When Sylvia got into the village Neoh told her to come to the tavern using a telepathic link, naturally she followed his instructions.
'We are finally here let's go to Tavren to drink something I'm very thirsty, then we can look for horses and carts'Sylvia told her soldiers.
After they got there neoh told her to order some food.
When the food was ready they sat down around one of the tables and started talking about their day, one of the soldiers named yarick was talking about how if it wasn't for her they'd be dead by now and orcs would've eaten them alive.
Suddenly a young man looking to be in his early twenties, with silver-colored hair and golden eyes, walked up to the soldiers and asked: "Sorry for my intrusion but I happened to overhear you talking about how you battled orcs am I right ?"
'Yes you are right young man'
"I used to live in the village nearby, but we were attacked by orcs and I lost my family, I want nothing but revenge, can you please take me with you "
'Right now we are not going to fight the orcs, we are here to acquire means of transportation so we can bury our fallen comrades, even if we wanted to attack the orcs we can't just take a random civilian with us, I'm sorry for your loss, but I hope that you understand'
"I do but I'm not a civilian I'm a warrior I can be of great help, I do anything I will wash your clothes too just let me come with you if you do not believe me you can test me by fighting me"
Sylvia who was watching this whole show go down was left scratching her head, she wanted to open her mouth and tell them the guy they were talking to was the most powerful human she had ever seen but she couldn't, she remembered her promise, to show him around the empire and nearby cities.
So that's why he wanted us to come to Tavren he wanted to forge a fake identity for himself, many villages have been devastated by orcs around here, and claiming to be an orphan belonging to one of those villages was the easiest thing to do and it also gave him a chance to tag along with us without rising any suspicious, Sylvia thought.
This is genius, she shouted uncontrollably, everybody turned around and looked at her like she had lost her mind.
Suddenly she realized she had messed up so she acted like nothing had happened and picked up the conversation.
"So young man can you tell me your name ?"
'Yes, my name is Neoh, I will do anything that you ask of me please let me tag along'
"I will allow it"
But Lithunenet we don't know this guy, we can't bring civilians with us to the battlefield yarick protested
"It will be okay don't worry, plus we can use an extra hand, now let's go we don't have much time, it will be dangerous at night, we have to finish the job beforehand"
I agree Patrick mumbled
'Thank you, you will not regret this decision I will work hard' Neoh shouted
The acting is top-notch Sylvia thought she couldn't help but wonder how he was so good at everything at the same time.
Meanwhile, Neoh, who had achieved all of his desired outcomes until now was getting ready to put the last part of his plans into motion.
While the soldiers were making their way to the village neoh wasn't wasting time, after he had killed that rude brute, neoh went out of his way to find a stable master and pay him to be able to get the horses and carts that they needed, and now it was the time to reveal that fact to solidify his position in their group.
'Don't worry this is your lucky day, I happen to know a stable master who owes me a lot we can use his horses and carts to do this '
"That's great, look at him already being useful " Sylvia replied she was getting better at acting little by little
A couple of hours later everybody was mounted up and ready so they didn't waste any more time and started galloping towards the battlefield at once.
When they arrived there, they loaded up the corpses and headed to their destination suzeria which was ten days away on horseback.
Luckily, Neoh had an ice scroll he claimed he had bought from their village's droid, he used the scroll and froze all the corpses so they could be transported without getting decomposed, and in the process, he built up a lot of trust between himself and the group, with that matter getting taken care off only thing they had to do now was to reach suzeria.
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Meanwhile, inside The Evernight castle, there was a battle brewing, Yael and Arwel who recently had a feud over who should marry Lord neoh were getting ready for a match inside the training hall, now that their master was not present they could settle this matter once and for all. Everybody living in the Evernight castle was gathered there to bear witness to this historical battle, with the announcement of Scarlet two combatants entered the battlefield.
Yael carrying her signature swords claded in full shining armor, and Arwel wearing a large purple mage robe adorned in various magic symbols from head to toe and a long wooden staff in her left hand.
Today we have gathered here to witness the grand battle between two apostles, Scarlet declared.
Then she continued: the combatants should not use moves or spells that will permanently damage their opponents, and that's it!
Remember this is a friendly match so don't get carried away, if the master finds out you two hurt each other he will not be happy.
On the left side, we have Yael the maiden of the light, the original arch angel and the most powerful angel in all reality, according to master neoh, and also the leader of six apostles.
On the right side, we have a high elven mage named Arwel or more commonly known as the mother of magic, she is credited for the creation of most of the space spells that exist today and are commonly used in the evernight castle.
Let the battle begin!
With Scarlett's declaration, Yael kicked the ground and closed the distance between her and Arwel in a millisecond, and swung her sword diagonally, with a speed that was impossible to follow with naked eyes.
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Ah, I can see the city walls, finally, we are here, yarick shouted
Let's go I can't wait to take a bath, another soldier added
I agree let's not waste time. Sylvia
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When they arrived at the front gate suddenly a tall man clad in full plate armor ran towards them and shouted: "Sylvia you are here? Where is Sylvia?"
'I'm here, William ' she raised her hand
"Ah, thank God I thought I'd lost you forever, you've been on a mission for too long and I thought the worst happened in so happy you are back, where are the rest ?"
'This is all that is left William, rest of the soldiers are dead, then pointed out to the cart corpses in her cart '
"Oh I'm sorry for your loss, were you ambushed by orcs? "
'Sadly yes but we managed to avenge them, so they didn't die in vain'
"That's good to hear, you must be exhausted, I don't want to take your time anymore but may I ask who is this man with you ?"
Jealousy could be visibly seen in William's eyes as he looked at the handsome man sitting next to Sylvia.
"Oh where are my manners, I forgot to introduce you two, this is neoh a village boy who helped us carry the corpses back to the city and neoh this is Sargent William, he is in charge of keeping these walls safe"
It's an honor to meet you, sir William, neoh bowed his head to show respect to his rank.
'Honor is mine, thank you for helping Sylvia to carry these fallen soldiers back to the city, I know you must be tired why don't you sleep in the barracks with us '
"Thank you for the offer but I must decline I have some matters to attend to in the city, so I won't be seeing you till the funeral, "
'You can always come and sleep there, neoh that's the only way we can pay you back for helping us out so consider visiting us after you are done with your tasks'
"I consider, your offer sir William "
After everybody said their goodbyes they parted ways Sylvia and the soldiers went into their barracks to sleep and wash up while neoh had other plans.
After walking in the streets for a while he concluded that nothing was special about this city it looked like an average medieval city with wooden houses, rarely ever you could find houses made out of stone, and those were only available towards the center of the city where the inner castle was situated, Sylvia had told him before that a marquess lived in the inner castle who had the right to all the land in the vicinity, basically he was the liege of these lands.
After strolling through the city for a while he finally reached his destination.
Hmm, we are finally here the adventures guild, here I can make history and become the best adventurer this world has ever seen.