Quickly escaping the Manor that was collapsing, Jason rushed past the room Jennifer was still inside.

Jennifer was still releasing the tremendous pressure and energy currents that were filled with her wrath, frustration and agony, and Jason couldn't help but feel odd and helpless.

He wanted to stop and help her, but there was nothing he could do right now.

As such, Jason decided that it would be better to pay more attention to his own safety as he rushed outside the manor.

Taking a deep breath, he turned around to scan the manor and assess the entire situation with his Emperor Eyes.

The attack of the assassins, or whatever they truly were, had just begun a few minutes before. As such, many were still fighting, ignoring the collapsing house.

Instead of leaving, they were trying to make use of the sudden change to surprise attack each other.

This worked only partially, and in most of the cases, in favor of the assassins.

Nevertheless, Jason couldn't help but feel astonished that they had lost only two of the City Lord's people yet.

That was an impressive feat, even if it was sad for the two that succumbed to their grave injuries.

Jennifer was still filled with the ravaging emotions that were dominating her.

As such, Jason didn't think that anyone close to her would die, not anymore.

At least, that was what he comprehended by looking at the situation in front of him.

There were more than a hundred assassins left, fighting more than ten of the City Lord's closest subordinates, before Jennifer jumped in the melee, intervening in their fight.

Using the three cultivation energies that were intertwined with her emotions and both of her affinities at the same time, she was able to reach an extremely strong combat prowess.

Jason was already aware of the same, but from the looks of it, Jennifer was not using anything additional to increase her strength further!

Her speed rivaled that of a lightning bolt after she had stored the bodies of the two deceased friends, reaching the next opponents in no time.

While he and Jennifer had it quite easy to defeat their opponents, this was not the case for the others. For most of them, it was already a challenge to evade their attacks and stall for more time, let alone defeat a single assassin they were facing.

Their combat prowess was not high enough to overcome several ranks of their own cultivation base.

This was perfectly normal, and anomalies like Jason and Jennifer were simply too rare to come across.

Furthermore, the foundation of their high strength was based on a combination of their genetics, soul awakening, and the influence exerted by the races they originated from.

Jason was not sure how much time had passed as multiple things happened at the same time.

First, he saw that Jennifer finished off the remaining opponents with terrific speed, shocking the others who also belonged to the City Lord.

Most of them struggled to fight, were already severely injured, and were unable to continue fighting against the opponents that were mostly at the Ascendion stage.

Meanwhile, the City Lord, who seemed to have sustained several injuries that looked severe and life-threatening returned to the manor which she quickly inspected.

At that moment, Luna already noticed that something was off, and the moment she flew above Jason, not noticing that he was below her, she received a voice transmission.

[They used rune disrupting devices!]

According to the emotion hue around her, Luna seemed to be confused and worried. Because of that, he thought that it was best to tell her the most important fact instead of launching a tirade so he mentioned the rune disrupting devices.

They were the culprits of everything, and when the City Lord looked down at Jason, there was no hesitation in her eyes as she rushed towards the ruins of the Manor.

There were only a few opponents left, but the moment Luna appeared above the Manor, they were killed by her without much effort.

In the end, there was no other Specta stage powerhouse that could defend the weaker ranked assassins anymore.

The City Lord defeated them, launching a suicidal attack on the unfortunate ones who were still alive as she had a premonition about what must have happened inside the Manor.

Nevertheless, she had been forced to leave with the other two powerhouses before, otherwise, the situation might have escalated in an even worse way.

Despite that, the City Lord only now understood Jennifer's state.

Not knowing what happened, it took her a few moments before realisation struck her like a bolt of lightning.

"Where are Hina and Nua??"

Her voice echoed through the manor, awakening those that were on the brink of collapsing, as they instinctively released their energy currents to inspect the surroundings.

Unfortunately, they didn't find the two missing people but came across Jennifer's released energy that transformed further.

The fight was already over and everyone was exhausted, yet, Jennifer was still enraged and filled with agony.

As such, she could barely control herself before she left the Manor's ruins to lay the two corpses onto the verdant grass.

When everyone saw or sensed the two corpses, a deadly silence permeated the surroundings, and even Jason couldn't help but hold his breath in anticipation, feeling the tension around him.

Time seemed to have stopped and nobody moved a muscle before the City Lord slowly flew towards the two corpses. Bending down, she reached for their faces before closing their eyes.

"May your next life be a glorious one!" Luna murmured in a choked voice as a single tear trickled down her cheeks.

Afterward, she lifted her body, diverting her attention from the two corpses to Jennifer, embracing her in a tight hug, ignoring the ravaging energies.

The moment the City Lord hugged her tightly, Jennifer screamed loudly, letting go of the pent-up frustration and sorrow. This helped her release the pressure and energies that dispersed into thin air.

They had emerged victorious, but at what costs?

Jason knew that the death of only two people was nothing, given the tricky situation they had been in.

Nevertheless, every loss was a tragic one, and Jason could clearly understand how the others must be feeling.

One after the other, the survivors found their way out of the collapsed Manor before tears began to stream down their cheeks, the moment they saw the corpses of their close friends.

Ignoring their severe injuries, they rushed towards their friend's bodies in disbelief not wanting to accept that they had truly died.

Meanwhile, Jason looked at everything from further away, feeling conflicted emotions surging within him.

It was still unknown who had attacked them, and even if they knew, there was no way that they could simply counterattack the perpetrators.

Nevertheless, Jason felt that knowing your opponent was the bare minimum of information you should have in order to be prepared for another attack.

The fact that the assassins had been using the rune disruptive devices in such a huge quantity indicated that they had received them from the person who hired them.

At the same time, Jason was not sure why they had even been hired because some of the assassins had still been reluctant to fight him.

Due to this, he was not sure if the perpetrator truly belonged to the royalty of the Aeus and Devir race, because there might have been other forces that tried to disrupt the future actions of the Tritans' organisations.

However, this was just an assumption and nothing else, which caused Jason to sigh deeply, as he waited to see what was about to happen now.

'We won't initiate a counterattack, right?'

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