Art of Seduction, Attack

The crime scene on Ramsay street was also untouched, with a guard standing at the entrance.

The two of them couldn't quite see his face, as it was covered by a hat and his face was tilted downwards. He was wearing heavy clothing, such they couldn't quite see his physique very well. Although the two of them thought it was weird, they didn't think much of it.

After speaking of their identities, they were let into the building. It was a small office building.

Walking inside, they searched the floors for clues. There were three stories. They decided to split up. Joe would take the bottom two floors while Amelia would take the top floor.

The guard standing in the front door suddenly walked inside and spoke to Joe after Amelia left.

"Hey, I gotta go use the bathroom. Could you watch the door for me real quick? It seems you've got a lotta time."

The guard was rather reasonable, since he did have quite a bit of time to do this job. He nodded his head and let the guard past while he watched the entrance.

Amelia had just gotten to the third floor when the guard at the entrance rushed past her. After passing by, he shouted back.

"Sorry, I really need to use the bathroom!"

Upon understanding, Amelia continued to investigate around the area.

Several minutes passed before Joe began to become suspicious.

'Huh. He's taking so long to use the bathroom? Maybe he just has to take a dump...'

Joe gave him the benefit of the doubt, before waiting a little longer.

Amelia was still investigating the third floor when she heard steady footsteps coming from behind her.

"Oh. You're done? You should head back down then."

As Amelia swiveled her head backwards, the guard took off his cap in an extraordinarily superfluous way.

She realized he had taken off his heavy clothing, revealing a slim yet solid build. His sexy neck seemed to be glowing somehow. His face was extremely handsome, with perfect contours. He had a defined jaw, with a shining and ruddy face.

Amelia suddenly felt stunned by the man's beauty. Her eyes continued to glance all over his sleek body, as her mind began to dull.

"It seems that you're a Wizard. I'll have to permanently cripple your powers so I don't get hurt."

Although his words were cruel, his bright and crisp voice sounded like the whispers of an angel to Amelia.

The man got started on crippling her powers immediately. He seemed to have no hesitation as he pulled down her pants and pushed her down, preparing to take away her powers permanently.

However, this took a few more minutes, of which, Joe became even more suspicious.

'Even if you're taking a dump, it shouldn't be this long right? I'll come up to check, and I'll apologize if you're constipated!'

Joe decided to take the stairs, as three floors weren't much, and he didn't want to stand at the door any longer. He ran out of patience quickly as someone from the information age.

Speeding up the stairs, Joe opened the door of the third floor. Storming inside, Joe shouted into the room.

"Hey! Even if you're taking a dump, at least try to go faster!"

He spoke while storming inside, so he saw quite the sight when he came past the doorway.

He first saw Amelia's white underwear. It was quite basic, but it seemed quite normal considering they didn't have many unique clothing items in the Nine Towers.

The guard also seemed to be unbuckling his belt on top of her. Joe got a good look at his sexy face before looking away. He suddenly felt so very inferior.

"Never mind... I'll leave you two to it..." He mumbled under his breath.

He was so caught up in the shock of the situation, he forgot that Amelia losing her virginity would result in a permanent loss of powers. He was quite figuratively drowning in his depressing sea of virginity.

Fortunately, Joe's dry and faint voice woke Amelia of her stupor. She suddenly crawled away from the man while standing up, still only wearing panties. She shouted at Joe angrily after getting away from the man.

"Hey! What are you doing?! Can't you see I'm being assaulted here?!"

Joe awoke from his cesspool of inferior thoughts upon hearing her aggravated voice from across the room.

'Oh what? You're being assaulted? You need to make things clear from the beginning! I was feeling inferior for nothing! And to think such a handsome man would have to resort to such despicable things to satisfy himself...'

Joe quickly turned around after awakening from his short stupor and condensed a small rock before shooting it at him with wind magic. Joe had improved quite a bit, being able to use basic combination magic in about a second.

The man, still with his belt unbuckled, scoffed. He waved his hand before smacking away the rock, just like how one would swat away a fly.

'It turns out this isn't a regular guy! Is he the murderer?!'

Joe quickly turned to lethal means. He gathered earth elements and gathered them on his hands, before lighting them on fire.

While Joe was prepping, Amelia was not idle either. She quickly put her hands together as though making a shadow bird with them, and spewed out a spray of flames from her thumbs. Although not necessary to make the bird, it would help improve the precision of the flames a bit.

Amelia had also had her fair bit of teaching from Joe, who had been teaching her what he had learned from Arkan.

The man quickly dodged the flames by jumping behind an office cubicle while buckling his belt again.

However, Joe quickly vaulted over the cubicle wall and attempted to pummel the man with his flaming fists. He tried his best to keep the layer of earth as thick as possible, so his hands wouldn't be too burnt.

The flaming fists he had made with his imagination was a somewhat self-destructive technique. It was hard to control for a noob like Joe, so he frequently burnt his hands with it while training. Arkan encouraged creativity however, so he kept practicing.

The man was fast, dodging Joe's fists easily. It seemed as though he had a myriad of combat experience. The man grabbed Joe's forearm, avoiding the flames. He then swung him over his shoulder, onto the computer on the cubicle.

Joe felt as though his spine was broken, although it really wasn't. The computer was trashed, while the flames on his fists were slowly extinguishing since they were no longer being maintained.

The man quickly attempted to flee the scene upon failing his ambush. He tried to jump out of the third floor via the glass windows. Amelia acted quickly, attempting to board up the windows with the power of earth, but there were too many. The man quickly rushed over to an unsecured window and leaped out.

The man did a roll on the ground before running away. He seemed even faster than Usain Bolt. Amelia could only watch as his slim and sexy figure disappeared from sight. Some people on the street saw him running, but didn't try to stop him at all.

Amelia walked over to the cubicle Joe was thrashed in before helping him stand. Human beings were far frailer than the movies made them out to be.

As Joe's leg rubbed against Amelia's bare thigh, he began to become slightly aroused despite his terrible state.

"Hey Amelia, maybe you should put on some pants..."

Joe spoke in an awkward tone as Amelia began to become slightly embarrassed. She let go of him before walking over to her pants and putting them on.

She came back to him and sat him down after getting a chair. They began to discuss the attack. Joe spoke first.

"So... How did you get in that position?"

Amelia suddenly blushed bright red before awkwardly explaining herself.

"I don't really know. He suddenly looked so dashing that I became mesmerized. It felt like I was charmed."

Joe gave her a look that basically said, "I never knew you only cared about a man's looks. Is what's on the inside not important to you?"

She blushed awkwardly again before rephrasing.

"I mean to say it was unnatural. I feel like he used some kind of special technique..."

"So you mean he pulled some smooth moves on you and you fell for him just like that? I never knew you were such an easy woman..."

"Argh! I mean that he used some kind of magical seduction technique on me!"

Joe suddenly laughed at the embarrassed and frustrated Amelia before speaking again. He enjoyed teasing her despite being in such a terrible state. It seemed like it was easiest to bond after a hard fight.

"Alright I know! So he used some kind of magical art of seduction on you, huh? He must be at the Foundation Establishment stage, unless it's a special technique that can be used at the Qi Gathering realm."

Amelia nodded at his analysis. She suddenly spoke solemnly.

"I feel we should report this to the Nine Towers somehow, so we can get some kind of back-up."

Joe nodded, before he attempted to stand up, before failing. His spine felt like it was cracking. Amelia quickly helped him stand.

"Whoa, easy there. I'll help get you the rest of the way."

They took the elevator out of the building, with one of Joe's arms slung over Amelia's shoulder. They walked the rest of the way back to the hotel.