"So… how exactly did you get out and find us?"
"? I thought you weren't going to ask"
"Well, we've been running for only 5 minutes and there's nothing in sight. They all have pretty good stamina so I estimate that we'll be running for quite some while"
Hearing that, Zaire's fave visibly darkened but he soon cleared his throat
"I simply followed your traces, that's all"
"Our traces..? What does that mean?"
"You seem pretty similar to risky scenarios like this you know? How'd you get so much experience?"
Elijah took a glance at Zaire who switched the topic, Zaire was staring straight back at him.
Elijah looked away, responding
"I'm part of the special military force ran by Mr Farrell. How about you?"
Zaire blinked his eyes, clearly catching his meaning and grinned.
Elijah stared at Zaire's eyes, which had remained expressionless throughout the run other than that one time where his face darkened
'Not answering huh'
Suppressing a sigh, they both continued running, with Zaire somehow taking the lead
Elijah reached into his bag but his hand was grabbed by Zaire
"…? What is it?"
"Are you going to contact Everett?"
"… you mean Mr Farrell?"
"Yea"
"Yes I am, why?"
Elijah stared at Zaire, the surroundings around them fell to a blur, as if time had slowed around them
"Don't contact him"
"…huh? Why?"
He did not get a response
***
The four of them stood inside a small protective shield, with the monsters outside banging on it
"Say Serena, how long do you think your shield will last?"
"Pretty long,maybe 6 hours?, the ear-rings sacraficed were valueable as hell."
Serena touched her now bare ear as she sat down
"Don't worry Serena, I'll buy us new ones!"
"Who said I wanted a new one…"
Serena looked away, pouting.
Kevin stared out the shield, trying to look past the demonic creatures to see any traces of Elijah.
"You should relax, I doubt we can see him through these creatures anyway"
Azreal patted Kevin on the shoulder.
"His injury hasn't fully healed, what if he gets hurt again?"
Kevin removed his face from the shield, turning to Azreal
"I doubt it, unless he wants to get placed into house arrest and scolded by 5 people, he'll stay still"
Azreal dragged Kevin by the Hand and sat next to the two girls
Serena looked at the 2 of them as she lied down against the barrier.
"Do you 2 have any fruit? I'm hungry"
'Still pouting huh?'
Well it made sense, it was a very precious ear ring to her.
Azreal sighed as he sat down, from his bag he took out a bag of chips
"I don't have a lot, we'll share"
Then, Azreal felt his sleeves getting tugged
"..? Is something the matter?"
Azreal turned his head in the direction where he felt his sleeve was getting tugged.
Kevin let go of his sleeve and while adjusting his hair slightly, he asked
"Say..l shouldn't we contact Mr Farrell?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
The four stood in awkward silence
"I'll call him"
Azreal immediately took out his phone and dialed Mr farreal's numbee
It rang for about 10 seconds before being picked up, a sigh came from the other side of the phone
" what is it?"
"We're stuck in a barrier with a bunch of demonic creatures surrounding us, Elijah has left the group and his whereabouts are unknown"
"… what?"
"Do I need to repeat?"
"…no"
They heard another sigh coming from the other side of the phone
"So who's here with you?"
"Me,Azreal, Serena and Kevin"
Taking the initiative, Saoirse responded
"we've done as you instructed and Zaire is at the dorms, his hands are handcuffed by the handcuffs so he can't use mana"
"I doubt it"
"?"
"It's nothing"
Mr Farrell cleared his throat
"Send me your coordinates through the artifact, I'll teleport. It'll take around an hour for me to teleport there so stay safe"
****
The two of them stopped in their tracks as they arrived on the scene.
A bunch of zombies were beating on a translucent barrier, with the four teenagers inside casually chatting.
"Seems they're quite safe"
Elijah wiped his forehead with his shirt, while Zaire stood next to him panting before asking.
"A translucent barrier.. is that an artifact?"
Elijah ignored the question and took out his sword.
Zaire immediately held his hand again
"..? What"
"You're not planning to fight all of them, are you?"
"You're fighting with me, aren't you? You're pretty strong from what I understand"
"Do you believe I'm some deus ex machina?"
"…"
"We'll you're right I can handle this much"
"???"
Elijah's face contorted in confusion before his eyes landed on his pale hands
Looking at the boy's pale friends, he seemed to be grabbing cards out of nothing
"…cards?"
"I guess you can call them as such. That wall is made of divine authority right? Even if it's just an apostle, it should be sturdy"
"How do you-"
"Shh"
Zaire brought his pale hand up to Elijah's mouth.
Elijah stared at the hand, noticing it seemed a shade paler than earlier when he killed the bald man.
With a nonchalant expression, Zaire threw the cards towards the barrier
"So… what are the cards suppose to do?"
"It took me awhile to gather them"
"That doesn't answer my-"
Elijah stopped speaking as he heard an explosion
He turned his attention to the source, which was the barrier that was surrounded by fire.
"What the hell-"
"We should get out, I threw quite a lot"
Elijah felt his hand getting dragged again and he was dragged out of the vicinity at lightning speed
At that moment, Elijah could only stare in confusion as the fire bursting out of nowhere at the barrier and the lightning speed he was getting dragged away at.
As he finally reached safety, a few thoughts permeated his mind
Such as but not limited to,
'How the hell is this blond boy so fast?'
'What the hell did he throw to create those flames? Is he a user of divine authority?'