One puppet brought in a group of more puppets.

This cycle continued until all of the young Perfumers that had been sent into these ruins had been turned into puppets.

In the first place, it wasn't as if these young Perfumers were a match for us.

Billy was the strongest among them and he had been crushed with a single punch from me.

So for those young Perfumers that recognized that they were weaker, it wasn't as if there was anything that they could do against us. It was like taking candy from a baby with how easily all of them were crushed by what we threw at them.

Though there was no doubt that the traps that we set didn't help.

Once they had all been turned into puppets like this, we didn't actually gather them together.

After all, it wasn't our intention on using these puppets to deal with the Advanced Perfumers that were outside.

What these puppets were for was nothing more than to act as bait for the Advanced Perfumers that were outside.

Instead of bringing all of them to the place where the trap was laid, it was only a few of them that were brought there.

Waiting there were several others that were watching over this whole thing.

"Is everyone ready?" I asked when I saw them waiting there.

They looked at me and gave simple nods in response.

With this, I turned to look at the puppets that were gathered and gave them the order, "Do it."

As soon as they received this order, they didn't hesitate to lift the daggers that they had been holding and stabbed them down on their own bodies.

It was as if they didn't fear the pain that came with this and that was all because they really didn't.

With their souls crushed, it wasn't as if they had a will of their own.

So even if they felt pain, it wasn't as if there was a consciousness to process that pain.

But even if they didn't have anything to process this pain, that didn't mean that the others outside couldn't process this pain. Since this was enough damage to their bodies that it would put their lives in danger.

The moment that this happened, there was an alert that happened outside the tunnels.

It was an alert that was received by the Advanced Perfumers.

Since they were here to watch over these kids, it was only natural that they would have something prepared to tell them when they were in danger.

At the same time, it was only when they were in danger that they would be able to act to help them.

"It seems like it's our group that lost this one."

The Advanced Perfumers were all high ranking members among the Perfumers, so it was only natural that they would know each other. For the kids that went together, it was only natural that their guardians would know each other as well.

That was why the Advanced Perfumers had been betting on this.

They had been betting on whose team would be the ones that would need saving first.

So for the Advanced Perfumers that saw it was their team, they were naturally unhappy that they were the ones whose kids failed first.

But they didn't really seem to care that their kids were in danger.

That was the kind of confidence that they had that they would be able to save them.

That was the confidence that came from being an Advanced Perfumer.

There were only so many Advanced Perfumers among the Perfumers and most of them were currently here since they had been sent to protect the kids.

In a sense, it could be said that a majority of the Perfumers forces had been sent because of this matter.

It was also a way to show how important this was to them.

Once they entered, the Advanced Perfumers didn't waste any time in taking out a special item and following it.

Before the kids entered, all of the Advanced Perfumers had made sure to prepare a way for them to easily track them.

That method was naturally related to the perfumes that they used.

They had put a perfume on the kids before sending them in and this item that they brought out was to track them.

It didn't take long for them to find where the kids were and when they saw the traces of blood that were around, they couldn't help knitting their brows.

They had been sent to take care of these kids and seeing the blood definitely wasn't a good sign.

That was why they immediately started securing the area the moment that they saw this blood.

While they had no idea what happened here, the first thing that mattered was finding the kids and keeping them safe.

"They're over here on the ground."

When this was called out, all of the Advanced Perfumers went over to the one that called out.

They saw that all of the young Perfumers that they were looking for were just lying there on the ground. It didn't seem like there was anything wrong with them other than the fact that they were bleeding.

However, none of them moved forward when they saw this.

After all, they could tell that this just wasn't normal.

Why would these kids be lying on the ground like this unless there was something that was here waiting for them.

These kids had to be bait for something.

Without hesitation, they released their perfumes in the surrounding area.

The idea was to use this perfume as a barrier to prevent anything from coming at them, but it didn't seem like there was anything that was going to come out.

That was until there were skeletal hands that came out of the ground.

All of these skeletal hands came out from right under them and started grabbing at them without hesitation.

Only none of the Advanced Perfumers panicked when they saw this.

They were far more experienced than the kids.

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