The Guardians didn’t even hesitate to start firing into the crowds of students below, gunfire echoing off the walls of the Underground, making the sound practically deafening.
But I acted quickly, summoning several light barriers around me, Night Soldier, my friends, and the students crowded near us. I wasn’t the only one who acted. All around the crowd of students, I saw barriers made of stone, ice, and even wood appear in the air overhead, with a wall of sand even rising from the ground at one point. These barriers blocked most of the Neo-Gas pellets, causing them to explode harmlessly against the barriers, but a few pellets got through anywhere, exploding among the students and causing some to inhale the Neo-Gas.
Night Soldier, meanwhile, shouted, “Teachers! Top Students! Attack the
