254 Attack 1 (2/2)
Her gaze stopped at the voluptuous system user standing to the left of a lean and tall man.
”I pick her. Seems good enough to be my errand girl.”
Gloria raised her head at the middle-aged man, looking so puzzled and confused. When she saw how the leader treated the female stranger and heard that she would be made into an errand girl, anger rose from her heart.
Yet it vanished as fast as a bolt of lightning when her sight fell to the red-haired woman and noticed how this witch-like lady seemed more imposing and at a higher standing than her boss.
Cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
When the other smiled at her, she felt like her heart was being squeezed by an iron hand.
The leader spoke,
”It will be her honor to serve you, Your Highness. Her name is Gloria.”
”I like the name. She's also at level 5. Though a level lower than that man's errand boy, she will do.”
Gazes of pity poured towards Gloria when the others finally realized that this colleague of theirs was given away like a gift by the middle-aged man.
Naturally, the former base keeper wanted to protest.
Yet all the words she wanted to say got pushed down her throat when her leader forcefully sealed her mouth through a system-generated device.
The red-haired woman did not comment about it and only informed the other,
”I won't stay here for long. Probably only a day or two. I plan to visit the madman. It's been more than twenty years. How is he doing?”
”I heard that he's staying with the director of that abandoned convalescence center.”
”I see. That's bad news then.”
The woman giggled, her laughter like a playful bell teasing the listeners' ears.
When she tilted her head to the side and looked at the leader's eyes, the smile on her lips appeared very enchanting yet dangerous.
”You want to say that if I want to meet him, I would have to force him out of the monster's lair, right?”
Everyone else present couldn't follow their conversation so they pretended to be air and maintained their silence.
The oldest man in the place did not answer. He didn't dare.
The court lady in a black dress became disinterested with the topic hence she controlled her new servant to follow her in leaving the room.
Before she could step out of the doorway, the leader asked in an ingratiating manner, ”Miss Bathory, would you like me to arrange a place for your temporary stay here?”
The expression of the other immoral hosts who were familiar with the middle-aged man's way of speaking and dealing with things turned weird.
All of them badly wanted to know just who the heck this Miss Bathory was to make a Level 8 system user be this courteous and attentive.
A laugh came to him as a reply. It sounded sweet, like the soft chirping of the birds in the morning. Nonetheless, the sarcasm on it couldn't be hidden.
The regal lady in black still looked sophisticated when she glanced over her shoulder and sneered.
”If you insist, go ahead. I'll be out with this lady to check your beloved empire's delicacies and merchandises. When I return, I hope that's when I could meet the other person I wish to see.”
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While the puzzling exchange of words was taking place somewhere in C Empire, Sofony and the others had long arrived in the capital, Jasmine City. And no, they were not together.
They all split up since apart from the two men not liking the presence of each other, it would be stupid and a waste of time and resources if they all stick together.
She assumed her usual disguise and mixed with the city people.
Chris did not go far. The man only agreed to assist them and would not truly dive into the enemy's territories with her.
Sofony did not have any problem with that. This was her mission, not his. It was already nice that the guy promised to help in the name of friendship.
However, she made him look after the spy. He was also to assume her job and make that blonde spit out the real reason for her appearance at Country F. Maybe if they got lucky, the girl would turn out to be a member of greater importance than she claimed.
In any case, Sofony did not truly believe Maila and suspect that she was hiding something from them. She hoped that Chris would be able to make that annoying blonde confess the truth.
Meanwhile, Sofia and Ver would attack a base each within an hour. Sofony too.
As a preparation for her own raid, she teleported straight into the empire's army headquarters and local triads to hypnotize everyone there.
'My new minions will deal with the peripheral members...'
The disguised Sofony looked up to the starless sky and silently whispered,
”Time to attack. So I can go home. For Wendy too...”
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