Conrad's hand trembled in Saeldir's grip.
'How could this happen?'
Conrad couldn't process what he was going through right now.
He knew he had to fight. But the fact that he was fighting an Elf was something that made him freeze.
On the other hand, Saeldir didn't want to linger in a situation like this.
So he stretched his arms towards Conrad and cast his Magic.
Silver colored chains of light appeared around Conrad and then entangled his body before Conrad could react.
Conrad felt great pressure from the light chains around his body. He collapsed to the floor from the pain from the pressure of the chains.
'We have to deal with him first,' Saeldir said to Aurdis.
Aurdis only answered with a nod and immediately turned to Conrad.
Since Steve and Annie still looked weak where they fell, Aurdis and Saeldir felt alright to leave them alone for a while. And focus on Conrad who is the biggest threat.
Erend was also on his feet again. He gritted his teeth angrily as he glared at Conrad.
Then Erend heard the sound of quick footsteps from the other end of the corridor.
Footsteps were heard coming from a lot of people. Their legs were wearing heavy military boots.
This means that those who came were special forces who became security officers at this facility.
'Tch!' Erend clicked his tongue harshly. 'There's a troop coming. I will handle them. Do it as fast as you can!'
Erend didn't wait for an answer and immediately ran to approach the troops.
Meanwhile, Steve regained consciousness again. He restrained himself from moving slowly so as not to be caught by them.
When Steve looked up, he saw Conrad being snared by the chains of silvery light.
On top of that, there were two other sources of silvery light now next to his head.
Steve knew whoever was doing something to him and Annie was now intending to do it to Conrad.
Steve had no idea what the intruders were doing. So, he hesitated to act.
However, another thought awakened within him.
'Kill them! Destroy them!'
Those thoughts are like rage and grudges that have accumulated for a very long time. Steve couldn't understand what he was feeling.
But Steve knew that the source of the rage and grudge that was inside him right now was the intruders. At least, that's what he thinks he knows.
So Steve no longer followed his logical thinking to wait for the right opportunity and then run away when they were off guard like he always did.
More precisely, he couldn't. Because now Steve is being controlled by that foreign force.
*ZWOOOOSSSHHH!*
Flames exploded from Steve's body and spread in all directions.
Saeldir and Aurdis, who were trying to remove Magic from Conrad's body, were blown away until they hit the wall of the room.
Due to the sudden and strong fire attack, the Magic of the two of them was destroyed so that their true form could now be seen.
The flames then shrank into Steve's own body again. However, the fire had already burned Conrad and Annie.
"Arrghhh!!!" Conrad screamed because of the burns all over his body. But, the chains that bound him also shattered.
Conrad couldn't think of anything else right now other than focusing his Magic on healing himself.
Meanwhile, Annie, who was still unconscious, did not appear to have been hurt by the fire.
That's because her body also contains the same evil Magic that affected Steve.
Steve stood up with a body covered in huge flames.
Billy and Adrien, who had returned to the front of the room after seeing the torrent of fire appear from the door, widened their eyes.
Especially when they saw Steve walking towards Aurdis.
'We have to help her, Captain!' Billy said.
'Don't be stupid! We better call Erend. And we have to face that troop,' Adrien shot back.
Billy didn't say anything and just nodded in agreement.
They both ran to Erend.
'Erend!' call Adrien.
Erend who was about to approach the security forces stopped suddenly.
'What?' he asked.
Adrien said the situation in the room as briefly as possible.
'That man's body is engulfed in fire! We can't fight him. That's your job!' Billy added.
'We will hinder them. Only you can handle Steve and his friends,' Adrien said.
Without wasting any time, Erend quickly darted past them and headed back into the room.
It was then that the security forces arrived there. They emerged from a turn in the corridor carrying stun guns and stun batons.
It seems they want to minimize the damage that might befall the subjects.
For Adrien and Billy that was a good thing because it meant they would also minimize the damage, they would both receive.
Coupled with bodies that are still invincible, they have an advantage over the security forces.
'Let's do our job, Brook,' Adrien said.
'Yes, sir.'
The two of them then pulled daggers from their belts. Then lunged toward the troops that were charging toward them.
On the other hand, Erend, who had arrived at Steve's room, immediately jumped when he saw Steve with his body burning in flames, just a little bit closer to Aurdis.
Erend was about to throw a punch at Steve. However, Steve noticed the attack coming at him.
Steve raised his hand to block Erend's punch.
*DAKK!*
Unexpectedly Erend, Steve was able to brush off his hand.
'Turns out he's quite strong,' Erend thought.
Not only that, Steve's eyes turned red with black pupils that looked sinister.
Steve did not stop there. He swung his flaming fist towards Erend with great force.
*BUAGHH!*
The punch hit Erend's face hard. However, Erend didn't budge.
'But not strong enough.'
But then the flames from Steve's hands spread throughout Erend's body at an incredible speed.
In a matter of seconds, the white cloth that had made Erend invisible was burned away and made Erend's form visible again.
But what appeared in front of them now was a humanoid form with black and red scales.
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