Chapter 1-8

Tarik

The group is in the forest on their search for Upsilon. Minori points out a trail headed north and Rin's compass starts to pick up a huge mana reading. They stop for the night to carry on the next day.

### May 23rd

Swiftly they head out to finally confront Upsilon. They catch him out in the open. Tarik uses all of his might to blast Upsilon but is knocked out in the process. This leads to a swift recapture of Atalanta and Upsilon with the Urn's provided to them by Kasuke.

Afer a momentary victory, Elwood appears unprompted alongside his disciple Alcia Asphian. The disciple swiftly kills the Rival whilst Elwood steals Upsilon from Minori's possession. Minori is no match, and while already losing to the Aera is knocked down by Alcia.

With no other hope, Rin opens the urn to free Atalanta. She is enraged but does not make any action before Elwood flees through teleportation. Alcia begins to flee and Minori pursues her on his own. Tarik remains unconscious and Rin huddles around Atalanta to comfort her.

Minori and Alcia fight for a second time. Alcia loses in her weakened state and falls unconscious; Minori chooses to spare her life. Minori retrieves the pendant Alcia lost during their battle. He rests her against a tree trunk and sets the pendant in her lap.

He meets back up with Rin who carries the unconscious Tarik. Rin reveals she is bummed the criminal got away. They begin their return to Chikyu.

### May 24th

Minori departs from the group and they thank him and Kasuke for their help. Rin promises that she will make sure everything is okay with Tieken due to the Rival dying.

### May 25th

The three of them return to Kaentos. They meet with The Empress who sends Tarik alongside and Emissary to return to Shioland to keep Atalanta safe.

On the shore before reaching the docks they encounter Fenrir by sheer chance. Fenrir is an old compatriot of Rin (AKA Cerberus). Tarik is no match in his exhausted state. Lance interrupts the battle and uses his ATRAP to forcefully empower himself with Atalanta's powers. He bests Fenrir, killing her.

Tarik at first thinks Lance is his enemy. But the Azure Bladesman hands the device over to Tarik who promptly releases Atalanta. Lance berates him for being a poor protector, telling him to do a better job. He says he is safer returning to the Empress. Tarik listens, turning back around.

Lance, while alone, is ambushed by Ebony and Jade and Ivory. It is revealed he betrayed his team to pursue Tarik and that he had killed Scarlet a few days ago. His old friends claim he's gone mad and betrayed them. They face off. Lance kills Jade. And escapes with his life barely intact.

### Characters

* Tarik Satra
* Rin Moyasu
* Minori Hasuke
* Atalanta
* Elwood
* Alcia Cherra
* Lance
* Fenrir
* The Rival
* Jade
* Ebony
* Ivory

## Minori Hasuke

The day following his return, Minori confronts Kasuke to brief him on the events. He explains the girl Alcia and convinces him to sign off on a mission to hunt her down. Kasuke is eager to send Minori on any menial task.

Minori departs to search for Alcia. Every week or so Minori returns to Chikyu to churn through information and leads. He reports back to this case constantly, making sure to document all he can.

### Characters

* Minori Hasuke
* Kasuke

## Rin Moyasu

(Excerpt)

Rin's return to Kaentos spelled out disaster. She was expected to return with a Sprite to hand over to Tieken. She failed that as well as the Rival dying. For the past two days, Tieken has attempted to get an audience with Rin. Now, he finally gets it. He storms into her bedroom unprompted. The two exchange a conversation and Tieken slaps her. She doesn't fight back. Tieken leaves and orders her to retrieve him a Sprite or he will have her mother's head on a pike.

Within two months Rin retrieves the Tau sprite and gives it to Tieken. The Tracking Sprite. This marks the first in his collection.

### Characters

* Rin Moyasu
* Tieken Orredo