
The night came quite quickly and now it was quite late.
However, the silence of the night was broken by the sound of a huge explosion! The Schuyler family members present were stunned as they watched the flames erupt from where their warehouse was located.
"What the hell is going on?" shouted Noah who felt the vibration of the explosion along with Berk and a few others. They had all been sitting in the large conference hall of the Schuyler family when the explosion occurred.
“Master, something's wrong! Our warehouse just exploded in a blaze!” said a butler as he walked into the room where those astonished people were.
"What?!" noah replied as he felt his lips twitch slightly.
He had reason to be angry like this. After all, for many years, the Schuyler family did not use their warehouse to store non-essential items. Instead, most of their important information and documents are stored there!
"Who is responsible for this?! Who would dare to do something like this to the Schuyler family?!” roar Noah with anger.
"I-I've sent people to investigate!" answer the butler immediately.
"Good! We have to catch the culprit if that is the last thing we do!” noah growled as he immediately led a group of people out of the conference hall.
As it all happened, about ten figures were seen quickly walking through the forest located near the Schuyler family home. It didn't take long for them to arrive at some tents set up some distance inside the forest.
"It's all over, Mr. Westley," the people said as they approached the main tent.
"good job. Your mission is now accomplished. From now on, we just have to wait and see what Mr. will do. Crawford next,” answered the Quest while sliding out of the tent before nodding.
“Mong-by the way about Mr. Crawford, send the second team out. Tell them to be ready to provide assistance if Mr. Crawford or any other escapee needs it, ”quest orders.
The once arrogant young man was no longer disrespectful towards Gerald after previously witnessing his true abilities.
In fact, he now respected her a lot. After all, Gerald had assigned him to do something very chaotic, and chaos was something that Quest was happy to create. In addition to making trouble, Quest was also responsible for providing assistance to Gerald whenever he needed it.
Their current plan went quite smoothly as Gerald had given the Quest instructions beforehand from within the hidden space earlier. Even the location of their current base camp has been chosen by Gerald. After all, he had ordered two subordinates of Schuyler— who were now dead— to detail the scenery around the Schuyler family home back then.
After the tent was set up, Gerald's next order was for Quest to send people to Schuyler's house to light a fire. That was no problem for the Quest either. Now that he had sent a second team to oversee Gerald's escape, all the Quest had to do was wait for Gerald to return safely.
“What's that noise, Jasmine? Do you feel that vibration? It is also very dark outside! I can't see anything!” said Mindy.
“I also don't know although it's safe to assume that there was an explosion. However, since the circumstances outside sound a bit chaotic now, I think it will be in our favor. I say we try to escape now! As far as we know, grandfather could have been the one who arranged for the explosion to happen! Don't waste this opportunity!” jasmine replied as all those involved with the escape plan nodded in unison.
After making sure that everyone involved was ready, they quietly forcibly opened the doors of— that had previously been locked— before running towards the exit following the path they had planned before.
Even though they were passing by some subordinates in the corridor, they were hardly a problem for Jasmine as she quickly dropped them.
With the front row now out of sight, the remaining captives — who peeked at the progress of the escape group during this time from the entrance of the hidden room — said, “It looks like they made it out well!”
Hearing that, Mindy heaved a sigh of relief. Contrary to what was originally planned, Mindy ends up staying in the room, fearing she will only become a burden as they escape.
“What should we do now, Stella? Isabelle…? It still seems a bit chaotic out there. Should we use this opportunity to escape?” ask Mindy worried.
At that moment, he felt someone holding his hand. Turning to see who was responsible, Mindy's worries instantly disappeared when she saw that it was Sanderson.
“Sanderson? Didn't you rush out with Jasmine and the others earlier? ”
Shaking his head, Gerald then gestured for him to tell the others to flee en masse while things were still chaotic outside.
“Can we get out safely? We don't even know if Jasmine and the others actually made it out..” Mindy replied.
In response, Gerald gestured for her not to worry because she was there for him.
“...All right, then let's all rush out together. Every man! We should use this opportunity to escape to the back door of the mansion!” shout Mindy.
"He's right! With the circumstances outside being pitch black, they would also not dare to use their weapons! Let's go!"
With everyone there now agreeing, the group of more than thirty people began to take a position to escape as Gerald slowly pushed the door open.
However, before they could even leave the room, there was the sound of gunfire!
"Where do you all think you're going ?!" a voice that surprised some.
A shadow was seen running towards the entrance of the hidden room as six bodyguards holding industrial flashlights ran over.
As Gerald moved away from the door, all the guards— who were also holding weapons— entered the room, blocking their only exit.
Staring ruthlessly at everyone in the room, it was no wonder why some women instantly started screaming in fear.
“A-what should we do, Sanderson? They were carrying weapons.” whispered Mindy in fear as she hid behind him while pulling his sleeves.
"If you want to live, then stay away from the entrance!" furious one of the guards as they began walking towards the group intimidatingly.
Gerald's next action was so fast that no one saw it happen.