"No! You cannot go!" Araguta was startled, clueless as to what to do next. "Hey! Hey! Where did you go just now?" He yelled, jumping off the bed and running out of the room. He ran around all the rooms and corners of the whole building yet a trace of Slade couldn't be found. In fact, he tried to appraise some of his magical abilities but nothing worked for him. "How did he get his hand on the IGMA? How did he know how to summon it without my consent?" Confusion ate through the mind of this man. Araguta had gone through days and nights of seclusion on the zenith of the hickory tree. He had been able to achieve this because he disappeared into one of the thick forests in the county. Being there alone for three months, he conjured and perfected a spell that made it able for him to conceal the IGMA in a virtual realm that no creature, no matter how powerful, would be able to reach. The only way anyone could get the IGMA would be through his consent. In fact, the IGMA wasn't tied to

There were a group of people gathered in the spacious living room of the Howers mansion. The living room was not arranged as every normal living room, instead it was converted into a short-term meeting hall. About twenty-five people were gathered around a large table that was placed in the centre of the space, which reached into every corner of the area, so that no space was wasted. Each of these people belonged to a part of the extended family of the Howers family. They had all been summoned by Katrina to present themselves today at the family mansion. Since the past thirty minutes, there had been words flying around. Chatters and murmurs were dribbling across the space as they awaited Katrina's arrival. Some people didn't seem bold enough to speak on top of their voices so they had rather leave it as whispers that were confined to a degree of space and room. "Could it be about her illness?" An elderly man asked one of the younger ones seated around him. This man would be one o

"You're a goner!!!" Roi yelled as the gun vibrated in his grip, watching his intentions gain life. The gun had been aimed at the forehead of Katrina, and the bullet was actively zooming through the air in that direction. There was a commotion in the hall. Everyone jumped away from their seats at the sound of a gunshot. Nothing could have prepared anymore for this turn of event. There was a fat smile on Roi's as he watched this happen. There was no sense or iota of regret haunting him at that moment. In fact, he was glad that finally he was able to pull through with the plot. Suddenly, a hand appeared at the front of Katrina's face. The palm was hovering over the face of Katrina. The back of the hand was facing Katrina, while the palm was facing the rest of the family members. The bullet that had been released from the pistol collided against the palm of the strange hand. Everyone watched as the bullet was crushed by the impact as though the palm was a very hard rock. Not even a

Deep and great fear gripped everyone who was present in the hall at that moment. What had just happened was something that none of them could have imagined. A few seconds ago, Jason was being jubilated, acknowledged by the family members to be powerful and capable. A second later, his cold body was sprawled across the floor as though he never existed in the first place. "Nobody leaves!!!" The leader of the henchmen yelled with every strength in his body. The family members shook to the core of their being following this. Those who were already getting geared up by the skills of Jason seemed to have been suddenly shoved into a pool of icy water. "On your knees everyone!!!" The leader bellowed. At once, everyone of them fell on their knees. They couldn't bring themselves to hold up an argument. Especially not in the face of a gun. In fact, some of the members of the family were still finding it difficult to believe that the death of Jason was real. Some were still suspended in the

"He?" Manuel's entire body cooled down as the conversation took that strange direction. "What do you mean by that?"Roi didn't want to answer the question. He couldn't believe that he just almost lost his life over the case of Katrina. He couldn't believe that the person whom he thought he would be safe around was actually trying to kill him!He dropped his gaze as he stared at the pool of wine inside which he was kneeling. There were patches of blood in the pool. His own blood. "Talk to me. Who was he?" Manuel was not willing to let this go. "I don't know who he was. He just appeared out of thin air." Roi answered without lifting his gaze. From the way he was reacting, it was obvious that he had come to end of the road with Manuel, even though he was yet to form the words. Manuel suddenly knelt in the pool, too. This sudden action of Manuel took Roi by surprise. Roi had no choice but to lift his gaze in order to confirm whether or not it was truly happening. Looking at Manuel's