Just as Gabe had predicted, Stella accepted the terms and transferred one million high-grade mana stone credits. Credits were used for electronic transfer of mana stones and other currencies. The world as it was now had come a long way and money was extinct, well they were still technically the same thing, a medium of exchange.
The Green Casino, the place in which Cole was been held captive was located in a country named Borde. This country was at the border of the Ferrum continent. It was one of the points one could use to go into the Silva continent from the Ferrum continent.
Gabe and the rest except Willow, boarded the airship, and after Gabe did all the security checks, they finally left.
"I really wanted to go, oh well, at least I get some alone time, and they aren't even going to stay long, one day max," Willow said.
On the ship, Gabe was sitting down quietly in a corner. He had set the airship on autopilot. Rose went to where he was and sat down beside him.
"You know, it has been a while since we did that," Rose said.
"Did what exactly?" Gabe asked.
"Are you being serious right now?" Rose asked.
"Alright, I know what you mean, I was just joking," Gabe said.
"I wanted to ask, how do you see us? Are we couple material? Do you see us getting married? Do you love me?" Rose asked.
"Where is all this coming from?" Gabe asked.
"I have never really thought of it. I mean I like you, but I do not think it is up to a level I will call love. I also know there is no way we would be together for an extended amount of time. You made that clear when you made your choice the other time," Gabe said.
"I know, but I wasn't sure then, but I think it would work out, you know, you and me. Also with this organization that you have created, we would be able to see each other often," Rose said.
"Yeah, that part is true," Gabe said.
"So, what do you say? Should we give it a try?" Rose asked.
"I don't think it will be poss..."
Gabe was about to say something when Rose cut him short.
"Don't bother, I know what you want to say, it's Willow, right? She is the one you have chosen. Just forget everything I said, I'm sorry for bothering you. Well, no matter what your decision is, all I know is that we are still going to be having sex until you finally leave for school. Then Willow can have her turn but for now, it's mine," Rose said.
After saying her piece, Rose stood up and went back to her corner. Gabe did not say anything and just stared at her as she went.
'It's not what you think, I have my reasons. If anyone heard them, it would sound stupid to them but still, those are my reasons,' Gabe thought.
"Hey guys, I am feeling so pumped so I am going to give you a random fact. Do you know that a very, very, very long time ago, what was referred to as an airship was a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that could navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gained their lift from a lifting gas that was less dense than the surrounding air," Jack said.
Everyone just stared at Jack, each one with their own thoughts.
"That was... educative? Thank you for the information," Gabe said
About an hour later, they were a few minutes away from their target. Gabe landed the airship at an airport apron he had rented. The place they landed was 4.2 km away from the Green Casino.
They all boarded the private transport that they had arranged and It took them about eleven minutes to get to the area around the casino.
From the time they landed the airship up to when they arrived at their final destination, they made sure to properly hide their faces and cover their identities.
What they planned to do now depended heavily on their abilities to alter their genes and transform.
A day back after the fight they had with Stella, Gabe asked them if they still had any more Geno serum. It turns out that they had enough to last them for a long while. They had also gotten storage bracelets and rings from the facility and that was where they each stashed their booty.
What they were going to do now was to use a combination of different Geno serums to be able to break in, grab Cole, and go out without raising any type of alarm.
One of the things that Gabe, under his false identity as a crier demanded from Stella, was the the blueprints for the entire casino. Since it was her family's casino, that much was a little easy to obtain.
Looking at the blueprints, one would see what can only be referred to as an impregnable iron fortress, but to Gabe and the others, they saw many paths to enter and leave the Green Casino without much difficulty. One thing that was to be noted of course was that these paths they saw could only be accessible by individuals who possessed the same skill sets as them.
The whole casino, the walls, the doors, the ceiling, the floor, everything inside the casino and outside the casino grounds were fitted with anti-magic formations, so even people who could cast magic like shadow and space magic(derived from dark magic), time magic(derived from light magic) and so on, could not sneak in.
Gabe had also collected a good number of Geno serum vials from the others. After he fought Stella he discovered more things about the system. He wondered why the system didn't show him this when it had sucked his consciousness in before.
What he discovered was that he could only use the system to transform for a max of three to four times, depending on the amount of energy used to alter his genes before the system had to recharge. Recharging was no big deal as the energy source that the system ran was also in the air in trace amounts, but that drawback wasn't ideal during combat.
This energy source according to the system was called Urex, and it was also what was used to create Geno serum.