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-Brother, accept the offer. We need to take revenge on Zi'eer and the Authority for what we've lost. Also, I know someone else who could help us... Before coming here, I spent about five months in Fort Merit. During these five months, I tried to gather as much information as I could about the Authority and Drallis Ehr. There was a girl who was always by my side during this process. She hated the Authority, but she had no choice but to endure working there for her siblings. Her name was Lucía. We can use her as an Authority agent.
-All this... You've really grown up, Argus. *He turns to Puck and continues speaking.* You can tell Maestro that we've accepted his offer.
-I understand, then let me give you the list of people we need to include in the guild now:
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Tymek, known for his mastery of Thundercall.
Erik, who shatters his enemies' bones with his perfectly weighted iron hammer and is known as the Iron Judge.
Saint Judeau, renowned for his healing abilities in battle.
Hudini, who has developed Galebreath in his own style and has evolved it to a higher level, earning him the nickname Hurricane.
The Three Disasters
Nighto, one of the few battle spears in Lumen.
Nowy, who uses Galebreath in a special technique and is called Ghost because he kills people like a ghost.
Cornelius, known as the Sword of the North, who uses the ice style the best throughout Lumen.
Scourge of the Ministry
Lix, the user of Gran Sudaruska. The only information we have about him is that he is known as the Scourge of the Ministry. There are rumors that he once slaughtered the lower-level prophets of the Ministry.
-I encountered The Three Disasters in one of my previous journeys. I believe sending them a letter through Argus should be enough.
However, I'm hearing about The Four Horsemen for the first time. Is there any information about their location?
-They should be in the Starswept Valley in Eastern Luminant. They were once part of the Etrean army, but they parted ways with Etrea when the king disappeared.
-I see, and what about the bane of the Ministry, where is he?
-I think he's in Minityrsa.
-Argus. I will rest here with Puck until the war begins and the guild is fully established. My request is for you to find a way to gather all the names you've heard in the guild, by any means necessary.
-I understand, brother. If that's your request, I promise to fulfill it, but I have a question. Since we met, we haven't had a proper conversation. How did you lose your left arm?
-Oh, if you're asking about that, it hasn't been long since I lost it.It happened in the battle against a Royal Commander, also known as the Great Warmaster Krile, that was sent after me by the Authority to kill me, when my guard slipped for a moment.
I received the biggest wounds I've ever received in that battle. The reason I still haven't fully healed is because of that.
Royalties are believed to be descendants of the Celestials, who are believed to have fallen from the sky onto this world. People have worshipped and deified these things fallen from the sky for centuries.
It is even believed that the Celestials, have caused the beginning of the Canticlysm known as the creation of attunements via usage of song over the world.
Because they are different from humans, they also have powers that are different from ours, which are inherited from their kind. Fighting something you can't understand is indeed very difficult, as you know.
Also, from what I understand, one of the Royalties' special powers was that the wounds he inflicted would heal a thousand times slower. This world is truly filled with meaningless things.
-Celestials, huh? So, what Eylis mentioned before she died was about them. It's truly astonishing that you managed to kill the Royalty. So, were you the only one who survived from the ship?
-Unfortunately... After I managed to get you onto the boat and sent it away, the captain and I tried to find a way to save the people on the ship, but before we could even act, the Authority bombarded the ship.
As a last resort, I jumped into the sea. I watched all my friends die in the icy water. The water around me was getting warmer with the blood of my friends. What I saw before and after being captured by the Authority, no matter how much hatred and resentment I vomit towards them, I won't stop until I destroy each one of them, until I take revenge for all that I lost. They won't stop haunting my dreams until then.
After Blake's words, the surroundings fell silent. Until Argus broke the silence with another question.