Creak~
Levi's ears twitched, and he looked in the direction the sound came from.
He didn't open his mouth to ask who it was. Instead, he cautiously moved toward where the sound originated.
Reaching the edge of the area, Levi bent down and quietly pressed himself against a bookshelf.
He silently pulled out a book, preparing to peek through the gap to see who had made the noise.
"..."
Looking at a bloodshot eye right in front of him, Levi fell silent for a moment, then smiled and greeted it.
"Hello there, I'm just passing by. You carry on, go on."
With that, he turned around and left without the slightest hesitation, and without any intention of dealing with the other party.
After all, he was just an ordinary Xianzhou civilian, not even a Xianzhou native. He had no power to handle a situation like this.
But the one who had discovered him had no intention of letting him go so easily.
Crack~
The bookshelf behind him was torn apart, and two Mara-struck rushed toward him one after another.
"Holy shit!"
"There was more than one!'
Rolling on the ground without caring about his dignity to dodge the slashes, Levi relied on the densely packed bookshelves to evade the Mara-struck as he ran back and forth.
"How can Mara-struck appear in the Divination Commission?"
Climbing along the shelves up onto a beam near the ceiling, Levi looked down at the Mara-struck searching for him below.
Normally, the Luofu shouldn't have Mara-struck appearing at all.
As soon as there are signs of falling into Mara, the Ten-Lords Commission judges would take them away.
Some slip through, sure, but it's extremely rare, and they definitely wouldn't appear in a place like the Divination Commission.
Which meant there was only one possibility.
"These are people from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus!"
At the same time, another question surfaced in Levi's mind.
'Weren't those damn followers almost wiped out by me and Kiana already?'
'How do they still have the spare strength to attack the Divination Commission?'
'If they can appear here, that means other places might also be under attack. Where are they getting so many troops from?'
'Is Dan Shu some kind of reincarnated ant queen?'
'Producing Mara-struck like it costs nothing.'
The search by the Mara-struck continued, and Levi couldn't keep hiding forever.
"Perfect timing, let me use you to test the new power!"
Looking at the two Mara-struck who had met directly below him, Levi licked the corner of his mouth.
'Luck is on my side!'
"Where did he run off to?"
"No idea!"
Hearing their conversation, Levi quietly stretched out his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.
The next second, the Flaming Greatsword appeared and was gripped in his hand.
The two Mara-struck looked at each other, then came to an agreement.
"Keep searching! This place isn't that big. I don't believe we can't find him!"
"When we do, let me be the first to tear his flesh apart!"
"Heeello~"
A greeting sounded from above. The two Mara-struck froze and looked up.
Levi held the greatsword and smiled down at them. "I heard you were looking for me. Got any gifts for me?"
Before the two could react to what was happening, Levi leapt down from above.
"Eternal Punishment!"
The blade came down from overhead, piercing straight through one of their bodies.
'Not over yet!'
Levi continued to pour on the power. Flames surged along the sword, burning the Mara-struck's body from the inside out.
These followers were temporary combat forces created by Phantylia to make up the numbers.
They had never undergone any proper training at all.
Seeing their companion get attacked and pierced through the body by Levi, the guy they had just been chasing all over the place, the other one froze on the spot.
Moments later, Levi pulled out the greatsword. The Mara-struck, scorched by the flames, turned into charcoal and collapsed onto the ground.
There was no chance at all to trigger a second life.
Or rather, both lives were used, but he was still instantly killed by Levi.
Turning his head, Levi looked "kindly" at the Disciple of Sanctus Medicus who was still standing there in a daze.
"I think you were the one shouting the loudest just now, right?"
"..."
After moving the two bodies to the entrance, Levi sat back down in his original spot.
While continuing to try to contact Stelle in the chat group, he searched above and below the desk for his Jade Abacus.
"Strange. I clearly remember putting it on the desk." Levi scratched his head.
The documents were under the desk, but his Jade Abacus had mysteriously vanished.
"Could it have been taken by Qingque when she came back to work?"
[Elysia: You're so noisy!]
Seeing Elysia suddenly speak up, Levi slowly typed a question mark.
[If I don't @ you, you can still hear the notification?]
Elysia froze, then tilted her head and listened for the source of the sound.
On her bed, she lifted the blanket and took a closer look.
Her phone was ringing loudly.
'Crap! I misunderstood him!'
[Hehe, sorry about that. It was my alarm going off, I misunderstood you. I apologize, don't be mad at me.]
[Okay~?]
[Don't do the cutesy voice!]
Even separated by worlds, even just seeing the text, Levi could imagine Elysia's scalp-tingling voice.
[Anyway, Stelle is missing?]
Looking at the mission still hanging in the chat group, it showed that only three people had joined.
Based on her guess, that would be Lumine, Kiana, and Stelle herself, exactly three.
Elysia asked, [Isn't the party still not full? You can go over and take a look.]
"But I'm already in the mission…" Levi sighed.
The chat group clearly showed that he was already in the mission, yet he himself was standing in the Divination Commission.
Could it be that his slot had been taken by someone else?
[Already in the mission?]
The sly old fox Elysia tugged at her collar and tilted her head as she looked at Levi's message in the chat group.
[Did the chat group bug out?]
Who would've thought that something so far beyond common sense could still have bugs.
Elysia suddenly remembered a sentence she'd seen while browsing online.
[The world is one giant bug!]
Levi shook his head and said, [Since I can't contact Stelle for now, I'll go find my Jade Abacus first.]
Between Stelle and his Jade Abacus, which was more important?
Without question, the answer was his Jade Abacus.
After all, it contained his company account, as well as some unspeakable, mysterious data.
If that got discovered, his life would be over.
And Stelle was the protagonist of this world.
Turning danger into safety was something that happened to her all the time, so there was no need to worry about their safety at all.
What's more, Kiana had also joined the mission. With two protagonists' luck stacked together, Levi didn't even dare imagine how absurd it would be.
As for who took his Jade Abacus, Levi had already more or less figured it out.
"In the Divination Commission, who would take someone else's stuff for no reason besides Qingque?!"
Just from the fact that the documents were put under the desk instead of back in place, it was obvious.
It had to be Qingque.
As for where Qingque was hiding and how to find her, Levi already had a plan.
His gaze shifted to the two corpses on the ground.
Levi reached out and searched one of the bodies that was still relatively intact.
After some time, holding a Jade Abacus provided by some unknown kind soul, Levi began locating his own.
———
[Belobog, the Underworld]
A pink-haired girl stood outside a building, feeling the cold around her. Looking at the dilapidated surroundings, her eyes were full of confusion.
"Guys, where the hell did this send me?"
"Am I still on the Herta Space Station?"
"..."