Chapter 380 - Volume 3
Chapter 159 – Communication
Orthlyss streaked across the forest like a spirit, with Mephisto tailing her from a distance. They advanced past the trees for several minutes before Orthlyss frowned. She glanced to a certain direction. The deeper she went into the Dark Forest, the stronger she felt a familiar scent.
“Strange.” She mumbled to herself.
“What is it?” Brendel asked.
“The scent of blood. It’s getting strong enough that it’s not getting dispelled by the wind. I wonder if there are creatures nearby.”
“The scent of blood? Let’s take a look?”
“This isn’t the time to be nosy, boy.”
Brendel did not expect Orthlyss to be so unfamiliar with the Dark Forest. The monsters in the Dark Forest were sustained by Mana and did not require food. While they would occasionally attack other living creatures, it would not be a number where it would fill the air.
But he quickly saw it as an opportunity amidst the risks. It looked like Veronica was here for him, but Mephisto got all her attention, and two of them seemed like they were about to fight each other and forgot that there were two other people around.
[Right, any distraction on a duel of their caliber is life-threatening. It’s time to slip away as soon as possible. The Wind Spirit Spiders are still being killed off in the west.]
He took in a light breath and discreetly gestured to Scarlett in a hurry who was standing next to Veronica, afraid the monster boss would just charge out from the trees. He did not care whether Veronica and Mephisto fought to the death. It was not going to be a simple one-level-reduction-upon-death if he ended up having the boss’s attention.
Scarlett also realized that Veronica’s attention was no longer on her. In fact, she wanted to run to Brendel the first time she saw him, but she was afraid that he would rebuke her for bringing Veronica over.
It seemed like the youth did not care and she quickly became relieved.
They carefully walked away from their captors and joined up with each other. Scarlett looked at her lord with slight relief, but he suddenly clasped an pulled her hand: “Hurry up and follow me.”
“Heeeek!” There was a small squeak.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Scarlett lowered her head and answered calmly.
She could feel a warm current transmitting to her hand and flowed all the way to her face, even though it was snowing. Her cheeks felt like they were on fire.
Brendel nodded subconsciously as he glanced at the west, Veronica and Mephisto, and his surroundings, before running away in the direction he picked. Scarlett was dragged along and held her breath as she stared at her lord that she admired.
Her mind was blank.
She was pulled along like a doll, unable to recognize where she was running to, but she felt the youth would stop holding her hand if she made a sound. Her heart was racing to the point where she felt it was difficult to breathe.
Brendel sensed that Scarlett was acting strangely, but his worry suppressed his curiosity.
[We need to go to the White Cliffs of Divinity as soon as possible. I passed my Fire Seed to Amandina, Scarlett and I can only last in this snow as Gold-rankers for a few hours before our strength gets affected.]
“Watch out behind you, something’s attacking you!” Orthlyss suddenly cried in his mind.
Brendel sobered up and heard a screaming roar cutting through the air.