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.

them. Their majestic mana filled the area causing the

eyes. Their bright red eyes swept the

Had it been someone else and not them, their legs would involuntarily become limp under

"Hmph!"

ground, the killing intent that

won't work on me," Monica muttered

of these three black-robed old men were lower than hers, a seriousness that was difficult to mask

brothers. You should be able to

was lighthearted as he looked at the three old men who had appeared in the sky.

faint smile on his face. Staring at the sky, he mused for

or can you take care of it

I can at least take care of

rank." Amon chimed in. Even though he knew that she could do it,

As long as I finish them

Monica did not fall

at each other, 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

Monica's brow twitched. Opening

you guys shut up? I'm

we're sorry. Do

bitterly laughed before taking a step back and looking at the

the Union had done their job, half of 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 intricate trap designed to lure the higher-ups away from the Monolith who were hoping

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

You must be looking for death." Surprised by Monica's power, one of the elders levitating in the air throatily laughed. His blood-red

would've thought that there was someone stupid enough to actually attack our main base?" Another elder added, licking his

elder and the youngest brother spoke up. "I can't seem to be

glanced at each other before taking a better look at the

masks 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

be using an artifact to

"True."

over

guys talk

the three elders, was

within her body. Finally, it became like a torrent of floodwater that flowed to

in bright orange color. Her feet which were touching the ground slowly lifted up as Monica's body raised into the air. Raising her hand slightly, Monica

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 her hair fluttering wildly in the air, her demeanor completely

right now she looked

below, Amon showed

those bastards put so

to her childish character, he had to admit, she was extremely

whose control over psyons reached such levels of fine control that they could summon tangible mana in the air

case,

only the strongest individuals could use it. For Monica, who was only 28 years old to be able to accomplish this, it

"T-that's mana-conglomeration."

staring at Monica in the distance, the expression of the elders standing not so far from her

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

"Haaa!"

out, reaching all the way towards the tip of her sword where it converged together before releasing a terrifying orange beam of light

WHIIIIING!

"Get into formation!"

incoming attack, the three

got into a triangular formation

powerful mana signatures that were all dark green in color surged out from the bodies of the three of