At the same time deep within the building.
The group of guards were charging towards the group of D-grade bandits who were making their way towards the vault that was hidden deep within the building.
The floors of the buildings were pure white, whenever light fell on the floor, it reflected off the light. The walls of the place were also white with golden lining on them. Overall, the interior of the buildings looked really beautiful.
However, no one had the time to admire this beauty since they were in a race against time.
The group of bandits had escaped from the sight of the guards who were aimlessly looking for the bandits. The guards were very worried about the vault being looted.
"We should go to where the vault is, I am sure that we will find them there," The guard who had the strongest aura among them said to the others.
The other guards nodded their heads and made their way toward the vault since the chances of bandits being there were very high.
They kept charging towards the vault for the next few minutes. A few minutes passed away in the blink of an eye.
When they were just a few dozen meters away from the vault. The guards spotted the groups of bandits from a distance.
The bandits were standing in front of a big golden barrier. The barrier was at least 30 meters tall. The barrier was not transparent so what was on the other side of the barrier couldn't be seen.
"As expected, they have reached the vault. Everyone, prepare for battle" The guard with the strongest aura said to the other guards.
Upon hearing his command, the other bandits nodded their heads. Everyone simultaneously took out their weapons. Two of them took out a sword, the leader also took out a sword. Another guard didn't take out any weapons but there was a magic circle on his hand, signaling he was Mage.
Since he was a mage, using a weapon was not mandatory since magic could be used without a weapon.
They kept charging towards the bandit with the intent to kill. The bandits noticed them, and they also prepared to fight.
When they were around 7 meters away from them, the guard who was a mage noticed a strange blue line behind him, and in front of him was another very thin blue, it wasn't more than 30 mm in thickness. The two lines were in the shape of an arc.
It was a miracle that the guard even noticed this. Just as he was thinking why was there this line, he felt the line absorbing mana from the surroundings at an incredible speed, understanding that it must be a trap, he quickly warned the others.
"They have laid a trap for us, we need to quickly cross 4 meters!!" The guard who was a mage warned everyone.
When the bandit heard that, one of them began to laugh.
"You have fallen right into our trap. It's too late for you to do anything" The bandit who had a ward on his hand said.
The bandit who was Mage began directing his wards towards him as he began to channel mana throughout his body. The ward began to glow brightly as he channeled mana throughout his body.
Upon seeing this and hearing their allies' warning, a serious look could be seen on everyone's face. They increased their speed, in hopes of covering 4 meters before the trap was completed
However, it was far too late to escape from them, a red magic circle formed around them. The magic circle had a radius of 5 meters.
A big barrier began to extend from the edges of the magic circle.
"Damn it" The leader let out a curse as he realized that they are pretty much trapped here.
The barrier very soon reached the height of a few meters, completely trapping them. They halted their steps when they saw this. They looked behind him and saw the same barrier. When they were trapped, the Bandits walked towards them, they stood on their guard when they saw this.
"Hahahah, stay there and watch as we empty your vault" The bandit who sealed exclaimed with a mocking look on their face.
"What do you want from this vault?" The leader asked, even though he knew that it wouldn't be of any use.
"Why should I tell you? Stay here until we have achieved our purpose" The bandit scoffed coldly as he walked away.
The bandit walked towards the barrier, he began to study the barrier, looking for a way to destroy the barrier. When he saw this, he realized one thing.
"He is probably a sealer mage. If that's true then he can probably render the barrier blocking the path of the bandit useless within a short period.
We need to quickly figure out a way to destroy this barrier" The leader thought to himself.
He turned his attention to his allies instead of just staring at the bandit.
"Hey I know that you are an Elemental Mage Eila but can you somehow disable this barrier? If you can't then we won't have any choice but to break through using force" The leader asked the only mage in the squad.
Upon hearing this, Eilo let out a sigh as he nodded his head.
"I will try but there is a high probability that I won't be able to so don't get your hopes too high" Eilo replied as he walked towards the barrier in hopes of destroying it.
The others nodded their heads as they watched Eilo slowly advancing towards the barrier. The bandits saw this but they just revealed a mocking look before they ignored them entirely.
When Eilo got close enough, he began to examine the barrier. He kept examining the barrier for the next few minutes. As time went by, the frown on his face deepened before he ultimately shook his head and retreated.
"I can't disable this barrier. However, I have learned several things about this barrier" Eilo exclaimed.
When the leader heard that, he signaled him to continue speaking. He nodded and continued speaking.
"First of all, this barrier is a self-sustainable barrier meaning it uses mana from the surroundings to maintain and repair itself.
Secondly, I have found the weak spot in the barrier. I believe we can manage to create an opening using that weak spot" Eilo said to the leader.
"Tell me where the weak spot is," The leader exclaimed, his voice carrying seriousness.
Eilo pointed towards a certain point on the left side of the barrier. The leader walked towards a certain point while carrying his sword.
The leader channeled as much as mana he could into his sword in hopes of destroying the barrier.
As he channeled mana into the sword, a thick layer of aura engulfed the sword from top to bottom.
He also channeled mana throughout his body, his muscles bulged up slightly, and he probably used muscle enhancement.
The leader began to slash the weak spot on the barrier restlessly without any intention of stopping, the bandits just laughed when they saw his struggle.
The sealer mager on the bandit's side didn't get distracted since he kept doing his work.
As the leader of the guards was relentlessly slashing the weak spot on the barrier, he saw something that caused him to curse.
"Fuck" The leader exclaimed as he looked in front of them.