Chapter 458 – Night Before The Raid
Time goes by quickly during the time I'm training and preparing myself. Tomorrow, I will raid the lab of the Professor.
I thought that he would be wary after he lost communication with the mohawk girl, and she never returned. He should be wary about it. But it seems like, according to Albert's intel, there is something out there in the direction of the compass. They have encountered some mysterious group of people walking through the area they are keeping watch.
The agents didn't get too close to the lab because we're afraid if there are any other master level mage in the lab. Even if they are artificial, none of the agents have the power to fight against them.
The latest information was about a few weeks ago when a huge number of people from the direction the arrow in the compass pointed, are going to the direction of Consenza.
From that information, we are correct to think that the cult is planning to raid the tournament. And the huge amount of people coming means there will be a war.
It will most likely to happen in the final, when the strongest mages from each country who participated in the tournament are too tired after their match.
It's unavoidable. But at least the cult won't get stronger. Though we are powerful as well since we have no master level mage. But I don't think the cult will send their strongest mage right away.
I will be busy during the tournament, so I need to complete my mission as soon as possible before resting.
Those who are spying on the ground near the lab are always in constant danger. Once any master level mage, even if they are artificial, notice their presence, death will come for them. That's why they are disguising themselves as a homeless people trying to live out in the wild. Good thing the soil is good for farming. If the lab is near a desert, it will be difficult to put the agents to investigate.
But the location the compass is pointing at is not that close to where the agents are farming at. It's because they decided that getting too close will get them to be discovered by the artificial master level mage that the professor might have created. Even worse if they have other real master level mages.
How do the agents got closer without getting too close? By following the compass. But they didn't move straight toward where the needle is pointing. They are moving slightly to the side, so when the compass direction changed slightly, they can pretty much estimate the distance from where they are to the location the compass is pointing.
That's pretty smart of them.
"Roy, you keep reading those reports over and over again. Go get some rest. Tomorrow is a big day," Victoria said. She's in her human form, which is quite rare to see nowadays.
"I'm fine. I can also sleep after casting calming gas on myself. It will help me sleep a lot better. I need to double-check the reports again and again. But when it comes to the real thing, I doubt the reports will be correct," I said.
I know that the real thing will be different. Once I transported myself to where the agents are, I will return them back to the capital and will face the mission alone. Well, I won't really be along. I will have Shelia and Graham with me. And when there are too many enemies, I will call the others to fight.
But for the start, just me and my familiars are enough. I can use Shelia's sense of smell to detect the enemies outside the range of my Divine Vision, and use Graham's shadow clone as a scout.
But is it fine for all three members to be close-range fighters? We can still use long distance attack, but our attacks are pretty much obvious. I mean we just swing or thrust our weapons or claws toward the enemies. But if there's a mage with us, their attack won't be as obvious.
Though I will need to refrain having a mage for now. If the enemy can detect someone from their magic, we don't need to bring our powerful mages with us. I can just call them later. Though we can still use magic, we are good enough to conceal it.
I can't detect someone's presence by their magic, so I asked Angela and Veronica if they can sense our magic at close range. Turns out, Graham and Shelia can conceal their magic so they won't get found out too soon.
Though if it's the artificial master level mage, even when I used Divine Vision at her from distance, that mohawk can still sense that someone is looking at her. How many mohawks will we face? I hope there won't be any of them.
"You are reading the documents again. That's the fifth time you read the same thing," Victoria complained again that I keep reading them.
"Sorry. This will be the last time. Maybe."
"Not maybe. It is. If you're too nervous, it will affect everyone here even if they won't participate in the mission. You need to relax and show them that you can do it and will do it well. Enough reading and get some rest. Even if you can't sleep, at least laying down on bed will make you better," Victoria said.
"I can sleep though. Fine. I'll stop reading. Victoria, bed."
It has been a while since I had Victoria transformed into a bed in my own room. Since I usually sleep with other girls, she sleeps in her own room most of the time. I guess it's her turn to sleep with me. Especially since I have an important mission tomorrow.
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"How are you feeling?" Victoria asked.
"Normal. I used calming gas on myself, but I am not sleepy. Though I won't use sleeping gas on myself," I replied.
"Do you think something can go wrong after reading the documents that many times?"
"It can. The Professor should have long realized that the mohawk girl will never return. But he made no obvious move. The lab must be trapped already. Even if there's no trap, any important items in the lab could be destroyed already. We might just go for a wild goose chase. Also, they might be able to tell the location of our compass. It will be difficult, though still doable thanks to some agents who keep travelling while carrying that compass to distract the compass the cult has," I said.
"What will you do if it's a trap?" Victoria asked.
"I just need to report it to Albert. But that mean the cult's force during that will attack during the tournament will be powerful. And I will still need to investigate the lab. After I cleared all the enemies within the lab, I'll bring Wendy and Candy to investigate the whole place. They are better at finding clues than me even with my Divine Vision," I said.
"I guess we can only know tomorrow," Victoria said.
"As for me, the lab being a trap is fine. As long as the enemies waiting are strong ones that we can defeat. The cult's force will be weakened if that's the case," I said.
"How about them not realizing at all that we are raiding at their lab? That would be the best outcome," Victoria said.
And so, while laying down on top of Victobed, Victoria and I chatted about the useless what if cases that might or might not happen. Not just for the ride, we also talk about other stuffs. But it was fun time to spend the time.
I also checked the others to see their condition. Angela couldn't sleep as she enters Kayla's room and they have a chat there. Jewel is sleeping without a care. Candy and Wendy are having sleepover together. As for the vampires that stay in Cassau, they don't really care about my mission. They don't even know what the cult did other than what we told them.
Sophie is sleeping with the children. She will be a good mother in the future. Though I'm still afraid of having children before the cult is destroyed.
Just like Victoria told me before. My illness is really bad. The fear against the cult, no matter how powerful I have become now, is too big and can't be erased that easily. I have to destroy the cult first before I can truly be free. I'm just a man imprisoned by his fear and trauma. Even if I have better life now than before, it's not something I can forget.
No matter how many safe places I built, my mind and my heart won't be at real peace until I know we defeated that Evil God. And we made quite a big progress in that regard. We're going to raid the lab of the cult. If we can kill the Professor, things will get easier during the war. Not easy, just easier.
I chatted with Victoria for a while until I finally fall asleep. After breakfast, I will leave right away. And once I used portal to where the agents are, I will summon Graham and Shelia. That will be the last magic I will use until we encounter the enemies.
…maybe I'll ask Lina to make me breakfast before I go.. I can't fight in an empty stomach.
Chapter 459 – Mission Start
In the morning, Lina has prepared breakfast not just for me, but for Graham and Shelia as well whom I will bring with me on the raid.
"Good luck, Master," Lina said before I leave.
She has a sad expression as she doesn't want to have me leave. But this is important for me. It's a huge step for me to destroy the cult and have a peace of mind that I long for.
As for the others, they are all still resting. They might be called by me, so they need to save their energy as much as possible.
If there are many artificial master level mages, I will need to get the others to help me. That's why I gave everyone a Blobbymask to disguise themselves. Even I will wear one. I will wear the armor that cover my whole body by utilizing Victoria's ability.
As for Shelia and Graham, they don't really need a mask because they are monsters and they don't live in our world. Although they occasionally stay in our world, they are mainly living in Monsters World. That's why it should be fine.
Though for Shelia who often stays with me, she will be in her werewolf form from the start. This way, it's impossible for the cult to realize her usual appearance that she uses in our world.
After bidding my farewell to Lina, I opened a portal to where the spies are and looked around to see if we are being watched or not.
Hmm… there are no other people here than the agents. We are not being watched. That's good.
The place I'm in has been reconstructed for the acts of the agents. One male and one female. There's a small hut shabbily built, with the land next to it have crops started sprouting. This makes a perfect disguise so anyone who sees them will think that they are just a couple who is trying to live in the wild by building a shelter and farming.
"Any news?" I asked the couple.
"After that big group left to Consenza, there hasn't been any other movement. But the lab might be empty," the female agent said.
"Please be careful as we don't know if it's a trap or not," the male agent continued.
"I will. You two can go back and tell Albert that I'm here. Thanks for your hard work," I said as I opened a portal directly to the palace where Albert is waiting for them.
The two entered the portal, and I closed it when they are kneeling toward Albert, and the king himself is looking at me. We didn't exchange any word at all as I close the portal.
Now I'm all alone, I summoned Shelia and Graham by to me.
"You two ready?" I asked my two familiars.
"I am ready, Master," Graham said.
"I hope I get to have a good fight," Shelia said.
"I hope you win all the fight," I replied to Shelia's wish.
I have informed the two about the importance of this mission. And there's a chance that someone might even lose their life. Still, Shelia agreed to follow me. As for Graham, it takes some time to get him agree. But after the persuasion from the other angels, he decided to follow me for the job.
Well, if he doesn't agree, I can just force him to come anyway. But it's good that he ended up coming willingly.
"Alright. Shelia, transform into your wolf form so I can ride you," I said to Shelia.
"You're not going to run on your own?"
"It's best to save my energy as much as possible. As for you, your stamina is near infinite. It's fine, right?"
"Okay. What about Graham?" Shelia asked.
"He can fly and follow us," I said.
At first, I thought it's fine if Shelia and I just run toward the lab. But now that I think about it, she's faster in her wolf form. Faster than me. This way, I can reach there sooner.
Why didn't I ask Spot to come with me when he has camouflage skill? It's because he has another important mission. Reconnaissance. He's going to watch the cult enter Consenza. Along with Sonia.
Those two, with their invisibility and camouflage, won't be detected easily. And even if someone does detect them, they are monsters. And since they are not contracted monsters from a summoner or a tamer, the cult won't notice that they are being watched. Though if the cult noticed them, they will think that the monsters are probably someone's familiar. That's why I told them that in case someone is getting closer, they need to pretend to be wild monsters.
If their lives are still in danger, Sonia can teleport somewhere safe, while Spot can fly as fast as possible to escape. Only master level mage can catch up with his speed, but Spot said that it's fine if he encounters one. He wants to fight them himself. I hope Spot will be safe if he ends up fighting someone.
"Alright. We can go straight to the lab. Tell me if you smell anything weird. Graham, you don't need to catch up to Shelia's speed. Just fly according to your own pace to the same direction. If I need you, I can summon you directly to my location. And it's best to create a shadow clone right away," I said.
"Do you want me to create a big one, small one, or the same size as me?" Graham asked.
"A big one. Running or flying behind us. That way, in case we encounter someone, they will think that we are being chased by that clone," I said.
"The way of a coward seems run deeper than I thought. Well, I'm fine with that," Graham said.
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Graham thinks that saying my plan as the way of a coward is an insult. But for me, it's a praise. I am indeed a coward after all. As long as I'm not as stupid as the angel, it's all good.
We run toward the lab in one line. With me riding Shelia at the front, Graham slightly behind us, and his shadow clone is chasing after us. So far, there are no other people beside us. But it's just in case we encounter them on the way.
"Shelia, please don't talk at all in case we meet someone when you're in this form. I want them to think that I'm just riding a slightly bigger wolf. Only speak when you sensed something," I said.
"Woof!" Shelia replied.
"…you don't have to force yourself to bark."
"Woof-woof!"
Seems like she's not forcing herself. But barking is what a dog does, right? Not a wolf? Well, I will just say that she is a giant dog instead then.
We continue running straight toward where the lab is. It's quite far because the agents didn't dare to get closer since there might be other artificial master level mage in the lab. It's about fifty kilometers, I guess. Well, it's not a distance that needs a long time for us to reach.
I looked at the compass in my hand. It's pointing precisely at where we are going. I also need to trick the other side to think that we're coming their way.
I don't know about this magic tool, but if it can point somewhere, there might be another magic tool in the lab that can point to where this compass is. That's why I need to trick them just in case.
After I get closer to the lab, I asked Shelia to stop when no one is around. Well, we haven't even found a monster on the way. Let alone the enemy.
It's quite suspicious that no one is protecting the area near the lab, but I guess they are all going to Consenza. Even if some are still here, I need to get them all to die.
After stopping, I dig a hole on the ground and bury the compass along with a Blobby there. After that, we move to the right instead of going straight forward. We will circle the lab. Since we have guessed the distance to the lab, it's quite easy to get the distance right. Although there might be some slight error because we don't have the compass anymore, it should still be fine since we can still detect the location with Shelia's sense of smell and my Divine Vision once we get closer.
After circling the lab for a few minutes, we return to moving straight to the lab. Like before we didn't encounter anyone at all. And soon enough, Shelia smelled something.
"I smell some people. There were traces of them disappearing, which mean they have gone. But one of them are still remaining. Maybe the guard of the lab?" Shelia said.
"Get closer so I can see," I said.
Few seconds later, I can finally see a mysterious building in the middle of nowhere. That must be where the lab is. I could even see the entrance, but surprisingly, it only has one person to guard it.
Maybe I'm right that they can look at where my compass is. That's why they put more guard on the side we were supposed to come from and didn't care much about this side.
I don't know, and I won't bother to find out about it for now. I need to go to the lab quickly, grab everything important and kill everyone in sight before finally destroying the lab.
But that building sure is huge.. I might need to call someone to help me investigate.
Chapter 460 – Big City Under A Roof
When we got closer to the building we assume where the lab is, I am looking through it with my Divine Vision to see how big it really is. And the size was so big that it couldn't even be said as a building anymore.
"…Rather than a building, it's more like a city under a roof. There must be other facilities than just the laboratory. For now, we will look around this place first. Once it's clear, I will use portal to get Candy and Wendy to investigate this place," I said to my two familiars. Three including Victoria.
Like I just said to them, this place is more like a city under a roof. It has lodging, a farm, a ranch, and other things so this place can be maintained without ever going out.
But maybe because the people inside have gone, or they are focusing to protect the other side of the gate to the direction of where I hid the compass is, there is no one here except for just one guard at the entrance. Even inside this place, there are no other people.
But the guard might not an average mage. The guard couldn't detect my position from where he is. That mean he's not master level mage. I can tell from seeing his normal heartbeat rate that he's not acting.
But he might still be an expert level mage. Still, for us who have fought a lot of them and probably someone stronger than an average expert level mage, it won't be a problem for us.
Soon after, Graham and his shadow showed up. Now, what to do?
Well, this is a raid. Not a secret espionage mission. I don't need to hide from the enemy, but the less they know, the better it is for us.
But since no one is here, I can just kill that guard. It will also deplete the enemy's strength even if it's just one person.
"Graham, use your shadow to kill the guard. I doubt he will get reinforcement," I ordered Graham.
Graham nodded, and his shadow clone approached the guard.
When it has reached within twenty meters of the guard, even when it's in the man's blind spot, he realizes quickly and attacked using an Ice Spike. I guess he's an expert level mage.
But the giant shadow clone is stronger than an average expert level mage. Graham's clone is as strong as Graham without his magic. And his spear technique is great as well.
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The shadow clone easily dodged the Ice Spike, and flies toward the man. The man notices that the monster is stronger than he thought, so he aimed his hand to the sky.
Is he going to call for reinforcement by giving a signal using his magic? But he's too slow.
The giant shadow clone is faster than that and easily cut the man's hand with its spear. Even when the man is screaming in pain, there are no one to ask for help nearby. His shout can't be heard by his friends that is not here.
The man dies soon after the shadow clone repeatedly stabbed his body with his giant spear. That was easy and fast.
"Now is how to enter the gate. There's something in the gate that I don't know. Something like a magic item. Maybe it will send some sort of signal once someone opened it without permission? We need to be careful. Victoria, there's a gap under the gate. You should be able to send a Blobby inside through there. Once the Blobby is inside, we will enter with portal. And then I will open a new portal to get Candy and Wendy here," I said.
"Roger that," Victoria said.
"Who is Roger?" Graham asked.
"You just need to shut up and do what I say. No questions from you. Only reports," I ordered Graham to shut his mouth.
Still, who is this Roger?
Anyway, Victoria sends a Blobby inside through the small gap under the gate. And I used portal to enter it.
"It's huge. It's really a city under one roof. Where should we search information?" Victoria asked after entering the portal.
"Let's ask Candy and Wendy. They are better for this job," I said.
I opened a portal to call the two special agents and they are already prepared and have worn their masks to cover their identities even before I called them.
"Is this the lab?" Candy asked.
"More like the city where the lab is. I hid the compass outside, so we don't know the direction where the compass is pointing anymore. For now, let's split up. Wendy will go with Graham, and Candy will go with Shelia. Victoria, me, and Graham's shadow will check on the other gate first. If there are more guards at that side, it means they know the location of the compass," I said.
"Alright. Wendy, you and Graham will check the surrounding from above. Shelia and I will enter each door one by one. Roy, contact us through Sonia if you see anything suspicious."
Since this is where Candy can show her best ability, she will be in charge here. I don't have any problem with that. Though I can't tell what's suspicious and what isn't.
"Roy, is it safe?" Wendy asked if she can fly without being seen.
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"There are no one within my sight. It should be fine around this area. But beyond this, there are probably a lot of people. Be careful," I said before leaving to my destination.
With that, Candy and Shelia enter the first door they see. It's some sort of lodging for the guard probably. Wendy and Graham fly above them. Wendy is being carried by Graham. Graham is holding her hand as her body is dangling. So, Graham is unable to see girls in revealing outfits, but still fine holding girl's hand directly? I guess just holding hand is not that exciting for him, huh.
As for me, I'm being carried by the giant shadow clone to the other side of the gate. Where I should be entering from if I go straight without changing direction.
This place is really big as I couldn't see the other side for ten minutes. That's almost the size of the Capital. I guess this place is not somewhere anyone would investigate. And they must have a lot of time to build this place since none of the building was built normally without the help of earth mage. At least that's what I see.
Still, it's weird that I didn't see anyone. Though there were some building that goes deep under the ground. They must be the lab. Or at least one of them is. There were some people there under the ground, but for now, I need to take care of those guards on the surface first.
I was right that there are more guards in this side. Which mean they can tell where the compass is. And one of them is holding similar looking compass which pointed at where they are watching. Since that tool is a pair, I don't need to worry about anything else after grabbing that one, right? And I can grab the previous compass. I can use them later.
"What to do now, Roy?" Victoria asked.
"They don't even bother closing the gate on that side. We can just fight them right away. And since none of them reacted, there are no master level mages or even artificial one on that side," I said.
"How many of them are there?" Victoria asked.
"About fifty of them."
"If they are all expert level mages, you think you can win?" Victoria asked.
"As long as I can get in the middle of them, I can have them attack me with magic. Their magic will hit other people as well. Whether they care about other people or willing to kill their own friends, it should be easy," I said.
"Do they have explosion devices in their mouth?"
"Hmm… most of them do," I said after seeing the inside of those guards' mouth.
"What if they decided to kill themselves with the explosion once you are in the middle? You can't dodge them or cut them, right?" Victoria said.
"…You're right. I need to think carefully on what to do. I guess using the gas that will make them kill each other is better. No, let's get them angry first by using infuriating gas," I said.
Without them noticing, I had Victoria made a lot of clones which I will insert the gas in.
I will use the infuriating gas to start making them angry at each other. And after they started using magic to fight, I will use the killing gas. This way, it will be more effective since they will only think about killing each other.
During that chaos, Graham's shadow clone and I will start killing them. Once their anger and killing intent are aimed at me, I doubt they will be sane enough to use the explosive devices to kill themselves and me in the process.
…Though killing themselves means that they are no longer sane. Well, whether they kill themselves or not, they are not sane since they decided to join the cult.. And I have no problem killing them all.
Chapter 461 – Killing The Guards
There are about fifty of them. Although they are gathering together, it's not like they are near each other. I will need several Blobbygrenades to throw.
And because they are most likely expert level mages, they will know instantly when the grenades are close. They might either attack it, or flee. I hope they won't flee.
Which mean the grenades will be destroyed before they reached them. So, I need to throw them in a way so that even after the grenades are destroyed, the air inside will spread to them. I need to throw the grenades from different spots.
For that, I can ask Graham's shadow to help. I will throw some grenades from the right, while he's throwing it from the left.
I also mixed some grenades with killing gases for the first few grenades we will throw. Though I will throw more of them later.
"Alright. You will throw all of this ten second from now. I will move to that side," I said to the shadow clone.
It's weird talking to a clone, but seems like Graham's shadow clone can understand order. Or maybe it's because I'm its master's master.
Five seconds after giving the shadow clone the order, I'm already at my position. Only five seconds left before we will throw them all.
Four seconds before throwing. None of them noticed us.
Three seconds left. They started to disperse. Why won't they get closer to each other instead?
Two seconds left. One second left.
Now!
Though I didn't throw it right away. I waited until the grenades that Graham's shadow reached where the enemy can detect it first.
Wait for it…
Finally, someone noticed the approaching grenades and can see them. They then used magic to attack the grenades and destroyed it. Good thing it was just a Fireball. If it's a wind magic, the air inside might be blown away.
But as some of them throw their Fireballs at the grenades that the shadow clone threw, I threw my grenades at the same time. I threw them one by one with powerful strength so that even if they are destroyed, the air inside will still reach them.
They must be so conceited if they didn't even bother creating magical shield or barrier. But that's great since some of them have been affected. Once they started fighting each other, I will throw more.
Some finally noticed the shadow clone and me, but they are too late as chaos started with some of them shouting at each other.
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"Don't shove me!"
"Hey, that was your fault!"
"Move away! I can't see anything!"
"Finally, I can get revenge for when you ate my pudding!"
Yeah, I agree. If someone eat my pudding, I will also get my revenge.
Because of that, those who noticed me unable to react as fight broke out. And soon enough, after throwing some more grenades, most of them are affected and start getting angry at each other. And some even doing it with the intent to kill the other party.
I will make them have more killing intent as they kill each other. This time, I threw the grenades filled with the killing gases.
Let's watch carefully and make sure I won't get affected by the gases I created. I won't take a breath from now. I will use Air magic on myself so I don't need to breathe.
Because there are a lot of expert level mages fighting each other, it's difficult to join in and kill them. Though there will surely be some gap I can abuse since they are too angry to think about other things.
About ten of them has fallen, but they should be those with weaker magic level. The rest are using quite powerful magic.
Because of the noise, the people under the ground should notice that something is happening. I need to get them all focused on me so Candy and Wendy can focus on the investigation.
Someone used Fire Pillar to kill another expert level mage, and I used that chance to kill the one who casted the Fire Pillar. As they are angry at each other, they didn't notice that someone is getting inside the chaos to kill them. Though they noticed the giant shadow clone, but the shadow killed them before they aimed their magic at it.
Hmm? Someone is aiming at me? He's not affected by my gas?
Don't tell me that he's an air mage. I forget that there might be other air element mages than me. but seems like he is the only one as he's reaching his hand out forward at me.
And from that hand, a powerful lightning strike those in front of him. Even his allies.
"Die, you spy bastard! And the rest who got affected by some sort of magic don't need to survive. Just die all of you!"
Lightning magic. It's fast and powerful. Even though it's an expert level lightning magic, and is faster than Jewel's lightning magic which is still in advanced level. But because I trained a lot with Jewel, I can dodge it barely. It's doable because he's not as experienced in using his lightning magic and can only use it to shoot it directly to his target. Unlike Jewel who can change her lightning direction.
Seems like he's too confident with his lightning magic that he didn't even see that I managed to dodge his attack. It's good since he hasn't casted any shield or barrier magic.
I quickly approached him and stabbed Reizpear into his chest. Killing him instantly.
It has been a while, and they are expert level mages. They won't get angry at all times because of my magic, and the effect of my gases has been reduced greatly by now. The only thing I can do is killing them myself.
I pulled out Reizpear, and quickly spun around and slash all the nearby enemies. But it's not powerful enough to kill them. But after I stopped spinning, I retreated from that spot while shooting Blobbygun at the injured mages. Killing them when they least expect it.
Now, there are only 8 mages left thanks to Graham's shadow clone's help.
"Are you the one with the other compass?" the man holding a compass said.
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There's no reason to answer his question. And I know that my air magic won't have much effect on them anymore. Let's just kill them.
Thanks to my enhanced speed after training for so long, I can get to them before they could react. I slashed Reizpear again and killed four of them before the fifth person stopped it with her Earth Wall.
But this woman didn't notice that the shadow clone is on the other side of the wall and stabbed its spear to her head. There are only three mages left.
Now, it's a technique I learned to face them without even moving my body. It's time to use it. The condition has been fulfilled. It's when they know that they are too weak against the enemy they are facing.
"All I need is just one person I can interrogate. Two of you will die here."
I threatened the last three of them. How is that a technique to kill?
Well, it's because they are cult members and have explosive devices in their mouth. Only two of them though.
Without hesitation, after realizing that I'm too strong for them, the two with explosive devices explode their own head. Leaving only one man left alive with horror in his eyes.
"So, it will be you whom I will interrogate, huh? That's fine," I said.
"…"
The man didn't answer. But instead, he pointed his hands at his own head and killed himself that way. How stupid.
"Sigh… now all of them have died. There's no one I could interrogate. Well, I can grab someone from underground later," I said to myself.
I stepped on the corpses, and grabbed the other compass. It's pointing to where I hid my compass. I will give them to Albert as souvenir.
I was about to left this place. Or at least that's what someone who is pretending to be a corpse is thinking.
"Oh, wow! Someone is still alive," I said with a huge smile on my face while looking at the man who pretended to be dead. I can tell with my Divine Vision.
"AAAAAH!"
Why is he so scared? I'm smiling, so he should answer with a smile.
I knocked him out easily, and wrap the Magic Restraining Collar around his neck. Then, I used portal to transport him somewhere.
Albert has told me before that if I could capture some prisoners, I will need to bring them to a designated place where the rest can be taken care of by Albert's trusted people.
"…Roy, your smiling face was so evil. It was like watching a horror movie. Your performance can win an award and get a prize," Victoria said.
"Just like that? Isn't living in your world so easy then?"
"Well… same as here. Only for those who are talented and the rich. As for the rest, they will need to work hard until they can show their talent or they are rich," Victoria said.
Well, I don't need to bother about it since I don't live in that world. And I don't think I will go there. Also, I'm already rich. Talented? I'm the only Aura user here.
Now, let's check on how the others are doing.
Chapter 462 – Investigating The Surface City
After finishing all the enemies, I buried the compass together at the same place as the first compass. I don't know if there are other compasses that can point to where those two compasses are, so it's best to keep it buried for now.
I will let Albert have it, but not now. I'll just inform him about it later. If he also thinks that there might be other compass that can point to where the two compasses we have are, it's best to keep them hidden. Or at least away from the capital.
After that, I looked around the city to see if there are anyone else. Though other than those who are under the ground, there are no other people above ground.
The underground was also big, but instead of as big as the city, it goes deeper instead. There might be other powerful mages inside, but since none of them has noticed that I'm looking at them, I guess it's fine to say that there is no master level mage here. Even artificial one. Unless the underground is deeper than I thought and the master level mages are way deeper under the ground. But for now, I think we can continue with our mission safely.
After that, I returned back to where we entered, and run toward Candy's position while making sure that Wendy can see me so she will catch up with us.
"How is it, Roy?" Candy asked after she left an empty building.
"All enemies here are cleared. We can investigate everything above the ground. But there are many people under the ground. Should we bring an earth mage with us?" I asked.
"Hmm… Kayla is smart, but when she needs to think a lot of stuffs, she tends to stop for a while or she won't be able to concentrate. Angela is strong, but she's not suited for this mission. At least don't call her yet. Go get Celestine. Not only she's a powerful expert level earth mage, she's also a former member of the cult. There might be things that she will remember while we are investigating," Candy said.
So, we decided to get Celestine. She's in Consenza with her sister, the Empress of Consenza. Although she's not in Cassau, she also has prepared to come with us in case we need her help. That's why as soon as I opened a portal, Celestine with determined face entered the portal without hesitation.
"What's the situation?" Celestine asked as I closed the portal. She didn't even see her own sister waving her hand.
"Many people are underground. I believe all of them are members of the cult who are left behind to protect this place," I said
Celestine didn't reply and just looked at me intensely. I know what she wants me to say.
"No, there are no children in this place," I said.
"Do we just need to destroy everything?" Celestine asked.
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"Not until we have investigated everything. But since we will need to go underground, we need your help," Candy said.
"Candy, what did you find?" I asked Candy.
"These buildings are lodgings for the guards. There were diaries inside, and some of them have useful information. Though it means we need to investigate all the buildings here. Roy, you need to go to the other side of this city and grab any documents from all the building. Wendy and I will grab everything here. What about you, Wendy? What did you find?"
After being asked by Candy, Wendy pulled a paper with a hand-drawn map. She must have drawn it when she's stopping before.
"During the ruckus near the other gate that Roy caused, I also look at the building over there and drew a map of this place. There were some suspicious building and I marked them in this map," Wendy said.
I compared the map and the surrounding view and see that the place to enter the underground area is among the one that she marked.
"This is where people can come and go under the ground. As for the other suspicious buildings, there's no one there. I will grab everything and transport them so Albert can sort them out," I said.
"Wait, what about me? You called me here and I will have to wait until your job is over before we can continue?" Celestine asked.
"With your earth magic, you can tell the location of the people underground, right? Find a place that is built differently. Either from different material than the others, or have been enhanced a lot to ensure protection. That place is the most suspicious. I can't tell which building is reinforced, so I will be counting on you. If you can draw a map, that will be the best," I said.
Now all of us have our own mission. Well, except for my familiars that only need to act as bodyguards.
Since I won't be fighting for now, I don't need to bring Graham's shadow clone anymore. I let it stay with Celestine to protect her while she's busy drawing a map.
I can see most things under the ground, but I don't know which one that we need to investigate the most. And the worst part is that there are several people lying inside a certain room. All of them have mohawk as their hairstyle!
About five of them. If they are released here, it will be disadvantageous for us since they can destroy everything. If only we have another brainwashing mage with us. Russell is too old and unfit to go on a journey. We can only finish things here first before getting him to help undo their brainwashing.
For now, those five mohawks are sleeping. I can leave them for later.
What about any suspicious people? Like the Professor?
I can't tell which one is the Professor since many of them are wearing lab coats. But at least Celestine is here. Maybe this is why Candy asked me to get Celestine instead. At least it's good that there are no children in this place, is what I like to say.
But there is something deeper than what I can see. It's like inside a dungeon that has never been explored with abundant magic. I can't see through it. If there are children inside there, and I destroyed everything, Celestine will be my enemy instead. I don't want that.
I didn't lie when I said to her that I didn't see any children. I just couldn't see if there are any.
Let's save the excuse for later. For now, I need to grab all the documents, diary, and everything else that seems important and transport them. though I doubt some of them are really important since they are mostly just the guards' diaries.
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Oh, wow! I found something funny!
In one of the lodging that is obviously occupied by a man, there's a diary. The cover of the diary and the pen to write it has pink bear as their ornaments.
It's pink, it's a bear, and the writing inside is so messy that I couldn't read it. If you like lovely stuffs, your writing needs to be lovely as well! What is this? I'm a doctor, but his writing is much worse than mine! In fact, we might need experienced pharmacist to translate this.
Well, that's not my problem. Let's take everything that I can. Except that pink brief with bear picture on its back. That's just weird.
I also entered a suspicious building that Wendy marked. And it's suspicious indeed.
"There's nothing here at all," I said.
"Do you think they realized that this place has been discovered and the owner grabbed everything here before they leave?" Victoria asked. She also agreed that this place is suspicious.
"Probably. Let's find anything we can find. There is no hidden place here though… wait, there's writing on the bed," I said.
I lifted the bed and turned it upside down. There are a lot of writings. Why would anyone draw gravity under the bed?
Well, it's suspicious as well. I'll just transport the whole bed, wardrobe, desk, and everything here that has writings on them.
Maybe this place is not just for the guards. It also for the researchers to think of their ideas. And as they have too many ideas, they started to write all over the place.
…does it mean that I have to bring the whole building next to this that has a lot of writings on its wall? The other building that Wendy marked?
Just how did she know that these two buildings are suspicious when she can only see them from the outside? Is this what a special agent can do? Maybe I should go and take a lesson from them as well.
…Nah, it's too much pain.
After grabbing everything, I returned back to where everyone is and transport everything that they have taken. I also inform them about the building with a lot of writings in the wall. The two agents then followed me to the building and write everything and just send their report. I don't need to bring the whole building with me.
"Alright. That's everything on the surface. Celestine, what about the underground?" I asked.
"I found some place that has been reinforced differently than the rest. They are suspicious," Celestine said as she gave the map she drew to Candy.
"So, what's the next plan?" Wendy asked.
"Enter the underground, strip everyone naked so we know they didn't bring any suspicious magic tools, put collars on them, and transport them. Unless we have to kill them," I said.
"…that's a good plan, I guess. But we need a route. We'll take this route so we can check on the suspicious area one by one," Candy said while drawing a route on the map.
Now the map and the route have been prepared. It's time for raid number two!
Chapter 463 – Entering The Underground
"To go through that route, we don't need to enter through the entrance from that building, right?"
I asked Candy while pointing my finger to the suspicious building. I have checked that place several times, and other than being the entrance to underground, I didn't see anything else.
"That's right. Since we have Celestine with us, she can just make an opening and surprise the enemies. There are mages under here, right? Probably expert level earth mages. Those average mages are no match against Celestine. She can kill them all before she creates an opening for us to go through," Candy explained.
"There are many people to kill though. Roy, tell me which one should I kill," Celestine said.
I guess that's a good plan.
There are multiple layers below the surface. To put it simply, it's like there are multiple floor under the basement. So, it's like first floor of the basement, second floor of the basement, etc. And I can only see through the fifth floor under there. Beyond that, the magic is similar to a dungeon that has never been explored for a long time. I can't see through it clearly.
Even if I enter the third or even fourth floor, I doubt I can still see through it. But if it's the fifth floor, I should have better vision on what's below there.
Let's take one step at a time. Or more like one floor at a time. What's deeper there, I don't need to focus on it yet.
"Celestine, can you sense the people down there?" I asked Celestine.
"Yeah. There are five people right under us. But before this, there were more," Celestine said.
"Right. Those who were here before are most likely the scientists and researchers. They left after those five people arrive. At least one of them is an expert level earth mage. Though it's possible that all of them are expert level," I said.
"And they aren't doing anything?"
"Probably, they are trying to trap us. As soon as we opened a hole, they will attack us right away. Still, five people is too little. According to the route that Candy prepared, it's best if we enter from here. Celestine, can you create Ground Spikes at them? Not stabbing them from below, but from above. While at the same time, open a hole just enough for me, Shelia, and Graham to enter," I suggested to Celestine.
"Okay. That's easy. Give me the signal when I should open it," Celestine said as she crouched down with one hand touching the ground.
As she crouched down, the enemies below us also prepared to do something. I need to be quick.
"Master, may I suggest something?"
Before we put our plan into action, Graham suddenly interrupted us.
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"What is it?"
"May I suggest to create my shadow clone directly under us so it can fight the enemies, and while they are distracted, we can attack at that time," Graham said.
…is he saying something smart all of a sudden? And he can create clones even though it's not from his shadow, but somewhere else?
"You can do that?" I asked Graham.
"I can do it recently. Although I don't look like it, I trained myself a lot after losing against you," Graham said.
So, even though he's stupid, losing against me increase his motivation to be stronger and now he can create shadow clone somewhere else?
"Tell me more about your shadow clone that you recently discovered," I said.
"It's the same as before. I can only create one clone of myself from the shadow. But this time, it doesn't have to be my own shadow. As long as anything has a shadow, I can summon a clone of myself," Graham said as he made the giant shadow clone that has been with us disappears.
"You don't need to see the place yourself? It's underground so it's difficult, right?" I asked again.
"But you can see it for me, right Master? Once you tell me the general direction of the shadow, if I can sense it, I can create a shadow clone," Graham said.
This plan is better than just letting Celestine do everything. Let's do it.
"Celestine, once you sensed the enemies are fighting something, you can open a path and attack them at the same time. It's just a shadow clone, so it's fine if you kill it," I said to Celestine.
"Okay."
Now, let's see a place where shadow exist. There's a source of light under there, so there are many shadows under there including the enemies' shadow. Let's find the biggest one.
Hmm… it's not much, but the biggest shadow is under one of the enemies. Though I think any one of them is fine.
"Graham, it's under there where I point my finger at. The shadow of our enemy. Can you do it?"
"…I can," Graham said after concentrating a bit to sense the shadow.
"Do it now. Everyone, prepare yourself."
To distract the enemies from Graham's shadow clone that is being created, I stepped on the ground as hard as I could without destroying anything. The vibration from me stepping above them should be felt by the enemies, and as expected, they became wary and start preparing their magic.
They didn't even notice that under them, a shadow is slowly raising. A shadow with six wings and a spear.
The shadow clone then attacked the owner of the shadow. Stabbing him from behind.
That action makes the other beside the stabbed man surprised, and Celestine used that chance to open an opening to let me, Shelia, and Graham enter. While not forgetting to create Ground Spike to stab one of the enemies.
Since it came from above them, should it be called Roof Spike? Whatever.
Defeating the rest of the enemies is not a problem. And we safely entered the first floor of the basement.
"Alright, Candy and Wendy will start investigating from this place. Celestine and Graham will stay with them and protect the two. Shelia and I will capture the researchers in this floor," I said.
"Capture? Not kill?" Shelia asked as she run to follow me.
"Capture. These are Magic Restraining Collars. Put them around the captured people's neck. But if they are too strong, you can kill them. Which way are you going? Left, or right?" I asked as we see two paths in front of us.
"To the left. I smell people there," Shelia said.
"Once you captured them all, tie them up and cover their mouth so they won't be able to talk. After you're done, look for more people. But don't go underground yet without everyone," I said.
"Understood."
With that, Shelia and I split up.
I can see that where Shelia is going, there are mages there. And I didn't see anyone that look like a researcher. Don't tell me that she can smell which way that has strong opponents with her nose? If so, it will be useful. I will ask her later.
As for where I'm going, most of the people in my direction wears lab coat. I need to capture them. Though some of them started inserting the explosion device into their mouth. They are thinking of killing themselves. They have that much loyalty to the cult.
Still, that's not everyone. Some of them are hiding in fear and even plucked out the explosion device from their own mouth. But some of them have started killing themselves.
I don't know if it's through research or magic, but we really need to be careful of the enemy's brainwashing technique. But from the look of it, it's not always a success.
When I encounter them, none of them are strong enough. Even the strongest among them was just intermediate level. I guess they focused on their research more than their strength.
Some of them tried to fight back, but when they realize that they are too weak against me, they decided to get closer and destroy their own head. They want me to get hurt by the explosion.
Though I can knock them out faster than they can approach me. With Blobbygun inserted with non-lethal Blobbybullet, I can knock them out from afar.
I put the collars around their neck, and after grabbing all of them in this area, I throw them into a portal. But that's not everyone in this floor.
Some are trying to escape to the surface. I guess I need to stop them first before any of them managed to leave this place.
I opened a portal to the surface where I put a Blobby beforehand, and greeted the escaping researchers before knocking them all out.
Now, the rest should be easy for Shelia alone. She killed some enemies, but that's not a big deal. I hope. But it's great that she can follow my order and captured some enemies.
After that, we reunited with the others and help them investigate this whole floor. Well, not me.
Since I will probably use portal many times, I took a rest before we go deeper under the ground. Once everyone has gathered everything they can grab in this floor, I will transport them and we will continue to the next floor.. I hope the next floor will be as easy as this floor.
Chapter 464 – It's Called Lift Because It Lifted Things
That's the first basement floor that we cleared. There are several more and I can't see beyond the fifth basement floor.
"Roy, how did they come down to the underground? There's no stairs at all in this place," Wendy asked.
"There's that box thingy over there. That thing can go up and down and stopped at every floor. Though at every exit, it has been guarded tightly. Should we enter from that thing?" I suggested.
"That's not thingy. In my world, it's called escalator," Victoria explained.
"I see. That's an easy name to remember. It helps those inside to elevate to higher level, or go down," I said.
"And in some part of the world, it's called lift," Victoria continued.
"Because it lifted people up and down? That sounds even simpler. I will call it lift from now," I said.
The name aside, now that we have cleared the whole level, we need to go down. Should we enter it using the lift, or do we breakthrough them. Hmm?
"Wait, the lift is being used," I said.
When we looked at the place where the lift should be, it started making a sound and start moving. I can see it moves from the fourth basement floor, to the second which is right below us.
And then, the people who are waiting there, entered the lift and went down to the fourth floor. Seems like the lift can't bring us even lower. We will need to take the stairs after reaching the fourth floor.
"They are all moving to the lower floor. All of them, including the guards and the researchers," I said.
"Roy, do you see any lift other than this one?" Candy asked.
"Nope. Not at all. It's the only one here and right now, it's being used frequently. Now that all of the people under there are gathering at the fifth basement floor. Seems like they are planning to keep what's beyond there as secret even if it took their lives. What should we do?" I asked for a plan.
"Hmm… Roy, you and your familiar will go there and defeat them all. Try to get what they are protecting before they could destroy whatever it is. If possible, capture as much as possible. Celestine, are they going inside the reinforced room underground?" Candy asked Celestine.
"No. They are gathering at the fifth-floor underground," Celestine replied.
"Understood. Then, Celestine will go with us and investigate every place here before going down. Roy, you will have to get down there as fast as possible before they started erasing evidence of their researches. They should have realized by now that we are taking everything. It's a fight in an enclosed space. Even if there are many expert level mages, you can do it, right?" Candy said full of confidence.
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It feels good knowing that someone who loves me have that much confidence in me. I will make sure to do the job well.
"Alright. Graham, Shelia, let's go," I said. We will jump down the tunnel of the lift and land on the box. There are several people about to enter it. They are the last group of people who haven't been taken to the deepest floor.
"Try to not cause as much destruction as possible! And wait for us before you enter the place that you can't see. Or if something happened and you have to enter that place, tell us through Sonia!" Candy said before we jumped down.
"I understand! See you soon!"
With me as the vanguard, we jumped down the tunnel.
After the first floor, each floor was deeper than before. But it shouldn't be a problem for Celestine to create a path to enter deeper floor with her magic.
As for us, this much height is not a problem if we fall. Flying is easy for us. But now, I let gravity do its job.
In the box full of people, some of them are wary of what's going on above them. but they think that they are save underground, and the box is also from reinforced steel. One of the reinforced locations that Celestine told us before.
But it will still get damaged, right? Let's try it. We can also destroy it so the people down there won't have any way of escaping from this place.
"Hammer," I said to Victoria.
Victoria then obeyed and transformed into a hammer with extreme weight. And while falling down, when I was about to reach the box, I swung it down to destroy it and kill everyone inside.
The hammer let out a loud noise when it hit the box, and crushed it. Everyone inside dies instantly being crushed in that small box.
We landed safely. But right inside the fourth floor, people are watching us jumped down the tunnel and destroyed the lift easily.
"K-kill them!"
Too late. Shelia already swung her claws and Graham has thrown several light magic attacks at them from distance. The enemies don't even have the time to put up their protection magic as they died from the attack.
But not all of them died. So, I charged at them and knocked all of them out with the butt of Reizpear.
There are many other people underground. We can't wait for them to escape. Seems like the place they are going is locked tight and they are knocking on the door to that place. Seems like someone is inside. Is it the Professor?
Worst of all, some researchers entered the place where the mohawks are sleeping. They are probably still in their testing period and can't be used properly yet. It will be dangerous if all of them are artificial master level mage.
I quickly put the Magic Restraining Collars on all the people I knocked down, and transported them all before continuing deeper.
There are many suspicious things I see inside, but we will take care of them later. For now, we must make sure that those mohawks won't wake up from their sleep. Seems like the researchers have difficulty in waking them up.
I can tell that the mohawks are alive from how their blood is still flowing. Their inner organs also worked properly. And rather than in coma, they seem to be just sleeping. But they can't be woken up easily like they are in coma.
Whatever the case, I can't let them wake up.
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"Shelia! Graham! Follow me!"
After taking care of the unconscious people, we run toward the place where the mohawks are sleeping. Even if I have to kill them, they mustn't wake up.
We arrive there faster than expected because we just kill everyone on the way. They were all the guards anyway. Not researchers.
When we arrive, I see that one of the mohawk's blood flow is different. Seems like he's on the verge of waking up. So, with my Reizpear, I stabbed his heart before he wakes up.
"Knock them all out!" I gave the order to my familiars.
They knocked all the researchers, and wrap collars around their neck. Before transporting them with portal.
Now, only the sleeping mohawks are left. It will be dangerous if I transport them t the same place as the others. But good thing that we have prepared for it.
Before we left, Old man Henry told us that in case we managed to capture any artificial master level mage who are not dead, it's best to transport them all to a designated place in Varadis where Julia is waiting. Russell will be there as well to use his brainwash magic on the mohawks.
When I opened the portal, I was greeted by Julia.
"Roy, are they dead?" Julia asked.
"No. They seem to be sleeping. Although I have put the collar on them, they have the strength to destroy it themselves if they are as strong as the Mohawk Girl from before. Be careful. Do you need some help?" I asked.
"Maybe. If these people are artificial level mages and they somehow wake up thinking that we are enemies, they will attack us. Although I'm stronger now, I don't have the confidence to defeat them alone," Julia said.
"Wait a moment."
I opened another portal. This time, it's to Cassau.
"Hey, I captured some mohawks. Anyone here want to help Julia watching over them?" I asked the group who have been preparing to go once I asked them. Though they didn't expect that I'm calling them not to fight but to watch over some people, they quickly make a decision.
"Bring Veronica with you. In case they woke up, if they used to be members of the cult, they will recognize Veronica and won't attack her all of a sudden," Kayla suggested.
Veronica also agree and she willingly stepped into the portal to where Julia is. Now, with two expert level mages and a brainwashing mage, I hope even if any mohawks wake up, they won't attack right away.
After bringing all the mohawks and Veronica to Varadis, I close the portals.
"Now, it's time for rumble."
In the fifth floor, there's a hallway with several rooms on the side. And at the end of the hallway, it's the locked door where all of the people are trying to get in. I can now see what's beyond that door, but only barely.
Beyond that door, there's another path going somewhere. Maybe it's an escape path.
But to get to that place, I need to fight all the enemies blocking the way.. I hope they will just surrender.
Chapter 465 – Someone Is Faking His Sleep
"Shelia, Graham, defeat everyone."
As we approached the hallway to the locked door, I ordered my two familiars to defeat everyone.
Killing the enemies is fine, but it's better if they could be captured. But in this place, it's difficult to hold back when the enemies are attacking.
And it's also useful for training my two familiars as well.
Graham is an archangel. He can fly and has wings on his back. So, he's only used in fighting outdoor. As for indoor, his wings make it difficult for him to move in an enclosed space. Though he can make his wings disappear and fight only using his spear and light magic. And if he does that, he won't be able to fly and his movement will be really limited in this place. That's why he needs training.
As for Shelia, she's also only used in fighting outside in the wild. But she's much better in fighting with her instinct. She learns faster than Graham in fighting inside.
The two started fighting the resisting enemies, while I need to stop the researchers from destroying the evidences. Some of them have entered the rooms on the side of the hallway, and grabbing the documents.
Seems like even if their lives are on the line, some of them still chooses to guard their researches before their lives. I respected that if they are not from the cult. But these people are those who are willingly join the cult.
If only they didn't dedicate themselves to the cult, they would have helped Marie a lot in her research.
Well, it's not time for regret. Let's stop them before they destroyed the documents.
While the hallway is busy from the fight, I jumped over them all and entered the room where some researchers are grabbing the documents. Those things must be important.
I knock them out quickly with the butt of my spear, and put the collar on them quickly. For this mission, we were given a lot of magic restriction collars. Albert got a lot of them from many nobles who own slaves illegally. Just how many of them are there?
I heard that there are many cities in Tatrama which has the people in charge changed after Albert visited them. He must have been really busy.
That's what a king should be. Busy. Though I think he has a lot of people helping him, like the Prime Minister, the former Prime Minister, and me. There must be some others, but they are not important for me to know.
"Hey! Someone entered this room!"
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One of the mages who was supposed to be busy with Graham and Shelia, saw me entered the room and told the others.
It's quite smart of them to cast magic from outside the door, but they are too slow as I stabbed them all with Reizpear. They shouldn't have stood in line in front of the door.
Well, let's go to the next room. Graham and Shelia still look fine.
"Hey, mages! Ignore them! It's better if they didn't find any documents of our researches! Destroy every room in this floor instead!"
One of the researchers who was knocking on the locked door at the end of the hallway, shouted.
Oh, no. Now, I need to take care of everyone.
I doubt all of them are expert level mages. Let's use sleeping gas on everyone here. Good thing I have casted air magic on Shelia and Graham, so they won't be able to breathe in the gas I produced while still breathing normally. This magic lasted for three hours, and I have casted it on our allies.
Some of the enemies who were about to destroy the rooms, along with all researchers, fall asleep soon after I spread the sleeping gas. As expected, once I'm fighting in a closed space, I'm unbeatable!
Well, not really. My magic work less on expert level mages, and even less on master level mages. Though I can eliminate the weaker enemies, while identifying the strong enemies. If there are strong enemies in the group, I can decide if I should run away or fight after everyone has already sleeping.
Just like right now.
I thought that since all researchers and weak enemies have fallen asleep, I don't have to worry about anything. But, there's one researcher who is pretending to be sleeping.
My sleeping gas doesn't work on him. And I can tell that his reaction was quite later than the others who are affected. He's just acting like he got affected by my gas. I can see his inner organ working as usual.
If he's an average expert level mage, he should be affected by my gas a little. If he's an artificial master level mage, there's no need to act like this since he should be able to recognize that the strength that we are showing is not that powerful compared to an artificial master level mage.
My guess is that he's an air mage, but he has another element of which has reached expert level mage while still working as a researcher. The worst part is that he's thinking with his brain to escape from this situation.
That's why even though I should be taking care of the other expert level mages along with Graham and Shelia, I approached the researcher instead to put the collar on him. He's the most dangerous enemy here so far.
For now, I put the collar on the researchers around him. And when it's time to put the collar on him, he finally reacted.
As I was about to reach my hand to him, he quickly raises his body and pointed his wind magic at me. But he's too late. I'm much faster than him and more prepared.
Before he points out his hand toward me, I already removed that hand from the shoulder.
"AAAH!"
"That's a pretty good acting. But I can see through you," I said.
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"How did you know!?" the man asked while groaning in pain.
"Doesn't matter. Seems like you have quite the status since you're both a researcher and quite a powerful mage looking from your magic. I'll capture you for interrogation along with everyone here. Only those who didn't die though."
I put the collar on him and then knock him out. This time, he's not acting. He's really lying on the ground out cold.
I start looking around again to see that Graham and Shelia almost finished everyone.
They both are wounded, but it's not a problem for them. Shelia has her self-recovery ability, while Graham can use healing magic. Those wounds will be healed soon.
It's also an easy fight because the enemies can't use their strongest attack since they would just kill everyone. Though if they do that, it's better for the cult since this place will be destroyed. I guess none of them thought that way.
"Graham, Shelia, don't rest yet. We need to transport those who are still alive. As for those who died and killed themselves using explosion, we will leave them be."
There are some headless corpses among the enemies we fought. They must be devout members of the cult. Unlike most of the researchers here.
I see some documents have been destroyed before we reach here. But at least we managed to save some documents. I guess mission is half-complete after reaching this far. Now, there's only the big door in front of us left. One which I can't see through clearly after dozens of meters.
"Good. Let's take a rest here for a while. Or if you want, you can help Candy and the others investigate this place," I said to my two familiars.
"I'll stay here. Fighting indoor is harder than I thought," Graham replied.
"Me too. Next time, please have a spar with me in an enclosed place like this," Shelia said.
"Sure. I'll tell Sonia to inform the others that I'm coming to them."
I looked above me and see that the three girls, Candy, Wendy, and Celestine, are still on the third basement floor. I can see that they have a lot of things to carry. Let's quickly help them transport all those things with portal.
As for why I didn't use portal to go to them right away, it's so that I can save my mana. There's a huge possibility that we will fight a really powerful enemy after entering that door.
"Did you find something?"
After meeting up with Candy and the others, I asked them if they discover something important.
"A lot. Please transport them all," Candy said as she dumped a lot of document in front of me.
"Whoa! If it's just me, I wouldn't think of getting this much. I might be able to find something hidden in the upper floor, so I'll go there first. Wait for me with Graham and Shelia. They are resting at the moment," I said to the three.
Candy and Wendy are expert agents. They are good at finding something hidden. But that doesn't mean they can find everything. What if there's another writing under the bed? They can't see that, but I can.. That's why I need to check everything else before meeting up with them again later.
Chapter 466 – Destroying The Steel Door
I didn't find anything after going back to the surface, so I went down again. Candy and the others are already at the fifth basement floor together with Graham and Shelia.
"There's nothing hidden that I can see. I guess we really took everything," I said.
"That's good. There are some burned papers, but we managed to get some. Please transport them all," Candy said while pointing at the stacks of paper in front of me.
That's a lot. I think some of them are reports written by Candy and Wendy themselves.
If I gather the evidences alone, I won't be able to get that much. As expected, a special agent is special indeed. And we have two of them with us now!
"What do we do now? Should we breakthrough this door?" Wendy asked.
"Let's give report to each other first about what we found while Roy is resting. I'll go first. I found many documents about human modifications. It's probably related to the artificial master level mage," Candy reported.
"Oh, I'm next. I also found some mohawks sleeping in the room above us. One of them about to wake up when I arrive, so I killed him. They are being forced to be awoken by some researchers, but other than that one I killed, the rest are still sleeping. I brought those sleeping mohawks to Varadis so they can be researched. And in case they have been brainwashed, Russell can undo their brainwashing," I said.
I didn't find anything else other than that. But I have used quite a lot of magic. From air magic on all of us, making gases to disturb the enemies, and portals to transport the evidences. I need to take a rest from time to time, but not too long since we haven't found the Professor yet.
Next, Wendy and Celestine also gave their reports.
"Everything I found was about researches. There's nothing that says anything about the cult's plan to attack during the tournament. I guess this place is really a lab," Wendy said.
"The reinforced rooms in this place were mostly for experiments. It's so that the human experiment won't be able to escape just in case. I see that all of the reinforced room has at least a bed in it without any other important items. Though I'm not an agent, so I might be wrong," Celestine said.
But I think she's right. the artificial master level mage should be able to destroy this lab and dug to the surface even without magic. If they have created another artificial master level mage again, who is much stronger than the one we fought, it will be difficult to progress. If my guess is right, we will at least meet one of them after we enter that locked steel door.
"Celestine, what can you sense beyond that door?" Candy asked.
"My detection magic can't sense too deep inside it. It's like… a dungeon in Monsters World," Celestine said.
"Yeah, that's right. The dungeon in Monsters World have never been explored by humans and still have abundant amount of mana. Which makes it difficult for me to see through it. Beyond that door, I can only see tunnel going further in. I can't see anything beyond that. Though we are indeed at the lowest floor. Unless they built another underground facility beyond what my Divine Vision can see," I said. I agree with Celestine's deduction saying that it's similar to a dungeon.
"Then, we will continue after resting for a while. We will progress while thinking that we are in a dungeon. Which mean we will fight monsters. According to Roy, the cult has controlled a huge number of monsters in his past life. Maybe this is where they got the monster. As for the abundant mana, I think there is some sort of magic resource inside that is being monopolized by the cult. That's why they built the lab here. This time, we need mages who will fight," Candy said.
Mages who will fight, huh? We are underground, so mages with only powerful AoE attack won't be coming. Though the mages in my clan learned how to use concentrated magic so any one of them will be fine.
But since we're underground, it's best to have an earth mage. Still, that won't be enough if the enemy also has earth mages with them. And it's not good if we bring too many people as well. Maybe two or three.
"How many people should we bring?" I asked Candy.
"It can't be too much. Just us and there are already six. Not including Graham's shadow clone. For a dungeon exploration, it's already more than enough. But it's not just dungeon exploration. It's also investigation. It's best if Wendy and I didn't do much in battle and only focus on investigation. So, I will say just two people should be enough," Candy replied.
"I'd like to suggest Sara. We might need more air since we're in an underground dungeon. If there's another exit, and the cult realize we are here, it's possible that they will block the exit. Even though we have Roy here, having Sara with us will be a huge relief since Roy will most likely move on his own. And she's also an agent so we might find more things," Wendy suggested.
"Yeah. Sara is an earth mage as well. I agree with that. As for the other one, who should we bring?" I asked.
"Obviously Angela. We might enter battle more, so it's best if we can finish the fight earlier," Candy suggested.
With everyone's agreement, I opened a portal to Cassau and brought Sara and Angela to this side after resting for ten minutes.
"Angela, Sara, don't forget to put on your mask," I said to the two.
Then, the Blobby that they have transformed into a mask that covers their face. Everyone has gotten better to manipulate the Blobbies that they have.
"Sara, we will swap on making everyone's lung protected by the possibly poisonous gas or whatever it is inside the dungeon. Every hour, we will exchange who will use the magic. You will do it first now. Also, make sure that you will only shoot your gun with rock bullets created from the dungeon. We don't want them to know who we are," I said to Sara.
"Understood."
Sara is also an agent, so I actually don't need to give the order. Though I still have some pride as her teacher.
And she also has gained fame from the previous tournament with her air magic. That's why it's best to cover it and make them think that it's her earth magic that kill the enemies.
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Now, we have three agents with us. And Angela is with us as well. We already have four expert level mages with us. Celestine is an expert in earth element, Wendy in her fire element, Candy in her lightning element, and Angela is multielement. With this much power, we could even destroy a country.
"What about me, Roy? What should I do?" Angela asked. She's eager to fight.
"Fight however you want with only the strength of advanced level magic. Don't use anything stronger in case they can report it to the others during the tournament. Though if the battle is too hard, you can go all out. Just try to not destroy the dungeon so we won't get caved in," I said.
"Okay. That's easy," Angela said.
I hope that's the case. Though if it's her right now, I think she has a chance to win even if she uses only the strength of an advanced level mage when she's fighting an artificial master level mage. Even if she couldn't defeat them alone, she has us to help her.
"Now, how should we open the door?" I said as I touched the steel door. It has some sort of mechanic that I don't understand.
"Simple. Breakthrough it forcefully," Angela said.
"…I think you have been influenced too much by me," I said.
"Rather, I'm more confused why you're not the first to suggest that idea," Candy said.
It's because I think that this mission is important and the one taking charge of this mission is currently Candy.
"I can do it. I can somewhat manipulate steel with magic," Celestine said.
"Really!? That's awesome!" Angela shouted.
"Yeah. It's not that bad. Just like Roy manipulating the property inside the air, I asked Victoria about earth as well. Instead of manipulating the steel directly, I will manipulate the mineral that's similar to the earth. Angela might be the strongest mage that we have right now, but I'm still someone who has been an expert level mage the longest. I need to show my seniority from time to time," Celestine said.
I see. Just like how I change the property of gas in the air, Celestine is manipulating the mineral inside the steel that is similar to the earth. There is more to magic that what everyone thinks. And it's all thanks to Victoria who came from different world with different perspective.
"This mean I can still grow stronger. Celestine, please teach me how to do it after this mission is over," Angela said.
"You have the tournament ahead of you. Let's focus on that first," Celestine replied.
Celestine approached the steel door and touched it with her hand. And then, the steel door in front of us crushed easily. That's scary and awesome at the same time.
"The door is open. Let's go!"
We proceed into the dungeon-like place under the lab. What will we encounter?
Chapter 467 – Splitting Up
All of us proceed after we broke through the steel door. There were supposed to be some expert level earth mages in the fight in front of the door. But none of them managed to break the door. That's just shows how powerful Celestine has become. Even Angela asked her to teach it to her later. And Sara who is still an advanced level earth mage is also interested.
As for Kayla, once she heard about it, she will ask Celestine about it. And then, she will ask Victoria and learn it in no time. Soon, Celestine won't be the strongest earth mage we have anymore.
Well, I doubt about that. Kayla is still focusing on her healing element and light element as well. So, Celestine who only need to focus on her earth element might still be able to get stronger.
"Let's proceed. Shelia and I will be at the front, and Graham will be right behind us. In the middle, Celestine will stay with Candy and Wendy. After that, Sara and Angela will be on the back."
Sara is good with her eyes and her aim. Although my Divine Vision is better, if it's without using ability, she has better eyesight. Putting her there means that if we got attacked from behind, and Angela didn't manage to defeat the enemies from behind, Sara can take care of it.
Celestine will be guarding for Candy and Wendy. As for me and the familiar, we'll be the vanguard.
"Okay. But if there's a fork in the path, we need to split into teams. Roy will go with me, Celestine, and Shelia. Wendy, Angela, Sara, and Graham will take another path. If there's a need to split up again, Roy will go with Celestine and I will go with Shelia. Wendy will go with Graham, and Angela will go with Sara. Am I clear?" Candy organized us into groups. And I think that's pretty balanced group.
"Clear. Let's do that. But we will stay as is until there's a split on the way," Wendy replied.
It's very balanced. Wendy, Candy, Sara, and I will be split because we're good at investigating. Though I'm not as good as the other three, my Divine Vision would help a lot.
Sara needs to go with Angela because she's the weakest here. She's only advanced level while the rest of the mages, other than me, are already expert level. That's why she was put with the strongest.
Even though those two just got summoned here, they are ready to fight. Well, everyone is ready to fight. After all, I'm the one who prepared them.
Though for now, the tunnel is linear so we don't need to split up at all.
We proceed deeper into the tunnel, and we entered a big room with a group of monsters waiting for us. In through that room, there are four paths to take. I guess it's great that we have prepared our group.
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"Wait. I smell a lot of monsters," Shelia said.
"Yeah. I can see them now as well. Shelia, is your smell affected by the fact that we're in a dungeon?" I asked Shelia.
"Probably. There were various smells inside the tunnel, so it's difficult for me to tell which is which."
When I noticed that there are monsters ahead, I already concluded that this place is a dungeon. And a high leveled one at that. After all, the monsters here are enough to even cause A-ranked hunters a problem.
"Can we pass them without fighting them?" Candy asked.
"That's possible, but it might be difficult. If they are monsters that have been controlled by the cult, they will chase after us if we let them alive," I said.
"I guess we should defeat them quickly. It's a big room, but with so many monsters and us using magic left and right, it will be difficult. Only use small magic to defeat them or we will end up getting caved in," Candy said.
"Understood," Angela replied.
"Graham, Shelia, and I will approach them. Make sure to not hit us," I said.
With me and my familiars at the front, we faced the monsters ahead. Though before we reached them, some of them have fallen because of the others' magic. That makes it easier for us to defeat the fallen monsters.
I don't know what kind of monsters they are, but I have seen some of them. They were there during the war that got me killed in the end.
At that time, it was difficult for many A and B-ranked hunters to defeat even one of them. But now, we can defeat them easily.
Maybe because they are not strong enough yet that we can defeat them. That's good. That's why it's best to defeat the cult early before they can raise their power even more.
Although there are some unknown variables such as the mohawks, the known variables are weaker in this time than when I died in my previous life. I will use as many advantages that I can get to destroy the cult and have a peace of mind.
The monsters that I had difficulty to slash using Victosword in my past life, was so easy to cut now. That's just how big difference it is from then and now. Especially since I have two former Aura users as my teachers.
And seems like these monsters have some resistance against magic attack. Although I told Angela to limit her strength to that of advanced level mage, it was supposed to be easy for her to defeat several of them in one go. But since the monsters are not normal, they only stumble and fall after being hit by Angela's magic.
But we can still kill them once they have fallen.
I hope the monsters here are stronger than the monsters we will fight on the rest of this mission. That way, we can finish the job faster after knowing the strength of the enemies.
"Candy, after investigating the underground lab before, do you think the Professor is working his research and experiment in that place?"
I asked Candy after we finished the monsters.
"…That's what I'm thinking too. For someone with high status in the cult, there's no place well-equipped for him to do his research. Even the queen's lab is more advanced. Rather than for him, that previous place we investigated was used for collective research than for individual research. It's possible that we're going to the place that the Professor is currently located. Though my guess is that he already escaped and regrouped with the archbishop and the rest of the higher ups of the cult," Candy said.
I also agree with her. For someone with high status, there's no place for him in the lab. I guess we will find out soon after we investigate the whole place.
"Alright. There are four paths ahead. Celestine, which path should we take?" I asked Celestine since she will come with me.
As for me, I don't have any path that I want to go to. With my Divine Vision, what I can see through those four paths are limited. Just a tunnel going deeper.
"I'm kind of curious with the second path from the left. Let's take that one," Celestine said.
"Graham and I will take the fourth path," Wendy said.
"Then, Shelia and I will take the third path, while Angela and Sara will go to the first path on the left," Candy said.
Everyone agreed with the arrangement. But before we enter the path, it's best to use air magic on them all first in case they ran out of breath. We don't know if the dungeon has been blocked or not on the other side.
"I'll do it. Roy's magic is more important than mine. His portal will be used a lot for this mission, so it's best for him to reserve some mana. As for me, I'll be going with Angela. She will take care of the fighting, while I only need to focus on supporting her and investigation," Sara said.
That's good. This way, I can save more mana for when I use the portals. And in case some of them are in danger, I might need to use more portals than I thought. But I think they will be fine. Unless there's a powerful master level mage on the way, they should be able to defeat anything in the way.
"How long will your magic help us breathe?" I asked Sara.
"Six hours."
"…That's twice more than me. As expected, I'm not talented in magic despite being in the same level," I sighed.
"But you can use different types of gas that I don't understand," Sara tried to console me.
"Yeah, but after I teach you later, you will understand to use it right away. Well, let's just finish this job first so we can go home earlier," I said.
We split up into four group as arranged. If they are in trouble, they can just destroy a Blobby that I gave them. Victoria will receive the signal and I will know if they are in danger.. But if they can also get Sonia to inform us about what they find, and if they need our help.