BXBX NOVEL Chapter 134 - -47<The Stone City-3>
Lord Viserys was the head of the Grahmin Clan. Before the incident of the sacred temple, it was an ally of the Aurora clan. Although as an ally of a clan whose reputation was very poor, the Grahmin clan was known on the third and second floor as a down-to-earth clan.
All the members of this clan were very humble people. They would always uphold justice and they would not hesitate to punish their own clan members if they commit some heinous crimes. That is why in public opinion this clan was very popular. This clan was very strong and its strength could be compared to that of the Aurora clan. But despite that, they managed to become a good clan. And that was all because of the Lord Viserys.
He is a cunning man with big ambitions. He deliberately portrayed an image of his clan that showed that their clan had no interest in the power struggle. And they were very good people. All of this was done to set up an elaborate foundation for when they want to rule over the third floor. Lord Viserys thought that a day would come when the fennec foxes and the Aurora clan would destroy each other. And at that, the Grahmin clan would raise its rank.
But as time passed by, Lord Viserys prediction about the Aurora clan and the fennec fox clan destroying themselves started to look that it would never come true. But it was then Grahmin clan came across the whole sacred temple legend. It was then Lord Viserys started seeing the hope that maybe this temple would be the only way from which his clan could rise up in the hierarchy…
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One the of top secrets agents of the Grahmin clan was a high-ranking officer in the stone city. And she contacted Lord Viserys about her finding, he immediately sprung into action. All of the third floors knew that the fennec fox\'s stone city was guarded by a Rank-1 Magus. And going against that man was the spelling of insanity. So Lord Viserys a more resourceful approach…
From the information of his informant, there was a man in the custody of the fennec fox clan that had connections with the Bakemono, aka the killer of Alman, the son of General Ruth. So Lord Viserys used this information about the captive and passed that information to the Viscount of the Bahamut Empire.
Lord Viserys knew that with this information the Viscount would make his move. And the reason was because of General Ruth. Everyone wanted to be on the good books and wanted her to own some favors. That is why he would be very happy to help him. And with this, they may be able to get their hand on the two pieces that they have lost.
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Stone city was a huge city surrounded by a tall wall made of scrubbing stones. The whole interior of the city is also made by cutting stone blocks and then gluing them together. That is why the city is called the stone city.
It is said that originally this city was made deep inside the rocky mountains like the Nekota city on the second floor. But with time the rocky mountains lost their shape and size and became the houses as like today…
Zurama and all the higher-ranking officers were at the gate of the stone city looking down at a small team that was standing down by the gate. There were a total of 6 people that were standing down by the gate. And the leader of that group was standing in front looking straight towards Zurama.
Zurama is an old fennec fox with black hair. But despite having black hair, Zurama had a wrinkly face and body parts. Which showed that he had very old. Zurama could feel it in the air that the leader of the group was also a rank-1 magus like him. He could not tell whether he is a peak stage expert like him or not. But he was definitely strong.
The name of the leader of the group of the Bahamut empire was Henry. He looked quite young. He was a man in his thirties. He was wearing full plated red armor like his men. They all had roaring lion insignia of the Bahamut empire on their shoulders. They were all dispatched here to capture the man held captive in the stone city by the fennec foxes…
"Hand over the prisoner that you kept in the city Mr. Zurama," Henry shouted looking at Zurama.
"What prisoner? We do not have such a man in our prison. I assure you that Mr. Henry. You have misinformed." Zuarama said.
"So that is why you are not opening the gate?" Henry asked.
"No… Mr. Henry, I don\'t think you are familiar with the city. No human shall ever get past the gate, that was a statement our ancestors passed down to us. And till to DAY, we uphold that tradition." Zurama said.
"Do I look like that I care about your stupid tradition? And do I look like that I am a normal human being? I am a soldier of the Bahamut Empire. And I demand you to hand over the prisoner Zurama. Or you would have to face the wrath of the Bahamut empire." Henry said.
"Go back. We would not open the door for anyone. That is my final warning. Please fall back. This gate will never open its gate to the likes of you." Zurama barking back.
"Looks like I have to show you the wrath of the great Bahamut empire," Henry said as he took out a great sword from his spatial ring. Following his suit, everyone behind Henry also started taking out their weapons.
"I am scared of your threats. You don\'t mean anything you piece of shit. You and I are both alike. You are also a Rank-1 Magus just like me. And your powers are also restricted because of the floor restrictions. So as mine. We are both alike. If you think that you can easily overpower me then you really have no idea what is come down on you..." Zurama said...
"We will see." henry said with a smirk on his face...
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Soon a fight broke out between two peak Rank-1 Magus in front of the gate of Stone city. That fight was so intense that the shockwaves started making cracks on the walls of the stone city. While the shockwaves could be felt inside the city too…
It was at this moment and the ranking officer of the stone city entered the interrogation room to the old lady about the commotion outside….
"Alright, we will continue this session Mr. Lopt. For now, it seems that I have to back out there." The old lady said.
"I didn\'t kill Alman," Arvin said to the old lady.
"I understand. But it can\'t be a coincidence that they knew about you being here. That means someone must have told the Bahamut Empire about your background. And they are just here for you so that either they can lure Bakemono or they want to find out more about The Merchant." the old lady said while keeping the crystal ball back in her storage ring.
"Will you hand me over to them?" Arvin asked.
"We will see about it…" The old woman said...
It was then the whole room started shaking crazily. Arvin first thought that maybe this was an earthquake or something. But then he remembered that he was not on earth anymore. So there should be no more earthquakes here in this place…
"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?" Arvin asked as he felt the whole room shaking.
"Oh no." that is what the old lady said and then started running outside. Following her, the old man also started running behind her.
While Arvin was left in the shaking room alone. Arvin looked around as there were no windows he was not able to tell what was happening out there. But based on the reaction of the old lady he presumed that maybe something must have happened…
Arvin then started thinking about why the Bahamut Empire was looking for him? He had taken every step to cover up his tracks. But the million-dollar question was how the hell did they know that he killed Alman. With his skills, he was sure that no one would be able to distinguish that he was behind the mask and yellow eyes. So how the hell did they found out?
But then he remembered that the old lady said that someone must have informed them about him. But as far as he could remember he only told his connection with The Merchant to Phyllis, Cassandra, and Claire on the first floor. While on the third floor he told Tamaria and Velma about this…
Seeing that the Bahamut Empire was here, Arvin assumed that it was either Velma or Tamaria who spilled the beans to them. So Arvin started connecting dots and concluded that these earthquakes must be the by-product of some powerful people clashing against each other…
So this meant that he had to get out of here as quickly as he can…