And then, four apparitions appear, in the shape of old geezers, in the shape of spirit creatures in green color, and all of them have blazing red eyes and hairs.Capaj! Capaj!!!They fly swiftly between the trees, and then seep into Dean’s body.“Akhack! Aaaa…, Aaaarrrrghhh!!!”Dean screams so loud. His neck is stiffened to the point his veins are bulking up. And some black viscous liquid leaks out of the two bite wounds on his neck.It’s the curse Levi put into Dean’s body to corrupt his blood. It seems like there’s something forcing it out of Dean’s body from inside.Dean’s red hair also starts waving like a blazing flame. His face is so dark, and mad with gritting teeth like a berserker. “Oh, no! It’s spirit possession,” mumbles Rayne in awry.“No, this can’t be spirit possession,” Namsqeem denies. “When there is more than one spirit entering a body, none of them will possess that body. They can’t possess that body together! Even Dean himself will lose control over that body.”“The

It has been more than three hours since Dean separated from the other guardians. These guardians and soldiers have also carried out a search, but they are hesitant to go further into Yegristan territory.“Dean! Answer me! Dean!”Mary keeps trying to call him via walkie-talkie, but to no avail. She realizes that Dean might have already gone too far out of her reach, yet she still tries to call. But then, the walkie-talkie runs out of battery after being used for too long.“Shiiit!” She then turns her attention to one of the guardians from Hummingbane guild. “Are you sure your friend went after him?”“Yes! Rayne went after Dean Morton right after he came down from the hill,” answers the man.“Sigh! What are we going to do now?” Mary whines, before averting her attention to the two guardians from Medreisten.Somehow, she has been so annoyed by those two, because they both look so carefree even though their two friends have not yet returned either.Mary even finds them grinning at her at t

Mary comes closer, and then observes Rayne’s injuries by taking off one of the band aid in her face. There she finds a shallow cut. She also takes off one other band aid on her upper arm, finding out it is the same injury as Rayne has on her face. Mary looks baffled. It seems impossible that those small cuts were caused by the fight with hipfisaxus or other beasts in the jungle. “What happened?” she asks Daniela and Sara come over, accompanied by Rayne’s friends from the Hummingbane guild. Dean gives Rayne to Julius Vargas, and asks Daniela to treat her wounds. “Sorry, we got lost. We encountered a few hyena-like demons on our way back,” says Dean. Samuel Bowman appears, followed by Willie and Bobby from behind. “Where’s Marley and Levi?” he inquires. Dean stares at him coldly. Just for a moment, before he puts on an ignorant face like an innocent kid. “Why do you think they would be with me? Did they lose

The more Dean approaches them, the more intimidated they become. Rylie Combs even looks so alert, and both of her hands are flooded with mana, looking like she is ready to cast a spell at any given chance.“What are you doing here?” Dean asks nonchalantly.Rylie doesn’t answer at all, still looking alert like someone who is about to fight. Dean smiles slightly, quite understanding why she is acting like that. But he has no other choice to hide Namsqeem's presence by releasing some of his own aura.“We were sent here to help Mary look for you?” Luke Hawkins interferes. “I heard you were lost in the jungle.”“I'm here now. But there are still two other people who haven't come back yet,” explains Dean.“Who?” asks Luke Hawkins.“Two guardians from Medresiten,” says Daniela, interrupting. “Marley Aurora and Levi Schopenhauer.”Luke Hawkins is a little surprised to hear these two names. “Aren't those two people A-rank guardians? Why would they call us here to help people like them?”“Why?”

The expression in Bowman’s face drastically changes, not expecting a girl as young as Rayne to master the Nimeza spell to that extent. Even Laura has also made up her mind to be an opposition, ready with her ‘Charm of Incantation Gloves’ on both hands. “Is this how you lead Bowman, promoting intimidation by throwing away your common sense?” says Laura rhetorically. Bowman glances around. There are at least 17 guardians opposing him, while he only has Bobby and Willie on his side. Even though he is an A-rank guardian, he isn’t sure he could face them all. Besides, if he forces himself, then the one who would lose is their own organization. In the end, he moves his hand away from the gryphon, and suppresses his aura. “We haven’t even found their dead bodies, yet you are already declaring their deaths,” says Laura. “Why don’t we just continue the search first? They could just still be alive.” Samuel Bowman’s hands clench