"Hey, Linya, are you feeling bored?" Glenn asked.
"What do you mean?" Linya retorted.
"I mean, what do you think of our current situation? Can it still be called a successful mission?" Glenn explained.
"So, you're questioning it too, aren't you? I also wonder how long they want to keep me here. It feels like those old folks are really stubborn. I want to flick their heads!" Linya added.
"So, you feel burdened, right?" Glenn replied. "How about we find the cause?" Glenn continued.
They discussed the strange anomalies they had seen. Direct attacks were clearly detrimental, but ranged attacks weren't necessarily successful either. Magic wouldn't be very useful against it, considering Weld's defeat. Linya also seriously discussed this. She didn't want to burden her leader by just staying put. They both immediately agreed to find a solution.
"Execute spatial index," Glenn used his skill to find directions. Since he wasn't very skilled, with Linya's help, they both found out they were in District D, which was very far from the scene. They retraced their steps back to District C, 4 Corner Pallacy.
As Linya remembered, this district was the information center. However, information wasn't cheap.
"There's no such thing, miss, you're making things up," a man said.
Linya immediately slammed her head very hard into the man's head. Linya was furious, this district was a district of swindlers, she thought.
The people there were very angry at being called swindlers. Suddenly, the commotion was quelled. Ten daggers were suddenly embedded in the ground. A cloaked figure was seen sitting on the wall.
Linya was stunned to see the figure. "Want to know where he is?" the cloaked figure said. "I know where the person you're looking for is," the cloaked figure said.
Commotion was heard. "Run everyone, he's a member of the underground!" Noise. Several noisy voices began to break the atmosphere.
They had a small fight in this district. "I know where he is. But of course, I need payment," the cloaked figure continued.
"What do you want?" Glenn asked seriously.
The figure slid down from the wall.
"Alright, I'll change the question, how much do you want?" Glenn asked again.
"Now, that's more like it." After the three of them discussed the price, an agreement was made.
The cloaked figure explained that the person they were looking for was Martin Lughwort. This person was one of those who orchestrated the incident along with 4 others.
The cloaked figure kindly guided them both. They walked towards District C, 1 Inner Pallacy. This place was the universal poverty district. There were many casinos and bars there.
The cloaked figure took them both to the casino where Martin Lughwort operated.
When they managed to meet Martin Lughwort, a fight was inevitable. Martin absolutely did not accept how they could defeat Zask so quickly.
Glenn provoked him by saying, "Oh, so that's the problem?" Martin instantly got heated.
"Execute arcane energy." At that moment, magical energy gathered into an explosion.
Glenn was thrown back but didn't suffer serious injuries.
Linya used a slide, but Martin avoided it by using blink.
Martin unleashed magical power to attack them both. Glenn ducked to avoid the attack. Linya didn't back down, she attacked continuously, not giving any openings. Glenn used a buff skill to increase Linya's strength, followed by a slashing attack from Glenn. Martin was still strong, although not as strong as Zask, he was still powerful.
The sound of breaking glass and other noises enveloped the fight. These sounds were heard to the ceiling, even outside the casino.
"Mystic punch." A purple aura enveloped Martin's fist, directly punching repeatedly. Linya blocked the attack with her knee, delivering a counterattack with a backflip kick. Martin, who was knocked back, quickly changed targets, he attacked Glenn repeatedly. Glenn blocked the attack with his sword.
"Clang." "Clang." "Clang." The sound of metal clanging.
Glenn stepped back, using a tackle to knock Martin to the floor. Martin fought back. "Snatch." He choked Glenn's neck. Fortunately, a follow-up attack from Linya was launched, instantly shaking the entire casino.
Unexpectedly, Martin managed to grab Linya's leg, slamming her to the floor.
Just as Martin was about to step on her, it was a bait so they could attack freely. With high speed, Linya used a somersault kick, making Martin stagger. That's when Glenn held him, locking Martin's body. Linya was able to attack freely, she kicked Martin's body with relentless attacks.
When Glenn released him, he couldn't avoid it. A roundhouse kick hit his neck. Martin's body spun, thrown far back.
Martin didn't say much. He only emphasized that this wasn't purely his and Zask's plan, there was someone else involved.
Glenn smiled faintly, he deliberately made a terrifying face to make sure whether Martin was lying or not. Apparently, Martin wasn't lying.
But before saying everything, Martin had already fallen.
They both had to investigate it themselves. This was going to take a very long time, Glenn thought.
But no, it turned out the person they were looking for happened to surface.
Suddenly, a small child, a girl with bright blonde hair wearing a neat white coat, appeared out of nowhere. From her appearance, she was already an unusual person.
Glenn and Linya immediately asked. This person directly confirmed that she was indeed involved in the incident. Her name was Ir'dale or Pr'dale. She was the one who made the giant iron knife statue walk. That's because her job was a mad scientist.
She also did it indirectly. She said she was asked to do this for her father, so she did it. She also didn't realize that the statue could cause chaos. Linya, who had been holding back her emotions all this time, wanted to slap this person, but Glenn stopped her. Glenn said, "We can't hit a child." Her anger subsided. But really, this kid couldn't be taught, she mocked Linya, a defense force, for not being able to control her emotions, losing to someone whose origins were unclear (Glenn).
Glenn could only chuckle at this kid's words.
This kid also added that under this casino was her research lab.
They were both taken into the laboratory.
This place was very clean and tidy, and there were many strange objects in it, such as colorful potions, there were also several research samples, and others.
Glenn asked this kid if she could stop the iron statue immediately. Hearing that, the kid laughed.
"How could I not, of course I can. Wait a minute."
Ir'dale took a sample, this sample looked like a collection of condensed energy. Ir'dale mentioned that this energy played an important role in moving the iron statue, if the energy was turned off, the iron statue would stop immediately.
After that, Ir'dale told them to go make sure of it themselves. Linya was getting more and more annoyed, but Glenn immediately calmed her down.
After that, they both left the casino without burden, as if nothing had happened.
This night might soon be over.