512 Gathering Everyone (1/2)
Because Hanan was all the way back to the first floor, he was several times further from Krune's group than Cinty or Laka were. That being said, Krune found Cinty first in the place which was considered the 45th floor before.
Krune then explained the entire situation to her.
”I see... to think so many things happened in the meantime. But you are right, considering their forces, as long as we get Laka and Alacanta, we shouldn't be in the losing end. To be honest, I think we would have the advantage instead.”
Krune nodded.
”I agree, but Little Arty said that they are already coming in our direction, so we should go find Laka straight away.”
Cinty agreed with Krune as Little Arty looked for Laka and Alacanta's location.
”If you two are finished, then let's go.”
Krune's group once again departed, making their way to where Laka was staying. All the Realms of the higher floors were quite big to start with, so to cross the entire distance still took them two whole weeks. Sure enough, Laka was taken aback when he saw Krune's group appearing inside his Divine Sense.
”Oh?! To think they would appear here.”
Not too long after, they met each other.
”Hahaha! Nice to see you guys. It's been nine years, uh?”
Pah!
Suddenly, Alacanta gave Laka a slap on the back of his head. Krune and the others looked at that, puzzled. Did Laka say something wrong?
”Aren't you forgetting something first, idiot?”
In fact, Laka was already stronger than Alancanta. Still, the fear of several years under this Phoenix's watching wasn't something that could be erased that easy. Because of that, Laka didn't dare to go against her words.
”My beloved protector, what did I do wrong?”
”Do you even need to ask? You forgot to tell them a piece of critical information about the Holy Land when they came in, no?”
”Ah!”
Only now Laka remembered that problem.
”Errr... Sorry about that. I completely forgot about the random realms of the Holy Land.”
Laex shrugged his shoulders, though.
”Of course you did. You wouldn't dare to hide it from me to start with.”
”What do you mean? Do you think I'm afraid of you?”
”You might not be afraid of me, but about a few things that I know.”
Laka looked at Laex, not knowing what he meant. But it was then that Laex began to tell a story.
”Cough, cough. Planet Vaiun, close to a particular mountain called Harklin. There you can finmhmhmhhmhmhh...”
Laka's face went pale almost instantly! In a flash, he already appeared in front of Laex, quickly covering his mouth.
”Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!”
Laex glanced at Laka. Anyone could see that he was trying to hold his laugh. Still, he quickly removed Laka's hand before continuing.
”Is that how you should ask me?”
”Oh my Ancestor Laex, is there something you need from this lowly one?”
Everyone looked at that with weird expressions. By now, everyone wanted to know what was the continuation of Laex's story. However, they understood that it was something that Laex had to keep secret.
”Very good. It seems like you still know your place. Don't forget, I'm older than you, so you should treat this ancestor of yours with respect.”
”Yes, yes! Definitely!”
As fast as Laka kneeled down, he got up again.
”Good. I need your help with something. We found a treasure in this Holy Land, but it seems like there is a group after it. I need your help to defend against them. For some reason, they seem to be able to find its location. You wouldn't mind offering us a hand, right?”
Laka was obviously curious about what kind of treasure it was, but he knew it was not part of the deal to know.