Chapter 199 Old Friend...?

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"Did yours get a name, or was that just mine?" Luna asked yet another question, and I quickly recalled back to the moment that I received the rune path.

"Yeah, it was called Blossoms of Rage or something like that,"

"Shit, that's edgy as hell. Mine was just called Illusionary Witch… hmmm… I thought it would be related to our future classes, but judging from the name of yours, that might not be the truth,"

"Then it must be something else. Though, it could just be the name of a skill set or something akin to that," I replied.

"I guess…"

And so, we checked up on the others who seemed to have also encountered the demons watching over them, and it seems Aisa had one worry that she made very clear to us.

"I hope none of you are hoping to go to heaven because, in demonology, you are essentially blessed by the demons, and then in tandem, you are cursed by the gods… something not that great, to be honest,"

"Do you know a lot about demonology?" I asked as I thought she focused on some other things such as Dungeon theory when we were all trying to improve ourselves as much as possible.

"You could say that. I read up on a few things… and our future won't be good… I'm kind of regretting eating that damn pill now. I don't have access to any of the skills now," She muttered, and Luna's eyebrow raised slightly.

"What's up?" Cy questioned.

"Oh, I received one skill immediately from the rune path,"

"You did? Nobody else did, so how come you got one?" Bella asked, acting just a bit jealous of her.

"Ah… This fucking demon… ugh… well, it's nothing really. The demon king that came to me told me a few things, such as the duty I have to fulfill or something like that… he spewed a lot of bullshit, actually, and the contract we made was a bit in his favor. So…."

"You made a contract? That asshole just forced things on me without explaining after figuring out he couldn't take over my body," Findir replied, and everybody nodded in agreement… besides me because it seems I had a completely different experience.

"Well, it doesn't matter right now. Let's just focus on the matter at hand,"

"Hmmm… So, how is the distribution of mages coming along? Also, you made sure to keep some of them around here, right?" I asked Bella.

"Of course. I know a bit of what you're planning, and I can tweak it however I see fit… You're not gonna be ordering me around just cause you're smarter than me,"

"That's fine with me," I muttered, and as we had nothing else to talk about, we went our own ways, planning our own individual things that would contribute to the war.

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The next day, everything had been set in place, so I decided to meet up with an old friend with Aisa in tow as she wanted to see him.

"What's up," I said as I entered the guild hall and everybody looked at me with dropped jaws and popping-out eyes.

"Orion? Is that you?" Arthur asked from across the hall, and his comrades and raid members all came crashing onto me, turning my head and also touching my body… which I quickly shot down, of course.

"Yep. How've you been?" I asked while pushing my way through the baggage, clinging onto my limbs like leeches desperate for blood.

"Pretty good, but how have you been?! You changed a lot, boy! HAHAHA, HAHAHA!"

"I guess, and I see you're still as swole as ever. I guess that wouldn't change about you," I smirked, and as we clasped hands, he brought me in for a tight hug while he patted my back with the force of a thousand mountains.

"You're gonna… kill me," I squeezed out, but it seemed he couldn't hear me.

"HAHAHAHA! YOU'VE REALLY GROWN A LOT! AND YOU MISS AISA! You're looking as beautiful as ever!" Arthur shouted before bringing Aisa into the tight hug, slapping her back until foam came out of her mouth.

"Th-thank you, but I don't think I've really changed much," She muttered as we all split up and stood in front of each other.

"No, you definitely have. You look much more mature and much taller than before," He said, and I couldn't help but cringe at his words.

"You sound like a-"

"Ahahaha! Alright, I'm gonna stop you there!" Arthur exclaimed before covering my mouth and dragging the both of us into what seemed to be his office.

It was very rustic and something I'd expect from Arthur.

"Both of you, please take a seat and tell me why you have come here," He said as he gestured for a couch in the corner of the room, and we, of course, didn't hesitate to sit down.

We walked quite far to get here, and we were going to take this chance to rest up a bit.

Aisa, though, was already aware I was going to explain everything, so she took out her smartphone and began to play away at some video game.

"I'll be straight with you. We've come here to discuss the matter of war… and if you are participating in it, please join our side,"

The air within the room tensed, and it seemed Aisa couldn't focus with such dense air, so she slowly put away her phone.

"Hmmmmm… That's quite the serious topic you've brought up, boy… And how exactly are you participating in this war?" Arthur asked while leaning forward at his desk, intrigued yet wary of what I was about to say.

"It is the Wony family against the renaming bigger families… We also have the support of the world magic tower under us. They were willing to send four battalions worth of mages with also four magic swordsman commanders,"

"That's impressive… Mages from the world magic tower rarely have contact outside the tower… and now they're going to war… I'm impressed… very impressed,"