Chapter 583: Arrival

Cain POV

He was immediately alerted when he felt Julius in danger. He insisted on holding an official disciple ceremony for this reason. Just in case Julius ever found himself in danger, he wanted to respond quickly.

Unfortunately for him, he was stuck in the middle of the Sentinel’s Guild Hall, which was surrounded by dozens, if not hundreds, of enchantments all layered over the building. The absolute worst place to be, knowing that he needed to head toward Julius quickly.

He didn’t say a word to Oliver and immediately shot to his feet. Oliver knew right away that something was wrong, and he jumped up as well. Cain didn’t really have time to explain, and let his kinetic energy flow around his body.

He left Oliver’s office and zipped through the hallways of the guild. He was forced to stop several times to get through the security checks. As much as he appreciated the guild’s interest in protecting the guildhall, he wasn’t appreciating it at the moment.

He wanted nothing more than to crash through all of the enchantments, but he held himself back. To be honest, it would have taken him more time to break them by force. He was strong, but the compounded efforts of several Tier 6 enchanters weren’t something even he was capable of overcoming easily.

After way too much time, he was finally able to exit the guildhall. He reached for the connection between him and Julius. It was alerting him that Julius was in bad condition. It almost felt like the connection was frayed on Julius’s end. If that was the case, then it was entirely possible that he had sustained some kind of soul damage.

He couldn’t help but wonder if this timing was coincidental. Cain often visited the Sentinel Guild during this time of day. If someone wanted to delay him, it would be the best opportunity to do so. He cursed at himself for being unaware of the possibility.

That was probably the worst-case scenario. Cain believed in Julius’s survivability more than anyone else under Tier 4, but soul attacks were nasty business. Even with the boy’s healing skill helping, Cain doubted that he could withstand the full brunt of a truly skilled soul mage at Tier 4 or higher.

He threw himself high in the sky and used the connection to find Julius’s relative position. It wasn’t perfect, but the connection should give him a general direction to follow. He had already contacted Freya that Julius was in trouble.

He didn’t need to explain anymore. He sensed her blasting toward Cain’s position with wrath and concern evident in her aura.

The good news was that Julius was still alive. That meant he had survived the initial ambush and was likely fighting his attackers. Cain hoped that Julius could hold on for longer. The connection between them was becoming increasingly tenuous by the second, and he was having trouble pinpointing his exact location.

He threw out his perception in a wide net. Unfortunately, his perception was stopped by the multiple layers of enchantments placed around the capital to prevent this exact situation. He tried to brute force it, but was limited by what he could do.

If Freya had been in his place, she would have likely gotten better results. He cursed at his bad luck. As he was flying through the sky, he stopped and looked to the side when Freya’s form appeared out of thin air.

Her teleportation had managed to tear apart several powerful anti-spatial enchantments surrounding this particular district. He could already sense several alarms going off around him, notifying the citizens of the threat.

Freya didn’t care about this, though. She immediately appeared next to him. “What happened?” She asked frantically.

“I’m not sure. I got notified that he sustained a serious injury. Likely something to do with his soul. But the connection is so frail that I am having a hard time tracking him down. Can you find him?” He asked his wife.

She nodded and closed her eyes while she stretched out her senses. Unlike him, she was very perceptive, and if anyone could find him, it would be her. He waited for a little bit; each second felt like an eternity.

It didn’t take long, but when she finally opened her eyes, he released the breath he was holding. “Did you find him?” He asked.

“No, but I have a good idea where he is,” she replied with a severe frown.

“You can’t sense him?” He was surprised.

“No, I can’t sense him. But there is a weird, empty void where the Empire’s enchantments should be. I think someone messed with the capital’s wards and sectioned off part of the capital. My guess is that whoever attacked Julius is responsible for this.”

Cain didn’t need to hear anymore from Freya and immediately grabbed his wife by the waist. She sent him the location, guiding his senses with her own. He was about to blast himself toward Julius, but he spotted her pausing and looked concerned.

“What happened?”

“The wards are back up, but something is different. I think someone detected my perception and snapped the enchantments back into place. They are stronger than before. I’m not sure what they will do.”

“I don’t care,” Cain said with a blank expression on his face.

He didn’t waste another precious second and felt the world blur away as he launched himself toward Julius’s suspected location. He was partially aware that his movements created massive shockwaves behind him, activating even more alarms in the capital, but he wasn’t concerned about that.

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He reached the end of what seemed to be this area’s array. Normally, it would have been fine to travel through this area, but the enchantments must have already labeled him as a possible threat, and he felt countless woven strings of enchantments and mana crash down onto him. Large golden runes flashed in the sky as pressure rained down on his soul.