Elina knew what she was doing when she made herself public and appeared on Earth. There was no way the leaders would let her slip away once they located her.

    But Elina didn''t come here out of some misplaced confidence in her strength. She came and was confident to leave whenever she wished because the leaders could no longer touch her.

    ''These fools still believe the universe is in their grasp.'' Elina shook her head. ''If only they knew the kind of strength Alexander wields, they would have knelt before him already.''

    The leaders floated above the Gray estate as they glared daggers at Elina and the hunters. Behind them were over a dozen S-Class Hunters, all in their armour and prepared to act at a moment''s notice.

    "You have the enemy leader right here," Basso growled. "Instead of apprehending the outlaw, what do you do? You frolic with this witch!"

    "That''s enough out of you, Basso." Elina retorted with a serious expression. "Think carefully before you act." Her eyes darted to Alexander''s parents who watched everything with trembling eyes.

    Here they were, normal folks who had never seen the leaders face to face, yet all three were right in their homes. Naturally, they would be scared and overwhelmed.

    Elina however, meant more than that.

    "...."

    Basso was this close to unleashing a more powerful wave of his aura when Elina reminded him of where he stood. Again, this was why hunters and normal civilians don''t mix.

    But the issue was the couple were no ordinary people. Their relationship with Alexander was already rocky as it was. They would be fools to jeopardize that―unintentionally, that is.@@@@

    "Ar--" was about to say when Zara chipped in.

    "Wait," Zara said and then focused on Elina. "What you said earlier. You knew your presence here would draw attention, but you still came anyway. What''s more, you are accompanied by no one."

    As far as she could tell, the leader of The Order was completely alone. It screamed something was at play and they might have unwittingly stepped into it.

    The grin behind her veil would have been visible if they could see past it.

    "Who knows?" Elina shrugged, showing no hints of fear. This observation made the leaders and their hunters cautious. "I suggest you go back where you came from as there is nothing but humiliation for you here."

    "Y-yo-you''re saying you ca-" Mason stuttered with wide eyes. His heart began to beat rapidly as the sheer craziness of what he was thinking left him stupefied.

    "I''m a vassal of Alexander," Elina said. She had no qualms telling the others why. "And as his vassal, I can wield his abilities."

    That was when the leaders and the other hunters began to understand what she meant. They looked at the frozen hunters with trembling gazes.

    "Just one of his abilities can incapacitate all of you with no hope of escaping." Her tone was full of confidence and awe, borderline crazy. "So I ask you... do you still think I''m helpless?"

    A wave of her hand conjured a protective wave over William and Sarah as Elina unleashed her aura.

    "!"

    In an instant, all hunters backed away several hundreds of meters except those still frozen in space. They felt the full brunt of the aura as their faces paled in terror. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire

    The aura wasn''t particularly overwhelming for obvious reasons.

    The issue was that the aura was conjured out of void energy- the bane of all humans.

    "Impossible," Zol muttered in disbelief. "You can use void energy?"

    The question was on everyone''s mind as they looked at the woman with fearful gazes.

    They had come here to capture the leading figure of The Order members with the empire''s leaders personally taking action.

    Yet...

    Elina chuckled slightly, finding their shocked expressions entertaining. "Like I said before, this is a gift Alexander grants to those who pledge their loyalty."

    While not exactly what happened, the results were staring right at them. This could change a lot of things for humanity!

    Zol knew that, Mason understood that and the leaders realized their power was on a precipice. One wrong move and they could lose everything!

    ''We''re doomed...''