The Innkeeper - Chapter 1290: Traitorous mutt

Lex was disappointed, but he supposed it made sense that Liz used the most efficient way to deal with the enemy. Why do with personal power what can be done with a blaster?

But after killing the insect guard Liz did not let down her guard. Instead, she maintained her vigilance as she looked around with a confused expression. Her familiarity with how the insects operated meant that she knew the guard should not have been alone. At the same time, she could not stay around for long, so she pressed onwards.

Now, completely revealed, Lex had an even easier time following them, and continued to help them out by eliminating a majority of the opposition they faced. Liz grew increasingly worried about the abnormality of the situation, while Lex also began to notice a trend. Just as he was helping Liz, there was someone silently guiding the soldiers within the ship, forcing Liz down a specific path. But while Lex was trying to help them, whoever this other person was, their intentions were not so pure.

Lex was reminded of the fact that someone had been chasing Liz for a long time, and his eyes flashed. The Henali had quietly taken precautions to protect Liz, but now that he had arrived on scene they stopped interfering, which meant that there was a chance Lex would come face to face with whoever was plotting against her.

“There’s something wrong about all of this,” Liz said out loud as she loaded Harriot into a ship, though the wooly dog beside her was completely unconcerned.

“As long as we can get away from here, who cares? You make sure there is no one else on the ship, and I’ll get ready to take off.”

“Remember, we’re going to the abandoned mining facility off towards the uninhabited moons of the outer planets,” Liz reminded the wooly dog. Not only was there no fighting going on that way, but due to how out of the way it was from everything, she expected it to be completely uninhabited. They did not want to attract any attention.

“Yeah, yeah, I got it,” the wooly dog said, completely unconcerned. The only thing he cared about was getting off this ship. In fact, how little he was concerned about possible problems once they left attracted Lex’s attention. But, for now, he did nothing.

Soon the ship took off, and they faced no chase either, since everyone seemed busy fighting against the invading force. Liz was the only person who found the ease of their escape concerning. In fact, in a corner of the ship, she secretly began her preparations to escape if things went wrong.

Lex was actually quite impressed by the hidden teleportation formation she set up in the ship. It had no presence or fluctuations at all. Her stealth abilities rivaled that of Fenrir back when he was in her realm, which was quite impressive.

The flight took several hours, during which time Lex remained hidden in the walls of the ship, silently observing the various events taking place. In the distance, the war was still going on. But even in this corner of the star system, hidden currents surged. Lex noticed how the wooly dog secretly sabotaged the very ship they were riding. For now it would be fine, but once he activated the machines he set up, the ship’s engine itself would break down. It would be impossible to fly without heavy repairs.

Liz, meanwhile, made her own preparations, by turning the batteries of the ship into a massive bomb that could be remotely detonated.

Outside, in the vacuum of space, various ships began to follow theirs, though they remained hidden for now.

The mining facility in the distance seemed abandoned, but underneath that facade, an army was getting into position. Lex watched all of this in silence. He had thrown the entire Origin realm into turmoil by launching a war that spread far and wide, just to eliminate the force that dared covet his sister’s abilities. So for these people, who were planning on acting against Liz, Lex intended no mercy. But he didn’t act yet. He wanted all the hidden players to reveal themself first.

Eventually, the ship landed on the mining facility that floated in space. Liz and the wooly dog exited their ship, wearing spacesuits as the outer layers of the mining facility had been compromised and contained no air. Fortunately, they had already made preparations deep within the facility where not only would there be sealed chambers with atmosphere and gravity, but a Revivification machine which would thaw Harriot till he recovered.

As the two passed through the facility, all seemed normal. The place was just as abandoned and eerie as it was the last time Liz was here, which was a good sign. But she knew better than most just how cunning her enemies could be. She needed to be on her guard, not that she showed it to anyone.

Finally, they reached the heart of the facility which still had power, and they brought the frozen Harriet into the Revivification machine.

The dog finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the ground while Liz continued to monitor the facility through the cameras screens that could be monitored from her location. Everything seemed normal, but by this point Liz had already decided that the more it was like this, the more there was something wrong. She was adept at running for so long that she was incredibly sensitive to such things.

“AND YOUR MOTHERS CURSE THE DAY YOU WERE BORN!” a voice suddenly screamed through the facility, followed by sudden silence. Liz and the other wooly dog suddenly ran towards Harriet, and opened the chamber to find a confused wooly dog, looking around at his unfamiliar surroundings.

He did not recognize Liz, but the moment he saw the wooly dog, his expression turned angry once you.

“You! You unfaithful mutt! I’ll kill you!” Harriot screamed and tried to attack, but his body was still suffering from the effects of being frozen, and so he had no strength.

“Ah, Harriot, Harriot, Harriot. I finally got my hands on you. Where will you run now?”

The doors to the facility were suddenly slammed open, and a host of human troops marched in.