At the facility owned by the Whiteheart family, many SS Rank Hunters were present.
Most represented the authorities behind the Kalvas Gala, but one of them was James Rothschild, who was looking at Louis right now.
"So, you're saying some A Rank Hunter and some D Rank bastard looted the vault?!" He shouted at Louis.
"No, it was Asher Greville. I am trying to tell you that bastard injured me-" Louis said, but James Rothschild released his mana pressure and brought him to his knees.
"Have you gone senile?" James shouted.
Not only he, but others present there had the same thoughts. So not only was the underground facility breached, but Louis was blaming the kid who was supposed to be at World Academy right now.
"Sir Louis, are you saying that a D Rank Hunter managed to injure you?" One of the SS Rank Hunters stepped forward and asked Louis.
"I-I..." Louis didn't know how to explain what had happened to all the men present there.
"Just believe me, I don't know how he got the strength, but I remember those eyes-" Louis spoke, but he stopped when he felt James's killing intent.
"Hah, they could have used some sort of artifacts. Your accusations make no sense to us," The SS Rank spoke and turned towards Kamden, who was standing there completely silent.
"Lord Kamden, if I am not mistaken, you were the only one who knew about the unique mana pattern of the vault?" He asked.
Kamden stared at the SS Rank Hunter, standing fearlessly before him.
"Yes, and what are you trying to imply?" Kamden asked, and the tension between the people present there grew.
"Personally, I refuse to believe that some random A Rank Hunters opened the Vault that is considered one of the masterpieces of the Artisan's Association," Another stepped in.
He was wearing glasses and a black suit, and he was one of the higher-ups that worked closely with the seven heads of the Kalvas Gala.
"And they managed to take out some artifacts without even triggering the security runes," He said.
Kamden stared at the man. Then, finally, he stepped forward and looked him in the eye.
"Are you saying that I orchestrated all this?" Kamden spoke as he glared at the man wearing the glasses.
"And killed all my A Rank Hunters present here? And for what reason?" Kamden asked.
"Calm down, Lord Kamden, we are not accusing you, but nothing Sir Louis said makes sense to us as well," He replied, looking straight at Kamden Whiteheart.
The man in the glasses turned as he saw one of his team members coming back towards him.
"What did you find there?" He asked.
"There was text engraved that said 'ZEPHYR' and some traces of rune-destroying bombs," The man replied.
"Kameron, I think we should discuss this issue with all the seven heads," A man stepped up and spoke to the man in the glasses.
"But I am still not done here," Kameron replied.
"You were talking about some drugs that affected your mana, right?" Kameron asked Louis.
"Yes," Louis replied.
"Search for any traces of poison or drugs and take the samples," Kameron instructed his team.
But this search was useless. The drug had already disappeared by now as the components that made the drug had dissipated into the air. And those injected with the poison in the syringe were going through the same phenomena.
It was a drug that was made to dissolve in the mana present in the air or the mana present in the body. It was one of the reasons Asher was rushing to escape from Louis, who would recover completely after some time.
Even with Time Dilation, there was a chance that Asher would not have been able to fight Louis and escape from him.
"And Sir Louis, you have to come with us," Kameron said.
James wanted to deny Kameron, but the current situation did not help them at all.
Even Kamden would have let this situation slide, but the triggering of the Security Runes alerted the authorities, and now this incident would be known by everyone.
Not only did it affect the reputation of the Whiteheart family, but even the Rothschild Family's name would be dragged down by this incident.
"And we will take all the guards that were present here as well, and you try to retrieve any sort of information you can from the security system," Kameron paused and turned towards Kamden.
"And I hope the Whiteheart Family will cooperate with us," He said.
"Yeah, we will," Kamden replied.
But internally, he was full of rage. He couldn't believe that years of hard work in increasing his family's reputation would go down the drain due to one incident.
At one point, Kamden wanted to kill Louis for this blunder, but he stopped himself as he knew that the Rothschilds were their best allies after the Williams.
After a few more hours, a bunch of people gathered there, all of whom were related to the Authorities of the Kalvas Gala.
"Do you think Louis Rothschild is lying?" One guy asked Kameron, who was standing far from the facility.
"Of course. Do you want me to believe that a 15-year-old managed to fight an S+ Rank Hunter and escape at the same time?" Kameron replied.
"And we have already confirmed that two artifacts are missing from the vault," Kameron said.
"If Kamden Whiteheart had no hand in this, we need to find out who those guys were at all costs," He said.
Knowing that the vault was practically impossible to steal from, he understood that whoever those intruders were, they needed to be found soon.
"We have locked every teleportation gate around all the cities near here," The guy replied.
"But we need to report this situation to the World Association as well," He said.
Blocking the teleportation gate in such a manner required permission from both the World Association and the Elite Families.
And they only needed to inform the World Association about this incident.
But unfortunately for them, the Black Market Teleportation Gate was still operational, and their intruders were heading towards that very teleportation gate.
"Should we look into those organizations?" The man asked.
Kameron understood what organizations he was talking about but knew it would be futile.
"It will be useless. We left them alone for a reason," Kameron, being an SS Rank Hunter, knew what kind of powers those illegal organizations held.
Even though it was not comparable to the Top Elite Families, some of them had power similar to some Elite Families that were not as powerful.
But he knew none of them would be foolish enough to do something like this, which garnered the hatred of every Elite Family.
The Kalvas Gala was the gathering of the families that held a seat in the High Council and a few other influential ones. And stealing the artifacts and even leaving a name was a mockery to those who attended the Gala.
And he was correct. The information about the word 'ZEPHYR' would spread among the Upper Society. And if anybody knew or was on the same side as this group of intruders, they would know how badly they had messed up.
It was one thing if Asher had looted the personal items of the Whiteheart Family, but the Vault of the Kalvas Gala was an entirely different matter.
Asher was on a motorbike, traveling towards the campsite where the Teleportation Gate was located.
Kai was using his ability on them again to ensure no one could spot them. Finally, he had recovered enough, and the artifacts were functioning, so he could use his ability again.
After many hours, they arrived at the campsite and, showing their shadow cards, they safely entered.
"Wait, stop there," a voice commanded as Asher and his group halted.
They were almost at the Teleportation Gate.
Dane, Kai, and Tom grew nervous, thinking that news of their heist might have reached this location and that they were being stopped because of it.
"What?" Asher, who remained calm, asked.
"That teleportation gate isn't working. Use another one," the man informed them.
Dane, Kai, and Tom felt relieved hearing his words, as it wasn't what they had feared.
"Which one?" Asher asked, and the man pointed to one on the left.
They entered the indicated teleportation gate and soon found themselves in Somaria.
"Phew," Tom exhaled deeply.
The realization that they had arrived safely finally calmed his nerves. However, unlike Dane and Kai, he knew about the next plans Asher had shared with him and was already feeling impending doom.
"Return to the mansion, and we'll head to the dungeon," Asher instructed Tom, who nodded in response.
They had only spent around three days on their journey, so they still had some time left.
'Let's hit Level 30,' Asher thought, reflecting on his failure to achieve Level 30.
'Status,' Asher commanded, examining his current status.
--------- Fate Devourer System ---------
[Name] : Asher Von Raven Greville
[Level] : 29(EXP 8,000/29,000)
[Bloodline] : Devil's Absorption Rank SSS
[Cursed] : Curse of Fate (Active)
[Body Constitution] - Mana Core Rank D
[-Attributes-]
Strength: 115
Agility: 110
Endurance: 85
Intelligence: 180
Mana: 119
Stamina: 73
Charm: 65
Fate: 10230
[AP]: 40+20 [SP]: 24+8
[-Skills-]: Time Dilation (Rank S) Lvl 1, Absorption (Rank S) Lvl 1, Mana Flow (Rank A), Mana Circulation (Rank A), Rune of Eirdin (Rank D), Node-Art Rank SSS, Aura Force Passive Skill, Mir Steps
[-Node Art-]: Mir Steps, Swift Strike, Phantom Strike
[-Beast-] : Locked
[-Mastery-] : Node Art [Novice]-27%, Magic [Novice]-84%, Rune Art [Fundamental]-80%
