After all, for someone capable of executing such a plan, it was definitely possible to follow it up with a trap waiting outside the Valley.
Although everything looked fine, the tingling that the Sect Master felt in his spine made his hair stand up.
Of course, he had also set two plans into motion which he hoped would bring results that might tip the scales back in their favor.
All in all, although the Withering Leaf Sect was down right now, it was definitely not out.
....
In the sky outside the Eastern Border of the Lanthanor Kingdom.
A small team of 10 people held bags at their chests, panting as if they had just run a long distance.
In the Withering Leaf Sect, there was a reason most members trained as both fighters and mages:it was that they could not teleport around on their home ground as they wished.
Along with this, the Withering Leaf Sect also had in its possession multiple techniques which required prowess in both paths.
Even though each of these Eminent Human Mages had trained to the level of an Amateur Human Fighter, it was still very difficult to run tens of kilometers to get out of the Valley before teleporting to begin their mission.
Each member held the bags gingerly as if they were afraid of whatever was inside.
A few moments later, the go-ahead sounded in their ears, making them fly forward with caution on their faces.
Just like teleportation detection formations, almost all the forces in Central Angaria had formations which alerted the army when someone flew into the vicinity of the Kingdom.
They knew their time was short, and they had to take revenge for being chased out of their homeland.
Taking out round objects that looked like snooker balls from Earth, each individual hoisted them up before taking a deep breath and throwing them at every village they saw as soon as they entered the airspace of the Lanthanor Kingdom.
"Abort, abort! They were prepared!"
As this urgent message rattled off in the ears of those in the sky, they turned around to see 20 individuals standing in the air behind each of them.
It seemed as if they had teleported to that location as soon as they entered the border, as it had barely been a minute since the operation had begun.
Just as they were about to teleport away, they realized that the space around them was locked.
With panic now evident on their faces, the Eminent Human Mages took out amulets from their pockets which were designed to break space locks.
In the case of one of the men in the strike team, the amulet had already been in his hand since the moment he began the mission.
As someone who had always had an acute sense of danger, he had been suspicious that things might not go as planned.
Now, seeing these soldiers near him, he immediately squeezed the amulet to break the space lock around him.
The only reason they had been given the amulets even though they were very costly was that the items in the bags needed to be retrieved at all costs in case the mission failed.
Yet, while the force was still being applied by his palm, he watched with widening eyes as the soldiers carried out a beautiful maneuver that amazed him due to its grace.
Of the 20, 10 had been held by the shoulders while standing in the air.
At the moment they had teleported into the air, those who had been holding the soldiers flung them forward before pointing their hand at the spot where each of the 10 were going to plunge to their deaths.
A platform of ice appeared in an instant, which the 10 men and women jumped on to move forward.
After each jump, another platform appeared at the exact spot where their forward momentum was about to halt, resulting in them reaching the strike team of the Withering Leaf Sect in barely a few seconds.
As soon as they reached, one final platform allowed them to stand with swords pointed at the necks of the strike team.
Similar scenes occurred all around the sky above Lanthanor, resulting in the strike team being successfully captured and the bags retrieved.
....
Back in the surveillance room, Daneel watched the screen that had been transported here from the situation room to display the scenes seen by Kellor.
Indeed, Kellor had also been in the area where the attack had gone down.
BOOM
As each of the balls impacted the earth, an explosion which was capable of destroying an entire 4-storeyed large building rocked the villages which had been the targets of the strike team.
Each of the villages were small, making it so that the balls would have killed at least 50 people each-if they hadn't been evacuated beforehand by Daneel.
The moment he had given the order to drop the mosquitoes in the Valley of Mist, he had known that the war which had been brewing since the assassination of the spies from Lanthanor would break out in full force.
Thus, he had given the order to evacuate at around the time the mosquitoes would have begun to target the Withering Leaf Sect.
His caution had been well warranted, as he had already managed to save 500 people from fiery deaths.
Now, watching the screens around the room which displayed the situation around the Valley of Mist, Daneel waited for the Withering Leaf Sect to come out.
He had ruffled the bush to chase out the rabbit, and it was now time to capture it in the waiting cage.
Chapter end
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