Looming Danger

Silence. Utter silence. Even the ticks of the clocks and watches seemed to have died down out of fear while the lamps wavered.

Even Eulene was surprised. She had studied Geography under Miss Maisel. And she knew how vast each of the countries of the continent were. And among the countries, super cities like Aramon were placed here and there.

She was well aware of how powerful she was, but even she did not have the powers to wipe off a country from the world map in a short time.

She turned to Xavier awaiting an answer.

The red glowing smile on his face completely disappeared. All he had now on his mask was pure blackness. "You know that only the strongest of 'ancient' artefacts are capable of pulling off such a feat."

The clicking sound continued. There were no paper on the typewriter now. The duo had to decipher its messages from the sequence of its pressed keys.