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Lugi, Reda, sorry to keep you waiting!

You have finally arrived!

Boop-boop... Beep-beep... Pop, whirrr!

Oh, and Hatchy and Tull-Tull! You came, too!

I thought I'd leave them in young Noel's care...

...but they insisted on coming, and just wouldn't listen...

Of course!

After all, Tilith and Reda are our masters!

Beep, beep... Boop!

They'll most certainly be useless in combat, according to Noel...

...but they'll be handy for surveying and scouting, or for investigating the sealed god.

Well...he said they might be, at least.

Wow! Well then, it's good to have you with us!

Leave it to us!

Whirr, whirr... Boop!

So...are you done chatting yet?

Oh, we get you with us from the start this time, right, Lugi?

Actually, I'm going to sit this one out.

Huh? What do you mean?

......

I'm saying that I'm leaving the sealed god we detected here to you idiots.

Lugi, last time, weren't you the one who said...

"We already restored one of the sealed gods to its original self. Don't you dare back out of this mission later on."

That's what you told Hans, right?

So why are you leaving it to us?

Unlike you lot, I'm a busy man. I've got other things to do.

So like I said, I'm leaving this world's sealed god to you idiots.

No way...!

It just doesn't merit me getting involved.

It's really more suited to losers like you guys.

This world's sealed god should be right at your level, don't you think?

...... *Sigh...*

Oh, fine.

You're right. This world is perfect for nobodies like us.

So please, feel free to move on to your own mission as soon as possible, oh great, brave Sir Lugina.

Why, you...

Huh? You're not going with Lugi, Reda?

Relax. Elder Grahdens has once again ordered me...

...to accompany you as an advisor while investigating the sealed god.

So, I'll be going with you.

Really? Yay! Travel is more fun when you go in a group!

Well, it's a mission, so it's really not meant to be enjoyed...

And since this guy here seems to prefer acting alone, unlike us...

...I'm sure I'd just get in his way if I went with him.

Tsch...

Hey idiot, you've been training like I told you to before, haven't you?

Well, if you haven't, you'll just end up dying a humiliating death here!

As usual, he acts as nasty as he can and then vanishes...

Lugi...

Oh, let him be.

Getting mad at him won't change anything.

Besides, he's probably got some sort of new lead of his own.

You think so?

Probably, yes.

If he hadn't, there wouldn't be any way an attention-hog like him would completely pass on handling the sealed god.

Yeah...

More importantly, we're going to begin exploring this world immediately!

If the reports that there's a sealed god here are correct...

...it would mean that this world is in danger of falling apart.

You're right.

So...going by what stands out to begin with, there's this castle right in front of us...

Whirr... Clank, boo-boop...

REPTO-MTX says...life signs detected from within that structure.

Life signs?!

Does that mean that people live in there?

Possibly.

I looked into the area around it a bit myself, before you guys got here...

...and there are definitely traces of someone living there.

Wow!

Well, let's get going already!

Of course. We should probably approach with caution...

...since we don't know what sort of people we're dealing with. If we're going to meet them and find out, that is...