RE:BORN Zombie

“The Orleon Ball House. Never Imagined I’d be coming to such a place..” Victor said, as he arrived at the Orleon ball house, the destination for the meeting with the rankers.

This place is more famous for being a playhouse for the rich than anything, not that it was public information what really went down in there, but being the ones with the most secretive information, Victor would know, besides, he is acquainted with the owner of the place.

“Let’s head in, the others will join us.” Victor said to the person standing close to him before both of them walked in.

Under Current alone had many who could be considered as strong as rankers, but due to the fact that they hide most of their power, only a few of them are known to the world, and they were the ones with him at Orleon. They too were invited after all.

Inside the Ball House, Victor could see a lot of people were already present, and it was like a full blown party already. Everyone was making connections and talking, while others simply enjoyed their time by eating and drinking, nothing too much though.

Victor and the one with him found a spot to wait, as the others with him were yet to enter the building. Once they did however, Victor urged them to mingle around while he disappeared into the numbers like he wasn’t there.

Not many knew him by appearance. Even though his name was very popular, and even children knew his name and some of his works, his exact physicality was vague for the most part, only a couple of people have ever seen him. Well technically many have, they just didn’t live to tell the tale.

Out of all who had seen him however, the leader of the Razhin faith was one of them. Though Victor was not sure if he would be attending, as he most likely treasure worshiping his gods than attending a dull gathering and would most likely send an envoy, one could never truly know.

‘Even though he prefers to kiss ass all day, he might come to this one.’ Victor said in his mind.

It was not like he was afraid of the man or anything, he was more afraid of what the man would do. Victor liked his privacy, and having your name screamed out in such a gathering wasn’t really his thing.

Even though the leader of the Razhin faith claims to be a holy man, there was always one person who pissed him off just by thinking of their existence.

‘I mean, what did I really do to deserve this?’

Instead of lingering around creating opportunities, Victor snuck into the more secret and hidden part of the building to meet a friend, as he would call her.

‘I’m sure she’ll be very happy to see me.’ Victor thought to himself with an innocent smile on his face as he walked the passage ways.

After a minute or two, Victor arrived before a light door that had two guards stationed outside, both were women, young girls that just passed their teenage years.

Without exchanging words, the girls allowed him through the door like his arrival was expected. Victor walked into the room behind the doors.

“Garetha, certainly is nice to see me again isn’t it?” Victor said with a soft smile of his face that looked innocent.

Though Victor was in a good mood, Garetha wasn’t exactly happy to see him, or so it seemed. She certainly wasn’t angry either.

The way things were, Garetha liked women, and it was to the extent that her entire business is ran and carried out by women. Her story, though not entirely clear, was not one where she was wronged by some man during her younger years. She simply has always liked her same gender right from time.

Of course, she had also tried sex with men over her lifetime, but the feeling just wasn’t there.

“So you came? I thought you’d also get someone to represent you here.” She said, as Victor took a seat.

“Nah, these things can be interesting some times, you know…”

“Whatever…”

“Did you polish your scales or something? You seem extra shinny today.” Victor said, not really looking at Garetha though.

Garetha was a medusa kind of creature, at least she was. She had also lived for a long time, at least a thousand years. Around some point in time, she must have evolved and her appearance changed from half snake and half human to fully humanoid in features.

She had a darker shade of skin with scales covering parts of her arms, face, and other parts. Her hair was like something out of a fairy tale, and her skin was also smooth and almost slippery to the sight. The curves and gifts of nature she didn’t lack either, her body was devilish. Something to make a man sin.

She had always had a certain effect over men, but to think there would be one that was completely unaffected by her charming form…

The worst part, she was the one who was being charmed. Victor seemed to have that effect on females.

Some time ago, Garetha tried to seduce Victor, but one deep squeeze into her groin was all it took to neutralize her. What happened that day was worth going within her top lists of euphoric moments she had ever experienced, and to think it happened after only a touch, it certainly was embarrassing.

“Come on, you look shy for an old woman like yourself, lighten up.. Let the past be the past.” Victor said, with a smile on his face.

‘…OLD WOMAN…’

Officially, the gathering started, and everyone got straight into why they had come there and started discussing the details and everything.

Though Victor had been invited to this gathering, he didn’t really bother showing himself and just relaxed with Garetha while they watched from afar. He was known to be very evasive and many believed he could hide in plain sight by standing right before you and you wouldn’t notice, even those in Under Current, so it worked well for him.

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The meeting was concluded without Victor having to make an official appearance, not even once. Just so people know he was there, he returned to the meeting towards the end and allowed some people to see him, and even received greetings from some.

After all was done and decided, he returned back to base with the four that went with him.

Whatever had been decided in the meeting didn’t really affect his moving forward, it was all a formality to be present at the gathering.

“Welcome back, master. How was it?”