Arkhen conjured an arrow using reality motes that pointed at Sasha's location in a general direction.
"Follow this arrow. It will take you to Sasha's location," Arkhen said as he pointed at a thick blue arrow. "She is roughly two thousand kilometers away from here."
"Can you come with us, please? In case something happens to this arrow on the way, you can help us," Sasha's uncle said with a somber expression and even slightly bowed.
Arkhen raised his eyebrows in surprise. "It seems that you are related to Sasha."
"She is my niece."
"Alright, let's go."
"Can I go now?" Cedar asked with a wry smile.
"You three can go now."
"Wait," Arkhen said as he turned his head towards Cedar with a smile. "Take this guy with us."
"Why?" Cedar asked in confusion.
"Take him with us, or I won't go," Arkhen said as he grinned.
"Cedar, you will have to come with us," Sasha's uncle said as he looked at Cedar with a severe expression.
…
Arkhen also took Meya and Sierra with him as the three of them, Cedar, and five peak powerhouses, including Sasha's uncle and Sasha's father, boarded a super-fast flying ship.
The flying ship had four silver metal wings with exquisite curves and patterns and two boosters attached to the ship's back as it flew at hyper speed.
Cedar was getting antsy and tried his best not to show it outside. 'Damn it! They are going in the hideout's direction! How did that guy know about it?'
After fifteen minutes, the blue arrow pointed downward at a big lake.
"Continue moving," Arkhen said as he waved his hand to make the arrow disappear.
Sasha's uncle, father, and other powerhouse nodded as they understood.
If they stopped the flying ship over the lake. The people inside that lake would notice it for sure via some means and would hold Sasha hostage. They couldn't take such a risk.
'Arghhh! Damn it,' Cedar was screaming internally. He also couldn't contact anyone to warn them beforehand.
'Why did that bastard bring me along?'
Arkhen smiled at Cedar and said, "It seems that you are feeling some discomfort."
Actually, Arkhen spent some reality motes to confirm whether Cedar was related to Sasha's kidnapping, and that turned out to be the truth. That's why he brought Cedar with him.
Soon, the flying ship was parked in the jungle five kilometers away from the lake, and everyone got out.
"Arkhen, why did you want to bring Cedar with us?" Sasha's father asked.
"Because he had a hand in her kidnapping," Arkhen said as laughed and turned to Cedar. "Right, Cedar?"
"I don't know what you are talking about," Cedar said as he wryly smiled. "I think you got some misunderstanding about me. I've been a student of this academy for several years and living in the empire since I was a kid. Sasha was my friend, and I would never do such a thing to her."
Arkhen swiftly appeared beside Cedar before grabbing his neck from behind and picking him up like a chicken. "You know how to lie with a straight face, alright."
"Release me!" Cedar shouted as he burst out with his power as a long dark green blade appeared in his hand before he attacked Arkhen, slashing towards his neck.
Alas, the dark green energy blade broke into pieces after it hit Arkhen's neck.
"You are too weak to hurt me, hahaha."
"Seniors, surely you don't believe this foreigner, right?" Cedar quickly asked as he looked at Sasha's uncle, father, and other powerhouses on the deck.
"Humph, brother Arkhen wouldn't lie. He is not boring enough to make baseless blame on some nobody," Meya said as she snorted.
"Correctly said, hahaha. Now, we shall make an underground tunnel leading to their hideout below the lake," Arkhen said with a grin. 'Velshi, how many reality motes create a tunnel leading to their hideout? Oh yeah, don't make an exit of this tunnel leading into their hideout because it would alarm them if they suddenly see a tunnel hole.'
[I understand your plan. It will cost 2839 reality motes to create such a tunnel.'
'Fine, do it when we get out of the ship, and I make a hand gesture on the ground.'
…
Everyone got out of the ship, and they landed on the ground.
"Can I kill this guy? We shouldn't take any risk, you know?" Arkhen asked with a smile as he looked at the five peak powerhouses.
"No! You can't do that. This is a baseless accusation! Where is the proof?" Cedar became hysteric as fear filled his eyes.
"We shouldn't do that. It's not proven yet that he is the culprit," spoke one of the five powerhouses with short spiky blond hair. He was one of the younger-looking ones and was a human.
*Crack…*
Arkhen pressed strongly as he broke Cedar's neck and killed him after infusing the energy in his body to destroy his heart.
"Well, he is dead. As for the proof, you can ask Sasha after we save her. If I am wrong, you can kill me," Arkhen said carefreely before putting his palm on the ground.
*Drrr*
"And we got the tunnel leading to their hideout. Only a simple wall separates us from their hideout after we reach the end of this tunnel."
Everyone became speechless.
But then Meya burst out laughing and said, "Hahaha, that's the way my brother Arkhen does things. Let's go, let's go!"
...
Below the lake, there was a big hideout with a vast hall and many chambers.
in one of the chambers, a man with demonic horns, a red fleshy body with dark gold patterns, and a black tail sat on a big chair as he observed four tubes.
Those four big tube pipes were filled with some liquid and girls.
Moreover, those tubes were arrayed in a vertical pyramid position.
The first tube had Sasha in it. After that were two tubes, which had two human girls.
After that were three tubes, all filled with human girls...
Then four tubes... But empty.
And finally, five tubes... They were also empty.
"Let's prepare the main ingredient first," the devil man said as he creepily laughed.
Some slim metal piped threads were attached to Sasha and the other girl in the tube. The tiny metal piped threads attached to Sasha were filling up with extremely small red-green particles and going inside Sasha's body.