Just in time, as a purple light flashed in front of him, a thin slice of the purple light that seemed to warp the space around it cut forward, straight at the box.
But Ace's calculation proved right because the attack that was meant for his neck was absorbed by the box. And the box was made of quality material, too strong to be scratched by a careless attack.
She came to the same realization at the same time as him, and she bit her lips in anger. "You...!!"
But before she could do anything, they all felt something. A loud crash like glass shattering echoed from outside, and she flinched, her attention turned sideways. "It can't be!"
But it was. A sensation as if they were submerged underwater spread in the air, but the water was hot mud because everywhere turned thick with heat.
The building shook, and then the ceiling exploded as a man drilled his way in with his feet. Everything happened so fast and almost so simultaneously that it didn't take two blinks.
