The First Day of the Shop Opening went smoothly and Alex found Lucas and Freya to leave the city. The siblings didn't have many belongings so it didn't take long.
Alex brought them to eat breakfast and he also showed them around the shop. After telling some orders to his worker, he left to find Anna. She was a good friend of his after all.
Boom!
An explosion could be heard behind him. Alex looked over to see the problem and saw the Institute of Cultivation on fire. He used his Soul Power to scan the entire building and what he saw made him frown. It was inhumane and disgusting. People were chained up and being abused. They were constantly having their life force sucked out of them.
Alex gave some money to Lucas and Freya to book a room for one more day. He then used 'Close-Range Teleportation' to arrive at the Institute in seconds. From the explosions, Alex figured out their plan. They probably wanted to destroy the building's foundations. As the tallest building, if it were to fall, massive amounts of damage would befall SampelBurg. In other words, this was akin to a terrorist attack on Earth.
Alex used his Soul power to restrict the people who were abusing the chained victims. He then found the person causing the explosions and flicked his finger. The person's head blew up and had his soul absorbed.
When Alex looked through the memories of the soul, he immediately knew the situation. The memory came from a Low-Level member of the group. Although he didn't have all the information, he had the basics.
Apparently, the group was called 'Sirius Assassination'. It was basically a high level assassin organization. The mission they received this time was to destroy SampelBurg and find a certain map.
After absorbing the memory, Alex brought up his map and checked every dot in the Institute. He found out that the white dots were the people who were chained up while the red dots were the students. He found out that all the students were in a permanent brainwashed status. If someone tried to remove it, the brainwashed people would be brain dead.
Alex could probably do something with healing Magic but it was currently not within his capabilities. Hw could also create a Skill but felt it was going to give him a huge problem so he didn't. Alex wasn't a saint or anything so he didn't want to waste his Skill Points on people he never met before.
He then used his stealth skill and walked down the hallway without making noise with his Footwork Technique. He started making his way to the Institute's dungeon which held countless people. He also wanted to know, if possible, more about the Sirius Assassination organization.
Meanwhile, deep underground, someone was floating in a lotus position absorbing souls and blood. The Qi around the person was dense and killing Intent was overwhelming within the room. If anyone less than a Wky Realm Cultivation Base came in, they would immediately die from the pressure.
He opened one eye and saw that one soul stone which was connected to his subordinate darkened. He raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"Interesting.."