Junta & Wizarding World

#47 Party Keeping

Today there is a big event at Mr. Clark's residence, and on this very cold night, Junta, Kou, and Zonya are making their way to the residence of this city administrator. On this not-so-crowded night in accordance with the agreement they made with Mr. Clark, they will be guarding Mr. Clark's residence during the party he's hosting, which is underway, indeed this request sounded quite easy on Junta's ears, but somehow Zonya had been thinking about something since noon.

“What's bothering you Zonya? You look like a dizzy person thinking about his debt”

“I'm just thinking of a strategy I can use if The Fingers attack with the monsters they control”

“Is that why you told Aya and Alicia to stay at the inn?”

“Of course, I can't let class 2 and ordinary people into this mission, even though the request this time sounds easy, the potential danger is too great, I don't want to risk it”

“It looks like this request will not be easy if you get to like this”

“Yes Junta, this request is indeed at risk, I estimate there is a possibility of The Fingers disrupting this party event using the monsters they control, he said, we will be lucky if the monster is a monster class 5 down”

“What might it be? I mean this in the middle of town, is The Fingers a reckless organization?”

Kou who from earlier was silent suddenly joined the conversation.

“Whatever can happen Kou, we never know what The Fingers” thinks

“Actually I've been thinking about this for a long time, but if indeed The Fingers can control monsters, doesn't that mean they can attack an empire easily?”

“You are right Junta, The Fingers is a dark organization that aims to help the process of the rise of the Zokavian kingdom, if only there are people who claim to be the successor of the king or queen of the Zokavian kingdom, then I dare bet this land will be a very terrible battleground”

“It could be said The Fingers are now gathering strength to help the king or queen of Zokavia reclaim her kingdom, right?”

“Don't I ever say that?”

“By the way about the big operation carried out by the Association first, what exactly happened?”

“About spider monsters? Have I not told you yet?”

Kou and Junta looked at each other before Kou said.

“I also want to ask what kind of a Big Brother asked, if my memory is correct, you never told me about that Zonya”

“Really?”

The zone looks like it's remembering something.

“Then I will tell you, the spider monster I think you still remember if the monster was a class 6 category right, after I defeated it together with Galtier, one of the 10 Fingers appeared”

“Let me guess, 10 Fingers showed up and then he tried to treat or turn on that monster”

“You're right Junta, after that I escaped along with the other 5th class using ku” magic

“It's only natural that you seem to be thinking about this problem”

Junta said that while folding both his hands.

“The Fingers are experimenting with a class 6 monster, it's nothing to ignore, and now, The Fingers are on the move kidnapping people and Aya is one of the victims, I feel that The Fingers are really planning something big”

“I understand the situation now, the situation does look dangerous”

“That's why I don't want Aya or Alicia to join this mission”

“Then what if The Fingers use a class 6 monster to attack this city? What are you going to do Zonya?”

“I've already asked the Association for help for that matter, if that happens all I need to do is buy some time while directing the monster to get out of the city, later there will be another class 5 that comes to help, that's the instruction from Association”

“Good if you have prepared for the worst possible”

“Hei Junta, you didn't forget that if I was a class 5, I wouldn't be a class 5 if I failed to make such basic preparations”

While they were conversing while walking, unknowingly Junta, Kou and Zonya had already arrived at Mr. Clark's residence, unlike yesterday, Mr. Clark's current residence was guarded by many guards, not unlike yesterday, if yesterday there were 4 guards guarding the entrance gate, then now there are 10 guards guarding the entrance gate, all of the guards were wearing heavy armor made of iron and they had long swords that they carried around their waists.

After Zonya mentioned her identity and her purpose in coming here, the 5 guards who blocked her finally allowed them to go inside, after passing through the gate, Junta saw a big and wide friend, who was a big one, the park still remains the same as yesterday when Junta visited, the difference is the number of guards who guard the park.

“Oh Zonya, you came early”

“Goodnight Mr Clark, why are you out like this?”

Mr. Clark signaled the servant standing behind him to move away before saying.

“I just took a walk in the park to determine which positions to guard, direct the guards and do something else, since you've come here I'll give you direction”

“I'm listening to you Mr. Clark”

“First of all I want you to go to this location, your job here is to keep an eye on the guards who are securing the way for the upcoming nobles”

Mr. Clark said that while giving a map to Zonya.

“After you're done, come back here, and your job here is to keep the party going, that means you'll be keeping watch inside the house, while 2 people behind you will be guarding outside the house that is this garden”

“So far I understand Mr Clark, is there anything else we should know?”

Mr. Clark seemed to think for a moment before finally saying.

“When you do your job, can you please supervise my guard? If anything suspicious I want you to catch it and hand it to me, can you do it?”

“I see, you can count on us Mr. Clark”

“Good, thanks Zonya, you guys can now start running your errands, I'll go in and prepare the party”

After saying that Mr. Clark went inside his house with a servant.

“Alright, you heard that right, let's move, before that wear this”

Zonya gave two masks half plain white face to Junta and Kou.

“Ah, you don't need Zonya, if it's a mask, then Me and my Brother already have it”

Kou took out two masks from under his cloak that he got while attending a festival in the city of Fern, namely a half-face mask that covers the forehead to the nose, the mask also has an expression that is an expression of anger and sadness, of course Kou gives a mask of sad expression that he holds to his brother because the mask is his.

“Oh, good if you already have it, wear that mask during this mission, we need to keep our identity because we never know what kind of enemy will come later”

And after saying that, Zonya, Junta and Kou went towards the location specified by Mr. Clark.

That location could be said to be quite far from Mr. Clark's residence, but not as far as the distance between the Junta inn and Mr. Clark's residence, either, the location was right in the middle between the city gate and Mr. Clark's house, along the way, Junta saw there were many guards standing on the side of the road, they were seen emptying the road for the guests to come, fortunately the party started at night, so the state of the road was not as crowded as the time of day, having reached the point of location, Junta, Junta, Kou and Zonya stood in a pile of wooden boxes to see things more clearly.

A few minutes after they arrived, Junta was able to see a very luxurious lizard train passing through the city gate and was moving towards him, looking at the luxurious carriage Junta was convinced that the carriage contained a noble who was a guest at Mr. Clark's party, slowly the carriage came one after another, after another, the more the night the day, the more people come.

“I think so far there is no problem”

Kou said that while looking at the train that was moving quickly.

“I agree with you Kou, but seeing the many trains like this, it looks like this will be a great party”

“Is there a problem with it Zonya?”

“I just think that keeping the party this time will be more difficult, it is not easy to keep a big party, moreover I keep the continuity of the party directly from inside Mr. Clark”'s house

“If you need help you can tell me and Kou”

“Thank you Junta, will I remember it”

“By the way of keeping problems, how long are we going to keep this party?”

“I don't know Kou, but based on my experience, maybe we'll finish by midnight” the fastest

“It.. Pretty long”

“Because the prize is 120 gold coins, it feels like I will not protest”

Junta, Kou and Zonya stood there for almost 1 hour before the guards standing by the roadside were seen moving back to Mr. Clark's residence, after following the guards and arriving at Mr. Clark's house, Zonya advises the Junta to be careful and go inside, puzzled at which point, Zonya suggests, Junta and Kou choose to patrol the park, which is owned by Mr. Clark.

“I think it will be a long night”

Kou said that while looking up at the night sky.

“Don't think too much of this Kou, the more you wait for this to end then the longer you'll feel it, by the way I want to praise you for successfully optimizing that tracking magic”

“No need to praise me Brother, I still haven't fully optimized the magic, you know I still need your help if I want to track that person”

“I know, but being able to optimize the search area feels good enough, thanks to the optimization you do we can find out if our target is moving”

“I mean Big Brother when we stop in a city where Brother goes with Zonya, that's right? To be honest back then I had just managed to optimize her magic, and I wasn't sure if it would work or not”

“And in fact it works, you've done a great thing”

Junta said that while patting his sister's head softly.

“By the way Brother”

Kou said that while pointing in a direction.

“Is the area indeed empty? Did Mr Clark intentionally not put a guard there?”

“I do not feel the presence of others”

“Then let's go there and check that area”

And so Junta and Kou went to that quiet area and checked the surroundings.

As far as they checked the area, there was no weirdness, nor did Kou feel the presence of others around there, nor did the Junta.

“It's weird, why didn't Mr Clark put a guard here?”

After saying that, the Junta looked around at his surroundings, and sure enough there were no guards at all as far as the eye could see.

“This can be a vulnerable area, I suggest we should keep watch here Brother”

“You are right Kou, this area has quite a lot of trees and bushes, a suitable place for enemies to enter secretly”

“What if we keep this place while sitting there?”

Kou pointed towards a wooden bench located not far from the position of the two of them.

After the Junta nodded in agreement, the two of them walked towards the bench and sat there next to each other.

“So, how is it progressing? About another world research book we borrowed from Professor Barley”

“I'm still learning it as Brother saw, the magic listed in the book seems to be able to open a portal to another world, but I still need time to learn it, there are still a lot of things to learn”

“You've done your best, so don't push yourself too much”

“I know that, after all even though I managed to master it tomorrow, we will not return before getting an answer about this curse water right?”

“Yes, you're so right Kou, speaking of the caster of the curse water we found, do you think that the caster is an elf?”

“That could have been because the first time we tracked that guy he was in the elf kingdom, actually I was quite confused how could his caster be so far away from the polluted river location it”

“If you don't remember wrongly, that request has been long enough in the Association right? So maybe after chanting her magic, the witch went away?”

“I think that's one of the answers”

“Do you have your own thoughts on this matter Kou?”

Kou seemed to be thinking, and a few minutes after he thought suddenly there was an explosion that broke the glass of the building behind Junta and Kou, which was located, fortunately the benches occupied by the Junta were at a considerable distance, so the glass fragments did not reach them.

“Kou, wait here, if I don't come back in 5 minutes then find me”

“I understand”

And after that the Junta left quickly entered Mr. Clark's residence through the broken glass.

It took time for Junta to find his party room, when Junta had found out where the party was on the title, he saw that there were many wild-growing tree roots, the roots slightly obstruct the Junta and Junta know whose magic this is.

The large room was actually designed using good items, but all the designs were damaged because of these thick roots that grew irregularly, many people were lying on the floor and there were some who seemed to be in pain holding back the wound while leaning against the wall, the guards were mostly unable to move due to the injuries they had gotten, he said, and some of the guards who were still able to move immediately helped the seriously injured guests.

After many times looking into the surrounding state, Junta was finally able to find his injured Zonya lying on the floor.

“Hei Zonya”

Junta tried to wake up Zonya calmly.

“Junta...”.

“What happened?”

The zone only points in a direction where there is a floor with a medium-sized hole.

“Cursue.. L'm.. It's okay.”

Zonya said that with a pain-bearing tone.

“I understand, Kou will come here any minute, hang on”

And so the Junta immediately moved swiftly towards a hole designated by Zonya.

Upon entering, the Junta noticed that there was a rather dark tunnel that was not too big, as there was only one tunnel, the Junta immediately ran through the tunnel.

Whether because of its fast speed or indeed the culprit was still not too far away, in the distance the Junta saw there was someone who was most likely the perpetrator of this incident, he said, after seeing that person Junta increased his speed and in response, that person also increased his running speed.

Not long after Junta had increased his running speed, Junta saw the person suddenly jump up, and after Junta had reached where he had jumped, he saw the person suddenly jump up, The junta saw that there was a hole above it that led to the outside world.

After following in the footsteps of the perpetrator, Junta found himself in the city, because he still did not understand too much about the layout of this city, he did not know where he was now, The junta that saw the perpetrator running immediately moved its legs to catch up with the perpetrator.

The perpetrator must have realized that the Junta was chasing him, thanks to the moonlight that illuminated the night and the street lights that helped the illumination, the Junta was finally able to see the figure of the perpetrator, the perpetrator was wearing a light black armor made of leather, he was wearing a slightly small height if you ask Junta, he was also wearing a dark brown half face mask, if Junta's memory is correct, one of the 10 Fingers he's encountered wears a black robe and a gray mask, so it's likely that the Junta's perpetrator isn't one of the 10 Fingers.

The junta could also see what he was carrying, the perpetrator was carrying some sort of box wrapped in cloth, and the Junta was convinced that the perpetrator had stolen the box he was holding from Mr. Clark's residence. After running after him for a few minutes, Junta finally reached the main street of the city, fortunately this road was quiet so Junta could easily catch up to the perpetrator, but on the other hand, it was a quiet street, the perpetrator also got easier to escape.

The Junta could actually catch the culprit by chasing him at full speed, it could be said the Junta could easily catch up with him if the Junta chased him seriously, but, instead, it could be said that, The junta did not do this because the Junta considered this pursuit not an important pursuit, indeed it is part of the demand and the demand must be completed, he said, but usually the Junta only considers important things such as things that concern the problems of his family, or people close to him, he said, after all using his speed that now Junta could already slowly get closer to the perpetrator.

After a few minutes of chasing after the man. The junta got closer, but suddenly the Junta sensed an attack leading to it coming from above, so the Junta immediately jumped back.

The loud thumping sound could be heard not long after Junta jumped backwards, the sound was coming from Kou who was holding back the sword attack belonging to someone wearing light leather armor and a dark brown mask.

At the same time, the perpetrator carrying the box also stopped because in front of him there was a Zonya in the way.

“If you want to hurt my brother, you have to be better than this you know?”

Provoked by Kou's words, the brown masked man started attacking Kou with some pretty quick slashes, but of course Kou was able to fend off all those slashes using the dual combat knife he was wearing.

Feeling that his attack did not help the masked person holding the sword jumped several times to the back to make a distance with Kou.

The current situation was mutual alert, no one started the movement, Junta caught a glimpse of how the development of his Zonya who was blocking the thief was a little far ahead of him, but just like the Junta now, was, The zone did not start a movement either.

“How about we end this peacefully? You guys give us the box and we'll release you?”

Kou chose to start the negotiations in the midst of the silence.

Of course the proposal that Kou made was not responded to by the two people, who were holding the box still looked alert, as well as the one carrying the sword.

Feeling the negotiations would not go smoothly, Zonya began to prepare some magic.

Likewise with Junta, he began to hold the sword that was on his left waist.

After it was felt that all parties were ready to attack each other, suddenly appeared someone who was standing on the roof of a building, The junta could not see the figure clearly because the roof of the building was high enough and the moonlight alone was not enough to reveal the figure.

After the figure stood there, the person carrying the box suddenly threw his box towards the figure, of course Kou could see this so he quickly jumped up and caught the box while it was in the air.

Of course the three enemies were surprised by Kou's very fast movements, immediately the three enemies launched an attack towards Kou by throwing something sharp, and then they launched a sharp attack, of course Kou who has landed on the ground can avoid all that and run towards his brother.

Understanding what Kou was thinking, Junta also came running towards his back, of course the three people were chasing after them.

Seeing that there was a turn towards the narrow road in front of the Junta, the Junta decided to go there with Kou, and surely the three people were still chasing the Junta, as well, it's just that since the road here isn't as wide as the main road, it would at least slow down their movement.

When he saw that there was another turn, Junta and Kou immediately followed the direction of the turn, Junta and Kou repeated the continued escape like that for about 25 minutes before finally the three people were no longer behind them.

“It looks like they're not chasing us anymore Kou”

Kou stopped his steps when he heard his brother.

Now they were on a narrow road between the buildings, whether they were where they were now, Junta did not want to walk back in the direction he came before he was sure that this was not a trap.

“Should we continue our steps or should we stay here Brother?”

“For the time being, let's stay here, forward or backward it doesn't seem safe”

“Junta, Kou”

Suddenly Zonya fell from above right in front of Junta.

“Woah Zonya”

Earlier when the Junta saw Zonya blocking the box-carrying figure, Junta could not see her clearly, but now that Zonya was in front of her, he could see that Zonya still had some scratches that had not healed.

“Good work, they got lost and no longer chasing us, I have to admit it looks like they still have not fully mastered the layout of this city, which is actually a fatal error”

“Are you really Zonya?”

“Just calm Brother, he is really Zonya, he forced me to heal some of his wounds so that he can move and help you in pursuit”

“I have to admit, Kou's ability to heal wounds is amazing, thanks Kou”

“It's just a small wound, no need to thank you”

“Do you know who the perpetrator was Zonya? What is The Fingers?”

“I'm not sure about that, they don't look like from The Fingers”

“What does that mean they come from other organizations?”

“I.. Also do not know it, it could be The Fingers in disguise, the most important thing now that the box is safe”

Zonya said that while looking at Kou who was carrying the box.

“This box is actually quite light, what does it contain? To the extent that anyone would steal this, I don't think it's money?”

“I don't know and don't open that box, maybe it has something to do with Mr. Clark or something like that”

“Because we're no longer being pursued, I think we're safe now?”

“Junta is right, but we also must not let your guard down, follow me, we will return to Mr. Clark's residence to return the box”

“Is Mr Clark okay?”

“Luckily I reacted quickly to the explosion, by casting out thick root magic like you saw earlier, that magic I meant to minimize the force of the explosion while reducing the fragments that flew as a result of the explosion, and it seemed like it worked, so everyone present at the party was at least still alive even though some of them had received severe injuries”

Zonya looked back before finally continuing to speak.

“We'd better get out of here before they find us, follow me”