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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney
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Inside a room that looked cramped and rickety, twenty-eight people were gathered. Those people were wearing black robes and white full-face masks that had different symbols on each. They face each other in a circle with a round table in the middle and a candle on it for their lighting.
"This mission will be my last mission as the leader of the Underworld Solivagant," the one wearing a mask with the sun symbol said. "I... and the moon have been talking about this for a long time and we are planning to get married as soon as possible."
"That's right, we both plan to retire and have a normal life," the one wearing a mask with the moon symbol said. "I want to spend the rest of my life with the sun and maybe we'll have some kids someday too."
Hearing what those two had said, the one wearing a mask with the F symbol chuckled. "Then, which one will happen between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?" She asked. "Since the two of you are figures that can dominate each other, I think both of them will happen."
"Don't be like that, Foxtrot," the one wearing a mask with the S symbol said. "Your words are not polite to the sun and the moon who have raised us."
"Oh... come on, Sierra... I'm just joking about it," Foxtrot said. "Both of you are okay with my joke, right? The sun and the moon?"
The sun and the moon just sighed and smiled at Foxtrot. The other members of the Underworld Solivagant could only shake their heads as they were used to Foxtrot's childish behavior.
"Alright, our mission this time is to burn down the corrupt holy knight headquarters," the sun said as he took out a scroll and laid it out on the table. "This is the floor plan of the Holy Knight Headquarters that I managed to obtain by disguising myself as one of those holy shit knights."
"Well, you were almost caught off guard by that pig, but you managed to escape without causing a ruckus... thanks to me," the moon said. "You all don't imitate him and finish your future work as fast as you can."
"Understood, mother- the moon!" the twenty-six members of the Underworld Solivagant said simultaneously.
The sun himself felt ashamed of himself that couldn't finish his work properly. He gave a small cough to get them back to their main topic. "Alright, back to the main topic, we're going to attack the corrupt Holy Knight Order tonight, exactly at midnight when there is a changing of guard shifts."
"All of you immediately memorize this floor plan," the moon said as she pointed at the floor plan of the Holy Knight Headquarters. "Divide the teams as usual, according to your respective expertise, and don't forget to do your tasks carefully."
The one wearing a mask with the A symbol looked at his pocket watch. He realized that they only had five minutes left until midnight. "Father- I mean... the sun! We only have four minutes to midnight."
"You should know what you should do then," the sun said as he snapped his fingers. As soon as the sun snapped his fingers, the room they were in was on fire. "Let's start our mission."
The Underworld Solivagant members immediately found their way out of the room. They went out and walked on the roofs of the houses in the capital. Meanwhile, the fire that occurred in the room they occupied before became a furor.
The sleeping citizens of the capital were awakened by the sound of screams for help coming from the scene of the fire. Those screams themselves come from the magic of the one wearing a mask with the M symbol.
The attention of the residents was focused on the fire and some of them tried to extinguish it, either by dousing it with water buckets or using low-class water magic. Strangely, the fire never went out and only burned in one room without spreading to other rooms. That can happen because the fire is just an illusion created by the sun using a magic device.
On the other hand, the members of the Underworld Solivagant had arrived in the vicinity of the Holy Knights Headquarters. Since they were five minutes late after the guard shift change, they went with plan B and began to take their respective positions according to the part of their team.
Team one is a diversion team consisting of those wearing masks with the symbols A, S, and U. The three of them were in charge of diverting the attention of the ten holy knights who guarded the outside area of the Holy Knight Headquarters.
The three of them wore clown costumes and performed a street performance in the middle of the night which attracted the attention of those Holy Knights.
"Ladies and gentlemen, come and watch our lively night show," the one wearing the mask with the A symbol said as he juggled ten balls at once with both hands.
Meanwhile, the one wearing the mask with the S symbol is playing a card trick while walking around the street. Whereas, the one wearing the mask with the U symbol is put on a show by spitting fire from his mouth.
Those Holy Knights who were watching the performance of team one were indirectly annoyed and they thought that they can take advantage of them since they made a ruckus in the outside area of the Holy Knights Headquarters. Those Holy Knights walked towards team one and surrounded them.
"Enough there, stop your street performance!" one of the Holy Knights said as he unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the one wearing the mask with the A symbol. "Pay us a fine or we'll throw you in jail."
"Instead of paying you a fine, can we offer a wholesome reward for you and the other Holy Knights?" the one wearing the mask with the A symbol asked. "I guarantee you won't regret it when you receive it."
The Holy Knight who asked the one wearing the mask with the A symbol, thought for a moment while observing the body of the one wearing the mask with the S symbol.
"If it's that female clown over there, we'd be more than happy to accept-"
Suddenly a lot of arrows were shot toward the Holy Knights who were surrounding team one. As soon as those arrows stabbed into the bodies of those Holy Knights, they slowly lost consciousness and passed out on the spot.
Those arrows were fired by team two which was the team whose task was to immobilize the ten Holy Knights who guarded the Holy Knight Headquarters. Team two itself consists of those wearing masks with the symbols E, I, K, M, P, and T.
After those Holy Knights were immobilized, team one gathered them and brought them to the place where team three was hiding. Team three hid in the shady trees right beside the Holy Knight Headquarters. Team three itself consists of those wearing masks with the symbols B, C, D, F, G, H, J, L, N, and O.
"We've got them, hurry get down from the trees and do your job," the one wearing the mask with the A symbol said quietly.
As soon as the one wearing the mask with the A symbol said that, the ten members of the team three jumped from the trees and each of them walked towards one Holy Knight. They took off the uniforms of those Holy Knights and put them on. The task of team three is to pretend to be the Holy Knights who guarded the Holy Knight Headquarters.
Meanwhile, the team of four infiltrated the Holy Knight Headquarters. Their task was to immobilize the Holy Knights who guarded the inside of the Holy Knight Headquarters, one by one as quickly and silently as possible. Team four itself consists of those wearing masks with the symbols Q, R, V, W, X, Y, and Z.
After they immobilized those Holy Knights, they brought them out of the Holy Knight Headquarters. They did so because one of the principles of the Underworld Solivagant was not to weed out those who had nothing to do with their mission.
Whereas, team five is tasked with securing every important document containing information on corruption committed by the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order. Team five itself consists of the sun and the moon.
They searched every corner of the Holy Knight Headquarters, but they couldn't find any documents containing the information they needed. Even though they had checked the office of the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order, they couldn't find anything.
"I'm pretty sure that pig must hide those documents somewhere we didn't expect," the moon said quietly as she checked one of the bookshelves in the office of the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order.
"You're right," the sun said as he checked the floor of the office of the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order. "At first, I thought there was a secret passage somewhere within the Holy Knight Headquarters, but I couldn't find one though."
"How about you check it with your
The sun sighed. "Alright, I'll do it even though it will drain my stamina a lot."
The sun used his
"I think... I found it," the sun said as he pointed at an empty desk. "That desk is made of iron despite that the desk looked like it was made of wood."
"Let's check it," the moon said as she walked toward the desk. She touched the desk and tried to knock on it. Sure enough, he heard the sound of metal banging from that desk. "Let me handle this."
The moon put her palms on the desk. "Dear God of Rock and Soil, I... who am the servant of the Gods and Goddesses... would like to ask for your help... I beg you to lend me a bit of your power," the moon cast a spell with ancient words.
As soon as the spell activated, her palms emitted a brownish-gold light, and then she slammed the desk with her palms. The desk that got slammed by the moon's palms was shattered in an instant and made a loud explosive sound.
The sun and the moon removed the shards of the desk that were shattered on the floor. When they removed all of them, they can find a ladder that leads to the underground.
"Let's go," the moon said as she went down the ladder.
The sun suddenly has a bad feeling about that ladder, but he still has to complete his mission. Therefore, the sun followed the moon down the ladder.
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Foot Note:
1) The Underworld Solivagant
A secret organization consisting of twenty-eight people. The movement of this secret organization always begins with chaos and ends with more severe chaos. The goal of this organization is to uncover the truth behind the Holy Empire.
2) The Holy Knight Order
They were people who were given the title of holy knight by the Head Priest of the temple of Gods and Goddesses. Their supposed duty was to keep the people of the empire safe.
3) The Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order
He was a noble with the title of Duke. He became the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order because he bought the position with a large sum of money.
4) Insight Vision
A special ability that can only be possessed by a limited number of people. This ability can be used to see what ordinary eyes cannot see. Instead of having this ability, the owner of this ability cannot use magic.
5) God of Rock and Soil
He is one of the ninety-nine Gods and Goddesses worshiped in the Holy Empire. He is believed to be a God who has control over Rock and Soil. He is usually worshiped by miners.