Beyond M-Eclipse: Easy Mode LIVE

———Jerson———

“” Lrem’s voice rang out with concern.

“It’ll be fine, it’ll blow over eventually.” I said to sooth her and the others’ concern. No one is going outside today, the scarily accurate intel from Idea was right on the mark, there seems to be a skirmish outside. If my kids go out there they’d… Let’s not think about that.

“” Seemi commented. These guys really need to stop trying to jinx me. I’m trying to stay quiet here, far from where the fight is happening.

“” Lrem remarked. “”

“” Seemi remarked. I think I just heard something exploding.

“” Lrem pointed out. “”

“I’m not doing anything that stupid, cut me some slack.” I said with an annoyed face. I don’t want my kids scared and restless. I’m never gonna hear the end of it from her if I did as well.

“” Seemi asked.

“Just doing as well as I always have. No idea how much stronger I got, but probably not on Lrem’s level.” I don’t have the gall to try out whatever the hell she did yesterday. I’m surprised she even went that far. Doesn’t she have an image to protect or something?

“” Seemi suddenly turned her attention towards Idea, who had been silent up to this point. “”

“” Lrem replied. “”

“” Seemi recounted. “”

“” Lrem asked, clearly sounding annoyed. “”

“” Seemi argued.

“” Lrem argued back.

“” She pleaded with the harsh mistress. That is a good amount of floors. Going beyond that and it’s starting to feel like a struggle. “”

“Of course. They seem to be scrapping around the middle of town. I’m in my house far from that.” There are sounds of fighting that can be heard even from here, but it’s distant so it should still be fine. If they get close to this area then I would’ve seen them through the window by now.

“” Seemi commented. Wasn’t she one of the people who needed rescue in the first place? At least with Lrem she was wrapped up with dealing with terrorists but she was one of the people least in danger at the time, and with the other guys that was just random incidents and nothing to do with all the terrorism right now.

“” Lrem sees the irony in that as well.

“” Seemi suddenly spoke up.

“” She answered. That little stunt she did yesterday probably brought a lot of gazes. I think she had complained about it being the wrong kind of gaze in the past with an unrelated incident. She is probably sick of that by now.

“You are dealt quite a rough hand.” I guess it’s like some sort of curse for being so strong. A lot of really unnecessary scrutiny. I don’t think she said she was harassed or anything of the sort, but it’s clear she’s annoyed by something.

“” …I can’t tell if that’s her sympathizing or berating us, but at least it’s vague? “”

“Can’t you all just check that?” I wasn’t being secretive about where I live, so they should know by now where I’m at. I don’t think searching for your town being attacked is the best use of my time anyway. I’d look quite a weirdo if anyone finds out.

“” Seemi asked.

“I seriously am not.” I flatly answered. What use is ego-searching my town anyway?

“” Seemi asked.

“Not really?” Is something like that common?

“” Wha- Why does she have to say it like that, it’s kinda scary.

“What? Is that sorta thing common?” I asked in confusion. There are strong people in the guild, but no one ‘ace’ I would say.

“” Why is she saying the last part out so casually!?

“No!?” I know this is probably not the first time we discuss something like this but it feels like an absurd thing to bring up even one time! I think if I know someone like that I would’ve told them by now!

“” She said with an absurd amount of callousness. She does know that if Idea hadn’t warned me then my family might have ended up dead!?

“I know people leveling towns and cities are old news at this point, but should we be talking about that casually?” I asked in frustration. “The fact that Lrem can do something like that feels absurd.”

“” Lrem suddenly interjected.

“Ugh…” Of all the things she has to say and it’s that!? Why am I the one getting frustrated by all the magical nonsense? Can’t Seemi keep getting stuck with that role?

“” Lrem said with a straight face. Can she even do that even though we’re multiple states apart? “”

“” Seemi asked. The status shows them being busy, but it could be something they manually set, so it’s hard to be sure.

“” Lrem remarked. “”

“As if they’ll listen to me. I don’t have any authority in town, you know?” I have been laying low and doing my own thing. For a family guy like me trying to stand out too much is gonna cause me some real trouble.

“” Lrem dispassionately said. It’s really starting to feel like they’re mocking me for something I don’t have control over. “”

“Why ten?” Is there something that would happen ten minutes from now? I don’t think lunch break is going to stop everyone from fighting.

“” She walked back her statement. I still don’t know what she’s insinuating. “”

“I mean, the supermarket isn’t around there, so it should be fine.” I said, maybe being a bit too optimistic. Who knows who’ll be on the cooking duty once all of this is over. At least right now we have plenty of stuff in the fridge.

———Luik———

*Zoom*

Hmm… Things have gotten quite bloody. The mission was up for a long time, so perhaps they’re close to finishing it up anyway, but none of that mattered. I know who the enemy is, and my only purpose here is to eradicate them all.

*Leap* *Slash* *Slice* *Chop* *Dice*

I quickly cut down all the invaders in under less than a minute. While a less lethal solution could’ve worked, I am not in the mood for such a thing. They have already done so much damage to this place it’s honestly nauseating, and I didn’t even have lunch yet. I saw the incident on the news and know right away there’s going to be a mission for it.

“” Get me out of here already, I’m starving.

*Zoom*

———Jerson———

“” Lrem suddenly said. What just happened?

“” Seemi asked, and then Lrem showed her screen and began playing a video… It’s a… What just happened. “”

“” Lrem casually answered. In less than a minute. Suddenly a bunch of people get turned into mince meat in only a few seconds with no one realizing what happened. Kind of a miracle that anyone even managed to record that. “”

“...I guess I got nothing?” I definitely am not feeling anything from the outside, but I’m not even that confident in my own power reading ability in the first place. “How did you even know reinforcement would arrive?”

“” She answered. Is there really a pattern to that? “”

“Too bad it’s going to take a while before they clean up the mess. My kids were annoying me about going outside as well.” I said that and the people in the call nodded in understanding. No way I can bring them out right away. I should be quiet about the update for now. Even with a reinforcement that quickly deals with the problem… “So who even was that?”

“” Lrem quickly answered. “”

“Yeah, I guess it will be like that.” Not like knowing who that was would’ve given me much to work with. The most that’ll do is give me something as a conversation starter.

*Knock* *Knock*

“Oh. Looks like lunch is here. See you guys in a bit.” I said before leaving the chat and walking to the door.