Chapter-3 : The Hired Magician pt-3

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The sound of boots clamping the ground could be heard all over the place, soldiers and magicians, holding armed weapons were running all over the place.

Searching for the person who just assassinated one of the top researchers of the syndicate.

Nervousness and anger could be felt in the air. Nervous about what would happen to them when the headquarters was informed about what had happened and anger due to not being able to locate the assassin.

Multiple curses in multiple languages were also being thrown all over the place. The calm demeanour of the soldiers was already replaced with something more primal.

Something the figure was very familiar with...

The intent to kill.....

The thought of slaughter...

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Inside the control room of the warehouse, 12-people could be seen sitting around a round table with multiple magicians surrounding them, all ready for any kind of suspicious motion.

The 12-people all wore serious expressions and ignored the magicians standing around them.

Each one of these individuals wore a special red-coloured uniform with the symbol of [No head Dragon] printed on their back.

"Fuck this bitch!!...We are all screwed now!!"

"Professor Enzo was killed from within the warehouse, from the storage room to be exact."

"Now that brings us to the real question...."

"How did someone with no prior registration managed to enter the warehouse?"

"Why did no one saw him?"

"Why didn't the cameras and motion sensor detect his presence?"

"And most importantly, How did he manage to exit the warehouse?"

[Whispers!!]

"Hmm....the last entry within the log shows that someone entered the warehouse using Carl's entry card. Unfortunately, Carl and his partner were found dead on the west door, meaning that the assassin killed Carl and entered the warehouse using the card."

"But that doesn't explain how he managed to bypass the various check-points and guards!?"

"I think that the assassin is probably a user of ancient magic...."

"Oh....why do you think so?"

"The assassin must have used [Ghost Walker] or magic similar to it! The former is ancient magic, so are most of the concealment spells."

"[Ghost Walker] is a Mental Interference Type Magic of the Outer-Systematic Type. It is an Ancient Magic that manipulates the vectors."

"Based on the user's wishes, this secretive magic can redirect other people's attention to the desired location and people with their vectors scrambled will never locate their target."

"Much like someone who intends to walk straight forward but is actually walking in circles, or maybe seeing a carriage plainly in walking distance but is never able to catch up."

[Ghost Walker] was magic that selected position based on fortune and is unrestricted by physical parameter consciously manipulating the target directions is the basic of Ghost Walker

"There is a possibility of him being an ancient magic user but using [Ghost-Walker] isn't something anyone can do! The magic not only requires an extremely high level of magic control but also requires the user to have an affinity with it."

"The total number of people who can use this magic can be counted on one hand, not to mention they all belong to us."

"Indeed, the possibility of a rogue [Ghost-Walker] is indeed low but not zero! We must be prepared to counter this person incase we are targetted again!"

"If he uses [Ghost-Walker] then it explains why he was able to avoid being detected by others, even avoiding the detector can be explained using interference but how the hell did he manage to escape from the warehouse."

"As soon as Enzo died, we had already activated the barrier around the warehouse, no one could enter or exit, no matter what kind of magic was used against it."

"Hmm.....that's what even I can't understand."

"But what if.....he never left!"

"Huh? What do you mean!"

"What if he is still within the warehouse, using [Ghost-Walker] to avoid detection, waiting for us to lower our guard so that he can escape!"

"Hmm....its a possibility indeed!"

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"So they found out huh?....nevermind, I will just have to blow up the generators." Their speculations regarding the figure hiding within the warehouse were indeed correct but unfortunately for them, the figure was one step ahead of them.

The figure took out a golden-blue coloured chained pocket watch from within his cloak and flipped out the cover.

[Tick]

The delicate sound of the clock ticking was very soothing and calming, unfortunately for those 12-High ranking officials, it represented the time they had left to live.

The figure had detailed knowledge about the structure of the warehouse, coincidently the generators were located just below the Control room.

Due to the skull mask, one couldn't see the figure's face but it was highly possible for him to be smiling behind the mask.

"Well, Looks like even luck is by my side...."

[Click]

The figure pressed on the glass of the pocket watch as the sound of the clock ticking stopped.

[BOOOMMMM!!!]

A deafening explosion reverberated throughout the dock as the generators exploded, releasing a high amount of energy output eastern half of the warehouse along with the control room was reduced to ashes within seconds of the explosion.

The figure submerged within the shadows to avoid the massive shockwave originating as the aftereffect of the terrible explosion.

[Crackle!!]

Like the thunder, the wind pressure made a crackling noise as the debris of the warehouse were rocketed everywhere. A few seconds passed as the scene finally calmed down.

The warehouse was in tatters, the whole eastern portion was decimated which fire enveloped the other parts. Many personnel and millions of dollars of equipment and research were all destroyed in the explosion.

The calming of the explosion was also the figure's queue to leave the scene.

He mission was finished, he was required to assassinate Enzo, he did that, even going as far as destroying half of the warehouse.

The barrier around the warehouse also disappeared after the shockwave collided against it.

The figure exited the shadows and swiftly made his way out of the warehouse.

Just as he was about to disappear from the scene, he suddenly ducked to avoid a side-chop towards his neck. The figure kicked back without even looking, the [Hollow's touch] was already active.

The figure successfully avoided side-chop but as soon as his back-kick was about to hit the attacker. He felt danger, his senses telling him to retreat immediately.

Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to slow down his momentum or change the direction of his attack, therefore he opted to use magic to force the attacker to retreat.

He pointed his right-hand finger behind him and spoke in a low tone.

"[Cero]...." A concentrated beam of psion immediately blasted towards the attacker who didn't expect the figure to be able to cast magic so quickly, it was as if the casting process only took a moment (Extremely small time frame even when compared to 0.01 millisecond).

In the face of the unexpected attack, the attacker had to change the trajectory of his attack and lean backwards to avoid the beam of psion heading towards his chest.

This dodging motion was enough for the figure to jump forward and turn around to look at his attacker.

The figure looked back and saw a strangely armoured person behind him.

The figure immediately recognized the strange armour and information automatically started to unravel within his mind.

[Covert Mobile Suit] was equipped with a hooded cloak that is fixed over the helmet and shoulders. The cloak could change forms to minimize air resistance. In addition, the cloak has a magic detection function, can absorb electromagnetic waves, sound waves and is perfect for stealth operations.

(Figure's P.O.V)

'The feeling of danger and lighting fast reflexes huh? There is no doubt about it!'

'I didn't think we would meet so soon....'

'Yotsuba Tatsuya....'

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