Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

The intense explosion burst forth like a flash, spreading a blast of dust and rainwater that instantly submerged the pedestrians and the walls along the street. Then the muddy water slid down as countless people screamed in fear and fled.

Hexia was still standing in the curtain of rain, but the ground in front of her was exceptionally clean, forming a stark semicircle against the muddy, inundated world around her.

Accompanied by a variety of shattering and rumbling sounds, the entire building slowly collapsed, then landed heavily on the ground, raising a huge cloud of dust and a blast wave. The metal sign of Kinsenke at the top of the building also crashed down, deformed after being smashed, bounced up, and then rolled several times, toppling over in the rainfall.

The torrential rain continued to wash over the ground, and not everyone inside the building had perished after its collapse; in fact, the majority of the people had survived.

This building was a core structure meticulously constructed by 'Kinsenke', highly durable, so even in its collapse, the interior sustained minimal damage. In other words, as long as one withstood the cataclysmic impact of the fall, survival was possible without fear of being buried under the building.

The battle continued, and with the loss of the cover provided by the building floors, the collapsed structure became a ground position. Warriors from 'Fire God Heavy Industries' armed with heavyweight weapons stood up; they resembled fortresses and defensive walls of the battlefield, forming a blockade network with their intensive firepower, crushing members of the office trying to approach.

Even though it had collapsed and was still about twenty meters high in ruins, figures leapt within it. Members of the 'Blood Crossbow Arrow' office launched specialized mechanical crossbows attached to their forearms while leaping. These crossbow bolts shimmered with a dark purple luster, shooting out like shooting stars through the rain curtain, piercing directly into the bodies of those heavily armored warriors as if their thick armor was made of tofu.

In the Four-leaf Crystal Star Domain, 'Blood Crossbow Arrow' is a well-known High Rank office. Their specially enchanted crossbow bolts can easily penetrate many shields and armors and carry a special deadly poison. Anyone shot will lose consciousness within seconds; whether they will die depends on the mission's directives set by the office commander beforehand.

After dealing with the outer members of 'Fire God Heavy Industries', the office's operators continued to advance through the rain. Along the way, they also encountered resisting members of 'Kinsenke', but these scattered individuals with varying levels of strength posed no resistance to the well-trained office members—after all, this was their specialty.

"We can't wait any longer, Chairman. Activate the isolation defense system," the general manager, who had previously commanded from within the building floors, now drenched in mud, stumbled into the central core area of the building and shouted towards the white-haired figure.

The elder didn't turn around but stared at the screen in front of him for a long time before raising his hand.

"Alright."

Following his order, a nearby 'Kinsenke' clerk immediately adjusted the control system in front of them. The giant metal glass sphere in the middle of the crowd whirred into action with 'Kinsenke's exclusive super AI, and lines of subtitle text flashed across.

[Sikne Defense System activation in progress... Commencing the addition of friend-or-foe identification, please enter identification imagery...]

[Allied unit imagery input completed, initiating the first scan and friend-or-foe identification...]

[Three-dimensional map construction complete, friend-or-foe identification finished, beginning the construction of defense network...]

A complex blue pattern appeared around the giant glass sphere, and just then, a black-purple crossbow bolt shot through like a streak of light, striking the glass sphere. This almost caused the hearts of the Kinsenke members at the scene to leap out of their chests.

Fortunately, the transparent metal glass sphere did not shatter. Instead, the blue pattern repelled the crossbow bolt. The complex pattern then rotated with layers of spherical shields spreading out and expanding.

The defense system provided by the 'Sikne Security Providers' giant corporation was expensive, with even the cheapest model costing one billion Federation Coins. Despite the cost, such a defense barrier was exceptionally sturdy. As long as there was sufficient magic power, virtually invulnerable, leaving the enemy no choice but to engage in a direct power exchange. Many large corporations used these as their trump card for emergencies.

With the continuous expansion of this blue spherical shield for protection, Kinsenke's members and the combat personnel from 'Fire God Heavy Industries' relaxed once again. They organized into small defensive positions, ready to unleash a barrage of fire on any office member who attempted to approach. The previously lurking 'Blood Crossbow Arrow' members found their bolts could not penetrate the enshrouding blue shield, while those inside could shoot outward. The situation was almost completely one-sided, plunging the office into a dire predicament.

Time ticked away by the minute, and by now it was nine o'clock in the evening, and in three hours, this 'patent war' would come to an end. By that time, if they had not acquired the target patent information, the retainer fees received by these offices would be significantly reduced, and their office ratings points would also take a severe hit.

"Things don't seem to be going well, President Tilan," the somewhat careless voice rose beside the young girl; as the girl turned her head, she saw Kinsenke alight from a crimson-hued hover car with quite a few followers behind him, among whom a young man with greyish-blue short hair stood a head taller than Kinsenke, quite conspicuous.

"Come, Zakrez, this is the President Tilan you have been longing for and admire so much," he said, patting the greyish-blue-haired young man by his side.