Because of Quincy's own conjectures and misunderstandings, Lex didn't need to specifically invent an excuse to cover up that he was taking these gems to perform the ritual to retrieve 'clarence's gate'.
Lex even smiled indifferently and shrugged, which in Quincy's eyes was the face of a scoundrel.
Quincy snorted coldly: "I didn't expect nobles to do such petty Theft."
Lex responded calmly: "What you see may not be the truth."
"Stop pretending to be profound." Quincy didn't buy it at all.
Before Lex could respond, suddenly, they all heard a huge, muffled explosion.
They immediately knew that this was Amyrius's signal!
"Action." Lueran took the lead, flipping out of a nearby window and quickly saying, "That 'gate' is on the sea. We need to seize a ship. We're heading to the Dock Area."
"Once we're discovered, try your best to shake off the entanglement. Our main task is to destroy the 'gate', not to play war games with the Feysac people."
Using the cover of buildings, they quickly traversed most of the base while the Soldiers inside were distracted by the explosion Amyrius created.
When they arrived near a Soldiers' dormitory, Lex suddenly sensed something, looked up sharply, and saw fireballs whistling towards them.
"Be careful!"
Lex forcefully pushed Edward, who was beside him, away and rolled to the other side, letting the fireballs land between them and explode violently.
Crimson waves of fire constantly bloomed among them. After a round of bombing, someone fell to the ground.
"I knew it. The explosion at the dock was too obvious, just like a smoke screen to cover something up. Turns out a few Loen rats sneaked into the base."
Lex looked over and saw a figure approaching. It was a man in a Feysac military uniform, looking around thirty years old, quite young, with a center-parted dark brown hair and light blue eyes full of smiles, as if he didn't take them seriously at all.
"Rats, obediently become my Otto Einhorn's meritorious deeds."
Without another word, the officer's spirituality surged, and a swarm of fire crows immediately appeared around him, densely packed and radiating intense heat, Pounce the crowd.
Lex didn't want to get entangled. He shot out several small fireballs from his hands, intercepting and detonating the fire crows flying towards him. Then, flames erupted from his feet, propelling him into the air in an instant.
"You fellow are..."
Otto had received a message from his uncle that morning, telling him to stay at the base and await orders. When Amyrius created the explosion, it naturally caught his attention.
But he was a 'Conspirer'; he possessed Beyonder insight and wasn't drawn to the Dock Area like his other colleagues. He cautiously remained in the base, which led him to discover Lex and the others' whereabouts.
However, Otto hadn't expected that among these Loen people, there would be someone who could spray flames from his feet to propel himself into the air. Caught off guard, he actually forgot to intercept. By the time he reacted, that Loen person had already crashed into the Soldiers' dormitory ahead.
Otto was about to give chase when he suddenly felt an astonishing aura appear behind him, like a violent storm descending, threatening to tear him apart.
He didn't dare to be careless, skillfully rolling away, and saw a figure flash past where he had just been. It was a dark-skinned fellow, but not those monkeys from the South Continent. This dark-blue-haired Loen person punched the ground, and it was like a cannonball, smashing an irregular shallow circular pit into the ground.
Despite disliking Lex, Quincy still intercepted. He could still distinguish between public and private, and what was important.
Otto snorted, about to activate his ability, when suddenly his head was pierced by a sharp pain, as if someone had stabbed a red-hot iron rod into his brain and stirred his brains.
He clutched his head and screamed, and in his reddened eyes, he saw Lueran's eyes light up unnaturally.
Under the attack of 'Spiritual Piercing', Otto's face instantly flushed red. With a splitting headache, he roared, condensed a blazing white long spear, and threw it with force.
The long spear instantly struck Lueran. The golden-haired secretary's face was full of shock. When he looked down, he was suddenly engulfed by the flames erupting from the long spear.
"Serves him right."
Otto had just laughed when he suddenly saw the scene before him shatter, as if it had all been just a dream.
And now, he 'woke up' from his dream and saw Quincy, who had approached him at some point, hitting his body with punch after punch, making him sway and uncontrollably retreat.
During this process, he saw that Lueran was fine, and saw another Loen person's hand releasing from his forehead.
Bang!
Quincy landed a heavy punch on Otto's stomach. A long-accumulated power erupted, and Otto screamed as he flew up, landing heavily on the ground, blood uncontrollably gushing from his mouth.
He struggled to get up, revealing a ferocious smile: "Damn Loen rats, I'm going to kill you all!"
He had a magical item on him, an item controlled by the Einhorn Family. He wanted to use this item to turn the tide. But when he reached into his pocket, he found nothing there.
Then he heard a voice say: "Are you looking for this?"
Otto looked back and saw a short Loen person, wearing an ill-fitting overcoat and with rolling eyes, tossing a crimson short sword.
"When did that happen..."
Otto had no idea when this small person had stolen his magical item. Suddenly, he felt he had been too overconfident.
The four people before him included an 'Arbitrator', a 'Sailor', a 'Nightmare', and a 'Thief'. At least two were Sequence 7, and the remaining two might be Sequence 8, or Sequence 7.
Although he was a Sequence 6, facing a coordinated team of Beyonder, and having lost his magical item, his situation was not good.
Perhaps, retreating would be a good choice—this thought quietly surfaced in Otto's mind and then could no longer disappear.
Bang!
Lex crashed through a window, rolled a few times on the floor, and stopped.
He surveyed his surroundings. It was a single dormitory, with a military uniform hanging on the wall.
Lex immediately put on the military uniform, then took out the 'Thousand-Faced Traveler' and put it on his face. He wiped it with his hand, and he immediately grew a few centimeters taller, his hair color changed to brownish-yellow, and his skin was fair with a reddish glow. In the blink of an eye, he became a Feysac person.
Moreover, this Feysac person had obvious injuries on his face, as if he had been punched.
Lex then threw another fireball, blowing open one wall of the room, creating a gap. Then he sat on the ground, clutching his waist, frowning, and acting as if he were injured.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and four or five Soldiers rushed in, looking at Lex and shouting: "What happened?"