Chapter 9: Saving Rex 1

In a dark alleyway on the streets of Retina, a man was standing amidst a stack of dead bodies.

His eyes, blinded with rage as he sheath the sword that was strapped on his waist.

He then threw away the newspaper that he was holding which depicts the image of Moon and a crossed picture of Max.

As the paper sways gently in the sky, the man vanished into thin air with a single thing raging on his mind...

'Stupid brother, I will avenge you'

"Achoo!"

Max and Pale were currently on Infinity and on their way to find a healer that could heal Rex.

"Achoo!"

Max was rubbing his hands together as he ended up folding his arms.

He was now wearing a white scarf on his neck with his usual attire.

"Captain, are you sure you're alright"

Pale addressed his new captain as he continued sweeping off the snow that gathered on the Ark.

"Y-yy-yeah, i-i am f-f-f-ffne Achoo!"

Max was not fne, he had caught a cold the other day and it seems to be getting worse.

They have been traveling for days now, luckily the Infinty's auto-pilot functions were still working so there was no need for anyone to pilot the Ark.

"Seems to me like your cold's only getting worse haha, don't worry we're only a few miles away from our destination"

The large man picked him up.

He could feel the body temperature of his captain rising by the second as he made way to a room and put him off to bed.

"Now you stay inside where it's warm and I'll get you when we get there".

"T-t-thanks P..."

"... Achoo!"

Rinnnngggg! Rinnnnnggggg!

"Hello".

Pale who made his way to the deck after tucking in the sick Max received a call on his phone from an unknown number.

"It's time for you to pay up."

After a series of dialogs with this unknown person.

"Fine... But I'll have to talk to the cap-"

Poof!

"Ouch!". A man winced in pain as he grabbed his behind.

Pale having witnessed this incident was clenching his fist and cursing at a man for teleporting the man in front of him to their Ark right now.

'That wizard. I told her to wait first'.

"Sir Pale, thank you for having me"

The man bowing in front of Pale was none other than Conroy.

A while back, Pale sought the aid of Lord Pope in locating Max.

She used the power of her relic - The Eye of Isis.

Isis was the Egyptian goddess of the moon who had strong magical powers.

One of these abilities that the relic possessed was the power of teleportation.

Among the 7 District commanders, Lord Pope was the most adverse in using seismic sense.

She was able to sense everyone and everything within the range of Asgar entirely.

With his skills and relic ability, Pale was easily able to locate Max.

But he didn't do it for free.

Pale made a deal with Pope, that if he helps him he would do whatever he asks of him.

And thus leading to the conversation he had with her on the phone.

"What! you want us to let Conroy join our clan?"

He could picture Pope with a devious smile on his face as she finished.

In his perceptive, there was nothing "Serene" about this "Wizard".

Of all the district commanders, he knew Pope the longest, and thus he couldn't shake off the feeling that he was planning something.

However, Pope just wanted to get rid of Conroy whom he finds a nuisance now especially after he cowardly retreated from a fight against Max.

'Who knows, that coward might just get straightened up if he's in their company'.

Was his take on this.

Pale doesn't mind if Conroy tags along as long as he won't be a menace.

But this was a Unanimous decision and he wasn't the type of person that would go against his words.

"A deal's a deal's".

He says to himself.

"Alright Conroy you can tag along for now but whether you get to join the clan or not depends on the captain and Reginald's thoughts. I can't decide on their behalf".

He had to keep his side of the bargain.

But he also couldn't make a decision that involves the clan by himself. Especially now that Max had caught the u and Rex was out of action.

He figured he would ask them to consider when they're all up and about.

But in the meantime...

"Say, what relic do you use again?"

"Ah, it's the Bow of Apollo relic, a weapon-type relic just like yours"

There were three main types of relics.

Implant-type relics such as Ace's Heart of Altair and Serena's Eye of Isis.

Weapon-type relics. These relics hold the most destructive power amongst the three like Rex's Zephryus Sword.

"I see"

Pale said as he got up and gestured for Conroy to follow him so he could show him to his new room.

As this went on, unbeknownst to Pale and company who couldn't use seismic sense, an invisible mini-ark was following them.

"It seems Seth has gotten sick, brother".

A masked figure dressed in a ninja's attire retracted the telescope that he was holding as he looked up to the other masked ninja.

"This is the best time to strike, they won't know what hit'em hihi"

He gleefully added as he tried as much as possible to suppress his killer aura.

"We stick to the plan, Father does not want any hindrance to his capture, they have an ally who can Teleport"

The larger ninja spoke, arms folded as he was trying to get through to his ally.

"Taking the big guy and Seth is one thing, but what if they escape using the other one's ability?"

Not knowing that Conroy was not the one with the teleporting powers they sort to stay hidden and keep tailing them for the meanwhile.

"Argh! You're no fun!"

He sighed.

"Alright brother, we'll wait till they reach their destination. Then we strike".

He finished as his murderous aura manifested into a vague image of an eight-headed serpent.

"Just a little longer and then we can play like old time