Chapter 188   - Off and away

Gary's hand started to shake nervously as he held the sword up against Ray's neck. The shaking eventually got so bad that the sword managed to nick Ray's skin causing a little bit of his blood to be drawn.

This came to a huge surprise to Ray as he currently had a total of 200 mana points in his pool. It was the most he could hold without his body feeling unstable but right now Ray was using most of his mana and Ki to harden his cells in his neck, just in case, Gary decided to attack.

But for some reason, the sword seemed to ignore all of those facts and cut through Ray's tough skin as if it was slicing butter.

"Gary you've gone mad!" Slyvia shouted, "Put down that sword now."

Of course, there was one more thing Ray could do if it came to it. He could forcefully end the contract with Gary which would also end Gary's life but Ray didn't want to do that and would only use it as a last resort.

Gary then only continued to cry even harder.

"Help me," Gary said.

With those words, Ray signalled Slyvia and the others to sit back in their seats and at the same time, Ray slowly moved his hand towards the sword until eventually, he had a firm grip on the sword.

"You can let go now, Gary." And just like that Gary let go of the sword.

Ray quickly opened up his endless void and tried to place the sword inside but when the tip of the sword hit the portal, it immediately closed. Ray tired once again but the same result happened.

"Just what is this sword?" Ray thought as he looked at the hilt.

The symbol of the eye and wings, just what did it mean, and why did the Dark guild members wear it?

Ray placed the sword onto the table behind him for now as he went to speak to Gary.

"Thank you Ray!" Gary said, "I can't believe I nearly did that to you. You were right, the sword, it was speaking to me. It was telling me bad things about you all, day and night.

"It's okay, it's gone now Gary."

After Gary had gotten rid of the sword, the color had started to return to his face and he started eating like normal again. It seemed like the sword had possessed him but not like the powers of the Shadow Plague this was slightly different.

Ray originally wanted to destroy the sword but started to have second thoughts. The sword seemed to have the ability to negate Magic, Ki and all sorts. It was very useful against the battle against the beasts. They may come a time in the future when the sword was needed but right now it was too dangerous as there was too much unknown about it.

Ray had used the sword for a short while but after using it for a few swings something inside Ray started to feel strange. Although it wasn't a big deal now, it most likely was what had eventually turned Gary mad.

So Ray decided to lock it up somewhere safe hidden in the academy where only Slyvia knew where it was. Slyvia could be trusted and she wasn't the type to go power-hungry.

A week had passed and Gary had finally recovered and now it was time for Ray to leave the place for good. Ray had put all the things he wanted to take with him into the endless void and headed to the city gate.

Standing there was everyone waiting for him, everyone who he had become close with at the academy. Monk, Martha, Badger, Sloth, Harry, Slyvia, Dan, Von, Sir K and Wilfred. And standing next to them was Jack and Gary who each had a big rucksack on their back full of their belongings.

It was time to say goodbye to the rest as the only ones coming with Ray on his journey were Jack and Gary. Jack had refused to stay at the academy and chose to follow Ray, while Gary wanted to find out about what happened to his sister.

The rest still had family in the nearby areas and wanted to help rebuild the city. The city needed them.

Before Ray left on his journey Slyvia handed him a bag full of Coins. Avrion city was originally a wealthy city but most of their money had to be spent on repairs but once the city was up and working again Ray would be allowed to use the funds as he pleased.

"This is all I can give you for now," Slyvia said

The bag had a total of 10 gold coins which was a fortune for a single person.

"This is more than enough."

"I know you plan to head to Roland academy but before you head there you might want to stop by a city named Kelberg, it's not too far from there."

"Did you find out some information?" Ray asked

Now that Slyvia was one of the leaders of the new Avrion, she had full access to everything, this included the old Dragon knights' room. The Dragon knights' room was filled with journals of maps, legendary beasts, and all sorts of information but the only problem was, the whole thing was written in code.

Slyvia had been doing her best to decode the messages written in the journal but had only unlocked little information so far.

"One of the Dragon knights used to use a Hammer as their weapon of choice. The hammer is said to have been made using the very bones of a Dragon itself."

Ray's eyes immediately lit up as he heard those words.

Slyvia continued.

"The hammer is said to contain the power to destroy a small town but the Dragon knight was never able to unlock its full abilities."

"So have you found out where this hammer is?" Ray asked.

"I'm afraid it's not good news, there seems to be news of a man who has been spotted with the hammer near the city of Kelberg. He has already killed many men and the guilds have put a huge bounty on him."

"Thank you for the information."

"I'll let you know more as I find out about more stuff."

With the last words spoken everyone waved goodbye to the three men who had set off on a new journey and as soon as they had gone out of site Sylvia couldn't help but burst into a waterfall of tears.

"Please come back Ray."