Lackey's Seducing Survival Odyssey

Chapter 1245: Remaining Time: 17 days 01 hours 31 minutes 52 seconds

After the disappearance of those figures, every Empire slowly returned to silence.

Except the voices of grief carried through every city.

Many people had lost their family... not slain on the ground, but taken... captured.

No one knew what was happening. Not even the rulers. Not even the Chosen Ones.

What are they?

Who are they?

And... why did they capture our people?

Where are they now?

Nothing made sense. It was as if a nightmare had crashed into reality, lasted only seconds, and then disappeared.

In desperation, the Sovereign had already called for an emergency meeting... Summoning the rulers of the Five Empires, along with their Chosen Ones.

Pyra: Raven, Victor, Leon.

Naiadae: Sandra, Aqualina, Kai.

Aurora: Sera, Helena, Finnian.

Zephyra: Kaelen, Aria.

Void: Nyx, Mary.

And then... Dora and Delphine.

They gathered now, seated at the grand table in the academy.

This was only the second time all of them had come together in one place. But unlike before, this time was a really serious situation.

And then, there was her.

Mary.

Shrouded in a haze of blurriness again. From her, killing intent seeped like smoke.

No one dared meet her eyes directly.

Dora exhaled softly. Her gaze swept over the gathered rulers and Chosen Ones, lingering on each pair sitting beside their ruler.

”Has anyone received any kind of Trial?” she asked.

The Chosen Ones shifted uncomfortably. Then, one by one, they shook their heads in unison.

Dora lowered her eyes, humming softly, her expression thoughtful yet grim.

Then Sandra spoke, ”So... this is really The Beginning?” Her fingers tapped against the table.

The words sank deep, reverberating in everyone’s chest.

The Beginning?

Dora glanced at Sandra, then swept her eyes across the other rulers before sighing heavily. She finally gave a small nod. ”As far as I believe, this may be—”

”The fuck you believe!!” Mary exploded. Her eyes flared dangerously, ”Don’t waste my fucking time if you’re not fucking sure! I need to save my baby!!” Her clenched fist trembled on the table, the sheer killing intent radiating from her body making the air itself feel heavy.

Kai blinked, ”Lia was kidnapped?”

Dora’s brows furrowed, ”It’s not that I’m sure,” she said in a flat, cold voice. ”It’s just... I haven’t received anything other than one command from the Pillars. Do Not interfere.”

The room fell silent.

Everyone frowned.

Dora exhaled, ”That’s why... I believe this is the Beginning.”

Some gasped audibly. Others lowered their eyes, feeling some kind of unknown fear.

Aria’s lips parted, ”This is the Beginning... then what should we do now? Where are the people they kidnapped?”

No one had an answer. Dora herself stayed quiet.

The only reason she had called them together was simple: to gather, to understand the situation, and to begin working as one.

Yet in truth, none of them understood anything.

This was truly an unfortunate event. The scale of the abductions was still unknown. They needed to address the people, offer hope, and—more than that—they needed a plan to rescue those taken.

Helena finally broke the silence. ”What about those things? If we capture them alive, perhaps we could trace them back... find out where they came from?”

Kai nodded quickly. ”Yes, that’s a good idea, but...” He glanced sideways at Leon.

Leon exhaled, rubbing his forehead, his voice laced with frustration. ”We killed them all. They were weak. Even a little punch was enough to shatter them.”

It was true. For rulers and Chosen Ones, the figures had been laughably fragile. Killing them wasn’t the problem. It was their sheer numbers and the sudden, coordinated invasion that had caught everyone off guard.

They hadn’t been prepared, and by the time they reacted, their people had already disappeared.

However—

Aqualina shook her head slowly. ”In fact... we caught one of them.”

Everyone turned toward her instantly. Sandra raised her hand, snapping her fingers. A heavy thud echoed through the chamber as a metallic figure materialised and slammed onto the table’s centre.

The rulers and Chosen leaned forward, studying it closely. Victor’s eyes narrowed as he examined the fine grooves and circuits etched into the metallic surface.

”Looks like... advanced technology, or something close to it,” Aqualina muttered, her eyes drifting toward Victor.

Aqualina continued, ”We caught this thing, but it almost disappeared along with the others. It was only when my mother struck the killing blow that it stopped vanishing.”