After they arrived at the hospital, Zane had separated from the dark elf and went looking for Melissa. Despite the state of this hospital, they still provided proper care to patients. There was still the matter of the tracking incident, but that was a matter he didn’t want to get involved with.
“Are you subject Z?”
Zane glanced behind him to find a woman with short black hair and eyes. She was wearing a business suit with the logo of the New Earth government on her left shoulder. On the opposite shoulder, she had the logo of the Albertian faction.
“Who’s asking?” Zane responded.
“I am Katherine Bate. I am your new handler,” the woman introduced herself. “You need to do a lot of tests for the organization. You will strictly adhere to this schedule,” she held up a piece of paper. “If you know what’s best for you, you will do as I say.”
Zane just gave her a flat look and walked away.
“Hey!” Katherine yelled as she went after Zane.
Zane hurried to Melissa’s room and found her on her wheel chair packing what little stuff she had. “You’re leaving?” Zane asked.
“I am talki-” Zane slammed the door on Katherine.
“You won’t be my handler anymore?”
Melissa turned to Zane with a somber expression on her face. “I’m sorry Zane, but that was decision of the higher ups. Besides, I won’t be able to keep up with you like this,” Melissa patted what was left of her leg. “Especially now that you’re stronger.”
“Where will you go now?” Zane asked.
Melissa shrugged. “I don’t know.”
Over the past years, Zane had found out a lot about Melissa. Her family was pretty reputable, but she far down the hierarchy to matter to them, so she became a researcher for the Albertian faction. She was never close to her parents and her over a dozen siblings, so Zane knew she won’t return to them.
“Maybe I’ll get a desk job,” Melissa said. “They offered.”
“I’ll go with you. This time, I’ll take care of you,” Zane declared.
“Zane...” Melissa had a complicated expression her face. “You’re young. You still have a lot of possibilities ahead of you. You have a Dragon trigger. You have a bright future.”
“What’s the point when I’ll lose the only family I have...”
Melissa flinched, not expecting Zane to be so emotional. “Come here,” she opened her arms. They embraced each other, ignoring the loud knocking on the door.
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“I apologize for ruining the moment, but you have enemies incoming,” Averin revealed.
Zane broke off the hug and rushed to the window. “What’s wrong?” Melissa asked in worry.
Zane saw two trucks stop in front of the hospital, and then an armed group began coming out.
The door slammed open. “How dare you?!” Katherine yelled.
Zane turned to her. “Call your superiors and tell them that the Nero family is involved in slave trafficking,” Zane said before jumping out the window.
“What?!” Katherine watched the scene in shock, then turned to Melissa. “What’s going on?”
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Kayde arrived at the hospital and noticed a concerning sight. She was looking down from her stealth aircraft and saw two trucks arrive with a small army.
“Does everybody think they can just do anything they want in my sector?”
She was about to drop down when she saw someone jump out of a window and land in front of the hospital. The young man began running towards the unwelcomed guests, and gaining their attention.
They aimed their weapons at him.
Kayde thought the young man was committing suicide, but what she didn’t expect was for a blue dragon to materialize from the young man. It was clear the armed group didn’t expect this as well by the way they all panicked.
The blue dragon conjured a massive barrier that continued to grow as dragon charged with it. The barrier crashed into the trucks, knocking them over and pushing them along the way as the armed group ran from the sudden attack.
“What the fuck is going on?” Kayde pressed something on the control panel, then a zoomed in footage of the young man appeared on the aircraft’s screen.
She didn’t recognize the young man, and that was unlikely since having a Dragon trigger attracted a lot of attention. Either the young man purposely hid that he had a Dragon trigger, or he recently obtained. As Kayde was thinking about the situation, she remembered why she was here.
She rubbed her chin in thought. “But the dragon heart should conjure a black dragon, not a blue one...”
Kayde began scratching her head in confusion. Meanwhile, backdown on the battlefield, the young man began his slaughter. He moved at an amazing speed and precision, accurately striking down his enemies with powerful strikes despite being outnumbered.
To be fair, he wasn’t outgunned.
His body was obviously enhanced with mana, otherwise the speed he was showing wouldn’t be possible.
“An augmented huh,” Kayde muttered as she observed the slaughter. “An impressive mana control as well.”
Kayde had a stage six core, which was an impressive achievement for her age. And at that level, she could feel the flow of mana from others. From what she had observed, there wasn’t any mana leaking from the young man, meaning his mana control method was top-tier.
Mana control methods were vital to the growth of a mage. A lacking mana control would hinder their growth since efficiently absorbing and circulating mana into their bodies were the vital part of enhancing a mana core. The less mana that leaked out the better.
Kayde noticed a group had begun casting a large-scale spell.
“I should probably intervene now.”
Her necklace glowed and Kayde phased through the floor of the aircraft. She popped out from under the aircraft and dove towards the group of mages.
A green magic circle appeared in her hands, then a condensed ball of wind began to swirl in her hands. “Get lost!” Kayde yelled as she trusted her hand forward and unleashed a powerful tornado from her hand.
The mages screamed as they were swept by the tornado. When the tornado vanished, the mages were left groaning in pain on the ground. As she turned around to deal with the others, the young man zoomed past her, aiming to finish of the mages.
“Wait!” Kayde used wind magic to slow him down, but the young man jumped, spun midair, and kicked the magic away. “The fuck?”
As the young man landed, he axe-kicked the head of one of the mages, crushing it in a brutal way.
That snapped Kayde out of her shock. “Stop! We need to interrogate them!” she sent two blasts of wind to keep him away from the remaining mages.
The young man turned to her, aiming a hand at her. “Trigger.”
A black dragon appeared.