"Eri, come on, let's go or we'll be late for the show," Roberta said as she looked up the stairs. She was dressed in a white gown with gold floral embroidery on the dress.
"Coming, Grandma," Erin said as he walked down the stairs. He was dressed in a white shirt and black pants with suspenders.
"Grandma, you look lovely." Erin stated as he examined Roberta's outfit from head to toe.
"You also look very handsome in the dress." She picked him up and put him in her arms. Then Erin kissed her on her lips, the kiss they shared wasn't just a peck on the lips instead Erin sucked her upper lips while she sucked his lower one, and lasted for a solid 30 seconds before he finally released her lips.
" Satisfied?" asked Roberta after finally he let go of her lips.
" Hmm." Erin nodded his head.
" Ok, let's go now." After that, Roberta and Erin went to the city. Someone could be seen watching Erin and Roberta from a corner while they were having a good time.
Five cloaked individuals were seen sitting in a circular pattern with a round table in the center.
"So when are we moving?" asked a cloaked person,
"The Duchess and that old monster will be out of the city for a few days, let's move then." answered another one.
"The higher ups are already dissatisfied with our performance from the past, this will be our last chance." commented one looking like the guy with an aura of the leader around him.
"Yes, my lord!" exclaimed the others.
It's been two days since Roberta and Aurora had to go to the capital.
"Baby, let's go or we'll be late for the show," Senthia said as she stood outside a room wearing a Full Sleeves T-shirt with a high neck collar, a black skirt, and black leggings with low heels sandals to match.
"Coming, Mother," Erin said as he opened the door. He was dressed in a red and black chequered shirt and knee-length white jeans.
After Senthia picked him up and left the castle. A carriage was waiting for them outside the castle, and they both sat in it before departing for the city.
After strolling in the market, they went sightseeing till evening and when it was time to return home, there was already a full moon in the sky. When it was time for them to return,they took the carriage back.
"Maid, you're going in the wrong direction." Said Senthia as she watched her moving the carriage in the opposite direction of the castle.
"Madam, the night market has closed the road ahead." The maid replied.
"Make sure we don't arrive late."
As the carriage moved forward, the surroundings became quiet and deserted. The maid stopped the carriage in a desolate location after driving for a while.
"Madam, we arrived at the location," said the maid.
'So that's how you're going to play,' Senthia thought.
"Baby, stay in the carriage," Senthia said solemnly, and Erin nodded.
Senthia stepped out of the carriage and looked at the maid, who had an unnatural smile on her face. Senthia simply tapped her neck with her palm and she fell unconscious.
Senthia asked, looking in a specific direction, "When are you guys planning to come out?"
"Oh ho hoh, what a surprise, I didn't think madam Senthia had such keen senses," said a voice from that direction. Then fifteen people appeared from the shadows, all dressed in black and wearing masks over their faces.
"I assume you're the leader," Senthia said, her gaze drawn to the center one.
"Me, na na na, I am just a humble servant doing my duties," the man replied, chuckling under the mask.
"So, what is your duty then?" sarcastically asked Senthia.
"Ara, we're just here to look after the young master for a few days," the leader guy joked.
"Hahhahahaha... You want to take my child. Come, take him if you can," Senthia said calmly as she released an unknown pressure around her. Then ten women appeared from the shadows and stood behind her.
Except for the five in the middle, the cloaked men began to spread and surrounded the carriage, but the shadow guards also circled the carriage, standing between Erin and those guys.
The battle then began, with the cloaked men charging at the guards, who became defensive. Both sides used Augmenters in the front lines, with the elemental fighting from the backlines.
While the battle raged on, the five masked men locked gazes with Senthia.
"Ice domain," Senthia said softly, as the ground beneath her began to freeze and expand at breakneck speed.
"Ignite," the leader guy just smiled under the mask and lit off the magic circle hidden in the ground, and the expanding ice came to an abrupt halt, while Senthia and the guards felt an unknown pressure suppressing them.
"Madam Senthia, just let us take the young master for a few days and we'll return him in one piece," the leader joked, looking at Senthia.
"Oh, are you trying to rile my emotions?" Senthia asked calmly.
'tsk'
"Why would I do that when I have the advantage?" the leader guy wondered as he searched for an opening.
Senthia canceled the domain and stretched out her right arm. A bow made of ice appeared out of thin air, along with an arrow in her right arm. She began shooting multiple arrows dipped in condensed ice mana.
' Ting! Ting! '
The leader used the augmented sword to cut the arrows, but the shockwave was strong enough to numb his hands; the other four guys defended themselves with their own elemental mana.
The leader guy used his sword to create a few mana arcs directed at Senthia.
Senthia shot multiple arrows to destroy the arcs before they could reach her, but the elementalists used their abilities to neutralize the ice arrows from the mana arcs.
' Boom! '
At the last second, the mana arcs collided with the ice barrier she had created, and she quickly changed her weapon to a sword and coated it with mana.
While the arcs and barrier collided, the leader closed the gap and used the thrust into the weakened barrier, breaking it without resistance, then pushing further.
' Ting! '
Senthia deflected the incoming sword with her own, but the force of the thrust pushed her back a few meters.
The elementalists attacked Senthia without giving her a chance to defend herself. To counteract their abilities, she had to summon ice spikes.
The leader used the sword to put pressure on Senthia, while she had to divide her attention between the elementalists and the leader.
She began to be defensive while slowly gathering mana, manifesting an ice pillar onto the ground where elementalists were standing, the elementalists dodged by spreading out, she used an ice pillar again, and they dodged once more.
The process was repeated until they were separated; she then used multiple ice walls and reinforced them with mana, making them more resistant, and trapped all of them inside. They attempted to break down the walls with their abilities, but the damage was minimal.
Her mental state became a little heavy as she had to spend a large amount of mana on her trap.
The leader took advantage of this opportunity to launch a mana arc at the carriage, but she reacted quickly enough to repel the attack, but she left an opening for the leader to exploit by slicing at the side of the stomach.
"Hoh hoh, Our Madam is really tough," the leader said as he wiped the blood from the sword.
She used her ice mana to stop the blood flow and took an attacking stance, thrusting with the sword while creating ice spikes and throwing it simultaneously with her thrust.
While pushing him back with her ice sword and spikes, she secretly created some ice mana infused ice pebbles behind the leader.
While the leader was being pushed back, he also fought back, stepping on the pebbles without realizing it.
' Puff! '
The pebble exploded, freezing his leg to the ground.
Taking advantage of the situation, she used a series of sword strikes, and after he was caught off guard by the pebbles, the ice sword pierced his stomach.
"You talk too much," Senthia said as she wiped away the blood.
"How could you?"
"How dare you!" A dark aura was evaporating from his body.
"How dare y--" before loosing control of the body he noticed a fireball in the sky,
"hahahahahahahaha~" then he started to laugh like a maniac,
"hahaha~, I think this is it for today" spoke the leader,
" What do you mean? " asked Senthia calmly,
To be continued....
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" I wont' tell you. You didn't gave me your powerstones, why should I tell you.." spoke the leader playfully.
" Huh, the hell you talking about?"
" I'm talking about those thingy that you use to vote.."
" Don't you dare eye on my stones." Senthia directly rejected him
" So you don't won't to know. Something important might happen."
" aarrh..., okay but if you cheat... I'll kill you."