Chapter 273: You Should Have Brought Her Sooner
"We need to get in there and help! They’re being killed for fuck’s sake!"
A man shouted loudly at the Gaia agents in black! The agents didn’t bother trying to stop the man from going forward since they knew that there was no way for them to enter the dome, so they just stood in a protective circle around Romanov and stayed silent. The shouting from the Enforcers suddenly began to become worse as time passed, and Romanov began to hum a jolly tune as she ignored them and continued her job! She knew that these commoners wouldn’t understand the work that they do, so she wasn’t bothered by their actions. Gaia were the ones protecting the world from the enemies humanity didn’t know existed. If these fools learned about the existence of interworld beings, then they would most likely lose their minds!
A familiar mana signature suddenly reached Romanov from the distance, and Romanov looked to the side in shock to see five people standing on the building a few hundred meters away from them. The comm in Romanov’s ear beeped, and Romanov immediately answered respectfully.
"Madam Fredrica! You’re back."
On the other side of the call, Fredrica stood on top of the building with Riyala, Juliet, and two Gaia agents around her. Riyala was currently in cuffs, and her hood was lifted so that no one would be able to see the scales on her cheeks and neck, and Juliet was standing beside Riyala with her hands on Riyala’s shoulder. Juliet refused to allow them to take Riyala anywhere without her being there since Jason had asked her to look after the girl, so Fredrica had allowed Juliet to continue following them.
Fredrica spoke into the comms.
"Open a small subsection, Romanov. We need to go inside."
Romanov nodded in understanding before she focused her mana properly and allowed a small part of her dome to fall. The dark dome shimmered, and Fredrica nodded to Romanov before she led Riyala inside! Juliet was about to follow after them, but one of the men there suddenly grabbed her and held her back from entering! Juliet cried out in surprise when she saw Riyala entering without her, but the man made sure she couldn’t move! They had only allowed Juliet to come with them because they knew that her presence there would keep Riyala calm, but now that they were already here, they didn’t need Juliet anymore.
Romanov watched apathetically as the agent put Juliet to sleep with some chloroform over her mouth and then carried her away. Juliet would wake up tomorrow without any knowledge of what happened today, and she would only see a fabricated story about a Gate Break on the news. But neither Romanov nor the man saw the shadows that had been following both Juliet and Riyala! One of the shadows continued going after Riyala, but the other shadow followed the man carrying Juliet. The moment the man wanted to put Juliet into a helicopter to take her away, the shadow appeared from the ground and kicked him in the head! The man flew forward and faceplanted with a grunt, and the shadow caught Juliet and immediately fell back into the shadows with her.
Romanov watched all this happen with a shocked expression, and she suddenly turned back forward when she noticed something strange! Romanov was connected to her dome, so she could feel every time someone entered or came out of the dome. There were only three people who entered the dome just now, so why in the world did she feel four people going inside? Romanov’s brow furrowed as she tried to think of a reason for it, but she eventually decided that she must’ve just been mistaken and went back to work!
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Fredrica stepped out on the other side of the dome and entered the city of New Jersey with Riyala and another agent from Gaia, and there wasn’t a single person who didn’t feel their eyes widen in shock when they saw what had happened to the city! It was an absolute disaster! There were large flames burning across almost the entire city! Most of the buildings had been broken and destroyed, and the smell of smoke and soot made it almost impossible to breathe!
And just above the city was a large yellow gate that hovered over them with a hypnotic, terrifying power. The fact that the Gate was still open was a reminder that all of this was just a taste of what was really coming! Inside that Gate were hundreds, if not thousands of other inter-world travellers who could come through at any moment! And if that happened, then the destruction of New Jersey would be the least of their problems!
Fredrica felt her hands tighten into a fist when she saw how much damage had been done in only this short time! From the reports, this was caused by only five interworld travellers and their dragon Magic Beasts! What in the world would happen if more of them were to come here!? Fredrica knew that Gaia had many countermeasures that would be able to handle monsters of this strength, but the amount of destruction that would be done to the entire country if a full-on war broke out was just too much for Fredrica to stomach! They had to deal with this now once and for all!
And just as Fredrica thought this, she saw a shadow appear in the sky and fly toward her. It was a large creature with an unbelievable wingspan and thick brown scales, and Fredrica immediately knew that it was one of the dragons! A few other dragons appeared in the air and began following after the first dragon, and Fredrica took in a breath when she saw that all five dragons were coming towards them. Beside Fredrica, Riyala looked up uncomfortably at the dragons that were approaching them! Riyala hadn’t seen Juliet entering the dome behind her, and she was able to immediately tell that they were keeping her outside for some reason. Riyala hoped that Juliet would be okay, but for now, her attention was completely focused on the dragons and their riders. As they approached, Riyala was able to see the uniforms worn by the riders, and she felt fear pass through her body when she realised that they were all part of the Sovereign’s Royal Army! These were the same men who had stormed the castle and killed hundreds of her friends and family members during the coup, so it was almost impossible for her not to feel fear once she saw them!
Riyala felt a sudden sickness spreading through her body as her stomach tied into knots, and at that moment, she had the indescribable urge to turn around and run, but the man behind her stopped her from going anywhere as the dragon finally got close enough to them! The five dragons landed on various broken buildings and platforms around them, and two of the soldiers came down to meet with Fredrica and Riyala. The soldier in front was the same tough-looking man that the Sovereign had spoken to in his throne room earlier, and the moment Riyala laid eyes on him, she immediately knew who he was.
’Grinot!’
Riyala felt an even greater fear pass through her body as Grinot’s eyes landed on her, and she quickly turned down to look at the ground! Grinot kept his gaze fixed on her for a few more seconds before he finally spoke.
"So you had the princess all along? If you had brought her sooner, then we wouldn’t have had to destroy so much of your world."