What bad luck!!

Jessica frowned and glared at the staff in front of her unhappily. As the ace magician of DEM, her mission was to protect "Material A" and leave here to the next destination. It was said that the murderer "Nightmare" was chasing the footprints of the second elf everywhere, and because of this, DEM sent her, who ranked third among DEM magicians, to lead the magicians to defend the second elf.

But for Jessica, this was obviously not enough to satisfy her.

Although ranking third in DEM is already quite high, Jessica believes that she can rank higher. Even if she is not as good as Alan, the most powerful magician in the world, she should at least be much stronger than that little kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet, Shinji Takamiya.

But the fact is that the junior high school student who looks younger than me has surpassed me by ranking second. Although she failed in the battle to hunt down the "Hermit" and the "Knight", the headquarters did not lower her evaluation. I heard that the little girl is now chasing the "Nightmare" all over the world, while I can only stay here and do some work that only porters can do.

This is outrageous!

Thinking of this, Jessica gritted her teeth again. She also wanted to go to Japan with Allen. She heard that they were going to carry out a confidential mission in Japan this time. But the fact is that they did not choose her.

These troubles were enough to give Jessica a headache. If the "Material A" could be transported smoothly, there would be no problem. But what she didn't expect was that just before she was about to leave with "Material A", a sudden snowstorm forced them to change their plans... It was terrible!

"When will this snowstorm stop? Why wasn't there a weather forecast in the previous report?"

“Yes, I’m sorry…”

Hearing Jessica's roar, the staff also spoke tremblingly.

"I don't know what's going on. According to the cloud map from the weather satellite, it should be sunny these two days. It shouldn't snow at all..."

"What a useless thing! Immediately move 'Material A' back to the Great Hole and seal it again! If anything happens, I will..."

However, before Jessica finished her words, suddenly, everything in front of her eyes became dark.

"What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

Faced with the sudden darkness, the others were also shocked. Soon, the flashlight came on and illuminated the warehouse in front of them again.

"What happened?! The power was out? Why didn't the backup energy start?"

"The backup energy source has also been cut off!"

"Contact others immediately!"

"No, the connection is interrupted!"

For a moment, there was chaos everywhere. For the staff here, this was the first time. You know, the entire base has two backup power supplies and one emergency reserve power supply, a total of three reserves. Logically speaking, even if the main power system has problems, the remaining two backup power systems will still work. Even if there is a problem with the backup power system, the emergency power system can still maintain the most basic energy supply.

But now, all energy connections have been cut off? This is simply impossible?!

“Hahahahahahaha…”

Just as everyone was panicking, suddenly, a series of cold laughter rang out from all directions, and upon hearing the laughter, the staff and magicians hurriedly raised their flashlights and mobile phones and shone them around. Then, they saw a girl wearing a red and black lolita dress, with two ponytails, one long and one short, holding an old musket, walking out from the shadow of the wall not far away.

"That's... a nightmare!!"

Jessica was shocked to see the girl appear in front of her, and she quickly activated the CR display device on her body.

"All magicians, listen up! Get dressed immediately and prepare for battle!"

"clatter……"

Just as Jessica picked up her weapon and prepared to fight, footsteps suddenly sounded, and then she saw the nightmare in front of her turn sideways, and then a figure appeared from behind the nightmare.

It was a tall man wearing knight armor and holding two swords. He strode out of the shadows and looked at Jessica in front of him. Although the wide triangular hat brim covered most of his face, Jessica still instinctively felt the other party's eyes full of oppression.

"...Knight..."

Jessica gritted her teeth and tried to hold the weapon tightly in her hand. She had never felt so powerless before. In previous battles, even if she couldn't kill the elves, she was able to fight them evenly. Even against the infamous Nightmare, she had the confidence to fight it.

However, Jessica never thought that one day, she would not even dare to move in front of an elf!

The opponent did not make any attacking moves, he just held up his weapon and walked forward slowly. Even so, the magicians led by Jessica seemed to be facing a great enemy. They were sweating coldly, their eyes widened, and they stared at the knight in front of them. According to their training and style, they should launch an attack at this time to stop the two elves from moving forward.

But... they can't do it.

An invisible and powerful pressure seemed to bind their bodies tightly like a real chain, so much so that Jessica even felt as if her body was petrified. Her heart beat more and more violently, and even her breathing began to become rapid. Her legs became weak and even began to tremble involuntarily...

But Fang Zheng just glanced at them and walked straight to the back. Jessica watched Knight and Nightmare walk into the warehouse at the back and instantly understood why they were there.

Damn, these two guys are coming for the second elf!

How did they know the Second Elf was here?!

"That's it."

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked at the "Material A" in front of him. It was a container that looked to be tightly sealed. It didn't look like a place to imprison others, but more like a place to store some substances...

“Bang!”

But at this moment, suddenly, the container in front of Fang Zheng shook, and Kuang San next to him also raised his eyebrows.

"This is……"

"I feel that, too."

Hearing Kuang San's whisper, Fang Zheng nodded. Just now, when the container was vibrating, Fang Zheng had already felt a weak spiritual power fluctuation coming from inside. Although it was very weak, it was certain that it was definitely a spiritual power fluctuation from the elves!

"Let me do it, Kurumi."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng raised the pitch-black sword in his hand.

"Get ready, let's see what's in here!"

Along with Fang Zheng's voice, the shining sword light swept across and completely split the container in front of him.