The Author's POV

Chapter 808

"Haaa… Haa…"

Within the confines of a large forest, the echo of two rough breaths could be heard. They belonged to none other than Hein and Ava, and they had been running for what seemed like an eternity at that point.

Their lungs burned, their legs ached, and their hearts pounded so loudly that it was a wonder the creatures chasing them hadn't heard.

"Over here!"

They found themselves in the middle of a thick forest, with the trees towering high above them and their leaves obscuring the majority of the sunlight. They had a hard time seeing where they were going, but they dared not slow down.

"This wa-no, shit! This way!"

The intense fight that they had only moments before evaded left visible damage on Hein's armor in the form of cracks and dents.

Ava's clothes were torn and bloodied, her hair a tangled mess. They were both exhausted, but they knew they couldn't stop yet.

"Shit... there's too many..."

Hein muttered, his breath coming out in ragged gasps.

"Where the fuck are we?"

Ava cursed under her breath, her legs feeling like they were made of lead.

Rustle! Rustle!

The sound of leaves rustling in the wind froze them in their tracks. They turned to see more than a dozen creatures emerging from the underbrush, their eyes blazing with an insatiable hunger. Ava and Hein's expressions crumbled at that moment.

"Shit, they're already here. Hurry and run; I'll hold back their first attack!"

Hein shouted, his voice laced with desperation.

Clank―! Clank―! Clank―!

In spite of his anxiety, he took a step forward, and as he did so, his shield broke up into nine separate pieces and floated in front of him.

A translucent green field connected each individual section of the shield, and the result was the formation of a rectangular barrier that covered a large portion of the land in front of him.

Boom―! Boom―!

"Urkghh!"

When the creatures first began their assault, the shield shook violently. Hein could taste something sweet at the very back of his throat, but he gritted his teeth and retracted his shield away.

The pieces found their way back to him and pieced themselves together again.

"Let's go."

Hein immediately changed course and made a beeline for the woods without wasting a single second of time. Although Ava was already quite a ways ahead, he was able to catch up to her in no time at all.

"Rooar!"

"Huarrr!"

"Khiek!"

was a relentless pursuit, and despite their

This is too

forward with all of her

a number of potions available to them, she found that her strength was waning

or not they'd be able to emerge from the forest alive. The creatures did not show any sign of

starting to feel the weight of their

to fend off the first wave of attacks, but they

wasn't all... What truly made the situation difficult for them was the strange

their breaths

have to

low so as not to

here, we have to get away from it. We're fucked if we don't get out

Together, they pushed on through the dense forest, their feet pounding against the ground as they ran for their

use

think I'd here

halted herself in the middle of her sentence, and her feet began to gradually slow down until they came to a

"Uh? Why are yo―"

same was true for Hein, who looked ahead and found

dry, he turned

"We're fucked, aren't we?"

looked up ahead, where there were at least a dozen

"Yeah…"

agreed, her eyes wandering over the beasts that the demons were sitting

wolves, but unlike them, they looked far more menacing and were a lot larger. They had sharp, long teeth and claws, and their fur was a

looking wolves, but… they

"…We're totally fucked."

"You're fine."

to

returned to their previously pale faces, and the expressions

"Angelica!"

"Angelica!"

like the two of you have improved a

been a while since she had

had a lot of

so. He wasn't quite able to sense Angelica's strength, but he could tell that she was

unquestionably more powerful than the

"Young Matriarch?"

had surrounded them came to an abrupt halt and looked at Angelica with bewildered

"Young Matriarch?"

looks with one another after hearing Angelica's title. They had a lot of

no condition to

"Stay back, you two."

in their tracks by stepping forward. She stared at the demons that were in front of her, and a perplexed expression

"Haa…"

she

from her entire body and engulfed the space that

"Young Matriarch?"

are you

as a result of Angelica's actions, and just as they were beginning to understand what had just taken place, Angelica bowed her head and

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