Chapter 264: Missed

Chapter 264: Missed

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Lake looked up from his book to see if the mark he had placed on Tiff was any closer to the guild. Seeing that it was, Lake got up and started to head outside knowing that she was there for the meeting that she had set up with him earlier. Lake was about to grab the bag that held the dagger that he had left in his room so he could bring it out to her when he decided to just use Retrieval once he was outside.

Not wanting his servants to see it disappear Lake said. "You can have the rest of the day off." This would send his servants to their rooms so they wouldn't notice if he had taken the bag or not. Once they were in their rooms he walked out and started to head outside. He had had plenty of time to get all the stuff he needed for the road so he was ready to head for the Metal Domain as soon as this was done.

As he was passing through Lucas' office, Lake thought about all the stuff he had wanted to ask Lucas and decided it wasn't worth it to talk to him. Lake really needed to find a wise and powerful person that wasn't also stressed and grumpy to ask his questions too.

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Looking around Tiff didn't know if whoever else was here was Jon or not but she knew she was going to have to deal with the fact that there was no way for her to find out without possibly scaring Jon off if it was him. Trying her best to keep her guard up without making it obvious she was ready to attack whoever came out, Tiff waited.

Right when she was seriously considering leaving she saw a person start to walk towards her. Their slow pace made her feel she wasn't dealing with an enemy but she really couldn't tell since the person had their face covered. Not wanting to continue to guess Tiff called out to the other person. "Jon is that you?"

When the other person just kept getting closer without saying anything Tiff felt her chest tighten slightly and was about to turn invisible like she normally would in a situation Like this but still not really feeling any type of threat from the person she just let them approach. Seeing them pull out something from their bag Tiff got ready for the handover.

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Lake had made great time on the way back to the Metal Domain and could already see the destroyed gate off in the distance. He was going to stop here to rest for a few minutes before he continued on. He had wanted to sleep before leaving the Alchemist guild since it would have been safe but being unable this was his new best option.

Finding a place on the ground Lake laid down and was happy the armor he had chosen this time was made of soft leather. This made it so all he had to do to get comfortable was take off the helmet so his face wasn't covered. He didn't know why but wearing the helmet while laying down made him feel a bit claustrophobic when it didn't bother him at all when he was just walking around.

It was probably just because he had never had anything cover his mouth while trying to sleep before but either way he didn't really need to wear it so it didn't matter. This armor had just been chosen for how it felt since he was 100% positive it would be destroyed as soon as he got into a real fight.

Wondering if he should try to find the Metal Temple's head to ask about what someone at his level was supposed to do for armor Lake thought it was a good idea but not the right time. He had the book that listed strong items but really all it had done was tell him there weren't a lot around. He also didn't know if the items in the book were even as good as what he would need.

This made him think he should really look into trying out blacksmithing soon. He was sure some of the other people who had the Insider in the past had run into a similar problem and fixed it by making it so they could make their own stuff.

Getting up after a few minutes of sleeping, Lake wondered why he felt more annoyed by the fact that he had to sleep now that it was so fast. It was like now that he knew there was a way out of having to sleep; he couldn't wait till he never had to think about it again.

Getting his helmet back, Lake walked out and looked back towards the gate to see if the Demon Worshipers had sent someone else that could make a barrier to hold this position. After a while of watching he was pretty sure there wasn't anyone there.

He wasn't sure if this was because they didn't feel it was worth trying to protect anymore or if they had just yet to hear it had been destroyed, but either way he hoped he was right and it was empty. He really didn't want to have to destroy his clothes again to get through another barrier that he had been trapped by.

Running towards the gate, Lake moved into the sky bit by bit but made sure he would be ok if he was hit by something that would knock him down towards the ground. As he passed over the gate he looked down with Detector which he had set to look for Demon Worshipers and saw he had been right and they weren't there. Lake was happy what he had done had been permanent since it would make it easier for the rest of the people to get through.