Modern World Warlock-Chapter 94: Alice’s Kidnapping

When Dante released his suppressed umbra in front of the massive demon’s illusion, the monster took a step back with a hint of fear.

"What’s wrong? I thought I was weak…" Dante commented with a mocking tone.

"Why are you scared? Aren’t you just an illusion anyway?" he continued, slowly walking towards the demon with his hands in his pockets.

As the warlock stood right before his tall and burly body, he looked up with a severe gaze and saw that there was no umbra flowing from the impaled Alice.

’She is also an illusion…’ Dante thought.

"Where is the detective?" he asked, confusing June, who was frozen in place in the back next to the teenagers.

"Hahaha! My name is Nihilor, and I’m the strongest corruption fiend-!" *Boom!* The monster was swept away by Dante’s destro spell, turning the illusion into dust.

"I didn’t ask…" Dante muttered.

"Alice!" June exclaimed, rushing towards the area where the demon disintegrated.

"That wasn’t the real detective. She was also an illusion…" the warlock clarified as tears swelled up in the rookie detective’s eyes.

"Wh-what do you mean? I saw her getting stabbed!" June said desperately.

"It was a pretty complex spell… There are trails of the real detective’s umbra around here, so it’s not like she was always a fake," Dante continued explaining.

From what he could deduce, the demon switched the real Alice with an illusion the moment he attacked her.

While this meant that there was a chance she was still alive, Alice was still missing, making June punch the ground with rage and frustration.

"I couldn’t do anything…" she said, breaking down in tears.

Zac was taking care of Lina and Jake, who had fallen unconscious after the ordeal, noticing that Tommy’s hand was still bleeding from Lina’s previous attack.

"Here… Your turn to heal," said the redhead, passing the healthstone to the kid.

When Tommy squeezed the stone and felt the green mist healing his wound, a few tears rolled down his cheeks.

"Th-thank you, big brother…" Tommy said in between sniffles.

"Ahh, hey, don’t cry. It’s alright!" Zac replied while waving his arms.

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As soon as Zac and Dante were teleported out of their homes, Megan called Camille to inform her.

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A few minutes after Nihilor’s illusion was destroyed, a large SUV arrived at the park to pick everyone up and take them to the Jade Dragon’s headquarters.

The skyscraper that Camille used for all her operations was still up and running since their enemies believed that they had blown up the real offices.

When they arrived, the teenagers were sent to rest in a lovely guest’s room while the Omega Team and Detective June went up to the handler’s office.

"Where’s Alice…?" Camille asked.

June clenched her pants with frustration, gritting her teeth and looking down apprehensively.

"He took her," the detective replied, making Camille’s eye twitch slightly with rage.

"Who is ’he’?" Camille inquired with an even more serious tone.

"It was Nihilor," Dante interjected.

The warlock explained the situation in detail, saying that Nihilor had sent an illusion to do his bidding.

Killing the illusion wouldn’t do much damage to the demon, as it would stun the monster for two or three seconds at most.

Nihilor had corrupted Lina’s mind to make her murder her friends and gather information about Dante and his group. However, when the demon realized that Lina didn’t know much about them, he decided to use her for his amusement.

"Corruption fiends use the people they corrupt to entertain themselves…" Dante said with a bit of apprehension, knowing that Camille wouldn’t like to hear those words.

"What about Alice? Why did he take her?" The handler asked.

"I don’t know… If I had to guess, they probably plan to siphon her life energy," Dante replied with a bit of uncertainty.

Thanks to Trinity, Camille had the location for many of the warehouses and bases that the Ruby Vipers used in their affairs. However, she hadn’t conducted any attacks with the other teams since she was afraid there could be more demons.

The information was relatively new, so she decided to wait for more of the PC to be decrypted and see if she could find any more hints.

Nevertheless, Alice’s kidnapping caused the handler to rethink her choices, as she started to consider attacking all of the locations at the same time.

Dante could see the irregular umbra flowing from the woman with a mix of different emotions.

’Rage, sadness, frustration, desperation… Love?’ the warlock thought.

Still, in the sea of the woman’s emotions, there was one he perfectly recognized—a burning hatred for demons.

"Dante…" Camille muttered.

"Is it possible to make this demon suffer…?" she asked, her gaze still down and her voice stone cold.

While the air felt heavy inside the office, Camille’s words were music to Dante’s ears, who approached the woman and kept his expression serious as a sign of respect.

"It’s not simple making a demon suffer, considering they live in hell…" the warlock said.

"Figures," Camille replied, turning around as she started to think of another method.

"Ah, but that doesn’t mean I can’t do it—I just have to show them something worse than hell," Dante continued, catching the handler’s attention once again.

"I’m listening…" she muttered.

Dante asked for the location of all the Ruby Vipers’ bases that they had found, as it didn’t matter if there was a demon inside since they wouldn’t be able to match him.

Meanwhile, he wanted Megan and Zac to keep training in the MET room with Paige’s help.

"You don’t think they are ready?" Camille asked.

"I would just prefer if they get a bit more comfortable with their abilities," Dante replied.

The warlock believed that Zac could have beaten Nihilor’s illusion by himself. Although he was handicapped by Lina’s mind control, he still had a chance to destroy it—All he needed was a bit more practice and confidence in his skills.

"What about her?" Camille inquired, gazing at Detective June, who seemed tired and defeated.

"Umm… I don’t know. This woman doesn’t trust me at all," replied Dante, slightly unamused.