The One Unworthy of Legends - V1A1 - Maria's Ascension

~ Chapter 7 ~ Roadside Murder

Cody pushed open the guild doors, a smile crept onto his face as he smelled the musky air of old wood, alcohol, and dried ink. The sound of pens scratching and glasses clinking, the strange duality of a fantasy adventurer's guild. Ahead of him was a bar with two receptionists behind it. A girl with brown hair and blue eyes and a girl with short black hair and green eyes, the black haired girl was helping another adventurer. he stepped up to the counter and showed them his adventurer card. A young receptionist peered at it before straightening, her brown hair jostled with her quick motion.

"Ah, sir Cody! I-I'll contact the guild master!" She bolted, not much later she returned and opened the counter, "come come, the guild master would like to see you sir." Cody sighed at the treatment before following her upstairs. Man, everyone wants to be a celebrity till you are one. Though at this point he was used to this treatment, not that he cared really being given free access to so much allowed him to search for his true goals.

He followed the girl up to the second floor and into a warmly lit office, a man was seated there with warm brown eyes and a smile that didn't show a lot of teeth.

"Well if it isn't Cody, the hero of the goddess Gia herself." The man smiled as he held his hand out to greet him. Cody shook that hand and winced at its firmness. "Thank you Sasha, I'll take it from here." The Guild Master spoke to the brown haired receptionist, she bowed before heading back down to the main desk.

"Yes, that is my title." Cody replied as he sat down in front of the guild master. The man wore a fancy mage attire, he likely was a wizard, like Annabelle. A man who broke free from traditionally taught magic.

"Now Cody, I hear that you're here for the ritual site. Though that's still about a week off, so would you do some things for me while you're here?" The guild master asked, his gaze held a bit of meaning to them, like the job he needed was rather important to himself. It was true that Cody was here early but that wasn't too play around. No he came due to the Prophet's words.

"Cody, you're going to die." The blind girl told him seriously.

"What!? You can't just. . . Explain please." Cody sighed as he calmed himself. He was sitting in a white room with gold accents, it was situated in the main branch of the church. The girl in front of him was the newly appointed priest and a prophet.

"It's quite simple, Cody you are a piece in a large game, you have a destined part and a destined death. Most of the in-between is up to you. It can't really be explained more than that, the gods aren't really that easy to understand you know." She smiled softly at that bombshell.

"Hey, wait, there's got to be a way for me to change that, I can't be here forever I have to go home. I didn't even accept being chosen for this stupid position. This isn't my world, the people and things I care about aren't here. Why should I die for something I didn't even care about." Cody exclaimed, slamming his fist on the table so hard it splintered. However, the girl in front of him, Amelia didn't even flinch and the smile never moved.

"Yes, you're not involved so it makes sense you want to go home. Sadly there is currently no future where you make it home. However there's a future that's surrounded in a lot of mystery and confusion. Cody you are what's known as a Fate Breaker, and there are others like you. People who have an impact on the destined of many and change fate itself. You may find a future where home is an option if you chase other Fate Breakers, form a group and alter the destined fate of the world rather than just a few nameless faces in the masses." She explained thoughtfully, the smile never left her face.

"You know where they are don't you. Specifically there's the person I had a vision about right. That person must be a destiny right?" Cody was trying to work his vision into the prophet's words but instead her face cracked as confusion and surprise appeared on it. Then laughter slipped out as a larger smile grew.