[3] Neo Steam – Guild Wars

Rogwel, Genedine – Private House

A modest house with dark windows was the place where the pom escorted Scarlet
“My master is waiting inside” said the pom as he left Scarlet alone
Scarlet opened the door and prudently entered the room, she could not see anything inside, it was too dark, then suddenly a voice came from the shadows
“Miss Scarlet, i'm glad I can finally meet you”
“I can't say the same, show me your face so I can too have the pleasure”
A hooded man came out of the shadows, as he took off the hood Scarlet was shocked to find out that in front of her was no one else that the Maestro of Maestros, Putaten, she bowed to show her respect and said
“Sir, why did you summon me in such a place?”
“There was no other way, the thing I have to ask you is too delicate, and too dangerous to be spoken in front of all” said Putaten while taking out a piece of paper from his pocket “Look at this” Scarlet took the paper and started reading, then she suddenly stopped “A new energy mine?!” shouted Scarlet while reading “Yes, bigger and of higher quality that all our mines put together” Putaten was looking in Scarlets eyes, then he stopped for a few moment before continuing “There is a problem thought, that mine is located on neutral ground, neither us or elerd can touch it without breaking the Non aggression pact, doing that will result in a war, option that I don't even want to consider” Scarlet put the paper down and said “That's really problematic, but, Sir, what has that to do with me?” Putaten smiled “Not only you Miss Scarlet, your guild, you are our only hope, guilds are not related the the govern, guilds are independent so if by any chance you conquer the mine, no one can take us responsible for your actions”
“So you want us to do the dirty work for you, Mr. Maestro of Maestros?” a voice suddenly echoes in the room “Who's there!” Shouted Putanen “Show yourself Dekas” said Scarlet, and from no where a man appears, a shadow walker, warriors that can make themselves invisible to the naked eye “What's the meaning of this!” shouted Putaten while looking at Scarlet “Playing safe Sir, did you really expect for me to come alone on such a suspicious invitation? You can say that he's my bodyguard, but no worries Dekas is good at keeping secrets” Putaten was silent while looking at Dekas, then he said “Dekas? Your name seems familiar, where did I hear it?” Dekas smiled “Of course it does Mr., let's just say I've taken care of many disliked friends of the Republic, anyway today we are not here to speak about me, you had a job for Signa Infero, didn't you?” Putaten seemed pretty irritated of the way Dekas was speaking “Yes... about the task for Signa Infero, your guild must conquer the mine and send the energy stones back to Rogwel by ships with Rear land flag, this way you won't have any direct contact with the republic, and the elerd can't charge us for breaking the Pact, we already arranged ourself with Jarit, ruler of Rear, as for your compensation, you'll receive 20 millions for every cargo you manage to send us, does this sound good?” Scarlet was silent, absorbed in her thoughts for a few moments “Yes...almost too good to be true, I can't be harsh, i'll need some time to make a decision”
“Very well, i'll leave one of my men here, when you take a decision tell him, now forgive me but I have many things to take care, I hope in a positive answer” Putaten putted the hood on and left the house “Scarlet, you want to do this, don't you?”
“I don't know Dekas, from the way he said it, it sounds too easy, I hardly believe the Elerds will simply let us take the mine, even thought we won't have any direct contact with the republic, this is way too obvious, I can bet that the elerds will act in the same way as the republic is doing, and we will be facing other guilds for the mine” Dekas upon listening Scarlet's words, started laughing “Isn't that great? If they didn't do anything it will be a boring job, this just makes it more fun, let's do it, it's been a while since we faced some decent opponents” Scarlet shacked her head “Your helpless Dekas...but anyway your right, and on top of that the compensation isn't bad at all, let's go back and discuss with the others about it”

To be continued...