Conquering The Game's World

Chapater 161  Angry Alicia!

"Their destination is not Tuxel City, Diana. That information was fake."

"Eh? Luis? Why do you say that?" Diana asked in confusion because of Lily's earlier words. Alicia shifted her gaze from the sea to Diana and explained on Luis' behalf. "It's simple, Diana. Tuxel City is too far from here. If they use the sea route, it should take them more than half a month if nothing goes wrong. Besides, the danger is also relatively big. There are two sea dungeons on that route and there's a high possibility for them to come across the powerhouses from the Oracle Academy."

Luis nodded at Alicia's explanation and added by saying. "Yes, just as Alicia said. If our assumption is right and they indeed have no one above B rank. Then sailing along that route is too dangerous for them. So, they wouldn't take such risks."

After their explanation, Diana's eyes gleamed with a newfound sense of understanding and couldn't help but admire the two of them. 'Not only are they strong, but they are also very smart!' She was thrilled and excited about the prospect of having two of them as her classmates at the academy. 'They are the perfect rivals I have been looking for!' In her heart, she had already planned to challenge Alicia to a duel as soon as they went back to the academy. ---

Olivia on the side wasn't much surprised by Alicia and Luis' analysis this time. They have already given her a lot of surprises until now and compared to that, this much is nothing. Instead, she would be surprised if they couldn't figure it out.

Then her eyes shifted to Diana and, observing her for a few seconds, she shook her head while thinking. 'Well, intelligence is not exactly her forte. So, I shouldn't expect much.'

She stopped thinking about it and looked at the time as a wide gin appeared on her face. 'Guess this can count as the first failure for them. They only have 10 minutes left before the time is up. As per the boat and that ship's speed, it will take them around 19 minutes to catch up.' With her S-Rank senses, Olivia could easily judge the situation and make this calculation without the help of an AI. Then, thinking of their performance until now, she couldn't help contemplating.

'It's only a few minutes' difference and given the increase in difficulty midway, should I give them extra time to complete this mission?' After thinking for a few seconds, she decided. 'Okay fine, let's give them a small leeway when they ask for my help.' ---

"Sir, the ship and the boats are in sight!" A beast-man naval officer said while putting down his night vision binoculars.

"Keep observing," Kuro said in a deep voice while observing the green radar in front of him. He fixed his eyes on the one large blinking dot. Ignoring the four smaller dots and the arrow mark. 'Fortunately, we weren't too far behind them. Otherwise, they would have long disappeared from our range. At this rate, we can catch up soon.'

---

In another two minutes, the motorboat Luis was in had overtaken the other four boats and was now in the leading position among the chasers. As every second passed, the distance between the two sides was gradually closing. Alicia tapped on her mana bracelet and asked, "Lily, how much longer?"

{Sis, 16 more minutes.} "I see."

"After all that, we can finally rescue the kids," Diana said with a smile, as she had also heard Lily's answer.

After hearing that, Alicia also nodded while exhaling a deep breath. "Now the kids will have to hold on just a little longer."

Diana clutched her fist and said, "Yeah, then we can rescue them after beating the shit out of those bastards."

At this moment, Olivia spoke up. "You all have 7 minutes left to go before the time is up. Looking at the situation, it doesn't seem like you can make it in time. So, do you want to give up?"

Alicia frowned at hearing Olivia's words. 'Is she still talking about that? Who cares about that challenge or that reward of hers?! As long as we can save the kids, that's all that matters. Why does this woman take this rescue mission so lightly? Does she think it's a game?'

'Didn't she assure us that the kids would be safe for the next 3 hours?! Then what about their state now?! They are now stuffed inside those small drums after being drugged by a harmful drug that can destroy their entire lives. Is this what she calls them being safe?'

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Some disgust arose inside Alicia's heart towards Olivia. No matter her intentions, Olivia's behavior until now was not something Alicia appreciated, or more like she hated it. Unlike Alicia, Diana's thoughts weren't so complicated and just pouted. "It looks like we lost, Professor. Now, I'm going to go with the previous plan of collecting merit points to learn your footwork."

She wasn't disheartened about losing the reward. Because from the very start, she wanted to ask for the Professor's help and save the kids early. Olivia just gave a faint smile to Diana and the silent Alicia. Then she turned to look at Luis, waiting for his answer. Following her gaze, Alicia and Diana also looked at him.

Luis, who was the center of everyone's attention, sighed and nodded. "Yes, Professor, it seems like we lost."

Olivia grinned and was about to give them extra time, but thinking of Luis' confident words, she couldn't help wanting to tease him. "Oh, you gave up so easily? Who was it earlier that proclaimed to save the kids at any cost? What happened now?"

Luis' lips twitched. It's not that he didn't have any way to save them now. The ship is in his teleportation range. If he wants, he can teleport there now and deal with the traffickers. It's just that he didn't think that Olivia's reward was worth more than his revelation. So, it's fine, even if they don't receive a reward now because Olivia can just go save the kids. That is why he didn't care about Olivia's teasing. But, of course, Olivia's teasing made someone angry. Alicia, who was already disgusted by Olivia before, couldn't help it anymore when she heard her teasing words towards Luis and said in an icy voice.

"Are you in any position to tease him? For the entire time, you were just observing us as if watching a show, not at all taking this rescue mission seriously."

She stepped towards her without fear and spoke her mind.

"Let's put aside the matter of you not doing the mission and that stupid challenge of yours for a mere reward." She scoffed at the mention of reward, then pointed her finger at her. "You didn't provide any information to us, even when you knew it. It was only because of Luis' insight and decisions that we even managed to find those criminals and are chasing them now. So, you who did nothing? How are you in any position to say anything to him?"

She wouldn't have cared much if Olivia had teased Diana or herself. Because she knows that without Luis, they wouldn't have been able to reach anywhere in this case and probably would still have been looking around the forest. That is why she tried to be of Luis' assistance in any way she could so that they could rescue the kids. Now this woman has the guts to say such things to Luis in front of her.

Olivia knit her brows because of Alicia's hostility towards herself. "Student Alicia Raven, although I let it go last time, you should mind your language before speaking to me."

Alicia didn't say anything, nor did she back down at all. Seeing this, Olivia's mood turned bad, and she said with a frown. "Hmph! There's only 5 minutes left. It's not enough time for you all to catch up with them. So, it's pretty much your failure in this mission."

After she said this, she observed everyone's expression for a moment. Then, just as she was about to tell them about the time extension. She heard Luis' voice.

"Wait a minute! Professor!"

"What, do you have something to say?"

"Yes, professor! The time still isn't up! I would like to give a one last try."

"What?!" Olivia was surprised but his sudden statement. However, Luis didn't waste time explaining to her and turned to Alicia.

"Alicia, I want your help."

Before, he didn't care about Olivia's teasing, but now that Alicia has spoken up for him. There's no way he could let it end this way. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Hence, the last four minutes of the rescue starts!