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    After they infused their energy into their weapons, something unexpected happened.


    The altar, which was next to them, sucked their energy!


    Ace and the others were startled and instantly turned their heads toward the altar.


    ''This is…''


    As they were looking at the altar, the stone pirs surrounding it gleamed one by one.


    Ace and the others were shocked again.


    The altar was disused and in poor condition, so they did not expect something like that to happen.


    "What''s going on? Why are the stone pirs suddenly gleaming?" L found it hard to believe what she was seeing.


    It was an abandoned altar, so she thought it was only a useless building, but she was wrong because the altar could pull in their energy to it.


    Not only that, but the stone pirs surrounding it even gleamed one by one shortly after that, as if someone had continued to look after the altar until now.


    "It''s suspicious." L mused.


    Lily, who was standing next to L, kept looking at the altar.


    ''How can this altar draw our energy to it? Did something trigger it?''


    Countless questions appeared in her mind.


    At this moment, the altar had stopped pulling in their energy.


    It stopped taking their energy when thest pir gleamed.


    "What''s going on? Is it a passage to a secret realm? Or is it only a portal to somewhere?" like Lily, Lieutenant Valeria also had many questions in her mind.


    At this moment, Ace suddenly felt uneasy.


    ''Why do I suddenly feel uneasy like this?''


    His instinct told him to leave that ce immediately or else he would regret it.


    Because he did not want something bad to happen to him and Lieutenant Valeria, he immediately spoke, "Lieutenant Valeria, let''s leave this ce now. I ha-"


    Before he had finished his words, a ck hole appeared above the altar, sucking everything around it.


    Ace and the others immediately tried to leave that area, but they failed because the suction force of the ck hole was so powerful.


    *Crack…crack…shui…


    Several trees were pulled up by their roots, and countless stones flew toward the ck hole like light feathers.


    The ck hole devoured everything around it.


    Even magical beasts around the altar were getting sucked by the ck hole. At that time, the ck hole looked like a beast that wanted to devour the entire world.


    "Hii… We have to leave this ce immediately." L and Lily tried their best to leave that ce because they did not want to get sucked into that ck hole.


    Like L and Lily, Ace and Lieutenant Valeria also tried their best to leave that area. They used their skills to help them leave that ce.


    But instead of getting farther, they were getting closer and closer to the ck hole.


    "Lieutenant Valeria, hold my hands." Ace tried to grab Lieutenant Valeria''s hands when she was getting closer to the ck hole.


    Lieutenant Valeria immediately stretched out her right hand, hoping she could reach his right hand.


    ''Ace…''


    Even though the distance between them was close, he could not reach her right hand immediately.


    Of course, he did not give up because he did not want her to get sucked into the ck hole.


    And after trying to reach her right hand for several seconds, he finally managed to grab her hand.


    "We should not give up." Ace pulled her closer to him.


    At this moment, Lieutenant Valeria was on his left side. Like before, he still held her right hand because he wanted them to face everything together.


    ''Oh, right. I can use Ice Wing magic to help us get away from this ce.''


    With that idea in mind, he used Ice Wing magic.


    *Crack…Crack…


    But as soon as ice wings formed behind his back, crack lines appeared.


    The suction force of the ck hole was too powerful, so his ice wing could not endure it.


    Of course, Ace did not care about it and kept using it because he had actually guessed this before.


    ''The suction force of this ck hole is so powerful.''


    The ice shards falling from his wings flew toward the ck hole.


    At this moment, half of his ice wings had shattered into pieces. It could no longer be called wings because most of it had been destroyed.


    Mike, who saw Ace and Lieutenant Valeria from afar, felt sad.


    There were two reasons for this.


    First, he was too weak to help them, andst, he was also trying to survive.


    Even though the suction force of the ck hole was not powerful because he was far, he could get sucked into it if he was careless, even for a second.


    That was why he could only pray to God, hoping God would save them.


    "Lily, I can''t endure this anymore." L was scared when she was getting closer and closer to the ck hole.


    Lily immediately grabbed L''s right hand. "Don''t give up."


    The twins tried their best not to get sucked into the ck hole. However, it did notst long because their bodies got sucked into the ck hole shortly after that.


    They were injured when they fought Ace, so they were not in their top condition. That was why they got sucked by the ck hole.


    When Ace and Lieutenant Valeria saw the twins getting sucked by the ck hole, they tried their best to leave that ce even more because they did not want to suffer the same fate as them.


    However, the goddess of luck was not on their side because a huge tree suddenly flew toward them.


    "Earth Shield." Ace used his Earth Shield magic to block the tree because it would be dangerous if the tree hit their bodies.


    However, his Earth Shield magic shattered into pieces the moment it collided with the tree.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "No! Protector Ace, Lieutenant Valeria." Mike shouted sadly when he saw Ace and Lieutenant Valeria getting sucked into the ck hole.


    Mystically, the ck hole disappeared right after devouring Ace and Lieutenant Valeria.


    Mike wasted no time and rushed toward the altar. "Lieutenant Valeria, protector Ace."


    He kept shouting and looking for them, hoping they were still at the altar. However, there was no longer any trace of them.


    They got sucked into the ck hole!


    Mike fell to his knees.


    He was sad.


    He felt guilty because he could not do anything when Ace and Lieutenant Valeria was getting sucked into the ck hole.


    ''City mistress. I have to tell city mistress about this!''


    He rose to his feet and rushed toward their camp.


    At the same time, Scarlett and her group were on their way to their camp.


    Her heart was filled with happiness as she walked toward their camp because she would see Ace soon.


    ''I can''t wait to spend time with him.''


    Even though he was only gone for nine hours, she already missed him.


    ''Should I order him toe to my tent immediately?''


    She desired to spend time alone with him, so she suddenly had the idea of telling him toe to her tent immediately.


    ''What should I doter?''


    She touched her pink lips as she walked.


    ''I will just sit on hisp, hold his hands, kiss him, hug him and sleep in his arms. Yes, I should do that.''


    The smile on her face grew bigger when she imagined them lovey-dovey in her tent.


    "Everyone, walk faster! Are my subordinates so weak now?" she told her subordinates to walk faster because she could not wait to see Ace.


    ck lines formed on the foreheads of her subordinates.


    ''City mistress, we are already walking fast.''


    They shouted in their heads.


    Not long after that, they arrived at their camp.


    Scarlett wasted no time and immediately looked for Ace.


    ''Where is he? Where is my pervert boyfriend?''


    She looked for him around the camp, but she still could not find him.


    ''Just where is she?''


    She pouted her lips.


    At the same time, Mike arrived at the camp.


    When he caught sight of Scarlett, he rushed toward her. "City mistress…city mistress…"


    Scarlett turned her head toward Mike. "What''s wrong? Why are you making such a face?"


    She still did not know what had happened to her young lover, so she could act calmly.


    "Protector Ace and Lieutenant Valeria, they are…huft…huft…huft…." Mike could not finish his words immediately because he was out of breath.


    Scarlett''s face instantly turned worried. "What happened to them?"


    Mike took a deep breath before exhaling it. "Protector Ace and Lieutenant Valeria, they got sucked into the ck hole."


    "What?!" Scarlett said in surprise.


    "It''s like this…" he began exining everything.


    But before Mike finished exining everything, Scarlett rushed toward the altar.


    ''Ace…''


    Her happy face could no longer be seen.


    It was reced by a sad expression.


    Her eyes were even filled with tears.


    At that moment, she rushed to the altar with a sad feeling.


    The most important person in her life was in danger, and his whereabouts were still unknown.


    Of course, she was also worried about Lieutenant Valeria''s safety, but her mind was filled with Ace at that time.


    Ace was her boyfriend, her family, and her friend.


    He was everything to her.


    She would do anything for him, including sacrificing herself or facing the whole world.


    This was the reason why she could not control her emotions when she found out what had happened to Ace.


    ''Ace…''


    After arriving at the altar, she began looking for him.


    "Ace…Ace…Ace…" she ran around the altar as she called his name.


    However, he did not respond.


    He could not hear her.


    She stopped running and walked toward the altar.


    ''Ace, where are you?''