[Western Continent, Deserted wasteland]

The day after the incident between the confrontation of the Tekoa's town brigade and Asmaveth, Asagi together with the rest of the five chosen otherworlder hero and his party, then traversed the vast land of the west continent once more, in an attempt to find any natives in this place and explain to them what this land is and how it actually looks like as a whole.

After all, till this moment Asagi had entered this land with zero to no knowledge of its land, people, country, creatures, and culture. In order for her to fulfill the next task given to her by the principality she had met in the northern continent of ice and snow, she would need to know where she is currently at in this western continent of scorching sun. Plus as an exploration team, knowing such things is naturally on the list.

As a recap the people that are with her that are chosen among the 30 otherworlder are as follows.

Sato, Akihiko - Hero
Takahashi, Arata - Swordsman
Ban, Himari - Saintess
Hino, Ichika -Ranger
Fujino, Yui - Bard

As for the archangels that are assigned to her as her guard, Azrael and Jophiel are still in charge due to how much their traits and ability match to the environment and landscape of this continent. Basically this continent filled with the smell of death and blood are match made in heaven with their traits and rune law of death and soul.

In this moment all of them came even more prepared as they changed their clothes appropriate for the environment as the girls wear hijab clothes along their abaya, while the guys wear their Bisht along with abaya. Their clothes naturally compliments this continents environment with great reference with the islamic clothes of the people who lives in Israel. Of course since the clothe weavers in Asagi's kingdom are not familiar of auch clothe design, Asagi had no choice but to use clothes specifically crafted by the system for an immediate use for this exploration. With this they wouldn't be able to feel too much heat at all and be able to move comfortably in this environment.

Abaya (meaning cloth in Arabic), is a piece of loose over-garment thats worn in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa and the Middle East. The garment resembles a wide robe and is meant to cover up the body of a wearer and protect it from sight. In the Islamic world, Abaya is worn by men and women alike. It covers the entire body, apart from feet, hands and the head of a person. Traditionally, the abaya is usually black, decorated with embroidery.

Hijab is used to describe a veil worn by Arab women which covers the hair while the face is revealed. Hijabs come in many shapes and sizes. The al-amira, for example, is a type of two-piece hijab. It is characterized by a close-fitting cotton or polyester cap, accompanied by a tube-like scarf falling down the wearers neck. The bisht is a dressier men's cloak sometimes worn over the thobe. It is particularly common among high-level government or religious leaders, and on special occasions such as weddings.

In that moment Asagi calls out to everyone as she made the hero's party recap what she had said before they departed to this next phase of exploration. Of course this is done in order to make the hero and his party, remember the assigned task and also somewhat discipline them to not fool around in this unknown parts of the world.

"Alright! Can anyone repeat what we're doing here today? You dont have to exactly repeat word per word, but just the glimpse of your understanding of it"

Hearing that, hero Sato then cleared his throat as he spoke first which then followed by the others

"Were here to continue our exploration before also alongside it, we need to find what made that town like that" said by Hero Sato

"Be vigilant to the surroundings and dont fool around" said by Takahashi

"Stick to the initial plan and follow your orders always when in exploration" said by Ban

"Search for natives of this land to acquire information" said by Hino

"If anything feels out of place or suspicious, always report back to you... After all a good team always works together" said by Fujino

With that Asagi smiled a little as she replied.

"Good! You remember what i told you"

In that moment Hero Sato confirmed one fact as she asked Asagi about the reason why the previous town they visited was like that. Of course before the next phase of the exploration started, Hero Sato told everything he saw while he was knocked out, all about the sacrificial ritual and killings that happened to Asagi. Because of that Asagi became quite worried about that fact as she pointed out that there may be a  cult at play.

"Are you sure that were going to catch the cult that brought that town like that?"

"It is not confirmed that a cult did that to the town hero... Its just my mere speculation with no proof... However if a cult actually did that to a town and per'se a sacrificial ritual just like what you told me, then we may be dealing with an even bigger problem that we thought" replied by Asagi

"I know... Its just that it seems like i cant leave that alone, i feel like i should seek justice for those that died... I need to find the group that annihilated the towns people" said by hero Sato with a grimacing look

Seeing that look, Asagi couldnt help but seem to imagine that this newly borne chic hero is slowly transitioning from a naive hero into a person deserving of such title. After all for a hero, serving justice is like hero 101 in their manual. Of course Asagi has no problem with hero Sato turning into a justice hero, she was just worried he would grew arrogant as the days go by and his power strengthens with each passing day. If that time comes, even she would have a hard time dealing against him. What's more the feeling of justice always comes with despair as a pair. All she could do was wish that hero Sato would be able to strengthen his resolve and never divert from the righteous path.

"As i said! We will get to that point, but we would need to be careful when dealing with a cult... After all we dont know just how deep their roots have taken place in this land"

Hearing this, Hero Sato was at least reassured as he was sure that Asagi herself wouldn't let such matters go. After all in comparison to the archangels and angels surrounding her, she herself still somewhat shows more humanity than any of its kind. If it weren't for her wings, one might mistaken her for a human and not some queen of another species.

Just like that their journey begun ince more as their group moved along the wasteland of the western continent.

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Meanwhile in another place of the deserted wasteland which is quite near the border of the rocky terrain and the sandy dunes, Captain Ester and his brigade is currently on the march towards the direction where their target had escaped. However as they march they all stayed silent as the tension between Rueben, the assistant officer of the brigade and Ester, the captain of the brigade.

The tension between them started way deep into the night right after everyone rendezvous with Ester. Everyone expected that Ester would be able to successfully accomplish the mission in regards to the targeted person, after all Ester is a veteran in hunting down people in his whole career, so the expectations for him to succeed is an all time high.

In fact even Rueben who was greedy with fame and fortune swallowed his displeasure and pride of not personally capturing the target himself, so long as Ester finish the mission and bring more fame to their group. With that fame, he could leverage and bargain it with Mayor Zoabi in order to join the elite troop under Jabarin.

After all being a member of the elite troop of Jabarin would bring him more fame and riches than just staying by insignificant group such as the town's brigade. Plus the elite troops had connections with the nobles of the capital city of this country. With such fame he could amass immense wealth and even afford slaves to be his breeding women and create a household just for his bloodline and if luck permits him, he could even mary into a wealthy family by marrying their daughter.

He for one somewhat knew the surface of the dirty deeds of Mayor Zoabi and already had a gist of what he would do to the target. Plus he knew of the mayor's connection with the rumored cult, so bringing the target to him would naturally put hum in a good side of the mayor.

Unfortunately their expectations were met with regret and failure as Ester lost sight of the target and failed to accomplish the mission despite all the sacrifices that everyone went through. Due to that, in rage, Rueben finally flipped out as he rushed towards Ester and somewhat wrestled him along the ground. After all such great opportunity was wasted by Ester, the chance of immediate fame in that day was destroyed due to Ester failing to capture the target. So with Rueben's selfishness and pride taking over, he naturally snapped as he somewhat forgot his role of keeping up a good image.

Luckily the situation didnt escalate with him killing Ester out of Anger. Just as he was about to do something irreversible, the other members of the brigade quickly stopped him as they held him back and made him cool down from his irritation. Naturally time passed but Rueben never asked for forgiveness for his action against the captain, on the other hand Ester apologized for his failure as he promised everyone to capture the target properly the next time they encountered each other.

So with that till this present, they never actually reconciled as both Rueben and Ester stayed silent. While Ester was somewhat apologetic, Rueben on the other hand now find Ester as a pain in the ass and a person to be stepped upon. Since he never actually respected Ester, except for appearance sake, he naturally see him as an irritating individual that wasnt much at all.

This time, if Ester fails in capturing the target in their next encounter, Rueben would then label him as useless and would dispose of him personally for his glory.

"Stay frosty everyone! Once we find him, make sure to inform me so thay we will know what to do next and how to deal with such situation"

As Ester said that, everyone aside from Rueben replied as they all seemed somewhat awkward by the atmosphere surrounding them.

In that moment as if God has answered their prayers, they saw a group of five Scorpioches walking in the desert, which is quite unusual since they dont actually walk on sand but rather rocky areas. Plus Scorpioches never reveal themselves that much on the surface land, in fact they stayed underground where it is cool. So seeing them on the surface in broad daylight seemed weird

In that moment using eagles eyes on himself, Ester saw a familiar figure riding the Scorpioches, as he recognized the figure as the target Asmaveth himself.

At long last they have found their target once more. However capturing him wont be easy this time, since their target himself is currently around with Scorpioches, so with it no matter how one look at it, the battle itself was inevitable.

After finding the target and the circumstances of the situation, Ester then begun to plan on how to capture Asmaveth. This time he needed to accomplish the mission or else his reputation as a veteran in such fields would affect his career.

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