Chapter 154 - Mission Accomplished (1/2)

”So that's their base, huh?”

Sylvia nodded her head in response to Sheila's muttered. It seemed that on the way home, she was free out of trouble. She had thought that someone would follow right behind her, so she went all over the place to direct them away just in case, and before leaving the place, Sylvia makes sure that there was no one suspicious around her by circling in her surroundings. And when she got home, she immediately heads upstairs toward Sheila's room without meeting anyone in the hallways. In fact, she also didn't see anyone in the living room which would usually be occupied by Sara watching the drama. But strangely for today, she was not there as usual.

”You said you felt strange when you get closer to their building, was it?”

”Mhm, At first, I was confused but then I remember this feeling really well, I thought I was in the Trial Tower for a second there when I realized the feeling was not really that strong compared to the Trial Tower. Do you know anything about this, Master?”

Sheila took a moment to ponder before an idea suddenly clicked in her mind.

”Hmm. Perhaps, you are talking about that...”

Sylvia's eyes sparkled.

”You know what it is?!”

”Somehow but I'm not so sure since I wasn't there. Anyway, what you felt might be the mana in the atmosphere.”

”There's mana in the air?”

”Of course. It has always been around ever since that unforgotten day in the olden past. As time passed, the mana in the air slowly accumulated yet it was not enough for a supernatural event to occurred everywhere but a certain region. The Mage Association must have built their base there most likely have something to do with this. That certain spot must have accumulated much thicker mana than the surrounding area.”

”Master is amazing! I didn't know you are such knowledgeable!”

Being praised so upfront caused a slight blush to appeared on Sheila's cheeks as she couldn't help but feel embarrassed by it. After all, she learned that knowledge from second-hand. It was easy to connect the dot once someone has gathered enough intelligent about something. That was how she was able to tell precisely the reason behind why the Mage Association built a building on such a particular spot. Perhaps, their headquarter might have been in place in a special region.

Maybe I should choose the headquarter for my organization at such a special location too? No, wait. I don't think there was a need for that. After all, I have a Trial Tower! The manas in there was much thicker than even the special region! If I were to do the same as Mage Association, they might investigate my background, finding me suspicious for purchasing the location. Or maybe all those locations have already been obtained/purchased by those who live within the supernatural side of the world.  With that thought in mind, Sheila heaved a relieved sigh.

”Anyway, Master... I don't see Cilia around.”

Sylvia said while surveying the room and didn't see the familiar figure around except Sheila and herself.

”Mhm, she's in the Trial Tower trying to clear the 2nd Floor by herself. She looks quite confident before entering the Trial Tower, though I'm not sure if she could beat the boss with her current stats. The boss is quite tricky.”

”What kind of boss is on the 2nd Floor?”

”It's a Goblin Shaman. Oh, right. You don't know about goblin since you never played games...”

Sheila was about to explain the infamous green creature in fantasy to her when the latter nodded her head, informing her that she knew of it which was pretty unexpected. Though she had learned a lot about games and animes from yours truly, there was no information about a goblin in everything she was introduced to. Sheila didn't know that Sylvia had slowly accumulated enough knowledge in her free time while she was not aware of it. It makes thing easier since she was occupying Sheila's room where all her hobbyist was there, exposed to the overly enthusiastic assassin.