Chats And Research

I finish showering while lost in my thoughts. The Lich Kings Necklace huh? I'll equip that and replace my Companions Necklace. It's nice, but Eimbis and Barai don't need it now. And I'm sure Luna would get mad if I told her about it. She doesn't like me using my magic to help her, unless we're against a Boss. The skill though. I don't think I'll use it. I don't like the idea of giving a part of my soul away. Even if I get it back. But the other drops. I don't know what to do with these. I don't want to use them, since I don't want anyone to become an undead. I think before getting out of the shower. I enter my Domain and find Verona chatting with Kagiyama and Kallen. They're sitting at the table and I see Gaia sit down next to Verona. I see a puff of fire outside and look out the open door. I see Eimbis, Barai, Hino, Myla, Luna, and Innu all sparing outside. I walk over to the table as Verona notices me.

"Speak of the devil." She says while turning to me.

"Were you talking about me?" I ask and she nods.

"They came here shortly after you left. They wanted to ask out any drops you got from yesterday's battle." Gaia replies as I sit down and Kagiyama starts talking.

"We couldn't ask yesterday since you passed out. But did you get any Undead Flesh or Undead Cores?" He asks me.

"Yeah, I have ten Flesh and five Cores." I reply.

"I need to ask that you hand them over. They're banned by every guild and country around the world. It's because they can turn people into undead by ****. We have to hand them over to the government who'll destroy them for us. Oh, but I should say that creating undead isn't illegal. Turning humans is, but as I said, these can be used to forcibly turn people." Kallen says and I nod.

"I was going to ask you guys what to do with them." I say while taking them out. Kagiyama takes them and puts them in his Spatial Pouch. "Oh, but what about the Undead Dust?"

"That's fine. If you have a Priest, or someone else who can cleanse Curses, then they're perfectly safe. The Undead Curse they inflict doesn't turn you right away. So if you cleanse the Curse, it becomes a pretty cheap reviving potion. Oh, but only Guild Masters can buy them from the market. It's one of the restricted items." Kagiyama says and I nod.

"So, it's only illegal to turn people into undead, right? That means you could turn monsters and that'd be fine." I ask them and Kallen nods.

"Yeah. In fact, I know of a few Lyna farmers who use Undead Goblins. They use them to plant and harvest their crops. They have to make them wear these specially designed suits though, so they don't contaminate their crops. Why do you ask?" Kagiyama asks.

"I was just curious. So what's the plan for the rest of the Katorg guild?" I ask him.

"We're hunting them now. We've interrogated Riot and Barry and managed to squeeze a bit out of them. The majority of the Guild revolved around them. Now that they're gone, it'll be easier to round the rest up. We've set out a few nets so to say and caught a few already. It's really a matter of time until we get them all. Oh, but don't worry much about it. Since this part requires numbers we'll take care of it. The Steele Wolves don't have the numbers needed to set the nets we're setting." Kagiyama says and I smile, a little relieved.

"Sorry for the wait. Oh, good morning Master!" Asami says, greeting me when she sees me. She's holding a tray with four drinks in her hands. She sets it on the table before sitting next to me. Kallen and Kagiyama stand up as she does so.

"Thanks, but that's all we came for. We'll be leaving now. We have a lot of paperwork to fill out." Kallen says before disappearing.

"Right, Eric. You need to fill this out. Once you're done you need to send it to your Guilds Agent. They'll read it and report it to the government. It's just a report on the battle with the Lich King." Kallen says while handing me a bundle of paper. I take them before storing them away. He disappears and Verona turns to me.

"Eric, could I hold your Sword of Annihilation?" Verona asks me while sitting forward. I notice her eye is glowing very faintly. I take it out, keeping it in pole form. I hold it out for her and she takes it. The moment she grabs it her arm starts violently spasming. I quickly pull back, tearing the poll out of her hand. She stops spasming as Gaia jumps out of her seat.

"Verona!" Gaia nearly shouts while gently pulling her arm closer. I look at her arm and see several small dark grey streaks. They start on her fingertips and extend down to her wrist. Her fingertips are gone, missing the first knuckle each. She closes her eyes and a small dark green light appears at the end of each streak. They push the grey back until they reach her fingers. Her fingertips reappear from the light. The light disappears and her hand's back to normal. "Are you okay?" Gaia asks and Verona nods.

"Yeah, I just wasn't expecting that. His sword poured a bit of the Annihilation energy into my Mana Circuits. It started destroying my body and I couldn't let go since I lost my ability to move my hand immediately." Verona replies.

"Now will you stop testing these things on yourself?" Gaia asks and Verona chuckles. Gaia takes Verona upstairs to check on her, just in case. Asami turns to me as she does.

"Master, before it slips my mind again. I paid Buildtos through the normal account, is that okay?" Asami asks and I nod.

"Yeah, did they say when it'll be done?" I ask her and she smiles.

"Yes, they said it'll be done tomorrow morning. It's technically going to be done tonight around ten, but they asked us to wait until tomorrow."

"Have you told the others?" I ask and she shakes her head no.

"Not yet. If I tell Luna and Innu, I'm worried they'll wait until midnight and run off to see it." She replies and I laugh. We continue talking for a while and decided to go furniture shopping tomorrow after seeing the Guild Hall. Asami runs outside to join the others in training after a few minutes. "Do you want to join us, Master?" She asks before heading outside.

"Maybe in a bit. I have something I need to do first." I say and she nods. I sit on the couch and open my inventory.