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For some unknown time, she felt her head aching and her consciousness going in and out. She can feel that someone is carrying her towards some unknown place. She wanted to move but her body could not, she wanted to wake up but her consciousness is not obeying her will.
Not long later, she felt a pang of pain on her back as she was thrown on a hard surface.
Jenny Mae slowly regained consciousness but she is not sure how many days or hours she been lying in that cold and dark place.
"Ugh…" she groaned but no words escaped her mouth.
All she can felt is the pain all over her body and the paralysis side effect of the Evernight Flower.
She can only slowly open her eyes in a squint and immediately notice that her head is currently lying on something soft. Then she saw a still sleeping person lying beside her she was stunned.
His handsome face is full of dirt and there are traces of blood at the side of his mouth.
And since her body still felt painful and paralyzed, she could not do anything and just lay there silently in his arm.
Jenny Mae carefully checked her esper powers and noticed that she could not even activate it. Then she detected that those points of pain in her body are the meridian points when she is training her esper powers.
She now knew that the enemy is not that simple. Someone from their group could actually block the meridian's LEP passages, which is a very rare skill according to her knowledge. Even from those in the 1st world country, it is hard to find someone who has the skill to block meridians without using chemicals or needles.
And from her bruises, it is clear that the person who did this is an expert in wind magic. That person uses sharp wind needles to puncture her meridians.
"This is bad… if I don't get treated immediately my power would regress." She thought as she felt worried and a bit of despair in her heart.
She has worked so hard to reach up to this point. Even in her school, no one knew that she is already a member of a mercenary team which would really cause envy from them. The only ones who could enter the eyes of the mercenaries are those who were about to graduate plus has proper control of their power.
And in her school, she only knew a few who are also keeping their identity a secret while being a student just like her. However, with this incident, she didn't know if she could recover. So how could she not panic?
Then another question appears inside her mind as she felt a bit suspicious about how those terrorists were able to take over the restaurant.
It is said that the restaurant is one of the safest places in the city due to its extreme security. So how could this thing happen? With that question, she began to think of the possibility, plus she also partly regretted her decision to dine in that place.
She just didn't know why she wanted to flaunt her true wealth to this guy? In her mind, she didn't even know if Curt is truly just after her power or her wealth. But ever since the two began dating, it was he who would usually pay for everything. This might be the reason why she wanted to show off a bit.
Suddenly, she noticed the person beside her is gaining consciousness and she immediately panicked. This is because of the awkward position of the two. But she didn't have a choice due to the paralysis which is still in effect.
Closing her eyes, she suddenly felt a slight movement.
"Ugh… Hmm… She's still asleep… Sigh… It's been a few hours already and the city is still not aware of the situation in this place. What a crappy security system this city has." Curt muttered as he carefully tilted the head of Jenny Mae resting on his arm.
He then carefully grab something from the side and with a careful move, removes his hand, and carefully laid her head to that pile of cloth.
Curt then assessed the situation around them and saw that the room seems to be sealed. He took out some paper talisman from his secret pocket and activated it. He saw that the room they are in is now frozen, but inside the cube the temperature is normal.
"Trying to freeze me to death… Hehe… dream on." Curt thought as he stood up and went out of the cube array.
When they were taken to this place, he has already determined to act. However, upon seeing the number of victims that might be killed if he did so, he didn't have a choice but to go with the flow and pretend to be sleeping.
Not long after they were all taken to this large freezer, he stood up and gathered everyone in one place. He then immediately draw some array on the ground which could serve are temperature control for the people that are still unconscious.
Plus he even found three who pretended to be victims in their group. Of course, he truly knocks them down and truly paralyzed them.
He didn't know what the plan of these terrorists are, but from what he heard there are some words that made him want to act right now.
First is that this same terrorist group was the one responsible for sabotaging the gate. Plus at that time they wanted to cause chaos in the city to be able to get a hold of the 'master control' inside the Esper College. Hence they needed the attention of the army to be centered towards the mayor.
But it was all thwarted because of that masked guy and the said heroine, who the group is now hunting.
Then second, is that they need to take down the barrier so that the city would fall to the beast. This way everything would return to nature.
From that information, Curt knew that these people are members of the radical movements. And from what he has learned they are a part of a large group which has existed thousands of years ago, ever since the monsters ruled the world.
They are called Monster People Movement Army or MPMA.
The MPMA is a large faction spread all over the planet that advocates and worships the monsters. They believe that the monsters roaming the planet are the gods of this world and that humans should worship them or die.
Those who do not worship the beasts are considered as pagan in their religion hence they must be purge.
For many years, this terrorist group has caused many cities to fall and many people to die. But as humans flourished, the population still grows and of course, the terrorist group also flourished with it. They have used many extreme means to do their ways and many people have joined their ranks because of power.
After checking everything inside the freezer, he walked back to the position of the cubes and checked the people inside of it.
"These people are courting death," Curt muttered upon looking at Jenny Mae.
He was really angered that she was hurt and that he was not able to do anything about it. Without even knowing it, his body suddenly exuded a huge amount of killing intent.
Suddenly, his sharp ears heard some footsteps from outside.
"Two people…" he muttered to himself as he suddenly dashed towards the side.
Meanwhile, Jenny Mae opened her eyes to know what is happening, but all she sees is darkness. She didn't know why but she can somewhat feel a bit of cold air around her. Although her meridians are blocked, since she is a fire and wind esper, she can still feel the air element around her.
However, she cannot do anything and just lie in there feeling helpless.
Curt carefully assessed the situation and suddenly jumps up in the air and when he landed, he could hear the large freezer door slowly opening.
With a quick movement, he arrives at the side of the door and silently hid there.
As the door opening the lights inside the freezer automatically flickered and turns on.
Curt can then hear the two men talking.
"Hey, we should just grab two hostages, right? Who should we choose… Hehe…"
"Let's get the old people and the men, then leave those women. We can have fun with them later… Hehe…"
"You're crazy… But I like that."
The two said with a sinister laugh.
When Curt heard those perverted plans of the two, he raised one of his eyebrows. He could not deny that from those people inside the freezer which he helped carry inside those cube arrays there are a few beautiful young ladies.
If these terrorists could put their hands on these ladies, then they would truly be on cloud nine. But since he is already here, he didn't mind to pop their bubbles.
As the two walks in, the door slowly closes. Then suddenly they heard someone whistle from the side. And this immediately alerted the two.
With a quick and expert move, they immediately grab their rifles with the intention to shot the person standing behind them.
However, before they could make another move, the two felt their body quickly stiffening. While a deep chilling cold pervades their bones. Then in almost an instant, their bodies suddenly turned into ice statues.
Curt then showed a wry smile on his face, as he walked towards the two and then checked their bodies. He immediately noticed a particular special tattoo on their bodies which emits dark LEP energy. He immediately memorized those tattoos and then took the weapons and everything that might be of use for him.
He knew that he needed these things to augment his strength when fighting against this group. Although he can trick them, and could use paper talisman and runes, he did not want to be complacent.
And so while the victims are still asleep and unconscious, he decided to try and finish everything by himself.
With that in mind, he immediately turns around and put some paper talisman and rocks with runes on the ground and on the walls.
"I only have an hour to deal with this before everyone could wake up." Curt thought.
Then with a glint of determination in his eyes, he closes the freezer door and locks it from the outside. He is not worried about the people inside the freezer as the rune he had drawn on the floor could last until morning the next day or until he deactivates it.