"Huh?..."
Marcus, who was currently considering how to bypass the tent of Ikaros and Little Flandre to assassinate Wu Yan and the rest of the girls, turned his head in shock. When he saw Ikaros and Astrea rocketing toward him, the face hidden beneath his cloak instantly changed.
Clenching his fist, Marcus gritted his teeth gloomily.
Discovered? How could that...
Marcus believed that his movements had been well-concealed, and his four loyal subordinates were all experts at remaining hidden; otherwise, there would have been no way to bypass the eyes and ears of the entire camp to rescue him. Yet, never did he expect that in the end, he would still be discovered!
It could only be said that Marcus had miscalculated. He did not understand the girls' abilities at all, just as Andrew had not expected Shokuhou Misaki to possess the ability to sense others' spiritual fluctuations within a certain range. Marcus similarly had not expected that while he thought his movements were well-hidden, he had long since been exposed within the scanning range of Ikaros!
"Since it's like this..."
The cloak on his body suddenly whipped up without any wind, wisps of black qi emanating from within. In an instant, they enveloped the surrounding space like dark clouds, wrapping Ikaros and Astrea within them!
"Then I'll get rid of you first!"
"You!" A cold voice came out from Marcus's mouth, drifting into the ears of the four loyal subordinates. "Kill the one with the golden long hair for me!"
"Yes!" The four loyal followers shouted in response. Immediately afterward, they leaped up one by one, charging toward Astrea!
Marcus, however, cast his gaze upon Ikaros.
"Just in time, let's see just how strong you, a tier 9 powerhouse, really are..."
With those words, a burst of black qi