(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 331

Chapter 331: An explosive meeting part 1

A week had passed. Kellen had watched everything, working away, as Brent and Casper worked away as the other two A Class Guides in the Guild. Everything seemed to...settle.

They hadn’t had any other incidents from the terrorists, but that didn’t mean that anyone had relaxed. His parents had settled into a new apartment, a few floors below Kellen and Rhys, but a few floors above Brent. They seemed to be happy, and once settled in, his Father had invited everyone over for dinner.

Neither Casper, nor Gunther showed up, and that alone told everyone what the tension in the Guild truly was.

Gunther was not doing well. Kellen was sure he wasn’t getting guidance, and that was affecting everyone. He had apparently already been unstable, but things were now taking a turn towards the worst it could possibly be. Rhys had to finally step in, and Kellen hadn’t been there for the conversation that those two had, but it had not been good.

Half of the upper offices were destroyed, and thankfully Rhys had predicted that.

He made sure that the floor had been clear prior to them going to have their ’talk’.

Casper, meanwhile, had been kept in the dark of this talk. In fact, Kellen had even brought him to one of the secured training rooms, under the guise of asking for a demonstration from some of the other A Class Espers, and the newer Field Guides. Kellen had wanted Casper there, of course, as the head of the Guiding Division. As much as Kellen wasn’t a part of it, the Guides were, and it was important for them to see that Casper was aware of what they were doing, and how they were training and changing.

The Field Guides were showing off their new weapon skills, and the A Class Espers were attempting to use their powers wildly, so that the Field Guides could ’get hands on’ experience. It was an interesting display, suggested by Brent, and seemed to work.

Casper had been impressed, and when things got a little rougher, and the building shook, he thought nothing of it. That day had been successful, and Casper had gone on, none the wiser that Rhys had literally beaten Gunther within an inch of his life.

Kellen hadn’t known until Rhys called him to the Medical Bay, along with Hill, Miro and Pamela.

Miro hadn’t been left out of the loop on everything, but between his work with all of the scientists from all Guilds, moving between the front lines and the Guild, he had been a busy boy. He’d barely been back at the Guild since the Gate issue had started, and whenever he was back, it was for medical treatment, checking on his plants, and that was it. His plants were in high demand, and given Gunther’s injuries, they were going to be in high demand again.

He even brought a plant known for speeding up recovery and placed it in the room that Taylor was working on him.

None of the Lieutenants were unaware of what was going on. Pamela in particular, who was quite close to Casper in a way that Kellen hadn’t even been aware of, was particularly concerned.

"This is going to blow up in our faces if we don’t handle this soon." She warned, as if she was the one who had the power to see the future. Rhys, several bruises forming on his own body, along with scratches, and his uniform torn to shreds, stared down at his still body of his friend. Rhys looked like he’d fought several monsters, and not his oldest friend.

It was clear that Gunther had gone down swinging, and Kellen had always known that he was a formidable opponent. There was a reason he sparred with Rhys the most.

"I fear that we are well and truly past that point, Pamela. Everything I see past this point is explosive, but what could we do? We have so much on our plate, that dealing with this had to be put on the backburner. Gunther was the one who did this first, and now we all must clean this up." Hill sighed, her face oddly serious.

"Are Gunther and Casper going to leave the Guild?" Miro asked the question that everyone was worried about. Rhys’ expression was tense, and Kellen, unsure what to do, reached out and pressed his hand against his shoulder. Rhys didn’t shrug off his touch, so Kellen remained beside him, everyone staring down at the man who Taylor was covering with her healing powers. The subtle green released from her hands filled the room, and the silence remained until Rhys broke it.

"I...don’t know. I never thought that something like this would happen. I didn’t foresee it in the slightest. Of course, I do not want either of them to leave, but with how things are going..." Rhys exhaled slowly, and Kellen glanced around at the faces around him.