Chapter 413 Chaos of Void III (1/2)
CHAPTER 413
CHAOS OF VOID (III)
Lucky groaned lowly as her eyes fluttered for a moment. Waking up, she cursed under her breath before reaching into her void treasure and taking out a burned talisman. Her face quickly cramped into a deep frown as she moved her arm sideways and shook Alison.
”Ally, wake up.”
”--uguhh... five more minutes...” a meek, sweet voice came from the other side of the bed as Alison pulled the blanket further over herself.
”We've been attacked,” Lucky said, ripping the blanket off of her. ”I've gotta report to Lino. Let's go.”
”... can't... can't you do that alone?” a slightly watery, blue eyes looked pitifully at Lucky. She didn't even notice them however, her eyes glued to the rest of the body.
”If your perfect tits don't do it, your pitiful eyes certainly won't either.” Lucky chortled, getting up and slowly dressing.
”... ugh, fine.” groaning, Alison got up and angrily put on some clothes, her eyes half-closed during the process. ”Where have we been attacked?”
”Let's go.” rather than answering her, Lucky simply stormed out of the room, expecting Alison to follow her.
The latter grumbled something under her breath but followed nonetheless. They navigated the rather simple streets of the fortress easily until they reached the basement floor of the central tower that was stacked with over forty teleportation arrays spread about evenly over two quasi-floors.
They went after the topmost one, with Lucky taking out a strange-looking talisman and burning it. The spinning vortex shimmered in deep crimson after a few minutes, causing both Lucky and Alison to step through.
The two quickly found themselves inside a simple room, decorated only with a canopy bed and a few bookshelves. Alison almost immediately cried out and covered her eyes, hiding behind Lucky. Lino sat upright on the bed, his back pressed over, topless, with Hannah lying next to him, leaned against his shoulder, barely covered up. She suddenly smirked as she glanced at Lino.
”... oh wow. Two girls show up in your room when you've already got one naked lying in bed... this must be a dream come true for you.”
”Well, yeah,” Lino mumbled, stroking his chin. ”But it's usually just two more of you, though.”
”... you can barely handle one of me. You'd die if there were three of us.”
”And it would be a death worth experiencing...”
”Yo, horny fuckers,” Lucky quickly interrupted the two as she knew very well that moments like these could spiral.”Aren't you a bit curious about why we came here? We came here.” she emphasized again, pointing at Alison hiding behind her back.
”... yeah, yeah, what's up?” Lino asked.
”We've been attacked.” Lucky replied.
”I didn't hear anything. Though, admittedly...” he glanced at Hannah grinning.
”What can I say? I'm a screamer...” she shrugged.
”... not here you fuckin'... goddammit. You have to reign in those tongues of yours a bit!”
”Oi, if anyone's gotta be reigning their tongues in, it ought to be you!” Lino exclaimed. ”And if you'd like, I could show you how. Ask Hannah.” he grinned.
”You do you, L'. Or, you know, her.”
”Oi!” Lino exclaimed. ”Are you perhaps dissatisfied with---”
”For the love of fucking gods, shut up!” Lucky growled the two angrily, causing them to shudder. ”One of our stores has been taken out -- everyone killed. As in, fourteen people are dead.”
”... what?” Lino's demeanor immediately changed, his gaze turning frigid. ”Which one?”
”Old Shank's,” Lucky said. ”Lyben arrived just a few moments ago to pick up the earnings only to find the building torched and their corpses hung outside, with a sign reading 'Empyrean scum don't have the right to live' stuck in the ground next to them.”
”... do we know who did it?” Lino asked after a few moments of heavy silence. Alison seemed to have recovered, stepping up next to Lucky, somewhat frightened by Lino's cold appearance.
”No. We don't have experienced agents near there to conduct an investigation.”