The guild members come back a few hours later when it's already night.
"Finally arrived have you?" (Colin)
Lily is the first to step forward and bows down and almost looks like an archway.
"Lily?" (Colin)
I look at Lily for a while and everybody is silent... It's kind of akward... Lily then seems to 'understand' why I am confused.
"I bow to the king!" (Lily)
"The what!?" (Other guild members and Colin)
Lily looks confused when she hears me say it and then looks at me in the eyes.
"Aren't you a king? Only a king can do those things like you did outside the gate! I mean no army can compare to the two you command!" (Lily)
"No no no Lily.. You got it all wrong. Those were summons. I ain't a king... I'm far from being a king. I guess the most you can compare me to is... A soldier who is thought to be dead but really isn't." (Colin)
"Summons... But... That many summons... Two entire summon armies? That would requrie two entire summoner armies..." (Lily)
"You saw it, now you must believe it. And don't mistake me for a king... King's do troublesome things..." (Colin)
Lily slowly gets up and the others look at me with amazement.
"You... Summoned those armies?" (Vivian)
"Indeed. Now... Shall we get back to work? Also... I need a tad of help from you guys..." (Colin)
"Help?" (Vivian)
"Do you know of a draconian kingdom? I can't really remember the name but it was involved in a war with the multi-race kingdom." (Colin)
"That... Kingdom..." (Vivian)
They all suddenly look down at the ground and I notice a few tears dropping...
"What is it? Come on tell me..." (Colin)
"It... No longer exists. It was destroyed... Almost all of the draconians were enslaved by the multi-race kingdom and now are forced to be their military or..... Nightly... Servants... Those who cannot do any of those two jobs are sent to the mines or get sold after being killed and chopped into pieces..." (Vivian)
I try to grab a chair next to me but the moment I touch it, it burns down due to my brain using magic without me saying to do it.
"Well... I should've known... I really should've known. But what the hell happened to them... To little miss?" (Colin)
"Little miss?" (Vivian)
"She holds the same name as you, Vivian... She also is named Vivian. Funny, I know... Like some kind of power up in heaven made it so by accident." (Colin)
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Vivian cheers up a tad and looks at me straight in the eyes.
"Colin... There are a few families that escaped. One of those just happens to be a family where only a young lady lived with butlers and maids... The young lady was named Vivian..." (Vivian)
"Location right now?" (Colin)
"Unknown... All we do know that they are putting up a resistance against the multi-race kingdom from within the kingdom itself." (Vivian)
I sigh and think for a while.
"So I still need to go to the multi-race kingdom no matter what huh... Well, thanks for that information. You can raise your pay if you want. I allow it. Just don't take too much. I'm going into my room, interrupt me only when the entire city is about to blow up or when our cart arrives once again or when our guild has a major problem that only I can handle. Otherwise... Do not interrupt me!" (Colin)
"Understood!" (Guild members)
I leave and head into my room.
"So in the end I still need to use force to find them... More precisely, make them find me. Guess I'll need to take master's instruction and make a sword-technique for myself instead of slashing like a madman. But first... How much XP did I get from those mobs?" (Colin)
I sit down in the middle of the room after clearing it.
I open my menu once again.
Status Name and Race: Colin Tyccus Human Race Bonuses: Less XP required to level up More rare drops from mobs Level and Soul Level: Lvl. 192 Lvl. 236 Jobs (Classes): Master Warrior Expert Mage-Summoner Titles: First of the Human Race Pro-Gamer The Rituals Enemy Nephilim's Student Guild Master Title Bonuses: Faster learning of different languages. Pro-Gamer's Mind (Calm and Collected) Instinct for the Forbidden Increased Stats Control over the Treasure of Joy guild Abilities: [Mimick Sword Style] [The Six Elements] Stats: Strength: 28900 Magic/MP: 79010 Agility: 56000 Intellect: 124030 Dexterity: 65010 Stamina/HP: 120230
Even more powerful... I really love my Human Race bonuses... My mage class has changed?
"Mage-Summoner? Why has it changed now? I've used summons every day on the mountain..." (Colin)
I think about it for a while and the only answer I seem to get is... I didn't have enough experience in the summoner class to make it marked as expert.
I also finally got Master Warrior class...
I start concentrating after I close the menu to tap into my 'soul core' as I like to call it.
After a while I appear in the core once again.. I remember when I first arrived here...
My core was still so little... Now it's basically an entire planet since I can walk on it for years without end...
I open a path into the middle of the core and enter it.
There are six differently coloured lines circling the middle...
Each of the colours represents a different type of an element.
Time to medidate on the elements once again...
I medidate for three entire days in the real world before stopping...
I need to train in sword arts to create a technique.
I walk downstairs and Vivian is sitting down.
"Nothing to do?" (Colin)
"Nope... We are just waiting for James to get back. The next cargo shipment is ready but if any of us leave all of our things will be messed up. And... You came out of your room?!" (Vivian)
"Late reactions..." (Colin)
I laugh at Vivian who just noticed me arriving.
"Vivian... I need a favor. Try to find every book about sword techniques in this city. Every single book. Buy them all as well... And if you have money left over buy something nice for yourself." (Colin)
I grab about two thousand UniGold from the bank and hand it to Vivian who stares at me blankly before leaving.
Two thousand might be a bit much but well... I have too much of it anyways.
I go to the small court yard of our guild building and grab a sword from my inventory and start training in all of the different techniques I can currently remember...
Making my own sword technique is going to be weird, difficult and well... It's going to take a while...