Chapter 245 - Return To Ishgar {23} How To Save A Life [2]

"Is that girl our next member?" Touka asked and observed the small child.

"Yes, and it appears that she met some friends." Their voices drew the girls attention and she looked over at them in fear and hatred.

"What do you people want with me? I just wanna live peacefully here in my home!" She said.

"How mistaken you are. We are not with them. We are just here to talk to you, would you please stay and listen to what we have to say?" Amell's voice was calm, but the girl didn't have time to react to him as a group of people appeared behind them. Their group was made up of one adult male and the rest of them were children, and some of them looked to be in their early teen years.

"The girl belongs to me!" A man with strange tattoos on his face said.

"Oh? Do you?" Amell turned to the girl in question.

"Of course not! He is trying to kill me!"

"Don't you hate it when that happens. I feel for you, what monster would do something like that?" Beside him, Touka lost her cool and she flew up in rage. "Who? WHO? YOU, YOU WOULD DO THAT!" She yelled and her magic power was released.

"What power! Who are you, girl?" The strange tattooed man asked Touka.

"His possession. Not by my own choice!" She said and pointed at Amell. He reacted strongly and hit her lightly on the head. "Don't say it like that. Saying it like that makes it sound a lot more perverted than it is."

"When you go to prison for kidnapping, I'll make sure everyone knows what you do to the kids you take away forcefully." Touka was still very angry so she didn't care about what she was saying.

"Everyone, let's calm down! I just came here to save a life. You can leave now, I got this under control." Amell said to the tattooed man. As imagined, he didn't take kindly to that. "I will kill you, weakling!" He said loudly and raised the skull staff he had in hand.

"I said Leave!" Amell waved his hand and the man, together with his group got swallowed by a shadow and disappeared.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" The girl freaked out and yelled while pointing at the spot where the giant shadow had risen and swallowed the group that assaulted her.

"I sent them across the continent. It will take them a month to get here with a horse, so forget about them now." Amell turned his attention to her. "Briar, that is your name, no?"

"That's right! What do you want, kidnapper?" Briar asked. Amell smacked his forehead and sighed. "Do not listen to this troublemaker here, she is just a little moody. I am not a kidnapper of any kind. I came with an offer, and you can refuse if you want."

"O-Okay, what is it?" Briar asked with scepticism.

"An invitation to the strongest group of mages in the world." His words somewhat captivated her, as her dream was to become a great and powerful wizard.

"I don't know any magic!" Briar said and a saddened expression was visible on her face.

"Not to worry, kid. The group only has the two of us in it so far." He gestured to Touka and himself. "She is quite useful when she wants to be, and I am really powerful. You saw what I did to that powerful man with just a wave of my hand."

"C-Could I do that with shadows?" She asked timidly.

"Do you want to learn to control shadows?"

"Very much! I want to be a powerful wizard. Can I?" Her voice grew more confident and she was getting louder as every word left her mouth.

"Of course, if you join us I can teach you magic so powerful they would need armies of wizards to defeat you." Amell's words were to her like candy was to kids on Halloween.

"I-I'll join you! Just make me strong!!" She said with determination.

Amell nodded in satisfaction, "Fantastic! You just made the best decision of your life, little Briar." He started laughing and his laughter worked wonders in easing the tension in the air. Briar looked up at him with some uncertainty evident in her behaviour. "What exactly did I join? I want to be strong and all but what will I need to do?" Touka jumped in immediately and said. "You joined his slave harem of young girls." Her comment earned her a great knock on the head from Amell.

"Do not let this little one poison your mind, little Briar. I ascertain young wizards with amazing potential and train them so they can stand at the top one day." Amell looked trustworthy and his aura was powerful and calm so Brair found more comfort with his words rather than Touka.

"So what now?" Briar asked while moving towards Amell because Touka creeped her out.

"We move West. There are unexplored continents everywhere, and this world is massive. We are going on a true adventure. Firstly though, we need to locate our other members."

"Alright!" Briar nodded and shook off the creeping feeling that came from Toukas stare.

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