New Life Online 116 Recruitmen

Isn't this a bit fast for a progress? Meeting him now while I'm weak and vulnerable... I shouldn't be hasty. Revenge will come later. For now, I have to see if I really can beat him someday. He doesn't look that bad as the last time I saw him. Maybe he tidied up his hair or something.

"Akko, you brought a cute girl!" This blonde guy hastily approached me! Is this what they call a pervert?!

"Don't get too scared, my lady. I'm just a humble man waiting for his princess." Stop winking your eyes... It's really weird.

"Stop that, you are creeping out the little girl." Why do they think I'm a little girl? I'm already eighteen!

"..." The small girl, on the other hand, just looked away like she doesn't care about me...

"Hey Akko, I won't disagree with your decision bringing her here but I can see that she's just a lowbie... What could she possibly do to help us?" The Scythus guy is right. What could I possibly...

"She could be a bait for our hunts, right? If they can see delicious helpless food, they will show up in no time." Are you mad? You will just let me get killed for you guys to get what you want? I really don't think this guy would...

"That's a nice idea Akko! Welcome, welcome! What was your name again?" The way this group thinks is really weird!

"It's Zia. Mr. Scythus." Then they suddenly looked at me with suspicious glare! Did I say something wrong?!

"How did you know that his name is Scythus? We only used Scy earlier. Are you some kind of spy from the Order of Light Guild?" Akko changed her att.i.tude after that. She wasn't as calm as earlier. Do they really hate that guild?

"I... I... watched the tournament from our TV and I thought that Scythus and Scy are the same people..." I really panicked.

"It's alright Akko. I can see that she's telling the truth. I have the ability to see if someone is lying. (No he doesn't.)" What?! This guy can do something like that?!

"So why did you only start the game today when the game was already released a year ago?" If he can really tell if I'm lying or not, I will have to gamble.

"I don't have the money to buy the console and today I bought one." You like tricks huh! Let's see about that.

"I know you are lying. But I really don't care. (What a lucky hunch!)" How did he know that I was lying! Am I that easy to read?!

"Anyway, we have a badge as a sign of members.h.i.+p. Here you go, Zia." He gave me a simple badge with a drawing of some kind of character on it.

"It means Life," They don't look like bad people... so I would probably stay with them for a couple of days.

After all that, Miss Akko introduced her friends to me and I also introduced myself again. Do they just stay here the whole time? It's been hours since we stayed here and they've done nothing but to idle around.

"Ok, it's time. Lili, it's your turn to look for a recruit." Scy suggested. Lili is the little one with a sn.o.bby att.i.tude. I hope she doesn't bite me or something.

"Do I really have to?..." Oh! She talked!

"Of course you have to... also bring Zia so both of you could get to know each other," Akko... please no... You're leaving me with a little girl? What if those scary guys show up again?!

"Jeez... Hurry up and let's go..." Lili just pouted. I followed her as they ordered... as if I have a choice...

-Vanguard's Stronghold-

We went outside of the hideout and went to one of the neighboring big castles. I asked one of the guards the name of the place and it's called Vanguards Stronghold. Kind of really cool name huh.

"Don't say anything around here because Scy's companions aren't welcome here anymore like it used to." Then how the heck can we find a recruit around here?

We spent most of our time checking shops from one to another. It seems she's not only buying stuff but also selling some and I'm only allowed to wait outside.

-Vanguard's Stronghold, East Path-

After all that buying and selling stuff we finally went outside. I can feel that a group of people is tailing us. They started to surround us! Are they bandits?!

"It's really bad to walk around at night little girls. We saw you came out of some shops and we know that you are some kind of merchant. You should really hire some..."

"SWORDS OF LIGHT!" Multiple swords made out of light rain towards them and they were killed the moment they got hit! What the heck just happened?! I don't think they really mean harm though...

*SWOOOOOs.h.!.+* A small guy or I guess a kid dashed towards us.

"Eh?! I was too late! What happened here?" A small guy suddenly appeared. I really thought he was part of the bandits but I guess not.

"..." As usual, Lili just turned around and continued walking.

"Hey, I'm talking to you girls!" He doesn't really know how to talk to girls and Lili just kept on walking.

"I'm sorry but these guys were bandits and tried to rob us and things happened," He won't get an answer from Lili so I did.

"Are you kidding me? That's impossible for you girls!" Isn't he a bit nosy for a little boy?

"I'm really saying the truth..."

"Then can you block this! MOON AXLE!" What the heck is he doing?! He rushed towards me and started to launch an attack! His short sword image started to bend like a crescent moon!

"MOON AXLE!" I panicked and just copied his move!

*CLANG!* My dagger collided with his sword! Ugh! That pushed both of us back and I got hurt pretty bad!

"How did you use my family's secret move?!" He asked really surprised.

"Why the heck are you asking me that? If it's a secret move then you shouldn't show it to others openly, you moron!" I'm getting p.i.s.sed by this little boy!

"d.a.m.n it! MOON RISING!" Is he planning to attack me again?! This guy is a nutcase!

"LIGHT PRISON!" Before he gets near me, Lili used a spell that makes a sphere prison making him not able to do anything. I can't believe this little girl can use these kinds of spells!

"Let's go back..." She said and we started to go move out. But... she is still carrying the little boy with her light prison... I think this is what they called kidnapping...