Chapter 100 - Wolf Attack (1/2)

”Our speed is getting quite slow,” Artemis muttered as she and Aiden were once again running through a forest.

”This is probably because we now have to check for formations and traps instead of just being wary of patrols.” He replied the obvious answer as the two of them were only traveling during the night.

They would sleep in shifts during the day and eat while they would continue to run the entire night. However, they knew that there was no way they could reach the Shadowstone city without being caught.

Unless they increased their speed.

”Artemis, I think we need to create a commotion to distract them.” Aiden suddenly spoke up as the silver-haired woman raised an eyebrow.

”And what kind of commotion can we create?”

”Let's go to a nearby guarded village and create a commotion there. We can also collect some maps from there and after doing that, we are moving the hell away from that place. However, we will take a completely different route where there would be fewer guards and continue going forward from there.”

”What is your age again?”

”Fifteen.”

”That was sarcasm.”

”And I was being polite.

Artemis sighed at the boy's reply as she started wondering how did he know things so well. Perhaps he was a spy sent from Shadowstone city but Aiden was too inexperienced and amateurish for that.

'But maybe that's the reason they sent him so people won't feel that he is a spy.' Artemis remembered how Aiden had told her that he was from a village and she had told him some story.

She knew that both she and him had been lying yet they had gone ahead it just for the sake of not having arguments.

'At least he respects privacy.' She thought with a small smile as Aiden started directing them towards the nearest village with the help of Sera.

Artemis of course didn't know about Sera and instead thought that the black-haired boy was really good at remembering maps and locations.

She had found out about this in the days they had traveled together and Aiden had always seemed to know where the villages were and how they could avoid them.

But the reason behind this was that Sera had noted all the villages in the area. So with the help of the system, she could guide Aiden through almost any place and all she needed was a map or a representation of the place.

This was indeed a handy skill but when you didn't have a map, you just needed to depend on instinct.

And that is why Aiden wanted to go to a nearby village and gather some maps since his data was running out.

< I guess I have officially broken the no spoon-feeding rule. >

'I think you broke many rules and that is still more of the milder ones.'

< You are correct there Aiden. Now stop talking to me and focus. >

'But you were the one who started the talk...' Aiden replied with a mental sigh as he suddenly felt his shadow sense tingling around his body.

< You are the man of spiders and I don't want us to get copyrighted. >

'Then why did you even mention that?' Aiden asked back as he turned towards Artemis.