"He''s still there, right?"


    Alice asked on the phone and the reply came instantaneously.


    "Yes ma''am, he''s alive and kicking.


    He seemed to be enjoying the money he received from us."


    A familiar voice of a cheerful girl was heard from the other side of the phone, it was Maggie Sterleing, the captain of the ranged dealer group in Crimson Lotus.


    Right now, she and her team are in the bama Hotel.


    They were staying in a room that was right in front of the room of the guy who had recorded the video.


    They were told to keep an eye on the guy, and if they find anything suspicious, they need to call for support as soon as possible.


    "Let him enjoy his time, this moment could be hisst moment, after all…."


    Alice didn''t even bat an eye as she talked about the death of a guy.


    Alex who was resting on the seat right to her with his eyes closed smiled softly.


    Looking at Alice''s progress, he felt proud, after all, he was her teacher as well.


    The girl who had a bit of a heroplex was now talking about a guy''s death like it was nothing.


    Yes, she didn''t realize that, but it was still progress.


    "Yes, ma''am."


    Maggie nodded her head with a chuckle.


    Unlike Alice, Maggie was not some heroplex girl.


    Although she looked cheerful and sweet girl, those who worked under her knew how ruthless she was.


    "All right, keep an eye on him."


    After saying that, Alice hung up the phone, and just as she did that….


    "All right guys, get up. Rest time is over!"


    Maggie called out to her subordinates who were sleeping like a log in the room.


    "Whaaaa…."


    "But we just closed our eyes…."


    "Yesh, at least let us rest for a while…."


    The girls that worked under Maggie started whining, but before they could go on….


    "I said, get up."


    The happy-go-lucky Maggie was nowhere to be seen, right now, Maggie''s face was as serious as it could be.


    The girls in the room stood up in an instant when they saw that face.


    "Guild Master and Ale-, Honorary Guild master will be arriving shortly.


    I don''t want you guys to bezing around when they arrive."


    Maggie continued as she strolled around the girls.


    Her tone turned a bit affectionate when she let out Alex''s name, but she changed the tone and way of calling Alex quickly.


    The girls did notice it, but they ignored it.


    They just nodded their heads repeatedly, listening to whatever Maggie was saying.


    ...................


    "Why did you ask for Maggie to be ced there?"


    Alice, who just hung up the phone, turned toward Alex and questioned curiously.


    She had been wondering for a while about this.


    Alex opened his eyes and turned toward Alice with ast expression.


    "That girl is morepetent than any other member of your guild, you can ask Ann about it…"


    Alex closed his eyes again, pretending to fall asleep.


    "Wha…."


    Ann, who was sitting next to Alex had her mouth wide open.


    She punched Alex lightly on his left arm.


    ''Why are you pushing that question to me?!''


    She protested inwardly.


    She was sleeping as well, after all, she waszy from all the rushing she had done earlier.


    She was the one who made appointments, and arrangements. Dealt with some political stuff, and booked the tickets, which was more work than both Alice and Alexbined because all they did wasze around.


    Yeah, Luna helped her a lot and she won''t deny it, but Luna was resting, not her!


    But Ann still started telling Alice about Maggie''s achievement, and Alice for the first time realized that the innocent and cheerful-looking Maggie might not be what she thought Maggie was….


    ..................


    (Inside an abandoned factory.)


    "The ne they are on is about tond, my lord."


    A man dressed in ck from head to toe spoke into a device that shone with a golden luster.


    It looked like a stone, but the golden luster and the runic inscriptions over it made it look special.


    And it was special.


    It was a device that enabled people to talk no matter where they were, even if they were in different worlds, who knows how many light years away.


    There was a little pause on the other side as if the person on the other side was talking to someone.


    "No change in ns, once theynd, you guys will move to the guild and clear of any evidence there.


    Let them go for the hotel, we never left anything there in the first ce…."


    The voice on the other side was distorted as itmanded the man.


    "As you say, my lord."


    The man dressed in ck bowed his head even though he knew that there was no one to confirm if he really did it or not.


    The guy then moved out of the room he was in and came out in the hall.


    "Gather around."


    He voiced out.


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    His voice was neither low, nor loud, but the next second, the area in front of him started distorting and after a while, there were 33 people dressed in ck outfits just like him appeared out of nowhere.


    "Be ready to move.


    We are close to the association and they are weak, so it won''t take time to kill them all.


    Ek, Do, Teen, Char, Panch, Che, Saat, and Aath, no torturing this time, we need to be quick."


    The man looked toward a particr group as he spoke hisst sentence.


    "Yes, sir!" X8


    The eight people who were called out responded without a dy.


    They loved torturing people, but the orders were what took top priority.


    "Good, now we wait…."


    The man muttered as he sat down on the elevated ground he was standing on.


    As you could''ve guessed, they were the members of the mysterious group that Alex and the group were after.


    Right now, instead of the bama hotel, they were in a factory.


    Just like Crimson Lotus, they have their own connections.


    They have many people helping them in their experiments, and sponsoring them, so if they see anything that could harm all of their collective interest, they would of course be informed.


    So, when the video was uploaded, one of the mysterious group''s supporters contacted them and told them everything.


    The people from the mysterious group then used the calling artifact and consulted their master who was still in their world.


    Since then, they had been moving one step ahead of the Crimson Lotus.


    Even now, they waited for the ne tond for Alex, Alice, and Ann to move toward the hotel which was in the exact opposite direction of the guild they were supposed to go.


    That was when their n would be set in motion.


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