Chapter 121 - CONSPIRACY (1/2)

The wind of the plains is soothing. The girl thought to herself as her cheeks enjoys the breeze.

It was not cold like the winds of the Ice Region that could make you shiver all the time.

It is not hot like the winds of the Flame region making you sweat buckets. It was not suffocating like the winds of the desert, winds with sands.

The wind of the plains is unrestrained and gives a sense of serenity.

As the wind blows Sofia long silky hair as it waves around following the wind, she began her explanation about the Seven Fairy

Azief was still at the helm holding the reins, his face looking forward, his ears listening

'The Seven Fairy is the undisputed ruler of the Western Plain, living nearby the Red Mountain with the Mountain Clans. Even the World Government gives them respect.' Sofia said and Sina who was beside her nodded.

After all they did clash with the Seven Fairy. It was not a good memory to revisit.

'Hirate tried to recruit these seven but they do not want to be bogged down by the World Government rules and they have some irreconcilable grudge with Lord Oreki.'

Azief nodded as he keeps listening

'What are their names?' Azief asked.

'Their names are Kim Sohye the Alioth, Kim Doyeon the Mizar, Choi Yoojung the Alcor, Im Nayoung the Alkaid, Kim Chungha the Megrez, Kim Sejeong the Phecda and Jeon Somi the Merak. With Seven Fairy, with seven swords, they employed the Big Dipper Formation, entrapping powerful people and annihilating their enemies.'

They named themselves like the stars Azief mused.

But then as he thought about it again he smirked as he recognizes these names.

In Earth Two, there is a girl gr- and his thoughts were dashed by Sofia words as Azief shakes his head.

'Yeah, and that's about it.' Sofia said. Azief was still thinking to himself. Of course, how could there be such a coincidence.

But as he was about to listen again he caught Sofia words.

'What? That's the only thing you know about them?' Azief said shocked at how little Sofia knows her enemies

'Yes.' She replied uncaringly

'I thought you clashed with them'

'We did.'

'Didn't you observe them?'

'I did and that is the result of my observation.' Azief rolled his eyes at Sofia and Sofia become slightly angry

'It's not like we have time trading greetings when we are busy trying to save our lives don't you think?'

'Hmph.'

'What about other things? Anything.'

'They're young' Sina suddenly interject.

'The youngest of them is 15 years old.'

'That….is a kid' Azief incredulously stated.

'Yes, but she is the strongest. Her vicious strike could lop off hundreds of heads.' Sofia added as she remembers the last time she was running out of grounds to run.

Of course in stories it depicted her and Loki easily run away but that is not the real version of the story.

'And they are cute' Sina said again as she smiles a bit. Azief shakes his head and then he said

'It was my fault to think you have any considerable intel'

'That's why I ask you why you punish Loki. He would be useful here.'

'Ok, enough of that. I make a mistake, ok. It happens.'

Sofia giggles looking at Azief exasperated face.

Then Sofia and Sina began chatting again, while Azief like usual watch the sky as they continue their journey home.

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MEANWHILE IN A HILL NOT FAR AWAY FROM EDEN

'Red Abalone Soup, Roasted cockatrice skewers, spicy meaty fish and many more. Buy, buy, buy'

The sound of merchants peddling their wares fill the hill as the people on the hills, warriors, assassin, scouts and soldiers from many factions also participate in this gathering.

And when there is this kind of gathering, merchants swarm in searching for profit.

Warp was sitting on a chair on a newly built tavern. His hair has grown longer and so is his height.

But he still retains his childish looking face and his smooth skin. A lot of people can be seen drinking and eating.

There is a beautiful woman seating not far away from Warp flirting with some warriors.

But Warp knows behind that flirty looks and enticing words, she is a spy for the Royal Family of Britain.

She was wearing beautiful armour and jewelry all over her.

But this does not make her looks gaudy instead because of her personal charm she looks elegant.

Must come in handy in wringing out poor bastard out of important information Warp thought to himself.

Emma. That is her name….or one of her names. Warp as one of the important people in the League of Freedom of course knows such information.

Not far away from her, sits Maximoff. A Sniper. His long brown hair reaches his neck. He was sturdy and tall, buff like a gym maniac.

Behind his back is a sniper made of obsidian black like crystal.

The weapons of the World Orb are always a little weird but still retain the shape of some of the Earth weapons.

Maximoff is known to keen minded and has a gathering of intelligence network in the Ice Region far away from the prying eyes of the Revolutionary Army.

His mentor is Paulette, Emperor Jean woman.

Then there is Takashi the Poison Master.

His motive is easily inferred. He must have come for the Genius Alchemist Sina to gain more understanding on his path.

Warp has heard the story that he battles with the Medicine Sage Liu Wenzhang in herb comprehension and pill making competition.

Everyone here has their own motives. They all recognize each other but they did not bother each other.

Now, that is a battle for another day.

Spies have their spying missions. A sniper has their sniping mission. And for people like Takashi who wanted to improve themselves he must have his own goals too.

Warp also has his mission and agendas. Then Warp heard others shouting.

'Buy swords from me! I guaranteed even encountering an Legendary type monster, my sword will not break.'

Then another man shouted with a loud voice and jovial tone.

'Don't listen to him. His Blacksmithing skill is worse than I, Romund. I dare say buying from me would be more beneficial for your quest then buying it from that stinky git.'

There is this kind of banter all over the crafts alley, an alley dedicated to sell crafts. Of course these alleys would disappear after the event ended.

The district would be torn down, the alleys would disappear and this festive hill also will return to be a lonely hill like before.

In this hill today, hundreds of character gathers together.

There are craftsmen selling their wares. There is also some butcher that sells exotic livestock gotten from all over the world.

Griffin's meat, hydra meat and even wyvern meat.

Hundreds and hundreds more kind of food all can be bought if you have the gold.

All of these could give warriors and combat related profession buffs and even give some people unique abilities though this depends on the person eating it.

Carpenters, builders, smiths, bakers, leather workers also come to the gathering to promote themselves selling their services to other people.

While it is true that the production class is not that favorable in battlefield but without them most of the things that the warrior wears will be not up to par.

With great blacksmiths you will have great weapons. With great armorer you will have great armour.

With good chef, you can enjoy great food that boost your regenerative capabilities and even increases your level.

Even builders also have their uses.

For someone who wanted their own home if not builders, who else can they turn to?

With their specialized skills, give them enough resources and they can build you anything. Of course their way of leveling up is different than normal people.

They still could try to raise their level by following warriors to battle but that will not help them much since their EXP gain will be higher if they follow their production path.

Not all is like Lord Shadow, Raymond, Lord Oreki or Katarina. Not all of them have unique classes and have their own preference and artifact that grows with them.

Take for example Lord Shadow.

His Six Saber is already a Celestial Weapons that once shakes the universe during the Deva and Shura Great War five thousand years ago.

His Ten Rings once belonged to a Demon King that killed thousands of Demon Dukes and thousands of Demon Count.

Then take a look at Raymond. His weapon is a huge hammer but that was before he found Sharur when he was exploring a ruin.

Sharur is an enchanted talking mace. It has the power to fly across vast distances without impediment and communicate with its wielder.

It provides crucial intelligence to the wielder.

Sharur may also take the form of a winged lion.

And while Katarina did not reveal any of her weapons, many speculates that when she defeated the Yeti, she might have been rewarded a great weapon.

But no one truly envy them for having these weapons?

Why?

Because they bet their life on the line to get those weapons.

Azief endure humiliations and had to swindle, lie, and cheat to survive in the Demonic Realm and finally manages to become the fisherman in troubled water and acquire the Ten Eternal Rings.

Raymond lost a lot of his loyal soldiers in his expedition to defeat the monster at the end of the cave.

The same could be said for Katarina.

She is even wounded and is still recuperating with many of the Revolutionary Army defenses is left to Jean.

Without risk, these great people would not have these weapons but how many really dare to risk their lives to gain strength when they could live peacefully and slowly rise up the ranks.

But what these people would never realize, that going slowly while it is a noble virtue, they also would be left behind.

Each day they laze around, these great people would leave them a thousand steps behind. Another days passes and their figures could no longer be seen.

The more days passes, these great people will left them so far behind that by the time the lazy reach these people, they could only bow and prostrate themselves like a subject in front of a might emperor.

The purpose of the World Orb is to strengthen humans but if the humans could not be brave and thrive though life and death trials, how could humanity become strong?

It is the people who manages to risk their lives and emerges alive will stand atop among the masses.

The mentality of the strong can be said to have these kind so thought. 'I rather die than being weak.' 'I'll survive.' 'I will enjoy these troubled times.'

These are the kinds of thoughts they have. Some are molded by the death of their loved ones.

Some are molded with the intuitive feelings of survival. Some are guided by righteous notions.

Some are guided by divine powers. While some….just loves the chaos and would add fire to it.

Then the sound of the shouting and bantering enters Warp ears again and he shakes his head.

All of these craftsmen promote themselves.

Some smith told the warriors sitting under a large tree nearby the hill, that he could forge a weapon that could cut a mountain though no one believes him.

When Warp first arrives here the blacksmith also told him the same thing and Warp almost laughs.

There are many craftsmen like that. The question remains?

How could these weak craftsmen without any strength to fight a large army could survive these chaotic era and even travel here unharmed and without delay?

Because they have the Merchant Association.

In terms of wealth, resources, talents there is no organization on earth right now that could rival the Merchant Association.

They dab their hands on a lot of pies. They sell information, weapons, rare items, transportation, artifacts and even people.

It is not surprising that not anyone would readily offend them or try to fight them directly.

And not to mention in all the scuffles between factions or organization, the Merchant Association is neutral, making no one really have any justification to attack them or unite people to attack them.

They just supplied whatever these factions wanted and that's it.

The taverns that are erected on the hills, the market that is thriving in the hills will be destroyed when this meet ends.

This is the power of production that the Merchant Association had.

And the Merchant Association also has their own reason for also coming here other than just profits.

They want to assess how much of a threat Lord Shadow really is.

Warp smiles a bit as he look outside the tavern. At least he could get out from the Lords of the Forest meeting.

The Demon Ape on the Western Forest is behaving strangely which even prompt the High Lord Lee Sangmin to orders the Council of Lords to quickly engage the Ape Mountain.

Not to mention, the fact that the atmosphere here is like a festival.

People flirting, laughing, eating, playing, it has been a long time since Warp feels like this.

Since the Fall, Warp has always been afraid.

Afraid to die.

So that is why even though the secret mission for unique class is dangerous he does not mind since he could teleport anywhere he wanted to if he succeeds.

He wanted to disappear.

Who would have thought even though he could teleport he still manages to put himself in danger time after time.

The things he does for brotherhood.

On the outside of the tavern is a large screen made of a monster hide that is connected into an Image Crystal and shows the aerial situation of both the camp of the Seven Fairy and the village of Eden.

On the Seven Fairy side, from the screen people could see that the Seven Fairy has started to move again to the village with large dust behind their trails.

Ten thousand people moving together with their family with caravans on the back rear and hundreds of stuff on tow surely creates a magnificent scene.

On the village two hundred cavalry can be seen outside the village, on the open field looking murderously at the sight of the dust.

'Bring me some wine' Warp ordered as he keeps looking at the screen. The main event is not yet started but the prologue sure is interesting

'Right away, Sir' one of the waiter of that tavern quickly takes Warp orders. This tavern belongs to the Merchant Association.

The merchant Association is headed by Patrician Enzo.

He is known to travel anywhere there is a demand.