Adion stared down at Konfed’s dead body in deep thought. He knew that many people would die tonight who hadn’t necessarily committed any evil. They were however, knowingly or unknowingly, working for and helping an evil organization.

And they are enemies. I’m not strong enough to afford showing my enemies mercy.

Adion felt how Sahra and Rufus finally entered the mansion. They seemed to be heading down to the treasury. Adion had explained the layout of the building beforehand, and it was decided that they should meet up there when they got inside if they didn’t hear any ongoing fights. Adion didn’t have enough space in his backpack to carry everything in the treasury, and he had no plans on leaving any of that behind.

Benji and Lomin would be on the lookout outside and take care to warn them if anything unexpected happened.

Adion hurried downstairs to meet up with Sahra and Rufus. He noticed that they had been caught by the two guards and seemed to be fighting.

Damn, why didn’t they wait? Maybe the guards noticed the disturbance I caused and were on edge. Even if Sahra and Rufus stayed back, their aura might have exposed them.

Adion ran as fast as he could, not wanting his teammates to get injured. Their opponents were two Silver mages, nothing Rufus and Sahra could handle easily.

It didn’t even take a full minute for Adion to reach the fight. But as soon as he did, he heard Sahra yell out in pain, followed by Rufus’s terrified voice.

“Sahra!” Rufus yelled as he ran to his companion's side.

Adion saw that a sword had pierced Sahra, coming clean through her back.

Damn. This is bad. That is a very lethal wound.

“Rufus!” Adion yelled, “Pull out the sword and feed her this pill.” Adion then threw him a Supreme Healing Pill of Mesana and ran toward the two Silver mages, who were very much still alive. Adion’s Will was pretty exhausted, but he powered through and froze the one closest to him in space and slit his throat with his sword.

It worked wonders as usual, and the mage fell to the floor dead. It had allowed the other guard to attack Adion, though, as both his teammates were busy. Adion got hit by a ball of fire that did a lot more damage than any fire Adion could conjure. Thankfully, Adion had Authority over fire, so he quickly wrestled it out of the Silver mage’s control and grabbed the fire for himself.

Adion threw it right back at the mage, the fire still full of the same concepts that managed to injure Adion’s arm and shoulder.

His opponent made the mistake of thinking he could move out of the way of Adion’s fire, but Adion wasn’t like any usual fire mage who lost control of his fire after a few seconds. As the ball of fire passed the guard, he used his Will to pull it back again, hitting the Silver mage in the back of the head.

Adion Willed it to burn and dig into the man’s body. It wouldn’t take long for it to do the job, but Adion didn’t see the need to take chances, so he ran up to the man and froze him space, cutting his head clean off with a swing of his sword.

Damn. That hurts. But I’ll be damned if I waste another of those healing pills. I only have four left.

Adion winced in pain as he touched the nasty burn that spread from his elbow to his shoulder. He tried ignoring the pain and made his way to Sahra, who had just swallowed the pill and was completely healed.

Both Sahra and Rufus looked at Adion with wide eyes as he approached them.

“Adion, just what kind of pill was that?” Rufus asked.

“I found it in the treasury the last time I was here,” Adion answered, “Sorry for not telling you. I thought to save it against my fight against Eulen. Thankfully, I didn’t need it.”

“They have something as incredible as this in that treasury?” Rufus asked, shocked.

“Mm,” Adion nodded, “It was the only one that was placed separated from the other pills. I could feel that it was a very strong healing pill from its aura and couldn’t resist taking it with me.”

“Just where could they have gotten something like this?” Rufus asked in a low voice, seemingly completely believing Adion’s words, “I’ve never heard of a healing pill coming even close to this power. It has to be…Crimson, no? Black? Sahra was basically dead!”

Adion noticed that Rufus's cheeks were wet.

Adion also knew how serious the situation was, which is why he didn’t hesitate to throw him the pill.

Sahra hadn’t said a word yet. She was touching the place where a sword had just pierced her. Only smoothed skin could be seen there now.

“I feel like even if someone chops my head off, a new one will immediately grow out,” Sahra said in a low voice.

“That…” Rufus looked at Sahra hesitantly.

“Never mind,” Sahra shook her head. She then looked at Adion with a beautiful smile. “I was sure I’d die. I was sure. Thank you, Adion.”

She then got up and embraced him in a hug, “Thank you.”

Adion hadn’t hesitated for a second before sacrificing a pill to save Sahra. It was an obvious thing to do. But he still felt a little bad about losing another Supreme Healing Pill of Mesana.

But suddenly, feeling Sahra’s gratefulness, he wasn’t feeling so bad anymore.

“Don’t mention it,” Adion said, “And sorry, but I have gotten some burns so…”

“Oh! Sorry,” Sahra said as she let go of Adion, realizing it must have hurt him a lot.

“It’s okay. It was worth it,” Adion said with a grin.

Sahra looked at him in shock for a moment before bursting out in laughter along with Rufus.

“Hahaha! If I didn’t have Benji and you were a few years older, I might have really fallen for you right there, Adion.” Sahra said with a smile.

Rufus stepped up and threw an arm around Adion’s shoulder, “That was pretty smooth, Adion. You’re a natural.”

Adion just shook his head with a smile. He didn’t mean anything by it. “Let’s rob this place. What do you say?”

“Let’s go!” Sahra said enthusiastically.

Adion stepped to the door and noticed it was locked.

I should have checked for keys on Eulen’s body.

“I’ll teleport inside and see if I can let you in,” Adion said and started focusing on the space inside the treasure.

A few seconds later, he appeared in the treasury, just like he had done the last time he visited.

Adion went to the door, and from inside, it was no difficulty opening it.

“Come on in,” Adion said as he ushered Sahra and Rufus inside. Sahra conjured a fire and used it to light a torch on the side of the wall.

“Amazing,” Sahra said in a low voice.

“We’re rich!” Rufus exclaimed happily.

“Let’s hurry. Get everything you can into your backpacks, and we’ll take a closer look later,” Adion said, moving to the stacks of documents. He hoped that there would be some valuable information in there somewhere.

Sahra and Rufus also began taking the coins, beast cores, and pills off the shelves and shoving them into their packs.

“With these pills, it might not be long for me to reach high Silver,” Sahra said with glistening eyes.

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“To think they’d have so many Vastro coins,” Rufus commented, “We’ll be living in luxury with this amount.”

“Mm,” Adion nodded, “It is probably the entire wealth of the Heavenly Light branch in the Silver Wall.”

It didn’t take long before they finished collecting the valuables and got ready to leave.

“What now?” Sahra asked.

“I don’t want to leave those Golds behind,” Adion said, “I think I can catch them unprepared. So you guys head back to Lomin and Benji while I go over to the mansion they’re staying at. Sahra, start a fire here that will catch people’s attention. I will pretend to have information about the attack and bring Hettim and that Darto here.”

“Are you sure that’s necessary?” Sahra asked.

“Yes,” Adion said, “I think they know that I was supposed to meet Eulen tonight. And Hettim knows my face. I’ll be a lot more relaxed knowing they’re dead.”

“Alright,” Sahra nodded, “Let’s go.”

“Wear these,” Adion said and handed them four white masks that he found in the treasury, “This will definitely cause a ruckus, and we can’t expect to kill everyone with eyes on the situation.”

“Alright,” Sahra said as she and Rufus accepted the masks, saving two of them for Lomin and Benji.

Adion then took off, heading for the other mansion on the manor where the two Gold mages were, while Sahra conjured fire to set the mansion ablaze.

My Will isn’t precisely in top shape at the moment, but if the two mages are focused on the scene of the mansion burning and have their heads buzzing with thoughts, I should manage to kill them by catching them off-guard.

Adion himself donned a mask, as there could be some eyes on who left the mansion. He then quickly made his way to the mansion where he could now feel the auras of the two Gold mages.

Arriving at the front door, Adion removed his mask and made his way inside without knocking.

“Gold Hettim! Gold Darto! Quick, we’re under attack!” Adion yelled.

It didn’t take long before the two Golds rushed to his location. Four Silver mages who seemed to be stationed in the mansion also appeared.

“Adion?” Hettim asked as he arrived next to Darto.

“Gold Hettim, please come quick. Diamond Eulen is injured, Jakett is dead, I…I…” Adion put on a show as well as he could.

“Who’s attacking?” Darto asked in a strict voice.

“They are at Diamond Eulen’s mansion, please, hurry!” Adion stressed.

“Alright, alright, calm down,” Hettim said, “Everyone! With me!”

The two Gold and four Silver mages followed Adion outside, and they all soon caught sight of the mansion, now engulfed in flames.

“What is-” Hettim started but didn’t get to finish as Adion smashed the back of his head in with his space.

“What just happened?” Adion yelled in shock. “It’s the same thing that happened to Jakett!”

Darto and the Silver mages all jumped away from Hettim in shock, “Did anyone see what just happened?” Darto asked.

“His head was just bashed in out of nowhere,” One of the Silver mages said.

“It’s them!” Adion yelled as he pointed to the masked Rufus and Sahra exiting the burning mansion.

Everyone’s attention was now focused on the two masked people in the distance, and Adion took the opportunity for his second attack.

A violent crushing of bones could be heard, and everyone looked to Darto, who was falling to the ground, the same injury as Hettim adorning the back of his head.

“What is happening?” Adion asked loudly.

“It’s him!” One of the Silver mages yelled and pointed to Adion, “I was suspicious, so I paid attention just now. I don’t know how he did it, but it was definitely him!”

Well, they would notice something sooner or later. But the two Golds are already dead.

Adion froze the space around the Silver mage closest to him and quickly cut his throat.

A rock was conjured and thrown at Adion’s head in quick response. Adion reacted in time, though, and stopped it in space before it hit him.

Adion then jumped away to make some distance between himself and the rest of the Silver mages. A long vine of fire was thrown after him and almost managed to wrap around Adion’s body.

Fancy spell. Adion thought and froze the fire in space. The fire mage let go of his control over the fire, allowing Adion to take it for himself without much effort.

He grabbed as much of the fire as his Authority allowed, and threw it right back. And it wasn’t the only fire attack that was thrown at the remaining three Silvers either.

Benji! Lomin!

Backup had arrived, and now Adion was more confident in fighting up close. He ran up to the earth mage and froze him in space before piercing his sword through his heart. The fire mage was handled by Lomin and Benji at the same time. Only one enemy remained.

“Wait, I have a famil-” He didn’t get a chance to speak further before the back of his head was busted open by Adion’s volatile space.

Adion was completely exhausted but knew this wasn’t the place to rest. He put on the mask again and made his way over to Benji and Lomin.

“Thanks, let’s move.” He said and took off.

“Sahra and Rufus?” Benji asked.

“That’s them,” Adion said, pointing out the masked pair running toward them.

It didn’t take long to meet up. Lomin and Benji got a white mask each and immediately put them on.

“This way,” Benji said, “There is a place where we should be able to get over the walls and escape unnoticed. At least more so than through the front gate.”

“Alright,” Adion nodded, and they all followed Benji to the north side of the manor. Adion spotted a few people arriving, watching the burning mansion. A few probably got a look at their group running away, but Adion didn’t have time to take care of them. There would only be more and more people coming as they noticed the fire and commotion. They were masked, so he wasn’t too worried.

Benji led them to a wall 10 feet high that they managed to get over without much effort, landing on the neighboring manor.

“This way, get ready to remove the masks and slow down to a walk once we make it out onto the street,” Benji told the group.

Everyone nodded and picked up the pace once again. It only took them a minute to reach a wall bordering the street.

“Wait,” Adion said. He could feel that people were walking past on the other side of the wall through his sphere of space mana.

It took half a minute before the coast was clear. Everyone had removed their masks by that point.

“Now,” Adion said, and they all climbed the wall and dropped down on the street on the other side.

“Calm your breathing. Act natural,” Adion advised.

Everyone nodded with serious faces and started walking, trying not to hurry their steps too much despite the situation.

It took them a few minutes before they reached a big street. Even though it was late, a lot of people were still milling about.

“We should be good now, no?” Rufus asked in a low voice.

“Probably,” Adion nodded, “But let’s hold off on the celebration until we make some distance from the city.”

Adion felt that every minute seemed to stretch out forever as they walked. The news of what had happened in the center of the city eventually passed them, and they could hear people discussing it on the streets.

Hopefully, Heavenly Light doesn’t carry enough weight to close down the city gates. No one stronger than a Silver mage remains in town, so it’s unlikely.

After 30 of the longest minutes of Adion’s life, the group reached the north city gate.

“Heading out so late?” One of the guards asked Benji as they were about to leave.

“Haah,” Benji sighed, “We were supposed to head out for a mission in Gerrinswood this morning, but someone spent all night drinking, waking up midday on the other side of town.”

Benji stared angrily at Rufus as he said the last part.

Rufus scratched the back of his head in feigned embarrassment. “Sorry, boss. But you should’ve seen the women there!”

“Whatever,” Benji shook his head tiredly, “We good to leave? I heard there was some commotion in the city center? You’re not closing the gate, right? We’ll get heavily scolded if we can’t arrive by the day after tomorrow.”

“Nothing like that,” The guard said, shaking his head with a smile. “Just a little curious. You guys take care out there.”

“Thanks. Have a good night,” Benji said.

The group continued walking at a leisurely pace for a good while before they were a good distance away from Wender, and they were the only ones in the surroundings.

“We’re rich! Hahaha!” Sahra yelled in celebration.

“Wait until you guys see what those bastards had in their treasury,” Rufus joined in.

“Haaah,” Benji sat down on the ground with a tired smile, “That was thrilling and all. But please, never again.”

“Don’t worry,” Adion said with a pleased smile, “The next time I make a move, I’ll be sure to be strong enough that there are no risks involved. But that is for the future. We should relax and celebrate for now, no?”

“That’s right, Adion. Hahaha!” Rufus threw an arm around Adion’s shoulders and laughed. “Come on, you too, Lomin! Show some excitement. Bet you never thought you’d get to return home with a story like this, huh?”

“Well, it was certainly a-,” Lomin tried but was interrupted by Rufus.

“Boooring.” Rufus faked a yawn, “Come on, Lomin. Show some excitement!”

Rufus then looked around the group and started chanting, “Lomin, Lomin, Lomin, Lomin! Come on, everyone! Lomin!”

“Lomin!” Sahra joined in with a smile.

“Lomin! Lomin!” Adion and Benji joined in on the silliness.

Lomin couldn’t hold back a smile and raised his hands up in the air, “WOHO!!!”

“Hahahaha!” Everyone laughed for minutes, the tension of the past weeks vanishing completely.