COI C230
It’s gone, the vessel is gone. After so much attention had brought the city into their curious eyes and ears. Advanced technology where the Enders had sought in Rune Isles have disappeared. They witness it, the vessel’s robots going to the sky repairing themselves so fast. Once done, they went back to the vessel, and unleashing a spectacular view. The vortex, bringing all the light in one concentrated area. It was too dangerous to go there. Then they found them, Altair and his team arrived possessing the data on hand. Haw shows to them the stone slab.
When Haw is about to hand it over, the guild masters approach him. It was those two again. The spirit bird lands on Haw’s shoulder, waiting for him to give the tome to them. He shakes his head. Then the woman, a guild mistress, with jewel rings snaps her fingers. A dim light sparks out, color green with black outlines, presents to him her message. Haw didn’t know and reluctantly handed over. The tome disappeared and reappeared on her hand. Without any word to say more, she quickly leaves with a smile on her face.
The guild master said to them “All of us are going to report about this. Raker Mawn guild members have tribute so much for this city. Will our Lord accept this kind of generosity? Even if, you were a Dexter guild member”
Altair watches Haw and Maser complying their wishes. He felt at lost, but he can’t complain either. That the guild mistress shows a very vile presence on to him. Her rings showed dangerous powers lie within. The strength of her runic rings contained more than a few effects. Rather, it contains spells he barely knew.
The guild master didn’t say more as the birds flew through him and faded away. Where the Jigeram’s light is now going out to sea. Whereas the next moon cycle is coming, and this old cycle gives its farewell.
Ruby dashes at them “Whoa! You guys survive! Altair, are you alright?”
“Uh, yeah!?”
“Don’t try being dumb. We thought you were possessed by them”
Altair forgot. This kind of incident is very important for the city to know. Ruby didn’t say anything else and pulls Altair away from them
“Sorry guys, this is urgent”
Zoom into a blink of an eye. Maser chuckles at Haw
“So, back to your women?”
Haw gently gives a stern look “You know we have handed over a very important document to them”
“I thought Enders are cooperating each other like this”
“Not with the guild masters and mistresses. Whenever something happened like that in person . . .”
Maser stops him as he starts to rile up all of a sudden “I get! Still, I didn’t know anything about your superiors”
“This is Enders we are talking about, Maser. What I am suspicious about is when will I have it back?”
The guild mistress returns back to the island. With the other three Enders along with Lady Coheld at the middle. Soon, others joined the meeting and realized someone is missing in their group.
One of them asks “Where’s the lady of M’ji Han’dhyr?”
“You mean lady Thulz’Yulfrit?”
Lady Coheld answers them “She went back home and meet with her relatives”
“Sighs* She always did this whenever we are in the final disaster for this city”
“There is nothing to argue as she is not responsible for this city’s consequences”
Lady Coheld watches everyone around her. The guild masters and mistresses are showing disinterest of the city. Two of them were not going to meet the Enders coming back from the vessel.
“Master Grawttyl, Mistress Vince, you two seems to be having a problem going out from this island”
Houst, worn her rings giving away her powerful aura. “I dared to meet your former guild member. They seemed to be obedient” She then handed over the stone slab to Lady Coheld.
Lady Coheld didn’t hesitate to use her devices to decode everything they have gathered so far. The slab quickly reacts and quickly turns to the guild master unleashing his spirit birds.
The archscientist grins at the discovery “Just as I thought, Eu my friend. This is going to be your mission too”
The new moon guild master tamed the secrets opened from the slab. The archscience release rituals, tamed without any living spirits within. No, he guessed wrong. He is holding off the vision. The vision opens and sent into the air, stopping it from getting into their heads. Eu weaves it as the vision materialized above them.
Lady Coheld sees the message of the spirits “Is that so? the new Horde chief was chosen”
Then she quickly brushes it off “What a waste of our time”
Still remained in the island. Emerald and the researcher are receiving gifts from the Enders. Coming from the Dexter Guild themselves, their eyes are beaming at the technologies of this world. Emerald tries to reach one of them. The researcher stops her.
She then smacks him as she gets one “I am not going to fall for it again”
“Again? I have been focusing on our research about that demon’s activity . . . and I . . .” He starts reaching out the manual.
Emerald slaps his hand “You’ve been acting like this since we received a message from Myrrkei”
“It’s a letter and”
The researcher sees the tech before them. Their UIs can’t comprehend what are those as the archtech blocked their magic. Those were scanners according to Myrrkei’s letters. It wasn’t any recent writings either. It looks like a few months old. Rather more to it than any simple instruction. It is more an already going to happen events. The vessel is one of them, it is one of Myrrkei’s findings before they entered this world. The instruction is on how to deal with the Enders to obtain it. This makes him wonder if the Enders are willing to share the secrets about it or not. After they read Myrrkei’s letter, only a few recognizable words.
His words got out from his mind “An arc of this world, to restore everything what it is supposed to be. Including the natural powers of the tribes”
He is not letting that phrase go and said to Emerald once again “I still think that vessel attracts the spirits”
Emerald takes deep breath “Exhale* How many times I have to tell you; Prove to me instead spouting out of your mind. Even if we, I mean, you figure it out. There are reasons why those spirits are very dangerous”
“Dangerous, but not smart. I have my reference about the dead. If they are all idiots, then they are nothing more as ghosts. I would love to interview one”
“Augh!”
The city guild, never what the staff saw among these adventurers been doing around the meeting room. For sure Gemina is adding more mysteries in her personal notes, but a group of adventurers gathered around her. Illtended is the first of many join the mystery about the vessel.
He said to her “I always thought I am the only one who has a thing for goblins”
“Shut it, those tribes were able to get inside the vessel. Now it’s gone and those same goblins who are still in there”
“Yeah, that’s about right . . .” Illtended wants to say more, but Gemina stops him again
“Those are not tribals”
“The same tribals who got in”
Illtended only shows her his side of curiosity, while she in the blatant of disbelief. The Rogue and Heist have been giving her the details that really is something to be worried about. The vessel’s action though is the last thing that came and left during the city’s most critical condition. This makes her and the others really suspicious and more importantly the only vessel have made other intruders magically disappeared. Her mind is going to find Haw this instant whenever something like this had occurred. Even though he has nothing to do with it, but he was sent there.
She sighs “Why am I so interested with Haw lately?”
Illtended explains “Maybe because his gift to our guild”
It’s true, the city guild sphere. There is more than that; the mountain shrine, the failed raid against the gangster, and the rescue and support of the Sister’s Hope Highschool. He had done so much and the vast knowledge from a member of the Dexter Guild enticed her so to know more. She hears a snap of someone’s finger
“Huh? Oh Silfa”
“Have you finished recording my report”
Illtended answers for Gemina “It’s done, it was a few days ago exactly”
“A few days?! Was I really that exhausted without noticing?”
Gemina grabs Silfa’s hand and guides her to a seat. “Same goes with the Raker Mawn guild, they are still resting”
Gemina and the rest of the adventurers received a pop-up news about Altair made it out from the vessel. His initial raw impression of the vessel shared like wild fire. So fast and everything about his quest gives everyone a dire warning. Silfa’s eyes froze the moment she reads a crucial part
“Altair almost got possessed!”
She suddenly reacts, but Gemina’s elemental spirit caught her along with Puma. Puma, in a temporary body, can’t say a word and the elemental is seeping away her strength by its fiery rituals. Gemina slaps her elemental burst into nothing whistling away.
Puma follows the elemental and hid themselves under the table. Illtended checks what is under it and finds the Silfa’s pet doll.
“Oh look, its Tora”
The pet doll in its big fluffy body. It sees Illtended eye to eye. No interest whatsoever and only gives him a yawn and watch the two spirits moving around under the table. Illtended was amazed of how Silfa able to get a strong beast at east mountain. This big doll is both intimidating and cute from how it looks happy. Like one time when Tora sees the mirror of itself being happy. It growls at itself and brings out rituals that no adventurers ever felt so terrifying.
Illtended returns to his friends and sees the news pop up on screen. He mumbled to himself
“Well, what news will it be this time . . . oh . . . NO”
The tone changes as something have lost so important. Gemina blurted out at the moment.
“Altair said Haw has the data”
With her grip tightens as the secret of the vessel is going to be revealed, and then later she reads the next of the news. The data they collected where immediately took away from the Enders themselves.
“No way, how can we . . .”
Lost from the news, they heard a door opened and there’s Altair in person with Ruby. Everyone is running at him, but Ruby stops them.
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“There is no time, check him before anything happened to him”
Everything is getting too fast what’s going on. As Gemina continues to keep adding more details what happened today, the documents on her folder will soon to grow much more than she had anticipated. The city guild puts on hold because of the cancelled plan to go to the vessel. For now, the complete report is on the representative’s desk.
King is with Gordon “What we have here is the documents with the Enders”
“I know . . .” He took a deep breath
“. . . exhales* I never would’ve believed you at first until we compare their leaders with Raker Mawn. Fuck! What shit are we into? They weren’t kidding letting their Lord doing their business”
“And now here we are, no news of them ever share of it”
Gordon slams his hands together with powerful clap. King continues “This makes you wish to apologize to them”
“Don’t bring it up, there is a chance for us get this through”
They open the report and it appears on screens. The first survey is where the Rogue and Heist are inside a security room. But it wasn’t a security room, it describes to be a ritual room shared together with computer equipment. It’s like room being holed up together into a storage room. This is what Haw’s note says.
“This vessel is absolute machine. Meaning no living being will ever going in without proper equipment, and the room they mentioned is definitely has backlogs of being use as safe rooms. More modern advance than Ironno’s handiwork”
The screens move and shows the entirety of the detail adding the blanks were found. Haw’s notes continue “The rooms they can’t find where they got the map shows how it was never part of the vessel. It is there to station only for the machines. However, the sea serpent being chased by the machine, and second the dark sea creature beneath the city. There must be actually preservations for safe keeping the creatures survived the Fall Era. But why here, it is designed from the Demon Faction”
It ended, and King can’t believe Haw stops there. King says to Gordon “When will he update us?”
“I hope so, King. There are so many things unanswered”
“Right now, that vessel was able to teleport them somewhere dangerous. You think . . .”
Gordon shakes his head “Calm down, the vessel has so capabilities and we couldn’t able to chase it down”
King watches the other screen, Silfa’s report “. . .We are able to rescue Heist and the Rogue, it is hard to believe as they were supposed to be underground and magically appeared in east mountain . . .”
King pointed out “That vessel is truly a threat. We can’t let it go or else it might be coming back underground”
“And yet, it left like it never happens. If it does want to attack us, the vessel should attack at the same time with the siege”
“I don’t know, Gordon. This world is too much. If this keeps up, we have no choice”
“What do you mean?”
“I will try to held a meeting with their Lord from Enders Bridge. They have knowledge of this old technology”
“Will they really going to help us?”
“I am not certain, let’s put our trust on Raker Mawn Guild. While I’m going to find a way to meet their Lord”
In Fuku City, the cult leader is clapping his hand to see all of them alive. His eyes weren’t pleased how they are injured, but this, he is glad not to lose a single one. They’re resting in the lounge where all the gang leaders usually go there. It was reserved for them and he himself is sitting along as they anxiously waiting for him to say. Hito didn’t hesitate and raises his voice politely
“Uh, sir”
“Yes?”
“I was wondering why you are being with us not saying a word”
“I’m glad you ask. I am a bit mix feeling what you guys facing goblins. I need some time to read and think of your teammate’s report”
Hito steps back as the cult leader’s eyes glow red. As he moves back, Hito finds the others ignore the cult leader all together and enjoy what they were provided.
Magnet says to Hito “It’s kind of brave of you not thinking about what he will say to you”
“I thought he is disappointed at us”
Miss smiles at his gullible answer. Flashes is busy checking his devices and his losses after coming back from the vessel. All three of them except for Hito have already know they supposed to be dead from the start.
The cult leader never expected for the spirits can interfere their gateways into the internet. It was also foolish to ignore how the servers were attacked by them as well. The Enders have saved his people is rare and never been a coincidence. Their indirect hostility is impressive in the internet. Treating them as nothing but a nuisance and easily be taken out the hackers in a well timely matter. There are so much more he can’t grasp the intention those Enders are. One, Enders trying to rescue the residence and now jailed. Two, the Enders able to kill the hackers without prior knowledge of the servers. Three, the people in front of him. Of course, they are different people. But there is no telling how it all connect together someday.
The cult leader remembers what they did to the servers. This makes him realize there is an alternative internet in this world. Making his eyes closed to think harder what is like the older version of the internet back in the day. It’s been so long to see in fictional movies about the internet.
Then he asks Flashes “Say, have you ever thought that this world has its own internet?”
Flashes thought about it too “Yes, but with the use of magic or other forms of technology. I can’t even to begin to understand why the spirits were able to disclose our escape. Only thing I knew, there is an internet in this world. Just like the hackers discovered in Rune Isles”
They watch the cult leader returned idly as he thinks. Nothing else as he returns thinking with a serious face. His organization shouldn’t be in this investigation begin with. He will put his trust on his old friends, whether they got out from hiding. It’s been months to hear or see those two quarreled again. Then again, relying them too much as they promised to leave this world as soon as possible. It would take longer though. They don’t want to take the risk to escape this world along with the unsuspected visitor coming along to their world.
Finally, the cult leader checks his papers. The simplest conclusion is in a full paper page, written by Miss: We found goblin centric tech. it is clear to say that the reason of many spirits fought inside is the sense of calling out to be free from their enslavement inside the robots. I am not sure it will be the better hypotheses, but I am no fool when I see spirits are enduring the runes as much as it can. Pretending to lie down or letting my dreams to write down into my head in case all we have carry is lost.
This is hard to understand, I know. As if the data has a mind on its own, after taking the risk of using my RAPs to understand his devices. I got a good bonus skill to understand this vessel’s devices as well. My luck stat improves. But luck alone won’t be any good without intelligence to know what I am getting at. It is solely meant to use shamanism here at best. I am starting to understand how brilliant that is. Letting an immortal idiot to hold the most invaluable data, and let the advantages of the Jigeram’s light to do its thing. The vessel leaving is still a mystery.
However, there is one thing I learn will not going to be hitting the mark. If so, the spirits are trapped in this vessel. Who is their master? I’ve never seen so much chaos. The fights were endless. These goblins are trying to distract us from an important intention. Or rather, there is a room they won’t let us go. The alert happened before a key someone had found they don’t want us to see. Whoever was the one who found it, maybe they can’t even get it. Who in the right person knows about this place?
The rest of the single papers are drawings that identifies as rituals. The cult leader opens his device and finds the trace of the vessel. It sank back in, but never to the place it usually goes. His grip tightens as the device uses its rune to protect itself from breaking. The vessel returns to Rune Isles, deeper going south as it headed somewhere that the Enders never reached yet. The cult leader returns to the team and begins their discussion. Miss had finished her side of the investigation. Now it is up to the three men explaining the rest. The cult leader is starting to have interest in shamanism.
Enders Bridge, Lady Fay’Mae meets her cousin Oue’Jhnr as she is heading to the Lord’s manor. Oue runs and hugs her at first glance “Cousin, I miss you so much” “My beloved cousin. I miss . . . Oof . . . Why are you squeezing me!?” “We are like siblings, we are supposed to have silly funs, right?” Oue says it with an angry tone. Fay starts to realize that the news had already reach here. Giving no chance to explain herself, someone behind Oue stops them.
With the use of her cards, she was able to separate the two. “Oue, what are you doing to your own cousin?” “Why not, Tabitha? I was showing her how I feel what she did to our young guild member. So, what did your doll not letting him escape from the brigands?” “Oh yeah, that. I thought your guild members are capable to handle them” “Capable? It was not long when Sanquin starts feel worry about him. I hate that daemos woman, but I won’t ignore what will happen to him either”
Fay’mae sees her beloved cousin riled up because of the incident. It’s like she is acting one of their aunts to their nieces. Yet for her herself, she is a jealous type to see them getting along. She grins with her eyes annoyed. Tabitha notices her “Sorry, did we do something wrong?” “I apologized, it is more of a family memory when we behave like that” Oue turns and looks at her suspicious “That look” She confronted to her face to face, rather looking up while Fay looks down. Oue continues “Don’t give that look, we will never know when that boy leaves or not”
The two have the same grandparents, they clearly show familiar affection to the young boy like he is their relative, and a behavior like that means bonding to them. Oue knows Fay well. If this continues, Miyusuki will be tempted with affection he shows it to her. Her jealousy spikes up to hear that the sibling is acting like a nephew. Oue hides her real expression and keeps her angry look “Don’t try to change the topic. Next time whether you give your doll. Train him like I did with my friend over here” Tabitha shakes her head “You train me? No, it was Juela . . .” “Like I was saying, I won’t be friendly when something like that happened again”
Oue pulls Tabitha away as Fay watches them leave. Fay is not that easy to deceive from her cousin’s behavior. Sadly, her beloved cousin is not wrong. However, Oue forgets that she has her doll. The nerve of her trying to accuse that she is the one who gave it to him. Fay becomes acquainted because of the presence of her doll. It was not lie Oue herself. Slowly remembering how Oue acts like this. It was vague but it was too familiar back then.
“Lady Fay’mae Thulz’Yulfrit! You were supposed to be in a meeting with Lord Lori’es”
“Aunt!?”
The aunt intently grabs her shoulder and firmly gripped it “This is no family conversation. You said I have to arrange a meeting for him”
“Sorry, but you’ve seen Oue passing through” “That’s right. I thought I heard it wrong when she said your doll gave to her young recruit. I remember she has it when you are inheriting our guild. That young girl, making us confuse. Only if her mother didn’t teach her the indirect false tongues” “Indirect false tongues? That’s sounds nothing like her mother” “Still though, she gives you that same doll speaking like that. But I barely speaking nonsense” Her aunt sighs as she sets up a portal “Anyway, you have a meeting to attend to. Hurry up”
Fay hugs her aunt “Thanks, Aunt Thulz” “You silly girl, I am not maiden anymore. I am happily married” Soon, they said their goodbyes, and be on their way. As the portal closes, a seal is form and written in magic writings saying the Lord is busy at the moment. Telling everyone of the Enders, that it is in the Lord’s interest. The guild masters and mistresses heard the news as words connected from what they saw from the south region.
“The vessel starts moving again”
“Then it was no fluke what happened to the southern region”
“It is already proven the city was summoned there”
“And that same vessel survived from its arrival”
“It is still not proven yet. We must search it again, if we have to”
Lord Lori’es and Fay’mae are in opposite side of the table. He brought out foods and drinks.
He welcomed her “The drinks are just water. Our conversation should be a little clearer, do you think?”
“Uh yes”
Lori’es wasn’t making fun of her, but she is showing a disrespect in her eyes. It is not so though. Culture differs from the two. The Lord has his ethics for not sharing drinks with an opposite sex. While she sees it is a sign of her not having tolerance having a drink. It was a little misunderstanding, and neither of them will explain their look of their expression.
None of them takes a first bite and go directly why Fay request a meeting with him. She says to him honestly
“The vessel, do you remember what your predecessor have interest with it?”
“I remember, and words reach here pretty fast as it already leaved that region”
“Good, then let me quickly skip the rest of my explanation. Keeper Eu Mahnreua sends a messaging bird to me. I was able to keep it safe”
She casts her spell and summoned a bird cage. What lies inside that supposed to be extinct. More accurately, there are two birds.
She continues “These birds are the Heroes’ favorites”
She is about to show to him why is the heroes’ favorites as she forces the bird to sing. He stops her
“There is no need to use magic. If they are the heroes’ favorites, then no magic will apply to them”
“But what if I was lying, I must prove to you that . . . What? Why is my magic is not affecting them?”
The birds are reacting, and resist her spell. Fay’mae stops her spell as there is no point to enforce it further.
The Lord asks “Is it from the vessel?”
“Yes, I am starting to want to know how he was able to bring it here. More importantly, when did he ever set inside the vessel. I know it was the Raker Mawn guild who is doing mapping. But never ever to bypass to get a creature like this”
Lord Lori’es knows Eu’s powers. For Fay’mae herself bewildered by this as proof of being new guild mistress in her guild. The vessel and Eu’s power is almost identical. Magic that has no spirits to aid him nor the machines. Eu is human, and probably the ancestor who lived among the spiritual goblin worlds.
Enough of the trivia, and this is enough to understand that the summoner is acting on its own again. Lady Coheld might have brought her reason to remain in the city. Fay is the one who she brought here, but enough of speculating that is not true. He let Fay going around in awe to see such delicate creature before them.
“. . . Lord, yeah. I guess you already know, embarrassingly laughing*”
“Are you sure? You seem to be the only one returning home. You know what’s you’re dealing with Lady Coheld”
Fay takes a deep breath as she almost burst out with rage. Talking to Lord Lori’es, she must stay mature
“Because, I lost my patience with that city’s customs. Pardon me for my rude takes, but when will they be going home? Their families are at their home world. So many people died because of the old wars scarred this world. How many will die just to live this world? Their Foundation is at their mercy, once gone, they will never come back to this world again. Sigh* They don’t realize that we also want to go back our own world”
Lord Lori’es hears such a different take. Besides having the citizens powerful magic, this guild mistress cared for them. She hates what’s going on and wanted them to return home. The humanity in her is a rare of fresh air to him.
He responds to her “With kindness held a price, I know Lady Coheld is not different with her guild”
Fay’mae nods reluctantly. The Dexter Guild wants something in the city, either be technology or power. While getting it, they both know Lady Coheld will be planning for the right time to get it at her own terms.
In Mihayara district, they have finished of the agreement as the reports are in. The advisor feels powerless after the secret lab is exposed. The officials are going to be open for now because of the reveal. They look at the secured room where the demon’s half is inside. Official Grimoire has a new responsibility at hand. While the others are focusing rebuilding the city. He steps out after that horrendous meeting. Letting the others playing politics as the final days of this nightmarish moon cycle.
Outside from the meeting, he whispers to himself “We are wasting time on that vessel. I’m glad I got those researchers under my care”
He brings his cigarette and takes a smoke “Phew* Now I can finally understand why they don’t want to live and . . .”
He looks at the file given by Official Case. A warning to him from the people of Fuku City
“They are developing faster than we’ve thought”
Lastly, he checks on his messages, a message unread, and it was from Manager Kubo
“Tell the police headquarters one last time to do their investigation properly. If they still going to ignore it. We have no choice to continue ‘Judgement Days’ or ‘Enders Hitmen”
The city is returning back when it usually is. A peaceful and prosperous again, and as the 3rd and 4th moon cycle is over. It also returns of the gangs and the criminal activities of this city.
“A second chance?”
A terrible question speaks out from his mouth without a single irony and disgust. He shows only disappointment as it is always have been back in their home world. Would it be better off to have some help outside? Would it also be better to let them go? The man in Fuku City prison will be free if crime returns, again.