Anomaly

That figure was around 180cm large and the whole body was covered in a long, loose robe of dark blue and black color, and even the head head was completely covered by large hood of the same color. Even the face was covered by an metal mask with a smooth surface of a silvery-grey. The only part this mask didn"t cover were two deep blue, lively eyes, that seemed to contain the wisdom of centuries. And if one looked further down, one would see that even the hands were covered in two metal gloves. As the one on the left hand was of a brightly shining silver and the right one as black as if someone had just cut out a peace of the s.p.a.ce itself. If not for the two mounds in the chest area, that were large enough that no robe in the world would be able to hide them, it would have been totally impossible to tell even the gender of this figure, as the mask made even her voice unidentifiable.

„Oi, are you sleeping again? Wake up you lazy peace of sh*t!"

The mysterious woman turned towards the cave entrance, the only source of light in this cave. Outside one could see a boundless crystal blue sky, with the occasional white, fluffy cloud or large dragon hovering and flying around. One could hear a faint roar in the distance.

Right in the middle of that picture sat a second figure. In the entrance of the cave sat a middle aged man, facing to the outside. His whole body was covered by a large sheet, with only his head sticking out that had fallen on his chest. He was asleep.

The woman got closer from behind and called out again.

„Hey, breakfast"s ready!"

No reaction.

„Wake up already, as*hole!"

Nothing.

Nudging him with her foot in the side she kept calling out for a few minutes.

Getting an idea she took away the blanket, showing of his rather average build that was covered in a shabby looking leather armor.

„Hmmm...."

She finally got the first reaction.

Another minute of nudging and nagging later, without any reaction, the robed woman seemed to get angry.

She took half a step back, carefully measuring the distance between him and her. Taking another half step back with her right foot that was covered in plated leather-boots, she took aim.

„Ha!"

With a loud cry that seemed to contain all her discontents, she swung her right leg forward, kicking the man against the side of his head, hard.

„Thump! Thump!"

„Arrrghh! I should have known this!"

„Hmmmmmmmm...."

The first two sound were those of her foot hitting his head and his body hitting the floor. Then her crying out in pain as she was holding her foot. Then a reaction from him, this time a little longer.

„For F*ck"s sake, i tried being nice, so you can"t blame me, old man!"

Furious enough that one could imagine her almost see her emitting a black aura if one just so wanted, she stepped behind the man lying on the floor, hooked her foot under his body, and kicked him outside the cave, were his body sailed almost a hundred meters wide through the air before it started to move down again, down the side of the mountain at which"s top the cave was.

Now in a seemingly better mood, she sat down were the man sat before, and waited.

*Boooooom*

After a few seconds she finally heard the sound of a body hitting ground. If one looked closely, one could see a smile reaching her eyes.

A few minutes later.

„Hey, Mary, this is really not the right way to wake up your seniors from their afternoon naps!"

„It isn"t a G.o.d d.a.m.n afternoon nap of you fall asleep on one day and wake up several weeks later! Thats almost hibernating! Get your f*cking fact"s straight, old geezer!"

„You know, you can stop insulting me. Im over my m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.tic phase, it got boring around half a year ago."

„Im not insulting you because of that! I will insult you how and whenever i want, freaking old man! And how should i even f*cking now that you aren"t in you f*cking m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.tic phase anymore? I wasn"t even here for almost a whole f*cking year you f*cktard! ...Sigh."

„Calmed down now?"

„Yes, thank you."

„So, how was that guy? Did you seal him?"

„He was the worst combination of all! [Agility] and [endurance] at over 900 already, the other stats at around 650. At the same time a stealthy, paranoid, little coward of an a.s.sa.s.sin that thought i was after his head! He kept running away! And he actually managed to get away five times! Do you still remember Royfield?"

„That thief with a cloning technique where the clones seemed almost like real people?"

„Yes, that guy. That guy was his inheritor, just that this guy also used normal clones at the same time while using some special technique to disguise himself as one of them. I actually fell for this d.a.m.n trick of his the first three times until i figured it out. Well, in the end i still got him, taught him all the necessary lessons and sealed him in the end."

„But still, it took you almost a year to get the job done? That"s quite rare for you."

„No no no, everyone else would have taken much longer, that guy was pretty careful and good at hiding. Doesn"t matter anymore, the job is done. Search if there are any new ones."

The man sat down and closed his eyes.

„Oi, doze of again and i will look for a higher cliff next time!"

„Yeah yeah... Hmmmmmmm... Beside the ones that are already being taken care of there are no new ones at the moment. But we got some new talented ones, seven to be exact."

„Urgh, i just hope there aren"t any skill stealers in that bunch, those guy are way to troublesome and dangerous even for me to handle. But reincarnators or time travelers would be nice, are always easy to deal with, since they know the rules. Hmmmm... maybe an anomaly? It would be good if finally one were to join the seal guard, they are always pretty strong!"

„Even if you ask me i don"t know what they are. You should know that already! And if one were an anomaly they wouldn"t be registered by my ability in the first place!"

„I know, i know that already! Say, where are they right now, maybe that gives us a hint?"

„Hmmm... Six are all bunched together, one is around a hundred meter away from them. They are in the castle of Loraine. The capital of Loreley kingdom."

„Oh, so that means they are heroes! That"s good, those are always easier to handle."

„How do you know they are heroes?"

„They are all together! Also, Loreley and Walhardt are close to starting a war and there were rumors that the guys from the Empire already summoned his own heroes."

„Wow, the people from Loreley really got lucky, seven heroes at once and all of them have enough talent that they have to be sealed eventually!"

„You know what! I think i will watch them for a while if no new job suddenly pops up. Who knows, it might get interesting!"

„Do that, that way you at least won"t bother me during my naps!"

„By then, old man!"

„Goodbye."

A moment later the robed woman disappeared without a sound or sign, as if she was never there to begin with.