Alex was panicking.
The sled wagon was going way too fast for him. He couldn't even change its direction or brake!
After some seconds of panic, Alex reached the even ground, but the sled didn't seem to stop at all.
It just kept on going!
"Jump down!"
A powerful shout came from the city walls when Alex had still been over a kilometer away. Alex didn't even think about how loud that shout had been to be heard from such a long distance.
Alex looked to the side at the rapidly passing surroundings.
How was he supposed to jump off something that's moving so fast?!
However, Alex's mind, which had gotten used to stressful situations, quickly came up with a solution.
Alex gritted his teeth. 'Let's hope this works!'
Alex put his left hand to the Ice Wood behind him for two seconds. In these two seconds, Alex absorbed a lot of Ice Mana, and the familiar feeling of bursting appeared.
Then, Alex took a deep breath and jumped to the side, protecting his head with his arms.
Everything seemingly moved in slow motion for Alex.
BANG!
Alex hit the ground, and his body was violently thrown around. Alex spun several times in the air, and he felt the centripetal force pulling his arms away.
BANG!
A second hit, and several of Alex's bones broke.
Alex completely lost his sense of direction, and he had no idea where he was going.
BANG!
Alex hit something, but after a brief moment of resistance, it gave way. He felt himself nearly puke at the force that hit his body just now.
BANG!
Alex hit the ground again, and his shoulder broke.
BANG!
He hit another thing, which quickly gave way beneath his force.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
more hits, Alex eventually
ground, and he felt like he was dying. Yet, while everyone else would feel despair at being in such a state, Alex only looked with
'I'm still alive!'
gone through similar experiences. He knew that the Mana would heal his
BANG! BANG! BANG!
sounds of something incredibly powerful hitting through something, and he knew that this could have only been
in so
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Alex didn't want to look at the damage
more
only continued
am I supposed to pay for all that?' he thought. 'Would
people
just killed one of those
Silence.
only looked at the sky as he tried to come to
around and thinking about what he had done,
Clank, clank, clank.
of approaching, armored footsteps, and he looked at his
the forest on
destroyed trees. 'If
behind a trail of destruction in
move?" a gruff voice said with surprise and
looked over, and he saw five men. One of them stood at the front, and he wore bright-silver
damage did I cause?"
the question, but he
the man said with
This immediately dumbfounded Alex.
a while, Alex wasn't even sure if he
asked
the leading man answered with
"How?!" Alex shouted.
silent, but the leading man laughed loudly. "Earth Mages are very useful," he said. "Also,
of them. You had over a ton of Ice Wood on your sled wagon, and it took four Earth Apprentices to stop it. They even had to ingest some
Alex was still perplexed.
did they stop something like
that I
worry about them. They've been a plague for a
like that, but he was still a bit surprised that the guard even laughed about the fate of the bandits. "Did they
done us a great service, but you also have to pay for our
felt a pressure in his chest when he
but killing a human still felt
Alex's expression. "Oh, was that your first kill?" he
Alex slowly nodded.
the guard
asked
lucky about
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