Chapter 1157 Cap 1155: Escort Mission



Pov Athena:

"I still don't understand why we were chosen?" (Veronica)

"Why we are Heroes, I think that's obvious." (Loki)

"No, as far as we know there shouldn't be a combat, it should just be to keep up with these..." (Veronica)

"Veronica, we're talking about Zenos, if we reach the destination without being attacked 5 times I'll consider myself lucky." (Loki)

"You should watch your preparations, one of the potions fell on the floor." (I)

"When!?" (Loki)

Boommm!

Suddenly there is an explosion to the place where I saw the silver potion we received rolled out, then a wolf with a rabbit's head completely silver comes out of the forest, its body had several golden lines across its surface and tried to attack us.

"< Seal of Light >" (Magnus)

Soon a white Spiritual Rune appears above the large creature that stands motionless as the body radiates light.

"What's going on here? What monster is this?" (Magnus)

"It looks like a Kimera." (Mabel)

Magnus in his big frame appears next to Mabel, I still don't understand how she can wear so little clothing, but the Dragonewt are strange in that regard.

"It came about because of the potions we're taking." (I)

"These are not potions, they are artificial slimes, these are not finished yet and it was already difficult to contain them in these special bottles, so try to avoid breaking them." (Nicole)

"I apologize, it was a mistake caused by our distraction." (Veronica)

"No, Loki used the Aura to move the bottle to fall and apply enough force to rotate the bottle in a specific direction where one monster fed on another, it even interfered with the bottle's seal allowing the artificial slime to escape its confinement." (Nicole)

"She did this while everyone else had their senses distracted, I don't know her purpose, but please refrain from her pranks." (Nicole)

"< Command Interface: Control >" (I)

"< Extraction >" (I)

Nicole had one of her hands facing the creature, I could feel her Aura and Authority coming together in her hand when a magic circle appears surrounded by Runes, then Aura threads connect with the creature causing streams of a silver and golden liquid to flow through these Aura threads leaving the creature, in seconds there are only two dry bodies left on the floor without life, they were a Wind Wolf and a Horned Rabbit.

"Loki, for gods sake..." (I)

"Do you seriously want to do one of your jokes right now?" (Veronica)

"Come on you two, I knew this wasn't a potion since Lyra didn't make it, after all the weird things Nicole does, did you really think I'd go anywhere with those things without knowing what they do?" (Loki)

"I can see the logic…" (Magnus)

"Lord Magnus..." (Mabel)

"Pretend you didn't say anything." (Magnus)

"My finished products are 100% safe, those that are in the testing phases are susceptible to errors and therefore need to be tested even if something strange happens, but these have already been tested and perfected, so they are safe to handle or transport." (Nicole)

Everyone looks at the two monsters whose skin was fermenting even with a dry body, Loki had a smug smile on her face as if she was right.

"What is everyone doing, Zenos is already waiting for us outside the Dungeon with Miss Caitlyn." (Alice)

"I beg your pardon, we are leaving now." (I)

Everyone goes to the safe room on the city floor, according to Nicole it would be better not to expose those products that we carry the concentrated spiritual or magical energy passing through the Fairy and Spirit gates, for that reason we will pass through the Dungeon Gate.

When we left the Dungeon we took transport in a Golem in the form of a bird with the lady Zadiris who was waiting for us outside, it seems that Zenos had already gone to the place with his sister.

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Last night, hall inside the mansion.

I was in the room with Magnus and Mabel who is his Dragon Priestess, Veronica and Loki who are also Heroes like me, also with Nicole and Alice while Zenos was explaining why we are all here.

"Your mission is simple, you will accompany Astrid to her base, and she will take you to only 1 of her bases, she needs to talk to her people and my sister needs time to do her job." (Zenos)

"Which brings me to something else, my sister Caitlyn as well as Elder Dragon Zadiris participated in this trip, my sister is an essential part of the plan while Mistress Zadiris will be representing the high command of Border Town." (Zenos)

"I would like to go myself, but I have other things to do, a world in our Star System has suffered a strange attack that is forcing me to participate in the investigation." (Zenos)

"You weren't forced into anything, you volunteered." (Nix)

"Erica forced me, all this because Orsel talked about..." (Zenos)I think you should take a look at

"You are getting lost again." (Alice)

cough cough

"I'm sorry, as I was saying, you are not obligated to fight, but I need trusted people to go, I would also like your unique views on the plight of Astrid's people." (Zenos)

"Loki and Veronica were once Gods, I'm sure they'll understand things better, mainly because of their different points of view." (Zenos)

"Magnus needs to go out to do something, I know how being trapped inside the Dungeon can be." (Zenos)

"Athena and Alice will handle most of the negotiations with Alice being the leader, always try to listen to Mistress Zadiris and my sister." (Zenos)

"Nicole will be going because of matters related to a request from Astrid, I hope it's just that without any kind of dangerous testing." (Zenos)

"Everything's in order, whatever dangerous remains I've done here." (Nicole)

"I'd like you to warn me next time, Nira won't stop complaining about your spending on materials and Lyra warned you to stop hogging your Alchemy assistants." (Zenos)

We all heard about the quest, it was a little vague about the content, but it was my first opportunity to prove myself worthy of everything I've been given since I've been here.

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When we arrived at our destination outside Border Town, Zenos stood with his sisters talking separately while Lord Orsel spoke with Astrid near a strange vehicle.

"Athena, I was waiting for you, Zenos asked me to give you something." (Sakura)

"What would it be, Miss Sakura..." (I)

We were on the same platform where the meeting 2 weeks ago took place, suddenly one of Zenos's Familiars appears coming towards me, but when she approached she stole my lips making a stream of Holy Power flow into my body.

"..." (I)

"..." (Sakura)

I feel her arms wrap around the back of my neck before she pulls away from me with a smile.

"This necklace contains a single-use weapon, so only use it in an emergency, if you put your Aura and Holy Power into the necklace you will instinctively know how to use it." (Sakura)

When I look down I see a red crystal pendant with a shadowy sword silhouette inside, I can feel that this Crystal is Zenos' blood crystallized, I can feel his Aura as well as a Curse hiding its power while binding this necklace to me.

"Only me, you, and the master can take this necklace off, so don't part with it at all, also avoid idiots from trying to take it if you want to keep them alive." (Sakura)

"Need the kiss?" (Alice)

"Hell yeah, you know how many days I've gone without kissing anyone? I need a little fun." (Sakura)

"..." (I)

"All ready to go!?" (Elizabeth)

It didn't take long for Lady Elizabeth to call all of us warning of the departure, I and the others exchanged a few last words with Zenos and his sisters before entering the strange vehicle, thus leaving for Astrid's base.

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Pov Zenos:

I was watching them leave with a bit of frustration, this was clearly a spaceship, I really wanted to go on a space trip in that thing.

I don't know why everyone was so against me going on this trip, in fact, I don't know the reason for me to participate in this investigation on that planet, the attack was almost 2 weeks ago and my work assignment in Border City was supposed to be without responsibilities.

I don't know why Erica is so excited, but since I have nothing to do, at least I get to look at an alien planet.

"Are you thinking about the investigation?" (Elizabeth)

"Yes, Erica has things to do there, but the Dragon King's request there confused me." (I)

"I'm also confused, that monster shouldn't have the capabilities described in the report, it shouldn't be possible to cause that kind of damage in the environment either." (Elizabeth)

"When are we leaving?" (I)

"Tomorrow, I will be with you and I would like you to bring Silvia, the great Affinity with the nature of both of you will be very useful." (Elizabeth)

"I will talk to her." (I)

"But what do you think will happen to Alice and her group?" (I)

"They will be attacked for sure, I think it's impossible for their enemies not to know about an appearance as flagrant as this meeting." (Elizabeth)

"I hope not, but if anything happens Caitlyn already knows what to do." (I)

"That if she listens to what we say, she would very much like to get more reliable information instead of another pile of bodies." (Elizabeth)