getting together

Akabaru waited for Momonga to summon his elemental. From the props he ordered to be set up, it seems as though he will summon a fire elemental.

"[Summon primal fire elemental]"

Just as Akabaru predicted fire begins to gather burning the targets to dust and out of the fire came a lizard-like head with two horns. He is quite a bit bigger than him but size doesn't change strength not in Yggdrasil at least.'

"The primal fire elemental his level is in the upper 80s, the two of you will fight it." Aura nodded at Momonga's words, but Mare didn't seem to like the idea.

"I just remembered I have a few errands I still need to tend to by." Mare headed to the exit of the arena before being stopped by Aura, who grabbed her by the scruff of the neck 

"Come on Mare!" Aura seemed to want to persuade Mare, pressuring her to fight with her..

"Aura, errands are important, I trust they are important enough to leave... so instead of mare, I will fight with you."

"lord Akabaru, you shouldn't..." Mare nods his head, not wanting to let her lord fight in her stead because she didn't want to.

"I seem to need some stress relief, so fighting the elemental will be fun." Fun wasn't the right word, but he could feel the magic pumping through his system... A genie was a magical being who had naturally high magic stats, but his build revolved around using the natural magic potential in his combat arts, resulting in him being able to use more combat arts that drained mana than any other fighter.

"If you say so, my lord." Aura gave in, but Mare seemed to be scared at the result he had created.

"Are you sure?" Momonga asked him while standing beside Akabaru.

"It should be easy." 

"My lord?" 

"You should go Mare, but remember to come back for the meeting in less than an hour."

"Of course my lord." He didn't seem to want to interrupt Akabaru again, but at the same time seemed to want nothing more than to apologize and fight in his stead.

Akabaru repaired by equipping some heat-resistant items giving one to Aura as well, both got into their battle stance, Aura with her whip at the ready while Akabaru stood in a mock boxing stance.

Mare didn't immediately leave but stayed by Momonga's side while watching them.

"Primal fire elemental attack Akabaru and Aura."

Heading Momonga's order the primal fire elemental attacked the two enemies before him.

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The fire elemental blasted his flaming breath at the two approaching warriors.

Akabaru dodged to the side while Aura jumped up and made her whip cut through the elemental. Her attack slices right through the elemental but it regenerated almost as fast. Aura was surprised and couldn't doge the fist that was heading her way.

Aura got hit by the fist only suffering the melee damage due to the item Akabaru had given her. while the elemental was distracted Akabaru jumped up to its head and activated one of his skills [way of the fist – water punch].

The [Way of the fist] was a series of spell-like attacks that did melee damage along with the elemental damage. they were really mana consuming but his race helped with covering that weakness.

A torrent of water flows with his fist slamming into the head of the elemental.

The elemental slammed to the floor, with smoke covering its face as the water burned up in smoke.

"Aura!" the smoke had given them time to attack, and Aura surely wanted revenge for the earlier hit she had suffered.

Akabaru shouted at Aura to take the chance and attack the blinded enemy.

As Aura sliced through the elemental once again and the regeneration repeated Akabaru could see the wound taking longer to heal.

"perfect.." Akabaru muttered as he prepared to repeat his previous actions

-

While the two of them fought the elemental Momonga was testing if he could [message] anyone except Akabaru. while idle watching his comrade fight the elemental with Mare at his side.. eventually, he was able to connect to Sebas.

As Momonga finished the call he watched his companion approach him at a calm pace.

"The battle went well I presume." He asked, seeing that they were only slightly damaged.

"Of course it did Momonga." Akabaru was happy with the result, he hadn't felt such an adrenaline rush in some years... the trill of battle really suited him it seemed.

"Yes, lord Momonga it was really fun." Aura added

"You must be thirsty." He said while reaching into his inventory, pulling out a flask, and handing out glasses to fill with water.

As Akabaru accepted the glass he wondered how his body was supposed to drink, or if it even could.. He noticed that he wasn't thirsty but having a drink could help nonetheless.

The twins waited for Akabaru to drink before, Aura immediately drank her own glass empty after seeing him start, only leaving Mare who hadn't even taken a sip yet.

"I don't think I deserve this glass lord Momonga." Mare spoke up, holding her still-full glass out to Momonga to take back.

"And why would you say that?" The group looked at the lone somber elf who was holding his glass with shaking hands.

"I lied to get out of battle, resulting in lord Akabaru getting injured." He seemed to be at the cusps of crying until Akabaru comforted him.

"It's fine Mare... we will never force you into battle. not now and not ever, so you should accept your glass, even if you didn't fight today or tomorrow you served the tomb in your own way." Akabaru suspected that Mare had been feeling something like that after he had noticed her staying close to Momonga while they fought.

"Really?" Mare seemed to be ready to cry his eyes out, this time out of happiness.

"Really." Some tears fell down his face, but he wiped them away as he drank his glass of water, handing it in after he was done...

While Momonga was putting away the glasses a portal opened and out of it stepped Shalltear Bloodfallen a vampire of short stature and best described as a true beauty, with pale shiny skin, seductive crimson-red eyes, and fine facial features. probably her most notable feature was the disproportionate chest she had in comparison to her body.

"My my, it appears I'm the first to arrive." Shalltear approaches her two lords muttering compliments to both as she bowed before them.

"Shalltear how have you been?" Akabaru greeted her, Shalltear was someone he knew very well, as the creator of her was always chatting about her to anyone that would listen.

"I have been lonely without you Akabaru-sama, there haven't been any raids for us to reflect on lately." She responded in kind, clearly showing some kind of bond that was created between the two.

"Stop slobbering Shalltear, you're embarrassing yourself." Aura remarked as the attention of Shalltear now turned towards the dark elf.

"Hello half pint, I didn't realize you were here. Having such a foolish older sister must be difficult Mare, however do you manage it?" there clearly seemed to be some rivalry between the two, becoming a bit too similar to the rivalry of siblings.

"Miss fake tits." Akabaru couldn't help but caught, choking on his own shock.

"What?!" Shalltear seemed to be extremely angry, even more so after hearing Akabaru cough.

"Just as I thought, that is why you went through the trouble of using a gate. You were in a hurry but since you overstuffed your top so much. You worried they would shift if you walked here." Aura remarked

"Watch it elf you've got nothing but a boy's chest." The conversation had already taken a strange turn, but seeing them go at each other was some sort of entertainment to him, although he had never enjoyed such squabbles before.

"True but I am only 76 years old. I can still develop, whereas you're stuck in an undead body, maybe you should learn to accept those bug bites."

"How dare you!" they continued to fight over apparently both of their nonexisting chests while their two lords just watched.

Akabaru didn't know how to deal with this kind of situation, Momonga was the mediator of the group, and the conversation reminded him of the creators of Shalltear and Aura. Peroroncino and his older sister Bukubukuchagama used to have fights like this all the time and they were equally complicated.

Momonga seemed to let the conflict continue, not interfering like he used to with other guild members. Akabaru didn't mind Momonga not stopping the conflict because it reminded him of the past and he was beginning to find it quite funny.

"STOP ACTING LIKE CHILDREN IN FRONT OF THE MASTERS."

Cocytus had entered the arena and immediately tried to stop the two. Cocytus was a fusion between a mantis and an ant. With a tail twice as long as his height, Cocytus is covered in sharp spikes like icicles and has a strong jaw that can easily snap people's hands. Being a bleu and manly vermin lord/ insect

"I'll stop when this elf pays for her lies."

"Try it."

"That's enough." Momonga interrupts the conflict.

Akabaru notices Momonga activates his [despair aura], effectively stopping all conflict in the area. 

"Shalltear, Aura we don't have time to be playing around. Glad you are here Cocytus." Momonga reprimanded them, as he greeted the guardian that had arrived.

"I WILL ALWAYS COME WHEN OUR LORDS CALL." Cocytus made a bow, showing the respect he held for his masters.

"Sorry, everyone. I hope you weren't waiting too long." Demiurge the devilish demon arrived, he was a demon with dark skin and nicely combed black hair. Behind the round glasses are eyes so squinted that they are not normally visible. Wearing a British suit with a tie, he was dressed like a gentleman. Behind his back was his silver tail, covered with metal plates and six long spikes at the end.

Akabaru remembered that he was a brilliant military strategist and at his side was Albedo and Victim a 1-meter-long bright pink fetus with an angelic halo above its head and featherless stick-like wings on its back

"My lords. All the Guardians you have asked for have arrived to pledge our fidelity." albedo began

"I am the guardian of the first second and third floors Shalltear Bloodfallen. I serve and obey."

"THE GUARDIAN OF THE FIFTH FLOOR COCYTUS. I SERVE AND OBEY."

"I am the guardian of the sixth floor Aura Bella Fiora. I am her brother and also the guardian of the sixth floor Mare Bello Fiora. We serve and obey."

"The guardian of the seventh floor Demiurge. I serve and obey."

"The guardian of the eighth floor Victim, I serve and obey."

"The leader of the guardians Albedo. I serve and obey. Other than Gargantua who faithfully guards the fourth, all of the guardians have gathered as requested and pledged their undying loyalty. Supreme ones we await your orders, you need but to ask it of us and it shall be done."

each one of them had introduced themselves, while bowing in front of their masters, showing their apparent loyalty to the tomb and its supreme beings.