Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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Apparently information of this caliber could cost millions of dollars or even billions of dollars! I had no idea it would cost so much. Does that mean that Reagan paid that much to Olivia’s father for the info?! I guess he’s SWORD’s chairman, so he probably has the cash for that, but wow.

So her coming here and sharing this information for free to me was a big deal, within the Magus society it is a great show of goodwill… I think revealing the powers of her Eyes might also be one of those, so she’s really nice to me.

And she suggested some sort of Family Alliance or something… I can guess where this is going. I am grateful for her, but I am not jumping the shark for now until I am sure her family is trustworthy…

For now though, they’re very nice people and I’m loving her kindness, so she’s winning me over!

Though, for now, there are more important matters that we need to address right now.

“So, the Warlocks,” she said. “Well, I am well aware of their existence. Although there are many organizations and groups of Dark Sorcerers, Warlocks are amongst the most dangerous and aggressive of them all. Usually they belong to cults, large or small, and they usually worship some kind of demon, or sometimes a fallen god that has grown corrupted.”

“Does that mean that the Blighters that attacked us before could be Warlocks too? They also created some sort of Cult around a Fallen Goddess of Death and Decay…” I said. “We haven’t seen them since then though, but yeah.”

“Perhaps, Blighters, however, are a different group of sorcerers, they are Druids whose Nature Souls were shattered or corrupted,” explained Olivia. “I doubt they would work together with other groups though, so they mustn’t be related to the recent group of Warlocks. Before anything else though, could I ask if you have any witnesses from them? I remember Rose mentioned you had them.”

“Ah yes, they’re the primary victim of these Warlocks,” I explained. “They’re Urban Spirits, do you know what they are?”

“Oh! Urban Spirits? Really?” Wondered Olivia. “I never imagined there would be some in America! They’re quite common in Europe.”

“Yeah there are in America as well, I befriended a large group of them…” I said. “I could call them here right now, but some of them look a bit gruesome, you don’t mind if they’re a bit bloody or weird?”

“Hahah! Of course not, Urban Spirits can take all sorts of bizarre shapes and forms after all, don’t worry. I know that there are many of them whose primary function is to scare children,” laughed Olivia. “In my childhood I met a variety of them. Some were very scary! But when I got to know them better, I became their friend. Although how they act tends to vary from Spirit to Spirit, they are most of the time harmless.”

“Yeah! I’m glad you know about them, then this will be easy,” I nodded. “Alright!”

I quickly called the spirits. Within my domain it was possible for me to communicate like this, even calling spirits from very far away will bring them here quickly.

As they walked past the walls, they entered the living room, the whole squad was here at that!

“Did you call us, master Elayne?” The Wendigo boy asked.

“Ah yes, this is Olivia Coyett, a friend of mine, she’s a Magus and…”

I spent the next few minutes explaining things to both parties, it didn’t take long for them to understand what happened, before Wendigo and the rest began explaining what they saw.

Wendigo in specific had fought one of the warlocks and almost won, so his information was the most valuable, as Olivia listened to everything, she nodded attentively.

“I see, so this pretty much confirms it now,” she nodded. “They hunt down Urban Spirits to consume them, they tame Hollows and also their clothes are long robes of dark red or purple color… I think they might be who I think they are. Another thing, have you seen if they had any tattoos?”

“Yes, they had…” Wendigo said. “Unlike humans, anything we see is stored as a memory that cannot be forgotten. The man I fought had black tattoos around his arms resembling… I don’t know, shadows? And he also had a black hand tattooed on his face, though I was unable to see more than that.”

“Black hand!” Olivia’s eyes widened. “Yes, I know who they are, most certainly!”

“So it is them?” Rose asked.

“I can’t believe it… Why are they all the way here though?” Albert facepalmed. “Just when we thought we could take a break and just hunt wild monsters and not deal with weird organizations or cults… this happens.”

“Um, what’s going on?” I wondered. “D-Do you know who they are?”

“Could you tell us?” Mark asked.

I noticed my daughter and Monica were also sitting nearby listening to the conversation in silence alongside Gabriel.

Katherine had also woken up recently and was chatting with Kaguya before listening to what we were talking about while looking from the window.

Ignis and Gardenia were on each side of my shoulders as well.

And Gordon… Well he was in the kitchen preparing some snacks for everyone.

“Hm, I shall tell you, Elayne,” Olivia nodded. “The warlocks that have invaded your Domain and the ones roaming around hunting Urban Spirits and also seeking to enter the Nightmare Realm through your Domain belong to a large Warlock Cult known as the Black Hand.”

“The Black Hand…?” I wondered. “What an ominous name…”

“Sounds like some group of assassins,” said Mark.

“Indeed, aside from being warlocks, they descend from a family of assassins from ancient times,” explained Olivia. “Their leader is a descendant of the long lineage of Assassins and Warlocks from the Ancient King Hasan-i Sabbah. Also known as the Old Man of the Mountain.”

“King Hasan…?” Mark asked.

“Yes, perhaps not many would know of him, he was a religious and military leader, founder of the Nizari Ismai’li sect widely known as the Hashshashin or the Order of Assassins, as well as the Nizari Ismaili state.” Rose said.

Eh?

Isn’t that from the middle east?!

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