Chapter 32 - 32: Miscalculations (2/2)

He started approaching that white, faint figure, but a flash of light blinded them all. Its presence quickly vanishes as his sinister smile remains.

”I'm going to find you, Emilia... You can't escape me this time...” he murmurs.

Meanwhile, in Mystic Spirit, Eu has awakened from her nightmare. She could feel the ominous aura swirling around Themis.

She is catching her breath and drenched in sweat. The chilling sensation lingers on her nerves.

Are they too late? She closed her eyes and saw something has changed.

She can only clench her hands on her failure, but she can still amend the situation. Tomorrow, everything will commence as planned. She can't give up and let everyone down.

It's tremendously cold the next day. Little Eu can still feel her nerves freezing in fear while the weather continues to intensify them.

Despite this, she remained calm as she plans the countermeasure. She looks at her companions as she decided not to involve them. It will just make matters worse and complicated.

She orders them to head back first to Limes Temple. Everyone reluctantly complies.

They didn't want to leave, but she insists she needs to do something alone. Instead, she assigns tasks for them as they parted ways.

She met up with the Holy Guardians next and gave Freya's team tons of reminders. She didn't forewarn them about her vision to avoid scaring them off.

They have to concentrate rescuing the Holy Guardian and retrieve the Magic Mirror. They shouldn't think anything else other than their goals.

At nightfall, she meets up with her mentor, hoping to seek his assistance. Much to her surprise, Master Luc is patiently waiting at their rendezvous.

That night Master Luc came early.

”Greetings, Master Luc. I have committed a grave sin. I needed your help to amend my mistakes.” Eu is teary-eyed as she discloses.

Her voice is quivering and shaking as she spoke. She never committed such a mistake before, and she doesn't want to endanger their lives.

”Yes, I know. Let's go, Little one. Say no more. Let's save your friends.” he quickly responded.

He wrapped her with his cloak, and they disappear into the night.

Themis is indeed a well-laid trap. The Holy Guardians were never the target of this malicious entity.

Though destroying everything that is potentially a threat is on his itinerary. He does intend to spare no one, including rivals.

Meanwhile, Freya's operation went smoothly as planned. In fact, it went too perfectly.

It was too easy. It shouldn't suppose to be that easy. Freya's training was harsher than that.

”Be extra careful. He is here...” The Holy Guardian Black Turtle informs them.

That gave them chills as he heard them say that. Did Little Eu betray them? Did she send them there to be annihilated?

”Is this a trap? Did she…” Rean can't even finish her words.

”No. I don't believe Little Eu betrayed us. Let's discuss it later. If what he said was true, we have to hasten our pace and leave...” Jin coldly said.

It is not the time to waver and lose their convictions. They have to escape the premises before someone discovers their presence.

He thought Eu might have known that he was coming. Still, she is also aware of the importance of this operation.

This mission is, indeed, without risks. She never wanted them to waver and lose their resolve.

He believes in her that she will never betray them. They have to follow the plan at all costs.

Gwyddien asked Lord Turtle if he knew about the Magic Mirror. He nods his head as he told him what he knew.

He can't hide his enthusiasm as he learns its whereabouts. Base on the situation, the Shadow guards are lax. Did they finally abandon the place?

They made a little detour to retrieve the Magic Mirror. They don't want to entrust that they will not summon a much more dreadful creature than their Master.

Unfortunately, they can't cast a spell to make this Magic Mirror shrink. The Themis Formation is restricting their spells, so they decided to carry the six feet mirror out of the city.

That has hugely taken a toll on their time, but surprisingly, nobody bothered to stop them. They can only assume that someone is waiting for them on the exit.

It can't be that easy. It's not supposed to be easy.

Expectedly, the Shadows have surrounded them. Their Master sits on top of the city gates patiently waiting for them to arrive.

They haven't met him before. Still, finally be able to see the perpetrator made them wonder, who is this man?

”It's quite a reunion. Did you enjoy playing the game 'rescue your friend'? Did you miss me?”

”YOU!?” Freya shouted.

They can't mistake this man. He was the one who betrayed everyone.

Freya grits her teeth in anger and dug her fingers deep into her palms. She always thought he was a victim of circ.u.mstances. How come she didn't find him suspicious before?

Gwyddien quickly cast a spell temporarily breaking the Themis restrictions. She taught him the spell as a countermeasure and giving them access to their full potentials.