Barak wondered around inside the base until he found Levant and Aster accompanied by Brie, they were heading in the opposite direction, towards him, causing all of them to stop in the corridor,

"Finally up eyy", Levant jokingly said towards barak,

"well when you party as hard as I do it can't be helped, by the way the lightweight for a family member we have is still passed out outside", Barak said, with a huge smile across his face,

"should've figured, he can't help", Levant said shrugging his shoulders,

"you guys need to stop doing that to him, you know he can't handle that much drinking", Aster chimed in,

"he's the one that does it to himself", Levant replied,

"Anyways where you guys headed now ?" Barak asked the two of them,

"we are going to drop off this at Amon's office for yumi, Why got something in mind ?", aster replied, as he showed Barak the armor,

"yeah was just thinking about heading into town, scope out the place and actually see the guild headquarters", barak answered,

"but all that after I go and have a shower", he added on,

"sounds cool, I was actually thinking about doing that myself", Levant answered,

"what are you about Aster", levant asked,

"sure why not I'll come, it's good to know a little about where we are going to be fighting", Aster answered,

"okay great, I'll go take a shower and wake up pol while you guys take care of whatever it is you have to take care of", Barak replied,

Levant, Aster and Brie continued down the corridor heading to Amon's office, but as they walked away both Levant and Aster slightly glanced back at Barak, they both had noticed something seemed to be bothering him,

After a series of turns they arrived in front of Amon's office, and without knocking Brie opened the door,

Amon sat there a cigar in his hand, as he blew out the smoke, he had a mellow feeling emanating off of him, as the three of them entered, he slowly moved his head towards them,

"an unexpected visit so early in the morning, to what do I owe the pleasure", amon asked, placing the cigar on the edge of the ash tray,

"brought some armor for you to give to yumi, since we have no idea where she is", Brie blurted out,

"well, I'm sure she'll turn up somewhere", Amon replied,

"you sure do seem to have a lot of faith in her", Aster pondered,

"well from what I've seen it's a lot like you and your little clique, once you fought and lived alongside someone you become almost fully aware of just how capable they are",

"Almost ?", questioned aster,

"yup, and that's simply because people don't stop adapting or growing so there's always room for a surprise or two later on in life", amon continued,

"hmm, okay", aster answered throwing the armor on his desk, and with it's weight it landed with a loud 'THUD',

Aster then turned around leaving the office, brie following close behind,

You coming Lev", Aster asked,

I'm going to stay behind for a minute, got a question I want to ask', levant responded,

"okay suit yourself, I'm going to wake up mr.lightweight, that's sleeping outside", aster said as he walked off,

"amon, sir if you need me I'll be back in the workshop", brie said as she took off down he corridor, as both of them left, Levant closed the door to amon's office,

"so what do you want to know ?", amon asked,

"well for starters, somethings been bothering me, why the hell would you and yumi not help aluric in the first place, he's your brother and, quite frankly yumi is terrified of him, so what happened between you three ?", levant asked,

Amon let out a loud sigh,

"well I guess I can tell you it's not a secret, it's just a question no one wanted to ask us", amon answered,

"From what I know Yumi and I have two entirely different reasons for Standing up against Aluric", Amon explained,

"oh, that's surprising I would've thought that you two had the same reason, since there seems to be a lot of history between you three", Levant surmised,

"hmm, you seem to be the happy go lucky type, but you might be more perceptive than I thought". Amon reckoned,

"anyways, the reason I'm so opposed to what my brother is doing, goes back to how we became orphans, about twenty four years ago. Aluric couldn't have bee more than four or five at the time, both our parents were killed, our father and mother was the king of that times personal bodyguards, however the current king we have now, Alexandar Dracht, was the former kings younger brother, Alexandar was hungry for power, so he did what many kings in history have done, he usurped the throne from his brother, it was a bloody takeover, Alexandar wiped out his brothers family from his wife to all of his children, he made sure to leave no threats to his reign", Amon explained,

"well shit the current king of this country is an absolute savage", levant exclaimed,

"but as you might have guessed, in doing so our parents were also killed, and because they were so fiercely loyal to his brother, Alexandar made a public example out of them for anyone who would try to rebel, so now that my brother decided to aide them in taking over this country, it's something I simply cannot forgive", Amon finished explaining,

" you seem awfully calm for someone talking about his parents death", Levant stated,

"i prefer to keep my emotions on a tight leash around others", Amon retorted,

"and what about yumi ?", levant asked,

" well for a long time she and Aluric were like two peas in a pod, they had tendency to run off together on one mission or another, we all were apart of the Artemis Guild, but it was more of a means to an end for me, and more of a lifestyle for the two of them, anyways, after Aluric decided to aide the royal family in taking over the continent, Yumi initially agreed with the idea, as long as it meant she was next to Aluric, and at first when those kingdoms armies opposed them she was ruthless, spilling probably even more blood than Aluric, many called her Arma guerre scion, or in other words, the war goddess' descendant, but throughout all of that she didn't lose herself, she drew a clear line and never took the life of civilians, so when aluric started to do so, she opposed him and left, and as cold as my brother can be he will always have a soft spot for her", Amon finished explaining,

"so basically both of you realized he was fucked up and decided to bail", Levant responded,

"in a way yes, though some took longer than others, but I guess it was because she.......", Amon stopped himself from talking,

"that's all huh", Levant said as he headed to the door,

"i answered you're question now answer mine", Amon requested,

"why do you seem so tortured on the inside ?", amon asked,

Levant said nothing walking out of Amon's office,

outside in the training area

Levant entered the training area to see the other three boys waiting for him,

"so how far do we gotta go to get to the capital ?", Polaris asked,

"apparently just down the mountain through the forest and we should be on the outskirts of the capital", Aster answered,

"Yumi wasn't kidding when she said we were close to it", Barak said,

"okay lets go" aster said, all four of the boys jumped on to the wall, and as they were about to leave they spotted Yumi jumping over the wall headed back into the base.