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    As soon as the two people in front of Master Fushi finished speaking, they put their hands on the stone adjacent to them and these bodies disappeared.


    Master Fushi wanted to follow them but she was afraid to go in alone and then lose contact with the outside world. Who knew what kind of ce the inner caves were?


    ''So, I should leave a message as well as my phone behind. I can always buy a new one if I need one.''


    It was not like Master Fushi was overly attached to her phone or had anything personal stored in it. Herck of social life was rearing its ugly head and Master Fushi tried hard not to think about it.


    In the end, she left a short message on the grandmaster''s and ir''s phones and left it on the rock nearby. After that, she slowly walked toward the stone where the other two had disappeared and cast an invisibility spell on herself.


    Her brain was shuffled and Master Fushi felt nauseated as she was transported to the new space.


    This was the single worst case of transporting magic she had ever experienced in her life and Master Fushi never wanted to experience anything like this ever again.


    Even her invisibility spell had faded away due to herck of concentration and now she was left exposed.


    ''I need to find shelter and cover as soon as possible.''


    The cave was too bright to hide her presence. The ball of light in the sky looked almost like a sun to her but she was not sure if it was one or not.


    ''Ugh, I am losing my mind now. Of course, it is not the sun. The actual sun had set already.''


    eαglesn?νel "Hey, is anyone there? I hear noises."


    Master Fushi did not get a second to think as her body moved all on its own and cast another invisibility spell. This was weak and iplete so Master Fushi could not move if she wanted not to be discovered.


    The man who had called back to check if someone was following him or not took one step toward Master Fushi. He would discover Master Fushi if he walked closer to her location.


    "Hey man, leave it be. I did not hear anything and we are alsote. I heard that our master sent the ''elite'' hunters to capture the kid for tonight''s sacrifice. We are now getting closer and closer to the revival of our god. I am so excited."


    The second man in the group yelled for the first to hurry up. And although the first man looked hesitant to follow, he did so anyway. Once they were gone, Master Fushi breathed a sigh of relief and cast her illusion magic again.


    She was finally in the cave she had been looking for and there was not much time left for her to be looking around like this. She needed to find out what these people were hiding and who their master was.


    ''That way, I will be able to help the grandmaster. I cannot be sitting around like this.''


    ......


    "ir, are you ready? I can hear footsteps nearing your location."


    Keith spoke to ir over the phone. Both Keith and Shinzou were keeping an eye on ir to make sure the operation went on smoothly.


    And so far, nothing had gone wrong. The people who were supposed to be interested in ir had followed her into the ally and were beginning to make their move on her.


    "Hmm, I know. I must allow them to capture me for now and you both will follow me, right? I also took precautions to ensure my powers are not discovered before I want them to be."


    ir replied as she held her phone close. She watched as the shadow of her kidnapper came a little too close to her.


    "Grandmaster, I shall call youter."


    "Hey wait, ir-"


    ir cut the phone before Keith could finish speaking and she turned around with a horrified expression, only for it to fizzle out as soon as she noticed Shimi.


    "What are you doing here? You are not supposed to be here. Hurry up and leave this ce."


    ir could not believe her luck. The one time she did not need or want Shimi to show up, the elder half-elf did show up. And now she was ruining all the ns ir and the other two had made.


    "How rude. I came to save you from being kidnapped and this is the thanks I get from you? What is wrong with you people?"<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Shimi questioned as she posed dramatically. She only noticed the tense silence ir gave her as ir''s words after she had made her words known.


    [You are kind of ruining our ns here. So can you leave right now so that I can get back to work.]


    ir looked back at Shimi with an annoyed expression and Shimi suddenly looked sheepish.


    "O-Oh, I forgot to consider that. Looks like I messed up."


    Shimi read the message and her tone went from angry to sheepish quite quickly. ir had noticed that her kidnappers had stopped moving as well.


    They were considering what they should do with this new person in the mix. But their greed finally won over their desire to stay safe.


    [Make sure you hold your breath for a minute. And here, take this candy and keep it in your mouth. Otherwise, you will lose your mana for some time. Pretend to faint after this and allow yourself to be kidnapped.]


    ir passed the extra candy she had prepared in advance to Shimi. She knew Shimi was educated enough to know what this candy was.


    It was a mana suppressant that would freeze their mana and make the gas ineffective for the time being. It was the fail-safe ir hade up with to ensure her safety.


    Shimi looked at ir before realizing that ir did not mean any harm. She quickly took the candy and put it into her mouth.


    The candy immediately took effect and the mana in her body froze. She was as weak as a normal human now.


    The bomb with the suppressing gas was fired seconds after Shimi''s preparations were done. And the gas was ineffective on her as a result of this.


    "Pretend to faint now."


    ir''s words were clear and crisp. Her small body hitting the floor was all the signal Shimi needed to follow her. She trusted the younger ones to not lied to her.


    Soon, the sound of footsteps reached her ear, and someone picked up her body. Shimi wanted to wake up and hurt the person carrying her right now.


    "Wow, look at her. She is a beauty for sure. Do you think our master would allow us to keep his one after he is done? I want to try her body out."


    It was a woman''s voice and it sounded right outside Shimi''s ear. She felt the urge to rage rise inside her.


    ''No Shimi, you cannot. You cannot kill this female or it would defeat the whole purpose of being kidnapped.''


    "I do not know about that. But I do know that we need to hurry up if we want to stay alive. Our master is not a generous person and he will kill us if we do not go back on time."


    The other person, this time male, spoke up without missing a beat. His voice sounded a little further away from Shimi so she was sure that he had ir in his arms.


    "Fine, I get it so stop giving me that look. Let us hurry back before our master sends for someone else to call us back. I am not in the mood to deal with other brats right now."


    Shimi and ir were being carried out into the hidden location where these people were keeping their ''god'' and ''master.'' The only assurance ir and Shimi had was that this kidnapping was nned.


    Pretty soon, both Shinzou and Keith woulde to save them. And then it would be over for these people.


    "Hey, should we do something about the one shadowing us? I can feel one presenceing after us."


    The female who was carrying Shimi spoke up suddenly. Her tone sounded tense suddenly and it was clear that she was on edge.


    "Hmm, did you sense someone''s aura? I am inclined to believe you since your senses are sharper than most people. Here, carry her with you so that I can deal with our shadow."


    The male kidnapper passed ir over to the female and then left the clearing.


    It was unclear which one of the shadows he was going after but ir was reassured to know that they had only managed to detect one of the people following them.


    Their n still had a way to work out even when the conditions were against them. And ir considered herself lucky because of this.