Chapter 197
The moment after Alice processed what they were looking at, panic started to set in. There was blood on the floor. Something looked like it had entered the house and hurt the owner. There were signs of a struggle. Had a monster broken in? Had someone succumbed to a class-mana related madness that pushed them towards violence, then hurt someone? Or had something else happened?
Either way, it was bad news. Alice felt a grimace pull at her lips as she looked at Allira’s shadow. The shadow gave Alice a confused look, and Alice sighed. She really wished Allira’s shadows could talk, so that she could ask them a few questions. Right now, she had no idea what to do.
Another of Allira’s shadows slithered out from under Cecilia’s feet, and joined the shadow already inside. Then, the two shadows swarmed into the building again. Alice decided to wait. There was no guarantee that whatever had done this had left. If there was danger, it was best for Allira’s shadows to do the scouting. The shadow were perfect disposable scouts. However, if whatever had done this was lurking in the shadows, waiting for Alice and Cecilia to be unprotected…
The thought startled Alice out of her sluggish thoughts. Danger. Right here. Right now. Whatever had done this might still be nearby. Alice felt goosebumps form on her body as she realized that something might be watching her and Cecilia right now, with malicious intentions. She scrambled for the enchanted items she had laying around in her storage Perk, fumbled, and then finally pulled out a few enchanted bracelets and beads.
In the interest of saving time, Ethan hadn’t let Alice make much more of her own equipment recently. It might have been great for Alice’s leveling speed, but now that they were in the middle of a crisis, Ethan had decided that she needed to spend her time focused on the crisis instead of her equipment. Instead, right after they settled down in Demor’s mansion, he had bought out a few local [Enchanter]’s shops. He had handed her a pile of enchanted items, most of which could block different types of common magic related attacks. She now had a pair of bracelets that blocked electricity and heat, as well as her own, original necklace that could stop nearby objects. In addition, Ethan had handed her a huge pile of glass beads that would explode like grenades after being thrown.
Finally, Alice still had a few of her own bracelets left, complete with the self-propelling beads.
Wordlessly, Alice handed Cecilia an extra handful of beads and bracelets, just in case. Cecilia wordlessly took them and put them on, as the two nervously scanned their surroundings and tried to identify any nearby threats.
Seconds crawled by as if they were hours, while the two waited for Allira’s shadows to return. After what felt like half an hour, but must have been less than a minute, one of the two shadows returned, and shook its head at Alice. Then, it held up a hand at the two of them.
Alice… had no idea what the shadow was trying to communicate. The shadow kept shaking its head and holding a hand towards them, almost as if it were trying to push them away.