Chapter 354 A Plan

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"They don't seem to know everything in the world as we thought, and neither they were part of those that left Mist almost dead." Said Shade while sighing. Jack's organization wasn't the biggest, in fact they were the third smallest out of the three big ones that served the nobles. The other two were larger, and perhaps held many more secrets. They were also rivals with Jack, but they still made many negotiations, so they could get info through them.

"I see, I guess that organization was rather small compared to these other two, huh?" Wondered Nepheline. "But what about the other two? And you said they were rivals?"

"Yeah, this is also something that might make getting info from them hard…" Sighed Shade. "Unless we do negotiations with them. The three underworld organizations share materials an resell to one another. Because Jack was the smallest of the three, he often bought stuff from them, very rarely was he gifted with things from the nobles, although those Spell Jewels they tried to use to blow the orphanage were given to him by them. There's nothing saying the Nobles won't do the same with the other two organizations."

"Damn it, so this means those bastards could also have the damn Spell Jewels?" Asked Nepheline. "Those things are dangerous, we can't just let them have them and go around with them, they could cause immense destruction very easily…"

"The ability to just throw a spell at full force without even chanting or using Mana is indeed frightening, especially in the wrong hands." Sighed Faylen.

"Well now, you said you need to do negotiations, right, Shade?" Asked Arafunn. "Do those guys got slaves with them? Why don't you rescue slaves incognito by buying them off slowly over the week from these two organizations?"

"Buying them off?" Asked Shade. "But that's…"

"Come on now, don't overthink it. If we want quick results that will net us something, we can easily just overfeed them with their beloved gold and buy all the slaves they got, and bingo! We got rescued all this people. After that we can ask the people or see through their memories and then we can track down the leaders, infilter their hideout, beat them to a pulp and done! Boila!" Arafunn said. "And yeah, Nepheline can create most basic ores through magic, right? I know she said that flooding the market was wrong and all but come on, just make some gold coins, and give it to these idiots."

Arafunn words enlightened everyone about an easy way out. He was always the laziest and most carefree, but perhaps because of that reason, he was able to come out with easy solutions with the least amount of effort.

"Y-You're right, I can do that." Said Nepheline. "Advanced Earth Magic allows for the creation of ores. This is a forbidden power that could easily flood the market of the world, so I have forbid myself from using it except in things for ourselves. I guess we don't have enough coins to buy all the slaves with our current savings, right?"

"Yeah, that's actually a pretty good idea!" Said Allan. "Arafunn you're awesome, you came out of nowhere with such a good idea! I can tell you're a member of Faylen's family if you're as smart as her, but you're just a bit… lazy, I guess."

"Hm, I like the idea too, less aggressive, and we can slowly gather info to strike them down once and for all. We could also learn their hideout easily by observing the memories of the slaves that belonged to them." Added Shade.

"Yeah, it sounds good. I am all in for it. Whenever we finally reach the end, I'll storm them with my monster transformation, and crush them to death!" Said Ninhursag, as everyone looked at her slightly frightened.

"Huh? Ah, o-of course, I am not going to kill them… Well, I will try not to." Said Ninhursag.

"That's more than enough, I guess." Said Allan.

However, although everyone seemed to have come to an agreement over these plans, Faylen seemed slightly annoyed that Arafunn had come out with a great plan and she was completely in the blue about what to do… Perhaps she should take a break and think things through but…

"How come you will make gold?! We said you wouldn't do that, Nepheline!" She roared.

"But it is so we can rescue people, why not?" Asked Nepheline.

"Ugh… Agh… Okay, I guess… It is a good plan, fine! Ugh, I am tired. I shouldn't argue anymore. Do whatever you want." Sighed Faylen, walking back to bed. As she did, everyone looked at Allan.

"Ah… Okay, I am going to be with her, I'll calm her down. You guys should go to bed as well." He said, as everyone discussed for a bit and then walked back to their tents.

…Except for Arafunn.

"H-Hey? Is someone going to free me from these vines? They're quite strong, the damn spell she used is like Tier 6! Hello? Guys?!"

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Allan walked back to the tent where he found Faylen resting in the bed, with her eyes closed, she was perhaps trying to sleep. Allan quickly decided to slip in the bed and turn off the magic artifact illuminating the tent, hugging his wife.

"Are you still mad?" He asked timidly.

"…No." Faylen said rather coldly.

"Ugh… You don't have to be so cold with that response though." Sighed Allan.

"I am not being cold… Just sleep already." Faylen sighed. Suddenly, she felt Allan's hand caressing her belly.

"You're so beautiful…" He said.

"G-Geez! We should sleep, stop talking!" The grumpy Faylen shouted.

"Have you thought of a name for the baby?" Wondered Allan.

"…Not yet." Said Faylen. "I want Sylphy to help at naming the baby too."

"Oh, that's a good idea, honestly." Said Allan. "Our little girl had grown a lot, she's about to be eight, right?"

"Hm… And her little sibling might be born in about two to three months… Do you think we can make it in time back to the continent?" Wondered Faylen.

"Should be doable, we won't spend more than a week in here as we work around things…" Said Allan with a gentle tone of voice.

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