The Innkeeper

Chapter 1471 The return of the warriors

Chapter 1471 The return of the warriors

Lex took in a deep breath, allowing the fresh, energy filled air of the Midnight Realm to fill his lungs. Even though mature realms were filled with greater energies, had more potent laws, and held so much more potential, Lex enjoyed the atmosphere in the Midnight Realm the most.

Maybe it was the attachment of a place that was his own, or the fact that he was intrinsically linked to the realm itself through the Lotus. Either way, there was no place like home.

"There's an issue," Gerard said with a troubled expression. "I just got a report. Someone has been targeting guests from the Inn, while outside the Inn. All the guests who've been targeted are from a metropolis space station housing a few million living beings, associated with a powerful mining company.

"Although no one has officially complained to us, we've had other guests report to us that all citizens from that space station have been banned from returning to the Inn."

"How do you know that the ones being targeted were guests of the Inn if they were attacked outside of it?" Lex asked as he checked the Inns satisfaction ratings. It hadn't dropped by much, but there had indeed been a change in it. All his costs had increased by 0.5%, which did not sound like it was a lot. Yet when his daily consumption was in MT, not MP, 0.5% was a tremendous amount!

"It's said that all those who were being targeted all gambled in support of a specific Beast army. The Beast army has been winning a lot of battles, so naturally it has a lot of supporters, yet only the ones from that space station have been targeted after their wins."

"How could others even know they gambled on that beast army? All bets are anonymous," said Lex, though he felt like he knew the answer.

"Naturally, after they won, they couldn't help but brag about it publicly," answered Gerard. "The issue now is how to respond to this situation. Technically no crime was committed within the Inn, and we have no idea who the perpetrator is. This is a tough situation to resolve."

"Not at all," answered Lex. "Send Z and Roland. Have them investigate the situation. Keep their own safety as a priority, and look into who the murderer is. If they think they can apprend the murderer, bring him in. If they can't, just wait for me to come back. I have to go to the Seraphim Resort - I'm on a deadline and not much time is left."

"Do we have the authority to arrest people outside of the Inn?" Gerard asked hesitantly. "Going out and doing such things in other territories might cause tension between the Midnight Inn and other forces." @@@@

Fortunately, the security team had caught onto the issue, and it would be resolved soon.

"Gerard, if this is a probe, then someone might be expecting a response. Tell Z and Roland to be careful in their actions. Try to stay hidden if they can."

"I don't think that will be necessary anymore," said Gerard with an unusual expression.

"Oh? How come?" asked Lex.

"Well... the situation has been resolved. Apparently, the head of the space station was involved, and this indeed was a probe by them. Someone was instructing them from the background"

"How did you find out?" Lex asked. This problem was solved way too quickly. He'd just heard of it and it was already resolved? That sounded much too convenient.

"Well..."

*****

Within the Origin realm, rainbow colored lights flew through the vacuum of space, attacking the yellow shield that surrounded the space station. Thousands upon thousands of spaceships lay destroyed, floating all around the station, so that none dared to leave the protection of the ship anymore.

"Surrender peacefully, and I'll leave you a full corpse," Jimmy said boldly, repeating the words Big Brother Z had taught him. "Otherwise, you should know, the Peacock Warriors are not to be trifled with."

An army of peacocks shrieked, the voices carrying even in space, as they waited eagerly for the shields to drop.