We disposed of the bodies by teleporting them back to the Magician Society. Maple already contacted Rena to receive the bodies to investigate who are these people.
"This is the first ti soone brave enough to attack us in broad daylight appeared here in Osaka. No one has ever done that before," Maple mumbled as she picks up one of the insignia that one of the guys who assaulted us dropped after he was killed.
"Is that a famous insignia in the Magician World?" I asked since this is the first ti I have seen that thing.
"No. This is unfamiliar. This is the first ti I have seen sothing like this as a mark of a group or an alliance. I assu they are a newly ford group or might be so magician cult fanatics. Either one of them or none of them. It doesn't matter though since they decided to attack us, that ans they are enemies."
"Then we should stick together once we get into Hirakata Park. Since this is their ho base, we can't just easily trust other people here. Even if they say they are helping us since they are part of the Magician Society, we shouldn't expect so help from them since this is a private mission. We should be vigilant."
"You are right. Let's get going before the reinforcents of the enemies cos in. We can't afford to keep on fighting all day."
We made sure no reinforcents are lurking anywhere from our blindspots. I even double-check using [Insight] which ensured that we have no pursuers.
"Did you detect anyone?" Maple asked.
"None, we have no pursuers. It looks like we defeated most of them when they attacked us."
"Good, let's get going."
...
During our walk to reach Hirakata Park, I can see a few people following us which prompted Maple to use her flying knives to do the work. It was troubleso at first since there are multiple people that we might mistake as an enemy but with the help of my observations and proper judgnt, we managed to remove the enemies hiding in the shadows.
It was a good thing that Maple is quite well versed in Osaka, or else, we might have gotten lost already.
"Hirakata Park is already up ahead. Check if there are enemies. If there are enemies, be sure to tell to obliterate them imdiately."
"Affirmative," I said before activating the ability, [Insight].
Although my [Insight] ability can't differentiate friend from foe, due to the reason we are in Osaka, I already locked on to the people who have highly dense mana in their body and seems to be strategically positioned sowhere near us. That way, anyone who has a high mana count in their body but not part of these people can be spared. We can't afford to hit and kill civilians.
"I spotted 5 people, 2 northwest, 1 east, 1 northeast, 1 north!"
"Good! Let's dance!"
...
Seeing Maple's ability to kill enemies silently is too frightening. The way she also disposes of the bodies of the dead before other people notice is also quite professional. As soon as the enemy fell after getting their throat slit by the throwing knives, Maple will imdiately throw Teleport stones to the bodies and use her throwing knives to destroy them in split second, disposing the bodies before even a drop of blood fall to the floor. It was really quick that I am not sure how to feel now seeing her easily do that.
When all the enemies I ntioned were taken down by Maple, we finally arrived at the entrance of Hirakata Park. Since Hirakata Park is an amusent park, we have to pay money. Luckily this ti, I have money to spare which made Maple sigh in relief.
As soon as we passed through the entrance, a strange feeling creep into my body. It was like I passed on sothing solid but invisible.
"Did you feel that Maple?"
"Indeed. I think that is an invisible barrier that triggers the owners in case a magician or soone else has entered."
"So we are spotted already here? We are now notorious?"
"From the enemy faction, yes. But to the people here who just ca to enjoy the attractions of the place, that is unlikely. But we can't be too sure."
"We have no ti to worry about the enemies, ti to gather so information so that we can get out of here as soon as possible."
For starters, due to the lack of information, Maple has to activate her Mana Scan ability while I have to activate my [Insight] to get any sort of info. However, as soon as I activate it, I saw lots of people blended in the crowd, a few people who can use magic. What is more than that is that they are in a populated area and they can easily ambush us if necessary.
However, before I can even do it, staff from a ride suddenly drag away from Maple. Maple was also dragged away from by another staff that is managing another ride.
"Hey, sir, please have a ride in this roller coaster! I am sure you will enjoy things here!"
"What the f*ck is wrong with you?! Who cares about a roller coaster! Don't bother and unhand now at once!"
I was surprised by the strength of this guy. He can easily drag out like he is pulling nothing! But that doesn't an I have to comply. Besides, I don't want to puke while riding the roller coaster.
"Just try it, sir! I know it will be a pleasant experience for you!"
"...Wanna die, right here, right now? Because I am willing to do it if you don't unhand ," I said before releasing pressure using my amplified mana.
The person trying to pull suddenly turn pale when he heard and looked at in fear but he still keeps on trying to drag to the roller coaster.
"Please sir, I know you will like it! This roller coaster is safe and fun!"
"Don't bla for what will happen next," I mumbled before releasing mana to cause pressure on this guy. I don't want to kill him because we are in a public place and aside from that, he is only a normal human.
His pale face got paler and paler until he suddenly collapsed to the intense pressure. The people were stunned at first before they started calling the nearby paradics which are currently positioned near our location.
"Sir! Soone has collapsed over here!" one of the bystanders shouted.
The chaos started to cause the people to flock. But since the guy already managed to let go of his hand from , I silently went with the crowd and blended in myself on them. Once I managed to get a little far from the chaos, I imdiately went to search for Maple.
I don't know why but, for so reason, the whole place is just too crowded. It was like the crowd is about to go on a stampede soon enough if sothing that caught the eye of these people will cause them to go into panic mode which I hope won't happen. There are lots of them that traversing on the road seems to be hard enough even for . Also...
'Why does it feel like a sort of rush hour in here?!'
Amusent Parks are always crowded with people unless it is the closing ti since people will no longer be in there once it is closing ti. But seeing the number of people here is quite abnormal. My [Insight] ability is useless here too due to the number of people. Having all these people appear in my mind is making my head spin. All I can do right now is to manually find Maple amid the crowd and get her out of the crowd.
"Blue, can you help with finding Maple in this crowd?"
"Crowd? What do you an by "crowd"? I don't see any people around you though? Why are you asking sothing easy for you to do?"
"Huh? You can't see the crowd here at all? I am struggling to move around due to these visitors visiting Hirakata Park. What are you saying there are no people here?"
"If you are seeing lots of people right now, there is no doubt, that is called "Physical Manifestation of Illusions" spell. You might think you are seeing them, speaking with them, and touching them or whatsoever but all of them are just illusions with so sort of mana flesh to allow them to have a sort of body. They are not real."
"What? But my [Insight] ability can perceive them... ah..." then I just realized it. No wonder I can see them in my scans. Since they are mana, they can also be perceived as one, but they are not a real manifestation of people. And due to the little amount of mana circulating them, I thought they are normal humans.
"Can I dispel this illusion?"
"Like other illusions, they can only be dispelled if the main source stops it, or has been destroyed, or the person who made it is defeated or killed. Any other thod other than that is not going to work. So if you wanted to dispel it, find the main source, and do any one of the things I ntioned. This illusion is most likely tied to the Crazed Phenonon Disorder. Try to resolve it as soon as possible."
"What about Maple? Can you find her?"
"She is currently in the horror house. Just like the rest of the place, I can only detect slight mana in there. No people are currently alive there except that girl. You are free to thrash that place and no one will complain."
So everyone in here is just illusions? Not a single person is alive here?! What the hell is this developnt? These people that have been trying to let ride on the rollercoaster, the people who started to flock when that guy fainted and the paradics, all of them are just illusions?! Then where are the real people?
"I just scanned the whole place. There are no real people around you. And I think the two of you wandered inside the "Crack."
"The "Crack"? What the hell is that?"
"The data is not clear since this is a rare occurrence. But the "Crack" has a bit similar effects with the Mirror World, G.A.T.E.S, and the Phantasmal World where unless you allowed them to enter, there is no way for them to enter. In this case, this place can only activate if magicians entered. The real Hirataka Park is indeed bustling but the two of you are not inside of the park at all."
What a ss, we are dragged into another trouble but this ti, it is connected to the Crazed Phenonon Disorder. Maybe this is one of the abilities that "Creature" can do? If so, this is a big chance to find it and defeat it.
"I have to get Maple out of here imdiately."
If these are all just illusions, there is no need to hold back right? Then, let's blast these bastards off.
BOOM!
Without a shred of hesitation, I plowed through the illusion of people. Everyone showed signs of terror when they saw explosions coming from and they started panicking. The people who tried to stop have all blasted away. After they die, they imdiately turn to ashes and disappear.
Due to my attacks, the cramped road has finally loosened in space, allowing to move once again. I didn't bother about those other people looking at , they are re illusions after all. Ti to get Maple out of the Horror House attraction!
Reaching the horror house, the woman who pulled over Maple is currently attending to the line of custors by working on the ticket booth. Ignoring the attendant of the ticket booth, I went straight to the entrance of the attraction when the woman managing the booth shouted.
"Hey! You can't go in there unless you have a ticket!" she shouted as she runs over to .
But before she can get near , I already went ahead to et her. She was about to speak when I grab her head and ignited my hands.
"DIE!"
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