Darkrose Heirs, Intruders

"Breaking News! The Cloudford Guild is no more."

"We have found around twenty dead bodies with no way of finding their cause of death."

"The leader and vice leaders are missing. No communication has been made with them, and they are officially wanted."

"Major Inhuman Crime unfurled under our own feet. Huge underground chambers full of young kids and young adults for experiments related to Genetics and Genome powers were discovered at Cloudford Guild's main base!"

"Who is involved and who is the mastermind?! Will Federation and Arcane Tower manage to catch the culprits and give justice to those poor kids?!"

The news of Cloudford Guild's situation spread throughout the city like wildfire before the other cities soon took notice of it.

Darkrose Clan's sub-family mansion in the Dark Tide city was awfully quiet as the evening descended.

A young man and a woman from the Darkrose clan's main base visited their sub-family here, who were overlooking the lab resources of Cloudford Guild.

The young man had dark purple curly hair, while the girl had silky and smooth mixed hair of black and blood red.

They were the current Darkrose Clan lord's children. The man was twenty-eight years old, and the girl was twenty-seven years old, although they looked younger, in their early twenties.

But the most shocking thing was that both of them were Elite-class mages! In the under-50 Dragon-Tiger Leaderboards, they were in the top ten.

Blessed with high talent and showered with knowledge, resources, and power from their centuries-old heritage, these two heirs were among the cream of the corps among the top echelons.

"Young master Jasper, Young miss Calista. We've searched the entire guild for one hour but didn't find any clues of the culprit."

"One of our two city supplies, the Black Rattan House, is also no more. According to the information that spread, someone named Ghost killed them."

"Bunch of trash," Calista muttered as she stood up. Her petite body had modest development, but her expression was ice cold and made the middle-aged men and women who stood before the siblings shiver.

"Tell us something useful," she said coldly and crossed her arms, causing her white cleavage to become prominent.

"We found this board hanging at the castle's door."

Jasper and Calista looked at the board and narrowed their eyes.

"The Ghost? So, it's the same person?" Jasper calmly asked.

"We have full reason to believe that this Ghost raided both places because people died in similar fashion at both places."

"Did you send anyone to Black Rattan House?" Calista asked.

"We are about to. Our hands were full to cover the incident at Cloudford Guild and find that bastard Davin and Maeve."

"And we also had to bribe Federation officials of the city to delay things. Also, Federation hasn't yet approached Black Rattan House for investigation because we've bribed them to stay away first, so that place is still clear."

"But things at Cloudford still got out!" Calista coldly shouted. "It's everywhere in the news, you dumb idiots. That research lab is fully compromised because you left everything in their hands."

"B-But, we aren't supposed to leave any traces of our contact with them, or Darkrose Clan can be accused."

Jasper clapped and stood up, "Alright, stop."

"Calista, calm down," Jasper turned to the girl. "Go party or something. You are getting more frustrated."

"Good, I am not doing this." 

"Fine. I'll handle this matter. Do whatever you want, but don't get in the way," Japser wryly smiled.

"Good," Calista smiled as Mana whirled around her before she turned into a black mist of Darkness element and left the hall.

After she left, Jasper looked at the middle-aged man wearing a suit and dark gray hair, "Mr. Loman. Find out more information about this Ghost, and send some people at Black Rattan House to investigate."

"How powerful was the leader of Black Rattan House?" Jasper asked.

"Fifth or maybe Sixth-class if he progressed recently."

"Send 8th-class and 9th-class mages to investigate."

"Understood."

After half of the people left the hall, Jasper looked at Mr. Loman and said, "What about the second supply?"

"We'll get twelve kids from there this tonight. The next batch will take a month or two to gather."

"Black Rattan House had an ample stock, and we were about to get them tonight, but they all escaped because of that Ghost."

"Ghost…Who the hell is he?" Jasper frowned. "Show me the dead bodies you got from Cloudford guild."

"The Federation only gave us two dead bodies and kept the rest for them."

"It's fine. Take them out."

…

*Groan….*

"It was a good sleep," Arlott stretched his arms after getting up.

"Arlott, did you sleep well?" 

Arlott turned to the left and saw Kiera getting up with a rosy smile on her face.

"Of course," Arlott chuckled and groped her breasts. "These are the best pillows. Come, give me milk."

[Ahem, you woke up at the perfect time after sleeping for five hours. It's 7:31 PM, and we have four people snooping around the mansion for one minute.]

[They will enter inside in a few seconds.]

Arlott paused and groped Kiera's soft watery breasts before saying, "I'll be back in bit."

Arlott got up, but his speed suddenly increased spontaneously, and he crashed into the wall despite trying to slow down.

"Woah…How strong have I become?" Arlott was dumbfounded.

[Just do one more small session in the bathroom, and you'll open your second Geno Gate, Arlott. It's close.]

'Noice.'

Kiera sensed Arlott's aura and her face flushed red, "It's because we did that…because of our special bond…"

She was also way more powerful than before and could sense a new kind of power in her body, in Genome Path, that she acquired after her fourth Geno Gate opened.

"Haha, exactly," Arlott laughed as he wore clothes. "Wait in the bathroom while taking a shower. I'll return quickly."

Arlott left and instantly found four presences before the gates as they flew over and destroyed both Golems. Two men and two women. 

"These Golems were strangely affecting us, but the Arcane Force in their structure was not very powerful."

"Be careful and sharpen your senses when we enter."

All four of them had their faces and heads covered, and they wore tight black clothes. They also had the Advanced affinity, Shadow, which was something that most Darkrose Clan members were born with.

"Let's go."

Just as they moved, they had to pause their steps as a powerful presence descended over them and gave them a feeling of suffocation, not physically, yet still giving them a sense of doom.

Soon after that, they saw a young man exiting with a gemmed full mask on his face.

[Darkrose clan sub-family members.]

Arlott didn't even speak with the four intruders and immediately waved his hand.

The four trespassers only saw Arlott's hand moving before they felt blankness overwhelming them as their souls got pulled out by ghastly white strings and went into Arlott's Soul Sea.

Dead. Their bodies fell down with a thud, nothing but an empty husk.

However, Arlott stored the bodies in his item storage ring. They were not members of Black Rattan House, so he had to hide their bodies.

'Weak. It's not worth using slots of my Marionette Authority. I need some powerhouse servants,' Arlott rubbed his chin.

[Just get Cassandra. She is a Master-class mage, unlike Kiera, and will be a good asset to use.]

'Hmm, I also need to revenge-ravage her dainty and slim figure. Alright, I'll visit her tomorrow with Kiera,' Arlott nodded as he turned around and went back inside.