{Team 2} Educational Expedition

Two or so months had passed since the winter wonderland masquerade ball had happened, everything had been seemingly been going according to plan for the most part with only one or two hiccups along the way luckily. There was no use trying to do anything perfect when it came to the task at hand as he realised there was always going to be something going on that would make the most simple of things go wrong and at times that was his own guild members much to his frustration, so was just going to give up at this point and roll with the punches so to speak. There had been issues with those of his guild of course they had been, at times acted like children that didn't understand rules, laws and such but that was another problem he would need to stick a pin in for another day it would seem given his current focus of the expedition at hand. Two men had crashed the company winter masquerade ball and it seemed to have went completely downhill from there, he was starting to think that his guild couldn't host nice things, something always went wrong. One of the men seemed to look slightly sickly but he could have passed off as being slightly malnourished if it hadn't been for the god complex as well as a few other mental disorders he seemed to show no one would have been any wiser of where he had come from. The other male however was clearly sick and overly malnourished with some sort of plague as his veins were black, he was covered in boils, blisters and who knows what in a variety of sickly colours. Luckily his own vice presidents had requested everyone to stay back for their own safety with the help of one of their invited guests from one of the sister guilds within the Silver Moon Faerie alliance the Fairytail ace known a Nessa Cordelia Lux. He hadn't had much time to mingle with anyone as he himself had taken ill which upset him more than a little bit, as he had invited someone from the same guild. The girl he had met at the crystal moon blossom festival a few months prior, another of the aces of Fairy Tail Arcadia, Fairchilde. Well there was that and the fact that several of his members had already started acting up in one way or another, he wished that Cirven had been around to deal with it but alas, he had vanished and so the guild had moved to him as heir apparent it seemed.

He had no idea as to why but the and well he guessed Arca could be classed as his girlfriend but he wasn't overly sure on what they where at this point, it was something he had been meaning to ask her at the time of the ball, after all they had seemed to have hit it off upon their first meeting, though in the beginning he thought he had actually upset her by saying she couldn't bungee jump off the top of the company roof. In honesty he hadn't want to fall off the thing but he swore some of his former summons took pleasure in trying to scaring him to death or found it amusing to put him into situations where he could have died. He was glad that part of his life was over for the most part at least, some of his summons had remained with him Shindara and Amuul were two that refused to leave but knew that he would no longer have enough magic to support them both as an individual summons so merged their contract into a single one strong summon but a good portion had went their own way when his magic changed after going back to the place he was born, he was informed of a few things such as the magic he was using to survive wasn't the one he was born with, in fact he was told the truth as to why he had no magic signature and that was due to the fact he didn't use magic but something else, this something else however was something he was told he would have to find out about himself. Great that was all he needed at that point, but he was glad he was older once more and could talk with others without a translator. That was a whole different kettle of fish he would rather not even think of at the moment however, it would just distract him if he was perfectly honest with himself. With all that behind them he was glad that there had been representatives of Fairy Tail and Silver Wolf at the ball as they had witnessed the goings on, he had requested them to pass the information of what they seen to their guild leaders in Silver Wolfs case being that the guild master had been one of the two chosen to attend was asked if they would like to help investigate what had happened, quickly notifying her he thought he knew where the two actually came from as he himself had been their once before a few months before the ball when he had been doing an investigation of his own about an outbreak. He had to wonder now if he was the reason that the two managed to break through if this was the case, but he had been careful not to disrupt anything so he couldn't see that being the case, but it did bring doubts to his mind regardless on the matter.

Over the months that followed several meetings took place between the guild masters and aces of the three allied guilds where he gave the others all the information of the area he believed they had come from. He had mentioned that he had been there before due to what he believed was a non connected epidemic, in honesty he was starting to have second thoughts on that as this whole thing went forward but he kept his mouth shut about it as it would do no good for anyone really. Due to commitments of being in charge of guilds and being mages who were actively doing jobs or other things in general the meetings and thus plans took a while to come up with, it was later decided that depending on how many of their guild members wished to join their would be around three to six members to a team, that no team would be of one guild to help relations, that each teams members would be chosen on magics that could compliment others and each team would have a primary goal they would be given, given where they were going there would most likely be overlap and that was fine so longs primary goals were done. When it was decided what the three main goals were, the first was scouting, the second was security and clean up and the third goal would be sample gathering for studying, it was then let known to the guilds and the information with it. It was decided that two groups out of the six would have the same primary goal not only for safety but to make the chances of information needed getting out of the area and to someone who could do what was needed. He himself had informed his own company and guil of the risks and that there was no shame in not wanting to take part after all he realised they had family and responsibilities and this was in all pretences a suicide mission. To his surprise however a lot of people still signed up to help their home regardless of how it harmed them and for that he was thankful. Within several weeks the numbers from each guild had come in with who would do best in team leaders chosen before those that would be best suited to work with them had been picked.

A date was universally chosen by the team leaders as was a time this was then passed to the teams, each leader was in charge of informing those on their list where they would need to meet. As the day got ever closer the youth and even the members who had volunteered were becoming more anxious. Her personally was not wishing to put people in this kind of danger, but they had volunteered to do this task, they had been told the risks and the chances of coming out unscathed or untarnished was slimo to none as they had no means to fight the diseases that had plagued the two men. Ruvel throughout that time had made sure to quarantine the two men, giving them all the luxury they could wish for and was keeping them in medical observation rooms so they could see what kind of progression the two would go through in the hopes he could give the others information in what to look for as a precationary measure so they would know if any within their group had been infected, not that it done much good as they still had no way to fight it back. Tests of course were administered but this wasn't to be cruel in any way but they needed as much information as possible and as much as it left a bad taste in the youths mouth after he himself had been through something silimar, but he made sure it was humane and nothing unethical was being practiced as he demanded daily updates and that lacrima record all tests done so he knew it was all above board, this he would allow it to happen if it meant he could protect everyone else. The tests done on these men at least would bee humane and they were being taken care of unlike the everything that had been done to him and so many others, he had allowed Sol to overlook this as it fell under his scope of expertise being a doctor who dealt with poisons, venom's and other deadly substances. Still he kept a very close eye on everything that happened with them, he kept the originals himself, gave a copy to Silver Wolf for their own researchers, a copy to the Rune Knights so it could be recorded that nothing unlawful was being done and even a copy to the magic council themselves so they knew that Tolgalen was taking the threat seriously and was doing everything it could to keep it not only quarinteened but find a solution to this issue.

Time had swiftly passed and it was now the day of the expedition groups meeting and Ruvel had woken earlier than he normally did and started making his way their agreed meeting place, before he left the company grounds however he stopped making sure that he had everything needed inside two sample bags, he also made sure to take several notebooks, sketch books, pencils and pens into a messenger bag that seemed not to have a bottom but you could always find what you were looking for just by putting your hand in so longs it had been put in there in the first place. After this was done he made sure to pack several coolers of sealed food and drink, enough for several meals for those people who were in his team for around eight days, then had Shindara and Amuul store it within their home realm, within the coolers also held purified pockets of air so they could eat and drink but they only lasted for around two hours so it wasn't a long term solution by any means. He had no idea if they would be their that long but still he liked to be safer than sorry when he could, he guessed it paid to be paranoid every now and then. Getting to the barrier after several hours of travel he seen the many warnings that had been left and to his surprise he could actually read what was there given he couldn't read the stuff at the company he was meant to deal with, well he could at least read the parts that hadn't been faded due to time, destroyed, the elements or fell away since they had originally been planted there. Bringing his hand up to them he started to zone out the world around him and read the warnings as he awaited the rest of his team to turn up.

Ruvel's fingers continued to move slowly over the runes and text on the magical posts as he tried to decipher a little more of what was being said in the warnings, it was not frustrating to the blonde headed youth but also giving him more than a small headache as this was an actual thing he could read by himself strangely as he found he could only read stuff once outside the facility and that was inside the chamber where Korvin had died and been reborn as one of the Deathless; howerver it had seemed to him the more that he read that whatever was within the land beyond had been tampering with the barrier in the hopes to get out. He had to admit that frightened him to no end, but decided for now he'd need to let it lie as it seemed they hadn't broken through but this would definatly need to be strengthened at a later point so made a mental note to do it as soon as he could. Well at least that explained how the plagued party crashers got out of an area that was suppose to be heavily warded, time had weakened the wards and they just chipped away until they found out somewhere that they could effect them fully to make a hole. He had been so focused on what he was doing that he hadn't even sensed the others arrival, then again it wasn't like that would made the slightest difference thanks to his limited sensory and so almost jamp out of his skin as one of his own vice presidents spoke to him "Will you give me some warning next time Mr Terumi you decide to approach me, pretty sure I'm to young to die of a heart attack and who knows if Demi will turn up to finish the job she started months ago where we up as children, you remember the event I speak of yes?" he said his tone was still less than amused but sighed quickly afterwards, his hand at his chest as he tried to get his heartbeat under control once more, it would do no good if he keeled over then and there. He really thought since he had always been on the run in the facility that he would expect the unexpected, it seemed being away from the hell of 'home' was making him less than observant as he once was, this was something that he would have to correct and quickly or he may end up back as an experiement once more, this was something he wasn't overly fond of thinking about and so would be on high alert from now on more so as this place seemed to be dangerous in its own right, turning he looked at the group as they turned up "So I looked at the warnings here, they pretty much say there are two deadly pathogens here, Siren's Whisper and Submerged Ripple. I can't make much else out without spending a few more hours reading, this is just something we can't afford unfortunatly." he told them as he looked at the others that the group was together, he was actually quite worried about going into this area once more as this time he knew what he was walking into thanks to the warnings he just read, the first time he had flew in with the help of Bennu, had he had this information the first time around he likely wouldn't have entered if he was honest to himself.

Going over the words that Sol had said before looking back at the barrier once more "At least two thousand eight hundred years old going by the language used." he said with a shrug like it was a common thing to know. It was now he believed it was time to speak to his group about what they were to do when here. "Thank you all for helping myself and my guild in this endeavour, I realise just how dangerous this is to everyone that has volunteered." he knew if things got out of here then soon it wouldn't just be his home that was at risk but the entirety of Earthland and that was something that he couldn't allow. "It is nice to see you again Miss Granon, do give my best wishes to Miss Fairchilde when you see her again." a small smile coming to his face as he spoke the last part of his sentence. "I'm glad to have two of my own here and it's wonderful to see two of the rising stars of Silver Wolf here too." he hadn't met the two silver wolf mages but had heard of them from others over the last few months so was glad to have them with him.

"Okay to business, as everyone knows the three guilds are working together to see what information we can find out about this place, we've split into several smaller units so we can cover more ground. Our groups main objective is to collect samples of the earth, air, water in several areas. Fauna and flora are required too as is samples of anything biological be it dead or alive, if alive nothing that would do harm to the person and only with permission should you take it." he said calmly allowing this to set in "We may come across villages, towns, cities, ruins and the likes if we do we should create maps along the way for research at a later date, we will likely come across things that will try to attack us because from what I remember that is pretty much everything here." He looked at them all before scratching his temple as he thought for a moment "Might also be a good idea to keep notes on how we each feel along the way as we might get infected, it might even be a new strain if we do given that we've came from the outside etc." he continued looking at them knowing they where likely nervous about taking even a single foot beyond that safety net just before them.

His dual coloured eyes turned to the Fairy Tail guild master as he shook his head "No, these symptoms have been around far longer than any of us have been alive. I've been here once before around six to eight months ago because of a rumour I heard. People were going against their normal natures and dying only to rise as something else, when I spoke to some villagers they said this was natural but it hadn't been that bad. I put them in another place with barriers until we could find a cure but that could be hundreds of years off." he said his tone stoic as he though back to just how long ago the barriers were placed up, the same with the warnings. "I wouldn't know whom placed these up or their nature but they didn't want people wandering in or things getting out, that much is clear as crystal." he said to the male wearing the mask before his eyes went to the other Silver Wolf mage and he nodded "We need to keep together as we don't know what to expect, no one goes anywhere alone and please keep within eye shot of each other just in case the worst happens." he notified the others as he passed through the barriers and started heading north towards the village he had once been in.

Ruvel sighed hearing his keeper of vice apologising to him, in the youths mind it wasn't anyone else's fault but his own, given that he had let his guard down while he was reading the ancient warnings. "It is fine Mr. Terumi the fault lays on my shoulders not your own." he said calmly as he turned once more to look to the elder albino male. "Well if I was to give my own thoughts on this, these pathogens have been here a lot longer than these warnings have been, it is no wonder that you are still very perplexed about them." he said in a very matter of a fact way, it wasn't exactly like it was taking a leap of faith given that even he knew that an outbreak of something had to be raging and considered deadly before quarantine situation happened. After it had been checked on then the next step was usually taken and if they couldn't find a peaceful solution or cure then the step was far more drastic in the form of cleansing. He had seen it once when he was back 'home' luckily people like him had been herded in to the main facility, placed into a forced slumber of sorts only problem was their minds had been fully aware of their surroundings. He was glad that the people who once called this place home only done a stringent quarantine and not opted for cleansing hoping that one day the place could be purified.

The dual coloured teens eyes laid remained on his ace as he spoke before releasing a deep breath "If I understand your race well enough Mr. Terumi, you are not immune to this either however it won't kill you..." he said looking up to the dull sky for a moment "Still it is best to be careful, where you can't die of it, could you imagine having eternal life with that type of agonising pain? You would be begging for your end..." his voice kept a quiet neutral tone, in honesty he didn't know if he would be able to grant such a request if he was asked, Sol had become a being known as a 'Deathless' thanks to a combination of himself and Demi with that came a lot of specifics, rules and such that he didn't even think Sol quite knew yet, that was just one more thing he would have to deal with when this was over. In honesty he had no idea how to approach that conversation, he knew Sol should be dead at the hands of Demi no less but he interfered before the final blow could be stuck and now he had a clusterfuck to explain to someone who was likely freaking out on some level.

Ruvel turned his back hearing the last question "We did." he said simply in answer as he continued walking forward, there was nothing more to it in his mind. Ruvel flicked his eyes towards Sol, he couldn't blame him for wanting to keep himself as safe as possible and didn't have the heart to tell him that something like that would make him more susceptible as the pathogens were in everything in here. "This is my second visit to this place, I know to where we're heading and this path when I last came here was safe... no idea now so we'll just have to see." he said his eyes closing as he continued walking without another word at least for now, there was really nothing that he could speak of he just hoped that this village hadn't gotten worse since his last visit but that could be him just having wishful thinking. Hearing his fellow guild master saying that she would pass on his greetings to Arcadia made him smile briefly "You have my thanks, it has been a while since I have seen her..." he stopped speaking as he thought about her being in the awful place his fingers tensing into balls briefly before releasing as he reminded himself that this was her decision as much as his to come here, still didn't mean he had to like it as he would call for a cleansing personally if a single hair on her hair was harmed. Realising what he was thinking he shook his head 'What in Earthland is going on with me that's not me...' he thought to himself in a confused scolding tone, it was then he heard a voice that he had never heard before enter his mind 'It's the thoughts of a loved one being harmed, get use to it, this is normal.' the voice said back to Ruvel making him pause a second from moving forward as he looked around he knew that it couldn't be someone entering his mind, he knew Shindara and Amuul protected his mind from such things but he couldn't see anything 'Who are you?' he asked back to the voice and was only met with a happy laugh 'A talk for another day I suppose, no need to rush introductions with such an important task at hand after all.' was the only answer he was met with, he wanted to find whoever was doing this but at the same time he knew the person was correct and so tried to push it to the back of his mind at least for now.

Ruvel continued once again to walk down the soft dirt path that he had walked down before, he had made sure to make mental notes of the surroundings, he wished he could say that this actually put him at ill peace but quite the opposite. He was use to barren lands and places that had been worn down over time thanks to the place he was raised, soon however he diverted from the path to a tree nearby believing perhaps starting to take samples was the best thing to do and so a dagger made of light appeared in his hand as he slowly started to cut into the moist bark that somehow seemed to almost fall apart once free of the tree. He brought out what appeared to be a sample bag but as he did where the tree had been cut seemed to ooze what he could only describe as black inky blood that smelled foul. "Okay this isn't good..." he said calmly opening the bag and taking out a sample pot putting some of the bark into it before closing it and opening another to gain some of the sickly liquid. "Well the trees bleed..." he called back to the others picking up the bag and heading back to the others showing the liquid to them "It smells rotten so be careful if you're taking samples from trees it seems." he warned the others before putting the sample into his back before placing it back into his shadow knowing that Shindara would carry it for him as it would likely get to heavy for the youth to carry himself.

Ruvel smiled to the other guild leader as he heard her question "We're going to get have several types of samples so if we get some from closer to the barrier and more as we get deeper into the area, this way we can see any differences their may be between different sites." He knew that his would have been getting marked alone the way by the elder void prince that was taking refuge within his shadow. It was odd for him to take point on such tasks as he would normally allow another to take the lead as he was more a passive person, this couldn't be the way for him anymore he was the leader of a guild and one of the beckons that shone in the darkest days within Ishgar so he couldn't hide any longer. There was also the added bonus that he was the only one that had stepped in this place before which meant he was more equipped to play tour guide for the others, but then he didn't know much more than the village they were currently near. it was then he heard the the voice from the third person of his guild and nodded "Very well, stay within sight of us gather some air samples while up there and if you see anything then come back down. I don't want you fighting alone up there for any reason." he instructed her, his tone showing he was apprehensive about such a thing but it stood to reason that it could help them with a bird eyes view to see problems ahead and gain additional samples they couldn't get from the ground.

He nodded hearing Yuvon's voice "Everything here is infected by at least one pathogen from what I have found out from my original visit here, somethings might actually have both or even a different strand of them." he said his left hand going to his right arm "Please do not eat or drink anything here, if you have brought things with you keep them sealed as much as possible." he instructed in hindsight he should have said this before but he never did know just how long they would be inside this place, in honesty he really didn't want to be here any longer than he had to be. This entire place made the youth on edge far more than what was normal for even him, it was like the whole place was either screaming in agony or relishing in the pain and misery it was taring him apart he wanted it to stop. He then realised what he said about taking maps as Aliannah suggested taking one from the sky "Yes, before it is said I realise that scouting is what team one's primary objective is but it is only natural that there will be overlap and we would be remiss in our duties if we didn't map areas that we came across. This means if we need to come back here we at least have landmarks and such we can use to navigate." he said knowing at least one person was thinking about the overlap as he would have been at least one of them had another person been in charge of this team. Ruvel glanced at the young silver haired woman briefly as she sighed, he could only imagine what was going through her head given the additional information he had given them at least they had it unlike a lot of the other teams that were entering this place. "If you don't want to continue on this path there will be no hard feelings on it. Survival instincts are strong things and there is no shame in wanting to go." he wasn't just speaking to Aspen but the team as a whole, this was his home and so yes he would risk everything for it, but he wanted to make sure the others who didn't have such a connection to this continent knew they could leave at any point and they wouldn't be thought any differently for it. He would respect their decision and ask no questions nor that they would reconsider, it wasn't his place after all; in all honesty he felt guilty that he had even asked for help in the first place but this place was just to large for his own guild to deal with on its own.

Given that he had agreed to Aliannah taking to the hair he would wait for her to do so when he was about to start walking once more and heard a loud voice of someone he didn't recognise "What in Earthland..." he spun around and ran towards the voice, he could tell by the words that he wasn't native to this area and that just meant added issues. Luckily he was still within sight of the others within the team when he came to a hault seeing the one who would foolishly pass barriers without a second though as to why they where there. He was about to open his mouth and start to bombard the other with questions like what on earth was he thinking but that quickly changed as he seen some of the trees around him starting to move. "Not good, I'll question you in a minute but move it." he said without a second word attempting to grab the others wrist and pull him towards the others of the team. "Look out seems we have company in the form of trees!" he said not knowing exactly what to expect but he did hear the creaking of the tree branches and roots behind him, he hadn't even stopped to look and see how many or what they looked like his main priority was alerting the others and getting the idiot that decided to wander in to safety.

Ruvel shook his head at what the elder male had said, he wanted to argue the fact but this wasn't the time or place for such petty matters to be discussed. The area was an unknown danger to everyone that had decided to enter the uncharted location, that is where his focus should be remaining. "As you say Mr. Terumi." his voice calm as it normally was, though the undertone held something different within it, it was very slight to the point of if you hadn't known the youth well enough you'd have missed it. All eh could do was nod at what the other said, he could understand why the frustration was there, but these things were far to dangerous to rush the research for as it could prove fatal to everyone in the continent. Over the last few months he had placed a few safety features and fail safes in place in case this got out of hand, going so far to have the entire continent blown up if needed, he knew it was an extreme measure but he wouldn't allow these to spread any further. It was sure there was a lot of people that called the continent home but there where far more outside of it so as many would be saved that could and those who couldn't would perish so that it didn't escalate. That was a very last call and one that weighed heavily on his mind since he gave the orders, this was something that he hadn't even told his aces as he couldn't imagine giving the order to blow up their home or their reactions to him putting in such a measure.

Ruvel came out of his own mind the last thing he needed was to worry the others with his own burdens, especially right now "These are not naturally occurring so don't beat yourself up about it Mr. Terumi." He had one of his summons submit a report when he was last in the village near here but Cirven wasn't here any longer and so the burden of leadership had fallen on him for his guild, the company and the continent of itself. He would have thought that Cirven would have shared his findings with the others or appropriate rank but this hadn't seemed the case and now they were in a predicament of walking into something that no one really understood. It was true he had brought some samples back from the village, however, he had been to sick to give the information to Sol more so because he had to help another that had been moved when they shouldn't have been due to their own injuries, making the already sick him sicker. In honesty the blonde haired teen didn't know if these pathogens would ever be wiped out in their lifetimes or even if a plausible vaccine would even possible but knew they had to try for the safety of everyone. "Hopefully this expedition will help you and the others in your research." he knew that every precaution had been taken right down to a secure lab in a black site to handle this research alone, it was purely need to know and a lot of people didn't.

Ruvel watched as the elder albino male put a mask on wondering why he would do something so idiotic, he could understand if they were outside the area and he had done it but to do it inside was beyond foolish. Then again given that they didn't exactly know how these pathogens worked their was no real way to know if such precautions would have even worked. It seemed to be only a few moments before the mask applied was removed, he could only come to the conclusion that Sol had come to the same thought that he had and so decided to bare with whatever may come. He watched with interest as the other had decided to take a sample of a rock, what happened however no one would have expected. "D-did that rock just bleed?" he couldn't help stutter in his disbelief but covered his nose as the pungent smell of decay reached his sense of smell, he swore his heightened senses were starting to get on his nerves. "What is that vile smell?" he said looking at the discoloured viscus gloop that came from the stone thinking that could be the only logical explanation as it hadn't been there before the sample taken.

It was then he got his answer even the rocks bled, this place seemed like it was going to test their sanity even if the pathogens didn't affect them. "Perhaps we'll find a facility and or some research notes along the way to help?" In honesty that would make this so much easier but he doubted they would get that lucky in all honesty, they would only really be here for a eight days at most given that was all the supplies he himself had brought for the group in case they hadn't, it meant they could do four days of travelling before turning back and not having to worry on how they'd eat and drink inside this place. He just hoped that there would be no complications along the way "Oh, I should have mentioned.. I have packed enough food and drink for four meals per day for each person for the next eight days." he said finally realising he should tell them something that important "Some of the food will be warm others cold, the same for drinks." he explained knowing that his supplies and such were with the twin princes so he didn't have to worry. "I didn't know how long we would be in here so thought to be over prepared than under prepared." he said calmly knowing that a few people may have forgotten especially within his own guild thanks to the company covering such things normally.

He was glad to see that Sol had refused to leave him, but then this also came with his job description he guessed. It seemed to be something that his keepers all had in common, they were stubborn and lacked common sense. Then again he guessed he wasn't exactly any better really even at that stage in his career but then he believed he had something to prove given his history. Thanks to grabbing the wayward tourist as he believed at that point he didn't see what was going on, though blinked to see Sol using his body to shield the other guild master of the team "Did I miss something?" he asked in complete confusion not realising that one of the trees had aimed for Sorano and almost hit her. Hearing what the elder male said he nodded understanding, speed was never his issue so this could work in his benefit.

He had guessed when he had taken his short leave to collect his sample from a nearby tree and Sol had decided to take his sample from the rock that others would have done the same. Well bar Aliannah who had taken to the sky to sketch the area within eye shot, his eyes went up to make sure she was within range of at least his spells if it got that bad. He had no idea if there were things in the sky but given the mutations that could possible happen due to these pathogens, as much as he trusted the others on his team to an extent his members were his responsibility and he would put their well being first before any others, that included his own. He was normally hyper aware of his surroundings due to his upbringing but this put that onto a whole new level, a level he hoped he would never have to reach. Still he had missed the enemies when he went to get his sample, he could only surmise that they had been asleep until he cut into a nearby tree and had awoken. Either that or their unexpected guests loud voice had awoken them, it didn't really matter which caused it they now had a problem they didn't expect to have. For now he decided to see how the others would attack before using his own as many of his spells were situational he had found, he had no issue with this as it meant he normally had a spell to fit any situation but still he liked to be safer than sorry before casting.

He watched as Sorano got to her feet and started to use her script magic, he had to admit he was in awe watching his fellow god of Ishgar at work. Her magic was beyond precise and beautiful in what it could do, this however wasn't the time to be distracted by such things, he had made a mental note to complement her on her style after this problem had been dealt with. Hearing her question to the fool that seemed to stumble into this place he looked to her "He best be able to or this will make a difficult situation that much harder. We can escort him back out when we dispatch the enemy at hand." that was something he was not happy about as it put them behind but it wasn't exactly like they could put a civilian in danger by taking them along in a place like this. The group knew what they had agreed to when signing up for this task, the new male that seemed to have turned up out of nowhere had no such information; even if he was a mage he couldn't in good conscious allow him to go with them as he had no idea what was going on or the danger he really was in.

He had taken note of the the quiet blonde hair girls facial expression, he knew that she must have felt or seen something that was wrong but before he could question her she had already taken to the air. It made little difference as he could ask what was wrong when they landed once more. Thanks to the flyby made by the angelic girl the youth could tell that she seemed to have some connection to the one who had appeared out of nowhere "Someone you know?" she called up to the woman his voice showing that he was less than impressed given the current situation, he let out a frustrated sigh and would have to deal with this mess when the threat had been eliminated. This was already starting to give him a headache he didn't need, in honesty he was missing his elder brother because it meant he wouldn't have to deal with it. 'Cirven, where are you? I need help...' he thought to himself his eyes saddening for a moment, this was enough time for the drop on him his hand quickly going to his necklace and twinkling would see around his body but still the hit of the enemy got him knocking him back further back into a rock making him wince a trickle of glowing liquid coming from the corner of his lip "Well that was a idiotic mistake..." he chuckled to himself holding his ribs as he slowly stood up as even if he didn't take the damage thanks to the shield it still hurt him.

He knew he would get his ass kicked if several of those he looked up to seen him make such a mistake, he steadied himself he wasn't that fragile person he once was, how could he have expected those to have faith in him if he let something like that defeat him. "Okay, game over... I'm not playing anymore." his voice was cold he was wanting them dealt with, he knew by the strength of the tree demon that hit him that they wouldn't be pushovers and that suited him fine, he'd use their own strength and his speed against them. Starting to run towards the thing that hit him he heard what the masked Silver Wolf mage had said "Remember even some rocks are classed as organic..." he said running past him as if it was just a passing conversation, his body was hurting but he pushed it aside he could heal if needed but he would be fine for now. "I have an idea to use their strength to our advantage, just don't shoot me..." he called back to the others knowing some spells could still hurt allies and he really didn't want to be caught within the friendly fire of an ally's spell as they tried to take down an enemy.

He did come to a quick stop as he heard the other Silver Wolf mages concern "Because I have..." he paused for a moment it wasn't exactly easy for him to admit given the implications that came with it still to him it was needed just in case "Because I have put several contingencies into place if the worst situation were to happen, so I hope you have made your peace and have your affairs in order miss." he said calmly even without saying it it was clear what he was implying about at least one of his fail safes, it was also clear just how heavy such a burden was on him to have made. He would sacrifice everything he and his brother built so the rest of Earthland would be safe, this was his duty as he seen it but there were several things that would be done before such a thing would happen. Regardless the first one would have been a complete quarantine of the continent, this personally didn't bother him as Tolgalen was self sufficient but it did make it a target and he would rather that not happen there were millions of people that called the land within their border home. He couldn't help but smile weakly to the silver haired woman as she showed pride in just duty itself but the duty to her guild. It reminded him back to the beach when he first met the elder male Johann, he remembered just how awkward that day was for him but the two has slowly become closer. Thing is he had no idea why he was becoming so sentimental all of a sudden, it wasn't like him at all and the best reason he could come up with was because of just how dangerous this place was. He was about to start running again when the new arrival decided to call him 'kiddo', he was already not wanting to be here without someone adding that kind of insult to him.

He wanted to say something but as he opened his mouth it closed as Aspen opened fire on one of the enemies that they still had to deal with, it seemed that within the few attacks the silver haired woman had found a few of the weak points "If anyone has fire spells that be great." he commented waiting until Aspen's assault had come to an end before running forward, his speed getting faster with each stride. Getting to the roots of the trees he ran up the bark with little effort eventually jumping from branch to branch after a few seconds crouch, the smell that these trees were giving off twisted his stomach something awful but he had to push past it as he ran and jamp from one tree to the other allowing his glamour to drop and himself to glow, normally he wouldn't allow this to happen however he could play it off as a spell or ability from his slayer magic if he needed to as it wasn't exactly a lie but it wasn't exactly a full truth either. Then again knowing him he would likely switch the conversation, due to the fact that he was now glowing it had drawn the attention of one of the other trees which he hoped would happen. He anticipated what was going to happen next, waiting until the very last moment before jumping from where he was crouched back to the tree that hit the one he was formerly on and watched as one tree hit the other only making the first tree turn and hit back the first. As this happened he put his glamour up once more and jamp from the trees allowing them to beat on each other until they had pretty much beaten each other to splinters. Landing on the ground once more in a crouched position he flicked his left hand a seal of golden light appearing below each enemy within twenty meters of the young blonde headed CEO, from the seals light tendrils came out wrapping themselves around the enemy cocooning them for now "I can't hold them for long so take out as many as possible." he yelled out to the others already feeling them struggling against the hold he had on them.