Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

774 Chapter 774- Mars

"Thanks to sir Blamenco, we already know where all the locations are. The criminal organisations have two more underground cellars where they are keeping the hostages. One is in the south side of the town, and the other is in the north"

"Both of these locations are not far from our current place. After we save the hostages, we will escort them back here. Sir Blamenco, can I leave them in your care for a while?"…

"Leave it to me", Seeing the butler nod, Blake continued: "After we are done escorting, we will regroup in the east side of the town, in front of the two tallest buildings there. That is the headquarters of our enemy. Thanks to the monster outbreak, their numbers would be thin. We will cut through straight in and take the heads of their leader in one go. If anyone has any questions, ask them now?".

One adventurer from the group, raised his hand "What should we do if the enemy is too strong for us to handle or beyond our league?"

Blake glanced at the adventurer, the other party was a relatively young adventurer who was doing his best to hide his anxiety.

He did not blame them after all it was a battle of life and death and the odds was against them. They did not know much about the enemy's power, even the Blades of Ascension were outer members and did not know much about the organisation.

In such a situation where they were oblivious to the enemy's strength, they were still diving headfirst into their territory. Blake understood why they were nervous; however…

"Diving into the unknown is that what we adventurers do? When you dive inside the dungeon, you never know what kind of dangers might lurk in front of you or what strong monster you will encounter next"

"We call ourselves adventurers because we have the ability to overcome all obstacles. An adventurer is someone who pulls through even the most challenging of situations. So if you find yourselves in a similar situation, overcome it with your willpower"

Gulp… All the young adventurers with limited experience gulped their dry throats and nodded their heads.

To lighten the pressure on the shoulders of these greenhorns, Blake added with a grin "What? It's a hundred years too soon for you brats to worry about fighting a powerful enemy. With us present, you might not even get the chance to make a debut".

The veteran adventurers thumped the shoulders of the young ones and laughed. Soon, the atmosphere lightened up and the operation began.

Just like before, the adventurers divided themselves into two groups, one was led was Blake while the other by Alvara. After the adventurers exited the building, it was only the Annette group remaining inside. Even Cynthia had joined Alvara's team.

"Let us get to work too. Remember, Master said to keep the casualties on the side of the adventurers to a minimum. So keep in mind when you decide to help them. Another thing, we are not the heroes of this show, so try not to stand out too much. The spotlight needs to be on the princess and the adventurers she is supporting. Am I clear?" Annette declared.

"We understand Sister Annette. All we need to do is prevent the adventurers from dying right? My kindreds are more than capable of handling it on their own. I wonder why Master sent additional help. Who could it be?" The group discussed as they leisurely exited the building.

"I will go to the city's south side and back up those people. Maybell, can I leave the humans who went to the north side to you?" Theodore requested his sister.

"Leave it to me, brother. I will not let those weak humans die" Maybell nodded in affirmation.

"What about you sister Annette and sister Emma are you guys going to act separately again?"…

"That is correct, I plan to monitor the whole situation from a distance and correct your slip ups that I know you guys will make. Emma will aid me in that" Annette replied in a matter of factly.

"I see… well I guess sister Annette will not have any task to do since we are not going to make any mistakes"

Leaving those words behind, Theodore jumped off. Maybell followed suit heading off towards the north side.

"Those cheeky brats" Annette saw them off before disappearing too.

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North side, in the backyard of a big dilapidated building once used as a warehouse by a merchant guild, Blake and the team led by him, quietly assembled. Fallen under their foot were the bodies of the guards protecting the place.

"I expected there to be more of them. It seemed like most of them left to contain the monsters. This is our opportunity, let's quickly free the people inside"

Blake's impatience was given after all, there was a fifty per cent chance that his sister who was kidnapped by the criminal organisations, was held here.

Led by him, the team of around twenty adventurers stormed through the back side of the building.

"Enemy attack!! It's the adventurers, don't let them free the hostages"

Their commotion quickly attracted the attention of guards inside who hurriedly took out their weapon and engaged. Thus a fierce fight broke out between the adventurers and criminals.

Blake led the charge, mowing down one enemy after another. At his level, there weren't many enemies that could stop him and besides right now he was fueled by the adrenaline rush to find his sister.

No matter who it was, if they stood in front of him, they would be mercilessly cut down. Like a tiger that knew no fear, he cut through the enemy lines and appeared before the cells where they kept the hostages.

One of the guards there who saw Blake approaching, randomly pulled out a person from the cell and pointed his sword on their neck.

"Dammit, what are the others doing? Allowing the enemy to get so far in" The man threatened "Stop right there!! If you value the life of the hostages, don't take any more step further".

He knew that the goal of these people was to free the hostages they kept here. As such, as long as he held their 'weakness' they wouldn't be able to do anything.

"Kuh!! Let go of me. You bastards, my brother won't forgive you all. He will definitely come to save me, at that time see what happens. It will spell your end"

The girl who was being threatened with the sword, struggled. She appeared to be in her twenties with a childish face and rebellious attitude. In terms of appearance, she was downright beautiful, with crimson hair tied into pigtails, blue eyes and fair skin.

Most importantly, her appearance resembled very much the man who just stormed in with the adventurers.

"Mona!!" Blake exclaimed.

The girl turned her head at the mention of her name and was surprised to see the figure in front of her.

"Brother!!" She called out. Her eyes quickly turned misty as a surge of joy, pain, relief and various other emotions threatened to overwhelm her.

"Brother, save me!!" She cried out again.

"Hoh?!! What a turn of events, so he is your brother huh" The guard suddenly made a sinister expression as he glanced at Blake "If you value your sister's life, throw your weapons and surrender".

His threats wouldn't have been as effective when holding some other hostage. However, through some turn of fate, the prisoner he brought out to threaten the other party, turned out to be their sister. There was no way they would be able to act out now.

As expected, after seeing that it was the life of his sister that was at stake, Blake obediently put his weapon down and backed away.

"Good, now tell all the people you brought to do the same. If I see you trying to pull wool over my eyes, don't tell me that I didn't warn you"

He brought the sword closer to Mona's throat. A thin trace of blood leaked from her neck and caused her to groan in pain.

Blake's eyes immediately turned bloodshot. Nevertheless, with his sister's life in line, he did not try anything that would put her in danger. He obediently turned to face his comrades and opened his mouth.

The criminal thought that he would tell the others to throw their weapons too; however, the words that came out from him were something else entirely.

"Frida, is it done?".

The man was confused for a second, what was he talking about?

"I knew you wouldn't be patient enough to wait for long. That is why, I was prepared since the beginning…. Lightning Magic Mastery- [Chain Paralysis]"

Before he could understand what was going on, the ceiling across the entire building started brightening up with arcs of lightning travelling all across the blade.

In an instant, one two, three… numerous bolts of lightning dropped on him, paralysing and jolting his body away. It was not only him all the criminals in the building were electrocuted by multiple chains of lighting until they were knocked unconscious.

Blake immediately rushed forward and held his sister, preventing her from falling down.

"Mona are you alright? Sorry I am late. They didn't do anything to you did they?" he asked relieved to find his sister again.

"Un, I'm fine although they would sometimes scare and beat us up, they didn't go as far as to kill anyone. But it's all fine now, you are here" Mona aligned her head on her brother's shoulder and felt all of her exhaustion and worry disappearing like magic.

"Healer, call the healer here fast" Blake roared.