Second Meeting
August quickly left the Blacksmith Guild building.
"Did he seriously wait for me in the building for one freaking hour!?" August muttered while speed-walking to the town gates.
When he arrived at the gates, he saw the famillar guards aswell the guard who reminded him to not be dozed off. He probably didn't see the same guard when he returned from Reran Grass Foest, because of the shifts they had.
He walked closer and the guards noticed him, especially the same guard from before.
"Hello, young man. Are you going out again?" Guard asked.
"Yes." August answered.
"Ok, just wanna know."
August was about to walk outside the gates, when the guard suddenly stopped him;
"Young man, wait!"
"What is it?"
"If you ever see this person, report it to me or us." Guard said, while pulling out a picture of a face with a 'Wanted' text underneath.
The face was blurry and looked painted in black. But you could see it was a man with a big beard.
August nodded his head without thinking too much about it and walked outside the gates.
"Jake, why did you ask him for help? He looks weak in my eyes." Guard 2 said, he was in his late 20's with brown hair and brown eyes.
"Hmm.. Sam? I don't think he is weak though, he has that kind of aura that only experts have. I trust my senses of years of experience in battles and wars." Jake, the Guard said.
"Maybe you are right if your senses are telling that, you were orginally our Squad Captain afterall."
"Don't talk about my status as your Squad Captain, I'm a failure, I failed my duty, I don't deserve that title." Jake sighed and said.
"Uhh, sorry capt-, Jake.." Sam said.
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While the guards were talking about their stuff. August was running along the roads, with players here and there, killing monsters or simply walking.
"Where are we going?" Seraphine asked.
"We are going to the Ten Ton Mountain." August said.
"Okay.. but why are we going to a level 10 area? Isn't it dangerous there for the current you."
"Because I need to find something there.." August answered vaguely.
Even though Seraphine wanted to know what he wanted to find, because she has been with him since the entire journey, and even she didn't know what it was..
The distance between Levia Town and Ten Ton Mountain was around 8km, but with August current speed, he would arrive there in less than thirty minutes.
But suddenly he heard a female voice behind him;
"You there! Wait!"
"Hmm?" August turned his head back and saw the famillar face. But quickly turned his head back to the front.
The famillar face had sky-blye eyes, light brunette long hair. She had one of the best figures he had seen, coupled with her tight leather armor, it made her look more beautiful for some reason.
She was Luna Runeheart.
"Why did you turn your head back?" Luna asked. She found his behaviour weird.
'Why. Why. Why am I always meeting with high influential people?!' August thought.
"You were the one who ran away from me, right?" Luna asked again when there wasn't any reply.
"No. You got it all wrong, miss beautiful, perfect, country-toppling, smart and the best woman to ever exist." August replied using the same tactic of bootlicking, to leave the scene as fast as possible.
But alas, he meet a unique woman who doesn't follow the typical young masters.
"So you were the one ran away..." Luna replied, even her fairy in her invisibly form nodded her head.
'Shit' August cursed inwardly.
"Ohh.. no no.. you got it wrong miss. But I think I have to go now.." August quickly replied.
"Answer my question first."
"I'm very busy.. soo-" August said, but got cut shorty after.
"I can give your money for your answer." Luna said nonchalantly.
"Ehh. n- Mmm.." August murmered.
'Should I accept her offer? From what I heard and read about her in both my lives, she was straightforward and isn't the typical young masters.' He silenty thought.
"It depends on your question." August answered after a moment of pondering.
"Why did you run away from me?" Luna asked.
"Huh?" August never thought she would ask that petty question, and even earn money from that.."
"Because I don't wanna associate with the higher society.." August this time replied truthfully, because he saw no harm in it.
"Hmm. You are not like the other men I have seen.."
"Duh, I'm not some idiot compared to those *cough*."
"Well, how much money am I gonna get.." August replied with dollar signs in his eyes. Even though he got his second chance, money is still money.
"How about 100 dollars.." Luna said nonchalantly.
Meanwhile August was just speechless, did she just throw 100 dollars for a mere question. Truly the higher-echleon have it nice.
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[ID: LunaRuna#12398]
[Accept] [Deny]
A new message appeared in front him, he accepted the friend request.
"I'll send your the money now.." Luna replied after seeing that he accepted her request.
[LunaRuna has sent you: 100$ dollars.]
"Hmm" August nodded after confirming the money. Outside he was calm, but inwardly he jumping joy. Even though 100$ dollars may lose its value in the future, but its a good start.
"Well, I'm going now.." August replied before walking away.
"Wait.. Can I follow you?" Luna asked fidgety for some reason.
"No." August said in-factly.
"I can give you more money.."
"No." August replied again, because where he is going now it's too important.
"...Then I'll just follow behind you."
"...No." August was speechless, why she is pestering to follow him.
"If you don't go, I will kill you." August said.
"Wouldn't that be a waste of your time."
"No-." August said but got interupted again.
"I will just be behind you then.."
"Arghh.. Okay, but stay hundred meters away from me." August gave up because he couldn't force someone.
"Yes!"
August continued his journey, while Luna followed him with hundred meters in distance.
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A few minutes before their meeting.
"Hmm, isn't that the guy who ran away from me.." Luna muttered, who was walking back from her grinding to Levia Town, and saw August running on the roads.
"Hmmm, he is really unique." Elsa, her fairy suddenly companion said.
"Unique?"
"I can feel that he has high Mana Affinity, but the weird thing is that I don't feel he has a fairy companion."
"That's weird, you told me that every human who has high affinity with Mana has been picked by fairies?"
"Yes.."
"You should probably follow him.." Elsa suddenly said.
"Why?" Luna was confused and suprised.
"Because he seems special, I don't know why, but I got this inner-feeling that he is something majestic.."
"That's a weird way to say it, but alright. I can try to follow him.."
"I have already a plan in mind."
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Back to the present, just a short distance away from Ten Ton Mountain.
"Seraphine, why do you think Luna is so keen of following me." August asked the little fairy.
"I think her fairy saw a glimpse of my aura in you."
"Huh, is it the royal family aura?" August replied, because this is kinda the same thing with other races.
"Oh you know? But yes, the Royal Family of Fairies has this majestic, royalty aura, and because you and I are contracted companions. The very same aura is surronding you right now."
"Kings, Queens, Emperors or Empresses of each race have this aura around them."
"This aura itself repesents their royalty, power, status aswell supression."
"Hmm... that make sense.." August muttered. He remembered he heard that some Kings and Queens have powerful level suppresion.
"But having that royal aura is hard, I think there only exits a handful of them in the world.."
After a while, he finally arrived at Ten Ton Mountain area.
The mountain looked huge and massive, almost piercing through the clouds. It carried of a strange vibe from looking at it. The surroundings were covered by trees and forests. He could also see monsters here and there, ranging from level 5 to 8 in the outskirts.
This was a level 10 graded area after all.
"Mmm." August scouted his surrondings, before running off into a certain direction in the moutains.
A few moments later, a beautiful woman also arrived there, she looked around and saw a disappearing sithloutte in the distance, before running after it.
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