Chapter 417: System's Final Boss - 3

"He's not here," Zara looked up from her papers, a slight smile curving her lips at seeing the tray. "He should be with Lucien, they had to review those population reports he forgot yesterday."

Mei and Lila exchanged a look, an unspoken concern passing between them.

"Let's go to Lucien," Zara decided, putting down her documents on the couch and closing the door. "If anyone knows where Elio is when I don't, it'll be him."

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They found him organizing several scrolls, his concentrated expression softening at seeing them.

"Elio?" Zara asked without preamble.

"He went to the wind deposit a while ago," Lucien responded. "Diana came to get him, apparently they found something important..."

He didn't finish the sentence.

The first explosion shattered the air.

They ran toward the parapet, their hearts beating in unison with growing terror.

There they saw it…