Three days later, in the Kingdom of Desertum…

Amelia and Elaina arrive at the entrance to the kingdom, a fence with an enormous height, approximately 200 meters. The large woman raises her weapon that glows red, she swings the large sword from side to side, cutting a piece of the structure and freeing up a space for the two to enter.

Elaina: Did you forget that I can enter without having to go through all this chaos?

Amelia: And you forgot that I can't do that?

Elaina: That's right, right? I forgot, how silly I was {light punch to her own head}

Amelia: Do you know his exact location?

Elaina: No, but I'll find out now

The young woman generates a clone of herself, which starts running, while both of them stay behind. The clone jumps high, landing on a rooftop, soon after the clone continues running, jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

Elaina: She'll find him, Marcus himself knows how to differentiate my Vitalis from the others, anyway, why don't we walk a little then?

Amelia: Right... Also, I forgot to ask, are we going to meet anyone else?

Elaina: Let's see... If someone finds the fragment, we'll have to go straight to the location, the guy will launch a signal from his respective, Marcus is green, Demian is yellow, Aki is blue, I'll get orange, besides, we had a new member added to our team while you were away, he'll get pink.

Amelia: I understand, but that way, we'll alert all the enemies, right?

Elaina: Maybe, but since we'll all get together, then as a group, we'll be able to defend ourselves perfectly, nothing will stop us!!

Amelia: I understand, by the way, where are we going again?

Elaina: Anywhere, I don't know this kingdom well, so let's just walk around, until my clone finds Marcus or vice versa. No problem, let's go find a coffee shop.

The two of them head to a coffee shop, enter the place, sit at a table and make a random order.

Elaina: some news reports the arrival of several people on this planet, we are being hunted even here.

Amelia: I don't think that eliminating us is really their goal, imagine that they want to stop us more, they are looking for that fragment, they want to find it before us, I'm sure they don't know where they are either.

Elaina: uh... Whatever! We just have to continue with our objective.

Amelia: you don't think much, do you? We need to create countermeasures with any clever things they might try.

Elaina: makes sense, but I'll leave that up to you, I'll just do it and that's it, I'm too lazy to think.

Amelia: I think you just can't think.

Elaina: what?! What slander!

Amelia: you finally got affected, huh?

Elaina: Obviously not- oh!

Amelia: What's wrong?

Elaina: I found his location! It was quick, huh, we were lucky.

Amelia: I understand, but what's up? Are we going to go to him or will he come to us?

Elaina: He's already on his way here, he should be here in a few minutes.

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Amelia: I'll still have to stay with a door like you.

Elaina: Why do you hate me so much?

Amelia: My hatred is justifiable.

After two minutes, the door to the cafeteria opens, and Marcus enters, who notices them and goes to them, he sits with them and crosses his arms.

Marcus: Wait... Oh! Now that I realize, Amelia! How are you?

Amelia: I'm fine, in perfect condition, it's been a while! {shakes Marcus's hand}

Marcus: We haven't seen you in a long time.

Amelia: This was all the fault of this little pest here {messed up Elaina's hair}

Elaina: Hey! I already apologized, okay?!

Marcus: Anyway, why aren't you patrolling your area anymore, Elaina?

Elaina: Amelia was searching this planet while she couldn't communicate with us again. She said she'd already searched Polonia and that the fragment was definitely not there. Besides, she was searching my area and noticed that there wasn't any there either.

Marcus: I see, so that leaves three more places to search, there are three of us, let's go to Polonia to look for Aki. Since we'll be left with four people, then we'll send two to provide backup in Arcismundi and Fragor. In Fundus, we don't need help, that guy takes care of everything by himself.

Amelia: That guy you two are talking about, he really is strong, huh.

Elaina: He's really strong, you know Jonathan?

Amelia: Yes, when I got here, I heard a lot about him, the strongest man in the universe. Judging by his feats, he was really strong.

Elaina: So... This guy... He's Jonathan's son.

Amelia: Julian? But not him…

Elaina: Not that one, another son, his twin brother. Initially, Jonathan had twins, however, one of them was in serious condition and ended up in the hospital, but a human trafficking organization tried to steal them. Even so, that organization only managed to steal him. The intention was quite obvious: if the father is strong, the son can be even stronger.

Amelia: I see, so you have a strong ally with you, huh? You saved him, huh?

Elaina: Exactly, Demian, who is a similar age, found him and saved him. Then we trained him and today he is the strongest among us. It is as if he were our little son.

Amelia: Ugh, anyway, enough of this, let's go find Aki right away, there is nothing we can do here.

Marcus: You are right.

The three of them leave the coffee shop, as before, without paying, they make a little mess in the place, leaving as if nothing had happened, they go straight to Poland, which wasn't too far away, but not too close either.

Three days earlier, at Olivia's house...

Olivia: Okay, guys, let's get this mess over with, who are those two?

Julian: They're some friends of mine, they want to go with us.

Olivia: Wait, what do you mean? Did you tell them about our trip?

Julian: Let's see... Maybe?

Olivia: {sighs} No, definitely not, I already didn't want to take Joana and now two more responsibilities... We can't take so many risks.

Julian: I figured you'd say that, I thought so too, so we decided to do a little exercise. I faced them and, apparently, they seem strong enough to go with us, after all, they gave me a hard time.

Olivia: Even so... Ugh!!! Okay! They can go, but first! I'll test it out for myself, I'll train you too, are you sure you can handle what's coming?

Riley: Do you really think we can't do much?

Olivia: Yes... After all, you're a child.

Riley: Then you break my legs, but I can still do something, rest assured!

Sayako: Me too! I can dodge really well!

Olivia: Anyway, I'll train you tomorrow, so get ready.

The next day...

Olivia: Wake up, girls! Time to train!

The two wake up sleepily, stretching and yawning as they get up and get ready for training, while Olivia wakes Julian up too.

Julian: Geez, so early? You're not taking it easy on the girls, are you?

Olivia: No, if they really want to go with us, they'll have to prove themselves.

Joana: Thank goodness I didn't need any of that to go.

Olivia: Don't think you'll be left out.

Joana: What?

Olivia: You'll train with us too, just because you're already guaranteed to go doesn't mean you can relax there.

Joana: But I can't even relax! I've been cleaning this house all day!

Olivia: Really, but you get what I mean.

Riley: Hey! We're here!

Sayako: We're ready.

Julian: Wait... Did they sleep here?

Joana: How did you not notice that?!

Julian: Huh? I just didn't notice, it was so natural.

Joana: Natural, my ass!

Olivia: {stern tone} Enough of this! Everyone to the training hall!!!

The group runs to the training room, scared away by Olivia's anger. Upon arriving, they settle in a corner while Olivia stays in the opposite corner. They begin an intensive training session, and after a few hours, the doorbell rings.

Olivia: They're here, I'll be right back.

The woman heads to the door of the house, where she opens it to welcome the two who were missing, Natalie and Millie.

Olivia: Good afternoon, you two.

Natalie: Hi!

Millie: Good afternoon, Olivia.

Olivia: You can go in, the others have been training for a while, so you'll stay even after they finish.

Natalie: That's better! Don't go easy, I can handle it!

The two enter the house and head to the training area. Natalie happily skips to the area, and upon arriving, she quickly settles down. Millia also gets ready. Olivia continues the training now with everyone present.

Four days later…

After the intensive training prepared by Olivia, the group was prepared for the mission they were about to embark on. The destruction of the walls of the Kingdom of Desertum and the Kingdom of Fragor, in addition to the report of a Desertum coffee shop and a Fragor bar being attacked by possible members of Pacis Gladiator, caused the investigations in these places to be canceled, and the groups moved on to other kingdoms.

Olivia: From the news, you must imagine that we will no longer be going to the Kingdom of Desertum or the Kingdom of Fragor. After all, if they abandoned these kingdoms, it is because the artifact is no longer there.

Julian: But something I heard people talking about is how the time they stayed there was very short.

Olivia: King Alexander imagines that they may have an artifact or ability to quickly search for something over a great distance the size of the kingdoms.

Julian: I understand, but what if that is not it? What if they are making us think that and stop searching in these places?

Olivia: It would be unlikely, since there is only one member in each kingdom, that is a fact, since we know how many of them there are, so everything leads us to believe that they really did not find what they are looking for in those places, if we are wrong, then tough luck, after all, even so, we are betting, a shot in the dark

Julian: I see...

Millie: I heard the whole conversation, so what will be our destination now?

Olivia: We will go to the Kingdom of Poland, because of this change, we will leave now, since that kingdom is a very distant place.

Natalie: That is kind of inconvenient, isn't it? Why do we have to be sent crazy to the most distant kingdom?

Olivia: Well, the other kingdoms are already being occupied, it is better to go now, there is no way to change that.

Sayako: By the way! Something I thought before and forgot to mention, a week is a long time, why didn't the king send you immediately to the kingdom of Desertum like he did with the others?

Olivia: The king expressed that some evidence made him suspect that the fragment is in this kingdom, and that he would like me and the three of you to stay here longer. Other evidence made him imagine that the probability of it being in the kingdom of Desertum was much lower.

Riley: That's quite understandable, he wanted this week to pass and if there was nothing, then we could go to the kingdom of Desertum, find out if the fragment really isn't there, a game of probabilities, this king isn't the king here for nothing, huh.