Chapter 154 - Mission Accomplished

"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 acc.u.mulated 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 acc.u.mulated 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 acc.u.mulated 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.

"Right, Goblin Shaman is the variant of the goblin race. They could conjure basic magic such as fireball and might also including curse magic, not that I have ever seen it conjured such magic once since I never let give it the chance to do so. So long as Ria does the same trick and could handle the few goblins around it, then she should be fine."

"But what if she failed? For example, she couldn't take care of the few goblins within the time limit."

"Then she's done for. But if that happens, I'm sure she's smart enough to go for Goblin Shaman since it was weak physically. So I'm not worried about her, well... that was just a lie. Let's just say that I trust her. She could take care of it herself."

If Ria got injured, the potions in her inventory were enough for that. Even more, she was not as stupid and reckless as Sheila. Once she knew it was a hopeless fight that she couldn't win, she would immediately retreat. Or she could just exit the Trial Tower in the middle of the battle, after all, it was possible to do so unless she accepted a quest. The safe zone for the 2nd Floor is outside the cave, after all. 

Once someone entered the cave, they should be prepared to fight the cunning green creature that might sneak attack them in the dark. It's entirely different than the 1st Floor where you need to accept a quest to slay the slime or they won't respawn as it was still a safe zone. Of course, Sheila had told this information to Ria in advance. 

With that said, should I give a visit to their base? Can I do it with my current skills and level? Maybe I should discuss this with Ria first since I feel like I'm being reckless. Yea, let's go with that,  Sheila nodded her head and begin to look forward to what kind of place would Sara finds it suitable for their not-yet-exist organization. It was yesterday, after showing everything there is about the Trial Tower, Sheila let her mother knew about the plan she had in mind before shamelessly asking for her help. 

At first, Sara was reluctant as she knew how much effort one has to put in such a big plan or it won't come to fruition. But after a few more desperate pleading from Sheila, she finally conceded with a helpless sigh. Although Sara said don't put too much on her, Sheila still believes in her mother's capabilities and knew she could handle it without any problem. All Shiela needs to do now was to wait, or maybe focused on completing the quest in the meantime. Taming or killing the Earth Dragon is impossible currently but leveling is not that far ahead even with the time limit of a month, so she definitely needs to focus on that for now.

"Umm... master?"

The call from Sylvia brought her back to reality as she looked up, she saw her timidly staring back at her.  Even so, this girl... why does she keep on insist on calling me 'master'? If I were teaching her something like making her as my disciple, sure that might be suitable but that's not the case here. It was out of nowhere that she suddenly started calling me that. Even when I told her to stop, a couple of times by now, it just passed through her ears. Well, at the very least, I was able to stop her from calling me that in front of the public. I wouldn't know how to react otherwise if she made such a scene in front of many people. Just imagining it already brought me the chills, let's stop it here.

"Ah sorry, I was thinking of something."

"No, it's not that..."

"Hmm? Then what is it?"

Sylvia paused for a moment as if thinking about something before finally concluding as she opened her mouth and said.

"C-Can you teach me more about games. I think I need to gather more information, for future reference."

Sheila nodded her head in an understanding manner.

"That's good thinking. Even if it might not prove to be useful in the future, it won't be a loss to gained more knowledge about something. You don't have any game in mind, do you? Mind if I decided it for you?"

"Mhm, that's just what I wanted."

"Alright, wait here while I'll go back to my room to find what kind of game we would be playing for later."

Sylvia nodded her head as Sheila stood up and exit the room, heading straight toward her old room, leaving Sylvia behind. To be honest, Sylvia wanted to follow her but thought she would be a nuisance so she decided not to. She accomplished her goal anyway. It was a goal to spent more time together with Sheila. Although it won't be long as she suspects Sheila would most likely want to get into the Trial Tower to level up, even if it was just a short moment, that is enough. After all, we will be spending more time together in the near future, as allies.

Even if the future world were to be destroyed by something, Sylvia thought it didn't matter much to her. She would be satisfied so long she could be together, side by side, with Sheila. Of course, this doesn't mean she didn't care about her biological mother. No matter how abusive she was in the past, she is still her mother. It won't trouble her much protecting a single person, plus, Sheila would definitely put her hand into this. Just like how Sheila trust Ria very much as a person, so does Sylvia to Sheila. Even though they had just known each other for the past weeks.