The Seventh Base

Chapter 19: Magic Performance (3)

Translator: Lordbluefire

“That’s right, quickly hand them over!” The crowd was already in extreme chaos, and it was developing in an uncontrollable direction.

Seeing the people crowding over, the magician waved his hand and *Boom*, a heatwave surged forth and the flames caused everyone to retreat. There was even one of the crowd whose hair was singed. He hurriedly patted his head to put out the fire.

“Capture them!” shouted someone. The parents of the children all frenziedly rushed forward.

“Careful!” Xu Mo shouted. However, as he spoke, a short blade appeared in the hands of the magician’s assistant who spoke earlier, and he stabbed it into the stomach of one of the crowd. As a result, sharp screams rang out and everyone instantly retreated due to fright.

“Murder! Quickly inform the law enforcement team!” Chaos was everywhere.

Mia and Elsa were both frightened as well. Mia carried Yao`er and covered her eyes as she went up the carriage. Meanwhile, the people in the surroundings were running around in a panic, causing the horse to jump around nervously.

Xu Mo stared in that direction and released his mental energy. His gaze was fixed on the magician. When the magician was held by someone, he spat out a mouthful of flames that forced the person back. However, the parents of the children still charged forward.

The magician once again took the liquid out and sprayed it into the air, causing the flames to be ignited. But this time around, the flames actually ignored his command and surged toward himself. In addition, the might of the flames was even greater.

As a result, a terrifying surge of flames devoured the magician, and he screamed in pain and misery. His companions took a glance at him before deciding to flee. No one tried to save him. The might of the flames then grew increasingly greater, and it fully enveloped the magician, causing him to roll around on the ground in a futile attempt to put the flames out. He looked extremely tragic.

“Quickly smash the floor open!” shouted Xu Mo after he had controlled the flame. The parents of the children had lifted the box up. After hearing Xu Mo’s reminder, they immediately used the box to smash the ground. As expected, it was empty below. A hole soon appeared.

Xu Mo’s perception immediately surged forth. The people below seemed to have known what was happening above. They began to flee from the hidden passageway.

At this moment, the parents of some of the children directly jumped into the tunnel and began shouting their child’s names.

Xu Mo only relaxed somewhat after seeing this scene. But then, the magician’s assistant who wielded the short blade started sprinting toward him while frenziedly evading the crowd.

“Xu Mo!” Mia screamed in shock. Xu Mo then stared at the assistant. The instant the short blade pierced forth, he side-stepped and launched a kick, forcing the assistant back. At the same time, the coachman named Cooper also jumped out and sent a flying kick toward the assistant. This kick directly landed on the assistant’s head and caused him to stumble to the ground. However, Cooper didn’t make any more moves after that. He stood before Elsa to protect her.

The other party then climbed to his feet and turned to flee.

Elsa and Mia were still in a daze. They felt their hearts shaking with fear.

“Miss Elsa, the law enforcement team should be able to rush here very quickly to control the scene, right?” Xu Mo asked Elsa.

“Ah?” Elsa started. Her gaze was somewhat complicated when she looked at Xu Mo. Earlier, she had said that Xu Mo was talking nonsense. Who would have thought that these people were truly human traffickers? If it wasn’t for Xu Mo, these people would have succeeded.

“Mn, the number of patrol teams in the main city district is higher, and the security is better than other places in comparison. Very soon, they will learn of this and rush over.” Elsa nodded. “I didn’t expect that some people would dare to commit crimes so boldly out in the open. They are too despicable.”

“In that case, they probably won’t be able to escape. Let us leave then,” Xu Mo spoke. He could only do so much. After all, it wasn’t convenient for him to act.

The crowd here had also dispersed, so the carriage could proceed forward with no obstructions. The coachman Cooper continued to drive the carriage forward.

“Xu Mo, you are too gutsy.”

As the carriage left this area, Mia still felt some lingering fear. Luckily, nothing happened to them. But if it was her, she would have done the same as well.

Other than shock, there was also surprise. Xu Mo was truly very courageous.

Elsa also looked at Xu Mo, her gaze somewhat complicated.

“I’ve misunderstood you earlier,” said Elsa. However, these were only a few words of acknowledgment, and she didn’t apologize. To her, it was very difficult to apologize to a servant. She couldn’t get past her psychological barrier although she was somewhat impressed by Xu Mo’s bravery.

Xu Mo turned his head and asked, “Miss Elsa, are you talking to me?”

“Mn.” Elsa nodded but she shifted her gaze to look elsewhere.

“No problem.” Xu Mo didn’t mind it. He also didn’t anticipate that Elsa would put down her prideful heart and apologize.

No one spoke in the carriage and the atmosphere sank into temporary silence. After turning into a street, the surrounding area gradually opened up. There was a glorious building up ahead, and Elsa stared in that direction as she whispered, “We’ve arrived.”

The carriage then drove into the church area.

The building of pure white symbolized flawless purity. There were even white doves carved above the building. At this moment, crisp musical notes could be heard from within, which caused people to feel at peace. Other than them, there were several other carriages here as well.

“Elsa!” A figure got down from one of the carriages and shouted in their direction.

“Susie.” Elsa waved her hand when she saw the other party. She then introduced Mia, “This is Susie, she was the one who shared Windy Hill with her friends at a concert.”

“Mn.” Mia smiled and nodded at Susie.

Susie also looked at Mia. However, she only took a glance before shifting her gaze away. She didn’t bother to interact with Mia.

A group of people parked their carriages before the church. But at this moment, Xu Mo seemed to have thought of something and then spoke to Mia, “Miss Mia, you guys enter first. I will head back for a look,”

“Where do you want to go?” Mia felt somewhat nervous after she heard Xu Mo’s words.

“Miss Mia, please be at ease. I only want to see if those people are already captured by the law enforcement team or not,” answered Xu Mo. “I’ll be careful.”

Mia felt some hesitation when she heard Xu Mo’s words, but she eventually nodded. “You must not act to seize the limelight like before. Just let those from the law enforcement team handle this.”

“I understand.” Xu Mo nodded. After that, he bade farewell to Mia and turned to leave this area.

He felt that something was wrong. If the law and order were really good, how would those people dare to so boldly make use of a magic performance to commit a crime?

He basically didn’t trust the law enforcement people.