86 Escape Part 2 (2/2)

”What?”

Lucian and Max was surprised upon seeing the result. They both frowned as they were aware of Yumi's strength. Aside from her unique skill, her instantaneous burst attacks was incomparable to Battle Mages and even Adept Mages would normally dodge her full-powered attack.

Although Yumi didn't have the intention to kill Mark, she had used a large part of her Mana for that dark light in order to subdue him.

She had used Soul Strike of Darkness, a unique magic spell, in a bid to immobilize Mark. The spell was rumored to touch upon human's soul and could never be defended. This is one of her trump cards that never failed her before even when fighting against fellow Adept Mages.

”Was the Cryptic Link so powerful?” Yumi who hadn't been interested on that serum was now changing her mind.

”Not bad.” A cold voice sounded as Mark muttered. This is the first time he had said anything.

If Wallace was here, he would notice the changes in Mark's stature and voice aside from the complete transformation of his mana fluctuation.

This time, Mark didn't remain idle and made his move on the surprised Yumi. He lifted his and hand-like shadows extended from his hands in order to bind Max and Yumi. As an Adept Mage, they only needed to give a thought in activating the spell in their Mana Artifact.

Yumi ordered Max and Lucian to retreat. She recognized the spell Mark used.

Her body bursted with dark aura and the Shadow Binds from Mark's attack only passed through her body. She moved to close the distance between them and thrown a paper in front of Mark. This happened so fast that Mark hadn't been able to react and could only look at the paper getting closer at him.

He felt something more terrifying than her Soul Strike a while ago. He immediately maxed out his defenses as the paper hit his Mana Shell. Unfortunately, the paper was capable of ignoring his Mana Shell.

The paper turned to be a binding mana artifact that was capable of expanding and  slither on Mark's body. It tried to mummify the latter but struggled to do so.

Mark remained steady as he used his mana force to stop the spell from binding him but as soon as he was about to overpower the spell, he saw a dark matter aiming on his forehead. He didn't felt any danger on this spell but he tried to activate a defensive spell imbued in his cloak. Unfortunately, he missed the beat to defend and a black dot appeared on his forehead. The purpose was unknown at the moment but Yumi smiled sweetly upon accomplishing the task.

”I probably get it now. You are an outstanding mana technician in the academy but it wasn't enough. Due to your family's standing, they couldn't accept someone who had a low mana affinity to inherit your father's position in business. That's where the serum comes in, a serum capable of turning magician with low mana affinity to an outstanding combat magician.”

Yumi said as she speculated the truth. She had a trace of mysterious smile on her face while saying this and none could tell if she's mocking the young man.

Mark's father wasn't just a politician but had also become a business tycoon due to him being a long standing influential figure. It had opened a lot of opportunities to dabble in the field.

”Too bad, you didn't reach your Adept status due to your own hard work.” Yumi commented while looking at the unmoving Mark.

***

Wallace was now more than a kilometer away from the hotel and could still see the high rise building of the hotel. As he looked back, he noticed that the building was covered by a film of mana that could isolate the place from having any external form of communication, but he didn't stop his journey.

”I'll be quick.” He mumbled and promised to himself. He had no idea what trouble is happening in the building but his spaceship would be his first priority at the moment.