陶醉的妻子

Seeing the security officers rushing towards him brandishing their stun batons, Erend immediately quickened his steps to approach them.

It didn't take long for them to be close.

Three security officers at the front immediately swung their stun batons at Erend.

Erend raised the iron beam in his hand and deflected the stun baton's swing. Then he kicked the three security guards in front of him.

*DUAGH!*

*DUAGH!*

*DUAGH!*

With his speed, Erend could kick three security guards almost at once. And threw the three of them backward crashing into their squad members.

The leader of the squad saw what Erend had done. His eyes widened in disbelief.

But Erend didn't let him be surprised for too long. He had lunged and attacked all the members of the security guard with a force they had never expected.

The sound of punches, kicks and iron beam colliding with the stun baton was heard. But it didn't take long for all the sounds to disappear.

The fight ended with a predictable outcome. The security guards fell on the floor of the corridor in a state of unconsciousness or in too much pain to be able to stand up again.

Erend stood around them unharmed. As he already knew, fighting these security guards who didn't have any Magic abilities wasn't difficult.

Erend walked through their bodies to find the whereabouts of his friends.

By now the noise he had heard earlier - the noise he was almost sure was from Aurdis and Saeldir's fight against Conrad - was now gone.

'Is their battle over?'

Erend hastened his steps because he was worried. His gut feeling told him that no matter how the battle ended, neither side fighting would be in a good state right now.

So he must quickly find Aurdis, Saeldir, Billy, and Adrien too.

Erend searched many places randomly. Because most of the walls and doors in this place were broken, Erend could move more quickly.

A few minutes later after a frantic search, Erend found Billy and Adrien.

The two of them also seemed to be in a hurry to look for something until they didn't notice his existence.

Erend ran up to them. But when he was running suddenly Erend hit an invisible force wall.

The force wall was so solid that Erend felt as if he had just hit a real wall.

"What the fuck?" Erend asked in disbelief.

"Erend?"

It was Billy's voice. Hearing this, Erend immediately looked up.

"What happened?" Erend asked back with a confused tone.

Billy and Adrien sighed. Then Billy removed the force wall he created earlier when he noticed the sound of footsteps approaching them.

"You can use Magic now?!" Erend asked, full of disbelief.

"Yeah." Billy nodded. "Cpt. Boartusk was able to. In fact, he was the first to use Magic to get past the security guards."

Erend's gaze turned to the Captain.

"That's right, Drake," Adrien said. "But now is not the time to be shocked like that let alone explain everything. We have to get out of here!"

Upon hearing that, Erend also immediately shifted the focus of his mind.

"What about Aurdis and Saeldir?" Erend asked.

"They've been looking for a way out of here. We've also finished destroying and copying data in this facility," Adrien replied.

"Okay. Let's go then," Erend said.

Erend was relieved that what they had to do here was done. They managed to destroy the secret facility used by the President to create human weapons, and destroy the data and pieces of equipment.

But there is one thing that Erend still can't be sure of.

"Have Aurdis and Saeldir managed to remove the Magic ability from that guy named Conrad?" Erend asked in the middle of their way looking for the exit.

"We don't know," Billy said.

"If Aurdis and Saeldir have decided to leave, doesn't that mean they are done with that?" Adrien said.

Erend furrowed his brows in thought. Then he decided to confirm it with Aurdis before they actually got out of there.

"I'll contact Aurdis first. We have to make sure we really settle things here," Erend said.

So Adrien and Billy could only agree and wait for him while paying attention to their surroundings.

The possibility that there are still security officers who will find them is still big.

'Aurdis, you there?' Erend said to Aurdis via telepathy.

It took Erend longer to hear Aurdis' reply.

'Erend, are you hurt?'

'I'm fine. I killed Steve - the man who possessed the Magic of that cursed tree. How about you? Did you manage to remove the Magic from Conrad?'

'No.' Aurdis answered with a disappointed voice. 'There is some kind of powerful Magic protecting him. Saeldir almost died when he tried to remove his Magic ability.'

'What?!' Erend was shocked. 'You really can't do it?'

Aurdis did not answer for a few moments. Aurdis on the other side was actually thinking.

'Maybe with your help I can do it,' Aurdis said after he finished thinking. 'But... I'm still not sure.'

'We should try it, Aurdis. We can't let Conrad's Magic ability remain,' said Erend. 'I will meet you now. Where are you?'

Aurdis then told Erend the way to find her. Erend tells Billy and Adrien that they have to go to Aurdis location and postpone the plan to find a way out.

Because it turns out that efforts to eliminate Conrad's Magic abilities have still not been successful.

Adrien and Billy were a little disappointed, they even swore in annoyance.

However, they did not say complain for too long. They immediately followed Erend because they also thought that everything had to be finished now.

After circling several rooms with broken walls, the three of them finally saw Aurdis who was helping Saeldir stand by wrapping his arms around her shoulders.

"Where is he?" Erend asked.

"Follow me," Aurdis said.

Saeldir moved from Aurdis's shoulder to Billy's shoulder. Then they followed Aurdis to where Conrad was.

When they got there, Conrad was already unconscious. He lay down on the rubble after it appeared that he slide and fell.

Aurdis explained that there was something protecting Conrad's body when they touch him. That is a Magic from a Druid.

Saeldir also said what he felt to tell Erend how strong that Magic was.

"I'll give it a try. You said that Magic reacts when you touch him?" Erend asked.

Aurdis and Saeldir nodded together confirming Erend's statement.

Erend looked at Conrad who fell unconscious on the concrete. "Could it be that the protection Magic has gone by now?"

"I'm not sure. But, seeing what happened to Saeldir, I'm hesitant to try it," Aurdis answered.

"You're right. You really shouldn't act if you're not sure," Erend said. "But we still have to make sure. Therefore, I will do it."

Without letting Aurdis and the others stop him, Erend walked straight to Conrad and placed his hand on Conrad's exposed arm.

Erend prepared to receive the same shock Saeldir received, but nothing happened.

Erend turned to Aurdis and the others. "It's fine."

Aurdis' eyes widened. She turned towards Saeldir with a surprised face.

"Maybe the Magic is no longer there," Saeldir said.

Hearing that, Aurdis immediately rushed to Erend's side and began the process of removing Conrad's Magic ability.

"Be careful," Erend said to her with a worried look.

Aurdis looked at him and nodded. Then she stretched her hands towards Conrad.

Her rings and bracelets began to emit a silver glow which then enveloped Conrad's entire body.

The man was still unconscious even though a process to remove his Magic was going on.

Aurdis then placed both her hands on Conrad's head. She tightened her jaw and concentrated fully on what she was doing.

"The process of removing the Magic will indeed take some time," Saeldir said.

"Then we should watch around," Adrien said then rushed to check behind them.

Erend also rushed to his feet to watch for threats that might come from other directions. They had to make sure everything was safe while Aurdis went through the process of removing Conrad's Magic.

Aurdis concentrated. All of her bracelets and rings gave off an increasingly bright light. But not bright enough to dazzle the eye.

That was an indication that Aurdis was pouring her sizable amount of Magic.

While doing that, Aurdis suddenly moved to a foreign place. In front of her was a wide and calm lake overgrown with all kinds of floating flowers.

Around her, she saw peaceful forested areas and the sound of birds and animals chirping.

This all feels so real. Which indicated that this was an illusion created by powerful Magic.

"Eliril," Aurdis muttered. She looked around her eyes in all directions until finally, she found the figure of a woman in a green dress that seemed to be made of leaves.

The woman has bright green hair like fresh leaves. Her eyes are light brown.

She smiled. But not a smile that means welcome. Her smile didn't touch her eyes.

"Eliril," Aurdis said.

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