Rex was lead into a small but cozy study, where behind a masterfully crafted and slightly worn out table sat a man in his fourties. Shoulder lenght briown hair, dark grey eyes, and an average build. And while the man did not give off any particular air, he had a confident glint in his eyes and the posture of the man also implicated quite a lot of confidence.
"I heard you have some need of my services mister...?" Amir Falcon asked as Rex aproached the chair on the opposite side of teh table
"Neo."
"Aaa, mister Neo. So what is it that you seek knowledge on?" he asked once again.
"Not from around here, so I am in need of quite well written information on the sects of this land, what they aspecialize in, what they are famous about, if possible, the descriptions and characters of the most prominent figures of said powers. I believ that would be all for the time being." Rex responded to the mans question.
"That is not a dificult task to achieve, though I do have a question of my own as well, if sir Neo does not mind answering. It would solve a lot of pain for us both in the long run."
"Ask away, but note I might not answer the question as well, if it is too uncomfortable, My apologies."
"No no, its fine. So the question is rather simple. What is the motive of a man to end an entire sect?" and seeing as Neo was waiting still, he added "The White lotus sect to be precise."
"Ow, that. Simple realy, I accepted a job to avenge a grieving old man whose granddaughter was ruined by a few disciples of the sect, and they refused to bring me the offenders, and acted as if they were the judge, the jury and teh executioner. Plus their arts were completely rubish as they harmed the girls that were used during their cultivation exercises. And I might have had another issue to solve with them."
"Thank you for the answer." Amir spoke "If you would be willing to tell us where to find you, so we can deliver a rather well sumarized report on your desired subject. Now regarding the price, a hundred gold coins will suffice, since this info is on the cheaper side. Rex nodded as he placed a platinum coin on the table, and left his current place of stay name. With that done, he was escorted outside and once there, the employee of the gourmet bowed, and thanked rex
"Thank you for your patronage sir, you are always welcomed again in our humble establishment." Rex chuckled at the words of the employee, noded at the bowing man and left to return to his inn. He spent the remainder of teh day immersed in meditation, working on the many plans and schematics his mind was constructing non stop. He spent most of the next day in the same tempo, untill around afternoon a book was delivered for him, and the lady at the counter delivered it in Rex hands. As he readthe report on the sects, he could feel there were a lot of finer details missing, but nothing that mattered to him, as he could finetune and make new plans on the fly.
Close to the evening he heard a knock on his door, and once he resonded the receptionist lady informed him that there are a couple of men here, who wished to have a word with him. And since he was avaiting noone, he told her to send them away as he had no aquintances nor interest to meet men. She quickly apologized and said that she could not send them away, since they were part of the city guard. Rex frowned for a second,sighed with annoyance, stood up and with a clearly annoyed face moved downstairs. Once there, as soo nas he noticed the two guards he spoke in a cold manner
"Come back tommorow morning and with a pretty girl acompanying you." he then turned around and returned to his room to sleep. The two guards wisely retreated to the city lords mansion, sicne when Rex warned them, he flared aura powerfull enough to imply peak A class at the wery least, and no guard had the qualification to safely take the man on. And it was never in their orders to either try to take the man by force or cause a retaliation. They were tasked with inwhiting the man to have a talk with the governor, since their ruler had shown some interest in the man who allegedly exterminated the White Lotus sect. And since they already had quite disturbing reports of the gost town that was once the headquarters of said sect, it could be beneficial to create friendly relationship with such a powerfull entity. As such, after Rex words, the duo bowed and excused themselves, swearing to be here the next morning.
It came as little suprise to Rex, that the next morning when he left his room and headed down to have some breakfast, the tow from last night were already in the lobby, this time acompanied by a rather beautifull and busty half elf.
"Nice choice, I aprove." spoke Rex as he came down to their level "Lets get this over with then shall we?" he added as he stood there, waiting for their move. And the half elf lady spoke in a soft and fiendly tone
"Sir Neo, our lord Ramses has invited you for a friendly chat. If you would be so kind as to acompany us, we could show you a proper welcome befiting a man of your stature."
"Asuming much, are we not?" Rex asked with a light smirk, Amir must have cashed in some solid profit from Ramses for all the info he had shared. Rex did not care though, a word on the street would keep the trash at bay, or so Rex reasoned "but sure, lead the way." he gestured to the two guards as he grabed the half elf by waist and positioned himslef with the beauty behind the duo, leaving the place. As they were leaving Rex half shouted back to the inkeeper "Keep my room reserved, if I am late I will pay regardless." The woman noded, and Rex relaxed as we was enjoying the softness of the half elf pressed against him.
Once they were outside the inn, they entered a rather well decorated carriage. He and teh half elf woman on one side, one of the guards on the other side, and the last guard was controlling the carriage. Feeling the stifness of the beauty he was hugging at the waist, he chuckled lightly and spoke
"While you are beautifull and quite enticing, I dont have a habit of snacking on the property of someone inviting me with courtesy, so relax a bit. The most I might do is let my hands be slightly dishonest." At his first words the half elf slightly relaxed, and tensed back up with the last part, eliciting another chuckle for Rex. It took them around an hour to reach a rather peculiar building, where they entered and came upon a portal.
"We will reach teh central palace through here, since it would take a few hours by carriage to reach it otherwise." spoke the woman, and Rex nodded in agreement and folowed inside with the beauty behind the guards. On the other side, they exited a building of the same make and then traveled another ten minutes untill they reached their destination- a grand palace that towered over all other buildings.
"Well, your lord sure knows how to show off." Rex comented as they stepped inside.
Passing through a few corridors they soon reached a hall of sorts where they were greeted by a row or servants and maids, who flanked a rather refined boy aproximately sixteen years old.He gave off some slight noble aura, implying his noble upbringing.
"Welcome sir Neo. I am Rupert Xian-Wu, sone of the city lord. He has instructed me to lead you to the study where he awaits you." teh boy spoke as he bowed, and once doen with greetings, escorted him to the aforementioned room. Rex followed in a relaxed manner, still not letting go of teh waist of teh half elf, who was slightly blusing and embareased right now. She had been slowly cooked as they were coming here, and it showed. if only barely.
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"Well, thats enough fooling around." Rex spoke as his expression suddenly changed from that of a relaxed, naive young man to one of indiference, cold and calculating, as he followed Rupert. Very soon they entered a study where teh lord of this city was sitting. Noticing the entrance of teh people, city lord stood up and greeted them
"Welcome to our fine city sir. It is our pleasure to...." And Rex interupted his sales pitch and flattery
"Cut the bullshit, lets get straight to the point. What do you want?" He was not interested in ass kissing as he could recieve enough of that when he was in the blood mage persona. And understanding his intentions the lord quickly changed his approach. People who had reached this point often could change their aproach with a single and small hint, let alone such an obvious aproach
"People of your caliber rarely move around just because. What brings you here?"
"Information, and since I have aquired what I need, I will take my leave in a day or two. And unless provoked, I dont plan interacting with the dirt and rot in this city, rest assured" Rex responded, then added ""So, if that is it, I will take my leave. Ramses quickly thought over this new information, and made a quick adjustments, wanting to get something out of his recent investment.
"Do you have any plans to explore our dungeon?" he asked. Their dungeon was rather famous adventurer inviting spot. Mystical monsters meant treasures and traps, and guaranteed that those who manage to survive and sell the ir aquisitions would be wery well rewarded. OF course the rarity and power of monsters had direct influence on the costs. And if a powerhouse capable of exterminating a sect decided to do his business here they would earn quite the pretty penny.
"Not for now, but I will most likely visit this place another time for that specific reason." Rex responded and after a few minutes he was led out of the castle, and back to the teleports, where he once again crossed one, and an hour later he was back to the same alley he recently left. Once back in his rented room he focused back on the information regarding the nearby sects. He needed at least one more hit, but on a much greater sect, and this time he had to make sure they know why what is going to happen will happen. As he read and sorted the information, another part of him hoped that whoever he strikes next will have some pretty ladies that he could claim as his own.
He was done studying teh information by the time the morning came and he had enough information to make an informed decision regarding his next target. From what he learned there was three possible targets to strike- Thunder beast sect, Lunar sect and tyrant dragon sect. Luanr sect was the closest to this city and was an all woman sect. They focused on a rather specific phylosophy and arts that promoted self growth and honor above all. They had quite a lot of alchemists and array masters, due to their teachings. They also were not supporters of the ongoing war, on the contrary, they were in stark opposition, and only helped with curing wounded and other humanitarian actions. or defense of their lands, as that was a step too far even for this pacifistic sect to remain at the side. Their curent sect master and her three disciples were often talked about and were widely recognised for their beauty, calm and cool demeanor and high skill in the arts they chose to pursue.
Thunder beast sect was something in the middle. They focused a lot on strenghtening their bodies, so they mostly had burly males as their members, though there were a few females who had embraced their lifestyle. The general teachings emphasized bravery and always surpasing onse own limits through dungeon delving or honourable duels. The sect members here were all battle junkies. Each battle would be a chance to grow and delevop, and as such when fighting another man, they often left the defeated alive, giving their opponent another day to train, become stronger and train again.
And lastly Tyrant dragon sect. They were your typical arrogant cunts who believed that it is their rightfull place and birthright to lord over the lesser beings who poluted the same space as they lived in. And they were one of the main sects who had pushed for their agressive expansion. Still, they needed the slaves to maintain their way of living, so this war was a way to ensure they would have a solid income of them.
While Rex could exterminate the bases of all three sects, he had a better idea that formulated as he was immersing inthe best way to implement it. With his next few steps quite clear, he left the inn he was staying at, paying for the spent time and any other expenses he had aquired, and informed the lady behind the counter of his departure, canceling any further reservation for the inn he had stayed in. Since he had a healthy interest in the monster dungeon he was sure he would come here again, and since his space seal was in theory ready, after a small time frame he had created his rune and placed it in the city, in a self sustaining mini array that could ensure it would not be tampered with and unreachable by others to study the patterns.
He would be visiting at least two of the three sects, and so he soon left the city on his way towards his first priority. he needed to have a long and friendly chat with the Lunar sects ruling body. He wanted to ensure they would not take part in the coming battles, and would push for the end of the war. Tyrant dragon sect was on the chopping block. They had every shitty trait Rex could come up with, and were an obvious threat to a free and peacefull country Rex wanted for this place to become. He was still on the fence regarding the Thunder beast sect. While not directly in favour of the war, they would use any opprtunity to hone their skills in combat and as such were often encountered on during the skirmishes between the two nations.
Without anyone accompanying him or the need for directions, Rex reached one of the small villages outside the sect withing a day or two. What he noticed was the amount of girls and women that he encountered on his way to the sect, and once in the village, which was as normal as possible, he asked around and soon was dirrected to an inn of sorts where the girls from the sect would often come to relax outside of the grounds. Once there he asked to be dirrected to the sect member here with the highest rank or seniority. The girls were all pretty and looked at him with suspicion, even if they showed no open hostility or disgust. Once he finally had reached the girl in question, he greeted her politely, and was quite direct with the girl
"Greetings, my name is Neo, and I have an important matter to discuss with your sect master. And it is imperative that I speak with her as soon as possible, since it can save enough people to fill up a rather large sized sect. I was wondering if you could pass on my message?" The few disciples from the sect that were around the girl Rex had spoken to felt that teh person was dead serious. So their cooperation could result in preventing a massacre, as such the lead girl nodded and agreed to work as a messanger for Rex. He thanked her, with a light bow as he cupped his hands the way these cultivators did, and said he would be here in this village for the time being. The girl left soon after and Rex got to spend the next few hours roaming the city looking for something interesting that could catch his eye, since the village was just small enough to not have a proper whorehouse- an establishement Rex was considering of visiting if his urges would get any stronger anytime soon.
He was bartering with a rather stubborn adn greedy street peddler, when his senses informed him of an aproaching person who wa notably stronger than anyone he had seen in this village. Even the disciples were nowhere near her power level. The visitor was clearly peak A class, so he was slightly inteested in who had come to visit him from the Lunar sect after the delivery of his message.
"Mister Neo." the voice addressed him, once the person was close, but not close enough to asume she had any malicious intent, and as Rex turned around, and was facing the woman she continued "Sect master Linjin Jun has agreed to meet you. Please follow me." and seeing as she had his full attention, she signaled for him to follow her, and Rex did so without much effort. He could see the girl was trying quite hard to move this fast as he could see sweat forming and getting swept away as they moved with great speed. Some thirty minutes later they had entered the sect grounds and were in a rather simple, yet well maintained hall that had a rather large table, where around ten women sat. At the end of teh table in a more decorated seat sat a beautifull woman around the age of fourty, flanked by two grandmas, who were nearing the damn of their lives. They would still last for a decade or two, but Rex felt that they had lived for more than two centuries. What was also quite interesting was that both the sect master and the two grandmas were middle stage S class entities.