Chapter 56: CHAPTER 56 – The Problem.

As the Auction was going on, there were some people sneaking around in the Auction building right under everyone's nose. When it's said right under everyone's nose it literally means right under their nose, which is also right under their feet.

There were some people wearing black colored dresses or more precisely it was just a piece of black clothing that was wrapped around their bodies making them look like walking black mummies, instead of the normal mummies that are wrapped in white clothing.

Now the question – What were they doing? And how did they go unnoticed by so many high-ranking raiders?

To answer those questions, you will have to look closely at them. The dress they were wearing or the piece of clothing they had wrapped around them had some strange patterns drawn over them.

Those patterns were unreadable as they were very complex, but they glowed from time to time as if indicating that they were working fine.

These people mostly consisted of earth ability users, and they were slowly and steadily making their way towards the Auction Hall by drilling a hole in the ground.

One of them had a phone-like device in his hand that had a map on it and a point blinking red. They were moving towards the red point, and from this, it was clear that there was someone inside the auction house helping them.

They kept drilling until they reached just below the Auction Hall where they stopped any and all movement. Even if their clothes prevented anyone from sensing them, they still stopped any movements as they were aware of the people sitting in the Auction Hall.

Their movements were not like that of an amateur, neither were their action and coordination.

However, just then the phone-like device started making a beeping noise along with a red sign displaying {Difficulty – SS}.

As they saw this message, their bodies tensed and even if their expressions were hidden inside the black clothing, one could feel the seriousness oozing out of their movements.

However, the thing to notice was the mention of "SS". This was something that no one in this world knew about, except a few people.

It could just be a coincidence as anyone could come up with a way of categorizing the danger level above S-rank, no one knows for sure, but time knows everything, and it would surely reveal everything.

Time continued to pass slowly and steadily, and they kept sitting there without moving as if afraid that they would be noticed by someone. What they didn't know was that they were already in someone's perception range, and they were currently being observed.

After a while, they got a notification showing a countdown that started from 10. Just as the notification appeared, they jumped in action and one of them took out a strange item wrapped in the same type of clothing as them, the only difference being that it had more of those runes-like markings drawn over it.

In less than 2 seconds, they had already placed the item just below the stage where Luna was standing. Then they moved back and one of them took out a remote with a blue button on it and clicked the button.

By that time 5 seconds had already crossed, and the item made a beeping noise 5 times before......

First, it was Alex and now there were some unknown thieves.

"What's happening?" Alice hurriedly asked as she saw the scene and Ann also turned towards Alex for answers.

Since Alex had warned them about this before it happened, they knew that Alex must know something, so they looked at Alex and he didn't disappoint them.

"Nothing for us to worry about, but it is something that would make things harder for the Association," Alex spoke with a devilish smile which caused Alice and Ann who understood where this was going to smile as well.

Alex then turned back towards the stage and focused his eyes on what was happening.

He could see everything clearly as the little smoke was not a problem for him at all.

He could already tell that the thieves had already acquired the mana core and were planning to run away, but how could they when there were so many raiders nearby?

The first one to arrive in front of them was Argon and Alex could tell that they were prepared for that as the next second, every one of them other than the one that was holding the mana core ran towards Argon.

But then Alex noticed something strange.

He saw Argon standing right where he was while he kept mumbling something with a look of disbelief on his face.

"I'll be back in a while," Alex spoke and moved towards the stage as he needed to move closer if he wanted to hear Argon's murmuring.

The girls heard Alex's words and before they could say or ask anything they saw Alex was already gone, they just shared a glance and sighed.

They were not going to step in, just like many other high-ranking guild masters as this was not their fight nor were they losing something.

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