Aimar's senses imdiately heightened as he fought the pain.
Looking around, he quickly noticed a few more people trying to get closer using the mobs as cover.
'Fuck.'
Aimar bit his lip as he started to move once again.
His vision blurred for a mont, but Aimar forced himself to stay focused.
'There's more than one… maybe three?'
He dodged behind a fallen column, using its shadow to mask himself, watching.
One man slipped through the crowd too smoothly—steps too calculated to be scared.
Another crouched low by a broken cart, sliding a dagger into his sleeve.
And the third—Aimar barely caught the glint of a rune as the woman vanished in the crowd.
'Ho! Ho!'
Aimar drew in deep breaths before he grabbed the handle of the dagger puncturing his kidney.
'Urghhh!!!'
He muffled his scream as he took out the dagger.
Blood dripped down his wound as he drew in ragged breaths.
Without wasting any more ti, he made a magic circle of fire.
"Urghh!"
Aimar couldn't even control his voice as he scread while burning his wound.
Just when the bleeding stopped, he tried to get a few seconds' rest.
'I need to take care of them before they get the upper hand.'
With that in mind, he moved.
From behind the column, he dashed forward, closing the distance between him and the dagger-wielder.
Just when the man got ready for him.
Aimar vanished.
A blink later he arrived far too close.
Aimar's knee slamd into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him.
With a smooth twist, Aimar disard him and drove the blade into the man's side.
Before he could even scream, Aimar twisted his head, killing him.
There wasn't any ti for rest as the woman with a Runic blade rushed closer.
Aimar braced himself.
She appeared in front of him in a blink, her blade crackling with lightning as she went for his throat.
He barely ducked in ti.
The surge grazed his shoulder, sending a numbing jolt down his arm.
His back hit the wall behind him, but he used the montum—twisting around and catching her wrist mid-strike.
"Tch."
With a grunt, he spun and drove his elbow into her ribs.
She gasped, but instead of falling down, she slamd her free hand into his wound.
"Urgh!!"
Aimar yelled in pain as he moved away from her.
The woman lunged again.
This ti, Aimar didn't dodge.
He stepped into her strike, letting her blade graze his jaw—but using the opening, he drove his fingers into her side and twisted.
She cried out—and in that second, he swept low.
His leg hooked behind hers, knocking her off balance.
She fell—but before she could hit the ground, he grabbed her foot and placed his knee on her neck.
'Hufff...'
CRACK!
With one brutal push of his knee, he shattered her neck.
'One more to go.'
Aimar staggered to the left, back into the shifting chaos of panicking and fleeing nobles.
He didn't have the luxury of stealth now.
Grabbing one of the heavier shards of wood, he dragged it across a nearby stone wall with a screech.
"Co on, you motherfucking uncle," Aimar muttered, voice sharp and cold. "Let's finish this."
Sothing flashed above him.
He looked up just in ti to catch the glint of a dagger.
Albus ca from the roof, diving down at him like a hawk.
Aimar didn't dodge.
Instead, he raised his arms and let Albus crash into him—but he pivoted at the last mont, redirecting the fall and slamming the man into the pavent shoulder-first.
"Hahaha!" Albus let out a laugh as he pushed him away. "You aren't as weak as we thought, nephew."
Aimar threw a hook without a word, Albus ducked away before he started falling back.
He didn't try to attack him, instead led him towards a hallway inside the building.
As if oblivious to his strategy, Aimar followed behind him.
The air shifted as Aimar stepped into the hallway after Albus.
The cries from outside faded, swallowed by thick walls.
"You sure are stupid." Albus said, his voice amused as he stopped in his tracks.
Before Aimar could reply—.
"ARGHH!!!"
A deep slash ran across his back, making him scream in pain.
Aimar turned, finding more of Von Casita blocking his path.
"Good job, uncle." A voice made him turn around.
Vlad looked at Aimar with his cold black eyes as he stood beside Albus.
Tilting his head he asked. "...Do you wish an easy death?"
Instead of replying, Aimar looked around.
He noticed at least eight of them blocking all of his escape paths.
"If you do." Vlad continued when Aimar ignored him. "Then stay still and I will grant you."
"Do you not fear what Himl will do if he knew about this?" Aimar asked, tilting his head as if mimicking him.
Everyone who had looked at Aimar's life was well aware of his relationship with Himl.
'Not sothing I am proud of.'
"How would he even know?" Vlad asked, his voice mocking. "If you haven't already noticed, then let tell you. Aimar, you are trapped here with us."
Aimar took in a deep breath as he looked beside him.
He wasn't there.
....Oliver.
Aimar let out a chuckle.
The side of his throat turned into a gill-like thing that pulsed to live.
Sensing the danger, Vlad shouted. "Kill him!"
"It seems you don't understand."
A cluster of highly flammable gas escaped his gills, imdiately filling the entire hall.
"I am not trapped here with you."
His voice echoed within the coughing of Von Casita.
"You are trapped here with ."
A spark rushed out his hand—.
BOOOMMM!!!!!
Creating an explosion.
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Goosebumps rose all over my body.
I quickly twisted my body as I looked back.
'Fuck!'
Jones was closing in at a threatening speed.
Curling his fingers, he raised his hand as if ready to punch .
"Rejection of Ti."
Just as the words escaped my lips, Jones's speed slowed down considerably.
Flapping my wings, I moved out of his area of attack.
But—.
The mont he reached out of the influence of the ti I could control,
His speed skyrocketed.
"Fuck!"
Biting my lips, I marked Heather's body with Andarnaur's ring and made her float just behind .
A blade of mana erged in my hand that I positioned at the trajectory of his neck.
Then—.
I made the flow of mana return to normal.
"Ho?"
Jones quickly controlled his body just inches away from beheading himself.
"You sure are cheeky, nephew."
"And you sure are full of shit," I replied, glaring at him.
Jones chuckled softly.
Then—.
His fist hurled at my face, breaking the sound barrier.
I braced myself.
Using my face as bait, I made another blade of mana in my hand.
I plunged it at the gap between his hand and face, making sure to puncture his throat.
'This is going to hurt.'
But—.
Before he could hit , sothing pushed him back.
I looked back at Coretta who was covered in an exoskeleton body that glowed in a whitish hue.
Her extended hand grabbed Jones's ankle.
She retracted her hand, dragging Jones along with it.
I didn't stop to look at the outco as I rushed back towards where the others were.
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Inna asked, her voice soft.
Even though the place was on the opposite side of the palace, I could still feel the panicked screams of the people there.
'I don't have a choice.'
Flapping my wings, I rushed towards the place.
I need to make sure Aimar and the others are safe.
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'She will be fine.'
Mariam had done enough to not let her die from her injuries.
'...'
Just to be sure, I touched the place that looked the most burned.
Neplh.
A layer of frost ford over her burned skin while her face morphed in pain.
Ignoring her, I focused on moving towards the place where the wedding was happening.
It didn't take long before reaching the—.
"What the fuck happened?"
The nearby buildings had mostly been demolished while a few were on the verge of breaking.
"Huh?"
A body hurtled toward as I moved to land on the ground.
But...
On closer inspection, I recognized the man.
Opening my arms, I quickly grabbed the man, breaking his fall.
"What are you, father-in-law?" I asked as I looked at Siersha's father.
Ledgar's crimson eyes moved towards my face.
Relief washed over his face before he imdiately panicked.
"Himl!" he shouted as soon as we landed on the ground. "Look for my family and get them out of here!!"
"Wait, what happened?" I asked as he tried to run away.
"The immortal twins!"
Ledgar shouted as he rushed back.
"They are trying to kill everyone!!"
'Huh?'
As if to verify his words, a sudden explosion echoed in the sky.
My head snapped up.
....A man with blue hair was up against Arthenis.
'Khokan.'
I imdiately recognized the man as I have seen him in the ga.
One of the lackeys of that fucker Ragnar.
'What is he doing here?'
I wondered, looking at him while Ledgar rushed to help Arthenis.
Despite the confusion in my mind, I shifted my focus away.
'I need to find Aimar and Zenith.'
Thinking so, I rushed inside the closest building while carrying Heather with .
The building was almost ruined from the fighting going on all around.
Sounds of explosives rang in my ears.
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