New Life Online 210 Dragoon City

"I've heard that if there will be a war, Zia, the one who defeated the Frozen King, and Leion, one of their officers, will join their siblings instead of joining their guild. Both of them are quite the fighters and it would be a huge impact on their force." Rafrov explained.

"Why are you guys trying to make a big deal about their guild. They might have strong members but their numbers is a joke. We have better equipment and we also have Dragon Cannons. We can do this." Briam seems to be not fond of asking help from others.

"Do you think that we can defend forever? With our army force, the only thing we can do is defend because we don't have enough people to attack. If this is a real war, we might win if we managed to defend successfully but no, this is a game and they can still resp.a.w.n after four hours. There's no way we can surpa.s.s the Order of Light's wall in just less than four hours. We can't defend and attack at the same time without leaving our guild defenseless." Jay explained. He's right.

"Hearth Fire's army is composed of mostly tough warriors and defenders. Order of Light has lots of support that can sustain those who charge inside our guild. With our Dragon Cannons, we can deal more damage than how much they can heal. Our supports and spellcasters, on the other hand, can't be compared to other guilds. That's why we need Scy and his friends to help us with what we are lacking. Also, Serpentes' raiding strategy is quite a nuisance too." Rafrov explained our situation.

"I and my defenders will protect the walls as long as we can. We can make an impenetrable wall against physical attackers but we need help when it comes to defending from spellcasters. But Jay, are you sure you want to do this? If we lose, we might lose not only our guild but mostly everything." I asked him seriously.

"Don't worry. We won't lose. Just believe me. Also, if we can figure out who is responsible for the Soul stone, then we might stop or avoid the fight." Jay still believes that. I hope so too.

"So how about your research, Son? Any new inventions we might use to pulverize them? Haha!" Then he laughed wholeheartedly.

"Of course. It's our time to s.h.i.+ne! Haha!" Rafrov? You too? I'm starting to think that I chose the wrong side.

So yeah, days have pa.s.sed and we prepared everything we needed. Order of Light Guild hasn't made a move yet according to our spies but I'm positive that this is what they call the calm before the storm.

So far, we haven't heard anything from Life Guild but there's a news that few of their members left the guild due to Leion and Zia leaving. Yup, they really left the guild as we thought.

We also harvested all of our nearby settlement's farm so most of our villagers can be safe inside our guild. We are starting to feel the pressure. We also found some spies trying to sneak up inside our guild but our trackers are well trained for that kind of situations.

Then I heard light footsteps nearby getting closer to my room.

*Knock Knock*

"Miss Ba... Chara. Captain Jay is looking for you. He said it's really important. Also, he said that you should bring your travel things." One of the guards reported.

"Ok. Let me just prepare." I replied and then he moved away.

Are we going somewhere? Is it a really good time...

So I did and headed to meet him at the guild hall.

-Other Side Guild Hall-

"Hey, Chara. It looks like you are ready." Jay welcomed me but he doesn't look like he's going somewhere.

"I have an important mission for you. You're the only one who can do it." I don't like where this is going.

"I have to disagree with you. You haven't told it yet so I can't tell if I'm the right person to do the job."

"I know you know that I always tell you guys that we can win this, right? But, we all know it's not going to be good for us. Storm Seekers finally joined the war and decided to help Order of Light against us. Why? I don't know." This is the first time I saw Jay getting so worked up. Being a leader means you control over the lives of your people, not like we'd die or something.

"I know what you want to say next but do you think we can get past the way without meeting any problems? The roads, the villages, and even the forest are guarded that we can't get past. That is why we can't get any word from Scy and his guild." trying to make a sense out of him.

"No, we can't but "You" can. You may not be sneaky as Arvin, but you have the power to convince people and yeah Arvin sucks when it comes to that. Only you can do this Chara. Will you help your guild?" Oh, c.r.a.p...

And so that's when my solo adventure started...

-East of Beginner's Area, Road to Storm Seeker's Path-

I managed to get past the Beginner's Area dressing as a beginner and just bagged my equipment. It's not like I need them or something. Well, everyone in my guild must be wondering what my mission is, it's to ask for help from other guilds. Yep, it's not like we are expecting good answers but it's worth the try.

If I go straight north, I can go to the Green Leaf Village but I decided not to and headed east. Green Leaf Village is part of Order of Light so it would be really risky.

So where am I heading? I'm heading towards the far east first where Drowned Trident Guild is located at because so far, guilds that are located at west are Order of Lights allies. Yeah, going east also means that I can travel to the forest near the Storm Seekers and it also means that trackers might ambush me. I can also travel the south part of gra.s.sland but my exposure time would be longer and they can easily spot a lone traveler. The good thing is I can reach Dragoons and maybe ask for their help. I know it's risky because I can tell that they have a good relations.h.i.+p with the Order of Light. Ugh... why am I in a mess like this.

So far, I can't feel any presence nearby that could possibly be following me. I've come across some monsters but I decided to avoid them. Time is very valuable to waste. I'm traveling on foot since I started this small journey to not attract any attention. I've been traveling for quite some time now and thankfully, no trouble so far. I met some patrols and scouts but my disguise can fool almost everyone. I really look like I'm a low-level player roaming around without thinking. So I decided to take the road because it's a lot easier than walking through the gra.s.sland.

Just a couple more hours and I can finally reach Dragoons City, Just beyond that mountain. Yup, there are some mountains in the middle of the Eas Gra.s.sland but not as tall as the Icy Mountains. Their city is also almost near the seaside where the Drowned Trident is located but for now, I need to go to the Dragoons City first.

The more I get far from Order of Light, the fewer people I meet. I took the right side of the mountain near the Storm Seekers because going to the left side of the mountain will lead me near the Ravens and we all know that Ravens are more likely to be nastier ones.

As I pa.s.s by, I can't believe how the people of Storm Seekers can stay there enduring the thunderstorms. It's raining like crazy and you can hear a lot of thunder and the lightning are really scary. Their walls are a bit taller than I expected but it's not enough. It looks like someone made a hole too. They fix it but you can still tell by how they effortlessly patched it. It's heavily guarded, though.

I made a camp for a bit to rest. I've been walking all day and I'm so thankful that no one has attacked me yet. If I visited the Green Leaf Village earlier I'm pretty sure I'd see that funny talking guy again on my way. I wonder if Mr. Handy got rid of him.

-Near Dragoons' City-

I'm getting near and I can already see the city and the sea. It's not a big city but their guild has the largest cavalry. Their guild's location is in the center of four guilds allowing them to easily send reinforcements nearby or worst spot when nearby guilds are their enemy which leads me to think that I'm going to be having a hard time pursuing their leader.

-Dragoon's City South Gate-

I reached their guild's gate and guards stopped me from entering. I guess they do this all the time.

"State your business, young lady." The security is really not that tight. I can get past here if I want to but I don't want any trouble.

"Would you let me pa.s.s if I tell you that I want to meet your Guild Leader?" I replied.

"No, he can't meet visitors right now. Then you should..."

"Oh! I'm not here to meet him so don't worry. I'm just here to do some sightseeing because I just started playing the game. Would you please let a harmless young cute lady enter?" I asked politely.

"Where is the harmless young cute lady? She must have been hiding or something." Uhmmm... Their guild leader showed up... and I'm here...

"Uhmm... ok... Can I get through now? It's getting dark." I asked like I don't know him.

"Sure. Let her pa.s.s. I can't sense any danger from her so it's ok." Their guild leader ordered. Yup, it's because I don't have a monster soul.

I entered the gate without any problems but after getting inside... the gate closed so fast and they are all waiting for me already pointing their spear to my throat...