End of Mission

In a large palace, a library stood, but it wasn't for a collection of books, it was records of the past. The marble floor perfectly reflects the moonlight it shone, the aesthetic of the night could be fully seen within this palace. 

—kch tch

However, it would be disturbed by an individual who works with the night. 

—beep beep

Security cameras worked and captured the darkened halls of the palace, however, it sensed no disturbance worthy of report. 

It sounded dull, but of course, the individual thought so otherwise. The lone person traversed the tantamount of bookshelves within the secured library. 

All of these were records of the previous emperors and their decrees, laws, and history that were kept out of public knowledge. 

"Man… They really kept all of it in here… now where is it 400 years ago…"

The unknown individual lamented, they kept looking at the books and files which were neatly arranged. 

"Maybe you're looking things over there."

But to the unknown individual, someone took a breath under their ear, which made them stand in place, stiff.

"Y-yuri…"

The unknown individual knows this voice, they've heard it a lot of times listening to TV, on the radio, and even on the internet. 

"Right… who else is it if not me?"

Yuri who was behind the individual was a tall man, his broad shoulders completely encompass the unknown individual's body. 

The unknown individual was now trembling, his back and forehead filled with cold sweat, even swallowing dry saliva. He was scared shitless. 

"W-why are you here?"

"Hmm… what do you mean?"

This two don't know each other, but Yuri's tone of voice was very casual as if he knew the unknown individual. This made the unknown individual scared so much. 

"T-this dead of the n-night."

The unknown individual tried to even his breathing, he turned around and saw Yuri, just smiling as if a ghost found its victim. 

"The stars told me something would happen today."

Yuri's lips started to tug upwards, in the most menacing manner. 

"It's something I can't allow to happen now, can I?"

Yuri and the unknown individual vanished as if nothing stood in the place they were before. As if a bubble popped they vanished in thin air. 

***

"Doc this is a lot of research."

"I'm more surprised that your shadow can be used as a bag."

"Well—

Leonard didn't refute Osbourne, he was right anyways but to call it a bag instead of storage, placed a bad taste on Leonard's tongue. 

"Anyways. How's the fake letters and telegrams?"

"It's here."

"Sweet."

Leonard took out his phone from his shadow and started taking 'Evidence'. Leonard was having his contingencies just in case Elizabeth's trial won. 

Leonard is quite paranoid about the fact that the system gave him this mission in the first place. 

"Could've been playing with my lil sister… hah…" Leonard mumbled. 

—crash!

Leonard was startled, he looked back to see Osbourne destroying all the items and even the tools he used to work with are now being destroyed by his own hands. 

"Doc?"

"I need to erase the footprint of me being here. There's a chance those motherfuckers are still looking for me."

"Ah, I get it." 

Leonard nodded, he remembered the story of his colleagues who betrayed Osbourne. So he was just doing his own thing, erasing his traces. 

"We've already spent 10 minutes, let's go, doc."

Osbourne nodded, after destroying everything he is now pretty sure nothing will be left of him. They left the room surely after, Osbourne whilst running with Leonard was curious about something so he couldn't help but ask. 

"Why do you insist on so much evidence?"

"The jury loves evidence and I felt something would happen so nothing beats being cautious."

Osbourne nodded, as they were running the ground suddenly shook, Osbourne fell on his knees whilst Leonard just stopped running. 

"We need to go where my team is, they're coming here soon."

Leonard helped Osbourne up, they ran and went back to the same room where the kids were. 

There was Lenneza, Markus, and Rens comforting the kids, when they entered and the kids saw Osbourne they were once again filled with fear. 

"Hmm… I think it's better if I stay outside the hall."

Osbourne looked at Markus and Rens, since both understood his meaning Markus went with Osbourne outside the hall. 

Leonard isn't particularly worried, he too is educated about the abilities of higher ranking abilities so just in case Osbourne retaliated against Markus, Leonard was sure he could deal with it. 

If not, he isn't worthy to be called Leonard's bodyguard. 

Leonard watched as Markus and Osbourne walked out, when he wasn't looking he felt a hand touch his bald head. 

"Sister, what is this?"

He could hear giggling in the background. Obviously, it's the kids. 

"Nothing… I just… pfft… I just want to… pfft."

"Okay I get it"

Leonard looked at Lenneza, her cheeks were tinted vermilion as she touched Leonard's head. 

"Though I don't remember allowing you to touch my head?"

Leonard gave a smile but his eyes weren't smiling at all. Lenneza froze stiff after seeing this, she was lost on what to do. 

"I'm kidding."

Leonard chuckled, but Lenneza was not amused, still, he smiled knowing what Lenneza felt. 

'This damn man! He's inhuman!'

Suddenly, Leonard started hearing a frustrated voice. 

"They're near."

"What, who?" Lenneza asked, confused. 

"The raid team."

Then a tremor suddenly was felt, Rens covered as many children as he could, and Leonard and Lenneza followed on covering the kids. 

The tremor wasn't continuous but it keeps coming in intervals. It kept getting stronger and stronger. 

"Who the hell is fighting upstairs for this kind of tremor to happen on the third floor UNDERground!?"

"Oh, young master…" Rens spoke as if reminiscing about something. "There is one person who could wreak this much havoc."

Lenneza and Leonard looked at Rens curiously. 

"It's…"

***

"Who the fuck are you?!"

A man filled with wounds stood up with his sickle in chains in his hands defensively. What was in front of him was a man. He was holding a sword, a broken sword in which the surroundings were the evidence of its abuse. 

"Me?"

He chuckled, he was alone, surrounded not only by the injured man but a lot of high-ranking men that were also injured, one that surpasses Advanced Bishop. 

"I'm Richard, Richard Marchen. The owner of this territory you're occupying."

The people surrounding this lone swordsman were no less than thirty. They were all trapped in this underground city after their multiple tunnels leading out were bombed and caved in. 

But this lone swordsman doesn't have a single scratch in him at all. 

"How come you are this strong?!"

"Don't you watch the news or are you simply unaware?"

Richard raised his broken sword. 

"Before I became the Duke, I had to cull my father and his subordinates, and he was at the stage of Intermediate arcane."

He swung this abuse-ridden sword, the sheer force sent a blade made of wind towards the enemies that lay before him. 

It wasn't wind magic, it was just sheer force. 

The men who dared stand up to Richard tried to run, however, they were caught up by the attack and countless debris and shrapnel pierced their bodies, reducing their numbers by more than half. 

The attack greatly shook the ground and flipped multiple buildings at once. The whole underground city was a victim of damages never seen before, it was like the whole world decided to terrorize this sole place. 

Richard lifted a radio clinging to his chest. 

"Kill the last of them, and go to the infiltration team's location."

—static

"Roger."

Once Richard got his reply he sat down on the debris, he was this powerful, he knows how powerful he is more than any other in this world. 

But he couldn't use this power to protect Lorraine, so at least, as atonement, he could do more good as Leonard encouraged. 

"Ha… This is the average Knight in the Royal family too."

Right, the reason why he couldn't go against the Royal family. The Royal guards, their level was that of Advanced bishop or higher. 

All Richard could do is sigh but then he remembered Leonard's scolding, then he smiled. 

"Yeah, I shouldn't blame myself too much."

"Sir!"

A man ran up towards Richard who was sitting in debris, He was haggard threading from all this debris. 

"Just stay where you are and say it."

"Alright… Sir, We found the infiltration team however, the Young master told us that he needs to talk about something serious with you."

"With me?"

"Hmm… I wonder what that is. Alright, where are they?"

"In the Light Carrier with Colonel Desmond."

"Alright."

Richard stood up and disappeared from where he used to be, The man who just came there looked at the amount of debris he had to thread again. 

"Ugh… damn it…"

***

[Sub Mission: Alchemical Experimentations]

[Success]

[Reward: 4,000 points]

Leonard was screaming happily inside the mission is finally over, And now he has over 6,000 points (minus the candies he bought, this is just an estimate)

4,000 from the current mission and 2,000 from the previous mission. Totaling to 6,000 points, now he has some saved for a few months. 

With that many points, he could buy a bloodline suppressor pill for Lorraine in the store, but he hasn't completed the mission on where he would get a permanent bloodline suppressor just yet since he hasn't humiliated Elizabeth enough to get the outcome of being villainous. 

But he's getting there.