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chapter-511

Looking around her, she started to scan her surroundings. Despite the blizzard that was happening right now, she could still make out a few silhouettes in the distance. Tall mountains and what seemed to be several skyscr.a.p.er like buildings could be observed from her location.

Behind her, was the fissure that was slowly closing. Despite her efforts in trying to go through it to escape, she was only rebounded by the effects. Even her teleport markers were cut off, leaving her stranded in this strange zone.

Knowing that she was the intruder, Keiko understood that she must conceal her presence for now. The first thing she needed to be doing was finding a way out of this realm. The second was figuring out what the hell was happening in here.

Choosing the closest skyscr.a.p.er that she could see, she started to make her way over there. Activating her stealth skills, she trod through the snow while making sure that she was constantly scanning her surroundings for anyone that could be dangerous. As she was in unfamiliar territory, she couldn’t take any chances.

Not long after she left the area, she sensed a person flying towards where she had come from. Giving them a brief glance, Keiko noticed that they seemed to have a surveillance system attached to their outfit.

’It’s probably a good idea for me to just avoid all combat. From what I know, there’s a good chance that this is what Shiro was looking for so combat would only reveal our presence. For all they know, I could just be a villager that had accidentally slipped through.’

Suppressing her presence as much as possible, she made her way to the skyscr.a.p.er.

Once she arrived, she noticed a few guards by the main gate. They held spears that looked like they were of pretty high quality. One that she would normally give to some of her higher ranked subordinates.

Furrowing her brows, she readied a dagger and snuck around the side of the skyscr.a.p.er to see if there were any more guards.

Noticing that were two more that were hidden around the area, she thought about her choices and cast an enchantment on her dagger. Testing it out for a moment, she nodded her head in satisfaction and threw it towards the skyscr.a.p.er. Allowing the dagger to travel as far as it could, she flickered from her spot and teleported to where the dagger was.

Latching herself onto the side of the building, she sighed in relief after seeing that her invisibility was still up.

Climbing higher up the tower, she looked around to see a window of sorts so that she could figure out what was happening.

Unfortunately, there were none. Deciding to go to the top, Keiko climbed up the side of the skyscr.a.p.er while making sure that her presence was concealed. After a few moments, she finally reached the top and gritted her teeth at the sight in front of her.

Armed guards were dragging battered and bruised villagers to a magic circle where their body would suddenly be drained completely, rendering them into an empty husk which was thrown to the side.

Seeing the giant corpse hill that was being burnt to ash, Keiko knew that there were more victims than what she could see.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, she tailed behind the guards while making sure that her presence was concealed.

"Tch, what a pain. These villagers can’t reach high levels since their potential is limited. The more that come in here, the more labour we need to do." The first guard complained as the second nodded his head.

"Well what can we do? The ones with good potential are held somewhere else so that they can reach their maximum level quickly. Those with lower potential are given to us. If we want to change things up, we’ll need to get some achievements and rank up. That way, we can have some of the easier jobs." The second guard sighed.

"Mn, but even so. Isn’t the master rushing things a little? If he expands the dungeon this quickly, it’ll gain the attention of the people around the world. Hell, I think the Martial Hero is going to come to investigate soon."

"I think that’s part of the master’s plan. It’s not like we need to know since we’re just grunts in the end."

"True but I still want to know if I’m going to die soon or not so I can prepare myself for a fight to the death. Since I can’t run, I might as well get ready you know? Plus, even if I try to run, the master would turn me to EXP before I can even get far enough."

"Mn."

Listening to their conversation to this point, Keiko got a general gist of what was happening.

This place was akin to an animal farm for the ’master’. Except instead of animals, humans are the ones being farmed.

’Seems like these towers have special properties. How else are the villagers levelling up without actually killing any monsters?’ Keiko thought with a frown.

Shaking her head, she prepared to leave.

Leaving the way she came, she wanted to explore some more when she felt a burst of mana in the distance.

Realising that it was Estrella’s mana signature, Keiko understood that this might be her ticket to return so that she could give Shiro the intel.

Rushing over, she saw Estrella being bombarded with light.