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!
several more hits,
the ground, and he felt like he was dying. Yet, while everyone else would feel despair at being
'I'm still alive!'
he had gone through similar experiences. He knew that the Mana would
BANG! BANG! BANG!
powerful hitting through something, and he knew that this could
in so much
BANG! BANG! BANG!
didn't want to look at the damage he
two more sounds,
continued
to pay for all that?' he thought. 'Would they take Ice
people got
just
Silence.
the sky as he tried to come
just lying around and thinking about what he had
Clank, clank, clank.
heard the sound of approaching, armored footsteps, and he looked at his surroundings for
in the forest on the side of the
trees,' Alex realized as he saw several destroyed trees. 'If I still had a
trail of destruction in
can move?" a gruff voice said with
saw five men. One of them stood at the front, and he wore bright-silver armor. The four men behind him
did I cause?"
he hadn't
the man said with a
This immediately dumbfounded Alex.
even sure if
he asked for
nothing," the leading man answered with a rough
"How?!" Alex shouted.
laughed loudly. "Earth Mages are very useful," he said. "Also, do you honestly believe something like this hasn't happened before?
I have to say that your case was the most notable out of all 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 valuable pills to stop it. Of course, you have to pay for
Alex was still perplexed.
they stop something
about the three men that I ran over?" Alex
They've been a plague for a while," the man said.
that, but he was still a bit surprised that the guard even laughed about the fate of
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
a pressure in his chest when he heard
beasts, but killing a human
Alex's expression. "Oh, was that your first kill?" he
Alex slowly nodded.
the guard said with a
asked in
lucky about
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