"...As I was saying, when I went to the office and peered in, all I saw was...nothing. Yes, nothing. You'd expect a place like the office of a mayor to have, y'know, like the usual big mahogany table, Keeplewood chairs, a hidden place for their mistresses and slaves, but nope. Nothing, nada, zilch, whatever you call it...
It was basically an empty room with nothing 'cept the brown walls to call it an office, and even that looked fucking fake to me!"
Hearing Scaramond ramble about how much of a shocking discovery it was, Vylara grew pensive, for even she knew that, no matter how much of a scrooge someone may be, they'd at least have the basic barebones present in their 'office'. "Not to mention, but the fact that he looked and acted so badly like a badly programmed robot made it very difficult for me to accept that he, or it, was a human. I mean, c'mon man, even his name was Meiur. Mayor Meiur! I mean, though you may be a jerkwad, your naming sense is far better than...whoever Meiur's mother was. What was she on when giving birth? Zooblegra!?"
Ranting worse than a sailor high on spiked rum, Vylara poured out all the silly things she had experienced. She was terribly pissed that she had been made a fool of, considering the fact that they had literally staked their lives in the battle for Feonia. "I mean, if he was fake, then why didn't the real mayor come...?"
Meanwhile, Natsuki sat in the back, munching on his cinnibon snack, confused at what the fuck was going on...
So you're telling me that Mayor Meiur was fake? Then, what about our reward!?
"The letter is real, I made sure of that. But what I don't get is what the purpose of the 'actual' leader is to tell us to come to the Capital to meet with them..."
Confused, Natsuki turned his attention to old man Knoxis. "How did you know he wanted to send us to the capital...?"
As if looking at a brain-damaged monkey, Knoixs couldn't help but thump Natsuki's head. "Think for a second:
Out of all possible places, why did 'Meiur' tell us to go to the capital, Folktul?
Seems to me that we'll find all of our answers there..."
Face lighting up, Natsuki finally understood why they were heading to the capital. As Vylara and Scaramond began poking fun at Natsuki for being a dunderhead, they failed to notice Knoxis's countenance turning grim...
What on earth could have happened here: first, we're told that many Collectors have gone missing here. Next, the fact that the local population could be mindless holograms...
What makes it infuriating is that, somehow, something is dampening my powers here...
Even though I am a semi Tier-11 Manager
What is happening here-
"Hey, stop the carriage! Don't leave us be!"
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A herd of Lonkeys are seen munching on some grass, content with their way of life. Younglings could also be seen prancing around, happy that the day is nice and the sun is bright...
Until one froze midway in the air
It began trembling ever so slightly, until the trembling rose to jittering, and finally...
Shaking
Black smoke began dispersing from its body, and within a few seconds, it turned into another...
Shadow Monster
NEIGHRAWR!!!