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Captain Rill's next words directly dispelled Bai En's concerns, "Oh, it just so happened that the Captains of the Magic Knights were holding a large meeting yesterday. As soon as I received Uncle Jie Kai's message, I immediately reported it to the Wizard King."
"So, after confirming the importance of the intelligence and my repeated requests, I finally got this star."
"Ah~" Captain Rill squinted, his eyes like two crescent moons, "I didn't expect that imitating Captain Yami's shamelessness and tantrums would be so useful. I should have tried it last time."
"Alright~ I'll demonstrate Captain Yami for everyone."
Captain Rill covered his forehead with his hand, his brows furrowed, and his whole face sagged: "Boss Julius, I refuse~ Please give me a 'star' as a reward..."
Watching their Captain's inexplicably strange antics, the members of the Aqua Deer Squad were clearly used to it. They ate breakfast and did their own things. After a while, seeing that the atmosphere wasn't as joyful as he'd imagined, Captain Rill stopped his imitation.
"What? Is my imitation not good enough?"
"Alright, next time I'll definitely pay close attention to Captain Yami's movements and expressions."
After finishing his imitation, Captain Rill used Painting Magic to pull a box from space. When he opened the box, numerous bulging money bags instantly made the people sitting and doing their own things stand up and form a long line.
"I almost forgot, today is pay day for the Aqua Deer Squad."
The morning grouchiness vanished under the temptation of money. "Thank you, Captain~" x6
Everyone who received a money bag showed satisfied expressions. "Alright, Sesk, let's go to the casino later and have a showdown. We'll get revenge for last time!" Gu Sen slammed the table.
"No problem, I feel like our luck is really good today~ Let's go and kill them all."
"I heard there's a restaurant in the Common Realm that's been incredibly popular recently. Want to go try it sometime?" Fragil invited Nancy. As fellow females, they clearly had common topics.
"The Common Realm? Are you sure it's okay?"
"It's fine. I heard many nobles have also secretly gone to eat there, and the reviews are quite good."
"I'm fine with it too."
...
The lively discussion caused by the payday was interrupted by Captain Rill: "Everyone, there's one last important thing I need to tell you all. It's a mission~"
"Eh?" x6
"This morning, about two or three hours ago, a large Magic Palace was discovered near the border of the Clover Kingdom." Captain Rill recalled the Wizard King's communication with him and briefly recounted the content.
"A Magic Palace?"
"It's a place where ancient people left behind relics, similar to an ancient tomb. It might contain methods for using powerful ancient magic, super valuable magic tools, and such."
Fearing that Bai En and Nancy, who had only recently joined the squad, might not understand what a Magic Palace was, Fragil kindly explained: "It's a place with all sorts of valuable things. The people back then didn't want anyone else to use them for evil, so there are also quite a lot of magic traps there."
Francis also added: "To ensure that the relics wouldn't be stolen due to their extremely high danger and evil potential, they are always investigated by the Magic Knights~"
"I just didn't expect such a mission to fall to us. Generally, those royal and noble Magic Knights would monopolize them."
Captain Rill continued: "This Magic Palace appeared in an area opposite our hostile neighboring Diamond Kingdom. It's possible they might also take action, so to prevent them from seizing it, and to better complete the mission, this mission is a joint mission?"
"Joint... mission?"
"That's right. Besides our Aqua Deer Squad, the Black Bulls... and the Golden Dawn will also send people to participate."
Sesk's gaze paused slightly as he listened to Captain Rill's words: "Generally speaking, Magic Knights don't cooperate unless it's an emergency. Cooperation between two squads is already rare; this time, it's three Magic Knights."
"Is the Diamond Kingdom deploying all its generals?"
"No, it's not." Captain Rill interrupted, "This time, the Wizard King originally only planned to assign the Golden Dawn and the Black Bulls to the Magic Palace. I also wanted to go see the Magic Palace, but he refused because I'm a Captain!"
"Afterward, the Wizard King saw the intelligence from Mohat Town, so he added our squad to the mission and even designated specific personnel."
"The Wizard King designated personnel?"
"Yes, Nancy and Bai En."
Called by name, Bai En, who was planning to use those 300,000 Yul to buy materials to temper his cooking utensils, was startled. He raised his hand and gestured: "Captain, we just got back not long ago."
"Is that so, is that so? Then I'll have to trouble you two."
...
"Captain, I request that Uncle Jie Kai, who is currently on vacation, come back and go to the Magic Palace with us. He was the one who did all the work on the last mission. Without him, I'm afraid we'll be in trouble if we encounter danger during the mission, especially since we're still new."
How could that irresponsible, daughter-obsessed uncle be so idle?
Far away, Jie Kai, who was sleeping soundly in bed, suddenly sneezed. Drowsily, he felt like someone was speaking ill of him? Could it be that kid Bai En? But I only guided him in cooking more than ten times, why bother?
Sleep, sleep... Captain Rill stroked his chin, seemingly pondering the feasibility of the matter. He murmured, "There wouldn't be enough time for that, would there? For this mission... Gu Sen, will you take Bai En and Nancy with you?"
"Huh? Captain, today is payday! I still need to go to the casino and kill them all."
"Is that so, is that so? Then I'll have to trouble you."
Gu Sen's face hardened, his expression somewhat serious: "Captain Rill, don't always answer with that phrase every time I try to refuse!"
"Oh, is that so? I'll have to trouble you."
...
After breakfast, the three rode their flying brooms and quickly flew eastward. Without a spatial Mage, they almost always had to use this stamina-draining method for travel.
What? Captain Rill? He hadn't been to the town near the Magic Palace, nor had he been to Mohat Town previously... The wind ruffled Bai En's clothes, and amidst the whistling, his drowsiness gradually faded. The original Magic Palace mission was indeed only for the Golden Dawn and the Black Bulls, but why was the Aqua Deer Squad involved this time? Could his appearance be like a butterfly's wings?
Or... never mind. Since things have already happened, it's better to think about the Magic Palace. Going to the Magic Palace isn't necessarily a bad thing. Besides the Wind Spirit and the demon-dweller sword, there might be materials that can help him temper his cooking utensils.
The generals of the Diamond Kingdom will come... perhaps he can also establish connections with them.
In his memory, Mars, one of the Eight Shining Generals, had already recovered his memories inside the Magic Palace after his defeat...