Shingi was shocked by what Belly told him.
If Dormon was indeed a True Sorcerer, then that news was more than just disturbing.
Dormon was one of the Protectors who are rumored to be immortal.
As his title says, he was the one who conceived the Dragons, which are Ancient beings.
So if Shingi was able to take his Class, that ant that the one before him didn't have it anymore which there were only two ways to do so.
Firstly to earn a new Class, but that was impossible for one with True Class, and secondly for the person to die.
If Dormon was dead, since he couldn't die from natural causes, that ant that soone killed him.
One na ca to the mind of Shingi; Mikhail.
He learned from Beliss that he wanted to beco as powerful as a Protector, so killing one made sense.
"I know what you think, and I too think that most likely that powerful person you ntioned may be behind it. But I am confident Dormon isn't dead, at least not yet."[Belly]
"What do you an? How can you be certain?"[Shingi]
Shingi knew that Belly wouldn't just assu things but only say sothing that had a high chance to be true.
"When one gets a True Class doesn't pass from Apprentice State. Being an apprentice ans you need a tutor, and how can you have a tutor of sothing that only one person can have?"[Belly]
This was true for most cases, but there were so rare cases that you could pass Apprentice State without the need of a tutor.
But that being the case for one as powerful Class like True wouldn't make sense indeed.
"So you an he is close to death that's why I am an Apprentice?"[Shingi]
"That is my theory, yes. There aren't any recordings of anyone who had a True Class to have it at an Apprentice State, but there were a few recordings of people passing part of their Class to people who they wanted to get it after their demise. You have drawn the attention of Beliss and Dormon, it seems. That is quite rare."[Belly]
Shingi wished he knew that earlier to ask Beliss if she knew anything about it possibly.
The last sight of Dormon seed to be at Zephron since Shingi was confident that the figure on top of the Dragons was him.
"Any ideas what to do then?"[Shingi]
"Without information, we can't make any plans, and learning the whereabouts of Dormon was always an impossible task. But if the one you ntioned is indeed behind it, he most likely has captured Dormon and experinting on the way to get his power. Locating that person is all we can do."[Belly]
Shingi ntioned that he knew that Mikhail seed to stay sowhere in the Tower, but he wasn't sure which floor.
"Then we need to hurry on our exploration to the Tower. Thanks for your ti, Belly. I want to stay and discuss more, but I need to move quickly."[Shingi]
Belly nodded as she understood the situation, even if she wanted to do so experints herself on Shingi. Shingi was aware of her intentions, so he decided to leave before it was too late.
It was afternoon as he spent so ti looking for the entrance and speaking with Belly.
His next stop was to find another person of importance that would be of help.
This ti it was to gain knowledge on how to acquire so items.
In the lists, he gave at Ardent Scythe and Jax, there were mainly items or materials to improve the shop or create items and equipnt.
There was so equipnt that Volig, even with the help of Shingi and the Spirit Hamr, couldn't craft.
Those were considered artifacts, unique items that most were created long ago.
Aanum had a few and knew a person who was researching them and kept track of information of possible whereabouts of those items.
He wasn't sure what happened to the ones he had as they weren't on him when he entered SPECTATOR MODE for the first ti after becoming an NPC.
He doubted they got deleted and didn't think that the Dark Guild could have them, at least not a lot of them.
Most were working as the Spirit Hamr, of being with their owner until he or she dies. This made the Players careful when to have so artifacts on them because if they died, then the artifacts would disappear even if the person would respawn.
A lot of his equipnt back then was artifacts, like his armor and shield.
He knew first hand the difference those items could make, and he could use any help.
Fortunately, the person tented a shop in a nearby town, and it wasn't public knowledge of his secret research.
The town was quite large and at the edge of being a city. It was an NPC-made one, but a few establishnts were belonging to Players.
Shingi reached the gate, where there was a queue of people waiting to get in.
It seems that a caravan of what looked to be so entertainnt group, as Shingi could see most of them have a musical instrunt by their side.
There were so guards by the gate who were inspecting their wagons and asking them questions.
The youngest of the guards, who didn't seem to be more than twenty years old, was the one who was talking with the one who probably was the leader of the traveling group.
One could clearly see that the young guard was out of his comfort zone because of the person he had to talk to.
The leader of the group was a female elf wearing clothing that exotic dancers would wear, which probably was her part of the show.
The climate around was quite cold at they were north, but she didn't seem to mind it.
So small tattoos on her body of different runes were barely noticeable, which seed slightly changing if one continued paying attention to them.
She was a great beauty, and the fact of her wearing clothes showing her curves hadn't helped the young guard ask what needed to ask while the other guards were doing the inspection.
"Do you mind continuing with your questions? I like the weather, but the rest would prefer to get inside. Also, we have a performance in a few hours, so we have to get ready."[Female Elf]
"Oh, yes, certainly. Sorry miss...."[Young guard]
He was looking at a notebook he was holding, which he had to fill with information about the people they inspected.
"yana and we are the Strings of Four Seasons."[yana]
The guard wrote it down.
"So you are here for business?"[Young guard]
A man from the group behind yana had lost his patience from waiting and shouted at the young man.
"No, we are here to pay a visit to your mother. OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE FOR WORK. SHE JUST SAID IT."[Male Entertainer]
So of the guards, which inspected the wagons, turned towards the man and seed to get ready to draw their weapon, but yana stepped in, motioning that everything was alright.
She quickly slapped the back of the man's head, who after that was looking at the ground, ashad of his behavior.
"Sorry about his attitude. He had a long travel, and we are tired, so we would appreciate it if we could finish this as soon as possible. What is your na, young man?"[yana]
The young guard didn't expect this question, but he gave his answer swiftly, afraid of angering the group once again.
"The na is Hem, my Lady."[Hem]
yana laughed at his response. Her laugh was sweet in the ears, like a great lody played to relax the audience.
"I wouldn't call a Lady as I am not one with a title. So are there any more questions you need to ask , Hem?"
Hem seed to be chard by her speaking to him by using his na.
An older guard who stayed by the gate and watched everything, most likely the one in charge of this post, coughed loudly to make Hem snap out of it.
"Oh, eh.... oh yes, well, if you can tell the number and nas of your group. Nicknas are accepted for your case since you are entertainers."
yana told him what he asked for, and he wrote everything down.
"Hmm... that is weird."[Hem]
"What do you an, Hem?"[yana]
Hem looked at each of the people in front of him one after the other.
"There seems to be one extra person."[Hem]
yana turned and, for the first ti, noticed Shingi. She seed surprised at him being there, but Shingi could tell it wasn't because she recognized him.
Shingi waited near them for their inspection to be over, so probably the guard who also didn't notice him getting here thought he was with them.
"I am by myself and not traveling with them."[Shingi]
Even if the guard wasn't shouting when talking to yana to Shingi, it was like he did.
"Oh, I see. Could you then move a little more to the side for their inspection to end?"[Hem]
Shingi didn't mind, and he found a big rock he could use to sit on while waiting.
He noticed that yana talked with the man who shouted at the young guard before, and he seed to try to keep track of Shingi secretly, but it was clear as day for Shingi of what he was doing.
Shingi didn't mind it as they hadn't shown any ill intentions toward him.
He had heard of their group in the past and their leader, who he recognized as a Seasonal Elf.
Elves tend to be an Innate Magical race, and there were different types of Elves depending on their source of that Innate Magic.
Seasonal Elves' source of magic was nature itself, and their power seed to change depending o the season. This change of power could also change their appearance and even their personality in so rare cases.
yana tattoo runes were part of these possible changes, and there were stories of her dancing style, which she was famous for changing depending on the season.
Aanum had seen her in the past but never interacted with her or any of her group, and he doubted that she would rember him as she had danced for thousands of thousands of people over the years, and he wasn't the only person watching her dance back then.
Their inspection was over after a few minutes, and one of the guards left with them, presumably to lead them to their destination.
Shingi stood and made his way in front of the young guard looking in the direction of the wagons and, more specifically, where yana was.
"*cough**cough* Can my inspection start then?"[Shingi]
Hem turned towards Shingi, angry at first for soone interrupting him but then ashad of his behavior while on duty.
"Na."[Hem]
"Vangel."[Shingi]
He wasn't going to let his true identity known, and he knew that they wanted the nas just to check they weren't in any of the dangerous people lists. But ut wasn't like a dangerous person would use his real na or co through the gate either way.
He continued answering so more questions, and the young guard was writing everything down.
As the inspection was over and Shingi was ready to get through the gate, the person who seed to be in charge made him a signal to stop.
"Is there a problem?"[Shingi]
The older guard looked Shingi in the eyes, as Shingi could hear the young guard Hem behind him to be anxious as he thought he did sothing wrong.
"You are Garry's boy, aren't you?"[Older Guard]
Shingi was surprised by the question.
He wasn't looking much like Garry even now that he had grown, so he doubted one would assu he was related to him just by looking at him.
Shingi nodded as he wasn't reading any ill intentions by the man in front of him.
"I was told you might co here soday, but I didn't think it would be that soon. You look older than I thought you would be, but the eyes are just as they were said to be. Red is quite unique."[Old guard]
Shingi was surprised once more as he had found so ti ago by asking others that they couldn't see the actual color of his eyes and looked to be black at them.
He was amazed that the older man in front of him could see while people like Aneta, Benjamin, or Belly were unable to.
"Follow . I have sothing important to show you. Na is Harbin by the way."[Harbin]
Shingi followed him in the town leaving behind a confused young guard who also seed to be a bit relieved.
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