After arranging everything, Asuna came to the entrance of the first underground floor.
The entrance has been tightly closed by a huge iron gate. The illegal workers stand in rows at the door, ready at all times. When they see Asna, their hearts are pounding and they want to kneel down and kiss Asna's toes to show their loyalty.
However, they held back. It was not that they didn't want to, but Asna had said at the beginning that abiding by the rules here was the greatest loyalty to her.
They didn't want to be banished to the cold palace and never see the heroic figure of Lady Asuna again because of betraying Asuna's expectations.
Asuna didn't even glance at the illegal workers and walked straight towards the manager fiddling with the crystal ball. "How is it? Can you see what's going on inside?"
The administrator shook his head. Although they tried again and again to connect to the magic detection equipment on the first underground floor, there was no response and the crystal ball was gray.
In the past, managers used magic detection items to determine whether the Steel Dragon Wolf had been eliminated and whether the crisis had been resolved. Now they can’t see it and are helpless.
"It's strange. Even if it broke suddenly, it's impossible for all of it to break at once."
"In other words, the intruders may have completely destroyed those facilities?"
Faced with Asna's question, the manager could only nod timidly.
"Damn it! They actually have the leeway to do that."
Asna punched the table where the manager placed the crystal ball, and the crystal ball rolled off the cushion. Thanks to the manager's timely reaction, the crystal ball did not fall to the ground and break.
Just then, a soldier trotted over.
"Report to Master Asuna, Master Slarat has been found."
As soon as she heard that the person had been found, Asuna roared at the top of her voice.
"Bring him up here!"
Several soldiers gently pushed the tied-up Slarat over, and several illegal workers couldn't help but laugh slightly. After all, Slarat looked too funny, with his bare chest and shorts, his messy hair lying on his head, and his mouth blocked by a piece of white cloth.
Asna was also surprised to see Slarat like this. He looked pale, as if he had aged a lot overnight. However, the anger in Asna's heart did not subside.
"Untie him. I want to hear his explanation for this failure of duty!"
When something like this happens, there must be someone who needs to be held responsible.
The soldiers knew that if they untied Slarat in advance, he would most likely turn around and run away, so they had no choice but to escort him to Asna in this state.
Now with Asna's permission, the soldiers finally dared to untie Slarat.
As soon as he was untied, Slarat glared at Asna fiercely, taking the initiative to strike first.
"Asuna! It's all your fault that things have turned out like this! Your charm spell is totally useless! If it wasn't for the fact that your charm spell was useless, the guy I just sent here wouldn't have found the opportunity to knock me out from behind, strip off my clothes, and stuff me into an oil barrel!"
Slarat really couldn't say it. He was bullied because of his laziness, so he could only half-truth to shirk responsibility.
"Oh, you mean, it's all my fault."
Asna's eyes were extremely cold, like a sharp knife. If Slarat was a tuna, he would be cut into sashimi by this sharp knife.
"You said it was my fault, so let me ask you, if he did it in front of you, why didn't you show any signs of resistance, and even seemed to enjoy it a little bit?"
The devil is enjoying it!
"I already said that he knocked me out with a stick."
"Really? Then can you tell me the whole process of your attack smoothly?"
"Well!"
"Shut up!"
Asuna whipped Slarat's fair skin with a whip. Slarat wailed and instantly fell to his knees. His eyes were bloodshot. He looked at Asuna fiercely and roared.
"How dare you hit me! Even my father has never hit me!"
"I told you to shut up!"
Asna whipped Slarat with a whip again and again, and Slarat's angry voice was instantly drowned out by wailing.
"As an elite of the Face Family, you can't be easily attacked from behind. I've heard from many people that you're lazy! I don't want to hear your excuses!"
Slarat screamed in pain and looked at everyone around him with vicious eyes, as if everyone around him was someone who informed Asuna.
Little did he know that the people around him looked at him with indifference. If it weren't for the deputy minister's passive resistance, things would definitely not have developed to this point.
After a long whipping, Slarat could no longer endure the pain on his skin. He abandoned his dignity, knelt on his knees, and begged Asna for mercy.
"Stop fighting! Stop fighting! I surrender, okay?! I know I was wrong!"
Asuna responded with a cold look, "Tell me, what should we do now? The data storage room was stolen and the highest alarm was triggered. What should we do now!"
Slarat lowered his head, not daring to look at Asna, and tried desperately to organize information in his mind, just to find a glimmer of hope.
"I don't think we need to worry. Lady Asuna's charm is perfect, and that person is just an exception! The highest alert is activated, and with Uncle Buyao's restraint, that guy should still be underground! As long as the research department releases the secret weapon, they will be slaughtered. Although it's a pity for those illegal workers, don't worry, they must be honored to sacrifice themselves for Lady Asuna! I will do a good job of the aftermath, and I will recruit more illegal workers!"
Seizing the fact that he was indispensable here, Slarat boasted loudly, while also trying his best to reassure Asuna from the side.
"When I recruited each illegal worker, I carefully checked their belongings and prepared special uniforms. With his weak body, there is no way he can get through this iron door. He can't escape at all!"
Just as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang from the other side of the door, and the whole research institute began to tremble. Several illegal workers near the entrance felt tinnitus and dizziness, and they only managed to avoid falling down by relying on their weapons for support.
Black smoke floated out from the gap of the iron door, and then the thick iron door slowly tilted forward, making a crisp sound when it hit the cold ground.
Slarat's face was hit with a loud slapping sound. Just when he was about to say that there was only one person on the other side, a loud voice that did not belong to that boy sounded from the other side of the door.
"Little ones! Charge for me! Remember what brother Yang Yu said, destroy the lighting first to prevent being enchanted, rescue our brothers, and then do a big fight!"
"oh-"
Cheers came from the other side of the door, followed by beams of magic light shooting out from the other side of the door, shattering all the magic lighting facilities in the aisle.
Darkness began to spread throughout the institute.
(End of this chapter)