Lux looked at the space in front of him with a solemn gaze.
Right before him was the information of his Guild, and no matter where he looked, he couldn't see his Master's name listed anywhere.
He had already double-checked and even triple-checked the list of the members of his Guild, but no matter how many times he checked, his Master's name was nowhere to be found.
The Half-Elf had wondered why his Master didn't teleport to his Guild Headquarters in order to escape from the members of the Divine Army of Light.
As a member of his Guild, it was fairly easy to use this option to prevent himself from getting captured.
But he didn't do that.
Which begged the question, why?
Lux thought that his Master might have been knocked unconscious, preventing him from teleporting away. If this was the scenario, then it would've still been fine.
The reason for this thought was because, as a guild leader, he could summon Gaap to his side using the skill, Heaven's Call.
Lux had the ability to summon his entire guild or select the people he wanted to summon. The only condition that must be met for this to be possible was for the people he wanted to summon to agree to being summoned.
When he attacked the Haca Dynasty in order to save the family of General Garret, he only brought Barca and the Elites of Blackrock Clan with him. This was the selective summoning that he could use as the Guildmaster of a Mythical Guild.
Even if his Master was thrown into a cell or chained to a wall, as long as his prison or his chains didn't have any spatial restrictions, the Half-Elf would be able to summon Gaap with ease.
But now, that plan was thrown out of the window.
The reason?
His Master was no longer part of the guild!
'I'm certain that when I parted with my Master, he was still in the guild,' Lux thought.
He couldn't think of any ability that could force someone to leave the guild. When Cai was in the Abyss, Lux had checked her information in the guild, and although she was inaccessible, her name was only grayed out.
She was still there, but communication was not possible at that time.
This also ruled out the possibility that his Master was in a place similar to the Abyss, which prevented him from contacting him or using the Guild's teleportation ability.
There was only one explanation and that was he left the guild on his own.
It was also possible that he had left the guild the moment he was captured.
Which brought back the same question.
'Why?' Lux thought. 'Why did Master leave?'
He knew that Gaap wanted revenge against the Divine Army of Light.
Even the Half-Elf didn't have any good relationship with them, and he wanted nothing more than to nuke them to oblivion.
As if waiting for that moment, Lux recalled the scene when he parted with his Master.
Gaap had given him the necklace, which pendant was one of the rings that belonged to members of Memento Mori, and said that he had nothing more to teach him.
This was similar to a Master bidding goodbye to his Disciple, allowing them to leave the Nest, to see a bigger world.
The ring belonged to his Grandmaster Hereswith, and it was a very important item to the Halfling, which he had carried for many years.
Passing the ring to Lux was similar to giving him his final gift.
His final will and legacy.
Gaap had mentioned that he would just go sightseeing in Elysium and promised Lux that he would stop by from time to time.
The Halfling's mood back then was very carefree, as if he was just going on a vacation.
'I should have known,' Lux thought. 'I should have known that he was going away to finally execute his revenge.'
Gaap didn't want to involve Lux in his plan to make those who had hunted his Master pay for the suffering she felt before they took her life.
The Half-Elf clenched his fists, making a crackling sound, as he thought of his Master imprisoned somewhere in the Dungeons of the Divine Empire.
Suddenly, Hana stirred from the bed, which immediately caught Lux's attention.
When the Fox Lady opened her eyes, Lux was already by her side and looking at her with a serious expression on his face.
"Hana, please tell me everything from the start," Lux said before sitting on the bed and holding her hand. "Don't leave out anything."
Hana nodded and told Lux about everything that happened before his Master was captured.
There were two people that Gaap wanted to kill no matter what.
The first one was the High King of Lunaria.
The Second was the Oracle of Light.
Since the Oracle was always within the Divine Empire, protected by the best warriors of their Army, Gaap decided to deal with the High King first and visited the Kingdom of Lunaria.
What Gaap did to the Kingdom of Lunaria was genocide.
He didn't hold back and erased one of the strongest backers of the Divine Army of Light from the face of the world.
All of its cities and all of the people within them died in a single day.
It was a complete massacre without any shred of mercy.
Lux felt all the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. He knew that his Master wasn't the most gentle and kindest person in the world, but he didn't expect that he would go this far.
This reminded him of the time when he was in the Wolfpine Barony.
The Seven-Headed Dog of Calamity, Teju Jagua, obliterated an entire city, not caring about the lives of the innocent.
Teju Jagua was only a Calamity-Ranked Beast.
This meant that the kind of devastation that a Demigod could leave would easily surpass what the Seven-Headed Dog had done.
Especially if this Demigod was one of the strongest Demigods in existence, Antero.
Hana continued her tale.
"Unfortunately, the High King of Lunaria wasn't there when we attacked. It was highly likely that he was in the Divine Empire at that time," Hana explained. "Because of this, Master decided to attack the nearest Allied Kingdom of the Divine Army to vent his anger. However, when we arrived at our destination, the enraged High King was there, alongside the elites of the Divine Army.
"If we were only fighting against Saints, we could have still prevailed. However, what we didn't expect was that there would be two Supremes waiting for us. The first was the Supreme of the Divine Army, and the second was the Supreme of the Beast Kingdom. They created a spatial zone that prevented anyone from teleporting away."
"Although Antero was strong, the two Supremes kept him busy. We tried to defend Master against dozens of Saints, but they were simply too strong and too many of them to overcome.
"When Master was about to fall, I immediately escaped in order to look for help. Just a minute after my escape, I felt the strong tug that would force me to return to his side. This meant that he had been knocked unconscious, which would also make his Covenant Members disappear.
"In order to prevent myself from disappearing, I forcefully broke my Covenant with him and headed here as fast as I could. Even now, my strength is fading, and soon, I will no longer have an Anchor in this world. When the last of my power is used up, I will cease to exist."
"Lux, please, save Master. I beg of you."
Hana's body was starting to glow and turn into particles of light. She held onto the Half-Elf, while begging for him to save her Master, despite the fact that she was about to disappear forever.
"Don't worry, I will do my best," Lux replied as he held Hana's hand tightly. "But I can't do it alone. I will need your help, Hana. Form a temporary Covenant with me. I need your power."
Hana held Lux's gaze before closing her eyes. A moment later, rows of text appeared in front of Lux.
< Do you wish to form a Temporary Covenant with Hana? >
< Yes / No >
The Half-Elf didn't hesitate to choose yes, and with this, Hana anchored herself to him, allowing her to take Lux's power as her nourishment.
"Until Master is safe, let's work together, Hana," Lux said. "We will save him no matter what happens."
Hana nodded, her tears streaming down her face. She had done everything in her power to return to the territory of the Crystal Palace, desperate to look for the only person who would save her Master from being executed.
Lux knew that time was of the essence, so just an hour after Hana woke up, the two of them vanished from the Territory of the Crystal Palace.
Lux wasn't strong enough to face the might of the Divine Army alone.
Because of this, he would need to make preparations in order to save his Master from the organization that branded them both as Heretics.
