RISE OF EROS

Fortunately, Carmen didn\'t take too long cleaning the office and Andrew was able to go back and check the ledgers. Although he did this every morning, he had not been able to do it today, because of everything that had happened.

The hours passed quickly and night fell. Oliver and Castor left to fulfill the mission and all the agents of the different forces spying on the Heavenly Palace took notice.

Many of them wanted to take advantage of the moment to infiltrate, but it was only the foolish ones who thought that because the intelligent ones like Raven sensed that, if the two experts had the confidence to leave, it was because there was some additional defense and they would not risk it.

Instead, Raven preferred to follow Oliver, while leaving another agent guarding the facility. As they had planned, Castor remained hidden, and only Oliver showed up at Candice\'s store.

He was greeted by Gaston and quickly taken to the office where Candice, Erick, and Vala were waiting for him. The latter two were fully equipped and dressed in stealth clothing and masks, as their mission was to capture Barcas and Duruma.

Raven who followed them was intrigued as to why the two experts from the Heavenly Palace would meet Candice at this time of night, but not wanting to expose himself he kept his distance.

Oliver and Castor had already noticed that someone was following them, but still could not identify who it was and where they were hiding, only that their keen senses told them that there was someone spying on them.

Oliver quickly went over the plan with Erick and Vala, to avoid making mistakes and when everything was organized they set off. Candice\'s two agents hid in the shadows and left stealthily, while Oliver walked out with the same attitude with which he arrived.

Followed by Raven, Oliver walked to the outskirts of the city where Barcas\' villa was located. The city has quite comfortable residential areas, of great extension and high status, but many wealthy people prefer the villas on the outskirts.

First of all, they are cheaper and can have more land, because they do not need to worry about the territorial distribution of the city and Barcas was one of these people.

Also, being outside the city, they can have greater privacy. The only disadvantage is that not being protected by the city walls and soldiers, they are prone to attacks by unscrupulous people, but anyone who had a villa outside the city had extensive security.

Oliver walked calmly out of the city and the further he went, the more worried Raven became. He came to think that Oliver was luring him into a trap, but he still followed him, only he was much more cautious.

Soon Oliver reached the entrance to Barcas\' place and was stopped by the guards, "Who are you? You\'re trespassing," one of the guards shouted menacingly.

Despite the threat, Oliver did not stop and on the contrary, released his power exerting amazing pressure on the guards who could not stand it and fell to the ground unconscious.

Such a great power immediately alerted all the experts nearby. Obviously, in Barcas\' place, everyone was also alerted and immediately lots of guards ran to meet him.

Barcas and his son were in the study of the mansion and also felt the pressure of the power released by Oliver and immediately became alert. As they were about to leave to see what was happening, a guard came in with bated breath and reported, "We are under attack."

This surprised Barcas and his son because they could not believe that someone would dare to attack them head-on and in their territory, but the more they assessed Oliver\'s power, the more anxious they became because they knew they could not defeat a monster like him.

They ordered all the guards to go to confront the enemy and like good cowards they ran to a secret passage they had in the study to flee, but at that moment from the shadows came Erick and Vala.

The two men were surprised to see them. As they were wearing full black masks and suits, Barcas and Duruma could not identify them, but they immediately unsheathed their swords and prepared for combat.

Within seconds the four made their moves and the chips from the contact of their weapons flew into the air. Erick and Vala were surprised to see that Barcas and his son were not as weak as they thought.

In fact, Oliver\'s intelligence was wrong. He had assessed that Barcas and his son were weaker than Erick and Vala, but it was because he didn\'t know that they both had a treasure that allowed them to hide their power.

It turns out that their powers were equal to those of Candice\'s subordinates, even Barcas was a bit more powerful, and in no time, Erick and Vala fell at a disadvantage.

Duruma was a fast attacker and with his rapier sword, he struck with deadly and swift attacks, while Barcas was more of a strong attacking type. He was a little slower, but more experienced, and in a short time, they put pressure on the attackers.

Castor, who was watching everything hidden, wrinkled his eyebrows, because when he evaluated Barcas and Duruma he had come to the same conclusion that Oliver and Erick together with Vala should be more than enough to capture them, but the situation had become complicated.

Erick was still close to Barcas\' level, so their battle had fallen into a stalemate, but Vala was losing to Duruma and when she made a mistake, Duruma didn\'t let her pass and quickly stabbed at Vala\'s neck.

The girl knew she could not dodge and lamented because she could see her death, but at that moment Duruma\'s thrust was intercepted, by Castor who saved her. Seeing the new enemy, Barcas and Duruma were bitter.

Although Erick and Vala, did not know who Castor was, by the mere fact that he saved Vala, they knew he was an ally and so they did not ask anything, but Castor then spoke, "Barcas, Duruma, you should surrender."

"You expect us to just say yes? Don\'t be an idiot, we\'ll take you with us if we have to," Barcas shouted sarcastically, but Castor showed no emotion at the man\'s outburst.

He sighed and the next second he disappeared from everyone\'s sight. By the time they managed to locate him, Castor was in front of Duruma, and without letting him react he launched a powerful kick impacting Duruma\'s abdomen and sending him flying.

Duruma landed against the wall and spat out a mouthful of blood. "Capture him," Castor said to Vala, and Vara was not distracted. She moved at great speed and kicked Duruma\'s face to knock him unconscious before he recovered.

Barcas seeing that his son was out of combat, wrinkled his face and in annoyance ran wildly towards Castor trying to take revenge, but when he swung his sword it only hit the air.

Within seconds, Castor appeared behind him and with a sharp blow to the back of the head knocked him unconscious. Having subdued the two men, Castor spoke again, "Take them to Miss Candice, we\'ll meet you there," and disappeared.

Erick and Vala still didn\'t know who he was, but since they had now captured their targets, they wasted no time and after binding them with special chains that suppress strength, they took them away.

Oliver, who had defeated dozens of guards and was still surrounded by many, heard a whistle in the distance. Hearing it, he smiled and disappeared because that was the sign that the operation had succeeded and there was no need for him to continue fighting.

Raven, who was watching all from afar, immediately became serious because he had witnessed everything from beginning to end. Not only was he surprised by Oliver\'s great strength, but Castor was no weaker than him and that proved that the Heavenly Palace had two very powerful experts.

He quickly hid in the shadows and ran to the Marquis\' mansion to report what he had witnessed. On the other hand, after a few minutes, in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city, Erick and Vala appeared and knocked the unconscious Barcas and Duruma to the ground.

Due to the shock when they fell, they both regained consciousness and saw Candice in front of them with a cold stare. Their hair stood on end when they saw the coldness in her gaze, but like perfect tricksters they began to act.

"Miss Candice, thank you for saving us," Barcas said feigning joy, but Candice\'s expression didn\'t change, in fact, it became colder. "You still have the guts to talk nonsense?", Erick\'s voice was heard from the side.

Barcas turned to see him and noticing his attire, immediately understood that he was one of the attackers. His expression soured as he noticed this because it was obvious that Candice was the one who was attacking them.

Despite discovering that, Barcas continued to pretend, but before he could speak, Candice stepped forward, "Did you really think I didn\'t know of your treachery?". Barcas\' and Duruma\'s hearts leaped at hearing her.

"I never thought you\'d be so scurvy as to bite the hand of the one who fed you," Candice continued. At that moment they knew they would have no escape so Barcas shouted at the top of his lungs, "What hand feed me? You? I followed you faithfully and you only betrayed me."

Candice furrowed her eyebrows as she heard him, she was confused, but the next second she understood and with a sarcastic chuckle said, "I betrayed you because I didn\'t marry your stupid son?"

Candice paused and added, "Don\'t make me laugh, you are not worthy," pulling out a dagger she prepared to slit the throats of the two traitors, but then Castor appeared and stopped her, "Wait, miss. You will meet the young master later, it would be a pity to be stained with such impure blood."

Understanding what Castor meant, she retracted her hand and nodded to Erick and Vara, who stepped forward and mercilessly cut off the heads of Barcas and Duruma with a single blow.