What Chaos Means
"Destroy the town?" Emilio responded to that claim with a raise of his own mana signature.
Maximus smiled, "I chose Desim as my spot to lure you both here for that reason–it's a perfect place to sacrifice for our goals. A thriving town, full of life and dreams–crushing something like that, well, that's truly worth something, no?"
"Hate to break it to you, but we're not letting that happen," Sirius said.
"Yeah. Not a chance," Emilio added.
Emilio prepared himself for the fight as well, having no clear idea of just what sort of abilities were wielded by the one who was once thought to be merely a merchant.
'Our intel was off. Or…maybe it was intentionally given to Bastian to trick us. Maximus isn't a merchant; it seems like he's an executive of the organization itself merely in charge of supplies–not the other way around. This man is an anomaly,' Emilio thought.