Chapter 82: Home (1/2)

Ed ran away from the scene. He was planning to return to Avalon kingdom to check up on his family and friends. Blood sect probably wouldn't dare attack many kingdoms at once, but it was still a possibility. Ed also planned on letting his father know about what happened. He also wanted to gather information on Blood sect.

Ed didn't stop to meet anyone. He already let Hayato know about his plans to leave the capital and the kingdom. Most of Ed's teammates were going to do the same thing, even Emilia was a step ahead of him.

After Ed left the capital, he didn't change from his disguise. He was going to go incognito all the way back to his kingdom. He had just killed a lieutenant of the army, so there was bound to be some pursuers. Although the king would probably delay them as much as possible, Ed still wanted to be safe. If they were to follow his tracks, they would find out that Ed was the murderer. Which might cause the lieutenant's family to declare war on Ed's family.

But if he was in his disguise, even if he was found it wouldn't matter much as Ed had his ways of running away. However, it was only a matter of time before people make the connection between Ed, and the lieutenant, which will allow them to figure out Ed's disguise. But, Ed wanted to buy as much time as possible.

Ed memorized the way back to the kingdom. It took him a couple of days before, but now he was going to do it in one day. Ed activated his Shadow Steps along with Ken. His speed was good enough to do the job. Whenever he had to change his speed, or if he met with an obstacle, Ed would simply use short teleport making him unstoppable. About two hours later, Ed was in Claw city.

Ed planned to check on Alice and her family. He wanted to know if the monster attack targeted the whole country, or simply the capital. He felt relieved to see that no damage was done to the city. 'So only the capital was targeted'. Ed figured out that the Blood sect either wanted to simply announce themselves. Or didn't have the resources to orchestrate several attacks at once.

Ed stealthily made his way to Alice's inn and checked up on the family. Everyone one of them seemed to be doing fine. It looked like they were shaken due to the news of the capital being attacked, but they were fine otherwise. The army of the kingdom would probably be more active in all other cities after the attack on the capital. Ed didn't worry much about the possibility of Norris attacking them in revenge of Ed. 'Emilia is also going to check on him' Ed thought.

After checking up on the family, Ed continued his journey. There was still a lot of distance to cover, so he needed to use his time well. Ed continued running the same way until he suddenly noticed that his speed had increased. He checked up on his status and noticed that Spectral Shadow Steps was one level away from completion. At least, according to his estimates.

”System show me my status”

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Name: Edward Avalon.

Level: 24. (12.500/180.000) [King Establishment level 4].

Stats:

HP: 550/550.

MP: 355/355.

STR: 276.

AGL: 235.

INT: 237.