I Am Unstoppable

That was when Jonathan had a sudden realization.

What does she mean by that? She makes it sound like I'll peek at her if I don't step outside when she's showering! This is an insult to my integrity! Oh, who am I kidding? Jonathan, you know you'd peek at her for sure if you didn't step outside!

Of course, Jonathan kept those thoughts to himself. As he had already prepared his change of clothes yesterday, he grabbed them and went straight into the bathroom.

Although he didn't get to peek at Lailah in the shower, he still felt weird knowing she was just outside the bathroom while he showered.

After taking a shower, Jonathan looked rather fresh as he stepped out of the bathroom in a black T-shirt and jeans.

“I've already accepted the mission. You should accept it for yourself as well,” Lailah said without even looking up at him.

Since this was work-related, Jonathan had no reason to reject. He then made his way over to her and sat down on the corner of the bed. Lailah handed him the laptop, and he clicked on the button to accept his mission.

Jonathan then received a text message on his phone seconds later.

The unique logo of Divine Realm appeared on the screen when he tapped on the message, and it prompted him to input his mark in order to access its content.

Jonathan then scanned the mark on his arm and tapped on the button to display his mission.

It was a dual-level mission that required Jonathan and Lailah to search for the Sinai Bible.

As they only had one month to complete it, time was most certainly of the essence.

“Did you see the note for this mission?” Lailah said.

“No. What does it say?” Jonathan asked.

“Third Sacred Temple,” Lailah replied.

Jonathan frowned in confusion. “Third Sacred Temple? What does that mean?”

“King Sergiu's temple was known as the First Sacred Temple. That has been confirmed by the Irethielian Cultural Heritage Administration. According to them, the First Sacred Temple did indeed exist. I'm not too sure what 'Third Sacred Temple' means, though.”

“Could it be that the Sinai Bible isn't in the First Sacred Temple? Could there be a third one that we don't know of?” Jonathan asked.

“There hasn't been any rumors about a Third Sacred Temple.”

“Even so, this is a clue. We should start by looking for the Third Sacred Temple.”

Lailah turned to look at Jonathan as she asked, “How do you plan on doing that?”

“We don't know anything about King Sergiu's Sacred Temples, so I'm planning on checking out the ruins of the shrine tomorrow. We'll see if we can find any clues on the Sacred Temples. After that, we'll go ask around and hopefully get more information,” Jonathan replied.

“All right, we'll do it your way.” Lailah then paused for a few seconds before continuing, “From what I know, countless people have come to Yeringham looking for King Sergiu's treasures over the past hundreds of years, but none of them managed to find anything. I'm afraid it might be difficult for us to get any information by asking around.”

Jonathan let out a chuckle. “Oh, it's definitely going to be difficult. The three Ninth Immortality Pills are priceless treasures, after all. They wouldn't be priceless if it was that easy to obtain them.”

Lailah nodded. “That's a good mindset to have. Just don't blame me if we fail and get sealed off for ten years!”

“I'm an adult, and this is my decision. It's only natural that I take responsibility for what will happen!” Jonathan said with a smile.

Lailah returned his smile before changing the topic. “How do you think Lucio would react?”

“He wouldn't dare make a move on his own now that I'm with you. He'd only come after us if he is very confident in taking us on, which means he must've found someone to help him out.”

“You would be right to say that.”

“He probably knew we were coming for the Sinai Bible the moment we boarded that plane. I bet he has already come up with a plan and is making his move as we speak.”

Those words had barely left Jonathan's mouth when a notification tone came from his phone.

“See? What did I tell you? He's here now!” Jonathan said.

As Jonathan and Lailah were on the same mission, they both received the notification.

The two of them pulled out their phones simultaneously and scanned the marks on their arms to display the content.

Jonathan was a little surprised to see that Lucio had been added to the mission, but Jeremy wasn't.

He had assumed both Lucio and Jeremy would join together.

The look on Jonathan's face soon changed as yet another person was added to the mission.

That person was none other than Gabriel himself.

“What the... So, this b*stard really is alive!” Jonathan mumbled to himself. This has got to be him! There's no way this is another person who just happens to share the same name.

“What's the matter? Is there something wrong with Gabriel?” Lailah asked when she noticed his strange expression.

Jonathan nodded. “Gabriel is a really weird guy. I have some history with him.”

Lailah felt a little speechless when she heard that. “You sure have a lot of enemies for a nobody.”

“Hey, this really isn't my fault! Let's just say Gabriel isn't exactly a very nice guy, okay? Still, I am curious, how did someone like him even qualify to become a member of Divine Realm?” Jonathan protested.

“I'm not sure about that, but I can try to look into his files,” Lailah replied.

After a few minutes of typing on the laptop, she was able to find some information on Gabriel. “It looks like Gabriel was accepted into Divine Realm on an exceptional basis by Master Oswald. He is now a disciple of Master Oswald and in the inner circle like me.”

Jonathan let out a sigh. “I passed all those tests and went through life-and-death situations, and yet, I'm only a Bronze member of Divine Realm's outer circle. That's the lowest level, for goodness' sake! How is Gabriel able to become an inner disciple...”

Lailah was really curious about Jonathan's identity. “What happened between you two? There must be something special about Gabriel if Master Oswald made an exception and took him in as his disciple. I'm guessing he's the one backing Lucio up. Otherwise, he wouldn't have joined the mission, knowing full well that I'm in it.”

“So, what happened was...”

Instead of trying to hide the truth from her, Jonathan told her everything about him helping Felicia and his grudge against Gabriel.

“In other words, luck was what saved you from dying at Gabriel's hands?” Lailah asked.

“That's right. But I broke both of his legs and threw him off a cliff, so I'm not sure how he survived that fall and got out of there,” Jonathan replied.

“I'm not too concerned about Lucio, but I have a very bad feeling about Gabriel. We have to kill him if we get the chance to,” Lailah said.

Jonathan nodded. “We are in complete agreement on that matter.”

“Be on your guard when you sleep tonight. Logically speaking, they should still be in Lostaria right now. However, it is also possible that they may have followed us here. For all we know, they could be waiting to kill us the moment we accept our mission,” Lailah reminded him.