Chapter 80
"Huhuhu, you are all baddies!" Asteria could only sob in in the background as she glared at both Alex and Alina angrily . "Do you really have to shake me that hard?"
"Well, we had to use every bit of Fairy Dust that we can use so that our disguise will be impeccable . " Alex said as he inspected his hair, which looked blond and long now . "D**n, this Teresa really has a rocking body . "
Alex then placed his hands on his hips, as if he was about to make them travel all over his body .
"Don't try to even think about that . " Alina growled behind Alex, looking displeased after hearing what Alex just said . "I will be watching…"
"Ok…" That effectively shut Alex up, with him hastily raising his hands in defeat .
"Good . " Alina nodded, with her body currently looking like it was made up of shadows .
Alex looked at Alina's overall appearance and then back to himself, and he saw that their disguise was perfect .
Right now, Alex looked every bit like Teresa, while Alina looked every bit like Carlie .
All the tentacles around Alex seemed to have disappeared, as only Teresa's appearance and aura could be seen .
The same could also be said for Alina, as it was only Carlie's appearance and her aura that is visible .
"Ok, now that we have this disguise, we can start the infiltration operation already . " Alex muttered to himself, as he realized that what they are doing right now was actually the best thing that they can do .
From the looks of it, if Alex and Alina just stayed here in the forest interrogating random people, they would not be able to get information about the cure .
The only way that they can get the cure is by looking for it in the camp of the Monster Faction .
Human Faction should be infiltrated too, as they seem to know something too about the cure .
With Alex's quick thinking, he was able to cook up a fairly simple way to infiltrate both the Factions in one fell swoop .
"So, how should we do this operation?" Alina asked as she gave Alex a curious look . "This disguise can help us out a lot, but we need something more vital than that . "
"Well, its just simple . " Alex replied as he shrugged his shoulders . "We wait in this place for a week, then I will let myself be taken away by the Divine Knight that is supposed to meet us at that time . Once that happens, I will be able to infiltrate the Human Faction smoothly . Not only that, but I will also get closer to the person that can give me the info about the cure . "
Alex then pointed at Alina as he said, "As for you Alina, you will be going to the Monster Faction, with you wearing the disguise of Carlie . With how good the Fairy Dust is, nobody can easily see through our disguises…"
"That plan of yours might sound good, but you should know that there are a lot of things that can go wrong with this . " Alina replied grimly as she shook her head .
"First of all, even if we have the appearances of Teresa and Carlie, we do not have any knowledge about their life and how they move . One wrong move from us, and we will easily get unmasked!"
"Oh, don't worry about that, I already have a plan for that . " Alex quickly replied as he gave an appraising look at Alina .
"First of all, you can use your Dark Magic to read Carlie's thoughts, right?" Alex said as he glanced at the still unconscious Carlie . "Once you read her mind, you can easily act like her…"
" . . . . "
From what Alex knew, one of Alina's Dark Magic was called Mind Scour, which allows Alina to read everything that was inside a person's mind .
Of course there is one prerequisite for this to work .
The target of the spell must be mentally strained, so that he/she could not resist getting mindscoured .
This could be somewhat difficult, but right now, Carlie had been beaten up badly that her mind surely is susceptible to Mind Scour .
"Wait, how about you, Alex?" Alina inquired as she observed Alex's feminine body . "How will you act out as Teresa?"
"Easy . Just use your Mind Scour on Teresa too, then transfer those memories to me using another one of your Dark Magic . " Alex replied confidently . "Your spells can do that, right?"
"Yes, I can do them all, but still…" Alina seemed to be hesitant on saying something as she glanced at Alex .
"But?"
"Even if we can act like Carlie and Teresa, how will we be able to copy their abilities?" Alina asked as she looked at Carlie . "There is no way right now that I can use Carlie's abilities, and there is no way for you to use Teresa's abilities . How can you solve that problem?"
Alex smiled upon hearing this question, as he felt more and more impressed with Alina's pursuit of perfection .
Alex liked the fact that Alina was worried enough for their operation that she was willing to look and scrutinize every part of their plan .
Not only did this made Alex feel better, it also made him feel relieved, as he knew that what Alina was doing was how a Companion should act .
"Don't worry, I already have a way to fix that problem too . " Alex replied serenely, as if he already got that part solved . "Just… leave it to me, ok?"
"Ok then…"
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Same time, at the Human Faction .
"Sigh . . . " Divine Knight Sylvester Glaivewood could only sigh in exasperation and exhaustion as he looked down at his hands .
Both of hands were slightly clenched perfectly showing the conflicting emotions that he is feeling right now .
"Sigh . . " Sylvester could have gone on sighing more, but his sad thoughts were interrupted by a loud sound .
"Thud!" The sound was deep and full, as if there was something hard that struck another hard object .
" . . . " Sylvester took this as a cue to look up, forcing him to look at 5 other armored Knights staring at him warily .
"Are you feeling okay, bro?" One of the 5 Knights hesitantly asked Sylvester .
This Knight was wearing a simple chainmail armor, with a lance strapped on his back .
This mentioned Knight had a simple face, something that can be seen on the common masses . But hidden behind that face was a fearsome power that Sylvester had already experienced before .
"I… am just worried about my daughter . " Sylvester replied to the simple-faced Knight . "You know that I do not like leaving Teresa in their hands, or tentacles . "
"Well, we cannot just acquiesce to the demands of that tentacle monster . " The simple-faced Knight replied nonchalantly as he tapped the lance on his back . "We cannot let him know about the cure . "
"Yes, I know that, but still . . " Sylvester gritted his teeth, as he forced himself to not shout . "I do not want my daughter to stay with them for any longer!"
"Well, at least you can still save your daughter a week from now . " This time, the one who spoke was a red-haired woman .
Just like her hair, her armor was also red in color, with the symbol of the moon engraved on it .
Combined with her beautiful armor, the red-haired woman's elegant face only served to make her look both ephemeral and graceful .
" . . . . . "
But no matter how optimistic the sentence uttered by the woman was, it seems like Sylvester did not kindly take what the red-haired woman said .
"F**k those monsters . They really threatened to kill my daughter if I don't' give them the cure!" Sylvester roared out in anger . "What gall they both have! Tsk, how devious of those bastards!"
"You know that you cannot tell those two monsters anything about the cure . " The red-haired woman said as she gave Sylvester a soft and pleading look . "There is no way that we can let those two know…"
"I know . " Sylvester replied heavily, as he moved his hand to avoid the red-haired woman's attempt to touch his hands . "But… this really just makes me so frustrated!"
The other Knights nearby went silent as they listened to Sylvester's rants .
"I already lost Teresa's mother before . . . I do not want to lose Teresa too…" Sylvester croaked out as he hung his head in sadness .
"Don't worry bro, we are all here to help you . " The simple-faced Knight said as he pointed his fingers to the other Knights . "That is why we have this meeting now, right? We have this meeting so that we can create a strategy to take those two monsters down while saving your daughter!"
"And for that, I thank you all . " Sylvester replied with a grateful expression on his face as he looked at the Knights present in the meeting . "You have my greatest thanks for this . "
"Well, you can go out with me for a date if you really feel that grateful . " The red-haired woman said as she gave Sylvester a burning look . "Just one date is fine already . "
"Hey, hands off my bro!" The simple-faced Knight said as he glared at the red-haired woman . "You know that my sister is currently very close to my bro… Don't try on meddling upon them!"
"Tsk, you just want to ask me out again, right?" The red-haired woman hotly replied as she gave the simple-faced Knight a cold look . "Let me say this to you now, but I will not go out with you!"
"Ugh!" The simple-faced Knight clutched his heart, as if he was in great pain . He gave Sylvester a pleading look, as if he was saying, 'Bro, help me out here!' .
Sylvester's only reply to that was a light shrug as he rapped his knuckles on the table .
"We can talk about your complicated relationships later… But for now, we should talk about our plans to save my daughter . "
"Right…"
Both the squabbling Knights went quiet as they and the other Knights started to talk .
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Same time at the Monster Faction .
Inside a wide room, a certain frightening being could be seen lounging on the floor .
There are no apt descriptions for the being, as its whole body was seemingly created from the combination of other creatures .
Limbs of dragon, goblins, wyrms and many other Monsters could be seen dangling from the being's body .
Its head too was seemingly created from many heads that are forced to stitch together, creating a bizarre sight .
Even the eyes alone were already creepy enough .
"Rustle…"
Right now, this frightening being was busy on reading a book, with its massive torso in contact with the floor .
The reading session did not last long however, as another monster entered the room .
"General Chimera, the Queen Mother sent me to say something to you . " General Chimera looked up from the book that he was reading, only to see an eye gazing at him .
"Oh, its you again . " General Chimera replied as he flapped his wings behind him . "Is Queen Mother bored again? Does she want me to go at her place?"
"Nope . Nothing like that . " The eye replied as it spun on its place . "Queen Mother said that she has a special mission that she wants you to do, and you are the only one that she trusts that can do it . "
"I'm all ears . " General Chimera said as all of the ears hanging at his body started to flap . "Get it? ALL ears . "
"Ugh…" The eyes could barely suppress its groan as it heard the horrible pun .
Nonetheless, the eye was able to recover as it said,
"Basically, you are tasked to bring Teresa, the Shadow Monster, towards Queen Mother's dwelling . " The eye said as it stopped spinning . "Do it properly, and Queen Mother will give you more bodies to fuse with . "
"Got it . " General Chimera said as he tried to recall who Teresa was . His multiple brains started to work as they processed the name Teresa .
" . . . …"
The information about Teresa that appeared inside General Chimera's mind made him frown a little .
"Wait . . . from what I know, this Teresa will be away from the Monster Faction for some time because of a mission that she is doing right now . " General Chimera muttered to himself with a frown . "In that case, then I should just order her retreat . "
"Oh, you don't need to do that . ' The eye said as it turned its back on the general . "According to Queen Mother, Teresa will come back . So, just wait for her to arrive . "
"Ok, ok . " General Chimera said as he nodded . "I can wait, since my patience is as many as my legs . "
"You know, that is the worst pun that you ever gave me, and even I am pretty sure that what you said was not a pun . " The eye drily replied as it left the room .
"Oh come on, I saved the best for the last!" General Chimera complained as the door closed .
The eye was already long gone at this time, so General Chimera did not receive any reply .