"Please take my son with you". Ayana was on the verge of crying as she said this, she did not want to get separated from her son but the way things are looking, she won't live much longer and she needs some strong and powerful to look after her son.
Pff
Hahahaha
Anti Astro just burst out laughing, he laughed hard, this lady is full of surprises, she couldn't be serious thinking that they'll take her son, what are they supposed to do, raise him? They have bigger problems and absolutely no time to watch over a little brat.
"Lady are you dumb? Why would you even ask that, did you forget that I literally just threatened to kill you and your son and now you're asking us to take care of your son, unbelievable". Anti Astro really couldn't believe this lady.
"I know you are not a completely bad person, you see elves have this special ability of being able to see through the nature of other beings, and I also have this ability despite being a half elf. Right now I can sense nothing but evil and malevolence from but I can also sense something else, there is purity in you, there is good. I don't understand how such contrasting nature can exist in one person".
Ayana was truly perplexed by the boy in front of her, it's like two completely different people in one body, but in this world of magic, nothing is impossible.
"Ayana right? We cannot take your son, we have bigger problems to deal with and he will not be safe with us, if it was any other time I would've been glad to take him, I'm sure as the son of the elf king, he is very talented but at this moment we cannot afford any burdens so, just show us the way and run with your son somewhere else". Enya was already tired of this, she needs to return to her clan.
"You don't understand, once you leave I will be found, you see, I sealed the entrance of the secret tunnel with a sealing and concealing formation that will require me to use my mana, and once I use my mana they will be able to track me down and will arrive here in less than 5 hours, even if I escape now they will find me-"
BOOOM!
Before she Ayana could finish her words, an explosion shook the entire house causing debris to fall from the ceiling.
"No!!" Ayana screamed as she rushed towards the door, opening it and rushing to another room opening the door, inside is two people, an older women looking to be in her fifties and she's holding a young boy with white hair, whom is crying because of the shaking house.
"Madam, what is happening?" The older women who is the caretaker of the little boy was filled with panic as she held him.
"Mommy!" The little boy cried out as he held out his hands to his mother to take him.
Anti Astro and Enya were already preparing for combat as they could feel the multiple auras of people surrounding the building.
"We need to get out of here fast, we're outnumbered… Ayana! Where is the damned tunnel". Enya was already frustrated, nothing was going well today.
" Let's go down, it's under the house, let's go". Ayana said as she took her son from the caretaker's hand moments before, the floor beneath her fell apart and she fell through the hole, screaming as she fell, Ayana tried to reach out to her but she was too slow as she barely touched her fingers.
"No!"
It almost seemed like Ayana wanted to jump after her but a hand quickly caught her and pull her back. "Leave her". Anti Astro said as he pulled her towards the stairs.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Ayana was crying, the house shaking and debris falling around her and her son crying in her arms, she felt like everything was falling apart and there was nothing she could do but cry out her grievances, but she didn't forget her task as she led them towards the basement.
The basement floor was made of stone and there was a bunch of weapons on the wall like swords, spears and some armour and a single cabinet., but there was no secret entrance, making anti Astro and Enya think they have been tricked, but before they could say anything, Ayana walked towards the cabinet and opened a drawer.
Returning, she said "All my savings of the six years I've spent here are in this chest, including the map of where I hid the 6th tier treasure".