Bab 511: She Obviously Liked It.

Almost at the same time as the explosion, a gigantic Illusionary armored avatar of a lady rose from the still-exploding carriage with two figures safely encased within it.

They were none other than Marla and Hal who ignored the looks from all those present at the time of an attempt on their life to try and mark the driver of the carriage.

But like the assassin Hal was sure he was, the driver had disappeared into the masses. But Hal knew he could not be too far away.

Surely, he must still be close enough to watch and know his attempt had been unsuccessful.

He considered stretching out his Astral perception to find him but eventually decided against it.

The manner in which the carriage had been blown up and the speed of escape considering the space of time between the driver's escape to the carriage's explosion which happened almost simultaneously as the unleashing of Marla's Dark Maelstrom avatar told Hal this was the work of a professional.