Chapter 74: Fred and Steve (1/2)

Gravis stood up, walked to the entrance, and opened it. He saw two young men who were about as big as him, yet looked entirely different. One carried a big axe and had brown, brutish hair, while the other had a sword hanging from his waist and hat blonde hair tied in a ponytail. The man with the axe was muscular, and Gravis could see his muscles through his clothes. The other guy seemed refined and carried a smile.

”Yes?” asked Gravis neutrally. He wanted to get back to reading the Lightning Codex. Gorn told him that he should reread it until he perfectly knew it by heart, and Gravis would follow that advice.

The man with the axe grinned in disdain. ”I've heard that a new guy with incredible strength joined our guild,” then he laughed loudly. ”But you really-”

”What do you want?” Gravis cut him off.

The man with the axe got angry and wanted to say something, but the other one gestured for him to be quiet. ”The previous owner of the house is the younger brother of our leader, and he has been living here for-”

”Get to the point,” Gravis interrupted again. He didn't want to waste more time here.

The man with the sword took a deep breath to remain calm. ”Would you be so kind as to switch houses with-”

”No.”

BANG!

The door was slammed shut in their faces, and the wind threw their hair back. Both of them blinked a couple of times at the now-closed door and didn't know what to do. That was not the reaction they anticipated. Weren't new guys supposed to ask and learn about the guild and how it worked around here?

The man with the axe exploded and banged on the door with his fist, multiple times. After some seconds, the door opened again, and Gravis looked at them with annoyance.

”What? I already said no,” he said.

The man with the axe couldn't remain civil anymore. ”Listen here, you little shit-”

BANG!

The door slammed shut again, and the man was now thoroughly infuriated. He took out his axe and wanted to hack the door down, but the other man quickly tackled him and held him in place.

”Let me go! I will tear his fucking little mouth apart and shit down his throat until all his descendants get mistaken for shit-flies!” he continued shouting like crazy, while the other guy kept him down.

”Calm down, Fred! This house is for Brother Frank, and it's right beside the Guild Master's residence. We can't damage it,” the man with the sword tried to calm Fred. ”He can't stay in that house forever! He'll have to go on missions at some point. We'll just have to wait on the street.”

Fred took some deep breaths and calmed down. ”You're right, Steve. We just have to wait for him to come out,” then he gritted his teeth. ”But then, I will tear him to pieces.”

Steve just nodded. ”More or less. When he comes out, you can 'spar' with him as much as you want. Come on, let's wait over at the street. We can sit down and keep watch over the entrance.”

Fred nodded, and they walked to a bench beside the main-street and sat down, watching Gravis' entrance. ”He'll get what's coming,” grumbled Fred.

Gravis sat back down on his cushion and continued rereading the Lightning Codex. He had to learn everything by heart. If he started condensing his Lightning Seed and something unexpected happened, he would need to know how to counteract that.