At that moment, the masked girl posed a question to Kyle.
"Why have you gathered all the Zenithans here?" She asked. "Are mining mana crystals the only thing you guys wanted from them, or is there another reason behind it?"
As Kyle heard her words, his face became gloomy.
"There are mainly two reasons for that," he said. "First, the mana crystals and stones are the strength of an alive planet. If you mine them all without letting the mine produce more mana crystals, it would become weak for a limited period of time."
He hesitated for a moment before he revealed the second reason.
"The magic circle we are using to steal the energy from the core of planet Sadola needs a very large amount of power. We will be using the mana crystals from the mine to facilitate this process, but in case the mana crystals won't be sufficient, we will be using all the Zenithans here."
"What do you mean using all the Zenithans?" Orion asked.
Kyle didn't look Orion in the eyes as he answered.
"This whole area you guys are trapped in is a huge magic circle that's connected to the magic circle in the core region, which we will be using to steal the energy from the core.
So, in case the mana crystals become insufficient, we will trigger the magic circle that will kill all the Zenithans in Aethelgard City, which in turn will power the magic circle in the core area to continue the process of extraction."
Slam!—
"Are you kidding me?" Orion slammed the table with his hands, hearing him. He couldn't believe that they were using the Zenithans, including them, as a sacrifice to power the magic circle.
It was terrifying and disturbing at the same time.
"That's why I want the task to fail," Kyle said helplessly. "I never thought that my father would be this cruel. When I asked Elder Torry about this, he said all the Zenithans will die either way, so it doesn't matter if we sacrifice them or they die when the Sadola gets destroyed."
He thought for a moment before continuing.
"I can't leave this castle, or you man say I am not allowed to leave this castle," Kyle continued. "That's why, when I saw you here, I became excited. I want you guys to do something—anything that will cause our task to fail."
Orion laughed wryly at him. He felt that Kyle overestimated them too much.
"The Magus Emperor allowed all of this?" She asked, her eyes narrowing.
Kyle felt a little suspicious about her identity when he heard this question. He felt that the masked girl knew more than a Zenithan ever could, and her knowledge appeared complete and precise, which couldn't be possible in the case of Zenithans, who could only access limited information.
"I can't answer this question," Kyle denied saying anything about it. "I won't reveal anything that might put my family in danger, so forget about this question."
The girl in the mask nodded and didn't ask anything related to this matter.
"So, is there anything else you could tell us that might come in handy?" Orion asked at this moment.
He wanted to be fully prepared if they were going to do this. That way, they would at least have a chance of success; otherwise, going with a half-baked plan would only result in failure, which, in ugly words, meant their death.
Kyle pondered for a moment before answering Orion.
"As I told you earlier, you guys only have to stall them for a week," he said, looking at Orion and the masked girl. "If they couldn't kill the last monster within a week, then all other gold-rank monsters would come back to life. If that were to happen, then they would have to kill the four monsters again before going for the last one.
That way, we would have one month again to think of some plan to completely jeopardize this whole task."
Orion nodded at him. He understood the main task. It seemed easy, but only time would tell how that was going to be.
"Alright, I will let you guys leave now," Kyle said, standing up. "Elder Torry might come to question me about you guys, so it's better if you guys leave now."
Orion and the masked girl nodded.
Seeing them agree, Kyle took them to a secret path that led to a door.
"Go; this door will lead you guys directly to Market Street," Kyle said as he waved his hand at him.
Orion and the masked girl didn't waste any time and went through the door, disappearing from Kyle's view.
'I hope you succeed; otherwise, my ticket to Emperor Heaven Palace will be gone.'
Kyle thought as he went back to his room.