Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 44: First quest

On the day of setting out,

Nix reached out to the silver spear clan base. Cinzia and the others were all ready to get out of the city. Cinzia looked similar to the last time he met her as she had the same armor while the others were carrying backpacks and weapons with them they were all fully equipped.

Eshwar had full platted green scale armor while Dalia wore a leather armor suiting her light body frame accompanied with her one-meter longbow and on the other hand, Varde has just worn a black robe and had a staff in his hand.

Finally coming to Nix. He just shapeshifted his one and a half meter long chain into an armor piece that wholly covered his entire arm from his wrist to his shoulder. Other than that he just had his regular attire on him and looking at that all the others were surprised.

Cinzia questioned Nix.

"Oi, what's with your attire? We aren't going for a picnic. you need to at least wear armor and carry weapons. Don't you know that you need to be prepared when you go on a quest?"

Nix patted his armor and replied.

"I got this as my weapon and about my armor. I don't have one and This is my first quest."

Hearing his reply all the others furrowed their brows.

Cinzia scratched her chin and began speaking.

"hah, How pathetic can you be? I thought you were someone with experience since you acted as though you knew about how a quest works. Seriously?To Which company did you work under when you were a Regular?"

"Sorry, I didn't...."

'Nah, I ain't wanna force information outta him.'

Before Finishing his sentence she intervened.

"Alright"

Cinzia turned and eyed Eshwar. Eshwar nodded his head and ascended the steps. After a few minutes, he came with a set of armor and a sword.

Eshwar gave it to Nix and opened his mouth.

"We can't have you dead so, use these for this quest and return it after the quest is finished."

'They were kinda cautious with me the last time I met. So why are they offering me armor now?'

He didn't have any reason to refuse so he accepted it and wore the armor and tied the sword behind his back. Leaving his arm which had chains of resentment.

"Thank you. I will handle them with care. But, Why did you give me armor?"

"Uhm, Cuz My sis is benevolent."

Nix's eyebrows shot up as he heard him because she didn't seem to be that kind of person according to his observation.

"huh?"

"Just kidding My sis doesn't like people dying on her especially those who work under her even if it's for a single mission."

Hearing his remark he viewed her in a new spotlight. She appeared to be cold but deep inside her heart. she seems to have a soft spot.

Dalia stared at Nix for a while as soon as he walked out wearing the armor they gave.

Dalia began talking.

" If you don't mind can I ask you a question?"

All the others showed interest in listening to her question as they all laid their eyes upon Nix waiting for his reply.

"Yes."

"Why are you still wearing that part of armor?"

Dalia questioned him while pointing at his arm.

"As I said before. It is a weapon of mine."

She sighed upon hearing his answer. And all the others showed dissatisfaction with his response since they didn't feel anything special about it.

"Alright, let's move out."

Cinzia announced and walked out of the building through the back gate and Nix followed them. As he entered the backyard a white Mutino became visible to his eyes which had a closed carriage attached to its back same as the one Waltner used in the desert. It was a caravan.

She climbed the ladder and all the others followed her. As soon as Nix entered. He scanned the interior of the caravan. It contained three rooms and was quite spacious.

"Alright, The quest for seeking Temple of Judas commences now!"

she declared and pulled the leash of the Mutino.

"Kriiikkk"

With a scream, it opened its bone wings and fluttered. It slowly ascended to the sky.

'My first quest starts here huh?'

He smirked and took a seat in the corner. Cinzia walked in and sat opposite Nix quietly while the others indulged in their conversation.

"Shriiing"

With a sound, Nix's arm guard turned back into the chain. All the others turned back and furrowed their brows while Cinzia stared at his arm in Daze.

Varde opened his mouth unable to control himself from asking a question.

"Dude... Is that a freaking weapon from the Ancient republic?"

"No, Just a weapon I picked up from weaponry."

He straight out lied since he isn't obliged to say anything about his personal life.

"Wong wong"

With a sound, the chains vibrated.

Eswar's eyes began sparkling and Dalia showed interest too while Cinzia quietly continued to observe.

Unable to endure his curiosity Eshwar began speaking.

"Nix is an item with an ego?"

Nix just nodded and replied.

"I guess so"

Eshwar exclaimed.

"Whoa cool, I envy you, man! so that's why you didn't have armor. Did you sell everything you had to buy this?"

'Well let's go with the flow.'

"Yes"

"Hmm, but is this chain form, the original form of the weapon?"

"Yep, Although it can be shapeshifted. It can't maintain a shape for a long time and I don't think people would prefer to use this as a weapon."

He wasn't able to construct the shape he wanted perfectly and there was a time limit for the chains of resentment.

"I agree."

With that their conversation ended. Nix continued his training in molding its shape to perfect it as he inserted his mana inside the chains it began to bend and shape according to the flow he made.

On the other hand, Cinzia began meditating while the others continued to have conversations between themselves. Cinzia and Nix were the ones who didn't indulge in the conversations much.

Dalia began asking questions after Cinzia finished her meditation.

"Will our quest end up successful Big sis? I mean it's quite problematic if any regulars intervene with us. And I don't know if we can discover the temple before others."

"I am confident and hundred percent sure we will find it. So, don't worry about it. I have been carefully planning this for a month. We will definitely find the temple of greed."

Cinzia responded with an emotionless face.

Hearing the word greed Nix turned his attention towards Cinzia and began speaking.

"Leader, can I hear a few things about Judas and why he is called greed."

Cinzia nodded and parted her lips.

"Okay, I will make it short. Judas is one of the seven sins who was named as the god of greed. He was one of the major reasons that dragged down other sins from their ascension only because of his greed for power."

Nix gave her a slight smile and said.

"I see"

He walked out of the caravan to get some air while the others continued to stay in their seats. When he gazed down he found the desert of Ranrak.

"Hah, I guess these people are quite good. They are kinda reserved at the same time they know how to distance themselves by giving each other personal space."

Muttering to himself he sat out. At that time Cinzia walked out and took the leash of Mutino. She was cold towards him and kinda barely had a conversation. She talked to him only when it's necessary. So did Nix? Nix didn't join with any of their conversations much. Their journey continued until dawn.

To let the Mutino rest they landed on the ground. They tied the Mutino and began camping with the equipment they brought. After camping they attached some kind of boulders surrounding the tent. Nix was in confusion as he continued to observe. They were carrying plenty of things while possessing such small bags.

Nix drifted his gaze towards Eshwar who was busy building the tent.

"Eshwar How did those bags possess all these things inside them and what are these boulders?"

Eshwar sighed.

"hah, Now I doubt it. It feels like you are a newbie who knows nothing. Anyway, the boulders are for setting up a mana field to keep some small monsters away from the camp and the Bags are imbued with Magic to contain Items in a massive quantity. Now your doubts are solved?"

"Yes, thanks for explaining patiently."

"No problem, All we want is your cooperation in this quest, and remember don't even dream about stealing or backstabbing."

Scratching his head and sighed.

"hah, Whatever, just don't keep on ranting about stealing and stuff."

Cinzia stood in a distance and looked his way. She always had her eyes planted on Nix from the start of their meeting.

'This guy somehow feels mysterious. He acts like a pathetic newbie but, at the same time he sometimes gives out a strange ominous feeling.'

She Inwardly spoke to herself. Suddenly Nix turned and looked her way, so she quickly averted her eyes from him.

She came up and spoke after they all finished with the camping works.

"First shift to keep watch will be three hours and the teammates will be Varde and Dalia. The second shift will be me and Eshwar. The third shift will be Me and Nix. Each shift will be changed two hours once."

Eshwar refused her order.

"But sis why are you teaming with that guy alone at night. why can't others team up?"

She just quietly stared daggers at him. He gulped and stayed silent. Nix stepped inside the tent without giving much thought to their quarrel or whatsoever that was their problem.

Soon Cinzia and Eshwar stepped and laid. He kept on switching his posture as he felt uncomfortable to sleep.

"AHhhh More!! Ahn! Ahn!"

Just as he began getting sleepy he started to hear sounds of pleasure. The owner of the voice was Dalia.

He scanned through the tent and found Cinzia and Eshwar soundly sleeping.

"hah, Fucking crack heads making out in the wild"

He closed his ears tightly with a pillow. After a while he fell asleep at that moment he was tapped by somebody.

"Nix wake up!"

It was Cinzia. In a startle, he woke up.

'Dammit, I didn't even get to sleep for an hour.'

"Alright let's move"

Nix responded and walked out of the tent. Even though he was reluctant to move.

Fortunately, they didn't encounter any Monsters that night. Soon the sun rose and everybody woke and resumed their journey.

Dalia and Varde walked out with a smile and they showed freshness after waking up while Nix was feeling tired.

'You freaking rabbits!'

Thinking inwardly he stared at them with vigilance. On the other hand, Varde and Dalia blushed to even look at each other.

Nix knitted his brows. They were acting like Thirteen-year-old kids who started dating and act like they found the love of their life.

'Seriously? '

Cinzia smiled at the couple and ordered.

"Alright, we gotta move. hurry up!"

Nix was amazed since this was the first time he saw her smiling. Even though she looked kind of rogue. Her smile felt beautiful to him. Soon the Mutino rose to the sky after everybody entered.