Chapter 163: The Phantoms Attack
Randy was starting to get annoying, and Gina knew that if it continued like this without anyone doing anything about it, she might start to rethink remaining in the guild. The Panthers always treated Randy like he was precious gold because of how strong he was, so they overlooked a lot of the things he did, but she was not going to let them sabotage her career just because of one person! Gina released another tired sigh as she stepped into the building and made her way up to Jason’s apartment.
On a building on the other side of the street, five figures were crouched in concentration as they watched Gina move into the house. They were all dressed in black that covered them from view, and even in the light of the setting sun, you would barely be able to make out their figures from how well they had blended into the shadows of the building.
They watched Gina until she vanished into the building, and then the man in charge raised his hand and pointed forward. All five of them melted into the shadows and began their advance.
...
Ka-Cha!
"Riyala! I’m back!"
Gina called out as she opened the door to Jason’s apartment, and she smiled as she saw Riyala appear from the living room with a plate of burgers in her hand. The Moonlight Wolves were also moving with Riyala since they had to make sure she was safe, and once they saw that it was Gina they came up to her and happily nozzled her face!
Riyala put her hand out and offered Gina the plate.
"Food."
Gina thanked Riyala while grabbed the plate. Gina and Riyala had been practicing English for the past few days, and Gina could say with pride that she had helped Riyala learn a lot of the more basic words she needed to use on a daily basis. Things like food, TV, thank you, and help were easy enough to teach Riyala, but Gina wasn’t a professional language instructor, so she was finding it hard to teach Riyala any of the more complicated English words. But she swore that she wouldn’t give up! She would make Riyala learn to communicate if it was the last thing she did!
Gina walked into the living room and dropped her staff to the side while taking a bite from the burger, and a happy smile spread on her face when she recognized the taste from all the food Jason had made for her before! She didn’t know what she did to deserve someone like him!
Gina reached out and petted the head of the large wolf that came up to nuzzle her again, and she smiled at them before she finished off the rest of the burger and began heading for the bathroom. She needed to wash up before anything else! She was freaking tired!
But Gina suddenly stopped moving as she felt something shift in the room! The room went silent as Gina turned around slowly, and she watched as the guard wolves slowly began to move around with a dangerous aura around them! It was obvious that the wolves had also felt the change that Gina felt, but Gina couldn’t exactly put her finger on what that was!
Riyala stood from the couch as she also felt the pressure in the room and narrowed her eyes as she looked over at the entrance. Riyala was a far better sensor than Gina, so Riyala was able to pick out exactly what was happening faster than Gina could.
’There’s foreign mana in the area.’
Riyala looked around cautiously and tried to figure out where the mana was coming from, but no matter how much she tried to pick out the direction, she just couldn’t! One of the wolves came to stand close to Riyala, and a second one went to circle around Gina protectively while the third wolf started heading for the door calmly.
There was a beat of silence in the room as the only sound that could be heard was the Spanish voices coming from the soap opera on the TV, but then, the next moment, the shadow in front of Riyala bulged and a figure in black burst out from it!
DOON!
ROARRR!
The pressure in the room suddenly tripled in intensity, and the Moonlight Wolf was on the move faster than anyone else could react! The Moonlight Wolf jumped straight for the figure with a roar and slammed into him, and both of them tore through the couch and slammed against the wall!
BOOM!
A massive crater dug into the wall of the house before the wall broke into pieces and exposed the apartment to the setting sun outside! The Moonlight Wolf and phantom fell out of the house to continue the fight, and the wolf that had been going towards the door turned around and dashed straight for Gina when it saw a figure appearing from behind her! The wolf slammed into the masked figure, and the man grunted in annoyance as he was also taken away! The wolves immediately set a signal to Jason telling him what was happening before they focused as more masked men began to appear from the shadows!
The men were all dressed in the same black outfit, and they held sais in their hands! Gina felt her heart rate picking up as the masked men looked at both her and Riyala threateningly, and her eyes darted to the staff that was lying against the wall beside her. She had to reach for that staff! She needed it!
Gina hadn’t been able to tell before because she wasn’t a good sensor, but now that the men were right in front of her, she was able to easily measure just how powerful they were, and it was obvious that every single one of them was a high-level C Rank or higher! She was seriously outclassed!
The men in the room all seemed to tense at the exact same time, and the second Gina turned to her staff, they dashed forward!
BOOM!
There were three men who weren’t being held down by Moonlight Wolves, and two of them darted straight for Riyala while the third one headed for Gina! Gina backpedaled as she felt fear fill her heart at the intense look in the assassin’s eyes, but the third Moonlight Wolf dashed past Gina and immediately confronted the man!
A bright blue light lit up the entire apartment from the side, and before Gina knew what was going on, a column of fire erupted around Riyala!
PHWOOM!
BOOM!
The flames were powerful enough to rival the power of a high-level B rank, and Gina felt her eyes widen in shock when she saw this! She had no idea Riyala was this strong!? The men all scattered in order to avoid the fire, and Gina used that brief moment of distraction to immediately dash for her staff!
BOOM!
A massive impact echoed from behind her, and Gina didn’t dare to turn around to see what was happening! The ground under her foot shook, and the fire in the apartment began to tear through the floor as it passed through the building quickly! Gina dived forward when she realized that her staff was also going to fall victim to the fire, and she barely managed to grab it before it was engulfed!
Riyala put her hand out towards the assassins, and her blue flames shot out to attack them! The assassins easily dodged around it, and Riyala narrowed her eyes in concentration as she saw one of them fall into the shadows created by her flames! She slashed her hand across the air and sent out a blade of fire, and the second assassin put his hand forward and revealed an eyeball in the middle of his palm which quickly absorbed the flames and all the mana that came with it!
Riyala’s eyes widened in shock!