At that moment, the masked girl posed a question to Kyle.


    "Why have you gathered all the Zenithans here?" She asked. "Are mining mana crystals the only thing you guys wanted from them, or is there another reason behind it?"


    As Kyle heard her words, his face became gloomy.


    "There are mainly two reasons for that," he said. "First, the mana crystals and stones are the strength of an alive. If you mine them all without letting the mine produce more mana crystals, it would be weak for a limited period of time."


    He hesitated for a moment before he revealed the second reason.


    "The magic circle we are using to steal the energy from the core of Sad needs a veryrge amount of power. We will be using the mana crystals from the mine to facilitate this process, but in case the mana crystals won''t be sufficient, we will be using all the Zenithans here."


    "What do you mean using all the Zenithans?" Orion asked.


    Kyle didn''t look Orion in the eyes as he answered.


    "This whole area you guys are trapped in is a huge magic circle that''s connected to the magic circle in the core region, which we will be using to steal the energy from the core.


    So, in case the mana crystals be insufficient, we will trigger the magic circle that will kill all the Zenithans in Aethelgard City, which in turn will power the magic circle in the core area to continue the process of extraction."


    m!—


    "Are you kidding me?" Orion mmed the table with his hands, hearing him. He couldn''t believe that they were using the Zenithans, including them, as a sacrifice to power the magic circle.


    It was terrifying and disturbing at the same time.


    "That''s why I want the task to fail," Kyle said helplessly. "I never thought that my father would be this cruel. When I asked Elder Torry about this, he said all the Zenithans will die either way, so it doesn''t matter if we sacrifice them or they die when the Sad gets destroyed."


    He thought for a moment before continuing.


    "I can''t leave this castle, or you man say I am not allowed to leave this castle," Kyle continued. "That''s why, when I saw you here, I became excited. I want you guys to do something—anything that will cause our task to fail."


    Orionughed wryly at him. He felt that Kyle overestimated them too much.


    "You think we can stop something like that," he said, shaking his head.


    "I know it''s difficult, but this is the only way," Kyle said urgently.


    Orion lowered his head as he thought to himself. He felt that they would have to do something anyway if they wanted to survive, so he might as well listen to what Kyle had to say.


    "So, what''s the n?" He asked, turning to Kyle.


    "As far as I know, there are five gold-rank monsters surrounding the core of the Sad, but four of them have already been killed by General Dray," Kyle said. "However, thest one is a very strong one. Till now, they haven''t had any sess against thest monster. But they came up with a n to kill the monster and went ahead today."


    "So, what you guys have to do is not let them kill that monster," he continued. "One good thing is that if they can''t kill thest monster within this month, then all the other four gold-rank monsters wille back to life. All four gold-rank monsters wille to life if they aren''t killed together in a month. So, it''s an easy task as well as a difficult one."


    Orion nodded at him as he heard the n.


    ''So, all we have to do is not let them kill thest monster. It''s easier said than done."


    He knew that there would be General Dray, who was an expert at the silver rank near the core, and if he wasn''t enough, then there would also be a mass of those iron rank soldiers.


    Most importantly, since they already knew the location of the core and had already killed four of them, they would probably have more soldiers stationed there and maybe more generals.


    He didn''t think that only one general would be sufficient to kill all the other four gold-rank monsters, even if he had the assistance of a hundred iron-rank soldiers.


    So, if they wanted to stop their n, then they would have to go against all of them.


    ''What are the odds that we will get sess considering we are only two of them?''


    Previously, he had felt that his bad luck didn''t affect him that much, but who would have thought it was storing all that misfortune for this event?


    As he was thinking about all of this, the girl in the mask posed a question to Kyle.


    "I have been here for more than a year now, and you are saying only now you guys arepleting the task," she asked, feeling something wasn''t right. "What has your team been doing for a year?"


    "Actually, we were waiting for the mana crystals to stock up," Kyle replied to her. "We really need a huge amount of those crystals if we want to pull this off, and believe me when I say we have been stocking the mana crystals for more than a year now."


    The masked girl nodded, but she again asked another question.


    "The Magus Emperor allowed all of this?" She asked, her eyes narrowing.


    Kyle felt a little suspicious about her identity when he heard this question. He felt that the masked girl knew more than a Zenithan ever could, and her knowledge appearedplete and precise, which couldn''t be possible in the case of Zenithans, who could only ess limited information.


    "I can''t answer this question," Kyle denied saying anything about it. "I won''t reveal anything that might put my family in danger, so forget about this question."


    The girl in the mask nodded and didn''t ask anything rted to this matter.


    "So, is there anything else you could tell us that mighte in handy?" Orion asked at this moment.


    He wanted to be fully prepared if they were going to do this. That way, they would at least have a chance of sess; otherwise, going with a half-baked n would only result in failure, which, in ugly words, meant their death.


    Kyle pondered for a moment before answering Orion.


    "As I told you earlier, you guys only have to stall them for a week," he said, looking at Orion and the masked girl. "If they couldn''t kill thest monster within a week, then all other gold-rank monsters woulde back to life. If that were to happen, then they would have to kill the four monsters again before going for thest one.


    That way, we would have one month again to think of some n topletely jeopardize this whole task."


    Orion nodded at him. He understood the main task. It seemed easy, but only time would tell how that was going to be.


    "Alright, I will let you guys leave now," Kyle said, standing up. "Elder Torry mighte to question me about you guys, so it''s better if you guys leave now."


    Orion and the masked girl nodded.


    Seeing them agree, Kyle took them to a secret path that led to a door.


    "Go; this door will lead you guys directly to Market Street," Kyle said as he waved his hand at him.


    Orion and the masked girl didn''t waste any time and went through the door, disappearing from Kyle''s view.


    ''I hope you seed; otherwise, my ticket to Emperor Heaven Pce will be gone.''


    Kyle thought as he went back to his room.