"Since when has Taiwanese's strength become so formidable?"
With his clothes turned into beggar's rags and his whole body pitch-black, Kaecilius, having successfully escaped the encirclement at the cost of two followers, ran towards the city of Shanghai. He had no way to care about the looks from passersby who treated him like a crazy person. He had to run faster to ensure he wouldn't be caught by others. Fortunately, the training method of Kamar-Taj sorcerers was not just simply chanting spells; they also needed to exercise their bodies. Otherwise, panting like an ox after running a few hundred meters, he simply couldn't outrun the guys chasing him. While running, Kaecilius was also very emotional. It was really his first time seeing Taiwanese's strength, and he ended up suffering a big loss here. But he was very confused as to why this group of guys could discover his location so quickly. According to the time he estimated, although he might be discovered, it shouldn't have been that fast!
"Still a little bit more, I cannot give up!"
Surging with magic power throughout his body, Kaecilius accelerated again. He still had a long distance to go to his destination. He had to run even harder. This made passersby take out their mobile phones to record short videos. In reality, someone could actually run that fast; it felt like it was faster than a sprinter. A rare opportunity, how could they not record a video for fun.
"Hurry, chase him! Is this guy really a mage? He's an absolute beast!" A group of guys were chasing Kaecilius in a rush, but they had long since lost sight of his back; the guy was running way too fast. The leader widened his eyes in disbelief that a mage could run that fast. "Aren't you mages supposed to stay in Kamar-Taj on the Himalayas all day? Aren't you supposed to be studying magic and alchemy or something? Your physical fitness shouldn't be better than us superhumans who train every day, right? Why is the mage we met today so unconventional?" With a belly full of questions, the leader continued to chase Kaecilius with his subordinates.
"Old Chen really messed up, letting him get away. It's our turn now." Compared to the guys struggling to chase on the ground, five individuals wearing special clothes with dragon patterns stood on a high building, quietly watching Kaecilius running toward the city. The five of them were three men and two women. The team leader teased the guys from the other team; it seemed they had a very good relationship, otherwise, he wouldn't tease them like that. After saying this, he turned to look at his subordinates and nodded. These four people were elites he had cultivated, all of them powerful superhumans. After going through his training, their strength had improved significantly. This was the first time this group was performing a mission, and today he was going to lead these four subordinates to complete their first battle.
"Yes." Hearing the Captain's order, the four replied with great spirit and saluted. Their figures instantly disappeared from the rooftop. Seeing this, the Captain sighed deeply. It would be a lie to say he wasn't worried, but if these children could walk off the battlefield, it would mean they were already qualified warriors. Along with the worry, there was also necessary expectation. He was very confident in these four selected children; they were all kids who could endure hardship.
"This feeling, has the target appeared?" Artoria, who was waiting patiently in the hotel, felt the ahoge on her head suddenly twitch. Her intuition told her that the target she wanted to see was now approaching, which made Artoria stand up from the sofa immediately. Artoria had waited too long for this news. She now wanted to tear Kaecilius apart immediately, so that this traitor of Kamar-Taj would get the punishment he deserved. As Artoria thought this, a golden light flashed on her body, and her Spirit Gear appeared. She was prepared to strike at any time, but she didn't know where Kaecilius was right now. If the Ancient One had agreed to let her see the layout of the mountain barrier back then, Artoria could have waited for Kaecilius at the crack. Now, Artoria could only wait for the moment Kaecilius opened the gate to the Dark Dimension; then Artoria would be able to feel his immense power immediately.
"What's wrong? Is something not right, Artoria?" Seeing Artoria suddenly put on silver armor, the commotion attracted the attention of both Galacta and Gaea. Seeing Artoria fully armed and ready, Galacta also put on her purple bodysuit that looked very similar to lingerie, along with that 'mountain'-shaped hat that made people want to complain.
"Get ready for battle, Galacta and Gaea. The Dark Dimension demon Dormammu might be coming to Earth." Since the target had appeared, Artoria didn't hide it anymore. She explained the situation that might occur later to the two of them, otherwise, they would definitely be asking this and that with confused faces. Who would have time to explain to them while fighting? Artoria told them everything she knew, which left Galacta very confused, while Gaea had a grave expression. Perhaps Galacta hadn't seen that much or contacted anyone at the level of a demon, so it was hard for her to understand how powerful the opponent really was. But Gaea was very clear about how terrible it was to be targeted by a dimensional demon. While her face was heavy, Gaea felt warm inside; Artoria was protecting her, which was nice.
"Then Artoria, why don't we set off immediately and kill that guy named Kaecilius? Wouldn't that stop this from happening?" Very good, that question was raised very well, classmate Galacta, but you didn't consider who would go find him. Dark magic isn't as violent as described in novels! With descriptions like 'this' and 'that'! When learning from the Ancient One, the Ancient One had said that as long as dark magic wants to hide, and one masters a few small tricks, basically no one can discover it. Even so-called gods can be deceived. This is also why she was able to hide from the Vishanti, the trinity of great gods, using dark magic to maintain her life while still being able to use all white magic. If it wasn't because she could finally lay down her burden, I guess Steve wouldn't even know if the Ancient One had used dark magic even if he died. Kaecilius's discovery was just something the Ancient One let him find on purpose.
So classmate Galacta, a magic novice like you isn't even a beginner, how would you go find Kaecilius? Through sensing? Or telepathy? These are all useless. You can only use physical search methods, which is using your naked eye to look. But who has nothing better to do than to use their naked eye to look at a large city with tens of millions of people! Isn't that crazy?
"Even I can't find him, let alone you. Just wait patiently for now!" Gaea also anticipated this problem. No wonder Artoria chose to be in this vicinity, especially since the room she was keeping an eye on was at a height that could overlook the city. Artoria had been staring out the window recently, it must be for this reason too. Actually, Gaea guessed this part wrong. Artoria looking outside was just because she wanted to watch the melodramatic breakup scenes between men and women on the street. Such performances basically happened every day. Artoria didn't get tired of it, going every day on time to find and watch, satisfying her own wicked inner interest. The pleasure of seeing lovers eventually become strangers made Artoria, one of the members of the FFF cult, put down the torch in her hand.
"Uh..." Facing Gaea's slight disdain, Galacta shut her mouth, feeling a bit wronged. There was no help for it; she was very afraid that Gaea would suddenly have a whim and go make those 'bizarre' things again. Those were lethal things. Ever since Galacta had witnessed the destructive power of Gaea's cooking, Galacta had stated that this woman was someone you couldn't provoke, shouldn't provoke, and absolutely must not provoke.
"Speed up, Wong." "We are already going as fast as we can." The late-arriving Steve and his companion were very lucky to have gotten a ride thanks to Wong's good connections. The roar of the engine was explosive, but Steve still felt it was too slow. You have to know that just a moment ago, he seemed to have seen the uncleared traces of battle on the side of the road, so Steve was very worried about whether the other party had already arrived. Steve wanted to go faster, but Wong looked at the steering wheel and indicated that they were already at the maximum speed and couldn't go any faster. Thus, the late duo hitched a ride and sped quickly toward the city.
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