Chapter 24
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"You look as good as new there Jack!" Martin shouted out as he saw Leo and Jack approaching.
"Well, it is all thanks to this alchemist. Actually, what was your name?" Jack replied as he asked Leo.
"You can call me Leo. I am new to this place, so I hope that you guys can help me out a bit." Leo said as they finally sat down next to Martin.
"The meal is almost ready." Natalia told the small group. Leo used this chance to pick the group's brain for information.
"Oh that village near the entrance to these mountains? That Nathan character sounds familiar. I think I heard my uncle mention him." Jack told Leo after he explained the direction he came from.
"Our city tries to send out some troops to help smaller villages around this area defend against monster waves. However, I heard from my father, that the village you mentioned has rather mean citizens." Martin said.
"Some of the villages around this world, are very battle hardened due to the rough conditions. But, some villages take it out on outsiders. It does not surprise me that they treated you the way that they did. If anything, since you seem to be an alchemist, I am surprised that they didn't try to recruit you immediately."
"That being said, I do not want you to feel that we have any ill intentions, but we would love for you to come back to our city and possibly even join it. You can choose to join any faction you wish, we only care about making our city stronger regardless of internal power struggles." Martin mentioned as he waited for Leo's reply.
Usually, depending on the race, a city would almost never see any internal power struggles. However, in this case, humans who have a high enough level of strength, desired to rule as many places as they could.
As long as the overall strength of a city would not be lowered greatly, citizens of these cities just let those powerful experts fight each other. This being said, these experts who fought were unable to kill each other.
Due to this group of three being so insignificant, they did not care about these types of power struggles. Unable to play a role within any sort of internal power struggles, they only wished to recruit strong experts to strengthen the potential of their city as a whole.
"I would love to join your city and find a way to make it work. Although, are you three all part of the same faction? I couldn't help but to notice that your fighting styles work well as a team, but are completely different?" Leo asked the group of three.
"Since we are all being blunt here, I can explain." Natalia spoke up as she handed out the plates of food.
"There are currently three factions within our city, and each faction holds different households and clans. Us three come from three different households, but we are in the same faction, so we are more than happy to travel outside the city with each other to hunt down monsters and such."
"It would be wise for you to join a faction right away once we reach the city. Since you are so strong and an alchemist, our faction would be more than willing to accommodate you if you join us. However, it would be your choice, and we would not pressure you." explained Natalia.
"If I told you that I was not an alchemist, would your faction still accept me with open arms?" Leo asked the group of three. He wanted to correct them early on, otherwise, the situation might get out of hand in the near future.
"The righteousness in which you have shown us in that battle, proved to us that you can fit in with our faction. That is the single most important trait to become a member of our faction." Martin said as he pounded on his chest.
"Plus, you appear stronger than all three of us and might be able to defeat us all by yourself. That alone would make any faction want to recruit you." Jack added as he patted Leo on the shoulder.
"This all sounds great, except, I am going to need to kill another monster and return its head to the village I came from. Nathan gave me a quest and I want to make sure that I can deliver on it before moving on." Leo said after absorbing all of this information.
"If that is the case, let us accompany you. Coupled with the strength that you already have, our squad is more than capable of taking down another monster!" Martin quickly responded to Leo's request without hesitation.
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"You look as good as new there Jack!" Martin shouted out as he saw Leo and Jack approaching.
"Well, it is all thanks to this alchemist. Actually, what was your name?" Jack replied as he asked Leo.
"You can call me Leo. I am new to this place, so I hope that you guys can help me out a bit." Leo said as they finally sat down next to Martin.
"The meal is almost ready." Natalia told the small group. Leo used this chance to pick the group's brain for information.
"Oh that village near the entrance to these mountains? That Nathan character sounds familiar. I think I heard my uncle mention him." Jack told Leo after he explained the direction he came from.
"Our city tries to send out some troops to help smaller villages around this area defend against monster waves. However, I heard from my father, that the village you mentioned has rather mean citizens." Martin said.
"Some of the villages around this world, are very battle hardened due to the rough conditions. But, some villages take it out on outsiders. It does not surprise me that they treated you the way that they did. If anything, since you seem to be an alchemist, I am surprised that they didn't try to recruit you immediately."
"That being said, I do not want you to feel that we have any ill intentions, but we would love for you to come back to our city and possibly even join it. You can choose to join any faction you wish, we only care about making our city stronger regardless of internal power struggles." Martin mentioned as he waited for Leo's reply.
Usually, depending on the race, a city would almost never see any internal power struggles. However, in this case, humans who have a high enough level of strength, desired to rule as many places as they could.
As long as the overall strength of a city would not be lowered greatly, citizens of these cities just let those powerful experts fight each other. This being said, these experts who fought were unable to kill each other.
Due to this group of three being so insignificant, they did not care about these types of power struggles. Unable to play a role within any sort of internal power struggles, they only wished to recruit strong experts to strengthen the potential of their city as a whole.
"I would love to join your city and find a way to make it work. Although, are you three all part of the same faction? I couldn't help but to notice that your fighting styles work well as a team, but are completely different?" Leo asked the group of three.
"Since we are all being blunt here, I can explain." Natalia spoke up as she handed out the plates of food.
"There are currently three factions within our city, and each faction holds different households and clans. Us three come from three different households, but we are in the same faction, so we are more than happy to travel outside the city with each other to hunt down monsters and such."
"It would be wise for you to join a faction right away once we reach the city. Since you are so strong and an alchemist, our faction would be more than willing to accommodate you if you join us. However, it would be your choice, and we would not pressure you." explained Natalia.
"If I told you that I was not an alchemist, would your faction still accept me with open arms?" Leo asked the group of three. He wanted to correct them early on, otherwise, the situation might get out of hand in the near future.
"The righteousness in which you have shown us in that battle, proved to us that you can fit in with our faction. That is the single most important trait to become a member of our faction." Martin said as he pounded on his chest.
"Plus, you appear stronger than all three of us and might be able to defeat us all by yourself. That alone would make any faction want to recruit you." Jack added as he patted Leo on the shoulder.
"This all sounds great, except, I am going to need to kill another monster and return its head to the village I came from. Nathan gave me a quest and I want to make sure that I can deliver on it before moving on." Leo said after absorbing all of this information.
"If that is the case, let us accompany you. Coupled with the strength that you already have, our squad is more than capable of taking down another monster!" Martin quickly responded to Leo's request without hesitation.
"You look as good as new there Jack!" Martin shouted out as he saw Leo and Jack approaching."Well, it is all thanks to this alchemist. Actually, what was your name?" Jack replied as he asked Leo."You can call me Leo. I am new to this place, so I hope that you guys can help me out a bit." Leo said as they finally sat down next to Martin."The meal is almost ready." Natalia told the small group. Leo used this chance to pick the group's brain for information."Oh that village near the entrance to these mountains? That Nathan character sounds familiar. I think I heard my uncle mention him." Jack told Leo after he explained the direction he came from."Our city tries to send out some troops to help smaller villages around this area defend against monster waves. However, I heard from my father, that the village you mentioned has rather mean citizens." Martin said."Some of the villages around this world, are very battle hardened due to the rough conditions. But, some villages take it out on outsiders. It does not surprise me that they treated you the way that they did. If anything, since you seem to be an alchemist, I am surprised that they didn't try to recruit you immediately.""That being said, I do not want you to feel that we have any ill intentions, but we would love for you to come back to our city and possibly even join it. You can choose to join any faction you wish, we only care about making our city stronger regardless of internal power struggles." Martin mentioned as he waited for Leo's reply.Usually, depending on the race, a city would almost never see any internal power struggles. However, in this case, humans who have a high enough level of strength, desired to rule as many places as they could.As long as the overall strength of a city would not be lowered greatly, citizens of these cities just let those powerful experts fight each other. This being said, these experts who fought were unable to kill each other.Due to this group of three being so insignificant, they did not care about these types of power struggles. Unable to play a role within any sort of internal power struggles, they only wished to recruit strong experts to strengthen the potential of their city as a whole."I would love to join your city and find a way to make it work. Although, are you three all part of the same faction? I couldn't help but to notice that your fighting styles work well as a team, but are completely different?" Leo asked the group of three."Since we are all being blunt here, I can explain." Natalia spoke up as she handed out the plates of food."There are currently three factions within our city, and each faction holds different households and clans. Us three come from three different households, but we are in the same faction, so we are more than happy to travel outside the city with each other to hunt down monsters and such.""It would be wise for you to join a faction right away once we reach the city. Since you are so strong and an alchemist, our faction would be more than willing to accommodate you if you join us. However, it would be your choice, and we would not pressure you." explained Natalia."If I told you that I was not an alchemist, would your faction still accept me with open arms?" Leo asked the group of three. He wanted to correct them early on, otherwise, the situation might get out of hand in the near future."The righteousness in which you have shown us in that battle, proved to us that you can fit in with our faction. That is the single most important trait to become a member of our faction." Martin said as he pounded on his chest."Plus, you appear stronger than all three of us and might be able to defeat us all by yourself. That alone would make any faction want to recruit you." Jack added as he patted Leo on the shoulder."This all sounds great, except, I am going to need to kill another monster and return its head to the village I came from. Nathan gave me a quest and I want to make sure that I can deliver on it before moving on." Leo said after absorbing all of this information."If that is the case, let us accompany you. Coupled with the strength that you already have, our squad is more than capable of taking down another monster!" Martin quickly responded to Leo's request without hesitation.
