As soon as Adam and Zax left, Timothy frowned and frustration was apparent in his voice.
"Hey, are you okay with this?" He asked, looking at everyone, especially Yelena.
"I mean, we are not sure if there is no other way..." He added.
Feldenis who was quiet until then looked at Timothy with concerned eyes. "Timothy, Adam's theory was highly probable. Trying to pass through the portal while knowing the risks is just sheer madness. I understand your feelings, and we are all the same, but for now, let's trust Adam."
Everyone else nodded, but deep in their heart, they were not sure that Adam would succeed.
There was a doubt mixed with fear... Fear to lose someone dear.
Timothy looked like it was hard for him to accept that he couldn't do anything to save Liu.
It happened so easily... Before they knew it, Liu was already gone.
"It's not time for regrets, Timothy, let's focus on what needs to do," Yelena said. She finally managed to regain her usual composure. "Okay, let's return to the ship and ask for support from the Empire. This is not a normal occurrence."
In his plan, Adam instructed everyone else to return to the ship and be ready to move as soon as they receive his location.
He explained that he would use the purple stone to open a portal as soon as he rescued Liu.
He said that his goal was not to fight but to run away as soon he found Liu, by using his power to immobilize the kidnappers momentarily.
Yelena and the others didn't understand how Adam's power worked but they already experienced its effect so they at least understood that Adam was not joking.
"Miss Ma?ra, please come with us too," Feldenis said, looking at Ma?ra with a worried look on his face.
Ma?ra looked around and a big portion of her house was in ruin.
She couldn't also fight the monsters alone, so she instantly came up with a decision. "I appreciate it."
After that, everyone moved quickly and hopped inside the floating vehicle.
They needed to leave before the monsters reached their location.
Timothy and Brodon also prepared to fight monsters on the way so the vehicle's rooftop was detached.
Feldenis was the one who sat in the driver's seat, and it was time to go.
But...
A portal appeared in front of them, and another person wearing black armor and carrying a huge metallic rectangular container appeared from inside.
Everyone reacted to this new menace almost at the same time and it showed; elemental particles surrounded their body and created some kind of visible aura, and they stood up from their seat.
They knew that these individuals wearing black armor are bad news.
However, after seeing that Yelena and the others were about to attack, the person wearing black armor raised their hands. "Wait... I am not your enemy..." The voice was almost inaudible and foggy.
Then the armored person fell to their knees and breathed heavily, almost as if they were dying.
"What are we going to do?!" Timothy asked.
The person stated that they were not an enemy but no sane person would straight up believe such a statement.
And they couldn't waste any time discussing the true identity of this mysterious black-armored person, because as soon as Adam rescued Liu, they needed to pick them up before the other individuals wearing black armor took Liu again.
And even now, they weren't aware of the reason why Liu was kidnapped.
"Let's find another way and avoid him! If he pursues us, then we have no choice but to fight!" Yelena said.
Unfortunately, things were not that easy...
Crack! Crack!
Crackling sounds reached everyone's ears and...
Boom!!
A Black lighting strike hit the person who wore black armor.
The shockwave generated by that single attack knocked away the tree roots and created a huge crater on the ground, an a smoke of dust enveloped the area.
Even the floating vehicle was blown away by the wind pressure and everyone who was inside got ejected out violently and slammed onto the ground.
"Ku!"
Fortunately, managed to keep the damage to the minimum thanks to their ability.
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"Did it die this time?"
"I am not sure! Vampires are extremely hard to kill it seems..."
Appearing out of nowhere, two mysterious people stood in front of the huge crater, waiting for the smoke to dissipate.
"Okay, let's retrieve the fragment and go back, quickly. Gralt and the commander must have already retrieved theirs."
"Lupic, how many times do I have to tell you to not try competing with the commander. You will die."
"Calm down, Louis, I am not thinking about such a thing."
Louis and Lupic also wore ragged black armors, but the design was similar to the one that those who kidnapped Liu wore.
"Hm?"
"What is it?" Louis asked when he saw Lupic's reaction.
"What are we going to do about these?" Lupic asked, looking at Timothy and the others who stood back on their feet.
"Is that even a question?"
"I guess not. Hahaha."
Louis and Lupic lost all of their interest in Yelena and the others and just walked towards the black armored person who was lying at the center of the crater.
The person's armor still exuded black smoke and it was in every state. It was even a miracle that the armor was still in one piece after such an attack.
The person held something in the metallic container in their band.
"The fragment must be inside," Lupic remarked.
Then he tried to take the container but the armored person was still holding it firmly.
"Mm? It's not dead yet?" Louis asked.
"This thing is really tough!"
Then, suddenly, crimson red mist enveloped Louis and Lupic.
"Tch, this again." Lupic frowned.
"Let's move out of here. I didn't expect it to still have the strength to pull this kind of trick."
Lupic and Louis jumped out of the area covered by the crimson color.
Apparent irritation appeared on Loui's face. "I've had enough of this. Let's finish this once and for all."
As soon as he finished saying these words, black sparkles of lighting enveloped Louis's body and then...
'Domain.' One of the ultimate power that only level 9 and higher could unleash.
Louis's domain covered an radius of almost hundred of meters.
He could control his power from anywhere inside of this area, and the sheer destructive output of every single attack wouldn't decrease even if he launched thousands of attack simultaneously.
It would only take him a second to launch hundreds of attacks with greater power than his first attack.
That was because almost all of the neutral particles inside of the area became lighting particles.
This mean that his power was almost multiplied by one hundred.
The atmosphere inside of the domain became very tense, and little spheres of condensed pure black lighting floated everywhere.
This was the reason why level 9 and higher gift holders were on a different level compared to this who ranked below.
"You are going all out, aren't you?" Lupic looked at Louis.
"This is getting a little bit annoying," Louis frowned as he answered.
The armored person who was helplessly lying on the ground just a few seconds ago rose to their feet, and a thick mist of crimson red color enveloped their body.
Lupic looked at the scene with disdain. "Tch! How many times do we have to kill this thing?"
Lupic and Louis are by no means weak or lacking firepower but the individual that they were chasing was just abnormal.
A vampire.
Beings from another universe that defied the natural laws of nature in their universe.
They reigned at the top of their world until monsters came.
Their universe was completely engulfed by corruption and even with their mighty power, they couldn't do anything about level 10 and higher monsters.
These monsters could consume an entire planet in one go.
Everything quickly took a dark turn for their world.
However, one day, a mysterious man appeared and revealed the existence of the Tree of Life and its fragments.
He said that these fragments could save their world.
However, these fragments only existed in a certain universe, known as the Original Universe.
To find these fragments, the ancient vampires sent their mightiest warriors and entrusted them with a mission.
The fate of their world depended on the armored vampire and the container that she carried.
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