"Lord Lan Qingyou, something's happened in the Imperial Capital!"
"Huh?"
Lan Qingyou stared blankly at Horn, who was sweating profusely.
It was obvious the man was in a terrible hurry.
But Lan Qingyou couldn't imagine what could have happened in the Imperial Capital to count as "something happening."
Never mind Mentor Mela.
Never mind the Knights Orders.
With Alisa around, surely things couldn't get out of hand, could they?
Besides, neither she nor Alisa wanted the Sima Empire to descend into chaos at this point.
After all, that would make it easier for them to search for what they needed.
At least, it would be easier than searching amid chaos.
So if something happened in the Imperial Capital, Alisa certainly wouldn't sit back and do nothing.
It wouldn't serve their interests.
"What exactly happened?"
Lan Qingyou asked.
Rather than stay confused, she needed to get a handle on the situation first.
The burly man in front of her was panting and using up the sweet air of her Maple Leaf Territory.
"It happened like this. Late last night, tentacles resembling octopus legs suddenly appeared on Fernandez Avenue."
"At first, everyone thought it was just a monster invasion, so they didn't take it seriously."
"But not a single person from the Dodo Knights Order squadron sent to deal with it came back."
"After that, the entire Dodo Knights Order went out, and they disappeared as well."
"Then the tentacles started multiplying, as if they were reproducing."
"They didn't just take over all of Fernandez Avenue."
"They spread quite a bit farther, too."
"A Magician observed them from a distance and thought the tentacles might have reproduced after absorbing everyone in the Knights Order."
Horn "reported" the situation in the Imperial Capital to Lan Qingyou.
But the more Lan Qingyou heard, the