Mardinal: The Assassin's Adventure
Chapter 10: The Midra Seal

“Liberation... The Devil is Satisfied..?” ask Haku confused. “What do you mean by liberating the Satisfied Devil? Wasn't he already dead 10 years ago after being defeated by the Alliance Guild Haxona?”

Haku still did not understand Luan's intentions. The Beast Demon was already killed by a member of the Haxona Guild Alliance known today as one of the influential Killer Alliance on Planet Urdalin. How can a dead person be resurrected?

“He's not dead, Hakuma.” Slowly Luan fanned herself. “Seeed is dead, but on the other hand he is still alive, trying to endure the pain he suffered for 10 years.”

The pain he was suffering from? What other absurd thing did Luan want to explain to Haku? Haku still doesn't understand anything.

“You know that The Devil is a Ruzan?”

Haku knows information about Ruzan. Ruzan is a nickname for someone who has excess production of Ru Energy in his body. The situation is considered a curse because it can cause very serious side effects, including causing death that is very torturous.

The number of Ruzan is very rare. They come from the descendants of the strongest and most influential rebels who were instrumental in wiping out all forms of government on Planet Urdalin 300 years ago.

As a result of their influence in the extermination movement of the system of government, one of the top officials who are pro-government system forge contracts with several creatures from the dimension of Dremara.

The contents of the contract ask the Dremara creatures to place a curse on the rebels who are considered greedy, namely by making their Ru Energy produced in excess.

It certainly caused a very agonizing death for the Ruzans who were unable to withstand the excess Ru Energy. Their deaths vary widely, but it is not clear what kind of death tormented them.

However, some of Ruzan can still survive by contracting with enemies of Dremara creatures, which are parasitic plants from the Fona dimension. These plants function to absorb all the excess Ru Energy so that production and use remain stable.

Luan also explained the problem again, “Guild we had sent some spies to spy on the activities of all Guilds tied to the Haxona Guild Alliance. Right in the main Guild, the Haxona Guild, we discovered a fact that the Vast Demon is still alive.”

“He was locked up in a special laboratory. Using advanced machines made from Material Ru, the Demon's Ru Energy was absorbed from his body. Well, the result of the absorption was channeled into five seals called the Midra Seal. This seal itself is used by five people to get more Ru Energy from the Demon's body, the result of the absorption of the machine.”

“Wait a minute..” Haku cross, feel something awkward with Luan's explanation. “These five people used the Midra Seal to get more supply of Ru Energy, right? Isn't it that excess Ru Energy can cause very serious side effects?”

Luan was still fanning herself. “Yes, it's true. Therefore, they use this seal. The Midra seal was created from the absorbent machines of Ru Energy source. In addition to being used to help drain Ru Energy from the sucking machine to the seal user, it also serves to eliminate its side effects.”

Again Haku was dumbfounded by this information. It was only the first time he heard there was some sort of tool capable of eliminating the side effects of excess Ru Energy while helping to absorb Ru Energy from other owners, especially from a Ruzan.

If there really is a tool like the Midra Seal, then this will be very dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands, to those who are greedy want to be strong quickly.

“So, anyone who has the Midra Seal does not have to worry about the side effects of excess Energy Ru.” Luan thought. “The problem is that the five owners of the five seals are different foreigners.”

“Interness?” Haku raised his eyebrows in wonder. “You mean, all five Midra Seals are not used by members of the Haxona Guild Alliance?”

“Initially used the five members of the alliance,” replied Luan back, “but as the fight and killing between Guilds took place, these original users could be defeated by others. The seal was able to be seized and installed by the person who seized it. So, these five seals moved owners for 10 years. No one knew where the five seals were now, except for the people of Haxona. Among them may still be in the alliance members, so the process of absorbing Ru Energy belonging to the Devil is still running.”

“Kabarnya, this alliance is also being intensively hunting the users of the Midra Seal so that it can be captured and reused on selected members. Therefore, I want to give the task related to the issue of the seal and the release of the Demon Beast to this young man named Mardin.”

“Then, what does Mardin have to do with all these problems?” ask Haku for your umpteenth. He was very curious as to how important Mardin's role in this conflict was.

The silhouette behind the curtain shows Luan drinking tea. There was a pause for a while to wet his lips that had been dry due to too much explaining about the problem earlier. After the small tea glass was placed on the table, Luan again gave an explanation to the disciple.

“Mardin is also a Ruzan. Other than a Ruzan, he has a strong attachment to the Beast Devil. More precisely, Mardin is the son of the Devil.”

Haku became more curious to find out.

“In addition to having a strong attachment as a biological family, Mardin has a parasitic plant from Fona, the result of establishing a contract so that he can survive the conditions of excess Ru Energy. The parasite can counteract the power of the Midra Seal, and the seal can be kept by the parasite without having to be given to others.”

“So, you are aiming to ask Mardin who is a Ruzan as well as the son of the Beast Devil to seize the five seals and free his own father?”

Now, Haku can draw conclusions from all these explanations. Luan wanted to enlist Mardin's help to collect all five seals from his five users, and after that release the Demon.

But, there are still some gray things here that are less obvious.

Again Luan replied in a relaxed tone, “Kot more so. Mardin's a strong boy. I'm sure, he can collect all five seals easily.”

Luan again explained the main goal, “Your main task is to meet with Mardin, talk to him, and convince him to carry out this task. After that, you tell me the latest information about the development of Mardin, then I will give the next instructions to be implemented.”

“You also need to keep an eye on the movements. Stay alert, that young man is extremely dangerous. Try to look convincing in Mardin's eyes so you can gain his trust. Otherwise, maybe you'll just stay a name in this world.”

Haku grimaced in horror at Luan's explanation. His tone sounded very serious. If Mardin is really that dangerous, then Haku can not take the wrong step in carrying out this task. This task had already made Haku risk his position as Omega in the Yatshuhama Guild. He must be very careful.

In addition, in retrospect Mardin was considered dangerous. He is a Ruzan, and on average Ruzan has excellent fighting abilities beyond the other assassins on Planet Urdalin, one such example being the Satanic Devil.

After Luan finished explaining all the details, from the problem to what movements Haku had to take in this task, she invited her students to return.

“You come back, Hakuma. You should get ready to go to Kamaju City. No need to leave anymore, just leave. And be careful on the way. Don't get killed by monsters or Rogue and other murderers hanging around. Also, do not get caught by the Guild in Kamaju City if you are from the Yatshuhama Guild. If Mardin knows, it doesn't matter if it's for the sake of convincing him.”

Haku again took a kneeling position, saluting politely, “Good, Master Luan. I am withdrawing. Thanks for everything.”

“Hm. Go.”

After Haku returned Luan's cell phone to the guard robot, Haku walked out through the eastern gate of the room. After the gate was tightly closed, there was the sound of breathing from Luan.

Not because tired of explaining everything to Haku, Luan was tired of being tense after being caught having a large collection of obscene videos on her tab. Lucky because of the long explanation earlier, Haku forgot about the videos of the curse.

“Hey, you.” Luan called the robot on the right.

The robot looked back in return.

“Did he have time to open the collection Eneng Plump?”

The robot replied, his tone sounded confused, [“Eee…. Looks like, no time, Beta.”]

“Fyuuuh…. Thank goodness.”

Luan fanned the folding fan to her face. Mumpung alone, no matter the robots guard still silently guard there, he immediately activated the tab earlier, looking at the contents while giggling himself.

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