OBS Chapter 1289 Attack of the Bael
Chapter 1289 Attack of the Bael
Chapter 1289 Attack of the Bael
Lory was fast asleep during their journey to Brinwell when he woke up and realized that they were stuck in traffic just a few kilometers from the entrance of Brinwell, Lory straightened her back and then stared at the line of cars moving at a speed of a snail, "How long has the traffic been?" Lory's voice sounds hoarse after sleeping too long.
Beside her, Lydia had just woken up from her sleep, just like Lory, she was also dumbfounded by the traffic jam. Garrof glanced from the rearview mirror, "It's been more than half an hour like this, I didn't expect this many people to enter Brinwell."
"You don't know, Brinwell is one of the few cities that managed to develop at a stable pace, that's why many people are moving here," Owen, in the back seat with Daniel, answered.
Lory unscrewed the bottle lid and then drank a mouthful of water to moisten her dry throat after that she took out her cell phone to check if there was any news from Zhao Li Xin, but to her disappointment, there was no news from Zhao Li Xin, Lory turned her gaze towards the window and sighed.
Hey, maybe they do more stringent checks to get into Brinwell that's why it's taking so long?" Dan expressed his worry.
Lydia's body stiffened, but Garrof laughed then said, "Don't worry, we already prepared all the needed documents for all of us to enter Brinwell, and if anyone troubles us, we can use the Hamilton family's influence to help us" Garrof wiggled his eyebrows playfully at Lory.
Lory stared blankly at Garrof for a few seconds before soon remembering the gold brooch from Edmund Hamilton to recognize her as part of the Hamilton family. @@@@
"The name Hamilton still carries some weight in many countries including Luxemborough, if not they would not target them," Lloyd said in a sardonic tone.
"By the way, Hugo hasn't contacted us for a long time wasn't he?" Because many things happened that she only remembered about them now. It had been a long time since he heard how they were doing and if she remembered the involvement of the Augburn family with the S.A.I.N.T. organization, Luxemborough country, and also the underground Guild Lory couldn't help but feel worried for them, especially for Lilly.
Lory was about to call Hugo when the phone suddenly rang, unexpectedly Hugo called her.
"Mr. Hamilton!" Lory was stunned.
Hugo's friendly voice came from behind the phone, "Hi, Raven, how are you, sorry I haven't contacted you for a long time."
Hearing Hugo Lory's cheerful voice, she felt relieved "It's okay, I haven't contacted you for a long time too, how are you, sir?"
"I'm fine, it's just that Lily missed you a lot, actually she wanted to call you several times but she was afraid to disturb you, after all, she knew you were in the midst of a dangerous mission."
Lory chuckles as Lilly's troubled face flashes in his mind, "Please tell Lilly she can contact me anytime, is not as dangerous as she thought"
Everyone simultaneously turns their head at Lory, and Lory shrugs nonchalantly.
"Lilly would be happy to hear that" Hugo's voice softened hearing Lory's words, but he then remembered he had an important thing to inform Lory of: "Oh yes, the Azalea art gallery will be holding an exhibition for Mr. Zhao's painting, unfortunately, I can't contact Mr. Zhao this past few days, is he with you right now,?"
"Unfortunately not right now..." Lory turned her gaze to the window to cover up her sadness, but only for a moment then she returned to normal again: "Then what are your plans next, can you contact your friends?"
Hugo laughed out loud, "Yes, we will all gather at the exhibition, one of my requests to Azalea is to make the event as grand as possible, there will be all the famous people gathered there, and we will invite journalists from various famous magazines and also celebrities to enliven the atmosphere. Most of them don't know anything about art but it doesn't matter that way the enemy's attention will be diverted from our real goal, but it would be nice if you and Mr. Zhao could attend the exhibition, you don't need to do anything just be a spectator "
"...Sorry, not yet ... we might know something when we talk to Elena Reynolds ... But that won't be easy, we don't know if she wants to work with us" Lory replies honestly.
"I..understand" Hugo knew it wouldn't be easy to find Ethan but he could not stop being hopeful.
The noisy sound from outside startled Lory and everyone in the car. People got out of their cars to check what was happening. Suddenly, they heard the loud sound of car horns, and several cars at the front appeared to be taking U-turns while some people ran frantically toward them leaving their cars stuck in traffic.
"What the hell?" Garrof got out of the car as people ran past their cars.
Lory frowned, even Hugo could hear the commotion that was happening.
"Raven, what's going on there, what is that noise?" Hugo worriedly asked.
"I'm not sure, I'll call you again, Mr. Hamilton." Lory then hung up the phone and got out of the car.
Owen jumped on the hood of the car to get a better look.
"You see anything, Owen?" Garrof holler.
"Don't know, I just saw smoke, a lot of smoke!" Owen made hand circles upon his eyes.
Lory then grabbed one of the women that ran passed her, "Hey tell me, what happened?"
The woman looks utterly shaken, "The - the - the Bael is attacking!"
Lory shakes her head in confusion "What's Bael?"
The woman's eyes bulge as if her eyeballs are about to jump from their socket "It's - It's the strange Beast covered with vines, it's the beast that cannot be killed" She shakes her arms from Lory's hand then continues running.
Lory put her hands on her hips and said incredulously "They called that 'thing' Is Bael now?"
"I guessed they are" Lloyd shrug.
According to ancient folklore, Bael is the name of a creature sent by the god of hell to drag every evil person, especially naughty children to hell to be punished by eternal torment.
Basically, this is just a kid's story to scare children not to be naughty or they will be taken by Bael and dragged to hell. The creature also had different names depending on where you heard the story, some called it Balut, some called it Bayel, but most people call it Bael.
A lot of people grew up with this story as a result, this name became everyone's childhood fear, plus the fresh trauma during the Dark Age war, one can imagine the complete mayhem that will break out after this. Lory did not know if she should condemn or admire the people who came up with this idea.
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