Chapter 148: Compass Heist

Well my preparations didn't took that long since I just lazed around and tried to recover my strength.

Yefa and Precia were demanding to go with us but I can't let our kingdom be left with just Afal. I admit he's capable but Precia and Yefa will give me a better peace of mind.

That's why no matter how much they complained, I rejected the idea of them joining us on our journey.

But going back to the operation, we need to get that flower back

Remembering Lam's words about the explosions and distractions, I guess tonight is a pretty decent time to attack.

I went over to Zeta's room and knocked on the door. "You up?"

Zeta opened the door. "I'm awake."

"Let's go. I'm done preparing. You do you. I'll stop by Lam's workshop. Let's meet from there.

"Now?"

"Don't want to?"

"No, no, I'll be preparing now."

I left Zeta and went straight to Lam's workshop. I was greeted then was asked to sit down because apparently Lam has something for me.

"My lord, put this in your inventory. I hope it'll be some help." Lam then gave me three items.

"This piece of paper is empty. What do I use this for?" I told him.

"Oh, just let the paper draw some mana for you?"

"Uh... Like this?" Mana flowed through my veins and out the tip of ny fingertips and soon travelled in the paper.

It then revealed a map of the surrounding area and the entirety of the forest. I was marked with a white arrow while the other living beings are marked with a red.

"Move your hand."

"Oh, that's nice." Everytime I waved my hand at the map, the map itself moved to other locations I desired. But after I let go of me dragging to see things far from the map's perspective, it reset back to lock on me.

"This can also lock in a place. Try saying to lock on to Bangrui."

"Lock on to Bangrui!" A yellow arrow mark then appeared pointing up. I waved my hand to find where that yellow arrow mark is pointing and to my surprise, it's pointing at exactly Bangrui. It also tells me the distance left to travel there and how long in my current pace. Interesting. "Thanks Lam. What do I do with these two?"

"The other one is a home compass, wherever you go, this compass will lead you here at Izgoy. The other one is just a bag of health and mana potions. I know you have some regeneration skills or something but it's better to be safe to have a backup."

"Thanks. If we ever have any spare funds I can give you some money s go buy whatever you want."

Lam had a smile but he tried to hide it. "Thank you my lord."

"I'll be going now."

"Safe travels."

As soon as I left Lam's workshop, I could hear him shout incredibly loudly due to his excitement.

I looked back and shook my head. "Hey, hey, I can still hear you."

"Zieglind, are you ready?" I heard Zeta in the distance.

I walked over to him, "Yeah. I'm ready. Let's go to Bangrui first."

We followed the map and we got there before midnight struck. We went through the front gates and the guards there only searched us for weapons and nothing else.

We entered the city and began to scatter. He went to where the auction was being held and it's at the indoor stadium near the middle of the kingdom.

"Go. I'll be distracting them. You go steal the compass." I then pushed Zeta away.

"Wait, what's the appearance of the compass?" He asked.

"Uhh... I don't know. Just get anything that looks like a compass. If there are multiple, we can go back to Lam and let him examine it."

"Got it. I'll be going now." Zeta then left the scene.

Now... what to do. According to Lam, there's some factories or something. Basically a place where explosions are massive and a great distraction.

"Torched Body!" Well... I don't get to play the role of the villain often. Or well... I never played the role of a villain. I guess this is my debut. "Mass Illusion!"

The entire kingdom is now surrounded by flame pillars. This illusion doesn't work on enemies level 50 and above so using this is just useless against strong enemies.

The quick thinking of the guards has put them on high alert. Every single person in the kingdom has begun panicking.

The guards began searching for me but I just flew in the air. Everyone's eyes were locked onto me. Hmm... Being a villain isn't all that bad when you're seeking attention. But this isn't exactly what I want. So let's just get over it.

"Mana Search!" I took a look at the factory and there doesn't seem to be anything alive there. Seems to be safe to explode. "Then if everything's fine... Flame Pillars!" The two factories I specifically targeted exploded and caused a huge explosion and ruckus.

Three people then jumped up to me and pierced my body. But due to the skill using Torched Body, I turned ethereal for a split second and avoided their attack.

Their coordination was on point seeing how their three separate attacks registered as one so I could phase through it.

I took a look at them, two young men and a woman. They have an arrow on their heads. So they're players.

"What... Are you?" One of the man asked.

"A flaming monster." I told him jokingly.

"A flaming monster... Yet why do you have a player indicator on the top of your head?"

"Ah-"

"Tell me your reasons for invading our kingdom."

"Fumes!" And a combustible gas came out of my mouth and lingered in the air.

"Poison? It's useless against us."

"Who said it was poison?"

"What?"

"Burn." A small flame came out of my fingertips and exploded as big as several bombs going off.

"Combustible... Gas...?" They were damaged from that explosion. They were caught off guard by my attack. So that's good. I'll keep up the pressure on them.

"Fire Whip!" A flaming whip appeared in my hand. I swung it around to keep them away from advancing. I then threw it to one of the men by their neck and pulled him to me.

"ARGHHH!" He was shouting in pain. The flaming whip is burning his skin and neck slowly. And the others can't go near me because they know I can just snap this man's head off.

But the woman on their team casted a spell, "Repel!"

I lost my grip on the man and let him fall to the ground and I was suddenly blown away.

They all then rushed at me in which I countered using, Lava Surge. A giant wave of tsunami but instead of water, it's lava flowing heading their way.

"Ah-" I might overdid it. I was about to dispel the spell but the man I dragged to me earlier hid his shortsword and brought out a giant shield and began to block the entirety of the the lava surge.

That's a relief since I won't blow my cover or help them in any way. They're simply distractions.

The guards finally reached me and has been surrounding the entire area around me.

"Surrender yourself demon!" I'm guessing the general of the army shouted to me.

One of the man I'm fighting told something to them, "Please help the citizens first! We'll take it from here."

"Ugh..." The general seems to be dissatisfied or either worried about what would happen if they let the three of them face me. But it seems that he can't decline against these mysterious players. "I will do as you say my lord." The general turned around and ordered his troops to search for civilians.

"Now..." The man pointed his sword straight at me. "We don't have any distractions."

"Hey! I found it!" That familiar voice... Zeta. It seems that he has found it. I looked back and saw him showing the compass at me by raising it up.

"So that's the sky island compass..." I muttered to myself.

But the man heard it, "So that's your goal!? Damn it. Hey, you two, pursue that man below! I'll handle this guy."

The female and the other male went to pursue Zeta.

"You're underestimating me. Fists of Fury!" I clasped my hands together and the Fist of Fury followed and slammed it on to his head sending him straight down at the ground knocking him unconscious.

I ran up to Zeta and grabbed him by the shoulder. "Let's go, we found what we need, Mass Teleport!" It takes several seconds before we can teleport completely.

The woman and the man targeted me but Zeta blocked their pursuit with a single cast of barrier. But the woman simply stabbed the barrier again and pierced through Zeta's defenses easily.

But it was too late. The moment we opened our eyes, we were back at Izgoy. With the compass in our hands.

"Haa... Well. We got the compass. Let's go to the sky island."