The magic Council: the work of the council is to monitor and maintain order to the happenings of the magic world and among the guilds, however the council is not responsible for a guilds actions, but the council can take actions against a guild, other than the official guilds there are other unofficial guilds who work in secrecy and work by their own system, the council cannot take any actions against these guilds unless a massive disturbance is caused them.the council has no role to play in matters which do not consider with the magic world.
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After joining the Dragon Nest, Arwin was getting along well with some people , but more than that he made troubles with most of the people.One morning in the guild, Arwin was sitting alone at a table having cheesecake for breakfast, a group of three young men came at his table.
“you are Arwin I presume, so it was you the who challenged Erica the other day, i heard she wiped the ground with your face”,said one of the three men, laughing loudly in a mocking tone,
“I am Gus, and we are better wizards here so you should know your place”,he said. Arwin simply continued with his breakfast ignoring the annoying group.
“Hey!, i said we are your seniors here!, so pay attention when we speak!”, he yelled at arwin and kicked his table, the table flipped at fell to the ground along with the food,”Din’t your mother teach you manners or was she so busy humping your old man”,said Gus,the group strated laughing at arwin with the insults,
“Manners you say, looks like your mother din’t teach you the same thing, it seems she was busy humping every other man in the town”, replied arwin
“what did you say, you bastard!”,yelling,Gus caught arwin’s shirt and pulled him up , arwin caught his shirt in return
“There's too much chin music an' too little fightin' in here, let’s go outside”, said Gus,
In a nearby alley, the other two boys were waiting and ready for back up if needed, arwin attacked with a straight punch in the face, gus caught the punch in his wrist easily,he used a side punch, arwin blocked the attack with his other hand, arwin pulled his hand back, he caught gus’s other arm pulled him and tried to apply an arm lock,gus caught arwin’s hair and pulled it pulling him aside, he pushed arwin and kicked him, arwin caught his leg, but gus was ahead of him, he made a hand stand and kicked arwin in the face with his other leg , arwin fell backwards and he was on his feet, arwin got up and spat blood on the ground,
“you say you are a better wizard?, and is that all you have got”, arwin was provoking gus,yellow coloured magic was flowing out of gus’s arms, he swiftly got near arwin, and hit him with a magical power in his gut,arwin bended over and spat huge amount of blood, still arwin caught his hand and used it as a support, he did a summersault and kicked in his face in the flip, gus was pushed back, arwin got on the ground and used a swipe kick to throw him off balance, he fell to the ground on his stomach, arwin did a back flip and landed both his feet in his back, the two boys instantly got behind arwin, one of them put his leg between arwin’s feet and hit him in the back side of his knee, arwin fell to his knee, the other one caught his arm and twisted it pulling him behind, the two caught arwin by his arms and held him open, gus got up and started hitting his defenceless target, suddenly a blue coloured warm magical energy surrounded arwin and pushed away everyone, from above Gilbert landed between Gus and Arwin.
“what are you doing here?....., get out of my way or i’ll beat you up as well”, said gus,
“ you sure about that?, you want cross magic with me, here, in this alley?”, Gus gave a tough look to Gilbert but din’t say anything, they backed down and left.
“looks like i came right in time”,said Gilbert
“you din’t had to, i was handling those shit bastards just fine”,said Arwin, trying to act cool,
“ya, sure you were, or you should just thank the person who saved your ass”,said Gilbert
“who saved who’s ass?, not mine”,said Arwin
“i am leaving i have to meet up with Fiora for a job”,said Gilbert,”and you should fix that face of yours”, he said while leaving.
Later that hour arwin returned back to the guild, Irena saw Arwin coming to the bar desk, , there was a blueish red mark on his right cheek and a dark red mark above his left eye,blood was dripping from his lips and his nose. Arwin came to the desk grabbed a napkin and wiped off the blood .
“what happened to your face?”,she asked, “nothing, i ....i slipped and fell”,he replied
“fell on what, someone’s wrists and feet”, she said
“oh please. Anyway get me something to drink”,Irena brought a glass with a translucent white liquid in it,Arwin took the first sip after a moment he spit it out in a sprinkle,
“what the heck is this!?”,he said,”it is water with pain killer dissolved in it, will actually help instead of alchohol”,she said
“just get me some bark juice already”
On the other side he saw master Marco, he wore long white coat with furry ends on the collar and the sleeves over his normal clothing, Erica came down from the upper floor.
“Master are we ready”,she asked.”Yes, we leave right now”,he replied.
“what are they upto?”, asked Arwin, “Master Marco is going for a meeting with the council and Erica is accompanying him”,replied Irena.
The moment arwin heard counsel , he was beside the master
“ i heard you are going to the council, may i accompany you as well”he said
“No”, said the master,”oh,please master i have never seen the council, just heard of it, i want to see it”, he kept on insisting.
“very well, you can come, but only if you behave”,he said,
“yes of course, thank you very much”,said arwin.Irena was surprised at arwin’s sudden fascination for the council when he had never even once spoke of it.
Marco,Erica and Arwin exited the guild,
“how are we going, are we taking a train or a carriage perhaps”,asked arwin
“you seem excited about going there, however we ain’t taking any public transport.we have to travel to Agarta, it would take too long and we have to return back before it gets dark. “he explained.”Erica....”
“yes master”, Erica used her summoning magic a big mage circle appeared on the ground, and from it rose a custom magical engine based four wheeler, it had rubber tires with some linings on it,normal sized tires on the front and comparatively bigger tires at the rear.Such a vehicle worked on the power from a magic power source placed inside it’s engine Erica sat on the driving seat while arwin was still checking out the vehicle.
“get in”,she said.
They were soon out of Isengard. when they were out of the city, Erica was driving at high speeds on rough terrain magical every was bursting from the exhaust of the engine and the linings on the tires were glowing.
“would you drive properly, there is an old in the back seat!”, said the master as he was bouncing from one end of his seat to the other because of his small size and Erica’s rash driving.
“someone............save me, i think i am going to be sick”,said arwin,he was turning green as he was stuck upside down between the rear deck and the ceiling.
“how in the world did you got yourself there”she said. “anyhow hold on like that, we will reach 5435 in a couple of hours.
They arrived at Agarta, which was a very small place compared to a city as entire area was the campus of the council, it was like a small council city. There were many buildings, statues,fountain,plants, across the campus for various purposes, the main building was a high circular tower divided into four quadrant shaped separate buildings of different heights that stood corresponding to each other such that it appears as a circle if viewed from top, the base of these buildings were concave curved that continued into the surface.The boundary of the campus was made by high walls of white colored stone.
Erica sent back the vehicle and the group headed towards the main building,there were runes carved at the entrance of the tower,inside were circular stairs and many sections inside the building, soon they were at the meeting floor.Erica and Arwin waited outside in the corridor as the master was discussing matters of importance inside the hall. Infront of Marco stood six people on a higher plane, in the middle stood a tall aged man named Belisarius wearing in the council’s symbolic cape, others were an aged woman wearing a black cape, a small old man holding a staff, a young woman, a young man and another young man in his late twenties with a tattoo on back of his palm
“.......it was discovered by one of my finest wizard, i hope the council looks into it”said Marco.
“Master Marco you do understand that your theory is still lacks a proper base, however even so the council will keep it in consideration.That’s all, this meet is now over.”said Belisarius.
After the meet the group was headed back, on the other side of the corridor the council member with tattoo on the back of his palm was walking ahead of them, he was dressed in white clothing. Suddenly Arwin broke from his group and charged towards that council member, he realized that his magic was not working inside the tower, he stepped over a nearby statue and jumped higher, he drew out the Greywand and attacked the council member from above, Marco and Erica were taken by surprise to his actions, the man turned around and stretched out his hand, arwin was held in mid air with magical force, he moved his hand and arwin was slamed into the wall, the next moment Erica caught arwin hit him behind his neck and put him to sleep, Marco stepped between them he turned towards Erica,
“get him out!”he said
“what fuckery is this, do plan to rebel against the council or were you targeting me,Marco”said the council member
“Master Vincent please, there has been a misunderstanding with the boy, he is not in his senses, please allow me....”said the master, Marco engaged Vincent in explanation and justification trying to calm the council member and dissolve the incident.
Outside the Agarta somewhere in the forest, Erica slamed arwin against a tree holding his collar,she summoned a sword and held it against his throat
“who are you?!, who sent you here?!, speak now!”, she yelled, Erica’s eyes were wide full with anger.
“no one sent me here, i am working for no one but myself”, he said,
“Are you trying to frame the guild!, why did you attack that council member?!”,she pressed the blade to the skin of his throat.Arwin caught her hands and twisted her armed wrist to loosen the sword and pushed her back.
“this has nothing to do with the guild, i want that person dead that’s all. The only reason i decided to join this pathetic guild was so that i could gain access to the insides of the council”,
The last remark surged even more anger in Erica,the veins on her forehead were bulging
“what did you say?!, how dare you!”, she charged at arwin.He drew out the Greywand and blocked her attacks,somehow arwin managed to lock her sword at the hilt with his sword, both stepped back and got some distance from each other.
“what are you trying to achieve?”she asked.
“i already told you i want to kill that man”, he said,
“then tell me why”, she asked ,
”that is none of your business!, i hold nothing against the guild, this is my own objective”,he said.Erica closed onto him and caught his right hand and held up the wrist band with the guild’s insignia framed in it, “as long as you are wearing this, it is my damn business”,she said
The next moment arwin fell to his knees holding his stomach and spat huge amount of blood, his vision became blurry and soon he fainted due to weakness caused by the amount of blood loss that day.
His eyes opened and he found himself in the guild’s medical room, he saw Erica was standing by the window, it was already dark
“it seems you had taken quite a beating before we left “she said.
“did not. Why did you bring me here after all that”,
“ha, i left you in the forest to die and rot there, but master wants to have a word with you”,even though she said that,Arwin knew she was lying.
Arwin went to master’s office, master was standing by an open window looking outside.
“Erica told me of your purpose, now that you have failed in it, do plan on leaving”,he asked
“i have not given up yet”, he said,Marco turned around
“boy!, your actions today would have caused severe problem to the wizards of this guild, do you understand because of you others might have greatly suffered”he said
“i understand it very well”
“killing someone for your personal issues does not solve anything”said the master
“oh, spare me the lecture”said arwin
“i know that you know what is appropriate for you,but being part of a guild means that,.... when you carry that sword on your belt you carry all of us with you, you make friends you get into fights, you find work to do. But the most important when you are lost you have a place to come to.Now whether to stay or leave is you decision, but i will give you one advice,’you can always be better of yourself’ and know what you should do for that”
Arwin din’t pay attention to most of what he said, but those last words struck something inside him, he had heard them before.
Arwin turned around “ i won’t be leaving right now, of course i need jobs to do for living,...and i haven’t given up my objective, i will kill that man, but others won’t be harmed because of me, atleast those of this guild.”.....or atleast some of them, saying he left and went back to his apartment.
Erica jumped in from the open window of the office, she had been listening to everything,
“what do you think master?”, she asked
“right now i can’t tell for sure what his motive is but he can still be a threat to the guild,that is more the reason we should keep him in our sight.Erica, Keep an eye on him” he said
“yes, master”
That night Arwin sat on the top of the roof of his apartment gazing at dark black sky, deep in his thoughts , “i have found him, now........”
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Greywand is the name of Arwin's Sword.