章節 278: Chapter 196: Normal Team Training
Pum! Crack!
"Fuck!"
Falling on his rear, Charlotte put a hand to his face to care for his broken nose.
Looking up at his opponent, the man growled and yelled in fury.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!"
"It's not my fault you don't know how to fight" Hazel huffed with a smirk looking down at the Mystery Prier.
"And what do you think these practices are for?!" Charlotte screamed in outrage, blood dripping from his nose.
Hazel rolled her shoulders as she moved to grab a first aid bag and a couple of water bottles and brought them over to Charlotte.
"It's better to get your nose broken here in a controlled environment than in actual combat." She said calmly as she placed the bag on the ground and took out a cotton ball.
She tried to treat Charlotte but the young man rudely took the cotton from the Marauder's hands.
"I will do it!" The man grunted, then groaned in pain as the cotton touched his bloody nose.
"Do whatever you want" Hazel rolled her shoulders again before grabbing the water bottles she brought.
Opening one and taking a sip, Hazel handed the other bottle to Charlotte who grumpily took it.
Leaving the cotton on his nose and opening the bottle, the man took a super sip. As if he had just come out of the hot desert after several days without water.
Cough! Cough!
But the man drank so fast that he choked on the water.
"Hehe"
Hand to his throat, Charlotte turned and glared daggers at the grinning Hazel.
"What are you laughing at?!"
"Nothing." Hazel said calmly but her smile remained.
Charlotte opened his mouth to say something but the loud bang of something stopped him.
Hazel simply turned her head to the source of the sound and paid attention.
"They're back at it."
Also looking where Hazel was looking, Charlotte saw what had her captivated.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Compared to their little showdown, the fight between their partner and the boss looked more brutal.
Adryan and Sasha were sparring. Sasha was giving it her all while Adryan was more defensive but did not give room for the giant to advance.
"Come on Sasha! Is this really all you can do?" The redhead said with a smile as he blocked a low kick with his foot and put distance between the two of them again.
Sasha's expression distorted a bit but she immediately recovered and rushed towards her boss.
Adryan's smile only grew at that.
"Oh~ If you want to hug me so much you just have to ask! There's no need to chase me~" The redhead provoked and Sasha's expression became distorted again and she momentarily lost focus.
And Adryan took advantage of this and rushed towards her and in an instant he was already in front of her.
He launched a strong kick at the woman's face who barely managed to block it with her forearm.
"Urghhh" Sasha groaned as she felt the force of the kick and her arm trembled.
But she didn't get a chance to breathe because Adryan quickly withdrew his leg and plunged his left fist into Sasha's unprotected stomach she saw white for an instant.
This change of pace from offense to defense left her completely out of place and at the mercy of the redhead.
Pam! Pam!
In the instant that she was stunned, Adryan took advantage and landed two powerful jabs on her face before jumping up and wrapping his legs around Sasha's neck and squeezing trying to suffocate the giant at the same time he landed more punches to her face.
Instinctively, Sasha placed her hands on the redhead's thighs to try to separate them to breathe but Adryan didn't give her a chance.
Still, with his legs around the woman's neck, the redhead twisted his core and slammed the woman to the ground like a sack of sand.
Sasha's world spun and she swore she saw stars.
Thud!!
Her body hit the ground hard and Sasha grunted. She tried to get up but Adryan quickly and expertly wrapped his legs around her neck again as he grabbed her arm and locked her in a triangle choke.
With her free hand, Sasha tried to free herself but her boss's legs were clinging to her like a boa.
Since that didn't work she tried to free her other hand but the redhead had it completely locked.
When that didn't work she tried getting up to slam him but the redhead wouldn't let her do that.
"Ah Ah Ah! Bad girl~" Adryan teased with a smile and put more pressure with his legs cutting off the giant's blood flow.
Feeling how quickly her consciousness was slipping, Sasha quickly patted the ground to signal her surrender.
Plap! Plap! Plap!
As soon as that happened, she was released and took deep breaths as she sat up to try to recover. She still saw floating white dots.
Lowering her head to the ground, Sasha sighed heavily. Her arm was still trembling, her face hurt a lot, and she was sure she had a broken lip.
'I lost again...'
While looking at the ground, something cold touched her cheek, and looking to her side, she saw a bottle of water.
Smiling, Sasha looked up and nodded at her boss before taking the bottle and drinking it.
"Ah~"
Letting out a satisfied moan, Sasha shook her head.
"I thought I finally had you on the ropes Boss but then you do your tricks and from one second to the next I'm helpless."
Adryan smiled calmly as he took a sip from his own bottle.
"In your defense you lasted 2 minutes longer than last time, you're making me work extra."
"You only say that to comfort me." Sasha complained while shaking her head again. She knew that if there were no rules the boss wouldn't even need to use his fire to finish her off. That move from earlier was proof of that.
While she was thinking that, Adryan was looking at her with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
'Her ability to fight is something else. The pathways that are centered in close combat really shine in that. She may be a sequence lower but she is far superior in hand-to-hand combat than that Interrogator...' Adryan thought impressed.
He was sure that she may become better at him at Hand to Hand when she advance to Secuence 7 Weapon Master.
'Below the High Sequences. There are things that Sequence 8 are better at that Sequence 7.'
Thinking of that the redhead sigh internally.
'Over 5 years of training in various Martial Arts to be surpassed by a Protein Drink... How funny.'
He understood why normal people thought it was unfair.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Very good fight Teacher, Miss Sasha." Hazel complemented with grace worthy of a noblewoman as she approached. Behind her came Charlotte who had two pieces of cotton stuffed up his somewhat crooked nose.
"You're a bad influence" Flora commented seeing Charlotte's nose and Adryan just smiled proudly.
"It was an awesome fight" The Mystery Prier also complimented, still somewhat bitter. His voice was nasal due to his stuffy nose.
This caused the corners of the lips of the three present to rise slightly in amusement.
Not wanting Charlotte to notice that they were laughing at his misery, Adryan spoke.
"Charlotte. How's your digestion going?" As soon as he said that, Adryan felt the familiar pressure but he just ignored it.
The purple eyes sparkled as a big smile blossomed, instantly eliminating his bitterness from before.
"It's going really well, Boss! That feeling that all of you said about appears from time to time for certain things I do- I mean 'act'. Is a really nice feeling. Although I can still feel some traces of the potion so I'm still missing a bit..."
Remembering something, Charlotte quickly straightened his back.
"Thank you very much for introducing me to your Lord, Boss! My job has never been easier and simpler!"
'Yes, I know Charlotte. Your calls have made me realize my mistakes and all the damage I did to Klein.' Adryan thought with a flat face.
It had already been 5 times that Charlotte had woken him up in the middle of the night to help him make a Charm or complete a ritual.
'Speaking of which. You really have guts. On the same day that I introduce you to the Monarch, is it the same day that you try to pray to me? Did you forget that you almost urinated on yourself as soon as you saw me and would have died if I hadn't saved you?' Adryan complained mentally.
As Adryan mentally insulted Charlotte's guts, the young man continued.
"The Scarlet Monarch always responds and makes my rituals and making charms much easier and stronger. Also, every time I pray to 'Him' for 'His' help in a ritual I can feel my potion digesting."
Adryan nodded calmly at that.
"That's normal. Your sequence is Mystery Prier. The more you pry in the mysteries of mysticism, the more your digestion of your potion will speed up"
Saying that, Adryan's expression turned serious.
"Remember that there are many things that must not be seen or heard and if the Perverted Whisperer shows his stinking mouth pray to my Lord for protection."
At the insult to a God, the expression of everyone distorted for a moment before returning back to normal.
"Thank you very much, boss." Charlotte nodded gratefully at this new illumination.
He then gave a military salute and said with belief.
"Praise the Monarch!"
The corners of Adryan's lips twitched but he repeated the prayerful posture.
"Praise the Monarch!"
Lowering his hand, Adryan turned to look at Sasha and Hazel who got the message and nodded.
"The digestion of my potion is going well boss but it hasn't changed much, it should be digested by the end of August." Sasha said very happy. Her digestion had accelerated and it had gone from the end of the year to the end of this month.
Turning his head to the noble, Hazel smiled proudly, a smile much like Adryan's.
"Like I told you, you're a bad influence." Flora commented upon seeing that and Adryan just ignored her to return Hazel's smile.
"Is it what I think it is?"
Hazel nodded excitedly and raised her head high.
"Teacher. My potion has been fully digested."
This earned her impressed looks from Sasha and Charlotte.
Sasha grinned and ran over to Hazel and hugged her tight and shook her side to side.
"I am so proud of you!"
"Miss Sasha!" Hazel complained to the giant's movement with a red face but she still had a smile.
Charlotte activated his Spirit Vision and looked at Hazel's spirit body.
He saw how Hazel's spiritual body was completely stabilized and her spirituality controlled.
Turning off his Spirit Vision, Charlotte stared at the noblewoman in astonishment.
"It's true..."
Being put down by Sasha, Hazel smiled at the Mystery Prier and took a rectangular piece of silver out of her pocket, and showed it to him.
"Did you doubt it?" She said as she waved the Charm in her hands.
Charlotte looked at this and unconsciously touched his right pocket and feeling it empty, his expression broke.
"Give it back to me!"
Hazel just smiled and tossed it to the man who caught it with a yell.
Adryan looked at this with a smile, he had already activated his Spirit Vision and was looking at Hazel.
The light blue color that marked her pathway had turned a little darker and moved calmly.
Double tapping his palm and turning off his Spirit vision. Adryan walked over to Hazel and placed a hand on her head and ruffled the young woman's green hair.
"You are incredible, my student. I'm sure Flora would think the same"
Hazel smiled happily at the compliment and nodded energetically, not bothered by her hair now being messy.
"Honestly, yes, it's incredible. With me, the digestion of her potion was disgustingly slow. But with you? It seems that her digestion took a train. How did you do it?" Flora asked in surprise. She saw everything that the redhead teach her and couldn't find anything that could explain the growth that Hazel had.
The smile on Adryan's face grew a little but he didn't say anything.
'It's quite simple my dear worm. You just need a Sephirah and that's it.'
In his world, the speed of digestion of the Tarot Club was always questioned because it was ridiculous compared to everyone else in the world. Fans theorized that it was due to the aura from the Sefirah Castle accelerating it.
And as Will said, Hunter's Hollow only hid the aura of the City of Calamities and didn't contain it. So any Beyonder who spends a lot of time with him will experience a Speed Up in their digestion.
Looking into Hazel's brown eyes, Adryan asked calmly.
"Are you ready for your promotion?"
Hazel straightened her back and her smile turned into an elegant one. She nodded gracefully.
"I'm ready Teacher."
Adryan calmly nodded at that and took a piece of paper out of his pocket along with a red fountain pen.
He put the pen against the paper and waited for a second.
Understanding what the redhead wanted, Flora sighed and said.
"Sequence 8 Swindler Potion Formula.
Main materials: All Firmin Rat's legs, The tongue of the Silver Tongue Serpent.
Supplementary Materials: 20 centimeters of Feysac Vines, 40 milliliters of pure water, 5 milliliters of the juice of an immature Pale Lime and 5 of its seeds."
"Good girl~" Adryan whispered with a smile as he wrote the formula on the paper and handed it to Hazel.
"If you have a problem with any ingredient, tell me and I'll get it for you."
Hazel quickly read the formula while nodding to her teacher's words.
Adryan turned to look at Charlotte who shook his head.
"I haven't had any problems with my ingredients Boss. The Knuckles of the Magenta Lizard I got from a gathering and the Jumping Horned Toad is regularly sold on the black market."
"And your ingredients for your charms and rituals? Do you need more money?"
Charlotte shook his head.
"I still have quite a bit left of the 600 pounds you gave me."
"Good." Adryan nodded at that.
He had gotten a total of 3,600 pounds from Red Skeleton, added to the 9,000 pounds he had saved he now had 12,600 pounds.
Money wouldn't be an issue for a while, but Adryan knew he would need a lot more.
Adryan returned his attention to Hazel and said seriously.
"When you get all the ingredients for your potion, don't advance yet. Come here with us so we can assist you."
Hazel nodded.
"I'll do that Teacher."
章節 279: Chapter 197: Mr. Azik
Tingen City.
Inside a rented carriage, Klein let out a light sigh as he squeezed the paper bag in his arms a little more tightly.
Not much had happened at Blackthorn Security Company. Just a protection case that Leonard and Frye took on and made extra money much to the envy of Klein.
Surprisingly, he had the rest of the day free because Instructor Gawain had something to do. From the smell of perfume and the suit he was wearing, Klein guessed he had a date...
Normally Klein would have been overjoyed by that and would have gone shopping for a Desie Pie to celebrate but today was not the day.
He hoped to use the training as an excuse to delay what he had to do...
He would now go talk to his Professor to discuss his progress in helping him make sense of his dreams that Klein now knew, 100 percent sure, that they were memories of his previous life.
'Come on Klein you can do this... Your Professor is harmless... He is just an ancient monster who has lost his memory and doesn't know who he is and is friends with the Ancestor you stole his name... Yep! Nothing dangerous!' The Seer thought heavily as he tried to cheer himself up.
He had divined multiple times in the space about the gray fog and the result always said that the best time to talk to Azik would be today.
To Klein's misfortune, the way to Azik's house was without a problem and turns to waste time and in 10 minutes he already reached his destination.
Stepping down from the carriage, Klein took a few seconds to calm his heart and breath before walking towards the house.
The houses on this street were of higher quality than on Daffodil Street but just as good as on Howes Street. There was a patch of grass in front of the house and a small garden in the back.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Klein pulled on the door rope, ringing the bell inside the house.
A few moments later, he heard footsteps from inside before the door opened.
Azik mild facial features and his bronze skin appeared before Klein. Because he was home, he was only wearing a white shirt with a brown vest and matching pants.
"Klein? I was just about to write to you." Azik greeted enthusiastically.
Klein looked at the mole below the man's right ear. The corners of his lips trembled.
"Mr. Azik, I found clues about your past."
"Really?" Azik immediately got excited. The sadness in his eyes dulled.
"Let's talk inside." Klein looked around. He had already divined that no one was following him but he couldn't help but look.
Azik nodded. He quickly stepped to the side allowing Klein entry.
He locked the door and led Klein into the living room on the first floor. They sat down on the soft sofa.
"What clues did you find?" Azik asked impatiently.
Even though he didn't want to come, Klein scripted what he was going to say to avoid accidents or saying too much which made him somewhat anxious.
Surprisingly, Azik being so impatient helped the anxiety in Klein's heart to lessen considerably.
'Now he's my Professor who needs help...' He thought to himself before opening his mouth.
Thanks to the script he prepared, Klein explained everything he saw and experienced in Lamud Town.
Beginning with his fight with the Wraith until the discovery of the painting of the first Baron of Lamud.
Azik's expression didn't change much as Klein told his story. The only thing that happened is that his eyebrows furrowed slightly but nothing else.
At the end of the story, Klein looked somewhat anxious at Azik who remained silent.
Leaning forward, Azik crossed his arms.
After a few minutes in silence, he exhaled
"Your description didn't make me remember anything. Maybe I should visit the abandoned castle myself. Could you take me there?"
Klein frowned slightly.
He took a coin out of his pocket and in front of Azik, he tossed it into the air and let it fall into his hand.
Seeing the result, Klein pocketed the coin, and looking into Azik's brown eyes, he nodded.
"It will be my honor."
He wasn't worried that Azik would think of him as someone weird since they were both Beyonders.
"I would like to go home first. I don't want my siblings to worry."
"No problem" Azik replied.
..
2 Daffodil Street. Klein nodded to Azik and hurriedly walked to his front door, pulled his keys out of his pocket, and unlocked the door.
Melissa was already home so she heard the door open and quickly walked out of the kitchen into the living room.
Melissa Moretti is the youngest of the Moretti siblings. She has straight black hair just like her older brothers Klein and Benson. Since they moved into this apartment her face had gained a little more meat and her skin was somewhat pale, she had the lustrous air of a young girl.
Upon seeing Klein, she said with eyes filled with joy.
"I brought groceries. There's chicken, potatoes, onions, fish, turnips, and peas. I even bought a little jar of honey."
'Sister, are you also getting used to the occasional luxury?' Klein thought with a chuckle.
"You'll have to cook dinner today. Count me out as I'll be out of town and won't be back until dawn. I'm doing a favor for Mr. Azik, a professor in the Department of History at Khoy University."
As he spoke, he turned sideways and pointed at the carriage that was waiting for him outside.
Klein did this not only to avoid worrying his siblings, but also in case something happened to him in Lamud Town the Nighthawks would have something to work with.
'It's not that I don't trust you Mr Azik but it's always better to be prepared.' Klein thought, internally apologizing to his professor.
Melissa's lips parted a few times, wanting to say something, but she pursed them and said.
"All right. Take care, Klein."
"I will." Klein said goodbye to his little sister and left. He got on the rented carriage that Azik had paid for and after 2 hours and forty minutes, they were in Lamud Town.
It was almost 6 o'clock when they reached the town and the sky was already darkening.
After he instructed the driver to wait for them, Klein guided Azik to the castle.
As they walked, he noticed that Azik was walking faster and faster, to the point that he had to do a little jog to keep up. In the end, Azik was the one who led.
Klein opened his mouth to say something but cleverly bit back his words when he saw Azik's solemn face.
At such speed, they quickly reached the ancient castle.
Azik looked at the castle ruins. His gaze look deep but lost, as if he was dancing between dreams and reality.
Suddenly, Azik grunted in pain and put a hand to his forehead, his muscles twisted in agony.
"Mr. Azik! Are you alright?!" Klein asked in alarm but he remained in place and didn't activate his Spirit Vision to check the estate of Mr. Azik, his experience with seeing High Sequences with it stopped him.
When they were in the carriage on the way to Lamud Twon he had made a little divination to know if there would be danger.
Azik didn't answer immediately but took another two steps forward with a pained expression. He relaxed the hand that was holding his forehead. He pointed to the front and said in a dreamy tone
"I have seen this castle in my dreams..."
Azik dreamily recounted how he remembered when the walls were strong and high, how he remembered the stables and gardens where he used to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes, about his wife complaining that the castle was dark and gloomy and that she missed the sunlight and its warmth, about his 8-year-old son who carried a wooden sword bigger than him and who would be better than his father...
Klein listened to everything Azik said and couldn't help but feel touched.
'Forget everything you love and only 'remember' it through dreams you don't even know if they are real or not... Is this the price one has to pay to be a High Sequence?' Klein thought darkly, feeling like the world he transmigrated to turn a little darker.
Just at that moment, Mr. Azik stopped muttering and made huge strides toward the main entrance.
He made his way to the castle without Klein's guidance. He found the hidden gear with obvious familiarity and opened the hidden door to the basement and stepped inside.
Holding his cane tightly, Klein followed Azik.
Seeing that he would soon be unable to see due to the darkness, Klein activated his spirit vision and looked at the ground the entire time as he went down the stairs.
Klein reached the place where the coffin was, always keeping his head down.
He listened as Azik moved the coffin lid and was silent for a long time, and suddenly wailed in sorrow and pain.
Klein listened as Azik staggered back with heavy steps, then fell against a wall before he could respond.
Klein heard all this and felt like the surroundings suddenly turned dark.
Slowly, he began to move in the direction of the stairs.
His spirituality told him that the current Mr. Azik had become very scary, so scary that the basement had become gloomy and terrifying.
He trusted Mr. Azik's character but couldn't risk him having a sudden outburst that could hurt him.
In such an uneasy situation, he waited by the stairs for several minutes. Then, he heard Azik slowly get up.
"You don't need to keep your head down. You can look at me." Azik spoke with an emotionless voice.
'Are you sure about that?' Klein wanted to say that but he swallowed his words.
Klein nodded tensely and slowly raised his head, he only looked at Azik's feet but seeing that nothing happened he looked up into the man's emotionless eyes.
'Mr. Azik seems to have changed... This is something my spiritual perception tells me...'
"I've managed to remember something, but it's very small..." Azik said in that same emotionless tone.
He then looked around and said.
"I feel the power that made your fate disharmony.
"Huh?!" Klein was stunned.
He knew whoever was behind this had been here but not that he had left a trail. When he investigated with the Captain and Frye, none of them managed to find anything but Mr. Azik managed to find it after only being here for a few minutes!
Pleasantly surprised, he asked in reply.
"Can you trace the source?"
"It's been a long time, but, I'd like to try." There seemed to be a volcano about to erupt within Azik's deep voice.
Azik walked over to the open coffin and looked at the headless skeleton inside it.
"He took my son's skull. I want to find him through a blood connection."
Klein already knew this and was not surprised at the revelation.
He watched as Azik raised his right hand and suddenly cut his index finger on his fingernail.
A drop of dark red fresh blood accurately dripped onto the white skeleton.
...
Somewhere in the suburbs of Tingen...
Ince Zangwill was now in a dark room and he looked miserable.
There were huge circles under his eyes and his pale blonde hair was in disarray.
He had spent almost all of his time escaping Crestet Cesimir's team and trying to keep a low profile.
He almost got caught multiple times but thanks to 0-08 and the occasional help from Panatiya he managed to escape.
"Just a little more..." The man muttered darkly before he looked to his side and was alarmed.
The pen that he had left sealed on the table had been released and now he was writing in the notebook that he left closed.
Jumping, he grabbed the pen and looked down, and read what it had written.
_Azik Eggers tried to use Blood Divination to find the thief who took his son's skull but due to Ince Zangwill's preparations and that Azik still hadn't recovered his memory, he couldn't find him_
_Ince Zangwill is safe for now_
"What the fuck?" Ince muttered extremely confused at this event.
Seeing that he was safe for now, he quickly resealed the quill as various questions ran through his head.
Wasn't Azik Eggers supposed to be just a history teacher? Why did he cause a reaction from 0-08?
With the quill sealed, the Traitor to the Church of the Evernight Goddess turned his attention to the notebook.
He reread the entire notebook looking for anything else the quill might have written but found nothing.
Sighing heavily, the man ran his hands over his face.
"Every time this happens I always wonder if it was worth stealing 0-08..." The man muttered before shaking his head slightly.
It was too late to regret it and now he could only move on.
Looking down at the notebook, his dark blue eyes turned cold.
Although his plan had met with many setbacks, everything was still in his control.
The Red Gloves wouldn't be able to find him and Megose was safe. Everything was in his control.
Looking down at a name that was written with force, Ince Zangwill clenched his fists in anger.
_Klein Moretti_
"It doesn't matter if Megose is discovered. I already took precautions for that." the Traitor whispered full of hate before closing the notebook.
...
With a heavy, story-laden sigh, Azik said in a deep voice with his back to Klein.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't find him..."
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