nodded his head before thinking for a brief moment. He took off his sunglasses, and a pair of deep blue eyes were shown.
"I go by codename Odin. I run the Valhalla division of the army. We are Hunters, gathered together so we can work together to keep peace on our planet and allow people to live without fear of Hunters breaking laws." the man said.
"That sounds nice and all, but I think you're missing some key information. It seems you're not as strong as we though, since you would have been approached already by an otherworldly being. There won't be peace on our planet, there are higher powers preparing for a large scale war, that will take place on our planet."
The man's eyes went wide. "How do you know this information..."
"Mana has been released on our planet. There wasn't mana before, and from my speculations it was to prepare the planet so that lower species organisms can try and survive the coming destruction. Humans will evolve with mana, naturally, so then the question is what are Hunters for?" I asked, trying to help the man infer what I was trying to say.
"The System is trying to help us? So what, are Hunters here to be protectors of humanity?" He questioned, agreeing with half of my statement.
"No, I think Hunters exist to be sort of pioneers, by working together we can prepare for the coming war. I have chosen to stay neutral, in the war. I was approached by both sides, but they are forcefully recruiting, so prepare your men for mental attacks. They come in the form of humanoids, and also dreams." I said, looking at the man, I felt he was still hiding something.
"Thank you for this information. What do you plan to do to prepare?"
I didn't want to tell him everything, mostly because I didn't trust him, but partially because I wasn't entirely sure of my own plans either.
"I am going to create a Guild. It is a group, bound together by the System, which means they will be people I can trust. Outside of the sphere of influence of the Gods. I will gather powerful Hunters, and make my own preparations. Other than that, I cannot tell you anything more unless you join my guild." As I looked into his eyes, I knew he was casting a spell. I didn't feel it was an offensive spell, however I would be a fool to allow someone to attack me. I spread my mana out from my body, and felt a force get pushed out with my mana. Being expelled.
I immediately used [Charm]. Odin's eyes clouded over, and his magic stopped.
"Tell me what you've hidden from me." I said, as I stood up and grabbed his hair.
After an hour of asking him questions, I learned the truth. The Angels had already approached him, his name was given because he was made an apostle of Odin, who would gift his powers to the man. He was basically a puppet.
I was able to learn that this man knew nothing of the war that was to come, so he was genuinely surprised to learn of it. The spell he was casting was a surveillance spell. [Odin's Crow] allowed an ethereal crow to follow me, and listen to my conversations and watch my actions.
I was beyond pissed. My sword pierced the man's chest. He died immediately, however after his death I heard a voice scream inside my head.
Yeah, I bet that hurts huh, Odin. I was sure that an apostle was not cheap, he must have spent a lot of resources and spent a lot of his divinity to gain an apostle. Now his apostle was dead and he suffered a minor backlash.
[You have killed a being with Divinity, you will now begin to absorb their Divinity.]
[All stats +1.]
[Congratulations on reaching System Level 3!]
I saw a myriad of messages, but I knew now wasn't the time to focus on those. I turned and looked at the two men when came earlier. I had to figure out what I would do with these two.