"AHHHH!"
Screams immediately erupted throughout the mansion.
The blinding flash swallowed the entire entrance hall, turning everyone's vision white for a brief but devastating moment.
"I can't see! I can't see!"
Zara clutched his face and stumbled backward. His eyes burned as though hot sand had been shoved directly into them.
The two guards beside him suffered no better fate.
Both men groaned while rubbing their eyes desperately.
The three subordinates of the old Binder Rank Alchemist were also affected.
Even the old man himself narrowed his eyes as he tried to regain his vision.
"Where is he?!"
The woman shouted.
Unable to see properly, she swung her long sword around herself without restraint.
The blade cut through empty air repeatedly.
"Argh!"
A familiar scream suddenly rang out.
"Are you crazy?! My fucking hand!"
One of her teammates shouted in pain as blood splashed onto the wooden floor.
In her panic, she had nearly severed his hand.
"Everyone calm down!"
