At this moment, outside the rift, elite City Guard knights clad in Bright Armor stood ready in formation. A High Rank Mage hovered in midair with a Staff in hand; the crack that had just split the earth had clearly been his doing. Two other Spellcasters stood beside him, maintaining vigilant stances.
"You have nowhere left to run, you pathetic fools. Daring to set your sights on that thing was the greatest mistake of your lives!"
The leading Spellcaster spoke coldly, his Staff pointing toward the basement. As an invisible ripple spread outward, everything concealed was revealed, and the concealment Cloaks worn by the team crackled as they overloaded and failed.
"Arrest everyone here. Kill anyone who dares resist on the spot!"
With a downward sweep of his hand, the soldiers rushed forward. Several headed straight for Fiona, clearly treating the Girl as an accomplice of the thieves and intending to arrest her along with them.
The sudden turn of events left the Girl stunned for a moment, but she quickly realized that even if she claimed she had nothing to do with these thieves, no one would likely believe her.
"Don't just stand there! Run!"
As if trying to confirm Fiona's identity, one of the team members suddenly shouted at the Girl. At the same time, he tore open the Random Teleportation Scroll in his hand, intending to escape amid the chaos.
But to his alarm, the surrounding space had barely begun to distort under the scroll's Mana before it was immediately smoothed over by some powerful force.
"Spatial lockdown?! Since when?"
"Did you think that after you escaped the City Lord's Mansion's blockade through teleportation magic, I would remain unprepared?"
The leading High Rank Mage spoke sinisterly, his gaze fixed on the captain of the adventurer team before