Tremblay, Brol City. This city was one of the cities that drew the border between what was the Tremblay Guild’s territory and what was a part of the Wandering Lands.

There, Aaron, Alex and Isaac were flying aboard their personal S-Craft.

The city was foggy, but they could still catch glimpses of the chaos beneath them.

Brol was under attack. It couldn’t do much to oppose the new Topaz guild’s forces.

“Are you sure we will be fine like this?”

“Don’t worry, guys. We’ve almost passed the borders.” Alex was the one flying the aircraft.

He turned his head to look at Aaron and Isaac. They were sitting down on their chairs, doing absolutely nothing.

The was a wide window in the back of the S-Craft, and through it, Alex noticed something. There was a ship after them. A few characters indicated the model: RC-205.

“Oh shit!”

“A Rocket Crux is pursuing us!”

The aircraft was thrice as big as their tiny S-Craft.

The Rocket Crux’s loading ramp was extended. On it, three people were facing them.

The younger one smiled. “Heh! Fire!”

*BVOOM* A red beam landed on the back of the S-Craft.

*Cough!* Alex looked at the state of the ship. The back had gotten obliterated. There was smoke everywhere. “Is everyone alright?! I lost control of the S-Craft!”

Aaron was kneeling on the floor. He straightened Isaac into a sitting position against a wall. “No! Isaac lost his consciousness!”

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Isaac’s head had gotten injured by the impact.

“Dammit! Who did this?!” Aaron grabbed his sniper. He took a look at the perpetrators through his scope.

What he saw left him speechless. It was his younger brother, Rico, and his two guards. ‘He’s… laughing?’

Explo had almost finished charging her weapon.

“They are attacking again! I got an idea!” declared Aaron.

He walked up the gap in the back of the S-Craft, then extended his arms and focused on his wind magic.

Since the controls weren’t working, he tried to guide the ship with magic.

Thankfully, S-Crafts were small, so it wasn’t impossible to change their direction. However, it required Aaron a lot of mana.

*Bvooom!*

They managed to avoid Explo’s second beam.

Nevertheless, Alex realized that their speed was increasing rapidly. ‘Aaron won’t be able to hold for long. We’re going to crash. I need to help him, but how?!’

An idea appeared in his mind. It was the only solution he could think of at the moment.

He pressed a button: [emergency landing].

It worked. Three parachutes appeared atop the S-Craft. *Wooosh!*

Over on the other ship, Rico was getting annoyed. “This is it! Die, brother!”

“Fire!”

*Bvooom!*

While the parachutes kept them from crashing and made them go higher, it slowed down the S-Craft so much that Aaron couldn’t avoid it.

Two new holes made their appearance. One was at the bottom of the ship and the other at the top. They separated Alex from Aaron and Isaac.

The parachute had also gotten pierced.

All hope seemed lost.

Time seemed to have slowed down.

“This is it. We’re going to die! Isaac, wake up at least!” Aaron begged while shaking Isaac’s body.

Finally, Isaac did awaken. But not in the way that Aaron anticipated. His pupilless eyes glowed red. A red aura radiated around him.

Aaron’s hands started frying, so he quickly withdrew them. “What the- Isaac?!”

With an absent expression, Isaac stood up.