Conquering The Game's World

Chapter 153  Olivia's Doubt!

{Master, I have told the information to them.}

"Hmm, good. Let them do the rescue." Luis' attention didn't break away from the structure of Curse Mark, as he said. "You keep searching for other areas where the children might have been kept. By then I should be finished here too."

{I'm looking for them, Master.}

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A little distance away from Luis. The beast-men guards who saw the image displayed in the hologram were in uproar.

"What?! You are telling me they are involved with the kidnappers?! It's impossible!"

"Yeah, we know them all! They aren't such people!"

"Yes, some of them also joined in to search for the kids. How could they be kidnappers?"

…

Alicia raised her hands in annoyance and spoke with a calm expression. "Whether or not, they are connected to this mass kidnapping. I am sure we will get the answers after we go there."

Upon hearing Alicia's words and sensing her confident demeanour, the beast-men quickly settled down and acknowledged the validity of her reasoning. At this moment, one of the patrol guards spoke up.

"Isn't that Tim? Wasn't he on a vacation?"

"Right, he took a weeklong leave, saying that he wanted to use his annual pay-leave days together. Because of that, I got assigned to his guard post and my number of night shifts increased." The beast-men guard said with a frown on his face. However, from his dissatisfied tone, it was difficult to tell whether he was just being doubtful or complaining because of his increased number of night shifts. "Vacation?!" Alicia raised her brows and asked, "Is that kidnapper a patrol guard?!"

"…"

As soon as Alicia's question came up, silence ensued. The guards were too ashamed to answer her.

"I see," Alicia nodded in understanding and didn't question any further so as not to embarrass them. She could understand what the beast-men were feeling at this moment. If they admit that he is indeed a patrol guard and he ends up being a kidnapper, isn't that equivalent to tarnishing the dignity of all the patrol guards? 'However, does it even matter if you stay silent now? We all know the truth.' She could already imagine the damage that would be done to the reputation of the patrol guards in Gusto Town because of this incident.

Alicia shook her head, deciding to put that matter aside. "Diana, let's go rescue the kids."

"What about Luis?" Diana asked while glancing at Luis, who was still busy.

Alicia also turned to look in her fiancé's direction, then said. "Don't disturb him. Let him focus on how to remove the magic placed on the kidnappers. Once he succeeds, we can extract all the information from them and save all the kids. Until then, let's rescue the ones we can."

Diana nodded with a serious expression, and Mira also came near them. "I'll drive you there."

Just when the three of them were about to leave. The guards spoke up. "Please wait!"

"Yes?" Alicia's steps paused as she looked at them with a slight frown.

"Um, please let us accompany you all." A senior guard said with a solemn expression. Just as he said that, the other guards behind him added. "Yes, let us go with you. We also want to rescue the children."

"If what you said is the truth, and they are related to this kidnapping. Then it's even more of a reason for us to go there."

"I'll never forgive Tim."

Alicia didn't agree with them immediately. Instead, she asked. "What are your ranks?"

The guards looked at Alicia seriously and nodded at each other. Then, without hesitation, they all released their mana.

'Hmm, three 5 Star F-rank and the rest are all from 1 to 4 stars of F-rank.'

Alicia pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know the strength of the beast-men inside the warehouse?" Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The guards nodded. "Not much different from us."

"In that case, sure you can come along. However, keep it in mind. Since you are coming together with us. I expect everyone to follow my command and not to do anything rash that might risk the safety of the kids. Is that clear?" Alicia herself didn't have much experience in commanding a rescue operation. That's why she imitated Luis' style and from the looks of the beast-men, it seems to have worked. ***

{Master the medical team along with the kids have left for Gusto Town.}

"I see." Luis just gave a short answer while rubbing his chin as he tried to make some changes in the structure. "What about Alicia and the others?"

{Sister Alicia led the group of beast-men guards along with Diana to do the rescue operation.}

"Hmm, well, it's not unexpected, given the surprise they might have received earlier." Luis' hands didn't stop working as he kept trying various combinations. "Lily, try different combinations of the structures I drew by overlapping them and try to find a match."

{Yes, Master. It will take a few minutes.}

"Hmm, try to be fast." Luis nodded in understanding because what he had asked of her was indeed a little time-consuming task. Now Lily must do trillions of combination trials to find a match. While also adjusting when needed. If not for the assistance of an AI, which can do all these combinations and make calculations in a short time. Luis wouldn't have bothered to start his study of the Curse Mark and had already asked for Professor Olivia's help.

Without the help of Lily, it might have taken a few days of work to crack the Curse Mark.

While Lily started working on the combinations, trying to find a match with the Curse Mark. Luis took a moment to rest his mind and happened to look at the unconscious kidnappers. Yes, Luis made them faint when he started working on the Curse Mark. When Luis' eyes fell on the kidnapper, who was the victim of his Button Drone detonation, he frowned and murmured. "His condition has deteriorated. He will die soon if this continues."

Right then, he heard a voice from behind.

"Then do you want to save him?"

"Professor Olivia?" Luis showed a surprised expression as he turned back. "You didn't go with them?"

"I know they will be fine and won't need my help." With a smile on her face, Olivia stepped towards him. "I am not disturbing you, right? I saw you stop doing whatever you were doing, so I spoke up."

Luis shook his head with a faint smile and said, "Not at all, professor. How could you be a disturbance?"

Olivia raised her brow and said, "It seems your opinion of me is quite different from that of Alicia's."

He chuckled. "That's what you brought up on yourself, professor. You teased and joked about the things that crossed Alicia's bottom line."

"Did I really go that far?" Olivia asked.

Luis nodded. "Well, I can assure you that if you want her to accept your direct guidance. It going to be very difficult now."

"How did you guess?" Olivia asked in surprise.

"I wasn't sure, but now I am." He shrugged.

Olivia pouted; she didn't expect to get tricked by her student. "Hmph, since when did a student start rejecting my guidance? You should know that the students from the top 20 every year try to get my direct guidance. But because the selection criteria for it is too strict, not anyone can have this opportunity."

"Eh? Really?" Luis was thoughtful for a moment, then said with a confident expression. "Well, even if that is the case. I am sure Alicia doesn't care about all that."

"What do you mean?" Olivia showed a puzzled expression.

"If Alicia has any disgust or aversion towards a person, then no matter the benefits or interests. She wouldn't care about them at all. So, What I am trying to say is, if you want her to accept your direct guidance, you will have to make her change her opinion of you."

Olivia seemed thoughtful for a moment before she shook her head and said, "There's no need to think that far ahead when you three haven't even completed the mission yet."

"Well, just take my words as a reminder." Luis shrugged. "Moreover, it's only been 1 and a half hours since the mission started, Professor. We still have time left." When she felt the confidence in his words, Olivia was slightly surprised, then with a faint smile, she asked, "How are you so confident, Luis? That you will complete the rescue. In half of the mission time, you have only found two spots out of the many unknowns."

"Can you complete the rescue within the rest of the time? You should know that the mission will be counted as complete only when all the children are rescued."

"I know that it will be a difficult mission when we haven't even acquired the information yet." Luis nodded with a serious expression, then said, "But since we have accepted this mission, Professor. Then we are going to save those kids at all costs."

Just as Luis stated that, Lily's voice sounded. {Master, the match is found.}

Luis grinned. "Heard that Professor? That's my cue. Now the main part of this rescue mission starts!"