Chapter 101-100- Action
Seeing the three people's nervous expressions, Yvette's expression did not change. She seemed not to take the threats seriously at all. She responded calmly, "If there is any risk, I will retreat immediately."
Donnell, Reese, and Cromwell looked at each other, their eyes still uneasy, and they strongly believed that Miss Noname's behavior was a serious underestimation of the enemy and reckless behavior.
But there's nothing we can do. She's the leader here. If she insists on seeking death, the three of them won't have much say.
Cromwell thought for a moment, then turned to the two young men, Donnell and Reese, and said, "You two can check this floor. We've observed this floor on the way here. There are only a few rooms, so there should be several people imprisoned. The guards are already lying on the ground, so they're probably not in any danger. Please go and free them."
Then he turned to look at Yvette and said, "Miss Wuming, I have some fighting ability, you see..."
A rune ring appeared on his hand, and a blue flame rolled in his palm, giving people a sense of flow, like a gorgeous and dreamy liquid crystal.
Yvette recognized the spell at a glance. It was a medium-sized spell of about 10,000 runes, called "Water Wave Flame", which was one of the combat spells preferred by many young mages.
It has many advantages.
For example, high cost performance, or in other words, because there are too many junk codes and the design architecture is old and primitive, it is an antique in the field of technology, so the price is relatively low.
For example, it has a high appearance value and its appearance is a classic design that has spanned a hundred years, and its fashion sense will never go out of style.
Another example is "low mana cost" and "high control"—these are paramount. Her meticulously designed small-scale spells in "Fire Magic Codex" require tens or even hundreds of mana points to achieve the desired damage. "Water Wave Flame," on the other hand, consumes between 0.5 and 3 mana points per second, depending on the input, resulting in an exceptional mana cost-to-cost ratio. Combined with stable control and a built-in aim assist module, it's very suitable for beginners.
But unfortunately, judging from the destructive power alone, the lethality of this Water Wave Flame may not be as good as some of the spells with 100 or 200 runes that she compiled in the "Fire Magic Codex".
So even though it was a very safe magic in the eyes of Donnell and Reese, it was far from enough in Yvette's opinion. At most, it could be regarded as a self-defense method that was slightly more convenient than rune guns.
She shook her head, ready to refuse.
Cromwell, however, reacted faster and quickly added, "I know that if I help you at my level, I might be a burden, but with one more person, it will be more convenient for you to do many things, right?"
This made sense. After weighing the pros and cons, Yiwei said, "Okay, but you have to hide in a safe place until I allow you to come closer."
"No problem, Miss Noname." Cromwell breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat relieved.
Like the other two, he was not optimistic about Miss No Name's radical behavior.
But the difference is that he is slightly more confident in his own abilities.
——After all, he dared to be an undercover reporter, so he always had to undergo some special training and preparation. Mizuha Flame was just the top card in his hand.
Although he was definitely not as powerful as Miss Wuming, it did not prevent him from feeling that if Miss Wuming got into trouble in the battle, he would have the opportunity to serve as a breakthrough point and provide some help.
Maybe I can even gain the appreciation and favor of Miss Wuming...
Soon, after confirming their respective tasks, Donnell and Reese searched the bodies of the two little brothers lying on the ground, and found electric batons and miscellaneous items such as physical coins.
Yvette picked up the magic-suppressing handcuffs and took a look at them. She narrowed her eyes slightly and felt the threat from them.
As Lingman's core technology, the key material for the Anti-Magic Handcuffs comes from specialized branches of Lingman's signature product, the "Talisman Source Tree." Unfortunately, this technology is nearly impossible to replicate. Even if Lingman's core technology were acquired, growing a "Talisman Source Tree" in reality would be no less difficult than resurrecting an ancient dragon from 30,000 years ago.
Speaking of which, both Lin Tui Biological and Kuroshio Corporation had plans to revive ancient creatures, especially ancient dragons... But there was no news about these projects later, and I don't know if they were abandoned...
After her wandering thoughts ended, she put down the handcuffs and nodded slightly when she saw that the three people were ready.
The two sides immediately separated. Donnell and Reese took the keys taken from Cyborg and began to check the room in turn, while Yvette and Cromwell walked to the stairs and went upstairs.
Thanks to Miss Wuming's instructions, Cromwell remained calm and stayed about five or six meters behind, lowering his footsteps and observing his surroundings.
But just when the two of them reached the upper floor, they suddenly heard hurried footsteps, as if someone was rushing up the stairs on the floor below, and was coming towards them.
Discovered? Cromwell was startled when he saw Miss Wuming raise her head, staring at something, and even cast a light spell. He looked over and saw an extremely hidden miniature camera in the corner, pointed at them. If it weren't for the light spell dispelling the darkness, it would have been difficult to notice.
"You've been discovered, so you'd better protect yourself." Yvette reminded. She was also a little surprised. Then she remembered that this place was disconnected from the Internet. All the cameras were not connected to the Internet like in big cities, but were connected by pure physical pipelines.
This low-level and primitive arrangement blocked her ability to invade the network. Not only could she not use the camera as her eyes to observe the human trafficking gang in the base, but the traffickers also noticed the two uninvited guests coming up the stairs at the first time.
However, it was obvious that although they were surprised, the human traffickers did not regard this beautiful and slender girl as much of a threat. They only sent two younger brothers armed with electric batons, probably because they mistakenly thought that a piglet in a room had escaped from prison.
With malicious smiles on their faces, two young men walked up the stairs one by one, and their strange laughter echoed in the silent stairwell.
"Hello, little beauties~" The younger brothers greeted them, but before they could finish their words, a flash of silver-white lightning fell on the two of them, shocking them so much that they twitched on the spot.
At the same time, the camera in the corner began to emit black smoke and became completely silent.
Since everything happened in just a split second, Cromwell barely reacted to what was happening. When he came to his senses, the two human traffickers were already lying dead. It was so fast that he was a little stunned.
This is the strength of Miss Wuming... He secretly clicked his tongue, thinking that this is too fast. If there is no automatic defense force field and it depends purely on reaction, there will be no time to defend against it, right?
No wonder she was confident in catching the leader here. It turned out that her techniques were so sophisticated and so fast, so there was really a chance of success.
After using life magic to pull one of the minions back from the brink of death, Yvette interrogated him, "Where is the boss here? How are your living quarters allocated?"
The younger brother was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately. He shook his head in fear and said, "Don't... don't kill me! I said, I said, that... the boss lives on the top two floors... we usually live downstairs..."
I see. The high-ranking traffickers with more advanced prosthetics are probably up there. They can just jump down when they get down, so they're more focused on having a wider view... The regular traffickers live on the lowest floors, blocking the exits to prevent the victims from escaping...
Yvette concluded.
She then asked, "Who is the strongest here?"
I was confused and stared at her blankly, thinking how would I know.
Cromwell, standing nearby, suddenly spoke up, "The most powerful one should be the eldest brother, 'Dead Eye' Bryce, and then the second brother, 'Black Sword' O'Casey, who serves as his deputy. From what I've heard, they're both formidable."
As an undercover reporter, these were some intelligence investigations he had learned in advance.
Yvette nodded, and released another flash of lightning, burning the younger brother who had just come back to life into charcoal, and then continued to walk up with the nervous Cromwell.
But the strange thing is that her pace was not fast, and she even slowed down deliberately, as if she wanted to appear in the other party's camera surveillance.
The reason was actually very simple - she wanted to be more conspicuous and attract enough attention to prevent Donnell and Reese, who were still on the move, from being noticed by the traffickers, and by the way, she could also attract more monsters.
After all, it's better to be low-key first and gather the monsters so that it will be easier to clean up. What if you show too much strength at the beginning and scare the monsters away?
But Cromwell was very frightened and thought, my aunt, can you please be faster? If you continue like this, we will be surrounded soon!
Even if you had the power to defeat "Black Sword" O'Casey or "Dead Eye" Bryce, wouldn't you have to rely on blitzkrieg, a swift, single-point breakthrough? Why are you taking so long? Are you worried they won't have enough time to prepare?
Less than half a minute later, there was a noise coming from upstairs. Perhaps they had noticed that the younger brother had lost contact, and the higher-ups of the human traffickers in the stronghold took it seriously and sent over a heavyweight leader.
At the same time, on the seventh floor where they were currently, there was gradually movement in the corridor. Many of the human traffickers who were responsible for resting there seemed to have been urgently awakened. They got up cursing and were heading towards the corridor.
There are about a dozen human traffickers armed with magical equipment, and several powerful cyborgs approaching with heavy steps. The leader of the team may be one of "Black Sword" or "Dead Eye"!
Looking at the nameless lady standing at the entrance of the corridor with an indifferent look, Cromwell's heart was pounding and a feeling of regret rose from the bottom of his heart.
He thought, if he had known, he wouldn't have followed this crazy woman up here. In such a suffocating situation, she actually had the mood to stroll here leisurely. Isn't this suicide? What on earth is she thinking?
It's better to stay down there. Maybe Donnell and Reese have already taken the opportunity to run away...
The second update will be a little later, before 12 o'clock!
(End of this chapter)
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