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Eiji was surprised to learn that his armor was actually keeping him alive so he didn't bring it up again. Alex was getting the lumber while Eiji was hammering away at the side of the house. "Yea well it's cheaper to get a Mage to do the work a professional would cost her around 4 times as many jewels" he said responding to Alexander's inquiry... "Besides not like the whole house is destroyed it will take some hours but it can be done just keep handing me the lumber and I will take care of it"
After sometime Alexander mentioned that it'd be better going after the dark guild and that there is a reward for defeating dark guilds.
"You know what Alex that's a great idea and it could help our guilds money troubles... Let's do it" he says dropping the tools
"Now I can track the gu..." He began to say until the old woman interrupted
Old woman: "Hey why'd you to stop working?"
Eiji: "We decided to go handle that dark guild for you we can take them out and use some of the bounty to get your home fixed professionally"
Eiji turned back to Alexander to explain how they can track down the mages and a stone fist hit him in the side of the face sending him airborne luckily he was able to land on his feet and his fist turned jet black as he looked up and the old woman had used takeover magic to turn her fist into stone.
Eiji: "ARE YOU CRAZY OLD WOMAN, WHAT THE HECK YOU DO THAT FOR" he yelled
The takeover spell began to deteriorate "You just lucky I'm not as young as I use to be or you'd be halfway across fiore by now. The job is to fix my house not play hero besides you two will be beaten before you know it. NOW FIX MY HOUSE." She says then turns her attention to Alexander while the rock fist crumbled "You want some of this to you talking suit of armor" she threatened but any Mage could see she only had one good strike in her and she'll have to replenish what little magic power she had left.
Eiji walked up to her glaring "No matter we will fix your house as promised lady but we're gonna take down that dark guild" he says as the lady turns and leaves.
Eiji gets back to work "come on Alex let's finish this while my living ink will track down the remnants of the magic the dark guild members left. It will take some time but when it finds them I will know" he says as he creates a magic circle and a black line stretches out and slowly gets longer then goes invisible to the human eye.
"Damn old woman either way that punch hurt. The trail will show itself when whoevers lingering magic we are tracking is found its ordered to locate the source of the magic that did this damage" he explained