Arc of the Souls Chapter 8: Arc 1, Chapter 8 - The Influence of Dark Intrinium

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The guards immediately blocked their way. One wore a colourful red and black armour, who would be Samuell, while the other wore a gold and blue, and that would be Maduk. They couldn't see their facial expressions. They were a lot more professional and stricter than the receptionist at the lobby. "State your business." “Hey! We’re from the Soul-Core. We were tasked to establish an alliance between Testharia and the Soul-Core.” Claude smiled with his hands on his waist. “Do you have a permit with you?” Samuell asked. “We do!” Claude handed them the permit. Samuell snatched it from his hands and started inspecting it up close. After a good 30 seconds, he handed it back to him and shook his head. “Soul-Core, correct?” Nanasu, Claude and Mikael nodded their heads in unison. Samuell and Maduk, the guards, would look at each other and then turn around to come to an agreement. Claude raised an eyebrow, were they gossiping against them? :: Maduk, they’re Soul-Core...! :: :: I know! Do they know that Dark Intrinium is in an alliance with us? :: :: Goddamn, Asheera made a mistake we can’t walk away from! :: :: Wait wait, it’s not that bad... What if we don’t let them in...? :: :: Maduk, they’re Soul-Core! What if Dark Intrinium turns against us and we don’t have anyone to save us? :: :: Why would we have anyone save us in the first place...!? We’re Testharia, we got the manpower! :: :: No no no... Lord Veyron is the issue! :: :: ...Fggh... Sachiel can fight him, right? :: :: Maduk! I don’t want my home city to be burned down because of a stupid agreement! Let’s just let them in, and hope Sachiel agrees to an alliance. He needs to terminate the alliance anyways! :: :: ... Alright alright! :: Nanasu and Mikael looked at each other. They couldn’t hear him and nor Claude could. After a few seconds, the guards turned around in unison, maintaining their professional behaviour. “Ahem... you may enter.” They went out of the way and opened the door to them. “Sweet!” Claude walked inside first. Nanasu and Mikael followed suit, and the door was closed behind them. They were presented with a beautiful looking hotel lobby. But it was more like a home for the Eria Family. There are hotel rooms in this floor as well however, one guest being Jumkou Katatoria. Claude’s eyes were closed, concentrating on the Soul Aura. “That one must be the Great Kamisword... but the other one...” Mikael walked over to one of the sofas in the lobby, sitting down to wait for when they could be seen. Nanasu was in her own world, looking down at the entirety of Tristate City from a window pane, laughing. “This place is so cool! It looks like Coruscant!” Nanasu was also a fan of old media, such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and A Mystical Divergence. “It really looks like... You wouldn’t find a city like this anywhere!” “It’s like you can smell the tradition!” Claude smiled. - A couple meters down, a door would open, revealing a family member of the Royal Family. It wasn’t the Great Kamisword they were looking for, but the Princess, or so, the Viceroy herself. She coughed, looking to the right which was the hallway upon noticing foreigners. “Ramiel! Did we have guests!?” Ramiel appeared just seconds before Asheera. “I don’t think so... We did have a meeting with the Septo Corporation just then...” Claude and Nanasu’s eyebrows were raised upon hearing the Septo Corporation. Despite Septo’s neutral policy, many database leaks showed a large amount of transactions with Dark Intrinium. This could only mean one thing, that they were aligned towards them. For Testharia to have a meeting scheduled with them, it was worrying. Claude walked up to Asheera upon noticing her and kneeled in respect. “Your highness...” Asheera looked at Claude with a raised eyebrow, taken aback by his sudden kneeling. In Testharian culture, kneeling was never a thing. Nevertheless, she cleared her voice and put on her formality. “A- Hello... We were not expecting any guests, this is a surprise to say the lea