𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚊𝚠𝚗

Chapter 16

"Miss Lia, I think we can take it from here, why don't half of us help you find your lover and sibling/s while the rest of us held unto this and research it more back at the Dawn Manor?" Fanny asked while they all agreed wen Lia answered 'no' immediately which got them all looking at her with surprised and shocked expressions.

"Shit, this isn't going as planned" Lia thought to herself as she apologized to them and told them that she wants to know why they want to keep and research on the note they've found.

They all looked at each other in hesitant until Layla told her that the note might help them find something that they themselves were looking for which got her more interested in figuring out what was so important in that note that they've found- even thou deep inside, she already knows what they mean- so Layla simply told her that it was a confidential artifact that a family of really important royals want them to retireve. Lia was somewhat 'impressed' that the young gunner can keep a secret or two so she stopped asking questions and the heroes and heroines split amongst themselves on who will go with Lia and who will explore the Mooniyan Dessert.

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"Pharsa, what can you see?" Alpha asked through the hidden speaker and microphone that he and Saber got in case of stealth missions or events like these occur to them. Pharsa was currently fused with her lover Verri and the two of them were at a distant near the said pyramind that both Guinevere and Harley were able to decode from the note that they've found a while back.

"It looks like some sort of mashed up demonic monster. I'm sensing its stenghts are in its speed and stealth. Can handle most of us and I think he can't see things from a far." Pharsa described as she retreated back to where Johnson, Leomord and Irithel are as they soon made their way to approach it.

The monster, the one that Tyzierr and his sibling help to create again, then sensed movement cominga little far from him and decided to speed up, to the point of running at inhuman speed. The heroes and heroines then got out of their hiding places and used their skills to get away while Johnson turns into one of his skin and began to transform into a jeepney as the other heroes and heroines hop on and he 'stepped on the gas' so that they could have a better chance at escaping from the demonic monster.

"The demon went in some sort of ruined pyramind or something similar like that." Gusion said hrough his hidden microphone and ear piece while he and Angela were in their V.E.N.O.M. skins went ahead to scout where the demon was going and then reported it back to the others who are still chasing it.

"Good work you two, Lesley should be close by." Alpha said while he sent his brother, Beta, to go be their lookout in the skies while Beta was currently in the sky, as he sensed movement from both Gusion and Angela, he also sensed that Lesley was on the move.

Meanwhile, the other heroes and heroines were given similar hidden ear pieces like with what gusion and the others have so that all of them are stayed connected.

"So Lia-san, do you have any more clue as to where your lover and sibling/s might be?" Hanabi asked while Lia shook her head as they continue on their journey.

What the heroes and heroines didn't know was Azure was closely following them, waiting for the right moment to attack the heroes and heroines who are with Lia while both Tyzierre and Fierra were hidden in the clouds watching, as the heroes and heroines then hatched a plan to get the demonic monster and for them to get the Book of The Shadowed Legends.

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Lesley was waiting at the main entrance of the temple, telling that she shot a tracker that Saber and Bruno created using spare parts of what they have on Johnson's spare bag when he transformed into a car: to make sure that they can follow where that creature was going.

"Hey guys, if you all can hear me. I got the tracker and attached it to the creature. I'm currently at the entrance, hidden in plain sight, so I'll send my coordinates over to Saber or to Beta so you can all catch up to me." Lesley said through her microphone and earpiece, she was wearing her lethal lady skin, while she used the bracelet that came along with that skin and connected it towards Beta's server and send her location over to them.

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"Took you all long enough." Lesley smirkingly said while leaning on the entrance while the other heroes and heroines were all on Johnson as he de-transformed back and at the same time the heroes got off of him and thank him.

"It's hard to carry more than ten passengers you know." Johnson said while glaring at the other heroes and heroines who doesn't have any dash skills or skills that would help them catch up as fast as the others. Irithel and Leomord arrived with Leo, her brother at the same time a kind of tiger, and Barbiel, his horse. Lesley just chuckled and soon, they were inside the temple with Valir providing light, they all found themselves in the middle of a room with a lot of openings.

"Reminds you all of something?" Terizla addressed out loud while the others silently agrees with him.

"This has PTSD warning all over this damned thing." Khufra said while memories of the-event-that-shalln't-be-named came flashing back while Terizla was still staring at the ruins' walls as both of them sighed.

"You both can stay outside if tis too much. I know you had it really hard coping." Tigreal worriedly said as both hKhufra and Terizla flashed him a small, sincere and honest little smile as they thank him for worrying but they're fine and wanted to continue on.

As they chose a route and descended deeper in the old pyramind, Alucard then got in between Khufra, Leomord, Esmeralda, Irithel and Eudora.

"You know, if you're too scared Tigreal's option is still open." He said while Granger smacked his head a little bit while Khufra and Terizla glared at him.

"We said that we don't want to be traumatized. We're not pussies you asshat." Khufra said while smirking as he said the last part to which Alucard was about to say something when Granger intervened.

"Let's stop before this goes anywhere but pleasant." He said while looking at both Alucard and Khufra as both heroes looked at one another and just leave the conversation to end.

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"Then we take a turn here and there's the house that me and my sibling/s used to go." Lia said while she led the heroes and heroines through the thick bushes until they saw a cozy looking house at the end of a dirt road pathway.

They will not know what awaits them.