Sector 2B, Wind Sorcerers Guild.
The guild is crowded with Awakened that are walking in groups,
They are all a part of the Wind Sorcerers Guild that is searching for a new quest, many of them do this voluntarily for one thing only.
Fame,
Money for Awakened is not a problem, they can get it from literally anywhere.
But fame on the other hand is a different matter, all of Awakened will not reject being more reputable so they can have a higher standing.
And to search for this fame, they must join a guild and do quests.
Not all of the Awakened are searching for fame, of course, some just want to fight for humanity.
The Wind Sorcerers Guild building is built between a deep cliff, it becomes a bridge for both sides and there are many flying buildings around it.
The most noticeable flying building is the highest one shaped like a shrine, and it almost touches the clouds.
All of this are possible with only the power of a high-rank Awakened maintaining it and an everlasting rune that feeds on mana, it would be impossible without them.
Besides the highest building, there is another building with a ‘Training’ sign on it.
Awakened that are a part of the Wind Sorcerers Guild can access these flying buildings via wind tunnels, they only need to enter the tunnel before they get transported by the wind tunnel.
In the Training building, there is a commotion going on.
A middle-aged man is currently levitating on the air, his body is very muscular for his age and the wind around him gathered with him in its center.
Just from a glance, anyone will know that this middle-aged man is very powerful.
Many people are gathered around the middle-aged man and they’re all watching him attentively, the crowd is around twenty people or so and they’re all silent.
The wind that gathered around him started to spin chaotically, it soon becomes a tornado.
The wind element of the middle-aged man is a very high-ranking element, it can be clearly seen because of its red color.
A huge bird made of wind element materialized behind him,
ROAR!!
Its roar was loud and brings a suppressing aura to any low-rank Awakened around it, the wind bird has four wings that are spread to the side majestically.
All of the lower-ranking Awakened got suppressed by the bird as their legs felt weak.
But amongst the crowd, three people are standing still as if the mana emitted by the middle-aged man and the four-winged bird is nothing.
If Rex was here, he will instantly know the one in the middle.
Wesley Atkins,
Each of the 25 Golden Crest has its own guild where they will act as an operator of Awakened, they will give quests to help places in need, give shelter for the Awakened, and even train them.
Of course, all of this is under UWO’s supervision.
The Atkins Family, Wesley to be more specific is the owner of the Wind Sorcerers Guild.
He’s currently looking at the middle-aged man that is performing a spell, he frowns when he saw a slight disturbance in the middle of the chaotic wind.
After the slight disturbance, the middle-aged man frowns.
The chaotic wind started to condense towards the middle-aged man, trapping the four-winged bird and the middle-aged man inside it.
“ARGHH!!”, the middle-aged man shouted as the wind started to squeeze him before suddenly,
BOOM!!
The wind that gathered around the middle-aged man exploded sending a powerful shockwave to the surrounding, the lower ranking Awakened got blasted away by the explosion.
Wesley and two other men created a barrier around themselves and tanked the shockwave.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Wesley frowns as he’s currently thinking about something that troubles him.
“It’s the same as before”, the man on his right said.
The man is wearing a green robe and he’s gazing at the scene in front of him with a frown, there’s a hint of anger on his face.
“Loyd has the best control over his element than any other, so it’s impossible for him to mess up the spellbook’s instruction”, another man on his left said.
This man on Wesley’s left has sharp features, his eyebrows make him look angry all the time.
Wesley rubs his chin with a frown, he seems to be conflicted about something, ‘Could it be? Did he did something to the spellbook?’
He then shakes his head, ‘He’s not a pioneer, so if he messed with the spellbook it shouldn’t be working at all. The spell is evidently working, but there’s always that weird disturbance’
After thinking for a moment, Wesley waves his hands.
Loyd, the middle-aged man is brought outside because he’s injured.
But then, his secretary on the side approach him and said, “Sir, One of our team that is tasked to extract information from Ari and Jim is wiped”
Hearing this, Wesley frowns, “Where is their last location?”
“It’s in the suburb Sir, we lost contact right after they enter this location”, the secretary said while handing Wesley an Epad with a map on it.
Wesley frowns before he then said, “Tell me the last location of Stevanus?”
“We have not seen him getting out of his mansion, but men gathered in front of his house not long ago and they set out after they all gathered. They seem to head south”, the secretary said.
The frown on Wesley’s face becomes even deeper, “And Rex’s location?”
“He’s last seen at Emham Forest, he then got picked up by a group of people”, the secretary also beginning to frown when she said this.
Wesley’s frown eased up as he realized, ‘There’s something going on between the two’
~
Rex is currently looking through the university’s website in search of the canyon, he scrolls down and found the news about the canyon.
The Canyon was said to be hidden and had just been discovered recently.
A passerby stated that the Galdosa River suddenly creates a loud cracking sound making the ground around it tremble, the passerby thought that it’s an earthquake.
But the ground beneath the river suddenly started to split,
The passerby was shocked as the water fell into the crack leaving not even a single drop of water, and this weird phenomenon last for almost three minutes.
By the time it finished, the passerby saw a deep canyon underneath the river crack.
He then brought these matters to the FAA before the FAA created a report and now, many researchers are filling the place.
Rex is reading this all on the university’s web, ‘Based on the picture, this place should shelter us from the Yule Moon’, Rex thought.
The picture shows many caves on the canyon walls, it will definitely shelter them from the moonlight of the Yule Moon.
After confirming the canyon, he then calls for Clarice his maid.
“Sir Rex, you summon me?”, Clarice said gracefully while slightly bowing, her gaze is low as she doesn’t want to meet Rex’s eyes.
Rex then asks, “Who runs the highest authority in this sector?”
“That would be Sir Vargas, he’s not only the principal but he is also UWO’s representative in this sector”, Clarice said politely.
Hearing this, Rex then rubs his chin and waves his hand.
Clarice bowed once again before she left Rex’s room, she doesn’t forget to close the door again.
‘Vargas should let me go there, but I know that old man will not let me sit around too long’, Rex thought before he closes his eyes while lying on the bed.
The next day,
Rex went out of Vargas’ room with a bitter look,
He asked Vargas to let him roam the hidden canyon with an excuse that he’s interested, Vargas gladly approves of his request but what Vargas said greatly shocks Rex.
In exchange for the request he make, Vargas wanted him to fight other universities students.
Vargas wants Rex to assert dominance over other universities’ top-ranker, he wants Rex to do it just because he wants Faraday University’s fame to grow.
Rex tries to bargain, and he eventually agreed by beating three top-ranker from three different universities.
He didn’t have any choice, the Yule Moon is near.
That is why Rex’s expression is bitter,
If he gets more famous then people that envy him will only grow, he didn’t want to have any other conflict with humans again.
It’s not that he’s scared, but because he will end up killing humans again.
Rex went inside his room grumpily and saw Adhara lying on the bed, she just got out of the shower as she still wearing her bathrobe.
Adhara saw Rex’s bitter expression, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s Vargas, he wants me to beat the top-rankers of other universities in exchange for roaming the hidden canyon”, Rex said while lying face-down.
Hearing this, Adhara then asks, “Hidden Canyon? What for?”
“The next full moon is coming, and it will hurt us if we get exposed by it”, Rex said lazily.
Adhara nodded her head in understanding, she then creeps towards Rex and hugs him to try and comforts him.
“It’s just three students, you can just beat them with one punch!”, Adhara said cheerfully.
Rex buried his head deeper into the bed and said with a muffled voice, “That’s called bullying, these kids will not have any chance against me”
With the power he has now, no students have a chance against him.
Even if they’re third-year students, they will not stand any chance against the current Rex.
And Vargas told Rex to beat these students making Rex feel uneasy,
Aside from unwanting any more attention drawn to him, he also doesn’t want to fight these students because he will not gain anything from it.
It’s better to get stronger so he can go to the Supernatural’s territory faster.
But what he can do now is obey, he will need the shelter, “Prepare to go to the canyon tonight, tell Kyran to also come with us”
Adhara nodded her head before she go and change.
That night,
Rex and Adhara are already ready for the hidden canyon, they already packed their bags if somehow they got stuck there for more than one day.
Today they will only scout the hidden canyon,
Although nothing strange has appeared from inside it yet, it didn’t erase the possibility of any threats that might appear inside.
The items he got from the system stated there’s a Diamond Wolf.
The system said that the Diamond Wolf is a mutated animal that lives underground, and this makes Rex prepares for any mutated animals that might come out.
After they were done packing, they went outside to search for Kyran.
Rex and Adhara went to Kyran’s room and knock on it, “Kyran let’s go, it’s already night and we need to leave right now”
Inside the room,
Kyran is currently lying in bed with a warm towel on his forehead, there’s Ryze beside him that is tending to Kyran.
“I need to go Ryze”, Kyran said helplessly.
Hearing this, Ryze then rebutted, “No! You’re sick! You need to stay in bed”
Kyran wanted to shout to call for Rex because Ryze is not letting him leave, but Ryze then intervenes, “I’ll tell Rex and Adhara about your condition”
He then gets down from the bed and opens the door,
Rex was surprised to find Ryze open the door, he then said, “Where’s Kyran? Tell him to meet me in front”
“Kyran is sick”, Ryze said meekly.
Adhara and Rex frowns when they heard this,
They both thought that it is impossible for Kyran to sick, he’s a half-Werewolf and a very severe disease is the only thing that can make him sick.
Even if Kyran got cancer, his body will heal it completely.
Rex then barge inside and found Kyran lying on the bed,
But the weird part is that Kyran does look sick, but he’s signaling to Rex to help convince Ryze that he’s not sick.
“Ryze, Why did you say that he’s sick?”, Adhara said while lowering herself to meet Ryze’s eyes.
Ryze then replied, “Just touch his hand, you will instantly feel how cold his body is”
Hearing this, Rex approach Kyran and touches his hand.
But to his surprise, Kyran’s hand feel completely normal, “What do you mean cold? He’s not sick, he’s completely normal”
Just as Rex said this, Ryze frowns.
He then approaches Rex and grabs his hands, “Turns out you’re sick too, your hand is freezing cold like a block of ice. You’re all sick!”
“Look at the mirror”, Ryze said while pointing at the mirror.
Rex looks at Ryze in confusion, he then walks towards the mirror and sees his reflection.
The reflection on the mirror greatly shocked him, ‘What? Why do I look so pale?!’