The Guild Hall

I wake up to someone gently shaking me awake.

"Alpha! Wake up!" I hear Luna say. I open my eyes and see her smile. She's sitting on my waist. "Yay! Now come on! We need to get ready!" She says while jumping off me. She pulls me up and I look around. I see the others are already gone. She drags me out and sits me at the table. She fills up a plate with food as I look around. I don't see anyone else in the room.

"Where is everyone, Luna?" I ask her as she sits next to me. She shoves a fork into my hand and I start eating.

"They're getting ready. We're going to see the Guild Hall, remember!?" She replies excitedly. I smile while eating, Luna sitting next to me. Her tails start wagging faster and faster as I get close to finishing. Once I'm done she jumps out of her seat and drags me away. She pulls me back into the room where she's set a pile of clothes for me. She quickly undresses me and hands me the clothes.

"I didn't realize you were this excited Luna." I say while pulling my pants up. She just nods and puts my shirt over my head. She drags me back out before disappearing. I take out my phone and start texting Myla and Hino. I tell them that we're getting ready to go to the Guild Hall. Before I send the text, they appear in front of me.

"Good morning Eric." Hino says when she sees me. Before I can reply Asami, Luna, Innu, and Ramia appear next to them.

"Master, did Luna wake you up?" Asami asks right away. Luna turns away from Asami's glare and I smile.

"Does it matter? Let's get going." I say causing her to glare at me.

"Can we come with?" I hear Gaia ask from behind me. I turn and see Verona and Gaia behind me. They each have a pin in their hair. I can sense a bit of magic from them. Their hair colors have changed, Gaias is now brown and Veronas is black. Verona's eye looks normal, the star is gone.

"Is that okay? The other Gods will sense you won't they?" I ask and she nods.

"That's fine. They know I'm back now anyway. Besides, it'll help show that you're trustworthy. I'm sure most of the other Light Gods are warry of you for being a Devil. So if they sense me with you, they'll be more likely to trust you. Or at the very least, not attack you." Gaia replies.

"Are the other Light Gods likely to attack me?" I ask and she shrugs.

"Yes. The Demon God has a lot of enemies within the Light Gods. The only reason they haven't attacked him before is that he has a lot of allies with the other Dark Gods. Right now the Light and Dark Gods are mostly neutral. They don't attack one another outright. Except for Gaia and the Demon God. But since the Demon God attacked first, his allies wouldn't help him. If the other Light Gods joined, then so would other Dark Gods. Honestly, I suspected that the Demon God started this fight with the intention of starting a war between the Light and Dark Gods. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. The point is that most Light Gods will harbor a lot of suspicion and anger for you at first. But it's not directed at you. Once the Demon God is dead they'll trust you more, especially once they learn you fought him." Verona says and I smile slightly. Luna groans and jumps on me. She pulls me out of my Domain and back to my apartment. I chuckle as she drags me to the door.

"Luna calm down." I say with a laugh. She slows down and waits until the others get here. Myla and Hino appear with Eimbis and Barai.

"Eric, I think these two want to come with." Myla says and I nod. I walk over to them and store them in my Marks. We leave and walk to the new Guild Hall. Luna rushes us the entire time. Once we get to the Guild Hall I look around. The Guild Hall looks amazing. It's clean and all the cracks are gone. I look above the doors and see the purple-tinted wolf head I made as the Guild's emblem. All the windows and walls look new and clean. We walk up to the entrance and something rings in my ears. It's debilitating, and my knees buckle as I cover my ears. The sound stops abruptly and I look around. I see the others standing there, but they all are grey. Like a grey see-through sheet was tightly wrapped around them. Looking around, I see everything is grey, not just the girls. I turn back and see myself, standing where I was before the ringing started. Both my body and the girls remain still like statues. Someone suddenly jumps on me from behind. They wrap their arms around me in a hug. I jump as they chuckle slightly.

"It's been a while Eric." I hear Ayashi say. She lets go and I turn back to face her. I see her standing there, wearing a red dress. But something about her is off. My instincts and senses scream at me, saying this isn't really her.

"Ayashi?" I say, confused and she smiles.

"Sorry about freaking you out like this. This is a spell of mine. It links our minds together for a brief moment. During this time we leave our bodies, as you can see. Time also speeds up for us. About one hour here is one second in real-time. I just wanted to have a chat, and didn't want to get the other's attention." Ayashi explains and I nod. "But I must say, Eric. I am very impressed. You got two of the oldest Goddesses on your side. Not to mention, your power level skyrocketed."

"Power level?" I ask and she nods.

"Did you forget? I told you when we first met, but I did tell you a lot of other stuff. Anyway, it's similar to your leveling system. I can see everyone's power level like you see their levels. But the power level sums up how good they are in a fight. The higher the power the tougher the fighter." She explains and I nod.

"So Ayashi, what did you want to talk about?" I ask her and she smiles before snapping her hand. A glass table and two chairs appear. The table has an umbrella in the center, covering it in shade.

"Why don't we sit down first? This might take a while." She says and I nod. I sit down and she does the same.