Clyde went to the hotel building with Samuel. He was initially quite surprised because he was suddenly summoned here to attend a meeting he was going to have with the rest of his party.
Clyde didn't say too many objections and kept his questions in his heart. What mattered now was that he was likely to be involved in something important soon. Most likely he would go on an expedition with them.
The reason why Samuel suddenly changed his mind didn't really matter, at least for now. He, who had been against the idea that Clyde would go to The All Territory, suddenly invited him to join a meeting.
Clyde could see Samuel's displeased look as he walked beside him. Samuel's face was stiff and irritated as if he had to do all this against his will.
After a few minutes of walking, they finally arrived at the hotel building. Clyde studied the building for a few moments and wondered how the hotel had moved here.
It seems that the hotel is more than a decade old judging by its design. Did they just randomly drag a building from the Earth world here?
"This hotel was taken from one of the worlds destroyed by the Selection Stage," Samuel said suddenly when he saw Clyde looking at the building with his scrutinizing gaze.
"Oh. I see." Clyde nodded curtly.
"Come on in."
They both go inside. Samuel didn't need to do the same routine as before because all the party members were awake and doing their activities.
Leyan was practicing archery in the backyard. Even though he didn't really need to practice his archery skills, Leyan still did it for some reason.
Kiara is cooking in the kitchen. The aroma of cooking wafts almost throughout the hotel.
Kei and Haru were sitting together on chairs beside the swimming pool. They caressed each other in an affectionate gesture that was definitely indicating something.
Samuel called them all together. And they do it right away without waiting too long.
Meanwhile, Clyde was waiting in the meeting room they usually use. He sat alone and thought about what they would do.
A few minutes later Samuel and his party came to the meeting room. Kiara was even still wearing an apron making her look like a housewife who was dragged before finishing the cooking process to make breakfast.
"Hey, good job that time," Leyan said with a smile. It turned out that Clyde's prediction was wrong. The Elf lost his cynicism at once now when he saw for himself how capable Clyde was.
Clyde only nodded briefly in return.
"I haven't had time to thank you properly," Haru said as he took a seat next to Clyde.
"My name is Haru. I am very grateful to you for saving me."
Haru said it with a sincere look and smile. Clyde could clearly feel her sincerity. Once again he felt that warm feeling when someone thanked him and appreciated what he had done with all their heart.
So he can't help but issued a thin smile. "Don't mention it."
Haru was still looking at him with grateful eyes, then turned to Samuel and said. "What are we going to do now?"
Samuel sighed and rubbed the back of his head nervously. From his gestures, they could tell that Samuel had something hard to say to them.
Seeing that, they looked at each other and exchanged questioning glances. But no one said anything and just waited for Samuel to say it.
"We have to ambush the party sent by Archangel Uriel."
Upon hearing what Samuel said, they widened their eyes with expressions of shock.
"What?!"
"You've got to be kidding, Sam!"
"Archangel Uriel?! You mean that terrifying Celestial?"
Samuel nodded. "Yeah, that one. Who else if not her?"
They all immediately slumped in their seats with depressed faces. Their gazes were blank as if they were staring at the doom approaching before their eyes.
Clyde still had his usual straight face. He had heard of the Archangel Uriel in a creed in his world long ago.
She is a very strong Archangel with a very powerful power of flame. The story about her says that her flame can scorch a world at once if she so wishes.
Considering what she could do Clyde thought it only natural that they would be like that. But based on what Samuel said, they wouldn't need to face Uriel head-on.
"We just have to ambush the party she sent, right?" Clyde asked a question that made them all turn to look at him.
"That's the same thing," Leyan said.
Clyde turned to him. "How's that the same thing?"
"The party sent by the Celestials received their blessing. They got a fraction of the Celestials' power."
"Fraction?"
Haru who was next to him shook her head with a frightened expression. "Even if it's only a small fraction, the power of a Celestial is still too dangerous for us."
Clyde looked at them all one by one. He didn't see the look of courage on their faces, not even on Samuel's face who had come with the news.
He sighed. 'It is possible that they will refuse this mission. However, I also can't be careless because when I see their expressions and reactions, the danger level of this mission is indeed high.'
Clyde didn't want to be stupid even though he had the will to fight the party sent by Uriel.
The people here clearly had more experience than him and seeing how they reacted to something could give Clyde an idea of the degree of danger he would be in.
For now, it's better for him to just be an observer because he still doesn't know too much.
"No. We have to do it," said Samuel in a firm tone and a determined face.
He looked at them all. "The party is carrying an artifact that seems very important. The Senior Council said that we should retrieve the artifact."
Leyan took a deep breath as he cupped his hands to his face. "We're going to make those terrible Celestials really angry."
~~~
