Akaurunos Guildleader and Leader of Vector 1, 2, 3, and 4 of  Akaurunos Ace Arcturus stood on the roof of the building, staring at the busy streets of New York City below. On his left, his right-hand man Arthur Coleman nodded at him, signalling for him to contact his teammates.

"Ace Arcturus of Vector 2. Target's vehicle is within sight. Vector 3, do you copy?" A static sound came out of the communication device and Ace frowned, lips tugging insistently downwards with increasing worry as the static sound of the communication device remained, not a human voice to be heard.

"Ace Arcturus of Vector 2. Vector 3, do you copy?" Another static and this time, Ace did not bother to hide his anxiety as he anxiously waited for the reply of his teammates in Vector 3. Arthur glanced at Ace, worried as well as silence continued from the other end of the line as the static sound coming from the communication device was still present.

"Come on Vector 3......" Ace murmured as he watched the target's vehicle and the position that the vehicle was in. It was the perfect chance to jump the target without causing too much noise that attracted attention from the bodyguards that surround the target's vehicle and the surrounding people but not without the help of Vector 3 flanking from behind.

"Ace Arcturus of Vector 2 to Vector 1. Vector 3 is not responding. Do you have the location of Vector 3?" Static filled the void of silence after the call, but a sound was picked up from the communication device. It was Cillian Guard, the leader of Vector 1. Ace let out a sigh of relief at the voice of Cillian cutting through the tense silence that made his gut flipped out of nervousness.

"This is Cillian Guard of Vector 1. Location of Vector 3 is as you requested. The leader is busy calculating the movement of the vehicle and the best timing to engage them on your command, sir." Ace smiled grimly at the revelation that it would not be an easy fight to fight the gang leader of the Vermilion sect in close quarters especially in a city with heavy traffic like Manhattan, New York, and DC. After all, he had gone to these places before on missions and knew how hard those missions were and the cost of these missions. It was one of the many scars that he had taken with him since he had left the US military five years ago that had changed his life in the last few years in the academy before he became a full-fledged Akaurunos guild member; and in a short while, climbed the ranks to become the guild leader who lead the first four vectors, the main strike force of the guild.

"Please tell Vermillion Zhang to report his findings to me immediately because I predict the target is moving from the intended location soon. Ace Arcturus out." Ace heard Cillian gave a sound of confirmation and the cut the connection, smiling in relief at the revelation that Vector 3 is safe. A few minutes later, the smile was wiped out as he focussed on the task at hand.

"Arthur, please tell your team, Vector 4, to stand by. Be ready to attack once Vermillion had given the data and I had given the go ahead." Arthur nodded and disappeared into the night as Ace focussed on the target, a bleached silver haired man in a white suit with golden trimmings, as the target stepped out of the vehicle, he was in. Suddenly, a sound cut through the silence that was there a few minutes ago.

"Vermillion Zhang to Ace Arcturus. Code green. Target's location is still the same." Ace smiled and started speaking into the communication device, exasperation in his tone.

"It's fucking time you moron!" Everyone laughed at Ace's lecturing. "All vectors, this is Ace Arcturus speaking. Engage! Apprehend the target as smoothly and quietly as possible. I'll be right behind you." Small flashes of magic and the sound of explosions filled Manhattan streets as all the vectors engaged the bodyguards and the target, one of the leaders of the Vermillion sect. Ace slashed and hacked at the bodyguards who were surrounding him, shooting one in the head and another in the chest with a gun while sending military strike spells after the other surrounding bodyguards, making the bodyguards who were after his vector teammates turn and face him, while his teammates smiled and saluted to him.

"Vector 2, go to Vector 3's location. Leave the rest of the guards to me!" Ace shouted as he took down another set of guards with a military-grade explosive spell. He heard determined shouts of yes sirs and smiled, nodding at his Vector 2 teammates, and separated from them, them running to the location of Vector 3 while Ace stayed behind to prevent the guards to catch up with his teammates and ruin the mission. Ace slashed another guard in the eyes, murmured an oops in a bored tone, and swung his arm to stab another guard in the chest, killing the guard instantly. Ace flung a combined strike-explosion military spell toward the group of guards and killed them instantly, running to the location of Vector 3 before the guards close on him again. He skidded to a stop when an arm flung in front of him and he saw Vermillion Zhang, the leader of Vector 3.

"Ace, glad you're here. My team is having trouble apprehending one of the leaders of the Vermillion sect." Ace nodded at Vermillion before glancing at one of the Vector 2 team members. The team member met his gaze and nodded, leading the other Vector 2 members to fight the guards leaving a wide berth for Vector 3 to apprehend the leader of the Vermillion sect, a man called Dominic Vellore. Members of Vector 3 surrounded Dominic without giving him a chance to escape and, knowing he couldn't escape, Dominic raised his hands in the air and Ace handcuffed him, nodding at Vermillion.

"Vermillion Zhang here, the mission is a success. Leader, what say you?" Ace smiled at Vermillion and hauled Dominic to his feet by the arm and took out his communication device.

"Ace Arcturus here. Good job to all of you for this mission. Vector 3, next time, please inform me if there is anything that you are working with, and I will send the others to help you out. But small mistakes aside, good job all of you. Vector 3, you all deserve a paid vacation so I will make a special request to the guild master to give you one. All the other vectors are as well. I'll see you on the next mission. Dismissed." Ace heard all the other members of the vectors murmur to each other about the vacation and smiled as he brought Dominic to the holding truck to send him to the police station and started to drive home.