Viktor Stirgold left the hospital after visiting the young Fukano Harumi. He had tried to convince her to work with him but he had failed. Outside the hospital, the man crossed a member of the Coven recognizable by the black robe and the typical emblem of the lion holding a snake in its jaws.
The member of the Coven gave a silent greeting and headed towards the inside of the hospital but Viktor, sensing that he had been sent to do something to Harumi, went on his way and asked him, kindly:« The Coven sent you to do some dirty work? »
« Are you afraid that I can kill the girl being held in the hospital? »
« I didn't say that. »
« Good. >
The man tries to get around Viktor but the latter stood in front of him again and asked him:
« What are you doing here? »
« It's none of your business. »« If the Coven wants to continue to be an ally of the Mage's Association there must be greater transparency, you know it. So talk. »
« Do you think you understand everything? »
« What are you talking about? »
« Ask my Grand Master … »
At that moment a black van accelerated towards the two men, jumping on the pavement and investing innocent passers-by. The vehicle was aimed at both men and when Viktor noticed it he took the member of the Coven and threw himself to the ground to avoid the van, which then collided with a light pole.
Men in black came out of the car, armed and headed for the hospital. Viktor immediately got up and without hesitation exclaimed:
« Feuerschrei! »
He cast a spell of fire that burned five of the ten men; the five remaining alive managed to enter the hospital and did not care at all about patients and doctors: they had only one goal. Viktor immediately understood that they wanted to kill Fukano Harumi and so he chased them inside the structure.
« You won't go any further, damn bastards! » Screamed Viktor and then exclaimed, placing a hand on the wall: « Eisenwand des Schmerzes! »
At that moment in front of the men appeared a magic wall that became iron. Their road had been blocked. The men turned to Viktor and aimed their firearms, they were ready to fire.
Viktor immediately hid behind a wall when the men started shooting; he saw the fifth floor window break: there was Archer who was holding Harumi. The two escaped from the hospital and the men in black had no idea.Viktor noticed that the magus of the Coven was running away and did not intervene to stop him, he would not need to have the help of a coward. As soon as the men stopped firing, Viktor heard the sound of police sirens: he had to leave; but then he noticed that an eleventh man had gotten out of the van and headed for the hospital. Viktor was about to stop him but his cell phone rang. He answered the call:
« Hello? What happens? What? … A moment! Explain yourself better! ... Bradley Jenkins is dead ?! ... What do you mean they attacked us ?! Who did it?! Who the fuck was he? … WHAT IS GOING ON?! »
It was then that a huge explosion broke out behind Viktor. The man fell to the ground, wounded and dazed.
He got up only a few minutes later, he had just regained consciousness and was dizzy. It was smeared with dust and felt a strange smell of burning coming from behind him. The people around him were in a panic, ambulance sirens, firemen and policemen could be heard. When Viktor turned around he saw the flames that were devouring the hospital entirely.
He wasn't able to accept that scene, it just seemed like a nightmare. Who would have been so sadistic and mentally ill to orchestrate a terrorist attack of that size in a place like that?
Viktor began to cry in front of those immense flames. He knelt on the ground and muttered, shocked and frightened at the same time:« This is not war ... this is a genocide. »
At that moment he laid his gaze on the corpse of one of the men he had killed and immediately noticed that he was an homunculus. The attack was orchestrated by a magus.
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