Finally, Alex arrived on the fifth floor; however, what he saw made his mind go blank.
He saw a young man with golden hair and eyes holding a woman, this man pierced the woman chest, the moment Alex arrived, the man removed his hand, inside was a black stone beating like a heart, the woman puked blood before behind tossed in Alex's direction, it was when Alex recognized the woman that his mind goes blank.
It was Meera, the Elf Spirit mage with whom he took the rank-up test, the same girl Sebastian, Lucien, and Golfak, on their last breath, entrusted him to rescue.
Alex's killing intent soared, he quickly caught Pandora; the latter was becoming paler and paler; even so, she still recognized Alex with her blurred vision. Touching Alex's cheek with her bloodied right hand, she said.
''Leader, finally I was able to see you again. I'm happy; please be wary of-"
Pandora's voice was instantly cut off, Alex's heart grew cold.
''Meera!!" He shouted.
At the same time, the young man with golden eyes started to clap.
Clap! Clap!
''What a drama.''
Alex glared at the man; Sera readied her black sword while Luna tried to heal Pandora; however, it was not working.
The young man momentarily froze under Alex's murderous intentions before chuckling.
''Oh! What murderous intentions, it almost scared me. Welcome, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Saintess, and Ms. Zero.''
Even with the murderous aura in the air, the man was still in the mood to introduce himself.
〖This man is dangerous. He is at the Saint Realm.〗Silveria was able to tell which Realm the man is in an instant.
Alex, Luna, and Sera gulped because Silveria simultaneously sends her voice inside the three heads; they learned this new at the same time.
At the same time, Alice entered while dragging Gracier with her. Blood rushed to Alex's head when he saw this.
Swoosh!
''Die!"
Like a madman Alex accel-ed in front of Alice and threw a devastating punch at the girl's head, everything happened too fast, yet the young man with golden eyes appeared before Alex and stopped Alex's punch with his bare hand.
Boom!
An enormous shockwave blew away some rock behind the man and Alice; the latter still had that deadpan face.
Alex's eyes widened; only one word could be used to describe the man's speed; godly, far beyond his speed, he was even able to sense the man coming.
The young man grinned at Alex.
''Now, now, let be civil and talk; why are you in a hurry Mr. Alexander?" The young said with a smile before suddenly, his expression changed.
Boom!
A gigantic white hand appeared above the three before exploding; at the same time, Sera using this opportunity to drag Gracier away; everything happened in five seconds.
When finally, the white light blinding the young man and Alice died down, Alex and Gracier were nowhere to be found; the man turned his head in Alex's previous location, he saw them standing there with Alex flashing him a smile. The man understood that Alex's previous outburst was a ploy to let Luna prepare her attack and Sera rescue Gracier amidst the confusion.
''Hahahaha! I see; I wasn't expecting less from your Mr. Alexander. But do you think you have won?" The young man asked.
Instead of answering him, Alex asked the man a question.
''What is your goal? Why are you targeting my loved ones?"
Pandora, whose bleeding had stopped but was still missing a heart, smiled when she heard Alex's words.
''You are smart. You must have figured out the answer. All of this happened because of you. All I want is you and your sister's eye.'' The young man responded nonchalantly.
''I see, thank you!" Alex said before shooting,
[Crimson Bullet]
The almighty crimson bullet tore through the air and arrived before the young man at breakneck speed; the young only raised an eyebrow before flicking his fingers.
A magic barrier appeared and covered both him and Alice before the crimson bullet exploded.
Kaboom!
When the explosion died down, the young man and Alice could be seen standing there perfectly fine; however, the area behind them got destroyed, there was a large hole behind them.
And Alex's group was nowhere to be found; they have fled.
''What powerful ability; if I haven't added another two shields, we would have been injured. Hehehe! Let's go after them; they are not far. I don't know what you hope to accomplish, but I know that you won't succeed. The whole domain is under my control. You have delivered yourself, and now you want to leave? Hehehe! It wouldn't be easy.''
The young man muttered before going after Alex's group; Alice disappeared; she seemed to have gone ahead of the young man.
On the fourth, Alex's group could be seen running, Sera carried Gracier, while Alex held the now completely white Pandora (Meera), her lips had turned entirely purple, she was at the death door, if weren't because of her special constitution, she would have died after losing what acted as her heart.
[Phantom Bullet]
Boom!
Alex destroyed the entrance to the fifth floor; he knew it was a momentary solution; he did this to buy them a few minutes to complete his goal. A confrontation was inevitable, so he must at least gain another ally to increase his chance of survival.
''Sera, give Gracier to Luna,'' Alex ordered after stopping and putting Pandora on the ground.
Sera did not ask why Alex gave this order, neither did Luna questioned it; she took Gracier and put her on her back before starting running toward the upper floors; her goal was pretty simple, at least get the unconscious Gracier out of this underground maze.
Sera released her domain and covered the whole fourth floor; the room turned dark.
''Sil, what do I need to do?" Alex questioned Silveria; it was her who suggested fleeing for now because she had a plan.
〖Remember that black stone you snatched inside the mine?〗
''Yeah, I do remember. Tell me what I need to do.'' Alex asked; they did not have much time; the young man and the white-haired young girl were closing in.
〖Take it and put your blood on top of it before putting it inside her chest; it would act as her heart from now on.〗Silveria instructed.
Alex did exactly as he was told, taking out the black stone; he bit his thumb until it bleeds and let the blood fall on the black stone.
Ba-dump
The black stone turned red and started biting like a heart; Alex didn't waste time; he put the now red stone inside Pandora's chest.
The wound on her chest instantly closed, at the same time,
Ba-dump Ba-dump!!!
Pandora (Meera) rose from the ground and started levitating; black and green energy mixed to form a cocoon around her, while the sound of heartbeat continued to be heard.
Ba-dump Ba-dump
Boom!
From behind Alex, an explosion occurred, Sera's domain got reduced, and the young man appeared with a smile on his face.