"Now that we have gotten the reunion out of the way let us get on with the introductions, shall we?""I am Lucas, ex-leader of the anarchist, the current heir to the demon lord. This is Lilith the Princess"
"Nice to meet you" Lilith curtsied while surveying the others coldly, obviously surprised about the presence of the human elites.
"The name"s Vincent, you ladies can call me Vince, this runt here is called Kate. I am just an explosion enthusiast."
"Who, the h.e.l.l did you just call a runt!" Kate retorted while failing to kick Vincent in the shins.
"I am Martin Glace, these are my companions Marcus and Frey"
"Oh, I know them very well. I am quite surprised to see you two on this side of the borderlands, Head Mage and Head Knight" Lilith remarked coldly.
"Likewise it"s a pleasure to meet you Lady of Darkness." Freya replied in an equally expressionless tone. There seemed to be invisible sparks flying between their eyes.
"-and I guess I am now The Hero of Saforia." Marcus continued unfazed.
The surrounding temperature seemed to suddenly drop by a few degrees. Lucas smiled and softly muttered "The Hero? That name brings up some memories."
Then he suddenly exchanged a glance with Vincent and they both burst into another fit of laughter.
"M-Martin is The H-Hero! Bro this is Gold!" Vincent wheezed out.
"Yes our little vengeful maniac has finally grown up." Lucas replied while wiping tears out of his eyes.
"Hey! No fair! Who the h.e.l.l was just proclaiming to be the heir to the demon lord now?"
"But still, u003cMartin the herou003e just sounds so wrong. It"s like they accidentally summoned you here instead of poor old Adam."
"Ok, let"s get down to business here, I have no interest in letting the upcoming war happen. I am sure you all know by now that both the kings are planning for a merger after the war?"
"Yes"
"I still believe that the war will cause too many irreparable losses. it would be better to resolve all conflicts before the war begins. All we need to do is to raise the Anarchists to unite the world under their banner while removing all unsavory elements along the way."
"Don"t you think killing will be counterproductive to our goals" Marcus asked.
"We can blame it on the winged order. We also need to take care of them and eliminate them, before their main forces can arrive. They are already too much of a Pain."
"That we can all agree on." Freya nodded.
"Ahem! So Boss! You guys can continue I still have some experiments to complete. Ok, Kate, these are the other Anarchists, I totally didn"t scam you.
Now just say Hi to them and we will leave."
Kate was obviously taken aback by all these new arrivals. Heir to the Demon Lord, The hero of Saforia. Just what the heck was going on. The rival nation leaders are already surrounding this young queen!
When she realized that they were a part of the Anarchists she was now sure that maybe Vincent hadn"t completely scammed her.
"Hi!" She excitedly waved her hands at them.
"Whoa, whoa! You aren"t going anywhere Vincent!"
"Why? "
"The Demon corps have already almost caught you twice. Can you please stop playing with fire" Lilith stated.
Vincent looked at her and smiled slyly. "Girl! I love to play with fire!"
Lucas facepalmed. This idiot will never learn.
"Ahem what I meant was we needed your help in constructing some good magical equipment. I will tell you the details. I am sure you must have enough materials by now. There is no way you didn"t rob every single person you could see, if you managed to cross the borderlands to reach here."
"About that... I kind of exploded most of them."
"..."
"..but I should have enough, for your purposes!"
"Good! I will explain the rest of the plan to you guys nows. Now listen up."
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A few hours later at the inn.
Marcus commented while slumping onto a chair "I didn"t know that you had such cool friends bro! They seem like some really swell people."
Freya was busy pacing up and down the room and couldn"t help but retort. "Seriously! What I didn"t expect was that the demons also knew how to conduct summoning rituals. They also now know of our presence. I hope this Lucas can keep her mouth shut."
Marcus went on obliviously "This Vincent guy totally gets it man! I can"t wait to see my modified sword."
"Are you even listening! This is so frustrating. Do you think we can trust these people." Freya was clearly agitated now.
Marcus sighed and turned to her "Can you trust Martin?"
"Yes, I ... from what we have seen of him till now. He is genuine in his desire to save our nation and he might not be an ideal hero material, he can still be trusted."
"Then, just trust his friends too. Let us try to go along with the plan for now. The winged order is a mutual enemy either way."
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The first comment Lilith made after returning was-
"I never expected your friends to be this unique. However as I am now an anarchist too. I have to admit that the other members aren"t too shabby either."
"Well, the Anarchists only admit quality people."
"So, what is the current plan. We have to first deal with the remaining problems on this side of the borderlands before crossing over. That means dealing with the demon generals, the mercenary camps, and the winged order. We currently have people in most of the camps. We will have to pay some visits to the generals and camp leaders. By the time the military meet has ended. We have to suppress all the mercenary camps and deal with the generals. I have decided to reveal my ident.i.ty as Diablo"s heir in a soul-stirring fashion by the end of the meet. Probably after publically killing one of the generals for insubordination."
"What about the winged order?"
"We will let Martin"s group handle that-it would keep them busy for now, while we can observe them."
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Kate observed Vincent as he seemed to collapse onto his bed with lifeless eyes.
"Why are you being so dramatic? Shouldn"t you be happy that you met your old friends?"
"Happy? Those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds always bully me! Now I have to waste all my precious time and loot into making weapons for them. When am I going to do more explosions."
This.....Kate really felt helpless. This idiot seemed to have only one word in his dictionary. Explosions, explosions, and explosions. When she first met him he still used to put on a front of being a cold-hearted and civilized man, but now he is shamelessly throwing his inner chaos around.
"But, on the bright side, you will get to explode a lot of people in the army meet.
You also have to mingle and meet with the other mercenary camps. You can cause so much more destruction and chaos."
Vincent immediately recovered "Yes, Of course! Let me get this over with quickly. Tomorrow is going to be really fun."
Kate once again shook her head helplessly "Just who is the kid here..."