After things settle down Aegias speaks up "Ly… Blaze, there's something I'm curious about."
"Ok what is it" Blaze asks not really interested
"I heard you could use gravity magic, but that must be a mistake cause it's no longer possible for anyone to wield it, it's not like Time and Spacial Magic which in the modern world has a weaker version, Gravity Magic can only be utilized with Aether not Mana, so what magic did you really use" Aegias demands.
Blaze rolls his eyes and in seconds Aegias is overcome by an overwhelming force and practically crushed.
"That's not possible it's really gravity magic, on top of that it can affect me the highest ranked spirit" Aegis is perplexed.
"Aegias maybe it's time we discuss having his blood analyzed we've been putting it of for years now" Reaver suggests
"It's a good idea but he's inherited the blood of not one but two monarchs maybe more, it won't be that simple, as much as I hate it we're gonna have to call in a favor with that one" Aegias sighs "I really hate asking that one for a favor"
The two monarchs as well as the rest of the adults carry on with this 'conversation' for quite some , meanwhile no one has noticed that all 7 boys have disappeared.
"So what do you guys want to do now?" Taiga asks.
Blaze and the CinderFlame brothers look at each other and smirk "shall we it's been awhile" Blaze says with a grin.
"Works for me just save some for the rest of us will you" Fawkes responds
"Sorry you snooze you lose" Blaze retorts.
"Brother why do you even bother, Blaze is a battle junkie asking him to share his spoils is like asking one of the elders not to scold us" Scorch sighs.
Arlan and Taiga stare at each other both boys completely in the dark on what the other three are talking about.
Blaze turns around with a grin "you coming with?"
"Where?" Arlan and Taiga ask together.
"Where going Bandit Hunting" Blaze says with a snicker
The two boys stand there dumbfounded their feet practically rooted to the ground.
Blazes opens a gate, Fawkes and Scorch are the first to walk through, followed by Arlan and Taiga with Hunter and Sky right behind them.
As they step out of the gate they find themselves now in the mountains, each looking around.
As Blaze steps out the gate behind him immediately closes, "This is gonna be fun" Blaze says practically drooling.
"And there's his bad habit showing" Scorch says sighing
"Hey Blaze, there's something that's been on my mind since the entrance exam" Arlan says.
"Hmm?" Blaze says his eyes scanning the valley below the mountains.
"How are you able to cast magic like that?" Arlan inquires. "Normally you need an entire activation chant, there are some mages at the palace that can utilize fast casting and i hear them complain about not being able to use single word casting but you dont even say anything before casting" Arlan responds
Blaze shrugs "I've always been able to, Chronos refers to it as 'silent casting', and Rift calls it 'mental casting' apparently it wasn't exactly uncommon back in their era."
"Wait but wouldn't that means it wasn't exactly common either back then" Arlan replies.
"Meh… it's not that amazing" Blazes replies nonchalantly.
Blaze continues to scan the valley his eyes changing from human to that of a Dragon's and a Wolf's, after a brief moment his grin gets bigger "Jackpot!, you'd think these guys would relocate after the last dozen times we've decimated them."
"Scorch, I bet you 20 bronze Daggers that he goes down there in his dragon form" Fawkes says.
"Your on, I say he gonna go full on wolf" replies Scorch.
"Can I get in on this?" Arlan asks.
"Sure pick your poison" answers Fawkes.
"Ok 10 Silver Hammers that he doesn't leave this spot" Arlan says with confindence.
Scorch and Fawkes look at each other and smirk "ok bet, easy money here we come."
Scorch and Fawkes confindent they'll come out on top agree to the bet with Arlan, a bet they'd come to regret.
Blaze doesn't move from where he stands and after awhile a portal opens above them and out falls a few dozen angry and confused bandits quickly subdued with gravity magic.
Fawkes and Scorches mouths drop "whaaat!, weren't we going hunting!".
Blaze shrugs "we were and I did, never said I was gonna kill them!"
Hunter, Sky and Taiga burst out laughing glad they didn't get involved in the bet.
"How, how did you know he wouldn't move from this spot?!" Fawkes demands to know from Arlan.
Arlan looks at Taiga and smirks "bandits means bounties, bounties means money, money means VR"
Fawkes and Scorch just stand there mouths wide open completely speechless.
"Was it that obvious?" Blaze asks tilting his head.
"Heh, you're eyes lit up a few minutes after we arrived, it was the same as when Taiga explained The Realms to you" Arlans says with a smirk.
Taiga bursts out laughing so hard he falls on butt. "He really is simple minded".
Blaze rolls his eyes "you done? We still got a dozen left plus the boss to deal with unless you prefer I do that too."
After the group deals with the left overs and the boss they spend the next few hours hunting beasts in the mountains before getting ready to head back.
"Ok so shall we turn these losers in and collect our reward or shall we keep hunting?" Blaze asks putting it to a vote.
"Cash them in, we can hunt more monsters afterwards" Hunter says with the others agreeing.
"Okay then how does two trips sound the grunts to the Hunters Guild since that will give us better pay, and the Boss to the Mercenary Guild for the Bounty itself?" Blaze says.
The boys looks at each other and nod "great that settles it" Blaze says.
Sky stops Blaze for a moment "Wait before we go Hunter and I have talked about it considering our parents you should make the decision" Sky states
"Why?" Blaze replies "it should be a group decision."
"Did you ever get to say goodbye?" Hunter asks.
"Not exactly the village wanted to do something but I wanted no part in it, it didn't sit right with me" Blaze answers.
"So if you had to choose what decisions would you make" Hunter asks.
Blaze takes a moment before responding "I'd probably agree to the public memorial but only after saying goodbye and only if we could all agree on the date".
"And that's why it should be you, you gave it some thought and made up your mind quickly, whereas we would've taken forever to decide" Hunter replies.
"Sometimes I swear he's the older brother not us, too mature…. Well in certain situations anyways." Sky adds.
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Blaze opens a portal to the nearest branch of the Mercenary Guild and walks through with the Boss, after collecting the bounty and respectfully declining the receptionists offer to take the grunts he opens a gate to the Hunters Guild and cashes out of the poor suckers.
The boys head back to Monarchs Refuge where the adults are waiting, no one asks a question probably cause Reaver already explained Blaze's habits, the boys retreat to a cabin and gather round a table as Blaze empties out 2 sacks of money.
"5 Platinum Blades, 21 Gold Shield, 500 Copper Bows" Blaze says proudly
Scorch looks at Fawkes for a moment before sighing "you had them convert the rewards didn't you there's no way we should've gotten 21 gold shields for those grunts"
"Yep, I exchanged all the Silver Hammers and Bronze Daggers and most of the Copper bows, the receptionist nearly had a stroke when I called him out on short changing me, even better when I demanding compensation then and that we be paid in Gold Shields" Blaze responds proudly.
"Now to split it up, we each get 3 gold shields and 71 copper bows, which leaves 3 copper bows remaining and the 5 platinum blades" Blaze explains dividing it all up.
"Now we just need to decide on the that right?" Hunter asks.
"Nope" Blaze answers.
Of the 5 platenium coins Blaze hands one to Arlan, Taiga, Hunter and Sky, then hands the last one to Scorch.
"I don't understand" Hunter says.
"It's simple I got a platenium coin the last time we went hunting and the time before that Fawkes did so it's Scorch's this time which leaves 4 left so 1 for each of you" Blaze explains.
The four boys are speechless at this reasoning while Fawkes and Scorch snicker.
"Anyways the last 3 copper bows belongs to us all" blaze pulls a box out from under his bed full of small pouches, he places the remaining coins in an empty pouch and ties it then oases it around for everyone to write their initials on. "It serves as a souvenir or trophy of our hunt."
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~AN: the currency in this world are coins that are named by the figure engraved in them, each kingdom has their own but the values are the same in every kingdom and all are accepted regardless of kingdom, the highest one is Diamond, and in the Lumine kingdom it's called Diamond Gauntlets~