"Well then, enjoy your time in this hellscape,"
The voice over the speaker then faded away. Everyone is now panicking, screaming and running as if trying to escape the royal capital. The news not only spread in the royal capital however the whole Kingdom of Sahhara. Those who lived near the borderline between the dune and the Kingdom of Sahhara tried to exit but it seems that there is a barrier blocking them to do so. And those who were in the dune could not enter the Kingdom of Sahhara.
Aether Lupen, the Perfect Mage wore a grim expression. Despite being tasked to investigate a situation in the Kingdom of Sahhara, he did not account for this to happen.
"I never thought they would go this far..."
Aether muttered out this few words to himself. Suddenly, the crowd down below started to comfort themselves, trying to think that they are safe.
"W-well, we have the Perfect Mage all the way from Hiden here with us, w-what should we fret about?"
"Y-yea, the Perfect Mage would most definitely save us and defeat those SUN Cultist!"
"No matter how powerful the foe are, you would save us, right?"
"The crowd then started cheering and shouting about the Perfect Mage.
Aether stayed silent for a while. Then,
"Don't worry, I got you guys,"
Everyone started cheering and mocking the SUN Cult.
"Come at us, SUN Cult! We don't fear you!"
"Yea! the Perfect Mage would kick your ass!"
Aether descends from the sky and walked among the crowd while they were unaware. Raye looked distressed on the situation and noticed the Perfect Mage walking away. He notified Will and Al and they followed him towards who knows where.
Aether walked towards an emptied guild and hid in there. Raye and the party waited for a while only to enter the guild to avoid suspicion from Aether.
"H-how are you doing, Lord Aether?"
"..., took you guys long enough, I could sense Mr Will Beuratt's mana presence from the door,"
"So my mana concealment still has flaw..."
"As expected from the Perfect Mage, we couldn't hide ourselves from you,"
"Now then, what brings you here, Raye Winston?"
"I noticed your grim expression on your face earlier and thought to ask you about it,"
"Not bad Raye Winston, you do amaze me in some ways,"
"So, what made the Perfect Mage feeling worried?"
"Raye, do you remembered that I mentioned I came here to run some errands? In truth, the secretary told me that there's many reports of the rising attack made by the SUN Cult, they had been attacking towns to towns from the Kingdom of Hiden to the Kingdom of Sahhara, we suggested that they would attack the Kingdom of Sahhara next, so I was sent here to investigate, who knows that they would make a move this big..."
"So what do you plan to do Lord Aether, do you plan to stop-"
"No,"
"Pardon?"
"Raye, I supposed you should know about this, Raye Winston, from the Winston family, one of the most famous noble in the Kingdom of Hiden, you also worked as a knight in the royal palace didn't you? I am an Esperia, Hiden's top tier mage, not Sahhara's, I am not obliged to protect the Kingdom of Sahhara, nor do I plan to,"
"But then Lord Aether, you promised those people..."
"I was just trying to help the prince keep things under control, the prince must be in a headache if the situation turned intro chaos,"
"But why not save those people, you can do it Lord Aether, I know you could!"
"Raye, I'm not a hero, I don't go protecting people, I'm fine with little problems, but something this big would result in political issues, and I hate going into that issue,"
"..."
"Tell you what, I planned to talk about this issue with the prince, I don't control what to do in this kingdom, the people will follow the prince's order, not mine,"
"...,let us come with you Lord Aether,"
"I don't mind,..., I'm sorry Raye, but that's how it is,"
"It's alright, but if you are not going to do anything, We will,"
Raye placed his hand on his chest when he said that. He is filled with determination of saving this kingdom.
"R-Raye, do you know what are you saying? Please consider about it again,"
"Al, I'm a hero, this is what a hero would do,"
"But this is a different situation Raye, this is not your typical town battle with beast,"
"Even so Al, shouldn't we still help those in need? we are a hero party, what else should we do if not helping?"
"I agree with Raye,"
"Will, you too!? well, not that I didn't expect this from you..."
During the conversation between Al and Raye, Aether started laughing, surprising the determined hero and the opposing Al.
"...., Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Oh dear, Raye Winston, you truly amaze me in many different ways, first by making the Pale Jade Dragon your familiar, now determined to protect and save this kingdom, you are sure one of a kind,"
Raye does not know what to respond to this situation so he stood there and laugh quietly.
"Do what you want Raye Winston, you can come to me if you need help, I don't mind lending a hand for you, just don't make me fight the warlock, I don't want the attention that would later lead me towards political issues,"
"Thank you Lord Aether!"
"Just call me Aether, don't need to be all formal with me,"
Raye instantly lit up after listening to the Perfect Mage approval. Now, they are heading to find the prince and discuss matters...