Conquering The Game's World

Chapter 144  The Case!

Near the gate of the academy's library. Three people stood by, waiting for someone's arrival. Just five minutes before the meeting time, a blue-haired woman appeared behind them.

"Everyone's already here. It's good to be punctual." Olivia said with a smile.

Luis and Alicia turned back silently. While Diana said with a proud expression. "Of course, I came here 15 minutes early."

"Good." Olivia praised, then said, "Okay, now follow behind me closely." To which they nodded in understanding.

When they entered the library. Olivia took them along a certain route, going downstairs leading to an underground floor. There they met two academy guards. To whom Olivia showed a token, which allowed them to pass through.

As she noticed the confused and curious gazes locked on her. Olivia explained. "It's a permission token we need to pass through the barrier ahead."

"Professor, why are we here anyway? Aren't we going on a mission?" Diana asked.

"Yes, we are. This is where the transport circle is." Olivia answered.

"Eh? Really? I thought the academy didn't have a transport circle!" Diana had a surprised expression on her face.

"Of course, there is," Olivia said with a chuckle. "It's just not for the use of outsiders. Only the students and the teaching faculty can use it. Remember the student ID you got?"

"Yes." Diana nodded while looking at her mana bracelet.

"Hmm, without your Student ID, the transport circle won't work for you."

Olivia's answer surprised Diana and Alicia. While Luis observed the barrier a little ahead of them, with interest. Since he already knew about the transport circle, it didn't surprise him. In his mind, he was only interested in studying the workings of this unique magic circle. That he would do so later, as he had ordered Lily beforehand to scan and record the magic circle.

Once they passed through the barrier with the help of the permission token. The three students stood inside the transport circle, waiting for Olivia to activate it. Right then, Lily scanned the transport circle sneakily and recorded the data.

"All done. Now let's go," Olivia said while stepping in.

Upon its activation, the unique transport circle glowed up in brilliant white light. Then the quartet disappeared from the academy, going on a mission.

***

Kingdom of Temar, also known as the land of beasts. The ruler of this country is a Beast-Kin and so is most of its population. This country is 250 nautical miles east of the Oracle Archipelago.

Nestled in the scenic southwestern region of the Temar Kingdom lies the peaceful Gusto Town. This vibrant town has an alluring blend of Beast-Kin cultural heritage, beckoning the merchants and tourists to experience its traditional charm.

However, this peaceful town is also the destination of tonight's mission for Luis and the others.

***

Gusto Town. Near the Mayor's building. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

A white light shone by, and four figures appeared through the transport circle. Right when the teleportation was over. Luis noticed that several beast-men were surrounding them. So, he subconsciously took a step near Alicia. While observing them with a calm expression.

'They seem worried. Are they the requesters of our mission? Hmm, let's wait until Professor Olivia gives her confirmation.'

Unaware of their mission's objective. He could only try to analyze the situation while being cautious. Of course, he hid his thoughts behind his calm smile. Alicia had a neutral expression on her face, and she also carefully observed the beast-men.

Diana just looked at the beast-men surrounding them with a curious expression. Even if she was also a Beast-Kin and a citizen of this country. She hadn't seen all the branches of Beast-Kin race and among the beast-men around them, there were some that she was seeing for the first time.

Olivia stood on the side with her hands folded and was taking a mental note of everyone's reaction. Luis and Alicia's reaction satisfied her, while Diana's reaction was also within her expectations.

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The next moment, the worried beast-men separated to make way and a beast-man, who had a Black Panther's head and a black furry humanoid body, appeared in their sight.

"Welcome, Miss Olivia and the guests. I am the mayor of Gusto Town, Haiba Tewa. Please follow me inside."

With those words, Haiba led Olivia and the others inside the mayor's building to his office.

As soon as the four of them took their seats, Haiba bowed slightly and spoke. "I am very grateful for you to accept our sudden mission request, Miss Olivia."

"Don't be. The contents of the mission were not something I could ignore." Olivia waved her hand, gesturing for Haiba to stop bowing.

Luis, on the side, frowned. 'If it was such an urgent mission. Why did she wait an entire day before responding?'

Haiba shook his head. "We sent the help request to the academy 3 hours ago and you are already here. I am sure everything will be fine now."

It wasn't just the academy. They also requested urgent help from other places, but Olivia responded quickly. Receiving the help of an Overlord rank. They were happy as well as relieved at the same time.

'Huh? Did they send the request 3 hours ago? Then this wasn't what she had in mind for us yesterday.' Not only Luis, but Alicia also thought the same. However, they didn't care about it anymore and their mind was more focused on the conversation between Haiba and Olivia.

As they listened to the contents of their conversation, they couldn't help but feel the weight of the urgency and importance of the mission. Their curiosity deepened, and they became serious, understanding that the mission wasn't as simple as what they believed it to be.

Olivia was expressionless, and her voice was stern. "Mr. Mayor, you can thank us after the mission is complete. For now, give us an overview of the situation. Also, my students aren't aware of the contents of the mission. So, brief them about it, too."

Haiba nodded with a serious expression. "Yes, Miss Olivia." Then turned his attention to the youngsters in the room and explained the situation and the content of the mission.

"Since the last 3 days, there have been several cases of missing children in Gusto Town. The town folks had already tried looking everywhere. We searched through the entire town, but we haven't found a single missing child yet." When Haiba said the last sentence, there was helplessness and sadness in his voice.

The three of them frowned. "Missing children?"

Alicia pointed. "Isn't this a mass kidnapping case?!"

Luis, who agreed with Alicia's thoughts, looked at Haiba and asked, "Did these incidents happen only in Gusto Town?"

Haiba shook his head. "This morning we got to know that many children from Chimut Town also went missing."

At this moment, Olivia interrupted. "Not only Chimut, but also from Malah town. It's just that the number of cases there is still low compared to the other towns."

While Luis and the others deepened their frown. This news startled Haiba. "What Malah town also?!" He gritted his canines in frustration. His furry paw-like hand rubbed his furry head in annoyance and anger. "Just why is this happening? Why would someone target those innocent children?"

Everyone in the room could understand Haiba's mood, but this wasn't the time to be frustrated.

"Mr. Mayor, please calm down," Diana said while her own expression wasn't looking very good.

Luis was thoughtful as he asked, "What was the age range of the kidnapped kids?"

"3 to 11 years old," Haiba said, then he turned to Olivia and bowed. "Miss Olivia, please help us. I don't want anything to happen to those children."

Olivia nodded with a calm expression and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Haiba. We will bring back those kids safe and sound."

"Please." Haiba bowed again as tears started falling from his eyes.

***

As they came out of the mayor's building. Alicia looked at Olivia with a serious expression and asked. "Professor Olivia, can you tell us about the details regarding the mission now? I know you have the information."

Although Alicia wasn't absolutely sure. She can pretty much judge based on Olivia's expressions. That's why she sounded confident.

Luis guessed the same as Alicia. So, he turned to Olivia, waiting for her answer.

Alicia's question surprised Diana. Then she thought that if Professor Olivia had some important information, they could save those kids faster. With that in mind, Diana looked at Olivia with an expectant expression and excitement.

Olivia smiled, observing everyone's reaction, and said, "I do have some information. I know from where to start this mission and how to complete it, too."

At Olivia's words, Diana's excitement grew, but Luis and Alicia frowned. They had a bad feeling about this. Just like they expected, Olivia's next words sounded.

"Yes, I can solve this mission early. But why should I? If I do everything, what's the use of you three?"

Her harsh and indifferent words, as if not caring about those children, made Diana astonished. While Alicia's expression became cold due to anger. At this moment, she didn't have the slightest favorability towards this professor of hers. There was only anger and hatred. Alicia didn't care if Olivia was an Overlord rank.

She attacked her.