"Are they calling us?" - Lyutillis asked in surprise as she saw how the orb Cloud had left with them was glowing. This was because it was possible that they were receiving important information about the whereabouts of the bastard they were hunting, or because of a drastic change in the heroes' situation.
Meiru took the sphere and injected some of her mana, watching as the silhouette of a rabbit man appeared on it.
[Pardon me for calling, but I'd like to know if Cloud-sama is with you, or has he already started his conquest of the last labyrinth? ]
"He started a day ago" - Meiru replied while raising an eyebrow - "But let's leave that for another time, I'd like to know if you're related to Shea-san"
[I'm the father, and currently I'm also Cloud-sama's right hand man, as well as the leader of the Haulia clan's assault squad]
"I see" - Meiru nodded as she introduced herself - "My name is Meiru Melusine, also known as the queen of the sea, or the traitor of the ocean, honestly, I don't care what you call me"
[Traitor? Why should I call you a traitor when you were one of the people who rose up against the mad god, Ehit?"]
"It's good to hear from someone from this era who knows how good we are" - Remia said with a small smile - "Anyway, what is the information you wanted to give us?"
[We have clues to Amanogawa Kouki's next target].
"!" - the two women opened their eyes upon hearing this, only to look at each other.
"This is good, excellent, perfect, very good" - Remia said with a huge toothy smile - "Don't you think so too, Lyu-chan?"
"Yes" - nodded Lyutillis as she continued listening to Kam's report.
The old vampire was listening to everything, but he didn't understand the overall situation very well, so he decided it was better not to intervene.
"I see..." - muttered Dienleed with a frown - "It's worrying that man has such a dangerous weapon as Umbra"
"Umbra?" - Lyutillis and Meiru repeated in surprise.
[Umbra?]
"Yes, Umbra, the cursed sword, a weapon that is capable of absorbing the blood and soul of its victims" - replied Dienleed with disgust - "An artifact made from the body of a nameless god, being in the hands of a human is worrisome to say the least, and if it has managed to absorb the soul of another living being, it only means one thing, and that is that that human managed to break its seal"
"How do you know all that?" - Meiru asked with a frown.
"I... I don't know..." - replied Dienleed while holding his head - "It's like all that information popped into my head when I heard about that sword, sorry if I interrupted you"
"No, your words are a good source of information" - replied Lyutillis while shaking her head.
[That's right, knowing more about that dangerous weapon will make my subordinates be much more careful, as well as give us a clue about that human's next moves]
"You mean we'll track down as much information as possible about incidents involving perfectly good corpses?" - Remia asked seriously.
[That was my plan, although I don't know what kind of reaction a body that has lost its soul has]
"The symptoms are simple, it's as if the target has become a zombie, it only moves by instinct and has a vacant stare" - answered Dienleed seriously - "It repeats the same actions every day, no matter how much it is told to stop"
[Thank you for this information, I'll send my subordinates to the nearby villages to make sure they inform me when something like what you described happens]
"We'll tell Cloud when he comes out of the labyrinth and return immediately to the capital" - Remia replied while nodding in the direction of the old vampire, who simply shook his head in acceptance, although he honestly still couldn't understand what was going on.
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The heroes were beginning to lose their composure because they felt that hours had passed without receiving an answer.
[Sorry for the wait, I didn't manage to contact Cloud-sama, but I did contact a group of his companions.]
"Don't use the direct call option, Kam-sama!" - Lana exclaimed as she jumped up and down in fear at hearing her boss's voice.
[Sorry, but this is important, much more than you think]
"Huh? Why?" - Lana asked in surprise.
[Because that information you just provided me with, is likely to be true]
The heroes felt their hearts leap at these words because they thought it was just a bad joke or a trap on Eri Nakamura's part.
"Why do you say that?" - Endou asked with a frown.
[Because Cloud-sama's group just informed me that the sword Kouki Amanogawa possesses has the ability to absorb the blood and weapon of its victims, making it feasible for him to go after you guys to possibly strengthen his sword to give him a better chance of fighting Cloud-sama]
"Are you considering us a fucking triple-A battery!" - Ryutaro exclaimed, expressing fury at his old friend for the first time.
[I don't know what you're trying to say, but hearing how angry you are, you might be right, basically you guys are magic crystals to strengthen his sword]
"That's what he said, but translated to this world" - replied Endou as he started to think - "I guess we have to apologize for not believing you, Taniguchi, Sakagami..."
"That doesn't cheer me up in the least, in fact, I would have preferred Nakamura's words to be false" - Ryutaro replied while clenching his fist so hard that blood began to drip out - "Kam-san, I'd like to know one thing..."
[Please speak]
"Cloud Strife is inside the labyrinth?" - Ryutaro asked seriously.
[Indeed, Cloud-sama is currently trying to overcome the last maze to get the final ancient magic]
"Didn't they tell you how long he'll be inside?" - Suzu asked with concern.
[Sorry, but that's hard to say for sure, after all, Cloud-sama may be trying to get through the maze fast to get it all over with once and for all, or he may be helping the girls train]
The heroes bit their lip as they began to feel things were getting worse.
"Isn't there some way to get him back quickly?" - Ayako asked as she looked at the sphere while still in her boyfriend's arms.
[Sorry, but it's impossible, the mazes block all attempts of contact, so the only way we can send a message to Cloud-sama, would be to enter the maze, the problem is that there's no one who can do it]
"What about the group that they managed to contact?" - Ayako asked while biting her lip - "They are outside the labyrinth and can enter to try to talk to Strife-san"
The heroes nodded when they heard this.
"And what if they die while trying to look for Cloud inside the labyrinth?" - Endou asked while frowning - "You'll take responsibility for their lives?"
Ayako felt everything around her freeze as sweat ran down her forehead - "I-I..."
"Listen, I know you're scared and you want Strife-san to be with us to protect us, but you have to understand that he has his own group, and even if he hates to admit it, he would prefer a thousand times to protect his girls instead of us" - Endou said as he clenched his fist tightly - "Now, imagine what would happen if he found out that because of us one of them died for a preventable reason"
The heroes swallowed hard because they could swear to see their lives in front of their eyes.
"Strife also has his hands stained in blood of one of our fellow traitors..." - Jugo said while shaking his head - "Not counting all the demons, monsters and other creatures we don't know about... which translates to he must not care if we survive or not"
The heroes again were sweating while breathing hard.
"Come to think of it, it's possible that Strife only wants to save us because of some promise he made to Ai-chan sensei" - Endou said as he let out a sigh.
"Is he aiming for Ai-chan sensei as well?" - asked Noboru Aikawa, one of Aiko's former bodyguards - "Honestly, I don't think so, he didn't seem interested in her during all their encounters, nor did they seem to spend time alone"
"Maybe this promise is due to an attempt to keep a part of his humanity?" - Yuka Sonobe asked as she started to think - "I mean, every time we see him he seems like someone different, and if he was cold before, he at least responded to us, but now he just ignores us..."
"True, Strife-san has always been a bit antisocial, but in the past he always paid us some attention, now being that he sees us as if we were insects or something" - Suzu muttered as she felt her boyfriend shake her hand.
"I don't think that's the case, I mean, yes, Strife-san is someone who is hard to talk to, but when I talked to him during our last meeting, I felt that he hasn't changed much, it's just that he doesn't show his old personality so much now, but it's still there, in the most hidden part of his inner self" - replied Endou while shaking his head.
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