(Music of chapter)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBaSfgNJnE)
Sry for the long wait (^_^’)
Yes sorry for the wait. When I said l would upload later that weekend I ment this weekend… JK I was engrossed in playing Overwatch and binge reading whisper of nightingale, and change new world. All of which I caught up on.(Im very proud of my achievement) Anyway sorry for my laziness. Suka.
Written by Sobek
Edited by Etez
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Chapter 7 (part 2)
“AHHHGGGG!!”
‘WTF WAS THAT!?’
“Ah you must be wondering what that was.”
Currently, Asiz was being lead by Stefan to the “Back Room.”
He thought their final destination would be the small living quarters located in a room behind the bar. However, upon entering the room he was brought to a bookshelf. Stefan pulled a lever and the shelf revealed itself to be a cleverly hidden door, and behind this door was a long stone staircase that led down into the abyss.
Now back to the present--
“Oh don’t mind the screams, just a bit of interrogation. You see I am not just a simple bartender. If you lived in this city and maybe even some of the surrounding areas you would have already realized who I am, but since you are an outsider I’ll tell you.”
Stefan turned towards Asiz with a serious expression on his face.
“I am Stefan Zenegade leader of the Augustine Renegades crime syndicate. This bar is as you already know, an information bar, many of the bar regulars are well known assassins, mercenaries and criminals waiting for someone to hire them. As a crime syndicate the Renegades also act as middlemen for any behind the scenes deals or trades between nobles and are the sponsors of the assassins guild which has taken up residence in this inn. The facility which I am about to show you is however, only known to the servants, prisoners who work here as well as some very high ranking gang members.”
Asiz had a confused look on his face. “But if that is so, then why am I a complete stranger being shown this.”
Stefan let out a small laugh. “I told my son several years ago that should he find anyone he judges as extremely dangerous and trustworthy that he should recommend them to this inn. I told him that anyone whom he chose would be made one of my lieutenants and a potential candidate for the new leader of the gang.”
Asiz nodded his head in understanding. “I see potential candidat- WAIT WHAT!”
In a moment of realization Asiz processed what was just said.
“Um sir I say this in all due respect but I will have to decline your offer. I’m not sure I'm even up to the responsibility of being a lieutenant in a criminal empire, hell I haven't even committed any real crimes until yesterday. And please… I didn’t do ANYTHING! So how did Nil even regarded me as extremely dangerous and trustworthy. ...Please that’s no fun at all!”
The boss continued to walk down the stairs and didn’t even turn to Asiz as he spoke. “You're in too deep my boy.”
‘COME ON!! All I wanted to do was have some fun and now I’m part of a gang. Even a high ranking member on top of it! It's barely been 2 days since I came here and already I’ve been in a number of annoying situations. FUUUCKKK! I know I said I wanted to be a bandit, but all I wanted to do was go on a heist. Who doesn’t love a good heist?’
As they continued to walk ‘Jesus how long are these stairs’, The mob boss spoke again. “Well my boy I know you didn’t really want to be a bandit but, as a token of my appreciation I’ll grant a list of requests.”
Stefan turned towards Asiz with questioning eyes waiting for his response.
‘Hmmmmm what would I do for a Klondike bar? Or in this case what would It take to bribe me to be happy with this situation?’
Asiz thought a minute and pondered over his wish.
‘CAKE, no brain sthhaaaap! I don’t want cake….CAKKEEE, NO BRAIN I DON’T WANT CAKE….CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE, AHHHHH FIGHT IT DON’T GIVE IN BACK I TELL YOU BACK.’
As Asiz fought off the army of cake that had invaded his consciousness until another voice entered the fray.
“IDIOT!! Do you realize how much potential that this offer has!!!”
‘Phew I thought I was gonna succumb to my gluttony there for a second..’
“HEY ARE YOU LISTENING!!!”
‘Huh a voice, In my mind? I don’t remember letting in any stray voices…. Odd I do recognize this annoying rude tone though …I wonder where I've heard it before?’
“Oi Oi you seriously remember me? It's been what? Like 2 days. (Hello~)IT’S ME!!!”
‘Hmm I don’t remember meeting any me’s, I do remember this one time though that I met a sergeant named him. What a weird name...’
“Yeah yeah who's on first, (Hello~)IT'S ME ICHOR!!”
‘OHHHHHHH ok that explains the annoyingness, so what do you want?’
“Have you not remembered your abilities at all? You’re a blood angel… You get powers from drinking blood…. Wink wink hint hint.”
‘....’
“Sigh... Fine I’ll tell you, just ask for 2 bloated Vamperus Lamprey. Bog Lamprey look bassically like Lampreys from your world except they are much more deadly, and can use magic. Many of this world's Lamprey feed on the blood of unknown sea creatures that hold massive power. If you drink the blood held inside of a Lamprey’s stomach you could get a huge reward, that or it could just be the blood of a goldfish. But anyway the risk is worth the reward.’
(http://www.invadingspecies.com/wp-content/gallery/sea-lamprey/sea-lamprey-mouths-ottawa-credit-t-lawrence-glfc.jpg ←--- A lamprey)
‘Ohhhh I see, yeah that sounds pretty cool, but I do have ONE~ question! Why only two lampreys?’
“Well first of all one Lamprey could contain the blood of many different creatures resulting in you getting more than one skill from each lamprey, and also because If you acquire too many skills early on a combination of plot oversaturation and one of the almighty creator's short term memory loss will turn your butthole into a gaping chasm.”
‘Makes sense.’
“Now, if this whole mess is cleared up I would like you to make your request, because even though I did slow time for our little conversation you will have still been standing there mumbling to yourself about cake for about 30 seconds. So if you want this situation to become any less awkward I suggest you go back to the real world.”
‘Well talk to ya later.~’
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“Yep, I’ll be watching you, try not to die k?”
‘Sure m8.’
Asiz shook his head and blinked his eyes. When he looked up Stefan still had the same expression from before.
‘Damn time slowing is disorienting.’
“I have decided what I want!”
“Well its about time boy, it's been a half a minute of me just standing here, now spit it out!”
“What I want is….. A sexy Neko maid.” Asiz slapped his hands over his mouth. For a second Stefan just stood there bewildered.
“WAIT! THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY!!”
“AHAHA its ok boy we were gonna give you some maids anyway!”
“What I was gonna say before my mind took control over my body was that I want 2 Bloated Vamperus Lamprey.”
Stefan raised an eyebrow. “What would you need those for? They can be easily obtained of course, but that is a pretty unusual request.”
“Thats a secret.”
“...”
“Anyway it seems that we have arrived at our destination?”
The gang leader snapped out of his glassy stare and regained his composure.
“Ahh yes, follow me.”
They had exited the stairway by now and were walking down a long white washed hallway made of a marble like tile.
“Welcome to the Augustine Renegades crime syndicate.” Stefan opened a door. Inside was a large room with dim lights. A large table was at the center and several people ran about with clipboards and other tools. Around the table sat several people wearing grey cloaks that looked almost like the winter combat gear used on earth. The people were pointing at maps and arguing over something. Stefan stood waiting for them to notice us while tapping his foot impatiently.
“OY YOU LOT.”
The entire room quickly stood at attention and saluted.
“This is our new Lieutenant his name is….”
“Asiz Satyr.”
“Right Asiz Saytr, my son had confidence in him and now i’m bringing him into the fight.”
Asiz looked at the gang leader with a questioning gaze.
“Oh thats right I haven't told you yet. We the Renegades are the most powerful gang in the area, and we have always been for the past 20 years. We control most of St. Augustine's government either by bribe, threats, or just by having an inside man. As such we have alway controlled the city behind the scenes making massive profits off of trades that without our control would be otherwise illegal. However, it is not just us there have always been other gangs, of course they could never actively stand up to us or defy the government outright but they have always been there none the less. That brings us to the current topic. Within the past year alone we noticed that a small time crime family that dabbled a little in the drug and human trafficking trade suddenly blew up with business. They hired hundreds of bandits and mercenaries, and even gained a considerable amount of power within the assassins guild. This was surprising in itself because the family did not seem like the ambitious type but it wasn’t alarming. Families rise and fall all the time. But just six months ago, a considerable amount of time after they had begun to consolidate their power we found something truly alarming. Over 30% of our profits had disappeared. Our puppet government began to break, assassinations, random deaths, things started to go wrong. We did however manage to catch one of the assassins who killed the man in charge of running the St Augustine treasury. When tortured we found out that this man was part of the Delfrio gang, the very same gang who had been rising in power. This was an obvious display of aggression so we being the controlling power of the city tried to subjugate this new found threat. 300 highly trained mercenaries were sent to the Delfrio manor. None came back ever since then we have been finding Delfrio agents everywhere and we haven’t been able to figure out where they are coming from. That is why I have been recruiting trustworthy people to help combat them.
‘Holy mother of speach.’
“So to sum it up there is a hostile crime family that is mysteriously gaining power in the city and you need my help to stop them?”
“I guess that's one way to put it. Can you help our cause?”
‘Hmm think about this logically, what are the cons. Not as much time for screwing around, and I have to follow orders. Pros: cake… lots of cake, More blood?, interesting situations, NEKO MAIDS!’
“Lieutenant Satyr?”
“Mmm Nek~ mmm~ sexyy~mmmmm.”
“.....”
“Lieutenant?”
“WHAT WHERE A-! …Oh sorry. What were you saying?”
“Do you want to join us?”
“Oh yea sure.”
“That’s great you can just follow Vladimir he will take you to your quarters.”
A large muscular man stood rigidly saluting next to stefan. His face had an extremely cramped expression and he almost looked constipated.
“This is Vladimir he is a veteran mercenary. His family has served my family for many years.
“Da, I serve.”
‘...’
“Shall we go?”
“Da.”
‘...’
Vladimir lead Asiz out of the room. The higher ranking members of the gang showed him out with a salute.
The hallway was bare and unfurnished. At first they saw a few people running about. But once they got farther away from the conference room. Less and less people were seen.
The duo walked in silence for an indeterminate amount of time which lead to an awkward silence.
“...”
“Um Vladimir….”
“.....”
“How long are my quarters from the main complex?”
“..............”
“Ok..”
After about 10 minutes of walking Asiz found himself standing in front of the door with a sign labeled.
[Officers Quarters:Lieutenant Satyr.]
He opened up the door and walked into the room to see a small room that was somewhat lavish. It had a twin bed and a few storage containers for personal items. And had a small red carpet covering the floor. There were no windows in the room, so the only light source was a candle that was resting on top of a small night stand.
Turning around Asiz saw Vladimir salute again. “We give you free time to settle. Tomorrow you come to meeting room at 4 PM.”
Vladimir clicked his heels together and walked off. The wooden door closed with a clunk.
‘Well that's it huh? It's literally been like 5 minutes since I got here. I wonder how I got in this situation. And how did they made the sign in front of my door so fast… I just told Stefan my name not even 10 min ago.’
Asiz walked over to his bed, lay down, and closed his eyes.
*Sigh*
‘First time sleeping since I got in this new world should be good.’
He opened his eyes back up slowly.
‘But really though I need to try out some of my skills. How can I be in a gang war if I can’t even fight yet? Guess I'm getting up early tomorrow.’
Asiz closed his eyes and for the first time in about 2 days he descended into sleep.
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