( Rocky''s POV )
The night before the floor raid was aplicated one for Rocky, for he could not sleep despite being in thefort of his soft bed mattress.
With his superior hearing, he could listen to the faint snores of Buhara from the other room of his house. However, unlike the Orc, sleep did not find him a night before their raid on floor 21.
Somehow Rocky kept twisting and turning with anxiety, as his body excreted unnatural amounts of sweat, as he experienced something close to a sudden panic attack.
Memories of the night where his sister was kidnapped kept haunting him, while the thought of what would happen with Sophia tomorrow also made his nerves act out.
Rocky''s whole gambit tomorrow was based off the assumption that Sophia wished him harm, however, it wasn''t a certainty as of yet.
If Sophia wished harm not only to him but also to her Olympian family, not betraying him in the end, then his n would probably fail horribly and would perhaps cost him his life and his sister her freedom.
"Why is this so hard? Why can''t I feel assured of myself and my n?
Is it because I''m weak?
Is it because I can only win via deceit?" Rocky wondered as he bit the edges of his bedsheet and tore it through sheer force.
*Summon Chun*
Feeling too anxious, Rocky decided to summon little Chun out of his soul space, as the little rabbit was surprised to be called out suddenly into unfamiliar surroundings.
"Why did you call for me human?… What is this ce? What is this soft white structure that I''m standing over?" Chun asked in his signature style, as Rocky picked him up and hugged him close to his chest without giving it a reply.
For a moment, Chun was taken aback by this sudden disy of affection by Rocky, however, then as it smelled the fear and anxiety on him, Chun slowly snuggled into his chest and refrained from speaking useless questions.
Slowly, as Rocky hugged Chun, his heart rate returned to normal and sleep gradually found him as he somehow managed to drift asleep due to the calming aura that Chun brought along with him.
By the time Rocky woke up, it was already time for him to report to the True Elites Guild alongside his friends, as he silently thanked the sleeping little Bunny on his bed, before sending it back to his soul realm.
Without Chun, he would probably have faced significant problems getting through the previous night, however, thanks to the little bunny, Rocky somehow survived the nervous moments of self doubt and fear of mortality.
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As Rocky reached the True Elites Guild Headquarters alongside Erin and Buhara, the entire atmosphere within the guild seemed to have undergone a massive shift whenpared to yesterday.
Everyone moving within the guild halls seemed to be fully geared up, as gearing stations seemed to have been created, with heaps of weapons and armors ced for all guild members to pick and choose from.
"Oh, you''re finally here Rocky? You''re alreadyte… but nevermind.
Here is your package from yesterday, gear up quickly and tell your friends to do the same." Amelia instructed when she saw Rocky loitering in the guild halls without having his gear on.
" If your friends don''t have appropriate gear, they can borrow some from the guild…" Amelia further added out of courtesy as Rocky signaled for Erin and Buhara to suit up, while he did the same with his newly arrived Armor and weapons.
Opening the package that Amelia pointed towards, Rocky opened it to find his new swords in their scabbards and a full 5 piece red and gray armor set ready to be worn.
"Red and Gray…. Not a bad color scheme at all-" Rocky murmured to himself as he began booting up, strapping his gear tightly, one item at a time.
Rocky wasn''t used to wearing heavy armor and hence when he was done strapping up the Sentinel Aegis Set, he immediately felt a bit stuffy and heavy, however, he knew that this much protection was necessary for him to survive wars.
Although heavy, the Sentinel Aegis set did not restrict his movements at all, as the Armor did not seem to restrict his joints in any form.
"I guess I''ll get used to this…" Rocky epted, as he moved his focus to his new weapons.
Strapping the heavier sword, the ''Dragon''s Wrath'' to his right, and the lighter one, the ''Phoenix''s Talon'' to his left, Rocky unsheathed them both and swung them around a bit to get used to the de''s weight and bnce.
Since back at the university he did practice with swords weighing around 25kg, the weight of 30 and 35 kg swords did not feel excessive to him as with his superior strength he was able to swing them easily, however, it was surely above the weight that he was used to.
Overall the des felt incredibly well made and bnced.
The weight gave him assurance that even if he smashed the des at a wrong angle, they would not chip or break, which was a huge psychological relief.
"Woah! Look at you Sir Rocky…. You look terrifying" said Erin as he came back from gearing up himself, and was shocked to see Rocky in proper full gear for the first time ever.
At 7''2", with the build of an orc and rippling muscles, Rocky already looked like a mountain of a man in general, however, with a thick armor and shoulder pads over him, and two massive gleaming swords in hand, he truly looked the part of a mythic butcher.
*Shhinggg*
Sheathing his swords, Rocky nodded towards Erin, thinking that hispliment was vain, however, as he looked across the room and realized that everyone was staring at him in fear, Rocky finally understood that Erin''spliment wasn''t in vain and that he actually looked imposing in full gear.
"BUHAHAHAHARA! Puny human looks strong today! I''m feeling an itch to fight you…" said Buhara when he nced towards Rocky as he too looked terrifying in full gear with his legendary staff-axe in hand.
"Alright, enough chatter, it''s time to move out–" said a voice over the guild speakers, as Karna called for full guild mobilization. Explore stories at m,v l''e-NovelBin
The time for preparations and talk was over!
The time for war had begun!