"Aeons be damned... They couldn't last even ten minutes without getting into trouble?" I hissed as we watched the Silvermane guards looking for more outsiders.
I brushed a hand across my face as I realized we were in actual trouble as we had... Fucking zero clue where the hell the girls went. For all I knew, they were already running into the Underworld or something.
But then Dan Heng said with dismal optimism. "Maybe the girls did get picked up by the Silvermane guards... But it is rather odd they are waiting for where we were supposed to meet with them. Maybe they told the guards to meet with us?"
I inhaled before I exhaled in annoyance before I said plainly. "Dan Heng its up to you. Do we surrender ourselves to possibly find the girls, or do we try to find the girls ourselves in this massive city."
Dan Heng was silent before he asked curiously. "Jake... You are an Aeon, can't you just make a radar or something to find the girls?"
My lips twitched and with a flare of my mana, I created Jack Sparrows's compass which would point to whatever I wanted when I squeezed it with the desire in mind.
'Where is the Elysia?' I thought as I squeezed the compass and I turned slightly as I followed the compass pointer and saw... It led directly for the Supreme Guardian's building.
"Whelp, looks like they indeed got picked up." I said with a sigh before I looked at Dan Heng and said. "Alright let's go meet with the guards and see how this goes... If they directly attack us, we go loud in breaking the girls out though. Thoughts?"
Dan Heng put a finger to his lips before he slowly nodded and he said. "Alright, so long as we don't run into too many Pathstriders we shouldn't have any issues in non-lethally taking down any number of guards."
So with that we headed towards the guards and as we came closer, the guards began pointing at us and then they advanced on us with their spears held upwards. "Are you Jake Bariss, and Dan Heng?" The leading guard asked firmly.
"That is correct. Has our companions met with the leadership of Belebog yet?" I asked calmly as I spread my radius of control so if they became hostile I could just encase their lower bodies in a pillar of Geomarrow to fuck with the people who were running out of the substance.
The leading guard said firmly. "That is correct, they have already met the Supreme Guardian. And right now they are resting in a hotel with us being ordered to send you to the same hotel. Please follow us now then."
I shared a look with Dan Heng before I mentally switched the radar from Elysia to Stelle, and then March 7th... But all of them pointed to the Supreme Guardian's main building.
My lips thinned before I sighed. "I am afraid, I am going to have to refuse. Dan Heng and I need to do a bit more shopping as we landed in this world in a tight spot and needed some new clothes because we lost our luggage."
The lead guard was silent for a moment before he said firmly. "I will personally bring you several sets of clothing at the hotel to show Belebog's generosity. But you foreigners have been ordered to be kept in isolation as the council deliberates your arrival on the world."
I sighed before saying. "I see... Then forgive me, dude." I snapped my fingers and a flash of light formed around the half dozen guards with everything below their waists being encased in a block of glowing Geomarrow.
"Come on Dan Heng... Let's go rescue the damsels in distress." I spoke with a wry smile.
"I can't wait to tell March, we couldn't even leave you alone for ten minutes before being arrested." Dan Heng announced with some humor as he summoned his spear from his pocket space or whatever.
And it seems the guards from before had radios or something as even with Dan Heng and I running for the main building it was quickly put on lockdown with legions of guards standing at the ready for us.
"Shit." I hissed as I raised up a hand with a powerful barrier raised up and I realized as we were rushing up the very large stairs towards the main building... We were an open target as cannons mounted at the top of the stairs began blasting at us with no mercy.
"They aren't attempting to capture us." Dan Heng noted with a wry tone of voice as the barrier around us glowed bright gold as I decided to be an ass and use the color and theme of Preservation.
And in answer, a screaming mortar slammed into my barrier and exploded powerfully obscuring our forms in smoke. But I was undaunted as I said flatly. "I am not supposed to be carrying you guys... But the girls being captured in the first five minutes wasn't on the damned agenda!"
In return, I saw a powerful pink beam shoot out of the central building as we came closer and I smiled seeing March 7th, Stelle, and Elysia running out of the hole in the building they made.
"Go! go! Into the Fragmentum!" March 7th called out quickly as I stretched the barrier to surround them as well and from there we retreated into back down into the suburbs of the city with our group running through the city and avoiding the Silvermane guards as we did so.
"What the hell happened? Did you meet with the Supreme Guardian or whatever and it went horribly?" I demanded in exasperation.
But Stelle just said awkwardly. "Apparently Madame Cocolia could sense the Stellaron inside of me. And so before we even got all the way inside. The guards were ordered to arrest us!"
I facepalmed hearing that they didn't even manage to get to meet Cocolia before causing these issues and then I shivered as I felt the same flare of conceptual Destruction that radiated from the Doomsday Beast we fought on Herta's Spaceship...
And more poignantly. Stelle when her Stellaron activated partially and Nanook gazed upon her.
"This city was built upon blood and tears. Millions of Silvermane guards gave their lives to protect each and every one of these streets... Did you really think you could run away from us?" A strong female voice spoke out and I sagged in place as I saw exactly who I didn't want to deal with just yet.
First was Bronya Rand with her long silver-grey hair in ring tails holding her rifle pointed at us, second was Serval's brother Gepard who was also a strong front-line fighter... And lastly was Belebog's big evil milf baddy.
Madame Cocolia who was already armed with a large spear of ice advanced on us with deadly intent and I held in a retch at feeling the Destruction essence of the Stellaron had so polluted her mind.