The Author's POV

'”BOOOOOM!

"'”'”!"

The whole building shook, and all the furniture in the room fell onto the ground. Stumbling back a couple of steps, my eyes opened wide. 'What in the world just happened?' Without wasting time, dashing out of the room, I ran towards the entrance of the dorms.

Because the area had been sealed by Matthew and his two companions, there was no one in my area. It took a while for me to spot some people.

"What's going on?!"

"What happened?"

Turning right and walking into a corridor, startled guards appeared everywhere as they wondered about what had just happened. The confusion only grew deeper as more and more people came out

'Is the Monolith under seige?'

I wondered as I recalled the explosion that had just rung not long ago.

The force coming from the explosion was so strong that I knew that a big enemy had attacked the whole building.

The real question was, who attacked the Monolith? Was it perhaps the Union? Or was this due to some internal disputes inside of the Monolith?

Quite frankly, I wasn't sure.

There was a chance this was the work of the Union.

'If I don't remember incorrectly, they have an artifact that allows them to travel to the main headquarters of the Monolith'

This was something that I knew they had since it did not only teleport to the Monolith, but to other places as well. In the novel, they actually never used it to travel to the Monolith, but I knew all too well just how much the story had deviated from the original one.

The chances of this being the Union were not low.

'”BOOOOOM!

Disrupting me out of my thoughts, the building once again shook. This time, the explosion was even louder than before as the tremors intensified. Holding onto the side of the wall, I tried not to fall.

'”WHIIIIIII! '”WHIIIIIII!

[This is an emergency message, we're currently under attack. I repeat we're currently under attack. All personnel and members please make your way to the first level to aid the defense unit. I repeat, all personell...]

The blaring sound of the sirens rang out, and a warning echoed from the speakers around the building. Immediately after, almost everyone around me rushed towards the exit of the second level.

"Quick!"

"Everyone onto the first level!"

With almost everyone here being a guard, upon receiving the orders, everyone rushed towards the first level just like the alarm had told them to. Because of the chaos, no one particularly noticed me, as they all rushed downstairs.

"Might as well take advantage of the situation."

Lowering the cap on my head and putting my mask away, I decided to follow them downstairs.

Though I had the mask available to me, now that the whole place was in chaos, I could take advantage of it and escape through them.

This was for the best. With this, my mana which was quite low could be conserved. The mask did consume a lot of mana after all. Furthermore, amongst the chaos, the probability of someone actively looking for me through the cameras was low. They had probably forgotten about me by now.

'Perfect'

Joining the crowd and hiding my presence amongst the masses, I quickly headed for the first level.

Freedom had never been this close.

***

At the same time.

air as they coldly looked down below them. Their majestic mana filled the area causing the air

look, they all looked malnourished with sunken cheeks and red-blood eyes. Their bright red eyes swept

else and not them, their legs would involuntarily become limp under these violent gazes that

"Hmph!"

foot on the ground, the killing intent that was directed towards

on me,"

than hers, a seriousness that was difficult to mask covered Monica's

Devlon brothers. You should be able

the three old men who had appeared in the sky.

was also leisurely as he nodded his head with a faint smile on his face.

to help you, or can you take care of

am? I can at least take care

you really? You do know that the three of them combined have a strength equivalent to rank." Amon chimed in. Even though he

As long as I finish them quickly, I don't

for him, Monica did not

they both shrugged their shoulders before giving her the green light. "Alright, do whatever you want. We're here to stall for time anyways. Once the big dogs show up,

with the small fries

brow twitched. Opening her eyes, she glared at the two

you guys shut up? I'm

sorry. Do your

back and looking at

the higher-ups of the Monolith should've already been lured out of the headquarters. By directly exploiting one of the spies amongst the higher-ups, the Union had set up an

real Monica was with them. Unless an external factor that they did not account for meddled their plans, their plans of dealing a

of nowhere? You must be looking for death." Surprised by Monica's power, one of the elders levitating in the air throatily

that there was someone stupid enough to actually

his eyes, the last elder and the youngest brother spoke up. "I can't seem to be able to make out their

that were talking to each other glanced at

were generally a great way for someone to mask their faces. However, they had a fatal flaw, and it was that they could be easily spotted by those whose rank was in the

artifact

"True."

over them before once again raising her sword. Slowly an orange

guys talk

elders, was Monica's

her sword raised, her body trembled slightly. Wild and violent energy suddenly surged out explosively from the veins within her body. Finally, it became

feet which were touching the ground slowly lifted up as Monica's body raised into the air. Raising her hand slightly, Monica clenched it into a

orange hue revolving around her body abruptly soared. An instant later, the glow disappeared and an orange-colored armor materialized, covering her exquisite pretty body. Once the armor appeared on her body, with

before she was silly and childish, right now she looked like a war goddess that was

below,

see why those bastards put so much hope

to her childish character, he had

perform Mana-conglomeration, or more specifically, psyon-conglomeration which was the process in which someone whose control over psyons reached such levels of fine control that they could summon tangible mana in the air and form

case,

was a high-leveled technique that only the strongest individuals could use it. For Monica, who was only 28 years old

"T-that's mana-conglomeration."

not

of what was happening, suddenly opening her eyes, a bright shine enveloped the area as Monica's voice rang out in

"Haaa!"

sword where it converged together before releasing a terrifying orange beam of light that

WHIIIIING!

"Get into formation!"

three black-robed elder's expressions were

step back, they got into a triangular formation and frantically moved their hands creating

powerful mana signatures that were all dark green in color surged out from