I rely on myself

Chapter 196 Prepare for Action
The members of the action team walked directly into the stronghold and soon, under the guidance of an on-site staff member, came to a large pit. This was obviously the place where the explosion occurred, causing damage and charring of nearby houses.

Even though some time has passed, the charred ground, holes and cracks tell people the power of the explosion.

Of course, no one cares about this now. They go straight to find the leader of the people sent by the Magicians Association to investigate here. At this moment, he is recording something in this big pit.

Everyone stepped forward and explained their identities and purpose. After the leader introduced himself, he began to tell the results of their survey.

"After our investigation, the results are very clear. We found some children's hair in that house. Although we haven't conducted a professional identification yet, the pearly luster of these hairs in the sun can basically determine that this is indeed the place where the group of artificial children of the oath stayed."

As he spoke, the leader pointed to a house next door, indicating that was the house where he said the child's hair was found. He then turned his gaze back to the big pit under his feet and continued.

"This pit wasn't formed very long ago. It was formed last night. It was caused by the attack launched by the automaton lying over there. Combined with other traces of battle, we can basically be sure that the kidnapper left here last night."

Hearing this, everyone in the action team quickly expressed their gratitude. After all, knowing that the other party was moved from here last night would make it much easier to find them.

After saying goodbye to each other, the members of the action team came outside, and one of the team leaders said to another member, "It's time for you to take action."

The member was a slender girl. After hearing the leader's words, she stepped out of the team with a confident smile on her face and said confidently, "Leave it to me. Since we know that the other party left here and it has not been more than three days, this is enough."

As she spoke, the girl closed her eyes and began to perform magic. After a while, a strange magical fluctuation began to appear in her body. A few seconds later, she suddenly opened her eyes, and her originally ordinary eyes revealed a mysterious glow at this moment. Although her line of sight was looking at the things in front of her, it gave people a feeling of seeing other places.

The girl quickly looked at the path on the side, and after a careful look, she said, "I saw that the kidnapped children and the kidnappers left together in a truck, heading that way."

As she spoke, the girl pointed in the direction that Lin Yuan and his team left last night. Seeing this, the leader immediately ordered, "Everyone follow. Hurry up, you lead the way."

"Ok."

The girl who performed magic walked in front, relying on her magic to find traces and lead the way, while the other members of the action team followed.

Watching the action team gradually walking away, the person who had previously explained the investigation results to the action team took out a communicator from his arms and spoke to them.

"Report, Minister, the operations team seems to have found the whereabouts of the kidnapper and is now tracking him."

"Very good, you don't have to worry about the rest, just continue to complete the investigation work here, understand?"

As soon as the man finished speaking, a voice came from the communicator. It was Old Cole's voice. After learning the whereabouts of the action team, Old Cole told the other party that it was enough and they didn't need to continue paying attention and just need to complete their job.

"clear."

After hearing this, the man replied, then put the communicator back into his arms and continued with the investigation and cleanup work here as if nothing had happened.

After more than two hours of tracking, it is now noon. The sun has reached the highest point in the sky, wantonly displaying its brilliance and heat, but the action troops have no intention of stopping to rest.

Because they saw a warehouse-shaped building with a red roof and white walls in the distance. It was obviously not a normal place to have such a warehouse in such a remote place in the suburbs.

The girl who was leading the way and searching through magic said directly: "My magic shows that the other party should have transferred those children to that warehouse. That's right, this is the place." After confirming again and again, the girl cancelled the magic in her eyes. After all, it had been maintained for so long, and the consumption of magic power was still very large.

Everyone in the action team is now lurking in the surrounding trees and grass, carefully hiding their figures. The leader of the team is observing the target building from above.

There was no one around the building, which undoubtedly made him, as the team leader, feel very strange.

"Leader, aren't we going to take action?"

One of the members saw that the team leader was just observing and had not given any instructions, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious and asked.

Hearing what the team members said, the leader said without even turning his head: "Idiot, you don't even know what the situation is with the other party and the warehouse yet, so you just rush in and die? And there are no guards or patrols outside, which is also strange."

Hearing this, the team members around also understood the leader's concerns, and they quieted down and began to observe the situation in the target warehouse. However, they did not see anything after looking for a long time. Instead, they felt that the other party might not have set up any warnings.

At this time, the team leader seemed to have thought of this possibility, but considering that as the team leader, he must be responsible for the safety of the team members, he was unable to make up his mind for a while.

At this moment of dilemma, Loki and Frey, who had been very quiet since joining the team, suddenly made a move.

"Since we don't know the other party's situation, how about trying to lure him out?"

It was Loki who said this. When the people around heard this, they all looked at him. He took it calmly.

"What do you mean?" the leader asked in a deep voice.

"The situation is very simple now. We just don't know the other party's situation. In this case, why don't I attack head-on and lure the guys out? You guys take the opportunity to surround this place and make a move depending on the situation. After all, we don't have much time to waste now, right?"

Hearing this, the team leader had to admit that this plan was very good, but there was a problem——

"No, if you do that, Loki, you might be in danger if you're not careful. I'll go with you."

Before the leader could say anything, Frey next to Loki suddenly spoke up, and Loki of course disagreed.

"No, with your ability you will only delay..."

Loki couldn't help but stop talking before he finished, because Frey was looking at him with a firm look he had never seen before. Seeing this, he realized that he could not convince the other party, so he had to agree.

"Okay, but you have to follow me closely."

"Ok!"

Fulei responded happily, and the team leader saw that the two siblings had already discussed it, and said: "Then..."

(End of this chapter)