Chapter 4248  Warrior’s Oath (Part 1)

Captain Xarko’s lunge at Alusha’s right shoulder crippled her guard, the second soldier’s deep cut to her calf disrupted her footwork, and the third soldier’s slash to her neck snuffed her life out.

“Code one on Teryon Verhen.” The captain said. “I repeat, code one on Teryon Verhen. We proceed to move her to a safe location.”

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“What in the gods’ names is going on?” Argat, the violet-cored Awakened tasked with keeping the Association’s branch of Lutia in check, watched the communication runes of his accomplices disappear one after another.

“This doesn’t make sense. The attack started less than two minutes ago, and I’ve seen the flares for mission accomplished. How can things go south so quickly?”

He was the only violet core in Lutia and also the only one still flying despite the flocks of Crons raining spells on him from above and the packs of Rys and Shyf attacking him from below.

His only advantages were the inability of the magical beasts to use all elements and cast the Disarray spell. Argat had been careful, placing the six elemental sealing magical formations so that any attempt to destroy them would trigger a chain reaction with catastrophic consequences.