147 Chapter 147: Training at the Holy Spring (2/2)
”…me and my big mouth,” I muttered before I disappeared under a mass of hooves, claws, fangs and elemental spells.
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”Kureha, did you find any new clues?”
Alicia glanced at her friend before returning her gaze toward the dozens of holographic screens that were propped up in front of her.
The two girls had continued their investigation after the wake of the invasion of the three thousand monsters' attacks. By the way, people were wondering why I didn't go into a coma after nuking three thousand monsters, whereas I did after I nuked two dragons. The reason was simple. I only cast one Antares spell with Scorpio during the invasion of three thousand monsters, whereas I was repeatedly summoning over a dozen Constellation spirits and Constellation weapons against the Hellfire Drake, which included at least two of my Celestial Guardians and their massive spells. The accumulated burden from summoning so many Constellation spirits and weapons, as well as the casting of their ultimate techniques, at once, was too much for me to handle.
Honestly, if I only cast Draco's ultimate spells to nuke the dragons from the start, I wouldn't have passed out from just those. Unfortunately, the Hellfire Drake wasn't going to obediently lie down and wait for me to finish casting those spells. And obviously I didn't know the dragon was coming back – my plan was to leave the mountaintop before it returned to it nest. That didn't work out because I got carried away with playing the vigilante and hanging our poor prisoner from the cliff to threaten the information out of him.
Information that Kureha was now putting to good use. Or trying to put to good use, given that she hadn't gotten anything new since the raid on the warehouse.
”Nope, nothing.” Kureha shook her head. ”After we investigated the warehouse and alerted the authorities, the scientific research company on drinks that they were using as a cover shut down and all of its employees disappeared. The police is still investigating, but they haven't found any leads. Uncle Frank and Cousin Fred also vanished from the Franklin estate. None of my other relatives have any clue where they have gone.”
She clenched her fists and scowled.
”Bullshit. They definitely know something. Several of them, anyway. They were in league with Uncle Frank and are conspiring to take the Sword Saint title away from me and my family.”
”What about your mother and grandmother? Are they done with their mission yet?”
”No, not yet. The organization they're hunting has gone underground, and they have difficulty locating the second base. After they successfully destroyed the first research facility, the syndicate has become a lot more cautious and hid deeper underground. They have erased their trails completely with magic.”
Alicia sighed as she leaned back in her chair. ”They just won't make it easy for us, will they?”
”Yeah.” Kureha shook her head in frustration. ”I'm concerned that Uncle Frank and his Research Foundation Group will launch another attack on Jing Tian City. I don't think they'll be able to get another three thousand monsters from nowhere…but I didn't think it was possible to control an entire horde of high-ranking monsters and direct them toward your city in the first place.”
”Yeah. We still haven't found out how they did it.” Alicia grimaced. ”While I'm happy that Richard nuked the hell out of the horde, he also destroyed ay traces of spells that the enemy cast on them. All we have is the so-called lure that your uncle claimed the drinks were. We sent the drinks to the magic forensics department, and up till now they still haven't a clue how they worked. Something to do with pheromones, but just generating pheromones shouldn't be enough to control the monsters.”
”Perhaps they aren't controlling the monsters as we believed, but just vaguely directing them into destroying whatever they want. Like a city. I mean…if their goal was complete control, then they would be controlling much less monsters and targeting more specific targets rather than a whole city…” Kureha shrugged. ”I'm just speculating. There's too much we don't know.”
”You might have a point. Perhaps there are limits to the enemy's capability that we aren't aware of. Even so, we can't afford to underestimate them…” Alicia rose to her feet. ”Well, I'll visit the forensics department again and see if they have any new clues.”
”You do that.” Kureha nodded. ”I should return to Legnica City and see if I can find any other clues. Perhaps my relatives will be more willing to…share information if I show up in person.”
”I'll be counting on you.”
Alicia smiled brightly and reached out with a hand.
”Please let me know if you come visit Jing Tian City again. It was great to have you.”
”Same. Thanks for hosting me. You've helped me a lot during my stay here.” Kureha reached out and hugged Alicia. She then winked mischievously. ”Help me bid farewell to Richard once he comes out of the Holy Spring training. I'll be long gone before I can become a third wheel.”
”I never thought of you as such! Geez!” Alicia pouted. Kureha laughed and squeezed her tightly.
”I'll be off then. I'll see you next time. Stay in touch!”
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”I will!”
The two girls then split up, each of them having a specific destination in mind.