Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

The direction that Leo was leading everyone was towards the northeast of the Smiling Lion Village. It was where the direction of the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis was pointing him towards.

Ethan and the others didn't ask any questions and simply followed behind Leo. They all knew that Leo has his own secret method to find Elvis, so the only thing they should do is to follow him closely.

After traveling to the northeast of the Smiling Lion Village for a few hours, Leo suddenly stopped everyone a few tens of meters away from a wooden hut located in front of them.

Anyone who found this wooden hut right in the middle of the forest would not find that something was strange about this place. 

Everyone would just immediately think that someone had purposely built the hut to shelter those who stumbled upon this place and were looking for a somewhat comfortable place to stay and spend the night. The reason for such an assumption is because of the fact alone that there was plenty of neatly arranged firewood by the side with some of them evidently just newly mixed in the pile despite the fact that there was no one to be seen living inside the hut.

Actually, there are a lot of similar wooden huts scattered throughout the deep parts of the Emerald Forest, which are commonly called by everyone as temporary shelters. 

Temporary shelters are purposely built in the wilderness and could be used by anyone whenever they want. The only requirement when using them is to restock the firewood before leaving so that the other people who will stumble upon the place after them could have some firewood to use. 

Ethan approached Leo's side as he asked with doubt in his voice, "Is Elvis inside that wooden hut?"

"Yes," Leo nodded his head solemnly as he started walking carefully towards the side while his attention was still fully focused on the wooden hut. 

"That is a bit strange," Ethan expressed his thoughts. 

What Ethan is feeling right now is actually the exact reason why Leo's face had turned solemn while observing that wooden hut.

There was no one inside the wooden hut, but the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis was pointing towards that direction. 

He had tried moving to the side to see if it was just a coincidence that the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis was pointing towards the wooden hut, but to his surprised, it was still pointing towards the wooden hut, which means to say that Elvis is indeed inside that wooden hut. 

"Charlotte and Nightingale, see if there is anyone or anything strange about that wooden hut," Leo motioned his hand towards Charlotte and Nightingale. It would be best to allow the two of them to approach that wooden hut first because they have the means to conceal themselves and avoid easily getting noticed. 

Without hesitation, Charlotte and Nightingale quickly disappeared from their location and began closely observing the wooden hut. 

"Are you really sure that Elvis is inside that wooden hut? I already inspected it with my Mana just now, and I found nothing strange about that wooden hut nor is there anyone inside," Ethan informed Leo while feeling really curious about where could Elvis hide in such a small wooden hut. 

"Let's just wait and see," Leo replied before turning his head to looked at Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, and Ash as he ordered them, "Set up a circular perimeter 20 meters away from the wooden hut. Make sure that there is no one nearby the place and once you find someone, capture them if you can and prevent them from moving, but if you can't, then report back here to avoid any danger, understood?"

"Yes," Cassandra and the others nodded their heads in unison. They then quickly decided on which direction each of them should go before finally disappearing. 

As soon as Cassandra and the others left, Charlotte and Nightingale returned and informed everyone that it was just an ordinary wooden hut. There was nothing strange about it, and everything they have found was common things that can be found in practically almost every temporary shelter.

Hearing Charlotte and Nightingale's reports, Leo quickly summoned five Earth Elementals and made them sneak towards the wooden hut to check on the surrounding ground for anything strange. He had already experienced plenty of such situations in the past, such as a base hidden under a ravine, behind the wall of a sewer, and many other more. 

Whooooosh!

As soon as the five Earth Elementals arrived nearby the wooden hut, he immediately received a report from one of them that there is a secret tunnel hidden using a Concealment Magic Array underneath the wooden hut.

"There is a secret tunnel underneath the wooden hut with a Concealment Magic Array," Leo informed everyone. He finally understood the exact reason why the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis keeps on pointing towards that wooden hut, it is actually because there is a tunnel leading towards somewhere.

"We should be extra careful, I'm very certain that they have used a powerful Magic Array, maybe even a Galaxy-level Magic Array, considering that it was able to remain undetected despite probing it with my Mana," Ethan quickly warned everyone. As a Galaxy-level Mage, only a powerful Magic Array could remain hidden from him.

"Understood," Everyone nodded their heads in understanding.

After waiting for tens of minutes, Cassandra and the others finally sent their reports that there is no one else aside from them in the surrounding 20 meters area of the wooden hut. 

"Charlotte, you stay here and protect Cassandra and the others. Make sure that they all remain safe. The rest of you, come with me," Leo said as he then began sneaking towards the wooden hut. 

Arriving inside the wooden hut, Leo then pointed towards the fireplace right at the very center as he said, "That is where the secret tunnel is located at, be careful not to accidentally step on it,"

Ethan and the others quickly moved a bit further away from the fireplace. At the same time, they also remained on guard for the other things in their surroundings. After all, this was a suspected hiding place of the Naughty Elves organization. There might be some hidden traps around here to guard against people like them. 

Leo began analyzing the size of the Magic Array through the help of his five Earth Elementals. After he finished determining the exact size of the Magic Array, he then ordered the five Earth Elementals to dig another hole a meter away from the fireplace. 

This was the method that he had always used in the past whenever he encountered a place with a Concealment Magic spell. And this Concealment Magic Array shouldn't be that much of a difference compared to those. 

But contrary to Leo's thoughts, before any of the five Earth Elementals could begin digging, Ethan quickly stopped him, "Quickly make them stop!"

Not a second late, Leo instantly made the five Earth Elementals stop digging as he then turned to looked at Ethan and asked, "Is there something wrong with what I'm doing?"

"Yes!" Ethan hastily nodded his head in fear that Leo would suddenly continue digging the tunnel. He quickly explained, "This Concealment Magic Array that they are using to hide this secret tunnel is certainly not similar to those really weak Star-level Magic Array,"

"I have once witnessed the power of a similar kind of Galaxy-level Concealment Magic Array in the past, and digging a tunnel just a meter away from them would be a very stupid thing to do as it would just straight out make the person who had put this Concealment Magic Array here notice that we are trying to trespass this place"

"Base on that merchant's explanation, if we want to trespass such kind of Concealment Magic Array, then we should either kill the person who put it here or we create a tunnel hundreds of meters away from this place. But just to be safe though, if you are really planning on creating another tunnel and connect it to wherever this tunnel here leads towards, then you should do it a kilometer away from the location of this Concealment Magic Array. So that you will not be within in its effective range," Ethan finished explaining. 

Leo can't help but heave a sigh of relief after hearing Ethan's explanation. If he didn't quickly stop his five Earth Elementals from digging a tunnel, then they would have definitely get noticed already by the Naughty Elves organization. 

"Then, doesn't that mean it is going to be impossible to trespass from this Concealment Magic Array without getting noticed?" Edward can't help but asked, he then explained, "What if the underground base of the Naughty Elves organization is actually within the kilometer range of this Concealment Magic Array? In such a case, whatever we do, we will not be able to get in without getting noticed by the Naughty Elves organization,"

"Of course, there is also a possibility that the location of their base is outside the kilometer range of the Concealment Magic Array, but the only problem is, that would take us a very long time to reach, which is not something we want since we have already agreed to return before morning comes,"

"So you are suggesting that instead of sneaking inside, we should just break and bust?" Chief Lago asked. 

"Break and bust? Hmmm... Oh, yeah, break in and then bust Elvis out of this place!" Edward nodded his head in acknowledgment. 

At the side, Leo and the others looked at each other as if wanting to know if they also agree with what Edward was planning to do. 

"It shouldn't be that big of a problem, right?" Ethan asked, he continued, "Whether we choose to launch our attack now or later, we would still be able to catch the Naughty Elves organization in surprise. After all, none of them knows about what we are planning to do here. And even if they can indeed notice us once we trespass this Concealment Magic Array, they shouldn't still be able to easily prepare themselves together to defend against us nor can they quickly send reinforcement to come over here. So, rather than troubling ourselves by digging another tunnel towards their base with no assurance of the exact location, we might as well just break and bust,"

"Indeed!" Everyone quickly found Ethan's explanation reasonable. 

"Break and bust it is!" Leo smiled mischievously before ordering his five Earth Elementals to continue digging the tunnel.

Boooooom!