Elise is kidnapped?

(1st POV Amon/Altair Crown)

In the crowded streets of the slum area, a handsome boy seen rushing towards his home. Well, that handsome boy was obviously me. I reached my shack from church within half an hour. My sister was not at home, as she was probably out in the alleys playing with her friends. After drinking a few cups of water, I sat down on the floor as I got ready to remove all the mana that I consumed out from my body.

"Chip, start the mana removal process"

[Ding! Mana removal starting...]

I soon felt an energy rushing out from within my head as it spread throughout my body. This energy was probably released from the Origin Chip. The energy scoured every inch of my body as I screamed in pain.

"Aaagghhh"

[Ding! Mana particles detected ... Mana removal starting ... The user is advised to use his spiritual energy to aid Origin Chip in removing mana. As for how to use spiritual energy, just think of using an invisible hand extending from your soul as it removes mana along with Origin energy from Origin Chip]

I followed the instructions provided by the chip, I then began to emit white fog which was the mana that was in my body and the mana that I consumed from the bread. As soon as mana was removed from my body, the Ether that was consumed by me through the bread began to spread throughout my body. I felt as if I was being massaged. Then my skin started to sweat filth.

[Ding! Ether Compatibility increasing]

[User's body compatibility with Ether : 43%(+6%)

User's soul compatibility with Ether : 80%(+8%)]

[New Stats]

[Name: Amon(Altair Crown)

Physique: 1.6(+1.09)

Spirit: 3.0(+0.7)]

"Hey, why has my physique and spirit improved along with Ether compatibility and what is this filth that's all over my body"

[Ding! Along with Mana, impurities of body were also secreted out as the User used his own spiritual energy to aid the Chip's Origin energy. This resulted in strengthening the physique and tempering the spirit]

"Ooh, what exactly is this spiritual energy and why am I able to use it just with a thought"

[Ding! Spiritual energy is the energy generated by the soul, thus it is closely related to soul and thoughts of the user. Spirit Stats is the strength of the soul and once spirit compatibility of user crosses 90% while having spirit strength over 10, user will be able to mobilize his spiritual energy to affect the outer world and the Ether in the atmosphere]

"I see, it makes sense. Physique of 1.6 is really cool. I am almost nearing the strength of the knights that I saw yesterday. I guess this is the advantage of cultivating in Ether while having an Origin Chip that's made from a planet's Origin Source"

It had been a few hours since I started the mana removal and body strengthening process. As the filth was still sticking to my body, I took a bath then came out of my home. My sister was nowhere to be seen. The sun was already going down, and my sister usually comes home long before the sunset. This got me worried, so I started searching the neighborhood. As I was searching, I found few parents of my sister's friends were also out. After inquiring them, I got to know that their children too were missing. I then asked chip to find the whereabouts of my sister.

[Ding! Searching radius increased to 100 m as user's spirit stats has increased]

[Ding! Scanning 100 m radius ... few strands of Hair with Ether aura similar that of Elise found 90 m to the North, reach there to scan more from that location]

Following along several clues from the Chip, I soon reached the city wall that was along the slums. The clues led me to an old common shack. I kicked open its door and entered it. Inside the shack, I found an underground tunnel which could fit an adult man.

"Why is there even a tunnel in here" I thought to myself. I entered the tunnel. No matter where this tunnel leads, there were only two possibilities, one is that Elise and the children are kidnapped and the other possibility being the children found this tunnel while playing thus decided to enter it. But the possibility of later happening is quite low, as Elise is a smart kid, and she won't enter such unknown tunnels. I still hoped it is the latter that happened, as any possibility is better than being kidnapped.

After walking for 5-6 minutes in the tunnel, I reached the end of it.