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Chapter 26 - Chapter 26: Are You Really Sure About This?

As the yellow light clears, Lazaro can be seen sitting on the ground, completely fine. Lily stands above him. She's panting with her weapon in her hand.

Right before the lightning hit, there was actually a white flash of light that zoomed towards Lazaro. This flash of white light was actually Lily who managed to deflect the lightning strike and save Lazaro. Lily shouts,

"I didn't do this for you, okay! I'm sure the Hero would've done it if I didn't, so I didn't want him to get hurt! That's all!"

The blonde man stands in shock as he shouts,

"You! What are you doing here!?"

Lily turns away from the man and says,

"W-What do you mean? I don't think we've met before, c-criminal!"

Saiba runs over and stands beside Lily. He gets his sword out and shouts,

"Anyone who hurts my friends has to answer to me! You better be ready for a fight with the Hero of the Kingdom!"

The man replies,

"Tch... I could easily defeat you, but I don't feel like starting a war with the Royal Army. Plus, that girl is here too."

He moves as fast as lightning and grabs Klaus and Raffael. He says,

"I'll be taking these two for now. If you want them back, Lazaro knows where to go. I hope to never see you again."

He dashes away as sparks fly off of his body. Saiba helps Lazaro get back up as he mutters,

"Klaus, Raffael... I promise I'll save you... No matter what it takes..."

Saiba asks,

"Hey Lazaro, do you know that guy? Didn't he call you 'little brother'?"

Lazaro answers,

"Yeah... He's my big brother... Aldrich Alberoth, the current head of the Alberoths..."

Saiba asks again,

"Does that mean he's strong?"

Lazaro answers,

"Strong is an understatement... He's ranked in the Top 10 Strongest Adventurers in the nation... Last time I checked, he was Level 86, but that was 3 years ago... Who knows how much stronger he's gotten since then..."

Saiba shouts,

"Level 86!? Hold on, how did you block his attack, Lily? Weren't we around the same level?"

Nervously, Lily replies,

"Uh... He was probably taking it easy with his attack..."

Lazaro says,

"Aldrich would never 'take it easy'. Although he doesn't like fighting much nowadays, on the off chance that he does, he goes full power on his opponent, no matter what."

Nervously, Lily says,

"I-I must've gotten lucky then..."

Lazaro brushes dust off of him and explains,

"I'm gonna go save Klaus and Raffael now! It was fun travelling with you and I hope we meet again soon!"

He starts running off, but Saiba stops him by grabbing him on the shoulder. Saiba says,

"What are you saying? We're going with you! Not only are you and I friends, Klaus and Raffael are my friends too! Who wouldn't save their friends, right?"

Lily shouts,

"What!? We're going to help him!? A-A-Are you crazy!? We can't go against the Alberoth Family! I'm only Level 32, you're only Level 28, and this guy's probably Level 10!"

Lazaro interrupts and awkwardly says,

"I-I'm Level 25 actually.."

Lily keeps shouting,

"That's not the point! There's no way us three can even hope to defeat the Alberoth Family with where we are now!"

Saiba begs,

"Come on! They're our friends and I'm sure they would do the same if we got caught! We can always get stronger if we want to! Please! We have to go help!"

Lily finally agrees and says,

"Fine. It's not like I can say no either. You are the one that's taking me to the Underworld."

Saiba changes the subject and explain,

"Lazaro, we heard from a shopkeeper that the ones who did this and burned Fielsworth probably Alberoth Electric."

Lazaro replies,

"Alberoth Electric? This does sound like something they would do. Those guys would do anything to the best."

Saiba continues explaining,

"Anyways, if we beat those guys, it'll be like killing two birds with one stone! We can save our friends and bring justice to the people of Fielsworth and Riveria!"

Lazaro nods in agreement. Saiba asks,

"So, do you know where your brother could've taken Klaus and Raffael?"

Lazaro nods again and says,

"I know exactly where they're headed."

Lazaro adds,

"Let me get my horse really quickly and you guys can just wait for me here."

Lazaro starts running back to where he left his horse. As he fades out of view, Lily asks,

"Are you really sure about this, Hero?"

Saiba confidently replies,

"Yup! What kind of Hero would I be if I couldn't save my friends?"

Lily sighs and chuckles a bit. Lazaro gets back on his scaled horse as he says,

"Let me show you where Klaus and Raffael are being taken. Do any of you have a map?"

Lily takes out her map and hands it to Lazaro. He opens it and points to a location that's southeast of Riveria. It's an area that sits right on the border of Nierfield and Edensvald. Lazaro explains,

"There's no trails that lead to here, so I'll be your guide and show you the way."

Lily gets in the wagon and Saiba gets on Uma as he shouts,

"Alright Lazaro, lead the way!"