"I should start from the start of the story. Personal order was released around a week ago. But more important is the background of this. Apparently, Washuu Tsuneyoshi ordered several elders of the clan to go to some excavation site in China, that was newly founded. They are mobilizing for its huge amount of mercenaries and various contracted killers."To this Lucien paled. He was already suspecting reason why was Washuu Clan searching some ruins in China. They probably found Ancestral site of the Shi Xue Clan and some heritage there. Like Aeon House, even Shi Xue Clan had their own heritage and techniques they taught to their descendants. Now it was probably found by Washuu Clan and they want to obtain for their purposes.
For Lucien, this was critical information. Not only for him but even for entire Aeon House. Now he could officially request for support, but he knew it was meaningless. He would need to leave in the shortest amount of time and it would be troublesome to coordinate with reinforcements then.
"Continue, Arimsan. This matter is more serious than we have previously thought."
Arima nodded his head, corrected his gla.s.ses and continued talking.
"They already left, two days before from what I have managed to find out. Their entire force is composed of around two hundred to three hundred people. Core force is, of course, elders of the clan and some clan members. Inner force is created by members of Vasuki, I must apologize that I don"t know an exact number of agents sent there. And outer force, even though they are weakest in individual combat but they are most numerous are mercenaries they hired. But they would hire more in China, probably some local ghoul gangs would join them after some bribery or they would force them."
Summarized Arima their numbers. Lucien wasn"t very worried about a high number of low-leveled ghouls cause he could just slaughter them like ants. But he was worried about agents of Vasuki and elders of Washuu Clan. They were real problems to deal with.
"The numbers won"t be problems. Ghoul mercenaries are usually around B-rate or rate, to me they won"t be any threat as I could slaughter them with kagune daggers and telekinesis in a short time. But the elders, they are a totally different matter. Do you know at least how strong they are approximate?"
Asked Lucien. Only elders of Washuu Clan where the problem. Other ones were just resources for blood essences.
"I can"t say, but I can guarantee they won"t be weak. Even by my standards."
Answered Arima. Not weak even by his standards. That sounds rather bad.
"Can I ask you Lucien-san, what could they found there?"
Asked Arima with a curious voice. It must be told he was curious about what Washuu Clan found there. What forced Washuu Tsuneyoshi to mobilize several elders and tens of strong agents of Vasuki to send them all to some ruins in China? He himself couldn"t answer, he could only guess, but he was aware of that Lucien would probably know the answer.
"As you may know this, Aeon House has several legacies or techniques meant for their descendants. Same goes for the n.o.ble House of the East, Shi Xue Clan. Washuu Clan probably found Ancestral Site of the Shi Xue Clan where they stored they legacies during that event. So they are trying to excavate the ruins and obtain those things there."
Explained Lucien. Arima being smart and intelligent person knew the consequences of this thing. If Washuu Clan manages to obtain something which would enhance its strength, even more, it would have terrible results for everyone else.
"Will you go there?"
Lucien hearing this question faintly smiled. He knew that he doesn"t have a choice. He must go there and stop Washuu Clan for obtaining the legacy. He only hoped he could return before the start of the 11th Ward Battle as he wanted to partic.i.p.ate in the Cochlea Raid.
"I don"t have a choice you know. I was sent here by my family to destroy the Washuu Clan so this is the perfect opportunity. The only problem is that everything is just too rushed and I won"t have enough time to prepare properly for this so-called expedition."
Laughed Lucien as he finished this sentence. Yes, even if he didn"t want to go there, he must. It was his duty. But he was eager to see China and more eager to spill some blood. The killing was extremely addictive activity. For ghouls even more, as it was a sport in some way.
"Good, I hope you can succeed."
Lucien nodded his head and took out a small vial, which was filled with red liquid. He gave it to Arima, who took it from his hands, not understanding what to do with the vial.
"Drink it, it would give you more time and heal your eye."
Said Lucien. That liquid was, in reality, his blood. For ordinary ghouls, the blood of sacred devourer ghoul had a miraculous effect. To half-humans even more. Arima was already losing sigh so it would help him heal it and stop the aging process for some time. Even though Arima didn"t want he nodded his head and agreed to drink the liquid. He drank it and nothing happened.
"It would take effect after some time, piece by piece. Don"t wait for miraculous healing."
Chuckled Lucien as he said that. Even though his blood could help it don"t have instant-regenerative properties.
"When will you be leaving?"
"Day after tomorrow. I need to leave as soon as possible to finish my mission fastest. But I need to finish some things before I could go to China. I need to prepare some things and so."
Arima nodded and then both of them shook hands and went to their own business to do. Lucien watched his disappearing figure a little, before walking away. He ventured the tunnels a little and killed a few ghouls just for fun because he was bored. And he needed to release some steam.
Unfortunately, there weren"t any strong ghouls, only B-rated weaklings so the harvest wasn"t much. After one hour of hunting for ghouls, he decided it was time for him to return to his estate to prepare for the expedition.