Rebirth of Abium

8th June, City square, Commoners' Borough. Silverland city.

It was around 6 A.M. A forty-year-old man with russet brown eyes sat on a park bench near the city square. He covered his lower face with a red scarf and wore a black double-breasted suit.

On his right shoulder, there stood a strange red-colored puppet raven. For the past five days, Rilos had been waiting for his teacher Mike's response, but he still didn't get any reply, which made him both frustrated and scared.

He was scared of the Red Angel of Time. He was just about to head back to Red Meat Inn but stopped.

A bright smile appeared on his face as he saw a black-haired kid who was around fifteen years old walking excitedly towards his direction. That kid had an oval face, deep-set blue eyes, thin eyebrows, and wore an old black linen shirt and pants.

''Good morning, Uncle. Why your face looks like it had been aged extra few years?'' That black-haired kid soon arrived in front of him and asked with a chuckle.

''Good morning, Yeri. I'm still waiting for the answer.'' Rilos replied with a smile and soon gestured Yeri to sit near to him. He met this kid a few days ago and got attached to this kid all of a sudden. He even thought of taking him as his disciple but soon dismissed that idea. He knew that would definitely ruin this kid's future.

''Uncle, yesterday I heard a story from Lord Light Priest, and he said this war is happening because Lord Light wants to eliminate the chaos and evil from our world. But if Light God is all-mighty and powerful, why did he ask mortals to battle against evil instead of him?'' Yeri asked, with eyes full of curiosity, causing Rilos to smile brightly. He lightly patted Yeri's shoulder and replied with a laugh.

''Haha, I will tell you why so listen carefully. Well, our world doesn't allow outsiders to poke their nose into our world matters. Light God Welos is an outsider, so of course, our World won't allow an outsider to come to her land and destroy her children. Because of that, Light god could only use his incarnation to walk on our world.

But if he did that, even legendary powerhouses would have an easy time killing him. That's why he and his followers are brainwashing the minds of others in the name of justice and began to plunder others' wealth. Who are they to judge who is evil and who is good? If you deeply search for the cause of every war, you will die from laughing.

Take an example of your Keris kingdom. Do you know why this civil war is happening? It was because the current king once beat his younger brother during their childhood days. Someone with malicious thought used this to side with the King's younger brother and started to poison his mind. That current duke of Vira became a puppet and now acting like he was the one who was born to rule the world. Do you understand now?''

''Y-You mean the one who poisoned Duke of Vira's mind was the Light church?''

''Who else?'' Rilos chucked and soon frowned as he saw his communication trinket in his hand starting to vibrate.

''Kiddo, wait for a minute. I will talk to my teacher Mike,'' Rilos said to Yeri and activated that communication Trinket with a hint of excitement on his face.

The next second, a creaking voice came from the other side.

''Rilos, I couldn't be able to track that person's location. Well, I couldn't be even able to see a glimpse of his figure.'' There was a hint of frustration that appeared in Mike's voice, making Rilos frown deeper.

"What happened, teacher?" Rilos asked.

"Some higher divine power is interfering with my divination spell, Rilos. I sensed the power of Time in that divine power." Demi-Lich Mike spoke in a grave tone and went silent for three seconds.

"Rilos, act more cautiously from now on. He might really be the Red Angel of Time."

Hearing his teacher's words, Rilos went dead silent for a whole minute. Even Yeri got up from the seat and looked at Rilos's face with concern.

''What should I do now, teacher?'' Rilos quickly calmed down and asked hurriedly.

''We don't have any other choice but to co-operate with that Red Angel of Time,'' Mike replied with a helpless tone through the communication trinket.

''Then, you should co-operate.'' Another voice came from Rilos's side, which made both teacher and student duo freeze for a moment because the one who replied was the young kid, Yeri!

But this time, a serious expression appeared on his face, which made Rilos raise his eyebrow a little.

''Kiddo, what is that mean?'' Rilos turned his head towards Yeri and asked with a confused tone.

''Ahem, I'm really sorry to interrupt your talk, sirs. Let me introduce myself again to both of you. I'm the newly appointed Red Angel of Time by our great Time Lord, Udnir.'' A playful smile appeared on Yeti or Abium's face as he introduced himself respectfully.

Meanwhile, Rilos stood there in a frozen state as if a bolt of lightning struck him. He couldn't even understand what was happening in front of him and stood there with a stiff face. He got close to this kid because Yeri's face appeared similar to his disciple Murius'.

At first, he thought that this kid was Murius's son, but soon he found out his student had no family members. After thinking for a while, he planned to get close to this kid to know about this kid's origin. Well, he did expect this kid named Yeri could have some link to that Red Angel but didn't expect he himself was the Red Angel of Time!

After a short silence, a creaky voice came from that communication trinket on Rilos's hand.

''It seems we really did underestimate you, Mr. Red Angel. So, please go ahead and tell us what you want from this expenditure. If we both are after the same thing, then our co-operation will be meaningless in the end anyway.''

Abium chuckled and said.

''My eyes are on a sword called Dark Blade. Well, I need a sword at legendary tier one.''

Hearing Abium's words, both Rilos and his teacher, became puzzled.

''I don't think you need our help to get your hands on that sword, Mr. Red Angel,'' Mike said solemnly. He could tell that Dark Blade must be a legendary sword, but there were many similar swords out there, so it was not much worth in his eyes.

Abium's smile brightened as he heard that Demi-Lich Mike's words and added.

''But if I managed to get the Death Cane before you guys, then it will be mine, right?" Hearing Red Angel's words, both went silent. Yes, if the Red Angel of Time really found the Death cane first, they would have no choice but to give up on that artifact. If Yeri were some normal mage, they would be laid some trap beforehand in the future and ambush him to get that artifact. But Yeri was not a normal mage. Both were well-aware that Yeri was the Red Angel of Time. Otherwise, how could he be able to block Demi-Lich Mike's divination spell?

"What do you want to say?" Mike asked coldly through the communication trinket.

"If I get that Death Cane beforehand, I will lend it to you once. You can use that artifact to break the chain placed on your body. I know your body is in a weakened state, and you are in dire need of that Death cane. In exchange, I want you to kill Bishop Piers during this Expedition. It's a win-win situation for both of us.''

Abium already guessed that the Demi-Lich was in dire need to break those shackles and gave an offer.

His words surprised both of them. Because they didn't expect a person who knew more about 'Death cane' than themselves, they only got this information from an Oracle a few months ago and became more serious.

''Why don't you kill him yourself?'' Rilos blurted out but soon stopped. Because he knew the answer, if the Red Angel of Time were to kill that Bishop Piers, Rilos knew those bunch of lunatics would come after this Red Angel and would found out about Time God's servant's appearance in this world. But if a necromancer killed this Bishop, it would totally become a different matter. Those lunatics knew these necromancers were psychopaths themselves.

''I don't think killing that Bishop is an easy matter, Mr. Red Angel.'' After a short deliberation, Rilos's teacher Mike answered.

''But if you have that Death Cane in your hand, then it will be an easy matter, right?'' Abium smiled slyly as he said that. Abium clearly remembered that Death Cane had a powerful spell that had enough power to kill a Bishop who has a second-tier mage's strength. Hearing Abium's word, both of them came to an understanding that this Red Angel knew more information about that Death cane and finally agreed.

Abium smiled as he heard both of their approval and tossed a black gem embedded ring towards Rilos and then disappeared from there as he snapped his finger.

''Rilos, I think we need to speed up our plan. Red Angel's arrivals to his plane will definitely be going to change the power balance.'' Mike said gravely and immediately cut off the communication leaving Rilos alone in the city square.

Rilos adjusted his red scarf to cover his face and began to walk towards the Red Meat Inn.

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