Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 54: Return to the Base

Sol left to return to his cold dark cell under the slums, leaving the Guildmaster and Trevor in the meeting room. With Sol gone, the Guildmaster focused her attention on her receptionist. She stood up from her chair and handed Trevor another communication gem.

"Trevor, I am going to assign you to this quest. Stay in touch with Sol and report to me anything of note. I will be busy for the next few days."

Trevor respectfully took the small gem, "Yes Guildmaster, but may I ask what you will be doing?"

She gave a small smirk, breaking from her normal serious face, "I’m going to gather some old friends. Can’t gather adventurers through normal means so as to not alert these nobles. If you can’t find me, you can report to Abigail; you can trust her."

"Will do Guildmaster."

The Guildmaster was about to leave the room but suddenly stopped, "Oh and one more thing."

"Yes Guildmaster?"

"This is an around the clock assignment, but if you complete this successfully, I will give you that extended vacation you’ve been working towards."

Trevor almost jumped out of happiness, "Really Guildmaster?!"

Responding with a simple nod, she left the room, leaving one last parting message, "Don’t let me down Trevor."

Trevor saw her leave and pumped his fist in the air from excitement.

...

Sol avoided as many people as he could on his trip back to the underground base. The fewer people who saw him out and about, the better, as he didn’t want his kidnappers to somehow hear of him being out and about.

Traveling only via [Burrow], Sol also used [Silent Steps] and [Concealment] to lower his sound and presence as much as he could. Sol soon arrived at the slums and moved through the dirt and stone towards the mana signature of Rebecca, who was his cellmate. Once closer, he saw that she was already awake, evident by her mana signature pacing around the room with a wobbly gait.

’If I ever run out of mana while underground, I will have effectively buried myself alive...’

With that thought now living rent free in his mind, Sol tried to distract himself by continuing his mental organization of spells. Last he left off, Sol was halfway through his water spells, so he picked back up where he left off. He activated [Meditation] to give him a boost to concentration, which surprisingly helped out a lot, and began.

...

Time flew, and before Sol knew it, over an hour had passed. Just as Sol was starting to tackle his earth spells, a knock came from the door.

"Darling~, I’m back~!"

’Oh brother...’

Sol truly wished he had the other assassin that barely spoke over Weaver, but likely based on the fact he beat them, they weren’t going to be left alone in a room with him even if he had no weapon. Well, no weapon as far as his captors knew.

This time Weaver didn’t wait for a response before opening the door, wearing a completely different outfit. This time he was wearing a tacky button-up white shirt with an apple pattern and white cloth pants. It made Sol wonder how many outfits this man had for him to change so many times within mere hours of each other.

"Did ya miss me? Don’t say no, I don’t think my heart could handle it..."

Not even bothering to respond, Sol stood up and patiently waited for him to actually do what he came here for. Seeing no reaction from his captive, Weaver chuckled as he shook his head.

"Tsk, you’re no fun. Fine, let’s get started."

His tone changed, and what could only be explained as the vibes the man gave off shifted, taking a more serious tone. Sol had already felt something similar to this when Weaver used his strings to instantly capture him.

Still keeping the smile on his face, Weaver produced a wooden sword from his spatial ring and tossed it over to Sol.

"Let’s see where you’re at."