The moment Lucius landed on the ground. He breathed in the smoke that was on the ground. A sense of weakness engulfed him from head to toe right after he breathed in the smoke.
"What's happening to me? I am feeling kind of cold." Lucius muttered under his breath.
Lucius' question didn't remain for long since a notification flashed in his retina, answering all of his questions.
(You have inhaled Freezing Smoke. Your body is starting to freeze but your body has slowed the freezing down.)
(You won't die but you will fell unconscious within the next 10 seconds)
(Your body is trying to resist the freezing effect)
(Your body has changed the attribute of your mana to flame to fight against the freezing effect.)
(Your body has successfully eliminated the freezing effect after your mana converted to flame attribute.)
(As long as the attribute of your mana is flame, the freezing smoke will have no effect on you)
"This is probably the reason, I can't feel the presence of any guards since most of them have fallen unconscious. I must group with the guards who are still consciousness" Lucius exclaimed.
He closed his eyes and tried to sense if there was anyone around him. A few seconds later, Lucius sensed four aura not too far from them.
The aura was rapidly getting close to one another. From it, he could deduce that they also had the same idea as Lucius.
"I should also go towards them" Lucius muttered under his breath.
He began to charge towards the 4 aura that were rapidly getting close to another. As he charged towards the four aura, he saw the bodies of dozens of Divinities lying on the ground like dead flies.
Also within the span of such a short time, he had received around a dozen or more danger signals from the summon that was stationed in the west.
"I don't think that the intruder has yet breached the barrier or else the summon at the west would have been long since been destroyed" Lucius thought to himself.
He was wondering how his summon was still unscathed, in the end he came to this conclusion.
"If that's indeed the case then it would mean that there is someone inside who has helped them otherwise there won't be able to plant the freezing smoke" Lucius thought
A few seconds later, Lucius shook his head.
"All this is not important right now, grouping up with them and dealing with the crisis at hand is important," Lucius remarked as he increased his pace.
Lucius kept charged towards the four aura. A few minutes later, Lucius was standing in front of a small tent. He saw a few people standing at a distance. There were a total of 4 D-grade Divinities there.
A strong aura was being emitted from each individual in the tent that caused Lucius to sweat slightly.
However, Lucius ignored their pressure and walked towards them. When he was a few cm away from them, the group of people turned their attention to Lucius.
They scanned Lucius from head to toe which caused him to become a little bit uncomfortable.
"Hmm, judging from the aura of this guy. He is just an E-grade Divinity." A guy in the tent said.
"I wonder how he is still conscious, anyone whose grade is E has Lost consciousness" Another guy remarked, he sounded quite surprised.
"Well he is coming our way, we can just ask him soon" Another guy replied.
Lucius kept walking towards them, he didn't have any intention of stopping. When he was a meter away from them, they signaled him to halt his steps. He obeyed them and halted his steps.
"Who are you and how can you remain conscious?" The guy who had the strongest aura among the 4 asked.
Upon being confronted with these questions, Lucius didn't panic. He calmly replied to them.
"I am Lucius who has taken the job to kill as many bandits as possible from the union.
As for the second question, it's not important now. We are most likely attacked by the bandits and someone at the west side of the vault is trying to breach the barrier" Lucius said, his voice carrying seriousness.
When the D-grade Divinities heard about his words, different emotions could be seen on their faces like confusion, doubt and wariness.
"How do you know that someone is trying to breach the barrier at the west side of the? Have you been there?" A guard asked him.
Lucius shook his head and explained the current situation to them.
""I'm a summoner, and I've stationed my summons throughout the entire Vault. The one stationed on the west side is sending constant danger signals, indicating its spotted enemies. That's how I'm aware." Lucius expressed everything honestly.
When they heard his explanation all of them fell silent.
However, the silence didn't last for long.
"We will head there to the West side of the barrier right now but if everything is right there. Then you will have to bear the consequences." The guard said to Lucius.
"I will bear any consequences. Now let's hurry" Lucius replied.
Just as they were about to charge towards the west side of the barrier, Lucius halted his steps as he looked at the distance.
"What's wrong?" A guard asked, he sounded annoyed.
They nodded their heads in approval and charged towards the west side of the barrier. They kept charging towards the west side of the vault for a few minutes.
The four summons that Lucius had stationed throughout the Vaults also appeared around his side.
Lucius just commanded them to follow him. A few minutes later, Lucius halted his steps all of a sudden.
The guards looked at Lucius and saw a troubled look on his face. This caused a frown to appear on the guard's face.
"What's wrong?" The guards asked him.
"The intruder has breached the barrier" Lucius declared as he stared at a certain notification flashing in his retina.
(Your summon health has decreased by...)
The above notification flashed in his retina 4 or 5 more times before ultimately another notification flashed in his retina.
(Your summon Flame Warrior has suffered serious damage)
(The health of your flame warrior has dropped to zero)
(Do you want to invest mana to heal your summon
Yes/No)
Lucius pressed on the button No without much hesitation since it would be just a waste of mana.
(Your summon has been completely destroyed since you didn't supply mana)
Lucius shook his and turned his attention to the guards who were looking at him with eyes full of questions.
"The barrier at the west side has been breached. The intruders have successfully invaded the place, we must hurry and go to the west before they enter the vault" Lucius exclaimed, his voice carrying seriousness.
"How are you so sure about this?" The guard who had the strongest aura asked.
"My summon, which is stationed in the west, has been destroyed. That's how I know the intruder has breached the barrier" Lucius explained to them.
When the guards heard that, they nodded their heads in approval.
"If that's the case, we shouldn't waste any time. We should quickly catch them, "the strongest guard said.
Everyone nodded their and resumed thier charge towards the west side of the barrier. They kept charging towards the west side for the next minute or two.
As they were charging towards the west side, they felt dozens of unknown aura near them.
The distance between them and the aura was rapidly decreasing
"They are near. Embrace yourself for a tough battle" The guard with the strongest aura said.
"There seem to be around 5 D rank Divinity among their ranks." Lucius exclaimed, he sounded quite nervous.
As they were charging towards the barrier, sense felt a powerful aura rapidly getting closer to him from behind him.
Lucius quickly turned around, the moment he turned around, he saw that was infused with aura flying towards him.
"Damn it" Lucius let out a curse.