With the Dust Vultures magic core being stored in his item box, Azumi quickly descend back to the dark guild base. There, he see that all of the member of the dark guild have lose their consciousness. Knowing that Mrs Kirthiga have done something, he proceed to ask

"So, what did you and your ethos do?" [Azumi]

"Heavy breathing spell" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"No wonder" [Azumi]

"And as for you, since when did you have an ethos, plus the highest ranking ethos on top of that?" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"Just recently, but I can't tell more than that" [Azumi]

"Well, if you said so" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"Looks like everything have been taken care of" [Azumi]

"Mostly" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"Did you want me to do anything else" [Azumi]

"From what I heard, there seem to be other captive that were left in other dark guild base" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"Let me guess, old man, babies, and those with injuries" [Azumi]

"Yeah" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"Sigh... such a cruel thing to do" [Azumi]

"Agreed" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"At the very least they weren't killed" [Azumi]

"But if we don't hurry, who knew what will happen" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"Agreed, can I take Kucin and the other for it" [Azumi]

"Why not, but let them get all of the thanks from the captive first" [Mrs Kirthiga]

"If you said so" [Azumi]

Kucin, Cupid, Guz and Blade were overwhelmed by the amount of thanks that they get from the captive, then, one of the captive seem to noticed Azumi and slowly all of them gathered to thanks him in person

(Now I'm the one that's overwhelmed!) [Azumi]

As to escaped, he begin to speak

"Please, I am not worthy of all the praises!" [Azumi]

"that's not true!" [Other]

"No, there is someone else that you should thank more than I am" [Azumi]

"""Who is it!!!""" [Other]

The people began to wonder who. Azumi then scan the base and see all the adventure that use to be his student. He proceed to goes to each one of them, gather them (together with the previous four) and begin to say

"All of them here are my students at the Alfin School! Without any of them helping us, this whole operation would not succeed!" [Azumi]

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"Teacher Azumi" [Students, Alumni]

"Plus, as their teacher, I hope you will recognise their effort and thanks them all, truly this student not only investigate the matter by their own but also managed to play an integral part in this whole operation!" [Azumi]

"Is that so" [other]

"I knew it, Princess Alfin school must be good, just look at them!" [other]

"Thank you so much!" [other]

"We will forever be grateful for it!" [other]

"Another person that you should be thankful is the guild master, the soldier, the duke and Princess Alfin herself! They all sacrifice day and night to save you guys!" [Azumi]

They begin to Thanks the guild master and the nearby soldier, Azumi proceed to add things to said

"That being said, you guys know that some were left behind without any food or water in other bases, so it would be more appreciated if you can let us pass through first, we will go and save those guy without fail!" [Azumi]

"Please do so!" [other]

"We are sorry to block their way!" [other]

With that, Azumi simply signal Mrs Kirthiga that he will go out and rescue those people with his student. Mrs Kirthiga simply nodded. He noticed Filaurel at the entrance and ask her to follow them, Filaurel agreed to it as she also know the location of other base

"That was overwhelming" [Guz]

"But it sure does feel nice, isn't it" [Kucin]

"That's right!" [Cupid]

"Yeah" [Blade]

Guz, Kucin, Cupid and Blade talk, the other simply agreed to it. The other alumni, which are now an adventure at the Mesembryanthemum took this chance to greet Azumi and tell them how they have been doing. Azumi, recognizing each one of them simply listen to the whole story, feeling proud about all of their achievements

"This feel great, I have nothing but pride as your teacher!" [Azumi]

Hearing that, the alumni become happy and begin to encourage Guz and Blade to their best

""Naturally"" [Guz, Blade]

Cupid then ask Azumi

"Maybe we can have a branch school here?" [Cupid]

"Yeah, all four of us were bombarded with question on how to enrolled their children into the school" [Kucin]

"Why not, I would discuss it with Alfin and Duke Hiaccio family" [Azumi]

"We will support the school without a doubt!" [Cupid]

"Yeah!" [Adventure]

"I know you guys will" [Azumi]

"It seem like I am the only odd ball here" [Filaurel]

The other laugh at Filaurel joke. With that, they begin to split into a smaller group and goes to each of the remaining dark guild bases. Once they managed to rescue the other captive, they simply request the soldier and other adventure help by golem or by running to the nearest guard post. With that, the dark guild, noble and church investigation come to an end