206 Victory (1/2)

President Eun had successfully bought some time until her reinforcements came.

She had waited for someone capable of fighting against such powerful magicians. After all, their group realized that there would just be meaningless casualties if their weaker members, fought against them.

Since they were aware that the enemies were targetting the cores, they turned their headquarters instead into a huge trap to catch them.

”Hmph! So what if you trapped us here?!”

”Do you think our leader will be defeated by mere traps you people placed!”

The assassin mages were still not giving up. After all, they were only bounded and not being tortured or something. Once the restriction was removed, they will be back in full health and cause havoc in this building.

”Dream on...”

The lady only smirked at them and at the same time. The upper floor trembled as cracks slowly appeared on the ceiling. The 5 mages were unaware of what was happening but the lady president only smiles at this and jumps back for a bit.

Crash!

The upper floor collapses as the floor turned into a mess. Dust and debris scattered around the room while the 5 mages were also hit and got injured for a little as they were unable to gather mana and protect their bodies.

Soon, they saw their leader unconscious and bleeding. Looking at his skin and nerves that were almost popping out, he must have used their berserk potion excessively.

'What in the world happened upstairs!'

They glanced at the higher floor but they only saw the silhouette a man.

Soon, the five mages lose their consciousness not knowing what truly happened.

”Are you alright?”

The lady president worriedly asked the young man.

”Mhm... I'm fine. But I think that I overdid it. I need to take some rest.”

”Yes, thank you for coming to save us here.”

”That's fine. We're also targeting these guys.”

'Also, if I sent a normal member of the Lucent Force here, they will sure to terribly fail this mission. This group is no joke... Especially that leader, I have to use a sizeable amount of blood energy to defeat him...'

Luckily, he still came prepared on this mission.

”So, about our deal...” Aaron asked about their previous arrangement.

”Of course. As per our agreement, we will give you 20 Solidified Celestial Bloods. Oh, would you like to take them now?”

”Not yet. It is safer here at the moment. Call your hiding members and make sure that these six remained unconscious. Just use the potion that I give you. Later, one of the Lucent Force's members will drop by here and take them away. We, still have use for them. Well then, I must oversee the ongoing fight outside.”

”Sir Aaron, please wait. Allow me to treat your injuries first. You might encounter one of the enemies outside and you won't have time to rest. Also, please bring at least a dozen of our Battle Mages. Although they couldn't contend against the Adepts that may possibly be hiding outside, they can still buy you some time.”

”Well, if you insist...”

Aaron agreed to get treated as he also needed some rest. He wasn't the young master of the Lucent Force for no reason. His family, especially his father was the strongest member of the Force and he inherited a quarter of his talent.

Even though Aaron had just recently achieved an Arcane Link, his combat prowess immediately reached to the peak of the Adept Mages. It was all thanks to his bloodline.

The beautiful lady then gave the best medication he could give to the young man. A while ago, their team requested assistance from the Lucent Force.

Unfortunately, due to the terrorist attack to the City Mayor, the appearance of the Hallowed Eye's wielder outside, and the destructive power of the Heart's Grimoire, the Lucent Force's members were scattered around the city and they were lacking manpower.

Especially the destruction caused by the Corrosive Blood Rain. The magic barrier around the city took a huge deal of damage and they had to fix it as quickly as possible. If a small hole caused by that spell wasn't immediately fixed, the corrosion would just slowly affect the whole barrier and it will soon be unsalvageable and they had to replace it instead.