188 Hail Before Storm (4)

"Bareth...?" Shinto muttered out as his eyes scrutinized the chrysalis on the crossing. "He's in there? No... More importantly, Rustly? How come he's in there as well?"

"The cause of this entire situation is due to the man who we fought earlier," Blake stated. "It seems he wanted to defeat the beast with the Ice Queen's Blade which isn't even near its full potential."

"Huh? The Ice Queen's Blade?" Crowelin raised her brow. "Is that not from the Kingdom of Fal? How the heck did he even get it from such a place when it's treated like some national treasure?"

"He didn't give an explanation," Hikari shook her head helplessly. "I'm not sure when it was taken away, but surely we wouldn't have safely gone through Fal's streets without a sudden uproar. So, I believe that it might've been taken as recent as possible."

"...recently," Crowelin murmured. "So within that two days time frame we left Fal to here?"