Chapter 198 Reconquest 3 (1/2)
The reconquest of the northern city was over in just 2 hours, Mars stood and overlooked the city from a room in the central fortress, he had just finished negotiating the terms of surrender with a surprisingly sensible general that knew he had been beaten, Mars walked out of the room as his vermilion armor disintegrated into red particles
'I need a drink...'
Mars walked out of the fortress just as Amelia on her giant hawk in the courtyard
”good timing... want to go and grab a drink?”
”again today?”
”come on you hardly drank anything yesterday”
”...fine then”
Mars gave a happy smile
”good, I'll go find Terry then we can go”
Mars quickly flew off in search of Terry and no even a minute later he and Terry returned by portal to the courtyard where Amelia stood and waited
”Terry this is Amelia, Amelia this is Terry”
”hi”
”hello”
the two of them exchanged greetings, Terry being a little shy and only stealing glances at Amelia while Amelia carried a warm smile
”well then let's go hit a bar, I'll give the first round”
Amelia gave a sigh before she spoke
”sure Mars, just don't drink as much as last time...”
Terry also gave a wry smile and spoke to Amelia
”is this the first time you drink with Mars?”
”no it's the second, why do you ask Terry?”
Terry gave a sigh as Mars ripped open a portal
”because I gave up reminding him the third time we went drinking together...”
”oh... I see”
”come on you two, the beer is waiting!”
””yes Mars...””
and so Mars and his two drinking buddies(forced) went drinking, this time in Green river at Mars' usual bar which he had been visiting pretty much everyday since the girls left for the island about 10 days ago, having ordered a round of beers Mars brought it over to the table and sat it down before he grabbed his mug of beer and downed it(while he was still standing, of course)
”ah that hit the spot...”
and so without even sitting down at the table he walked back to the bar and ordered another beer, leaving Terry and Amelia alone
”has he always been like that Terry?”
”well I have not known him for so long but... it probably has to do with his girlfriends not being home”
”oh? what's the story there?”
”well something about them wanting to get stronger so they could help him better”
”what so they're not fighting and he's still drinking like that?”
”yup... even though Mars looks and acts strong he gets lonely pretty quick”
”I see... well then let's do our best to accompany him”
”yeah let's”
Terry and Amelia both raised their mugs and downed their beers as best they could before they joined Mars at the bar...
the first Mars felt when he awoke was his head hurting and his mouth being dry
”...water... I need water”
Mars sat himself up and opened his eyes and found himself in a pure white space
”...shit”
the thing Mars was cursing about was not the pure white space but the person that stood right beside him, well person was not the right word god was more appropriate, Mars quickly got on his feet and put a hand on the hilt of his sword as he gave a cold smile
”hello Hel, how's your face”
it was Hel, the only difference from the last time Mars saw her was the long scars that ran down her face no doubt they were cursed by his adamantite broadsword
”I'll kill you Mars, but now is not the time”
as the two of them spoke a figure in a golden robe floated down, she had a gentle smile on her face when she saw Mars and called out to him
”my you are awake little brother”
Mars gave a smile
”long time no see Tatiana”
it was indeed Tatiana the living god of mana just as Mars was about to ask what was happening, someone clapped him on the shoulder from behind, Mars looked back and saw Terry
”Mars what is this?”
”hmm... I don't know but it seems like someone gathered us here?”
”us?”
”yeah living gods”
Terry looked confused for a moment then she looked over at Hel and Tatiana and suddenly his gaze sharpened and he took his bow off his back and nocked an arrow, Hel gave a mocking smile and spoke