As Andromeda and Pyra stepped up, Floid spoke.
"You will go to the west and track down the hero's movement. Take as much time as you need, but make sure that the hero does not know you are following after her. She will likely have an army with her so use your discretion to handle the army covertly. But do not touch the hero no matter what..."
Floid's red eyes pierced into them once he said the last part. His voice was heavy and oppressive and they immediately knew this was the most important part of the mission.
"That hero is mine to do with as I wish and I will not forgive anyone that gets involved. Do you understand?"
The both of them immediately nodded and Floid leaned back and excused them. They left to go and prepare and Floid told Rizi to get him some tea as he spoke to Alucard and Dragonnel. Once the maids were gone, Dragonnel spoke up curiously.
"My lord, what exactly are you planning to do to that hero?"
Alucard warned Dragonnel in annoyance.
"And how is that any of your business, Dragon?"
Dragonnel scoffed at Alucard before jutting out his elbow. Dragonnel was close enough to Alucard, so when he shot out his elbow, it stabbed into Alucard's ribs. Alucard's eye twitched but he refused to retaliate and act like a child in front of Floid. Alucard took in a deep breath and held himself back.
Dragonnel noticed the frustration on Alucard's face and he grinned wider! Floid just watched all of this with an amused expression and he wondered what the hell they were doing. It was amusing to watch, but Dragonnel should know better. Floid wouldn't be surprised if Alucard kills Dragonnel one of these days. Dragonnel can be really annoying when he gets into a mood.
"That's enough, Dragonnel, you shouldn't antagonize Alucard. Alucard, if he does that again, hit him,"
Dragonnel sweat dropped while Alucard nodded seriously to Floid's orders. Floid then got back to the matter at hand. Floid already knew what he needed to do with Quinn. And when he told both of them what his plans were, they were shocked!
"I need her Mana core to locate Givalich. It is the only way to find Givalich since we have already tried everything else."
Once Floid said this there was silence for a while. Alucard was the first to speak up.
"My lord... If you take her Mana core then she will not survive it. It is not possible to retrieve a Mana core while the owner is alive,"
Floid already knew this so Alucard didn't need to tell him. Floid knew that once he takes his sister's Mana core she would die, but so what? Floid didn't care enough about her to be worried about something so trivial.
"I know that already. What exactly is the problem?"
Floid's answer was straight to the point and it made them realize that he couldn't care less about his sister. Dragonnel was not stunned at all by Floid's easy answer. Dragonnel knew Floid better than anyone else in the household and he knew that Floid wouldn't give a fuck who it was that stood in his way. Once Floid decides to do something he will tear down every obstacle in his path to get to that thing. It didn't matter if it was an army or his own blood.
......
Dray was in his room wrapping a bandage around his waist while holding a piece of cloth between his teeth. Dray had grown in the last six months that he has been training with Elias. He was now taller and his muscles were more defined. Dray's hair was also longer and he had to tie it into a messy bun behind him because he didn't have time to cut it yet. He had heavy bags under his eyes from all the sleepless nights and there was still a large scar deep in his chest from the time that Pyra hit him.
Dray had been training with Elias for the past six months and he has grown by leaps since then. Dray was now an S-class and his skill with fire has gotten far better than before. Even though Elias told Dray not to use the black fire anymore, Dray was still training his black fire and he could now use it for about two minutes before he would completely run out of Mana.
Dray grunted as he poured some spirit on the injury on his side. Today's training was far more intense than other days and Dray knew that he was lucky to have only gotten this injury. That bastard Elias didn't hold back at all. Elias wanted to go all out today since Dray will be leaving the church and returning to Aradite by tomorrow.
This was Dray's first mission from Elias and Dray was shocked when Elias told him what he wanted Dray to do. Elias wants Dray to sneak into Aradite and join the hero's party. There was a new hero that Uta summoned to fight against the demon lord and Elias needs Dray to join the hero's party and travel with her around Aradite.
When Dray asked Elias why he wanted him to join the hero's party, Dray got another hit on the head for the question. The only thing that Dray knows is that he will receive instructions from Elias when it was time to meet somewhere else. So Dray would be undercover for a while and he wasn't allowed to contact Elias for the next few months. Dray wasn't surprised that Elias wouldn't tell him anything more than that. Dray already got used to the eccentricities that Elias exhibits and this was one of the less intense ones. Elias does whatever he wants and no one could make him do anything that he doesn't want to.
Once Dray was finished wrapping up his side, he took the cloth out of his mouth and sighed. He stood up with a stretch and grabbed a black t-shirt to put on before he took the priest's robe that he had been given.
The robe had a sash around the side but there was no chess piece sewed into it. The church was willing to give Dray one of their robes but it would be too much of an honor for them to give him a position as a pawn. He was lower than the lowest ranks. Dray clicked his tongue in annoyance and he just put on the robe. He didn't really give a fuck about their nonsense pride and he didn't care what they thought about him. Dray could fight any of the pawns in this church and kill them easily, but Dray wasn't religious enough to deserve the pawn position.
Knock!
There was a single knock on the door before it opened and Elias walked in! Elias entered the room like he owned the place and Dray gave his teacher a nod of recognition.
Elias walked into the room and he allowed his eyes to roam around the place. Once Elias was sure that the room was neat, he leaned against the table near the door and spoke to Dray calmly.
"Are you prepared to go? You only have ten minutes,"
Dray shuffled into the priest's robe before he nodded while smoothening out the wrinkles in the robe. It was a perfect fit and it made him look like a regular priest that you would see anywhere. Dray put his hair in order and made it smooth before he took a calming breath. Dray's messy hair wouldn't look like something a priest would have, but his eyebags would fit in perfectly with any priest. Most of the priests in this church don't sleep that much so Dray didn't look that different from them.
Elias inspected him closely before nodding and getting up. Elias was about to walk out, but Dray suddenly spoke up.
"What are you going to do with it when you get it?"
Elias stopped and looked back irritatedly. Dray had half a mind to stop asking questions but he was curious. Dray knew what they were after, but he had no idea what they were going to use it for. Why are they going through all this trouble to get Givalich?
"When we get Givalich, what are you going to use it for? I heard from some of the nuns around the church that you made a promise to the king. Are you going to give them the dragon?"
Elias didn't even bother to turn around. He answered while walking out.
"Don't be a fool, Dray. Get ready to leave, you have five minutes,"
Dray narrowed his eyes in annoyance. This is how things always were with Elias, he would never give Dray an answer no matter what Dray asks. I don't even remember the last time he spoke to me about anything.
Dray was still curious about what Elias would use Givalich for, but Dray was sure that there is no way Elias would give Givalich to the church. It didn't seem sensible to give Givalich to them. Elias was the king of Dragon Slayers - or at least that is what he tells me - so why would he give one of the last dragons to the church? There has to be another reason for this. What is Elias planning?
.......
After walking out of the room, Elias started to make his way toward the other side of the church. There were a lot of nuns and priests moving through the hallways and making their way toward the main citadel. It was almost time for the mass of the day and they were going to pray. The crowd was mainly made up of pawns and bishops since they are the ones who were responsible for leading the mass.
As Elias got to the other side of the church, he walked toward a large tower and made his way up to the top floor. There was a door at the end of a short hallway and a bulky man was standing in front of it. The man was wearing a priest robe and he had a pawn piece sewed into his sash. Elias and the pawn locked eyes and Elias narrowed his eyes dangerously. Elias was basically telling the pawn to get the fuck out of the way, but the pawn was not allowed to move out of the way without permission from his superior. Elias' glare intensified and he was very close to harming the pawn. The pawn shuffled a little and he considered his options. Should I move and risk punishment from my superior, or should I stay here and risk intense harm?
But before Elias could do anything, a voice came from inside and told the man to open the door.
Elias walked through once the man opened the door and he stopped at the edge of the dark room. There was only a dim red light in the room that made things barely visible. Elias looked towards the altar on the other side of the room. A woman was kneeling in front of it and praying towards a cross. Elias moved towards her.
"Eli, didn't I tell you not to intimidate my subordinates anymore? You should know you're scary enough without that glare. That man almost had a heart attack."
Elias came to a stop right beside her and looked down at her in annoyance.
"And didn't I tell you not to call me that?"
The woman smiled a little.
"Sorry, sorry. Old habits die hard,"
The woman took her time as she slowly made the sign of the cross before she finally stood up and faced Elias. Elias looked into her eyes and his eye twitched a little once he saw her milky-white eyeballs staring into his own.
The woman was named Ria and she was one of the Rooks in the church. She was a beautiful woman with long brown hair and large eyes framed with thick lashes. But her eyes saw nothing. And her ears heard nothing.
She was blind and deaf.
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