"Fire."Letting go of the string, Cian's flaming bow fired a blazing phoenix. It shook the entire complex as the red light flashed everywhere. It alarmed everyone that was below the complex.It was beginning to pierce through the supposedly indestructible walls."H-He's breaking through?! If that attack goes out, the base will be done for!"Kalina stood up as she tried to watch Cian, pressing buttons on the control panel to try and stop it. However, his attack kept pressing on, intensifying as the walls were repeatedly destroyed and repaired, slowly losing to the rapidly increasing rate of destruction. None of the buttons worked as Kalina tried to activate any of them. The system was already compromised as some wires had already melted from the heat.This was an unprecedented disaster for them."What the hell is going on?!"However, just as Sumire, Marina, and Kalina planned to evacuate, Violet and Sabrine arrived.Sabrine was the first to speak up as she stood still on the shaking
"Sniff... eugh..."Groaning at the scent of sewers, Michael kept on wiping his nose as he led the way. "Man up, will you? Haven't you smelled your own–""Shut up."Teresa would call him out only to be shut down by Michael before she could finish her words. He knew that nothing good would come out of her mouth when they were in here. "But to think this is accessible..." Teresa would only look around to see more, keeping her guard up in any case that might happen."Where does this sewer lead? If we were going to take evidence, why at District A when Dokuji is at District C where the colosseum is at?"She added to ask, but Michael only remained silent as he had his back turned.This made Teresa a bit warier as he could be leading her into a trap. "Hey! Answer me you–!"She would pull him by the shoulder, turning him around to face her, and to her surprise, he showed her a face that was on the verge of vomiting.He was pale and somewhat retrained of every hole in his face. "I-I didn
"Show us.""..."As Marina stepped forward to set Mia aside, Cian couldn't refuse to comply. They were right about utilizing everything they had to win, and if Cian couldn't recreate what he had done, he would become useless."Tch. Just don't blame anything on me if something happens!"Facing the other direction, Cian quickly took a stance and performed a movement similar to drawing back a bow, however, just as he did, flames would begin to ignite from his fingers into the shape of a flaming bow as he drew it back."––?!"They were all shocked to see him effortlessly materialize the weapon out of nowhere.However, Marina's eyes were only somehow more determined than ever. "That is something that would be far better than a Grant. I've never seen anything like it in person but there has been history about that."As if Marina knew something about it, she only wore a smug face as she puffed her chest. She was right all along. "Anything like this?! What are you–?""That's something the
"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