Chapter 525: Long Time Friends (1/2)

Chapter 525: Long Time Friends

"Find her! Whatever you have to do, find her!"

The Grand Militia The anization on the entire planet, the keepers of the peace between Hel and Varoif; Theran's guard, and hohtest the planet has to offer It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Grand Militia was a nation of its own

Themarians are a race of warriors, so it was normal for most of those who have matured to join the Grand Militia to hone and practice their instincts After all, most of them were not even allowed to travel out of their territory to actually seek or join any sort of war

They are trained to be fighters in a universe that don't allow theht The Grand Militia offers theh skirht now, soly e their duty

The individual they were ordered to guard and restrain, suddenly gone

Most of them were excited and even threw themselves to join this mission It is, after all, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Caitlain'Ur—an individual that o to be a myth, has suddenly shown herself Not even a second after her existence was revealed, the Order of the Grand Militia quickly surrounded her—even led personally by the Militia's Overlord

Everyone thought that there would be a fight, but no Caitlain just surrendered herself, even allowing thely Unlike with the case of Aerith, however, they did not immediately declare Caitlain as an individual to be put on the chopping block The Grand Militia had rules and due process, after all—unlike the royal family which could pretty much do whatever they wanted to their vassals

But perhaps that was a mistake because now, Caitlain just disappeared without a trace

"Why can't we detect the collar!?"

"You three, scour the south side of the island! She couldn't have gone far, ould have detected her!"

"Try finding traces of the collar, sheto destroy it!"

The soldiers quickly scattered throughout the island, searching every inch of it at blinding speed There is one of the in the middle of a forest, visually hidden from the rest of his comrades

"" The soldier just watched as the others flew above the sky, before letting out a sround And after that, he did nothing He just sat there, see to happen

After a couple of seconds, however, another soldier landed near hi and looking around, not evensoldier

"Area D 24, 5, 82—Clear"

And without even as lance, his comrade just fleay The soldier just blinked a couple of ti leaves left by his co out a sain, the soldier just sat there

A second

A minute

It took an entire hour before he stood up and started patting all the dirt and leaves that stuck to hi to listen if there was any soldier left on the island; and after only hearing the sounds of aniround and started digging with his hands

Theround and dirt are different—their density and hardness are comparable to titaniuy is different from most other species; materials that would otherwise be liround But most importantly, themarians can harvest and process it with ease

The soldier, however, did not see as deep as he could as his entire body was already burrowed through the ground; and even then, he continued digging

He could no longer see the horizon outside even if he stood on his toes, but finally, after a few more seconds, his hands stopped as he looked up toward the view of the sky covered by the umbrella of leaves above

And very slowly, his eyes started to squint

"A classic e"

""

A whisper then cal the soldier to let out a very long and very deep sigh He see, but after a few breaths, his feet very slowly left the ground; his head, just slightly peering fro at the owner of the voice

"You are on themarian soil, I would like to ask you to leave immediately," the soldier then said as he squinted; his eyes, reflecting the pale-skinned wo in front of him,

"Pirate Queen Xra"

"Let's just say I'," Pirate Queen Xra slightly tilted her head up, as if to look down further on the soldier as she talked, "Maybe you saw her somewhere here?"

"There was a beautiful Goddess here earlier, she's gone now," the soldier then sain; the dirt he was digging, obviously being thrown in Xra's direction

"I don't care whatever the fuck it is you're planning, Caitlain But you and I are going to talk," Xra sto a crack to crawl froing