Hikaru asks loudly,"Who are you? Show yourself."
A dark figure emerges from the shadow into light and said,"I AM-------."
They were shocked to see that the dark figure emerges from the shadow is just a kid of their own age.
Yuki was still on guard and ask this kid,"Who are you? And what are you doing here at this time?" Yuki just wants to confirm his identity.
The kid said,"That's what i am saying right now. Anyways, I'm Lucien, an A-Rank Adventurer. As for what i am doing here, I'm on a mission right now."
Lucien stares at yuki because she is still holding her katana at him, and asks,"If you are satisfied with my answer, can you please lower your weapons."
Yuki sighs and put her katana back. Yuki apologized to him and said,"I'm sorry for my behaviour earlier and hope you understand, as you are also an Adventurer."
Lucien said,"Don't worry, you don't have to apologise. You are just worried about your members safety."
Yami interrupts their conversation and asks Lucien,"Hello Lucien, nice to meet you." Yami turns to yuki and asks,"Yuki, can you tell me what's this Adventurer thing?"
Lucien's expression changed after hearing Yuki's name, and said to yuki,"So i wasn't mistaken when i thought you are a bit familiar. So, you are the one who wiped out your entire branch family in a single night."
"The Infamous Shadow Princess with a bounty of 45 million lumens on her head, Yuki Shaman." Lucien's expression changed slightly and he tries to take out his weapons.
But at the same time, Yami used [Shadow Bind]. Shadow tentacles holds Lucien tight in his place. Lucien is surprised to see this. Yami quickly used [Hellfire Dominion] to create erupting crimson flames surrounding him and said,"If you try anything funny, you will never see tommorow's sunrise."
Lucien can see that Yami is not kidding and he is impressed by her strength. Lucien said to Yami,"Okay okay I won't do anything, jist leave me now."
Yuki said to Yami,"Leave him, he won't do anything and he would. Then i would cut him into pieces." Hikaru stops both of them and said,"He wasn't going to attck Yuki, let him talk first."
Yami releases the [Shadow Bind]. After releasing, Lucien said to Yami,"I wasn't going to attack her. I was just going to seal her katana for my safety."
Hikaru said,"Yep, he's right. As an adventurer, he knew about the past incidents and then he would also know about Yuki's katana."
(After sorting out everything...)
Yami apologized to Lucien and said,"I was wrong to attack you." Lucien said,"It's alright. You are just worried about your friend."
After this they sat down and start talking, Hikaru asks Lucien,"Why did you tell us to stay away from Aurevia?" Lucien pulls out a map and unfolds it in front of everyone and said,"Because Aurevia is the only nation that is separated from every continent. It is surrounded by ocean from every sides."
Yami asks Lucien,"So how are we going to go there?" Lucien said,"There's a cruise ship that goes to Aurevia, just for the Grand Masquerade Night."
Yuki asks Lucien,"Then what's the problem?" Lucien said,"Main problem is the ocean that has become unstable in the last few years. Cruise is a safe option, but if a sea monster attacks the ship, it's gonna be a problem for us."
(We saw a glimpse of the ocean filled with sea monsters.)
Yami said to everyone,"We won't miss this chance. We are going to Aurevia, at any cost."
Lucien was not ready for this answer.