The Everlight party decides to take a break for a day from the heat they endured outside during those time in the stadium. They snuggled inside the cold conditioned room for a whole day. They chose to go shopping on the day of the final so the gift that Raye would give to her would not caught Viera's suspicion but think of it as a congratulation gift from Raye.
The Everlight party took a tour inside the city as he look around, contemplating on what to buy for his sister. Maybe a bouquet of flower? As in orchid that means congratulations on winning the tournament? Though he can't be certain if she win or not.
"How about a necklace, though it be weird..."
Al pointed to a silver necklace from outside of the street and suggesting it to Raye to quickly turn it off himself. Auoun run around in the streets as if he was some child who never been into a city. Though he did ever since he joined the Everlight party for two months. He just could not get off the excitement to be in a crowd of people instead of being alone.
Raye then noticed a blacksmith shop and decided to stop for a while to sharpen his blade.
"How may I help you?"
A dwarf greeted the Everlight party which his gaze turned towards Auoun.
"I was hoping you could sharpen the blade of my sword,"
Raye then hand in his sword to the dwarf as the Everlight party walked towards the door.
"At the meantime, we will take a stroll int he city and return quickly,"
"Take your time,"
The Everlight party then resumed seeking a gift for his sister. They stop by a pastry shop and Amethia decides to buy bread for their journey.
"Ten of each bread, white wheat and hard crust,"
"That would be 30 silver coins,"
Amethia handed the money in exchange for the breads. They took another stroll around the city once again, passing the same stores in the streets since Raye is still contemplating on what to buy for her. At last, he decides to gift her s bouquet of orchid since the other gifts were not her taste.
"Let's hope she will accept this..."
Raye muttered to himself as Amethia cheered him on. They returned to the blacksmith to retrieve Raye's sword.
"Here's your sword. After sharpening it, I have noticed your sword has become abit brittle, it might break if you continue using it. I suggest you to get a new one which is just right down the streets,"
"It's fine, this is a gift for me so I'll cherish it..."
"...Why not try having a look? It will change your mind,"
Raye nodded to the dwarf and thanked him. They walked down the streets and found themselves in front go a weapon store. Inside, there are various types of weapons. Auoun was looking at the hammer section which were beautiful and seem durable unlike his rock hammers. There was a bucket of swords which Raye took a look at those swords.
"How may I assist you?"
"The shop owner greeted the Everlight party which Raye replied: "We're just looking around".
There were many swords displayed inside the store. Raye look through carefully at all of the swords. The store owner noticed and decided to promote them to Raye.
"That sword is your looking at is made by one of the famous sword maker in this world, Mr Jian Rowen. It is forged with the chipped scale of the true blue dragon, which gave that sword the partial power of it where water can be casted without even using spell or mana!"
Raye took the sword with a blue hilt. The sheathe of the sword was painted ocean blue to match the sea and the true blue dragon. He draw out just little of the sword to look at the blade. It was clean and sharp that he could see his reflection on it.
"I have saw your participation in the sword fight tournament and noticed you used a technique that just fits this sword,"
The store owner trying to persuade Raye added on. Raye sheathed the sword and placed it back to its stand. The store owner looked over at Raye's sword and noticed it was an imitation of the purification sword spoken in legends.
"Ah, I see you have the imitation of the purification sword used by elves during their Great War against the darkness,"
Amethia looked closer at Raye's sword with her ears twitching as she heard the word 'purification sword'.
"Now that I think about it...it does look identical to it, though it's been a long time since I have seen it,"
"So the legends were true, the sword maker of that sword remain unknown, some said that he personally visited the elven land and from there got an imagery of that sword,"
"Even if it's an imitation of the legends, it does not draw out the purpose of the actual sword, so getting a new sword like this will be a better choice,"
"...It was a gift from my deceased parents..."
Everyone in the store went silent upon hearing those words. Except Will, the rest of the Everlight party members never heard about Raye's past. Raye did not went in further. He decides to end it with one word.
"I'll be using this sword even till the end, as in memory and honour of my parents,"
The store owner did not continue trying to persuade Raye, maybe he said something he should not have said. The sound of him trying to persuade Raye faded away.
"...Well, if you have a change in mind, you can come again,"
Raye thanked the store owner and the Everlight party depart from the store. Just then, a loud cry sounded which caught the attention of the Everlight party. They quickly ran towards the origin of sound and noticed a group of cloaked people in dark green. A dead man whose injuries are recent suddenly stood up as the cloaked people commanded him to kill more. The man ran towards one of the people in the crowd and choked him. Raye quickly ran forward and kicked the dead man aside. He did not swing his sword at him to avoid killing him. Just then, more and more people started collapsing onto the ground. They all were killed to be suddenly commanded to stand up and kill more. Raye tries to stop them but remembered the incident with the Azure Vanguard where a SUN Cultist corrupted a few people. Raye tried to save them but learned something. The lives of the living mattered more than the lives of the dead right now.
"...I'm sorry..."
Raye sever one of the undead's head before it could pursue killing more. They are technically call undead now since they are still moving even they are dead.
"Everyone, exit this place this instance! It seems that the SUN Cult have infiltrated this place!"
Raye cried out to the crowd, begging them to exit before more lives are lost. Raye then easily slain the cloaked people and then ordered Al and Auoun to report to the police of this city.
"There's no need for that, it seems that they have taken action,"
Polices escorting the residents out of the city while trying to hold back the undeads. The tournament has been put into a stop to escort the people and stop the SUN Cult from proceeding their plans.
Will looked around and realised something.
"...A warlock,"
"What?"
Raye seems confused upon hearing Will's word.
"This is all too sudden, as if...they were planned, a warlock must be here, to start their plan just before the final end, why would they attack this city where the tournament is being held? Where many powerful individuals are attending it? I don't know the reason but this warlock is smart, choosing where the final of the tournament was about to end just to attack. He must have chose this time where the finalists were tired to fight and help protecting the residents so when they are weakened, they could overpower them and proceed with their plan,"
What Will had said sound all to convincing. That deduction seems plausible.
"T-then, are we going to fight against another warlock?"
Raye stuttered but lean his back against Will when they were surrounded by undeads.
"I'm afraid so,"