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[The curse land]

[Kana point of view]

"I see, so for the past few years, you have been running around almost anywhere, just so that you could gather as many information as you could for your fellow siblings, all the while leaving next to no trails. And then you discover this group of giants and vampires being kidnapped left and right by the minion of the fallen god, as well as the meddling third party. You tried to save them by helping them running around by using the ancient tunnel. Am I right?" [Saint Louis]

""That's the gist of it"" [Lara, Nara]

"Then, why don't you just contact anyone of us? I'm sure at the very least, Princess Nurhaliza and Princess Diana will be more than happy to lend you some help" [Seo Ah]

"True. I could see the reason of being stealthy for gathering information, but surely not while you two are being chase around by other" [Kana]

""We aren't just running around!!"" [Lara, Nara]

"Then?" [Seraph]

""The two of us also take initiative to strikes down multiple of both factions hideouts, saving and rescuing other as well"" [Lara, Nara]

"That still doesn't answer the questions as to why you don't asked for help" [Kanji]

""We can't... Because..."" [Lara, Nara]

"I'm sorry... But some of us were experimented, and..." [Vampire lady]

A lady vampire suddenly barge into our conversation. I guess she must have overheard our conversation and decided to stand up for Lara and Nara. From the outside, I suppose it looks like we are putting some blame on them. It isn't the case, but I guess we might accidentally do that

"And they could transform us into a devil anytime they wanted to!" [Vampire lady]

"Are you serious!" [Seo Ah]

"I see, and you're afraid of them suddenly transforming you into devils, thus making you run amok inside a country" [Jacks]

~Nod~

That's serious indeed, but...

"Maybe the two of them can help" [Kana]

""Who??"" [Lara, Nara]

"Rafiah and Saintess Rumia" [Kana]

"True. At least it's worth the try" [Jacks]

There is almost a similarity with the past cases that the two of them help treated. At least we can ask for their opinions on what to do

"Then should we let them stay inside your country, Louis" [Seraph]

"It's not my country... But sure, I'll make the arrangements quickly" [Saint Louis]

"But!" [Vampire lady]

"It's fine. I'm sure Saint Louis already figured it out" [Seo Ah]

"Not really, but at least I have few prevention and countermeasures ready at the back of my mind" [Saint Louis]

"Will it be alright? Plus, can a giant even pass through the gate?" [Vampire lady]

"Funny question, but a legitimate one. The door to the new headquarters is always open to everyone" [Saint Louis]

I guess all of us will first stop at the new headquarters first. 

""New Headquarters!! How exciting!!"" [Lara, Nara]

"Me too. Now that I actually think of it, none of us ever went there. I wonder how the country looks like" [Seo Ah]

"Haha. You'll see about it. Now then, onwards, with the marching song of eterna" [Seraph]

~Screech~

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[The third floor of the beast challenge dungeon]

"Roar!" [Behe]

"Bad Behe! Bad Behe! Don't chow it down! Spit it out right now or your stomach will hurt!" [Charlotte]

"Roar..." [Behe]

"Gross..." [Kara]

Spitting the corpses of the ants out, Behe then immediately transformed back into his cute lovely form. The pile of balls made out of corpses of ants covered with the gooey layer of Behe's saliva. Urghh...

Now that I look at my surroundings, my skin... I can't believe it... Just how many of them are here... My skin crawls just by seeing them. They might be corpses now since we annihilate them a moment ago, but there are still legs going into spasm, probably going into rigor mortis WAY to soon. Can ants even go into rigor mortis though... Well, maybe they're special. They're part ants part monsters after all

"Not good. I don't think we can speed run this challenge dungeon" [Karon]

Karon, after using his earth sonar magic, clean his hand after touching the ground of the challenge dungeon. 

The first thing the boys thought when entering this dungeon (except for Rean), is to speed run it, just like how Brother Ash used to do seven years back. Now that I think of it, that's when Kara and Mara first met their mother. 

Our plan (or supposed to be our plan, but since Karon give a no), is just to plow through the dungeon floor, skipping majority, if not all the dungeon floors, saving times and effort significantly. Well, we have Karon and Mother Aries who are very much proficient with earth magi, but since Karon give a no... I wonder why

"Why? I can feel the ants crawling between the dungeon floors. Just imagine what will happen if they decided to attack us when we dig through the floor" [Karon]

"I don't want to even imagine it..." [Kara]

"They will suddenly emerge, out of nowhere. From our side, from below us, and from above. Each one of them with their many many legs, and their pincer, touchy touchy us until we are there no more. Shredded to pieces, literally becoming their foods!" [Farhah]

"STOP IT!" [Kara]

"That literally makes my skin crawls!" [Elise]

"Oh... Did she forgot to mentioned, how their saliva and their blood will be mixed in as we try to fight them in a tight space, then we swallowed it accidentally..." [Singa]

"NO! NO! NO! NO! I don't want to hear it!" [Charlotte]

"Don't forget, they will also..." [Savel]

"Alright, that's enough. The more we waste our time hear, the harder it is for us to enter the lower level floors" [Rean]

"Aww man, I didn't get the chance to scared them" [Savel]

"Don't me immature. It will drain their spirits down. That's not good" [Zerolith]

"Sure sure, Mr Priest" [Mara]

"In any case, let's go. Rean, lead the way" [Aries]

"I Will!" [Rean]