Seeing the approaching bird in the Sky, Silva comnted, "That's a spirit bird, a wind spirit for sending ssages… Let take a guess, it's from your girlfriend isn't it?"
Ery, who was too concerned with the content of the ssage, absentmindedly answered. "Yes…" Realizing what he just said, Ery quickly countered, "I an, no... not from girlfriend" He cleared his throat and said. "It's from Klea..."
Glancing towards Silva, Ery knew from her gaze, it was clear she was seething with annoyance.
Ery quickly told the content of the ssage "It seems there's a huge battle currently happening in the center?" he muttered while casting his gaze to the direction of the center.
Before answering the ssage, Ery quickly checked the symbol etched on his hand once again.
[Regular acolytes: 225/320]
[Elite acolyte: 40/50]
[Your total point: 10.000]
[Your current rank: 18]
Only an hour had passed since Ery last checked the symbol for the current number of surviving acolytes. Unexpectedly, four more elite acolytes had been defeated while only 16 regular acolytes died.
The number indicated that while weaker, the regular acolytes certainly put up a good fight against the elite counterparts. However, even though the number seed to be in favor of the regular acolytes, Ery couldn't help but worry about the safety of his friends.
Making up his mind, Ery swiftly stood up, ready to go after his friend. However, Silva pulled his clothes and asked. "Where do you think you are going?"
"I have to go now. My friend is currently in a bind, and I have to help them."
Silva gritted her teeth and scread. "Ery, you absolute moron!" Noticing her conduct wasn't right, Silva took a deep breath and said, "Alright, listen here, you dimwit, let get it through your thick skull. You realised that, at a ti like this, the center is the most dangerous area of them all, right?!"
The expression on Ery's face remained resolute even after he listened to Silva's words. anwhile, Silva seed to be shaking with anger at his reaction.
"I understand. But this is a different case, my friends and the acolytes in the alliance are all gathered in the center. " Ery calmly said.
"You may be right, but for that, you have to be sure of whether you can trust them." Silva comnted, while still holding him.
Ery was sure he could trust his four friends from Earth, as for the others, he had the soul contract they all signed to depend on. Silva saw Ery remain unshaken in his decision and she clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Huh! Fine then, you seem to have made up your mind. Do whatever you want and go!" Silva said, as she released her grip.
Ery took a few steps forward, but right when he was about to leave, he stopped and looked back towards Silva. "You should co with . I will vouch for you."
"I'll have to decline." Silva shook her head. "If I go to the center with you, I won't win the ga."
Not really sure what Silva ant, Ery continued to say his thanks, but Silva seed to be ignoring him. "Good luck then and thanks again Silva"
Not wanting to waste any more ti, Ery quickly turned around and jumped on top of the nearest and tallest tree. He casted [Nature Sense] and [Hide in Shadow] to disguise his presence and for his own safety, before confirming his destination.
Ery scouted around the area, and found a building that was almost unseen with naked eyes. He then jumped down and dashed forward in the direction of the building, while maintaining awareness of the current situation and his surroundings.
The road towards the building was long and dangerous, and as he ran, he could sense so skirmishes and even huge fights happening all around him. Not wanting to waste ti and his remaining energy with risky fights, Ery chose to evade them by taking the longer way around before continuing towards his destination.
While running as fast as he could, Ery thought about Silva's last words before ignoring him, about how she would not win if she chose to follow him. He realized Silva had wasted a ton of ti helping him with the fight against Lodos and then assisting his recovery, when he was out of commission.
There were only two thirds of regular acolytes left, so it would be even harder for her now to gather points. He wondered why she would do that? Especially with her family and clan huge expectations on her shoulders.
After running for almost half an hour, Ery finally reached the outskirts of the central area. He climbed one of the tallest trees near him and looked around, before his gaze settled on a pyramid-shaped structure made with material similar to stone.
At the direction of the entrance, Ery spotted around two dozen acolytes standing guard vigilantly. From afar, he was able to recognize so of them, as they were part of the alliance for regular acolytes. However, he did not see any of his friends among those standing on guard duty.
Not wanting to take a risk on his safety, Ery decided to run around and head to the other side of the structure. According to the information he obtained from Roran, there were supposed to be two entrances to the structure.
The structure was quite big, and it took Ery five minutes of running at full speed to even see a little of the other side. Unlike the first entrance, the situation was very different here. He was able to sense and hear the distinct sound of spells being thrown around. From the [nature sense] spell he also can hear several figures spread out all over the forest. It was a battlezone.
He decided to take the safer approach and hide in the treelines, when suddenly a figure ran towards him away from the structure. It was a regular acolyte. However, as he did not realize Ery's presence there before, he stopped and stared at Ery, his eyes wide and his expression full of shock.
"You.. You.. pa..rt of them?!"
The acolyte turned into a stuttering ss when he saw Ery, while Ery was trying to assess the situation. However, it seems that the acolyte was far too high-strung. The mont Ery moved his wrist even slightly, the acolyte casted the ice elent spell [Ice Bullets].
The temperature in the air seed to drop a few notches, as multiple tiny ice shards manifested in the air before flying towards Ery. The spell started far too quickly, Ery was barely able to dodge the shards.
When he was about to cast another spell, Ery shouted. "Stop it! I an no harm!"
The acolyte stopped casting for a mont, glanced at Ery, and replied. "No harm? You think I would fall for that?"
"Hey. Look. I just got here, and I don't want to waste much strength fighting against you. We are both regular acolytes, Just tell what happened."
"What the fuck? Is this one of your tricks? All of you really are shaless! Fight with honor, dammit!"
Ery is still trying to find information about what happened. But right when he was about to ask again, a figure ca moving fast from behind the acolyte with his weapon brandished. The acolyte was distracted thanks to Ery, and thus, he beca unable to dodge the strike properly.
Right after he turned, a spear pierced through the acolyte's body right in the chest. Not willing to give up just yet, with both his arms spreading the ice elent, the acolyte was about to cast a spell. However, the figure holding the spear swiftly used [Vicious Barrage] skill, as the spear blurred and pierced the poor acolyte multiple tis. When the spear stopped its movents, the acolyte's body dropped to the ground, before it dispersed into multiple light particles.
Ery was shocked by the sudden attack. With the acolyte's disappearance, Ery could finally see the figure holding the spear and realized who it was, a familiar face.
"My man, Ery! What took you so long! You have missed a lot of the fights!..
The figure with brown hair and holding the spear was no other than, "Thrax!" Ery exclaid loudly.
Looking at Ery's shocked face, Thrax laughed and said, " I thought you had already died! We have been waiting for you for hours! Oo sorry I hope I didn't just steal your point just now. ha.ha"
Ery then realized, it seems the previous ice elent acolyte was running away from a fight and being chased by Thrax all the way here. Before Ery could explain the reason for his delay, Thrax continued his words, "Let's get back to the center first. It's not safe here outside."
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