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Inside a dark room litted up by magic lamps ,it as a place that seemed underground if not for the forest that could be seen through the giant glass wall of the place
And a man in black robe was walking through the hall where the glass wall litted up.
And in a few moments later he made his way into a room where someone sat on a chair ,the person was clearly a man, he had ear leather white hair and looked like 20 ,he wore formal attires of black and white colour as he sat on his chair with his eyes closed ,the man appeared to be slumbering for reasons unknown
The other man in black robe knelt down and spoke with respect and reverence
" Lord 9th apostle, I have a report to make "
On his words the slumbering young man opened his eyes revealing his violet irises that seemed to contain the stars itself, the man smiled and then asked the robes man
" What is it ? "
" It's about Lord 9th's plan on luring his sister ,Julia Rosenhart using the corrupted slime "
" Oh!(his smile grew wide) {She must be in quiet a mess now hehe} How was it ?"
The robes man swallowed his saliva for a moment and replied
" It was ..killed by someone else it seems "
Trrk!
The atmosphere of the room suddenly turned scorching hot , glass cups that were on the man's table cracked from the heat, the robes man trembled in fear ,his cold sweat evaporated before the heat
The man's smile completely disappeared replaced by that indifference but no one would miss the dissatisfaction in his eyes
" Hoo? {Strange, someone other than my sister or count Eric in that area shouldn't be able to kill that slime } is it that village's group of worms ?"
" N..no lord 9th, it was done by a lone adventurer "
" What? "
His expression changed abruptly
Indeed this man ,Julia's brother , a demonic worshipper & high ranked one too, was planning to severely injure or kill the talent that was his sister who was always a hinderance to their plans, he created the acidic slime to do so but, he did expect his sister to kill the slime with her strength ,which was why he made it so that she would get killed by the core of the slime that he tampered with personally
But he didn't expect it to get killed by someone else let alone a solo adventurer with no party
" Who killed it ?" { If such a strong adventurer is present around there it might pose a threat to our plan, Eric that man would not let such a pawn go }
The man in robe who had activated his mana to protect himself replied with a dry throat
" A..a lone adventurer called Saved "
{ Saved? What a peculiar name }
" What class is he ? "
"....."
Upon his silence the 9th apostle's magic pressure suddenly turned heavier
Bommmm!!!
" Arrg!! "
" How dare you keep silence when I questioned you "
" F..forgive me lord 9th ,the adventurer,the adventurer, he's a 9th classed Swordsman "
Tsss
In an instant the scorching atmosphere disappeared, the robes man gasped for air the moment it lifted and the 9th disciple, he stood up ,looked at him and ordered
" Investigate this adventurer called Saved "
The man in robe quickly collected himself back together and replied
" Y..yes Lord 9th! I will not fail you! , ah lord 9th there's is also another important news "
" What is it? "
" A command has arrived from our head "
"(Sat back down and sighs as he calmed his surprised nerves) Speak "
" The Prometheus dungeon will be opened on the night of red and purple moons by the head in 4 weeks from now ,all 10 disciples are told to have a meeting in 3 days at noon sharp on the 1st moon castle "
The 9th disciple then looked up at the ceiling with a smile
{ The Prometheus dungeon, an ancient dungeon where the power of a god is said to be left behind in the tales, this is a chance!}(grinned)
" Tell them that I will attend "
With that the man in robe nodded and then left the room with hidden haste, the 9th disciple who was left alone began to ponder by himself
{If I get that power for myself, overpowering the head is not a pipe dream at all , I'll have to be careful though}
" And then there's that adventurer with a wierd name."{I'll try to recruit him and if that fails I'll dispose of him}
***
Swoosh
Under the setting evening suns a pink haired beauty was running down the mountain and incredible speed, fear and anxiety could be seen on her expression
{ An owlbear is a High rank monster capable of decimating dozens of villages in one night, I can't fight it head on, and that Bandit (spreaded her senses back ) Huh? }
THRRRRKH!!!
ROAAAARRR!!!
CHING CHING !!
{sounds of battle and traces of mana ,(widened her eyes and looked back)}" Is he fighting that thing by himself ? "
BOOOMMM
" Waaooaoh! "(Struggled to stand as the ground shook)
Gwen hurriedly activated mana and then looked at the direction from where the tremor came and saw a landslide at the place where she just ran away from ,the place where that bandit stood by to fight the terrible beast
The whole mountainous are there broke down and caused an earth shaking landslide
RUMBLE!!! RUMBLE!!!
After a whole 10 seconds the shaking stopped and disclouds came and eveloped the area she was in
{ What is going on?!! }
Feeling frightened by the sudden development she kept her senses in high alert, the dust clouds thickly obscured her surroundings afterall, she could only see a few meters around her
Step step
" Huh? "{Something is coming from the left}
She took 4 steps back and looked at the left ,her red mana came alive and cloaked her body enhancing her bones, muscles and organs ,the mana thickly coated her right tattered fist making it look like it was on fire
" { The Owlbear? } "
Wwooong
" Huh? "{ A blue light, i didn't sense any mana though !}(felt uneasy and apprehensive about this situation)
" Who's there? "
?? :" Oh sorry sorry, did I scare you ?"
A deep voice belonging to a man replied, no the voice was familiar ,and from the direction where the light came , she could now see the silhouette of a man approaching her with something big on his right hand
? :" I'm not an enemy so don't attack "
Gwen :" A..are you that bandit from a while ago ? "
?? "{Oh..(his brows twitched)..it's that girl}(sighs) Yeah ,so time down that mana please "
Gwen : "(still maintaining a battle stance) {Hmm he doesn't seem harmful, and considering that he must've fought the bear and ran away later he must be injured as we-}(the dust clouds finally parted to a certain extent)
" (Widened her eyes in astonishment) WHAT THE FUCK!! "
The bandit, the half naked Bandit with only his pants and boots with a sword in his back carried the head of the Owlbear, the man didn't run away but killed it seems
" AA whata ata!! (Having a mental breakdown) wha?! "{ He's not even injured anymore?!What the hell????}
Chhan :" {Ah it's those ' What is he?!! ' scenario }(smiles slyly and made a victory sign with his left hand) Ain't this older brother cool as hell ".
***
Step step step step
Chhan : " So you're name is Gwen Ginko ?"
Chhan asked with little interest, Gwen who was rather docile seeing the head of the Owlbear on Chhan's hand replied with noticible apprehension
" Y..yes , that's my name "
Chhan :(felt uncomfortable){ Was this thing a boss monster or something? (Looks at the Owlbear's head) Well considering how hard i had to slash it's neck to decapitate it in battle it wouldn't be a surprise }" Okay then ,Ginko ,My name is Saved and...can you tell what this thing is "
Gwen :" Huh? {Didn't he know, he definitely called it an Owlbear so he must know right?} D...Don't you know sir Saved? "{ And did he think I'd be fooled by such an alias ?}
{Sir?? Hah!} " No need to call me sir, I'm only a new adventurer from the capital after all, being a newbie I am rather clueless you see "( he the showed a friendly smile and his ID tag to her)
Gwen upon seeing his ID tag which proved all the information he gave her was correct had her jaw droppwd , this guy was really a new adventurer, 9th class swordsman with a goofy ass name that is ' Saved '
{ I..i don't even know anymore, and what were his parents thinking?? }" E..ehem, {Let's just go with the flow, he doesn't violent atleast} okay then big brother Saved, I'll tell you about the owlb... big brother Saved? "
For some reason Chhan suddenly stopped on his tracks and face palmed himself while looking down ,he seemed sad
Chhan :" D.. don't worry { Big brother huh, i wonder what that sister of mine is doing } ,i just remembered my sister is all, let's go, you're also heading to the capital right Ginko? "
Gwen :" Yeah? {He... doesn't seem so scary afterall, strong but not scary}(lightened up a bit) "
Chhan :" Okay then ,tell me more about this thing and other types of monsters on the way, (with a smile) this big brother of yours has a lot to learn about this world you see "
With that the 2 made their way back to the capital and along the way ,the Owlbear's head started to rot so they sealed it tightly in a jar that Chhan bought in a travelling market cart, as he suspected, Gwen told him that this thing's head alone will allow him to be promoted to an 8th class in an instant and it's skull scould also be sold so it was worth taking
The 2 got quite friendly with eachother but still had some boundaries, Gwen told Chhan about some general knowledges about Elkana, the world and about monsters as well, and they shared eachother's story too, and on that topic to be honest Ginko's story paled in comparison to Saved
The stories about his first quest alone was baffling enough to write about it in a book, getting ambushed by other adventurers ,having a dramatic twist of how his attackers betrayed eachother and ending up in the dark forest's edge with one of his attackers and making his way out of the dark forest to winde up fighting the wretched slime that nearly killed him
The parts where he met Julia and the stuff he encountered on the Raven viscountcy and how he awakened with the help of the sadist got Gwen's attention quiet a bit during their journey, Julia's name seemed quite famous in this world
One of the 7 greatest talents of the continent ,Julia Rosenhart also known as 'The sword' ,she really was out of my league, but I felt proud, I got to meet and talked to such a person afterall
" She was very beautiful you know
" You fell in love right? "(She had a teasing smile on her face)
....." ...I did I guess "
It was nightime and he was currently telling her this infront of a campfire, the mood suddenly turned awkward for some reason
" ....."{it probably didn't end well did it? }
" Yes it didn't end well (had a miserable smile) ,she was out of my leag- "
" BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!! DID YOU RE..AHA!!READ MY MIND OR SOMETHING?? AHA AHAHAHA! "
END OF CHA-
" Shut UP!! YOU'LL DRAW IN MONSTERS DUMBASSS! "( angry Chhan )
Graaaa!!!
" SHIT "(angry Chhan)
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