[Inside Mountain Nation]

"Good luck" [Elise]

"We will begin our investigation, as for you seven, stay alert and be ever vigilant" [Diana]

"Well, Fawan isn't that much of a threat... Well screw what I said, his hot temperness brought nothing but trouble back then" [Ash]

"Which is why a swift action is needed this time around" [Alaric]

"According to information brought by your fellow siblings and the resistance group, Fawan will be here alongside an elite group protecting him" [Aries]

"We can dismantle the elite group" [Kara]

"That we can, so please take down Fawan quickly" [Mara]

""We will"" [Lara, Nara]

"Just to be on the safe side, I'll hide in your shadow and disarm him moment we got close" [Alaric]

""Right"" [Lara, Nara]

It's 1030A.M in the morning, and our group set out to the first floor of the Mountain Dungeon Beta, the dungeon which connect Mountain Nation with Lyrue, from where Fawan will be coming

Fawan himself aren't that strong, and with how our line up made up of, we have nothing to worry about, but given how he summoned the gigantic thousands arms serpent Drakon back then, it's best if we move with the assumption he will do just that again, and what better way to tackle this situation? Prevent him from doing it entirely that is

(Easy on paper, but the execution part will be way way harder than what I can imagine) [Ash]

As we head out (using different type of clothing than usual as to stand out less, even went as far as using invisibility magic and silent magic to prevent anyone from noticing us), I can hear Elise and Behe start forming their own plan on how to get more information. Looks like she's having a discussion with Diana and Qis about it, and as for other miscellaneous group, they started to scatter around, just assessing the situation

"Next"

The guard guarding the entrance to the Mountain Dungeon Beta shout, and all seven of us exit the country, into the dungeon alongside a group of people heading towards Lyrue

(This will be harder than I imagine...) [Alaric]

(Are they Doppelganger?) [Aries]

((Mix. Human and fake doppelgangers)) [Lara, Nara]

(That will make it even more complicated...) [Ash]

(Agree. With this many people going to Lyrue as well, we can't exactly attack Fawan out there in open) [Mara]

(They will undoubtedly report us for attacking Fawan, or worse, attack us to protect Fawan) [Kara]

Well, there is only one thing left to do

(I'll distract them, in the meantime, you guys act normal and be prepared) [Ash]

(And how do you plan on distracting them?) [Aries]

(I can sense a group of low level devil goblins nearby, I'll attract them with my blessing, and draw them near) [Ash]

((Don't be ridiculous!!)) [Kara, Mara]

"?"

""Nothing. They're hungry that's all, but we can't afford to let them eat first, otherwise our food and water supplies will ran out soon"" [Lara, Nara]

"If that's the case, here, take this extra sandwich of mine"

""Tha... Thank you"" [Kara, Mara]

Even when all we do are whispering, Kara and Mara almost shouted, which attracted the attention of nearby people. Luckily Lara and Nara quick thinking save the day, and now, I feel bad for suggesting it. Is there any other way for me to...

"Look!"

"It's Prince Fawan!"

"!" [All]

Already! According to the information, they shouldn't be here until 1200.

"Ah, Citizen of Mountain Nation, going to Lyrue I suppose?" [Fawan]

Fawan, in a dashing manner, greet them. Not gonna lie, he's in far better shape than when he's trying to take the throne from Queen Rinz. He looks even more dashing compare to last time

(Shadow dive) [Alaric]

In a daring move, Alaric quickly use shadow dive and hope from shadow to shadow, until he's in the shadow of one of the elite guards. Fortunately, none of them realize it. Of course, he's after all, Diana's most trusted hidden vampires guard, so this level of skill is expected from him

"Is that a lesser dragon corpse on your back?"

"That's right, we are thinking of feeding it to that flower, adding more arsenal for our future battle" [Fawan]

"THAT'S GREAT!"

"As expected of Prince Fawan!"

"The two demon princes, Simba the dark lion and the strong dwarf! You guys really are the best!"

"If only you can clone the heroes as well!"

"That will be most reassuring"

"Now now. Don't be greedy" (That's suppose to be the job of First Prince of Estel after all) [Fawan]

I see, so they're making Doppelganger of a lesser dragon. Truth to be told, that will be even more reliable as compare to water golem made by Serpie, but there must be a catch here

(They're all excited) [Kara]

(I'm glad they just didn't notice us here) [Mara]

(All of you, listen. Once the crowd and the prince are separated, I'll lure the devil goblins onto the prince convoy. Get ready) [Ash]

~Nod~

The prince however, keep on talking, but it didn't take long for him to makw his cool prince like exit, you know, the one where he wave at the lady to swoo them. Yeah, that one. It was super effective I suppose, but that give me the chance to slip out into the group of devil goblins, attract their attention and

"Now! Space magic: Translocation" [Ash]

As the devil goblins try to attack me, I entrap them inside the space magic and translocate them near Fawan. Of course, having his elite guards, the group of devil goblins are quickly subdue, but

""""""Earth magic: Giant Pitfall"""""" [Ash, Aries, Kara, Mara, Lara, Nara]

The moment after victory is always the moment one become careless, and in synchronism, all six of us uses pitfall spell just below the convoy

"This is!"

"It's a trap!"

"This mana!" [Fawan]

Just as Fawan is about to take something, Alaric leap out from nearby shadow and

"YOU!" [Fawan]

"We meet again, and good night" [Alaric]

Alaric quickly punch Fawan in the neck, right at the carotid area where the vagus nerve is, making Fawan blackout on the spot, and as for the guard

"Damn you vampire!"

"Kill him!"

Even when they're falling, they still able to process what's going on, but so do us, who are up there, watching what happen

"Space magic: Translocation" (Quickly, bring Alaric and Fawan out) [Ash]

"Nicely done" [Aries]

"Fire magic: Great fireball" [Lara]

"Light magic: Light bomb" [Nara]

"Thunder magic: Thunder spear" [Mara]

"I'll support. Wind magic: Hurricane" [Kara]

Thoss four, quickly pull out their spell and subdue the elite guard, but against all odds

"We are not going down that easily!"

"Kill them!"

They quickly leap out from the pitfall, and start attacking

"Shield!" [Aries]

With her shield, Aries protect those twins from oncoming physical and magical onslaught, and with her other hand, she throw her lance to the nearby group. If it's the younger Aries, that will be devastating, but instead, three of the men manage to block it using their own shield

"Pretty impressive, but not enough I suppose" [Aries]

The shield petrify, and crumbles into dust, leaving those three open for

""God of Death technique: Soul pierce"" [Lara, Nara]

Three down, seventeen more to go, and it will not take that long given how we have the upper hand

"The heroes!?"

"And The infamous paladin!"

"And that blonde man must be"

"Behemoth slayer Ash at your service" [Ash]

I threw my scythe toward them and launch a strong fire spell up in the sky, confused, they aren't sure which one they should be looking for and that's the moment where

"Thunder Lance!" [Mara]

"Great wind palm!" [Kara]

Using lance made by Karon, Mara pierce the armour of the group hold by Kara's grear wind palm spell, knocking them out in an instance

"Shit! Water magic: Great tsunami"

"Doppelganger technique: Copycat"

(Interesting) "Earth magic: Shield of great earth" [Ash]

Aries earth wall cover us from rampaging tsunami, but

""Weak"" [Lara, Nara]

(Well, you can't really compare them to Mahsuri and Charlotte) [Alaric]

"Weak and stupid that is... Thunder magic: Electrocution!" [Ash]

""We will add more!!"" [Kara, Mara]

And thus, because of their panic spell bursting, they brought this for themselves, and thus, ending the battle. Some of them are still conscious though, but a powerful bash from Aries's shield do the trick

"That's quick" [Ash]

"Which is good. I don't want to know what happen should Fawan here act recklessly again" [Alaric]

"That, I must agree" [Aries]

"Anyway, we should head back now" [Kara]

"Don't want anymore people to come and expose us" [Mara]

""Need to clean up evidence of the crime scene as well"" [Lara, Nara]

"You aren't wrong, but maybe word it more nicely" [Ash]