A few minutes passed with Leislet holding Acht in her hands in the most gentle way possible. She made sure not to press on his body too hard for him not to feel any more pain than what he was already going through.
She even used her light element to warm up his body from the cold since his temperature fell down because of the lack of blood circulation.
Not only that, but she kept whispering affectionate words to his ear as she caressed his head softly. She looked like a mother taking care of her sick child.
Finally, the medics came hurrying up. They had to separate into groups of two just to reach each and every contestant on time.
"Hurry up!" Leislet said with clear anger. She had already waited far too long and Acht's condition worsened even more.
The two men nodded their heads hurriedly and then bent down to check the boy who was now on the verge of dying. From just one glance, a cold sweat ran down their spine as a huge frown appeared on their face.
Leislet had a rough idea about how bad Acht's condition was, but these specialists knew even more than that. In a nutshell, he should've been dead 10 times at this point with those injuries.
"H-How could he stay alive….No, we need to save him." The man shook his head as he started pulling out weird tools and machines out of his spatial ring.
They were all very advanced things used for medical purposes and could even allow him to start operations on the spot.
So, without further action, they started treating his body as fast as they could. They gave him constant doses of blood to restore some of the amount that he lost before.
Leislet and Scarlett watched the whole thing without even looking to the side. They sighed in relief when they saw some progression and frowned greatly when something potentially wrong happened.
It was a roller coaster of emotions for both of them.
But, as they were standing there, a woman in a black suit approached Leiselt.
"What?" Leislet asked without looking.
"Miss…you need to check this. It's an urgent matter." The woman continued.
"What? Don't you see that I'm busy here?" Leislet asked.
"Miss…It's a really urgent matter. Something that is very weird." The woman spoke again.
So, with a loud sigh, Leislet finally looked at the woman.
"Fine, lead the way." She said as she eyed Scarlett one last time, garnering a nod from her side. It was more than enough for them to understand what the other meant with just a glance.
The two then left the place and went to the nearest medics that were trying to treat a contestant.
Then, they went to another one and then another one after that. They passed each place once at least.
"Miss, don't you see an anomaly here?" The woman said.
"Hm?" Leiselt looked at her confusedly.
Her mind wasn't in a good state right now so she wasn't able to perceive something she would have perceived in normal circumstances.
"Each and every contestant we found didn't have any pile of rocks on them. It is as if someone or something pushed the rocks away from them…manually." The woman said.
Leiselt finally found what was wrong and fell into deep thoughts. She recalled what she saw on the screens and there was definitely nothing weird happening, except for some small movements here and there because of the lack of balance.
"Is there any footage of what happened?" She asked.
"For some odd reason, we found that all the cameras had been destroyed inside the maze. However, we still caught this footage before the camera was destroyed." The woman then approached Leislet and showed her the replay.
In the footage, there was nothing worthy of attention going on. However, the next moment, a huge rock came out of nowhere, flying like a bullet, and hit the pile of rocks that was on top of one of the contestants, blowing it to pieces and releasing him.
But simultaneously, another smaller rock came flying and hit the camera, destroying it instantly and announcing the end of the footage.
'How could that…don't tell me.' Leiselt had one single person in mind who could pull that off. Although it should be impossible for him to do that with his current powers, he was the only one to have that kind of ability.
"I will deal with this matter. Thanks for telling me." She left those words and walked away.
'Sine when Acht could throw boulders that size with that sheer speed?' she pondered seriously.
She had been basically with Acht for a whole 3 months so she knew what he trained and what he did most of the day. She even planted some small cameras in his room to watch his 'progress' but he busted them pretty quickly and she had to beg him for forgiveness for weeks.
Anyway, she was well aware of his level of strength so seeing that happen made her question herself and the boy too.
"I should not think about this stuff when he's dancing between life and death. When he comes back to me safely, we can discuss that." She muttered to herself with a reprimanding tone.
When she reached the place again, she found that the medics had already left to get something to transport him and also to check on other contestants.
The only one left there was Scarlett who was sitting there with Acht on her lap. Her face was hidden so Leislet couldn't determine whether it was a success or not.
She even hesitated for a moment to ask. But, she still asked nevertheless.
"Is he…ok?" Her voice sounded higher than usual even though she tried to keep it normal.
Scarlett didn't answer instantly, she just kept looking at Acht's face dazedly.
"Hey, I sai-"
"He fell into a coma. The medics don't have any idea when he's going to wake up or…if he's going to even wake up." Scarlett said with the flattest and emotionless tone she had. It was as if she had lost a part of her soul with that news and so she couldn't even show any sadness or shock.
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