Frostfire Legacy

Chapter 148: Conquering the Crypt! (1)

The thing that blocked out the light from the sky, was not some large, gigantic creature, but rather, a flying ship. It was about a kilometer long, and about 300 meters wide, so it could block the sky completely when hovering low to the ground.

"Woah...!"

Aster gasped in awe, seeing a flying battleship for the first time. He did see such things in movies, but it was his first time seeing one in real life! The intensity of its appearance was more than he imagined!

Soon, a few figures started to fly down from the ship's open loading bay. They were all wearing what looked like exoskeletons, equipped with thrusters to allow them free movement in mid-air. As their group flew down, they quickly surrounded Aster's group before walking forward and saluting.

"Captain Helvetica, we have come after seeing the emergency signal!" The leader of the flying platoon announced. "Please give us orders, sir!"

Helvetica scanned their faces, before nodding his head.

"Good. four of you, help them up the ship ASAP. The rest, gather the bodies of those Anti-Human Movement bastards who still have corpses to collect!"

"Yes, sir!"

With his command, everyone moved quickly.

Aster and the other three were, as commanded, brought to the ship up in the sky. Aster's experience flying with his bare body made him so excited that he almost forgot about his current predicament!

After reaching the ship, they were guided to the guest barracks and allowed to rest. Mistelle was acting as their bodyguard, protecting them from anything and everything.

After the team retrieved the few corpses that were left, the entire ship turned around and headed back to Orinfeld City's airport without delay. The entire journey from the forest back to the city didn't even take five minutes, which was longer than the time it took to arrive.

After that, Aster was escorted back to his room, with Cassy and Kali ending up together with him.

It was discovered that those who attacked them had cameras set up, which caused both girls' faces to be exposed. In short, they could potentially become targets of the Anti-Human Movement and held hostage to get their hands on Aster.

As such, to protect the two, it was decided to keep them together with Aster in one place, to make it easier to protect them.

Since they had nothing better to do but eat and sleep, that's what they did. However, it was hard for Aster, as Kali insisted on sleeping with him as part of her bodyguarding duties, while Cassy refused to leave his side, worried that the influence of the Frostfire Legacy's twin spirits would resurface.

It was fortunate that he was too tired for the day, so he ended up falling asleep before the two girls could. As such, he avoided the situation like last time, where he didn't get a wink of sleep.

The next day, Aster woke up first. Although the two girls made it hard for him to leave the bed, it wasn't as bad as getting pinned, like with Tina. As he left the bed, he washed his face at the sink, waking himself up, before picking up his phone.

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There, a single message was left.

"Doctor Vanessa?"

Seeing the sender, Aster opened the message and read its contents. It was a simple report about how she finished decoding, and that she had already attached the decoded file to the email.

[P.S., don't forget your promise.]

The last part, however, made Aster feel conflicted. He did promise her that he'd cooperate if he proved that his parents did know about his disease's true nature, which was proved by the log he read before.

"Ah, right... the cube."

Recalling the item he got from the lab, he quickly replied to Vanessa, thanking her and saying that he would repay the favor by fulfilling his promise. Then, he asked her if she could decode the content of the cube he got. It was a pretty old style of storage even for Aster's senses, so he just asked, expecting a refusal, but to his surprise, Vanessa replied with a yes immediately.

[Just send the cube to my office. Ask one of your guards to deliver it, maybe.]

After agreeing to her suggestion, he went out of the room and called one of the five guards by the door, asking them a favor. "Please deliver this safely to Doctor Vanessa's laboratory. I guess I don't need to tell you where it is, right?"

Despite their orders being only to guard the room and protect those inside, the silent pressure that Aster was unconsciously releasing made them nod reflexively.

"Really? Thanks!" He muttered before returning to his room.

The five guards heaved a deep sigh, before staring at the door as if they were looking at a monster.

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At about 6 a.m., Aster, Cassy, and Kali, together with a pair of guards in civilian clothing to not stand out, arrived at the entrance to the dungeon. There, Liz, Tina, and Lory were already waiting.

"Aster, I heard about what happened yesterday. It must've been tough..." Liz exclaimed, her face showing a hint of worry.

"Darling! I was worried about you! Did those terrorist bastards do anything to you? How dare they!!!"

Tina quickly jumped into Aster's embrace, acting as if a lover had just reunited with his partner, who had been away for years.

"I'm glad you're fine." Lory smiled lightly. "After all, things could've gone worse."

"Yeah, it definitely could've... But my current situation is already perilous, though."

Aster explained how he needed to reach level 30 in a month, and how he would be unable to use his trump card for a while.

Of course, since Lory still hadn't heard of Aster's story, she was confused about everything he said. Still, Cassy took it upon herself to relay everything that Aster divulged to everyone to her too.

"Hmm... A Legacy-Level Magic Carved Seal, huh?" Lory's eyes glowed for a moment, but it was too short for anyone to notice it.

"Alright. Anyway, let's first head into the dungeon!"

Aster already had the "key" to enter the door they found, so there's no reason for them to delay any further. Their party joined the queue and waited for their turn to enter the dungeon.