Chapter 140 - Rank Reveal ( 2 )

"I hope so…" Jacques replied as they run towards the Fire Exit.

"Yes. If they ever tried using the smokescreen again, I'll clear it up quickly. I'll be readying my magic for it." Old Huan said with confidence.

"Good."

While they are following the intruder's trail, Cyril also realized that there are ASTFs already waiting for them outside.

At this rate, they will be forced to fight and defeat them in public.

'What are you worrying about? I can just teleport you out of here, it's not like it would be very expensive. Come on…'

Xagan suddenly said while he's running. He's probably bored right now so he made an offer instead.

"Ugh… I'm not thinking of that as an option at all. I can handle this."

Cyril confidently replied as he finally found himself surrounded by the members of the Awakened Special Task Force.

Their guns are pointed at him and in one word, the bullets would soon fly at him. However, he wasn't nervous at all.

'Kakaka! So you think you can survive here, Contractor… Good luck then!'

Finally, Xagan remained silent. Even his figure that was just previously floating behind Cyril had disappeared. Of course, the latter didn't mind the Demon's disappearance as he signaled Magenta to cover him.

'Master, though I'm confident with my defense, it will not be good for me to take all those bullets…'

Magenta said helplessly. She can't disobey Cyril at the moment after she gave a part of her soul to him. At the very least, she can complain about the treatment she's receiving.

Currently, Magenta is veiled with black energy making her face difficult to recognize.

'Don't worry… It's not like they'll just shoot at us like this. As long as we don't attack, they'll think twice before they fire at us… probably' Cyril answered.

"The both of you… There's nowhere else to run. Just quietly follow us and you guys won't have to die. If you understand that, just drop your weapons."

Jacques calmly spoke behind Cyril. Just like everyone else from the ASTF, his gun is pointed at either of the two.

"Jacques, my friend, you can just bind them with your chains, right?" Old Huan whispered. He's ready to assist them if necessary.

"Ugh… That's true, but it's better if they won't struggle. This chain is my favorite weapon. Its durability might be high but it would surely drop if these two powerful Awakened decided to fight back. This is difficult to repair, you know?" Jacques answered with a pained expression, it seems that it had happened before already.

Old Huan could only chuckle at this reason as he observes the two mysterious figures.

They were both covered with powerful Aura and no one here would underestimate them. This is why Jacques wanted them to surrender instead. If a battle really broke out, they could tell that it would be an explosive one.

"Hmph! Fire!" Jacques suddenly gave an order.

He noticed that instead of lowering their weapons and following his words to surrender, he felt the spike in their Aura and realized that they are about to do something, either to fight back or to escape.

But whatever their plan was, they had to act faster and defeat them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The gunshots attracted a lot of people but because of the wall surrounding the backyard of the guild, they're unable to see what was happening and could only feel everyone's Aura.

Even with Cyril's S-Rank Aura, there was no way for him to defend against these many bullets. He had to dodge or defend if he wants to survive.

Nevertheless, Cyril has another plan. At this time, he's using his Giant Wraith Sword he received inside the Elven World.

It has a couple of abilities and one of them is called Wraith Summon…

"Come! Show me what you got!"

As soon as Cyril activated the Artifact's skill, five wraiths who appear to be from the elven race came out of the sword…

Gigigi! Gigigi!

They seemed to be laughing as they started circling Cyril…

Thud! Thud! Thud!

They were soon shot by bullets coming from different directions but they didn't feel pain at all.

"Incredible… They even looked like elves. I guess the sword has the ability to convert their kills into wraiths."

Cyril mused after seeing the five disfigured elves floating around him. He has been wanting to test this but because the wraiths he summoned wouldn't be able to return to his sword, he has to be mindful of when to use them.

Right now, these wraiths would have to exhaust all their energies according to their summoner's orders.

"Attack them!"

After the gunfire stopped, Cyril didn't hesitate to have them attack the ASTF. He knows that these wraiths would be defeated but he didn't mind it. He wanted to see how would they fare against these people.

"Wraiths?"

"This is the first time I've seen this."

"Whatever, just kill them… They're only at the mid-tier… Use your Artifacts against them, don't waste your bullets."

"Let me handle that man. He took something from our treasury…"

Jacques immediately ordered his men while Old Huan decided to use a magic spell to attack Cyril who was left defenseless after ordering the wraiths to attack.

His attack contains an invisible blade trying to cut Cyril's body… It may not be fatal but it can surely incapacitate Cyril.

"Magenta, don't mind the magic attacks coming for me… Just deal with the bullets for me."

Cyril then poured his S-Rank Aura to his Wraith Sword… This sudden emission startled everyone in the area.

Crack. Crack.

The Wraith Sword is bearing a pressure that is not suitable with its current rank. This is why it is slowly losing durability and started chipping off even without being used at all.

Right now, even though Cyril still has 7 Giant Wraith Swords in his Storage Space, he doesn't have a plan on replacing it. He wanted to see its limit and find out how strong it is against the elite Awakened of the country.

With his S-Rank Aura revealed, Jacques and Old Huan had grim faces.

"It seems that we caught a big one, huh…"