Mystical Journey

Outside the expo, at the plaza between Hotel Coconut Tree and the convention center the expo was held in .

Yellow street lamps littered the circular gray plaza . Half of them has already died down, damaged .

Two white pillars were erected in the plaza, each measuring about fifteen meters tall .

There were two bronze statues on the top of the pillars, one of a girl of nobility with a horse whip, the other a knight on a majestic warhorse .

Below the pillar with the knight, some security guards with blue uniform gathered around two guards who fainted, examining them .

Some passersby rounded up to watch . It looked somewhat crowded .

Creak!

Two police cars with black and white stripes sped into the plaza and stopped . Two officers stepped out of their vehicles . The one in lead had a strict face and a fake eye emphasized by the unnaturally white eyeball .

He saw the few bystanders in a crowd . His real eye twitched when he saw a beautiful lady in white miniskirt in the lead, and marched toward the fainted .

"Move aside, give way!"

The other two policemen made way for him .

The man with a fake eye marched near the woman, and stopped for a split second .

"Well somebody’s moving quick . " He grunted .

"We aren’t interested in your little tricks . " The lady retorted, "Looks like somebody else is confident . "

"Not as much as you are . " Fake Eye smirked . Both of them moved away from each other, he approached the people who fainted and started examining them .

The woman with white miniskirt did not stay for long . She left the crowd with several other people .

One of them was an old man with walking stick . "Are they all here?" He eyed Fake Eye from afar .

"Almost . The five main forces are here . When should we start?" She nodded .

"Let’s observe for a little," The old man’s voice was soft, but it was clear as day to the woman . "The main problem here is not the random party starting a riot . Our main opponent is still the Argentists . Watch them with constant vigilance . "

"I know, Katyusha and Wendy are waiting for them . Even though our main opponents are the Argentists, we can’t let the small fries get the prize . " She smiled .

On the other side, a group of expo-goers walked out . Among them, Katyusha stood behind two of her friends and watched .

"Let’s go . It’s boring stuff . Some people want to break in, but the guards chased them away, but they were also downed . " The woman with brown hair in front of her said . "This place is messy . "

"It is messy," The girl at the back echoed, she had a short and dulled red hair, her face wasn’t memorable, and she looked like she hasn’t been getting enough sleep with the dark circles on her eyes . She was dressed like a thug on the street .

"I’ve lived here for many years, there were stuff happening almost every week . I wonder if the two guards were okay, but let’s get back in . Fake Eye is here, nothing bad will happen once he’s here . "

She was one of the collectors who sold the host of the expo one of her collections . However, different from the other collectors, she only qualified the entrance by selling her item . She only pretended to be interested to try and find a rich man for herself .

Katyusha looked at the red haired girl . If she wasn’t the original owner of the Mirror of Secret Texts, she wouldn’t have tried to get close to her .

The other girl is one of the other main force, Wendy .

The three were going to turn back into the expo .

A dull thud .

"Duck!" A man roared .

Boom!

A ball of golden flame burst out from the center of the plaza . White smoke accompanied by the shockwave flooded everywhere . Innocent people screamed and tried to escape, two cars nearby even got flipped over . Several horses got scared . Neighs and tyre screeches filled the air near the plaza .

Within a second, the peaceful plaza were disrupted with chaos .

Six or seven people laid strewn about, it was impossible to tell if they’re dead or alive . As the white smoke dissipates, several figures in white dashed soundlessly toward the entrance of the expo .

"Now!" At the same time, three people by the woman in white miniskirt zoomed toward the back door of the expo .

Beep! Beep!

Alarms went off from inside the hall .

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Inside the hall .

Garen was standing in the middle of the bodyguards when the explosion happened followed by the alarm . He knew someone had made a move .

Chaos broke out in the hall . A few people by the entrance got knocked down first . White figures zipped in and toward the black pillar in the center .

"Die!"

A low growl . Three people rushed at one white figure each, and zoomed out of sight to fight them .

Bang! Bang bang!

Some people started shooting, sounds of guns firing started getting more intensive .

Yelps and screams filled the rampageous hall . Some visitors with their own bodyguards hid in corners followed by people who wished to get protection .

The hall quieted soon after . The hall packed with people suddenly became empty . On the ground, there were a dozen of bodies, everyone else had retreated to the corners to hide .

Garen noticed Ophany’s paleness, her eyes were overflowing with fear and worry . Her gaze shot outside, worrying about her schoolmates .

The other university students crouched not far from there, hiding behind some of the pillars . It’ll be safer . Two of the girls were sobbing quietly .

Everyone was on the floor, so no one were able to see outside . Only a few bodyguards kept watch around them .

Blows were exchanged and guns were fired from inside and outside of the expo . When some of the attacks hit the walls, they even shook violently .

Soon, a white figure escaped, leaving blood trails and roaring his opponent behind . One of the windows at the side of the hall was broken as he escaped, leaving broken glass on the ground .

"He took the thing! Stop him!" A huge black man punched a hole in the wall with his bare fist and chased after .

Tut tut tut tut tut…

Submachine guns were fired, sandwiching some shots from shotguns, it’s like several parties were engaged in gunfights all at the same time .

Outside, two opposing forces were in trigger happy mode with their weapons, the box containing the Mirror of Secret Texts kept changing hands between the two parties .

The three Argentist elites were all Grandmasters of Combat, by their side, they have several Level three Sharpshooters . Katyusha and her team were fighting off the other party who wanted the Mirror of Secret Texts, all four of them were disciplined and speed-focused Sharpshooters acting harmoniously with each other . They don’t have the auras of a Grandmaster of Combat, but with their own weapons, they were able to keep the Argentist elites at bay .

The main shooter was the woman in white miniskirt . She was holding two enlarged silver pistols and moved at high speed while she fired at the three Grandmasters of Combat . The power of the pistols were so strong, holes as large as fists appeared wherever the bullets landed .

On the side of the Argentists, the black man as imposing as a tower led the fight . He held a black shield, blocking every bullet coming his way, and pushing away any opponents who managed to get here .

"Give up, Chris!" The black man blocked a bullet from the woman with white miniskirt and took a few steps backward . His shield had a small dent in it where the bullet hit . "Even if you managed to secure the item, you will never be able to get it out of this city!"

"Unwavering Shield Marvin, you don’t have a say in whether we are capable of bringing it out of the city . " The woman sneered . She continued shooting with one hand and magically changed the magazine with the other . "With just three Argentists, you won’t be able to stop us . "

"Hmph, don’t you understand? We could exhibit it, we already have necessary preparation for situations like this!" The black Grandmaster of Combat smirked .

"So you are prepared, but did you think we didn’t?"

Boom!

Another grenade exploded .

The box with the Mirror of Secret Texts was blasted into the air .

None of the both parties glanced at the box, but instead started barraging the other side with attacks, obviously planning to do the other side in while they’re distracted .

Clink! Clank!

Marvin’s charging figure stopped, his shield had yet again stopped another bullet . Both of them were planning the same thing .

At this moment, the box in the air started its downward motion .

Fwoosh!

A barely audible draft of wind sounded . A black figure leaped from behind Chris toward the box like a swallow in flight .

On the other side, two white figures charged out from behind Marvin, arriving at the box at the same time .

Thump! Nobody managed to catch the box, leaving it to drop on the ground .

"The Argentist bishop?" One of the white figure yelled . All three of them fell backward, landing on the ground .

The two figures in white stepped on the stone tiles several times before they could neutralize the impact they received, leaving a few black marks on the tiles .

It was only until they regained their balance that other people could see their faces . They were two middle-aged man and woman . They had a winding black snake stitched on each of their right sleeves .

"Aren’t you at the Fivestar Continent? How could this be?" The man in white growled unbelievably .

The black figure stood still, revealing a middle-aged man with black hair . He looked like an average person, but his skin glimmered silver, and his most prominent feature was a dark red mark on the left of his face, burning like a crimson fire .

The man stood with his hands at his back, and calmly stared at the two on the opposite .

"Trying to snatch my possession at my place? You were pretty daring . "

He shuffled left, leaving the wall behind him with two deep bullet holes .