Bats in the Belfry PT.2 [Nighttime]

So far, so good.

With their combined power, the team was able to flawlessly vanquish the threat. After two rounds of combat, hopefully they were feeling a growing confidence. Maria had a feeling the blonde-haired Cadet was being a little reserved. She knew what that felt like, not wanting that responsibility or to wanting to deal with troublesome elements. But the moment anyone signed up to be a Cadet, they were willingly signing up for that entire package both good and bad.


She never was really into the leadership role. But any assembled group needed one to function well and neither did anyone feel like they should take it up. It felt like a kind of weight had been laid on her shoulders, an uncomfortable one. The bluenette Cadet hoped this would be the last time she'd have to do this. She would much more prefer to just follow orders and lay waste to any of the Queen's enemies instead. But what can a little Cadet do in a time like this?


That growing discomfort and pain caused her to pause for a moment. But she did her best to ignore it and compared to last night, she was more prepared for it as she kept a better unfazed expression. Was this going to be a recurring thing? She really needed to have a word with the eggheads after this. But knowing them, perhaps this was intentional. Being disposable, regardless of your ranking, has been a common aspect within the Church. There were always more believers out there willing to give themselves to the Cause.

"Let's pick up the pace," Maria spoke to the group, "We're doing well. Let's go."

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Athena looked at the empty room where the demons used to stand, her facial expression betrayed no emotions or thoughts the young model might have despite her being skeptical about their current situation. How could those weak creatures imprison the prince? Considering how experienced he was there was no way he couldn't beat these opponents, unless there was something much stronger holding him back. Athena wondered if their little company would actually manage to pull out this mission. "Isn't it suspicious?" She finally said to the group. "Julius is the leader of the cadets and by no doubts a strong persona user, yet the demons we fought so far weren't impressive at all, in fact I'm certain they're here just to delay us." The girl stared at the dark corridors of the Dragon's Maw. "Demons are the least of our concern, there's someone else we need to worry about. Do we have any intel about this terrorist like we did with Alice last time? They did manage to entrap the prince so that means their power level is high..." The team was consisted of rookies, Maria seemed like she knew how to best deal with those creatures and Athena had dealt with some demons before joining the cadets but none of them could call herself veteran.

"We need to proceed with caution. This terrorist is probably stronger than us, a direct battle would only mean our deaths. If only there was a way to lure the terrorist into a trap instead, this place is after all his own field, we're bound to be at disadvantage here."

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Cecilia walked forward and followed the group.

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With the demons gone and out of her and her companions' way, the heat seemed to (ironically) melt away from her face. She regained her composure and looked over at the girl who had asked if she was alright. She gave her a "later" hand-gesture, for she didn't want her to worry, but there was no time to chat at the moment.

When they finally entered the room, Maria was prepared to be a trigger-happy harlot of God. Coming in through such a basic opening was in many respects dangerous. She would hope that her fellow comrades were ready enough to back her up if anything went wrong. But it was completely unwarranted as a familiar young boy occupied the space instead. She blinked once in confusion, but composed herself. "Yes, that would be us."

Her cerulean hues examined his rough appearance, and judging from her cursory study, Alex seemed to have gone through a few battles himself. After waiting for the exchange between the child and the Princess to cease, Maria cleared her throat, "Thank you, your Majesty."

She made a step forward to begin addressing her younger superior. It was really odd how all of them were older than he was and yet according to the pecking order, he was their senior and a higher up. Of course, this was all expected given their recent deployment as Cadets. But it was important to acknowledge the chain of command, the 'seniority', and all of that...


Given the number of Psyche-Terrorists and demons involved, it was something big and required an organized group effort. Someone or something had planned this attack and for it to still be successful in this wide scope as Serenity had remarked. From all of her observations, this all had to be planned. So it was important to identify these Terrorists to see what they were dealing with. She continued with another question, "It looks like you're not with Julius, where is he?"

Of all the government-aligned personnel, he was the only one who could talk. Viktor was out of commission and the District Leader was on a rush to redeem her little mistake. They were not exactly the best opportunities to understand the true gravity of this situation, but Alex was as good as it was going to get.

"How were you able to know there was going to be back-up? This place is a dead zone, even the Royal Guard said this," she asked curiously.

She had her suspicions about two people who might be involved in the attack and the Psyche-Terrorist Alice. If it is who she thinks it is, things might get a little bit difficult. But if it wasn't and if there was still a means for communication, hopefully he could tell them.

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