Chapter 220 - Charity Ball (4)

"There's those mana balls heading towards the barrier again!" I ran down the stairs.

I started to panic as corrupted mana balls only came from one place– s-class monsters. This wouldn't be possible unless they were able to use teleportation as well.

"I told you to send messages. Who else is going to fill the role of a lookout?" Luke scolded me at the end of the stairs.

"But this is different," I sulked.

"They are those same mana balls from yesterday!" I raised my voice.

I grabbed the attention of our guests on purpose. Weren't these mana balls something to be worried about? Why was he being so cold about this?

"Go back upstairs, or we can give the role of a lookout to another person," Luke left no room for negotiation.

"And give me what?" I crossed my arms.

"You can choose to either stay inside the inner rooms while we sort out this issue or remain as the lookout," Luke narrowed his eyes.

This basically meant he was threatening me to confine me, far away where I wouldn't be able to meddle or go back upstairs. Staying as the lookout would be much better since I would still be able to freely move around the mansion. Holding back the urge to kick something, I took heavy steps up the stairs.

Once I reached the top floor, I aimlessly watched the destructive bombs heading towards us. I picked up my mug, to discover the drink has gotten cold. I placed the mug down on the floor and wrapped myself with a blanket.

If they wanted me to do nothing, I decided I would think of the scene as a mini firework instead to cheer myself up. I nodded my head while yawning before rubbing my eyes as time passed by. I had to stay awake to report anything I saw just in case.

But the drink was spilled as I suddenly got up from my chair, tripping over the mug at the two humanoids floating in the air in front of the window. I gasped since I thought the top floor was the safest place. After my near-death experience yesterday, Luke didn't want to place me even a millimetre close to any signs of danger.

"Please open the window," a humanoid girl shouted.

Her hair was tangled and dyed with blood as she warmly smiled at me. Blood-red eyes full of welcoming bounced off my heart with the appearance of her rotting skin. She appeared like she was in her late teens under the smell of death like the other reincarnated person I had escaped from.

"Ailes told me to help you. To save you," She flew closer to the window, breaking the outer barriers.

"He said there were some misunderstandings yesterday," she pouted.

"We, reincarnated people need to stick together in this cruel world. Don't we?" the boy joined her.

My eyes widened at the sight of two powerful monsters only a few centimeters away from me. I could barely spot any differences between the monster yesterday and the boy who came to me today since they were both covered with the awful stench of vengeance. Was this what people in the first district turned into once they got infected?

"I already told him that I have a family held hostage," I declined their offer.

"Once you join us, we can free them," the boy had his hands against the window.

"But they're not in the first district," I slowly took more backward steps.

"That's not an issue. When we take over the first district together, we can easily rescue them," the window began to show cracks from her pressing on the surface.

"You're not actually taking their side, are you?" she narrowed her eyes when I stayed silent.

I hoped my face wasn't giving off any signs of fear as I pressed Luke's number on my marble behind my back. Unfortunately, Luke's number was on top of my contracts, making him be the easiest to call. It did make sense since his family was probably the one who paid for the marble in the midst of paying for my school tuition.

I shook my head, side to side, leaning against the wall. Pressing more numbers in the process for backup, I smiled at them. I never thought things could get worse than yesterday, but cold sweat ran down my forehead as I pretended to be enthusiastic about their visit.

"Thank you for trying to save me. But wouldn't I die if those mana balls were to hit me?" I switched my approach.

"You know how those are for destroying the barrier. It won't hurt you," she brilliantly smiled back.

"Rika!" Luke interrupted us as he finally showed up at the top of the stairs.

Luke panted for more air as he appeared like he came here in a panic. His eyes widened as he saw me converse with the two humanoids about to break the window. He immediately pushed me towards Alex, who was unfortunately the second person on my contacts list before trying to fortify the barrier.

"Take her to the inner rooms," he shouted to Alex.

Alex nodded as he grabbed my hand to run towards one of the safest areas after he shot a worried look for Luke. Lucius, who was the third person I called, immediately went into action with no hesitation to help Luke with the barrier. I didn't look back, afraid of what the humanoids thought of me as I was led towards a safer place.

'Why were they trying to recruit me so badly?' I wondered.