88 Looking for Avalon Part 1 (1/2)

Yumi wasn't exactly sure what's happening but she determined that Wallace had most likely escaped in some point.

'He's aware of tonight's danger?' She immediately made conjecture on her own but hadn't thought too deeply about it.

Yumi gathered her mind as she still has to deal with the man in front of her. She only needed to delay him as Troy's presence was getting near.

The middle aged man was similarly thinking the same thing.

'Did someone leaked our operation? How come they seem prepared and hidden Wallace ahead of time?' The man quickly assessed the situation and after he couldn't find other Wallace in his effective range of scan, he ordered to stop the mission temporarily.

”Mark, don't play around anymore. We need to regroup for now.”

Mark, after hearing the man's order, was no longer struggling on the chains that was binding him and instead relaxed his body.

Aside from this, the hidden Adept had also increased the density of his attacks. Not only was he aiming for the students at the lower floors but also included the students at the 14th floor. It must be remembered that the hidden Adept had also attacked the other students from Maja and Virgan in the different floors. He must be using a peak Mana Artifact to assist him in his assault.

Including Yumi and Troy, the Zairus team had 4 Adepts on their side. Unlike Maja and Virgan who only had two Adepts each in their company. In short, the hidden controller of this shadow-like magic spells were aiming simultaneously in almost all floors of the building.

Yumi, Troy, and other Adepts didn't entertained a thought that there's several more Adepts attacking because of the same unique mana fluctuation coming from the spells.

”You two! Careful!”

Yumi shouted after sensing Mark's abnormality. She trusted the two artifacts capable of binding Mark to stop him from escaping but the latter may have secrets allowing him to be capable of attacking even if he was bounded by the chains. Adepts, especially mutated at that, was hard to deal with.

The two didn't ignore Yumi and braced themselves. They didn't stop on manipulating the chains to bind Mark and they also casted defensive spells at the same time to provide them more protection. Their Mana Shell may not last long in case they were attack by an Adept.

Yumi wasn't sure at first but her worries was soon proven to be correct. As soon as Mark resumed in his struggle to escape the chains, his eyes radiated a crimson light stunning Lucian and Max. It was as if they were frozen as soon as Mark gazed them.

'Is that Petrification? But that crimson light doesn't seem to be under earth element...'

Yumi thought at first but immeditely changed her mind upon realizing something.

'Oh, no! That's Death Gaze!'

Yumi immediately casted a spell to help Lucian and Max ignoring the middle aged man in the room who easily retreated after she lost her focus on him. If Yumi was only concentrated in trapping the man, she would be capable of doing so until Troy arrived in the floor.

Unfortunately, Death Gaze is more lethal than Petrification Spell. The latter can be dispelled by an appropriate magic skill but Death Gaze was said to eat away a part of the victim's soul. Unless it was removed immediately, it may cause permanent damage to the victimized Magician.

Soul was still a vague topic that even Aeolia failed to expound but the Death Gaze spell was an unusual Magic Spell that affects any human's 'Breath of Life' in exchange of the caster's own 'Breath of Life'. Only the crazy mutated magicians would use this kind of attacks.

This is actually the signature spell of the mutated magicians that has appeared decades ago.

This revelation almost guaranteed now that the previous underground organization that was supposedly purged had survivors and continued their research relentlessly. They might have even perfected these mutated magicians.

Vacuum Shield.

Yumi was able to save the two on time as the Death Gaze weren't able to lock on it's target due to the sudden appearance of a small black hole in between Mark and the two Battle Mage.

At the same time that this occurred, Troy who came late noticed the situation and immediately tried to apprehend Mark who freed himself from the chains due to the disruption.

”You stay here!”