For twenty seconds, the giant mantis was continuously damaging the barrier while Azzy was repairing it, consuming the soul power. So far, he had already used 21 recovery cards of 5-star, each one will let him recover 100,000 SP (soul power).
Azzy knew that he was about to run out of them but he stubbornly maintained the barrier.
After about 10 more seconds, the mantis stopped attacking. However, to Brian's surprise, the cracks didn't disappear.
"Hah, I guess he's finally out of recovery cards." Brian thought like that and glanced to the side. He asked, "Are you still going on? When will be the seal completed?"
"30 seconds at the maximum." The mage informed him truthfully.
"What sort of complex seal takes this much time?" According to what he heard, the principal of the academy would only take 3-5 seconds on average to perform even an advanced seal.
"It's the Eye of Ra. With it, I can take control of the little girl and no defenses could stop it. I can try with the boy too but it is difficult, considering he possessed a platinum grade Arcana. The spirit can simply take over his consciousness if that happens." After explaining to him, the mage added, "Please do best and make sure the girl is visible."
It tick him off a bit but Brian swallowed it ad redirected the anger onto the barrier. "I will personally shatter that barrier and separate them."
Brian poured soul energy into his fist and dash forward but all of a sudden, he stopped in his tracks as he saw the giant barrier they used to trap the targets was suddenly disappeared and the supposed ten mages turned into headless corpses.
Right then, the pitch-black cracked barrier also disappeared and revealed Azzy and Avia. Azzy was the same but the little girl was wearing some kind of exquisite armor made out of mithril.
"Brian Light, how dare you ambush my children." A raging voice escaped from his 2 o'clock direction. There, he saw two ladies were standing along with a teenager and an unconscious middle-aged fellow with all of them covered by silver-colored energy. This technique of Scarlet lets her erase their presence before taking the mages by surprise and massacre them before they get an opportunity to report.
Azzy turned around and said, "You are right on time, Aunt Affea. I was about to run out of recovery cards. And thank you, Mrs. Moon, Estella."
That's right. They were none other than Affea, Estella, and Scarlet. The unconscious guy is Oakley.
"Mom…" Avia shouted in joy.
Affea dashed forward and reached her daughter, putting arms around her as the latter hugged her immediately before questioning her about Oakley.
Azzy also looked at him curiously. He doesn't see any injuries. Maybe, he was healed on the way? He wondered.
Affea then replied, "It's nothing, sweetheart. Your papa is too stubborn on fighting the aliens when he's just a healer. I knocked him out and forcefully brought him back."
Azzy looked at her in a daze. The ladies he acquainted have aggressive personalities for sure.
Affea then shifted her attention towards Azzy and hugged him, "it's good that you are alright. I was worried when I read your message."
"Sorry to interrupt your family reunion, but we need to clean up the battlefield, first." Scarlet then opened her mouth while pointing her finger at the two men. There was a huge pupil-less eye slowly materializing above the mage. It wasn't complete yet.
It was only then Affea's eyes finally fell on the mage. Her eyes widened. "The eye of Ra?"
She suddenly pushed Azzy aside and shielded them, "you three kids, close your eyes, right now. Don't look at that eye or the caster."
"Eye of Ra? I heard of that sealing technique." Estella replied and further gave an explanation, "The sealing technique was originally created from an object known as the Amulet of Ra, which can bewitch the minds of anyone that stare at him and take their minds under control. However, it is useless. Rael and I possess platinum-grade Arcana. It can do nothing to either of us. Only Avia needs to be careful."
"Oh, you are also a daughter of heaven like your mother?" Affea looked at Estella in surprise. Avia was also surprised at first, but then, upon remembering that she's the heiress of Moon Clan, she thought it isn't strange at all.
"Okay, then, let me take care of them. Princess Snieca, stay behind and protect your family in case of a sudden ambush." Scarlet told Estella to stay behind too and dashed forward.
"Damn it. This brat is always lucky." King Brian gritted his teeth in frustration. He doesn't know the prowess of Scarlet but at the very least, he knew that he wasn't a match for the exiled princess of Snieca.
Now that he was exposed, he realized that he had only two options. One is to kill them and the other is to hide somewhere safe like a coward because his brother, Aegis Light, who is in Legendary Realm, would use this opportunity to dethrone him for sure, considering the fact that Azzy was recruited by Special Forces.
"Mage Mason, I think it's time to go all out." He said to him, only to realize that this partner turned into a statue, taking everyone by surprise. The eye also disappeared. "This betrayer…"
King Brian got angrier. A determined expression appeared on his face and he took out a light blue card made of mithril and poured soul energy into it.
The card disappeared and he started feeling weird on his forehead, which was absorbing the natural energy.
"He used the Replacement puppet technique." Affea suddenly turned angry upon seeing that. "I thought it was a coincidence that Eye of Ra appeared here. It isn't Ragron. That damn prick, he really dared to trick me."
"Who were you talking about, Aunt Affea?" Azzy asked her in confusion.
Affea looked at Brian, "that fatty of a king will give you the answer."
While Scarlet was in the midst of the battle with the giant mantis, Affea dashed forward while summoning her sword and shield.
It didn't take long for her to defeat Brian. Meanwhile, the mantis was also killed by Scarlet Moon.
Pointing the sword at his throat, Affea asked in rage, "Tell me, who you colluded with? Is it really Ragron?"
"I think you already know the answer, princess. It's the King of Snieca, your father. I don't know the reason but they are interested in your daughter." Brian answered her truthfully.
Seeing a shocked Affea who had expected that it is her brother, King Brian took this opportunity to use his remaining strength in legs to leap backward and land only about 30 meters away.
He suddenly started to laugh out loud as an eye appeared on his forehead. It was the Eye of Trias, capable of killing even a Supreme Realm expert. "Unfortunately, you wouldn't get an opportunity to…"
*Rumble*
Before he finished a sentence, all of a sudden, a black lightning strike hit on his head, turning him into ash, followed by the sound of thunder and then, the calmness.
"What the hell!" Everyone was stupefied like a statue, feeling goosebumps all over their skin.
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