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!
hits, Alex eventually
everyone else would feel despair at being in such a state, Alex only looked with shock at
'I'm still alive!'
since he had gone through similar experiences. He knew that the Mana would heal his
BANG! BANG! BANG!
the sounds of something incredibly powerful hitting through something, and he knew that
in so much
BANG! BANG! BANG!
followed, and Alex didn't want to look at the damage he
two more sounds, it
only continued lying
all that?' he thought. 'Would they
people
think I just killed one
Silence.
tried to come to terms with what
minute of just lying around and thinking about what he
Clank, clank, clank.
approaching, armored footsteps, and he looked at his surroundings for
forest on the side of
realized as he saw several destroyed trees. 'If I still had a normal body, the first tree would
trail of destruction
you can move?" a gruff voice said with surprise and a bit of
over, and he saw five men. One of them stood at the front, and he wore bright-silver armor. The
damage did I cause?"
leading man had anticipated the question, but he
the man said with
This immediately dumbfounded Alex.
even sure if
asked for
nothing," the leading man answered
"How?!" Alex shouted.
four men behind the leading man were silent, but the leading man laughed loudly. "Earth Mages are very useful," he said. "Also, do you honestly believe something like this hasn't happened before? Merchants lose control over their sleds all the
Wood on your sled wagon, and it
Alex was still perplexed.
did they stop something
men that
plague for a while," the man said. "There's even a
expected something like that, but he was still a bit surprised that the guard even laughed
got finished off by us, and the last one fled. We are currently chasing the last one," the guard said with delight. "You've done us a great service, but you also have to pay for our help. The pills the mages had to ingest were a bit more expensive than the reward, but I'm willing to cancel the debt out
a pressure in his chest when he heard that he
but killing a human still
Alex's expression. "Oh, was that
Alex slowly nodded.
lucky," the guard
asked
was lucky
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