Modern World Warlock-Chapter 218: Stellar Reunion
A few days passed since Camille met with Alexander, and the day for the Stellar Reunion was drawing closer.
The Jade Dragons and their allies didn't stop training for a single day, and after Alice had improved her sword techniques, she was able to join the training with the other members of the Omega Team.
"A dark paladin, a dark rogue, and a dark warrior… Are we the villains, guys?" Zac jokingly asked when Alice joined their practice session.
Dante would join their training a few times a week, but he kept practicing on his own late at night when the lab was empty.
Nobody noticed at first until Paige saw the cameras and started to accompany Dante in his secret training sessions, wondering why the warlock felt the need to train so hard.
One night, Dante asked Asphodel and Imera to go with him to the lab, as there were a few mana techniques that he wanted to practice.
When fighting a necromancer, spells that used mana or ether were the most effective against them. On the other hand, spells that were cast with umbra or spirit were equal at most.
"It's been a while since I practiced my mana control, so I need a bit of guidance," Dante said to the two women.
Paige silently watched their training for days, taking notes and listening carefully to all of their comments.
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Ever since the scientist learned that Asphodel traveled to their world willingly, she had been obsessed with learning more about the creation of portals between worlds.
She wasn't interested in conquering the land or causing any trouble for the people of Terra, but she was genuinely curious about its culture and environment.
Still, Paige wasn't irresponsible enough to put her job aside to focus on studying portals that may or may not work. However, considering she was using her free time at night to learn more about it, she had no problem balancing her time.
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When the month of preparation was over, the day for the Stellar Reunion arrived, and a helicopter landed on the mansion to pick up Camille and her representatives—Dante and Megan.
The meeting was in the city of Novis since it was the country's capital, which was a tradition that Camille didn't fully agree with, as she felt uncomfortable inviting the opposing mafia groups to their territory.
Nevertheless, there wasn't anything she could do to change the location of the meeting.
The three of them had mini-cameras stuck to their clothing, livestreaming their point of view to the rest of the Jade Dragons at the mansion.
While they were flying in the helicopter, Camille gave Dante his full mask and asked him to wear it during the meeting, prompting him to instantly agree.
Dante hadn't told any of the Jade Dragons' members about his worries related to the necromancer, knowing that his doubts could have a negative effect on their morale.
However, he was already considering hiding his face for the reunion, expecting the necromancer to show up as well.
'If he happens to know my face, this will be helpful…' The warlock thought.
Moreover, if the necromancer were able to use advanced magic, he would be able to recognize Dante's umbra, so the warlock had to suppress it entirely.
Whenever Dante didn't suppress his umbra, his overwhelming aura would flow out violently from his body, making any person or animal too scared to even get close to him.
For that reason, he kept his umbra suppressed at all times to the point where the amount leaking out of his body was that of an ordinary person, making him easy to approach by others.
Powerful warlocks like Dante would keep their umbra suppressed by a certain margin, but they didn't have a reason to hide it completely.
If Dante spoke to a person who was suppressing his umbra in its entirety, he would instantly be suspicious of them, as it was obvious they were suppressing their aura to hide their identities or the fact they were lying.
Still, completely hiding his umbra was his best option not to get recognized by anyone. As long as he could keep his emotions in check, there wouldn't be a reason for his umbra to leak out.
The helicopter landed on top of an open parking lot building overlooking the Novis Canal, seeing that the GTS and Azure Rebels were already there.
The Golden Twilight Syndicate's representatives that accompanied Melinda were the two leader siblings, Curtis and Lindsey, who had been training the entire month with the Jade Dragons.
Imera considered going herself, but she didn't want to reveal her existence to the other mafia groups yet, so she stayed at the Jade Palace and watched the livestream.
On the other side of the parking lot, Alexander Spring was accompanied by his two representatives from the Azure Rebels.
One of them was a man in his late 40s, and he introduced himself as Oskar Heller, the current leader of the Azure Rebels.
The man was wearing a deep blue suit that matched his dark blue hair, hiding his eyes behind polarized sunglasses.
He was tall, somewhat burly, and his expression looked stern. However, Dante could sense an evident feeling of nervousness coming from Oskar.
Still, when the warlock gazed at the Azure Rebels' second representative, he felt slightly unsettled.
'Is that a person…?' He pondered, detailing the evident figure of the woman.
His eerie sensation didn't come from the aura of the strange girl. On the opposite, Dante was shocked to see that there wasn't a single pinch of energy coming from her body.
'No umbra, no mana, no spirit, no ether… What the hell is that?' Dante continued wondering.
It was as if the woman was an inanimate object, but Dante saw her moving around, so it was clear that wasn't it.
The woman had long, dark blue hair, and her blue eyes seemed to shine a lot more than the average person's.
Her body frame was similar to Megan's in both height and strength, but her face looked even more disinterested than the brunette's.
After the Azure Rebels told the woman to greet the others, she stepped up and introduced herself as "Sixteen."
"An android, huh?" Megan muttered, catching Dante's attention.
