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Kristin stared at the golem. She had never seen one before. "Dont be mad because you didnt think about it", she told Ramas. She jumped off the wagon and went to them. "Dont worry. We are not going to make fun of you", she said, not really meaning it though.

"Are you looking for something?", kristin asked Rams as she saw him searching for something. "Where am I supposed to go now? you are going to the stand right? where will Fenix be?"

Hayate and Hiroko walked over, along with another man. "Please allow us to assist you in setting up." the man said softly. He waved his hand around while chanting and formed several weapon racks and armor racks from the ground. "I'll move on to the next venue, please assist them and then move on to help the others." Hiroko and Hayate nodded. "Yes sir!" The two of them were dressed like they were part of the trade show enforcers. Hayate and Hiroko raised their hands up and began lifting up weapons and armor from the wagon and putting them into their respective places on the racks. "Looks like the Chief didn't make enough racks. Oh well, that still took care of the majority of things. Let's move on to the next venue Sylas." Hiroko looked at Hayate as he spoke. "Sure thing Rylas!" The two of them bowed quickly and turned.

Meryll smiled. "Of course. There's no one else in Thelmios who makes swords like mine. I've met a few from little places elsewhere who make them but not here. My swords are strong enough to take any blow from a battle ax or battle hammer." She took one of her swords and placed it on the given racks. " If you strike a sword hard enough with them it'll cut the sword cleanly. It sometimes breaks an ax depending on where you hit it. The only things that break them are other swords like them. Or other special swords made by magic. Only some of those however." She takes an ax and hands it to Ramas. " Show her how its done."

Ramas took the normal ax and placed one of Meryll's blades on the ground. "Now you see it..." Ramas swung the ax down on the blade with all of his might. A small part of the ax blade shattered and landed on the ground. "Now its broke. But if you really want to have fun with these..." He now took another one of Meryll's swords and placed it in one of Meryll's makeshift racks. He took the sword that was on the ground and swung at the stuck blade. It wobbled a little but didn't break yet. " This might take a few tries."

"Like hell your going to break that. Thats too much money to waste." Meryll yelled at him.

"Ahh i already gave up all that money to you yesterday so i get to do this." He took several more swings and got nowhere. "Damn it which one did i pick up?" He gave it one more mighty swing and broke the stuck blade. It wasn't a clean break at all either, the sword he used to break it had a dent in it as well. "Wasn't expecting that. Well i guess i do owe you a little more now." He wrote out an IOU on a piece of paper in his sack. "Just to remind me when i get more cash." The place began to fill up with vendors. If anything the whole opening ceremony had to be starting soon. "Hey Meryll we're going to the ceremony. I'll be back right after its done, Kristin over here might join us later."

( Yay! Appearance time! *has an idea for chapter 11 finally* )

"Get him! After him you maggots!" Someone shouts from a nearby rooftop. Almost a split second afterwards, a young man jumps down from the rooftop, not even two feet from where Ramas and Kristin were at. The young man's boots had a small metal patch on the front and top, and they went up above his ankles a few inches. The inside of the boots were insulated in order to keep his feet warm at cold temperatures, but they also didn't make his feet overly hot. His leggings and shirt were also insulated in the same fashion, but they were made from a material that allowed him to easily move around and make use of his speed without any hindrances. Around his waist, in addition to two swords--one on each side--, there was a black belt that was diagonally tilted downwards towards his left leg. There was a design of a dragon all across the belt on the outer side, and it was worn only for fashion. The leggings he wore were blue, as was his shirt for the most part, and they were thicker and baggier in the area above his knee rather than being almost skin tight like the lower part was. His shirt was fashioned in the same manner, being tight near the lower arm and baggy near the upper arm. In the chest area of his shirt, there was a V shaped opening that allowed you to see the black undershirt that he wore. Around his neck, there was a strange pure white scarf-like cloak. It was more like a cloak than a scarf simply due to its sheer size and length. It split out into three lengths. The two outer lengths of the cloak curled around towards the front of his body while the middle length almost looked as if it were a cape. No matter how you looked at the cloak, it seemed like it would be a death-trap in battle. The material it was made out of was extremely expensive however, and it was designed as an alternative to heavy armor. The cloak itself weighed almost two or three times the weight of the rest of the clothing he wore, but it had its purpose. It was capable of stopping an arrow, without the arrow even being able to pierce the inner layer of material.

The young man was also carrying a girl in his arms, and strangely it was Rydia. "Sorry for the bumpy ride Rydia, but I have no choice, Kaneas told me to protect you and so I shall!" Rydia looked around for a moment before the young man immediately leaped from the ground onto a rooftop across the other side of the street. The moment the young man and girl were on the rooftop however, a large group of bandit guards surrounded them quickly. "End of the line kid." The young man should his head slowly. "On the contrary, it's just beginning!" The bandit captain grit his teeth slowly. "Kill them!" At almost the same time, the 12 bandits, and the bandit captain let out a stream of fire in the direction of the young man. From the streets, the moment the fires emerged it was impossible to see what was happening in the center where the young man and girl were at. The fires converged onto one another and created a large pillar of fire that shoots upwards into the sky, resembling a large cylindrical explosion-like case of fire.

After a minute, the guards cease their spells and the fire slowly disappears. When the wind finally blows all the smoke away, there is a white sphere in place of where the young man and girl were at. The bandit captain takes a step back and gasps in shock. "It nullified the spell completely?!" The sphere quickly returned to its original form, the triple-tailed scarf that was worn by the young man. "Now it's my turn!" Almost immediately after finishing his sentence, a large twist enveloped the rooftop, forcing each of the bandits into the air. The twister then shifted it's movement entirely and broke apart into 13 smaller and horizontal twisters, each twister having a guard trapped within. The guards are each sent flying halfway across the city in different directions, preventing them from pursuing the duo any further. Once he was sure that they were in the clear, the young man continued jumping from rooftop to rooftop on his way to the outskirts of the city.

Rylas and Sylas immediately turned and headed to where Kristin and Ramas were at. "Contain yourself, you'll draw unnecessary attention and get yourself caught." they whispered quietly. "Those two will be fine, besides they are already outside the city."

"I'll continue setting up booths." Rylas, better known as Hiroko said to Sylas. Rylas walked off to continue setting up booths with the Chief. "Unfortunately, even we were unaware of why they were here. Considering the circumstances however, it would be safe to assume they are gathering information. Those two in particular stand out like a single white flower would stand out in a group of black ones. Especially her... Originally I believe there was four of them, which means the other two must have gone off in Thelmios somewhere else to get information while the other two were spotted and had to run away. They will be fine though. Decks is an expert in defensive magic from what I hear, so it's likely that Kaney told him to teach Ryd a few new tricks." He patted her on the back. "Gotta get back to work, see you."