High above an empty field, two young teens with black wings are soaring across the sky.
“Hey, Murzalla. What are we doing in this boring place?” asks Urim, the boy devil.
“Do I have to explain every little thing to you? I thought I told you not to follow me,” Murzalla, the girl devil, snaps back.
“Hah, are you trying to leave me behind so you can reap all the glory? That’s not gonna happen!”
“Ugh… Whatever.”
“What’s your problem? You think you’re above me just because you were born first? All you’re good for is peeping and sneaking around.”
“I get it, you’re a moron. Now shut up. Clearly, you don’t understand that Lord Lucifyra has bestowed great powers upon me.”
“Yeah? Well, let’s see what you’ve got! Why don’t we settle this here and now?”
Urim crouches like he’s ready to pounce. Murzalla lets out a heavy sigh. She knows he’s nothing more than a bigmouth. He could never actually attack her.
Doesn’t he even realize that’s how he was designed?
Urim was created as Murzalla’s aide. As far as rank goes, there’s no question that she’s above him.
His belligerence is bound to come in handy eventually. If only he had a bit more discretion, she laments. But voicing a complaint would be terribly disrespectful to their creator.
Guess it’s up to me to steer him properly.
Reluctantly, Murzalla begins to explain. “Right now, we’re heading for the Olympius Ruins. Alexei seems to be on his way there to lay some groundwork for his game. We’re going to take advantage of it and add on some of our own machinations.”
“What? I thought we’re allowed to kill that knockoff. Why not just get rid of him right now?”
“We will if necessary. Don’t lose track of our actual purpose. What are you, stupid?─oh, that’s right. You are.”
“You wanna fight?!”
There he goes again. Murzalla ignores him and continues. “Our job is to analyze Shiva’s powers. If Alexei is taking him on, there’s no reason for us not to exploit that.”
“Bo-ring. Just cut to the chase already…”
Just as he finally stops grumbling, a temple atop a cliff comes into view.
It’s the entrance to the Olympius Ruins.
Murzalla speeds up and glides straight into the building.
They arrive at the control room hidden behind a wall in the deepest level of the labyrinth. Murzalla stares at the sight before her in disbelief.
A faintly glowing crystal globe. Rings of magic circles slowly orbiting it. Translucent screens that hover around the monument.
“What the hell is this…?”
An unfamiliar spell has been added to the pre-existing one that controls the monsters.
A hierarchy system added to the authorized controller function─pretty much what she came here to do. The master controller is…not Alexei.
Her aim was to secretly add herself as another controller with equal authority. It never occurred to her to do something like this.
This is bad. Even if we fool Alexei…
The holder of the master key will be alerted right away.
Who could it be? There’s only one possible answer.
Shiva…
Murzalla must come up with a new strategy, but all she could do is grind her teeth in consternation…