Chapter 181: Nervous

Perseus POV

"That's a great deal, not gonna lie, but why me? Elliot and Richard would happily accept the offer and you will definitely benefit more from it." I asked the cat

"Well Richard is obviously going to die soon and I want long term benefits for my children, his clan have a lot of named, second to Elliot, sure, but it long term, I rather team up with a potential top 3 clan." Gamma reasoned " And you have the potential to be number 1, I gain a lot from you in the long term, more than Elliot."

"Ambitious, but you also want the potential members to defeat the Mirage Legion?"

He then nodded and handed me a paper which is filled with conditions and the contract, though I won't be able to sign it, only Zach or Decker can, but it's beneficial for both clan in the long term, him more than us when I'm revealed to be the best raider.

"Can I add a clause where I can pet you and play with you like a pet?"

"No."Gamma rejected "I hate being touched, it's why I started developing a suit in the first place."

"All right, iron cat, I mean, what's going to stop me?"

"Do you seriously think I'm weak enough to not not be a ranked even without a suit? I'm ranked number 7 for a reason."

"I'll get this to Zach and ask for his opinion, but for now, I need to do something."

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3rd person POV

Farian was at his father's castle back in his kingdom, but all of a sudden, he was knocked out against his will.

His eyes fluttered open, but when he woke up, he found himself overwhelmed by a large amount of mana, he woke up to see what he presumed to be the Weaver of Calamity.

Black hair, a black suit and a fox mask was all he can see on the person. He wore the same gifts given to him by the 2 royalties of the 2 races.

The person was standing on a rock with hands behind his back as he was emitting the largest amount of mana he ever felt in his life, he even met Elliot, what people call the strongest raider, someone...like this, it has to be...

He's in the middle of nowhere, he can't sense life signatures nearby, even animals, only the plants, but he has no time for that.

"So?" the Person asked "Perseus talked to me and presented me with these...gifts...I'm free now, so I thought that I'll just meet you now."

Perseus is talking with a disguised voice as to not make them connect it to him.

"Sir, I haven't prepared anything..." Farian mumbled

He was nervous, he was prepared to talk about what he was there for anytime, but he never expected the Weaver of Calamity to release such scary mana, it's so heavy, he could barely breathe, and if the rumors about rankers are true, then that means the Weaver is holding back, otherwise he wouldn't even be standing.

But still...he felt the quality of the mana, so pure and yet so sinister, he felt like he was both shrouded by healing magic and hostile murderous intent at the same time.

"If you aren't prepared at all times, are you really worthy to be the next king?" the raider asked the prince "I do not have a lot of time, the 13 gods are having me doing a very dangerous mission in the next week, it will be at least 2 months before I can make a return."

Farian muster up his courage and talked about what he prepared, suggestions, benefits for the Weaver of Calamity, the reputation, wealth and everything the faeries are willing to give just to have him by their side, even their lucky charm.

<So they're not with the other side? That's good." Perseus thought <As much as I want it, I cannot promise loyalty for a jade that I can forcefully steal from anytime I want, I at least know that they will have it on them every time.>

"I cannot promise you allying with you, but I can promise you one act of goodwill as thanks for your...wonder gift." Perseus responded "Do you have any request that I can do now that we can...how does Perseus put it...even?"

"The Mirage Legion." Farian replied "I want information about them, not the ones given by the media, I want to know their heads. They are a danger to our goals."

"Etha, he's amongst the top 3." Perseus replied "People's speculation wasn't wrong, additional advice, your castle are not as spy free as you think, Ezio is a very cautious man, so I'd stop investigating about their organization if I were you, you do not want to lose their life, your siblings are not yet ready to bear the burden of heir."

"Can you kill him?" Farian requested "We can give you our treasure."

"No, I do not intend to do that, though do not misunderstand, I will kill them if I deem them to be of danger to me. And your lucky charms..." Perseus then does a fake laugh "I don't know how your father got it...but several powers from the tower wants it, I'd auction it away if I value my life, we'll call this even, if you don't take my advice...it just means that you don't value your life as much as I think you do."

Farian then suddenly fell face first in front of the castle where the guards came to him and heal him to the best of their abilities as Farian then rushed inside and told his father what he just experienced.

The king then order a thorough investigation about their staff as he then congratulated his son, the person exists, and his son confirmed it. A person much stronger than Elliot...he then contacted Tieran, the Orc king and tell his close friend what his son experienced.

"Well it seems that our superiors should start their next step in the plan since it seems the Weaver of Calamity will go after the queen of the spirits within a week." Tieran said "We can finally have a Weaver of Calamity of our own."