Chapter 259: An Unexpected Visitor
Juliet’s expression had only been growing more and more grave as time passed, and it was now so bad that Griselda was starting to get genuinely worried about what was going on! Griselda knew Juliet to be a very composed and calm woman, so seeing her like this told Griselda that whatever was happening had to be very bad!
"Juliet, is everything okay? You don’t look so good."
Griselda finally had to ask, and her question jolted Juliet back to reality. Juliet gave Griselda a strained smile and shook her head while saying that everything was fine, but Griselda wasn’t buying it! Griselda narrowed her eyes at Juliet and stepped close to her, and Juliet immediately hid her phone close to her chest so Griselda couldn’t see what was there! That only served to make Griselda even more worried!
"What in the world are you hiding? What’s going on?"
Juliet felt sweat spread on her face. She knew that she didn’t really have to hide this from Griselda, but this wasn’t something that she could just go around sharing with anyone. There was something big happening in New Jersey right now, and all of the news channels in the world had been kept in the dark, so there was no one reporting on it! Juliet had a friend in the SMD who managed to give her information about it, but she still didn’t know how serious things were because her friend had been offline for almost thirty minutes now. The last message she got from her friend was: Dragons.
Juliet put her hand to her forehead and sighed before she stood and put on a brave face as she said,
"I’m fine, everything’s fine! I mean, why wouldn’t it be fine? Haha! It’s just that I just got some difficult news, and, uhm... yeah. It’s fine."
Griselda obviously didn’t believe her at all, and now even Riyala was starting to look at Juliet curiously as she wondered what was going on! Juliet was about to say something else, but she was cut off when she heard the sound of various cars screeching to a halt outside the building, followed by the unmistakable sound of a helicopter! Juliet’s brow furrowed as she quickly moved toward the window, and her eyes widened in shock when she saw a freaking helicopter landing on the street! What the actual fuck!? There were more than ten cars parked all the way down the street, and they were literally surrounding the house! What in the world was this!?
Bang! Bang!
"Ahhh!"
Griselda let out a cry, and Juliet shook as the house door was suddenly slammed open by a battering ram! The extreme force broke open the door, and the sound of the door falling off its hinges echoed through the house! Various men wearing black suits charged into the building, and Juliet immediately went to stand in front of both Griselda and Riyala protectively as she eyed the strange men! None of the men were carrying rifles or batons, but they had an intense look on their expressionless faces that put all the women on edge!
Behind Juliet, Riyala began to prepare her magic for any form of attack! Neither of the women knew that Riyala was a mage, but Riyala swore that she would defend them if she needed to! She wouldn’t allow what happened to Gina to happen to anyone in front of her ever again! But before any of the women could do anything, Alpha and ten of Jason’s Phantoms suddenly rose from the shadows of the building and surrounded them while holding their daggers in an offensive stance!
The suited men were all shocked to see the Phantoms, and even Riyala and the other girls felt surprised by their appearance! Jason had put the Phantoms there to make sure that Riyala and the other girls were well protected! Jason knew that him not being with Riyala would attract the worst kind of attention, and if it was easy for Juliet to find him in his apartment, then it would be easy for one of the more dangerous organizations to find the apartment as well!
Alpha’s bloodthirst filled the room, and all the suited men felt their own guard rising up as they began reaching behind their backs for their weapons! But another voice suddenly spoke up from the doorway and made everyone stop in their tracks. It was a young woman with short brown hair and intense black eyes. She was wearing a long black coat over a black suit, and she kept her hands in her pockets calmly as she walked into the apartment without fear. This woman was named Fredrica, and she was a higher-ranked member and the American representative of the secret organization known only as Gaia. The recent appearance of the monsters from the Yellow Gate had gotten the attention of Gaia, and after they heard the creatures speak, they immediately knew that they were dealing with inter-world travelers.
Cerci had contacted Fredrica and told her to come to this house to retrieve the inter-world traveler that Jason was keeping here. It was obvious that the inter-world travelers were here for her, and giving her back to them was the only way they would be able to make sure this didn’t blow out of proportion and become a full-scale war between worlds. Fredrica walked forward until she was close enough to speak to everyone, and she spoke to her men.
"Stand down."
"But ma’am, these things..."
One of the men narrowed his eyes at the strange Phantoms, but Fredrica just raised her hand and told him to stop.
"I said, stand down. We aren’t here to fight."
All her men followed her orders and slowly dropped their aggressive stances. The Phantoms didn’t look like they were ready to drop theirs, so Fredrica just spoke again.
"Inter-world traveler, I need you to come with us. The future of our entire country depends on your help."
Both Griselda and Juliet felt shock pass through their bodies when they heard the woman say "inter-world traveler"! Was she talking to Riyala!? Does that mean Riyala wasn’t from this world at all!? Griselda seemed to be the first one to believe the woman’s words as she let out a small curse! No wonder she couldn’t find Riyala’s language on the app! It didn’t exist in this world!
Riyala, meanwhile, looked completely lost as she stared at the woman. Riyala still couldn’t understand what the woman was saying, so it was difficult for them to communicate. But Fredrica already knew this would be an issue. She had hoped that Riyala would understand English, but since she didn’t, she just had to show her instead.
Fredrica brought out a phone from her pocket and faced it towards Riyala, and Riyala felt her eyes widen when she saw what was on the screen!
"Dragons!?"
Griselda cried out in shock when she saw the five dragons that were attacking New Jersey! There were various superhumans trying their best to hold off the dragons, but the dragons were easily using their flame breath to burn down many buildings and people! Riyala’s face squeezed into a look of pure despair as she recognized some of the people riding the dragons! Those were Radagan soldiers from the military! The Sovereign sent them here!
A strange feeling filled Riyala’s heart when she saw all the people who were trying their best and failing to hold back the dragons! It was just like what happened when Gina had been attacked! Riyala was bringing problems to innocent people again with her own cowardice! Riyala immediately realized what it was that the woman had been asking for previously. It was obvious that the dragon riders had come here for her, so the woman was asking her to hand herself over for peace.