Jake took a second to process what the hell the elemental had just said, and before he could even do that, he felt bloodlust radiate from behind him. This shook Jake back to reality as his own aura also unconsciously leaked, joining that of three others.
Carmen had been the first to stare daggers at the elemental, seemingly ready to pounce, but, to Jake’s slight surprise, the Fallen King and Sword Saint also showed their clear displeasure as they looked ready to assist Carmen should she attack.
However, before any of them could do or say anything, Sylphie proved that she didn’t need anyone to stand up for her, as she made a no-nonsense reply.
”Ree.”
The elemental was taken aback, partly by Sylphie’s screech and partly by the four C-grades seemingly ready to turn him into slushed ice. Still, he managed to keep his head cool as he focused on Sylphie.
”Please do not take offense. It would be an honor for you to join hands with me. We are both holders of autho-”
”Ree.”
”Such a reply is shortsighted and-”
”Ree.”
”… what?”
”Ree, ree, ree. Ree,” Sylphie explained as the bird stood perched on nothing in mid-air.
Surprisingly, Wintermaul looked deep in thought for a moment before he tried one last time. ”I… I can change, or we can maybe find a solution…”
”Ree,” Sylphie shook her head, making the poor ice elemental look dejected.
”Alas, it seems we are not meant to conjoin our Paths. I apologize if I overstepped… I did not mean to make anyone uncomfortable or make any enemies.”
Turning to Jake, who was still looking at Wintermaul with narrowed eyes, the elemental bowed. ”I congratulate you on your brilliant accomplishment and shall take my leave before I make a further fool of myself.”
With that, the elemental backed away, as Jake, the Fallen King, Sword Saint, and Carmen didn’t let him leave their sight before he was far enough away.
”I swear, if not for those rules,” Carmen muttered as she unclenched her fists.
also said with a hidden anger
inferior being that dares approach one superior to himself,” the Fallen King also chimed in, clearly not being entirely honest
of marking Wintermaul and tracking him down in the ninety-third universe to have a
did make Jake a bit uncomfortable, she clearly understood what the elemental had asked. Her response had also genuinely sounded like she considered
Sylphie’s screeches meant,” Caleb muttered, having not yet learned to speak Sylphian Hawk, something perfectly understandable, as it took a
just kindly explained to the ice elemental why they
”And that explanation was?”
make a proper nest, and Sylphie only likes to sit in cozy and warm places, making them incompatible,” Jake explained to his little
confirmed with a firm
and then
toward the elemental. ”I don’t hope for that icy bastard he decides to try
as he glanced at the four people who had been ready to start a major conflict over an elemental who had absolutely no
in their group had gotten a bit more tense than before due to the visit of the elemental, but it soon calmed down again as Jake gave Sylphie some well-deserved scratches for dealing with the situation
Sylphie was more than fifty years old by now and was to many definitely an adult, Jake still thought she was too young to get into any committed relationships quite yet. Then again, to Jake, she would always be the
Jake finally got to catch up with Casper his old buddy. And it turned out his friend had a
Guardian is descending on Earth in a few
a system notification hidden away
event, and not participating would kind of suck, so could you maybe hook me and some others up with a way back to Earth? Just for
that would also be fine. It’s ruled by a council of
duplication: this narrative has been taken
quite happy with what we got going on,” Casper answered. ”We have quite a nice hidden world set up by now on our floating piece of rock. New Yalsten, we call it. It will take some time, but with the
I’ll
in, but honestly, there isn’t
I think I’m
event,” Eron suddenly said as he had overheard their conversation.
that some people from the Holy Church, including the Augur, will return,” Maria added further. ”Wouldn’t be surprised if most people try to return to their native planets to try and reap some
we’ll have quite the gathering,” Jake smiled. At this point, he kind of felt bad for this poor Prima Guardian. Imagine arriving on a planet only to be met with Jake and all the others standing there, ready to pounce… definitely didn’t sound
I have a few people I should seek out. I sense two others who also carry the Blessing of my Patron,
By the way, I asked if he wanted to speak to you directly, but he didn’t seem keen on the idea,” Casper said as he shook his head. ”He did something very dumb to try and get a higher spot on
to gain the most levels out of everyone, but only
many levels?” he asked, knowing full well there was a good chance Casper couldn’t
after he evolved. Repairing the sword will be expensive as hell and take a long time, and his Records took quite the hit, but I think he can recover, though it won’t be easy. He isn’t a bad guy, and it does suck, but he cares way too much about the honor of the Risen and all that. At least he can take solace in having beaten every person from the Holy Church, even if I heard they did something similar. All in all, as I said… he did something dumb,
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