Yingli’s Xipha rings
Yingli:
Yes, understood, ah – that place is… It makes sense. Thank you.
Yingli hangs up
Yingli:
That was an associate, they found the coordinates of the operation at Heilong Chengzhai.
Aaron:
They holed themselves there? Damn…
Scene change to Heilong Chengzhai
POV change to Yingli
Yingli (narration):
This place still contains quite a bit of negative mana, not a very pleasant place for a hideout. Among that negative mana, I feel the same mana signature of a Heiyue ofuda, the same one from the drug den.
Yingli:
I sense something on the second floor.
Heiyue Associates:
We got them!
Yingli:
Please follow me!
Yingli (narration):
I lead the team to the second floor, into a room with a single floating ofuda.
Voice:
Welcome to the Love Capsule!
Yingli:
…!! You’re the bellhop from the Harbour District! But your voice, you’re –
Bellhop:
Oh dear Yingli, baby girl remembers her father.
Yingli:
The Lai family is involved in this!?
Yingli (narration):
The door to the room slammed close with dozens of ofuda sealing it. The bellhop took his disguise off – my father is standing before me. It’s getting harder and harder to breathe.
Yingli’s father:
That medicine from the Empire really works well with the voice thing.
Yingli:
Why are you doing this!? Human and drug trafficking is strictly forbidden within Heiyue!!
Yingli’s father:
Little girls should stay out of their daddy’s business. Take this!
CLICK
Yingli:
That sound, he triggered something?
Heiyue Associate A:
Archaisms!! They are dropping everywhere!! All sizes of them!!
Yingli:
–!! This is a trap!?
Yingli’s father:
All it took was just some messing around of the information network and a fake signature on that 4spg, you came running.
Yingli:
This is beyond the scope of our operation, we have to escape!!
Heiyue Associate B:
We’re locked in!!
Yingli:
There! The window can still be broken! You and the others fight through the small and medium sized archaisms and get out from there!! I’ll buy us time!
Heiyue Associates:
Understood!
Yingli’s father:
You’re all going to die here.
Finally… I can redeem myself for allowing you to do what you pleased, my dear daughter.
Yingli (narration):
Several large archaisms readied their blades to assault my team. No!! They are too spread out!! I can’t cast Earth Guard on all of them at once!
Yingli:
One… two… three… four… five…
I have to cast five times in a row to save them!
Here goes…
Earth Guard!
Earth Guard!
Earth Guard!
Earth Guard!
Heiyue Associate B:
Hey you!! You’re going to run out of energy like this!!
Yingli:
This is my fault, the least I can do is protect you all. Run! And never look back!! Contact Master Lee and Lao Ye!!
… Earth Guard!
…!!
Yingli (narration):
I have reached my limit for arts casting, Feeling faint… no! I must fight!! Looking around the room, my father had disappeared, and my team members were successfully making their way to the window. Me too…
(Slash!)
Yingli:
…!! Tch!!
Yingli (narration):
I felt something warm flowing from my back. Looks like I took a hit from the large archaism.
Yingli:
I… have… to
…!!
(Slash!!)
Yingli:
…!! Gyaaa!!
Yingli (narration):
I am almost at the window!! Everyone had left.
(Slash!!!)
Yingli:
…
Yingli (narration):
This blow had such an impact it pushed me out of the window and over the railing, and I landed onto the concrete below, my Xipha flew out of my pocket and slid a couple feet away.
Yingli:
…
Yingli (narration):
I… must… stay… awake… I dragged myself to my Xipha and called Aaron.
POV change to Aaron
Scene change to Eastern Quarter
Aaron’s Xipha rings
Aaron:
Hey Yingli-
…!! What happened!?
Yingli:
(Static)
(Broken) Aaron…
(Static)
Please…(Broken) help me… (static)
I’m sorry…
Syd:
What’s up?
Aaron:
She’s in trouble! I’m gonna go!
Syd:
Be careful!!