THE INVITATION TO A BANQUET
My attention was returned to the magical pig god.
"It's been more than two hundred years in this magic rich world, why haven't you grown into a Pig god by now, P-chan? In fact, your magic seems to have regressed," I asked him.
"I don't really know why but my magic stopped growing after I came to this world. Maybe it's the method of growing magic that is different here", he told me.
"We should send him back to Istiopolis city", I told Sara.
"Where's Istiopolis city?", he asked me.
"There are many pretty maids there waiting to wash your feet and feed you potions", I told him.
"Really, do they have huge chests, I like to sleep on large pillows", he told us.
"Yeah, we have many melons there", Ratatouille replied to him.
"Really? When are we leaving?" he asked us.
"What are we going to do with this pig?" Sara asked me.
"Well, he wants pretty maids to wash his feet, hahaha", Ratatouille told them and laughed.
"The Istiopolis School of Dark Magic, they are almost entirely made up of girls there. You can enroll in the school and let them feed you their freshly brewed potions", I told P-chan.
"Great, I'll go meet my maidservants", P-chan told us.
"They will also wash your stinky feet", Sara told him.
"All the better", P-chan replied to us.
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"Oriese you are back", Hagar said to me and came to give me an invitation card.
"Who is this from?" I asked him.
"It's from the Master Conjurer Visior. He invited you for lunch in Tarah city", he told me.
"That Conjurer Stupid, I'm not going", I replied to Hagar.
"But the master has already gone to the meeting, he is waiting for you there", Hagar told me to my shock and surprise.
"He asked Orol too?" I asked him.
"Yes, and the master was so excited about it. Conjurer Visior is an influential Master Conjurer, and the master wants him to help you in your future career in this city", Hagar told me.
"Damn that fool", I said to Hagar.
"What is the problem?" Hagar asked me.
"That Conjurer Ivior wanted me dead in the Forbidden Grounds. There is nothing good coming out from him, especially if he invites me somewhere", I told him.
"We should report this to Prince Raslee and the city guards", Hagar told me.
"This is a matter between conjurers, the guards have no place in this", I replied to him.
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There was something off as my carriage reached the city. The roads were busy, which was unusual for this hour.
"What is the problem with the traffic?" I asked Chash.
"Some fools have blocked the road to the restaurant", he replied to me.
Suddenly, someone rushed to the front of our carriage to stop us.
"Hold on there. I want to challenge Conjurer Oriese to a duel", someone said as he suddenly blocked our way as we were going to the lunch meet with Ivior.
"Damnit, I don't have time for this", I said to Chash.
"I am H..", the guy tried to introduce himself but before he could Cassandra rushed to attack him.
"You're too hasty..", I told Cassandra but she was already in front of the guy who blocked me, to slash him with her blade.
"He issued a challenge to you, the challenge must be met with blood", Cassandra told me.
Those around us in the city were shocked by what they saw.
"That idiot challenged the Bully of Starri city", someone shouted out.
"Does he have a death wish? The Bully doesn't know anything about mercy", another added.
"Look, the Bully's guard has already wounded the guy", a third person reported.
"Your reputation precedes you, master", Meera said to me about the people's comments.
"They just want something to gossip about and my newspaper is just that and besides having a feared reputation is better than having nothing at all. That will reduce the number of people challenging me", I replied to her.
"Your challengers are not slowing", Chash told me as we looked out of our carriage.
More conjurers and knights came toward us. They took the wounded challnger away and they were about to confront us.
"You merciless, bastard. Suffer…", someone else came to the defence of the guy that Cassandra wounded.
But before he could complete his sentence, he was slashed by Cassandra's cursed blade. Even his companions who were yet to issue a challenge to me, were slashed by her too.
Cassandra was having a blood lust.
"Who is this Bully really? How can just his bodyguard wound so many knights and conjurers so effortlessly", the people asked among themselves.
"Fantastic, this scene is just like how it is illustrated in the Herald Times' cartoons", another person added.
"Are we letting Cassandra fight these challengers alone?" Meera asked me.
"Let her, for now. She's having a blood lust. We'll cover her in case something threatening to us comes along", I told her.
Soon something threatening to Cassandra really came.
About a dozen knight templars blocked our way. They quickly raised their magic and summoned magical shields in a formation before us.
"Hold the Line"
"Can your blades cut through our shield formation?", the knights shouted to Cassandra, taunting her.
"Do you think I am only a blade master? I wield the blade because it is fun", Cassandra told the knights as ten magical spheres appeared behind her.
The magical spheres rose into the air before they cast magical fireballs that rained over the knights' shield formation.
"Unbelievable. We thought the Bully's bodyguard was a blade master, who would have thought she was actually a sorceress", someone from the crowd commented.
"No wonder the Bully of Starri city dares challenge so many of the powerful factions in this city, he is supported by so many powerful legendary masters", another person said.
"Cassandra's spells are under powered, she shouldn't rely on the magical spheres to cast her magic", Ratatouille told us.
"You are right, she should reprogram her magic spheres", I told him.
Cassandra's magical sphere was obtained from the ruined city of Bandra.
These magical spheres were spell casting artifacts that could cast spells that were crafted into them. However, the spells crafted into them weren't living up to the standard of Cassandra's current power after she obtained immortal essence.