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Trajan’s yell shook the air as he glared at the deh
"Well, yes I will admit that it was foolish to not preserve more of the meat before I wiped them all out&8221;
"THAT IS NOT THE KEY PROBLEM HERE!&8221;
Trajan nearly fainted froe If he’d had eyes, they would’ve rolled up in the back of his head as he virtually frothed at the ed,
"They’re just deer&8221;
Trajan tre out a s just a couple ile, as if he could see So his vision
He held the flaainst his robe and fell to the floor
"Oh no, Helena, we’ve been betrayed! See the Anouess I’ll have to defend ned concern as he clasped his hands together,
"Rain Magic: Waterfall Torrent!&8221; A huge streah in the sky, concentrated in a ure of Xaphan, knocking him several dozen meters away down the hill
"Hahaha, foolish Wizard!&8221; Xaphan’s voice was full of cheer as he blocked the attack, stea off his body as he was covered in flames
"I will be sure to wipe out two more species, just for you!&8221;
"RAAAAAAA!&8221; Trajan’s incoherent yell was full of rage as the two figures began to fight
Helena stormed out of one of the tents in the campsite, her eyes bloodshot Her sht She wore a tight, blue dress that was covered in frilly lace, one she was preparing just to show Dorian She glared at Trajan and Xaphan, and then turned to glare at the giggling Probus and Aron, her short, shoulder length black hair waving slightly
She buried her face in her hands,
"I’m surrounded by idiots&8221;
"Out of the way!&8221; A loud voice cried out at Dorian, distracting him as he walked down the street
Dorian fluidly stepped back and to the side, turning around in be a covered palanquin ran past hi the palanquin were all big andshirts with the emblem of one of the three Lord Class forces that inhabited Excelsior on their chests, that of a broken dagger
Afterher he would travel with her, Dorian had the rest of the day to do whatever with He had decided to take that tis that could prove useful to hiic or Preservation shops here, not that he could find Excelsior City was a large city, a popular one full of hundreds of thousands of people
There wasn’t, however, any exclusive City Lord Instead, the city was controlled by the three Lord Class tearoups that lived in the area, and used this city as a base for their operations
The planet of Paxital, while a Lesser World, had so es to useful places that it was largely used as a hub world and a base for ic Groups, or Alliances of various sorts
The three Lord Class forces that lived in Excelsior were all o on expeditions to Blizzaria and bring in rare resources
Bella’s Warrior Woroup
There used to be a fourth mercenary team, the Blacktooth Knives, but they had been wiped out in their entirety just a week and a half or so ago Wiped out by Arial, Dorian suspected, when she arrived through the Red Portal Dorian appeared to have been stuck through some type of temporal disturbance due to the instability of the portal, and had taken roughly teeks to ed as he watched the palanquin run past The city was bustling, full of liveliness Merchants barking their wares, warriors and Wizardsto and fro, chefs, servants, blacks about
After Dorian had agreed to join Bella, they had talked for a bit about their plans They were to set off to with a chartered Fast Caravan, a type of ical fast transport artifact, at full speed across the continent to the east They would travel by ship to the continent of Pashal, where they would travel further east towards the World Bridge that led to Lansc, and fromor
One of the reasons Dorian had opted to travel with them was because it would hide him He ell aware that as a so-called ‘Ano with locals or regular Wizards would provide hireat deal of cover, especially if he needed to sneak past guards or hunters
Dorian didn’t know if it was because of the Luck Magic she studied, but Bella seeranted
She had noticed that his ar chopped off His mind flashed back as he recalled the short conversation
"And that will be the most likely route ill take It’s possible we may encounter pursuers, but my women and I should be readily able to handle the teams they send after us We’re only known as a B- Rated mercenary team in the Golden Moon Mercenary Alliance, after all&8221; Bella had been explaining more about their plan
Dorian also learned a bit roups were ‘rated’in the 30,000 Worlds The Golden Moon Mercenary Alliance set a rating scale for any organization or group, and gave the’ This applied not only for members of the massive, widespread Golden Moon Mercenary Alliance, but for any faeneral A B- rated team was one that contained at least two Lord Class Wizards, or five Lord Class fighters
She had paused, staring at hi an arm e rescued you?&8221; She eyed him askance
Dorian looked over at his ared
"Yep&8221; He didn’t say anything else, unsure what to add
She stared at hi
They stared at each other for a few more seconds
"And now it’s back?&8221;
"Seems like&8221;
They stared at each other for a fewat that point,
"Maybe it grew back through luck?&8221; He didn’t want to reveal anything about his ability to regenerate and his unique Soul Spell Matrix to her if he didn’t have to
Bella looked at him for another second,
"Oh yes, of course Completely reasonable&8221; She nodded as if that e to roll his eyes The common sense of these women seemed to be… rather off
The flashback to the past ended as Dorian laughed aloud, feeling a weight rise from his heart He smiled Ever since that voice came into his head, the world had seemed to become a harsher, darker place It was nice to take a minute to relax
"Oi, you! Hold on a second!&8221;
As Dorian came out of his reverie, he realized he had inadvertently turned off the street he alking on to a darker, edge alley Unlike the h Excelsior, the alley he was in was grungy and dirty
A pair ofin front of Dorian, shirtless and wearing only a pair of slack, brown pants One of thelared at Dorian They both had ugly, forgettable faces that had been injured or broken many times before Their muscles, however, were very real, as were the scars that covered their bodies
The speaker was behind Dorian
A well-groomed man in a set of slim blur robes He had short hair that was spiked at the end, dyed a dark blue color The air around hi hi lanced back at theone section, and then at the man in front of him
The two behind him were at the Grandhters The youth in front of hi to Ausra, a Grandmaster Class Wizard, close to Lord Class He was either older than he appeared, or extremely talented to have reached the Grande
But ere they bothering hiroup couldn’t be mere nobodies It wasn’t as if everyone could reach the Grand to need to inspect your Spatial Ring, friend&8221; The Wizard began, giving Dorian a serous artifact or treasure I couldn’t let myself rest if you injured yourself with it&8221; The youth’s eyes flashed as he held out his hand
Dorian tightened his fists, his eyes narrowing
He appeared to be surrounded