As we reach the slave merchants tent where the slaves we are guarding are be held I can't help but notice the luxury in the building. The building is in a manners style with four columns in the front and beautiful carved stairs think a museum or court house, just smaller and without the dome.
The building is painted in a vibrant yellow and deep purple accent on the columns.
A pale skinny man comes out to greet us with his business smile on.
“Honored guests what brings you to our shop” the shop clerk says in a humble tone.
“Yo we're here to pick up the slaves Alfon ordered , we have the bill of sales so don't try to cheat us by saying we have to pay or your gonna have to explain to Corvix why his shop is burned to the ground” Jax threatens from the open hatch of the humvee
“Certainly good sir we have them a read and in a wagon out back let me tell one of the slaves to bring it up front.” the clerk said as he walks off after giving a respectful bow
“Excuse me!….excuse me!.... EXCUSE ME!”
A man screams as he runs towards us.
“Ehh What do you want” Jax say in an annoyed voice.
“Hah..ahuh.hhaaah wh..er..where did you get this fine piece of craftsmanship” the man says.
“Fumu you like it don't cha” Jax say with pride like he's the creator of the humvee.
“Like doesn't even begin to describe how much I adore this piece of work” the man says with almost worship in his voice.
“Hahaha boss you hear this he's almost bowing down to your workmanship I told you you were a freak of nature with you inventions” Jax bellows towards me from the hatch on the roof of the humvee.
“What the creator of this thing is inside!? Please take me as your disciple I will do anything to be able to given the chance to learn how to create this.” the man screams at yells while groveling on the ground
“Are you an invoker or a magic engineer” I ask in a cold voice
“I am an enhancer my mana pores are blocked so I could never be anything else but I've dedicated my life to blacksmithing” the man says in a prideful voice
“Sorry but to make this you must be a magic engineer or an invoker to power the machine to make this” I already knew the man couldn't do it if you're asking why is his appearance he was huge man bigger than even Jax standing at 7 ft even with ripped muscles and hair in a messy chard bedhead. Invoker's are to prideful to work out and gain muscles or to look messy even the scum of the underworld would still look somewhat decent, and magic engineering is a rich man's profession because even if your shit at runecrafting the ready made runes would still get you a life of luxury.
“Even If I can't make this please take me as a worker I come from Yulna in Grash and have come here to gain work” the man pleads. I may not be a charity but I am an employer and it's hard to find a man dedicated to the craft of blacksmithing most do it for the coin or because it's been in their families for generations.
“Hmm go to Crosh in Klish and go to a place called the 46 swords tell them Allen sent you they'll put you in one of our inns wait there for 2 months I should be back from Nicro by then when I get back I'll personally test you” I tell him not bothering to look out at him.
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“If you want you can pay 4 gold to practice with our equipment and get use to things there, and if there's something you want to learn how to use just ask someone who's not busy to teach you how to use it” I tell him as I look him in the eyes for the first time.
“I have great hopes for you. Oh yeah what your name?”
“My name is John Falcone” John says excitedly
“I'll see you in 2 months don't disappoint me.” I may seem arrogant but this is how I am towards outsiders I have the strength and the influence to back up my haughtiness.
“Sir the slaves are here as ordered three of each race and two Beastmen enhancers. In total 23 slaves.” the clerk comes back with the cage wagon. Jax hooks up the the wagon to the back of the humvee and we drive off towards a branch office of the 4 paths we have offices in all of the 24 major cities of each of the 4 kingdoms a total of 25,000 members active and another 20,000 hidden away and yet another 10,000 in training for a grand total of 55,000 troops. In the 35 years I have been here in this world I have personally saved 12,000 of those members when they were children from ages 5 to 18. Most of them were released and “donate” to us so we wouldn't crush their noble house or place of business. Crushing 60 to a 100 slave traders would have that effect on people.
After reaching the branch office we have the slave wagon fitted with thick metal wheels so it can handle the speed of the Humvee. We also get enough food for us and the slaves for 3 months even though Tosh mountain is a month away with horse's it doesn't hurt have extra dry rations. Once that's done it's off towards Nicro to deliver the slaves.
It takes us 1 week to reach Tosh mountain. With the tank treads and the mana motor the rough rocky terrain was nothing. For us it was comfortable but not so much for the slaves. Well after this they'll either be resold or offered work in the guild. When we reach the cave or evil lair of the necromancer what greets us is an army of ghouls.
They're like zombies but unlike zombies they don't turn people into zombies after they've killed them. This is a type of necromancy is acceptable in the eyes of the world because it can be beaten and it doesn't make a Never Ending army.
Apparently ten thousand years ago there was a necromancer that found out away to create zombies but was stopped before he could make an army of them. The way to make them and all of his research was destroyed. Only one document is left from back then written on a sheet of human skin.
It was written in dungeon language better know as English. Yep I'm not the only one that was from the old world.
From my research and lots of dungeon crawling I have learned that people from the old world come here as either dungeons with only memories of the language they spoke, the fact they use to be human and how to make a dungeon. Or as a resident of this world with no memories, as to why I have memories it because of karma apparently saving children's lives or the lives of the innocent are worth most karma points in the the universe's karma score. I'll explain more about dungeons and what they have to do with magic but right now I have ghouls to kill.