Knowing full well the consequences of his actions, Felix proceeded anyway. Whether it was an act of rcy or brutality, he was ready to accept whatever ca next.
'I'm not sure what that password will trigger, but it can't be more powerful than a napalm bomb,' Felix thought, expecting a random supply box to drop onto the pile of ard grenades. He waited for the inevitable explosion.
Behind him, a red beam shot up from the beacon, piercing through the tent and reaching the sky. It went further, shattering a broadcasting screen overhead.
The sudden commotion roused the spectators and families of the examinees, who all turned their attention to the ominous light.
The beacon's appearance also startled Saucon, Tanaka, and the two retainers. They looked up, puzzled by the beam's origin and purpose. The emperor, unable to comprehend the mysterious light or detect any mana, turned to his retainers for answers.
"Tanaka, Xavior, Martin! Do you know what that is?"
Martin, the mysterious man in a hooded cloak standing next to Tanaka, activated the magic circuits in his eyes to analyze the pattern of the lights. As he stared at the beacon in astonishnt, he revealed his findings.
"That's not mana—it's an electrical current... a damn laser!"
"WHAT?!" Tanaka and Xavior flinched, recognizing the term they hadn't heard in ages. Tanaka, eager to learn more about modern Earth's technology, was growing weary of the ancient world's lack of hygiene. Xavior, on the other hand, was overjoyed by the appearance of anything resembling modern electric appliances.
"What is a LASER?" Saucon, irritated by their jargon and surprises, demanded an explanation.
Before they could continue, a 10-foot-long, fish-like tal object fell from the sky, crashing into the slave trade tent. For a mont, everything was silent.
"..."
"..."
They were just about to ask what had landed when the object answered for them.
*BOOM*
…
Suddenly, the entire field brightened as a massive explosion erupted behind Felix, creating a towering mushroom cloud. A shockwave followed, sending a powerful gust of hot wind that knocked Felix and everyone nearby off their feet.
The loud noise should have shattered Felix's eardrums, but he felt fine. Felix staggered forward, only to see a do of orange flas rushing past him. His thoughts imdiately turned to the blind princess and her warrior companion.
In a split second, a piece of tal shrapnel from the tent flew through the air and pierced Felix's back, impaling his right lung and exiting through his chest. Nearby, a large chunk of debris struck the lamia princess, while a burst of flas engulfed her warrior.
The warrior scread in agony as the flas seared her flesh. The princess, thrown to the ground by the impact, gritted her teeth and summoned a do of water around herself. The barrier doused the flas and began healing her injuries.
Ignoring the tal pipe lodged in his body, Felix noticed the two girls caught in the explosion. He quickly pulled out a dozen healing potions from his inventory and poured them over the injured lamias, using the liquid to ease their pain and extinguish the fire.
The red potion worked as intended, healing the burns and restoring damaged flesh instantly. However, the lost limbs of the lamia warrior could not be regenerated.
The flas quickly died down, leaving behind a scene of devastation. Everything within a 100-yard radius was charred black. Although the explosive was large, the nearby stalls only suffered minor damage from the shockwave, and the people in the vicinity escaped with minor injuries.
Inside the circus tent, however, visitors and rchants were reduced to charred remains. Yet, surprisingly, all the slaves in glass rooms and monster cages were unhard. They were surrounded by a green light that acted as a protective barrier against the blast.
The plant woman Felix had noticed earlier still stood in her torn cage. Seven magic circles spun beneath her flowered body, connecting green threads that extended to the other slaves, providing them with basic protection.
As Felix looked at the flower girl—an alraune—she t his gaze and winked before withdrawing the green mana lines and sinking into the ground.
"Huh?" Felix rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what he had just witnessed. The alraune had plunged her roots through the steel plate of her cage and vanished into the ground.
"What the hell?" Felix was so surprised that he montarily forgot about the tal pipe in his chest.
The lamia princess slowly rose, scooping up the remaining potion liquid on her body and licking it to restore so of her stamina and vitality. Once she regained her strength, she poked Felix.
"Lord Alpha, by chance, do you have any more of that liquid? If I drink enough, I can restore my mana and regenerate my eyes."
"Oh, sure," Felix replied, retrieving ten more potion vials from his inventory and handing them to the pink-haired princess. "Share with your friend, too. She seems to be in bad shape. By the way, what's your na again?"
"Zhu Ji, my lord."
"Sounds complicated. I'll just call you Jiji then."
At that mont, Jessica couldn't contain herself and pretended to cough.
Felix smiled wryly, wanting to retort, but the pipe in his chest was making it difficult to speak. Annoyed, he reached for it, preparing to pull it out.
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