Chapter 406 - Finale of the Circus (5)

"I will create your brightest stage. You will have the largest audience and place to perform," Ailes offered the circus members.

"I'm against this," the juggler commented on his plan.

"Did you think you wouldn't have to pay for the price of how we gave you a place to live and perform together?" Ailes narrowed his eyes.

"You only have to capture one person. That is all I ask you before you can be freed," he smiled.

The circus members didn't want to involve innocent people in their plan. Negotiating with Ailes, they decided there would be certain potential targets that would have indicators. The attacks would only affect them with the glowing dots blinking on their arms. The magician was especially easy to convince once hearing the target came from a powerful family. The circus members couldn't help but have a grudge on the families that took away the security from the barrier that day.

None of them would have died nor all audience members be in danger. Thinking it wouldn't be bad to have one last performance in front of humans, they decided how the acts would be played and in which order. I silently watched them plan how they would capture me, not knowing their future. With each circus member vanishing one by one from the scene, the juggler held a photo from an old news article as the only one remaining.

Coughing when my mind spun, finding myself at the dining table again, I wondered how much time had passed this time. Eyes squinting from the shining light from heal, my vision became clearer, leaning on Luke who sat beside me. Feeling refreshed like nothing had happened when Luke's father finished healing me, I sat upright in my chair while others frowned at my condition.

"Sorry," I couldn't look at both Lucius and Belle.

"What did you see this time?" Lucius knew it was from more memories coming into me.

"I just saw the circus members again," I wondered if everything wasn't over yet.

"We may need to fortify the barriers," Joanna turned to William.

"Are you really ok Rika?" Shelly got out of her seat to run towards me.

"Excuse me, but this is our family's problem," Joanna asked her to get back to her seat.

"But my friend," Shelly clenched her fists while looking down.

"Can you come back here Michelle?" Alex seemed a bit irritated.

"I only wanted to help," she found everyone hostile towards her.

"You're causing everyone more trouble," Alex crossed his arms.

After shooting one last worried glance towards me, Shelly reluctantly returned to her seat. Meanwhile Joanna took my temperature, trying to confirm if heal was enough. This family always took my condition more seriously than it actually was. Some of the a.d.u.l.ts had already left the table, going to check the barrier. Memories of others streaming into me was a sign that something would happen soon.

Finding the mood already ruined, I walked towards the window after Joanna determined that heal had recovered everything. The table had already shifted into a serious atmosphere with discussions of how they should resolve this issue. Staring the scenery beyond the mansion grounds, my eyes widened when I found five ghastly figures staggering towards us. Why wasn't anyone else seeing this?

"Luke," I dragged him towards the window.

"Do you also see them too?" I pointed at the weird circus members that I thought had died.

The circus members, excluding the juggler, had empty eyes. It was like they couldn't think on their own, bumping into inanimate objects on the way. They crashed into the obstacles blocking their way until they had destroyed them, letting them move forward. Resembling the animals mutated into monsters while being consumed with innate revenge, there was almost no difference between them. I shivered as I found the ending for the monsters who have truly died once.

"I see them," Luke seemed shocked.

Leaving me in front of the windows alone, Luke ran to the a.d.u.l.ts planning our next actions at the table. Making everyone notice the monsters outside the windows, I continued to watch the circus members and the previous s-class monsters who appeared as if they were suffering, unable to control their bodies. Was this why Juliana said they didn't kill them since they pitied this would happen to them?

"Are they going to be like this forever?" I pitied them.

"Let's go to a safer room," Luke started to pull me, leaving everything else to the a.d.u.l.ts.

Before I was out of the dining room, both of us froze, finding the juggler suddenly appearing in front of us. Since everyone was focused on the windows, they had a late reaction, putting the barriers around to protect us from the juggler.

"I didn't want to disturb your celebration, but I need your help," the juggler sadly placed one of his hands against the barrier.

"What do you want from us?" Luke narrowed his eyes, squeezing my hand tighter.

"I want you to release them from their sufferings. I want you to kill them to the point their existence is erased from this world, the only way to free them," he stared at me.

"I don't know how to," I didn't know how to do the spell that Luke's grandfather did.

"It's the next level of your disintegration spell. Only a few people have the ability to perform it," he explained why he came to me.