Chapter 587: Quasi [Bonus]


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    [Alex Reynolds (FFF+)]


    [Level: 31]


    Ss couldn''t see the rest of his stats, but the Level was enticing enough.


    "Long time no see, Psycho Syl."


    Ss gave him a long look before taking thest bite out of his steak. It wasn''t a bad dinner and seemed to be made from the body of a very weak beast, probably only Level 5 or so. But it was still definitely more filling for him than a normal steak would have been.


    "How did you find me?"


    "Of course because I''ve been looking for you."


    Ss didn''t reply, still waiting for an answer to his question.


    Alex chuckled. "I''ve been waiting at this city. I was pretty sure that you woulde by this one."


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    After some thought, Ss nodded.


    The government should know where his Woond Territory was by now if they were able to send aid to the likes of Braxwell and the others. So the fact Legacy would know wasn''t too shocking either.


    Tracing a path from the Woond Territory to Cairith wasn''t very difficult at all, so guessing what city Ss would pop up in wouldn''t be too surprising...


    If not for the fact Ss had not taken the obvious route. He chose the third most obvious route. He neither went entirely out of his way, nor did he take the most direct path.


    But Alex had still guessed he would appear here.


    It was either he had stationed clones at multiple cities again, he had made a decent guess, or there was something that he still wasn''t telling Ss.


    Ss had a feeling that it was thest of the three, but he chose not to press on it.


    "What were you looking for me for?"


    "To work together, of course. Isn''t it about time we team up? Think of how much we could aplish."


    "What does Legacy have to do with this?" Ss remained straightforward and blunt.


    This time, Alex didn''t seem to know how to answer. He scratched his head, looking a bit sheepish.


    "To tell you the truth, I don''t know. I''m just a luggage carrier."


    Ss'' eyes narrowed.


    If he remembered Alex''s tier system correctly, he was considered to be Bronze tier in their organization. For him to be just a luggage man, then who else hade?


    "Don''t ask. I don''t know anything, really. When I say luggage carrier, I''m pulling your leg a bit. I came here to scout the region andy some groundwork ahead of time. But I''ve been part of these sort of missions several times already. If I haven''t been told anything by now, it means that I won''t be told ever."


    "And you''re willing to step on Legacy''s tail like this already?"


    Alex grinned again. "It won''t count if they don''t know, right?"


    "And how do you n to pull that off?"


    "Who would report it if everyone''s dead?"


    Ss fell into silence, looking at the man across from him deeply.


    The two of them were more alike than it seemed. One being stoic and the other happy-go- lucky... those were just two outward facades.


    What sort of true happy-go-lucky person could talk of death so easily?


    "If you know nothing, why should I work with you?" Ss asked.


    Alex became sheepish again.


    It really was hard to deal with someone like Ss who was practically a one-man army. Taking someone along might only be detrimental to him.


    Even Nosphaleen was now crammed into Ss'' Hibernation Realm once more. It seemed like this might be thest usage Ss got out of the cancer Gene, so he would need to be cautious with when he took her out, because he certainly wouldn''t be able to put her back in.


    Against anybody else, Alex would give them a weird look. Who wouldn''t want the help of a Level 31? He had already sensed Ss'' scan before.


    But if it was Ss, it just might make sense why he wouldn''t care for such aid.


    "You want information about Lauren, right?"


    Ss'' gaze remained level, but inwardly he had confirmed all he needed to know about Alex. If you took this man''s smile at face value, you would be the one to suffer in the end.


    It was only a simple sentence, and not even really a threat considering Ss had probed him


    just now, and yet it carried so manyyers to it, and even more questions.


    It even made Ss wonder if Alex was already aware of Cassarae''s greatest weakness.


    Or even worse than that, that Cassarae was probably a weakness of his own.


    However, Ss feigned ignorance.


    "Is she participating in this excursion?"


    "I can''t be sure, but she does y a very important role for the organization. For something


    as big as this where they mobilize Bronzes like me just for scouting, then there''s a very good


    chance that she''s involved."


    "What information do you have about her?"


    "I know that she spent months away on a secret mission and only recently returned sessfully. And due to the result of that mission, she was promoted from Gold to Quasi


    Legendary."


    "Quasi?"


    "I was surprised too. It''s a rank we didn''t have before. Normally the Golds that are very close to those Legendary characters are only given slight privileges, but not enough to set them apart. It was very odd for Lauren to be given this special rank."


    Ss nodded.


    Her being gone for months was just as he expected. He wasn''t the only one who had to suffer through the time dtions. Everyone who stepped off of Earth did.


    He was almost certain that this was the ploy of whoever was in the background. If all the best resources, chances, and opportunities were located off of Earth, by the time you benefited from them and came back, you would loserge segments of time.


    If Ss had been any slower in the Sylph Dungeon, rather than losing four months, he would have lost an entire year or more.


    "Then let''s get right to the point." Ss suddenly said. "Do you have a way into Cairith?"