The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
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That was a moment ago, Ian was still agitated by Derrick's state after receiving the arrival of Israhi and the others when his condition was not good. But now he was confused by what he saw in front of him..

While Altair and Aksa were treating Derrick, he was convinced that Derrick was not asking for any help in treating the wounds and poisons. So this must be the initiative of one of the felt.... But, he was also confused, whether now he should worry or not. Ian wasn't sure what to do now...

Until he heard the voice,

" It was my idea."

" yeah? I'm sorry...?"

Ian flinched in shock, and was immediately aware of his daydream as Altair spoke on a single note.

Altair himself, he looked at her and smiled calmly. Altair could read his countenance quite clearly, "Your expression seemed to be questioning whose idea this was. So I answered him, this was my idea." It was an unavoidable fact.

Ian who heard that also met red immediately, he did not expect that the little girl seemed to be very sensitive to someone's expression. " I'm sorry." he said later, bowing in shame.

" Don't worry, I'm not at all concerned about it. It's natural for someone to be wary of people you don't already know, isn't it?" Altair had no problem with that at all. Knowing that the person in front of him cares about Derrick very much has made him feel happy.

This now... Derrick was the only family he had. At least that's what Altair thought.

" You must be wondering why I called you here, right?"

" ...Right."." Right."

" I want to hear it from you..." Altair hung up his words, as he turned his attention back to Derrick lying in front of him, and stabbed one of his acupoints using the needle he was holding. Only then did he continue, " ...What happened to Derrick??"

Ian lowered his gaze, still fondling what answer he should get out. And he felt that if there was no harm in telling him, Altair was the one who might save the life of his chairman. So he opened his mouth...

Ian told me everything, he said, a while ago, Derrick and a couple of diguild passed a group of bandits back from the south. And the fight happened.

It was not strange that they fought each other to defend goods and lives, and of course Derrick was the most superior. And at that moment, Derrick was hit by a poisoned arrow that made him what he is today.

But there is something strange about the bandits, after successfully injuring Derrick, they did not take anything, just immediately went from there as if their goal had been achieved. Because of that, it can be ascertained that Derrick is the target of the attack, not a valuable object. So someone must have paid those bandits to do it.

After hearing the story, everything became clear. And Aksa who first opened his voice there, "That makes sense, the Kirial Guild, the guild founded and run by Derrick is one of the many places the assassins gather, he said, and is the best. This place even dared to compete with the larger Guilds because of its strength. If they were to remove Derrick who was the main sword as well as the head of the Guild, they could rid the Kirial Guild of competition."

Israhi nodded her head in agreement with Aksa's assumption, "Their goal is to plunder this place when its main power is lost." she said as well.

" So do you know where and who the bandits attacked Derrick's brother??" but Altair doesn't care about any of that.

He picked up the bottle of potion he had made before, as he listened to Ian's story of what had happened. And he tried to drink it to Derrick helped by Aksa who raised his head.

" I don't care what their goal is to do this, but I want to know about the bandit group" he said, confirming his point, if Ian was really sensitive then he would instantly know what Altair meant.

And of course... Ian nodded his head in doubt, " ...Yes, I know. After knowing that the chairman was attacked, I immediately told a trusted person to follow the bandit group. And he always sends out reports on a regular basis. He is still watching" he replied.

" So yes, thank goodness..." Altair pulls the glove in her hand, but her words manage to confuse Ian.

" I'm sorry?"

" Thank God I didn't have to search for them with much difficulty. Didn't you??"

Altair turned towards Ian with a smile with both eyes closed, it would probably look ordinary, but to those who had understood... They will realize that the cold smile is full of the desire to kill.

Anger hidden behind a calm smile...

Ian would never have expected that such a young girl would have such a smile, the situation now managed to make her feel goosebumps. He turned to Aksa and Israhi in turn, both of whom were silent but looked in their eyes an anxiety.

" Even such Lord Israhi was anxious because of her...?!!"

Ian didn't want to believe it, but the truth was right in front of his face. What would he do at a time like this?

Duak... Brakk..

Another commotion came interrupting between them, it came from below, so it must be from the Guild hall. It sounded quite clear, there were quarreling and some sounded like the sound of something falling.

It made Altair curious and upset at the same time... " What else now??" Altair took a step towards the door and came out, but before that he had a chance to say something to Aksa.

" Aksa, please take care of Derrick for a moment. I'll see what happens."

" All right."

That was how he went from there, followed by Israhi and Ian behind him. Meanwhile below, several people were seen standing in the middle of the disheveled guild hall with ugly smiles on their faces.

-- A few moments before...

" Ah~...no other information we can get here again. I wonder how closed the organization is until nothing about them is known." Remilia had just finished examining all the documents in Derrick's room along with Yi and Mira, and now they were walking down to the hall to let go of the fatigue.

This time it's all better than when they came, of course because they must have guessed that they already knew what happened to Derrick. Although of course, there were still those who continued to look at them curiously.

" I don't really care, as long as my good student can be calm" said Mira who then sat in a chair in front of a woman who became a bartender there.

" Do you want to drink something??" she asked Mira, her name was Ziria.

" You can give me a beer."

Hearing Mira's reply, Ziria quickly provided it. Including orders belonging to Yi and Remilia as well. He is a very calm and quiet person.

The atmosphere between them was quite calm, until Mira brought up something quite sensitive.

" By the way, is the flower powder sent directly from where it came from or has anyone given it??"

Remilia, Yi and Ziria immediately fell silent at him who was casually there, fortunately no one seemed to hear that other than the three of them.

Ziria remained silent until she smiled and said. " I don't know, we don't know either. The chairman didn't tell us, and there's no definitive lead. It seems like little lady also realized that, yes" he said as he wiped the glasses in front of her.

Mira also smiled back, "That's how it is. There's no way she's unconscious when the scent of the flowers is so fragrant."

Mira knows she's a sensitive person, she probably already knows that. And it's true, he knew from the moment Israhi called Ian off to meet Altair.

The atmosphere again flowed quietly quickly, Remilia heaved a sigh of relief as nothing happened when Mira asked such a thing. It would be very bad if there was a sudden commotion caused by them there.

Remilia's mind will soon change due to an unexpected arrival.

Brakk...

" Hey, hey, hey~ What's here, how are you guys? I hope everything's okay.." (Carol)

" They're definitely not going to be okay, they look like dogs who lost their owners." (Siran)

A group of 4 men and one woman among them suddenly entered and started talking without a second thought. While by the side of the people this place stared at them holding back the vexation.

" Who is that??" asked Remilia curiously.

Ziria replied, "They are from the next guild, the group that is competing with us. Our relationship wasn't as good as it was until we could say we were real friends, but those people started getting brave a few days ago." which means since Derrick started getting poisoned.

" They're a bitch, just like their chairman." Yi also seemed to dislike that. Even for her, Aksa and Israhi, the group became annoying bullies.

And Mira who was listening started to talk, "It seems I'm starting to understand the current situation." It's not a strange thing that happened.

The group hid behind shadows and waited for an opportunity in narrowness, then pushed their rivals to the brink.

" Should we stop this?" Mira continued to stare at the people while covering her mouth using her hands resting on the table.

But Ziria looked doubtful, "That's it..."

" What do you want to do here again?!"

His voice was cut off by the quarrel that was starting to heat up in front of him.

" You're not welcome here! So quickly put your feet up!."

" Hey, calm down, buddy. We just want to see Derrick for a second." Siran chimed in on the quarrel so casually that it felt strange.

" You can't see the chairman."

" why? Or rather... What happened?" Their leader, Widen also raised his voice there.

That person blatantly provoked the people in the hall, making the atmosphere even hotter and boisterous. People began to clearly express their dislike.

While the people who came were smiling cynically to the brand. And the person who seemed to be leading them also returned to talk...

" Why can't we meet Derrick? Did something happen to him?" he did not hide his bad intentions at all.

" Fuck people...!!" one of these invading parties wanted to attack the group rashly.

But he who lost his composure was easily restrained and beaten back by a man named Karon on their side....

Duak... Brakk..

The man crashed and hit the other tables there..

" Adamudu, why did it suddenly strike so? You startled me." while the one who replied just smiled cynically at his leisure.

And the others continued to growl in anger at them, like a group of lions being challenged by a small group of Hyenas. Mira let out a long sigh because of that, showing anxiety in front of the cunning people would even be like showing them weakness.

Mira wants the situation to end before it gets worse if left unchecked, and like granting her wish a sweet voice was heard...

" Sister Derrick is out."