Coming out of the private meeting room, the scene Royman had before his eyes was even worse than he'd thought. The guild hire was one of the new receptionists, and it seems she'd made a move of some kind against Hathor… Why? Well, Shurry, a powerful level 6, was currently holding her pressed against the floor, already having paralyzed her from the waist down. He also gave off a killing intent causing a few people to feel woozy. His expression filled with a volcanic, and utterly explosive rage.
"HOW DARE YOU TRY AND HURT MOTHER!" He shouted with a furious roar, shattering glass as he did. Then sensing movement, his eyes shifted, pupils dilated, and shrank again. "YOU. HIRE. EVILUS. YOU EVIL TOO?"
Royman, being a non blessed mortal was currently besieged by the peak fury of someone he simply couldn't comprehend. "No-" He cleared his throat. "We did a background check on all of our new hires and we didn't find anything on her. She was clean…"
Shurry's expression didn't change. "So, you were incompetent?" … "And she wasn't meant to be an informant for you? I gave you the benefit of the doubt, and it almost hurt Mother!" He howled, and kicked the evil woman to the side. "Do what you want with that shitty woman. Don't you dare fail a second time… You won't get a third." He snarled, slowly calming down, attempting to contain his unbridled rage.
"Thanks for your understanding. Can I call on you in the future to help smell them out?" Royman asked, still struggling not to piss himself.
"If that's what it takes to not be stupid… Fine."
"Finn, I need you to start-"
"Already on it. I'll do a search around the guild to see if there's any other problems around us."
Shurry's pupils dilated again, then calmed down. "We came to register someone's level up. Fail again, and I'll start hunting Evilus, all of them that I find." Shurry said. And then he, Hathor, and the other member left the guild.
Finn was scared stiff for a moment, he'd sensed the power coming off Shurry, cold sweat rolled down his back, as he gulped. "Loki, we don't have any time. We're going to double our efforts, even if it is risky. Can you-"
"Yeah, I'm going, you take care now." Loki said, running out of the guild and chased down to catch up with Hathor.
"Finn, can you deal with this for a moment, I need to use the restroom."
"Uh, yeah… I'm impressed you didn't go already."
"It's already a slow leaky faucet." He added, then ran off.
To think he's that overwhelmingly mighty already? For a moment, it felt like I was staring down Zald, maybe even Maxim. Hard to tell…
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Catching up to Hathor as they all went into a nice looking tea shop, Loki stopped and caught her breath. "Hathor, could we talk for a moment?" Shurry's glare was piercing right through her. "It will be quick. And I'll pay for tea- for the whole meal." Shurry's expression softened.
"Alright, come in, and have a seat. I'll answer whatever I can, and am willing to answer." Hathor said with a small giggle.
Sitting at their table, Loki was clearly at a disadvantage, but then again, having her children with her might have been a detriment instead of a benefit. The waitress came to the table, and served the day's tea.
"Oh my, aren't you a cutie! What can I get for you today?"
"Uhm, can I get one of everything, and 5 of all the meat dishes please?"
"Huh? Oh you're a devourer- Please don't eat us out of stock today. That'll have to be the most today, alright."
"Awe, fine." Shurry frowned, crossing his arms, which started to have a bit more muscle on them than before.
The others finished their orders, with the random level 3 from the familia being way more reserved right now than they normally were. Though they smirked. "Shurry, did you notice that waitress? She's cute. Maybe I'll tell Ardee about it?"
"Humph! I'm a proud wolf! Not some loose snake!"
"Alright, alright! I get it, I was just teasing."
Hathor smiled, and sipped the tea, then sighed, her expression grew serious. "What is it you want to ask Loki? Keep in mind, you're not really in a position to make demands."
"I know, I just have to know, what level is he exactly? That pressure he let out earlier, there's no way a level 6 could pull that off. Fact is, not even a level 7, provided they weren't crazy strong, could pull that off either. So, are you hiding his level? Is he really level 8? Maybe higher?"
"Nope, he's level 6. And you said it yourself. You already know the reason why he can do that."
"I did?"
"Yep, it's because he's my precious, most dearest darling, lovable little boy!"
"I- I- I see… Then, about Evilus."
"Stop. We've already made the deal public knowledge. What just happened at the guild earlier can be called an accident of sorts. But if you pry much further for help, your familia will also be destroyed. What you did that day, despite the reasons you may have had, still robbed this world of a young, and rising hero. Who only fell after holding his own against a horde of buffed children coming at him to kill, not just himself, but his woman, his injured familia members, his son, and the young daughter of his late captain. The one who died that day was on the honorable side of the day. You were, in the strictest of senses, committing evil."
Loki sighed. "I was a little shocked when Finn made that order. We didn't need to kill them. We were requested to push them out of the city. But, he just refused to leave."
"Would you leave your home when it's attacked by marauders? Perhaps we should test that?"
"No, I'm sure there would be a mix among my children. I'm not even the one who recruits them all. Most are selected by Finn. He just uses me for his own ends…"
"Which are?"
"He wants to be the hero-" Shurry's cup had an unfortunate problem, it was far too weak. And Loki jumped a little from the sound of the shatter. "That all pallums can look up to, in spite of Fianna not being a real goddess. He wants to give them hope."
"He's no hero, and never will be. Far too weak. I'd hardly call him level 5. Big brother was level 5- no he'd just leveled up to 6 right before that fight. Even so, Finn's strength might as well be a level below at least. And he can't use Afterglow either… Pathetic." Shurry explained, licking the tea off his hand. Then dug into the food.
"I… See… He can really put that food away." Loki said, standing up, she left, leaving her emblem with the teahouse.
"Hmm? She didn't pay! Lier!"
"No, she's paying, just she has to pay later, the emblem serves as a marker that she's agreed to pay. If she refuses later the guild will sanction it for the teahouse."
"Oh! Neat." Shurry said, going back to eating. "But, I prefer paying so I don't have to worry about it later. Owing others money doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun."
"No, no it isn't."
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