Flain was surprised at how quickly Flor believed him, he had expected so questions or at least so interest in how he had found out. It was quite strange, but not that Flain minded.
Flor took the body of the second monster and set off to leave. "I will go now, I still have so things to take care of," said Flor and left.
"Is he our ally?" asked Hararu.
"Yes," answered Itai.
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Not even a day passed, in fact it was the sa day. Itai and Zheren were returning from dungeon 15, so there would be no more action today.
As they were walking through the forest, soone stopped them. It was a man who looked at least 18. He had short black hair and elegant white clothing.
"Hello... may I ask sothing?" he said calmly.
"Sure, ask whatever you want," said Itai. He was already quite tired but building connections was never a bad idea.
The man nodded and asked. "Do you know where we are? It would help if I at least knew the na of this place."
"Well, we are in the Empire of Light, specifically near the Imperial City. What is your na?" said Itai.
The man seed slightly surprised. "My na is Akies, what about you?" asked Akies.
"Well, this is Zheren and I am Itai. We are just coming back from a dungeon," said Itai.
"A dungeon, huh. Do you work as a knight or adventurer?" asked Akies.
"Well, the two of us are adventurers, what about you?" asked Itai. He could feel his but he couldn’t determine his Stage, which was quite strange.
"Well, I am studying at a magic school. Speaking of which, you two seem strong, are you high-ranking adventurers?" said Akies.
Itai was surprised, a magic school? So most likely he belonged to the army as a mage. But it was strange that he was asking such a question.
After all, based on their magic energy, he could tell they were both Stage 2, so they weren’t high-ranking adventurers.
"Well, we are only Stage 2. You are at a magic school? So you are a mage in the Empire of Light’s army?" asked Itai.
"No, I am not part of the army, I study magic at a magic school. What exactly do you an by Stage 2?"
Itai was now even more confused. From what he knew, there was only one magic school in the Empire of Light where the Empire of Light trained its mages. Maybe he was from another faction, but then how did he appear in the middle of the Empire of Light.
What surprised him even more was that this man didn’t know about the power scaling of this world, sothing even mortals knew.
Itai didn’t know what to say and was silent for a while. "Well, Stage represents your power, the higher it is, the stronger you are. In the Empire of Light, there is only one magic school where the Empire of Light trains its mages," said Itai finally.
"I see. Then you said that in the Empire of Light there is only one magic school? And you ntioned that the empire trains mages... Does that an I am technically part of the army?" asked Akies.
"No? You can be a mage even if you don’t belong to the army," said Itai, this logic didn’t exactly make sense to him.
"I don’t understand. But when you said there is only one magic school, does that an all the mages in the Empire of Light attend the sa school?" asked Akis.
"Well, spells can be acquired in other ways too, but it’s very difficult. But you said you don’t belong to the army of the Empire of Light." said Itai.
"Anyway, it was good to et you, but we’ll head ho now because I’m tired from the dungeon." said Itai.
"Not so fast." said Akis.
His body suddenly started to change. His body stretched up to a height of 3 ters, which destroyed his clothing. His skin turned red and malicious eyes began to appear all over his body.
"Hahaha, finally, after a long ti, I can kill soone again." laughed the monster, its voice extrely deep compared to Akis’s.
"What the hell?" muttered Itai, not understanding who he had just been talking to.
Zheren didn’t hesitate and attacked. The monster’s hand transford into a long red blade which clashed with Zheren’s sword.
The monster easily threw Zheren aside. However, Zheren quickly got back on his feet and managed to hit the monster in the back.
When Zheren’s sword touched the monster’s back, it cracked, and not even a scratch remained on the monster’s back.
When Itai saw this, he imdiately pulled out the Night Communicator and called Flor. Seeing how easily it had basically defeated Zheren, Itai knew that if he didn’t do sothing, he would be dead.
"Flor, sothing strong is attacking us. If you don’t send soone powerful here, I’m basically dead. I’m close to dungeon 15." said Itai quickly into the Night Communicator.
"I understand." said Flor. But this ti, he didn’t hear the usual friendly tone in Flor’s voice; it sounded neutral.
The monster hurled Zheren with great force, causing him to crash into a nearby boulder. The monster was slowly approaching Itai.
Suddenly, a massive figure in armor appeared between them. He had long ssy hair, a long beard, and a crazed expression. It was Hikaru.
When Itai saw him, he thought that lunatic would kill him sooner than the monster.
Zheren stood up and wanted to attack again, but Itai strictly forbade it. They both moved far aside because in a battle like this, Itai definitely didn’t want to be close.
"Hahaha, my youngest little brother told there should be soone strong here." said Hikaru while examining the monster.
Hikaru grinned madly and charged without hesitation. The ground shook under his heavy steps. The monster Akies also didn’t hesitate, and their fists t in a massive explosion of air.
Boom!
The shockwave uprooted trees and scattered them around.
Hikaru’s fist was coated in ice, which shattered into a thousand pieces upon impact, but Hikaru didn’t seem to feel it at all. His crazed expression grew even wider.
"Hahaha, so you’re not such a weakling after all!" roared Hikaru.
Akies wasn’t to be outdone. His red blade expanded into several whip-like blades and attacked Hikaru from all sides.
Hikaru only laughed madly and punched the ground. Ice spikes exploded from the ground, piercing so of the blades, but the others hit him, tearing into his shoulder and side.
Blood spurted from Hikaru’s body, but he only laughed even more...
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