CHAPTER 9: GOLD SLAYER
Bridget looks at him,
"There is no second pouch" She says,
"What!!!"
"How?"
"Shoudn't it be more than this?"
"Whats going on"
The members of Cogan's team yells, with shocked looks on thier faces. But I can say that no else was as shocked as Cogan himself,
"Hope you are not playing games with me Bridget" Cogan asked with a dull tone.
"I'm sorry Cogan but the Original price has been cut due to the shape of the corpse you returned" Bridget says and Cogan snaps,
"Meaning" He asked raising his voice,
Seeing him getting mad Bridget sighs, this is more or less a normal reaction among adventurers with this sort of things happen.
"Are you aware of the reason why you bring a piece of the monster you kill back to the guild?" She asked,
"Of course I do, it's just to confirm the kill"
Cogan say's,
"Alright well it isn't just that, the corpse of the monster is submitted and the guild gets its own share of the money but if the corpse is completely desecrated by then the money is cut" Bridget say's,
"Desecrated as how" Cogan say's with a confused look on his face.
"See"
Bridget say's and with a snap of finger. The large sack filled with the lifeless head of the dragon dropped on the counter.
*THUG*
It made a large sound as it landed on the counter, with a small pull, she rips a a small hole through the sack. Cogan was shocked, the small hole Bridget ripped revealed the black scale dragon turning grey, decaying faster than normal.
"What the......."
Bridget cuts in,
"Also shocked, that how I was when I saw it"
"At this rate it will be completely desintegrated before i can give it to the guild next week" She says.
Cogan stayed silent with a sad look on his face as he stares at the sack of money in front of him. They took the risk and still got a little more than half of the money they planned, Bridget seeing thier sad expression was unhappy and wanted to lighten the mood with small talks.
"Whoever that guy was must have been really rich and powerful(as she speaks the sack disappears from the counter) maybe the son of a Royal" She say's,
"it's unlikely that an average adventurer will possesses a weapon with extreme decaying effect and by the way, what was his weapon" Bridget asked,
"He had none" A mage replies, Bridget was confused.
"what do you mean, i could see scratch mark all over the face like some sort of blade dented through the scales" She say's
"So what did he use to kill the dragon" Bridget asked,
"Cards" A mage replied.
Bridget eyes widened in shock, dumbstruck by thier words.
"I've never seen any magic like that, being able to summon the undead that easily is somewhat impossible without chanting spells, It was unbelievable" A mage said.
Cogan stares at Bridget shocked expression for a while until she finally snapped out of her thoughts.
"quick what colour were his features" She said restless,
"Features?" A mage asked,
"Hair type, colour, face, tell me"
Bridget said and Cogan shifted his chair backwards seeing how restless she had become.
"We don't know?,we didn't see his face" One of the mage said,
"All we know is that he had purple hair, which seemed strange" The second attacker say's.
Bridget suddenly stops hearing his words, with her eyes wide in shock. Her expression left the rest speechless and Cogan already had an idea that Bridget already knows who that stranger is. Honestly he wishes to know who saved he and his friends lives.
"Bridget who is he" Cogan asked and Bridget remains quiet for a few seconds before she spoke.
"How lucky can you guys actually get"
She say's with a nervous smile, her words confused the rest as they were yet to figure out what was going on.
"Who is he Bridget"Cogan asked once more.
Bridget reached down to her drawer behind the counter and brought out a crystal ball. She placed it in on her counter for them to see and placed her hand on it. Then series of images began to display on the crystal, the rest struggled to stand up with thier gazes fixed on the crystal ball. It displayed several images of different adventurers and at some point, Cogan's face was seen. It was a perfect image of himself and he smiles,
"It really got my good side" He said,
"Show off" The second attacker says and Cogan laughs,
Bridget was glad to him smile but needed to focus,
"is this him" Bridget say's.
Then an image froze in the crystal, it was the image of a young guy with purple hair and purple coloured pupils in his eyes. Cogan, the mage and everyone else stepped closer to take a good look at it
"Purple hair, maybe"A mage said,
"Beats me, didn't really get a good look at his face" Cogan say's.
Bridget excited expression fell, no one noticed the look on the healers face. She was shocked starring at the dull face of the person, then memories of last night flowed into her mind. when the stranger stepped in to save them, he looks over his shoulder and her and his gaze met, she can never forget such a terrifying dull look.
"That's him" She said.
Bridget and everyone else turns to her and that excitement that previously fell returned.
"How are you so sure" Cogan asked,
"I was the only one who truly saw him, I never forget a face" The healer say's.
Hearing her words Cogan turns to Bridget,
"Who is he" He said pointing at the image on the crystal ball.
"He is one of the most powerful mage of this generation, the wanderer whose whereabout is unknown and the one who single handedly slayed a golden dragon" Bridget say's.
While the rest had shocked expressions on thier faces, at some point Cogan got tired of the praises, he gets that the guy is ultra, she doesn't need to oppress.
"Mystic Mage" She say's.
*GASP*
From Mages and healer
They've heard about him. The Mystic Mage is a mystery, a living legend and is heard of in many kingdoms and villages. An outstanding and powerful person, no history of him in any mage school like the rest but still attaining power older, powerful mage fear.
"De Mystic Mage was in my dinner, this would be good for business" Bridget says
"You know what guys, i'll give you double of this amount if you can spread the word and Cogan you are highly respected among the higher ranks you could spread the word"
She say's,
"Double of this amount?"
Cogan thinks for a few seconds, he turns to his teammates who seem to be happy with the news of receiving 2 times thier payment.
"We got a deal" He said.
Bridget was very happy, jumps up with excitement.
"Let me go get your money" She say's, turns aroun and walks away.
"Business is about to get a whole lot serious"
She say's and exists the dinner.
While the others jubilated, Cogan stares at the picture of the mystic mage on the Crystal ball.
"The wonderer, Mystic Mage" He say,
"Where are you now" He said, recollecting the event of last night.
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MYSTIC MAGE
FantasyIntro: A young boy faces tragedy, mocky from his family and death from one he holds dear, Gifted with an extrodinary ability, he sets out on adventures leaving his family behind, but the trauma still goes with him and hunts him wherever he goes as h...
