From the rooftop Clift who was hiding behind his black mask watched the fight intently and as Lory’s husband who had faced the paladins said, he said there was sothing strange about the paladins’ power but since he wasn’t a gifted person he couldn’t be sure but his instincts told him that their power although seed bright and holy didn’t feel like it unlike Lory’s healing power.
Since the ones facing Zhao Li Xin weren’t the Constellation group, Clift wondered if their power differed from the elite Paladins like Sean and his friends.
Sean raised the holy shield in front of him as protection then his sword shone very brightly as if it was soaked in white light. Maybe in the eyes of ordinary people Sean and his friends looked like angels descend from the heaven.
However, for soone like Clift who grew up around the Lucient family, he was used to the power of lights. When he was healed by Lory’s healing power, it was like being soaked in a hot spring, and it felt warm and comfortable. Even the people around him could feel it as well, the sa way with Lucas, even though the feeling was a bit different but they could feel the similarity of their power, the Lucient’s power.
But Sean and his friend’s power...sothing is off. It doesn’t feel divine but more like a cheap trick of holy power as he can’t feel anything from their power but ferocity and malice, yes, there’s a strange peculiarity and...coldness, why is it?
"Get down from there!" Sean suddenly jumped high and attacked Clift. He raised his sword and attacked Clift.
Clift imdiately took out his dagger to ward off the sword. Before long, a tallic sound echoed in the previously silent night.
Sean launches a series of attacks, but Clift manages to parry his attacks effortlessly, not even a strand of his hair touch. It felt like Clift was playing with him, which made Sean even infuriated.
anwhile, Luce and Andreas did not expect the five n in black to be able to match their power, which was like a hard slap in their faces.
"Who are you guys? What do you want from Ethan Hamilton" Andreas was get frustrated, he never expected he would get so much trouble fromgifted people, doesn’t his leader prommised that their power beyond any gifted people could had, so why it’s not working?!
The corner of the man in black’s eyes crinkled as if he was smiling, but he said nothing and continued to attack him, and with each attack, the man in black beca more and more vicious.
Annoyed, Andreas pressed his sword against the man’s dagger, "Why are you so quiet, did the cat get your tongue?!" he provoked.
Unfortunately the group of n in black were unfazed. Suddenly another attack ca from behind him forcing him to retract his attack and dodged to the side.
After facing a troubleso fight with a group of n in black Luce had sent out a distress signal for help because she was worried about what the enemy had in store for them as they had intentionally lured them here to trap Sean and her.
However Luce was worried because she didn’t know if the back up team would arrive fast enough before sothing worse happened.
"Cover !" Luce shouted.
Andreas and Sean were forced to retreat from their opponents and then rushed toward Luce. They released energy from their bodies simultaneously. Suddenly, a bright white light exploded, and the group of n in black was thrown away.
Luce gathered her power, and then glowing ropes appeared from the ground and tied the group of n in black.
"Now’s the ti," Luce gave the signal.
Sean and Andreass took this opportunity and swung their swords towards a group of n in black who were busy trying to free themselves from the ropes made of light that tied them.
Andreass and Sean thought that victory was in their grasp, then suddenly a black shadow resembling a panther erged from the ground and cut the ropes of light with its fangs and claws. Once the n in black were free, they imdiately launched a counterattack towards Andreass and Sean.
’Tch!’ Sean gritted his teeth as he held back the attacks of the n in black, who were now even more ferocious than before. Sean knew they had managed to make those n angry; furthermore, where did that black beast co from?
Suddenly, a large shadow sneaked from behind him, and what ca after was a terrible pain in his shoulder. Sean scread in pain as a black panther sank its fangs into his shoulder.
Sean swung his sword, but all he caught was air as the creature turned into a shadow and dove to the ground and disappeared.
"SEAN!" Andreass shouted as he saw blood pouring from Sean’s shoulder.
Clift raised his hand and shouted, "Retreat!"
All the n in black stopped their attacks abruptly, then threw smoke bombs, and instantly, thick smoke spread and filled the air.
"It’s poison gas!" Andreass warned his friend while hastily cover his nose and mouth.
Luce and Sean imdiately take a long leap to the roof while covering their mouth and noses. Once they were far enough from the poison smoke, they looked around them and realized the group of n in black suits had disappeared as fast as they ca.
Andreass turned his gaze to the injured Sean. "Are you okay?" "Just a scratch." Sean brushed it off, thinking the blood had soaked his sleeve.
"Why do you think they left?" Andreass frowned, feeling like he had missed sothing.
Luce snorted. "They probably knew our reinforcents were coming." Soon, they heard the sound of a helicopter flying closer.
Sean took a health potion from his pocket and drank it. The bleeding stopped, and the wound quickly dried up. Slowly, the pain in his shoulder subsided, but a restless feeling hovered above his head, just like a darkness that engulfed this quiet, small town.
Elsewhere, Clift stood on a high cliff watching the Paladin reinforcents arrive. The helicopter slowly landed on the ground. After a while, Sean and the others boarded the helicopter and flew away.
The corners of Clift’s lips curved up slightly into a cold smile while his shadow that stretched across the ground behind him shake a bit then a wisp of black smoke rose from the ground and gradualy form into a panther.
The beast glided around Clift, then he took out a bottle from his pocket. After he opened the lid the panther turned into black smoke, then entered the bottle for a few seconds before coming out and sink into Clift’s shadow again and disappeared.
Clift stared at the red liquid inside the bottle, then closed the cap again. he signaled to one of his subordinates. "Send this blood to Fred."
The subordinate received the bottle very carefully, then replied firmly, "Right away, sir!"
Clift then got into his car then started calling Fred, a few seconds later Fred answered his phone, "How is it?"
"It’s done," Clift started the engine of his car then continue as he drive, "...Just like Zhao Li Xin said, the power of these Paladins feels different, at first glance it looks like smilar to holly power, you know, white blinding light and whatnot but you don’t feel it, it feel lackluster...and coldness"
"Coldness?" Fred’s voice hinted with interest.
"Well, at least that’s how I feel..." Clift said.
"Hm, maybe it has sothing to do with their power source," Fredhardt muttered.
"Lory did ntion sothing about creatures from outside this world," Clift added.
Fredhardt sighed heavily "Back to the Seed of Life, huh?"
"Rember the two important projects Luxemborough has been working on lately?" Clift’s eyes darkened.
"The resurrection and genesis projects, huh?" Fredhardt contemplated.
"The mysterious disappearance of the healers around the world, the incident with Luc, and the ergence of Bael, connect everything and combine with the projects they had been working on, we pretty much know where this is going." His gripping on the steering wheel unconsciously tightened.
Fredhardt agreed, "We just need to find out what the creature that ca to our world and for what reason"
"Whatever it is. We’re gonna need the King to awaken first," said Clift.
"That’s right," Fredhardt agreed wholeheartedly. "Oh, by the way, I have Sean’s blood. You can test it to see if he’s related to Salvo de Rova. By the way, do we have Salvo De Rova’s DNA on our shelves?"
Fredhardt was undeniably pleased with the news, he chuckled, "Well, that shouldn’t be hard since he’s already beco sowhat a public figure after following the Saintess for the past few months, so that gives our agents the opportunity to collect his DNA sample from his used cutlery from the party he attended with the Saintess also his used tooth brush from the hotel he stayed and so of his hair left in the hotel room floor." he explain matter - of - factly before later on he seem subconciously mumble to himself, "Who told him to grow his hair that long? Doesn’t he know that long hair is prone to hair loss?" he sneers.
Clift’s mouth twitched as he sensed jealousy in Fred’s voice, "And you know that, because..."
"What?"
"Nothing," Clift cleared his throat and swiftly changed the subject "So, all in all, mission accomplished, right?"
"Yes... But, I have a bit of bad news," Fred clicked his tongue.
Clift’s expression turned serious."What is it?"
Fredhardt turn quiet for few seconds before continuing, "It’s about Lory, um, she and Fargo went to Wellington, Dolza..."
"She WHAT!"
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