Finding Stardust

The young man didn't need her to tell him anything, he had already launched a powerful attack using aeromancy knocking dozens of people down. Meanwhile, Heron, who saw the arrival of Xion and Emma, ​​immediately became angry.

"Heh .. who are you? Where is Izia?" he snapped at Xion.

"Dead," said Emma curtly. 

She no longer needed to act weak. Emma stood gallantly at the door with her hands on her waist. Her confidence took Heron by surprise. He initially thought Emma was lying, but seeing her attitude now, he couldn't help but believe that Izia was indeed dead. Who killed Izia? 

Was the blonde-haired man beside Princess Emma the one who killed Izia? Who is he? 

Heron had absolutely no information about Xion's presence on board Coralia ship. But now, he began to wonder the reason why Therius was not taking his security team. It looked like the man Therius brought with him was quite tough. The proof was that he could kill Izia who was quite a powerful electromancer.

"Heh .. you're choosing the wrong side, my lady," said Heron with a mocking smile. "If you want to live, you better come with me. I'll treat you well."

"Who do you think you are? I am not coming with anyone!" Emma pursed her lips. "You're only a lowly man who dreams of becoming a king."

"Alright .. if you don't know what's good for you, I'll make you see the reality. There is a battleship up there ready to destroy The Coralia Ship as soon as you try to take off. If you don't come with me, then you'll be dead with everyone."

When Emma heard Heron openly say that he was going to destroy The Coralia, she instantly snapped.

"Don't you dare touch our ship! I will kill you a thousand times and torture you cruelly .. !!!" screamed Emma as she darted about to hit Heron with all her might.

Heron, who had guessed that Emma also had a magical power, did not underestimate the girl. He saw flashes of lightning came out of Emma's hands as she was charging towards him.

Heron deftly dodged to the side and countered her attack by hitting the girl's arm with his powerful ice blow.

"Hey! Fight someone your size!" Xion immediately took action and blocked Heron's ice blow in time. "Don't bully a weak girl!"

Their arms met and both were covered in ice that sparkled under the light.

"Uh, I'm not a weak girl!" blurted Emma furiously as she tried to attack Heron again. Xion just laughed and patted the girl's shoulder gently.

"I know. I was just kidding," said Xion happily. "Go and help Therius! He doesn't want to kill those poor people."

Xion pushed Emma's body with his left hand toward the center of the hall. The girl quickly broke through the onslaught of people surrounding Therius as they tried to attack him.

Emma touched the head of a man who was brandishing a metal stick in his hand to hit Therius. Then, with her mind control, Emma put the man to sleep.

'I don't want him to know I'm a telemancer,' said Therius, glancing at Mayn who was still busy mumbling in the corner and exerting all his strength to control so many people in the hall, as if he was a puppet master.

'It's too late now,' said Emma. 'If we don't get out of here alive, it's a waste of you to keep your secret so tightly.'

She tapped the shoulder of the next man who immediately drooped and fell to the floor, sleeping. Emma kept moving fast and patted right and left, charming to sleep everyone she could touch.

Heron was surprised to see the developments taking place in the middle of the hall. He was still fighting with Xion in close range altercation.

He found out that his opponent was a cryomancer like he was, they both had the power to control ice and were quite equal in strength. So, the fight was very intense. However, from the corner of his eyes, he saw that the people attacking Therius fell miserably to the floor.

Therius smiled knowingly when he saw Emma put his attackers to sleep one by one. He thought this was an excellent defensive tactic. Therius could resist their attacks without having to kill anyone.

"Mayn!!! What happened?" Heron shouted to his loyal bodyguard. The bald-headed middle-aged man had also realized that his control over the people in the hall had met with resistance from someone who was also a telemancer.

His eyes widened as he saw Emma tapping person after person who immediately fell asleep.

Princess Emma ... is also a telemancer?

'Therius, you have to help me .. I won't be able to handle this many people ...' complained Emma as she jumped sideways to avoid being hit by someone with a chair.

She turned to the side and found Therius was fighting against ten burly and strong men. They must be the members of the security unit in the Daneria space base.

Therius countered their attacks with blows powered with aeromancy. He was careful not to hurt them badly. He had refrained from using pyromancy for fear he would burn them alive. The prince knew they were innocent.

'You must charm them all to sleep,' said Therius. 'I will help you secretly!'

For some reason, Emma immediately understood what Therius wanted to do. She glanced over and looked at the man with a glint in her eyes showing that she understood.

Therius smiled faintly as he saw Emma give him a meaningful look.

Good girl, he praised her inwardly.

Emma jumped to the side and found a corner away from the crowd. She appeared utterly focused on using all her power to take control of everyone's mind in the hall. Her face turned pale, and her hands trembled.

From the corner of her eyes, she saw Mayn, who was standing in the other corner, opposite her. Emma let out a sigh of relief when she realized Mayn was staring at her closely.

Come on, keep looking this way ... Emma said inwardly.

She then raised both her hands and then quickly threw them to her sides with all her might, screaming, "HYAAAA !!!"

THUD

THUD

BANG

In the next second, hundreds of people standing and trying to attack Therius immediately collapsed to the floor, all fell asleep.

"Ahhh !!" Mayn's face turned pale as he stared at Emma in disbelief. "This is impossible!!"

It was hard for him to accept that a girl so young, was able to counter his mind control and sent everyone in the hall to sleep.

His face turned pale. Finally, because everyone who attacked Therius was now lying on the floor and sleeping, Xion and Heron were the only people fighting fiercely. They launched ice attacks, one after another.

'Sir, Princess Emma is a very powerful telemancer. We will lose if the three of them attack us at once. You'd better get going,' Mayn talked to his boss by telemancy. 'We can still go for plan B.'

Heron, who had just dodged Xion's sharp ice attacks, immediately jumped back. He glanced at Emma, and regretfully, decided he had to give up his desire to kidnap the girl.

"Take this!" Heron raised both his hands to his chest and made a circular motion. Not long after, he then pushed as hard as he could towards Xion.

With the last of his strength, Heron immediately sent a powerful ice blow towards Xion. The hermit suddenly felt his head ached, and his vision went blurry.

Xion could not move his body to dodge the attack, nor could he resist the powerful ice blow. Apparently, Mayn used his last energy to control Xion's body from moving.

"Xion !!!!" Emma screamed when she realized her friend was in danger.

She rushed to block Heron's ice attack, but fortunately, Therius was faster. A gust of wind threw Emma away from Xion. The girl was slammed to the floor and her screaming was painful to both Therius and Xion's ears.

Therius couldn't send fireballs to block Heron's ice attacks for fear the impact would injure Emma and Xion even more greatly. So, he chose to use aeromancy to get Emma away from Xion and the blast.

He couldn't let the girl take the ice blow to protect Xion. She could have died!

"You bastard! Don't cheat!" scoffed Therius. He immediately darted towards Mayn. Two seconds later, he was already gripping Mayn's neck very hard. The old man's eyes went round, and his mouth let out a growling sound.

Without other power, a telemancer didn't have a strong physical endurance. Apart from controlling the minds of others to help him, Mayn was unable to withstand the physical attacks aimed at him.

He was completely helpless under Therius's grip, who mercilessly choked him so that he could not breathe. Mayn tried hard to pull Therius' hand from gripping his neck and tried to break free, but his efforts were in vain. 

Meanwhile, Xion, who couldn't move in time, had to receive a deadly ice blow from Heron. The impact was quite severe as his body was lying on the floor, almost frozen. Xion was grateful that Therius had acted quickly and got Emma out of the way, ​​otherwise the girl would have been hurt badly by now.

"Damn it ..." Xion cursed under his breath while clutching his chest that was in extreme pain. Heron had fled, while Mayn distracting his enemies. He knew that now the table had turned and he must leave immediately.