CHAPTER 266: WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

[Earth]

[Outside the City of New Jersey]

Inside a helicopter a few miles away from New Jersey, Riyala sat with her head bowed as they traveled quickly over the city. There was a look of sadness on Riyala’s face as she wondered just how much damage had been done to this world already. She was the reason why the dragon riders were causing so much destruction, and she knew that nothing she could say or do would be able to make up for what she had caused. The only thing she could do now was turn herself in and hope that the Sovereign would leave this world alone. Juliet was sitting beside Riyala, and the agent who had come to take her from Jason’s house was sitting opposite them with her hands folded across her chest.

Ring~!

The agent’s phone suddenly rang, and she told her subordinate beside her to keep an eye on the two as she picked up the phone once she saw the caller ID.

"Sir."

The agent answered respectfully, and on the other side of the phone, Cersai spoke up with narrowed eyes.

[Did you find her?]

Cersai was the one who initiated this plan to retrieve Riyala and return her to the dragon riders. The moment Cersai heard from one of his spies in the SMD that Jason was not on Earth, he knew this might be the perfect moment to get rid of the interworld traveler once and for all. That was why he was trying to give Riyala back to them before things got out of hand.

Fredrica answered,

"Yes, sir, I found her. We’re en route to the city."

On the other side of the phone, Cersai nodded and took out another phone, sending a message to the defense department. Cersai told them to hold off on Plan B, and the defense department responded that they understood. If Fredrica hadn’t found Riyala, then Cersai was prepared to unleash a few of their mana-based weapons to try and eliminate the dragon riders as well as every other superhuman in New Jersey. But since she had found her, he would try diplomacy first. If that didn’t work, then he would use the weapons.

[Try to handle this as quickly as possible, Fredrica. There’s a lot riding on your success.]

Fredrica nodded along. She already knew that Cersai was planning to erase New Jersey from the map if things got out of hand, and the only reason Cersai hadn’t sent out the weapons yet was because of this plan. But Fredrica didn’t have any problems with the plans since she knew this was what Gaia was all about. Their mission was to protect humanity at all costs—even if they had to kill a few humans in the process.

"I won’t let you down, sir."

Cersai clicked off the phone once she said this, and Fredrica folded her hands once again as the pilot swerved the helicopter to the side to reach the city faster. Below the helicopter, Alpha and a few other Phantoms moved through the shadows while following after it.

....

The scene inside New Jersey was something you would only expect to see in movies and comics. The city was a wasteland of broken buildings and roaring flames. Hundreds of buildings had fallen over and lay scattered across the streets, with explosions echoing from various parts of the city! Most of the residents had evacuated a long time ago, so they were spared from the intense destruction, but there was no doubt that the damage done to the city would leave a lasting scar for a very long time. Even from outside the city, many of the citizens could still see the large Yellow Gate floating just over the buildings! It loomed over them with the intensity of a rogue god, continuing to release intense winds over the city that served as a reminder that there was always a chance more monsters could come through. The superhumans on the ground were not faring any better than the rest of the city at all!

"Emitters, line up for an attack! Aim! Fire!"

TWOOM!

Massive balls of fire and earth flew across the city from a group of emitters standing on top of a tall building! The fire flew toward a dragon flying high in the sky, and the superhumans watched with bated breath as the dragon opened its mouth and unleashed a massive attack back at them!

ROARRRR!

The dragon’s breath flew like a rocket through the air! It eradicated the superhumans’ attack, and another group immediately came forward, forming a large shield in front of them! The dragon’s breath slammed into the shield, and the superhumans grunted as some of them fell to their knees! There were more than twenty superhumans forming that shield, and they were all somewhere between A and C Rank, but the dragon’s breath was still managing to push them back!

One of the superhumans on the building was the leader of the Light Bringers who had been with Madam Rose in the Orange Gate earlier. He had come here straight after coming out of the Orange Gate because the government had asked for help from all the top guilds! He thought that since he wasn’t able to get any crystals from the Orange Gate, then he would be able to get something from this Yellow Gate. There were many of them going inside the Gate together, so he was sure there wouldn’t be any problems.

’I was a fucking fool!’

The leader of the Light Bringers screamed at himself as he put his hand forward and began to provide support for all the superhumans forming the shield! The superhumans felt a massive boost of energy filling their bodies, and they were able to push back against the dragon’s breath. The leader of the Light Bringers bit the inside of his cheek as sweat dripped down his face. They had been fighting against this one dragon for the better part of ten minutes now, and they had already lost more than ten people! At this rate, they were all going to die!

ROARRRRR!

Another loud roar echoed from beside the superhumans, and the leader of the Light Bringers turned to the side in shock to see another large dragon coming toward them! The leader immediately turned as he saw the dragon open its mouth, and before it could even release its breath, he was already running!

TWOOOM!!

The dragon’s breath flew toward the building in all its terrifying glory, and the entire structure erupted in flames from the attack! The superhumans were thrown to their backs as the entire building began to come down like the walls of Jericho, and the leader of the Light Bringers let out a loud curse as he jumped off the fifty-story building and crashed through the window of another skyscraper beside it! This was not what he signed up for! This wasn’t even a fight anymore—they were all going to die!

ROARRRR!!!

The dragon let out another loud roar, and the leader of the Light Bringers felt fear fill his heart when he saw that it was about to release a blast of fire toward the building he was in. But before it could release the flames, a figure appeared from the side while carrying a giant skyscraper in its hands! The figure was wearing the uniform of the Enforcers, and he had a deep frown on his face as he brought the building down in one swing!

BOOM!