Chapter 13: Not found
Chapter 12
"It’s been so long, Halric. How’ve you been?"
Halric gave a curt nod. "Alive. That’s enough."
Garred chuckled dryly. "You always were a hard-ass. Still limping?"
"Still here," Halric said. "Listen, I didn’t come for small talk." He needed answers right away, he needed to first confirm if his son was safe before he resumed any conversation.
Garred raised a brow, catching the urgent tone in his voice. "Go on."
"It’s Kaizen. I need to know if he was assigned to any portal raids this morning."
The old guard’s expression sobered. He turned toward the thick, rune-carved desk and waved a hand over the enchanted ledger stone embedded in it. A soft blue glow pulsed from beneath the surface as it awakened.
"You mean your boy right? Give me a moment."
Every raid-approved hunter had to report to their guild before deployment. The guilds used enchanted record stones crafted by seers and rune-forgers to document assignments. Once a name was etched in, it shimmered with mana, locked into the ledger by spellbinding ink. The magic couldn’t be faked, tampered with, or erased. Not even the Guildmaster could override it.
"He only joins raids through Crimson Dusk’s division, mostly goes with level six or seven raid teams." Halric added quietly.
"Yeah, I know. The listings from Crimson Dusk sync through the eastern guildline. Everything’s linked here."