The Aura that had been saturating the building, the energy that every awakener drew upon instinctively, suddenly vanished.
Just... gone.
Like someone had flipped a switch and turned off every awakener's core simultaneously.
The Mafia members fighting on the floors suddenly found themselves with nothing but their physical stats, skills failed mid-activation, arts flickered and died and enhanced blows became normal hits.
The police officers seemed to understand immediately.
They reached into their pockets and pulled out metallic bracelets, snapping them onto their wrists with practiced efficiency.
The moment the bracelets activated, Aura flooded back into their bodies.
Not their own Aura, but the stored Aura from the devices.
"DIE!"
A C rank officer grinned as he activated a skill, his weapon blazing with artificial Aura.
He drove it toward one of the Mafia members, the blade aimed to punch clean through enhanced combat gear and the body beneath.
BOOM
Brian was there.
