I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 266: Hell of Cats

Yeoreum and the people in the guild observed Gyeoul's world for several days.

They noticed that the "正" characters drawn on the wall were disappearing one line at a time.

It was evidence that time in the world was reversing.

'That's a relief.'

Another day had reversed today.

Yeoreum checked the documents and picked up another one.

'No problems with Levinas and Saebyeok either...'

Recently, the guild had been busier than ever before.

From keeping radical beast-kin in check and dealing with those who experimented on Saebyeok, to working on saving Gyeoul's world.

All these tasks were being carried out without the children's knowledge.

The children should only see good things and experience happiness.

Adults had to endure all the difficulties.

She could do anything for Gyeoul.

That's what Yeoreum thought, but there was someone in the guild who overprotected the children even more than her.

The one called the pinnacle of adventurers.

It was Kang Jinho, the master of the Yeomyeong Guild.

"Master, really..."

She never thought she'd say this about the master, but our master is quite sentimental.

To think he'd send all the feline monster mana stones outside just because Gyeoul was afraid of them.

Did he say he outsourced all the feline mana stones to small factories?

Yeoreum sighed as she organized the related documents.

'He removed all those mana stones.'

She'd been wondering why trucks had been coming and going non-stop recently.

So they were all removing the feline mana stones.

He even covered the mana stones with mana-blocking covers so Gyeoul wouldn't be startled.

The master's execution ability and decisiveness.

Everything was admirable.

Yeoreum smiled slightly as she placed the documents on the desk.

'The losses aren't that big either.'

I should work hard too.

So Gyeoul can live in a better environment.

Ugh, Yeoreum stretched and picked up her pen.

As the oldest sister of the siblings, she felt a heavy responsibility.

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I was playing ball with the children.

It was a ball fully inflated with air.

"Yah!"

Levinas kicked the ball towards me.

She kicked it so hard her leg went up to her belly button, but the ball rolled somewhere completely different from me.

It was because she didn't know how to kick a ball properly.

Of course, ball-kicking skills didn't matter to us.

We had fun no matter what we played.

"Seol, it's going that way."

"Meow!"

Seol rushed towards the rolling ball.

Kkamang was sitting on top of Seol's head.

"Squeak!"

Kkamang shot a spider web towards the ball.

The web pulled the rolling ball back.

Seol headbutted the ball.

Thud-!

The low-flying ball came towards me.

I kicked the ball towards Saebyeok, who was next.

"Saebyeok."

"Yeah."

Thud-!

Thud-!

We played for a while, passing the ball to each other.

It was a shame Gaeul wasn't here for this fun time.

'She was collecting information about the original world, wasn't she?'

I should play with Gaeul later.

Right now, Levinas seemed tired, so we decided to take a break.

"Hehe."

Levinas laughed and lay down on the grass, while Saebyeok stood still, stepping on the ball.

She seemed to want to play with the ball more.

"Saebyeok, what's wrong?"

"I want to kick this hard."

"Ah..."

Does she want to kick the ball with all her might?

I stood with my back to where there were no people.

I waved at Saebyeok while quickly backing up to create distance.

"Saebyeok, I'll catch it, so kick it hard."

"Okay."

Saebyeok put the ball on the ground.

She didn't step back like a soccer player.

Does that mean she won't kick it with full force?

Just as I was thinking that, Saebyeok kicked the ball.

Boom-!

It was an amazingly powerful kick, to the point where it was surprising the ball didn't burst.

The distance I'd created thinking it would be enough was easily surpassed.

"Oops...!"

It's farther than I expected.

I turned around and chased after the ball.

Thud-! Thud-!

The ball bouncing on the ground gradually lost speed.

After bouncing a couple more times, the ball went straight into the cargo area of a parked truck.

"Oh."

The open cargo area typical of a 1-ton truck had a tent-like cover over it.

Of all places, the ball had to go in there.

I went to the driver's side and looked inside the truck.

'No one's there.'

I was going to apologize and get it out, but there's no one.

Should I just go in and quickly get it out?

I hesitated for a moment, then climbed up onto the cargo area.

There were many boxes secured with ropes inside the cargo area.

'The ball...'

As I went to the deepest part of the cargo area past the boxes, I could see the ball placed in a corner.

It rolled quite far in.

Just as I was carefully picking up the ball.

Click-

The car door opened and the engine started.

Surprised, I could only freeze in place.

'N-no...'

I shouldn't just freeze like this.

I came to my senses belatedly and tried to get out, but the car had already started moving.

"W-what should I do..."

I crawled to the entrance of the cargo area, holding the ball.

There, I could see the children following me outside the cargo area.

"Kiiiing!"

Levinas came running at full speed, and Saebyeok followed with a panicked expression.

Seol and Kkamang were chasing after me too.

"K-kids..."

Maybe I could jump out while the speed was still slow?

I looked down.

Levinas seemed to realize my intention and waved her hands frantically.

"King! It's dangerous to jump from a moving car!"

"Yeah..."

She wasn't wrong.

But right now, that was the only option.

I had to jump before it gained more speed.

I swallowed hard and looked down, and at that moment.

Thump-!

Levinas, who had somehow gotten close, put her hand on the truck's cargo area.

In that time, the truck's speed had increased slightly, and Levinas was being dragged along.

The front part of Levinas's sneakers started to wear away.

"K-King..."

"Ah."

Without time to think, I pulled Levinas up onto the cargo area.

Seol and Kkamang, who were stuck to Levinas's back, came along.

Saebyeok also jumped onto the truck in one go using her unique leg strength.

All the children had climbed onto the cargo area.

And at that moment, the car increased its speed.

"Ugh..."

The guild building visible outside the car was getting smaller and smaller.

In this dangerous situation, we had no choice but to cling tightly to each other.

"Let's go inside for now. It looks dangerous out here."

"Okay..."

We crawled into the inner part of the cargo area.

It seemed we'd have to stay like this until the car reached its destination.

The car would stop at red lights, but I had no intention of doing something foolish like letting the children off in the middle of the road.

I could only hope nothing would happen.

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The truck moved for about thirty minutes and arrived at what looked like a factory.

I was planning to escape quickly when the car stopped in the parking lot, but unexpectedly, the car went inside the building.

It looked like a large warehouse.

"Let's get off when the car stops."

"Okay."

I should apologize when we get off.

While Gyeoul was thinking this, Levinas yawned from boredom.

At first, riding in the truck's cargo area was very scary, but after thirty minutes without incident, it got a bit boring.

"Hmm..."

Levinas stood in front of a nearby box.

Should I take a little peek?

She slightly loosened the fastening and looked inside the box.

Levinas could only be shocked at what she saw inside.

"Wha...!"

It's full of feline animal mana stones.

Are the other boxes like this too?

Levinas secretly checked two more boxes without Gyeoul noticing.

The other two boxes were also packed full of feline mana stones.

As soon as Levinas confirmed the contents of the boxes, she quickly closed the lids.

She even used all her strength to fasten the boxes more tightly.

'This is bad!'

A truck full of feline mana stones.

Levinas crawled to the entrance of the cargo area.

There, she could witness a truly shocking scene.

"Huh-uck!"

The building was filled with only feline mana stones.

No matter where she looked, she could see feline mana stones.

It's a cat's hell.

The Dark King might be okay since she's an older sister, but Gyeoul was still a child.

Levinas crawled to the back of the cargo area, trembling.

"K-King, do you want to play with Levinas...?"

"Here? It seems hard to play right now..."

"Then it's training! Training!"

Levinas took out an old towel from her pocket.

She covered Gyeoul's head with the towel, blocking her vision.

She also tightened the back so it wouldn't come loose.

"L-Levinas..."

"King! This is training not to use your eyes."

"Sensory training?"

"Yeah! It's sensory training! You can't use mana either!"

"O-okay..."

Why was Levinas suddenly acting like this?

Gyeoul naturally perked up her ears.

She could hear the children moving quietly without speaking.

"Meow..."

Seol's surprised cry could be heard.

What on earth was going on?

As Gyeoul tried to use mana to heighten her senses, Levinas poked her side.

"King! You can't use mana! You have to lower it!"

"That's right. Mana is cheating."

"O-okay..."

Even the mature Saebyeok backed up Levinas.

Was there something here that would help with training?

These children wouldn't act like this for no reason.

I decided to go along with the children's wishes for now.

"S-should we get off first?"

"Yeah."

Even without using my eyes, I could calculate distances through reflected sounds.

But without mana, it was quite difficult.

Gyeoul got off the truck, stumbling a bit.

The children assisted from the side, so there were no injuries.

Gyeoul walked slowly like this.

Levinas deliberately guided Gyeoul to a place without people.

She was afraid of those who only collected feline mana stones.

Tok-

Gyeoul stopped when she hit something at her feet.

It was a small lump, but it didn't roll far, so it didn't seem to be a ball.

"What was that just now?"

"I-it's nothing..."

"Really?"

"Yeah. This is dangerous training, so walk very slowly..."

"Okay."

Gyeoul stretched out her feet little by little.

The echoing voices made it seem like we were in a closed space.

'I want to check where we are.'

Can't I just take a quick look?

Gyeoul lifted the towel covering her face.

Very slowly and carefully.

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