Chapter 37: chapter 6
tch... this goddamn people looking like warlocks are giving me a headache... that or Philia's high pitched voice when she shouts in the comms...
"WHERE ARE YOU YOU DEMON!?"
fucker... calling me a demon isn't quite right... call me a demon king or knight or something...
I've been hiding here for quite a while... I haven't heard a single order from miss Philia for quite a while...
"hello? Ron? are you still alive?"
oh? so the comms aren't dead?
"yeah, but I still can't talk normally right now, they're literally up in my backs right now and I don't like this feeling"
I whispered as low as I can just so the guy doesn't hear anything
"we're having readings of multiple extremist charging in your place so I assumed the worst... thank goodness"
yeah but... there's still a guy here...
with a sense... there's... another guy there?
"who are y- gah! get this off of me!"
"that's good enough for you, hey Ron! ar you still alive!?"
ahh! sir Pheonix!
"Yes! I'm still alive! although, what about the others?"
"no time for that, do you know where the guild master's home is?"
"home?... ahh! is that Nick? I think he was heading to the local restaurant here... I believe it was called... bee something? it was just a knock off of Mcdonalds really"
"don't care about that, thanks, you can return to the guild, send this message to Philia and Julius"
"yes sir!"
he runs to where the nearest city here... wonder what he's up to? well, considering that he's in a rush, something's probably urgent... like these fellas over here...
I turn on the comm and-
"I just got information from Pheonix, would you please kindly deliver them here Ron? I promise to give you a lot of bits for that"
"thanks but... mind saving those for later? the battle's still ongoing right? considering the urgency, something's probably that worrying right?"
"haahhh... you're right, please hold until we can send backup"
"got it, thanks for your work"
now... what to do... probably lump them up together right?
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"don't you dare touch me you devil!"
"look, dude, why use do you even hate us when you also use magic?"
"you are one of their brethren! we were given the power to obliterate you all!"
the comm started up, that somehow surprised me...
"don't bother with it, these extremists discard other people's opinion, best you don't tire yourself with it, anyway, backup will be arriving in T-60 seconds, how're you holding up there?"
"I should bee saying that to you all, these types of battles typically cause chaos so it's your problems, you just gotta trust that us adventurers will live no matter what"
"haha, you're right, well, I assume that you can see some adventurers right now?"
as she said that, a group finally arrived to my destination
"well? what are we going to do with them?"
a man with a tall build replies "probably kill them off?"
"..."
"dude, I'm only joking, they're going to be interrogated pretty harshly since they are extremist, only the finest torture can make them talk, or mind manipulation, we have someone in the guild that has magic like that"
mind manipulation... huh... I'm just glad the guild isn't killing off and capturing people just to muse themselves...
"well, we'll be returning now, you should come too, we'd need as much needed support as we can"
as he said, I return to the mirror world back to the guild... everyone's battle-ready... swords ready... it's like a war is about to start...
「haven't you heard that loud boom? it seems like they broke through the defense lines」
「Jezus... hope the knights' fine, losing more men would be more depressing...」
"so... people still die here?"
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"ahh! Ron, welcome back, do you have any questions?"
"Actually yes, how'd you know? besides that, this world isn't the respawning type?"
"rumors started that and we asked some people and some knights to disprove that, but we can't really disprove that since we're still human inside, the fear of death is still something that looms the people's heart- excuse me for a bit"
she seems quite busy... best if I don't disturb her anymore...
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the large door of the guild opens revealing Nick who is actually the Guildmaster here... that surprising considering that he barely made it back alive when I first fought that hideous monster
"Philia, order the knights to retreat, Kanji, maintain the feed on the affected areas, order the available fighting survivors and order them to retreat and support the injured knights and adventurers"
every guild attendant saluted and shouted a loud confirmation
"Ron, I'd like you to help the returning adventurers, Pheonix, you too, go ahead and guide the remaining Adventurers left in the area, I'll make sure to support you"
"affirmative, don't let me get killed sir"
"noted"
with that, he leaves the room and heads deeper in the building...
"Ron, do note that the guild master's orders are absolute, don't doubt a single thing from him, even if he's hiding a couple of things, he's still helping the mass as much as he can"
right... right!
"Thanks, Philia..."
"you're welcome, now... everybody! injured knights in T-30 seconds, please prepare a pathway and don't interfere with the recovery team"
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after giving way for the knights, the screen in the front door suddenly turned on, showing the damages on every port
「it seems like only the ports were damaged... thank god...」
haahhh... this was something... probably even overexaggerated but... they probably have a reason for this
the door opened and Pheonix was leading them, with a concerned face-
"Philia! Orpheus is fatally injured! call the emergency team now!"
"on it! Julius, please call your strongest medical team here stat!"
「damn... glad we weren't in the frontlines for that...」
well... I can't blame them for thinking like that... injuries like that is something almost every gamer hates... getting injured is something we can't handle all that much...
"crisis averted, all extremist are now in the guild master's hands, congratulations everyone!"
the knights that were protecting the ports cheered, even the ones here were joyous after the fight even with injuries
"that Rugia... anyway, how's Orpheus' injuries?"
"he's immediately being tended, thank god he didn't die..."
Orpheus? "hey, miss Philia, Pheonix, who's this Orpheus guy? is he some celebrity here?"
his clothing isn't really something to note of... probably just strong?
"Orpheus, a.k.a. the king of strings is our best defense and support fighter in the frontlines. as his survivor Title suggests, he can control every non-living objects with his magic, although, he's always silent and chooses to team up with the most random group"
what's with the name though...
"oh if you're wondering about the name, it's his gamer name in the past, I've been friends with him since the RPG days and the class he always chooses, if available, is puppeteer or priest. he was quite talkative when he was behind the screen but when we met up in real life... he's always silent, well, there are some people that likes being behind the screen as always I guess..."
oh? so these guys played games like I did too?
"hey! mind if I ask, what games you all played?"
"games huh... I can't really point at a single one though... I can't even remember what games I played in the past... I just played some games with them and then poof, I became like this. if you're talking about why I chose this kind of job is because I just joined them out of whim, nothing really ingrained itself into me, the more I live here in the mirrored world, the more I like doing this job"
"said by the person who hated this job in the first place..."
"shut up! I wasn't the type to give advice and orders in the middle of battle like you, you know?"
they both laugh... so... they were both in the same party before the apocalypse happened... it's quite nice seeing them like this but...
my friends were probably the type of assholes that will do anything to get what they wanted... me included...
"hmm? why are you looking down right now? kid, we have a party to celebrate soon, you should enjoy the time in the mage's faction for now, everyone's enjoying our win with this"
looking at the medical bay... even the knights are smiling... it's like this whole crisis was nothing to them...
"friends huh... I wish I have one right now..."
I walk back to the mage's faction but was immediately stopped by a person... wait... is that Lin?
"yo? did something happen? what's everyone cheering for?"
"ahh! it's the guild master of the mirrored world from Europe! thank you for your visit, what brings you to the worldwide mirrored world?"
"just going to visit a friend but when I found his house was empty, I came here to see if he's here"
"a-ahh! perfect timing! the guild master is currently in the heart of the mirrored world, we had a wave of extremist and had one fatal injury but none has died from this wave thankfully"
"oh? then I'll come back later then"
before she could exit the place, the door shut itself locking her in
"c'mon Tion... there's no need to lock me here you know?"
"it could be nice if you don't call me in the worst times... everyone, please disperse and leave the Guildhall, Philia, Pheonix, you too Ron, all of you are coming with me"
we look at each other and it seems like they're both clueless on what's going to happen
the remaining people finally left, all that's left is me, Lin, Nick, Philia, and Pheonix...
"so... Lin, how're your side?"
"same... although much earlier than yours... thankfully both of us came out without any deaths although there were a few deaths on the attacking side on my part... I think that's my fault for not controlling them enough..."
"I see... well then, Philia, Pheonix, I'd like some reports on the situation that was handed to us"
"Alright... the extremist we were handling with were competent on magic, they even used explosions to bust through the defenses of the knights leaving some of the injured to fight, it was more coordinated than the past so we were quite surprised by this but thankfully, we managed to repel them with Orpheus but he took a big blow and was fatally injured, thankfully, he's still alive with no amputations or disabilities"
"alright... Lin, your thoughts?"
"it's the same... we were also charged in with explosive magic, thankfully I was there to instruct the rookies but there were a couple of fatal injuries and a few deaths on the enemy side... what's troubling me is that how'd they all find the mirrored worlds in seemingly the same time?"
there are others!?
"the Chinese mirrored world was also attacked by the same extremist... the arctic too... it's all too coincidental if so..."
Nick's been thinking along with Lin... Philia broke through the silence...
"then... why don't we enforce and check up on each other? we're not on bad terms with any national Worlds so I think it would be wise to form a pact or a treaty to not interfere or take advantage on our current situation right?"
"you're probably right... but there's also one thing I'm afraid at..."
Lin immediately stood up and dashed to the terminal... checking on all the files...
"miss Guildmaster? what's wrong?"
"I wrote this in the database a long time ago... I called the northern and Southern for any information regarding on this... it seems like they were all targeting one specific place and there's also a problem..."
"I knew it... Philia, alert all the factions, I need to talk with the other guild masters, you too Yuna'
"as always, Ron, I'd like you to relay this conversation to Rin, they also need to know this"
"w-what!? what for? they aren't related to this whatsoever."
"just do what I said for crying out loud."
both of them left and disappeared in the crowd... did the people outside not notice it?
"Philia... I think Ron might need to be up to date as to what the conversation was meant for"
"well said, Ron, I'll explain everything briefly, if the extremists are targeting us and calling us demons, who do you think is their main target?"
if they're calling us demons... then the boss should be... -!
"yes, those people that you fought with; Rin, the child, and the others specifically. we know that they mean no harm to us but those with hard beliefs will say otherwise, that's why the guild's sole purpose is to hide them as much as possible. but there's also another thing, the military has deemed them harmless so they have no urge to invade the small island they're currently in, nuclear bombs are out of the question too due to that possibly be all for naught, what the mirrored worlds' similar problem is the government knowing the entrance to such..."
"yes, if the military finds out the entrances to the mirrored world, they would start to invade here, with magical bullets and better armor than us, an army aside, we wouldn't even hold a candle to them, the bullets are one thing but a whole army is impossible for us, the deaths would be even more cataclysmic and prisoners will be held for interrogation. if the extremists and the military join hands then a full war might happen in the near future..."
a war... if that happens... all of these people will probably be captured or killed...
"The goal of the guilds is to keep them safe no matter what, that's what us attendants are here for. now, please do as the guild master said we have no time to lose, Philia, call the others this instant, we'll be preparing for a full war soon enough"
"affirmative! here, Ron, a comm capable of calling while in the outside world, call us if something happened"
I get a much classier headset? that's great! I wonder if I can design it?
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Kirin_Aiha this was cut short since I was running out of time, the next chapters will be published shortly