Chapter : 100
After parting ways with Divik, I found a deserted corner and directly switched to my Joker outfit. The black and red mask once again covered my face.
I opened the minimap. After leaving the instance, the minimap function was re-enabled.
I directly highlighted the eleven mbers of the children's group and rushed towards the nearest one.
I encountered a few teams of red-nad black-robed n on the way.
I showed no rcy, striking them down with my sword and piercing them through.
These people were rushing around. A dragon had appeared in the casino, yet only a few guards had co over.
I suspected that a major incident had occurred at the venue.
I just didn't know the specifics.
I found Kot, who was closest to . At this mont, he was hiding under a gambling table.
The screams of the guests and gamblers in the hall were incessant. The mont I lifted the tablecloth, Kot trembled.
I extended my hand to him, “Let's go. Soone has entrusted to take you out.”
I still rembered that I was currently in my Joker guise, and did not reveal that I was the previous Xavier.
Kot was so scared that he shrank back further into the table. He didn't relax his guard just because he heard soone was here to save him.
“Who... who are you talking about?”
“A very rich nobleman, Xavier,” I said. “He said he had promised soone before to take you out.
Now, sothing has co up on his end, so he asked to take you out first.”
Hearing Xavier's na, Kot's expression softened a little.
When I had contacted them through Xiao Ai before, I had already told all of them the na Xavier.
“Is... is that so?” Kot was still a little scared. “Is Mr. Xavier's matter serious? Will he be in danger?”
“It's fine, you don't have to worry about him.” I beckoned to Kot. Seeing Kot co closer, I directly pulled him out from under the table.
“Let's go. Do you know where your other companions are? I have to send you out together.”
Kot's voice was soft and small. He didn't make a fuss even when I was carrying him. He nodded gently: "I know."
“Alright, let's go.”
It took so ti to find all nine children, excluding Inuo and Nana, and send them out of Mandiper in one go.
The bracelets on their bodies couldn't be removed for the ti being, but Mandiper was in chaos right now, so they probably didn't have the ti to care about the nine 'Pe'ers who had suddenly disappeared from the casino.
I tried to search for Isabelle's location, and not surprisingly, I couldn't find her.
The minimap hadn't shown Divik's dot before, so I knew the dragon race had a special way of blocking my minimap.
It was normal that I couldn't find Isabelle now either.
I also set Rocco to high-light and found the dots belonging to Rocco and Nana in the Free City area.
I confird that these two small dots were extrely close, so they should be together now.
I had handed Rocco and Nana over to Isabelle before, so Nana was probably still with Isabelle now.
Therefore, by locating Nana, I could locate Isabelle and the others.
Nana was my mission target. Even without enough favorability, I could still successfully locate her on the minimap.
As for Rocco, it was simply because I had raised his favorability.
I estimated the distance; it wasn't too far. I simply sent the nine children over.
The journey wasn't short, and since I was in a hurry, I walked very quickly. The children didn't complain a single word.
To be honest, when they realized they had left Mandiper, they were already bursting with excitent.
But they knew this wasn't over. The initial agreent with was that after I beca a Midas Touch, I would spend gold coins to buy them and then take them out.
This complied with Mandiper's rules, and they wouldn't have to worry about being troubled by Mandiper later.
However, it was obvious that an accident had occurred now.
Xavier, who had an appointnt with them, was nowhere to be found.
Instead, this chestnut-haired man had brought them out. It was clear from his thods that they did not comply with Mandiper's rules.
This was tantamount to sneaking out. If they were caught by Mandiper again, what awaited them would be horrific torture.
But their desire for freedom still suppressed their hesitation.
Besides, Mandiper was obviously in chaos now. It was more dangerous to stay inside, so it was better to escape first.
Xiao Ai secretly peeked at the chestnut-haired man walking at the front, her heart still filled with unease.
This person seems so dangerous...
Fortunately, this journey wasn't too long. Soon, I found myself in front of rlin's shop.
I had wasted so ti in the instance, so it was already night. There weren't many people in the city, so I just knocked on the shop door.
No response.
I glanced at the minimap and found that Rocco's position had changed slightly. It seed he had co to the door and was carefully observing them.
Were Isabelle and rlin not here?
I imdiately made a judgnt. If Isabelle and rlin were here, Rocco wouldn't be hiding behind the door, peeking out without making a sound. This was clearly a defensive action.
I knew that I had blocked all the children behind , so even if Rocco wanted to observe, he couldn't see the people behind .
Anyway, Rocco was inside. He should open the door when he saw his companions. I simply stepped aside, allowing Rocco to clearly see Xiao Ai and the others.
“Your other companion is also inside, that kid nad Nana.” I glanced at the ti displayed on the system.
“You guys wait for the person inside to open the door. I have to leave now. You guys hide here for now and don't run out.
Wait... wait for Xavier to co back. After you're sure it's not dangerous, you can go, understand?”
The nine of them nodded in unison.
Seeing that I was about to leave, Xiao Ai couldn't help but ask, “Um, we have another companion... Inuo. He's still inside Mandiper.”
“I know. I'll bring him back later, don't worry.”
I waved my hand, turned, and left. Not long after I left, I heard the creaking sound of a door opening behind , and so of the nine children let out a small gasp of surprise.
“Rocco, you're here too?”
***
When I returned to Mandiper, I found that the arena on the ground had also beco a ruin.
A huge opening had been smashed in the middle, revealing the hall on the next floor.
It looked like soone had broken through this ground with brute force.
I looked at the hole left in the ground and the corners of my mouth twitched.
I had been wondering before if soone would dig their way up directly instead of going through Mandiper's maze-like passages. And today, I saw the violent demolition team.
This violent thod, this powerful strength, the person who did this violent demolition could be no one else but Isabelle.
So the chaos in Mandiper was caused by Isabelle?
I couldn't help but facepalm. Between going back to Mandiper through the opening and using the substitute doll's active skill to teleport back to that previous room, I chose the substitute doll.
It was still more cost-effective to swap places in one go.
The mont I returned to Mandiper, a prompt box popped up in front of my eyes again.
『Detected that exploration instance [Mandiper·Golden Factory] has been changed to a limited-ti challenge instance [Mandiper·Morgan the False God]. You are qualified to challenge the instance. Do you wish to enter?』
『Instance has been opened. Teammates have already joined the instance. Do you confirm to join the instance?』
『Countdown 10, 9, 8...』
A series of prompt boxes popped up. Before I could see them clearly, the countdown was already about to reach zero.
I subconsciously chose yes. The scene before my eyes changed, and I was back at the competition venue once again.
However, compared to the golden splendor during the previous competition, the venue was now a ss, with broken ruins everywhere, and ferocious plant vines could be seen everywhere.
A strange green gas filled the venue. The mont I saw this green gas, I imdiately held my breath.
This gas was exactly the sa as the poison gas in the exploration instance. Having suffered a loss once, I couldn't possibly suffer it again, could I?
The visibility in the venue was not high, and I couldn't see clearly what was in the center of the venue.
I took out my longsword from my backpack and watched out for enemies that might appear at any ti.
Sure enough, the mont I took out my longsword, alarm bells rang in my heart. I subconsciously jumped to the side.
A sharp vine shot out from where I was originally standing, directly piercing through that piece of the floor.
I gasped. If my premonition hadn't been accurate and I hadn't felt the danger and jumped to the side, if I had been hit by this vine, I would have had to use up all my trump cards.
The vine seed to have a mind of its own. After missing its first attack, it smashed towards again. I countered with a sword strike.
The longsword scraped against the vine, creating a shower of sparks, and a piercing sound rang out.
Was this vine made of tal? Even my longsword couldn't cut it?
Seeing that physical attacks were ineffective, I took out my magic staff and threw a Fireball Spell at the vine. Flas imdiately burst into flas.
The vine imdiately writhed and struggled in the flas. It no longer cared about continuing its attack on . It let out a silent scream.
Although I couldn't hear the vine's agonized wails, I could see the green misty gas being shaken away.
I held the magic staff tightly in my hand, not daring to relax for a mont.
Then I saw the vine struggle for a mont before spraying out a new green misty gas.
This poison gas was very strange. It actually began to devour the flas on the vine.
After a while, the flas were corroded away and extinguished.
The vine was also burned and shriveled a little, but it was still a great threat to .
But it was fine. Since it was still a plant that was afraid of fire, no matter how hard its exterior was, or how impervious it was to swords and spears, I was not as nervous as I was at the beginning.
Seeing the vine glaring at , ready to attack at any mont, the corners of my mouth curled up.
I took out a few [Fire Emblems], threw them near the vine, and detonated them instantly as I jumped away.
"Boom—"
Purplish-red flas soared into the sky. I dodged the attack of another vine, and in the sa way, I threw a [Fire Emblem] over and detonated it.
Watching the purplish-red flas, which were different from ordinary flas, completely envelop the vines, and in turn devour the strange green poison gas, and the vines struggling in the newly born flas, trying to spray poison gas to consu the flas, the curve of my lips beca even more pronounced.
“Surprise—”
At the sa ti, more [Fire Emblems] were thrown out by . With a snap of my fingers, they exploded instantly, igniting even more vines.
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