"Of course, why wouldn't the mayor carry a weapon, right?"Midari held both of her hands up as she walked side to side in a circle with Michael who tried to keep his distance from her. Michael knew that Midari could still fight him nonetheless if he did not have a gun, but the only thing that was stopping her was the gun."Of course. I always carry one."Michael feigned a smug face, looking at Midari as he pulled the hammer back. This was only but a bluff.The gun that he was holding had no bullets inside. After Shanti had removed the bullets when he left, Michael wasn't able to load them back due to his worries. He had completely forgotten about it and took his gun without any ammunition at all."Hmm. Lying isn't good for you."At that moment, Midari lowered her hands as she looked back at Michael, making a smug face as well now that she have realized something.It only had hit him but Midari had the capabilities to read minds. If that was the case, bluffing against her was a bad
"Ah heck. Those idiots!"Suddenly, Vincent exclaimed as the display he was looking at lost its signal.They were still at the restaurant and each of them took a seat at a different table, scattered over the place. Vincent had been tracking the two via the phone he gave Vincent, however, the signal would suddenly vanish, meaning it was interrupted."W-What's wrong?" Saeko quickly went to check on Vincent as she looked at the mini-console he had. They completely lost track of the two and their last coordinates were located at District A."Did Michael turn on us?! Fuck, I have no idea! I didn't know how to make a bug goddammit!"Vincent slammed his fist into the table before taking the mini-console, folding it as he stored it in his digitalizer.Everyone else stood up as Vincent did, looking at him. "Stay here. I'll follow them. I'll go to check what happened then I'll send a signal or go back if things get rough. Got it?""But, how can you even go through the gates in District A?! O
"Your luck is running out, Michael!"Just as both Michael and Midari hide in buildings, both of them had strong weapons against each other. Michael had his bluff while Midari had her blades that would easily kill Michael once he is hit in the head with it.However, it was exactly why both couldn't attack recklessly.Right now, Michael had nothing but a few scraps and an empty gun. He could his magic, but a strong toll would take him after casting it and so they would only have one time to cast it.He still had his bluff with the gun up and running. However, Midari herself would begin to notice that Michael wasn't being aggressive despite having the upper hand to do so. Perhaps it was just because he was cautious, but she began to think that something might be wrong.She was someone who can win through risks after all."Let's see if he's true to all that!"Jumping out of the open balcony of the building, Midari landed on the second floor of the house where Michael hid in."–?!"Mic
"What the hell was that?""..." An hour after, Michael woke up after recovering from his blood loss. Teresa had to consume blood that was provided to her by Cian and Sabrine who had tied Michael up with anti-magic cuffs.Michael only turned his head away as he was asked by Teresa who was caught up in his outburst. "Why did you stop me? They needed to be killed!""..."Teresa flinched back as Michael answered as if she was hesitant to agree or deny that. "Gah. I thought that Teresa was caught by this bastard. Turns out, he's asking for our help now?"Cian said as he stood beside Teresa as had his hand over one of her shoulders from behind. "What were you guys doing here anyways?"Sabrine asked as she looked at both Teresa and Michael, wearing seemingly fancy clothes."Y-Yeah. I was trying not to mention it but..."Cian added as they both looked at the two who had been originally together."I was with Michael to see if he was truly ousted from his position and not fooling us into a
"Release them..."With one call, Dokuji commanded the release of mysterious entities. From the underground of the office in District A, they began to feel the ground rumble."What—?"Marina noticed the shaking as they all stopped at the stairs, holding on to something as it intensified. But soon enough, from the ground of the office emerged beasts that they were familiar with."B-Brainless!" One screamed out as they rushed up. Marina stopped and went back down as she thought that if the Brainless were to wreak havoc in here, the building might get taken down and their goal would be impossible. Moreover, District A was filled with residents. She can't let it berserk. "Move upstairs! Keep moving! I'll hold it back!"Using her magic, Herbalist, Marina would begin to conjure plants as they crawled from the ground holding the Brainless."You're not going anywhere, meatheads!"Conjuring a sword with plants, she began to dash in toward the incapacitated Brainless, however just as she d
"Whoa! Whoa!"Dodging every blast that six Sentient Guards launched, Cian made sure that they were firing into the walls of the District Barriers behind him. He couldn't risk the buildings being hit and so he lured them near it and worry less about the robots firing at civilians.The District Barriers were placed up as soon as large explosions happened in District A, enclosing it as the civilians ran out of it."This is very troublesome—"Just as Cian wanted to fire back, he would get hit by a blast, sending him circling down the streets.The blasts were too many to be dodged and despite them not dealing any major damage, if he keeps getting hit by them, the blunt force might shake his head and organs and bones. It was bad in many ways. "Shit, shit, shit. Think, Cian!"He tried to come up with something as he flew around, dodging the blasts the Sentients fired and crept up to him.His electrifying baton would work if he manages to hit one, but even if he did, there was still a lot
"Come on! Come on!"Cian was able to get to the location where the battle took place. There was lots of smoke that came up as he stood from atop the building, unable to even see everything from above."Shit."He jumped down, past the smoke, and landed safely with his flames cushioning his falling speed. The area was covered in the smoke of both dust and debris as if this was deliberately made to hinder someone's vision.Somehow, it was silent around there, but as soon as he took a step forward, ginormous debris would fly right toward him. "—?!"He flinched, dodging to the side as the rock slammed into the building, shattering all the glass and collapsing in many rooms as it crashes into it. He wouldn't be able to walk that one off if he was caught in that attack. He wondered who would have thrown or shot that, equipping his weapons as he had his guard up.Someone powerful must have sent it flying. Someone who had intense magic power to hurl something as big as a car.However, some
Back at the colosseum, 30 minutes before Michael discovered his inexistent office, Sumire and the others along with her team began their move. More than five Sentient Guards had started up to move away from their positions and with one spot left weak, they found a place to push in.It was the backdoor, however, this was something that they had considered as well."It could be a trap. Dokuji knows we're coming and I doubt that he'll be letting us in so easily. So, I suggest splitting up with the main force waiting for a good time to strike at the entrance while we take the backdoor."Vincent began to suggest a plan on the spot as their security seemed to be lax. There was a decent amount of Sentient Guard and only less than half of them could be disabled with the devices and weapons they had."Yet, if we split the teams, they'll know that we split up. We need a full team on the first attack, then the second will have to brute force their way in and someone will take care of whoever t