Chapter 261: True Chimaera (1)
The hospital’s parking lot was a scene of chaos. Hunters surrounded an impenetrable barrier that encased Adrian, and everyone took turns trying to break through the shield. Even Mei tried but couldn’t make the barrier budge, even with her S-rank strength.
Hours passed like that, and soon Sophia, Vesper, A’mila, and George arrived on the scene. James gave them a brief breakdown of the situation, as John was too busy counting his losses.
First, it was the dungeon incident, and now this. Things were not looking good for him and other than public sympathy, there wasn’t anything for him to gain from the terrible situation.
Meanwhile, James told them everything he knew and that Adrian could be in serious trouble within that barrier. That was all it took for Sophia to charge up her magic.
She hurled fireballs at the barrier, only for them to fizzle out upon impact. Even Fenris joined in, growling and clawing at the shield, but even her immense strength was futile.
At the same time, nearby, media crews broadcasted the scene live. Cameras captured every inch of ground zero, from the ground and from helicopters hovering above, with their spotlights primarily focused on the black barrier.
Reporters spoke in urgent tones, describing the mysterious barrier and the desperate efforts to break it. But eventually, their attention shifted away from the barrier.
In the background, the hospital was in a grim state. Medical staff were busy moving the corpses of victims of Charles’s terror attack. The media tried talking to John and James about the body count of the dead, but even they didn’t know the exact number.
Although they didn’t tell the media about it, it was because most of the corpses had been dismembered with the intention to make it difficult for them to identify anyone. As such, it was impossible to know the exact numbers without forensic reports.