Rescue

"I never expected it—the guild's purpose in searching for Self Connectors wasn't to train them at all, but to get them killed!"

Watching the scene playing in her mind, Iliyas was utterly shocked, disbelief written all over her face.

Guild Master Karosinasri, whom she had once considered stern and upright, instantly became a demon who plotted to take others' lives.

The lofty, righteous image of the entire Azure Hand guild completely collapsed in her heart at that moment!

For the first time, she felt that some of Azure Hand's practices were simply too inhumane, leaving her deeply disappointed.

"Our top priority now is to get that kid Conan out. We can't let him keep suffering."

Shut spoke up. He did not particularly want to comment on the guild's various practices. In his impression, the guild's management rules had always been extremely strict, sometimes to the point of being utterly unreasonable. Punishments for members who made mistakes were especially severe. The Back Mountain Forbidden Area behind the Guild Headquarters was where many erring members were exiled.

Shut remembered two friends of his who had been locked in the Back Mountain Forbidden Area for mistakes that were not even particularly serious. He had never seen them again afterward.

Now, it seemed those two friends were almost certainly doomed.

"How are we supposed to rescue Conan? The guild's Back Mountain Forbidden Area is tightly guarded and full of powerful experts. It'll be difficult to infiltrate. If we're discovered by a spellcaster of Legendary Rank or above, the chances of the rescue team surviving will be very low."

Iliyas said.

"Your Majesty, can you pull Conan's Soul String back into an uncontaminated mana string? Let him regain his strength and escape from the cave himself. We can meet him near the forbidden area. That