Because of yesterday's rehearsal, the three of them took turns keeping watch on Thursday night without any hesitation.
Around 11 p.m., while Fors was still on night duty, her spirit suddenly sensed a dangerous aura coming from outside. So, as agreed beforehand, she smashed the water glass next to her on the ground.
*Snap*
The sudden noise made Odis jump out of bed immediately and observe the commotion outside the bedroom door.
Hugh woke up immediately and grabbed the backpack containing his weapons.
Fors quickly went to the bedroom and stared wide-eyed at the scene outside.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... about half a minute passed, and still no danger was detected.
Just as Fors was wondering if his inspiration was wrong, Odis whispered a reminder: "Don't let your guard down. The moment you let your guard down is when the enemy can most easily take advantage of you!"
Fors and Hugh took a deep breath almost simultaneously, remaining vigilant.
Bang!
Suddenly, the gas lamp blazed brightly, burning with billowing flames that burned through the lampshade.
The next second, as the light burned out, the gas lamp flame quickly dimmed, and eventually the room lost all light.
Odis whispered, "Get ready."
Hugh and Fors immediately located the magic circle, ready to infuse it with spiritual energy.
Whoosh~
Almost immediately, the windows and doors were shattered, and several figures rushed in from both places.
Odis immediately shouted, "Run!"
He also went to the back wall of the bedroom and infused it with spiritual energy.
This magic circle is called the "Door Transformation Magic Circle," which can turn the area covered by the magic circle into a wooden door.
This is a magic circle created by Odis. Although it is not as convenient as the "apprentice's" "opening the door", it is very practical.
In the instant that spiritual energy was infused, the brick wall transformed into a wooden door.
While the intruders were still observing their surroundings and tentatively moving forward, Odis immediately opened the door and rushed into the street behind.
Hugh and Fors have already emerged using the "opening" ability and a magic circle, respectively.
After the three met up, they immediately ran westward as planned.
Without the support of spirituality behind them, the wooden door turned back into a wall.
The people in the room were stunned. Before they could figure out what was going on, their target had vanished without a trace.
The enemy waiting outside didn't react immediately. They were mainly focused on the two small windows, but no one escaped from the windows. Instead, someone escaped from the wall.
It wasn't until a flock of fire crows appeared, illuminating the street behind them, that everyone realized their target had escaped.
Odis exploited the enemy's habitual thinking. Generally speaking, when faced with a suddenly intruding enemy, they would fight back fiercely, and only when they realized they couldn't defeat the opponent would they escape through the back door or back window.
However, Odis's tactic was simply to flee without resistance.
This not only caught people off guard, but it also showed weakness.
The extraordinary being who summoned the "Fire Raven" was the same "arsonist" who had previously chased Odis and Hugh. Upon seeing Odis, he immediately shouted, "Chase!"
I never expected this guy to be with Hugh. That's perfect, I can get my revenge all at once!
The operation was directed by the "arsonist," who was also assigned a "psychic" as an assistant.
According to the intelligence they received, their target this time was a Sequence 9, and she seemed to have a Sequence 9 companion.
However, they still deployed two Sequence 7s because they knew there would be MI9 ambushes nearby, and they deployed so many people to deal with a possible breakout battle.
The arsonist, leading four low-ranking subordinates, immediately gave chase, while the psychic directed the four subordinates who had previously entered the room to follow closely behind.
As the enemy drew ever closer, Odis suddenly said to Fors, "Go!"
Following the plan, Fors ran to the wall on one side and used her "door-opening" ability to enter the room.
The arsonists ignored Fors because he wasn't among their targets; their primary objective was to kill Hugh and Odis.
Moreover, in the eyes of the "arsonist," this task was not difficult to complete, after all, it was just a Sequence 8 and a Sequence 9, two "low-sequence" enemies.
As long as you are on guard against the opponent's powerful, one-time-use extraordinary weapon, you can be fine.
They were just a few steps away from using their extraordinary abilities to attack their opponent when they entered the park.
Odis reached into his backpack, took out a silver-white axe, and threw it behind him.
Having learned his lesson with "fire bombs," the "arsonist" was extremely cautious about axe-like attacks. He quickly threw out a "fireball" and shouted, "Scatter!"
But this time the axe did not explode. It was just like an ordinary axe, which was ignited by the "fireball" and flew towards the pursuers due to inertia.
The arsonist's spirit sensed danger once again, and he leaped into the bushes in the park.
Sizzle~
Just then, the lit silver-white axe emitted a silver-white light, which quickly spread and penetrated into the ground.
The light expanded, forming a constantly flashing semi-circular electric arc. This arc instantly expanded to about five meters, encompassing all people and objects within that area.
The arsonist's four henchmen dodged, but two of them were unable to dodge in time and were struck by the electric arc, sparks immediately flying off their bodies.
They trembled all over, drooled, and screamed incoherently from the electric shocks.
Odis suddenly stopped running, put both hands into his pockets, pulled out two handfuls of green powder, and threw them out at the same time.
The powder immediately reacted with the forces of nature, creating a gust of evil wind that caused the surrounding plants to shake violently and rapidly shrink and shorten.
At the same time, one wooden spike after another appeared in mid-air, and soon there were hundreds of wooden spikes.
Odis then made a pushing gesture, and the wooden spikes flew out and pierced the pursuers.
This is a powerful new sorcery invented by Odis; these wooden spikes, accompanied by a whistling sound, are like javelins piercing the enemy.
The two pursuers, trembling from the electric shock, had no time to dodge and were immediately impaled by several wooden splinters, pinned to the ground, and died on the spot.
The other two "low-sequence" extraordinary individuals were also pierced by the splinters, but they both avoided fatal wounds.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM~
At this point, Hugh fired, unleashing all his bullets. One "low-sequence" enemy was killed, and another was seriously wounded.
Hugh's last two bullets were aimed at the "arsonist".
The arsonist summoned the fire crows again, burning some of the splinters and changing the direction of some of them, so the arsonist was not injured and nimbly dodged Hugh's shot.
Although Odis and Hugh gained the upper hand for a moment, they took the opportunity to turn around and continue their escape, because the "psychic" and his men were catching up with them.
"The arsonist" pointed out, "That man got promoted!"
Otherwise, a Sequence 8 could not possibly possess such extraordinary power. They led their team to continue the pursuit, believing that with two Sequence 7s on their side, the enemy was no match for them.
At this moment, Odis had already escaped with Hugh to the edge of the artificial lake in the park. He sprinkled a handful of silver powder and flew over the lake with Hugh.
As he leaped across the lake, Odis immediately realized that this was an excellent battleground.
The lake wasn't very big, but it exceeded the attack range of a Sequence 7 level extraordinary ability.
In other words, the pursuers on the opposite bank could not reach Odis and Hugh, and they could circle around the lake and maneuver around their opponents.
If the opponents split up to surround them, then Odis and Hugh can try to defeat them one by one.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
The arsonists behind also noticed this, so they did not continue the pursuit and instead discussed countermeasures on the other side of the lake.
However, the "psychic" wouldn't let Hugh and Odis be idle. With a wave of his hand, several hands, some just bones and others covered in rotting flesh, immediately emerged from the lake.
They quickly swam to the shore, revealing their rotting bodies, and let out monstrous hisses toward Odis and Hugh.
Those are a few water ghosts!
Odis immediately threw out a handful of black powder, which burned in the air as he chanted the incantation, emitting a golden light that spread outwards.
When these beams of light struck the water ghosts, they emitted blue smoke from their bodies and let out another piercing hiss, while pieces of rotting flesh or bones were evaporated.
Thump thump thump~
Hugh had finished reloading and fired several shots at the water ghosts. Several water ghosts fell on the shore, their bones and rotting flesh scattered all over the ground.
At this moment, the lake water seemed to suddenly boil, and began to churn and bubble.
One by one, skeletons emerged from within, floating on the water and forming a narrow floating bridge.
The arsonist charged towards them first on the pontoon bridge, followed closely by the other extraordinary individuals.
Odis did not act immediately, but waited until they rushed to the middle of the lake before suddenly throwing a silver-white axe. At his signal, Hugh also threw one.
Knowing the power of the axe, the arsonist immediately summoned a fireball and smashed the axe away.
The axe that Hugh threw did not fall into the water; a skeleton bird flew over and caught it in its mouth.
Odis once again put his hands into the pockets at his waist and sprinkled out two handfuls of transparent powder.
The powder spread in the water, instantly forming two "water walls" that slammed towards the "arsonists."
The arsonist bent down and summoned two walls of fire to block the wall of water.
With a loud "bang," the "water wall" and the "fire wall" collided, stirring up bursts of mist.
But the attack of the "water wall" did not end there, because in addition to the "water wall" on the surface of the water, there were also undercurrents underwater, which caused the skeletons that had built the "floating bridge" to sway back and forth, and even scattered several skeletons.
The arsonists, unsteady on their feet, also began to sway from side to side.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Odis reached into his backpack and took out another red axe. He quickly walked to the shore and threw the axe directly into the water.
Boom!
The "fire bomb" exploded in the water, and the shockwave completely destroyed the "floating bridge" made of skeletons, causing several pursuers to fall into the water.
Because the explosion occurred underwater, the arsonist was unable to control the flames produced by the explosion.
Odis sprinkled a handful of black powder, and suddenly two invisible giant hands appeared. One slapped the skeleton bird in the air into the water, and the other threw the silver-white axe that had been smashed by the "fireball" into the water.
The two axes released arcs of electricity one after the other, illuminating the entire lake surface with electric light.
However, at the very moment the axe fell into the water, a gigantic ghost appeared in mid-air and pulled the "psychic" and the "arsonist" out of the water.
But the "psychics" could only pull out two people; their subordinates weren't so lucky, and were electrocuted and nearly killed in the lake.
Odis and Hugh's counterattack began. He once again scattered a handful of silver powder, grabbed Hugh with one hand, and the two flew together onto the lake.
Then Odis sprinkled a handful of transparent powder, and two tendrils of water immediately appeared in the water, wrapping around the legs of the "arsonist" and the "psychic" and slowly pulling them into the water.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM~
At the same time, Hugh fired continuously, running out of bullets, hitting the "arsonist" and the "psychic" in succession, both of whom were Sequence 7 and were injured.
Just as Odis was about to press his advantage, his spiritual senses suddenly detected a great threat, and he quickly flew with Hugh to the shore.
Boom!
A fireball flew in and crashed into the water, making an explosion. Odis's flying technique was disrupted by the explosion, and he and Hugh tumbled onto the shore in a sorry state.
At the same time, the two "water tentacles" that Odis had just summoned were also blasted into water droplets. The "arsonist" and the "spirit medium" were finally freed and were thrown to the shore by the ghost in mid-air.
Although they were injured in body and spirit, they were still able to get up and continue fighting for the time being.
At this moment, Odis and Hugh saw a ball of flame flying towards them. The flame suddenly grew larger not far away, and a figure with its face covered emerged from it.
Odis immediately told Hugh to run. This was a Sequence 6 "Conspirator" whose ability to manipulate fire had been enhanced, and who could use fire to move at will.
Instead of attacking Odis and Hugh, the "conspirator" waved his hand at the "arsonists," who then chose to retreat.
Taking advantage of Odis and the others being preoccupied with this matter, the "spirit medium" summoned the water ghosts again to pull his subordinates out of the water and had them carry them away.
Suddenly, the park brightened as several flares were launched into the air, illuminating the park as if it were daytime.
MI9 has finally made its move, with the "conspirators" leading the way, preparing to break through the encirclement with all their might.
Upon seeing this, Odis immediately turned back and sprinkled powder on Hugh and his own legs. The two of them then moved with incredible speed and quickly caught up with the enemy.
Hugh threw the other silver-white axe that the "leader" had given him at the "arsonist," who quickly dodged the arcs of electricity that appeared on the axe.
At the same time, Odis sprinkled a handful of iron-black powder, which flew towards the "arsonist" like mosquitoes and covered his body, turning into a layer of rust-colored slime.