Wallace's mobile device was suddenly flooded by notifications. There were unread ssages and missed calls after he finished a set of training in learning the second stage of AOTL. He had given advice to Avalon not to disturb him in his training unless it is very urgent.
As he was about to check the ssages, an incoming call from his mother ca.
"Mom? What's up?"
"Wallace, are you at ho in your workshop?"
"Eh? Not really... Why?"
"Your instructors at the academy told that you were out... I've been calling you for a while now. Are you safe? By any chance, are you near the terrorist attacks?"
Wallace went silent as he was trying to understand what was happening. He looked at the floating tal ball in the hope of getting so light in the situation.
[ ... ]
[ The Tanza City is under siege from a terrorist group called Black Knights. ]
A voice was heard from the earphone connected to Avalon.
'Huh? Since when?!'
Wallace didn't voice it out as his mother was still on his mobile device.
"Yes. I'm safe! I'm about to go ho. Don't worry about . I will contact you from ti to ti."
"Is your ho safe?"
"Yes! It is heavily protected. Do you rember the automaton I made during the competition? I made sothing better than that. There's also the security added by the Golden Trident Group! That should be enough."
"I don't think that's enough!"
"There should be a shelter for evacuees, right? Just join them. I will feel less worried if that's the case."
'Shelter? Evacuees?' Wallace thought as he suddenly rembers the evacuation procedures taught to them.
"Ah! Right. Of course. I will do so... Don't worry about ..."
Wallace answered as they ended the phone call. Soon, he tried to get all the news he missed from Avalon.
After taking a mont to understand the current situation, he realized that going back to the city will be too dangerous, and staying here at the hotel might be more beneficial to him.
'But people will try to look for later on... I have to be present once everything cald down.'
Wallace thought as he wanted to make sure that no one will realize that he infiltrated one of the bases of Z-Company.
"Avalon, keep updated on the current situation of the city.."
[ Affirmative. ]
Wallace then imdiately packs up as he decided to be in a nearby village or town from Tanza City to ensure that he can imdiately use Void Phase and arrive sowhere near the shelter.
[ You still have unread ssages from the Headmaster and others. Would you like to read them? ]
"Ah! That's right." Wallace quickly read the headmaster's and his classmate's ssages that were similarly concerned with his well-being. He quickly replied to them so they can have peace of mind that he is still alive.
***
Inside one of the protected shelters within the city...
It only took about half an hour before the authorities confird that most of the civilians were already safe in the shelters underground. These shelters were heavily protected and even aerial bombardnt would not be felt from the inside.
A few police officers were together with the civilians within the shelter to ensure everyone's safety and order. They were also in charge of communicating with the authorities outside.
"I guess... We can say that we are sohow lucky that the detachnt force of the Black Knights didn't cause trendous damage to the city..."
"Mhm... They didn't target the civilians and instead focused on hunting the City Mayor..."
It was the truth. Just thinking about a group of several dozens of powerful magicians causing havoc in the streets of their city, killing innocent civilians, and destroying buildings and roads, they felt that it would be very difficult to save the citizens. Especially if they use them as hostages or even act as civilians to create more damages.
It may really be a blessing that they just want the head of the City Mayor which was now in hiding as the police forces started to hunt the remaining terrorist inside the city.
***
Outside the building of Golden Trident Group...
"Why is this place looking deserted?"
"Use your detectors! Can you confirm that those cores were still inside the building?" The leader asked as he felt sothing amiss.
One of the six magicians in their midst brought out a small golden bell before shaking it once to activate the magic spell imbued within. The sound of the bell wasn't loud but the wind suddenly got stronger before calming down in a few seconds.
"The cores were all concentrated on the top floor of the building."
"They were surely expecting us... What do we do?"
"Are you scared~?"
"I'm not! Don't you realize that if they are expecting us, they definitely put so traps inside!"
"Aren't we at least prepared for that?"
Their team was the elite force of their organization so no one was truly scared. They just didn't expect that the best security company in the city have a very poor defense within their main headquarters. It alard them for a possible ambush from the enemy.
"The 12th Phantom squad who attacked the City Mayor, Ma'am Avery who was assigned to take on the strongest person in the City, and Sir Avarice with his slaves to hold off the mbers of the Lucent Force and the soldiers... didn't we prepare enough already?! We can't give up this opportunity or we will beco a disgrace in the Order of the Black Knight!"
The leader of the six passionately said as he fully trusts the helpers they have this ti. Two of them were even Sealed Mana Artifact wielders.
As soon as they took the cores of those automatons, even if many mbers of the organization might perish today, it will be their victory!
"Everyone! Get into your position... We'll attack the building on my signal!"
"Yes!"
***
"It started, huh..."
Percival glanced at the crimson rain falling from the sky.
'Hmmm... It should be about five minutes before the barrier will fully corrode and collapse...'
He had quickly estimated how long the barrier could last as he controlled his mana to trace the source of the spell activation.
'This large scale magic activation will at least tell where you are...'
It didn't take long before he found the lady who was the source of the magic.
"Found you!"
He then quickly used his Superior Haste as he appeared in front of the lady.
The lady was young and looked like soone who just left an evening party with her elegant dress.
"So... Our intelligence was really correct. Sigh~"
Percival sighed upon confirming the identity of the lady.
"Oh? So you were already on ?"
"Yes... We've been trying to find pieces of evidence against you just recently... but you were just too clean. We know you were involved with the Silent Enigmas and even ford alliance to create the Black Knights..."
"I'm impressed!"
"Don't be... If not for your careless mber of alliance whom we captured alive, we wouldn't have a lead..."
'Well, we really have to thank Wallace for that. It has always been a struggle to capture any of your mbers alive...' Percival said in his mind in addition.
"So, Avery... do you want to help you stop that corrosive rain, or will you stop it yourself?"
"Hahaha! You are funny Headmaster Percival! Why don't you try ?!"
Avery then pulled open the Heart's Grimoire as a signal for the battle to start.
***
"Heart's Grimoire?" Erica, Gilbert, and other classmates who were listening to Kenneth asked at the sa ti.
It was the first ti they heard such Sealed Mana Artifact.
"That is correct. I even heard of so others like Mourning Ear and Mind's Arm..."
"Oooohh! You know a lot, Kenneth!"
Many of the students praised Kenneth's knowledge about the topic.
But opposite to their expectation, Kenneth's expression turned sad after he heard this and shakes his head as he continued to explain.
"I thought that it was just an exaggeration that there was a possible attack in this city... Although so even took it seriously as they transferred to different schools to make sure that they will not be affected..."
"Wait... don't tell -"
"Yes, I heard rumors and such but I didn't take it seriously. After all, no one confird the situation to the public. I thought that it can be settled quietly due to the efforts of the authorities... Unfortunately, it is already happening...
"But I know that the police together with the Lucent Force will win against these terrorists!"
Soon, Kenneth shared all the insider information he was aware of in order to lessen the worry of his classmates. It will assure them that the terrorist attack wasn't a complete ambush to the authorities but sothing they are sowhat prepared for.
"Hey! But you didn't tell what the terrorist wanted here. Why did they attack this city? Do they have a grudge to the City Mayor?"
"Oh... I wasn't completely sure and only have an idea. Haven't you notice anything from the nas of the Sealed Mana Artifacts?"
"Eh? Wait..."
Just a couple of seconds passed as they quickly noticed the similarities of the four artifacts he nad but this was still just another question bugging their minds.
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