NoGift

IN the dead of the night, unbeknownst to everyone, an invisible shuttle was hovering above the Empire of Kievan. Of course, the ones inside were Argent, Lei Feng, and the father and son – Jaxon and Janea. 

Five days ago, the entourage of the Conde de la Salvacion left Gluastein. Naturally, they had to follow. Later this afternoon, they finally arrived at their destination. It took until evening before the entourage of the Conde managed to enter through the South gate.

Argent stared at the red dot on the screen of her light brain. This 'red dot' was the signal coming from the transmitter that Argent asked Lei Feng to attached to the coat of the Conde. It seemed that the entourage now entered an establishment, most likely a hotel or an inn. It was already dark and they couldn't continue travelling towards the capital. 

And this was the perfect time for Argent and the others to replace their targets. 

She turned to the other three. She looked at the chokers that they were wearing. "I'm going to land the shuttle. Please, push the button on the left of the choker you're wearing."

As she turned back around and drove the shuttle down, the other three also did as they were told. 

Janea was startled when he saw the face of Jaxon and Lei Feng changing and turning into something plain. Although they had already shown him the function of this choker, he still found it very magical. But he knew there was nothing magical from it. It was simply the result of Argent Blackbourne's intelligence. He glanced at the silver-haired duke. Really, just how smart was this person to be able to make things that was so out of the ordinary? 

If they managed to save his mother, she would definitely be fascinated by the gadgets Argent made. No, it shouldn't be an 'if'. A glint of determination flashed his green eyes. They would definitely save her. 

Argent landed the flying shuttle at an area near the barrier where there wasn't any soldier patrolling. These areas were called 'Dead Areas'. According to Jaxon's people that had been living in Kievan, these areas were basically slums. The soldiers hardly ever roam these areas. They simply let these people be. Because the believed that no matter what these people do, they would never be able to leave the gutter they were in. It's probably the arrogance of someone who had long been in a higher position and could only trample those who were weak.

Truly, how disgusting. 

But this arrogance could now work in their favor. 

She asked Jaxon to let his people send the location of the Dead Area nearest to the South gate. And that place was near where she landed the shuttle. She picked a spot behind a group of tall and wide trees. Even though there's practically no one passing by this area, there's no harm trying to be more careful. 

The moment the shuttle landed, she quickly opened the door and the three walked out. She also immediately followed. Then she took a remote from her space ring and turned the still invisible shuttle into a capsule. She picked the capsule up and put it in her space ring along with the remote. Then she pushed the left button of the choker she was wearing. Her face was immediately replaced by a plain looking one.

Jaxon had seen this happened before so he was no longer surprised or even shocked. Zhang Lei Feng had seen a lot of more advanced technology than this in his last life so seeing this scene didn't bother him that much. But Janea was different. 

He knew that the flying contraption they were riding in could turn invisible, which was still a huge surprise for him by the way. But that contraption suddenly turning into some kind of small oblong shaped object was super new to him. He glanced at Argent once again. He suddenly had a feeling that as long as he stayed with this silver-haired duke, he would see more amazing things.

Argent straightened up and was hit by the cold wind. She tightened her jacket around her but still trembled a little. Shit. Just why was this place so called? She was about to say something to her three companions when she suddenly felt a warm feeling on her neck. She raised her head and saw Lei Feng putting a soft black scarf around her neck. And then, he followed that by putting a muffler on her ears. Argent instantly felt warm.

"So, you won't feel cold," Lei Feng simply said in his usual serious expression.

Argent raised the scarf a bit, hiding the small smile that appeared on her lips. "Thank you."

Jaxon looked back and forth between the two. Suddenly, he felt like he and his son just became a big and small light bulb. He cleared his throat. "Shall we go?"

Argent nodded.

The four of them carefully walked towards the area they had already marked in the map before they even left Gluastein. Reaching their destination, before Argent proceeded on making the next move, she turned first to Lei Feng and Janea. 

"Whatever I do next, I hope you don't show that big of a reaction. It would be bad for us if we somehow attracted attention," she reminded them.

"Okay," Janea said.

Zhang Lei Feng nodded with a grim expression. Up until now, he still had no idea what Argent would do to open the barrier. His guess was she was able to make another gadget that could make a small opening in a barrier like this. But that guess was so far off from what happened next.

Argent took a deep breath. When she found out that a barrier was surrounding the whole country of Kievan, she knew that using her special constitution would be their best resort. But if she was not careful, she could make a big gaping hole in this barrier. Which would definitely be noticed in no time. The worst case, she might even destroy the whole barrier. If that happened, then this mission would be a big failure. 

They didn't have the manpower to fight the Emperor of Kievan head on. The only chance they have to win was to do everything stealthily. That's why it's important that she succeed in this step. 

So, she practiced hard before leaving her island. She did it inside her lab. Putting up a miniature barrier made of magic and practicing on it. It was hard, she could honestly admit. Especially since she wasn't even sure if she could control the amount of damage her special constitution could do to an object made of Mana. 

From all the experiments she had done before, she knew that her touch could stop the flow of Mana. But it's not like she could just project a 'laser' from her hand and the things that was touched by that 'laser' would crumble. She needed to be able to touch it.

After much trial and error, she finally succeeded in making a small opening on the barrier without destroying the whole thing. 

Honestly, after reading the records made by the former dukes of Hanover, she started to have doubts once again about the special constitution of this body. This body had the 'blood of all' and yet unlike Aurum, she didn't have any powerful Gift or powerful Mana for that matter. Not to mention, before her soul took over, the original owner was truly just a NoGift. Or was she?

Argent shook her head. This was hardly the time to think about that problem. 

She crouched down and removed the gloves she was wearing. She could feel the Mana coming from the barrier. So, even if they couldn't see it, she knew that it was there. She touched a part and quickly removed her hand. The part she touched slowly crumbled. This was the most effective method after all that trial and error. Quite rough but very effective. 

She continued to do that until she made a hole that was big enough for them to crawl into. She passed by her hand on the hole she made. After double-checking and making sure that they could all passed-by without a problem, she turned and raised her head to her three companions.

"Let's go."

And she was the first one to crawl inside that opening.