Curse The Mainframe! 296 They Dared To-?!

Lucielle entered the abandoned building without any worry whatsoever. It was like she didn't even register that it could possibly be a trap.

Was she just brainless???

How could she charge in just like that? Alec couldn't even comprehend what was going on in her brain. Was it just completely empty or what?

The abandoned building was a warehouse, and it had seen better days. It was in a state of disrepair, and there was paint peeling off from the walls. The front window was broken, boarded up with planks in an 'x' shape.

The surroundings were just as bad as this place, so perhaps if someone recklessly charged in, they would not have realized how suspicious this situation was.

However, the fact that it happened here in the first place should have made you think twice.

Alec wondered just how many people had considered themselves heroes, coming into this place without a second thought after hearing that scream.

Others likely came to scout out the place so that they could report it later. Yet, there was nothing about this place that was mentioned at all during his information gathering.

That could only mean one thing.

Someone at the top of the food chain in this place was responsible for it.

Alec waited a minute, curiously studying the faint magical signatures inside the derelict warehouse.

Underneath, there were a bunch of people who seemed to be held captive.

The warehouse actually seemed to hold a lot more people than first a.s.sumed, and Alec's eyebrow raised when he realized just how many people were overlapping with each other.

Diving further down, he realized that there was a total of ten storeys down, and wasn't that surprising?

If they were so powerful, why were they letting a random woman scream out in the open like this?

Was it really to capture people?

There had to be something more to it.

Anyway, anyone in their right mind would not have entered the place willingly when they saw the disrepair of the house, as well as hearing the continuing loud screams that emanated from this place.

That was, unless they really considered themselves a hero for the weak. But how many of these so-called 'heroes' really existed?

If they did, many of them likely came from sects or clans with little experience. Yet, why was it that this place was undiscovered?

There were people inside there that didn't seem that weak, but they were unable to break out.

Lucielle Hartknight just charged in like this without much further thought.

Was she so confident in her strength? Or was it just foolishness?

Granted, she was in the advanced stage, but that didn't mean that she shouldn't practice cautiousness.

Her righteousness might have given her points in the eyes of others, but to Alec, it was just foolhardiness.

…But Alec was curious.

Was it like he thought? Was the trap targeted to lure in people to 'save' the woman who was screaming so heart-wrenchingly? Or were the people inside just incompetent?

How did the 'bad guys' carry out their plans? How was their organization like? What did they need the people for? Slaves? Or was it something else?

Alec's crippling curiosity was the reason why he kept silent when he noticed a few magical signatures creeping up to him. They were trying to keep their magical signatures repressed, but they were like glowing beacons in Alec's eyes.

Instead, he watched the progression of the 'fight' that Lucielle had with the people inside.

They were no match for her, sure, but it looked like they employed other methods to get her to submit, because Lucielle's magical signature flickered before dying down in unconsciousness.

It was likely poison or whatnot.

Alec resisted the urge to stare at the sky. He shouldn't have expected anything from her, really.

…Still, it was kind of interesting.

He felt as if it was more fun if he played along to their little scheme.

When three a.s.sailants sprung up on him and grabbed him, he only resisted minimally, as was expected from a person in his situation. He even made sure to only show a strength that was barely stronger than a civilian's magic.

One of them pulled out a syringe and roughly jabbed it into the back of his neck.

Alec struggled a little longer, before obligingly going limp.

As far as he knew, whatever they were using on him was meant to make him pa.s.s out and probably incapacitate him like how Lucielle had been similarly taken care of.

It didn't have those effects on his body, but he did note that his detection range had shrunk greatly. He could usually 'see' very far, but after the injection, he was only able to scan up to a maximum of one meter from his body.

It was distinctly uncomfortable, like a sense had been taken away from him.

A voice sounded near his ear. "Hiss, this one was particularly feisty. He actually managed to resist the serum for so long."

Another voice chuckled. "Heh. Yeah, I like those kinds. They're always so feisty in bed. Alright, enough chitchat. Drag him down."

"There's a good haul today. This method always attracts those righteous people that want to help. There are those that charge in, and those that stay outside like cowards."

Alec resisted the urge to slam his leg into the other man's b.a.l.l.s.

While Alec might not be the most righteous person around, that didn't mean that he would condone these kinds of disgusting acts to happen right under his nose.

However, this person that was putting their hands all over him… he was definitely going to die by his hands, no doubt about that. He would make it painful.

Conscious or not, that didn't mean that he had the right to just touch his body everywhere! Alec inwardly snarled, feeling his anger mount. It was a familiar feeling. A feeling that had been tempered travelling in the presence of Main Characters.

There seemed to always be idiots around, and he just knew that they would never end.

Suddenly, Alec missed Ye Sha's backtalk. He would have calmed him down a little, telling him that he could kill them in messy ways later.

It just felt wrong not to have another voice in his mind giving their opinion on the situation.

…It took such little time to get used to, but when he was ripped away, Alec felt like he couldn't recover properly.

Wait. Lucielle wasn't a Main Character.

So, this little 'event' was actually here for him? Or was there someone else here? None of his group should be near this place.

While he was thinking, the three men walked into the seemingly derelict warehouse.

Without Ye Sha, Alec was no longer able to access the System's abilities no matter how hard he tried. He hoped that it meant that Ye Sha was still alive.

He was roughly dropped to the floor two storeys down, but not before the man who'd been carrying him slapped him on the a.s.s.

Alec saw red.

It took every inch of his willpower not to tense up and immediately kill the man who'd just dared – dared to –

There was a chorus of lewd laughter from the three men who 'kidnapped' Alec, and the System had to slam down on his walls.

They were dead!

The moment they left the cell they'd chucked him in, Alec's lips curled into a savage snarl, his eyes memorizing the three figure's magical signature.

With his eyes still showing disgust, his face slipped back into his practiced smile, only for his eyes to meet a room of huddled people.

They were looking at him with both fear and wariness.

…Luckily, he wasn't forced to maintain the 'gentle' character type anymore, even if he did usually default to it.

He would have lost so many points.