The Moon Thief

Heinald had a serious expression on his face as he walked across the wide plain. In a short time, things got very mixed up. Eneel wanted to destroy the organization called Deph Enerun by using Tisha and Arlies. Undoubtedly, having two Level 2 Ainsars on his side would greatly increase the overall power of his organization.

Ironically, he was also given the task of checking two Level 2 Ainsars. After all, he was part of Tisha and her crew, and it would be easy to oversee and report them when he was among them.

But he had to be careful!

If he betrayed Eneel he would die, if Tisha or the Arlies found out he was a traitor, he would die. So he'd be content to comment on those events as little as he could and keep on making his main task, brewing potions.

Moreover, before he left, Eneel had asked him to brew the potion for his organization as well. He wanted to use it as best he could, so he let him live.

"He'll want to kill me when he's done with me!" Heinald angrily assessed the situation. No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't think of a logical solution or a plan to follow. If it went on like this, his only hope would be to be able to join his organization after he had done exactly what Eneel had said.

Turning back as he came was not an option for him because Eneel had set up some kind of formation in dimensional gateway area. He would know the moment he got there.

Heinald walked helplessly towards the northern town. Normally, he would have wandered around the plain, searching for different plant species, but that didn't make much sense anymore. Started to see the town after a long walk. Although it was not a very big town, it was clear from the architecture and the intense magical energy in the surrounding that not only ordinary people lived in this town.

The person Eneel referred to as his friend, Janeroth, was actually a member of his organization. He was going to manipulate Tisha and her team and persuade them to attack Deph Enerun together. Things seemed to develop according to how this person would manage the situation.

He entered the town wearing the hood of his robe. So he thought he could hide his appearance a little bit. Relatively, this thought turned out to be correct, although dozens of people radiating magic energy passed by him, no one paid any attention to him.

He managed to discover the blue-roofed house Eneel had mentioned without much searching, and started walking there. It was a house with a large garden surrounded by walls. It had three floors and looked quite spacious. The entrance was guarded by two guards with their faces hidden, no magic energy emanating from them.

Heinald went up to them and said in a low voice, "I'm here on Rebi's direction."

The guards didn't say anything and directly opened the big iron door and let him in.

As soon as Heinald entered the large garden, he saw a tall man with fluffy black hair. This man was wearing a black robe and a strange looking hat.

When the man noticed Heinald, he started walking towards him. When he got to him, he stopped in front of him and said, "You must be the one Master Eneel was talking about."

Heinald nodded. Although this man in front of him concealed his energy, in his opinion, this man at least had the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.

"I am Janeroth. According to Master's orders, you will brew potions while I try to persuade them, and I will provide you with the necessary materials." After Janeroth spoke, he turned around and started walking towards the entrance of the house.

Heinald was going to tell him that he could only brew potions if they had the ingredients in the potion formula, but when he saw his move, he decided to put it off until later.

When they entered the house, he realized that the architecture in this realm was not much different from that in the World of Ainsar. The only difference was that probably even the smallest house had more than two floors. All the houses he saw in town had phase floors.

When Lady Tisha saw Heinald, she immediately told him about what Janeroth had told her. The things Tisha was talking about were naturally familiar to him. Lady Tisha needed many resources to evolve as a Level 2 Ainsar. Honestly, seizing all the resources an organization had was something he would very much want.

Janeroth offered him that as long as they helped destroy his organization called Deph Enerun, they would get all of their resources. The destruction of their arch-enemy Deph Enerun would be their greatest reward. Moreover, Janeroth assured him that his own organization would provide all kinds of support.

All this combined, Tisha seemed ready to be convinced.

Of course, she was n't talking to Heinald to get his opinion. A Level 1 Ainsar's thoughts meant nothing to her, she was just keeping him informed.

"I have only come here on a mission to brew potion, but I will have to join a battle with them, and my opinion is not even asked. If I disobey her, she will kill me and probably no one, including Albin, will care. Here is the dark side of the Ainsar World, power means everything." As Heinald silently assessed the situation, his eyes radiated a strange gleam.

Although Tisha wanted to accept this offer, she obviously still had reservations. After all, they would attack an organization that was said to be powerful, and they would do so by relying on the word of someone they had met a few days ago.

In Tisha's opinion, this Janeroth man must have been trustworthy because they had not exposed or killed Rebi. If it were the other way around, they would have killed him immediately. Moreover, the sole purpose of this organization was to destroy their enemy, the Deph Enerun organization.

What really worried him was the possibility that Janeroth's organization might not keep their promise. If the sunstone was indeed there, and they captured it along with the other resources, every organization could attack her and his team to capture all of this.

She would make her final decision after seeing all the power of the other side!

"Use all the stock my father gave you to brew potions and spend all your time for brewing. The more potions we have, the better off we'll be." Tisha left after saying her wishes to him.

***

Tisha went to speak to Janeroth again.

"I've thought about your offer, but I can't afford to trust you and attack a strong organization unless you show me the full power of your organization."

"When we gather before the attack, you will see that our power is quite sufficient. If you do not find it enough, you will immediately give up and turn back." Even though Janeroth understood what Tisha's real purpose was, he didn't mind and answered.

After thinking for a while, Tisha nodded and said, "Very reasonable!"

"So I guess we can start working together to come up with a good plan." Janeroth said.

While all this was going on, Heinald was still thinking about what to do. This time he was in real trouble and he didn't feel safe at all. Although all he had to do for now was potion brewing, he would soon be asked to accompany the raid. No dangers there were obvious to him, and he did not know what kind of techniques or abilities the magic users in this realm had.

Thus, he could not make an assessment about them.

Although he relied on his own combat power, this was only true if he had a Tier 1 Ainsar like him. No matter how talented he was, he had no chance to stand up to a Level 2 Ainsar. If someone with the power of a Level 2 Ainsar was targeted during the raid, it would definitely be the end of him.

"Tisha accepted the offer, you'd better start brewing potions now."

Janeroth's voice snapped Heinald from his thoughts.

Heinald said, "I don't think the ingredients for the potions I know can be found here."

"Master Eneel saw you brewing potions. Your skill is pretty good, he said, so I'll give you some herbs from this realm. Do research on them and create a new and working formula if necessary." Janeroth shrugged, "Remember, this is Master Eneel's order."

"I will try." Heinald answered after barely suppressing his anger.

When Janeroth left , he began to think about the plants in this realm. If he didn't have to brew potions for Tisha and her crew, he'd want to spend all his time studying plants in this realm, but unfortunately he didn't have that option. Since he did not have much time, his research, experiments and inferences on these plants would be slow. The potion formula he would create based on all of this would be even slower.

"If they're waiting for me to create a formula in a day or two, they may continue to daydream... Looks like they'll develop a comprehensive plan first and then raid after that. They're asking me to brew as many potions as I can during this time." Heinald made an assessment.