Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

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A corner of the island of magic's wealth.

Under a deep crimson light born from the eyes of a lizard as small as a person's finger, a cave was being illuminated.

{ … }

Standing under this crimson light, twelve figures were glaring at a transparent glass cube. Their eyes devoid of any whiteness, their pale face covered under a hood, their emotionless expressions somehow giving a hint of unease.

{ What is the meaning of this silence? }

A strange voice was resonating throughout the dark cave, a sinister voice filled with darkness.

{ Answer my question! What is the meaning of this! }

Originating from the glass cube, this voice was aimed at the rest of the individuals downed in a black energy… a sticky black energy that produced disgust at the very first sight of it.

-Ooooooooooooooong!

{ Speak! }

The twelve were silent, even after hearing the voice coming from the cube, they couldn't speak anything.

They couldn't move since they were in the presence of this Voice, but even though they were asked to speak of the reason they had summoned Them, they did not speak.

The twelve were lost for their words even though they knew what they were supposed to ask Them, however, when they were actually faced with this Great being, they could only admire the dearth of their greatness…

{ "Ugh…!" }

The voice speaking from the other side of the glass cube did not like how these people were not speaking anything despite being the one to contact them through this important device.

They did not have a lot of time, and yet they were not saying anything… the one this Voice belonged to did not like this.

{ "Lord…!" }

They did not have enough time, these twelve knew that as well, however they could not help their admiration for this Person when they were actually faced with their presence.

This was an opportunity that not many people could ever obtain.

To be in the presence of the Pope themselves… it was an honour greater than being before the demon king that their contracted demons followed.

{ Are you finally speaking? }

The kind of pressure that was projected in this cave, on the twelve people that almost took their lives in that brief moment, was unfathomable.

There was a uniqueness so unmatched in Their voice that the twelve present couldn't help but wonder just how they could have been chosen for such a great mission…

All twelve of them wondered just what kind of great deeds they might have done in this life, as well their past lives that they were given the greatest opportunity to be in the presence of this individual…

However, if they dwelled on those thoughts for any longer, they knew they would lose this once in a lifetime chance, along with their lowly lives.

{ "Lord Sovereign… we are the Bishops assigned to the Island of magic's wealth under the 6th Cardinal." }

They spoke at once, or… whatever they were speaking, all the words were coming out of their mouths at once.

It was as if all twelve of them were somehow connected to one another even though the kind of wavelength the energy around them possessed was distinct from one another.

However, to the Voice, this was nothing strange.

{ "We have prepared the XGA351GTY. We await further instructions!" }

All twelve of them got on their knees as they said that, and the voice that was speaking though the crystal cube, paused for a moment.

{ I see… }

The place they were gathered in was a cave area, a place that existed somewhere on the island.

Only they knew of its existence, however they were not the only ones present in this cave.

There were a few more… there used to be a few more, at least.

However, they gave their lives for the Great Purpose that they were born for.

{ Explain, what is the progress. }

The voice that was speaking through the crystal cube was angry when they did not say anything, however, after they mentioned who they were and why they were speaking with Them right now, the Voice seemed to have become uninterested in them and whatever their work here was.

They were a bunch that was quite useful, as the Voice knew, however, they were only doing one of the Big things that They were overseeing at the moment.

Their work on this island until now involved gathering of information, infiltrating into the ranks of the academy as well as other places, and Lay Low until they were given further instructions.

They didn't have anything grand they needed to do on the island yet, they had only recently found a way to infiltrate into this strange place so, they did not have any Grand Purpose until now.

However, somehow, they were discovered by the Academy's people and That Headmaster.

They knew how He intended to eradicate them from this island, and how He knew all about them.

The festival that was organised by him… They knew it was only a 'festival' for them.

They wanted to take them down from the island that they had managed to infiltrate after so much trouble.

And, they still had a lot of things they needed to do on this island to Reach their Grand goal.

Thus… XGA351GTY was created.

{ "With the brave sacrifices of everyone else deployed on field 351G, the Xenomorphic elements from the area Gamma A, were cleared and the summoning circle for the Origin Transfer from the Tertiary-Demiplain has been finished.

The resources have been allocated to the all Y-formation units, as instructed by the Cardinal." }

That was the status report, something that was shortened to an unhealthy amount.

{ Hmmm… }

And, receiving a 'hmmm' in this situation would have been the greatest disrespect to their sacrifices and efforts, but, for these individuals, it was nothing less than an acknowledgement from one of the closest beings to their Masters.

{ What are the chances of success. }

The island of magic's wealth for their cult, for their Kind was the same as a 'Secondary option' to the main grand plan that they had.

They did want the destruction of the world and everything within it, however, doing it with the fall of this floating island would be highly ineffective.

It would destroy this world, yes, but not in a way that they wanted.

But still, if they had a proper hold of this region, they would have a great edge within their Grand plan.

However, even without this strategic field, they would be fine.

{ "Success… from what we can see, my Lord, it is less than 5%." }

{ What? }

The kind of preparations they had made, the kind of magic they had prepared, the kind of force they had, even with just the twelve of them there, there shouldn't be any problem at least causing enough trouble on the island that the rest of the world would question the defences of the island and intentions of the academy, as well as its headmaster.

{ "Yes… my lord." }

If they couldn't be on this island, they didn't want that Bastard to be here either.

Their main objective was to somehow connect themselves with the

Headmaster, and use this opportunity, their own people, and make the world question the headmaster's stance.

{ "There are some complications that Lord Cardinal-… We could not foresee." }

The rest of the world knew about their existence as they wanted, however, not the common people.

And if they had announced the existence of their 'cult' in a 'grand' conference, then only those of the high rankings would know about them.

At most, as they knew, they would know how dangerous they were and how powerful their forces might be through what they had done in Lakmer.

{ "Along with the festival, the headmaster has invited the older students of the academy… individuals that have some certain (Level-6) threats among them.

Additionally, we have confirmed uninvited presence of a few (Level-7) threats." }

Even as The Pope, they did not know everything about THEIR intentions. And they would not even dare to fathom what THEY were aiming for.

As a mere servant of Theirs, they did what they were supposed to do under their Guidance.

And, from what they had known, this strategy should be plenty for what they were facing.

{ Hmmm… }

Even though they did not know about the presence of such dangerous individuals on the island, they knew there were going to be a lot of variables according to THEIR instructions.

{ You shall begin as you have been instructed. }

And since they knew they would not have any certain plan to follow in the first place, there was nothing They needed to do about this bunch anymore.

{ "YES, LORD SOVEREIGN!" }

THEY knew this bunch would do what they were supposed to do even without any help from Them.

Just this little talk with them was all that they needed, and they would be fine.

{ May the Gaze of the Founder be upon you… }

The voice became distant and disappeared. And along with this voice, the crystal cube before them also disappeared.

-Oooooooooooooooong!

The crimson light projected by the Red eye of the lizard was retracted, and the creature vanished into darkness, leaving the twelve on their knees in this dark cave…

{ "Let us begin…" }

They were the Chosen ones.

Their Lord and Savior was looking after them, and was wishing them success.

{ "Let us fulfil our vows." }

For a brighter tomorrow, for a world without anything… for their Founder and their Masters.

{ "Let us begin." }

They had a mission to fulfil, they had a battle to fight.

And regardless of the dangers, despite the odds being against them, with the blessing of their Lord Sovereign and their Masters… they were going to do it.

They were going to fulfil the purpose of their lowly lives.