Chapter 388 - Taya's Guilt
One of the backdoors of the building slightly opened before it immediately closed again, without the notice of the people nearby.
The staff inside were working without any idea that two women were walking past them. They were going on about doing mundane jobs they were tasked with, though all of them clearly looked a bit nervous.
Umilia was using her Sacred Arts to cover Taya and herself in an invisible sphere that prevented anyone from catching sight of them.
Of course, she can only maintain this for a few more minutes before the spell fails. She also cannot attack anyone in this state, and if anyone were to bump into them, they would surely feel that something was fishy.
So the two of them treaded carefully towards the door to the office the two pseudo vampires were guarding.
"Nyissa, you are up," Umilia said in a low voice as Nyissa, who was outside, mumbled some mysterious phrases as she looked at the two pseudo vampires.
The two pseudo vampires were walking to and fro when suddenly they stood still in their tracks, their eyes turning into a murky dark gray, though nobody else noticed anything unnatural since the two of them were wearing black sunglasses.
The two of them didn't even realize that they got inflicted by a curse due to Nyissa's Cursed Arts.
The effect of the curse robbed them of all vision, hearing, and bodily control. But the most terrifying fact was that their brains were being destroyed from within at a very slow pace.
Within an hour, these two would be long dead though they would be standing still like this unless someone touches them and they collapse.
This was the frightening power of the Cursed Arts and why nobody would mess with any witches or mages practicing such arts for no reason.
This level of power was what Ayana and the other aspiring mages and witches in Nyissa's clan were dreaming of reaching. Of course, Nyissa's level of proficiency in her arts reached a new level after she comprehended the teachings her late grandfather left her.
But before that, she was the strongest other than her father. However, in her battle against Viktor, she never used any lethal arts since she wanted to capture Viktor and not kill him. And as for her fighting against those Ranars, they were already dead, and her Cursed Arts wouldn't be much effective against them but use brute force to deal with them.
"You two are good to go," Nyissa reported as she was done with her part and silently moved towards a different place where she could support Taya and Umilia in case of any emergency.
The small office was located away from the sight of the staff. Thus Taya and Umilia weren't worried about anyone seeing them open the door.
The office had tinted glasses on the outside, preventing anyone from seeing what was inside. And thus, Taya looked at Umilia, indirectly asking her if she sensed anybody near on the other side of the door, to which she shook her head.
As expected, the door was secured by a fingerprint sensor, but Taya was prepared for that as she took a transparent strip of paper and gently laid it over the sensor.
Taya inwardly prayed for it to work and…
*Click*
The fingerprint sensor showed a green light as the door clicked open, making Taya smile while Umilia wasn't surprised since Taya had told her beforehand that she had the fingerprint of someone high up in VBIOS.
However, they were taking a gamble since Taya wasn't sure if it would work.
The two went inside only to see a poorly lit small room, though Umilia spotted a hidden opening on the floor.
She simply snapped her fingers together as a portion of the tiles on the floor slid to the side, revealing a flight of stairs that obviously led to a secret facility underground.
The two looked at each other before Umilia said, "Listen, we are just going to take a look as silently as possible. I know you want to take a sample of those pseudo vampires, but only if we can do it without the risk of alerting everyone else. Right now, we are just here to confirm our suspicions and not to necessarily collect proof. You do remember that, right?" Umilia asked since she knew that this was personal to Taya.
After all, Taya thinks that the reason pseudo vampires started to pop up was because of her or, to be precise, her research which got stolen.
She couldn't help but feel guilty about it. Not only did she almost destroy her life over her research, but now her research was causing dangers to others as well, and who knows when all of this might spiral out of control?
She was very determined to get to the bottom of this and find out who and why her research was stolen and misused.
She was the only one who was working on the blood from mystical origins, and since the time her research got stolen, these people began to pop up. It surely could not be a coincidence, plus she remembered what Fabian, the director of VBIOS, had told her when he came to meet her in the hospital.
Surely, they must be trying to create some sort of superbeings for all kinds of purposes.
Taya took a deep breath as she nodded, knowing that Umilia was reminding her for a good reason. They weren't here to do a raid after all.
After receiving her confirmation, Umilia closed her eyes for a few seconds as she recast the spell to hide her own and Taya's presence as well as the two descended down the flight of stairs.
As the two came down, they were greeted by a well-lit interior and a large lab before them.
But what they saw surprised them both, especially Taya, whose eyes quivered upon seeing what was going on down in the lab below.
