"Aw, man, I really envy you guys...I was hoping to get in on some of the action myself, can't believe I missed out on all of it," Sighed Rex with a disappointed look on his face, his shoulders slumping. Heh, this is a good look for him, I like it. "Hey, now, there's no need to be so forlorn about it, look on the bright side...if we need to, you know, persuade this guy to talk, your flames will probably be the most effective option in coaxing answers out of him, a few flames to the soles of the feet should prove quite effective," Pointed out Iris as she patted his slumped shoulder encouragingly. We were all back at the inn now, ready to interrogate the Earth Mage we'd captured and restrained. After we finished defeating the group of traffickers, we took the first woman they'd abducted tonight back to the town. She regained consciousness on the way back and panicked immediately, struggling desperately to try and get away from up, but we managed to explain the situation to eventually

"Gather around, everyone! I have great news to share with you all! The Guild Mages I hired have successfully dealt with the kidnappers who've been terrorizing our town for the past several days, and most of those who were abducted have been brought back. It's my humble honor to have saved our town, but as the man you all elected to lead you, I was honor bound to do everything in my power to restore safety and ease all of your minds...it certainly wasn't cheap, but for the sake of the safety of my citizens, no cost is too high! And that's precisely why I hired these Mages with my own money. All I want is for this wonderful town to prosper, and...""Wow, he's full of it, isn't he? What an asshole, making this all about himself," I whispered to Lilac.I'm starting to see how he must have gotten elected in the first place...he must have used enticing words and empty promises to win the favor of the majority, and they fell for his act. "Yeah...he's just using this to praise himself. Doesn

"This can't possibly be a coincidence. There's just no way it is, the chances of that are too low...," Frowned Iris, as she skimmed through a document before handing it to me."Yeah, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that it isn't a coincidence, these incidents are definitely connected. Someone's behind this pulling the strings, causing it deliberately," I nodded in agreement."Why would they do that, though? What's their goal in doing this, what could they possibly be hoping to achieve by doing this?" Chimed in Rex with a grimace, as he read through another document.Today's the 7th of June, 505 PA, and I was currently at the Solaris Guild, along with the rest of my party. We were poring through reports of recently completed Quests from other Guilds across the country, specifically, Quests relating to hunting down groups of criminals like bandits, smugglers and traffickers.In other words, Quests similar to our most recent Quest, which we completed just a few days ago. All these Quest r

"Hey, aren't you excited, To? We're going to visit another new place today, I can't wait to see what it's like," Grinned Lilac, as I let out a drowsy yawn."You're being too loud...seriously, it's way too early in the morning for you to be this amped up, Li," I responded with a weary sigh.It was the next day, a few minutes or so to 7 AM. We were at the stables, renting out several carriages to make the journey to Limvert City, the northmost city in Sapio. We're minutes away from leaving, everyone's arrived and ready to go...but why'd we have to do this so damn early? I'm so tired, I wanna go back to sleep, damn it..."Thanks for being punctual, everyone! Make sure to get some rest on the journey, so that you'll be ready to go as soon as we arrive in Limvert," Called out Lect to everyone, a smile on his face.Tch, how's he so cheerful this early in the morning? Lilac's bad enough on her own, having another overly energetic person around sounds absolutely exhausting. In fact, it feels

"Bastard, I'll kill you!" Snapped Iris, as she drew out her blade and rapidly extended it towards him as he cast a massive, dark dome around all of us, before she yelled to everyone as he narrowly evaded her blade, "Snap out of it! He's the culprit, the person we've been looking for!""Wow, an Apocryphal Weapon, huh? What a sight, you don't see one of those everyday," Remarked Lect, glancing at his left arm, her blade having cut through his armor and grazed his skin beneath it."Get behind me, Li," I remarked, grabbing her wrist and moving her behind me as I stepped out in front of her, the other Mages starting to surround Lect. Damn it, this isn't good...the dome of Dark Ether he cast, it's slowly but steadily sapping our energy and stamina, I can sense everyone's Ether decreasing bit by bit with every passing second, the flow of their Ether gradually but undoubtedly growing smaller and less stable. "You tricked us, you bastard! Take this, [Lancer Art: Piercing Javelin]!""Yeah, yo