Drevioskeen archduke main castle deveray. Northern hall alchemist tower.
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Five minutes after the arrival all the maids have awakened except for one knight who was still unconscious, they checked on him. He was alive but his condition was not good , he already emptied all of his aura storage and got hit by mana waves without having defensive aura around him, that was aken to someone being hit with a dagger in his stomach with no protection .
"he will survive. his aura is returning, if he was a lower rank he would have died by now but thankfully the orders knights are taught to regain their aura even while unconscious so his body is healing itself by the second.
The maide that wore glasses said after checking on him then turning her gaze looking at Derek who was standing six steps away from the alchemy lap door his face was facing them and behind him two green illusory wolves were standing at the entrance of the alchemy lap guarding it clearly ready to attack at any second.
"knight Derek, what is going on here? To whom does these wolves belong too and why is commander Ivan and personal maid Vivian not out yet?"
The maid asked cautiously. counting every possible scenario in her head and figuring out if there's a possible outdoor to get out of this place if things went south and Derek was the intruder and they all fell for his trap.
Behind her the four maids were too weak and scared to ask these questions they also had similar thoughts and worries.
Derek looked at them his eyes still have a faint color of red around the pupils that was fading by the second returning his eyes to their black cold state.
"these wolves belong to commander Ivan and they are watching over the entrance of the lap in case there was an intruder among us so I ask all of you to cooperate with my instructions, anyone to disobey them will be labeled as an intruder and will be eliminated, is my words clear to all of you"
Derek said in a normal tone however they could sense that from his posture he was ready to act on his words at any slight notice of suspension, so the five maids looked at each other and nodded surrendering to him after all if he was the intruder he could have just killed them while they were unconscious and defenseless and even now when they woke up they had no chance at wining against him after all their mana pool are almost empty and their mental states are too exhausted to even cast the simplest of spells and on the contrary to them Derek was standing still seemingly unharmed and knowing now that he is a blood creature his ability to recover is three times the normal person at rank three and adding to that he was a trained knight by one of the strongest orders of the empire they simply had zero chances in winning against him.
"what are your instructions knight Derek"
"all of you stand seven steps away from each other and kneel on both knees then rise your hands to your shoulder level and open all five fingers, I want to see the mana moving through your hands in basic pattern and if the pattern changes for any unknown reason I will eliminate that person immediately"
The five maids listend to his instructions, they stood seven steps away from one another and got on both knees raising their hands to their shoulder level and opening their palms.
Derek eyes turned red once again.
He could see the mana paths in their arms and the way the mana was moving through them.
"now close your eyes and focus on making mana armor around your bodies, make it 36% complete if it rises or lowers for any unknown reason you will be eliminated immediately"
Derek said then all five maids closed their eyes and a colorful shiny lights started to wrap around them making a protective around their bodies, each maiden armor had a different color than the other. One was blue it belonged to the maid that wore glass the other was green it belonged to the maid with blonde brinded hair another was yellow it belonged to a maid with pink hair and yellow eyes and another was red it belonged to a maid with long red hair that reached the ground, her body was slider to the point were her cheekbones were visible to the eyes.
The last one had a white short hair reaching her earlobe her armor was a mix of white and black.
After three seconds the armors that was wrapped around each maid had its shin dimming to more than half what it used to be.
"any other instructions knight Derek"
The maid that wore glasses said in a calm voice now, her emotions and thoughts were cold down and under control again there was no hint of the past anxiety or fear.
"yes. Talking is prohibited, if any of you utter a word from this point forward I will treat it as an attempt to cast a spell in the domain of mind don't answer with yes just nod your heads"
Derek said in a calm voice though the maid followed his instructions he seemed to only get more careful and cautious his eyes grew sharply as his grip on the sword handle, all the maids could feel his deep killing intent easily because he didn't try to hide it.
It was as if he was saying silently "I'm ready to kill any of you on any small notice, so don't you dear slip or do anything suspicious while I'm watching''
The maids nodd their heads and the hall entered a period of complete silence, all six of them were still as status to the point were if someone was to walk into the hall he would immediately mistake them for real status if not for the rising and lowering of their chests because of breathing and even then it would be hard to notice.
Back in the alchemy lap Vivian wanted to move to check on the young master after seeing his abnormal reaction but Ivan's killing intent prevented her from moving her legs, she felt as if her arms were chained and her neck was on the chopping block waiting for the executioner sword to descend on her neck, sweat fall from her forehead like rain and her entire body grew pale and pupils started to vibrate in there place and yet her senses rose to a shocking degree.
"sh...shit.. So this is the aura of a veteran rank four high grade worrier... He could have killed me a hundred times before I activated my hunter instinct and I would not have stood a chance to even dodge or block and even now with my instinct I may have a 35% chance of dodging with some damage.... Well at least now I know that he is not the intruder because if he was then killing all of the people and that blood creature would only take him less than three minutes and that's considering we all are in our best conditions. "
Vivian got down on her knees her hands raised to her shoulder level.
" okay big guy I understand now I'm no match for you and if you were the intruder than all of us would have been died so I surrender myself to your commands"
Ivan looked at her closely then spoke in a calm tone.
"it's not wise to surrender yourself like this even if I was not the intruder the real one might be waiting for a chance and for all I know you could be the intruder and all this could be an act to fool me into lowering my guard so you can launch a sneak attack."
Vivian sighed helplessly then she spoke in a defeated tone.
" he is really worthy of being a commander in the high orders main base.... Like seriously this guy has the body of a gaint and the mind of a cunning fox. "
" okay, okay I see your points and to answer one of them if there was a hidden intruder that can deal with you then I sure as hell would be dead so I don't see a point in trying to put defenses on and for your worry... Well I don't know I guess I will just kneel here until the head maid arrives. "
Vivian fall into complete silence after she finished speaking as if she no longer bothered with the situation anymore and Ivan could only watch silently at this point after all it's just a matter of time before the head maid arrives and all this would be solved that is what he told himself.
"I will check on the young master now so don't make a move"
Ivan said and Vivian only gave a nod as an answer.
He walked six steps then he bend over his hand covered in red dim light landed on the young master's forehead.
"his condition is better than I anticipated, he is not in a life or death condition though his condition must not be taken lightly his condition could change at any second and I don't have the required medical knowledge or equipment to treat him... Hmmm I should find a way"
Ivan stood up and stared looking around at the alchemy lap then his eyes land on a bird skeleton on one of the table he walked calmly to the table then he took hold on the birds skeleton the red light on his hand grow shinier then he opened his hand and the birds skeleton had a thick red aura covering it and after two seconds the aura to shape of red skin.
"is that aura manipulation....so He already reached the late stage stage"
Vivian thought to herself in astonishment, her eyes were wide open.
Soon the bird started flipping it's wings and a red aura resampling Ivan's aura started to shine from it's body.
Ivan then moved and opened one of the windows, the bird flew out the opened window his speed was way higher than a normal bird.
in a matter of less than twenty seconds the bird had already crossed a distance of three thousand meters, the red aura that was emitting from it started to condense turning into a deeper shade of red to the point we're if someone was to look at it from below all that they will see is a shooting red star not the figure of a red bird.
after ten more seconds red lightning sparks started flickering from the red aura, it increased until the bird blow out in the air, the explosion was so terrifyingly big everything within two thousand square meters turned into ashes like a desert of white sand.
"what ...what was that? , how did you do that!. Even if you are in the late stage, no. even at the peak stage of rank four it's impossible to control an aura body to go this far and on top of that to carry such destructive force...are you perhaps a disguised rank five?!"
Vivian asked, cold sweat falling from her forehead.
After all a rank four with such a distractive force was not uncommon but being able to send such a far ranged destructive attack was actually very terrifying, such a hit could kill most rank three let alone rank two or one and the most terrifying thing is that two of these birds could eradicate a medium size town with normal humans, in her mind only monsters like rank five could unleash such tremendous powers.
Her eyes were fixed on Ivan waiting for his reply.
"heh. Rank five you say...hmm I can't blame you for thinking that however do you really think that if I was rank I would need to be on gaurd and unleash my aura soul wolves on you all, I would have just trapped you all in a space Crack and waited on my own until the head maid arrived and I would not need the skeleton of a bird I would have just condensed my aura into a life form and unleshd it"
Ivan said turning his head and looking at ruinic patterns on the walls.
"then how did you do that! That attack could help to possibly injure a rank five...any other noble would happily give you all their assets and all the daughters for you to marry, you could easily become a head of a medium rank noble family"
"first off this information is not something you could access with your rank only when you become a rank four will you be given a similar method to this after all every rank four in the main castle Deveray must be given a method to resist a rank five in case of a surprise attack or war and for your other...suggestion I'll have you know that I hate all noble families except for the Drevioskeen family so all those high nobles can shove there luxurious assets and women up their.....excuse my language I...got carried away"
Vivian suddenly looked at Ivan in a different light now she felt a bit more relaxed at the moment.
"shit, so he is the loyal type huh. Can't say that I don't respect it but it's a shame since I don't think he would like to hung with an ex Mercenarie who sell her relatives for a good price...well at least I won't have to fear being stabbed in the back by this justice cold head"
A cold feeling crawled through Vivian's body and she flinched for a split second then she turned around and found that the alchemy lap large doors were gone and the passege was pitch black nothing could be seen in it.
"wh...where did everyone go!!? .....Derek and Those maids, even the wolves that were on guard at the entrance...wait...why is this flame head looking at the walls instead, if not for my hunter instincts being activated at the highest level I wouldn't notice the changes in this space but surely a rank four that specializes in aura would notice the changes...."
"Ivan it seems like...it seems like the space has changed and judging from your unmoved reaction...i would really love to think that this is under your control"
Ivan pressed his hand on one of the ruins on the wall letting his red aura seep into it then a black hole of dark liquid appeared under the unconscious body of the young master pulling him down until he disappeared.
Vivian watched this in horror but she couldn't make a move because at this moment Ivan's rank 4 aura was completely unleashed dominating everything within the lab like a strong gravity force.
"that explosion should have activated the security runic circles of the castle....and yet it was not activated"
Ivan's voice was chill cold as he turned around,
His gaze was full of killing intent to the point were Vivian heart started beating like a drum.
However she could feel that his killing intent was not pointing towards her.
"Ivan.....what are saying...what does this mean?"
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"it means that whatever force or group or cuilt or political side that has entered the Castel they have the needed tools to disable the rank seven circle of the surrounding area of the castle and even affect the rank eight runic circles of the castle."
Ivan said while activating more runic symbols.
" but...but that would mean the artifact should be at least a qishe rank eight artifact...that's... Thats almost a global treasure!"
Ivan finished activating all the runic symbols.
He took a deep breath then he started explaining.
"yes. In short, that should be the case and that's why I activated the defenses runic symbols of this tower, right now I have sealed all of us into a scattered space in the rank eight space runic symbol"
Vivian eyes grow wider.
"you can do that...but how you are only rank four"
"yes but the rank seven alchemist who designed these circles made sure to include emergencies protocols such as this, in case of an attack and there was no one with necessary rank to activate the circles you will need the blood of a member of the Drevioskeen's and that member should be in a near death state such as the young master right now. "
Vivian heaved a sigh of relief.
" then why did the young master disappear suddenly?"
" it's because the protocol was designed to insure the safety of the Drevioskeen member so he was teleported into the heart of the circle so in order to reach his place the entire circle should be destroyed first, even a rank eight would need a few hours to destroy it entirely which would give enough time to recoporate and heal"
Ivan sat crossed legged his sword lay across his legs, his eyes were closed.
"I have scattered my wolves across the circles so if anyone tries to attack it I will know immediately but for now I need to recharge my aura, such a circle consumes a lot of one's aura storage"
He closed his and started recharging his aura but Vivian could still feel that his focus on her did not slip.
"well...waiting does not sound like a bad idea, it's way better than fighting to death"
Vivian thought to herself trying to calm her feelings and thoughts.
"so we will just wait for the head maid to arrive"
"that's the best scenario"
Ivan responded his voice was calmer than before.
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