Chapter 37 - 37 : Lumbra City (2/2)

As they were snuggling and chatting happily, Lucy remembered something so she looked up at Arthur with hopeless eyes.

Arthur sensed her gaze so he looked back at her in return and once he saw her expectant gaze and that hopeless look, he shook his head and said

”Alright, I know, you're worried for your friend, but she's an adult, she surely is strong enough to take care of herself, maybe she's just taking a walk”

”B-But, but it's been more than 5 hours! she previously told me she was going to see who is taking care of those little kids we met today, I thought it was no big deal so I payed it no attention, but something must have happened...”

Seeing her sad look, Arthur's heart ached a bit, he sighed and replied to her

”Alright alright, we'll go look for her..”

Thought it was a pain to look for her and he didn't particularly care about her, she was nevertheless Lucy's friend and Lucy seemed worried about her so he has no choice but looks for her.

Both of them quickly wore clothes and readied themselves, then they headed downstairs and asked the inn keeper about any nearby orphanage.

They didn't have a clue about where Mary is, the only information they got is that she went to look for that 'bald' guy the little boy was talking about.

The inn keeper didn't hold back and answered them earnestly, so they didn't waste any time and headed for the orphanage, apparently, there was only one, and the kids who are selling flowers or other things indeed live there.

Once they left the inn, Arthur held Lucy and transformed into lightning, for some reason, Lucy wanted to go there fast, so Arthur could only comply.

Even though they didn't have a map of the city, it was quite easy to find the orphanage, it looked like a warehouse more than an orphanage or an habitable-building.

Arthur didn't just knock or the door or anything, he barged in without caring since his speed was godlike, no one was able to notice him.

Once he and Lucy were there, they saw no one, it was empty but with their keen senses, they managed to hear some cries from a corner of the buildings, actually it was indeed a warehouse, there was scattered beds and destroyed furniture everywhere, it was quite spacious.

Within seconds they arrived where the crying noise originated from, it was actually a group of kids, most of them were crying why the others were clenching their fists and holding their tears.

The little boy from earlier was also present, he had fresh bruises on his body and some scratches on his face, they were not serious wounds but they are still painful, especially for a little kid.

The appearance of Arthur and Lucy startled the kids, they crawled back and hugged each other as if afraid, however, the little boy seemed to recognize Lucy from earlier so he ran up to her and said

”Yo-You.., you were with big sister this morning right? p-please save her! she came earlier to talk with us but she was taken by Uncle bald and other guys”

Lucy was quite surprised when she heard that, Mary? taken? how is that possible, with her strength, there is few people who can match her, was she maybe poisoned or drugged?

She hurriedly patted the little boy and responded to him

”Okey, little boy, don't worry, we will save 'big sister', where did uncle bald take her?”

Even though Lucy appeared calm, she felt anxious, she really cared for Mary, and if something happened to her she wouldn't forgive herself, if she went with her then this wouldn't have happened.

”T-the basement, it's that way!” The little boy pointed at the nearby door not far away.

Seeing her state, Arthur wrapped his arm around her waist and transformed into lightning, he noticed the door from way earlier but he just wanted the boy to confirm if Mary was taken there or not.

In a split second they arrived at the door, it was turned into dust by the lightning but Arthur didn't stop, there was actually stairs leading down, there was some candle on the wall to provide some light, it appears those stairs lead very far down.

With their speed, it only took them a couple of seconds to arrive at the end of the stairs, what they saw was a simple room with no special decoration, there was 2 people there, a bald man and another skinny man.

Fred(Human): LVL 97

Loyk(Half-human/Half beastmen): LVL 81

Arthur appraised them both and they seemed quite high level, it was really strange, normally people would have low levels, at most 20 or 30 but these two had strangely high LVLS.

The baldy Fred and the Loyk were startled by the sudden appearance of Arthur and Lucy, they only saw a streak of lightning then these two appeared out of thin air.

Before they could even react, Lucy leaped on the skinny guy, one punch was enough for his head to fly out of his body, then she jumped on the bald guy and snapped both of his arms in lightning speed.

Lucy was really angry, it was sure these two guys took Mary since the little boy said so but once they entered the room she didn't see Mary around so hopeless thoughts soon engulfed her and in the spur of the moment she killed that skinny guy but she held back and didn't kill the bald guy, she needed to question him first.

”That female beastman that came earlier, she was taken by you, where is she now? SPEAK!”

The baldy was screaming from pain, he couldn't even react and could only helplessly watch as his comrade was killed in an instant and he got both of arms broken, the pain was agonizing but once he heard Lucy, he couldn't help but feel fear.

Arthur saw what happened and he knew how Lucy felt, but he didn't want her to do those ruthless things, instead, he preferred to do that for her, so he walked in front of the wailing baldy and coldly said

”Didn't you hear? she asked you where is that female beastman and what did you do to her! you got 5 seconds, if you don't speak, I'll cut off one of your legs”

Hearing this, Fred shivered as deep inside him, he knew Arthur wasn't just joking, nonetheless, he didn't answer and kept staring at the couple with a fierce glare.

5 seconds passed and the baldy still didn't reply, it seems he planned to act stubborn so Arthur stretched his hand, white sword energy appeared on his hand, he waved it with fast speed and 'poof', Fred's right leg was cleanly cut and blood gushed out endlessly.

...

The baldy regretted not replying as the pain was even more torturous than the last one, in fact, he disliked pain, so when his leg was cut off, it was like hell for him.

”S-She was taken...”

Lucy panicked when she heard that, her killing intent surged out, even more, she coldly looked at the screaming baldy and said

”Who took her? and where! SPEAK, don't try to delay!”

Arthur waved his head again and the right arm of the man went was cut off too, a pool of blood soon formed under the baldy, his face even paled and his screams increased, even more, he didn't think Arthur would cut off his arm out of the blue, but he didn't dare waste any more time as the pain was intense and he knew they would only torture him more if the didn't answer truthfully.

”B-behind that wall, there is a long corridor, they are probably still dragging her..”

Fred looked at the wall at his left, indicating to Lucy that it was the wall he was talking about, he then breathed a sigh of relief, even though he already lost an arm and a leg, he gave them what they wanted to they will probably let him live.

But to his surprise, with the last wave of his hand, Arthur beheaded the baldy but he didn't forget to store the corpses in his storage, then he crushed the wall and rushed towards the corridor with Lucy in his hands.

Even under his lightning form, it took them 2 minutes to finally arrive at the end of the dark corridor, one must know that 2 minutes on his lightning form is a humongous distance, it's even more than 50 kilometers, just where did this lead? and why did it even exist?

At the end of the corridor there was a steel door which had some runes on it and behind it, Arthur and Lucy could hear some voice

”Julian, what do are we going to do with this one?”

”she is a previous member of the council of the Nemia academy, she must hold precious information, we'll try to get it out of her, if it's not possible, we'll just dispose of her”

”ahh, such a waste, and here I wanted to have some fun with her~~~”

”You and your disgusting hobbies....anyways, later, you have to go back and dispose of those kids too, they saw us and they need to die, our existence must not and cannot be known by anyone, do you hear me?”

”Yes Yes! You already told me that a thousand times..”

”I'm just reminding you of the rules, you are a new member of 'Medusa' so you need to follow the rules, otherwise, they would send one of their 'assassins' to dispose of some trash like us, don't forget that our position is tight since we failed two missions already!”

”Alright alright...., the infiltration to E-clips is successful, we probably would get rewarded this time..”

”Rewarded my ass! the mission is still not complete, don't let your guard down!”

Arthur have heard enough, it appeared that there are only 2 people and they are from 'Medusa', the name seemed weird but it was not the time to think about things like this.

Lucy advanced slowly and punched the steel door which seemed sturdy but unfortunately, she didn't hold back and used all her strength.

The door was pulverized, it was literally crushed into bits and pieces, even the ground seemed to shake by the punch, everything which was behind the door was also destroyed by the force of the punch.

The two who were talking a second ago were surprised by what they saw, they were happily chatting a second ago, but all of the sudden, the reinforced door was smashed to pieces along, the small room was wrecked and even the ground shook.

There was dust all over the small room and it was quite hard to see, nevertheless, they managed to see a dark clothed woman with a man next to her, they entered the room leisurely.

It only took several seconds for the dust to disappear, Arthur could now see those two.

It was two black-clothed people who wore masks, they didn't have anything special on them, only a black robe and a mask, that was it.

He didn't waste time and appraised them right away

Julian(human) : LVL 243

Bony(human) :LVL187

He was stunned for a second to see their LVLS, one of them even had a LVL similar to a bishop, 'Who are they? the church? no that's not possible! why would they be secretive if they are from the church? they said 'Medusa' earlier, but what exactly is it?...'

Though their high LVLS impressed him, he was still the least bit worried, in fact, he was as calm as water, people of their caliber are not his match, but they indeed were capable of capturing Mary.

Speaking of her, she was unconscious on the ground not too far away from the 2 masked men, she had some injuries but she didn't appear to be dead or heavily injured.

In a flash, Lucy appeared next to Mary and began checking her condition, as for the other 2, they were astonished as they couldn't react in time, they only saw Lucy disappear and appear next to the unconscious beastman.

”Who are you...”

The one named Julian, even though he was surprised by Lucy's speed, was still calm, he turned his head to look at Arthur and calmly asked about his identity.

Arthur only smirked and responded

”It should be me asking that, but I managed to somewhat grasp your identities, what was it again?... ah yes, 'Medusa', well it's not like it matters, you will die today”

Julian was startled once he heard that, for this man to know all of this, he guessed that their conversation was heard earlier, he was someone with keen sight, just seeing the door was smashed into pieces and that explosive strength and incredible speed, he judged them to be extremely strong, so he began to think of underhanded means to take care of them, after all, it was his speciality.

”Friend, it's only a misunderstanding, why not just let go and each will go on his way?”

Lucy affirmed that Mary was alright, she was merely unconscious and she didn't have anything serious like a deep wound, once she finished checking her friend, she turned her head to glare at those two and her killing intent covered all the room.

Even those 2 experienced fighters and cold-blooded killers felt a shiver down to their spine, they couldn't help but shake a bit from the strong killing intent emanated by Lucy.

”I don't care if it's a misunderstanding or whatnot, I'm going to ask you some questions and if you answer me, I may consider sparing you”

Bony, who was silent from the beginning, snapped out of it, he saw what that couple was capable of but he still believed himself to be stronger, which was idiotic, nevertheless he shouted at Arthur and said

”EVERYONE WHO SAW US SHALL DIE, NO ONE CAN KNOW ABOUT OUR EXISTENCES, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO ACT SO BOSSY, JUST DIE!”

He then disappeared and reappeared behind Arthur.

To be honest, Arthur was surprised to see someone teleport like that, this easily and without incantation, nevertheless he didn't feel worried or in danger, just as Bony appeared behind him and stricken with his dagger, Arthur teleported just a couple of meters to the left, his decision making and calmness were far greater than someone like bony, after all his wisdom and intelligence were sky-high.

Feeling that his dagger only hit air, Bony could only stare in disbelief, he had a special skill for that teleportation and he even attacked the opponent by surprise, but his hit missed and his enemy teleported away with lightning speed, he couldn't believe that this man could react in time and dodge like that.

Arthur felt that it was hopeless to keep this man alive, he seemed to be the crazy type and would not answer his questions, plus he didn't feel like torturing him.

He put his hand on his katana, and his figure blurred for a split second, he used [Lone sword] on Bony, and the poor man could not even react in time, he was beheaded and could only see Arthur's figure blur for a bit before his conscience blackened.

A headless body soon hit the ground and the head of Bony flew away before landing a couple of meters away from its body.

As for Julian, he could only stare in disbelief, now he was absolutely sure he was not their match, he could not even see what killed Bony. The only thing he saw was Arthur's figure blurring for a split second... 'Was he that fast to behead Bony then get back to the same position?... Nonsense! This is illusion Magic!'

Arthur then turned his head to look at Julian and said while evilly laughing

”Now, shall we talk?”