"Well, i'll start with what all of us in Raflesia have known, first off there are a group of upper echelon of the church from this kingdom with the upper echelon of the dark guild, associating with each other, we have not a clue of what they are calling themselves yet so we are calling them ADA for now, standing for Aster Dark Guild Association. So far, we had suspected that Sir Ruach, the four horseman of the apocalypse and also the upper echelon of dark guild are it's member, with their latest technology being able to make a fake raja and controlling them at same time. Not only that, they manage to control monster through abnormal mean rather than the conventional monster tamer method. We have no idea of their current objective but we theorised two things, first their immediate goal is to either retrieved Glimary or killed her by any mean possible and second might be the expansion of the Aster Kingdom" [Azumi]

"Are there any prove?" [Faizi]

"First, Alfin manage to get some information by using memory dive into Glimary mind and she manages to find the necessary information for it, and not only that, on our way back to the capital city while transporting Glimary, we had been attacked by them, and we manage to extract necessary information that suggest they had been ordered by someone higher up to kill Glimary shall all fail, they might not used the fake raja that time but I can assure you that isn't by any mean a coincidence" [Azumi]

"Instinct?" [Fauzi]

"Partly, not only that, recent attempt to assassinate Alfin in the capital were not due to political issue but more toward religious issue, due to the church hating Alfin being chosen by Mahsuri the water spirit. But, like I said, we still lacked information to make any concrete theory" [Azumi]

"Could it be..." [Angeline]

"What is it Angeline?" [Azumi]

"Before our city were conquered by them, they are spike of number of monster attack within the city wall, at first it seems quite random but as time goes on father and uncle begin to think something amiss, they are saying that the monster were somehow organising their attack, which lead to the massive fatigue to our city guard and adventure, not only that, the constant barrage of monster attack make the citizen life becoming harder as the basic necessities price increases, until..." [Angeline]

"Until the church came and lend their helping hand?" [Faizi]

"That's right" [Angeline]

"Well, truth to be told, we have suspected that much, our intelligence gathering have concluded the same thing, plus I myself have been dispatched to that city to gather information during that time..." [Fauzi]

"And?" [Azumi]

"Let just said most of the country being conquered uptill now follow almost the same pattern, a number of monster attack followed by Sir Ruach or one of the four horseman saving them, claiming to be the holy hero that drove away the monster. And that tactic succeeded. Not only that, we also have intelligence mentioning a suspicious meeting between Sir Ruach, the four horseman and also some outside researcher" [Faizi]

"Is it true?" [Azumi]

"I can said without a doubt it's all connected" [Fauzi]

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"Meaning that this ADA group really exist and their goal is to spread Aster reach!?" [Angeline]

"Most likely, but I doubt that's their only goal" [Azumi]

"Same here, while their methods are effective thus far, mankind greediness knows no bound, and judging by the teaching of the church i'll say they are preparing for something big" [Faizi]

"Ishmelga awakening" [Azumi]

"!" [Angeline]

"Most likely" [Fauzi]

"Is there any other information that could prove to be useful?" [Azumi]

"Well, this might not be much but one of the outsiders that frequently meet Sir Ruach had constantly changed his or her appearance, and that person is the one responsible for delivering some item describe by our intelligence as omnious massive sphere containing what they believe to be akin to a monster egg" [Faizi]

"That's how the Hiaccio's household described Glimary action, that she bring out a massive sphere with her item box before a fake raja orc emerge from it" [Azumi]

"That matches our intel than, said item are given to the 12 holy knight and also the four horseman" [Fauzi]

"Well, this is getting more crystal clear as time goes on" [Angeline]

"Agree" [Faizi]

"Before i forgot, are there any rumour about the fire spirit Phoenix being held here?" [Azumi]

"Well, you better take a look at this" [Fauzi]

"That's a pretty red feather!" [Angeline]

"Brimming with holy fire mana nonetheless" [Azumi]

"When there is a smoke, there is a fire" [Faizi]

"and I believe you still haven't found where it's being held?" [Azumi]

"Sadly no" [Fauzi]

"That's alright" [Azumi]

"So to summarize our discussion, we can confirm the existence of the group called as ADA and their current immediate objective are to "rescue" Glimary the holy knight while their long term plan, atleast on the surface are something related to Ishmelga awakening next year" [Faizi]

"Most likely" [Azumi]

"If only there are more effective way for us to communicate instantly" [Fauzi]

"Actually, Alfin is researching about an ancient device name television and hope to use it to transmit message to the masses faster, so let us hope it will bear some fruit" [Azumi]

"If that's the case, we manage to get our hand on some of the ancient device that the church take a hold, i'll give it to you this morning" [Faizi]

"Thanks, much appreciated" [Azumi]

"Well, you better get some sleep first, that little girl also. I'll wake you up early in the morning" [Faizi]

"Actually, can you wake me up around 1000am, I'm to tired and I'm planning to travel straight toward Mesembryanthemum without a rest" [Azumi]

"If you said so, I'll give you breakfast, the little girl clothes and the device this morning" [Faizi]

"Understood" [Azumi]

"Shall we go now Brother Azumi?" [Angeline]

"Well, your panda eye are becoming darker as minutes passed, so lets go" [Azumi]

Azumi, Angeline and Faizi use the same road as before and once they return to the surface, Angeline dive head first into the bed (but sadly for her, Azumi make her float before her body can touch the bed)

"Bath First!" [Azumi]

"yes....." [Angeline]

Angeline sadly reply