Several moments after Riko and Lyrica meet up with his squad, after explaining everything to them, the same group back in the Forest of No Return sets their sights on a beehive located in the west mountain. Their goal is to get the mother bee's honey that is said to heal almost anything just by a sip.
As the group follows Roberto and Magdalo's lead who both claimed to have known where the beehive is, Lyrica decides to open her character window.
Listener: Lyrica Ley Rael
Lv. 16
HP: 97.4%
MP: 52
dB Limit: 42
[Statistics]
Strength: 30
Durability: 10
Agility: 30
Stamina: 20
Senses: 10
Available Stat Points: 12
[Playlist]
Playable Music:
- Jazz Harmony (Lv. Max)
- Heavy Metal (Lv. 1)
- Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden (Lv. 1)
- Fierock (Lv. 1)
- Hip Hop (Lv. 1)
Background Music:
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> Acquired EXP: 13,490
> Required EXP: 15,000
'My HP only increased by 0.2% overnight. It slowed down ever since my health points went past 97%.'
Lyrica believes that it's due to her ankle that hasn't fully recovered yet. If she let it heal on its own, it might take a long while. She knew she didn't have the luxury to wait it out, that is why when she heard Rona mentioned the Wither Bees and their honey's ability to heal almost anything, Lyrica knew she needed to get some for herself.
'Once I get my hands on that honey, I'll be able to move like usual. I'll be ready for whatever happens.'
Soon after that, Lyrica focuses her gaze on the Playable Music list. And before long, all the other information she didn't need to read disappeared and only the Playable Music remained. Right after that, she locked her gaze onto Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden, revealing its information.
'I kept them unread here for a long time. It's about time I learn how these three Music works.'
While Lyrica is giving herself knowledge about her three mysterious magic abilities, Roberto and Magdalo who had been stealing a glance at her for a while finally averted their eyes from the girl and proceeds to look at one another.
"Hey, are we really going to enter that beehive?" Roberto whispered towards the veteran knight. "Even if we can hold our own against a Wither Bee, they are still considerably agile and their sting can easily turn the tide of the battle."
"I know," Magdalo replied in a low voice. "But if we don't, Riko won't get the honey her sister needs."
"Then how are we going to drive her away? Going into any beehive is certainly not in our plan at all."
"Don't worry, commander Agario expected that we might encounter an error with our plan, so he gave me another one," Magdalo said in reply to Roberto's question. "Before we parted ways with him, Agario told me to utilize Marlo's ability. Once Riko gets the honey he needs, we'll drag him out, seal the exit with Marlo's magic, and leave her trapped with the Wither Bees."
Their initial plan was to bring Lyrica back in the Forest of No Return before turning hostile against her. Either she fights back, or she simply turn tail from them, so long as they drive her away from Kruule, even if she didn't understand the message they're trying to convey, the plan will be a success.
However, with Riko's sister in need of the Wither Bee's honey, the initial plan was scraped off. Now, they have to show Lyrica that Kruule has evil intentions towards her by trapping her inside a beehive full of Wither Bees.
When Magdalo thought about it, the new plan they have is a lot better than the former. With the plan to trap Lyrica inside a beehive, they can avoid confronting the girl and possibly injure one another. And knowing her strength, Magdalo is certain that she'll find a way out of the beehive alive and get herself out of town after realizing she got purposely left behind.
"We should also expect that we might encounter an error with our new plan."
Roberto looks back on Riko from the corner of his eye. He predicts that the young knight who seemed to have made some kind of bond with the girl might be the "Error" they need to look out for.
"Yeah," Magdalo replied in agreement before doing the same as Roberto did by looking back at the young knight. "Hopefully, the plan goes smoothly."
While the two knights are praying for their plan to succeed, without them knowing, Lyrica had been eavesdropping throughout their whole conversation.
'I see... So they want me to think they purposely trap me inside the beehive and make me decide to leave Kruule.'
Said the girl in her thoughts as she made her Playlist and three Music Infos disappear from her view.
'I can't imagine what I'll hear from afar once I increase my senses, although I bet it's gonna be troublesome. In any case, these guys really are stubborn. I already told them not to act like a hero back then, and yet here they are.'
Right then, Magdalo stated to everyone that they've reached the destination—The tunnel which serves as the entrance towards the nest of Wither Bees lies before them.
'Honestly, men are troublesome.'
Meanwhile, inside the Mayor's office...
"I see. Is that why you don't have the girl here with you, Agario?"
Commander Agario arrived at the Mayor's office where the high commander is waiting for Lyrica to inform the said high commander that the girl, Riko, and his other squad members went to the west mountain to get the precious honey for Riko's sister.
"Yes." Said Agario in response to the high commander's query. "As of this moment, they are climbing the west mountain to get to their destination. Soon, they'll reach the beehive's entrance."
Agario came to the Alkalde's office fully prepared to receive a brutal punishment for disobeying the high commander's order to bring Lyrica to him. However...
"If that's the case, then let them get what they want to get."
Instead of having his head be crushed with the high commander's merciless hands, Gilberto did not move from his seat and even told the commander to just let Lyrica and the others get whatever they want in the mountain.
Agario is left speechless, and so is Agno who's been sitting quietly at his desk the whole time. But then, Gilberto suddenly told Agario:
"I pity you, Agario."
With just a few words coming out of his mouth, the tension in the mayor's room suddenly skyrocketed.