Chapter 300 - The Note (7) (1/2)

”What?” Almost everyone yelled.

”This building is almost empty. Everyone is already sent somewhere with all the messages you guys sent,” Charles explained.

”There's one place they can escape to, they can escape to the second district,” I recalled the staff only room in the café.

The second district was the next best option. There were no monsters there and all they needed to do was find a place to stay until their parents could pick them up. That café was connected anywhere through the school grounds. I grew up in that café. It was through Luke's family power that no one went in while I was there.

”Go to the staff only room in that café I always go to and jump down the stairs. You'll be led into a dark tunnel before running into a bank vault. Destroy that bank vault and go down the hill. You'll find yourself right above the city in the second district,” I recalled the trip with Shelly.

Shelly nodded her head as she knew what I was talking about, ”I'll join them to lead the way. I'll switch places with Luke.”

This was one problem solved. Both Luke and Shelly teleported to switch places. Teleportation done in small distances didn't eat as much mana as heal. Shelly ended the call on Jules' end before she took the lead.

”Then all we need to do is keep the fire contained,” Alex announced to the people behind them.

”We'll join you to keep the fire contained on the other side. Send some people here,” I ended the call.

”We should go,” I turned to Alice and Ben.

I didn't talk to them until we arrived in front of Oili, Ellen and Allan. The fire immediately broke into the other side as the barrier shattered from our late entrance. The three of them appeared almost dead as they couldn't keep fortifying the barrier on their own.

My marble rang as I got the first good news tonight. I smiled as I read the message that came into my marble, ”Others are coming.”

However, I didn't have the luxury to linger on it. We needed to push the fire back with another barrier. I reached out my arms to create the base. I grunted as it started to push me back, digging dirt into my shoes before Ben and Alice joined. Meanwhile, the Oili pushed himself to help us while Ellen and Allan started to assign the new recruits to certain positions since they were low on mana.

Just when I thought that things couldn't get worse, I got another call from Charles. I muttered to open my marble, not able to use my hands. The screen popped up, showing everyone was abandoning the elementary school area. This was bad since I didn't get any message from Shelly yet that they were in the second district.

”We need to escape. This fire can't be contained anymore. We're sending more people to that café right now. We placed a weak barrier with the rest of our strength to buy us enough time to escape,” Charles ran towards the staff only door.