Arcanum - Chapter 70

Chapter 70






We all turned to see the source of the voice surprised that someone in this tavern would know me . Scarlet's striking red hair made it extremely easy to identify sitting with Paul and Ashley on a table in the middle of a conversation . Ashley noticing me also began waving at me telling me to come over and switched seats so they were all sitting on the same side of the table .

"Do you think we should go? . . " Jay mumbled to us quietly .

"Do you want to be rude to Scarlet's invitation? . . " Grace asked .

"You're right . . . . I guess we should got then . " He replied .

We slowly made our way to their table, Scarlet's familiar fear thing hitting us as we got closer causing a shiver to run down our spin and straighten our posture . Slowly we all scuttled together on the open side of the table they left us .

"Hey Emilia! and friends!" Scarlet greeted us with a big smile .

"Hey . . . " We all struggled to reply back barely able to control our hands to wave back .

Paul coughed loudly at our inability to act within close proximity of Scarlet .

"Ohhh shoot . . . I forgot . " Ashley said hearing Paul's cough and began rummaging through his bad pulling out some coins and sliding one to each of us . "Take one each it should help . " He said with a smile .

We all hesitantly went to grab the coin Ashley slid to us, instantaneously it somehow stopped the frightening feeling Scarlet emits .

"Thanks . . . . . " We all thanked him surprised how a simple coin was able to do such a thing . looking at it closely inspecting every millimetre, 'nope it looks like a normal silver coin . '

"It only lasts a day sadly . . . . but it will do for now . " He smiled .

"So Hello . . . . . Emilia Jay and Daisy . . . . and . . sorry I don't think we've met yet . " He said waving as us and then stopped looking at Helen and Grace .

"This is Helen and Grace . . . " I introduced them noticing that they were speechless after they failed to respond after a few seconds of silence staring directly at him .

"Have you been training Daisy? . . " Paul asked her with a smile .

"Yes of course, everyday without fail like how we used to . " She replied to him speaking very quickly with a smile .

"That's good . . . . and it's nice to meet you Helen and Grace . " He said with a smile and nod towards them .





"So what brings you guys here??? . . " Ashley asked .

"We needed some gold so we came here to see if there's something we could handle . " Jay answered Ashley .

"Ohhhh . . . . as first years? . . . " Pauls said in shock .

"Yeah I didn't want to . . but everyone else wanted to go on an 'adventure' . " Jay answered with air quotations causing Paul to chuckle slightly .

"Well I'm sure you are all very capable . . . . so it shouldn't be hard to find something . " Paul smiled .

"OHH OHH maybe they can come with us!" Scarlet suggested causing Paul and Ashley to turn to her in utter shock .


"Are you crazy? . . . they'd be killed . . . . . " Ashley responded to her suggestion, "No offense" he said turning to us .

"None taken . . " Jay jay nodded in agreement with his statement .

"Yeah it's far too dangerous for them . . . . " Paul replied .

"Yeah but . . come on . . . we've done plenty of escort missions . . . protecting normal people . . . I'm it wouldn't be much harder . " She replied .

" . . . Well I can tell some of you are excited to be here . . . . so I'll let you guys decide . . . . It's a little past mating season for Desert Death Worms . . . . . so the females are gonna be very hungry and aggressive in search for food . . . . today we will be hunting them for their roe and scales and some other parts . So Emilia and Co what do you say? . . " He turned asking us with a raised eye brow .

"Absolutely not! . . . . . Death worms are notorious for killing parties and caravans passing through the desert . . . specially after mating season!" Jay replied to him .

"Woah woah woah . . . wait Jay . . . . . Don't you want to see them in action? . . " Grace asked .

"Yeah . . . . but they are Death worms!!! . . . . And way way more dangerous during mating season . . . . " He explained to Grace .

"Don't forger females are stronger and larger than males . " Paul added .

"Yeah! That as well!" He nodded .





"Yeah but Scarlet said they will protect us . . . . " Daisy added .

"Yeah . . . you'll be 100% safe!" Scarlet said with a smile .

"She's being optimistic as always . . . . there is always risk . . . . . But we should be able to protect you . " Ashley said with a smile .

"Ashley is right . . . . . We should be able to protect you . . . . . But things could easily go awry . " Paul said .

"I swear you guys are all insane . . . . " Jay said to us causing Paul to chuckle .

"I mean . . . it does sound pretty dangerous . . . and they are called Death Worms for a reason . . . . " I said .

"Lets vote on it!" Helen said .

"Okay so all who doesn't want to go hold your hands up . " I said to which Ashley, Jay and I held up our hands .

"And those who don't? . . " Helen said with a giant smile as Scarlet, Grace, Daisy and Helen held their hand up .

"But Paul didn't vote . . . . " I instantly interjected .

"Well I didn't think our votes counted . . . . and on top I'm neutral . " He replied .

I looked at him angrily for not agreeing with me, "Look . . . . it's dangerous . . . but I'm not gonna lie Death Worm roe is a very expensive commodity so your money problems will be solved for a long time . I which is a reason why you came here . . . " He said .

"So it's sorted we are gonna join them!" Grace said with a smile in excitement which was slightly unnerving as I haven't seen her so excited before . . .

"Well . . . . . If you guys do decide to come along we're gonna need to take a pit stop back at school so we can get you guy some stuff to help you guys a little . . . . " He explained .

I looked at Jay defeated . . . "We lost the vote . . . . . " I said to him .

"I know . . . the other three are crazy . . . . " He replied .

"Okay well . . . . Let's get this adventure on the way then . " Paul said with a smile clapping his hands together .





"Scarlet can you get us some super healing potions? . . . then meet us back here? . . . . you always fetch the best prices . . . " He smiled .

"Sure see you guys in abit" Paul and Ashley stood up to let her out .

I watched her walking out as many patrons in the tavern dropped their drinks in shock as she walked closer behind them some even backing away slowly eyes fixated on her . "By the way . . . . . Why does she always make me so frightened? . . " I asked Paul .

"It's her thing . . . . " Paul casually answered, "Right I'll be right back I need to accept the bounty . " He said walking off into a room behind the Bar, giving the barman a nod allowing him to enter .

Ashley sat back on the bench sitting opposite to us . "So . . . . are you guys liking Atlantis? . . " He asked .

"It's Great!!!" Helen, Grace and Daisy replied .

"If you don't mind me asking . . . . what made you two come to Atlantis? . . . Elves tend to stay in their own communities . . . . . " He asked curiously .

"Ohhh . . . it's because we wanted to explore the world . . . . and meet others . " They smiled .

"Ohhh that's interesting . . . " He said . . . . . "So what do your parents think about coming to a human school??" He asked .

"They pretty much disowned us . . . . " They replied quietly looking down .

"Well its abit fortuitous that you both got into Atlantis and didn't get split up . " He smiled .

"If you don't mind me asking . . . . can you tell me what's gonna stop us getting eaten alive? . . or getting killed? . . " Jay asked .

"Well . . . . You might not know . . . but I'm a decent Artificer and because we know what we're up against I have some stuff in storage that might help in our upcoming battle . " Ashley replied to Jay .

"Ashley? . . . . do you remember me? . . " Daisy asked sheepishly .

"Hmmmm . . . . Sorry I don't . . . oddly though . . . in all my adventures I've only seen one Blue Tiefling very briefly but she was in a cult we took down but I'm not sure what happened to her . . . . . I had to take someone away at the time . " He answered .

"That's her!!!" I informed him in excitement .

"Wow really? . . . . I'm so sorry for not recognizing you earlier . . . " He apologized to Daisy .

"It's okay . . . we didn't meet for long . . . . but I wanted to thank you for saving my life . . . . " She thanked him .

"No need for thank you, living and being a good person is thanks enough . " He smiled at her .

"I will!" she replied to him with a big smile .

"By the way . . . . Ashley . . . . what battle rank are you? . . " I asked .

"Me? . . " he chuckled, "I'm currently unranked . " He replied .

"Can I ask why? . . " Jay instantaneously asked with a look of worry on his face .

"Because like Paul we don't really care about this 'Rank' . . " He replied with air quotations .

"But Paul is ranked one . . . . " Jay interjected .

"Yeah he was placed there by the headmaster . . . " Ashley answered him .

"So is he actually strong? . . . " Jay asked .

"I dunno . . . . I'll let you be the judge of that . . . " He smiled back at him clearly noticing his worry and playing around with him .

"Don't let Ashley's Rank fool you . . . . I've seen him beat A or A+ ranks equivalent students when forced to lift a finger . " Paul said walking back in, "So I have the contract . . . looks like we need to kill one Adult Worm assuming normal yield . . . . . But if we need more money we can kill more . " He said taking a seat beside Ashley .

"So where are we going? . . " Jay asked .

"Well we'll be going to the vast desserts of Eshia . . . " He answered .

"So we're going to one of the most inhospitable places as well . . . " He stated .

"We'll be fine . . . . " Paul said with a smile his reply doing little to reassure Jay .

"So while we wait for Scarlet to return . . . . Drinks? anyone? . " Paul asked .

"Sure!" we all replied .

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