Chapter 205 - Make money (1/2)

After Ray agreed to the one on one duel with the Demon man, there were a few things the group still needed to do first. Lenny needed to locate the demon man once again and inform him that Ray had accepted the duel. The group decided that it would be best to do the duel on a hunting ground not too far away from the city.

There was no telling how much damage this fight would cause and they didn't want to get the citizens involved. That wasn't the only problem as well. Most likely this duel was just a setup, an ambush to get rid of Ray.

Ray had been getting in the way of the Shadow plague too many times now and it was clear the Shadow plague was aware of Ray's presence.

The date of the duel was set to be in a week's time.

This also gave Lilly enough time to gather a small army of her own. During this time she would do her best to gather as many adventures as she could, by putting up a request in the Guild hall. Her father wouldn't allow her to take the city's guards but there was no harm in giving her coin to hire outside help.

With the duel now a week away, Ray had something important to tell Jack and Gary. They were currently inside their inn room that was being paid for by Lilly.

It was a plain room that didn't have much inside apart from the three beds.

”I have some important news to tell both of you.” Ray said, ”The duel is a week away and although I am confident in my abilities, I am afraid that the demon man might be too strong for me. I've decided to head back to Avrion to train.”

”What!” Gary said, ”But it will take three days to get to Avrion and then another three days to get back, you won't even have enough time to do anything.”

Ray smiled.

”Don't worry I have an ability to teleport myself there.”

At this point, Gary was no longer surprised. Ray could make fire, make ice, steal Ki, give Ki, write up contracts, and had fins on his hands. For all Gary knew Ray was basically a reincarnation of a god.

”Although I will be gone for the week, I have an important task for you two.”

Suddenly Gary and Jack were stood up straight as they saw the serious look on Ray's face.

”I need you two, to make money.”

”Huh?” Gary replied.

”We cannot continue to live off the charity of others, also we need to improve our ranking as adventurers and guilds. While I'm away, you two head to the Guild hall and complete as many quests as you can.”

”Yes, boss!” Jack replied loudly.

”Good, I'm counting on you,” Ray said.

Then suddenly, Ray activated his teleportation skill and a glowing blue light surrounded him. Ray's body started to disappear piece by piece until eventually, Ray had completely disappeared.

After watching Ray perform a feat only top tier Mage's did, Gary couldn't help but wonder what Ray was.

”Hey Jack, have you ever thought about who Ray is?”

”What do you mean, Ray is Ray.”

”No, I mean… you know what forget about it. You're right. Ray is Ray.”

Sometimes leaving it as simple as that was the better thing to do Gary thought.