On the sixth day after the "Reset", a relaxed atmosphere prevailed in the Forest of Doppelgangers. On this day, everyone who responded to the call of local residents was looking forward to the return of the group, which included their targets.
This task seed quite simple to them. It was only necessary to capture two representatives of the human race of the "Silver" rank from another world.
It would seem that what could be simpler? And what could have gone wrong?
There was a young couple among the audience, no different from the rest, with a "Silver" rank. They had barely had breakfast when, on command, they were suddenly picked up and began to be distributed throughout the territory.
The guy and the girl were locals, born and raised in this small world. They led their lives in the third city of Limbo, occasionally completing quests for the Adventurer's Guild.
"Sylvie, I've had a bad feeling about this morning!" a guy with short brown hair and brown eyes said with alarm in his voice. He was wearing sowhat shabby adventurer's clothes and was walking next to a girl his own age.
This girl, whom he called Sylvie, was his childhood friend. They often spent ti together and even beca part of the sa adventurer group. Sylvie was a head shorter than her companion, with long black hair and brown eyes. Her appearance was above average, and her paraters were average.
"What! You're not kidding, are you?" Sylvie asked the guy with so surprise and concern.
"No. I'm not lying!"
Sylvie noticed Kevin's concern and began to worry.
Since childhood, Kevin had a strange ability to sense danger, and thanks to this, the couple managed to avoid danger many tis. They even managed to avoid fatalities several tis thanks to this ability.
"Don't be a coward!" encouraged Kevin by their mutual acquaintance with Sylvie, who invited them to join this campaign. He was the leader of a small group of four people. If it wasn't for him, they wouldn't have ended up in this dangerous place.
His na was Rodru, and unlike the couple, he was a Gold-ranked fighter, just like the other mber of their group.
"What's there to be afraid of? Our goals are the sa as the two of you, the Silver—ranked rookies!" said Rodru, looking down at the couple.
"But according to the information, they have a Diamond—ranked and Platinum-ranked fighter," Sylvie objected.
She did not doubt Kevin's ability to sense danger, and therefore she was already beginning to worry, trying to find a way out of the current situation.
"So what? We have four Diamond-ranked fighters and as many as thirteen Platinum-ranked fighters on our side! — the last mber of their group, a guy nad Shora, expressed his opinion.
"Most likely, we won't even participate in the battle," Rodru said with so regret. "In my opinion, they gathered too many people to capture just two people of the 'Silver' rank."
"Ha ha ha, that's for sure," Shora agreed, laughing. For their group, it was an easy job and good money.
"..." Sylvie and Kevin didn't have the words to object. They were both ranked lower, and from the outside, Rodru and Shora's words were true.
They also had Limbo's Mind on their side, which from ti to ti provided information about the location of their targets.
Limbo's mind communicated information to the Leader of the locals, and he, in turn, disseminated information through specially trained people who could create small elental birds that flew very quickly and distributed information to all the leaders of small groups.
According to the latest information received, yesterday the targets reached the border of the Central Layer with the middle layer and set up camp for the night. And very soon they were going to encounter them, and it was because of this that they were all ordered to be distributed to designated territories, organizing a large network.
While Sylvie and Kevin were worried, Rodru and Shora were in high spirits.
Their group quickly reached their assigned area and began to observe the surroundings so as not to miss anyone. Sylvie and Kevin were getting more worried by the minute. They wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible, and their excitent was not lost on the other two mbers of their group.
Over ti, new information ca in, which made Rodru and Shora even more happy and began to criticize Sylvie and Kevin for worrying too much about nothing.
According to the information received, the only fighter of the "Diamond" rank who was in the group with goals left them together with his disciple, who recently reached the "Platinum" rank. This left the targets with only two escorts — an elf of the "Platinum" rank and an ordinary guy of the "Golden" rank.
After seeing the enthusiasm of Rodru and Shore, Kevin also began to calm down. However, Sylvie, on the contrary, beca even more agitated. Kevin might not have trusted his ability as much, but Sylvie had already proven that this ability was never wrong.
Less than an hour later, another piece of news arrived, which seed to turn the whole ambush into one big joke. The remaining two companions of the targets also left them, and instead of heading to the third city and being ambushed, they decided to head to the first city.
"Ah ha ha ha!" Rodru laughed when he heard the news. He began to feel sorry for their goals, saying that they should have chosen more reliable associates.
After hearing this news for the first ti, Sylvie began to have so doubts about Kevin's ability to detect danger. In her mory, this ability had never been wrong before, so she didn't imdiately relax and let her guard down.
Less than ten minutes later, new information arrived, but this ti, instead of good news, it brought alarm.
Their ambushed targets had disappeared.
No one knew how it happened, when, or where.
Even Limbo's mind couldn't find its couple.
There was silence.
No one knew what to do, having no idea of the location of the targets.
Sylvie felt sothing was wrong when she heard the news. Her anxiety was growing by the minute.
If she had been standing a little apart from Kevin before, now she was almost close to him.
Rodru and Shira were still optimistic.
So so more ti passed in silence and suspense.
Soon, another small elental bird flew in, bringing the second alarming news. The group, consisting of one Gold-ranked fighter and four silver-ranked fighters, stopped communicating.
The check showed that the entire group was briefly eliminated by an unknown force, without even giving them a signal.
Rodru and Shora, who had once been full of enthusiasm, now seed scared and lost. Sylvie was sure she saw fear and panic in their eyes.
"Shishi," a soft chuckle suddenly rang out, which made Kevin and Sylvie flinch at the sa ti. They abruptly turned their heads and saw two figures standing not far from them.
They were a man and a woman.
The man had short black hair and brown eyes, and the girl had short black hair and brown eyes. Their gaze and the strange but identical smile sent a shiver down Sylvie and Kevin's spine.
These two were Idan and Arabel's doppelgangers, who seed to be playing their ga with those who had ambushed their new masters. There was amusent mixed with madness in their eyes.
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