Elazaro Tania had been searching around for hours, but she could not find any of them. She tried to shout but got no reply.
In the end, she gave up searching. She decided to wait for the group to come back in the car.
"Arghhh! They even locked the damn car even inside the dungeon. I mean, who's going to steal the car in this abandoned place!"
While grumbling, Elazaro Tania hopped onto the roof. She reclined on the roof and closed her eyes in frustration.
Fortunately, she did not wait long. Ten minutes later, she heard an excited voice. She was familiar with the voice. It was the voice of the kids who followed Heero.
She instantly rose from her comfortable posture, trying to identify where the voice came from. It did not take before she spotted four little girls coming out of the highest building.
Elazaro Tania rubbed her eyes a few times. Making sure she was not seeing things. She had checked the building many times, but it was just an empty space.
Now the kids came out of the building, it meant…
Following the kids, Kang Seo-Yeon, Bai Xin Yue, Hong Yu, and Han Ying. They were having a little conversation with all smiles. It was as if they encountered something funny as they could not stop laughing.
The same for the kids, they also laughed and were happy.
"The uncles there are so funny…" Lan Lan laughed.
"And weird as well, they have a thick mustache and beard…" Myung-Hee rubbed the part below of her nose and her chin. Apparently, she was imagining having a thick mustache and beard.
"Unfortunately we can't bring the toy back with us…" Said Miao Miao in regret.
Moira was responding to the younger sister's grumble and comments on what just they encountered. She was trying to be a big sister figure of the three little girls as she was the oldest amongst them.
"Uncles with a thick mustache and beard? Toy?"
Right after that, she hopped down and flashed into the building. She was using her max speed to enter the building.
"What was that?" Han Ying and Hong Yu were not used to seeing such a kind of speed. They felt a gush of wind brushed past them, but they did not see who caused that.
"Just a crazy red-haired bit…" Kang Seo-Yeon stopped halfway as she realized something.
Elazaro entered the building, but it remained the same. There were no funny uncles with a thick mustache and beard. There were no toys either.
It was just the same empty building she entered a few hours ago.
"There must be something… There must be something…" Elazaro Tania muttered as she kept searching around but to no avail.
After a moment, she came out dejectedly.
Outside the building, there was one car while the other one already left.
Han Ying was waiting for her outside. She called the pitiful girl over.
"Come, we are going back!"
A frustrating sigh escaped Elazaro Tania's mouth. She did not get what she wanted to.
"Outside there, people are flattering me, but here, they are ignoring me…"
"But I want to be friends with them! A genuine friend who regarded me as Elazaro Tania, not Emperor Class Hero…"
Yes, she was longing to have such a friendship. People were often coming to her for a hidden purpose or because of her status as Emperor Class Hero.
She was sick of it. Now, after a short interaction with Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata, he later met with Heero's group. Then she realized they treated each other sincerely, exchanging some light jokes here and there.
She wanted to be in that circle, hence she was desperately trying to get closer to them.
"Thank you~, " Elazaro Tania thanked Han Ying who was willing to wait for her outside.
Han Ying smiled gently and tapped her back, "Come over to my noodles shop later, I will treat you yummy noodle, "
*** ***
After the trip to the abandoned city, Heero's trip was pretty much over. He did not go anywhere as the other place was just a wildland.
Beast was scarce here, but other resources such as medicinal herb and ores from the Purple Mountain were available.
Heero of course did not take the resources with him now. He left it as it was for now.
Bidding his farewell with Old Man Dazekh, Heero ended his outing with his family.
He brought the dead drunk heroes with him and let them stay in the car.
Standing in front of the dungeon, he placed his hand on the stone gate. The stone gate slowly shrunk until the size of his palm. He pocketed the palm-sized gate and headed back to the jet.
Meanwhile, as Heero took a return trip to Star City, the Hero League was in tumult.
After the second dungeon, now the first dungeon also disappeared.
Bai Xian Ming immediately called the person in charge of watching the first dungeon.
His complexion was solemn as he questioned the middle-aged man in front of him, "Since when?"
The middle-aged man paled, but he managed to give an answer, "I-it's right after the Chief Instructor visit. After I delivered him to the station, I came back to check the dungeon, by then the gate disappeared, "
Bai Xian Ming furrowed his brows. His guts were telling him that the disappearance had something to do with Heero. He wanted to call Heero, but he remembered the guy was inside the third dungeon, going on a picnic with his family.
The old man unlocked his smartwatch. He wanted to call the person in charge of the third dungeon. Just as he wanted to make a call, his smartwatch vibrated.
Someone was calling him before he could call the person in charge of the third dungeon. Coincidentally, the one who called him was the person he wanted to call.
Looking at his smartwatch, the old man felt a bad premonition.
He answered the call and a panicked voice was heard, "Executive Bai! It's urgent! It's urgent!"
"Does the dungeon gate also disappear?" Old Man Bai immediately questioned the person.
"Huh!?" The person on the other side was surprised.
"I know it! It must be him!" Bai Xian Ming closed the call and complained, "Can he tell me first before he does something like this!?"
The old man stood up and covered his body in the coat. He then went out of his office room and called his driver, "Xiao Yun! Prepare the car, we will go to the airport!"
*** ***
A few hours later
Bai Xian Ming looked at the two dungeon gates, flabbergasted. The two disappeared dungeon gates were now at Heero Academy's backyard, right in front of him.
"Mind telling me what all this about?" The old man asked in an annoyed tone.
"I am moving the gate here so the specter can't take it from us!" Heero answered casually.
"I know! I know it already, but how? Also, why your academy's backyard? Why didn't you move it to the Hero League HQ!?"
"Not now, but you will know someday!" Heero grinned at the old man and added casually, "If you want to move it to the Hero League HQ, then you can take them with you!"
Just as the old man wanted to scold the young man, her granddaughter came.
She went to Heero, "You have guests, important guests! Park Haneul, Yuan Kang, and Mathias Oliver!"
"Oh, they came again. Tsk, surely they are persistent!" Heero nodded and headed out. Bai Xin Yue followed him.
The old man actually wanted to join the fun, but he decided to stay as he wanted to try something.
He checked the surroundings. Upon noticing he was alone in the backyard, he approached the dungeon gate.
Bai Xian Ming placed his hand on the gate and pushed it with all his might.
"Arggghhhhh!!!" He pushed one of the gates until his face turned red. Even so, the gate would not budge even an inch.
The old man did not easily give up. He changed his posture. This time, he tried to pull the gate instead of pushing it.
"One… Two… Three… Arghhhhh!!!!"
It was the same, the gate stayed still. No matter how hard he tried, it was just impossible for him to move the gate.
"That damn shameless Heero! He knew that I can't move it…"
"Stupid gate!" The old man kicked the stone gate and turned away, leaving the backyard in frustration.