Oswald received a phone call with the caller being Arlesk. He quickly answered the phone and asked what was needed. "Arlesk, did something happen in the expedition?" He excused himself from the room to avoid disturbing the Young King from the paperwork. "Yeah, we've kinda hit a roadblock here, we need diving equipment if we are to progress any further. I didn't think something like this would be blocking us." "Diving equipment? How so?" "One of the monsters we have to kill is inside a deep pool of water in an underground lake. Call for Jacquinn so we can quickly make progress as he arrives the quickest." "Got it. By the way, the Young King seems to be planning to get rid of certain nobles that could threaten his position as a King with unfair methods." "Well, the nobles who oppose his rule may get them in trouble once he fully assumes office. Considering that the records say that the former king allowed those nobles to do whatever they want, it would make sense." "He even intends to get rid of his siblings if required." "Ho? Was he not the Crown Prince before the king was assassinated?" "That's possible, but what if that's the case." "Then we will have him stand on trial with his siblings. I'll preside over it so we can judge which ruler is the better one." "How will this be judged?" "They would think that we are the ones performing the judgement, but it would be the citizens that would be voting for which ruler." "Got it. We'll be doing it that way right? I'll relay that to the Young King, I'll also get Jacquinn over now."
After hanging the call, Oswald quickly contacted Jacquinn. He was actually given a phone with the main purpose of quickly contacting members of Preeliance in case of emergency. Jacquinn was quickly given a brief situation report and quickly took action. As he is the leader of the espionage team, he quickly arrived to the castle of Bovoyna as Oswald gave instructions to the [Guardians] to allow Jacquinn to come through.
Jacquinn arrived with almost nothing that he had carried. It was assumed that he simply had the items in his [Interdimensional Storage] so that nothing can happen to the gear between trips.
"Alright, I'll deliver this to Arlesk, is there anything else that's needed from me in this country?" "Ah, we ask you to perform some investigations on certain nobles and the Young King's siblings?" "Hmm... Do you have their names at least?" "I'll have it prepared to when you come back." "Got it, I'll only gather information about everything that they had done, including their connections." "We're grateful. We hope that your delivery aids Arlesk in his expedition." Oswald and the Young King saw them off before they continued with the paperwork.
Jacquinn managed to quickly arrive to the area Arlesk and the three heroes were waiting. Apparently, a few days had already passed since the expedition began. And thus there were signs of the group already going hungry. "Arlesk, I never heard of anything that requires me to wear a gas mask when entering this place." "My bad, get your self cleansed here real quick." Arlesk used his magic to cleanse the area and Jacquinn. This allowed them some time to eat food that have already been prepared and kept in the [Interdimensional Storage]. "Are you going to investigate the entire government after this?" "Yep, after doing so, I can finally get my vacation." "I see, well you should look forward to it. I know you can get everything within a day." "So this means this matter is actually pressing?" "Yep, I have some bad feelings about Bovoyna overall." The chatter between Arlesk and Jacquinn got the heroes curious while they were eating. "Wait, this is the first time I heard that this is a pressing matter? How come?" Patheon spoke up asking Arlesk for some answers. "Well, the miasma, albeit faint, is also flowing around the castle. I have a feeling that the miasma had some property that allows it to control people's minds or emotions." "I don't really think something like that would exist before I met you. But with you guys existing as literal gods, it would make sense if the enemy has that kind of weapon in their disposal." Ulysses agreed as he finished his food, he quickly changed his equipment from the usual armor into diving equipment.
"The monster here can move freely in the water right? I'll try to act as the bait for today." Ulysses spoke his intention as Jacquinn started to pack up and return to the surface. "We can't use our gates here huh?" "Yeah, it has that specific restriction." "Well, I'll go back the usual route, I'll have Harold purify my aura after the mission." "Good luck." "You too." After taking his leave, Arlesk returned to planning with the other heroes. With Ulysses taking the deep sea diving gear, he intends to take the hits as it is heavily armored. "I'll be the Anchor, we need to hold that thing down or it'll just dodge our attacks." "As usual, I'll clear the miasma." "I'll support you all with my card, we can't fight this if we aren't as strong as Arlesk here." "Got it, I'll have the magicannon prepared again." After planning out they proceed to the execution of their plan.
In the meantime, Jacquinn, who had already gotten the names of the nobles immediately made his move to gather the information required. It was a smooth-sailing mission until he took notice of some beings that seem to be half-god and half-spirit.
Gods have similar appearances to humans, but has the ability to make use of divine magic, Jacquinn immediately took notice of the aura and stayed away from a noble's residence, scouting it from more than three kilometers with a sniper rifle. He couldn't hear what was being spoken as he saw the noble kneeling down from the half-god half-spirit. "What the hell is that thing, it's as if I can feel... Something..." The godly being turned his head and looked outside the window, Jacquinn first thought that it was merely a coincidence that they locked eyes, as he was deep in cover and away by a few kilometers. But when the being smiled, Jacquinn quickly moved away from his position. When he fell from the tree, a gap was created in open air and slashed the tree wildly, cutting the top of the tree into pieces. "Tch! Boundary Magic?!" Jacquinn quickly distanced himself even further, removing himself from the vision range of the half-god half-spirit.
After finally getting himself out of vision, he took some time to rest for the time being. "What the hell was that...? I have to report it quickly..." Jacquinn quickly moved to retreat as he failed to get information from only one noble.