When the waiter who served him closed the door to his room, Adryan looked around.
It was a small room with a small bed and a small desk, red walls, and a barricaded window; there was nothing else.
Considering that this is a room for those who did not already have one in the restaurant, the quality was quite decent.
Taking off his shoes and shirt, Adryan sat on the bed, looking at the floor.
He had managed to escape from his captors and was finally going to sleep in a real bed. Although barely three days had passed since he woke up, it had been the closest experience to death that he had ever had... Well, second, actually, but he wasn't conscious then.
He was so tired, but now he can sleep peacefully...
Ignoring the strong storm outside, Adryan lay on the bed, letting the world of dreams wrap him up again.
In his dream, Adryan found himself at home again. This time, he was in the living room watching television with his brother.
His brother was still the same as he remembered. He was 1.78m tall, was a gymman, and had good muscles, not like one of those bloated ones but like those of swimmers. He had their mom's tanned skin, and another difference between them was that he didn't like to have a beard, so he always had a clean-shaven chin and neatly trimmed hair.
He was a party guy, so often, his little brother would be out while he stayed home, sleeping or reading novels.
Despite these personality differences, they still loved each other and found common topics to talk about.
Being video games, movies, or series...
Now, they were watching one of their all-time favorite shows.
'El Chavo del 8', the two of them would see it whenever an episode was reproduced.
Looking in the upper left corner of the TV, Adryan could see the date.
"December 23, 2022, seems to be the same day as the last one," He mumbled as he turned again to see his brother and his previous body.
Seeing that nothing else was happening, unlike in the last dream, Adryan took the opportunity to sit next to his brother and watch the episode with them.
Halfway through the episode, he saw how his previous self turned to look at his brother.
"Cruyff, you don't mind if I ask you something?"
"No, what's up, Joa?"
"Don't you feel like there's a weird aura going on lately?"
Cruyff raised an eyebrow and looked at him funny. "Did you smoke weed or something? Everything feels the same as ever."
"Yes, you're right. Maybe it was that horror movie marathon I did a few days ago. It still gives me a chill," Joa said as he laughed, and they went back to watching TV.
Seeing the short interaction, Adryan simply shook his head and continued watching TV with his past self and his brother, but his mind began to wander.
His younger brother was called Cruyff in honor of a soccer player because his dad was a big fan of him. Remembering a little, his mom told him that even his dad would have named him Maradona, but she stopped him, and they ended up calling him Joa...
Laughing sadly at the memory, he returned to the TV.
While all this was happening in Adryan's dream, things were not as calm in the real world as in the dream...
KRAKATUM! KRABUM! KRABUM!
The storm had become even stronger, and the thunder was falling with more force. Never had there been such a strong storm in Bansy Harbort's history.
In Adryan's room, he was still asleep despite all the noise, which one could say was nonsense. However, he was ignorant of the outside world.
Suddenly, the storm became even angrier, and thunder began to fall more forcefully in the middle of the street.
KRAKAKATUM!!
But again, the redhead was ignorant of everything. When the storm reached a peak never seen before in the island's history, yellow smoke began to seep through the walls, floor, and ceiling of Adryan's room and began to envelop him.
When it seemed to form a cocoon around him, this smoke entered Adryan's body.
This caused him to move slightly, but he still couldn't wake up.
After a while, all the smoke entered inside him, leaving no trace that it was ever there.
And Adryan was still asleep, oblivious to what had just happened to him.
After that, the storm began to calm down slowly but did not stop until six hours later.
When the storm finally stopped, Adryan's bedroom door was knocked on, waking him from his sleep.
He rubbed his eyes to get rid of the dream and wipe away the tears that began to fall as soon as he woke up.
He missed his brother...
"Coming"
Responding to the person behind the door, Adryan put his clothes and shoes back on and opened the door.
It was the waiter, and he looked miserable. He didn't seem to have rested at all, and when the waiter saw him, he looked at him with a look full of surprise and shock.
Adryan looked quite full of energy. It seemed that the storm had not affected him.
'What a lucky bastard,' The waiter thought and quickly opened his mouth to speak.
"Sir, the storm has already passed, and you can retire safely if you like; you can have dinner here in the restaurant; the house pays."
Before Adryan could think of what to do, his stomach growled loudly, flushing his face and the waiter's face slightly.
"I'll take the offer. Thank you very much, I'll be down in a moment"-was all he said before closing the door in the waiter's face...
While eating the restaurant's specialty at the table, Adryan couldn't help but applaud the elves for inventing such curious dishes with blood.
They were pretty filling, even if they didn't look like it, for which he was grateful. After all, he hadn't eaten anything in three days.
After eating all the food, he thanked the waiter for his services and went to the port with the suitcase in hand to buy a ticket to leave Bansy as soon as possible.
However, before leaving, he gave the Church of the Lord of Storms a small gift~
Holding the stone with the wrapped note, Adryan threw it through the upper window of the church.
He quickly got out of there before they caught him...
The note had the location of James's body, so he left the job of retrieving it to the professionals.
So he went to the port...
Arriving in front of the ticket seller, before Adryan could ask the price of the boat rooms, the seller rudely pointed to the wall next to him.
There was a sign with all the prices and rules of the boat.
'Of course, there it is,' Adryan thought as the corners of his mouth twitched.
Requesting a ticket for a second-class room, the next boat would leave in an hour, so Adryan simply sat on a bench to wait.
After the promised time, the boat arrived, and Adryan rose to line up to the board.
Adryan never noticed that the man sitting next to him on the bench stared at him the entire time he waited until he boarded.
He was a man with a simple white cloak, golden hair and beard, and a silver cross on his neck. He looked like a common priest, and his eyes were pure and innocent, like a child's.
"Interesting" - was the only thing the man said when 'He' saw Adryan enter the boat...
If Adryan had seen 'Him,' his heart would have jumped out of his chest.
If he turned around and looked at the bench now, he would find it empty...>
After a few days of traveling at sea, the ship finally reached its destination at 3:00 p.m.
Seeing the city, Adryan couldn't help but complain in his heart.
'When the book mentions that it had a yellowish fog and a horrible air, I didn't think it would be so bad,' He thought as he covered his mouth and nose with a napkin.
That's right. Adryan came to Backlund, and the main reason for that was to grow and make some money.
Before he left the port, he bought a newspaper from a boy for 1p.
Then, he got on a public carriage to the Backlund Bridge area.
Giving 3p to the driver, Adryan started looking for a particular bar...
"Bingo..." he muttered when he saw a building with the sign he was looking for.
.... 'Bravehearts Bar'...
Quickly entering the bar, Adryan walked up to the front and sat in a vacant spot.
Looking sideways at the red-haired man who had just entered, the bartender approached while cleaning a cup.
"What do you want to drink?" the man asked bluntly.
"Southville Beer, please," answered Adryan without caring about the man's attitude.
Nodding at the redhead's choice, the bartender quickly pulled a bottle from a cabinet behind him and poured Adryan a drink.
"Here, 5 pence." Taking the coins out of his wallet, Adryan extended his hand to pay the man.
The man reached out and picked up the coins, but before he could attend to someone else, Adryan stopped him.
"I want to see the Old Man" - he said quietly to the bartender.
When he said this, the man's face became grave, and he stared at his face, trying to scare him away.
'Who are you to look at me like that? I got into a fight with a drug addict who had more fingers than teeth, and I had the horrible face of a Werewolf inches from ripping my face off. Do you really think your bully grandpa's face will scare me?' Adryan was insulted in his heart, but his face remained calm.
After a while, the bartender looked away and cleaned another glass.
"Second floor, third door on the left,"-was all he said.
Nodding, Adryan quickly grabbed the cup of Southville Beer and drank it all in one gulp before the bartender's stunned eyes.
There are advantages to having a party brother...
Slamming the empty cup on the table, Adryan quickly ran up the stairs and reached the door above.
Taking a deep breath to calm down, he opened the door and stepped inside.
It was a large room with a pool table in the center, where some men were playing, and other tables where others were playing cards.
All of them had a cold air about them except one.
It was a man who was playing at the pool table.
Seeing this, Adryan approached this man calmly before the cold eyes of all the other men.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Old Man. I'm sorry to bother you, but I require your services."- he said as he bowed.
"Who told you about me? - Completely ignoring what Adryan had said, he asked.
Smiling as he looked at the man, Adryan replied.
"Another old man"
When he said that, some of the players put their cards down and began to stare at him, while one began to growl at him.
The old man's eyebrows began to twitch, but he took a breath and looked back at him.
"What do you want? I don't have all day." As the old man said that, he returned to the pool game and prepared to take his turn.
"I want you to introduce me to the Beyonder party to participate."- when Adryan said that, the old man hit one of the billiard balls, and some of the men playing cards stood up.
Returning to Adrian, the old man looked at him from head to toe multiple times and spoke while looking into his eyes.
"You're a little young to deal with that kind of people."
"It doesn't matter. I want to attend."
"2 pounds." Seeing that Adryan didn't care about his opinion, he gave a price.
Smiling, Adryan gave him the money, and when the old man checked it and put it in his pocket, he looked at it again.
"You're in luck, boy. A party will be held in a few hours. If you like, you can wait here or return at 20:00."
"I'll stay here if you don't mind," Adryan answered as he sat in a free chair and read the newspaper he had bought earlier.
Obviously, Adryan was going to choose to stay. After all, he still didn't have a place to live yet!
'I didn't think you were going to stay; nobody usually takes that option' was what the old man thought, looking at the redhead who was reading.
After hours, the elders turned to Adryan, who had already been reading the newspaper 7 times.
"Before we go, tell me if you have something to cover your body and face."
"I don't have any, so I hope you sell that too, Mr.Old Man," was Adryan's quick response.
The old man's eyebrows trembled again, and he took another breath to calm down.
"1 pound for everything"
'Why don't you ask me to walk barefoot through broken glass?' the redhead inwardly cursed at the price as he gave the Old Man the money.
Now he only had 12 soli left...
After obtaining the mask and cloak, Adryan and the old man left the bar through the back door and headed to the party venue.
Arriving in front of a metallic door in an alleyway, the old man approached and gave three short blows with an interval of 4 seconds between each one and two strong blows with an interval of 2 seconds.
After a few moments, a man in a cloak and a mask that reached the bridge of his nose opened the door.
They entered and the guard closed the door again....
In the center of the room, several tables were quite separated from each other; some were already occupied.
And in front of them was a masked man sitting, watching as they all sat down in their places.
After 15 minutes and seeing no one else arrived, the frontman got up from his chair and spoke.
"Seeing that some friends didn't make it, we'll start the gathering.
"For the new members, allow me to welcome you and introduce myself. I am Mr. Eye of Wisdom."
'Finally...' Adryan smiled when the party finally started.
It was time to make some money...
If there is any formula you want to verify for a fee, I can do it."
When he finished, Mr. Eye of Wisdom sat down, and another man got up and made a request.
This is how time passed. One transaction after another, Adryan began to worry that the person he was looking for had not attended the party, and this would cause him many problems.
After a little while and one successful transaction, a masked woman rose from her seat.
"I'm looking for the Barbarian formula. Does anyone have it? I'm willing to pay with pounds or something of equivalent value," the lady requested.
'There you are, beautiful lady,' Adryan thought with great joy upon hearing the woman's request since she was exactly who he was looking for.
Looking around, the woman hoped someone spoke, but seeing that no one said anything, she sighed in defeat and was about to sit down, but she just heard someone speak.
"I got it."
The lady quickly looked for the person who spoke and saw a man with his left arm raised, wearing a coat and a mask on his face.
"How much do you want for it?" asked the woman with barely contained anxiety. She had been looking for the formula for months and was finally about to obtain it.
"400 pounds. Would you like Mr. Eye of Wisdom to verify it?
"Deal and yes," was the woman's quick response.
A masked worker brought him paper and a pen on a tray. Adryan took the paper, wrote the formula on it, folded it, and placed it on the tray again. Then, the worker took the tray with the note to Mr. Eye of Wisdom.
When the worker reached the man's side, he placed the tray on a table next to him.
Mr. Eye of Wisdom then took out a ring from a silver container.
It was a ring encrusted with many tiny diamonds. It was complicated and exquisite in design. In the middle of the ring is a dark green gem that looks like an eye, and just looking at it made Adryan feel like a teenager again as he took his chemistry test.
Mr. Eye of Wisdom put it in his left hand and quickly placed it on the note without opening it.
"Valid,"-was all he said before quickly removing the ring and placing it back in the container.
So the worker took the tray with the note to the lady. She then placed the 400 pounds on the tray, took the note with the formula, and wasted no time in opening and reading it.
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Potion Formula Sequence 8: Barbarian
Main ingredients:
*Grass of Madness.
*Core horn crystal of a Land Rhinoceros.
Supplementary ingredients:
*1 deep-grained Walnut.
*1 Fragrance Hornet Grass.
*10 ml of the extract obtained from soaking poplar bark.
*100 ml of liquor.
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Sighing happily, the woman put the note away...she finally had the formula.
When Adryan received the money and counted it, he got up and spoke again.
"I'm selling the formula for 'Briber'. Is anyone interested?"
This caused the woman who had just bought the formula for Barbarian to freeze.
After searching so long for the Barbarian formula, she didn't think the Briber formula would appear so quickly, and she didn't want to miss the opportunity.
But there was a problem...
She had no more money...
Cursing internally, she still decided to give it a try. After all, who knew how long it would take her to find the formula again?
"I want it, but I don't have money. I don't know if you would be interested in a weapon of a similar level?"
"I'm sorry, but now I only need pounds. I'll be here at the next meeting, so bring 800 pounds then, and the formula is yours."
Upon hearing this, a weight was lifted from the lady's back, and she simply nodded. She had the money in her house.
But Adryan still wasn't done, so he made another request.
"I'm looking for the 'Hunter' formula. Is there anyone selling it?" Here was Adryan's shot at heaven. The fact of getting money was the main reason for coming to this party, but if he had managed to get the formula for 'Hunter,' he would have killed two birds with one stone.
In his current situation, the powers of the Hunter would be much more beneficial than those of a Seer or even a Monster. Besides, those formulas were not common, and he was not in a place where he could choose. So, he decided that since he had set foot on Backlund, the Hunter would be.
When she heard this, the woman who had promised to come to the meeting next time raised her arm...
"I have it, it will be 200 pounds" - was what she said.
"Deal, Mr. Eye of Wisdom, please notify the formula," Adryan said simply while screaming with joy in his mind.
After repeating the previous process, Adryan paid the 200 pounds to the lady and the 20 pounds to Mr. Eye of Wisdom.
Holding the note with the formula in his hands, Adryan sighed and opened the note.
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Potion Formula Sequence 9: Hunter
Main ingredients:
*Every drop of blood from an Abyss Demon Fish.
*50 grams of Panther Blood crystal
Supplementary ingredients:
*100 ml of purified water.
*7 red mint leaves.
*5 drops of July Wine Juice
*9 grams of dragon blood grass powder
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Closing the note again, Adryan put it in his pocket and waited for the party to end...
After one hour, three unsuccessful and one successful deal were made. While this happened, Mr. Eye of Wisdom rang a bell and got up.
"The party is over now; you will proceed to leave one by one, so wait your turn."
Fortunately, there were no big exchanges, but Adryan and the old man were the second to leave the party through 1 of the five different exits
They then returned to the billiards room on the second floor of Bravehearts Bar.
The old man told him how to find out when the next meeting was through the newspaper and how to read the password in the advertising part.
Then Adryan bowed and asked if he could sleep there for the night. Mr. Old Man accepted and allowed him to rest on the pool table as long as he cleaned the whole room before leaving.
On the morning of the next day, Adryan left.
5 minutes after Adryan left, in the room next to the pool room, there was a man who was alone
He is about twenty-eight, with a pale face and malicious brown eyes. He was wearing a white shirt and a black vest.
"Who spoke to the old man?" asked the man in the air.
Suddenly, a woman was reflected in the window and came out like a ghost.
She was a young woman with a pale face, blonde hair, blue eyes, and delicate features. She was wearing a black gothic royal dress and a soft hat.
"Just someone curious," she said before sitting on a chair like a doll.....
Getting back to Adryan, now that he had money, he was finally looking for a house to live in while he was staying in Backlund.
After getting into another carriage, Adryan asked the driver to take him to an apartment rental company.
After a series of annoying transactions and annoying landlords, Adryan was finally inside his new house in a middle-class neighborhood in Backlund after depositing for half a year of 25 pounds, which left him with 155 pounds.
Putting his blue suitcase in a corner, Adryan took out the note with the formula of 'Hunter' again...
It was time to get the ingredients...
Quickly, three days passed, and one could see Adryan at home, looking at his table full of ingredients.
The supplementary ingredients had been very easy to obtain. He only had to go to a pharmaceutical store to get them, and he got the July Wine Juice from a bar.
Meanwhile, he had to go to a jewelry store for the Panther Blood crystal.
The only ingredient that was a problem was the blood of the Abyss Demon Fish, but after going to a port and promising a fisherman 30 pounds to get it for him, he brought it to him the next day.
"Money certainly moves the world," Adryan murmured, looking at the blood in the vial on the table.
It was blackish with a dark aura. According to the fisherman, the blood of this fish could be used to make a poison capable of killing a horse in less than three minutes.
Sighing, Adryan went to his kitchen and took out a pot. After washing it deeply and waiting for it to dry, he placed it on the table.
Guided by the book, he placed the supplementary ingredients first: 100 milliliters of purified water, 7 red mint leaves, 9 grams of dragon grass powder, and 5 drops of July Wine Juice.
When the last drop of the juice fell into the liquid, it quickly turned brown.
Now came the main ingredients...
Adryan grabbed the vial with the Abyss Demon Fish's blood and poured it into the pot.
This caused the previous brown liquid to turn black and very thick.
Quickly, Adryan grabbed the last ingredient, the Panther Blood crystal, and placed it in the pot.
At first, nothing happened. The red crystal remained floating in the thick black liquid without changing anything. This scared Adryan a lot, who thought that he had made a mistake when placing the ingredients.
But suddenly, the crystal rapidly melted into the black liquid, causing it to turn reddish brown and become more liquid.
Realizing that the potion was ready, Adryan grabbed the pot and poured the finished potion into a cup he had ready.
And just like in the book, there wasn't a remnant of the potion left in the pot.
Holding the potion in his hands, Adryan's heart beat with great force.
Once he drank this, his life could never be normal, and he would live the rest of his life on the edge of the abyss.
But this is already a crazy world rapidly falling into the same abyss.
Why better than waiting for the Gods to protect him when the end comes... Wouldn't it be better for him to have the power to defend himself when the abyss falls on this world?
Adryan quickly closed his eyes and began to meditate to calm his anxiety.
This caused him not to see how the yellowish smoke that had entered his body while he was sleeping quickly entered the potion, making it somewhat brighter...
When Adryan decided that he was ready, he drank the potion without noticing that it was a little brighter than before.
The potion was so thick that it seemed to stick to the throat. Its extremely bitter taste made Adryan almost spit it out.
But he ignored this discomfort and swallowed the entire potion, leaving nothing in the cup.
He almost immediately felt his body heat rapidly and entered a lotus meditation posture.
He quickly began to outline a sphere of light in his mind as he felt his body heat up even more, and he began to feel pain.
When he thought that his body couldn't get any warmer and the pain threatened to take him out of the meditative state, it diminished rapidly.
When the pain disappeared, he still did not come out of the meditative state but decided to wait a little longer.
Suddenly, the sphere of light he was outlining in his mind disappeared and was replaced by a large city with yellowish smoke.
Adryan found himself standing in the doorway, admiring this strange city.
'This city is very similar to Asunción in my previous life...wait, what's happening? I was supposed to be meditating to accommodate the potion, ' Adryan thought alarmed when he realized that something had gone wrong; he shouldn't be here!
Adryan could see that it also seemed to be inhabited by human-like beings.
These seemed to be beings of fire dressed in rusty red armor that patrolled the city, protecting it from any threat that would approach.
Suddenly, all these beings stopped their patrol, turned to look at Adryan, and gave him a military salute.
This causes his meditation state to be broken, and he returns to his body.
"What was that!?" was the first thing that Adryan said to the air, but when he saw that he had returned to his body, he calmed down a little.
Feeling his body, Adryan noted that he had grown much stronger physically, and his senses had become sharper.
Looking around him, he suddenly got multiple ideas for setting traps around and inside his house.
"So this is a Beyonder."
As he said that, he clenched his fist, feeling the new strength that he now possessed.
Smelling stinky, Adryan went to his bathroom. He was sweaty and had a strong odor, so a shower was needed.
Coming out of his shower, Adryan walks into his room with a towel around his waist and looks at himself in his bedroom mirror.
Adryan was quite tall at a proud 1.84m. His body was already muscular, but now he looked stronger than before. He had several scars all over it, and his necklace was hanging on his chest.
Looking at his face, Adryan could tell that he was quite handsome. His reddish-brown eyes and red hair gave him an exotic touch.
Putting on a pair of pants, Adryan sat on his bed and thought about what he had seen in his meditation.
'If I'm not mistaken, that should be the City of Calamities, but how is it possible?'
'Isn't it supposed to be sealed in the western continent?'
'And how did I accommodate it so easily?'
'Am I the plan B of some unknown existence that was able to take me out of my world and bring me here?'
Knowing that the more he tried to understand what was happening could end up killing him, Adryan could only put it in the back of his mind and deal with it later.
'The problem now will be to digest the potion as quickly as possible before some 'witch' is attracted to me.'
'A decent part of the potion is already digested; it must be from the trap against Tames and how I killed him.'
'So, one of the rules of acting for the "hunter" is to know your prey well, set a trap according to the prey, and hunt the prey?'
Sensing a slight hint of digestion, Adryan knew he was correct and quickly changed into his suit and headed to Bravehearts Bar.
It was time to act...
Notes:
Arriving at the Bravehearts Bar, Adryan again asked to see the old man.
Being in the same room on the second floor, Adryan entered and saw that the old man was still with the same cold people, but this time, there was someone new.
He is about twenty-eight years old, with a pale face and malicious brown eyes. He was wearing a white shirt and a black vest.
Glancing sideways at this person, Adryan returned his gaze to the old man.
'A pleasure to see you, Mr. Maric,' greeted Adryan in his mind before speaking to the old man.
"I'm looking to join hunting clubs; I'm looking for one that continually goes out on hunts and has target practice."
Looking at the red-haired man, the old man could tell he now had a stronger aura.
"That will be 14 Solis for the search, and the information will be given to you tomorrow at 9:00 a.m."
Nodding, Adryan handed him the money. Before leaving, he turned to see Maric and nodded.
Maric just looked at him...
When Adryan left, he took advantage and bought a newspaper for another boy to read at home.
Arriving home, while the redhead was eating meat and rice with white bread and black coffee for lunch, he was reading the newspaper in search of publicity for the next extraordinary party.
Finding the ad and using the method the old man taught him, he read that the next party would be in 3 days at 5:00 p.m.
Nodding, he finished eating and didn't wait until the next day.
Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. Adryan returned to the bar and met with the Elder again, and he gave him the information he wanted.
Reading it, Adryan saw many clubs that fit his criteria, but only 3 caught his attention.
*Red Foxes: a club with 100 years of history and a good reputation. The grandson of the founder is the current leader of the club. They go hunting every 3 days in the forest armed with hunting rifles, and their shooting practices are in the top 10 of the list membership to the club is 90 pounds
*Stanley: It is the oldest club on the list, with a history of 300 years, and has several noble members. They go hunting every four days on horses and hunting weapons. Their shooting ranges are the best on the entire list, and they provide a vast majority of other services.
Their subscription is 200 pounds.
*The Classics: This club has a somewhat young history of 70 years. They go hunting more often, being that they go every day. Their hunting methods are the most curious because they only use traps and not weapons. That's why they're allowed to go hunting so often. Their shooting ranges are decent. They don't have many members. Their subscription is 60 pounds.
Adryan didn't think much and decided on 'The Classics.' After checking its location, he quickly went to the club.
It was a 2-story building with a sign that said the club's name.
Entering the building, he saw a man behind a desk reading a book, ignoring everything around him.
Because the potion had sharpened his senses, Adryan could see the man's details and the book's name.
'Stormwind Mountain Villa' Adryan's eyebrows trembled, but he kept his expression calm and looked closer at the man's appearance.
He was a 27-year-old man with a delicate face and blond hair, and his eyes were soft.
'Very handsome if I'm honest'-thought Adrian.
Approaching the desk calmly, the blond man finally noticed his presence and, with a little embarrassment, quickly put the book away.
"Welcome, sir, to 'The Classics' How can I help you?"
Adryan smiled at the man. "I am looking to join the club; I wonder if it is with you that I have to ask about it."
This took the blond a bit by surprise, but he snapped out of it and responded enthusiastically.
"Yes, sir, please wait while I take out the papers."
While saying that, the blond stood up, allowing him to see his height of 1.72 m. He opened a cabinet behind him, taking a small stack of papers from it.
The blonde placed it in front of Adryan and told him what it contained.
"These are the rules, regulations, and services the club provides. If you agree to follow them, you can join without any problem after paying the subscription."
Picking up the small stack of papers, the redhead nodded to the blond and began to read them calmly.
There was nothing out of the ordinary, and the rules were something any club had. The services were exactly what Adryan was looking for. Seeing that there was nothing strange about them, he handed the stack back to the blonde and agreed to join.
This visibly cheered the blonde.
"Perfect, sir, it would be 60 pounds, and you will become an official member."
Taking the money out of his wallet, Adryan handed the money over to the blonde.
"Perfect. Please tell me your name so I can put it on your identification card."
"Adryan Kenway"
The blond quickly wrote the name on a gray card and handed it to him.
"Welcome to The Classics hunting club. I'm Robert Patiño; it's a pleasure to have you as a member."
While saying this, he extended his hand, which was just as delicate as his face.
Holding the hand, Adryan shook it.
"The pleasure is mine, Mr. Robert."
"If you like, you can go upstairs to meet some of the members present, or you can also go to the next room to meet the shooting instructor, Mr. Grievius"
The redhead didn't need to consider it much.
'Just a quick hello and to practice shooting...' While thinking that, he smiled a bit.
"I'll go meet the other members first, then I'll meet Mr. Grievius."
"Perfect. The stairs to the second floor are down the hall to the left, and again, it is a pleasure to meet you."
Nodding to Mr. Robert, Adryan made his way to the second floor leisurely.
When he went up, he saw a large room with walls lined with the heads of different animals that the club had hunted. On one side, there was a cabinet full of drinks and some pool tables.
About three men talked and played around the table, laughing and joking.
When they saw Adryan arrive, they stopped their conversation and began to approach him.
The three looked like they were 30 years old but had strong bodies.
One of them was with the arms of the shirt rolled up with a gray vest and a well-groomed beard.
Another with only a simple shirt.
And the last one wore a black vest with a well-ironed shirt.
Giving a slight bow, the redhead introduced himself with a small smile.
"A pleasure to meet you. I am Adryan Kenway. I hope we can get along."
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